Black Desert Xbox Adds Valkyrie Class


The Black Desert news isn’t over.

Over in Xbox territory, Black Desert is expanding with the release of a new character class. The Valkyrie is a melee character that boasts offensive and defensive skills and wields a sword and shield to bring their enemies down. In addition, Black Desert on Xbox now features equippable alchemy stones that can be purchased at market or created with the alchemy skill. Alchemy stones provide buffs to players at regular intervals.

For more information on the Valkyrie, check out the trailer below.

Black Desert Officially Launches On Mobile


Black Desert Mobile is officially here, as the game goes live globally. Black Desert Mobile generated successful response with 4.5 million pre-registrations and has enjoyed a successful launch in multiple countries including Korea, Japan, and Taiwan.

To celebrate the successful launch, Pearl Abyss is rewarding mobile gamers with a series of in-game items and gifts from the Bunny Bunny Ornament, a Tier 1 Horse Emblem, a Verdon Outfit Chest, and Krenvatz Barding. Additionally, those with Amazon Prime will be able to redeem monthly goodies starting immediately. Black Desert Mobile is available in English, German, Spanish, French, Russian, Thai, and Indonesian, with Portuguese to be added in 2020.

Device information available here.

Black Desert Available For Pre-Load On Mobile


Black Desert Mobile is now available for pre-load and character creation.

The mobile port of Black Desert goes live on December 11 at 00:00 UTC, but you can go through the painstaking, multi-hour process of creating your character right now. Eager gamers can download the client from the Android or iOS store and get the client ready, as well as create up to three characters from the get-go to start their grinding career once the servers go live in a couple of days.

There are five characters available at launch for Black Desert Mobile: The warrior, ranger, witch, giant, and valkyrie.

Black Desert: Shai & Mystic Class Come To PS4


The latest update for Black Desert on the Playstation 4 is here. Today’s update introduces the Shai and Mystic classes. The Shai is a support class that focuses on avoiding damage and aiding allies. The Mystic on the other hand is a powerful brawler that pummels her opponents into the ground using martial-arts skills.

Also included in today’s update is the introduction of dark rifts. Dark rifts appear randomly throughout the world and can spawn powerful bosses that in turn drop powerful gear upon defeat. Players will need to have completed Journey to Mediah quests in order to see dark rifts on the map.

Shai Skills

  • One-Two-Three – Shai’s basic attack using the Florang, which can be thrown up to three times.
  • Eat This! – Shai recklessly throws her Florang at her enemies. This skill has the longest range of all the Florang skills.
  • Come Out, Come Out – Shai reveals hidden enemies around her by waving around her Vitclari.
  • Over Here! – Shai creates a shielded area that protects her allies.
  • Play Dead – Shai falls to the floor, tricking enemies into believing that she is no longer a threat. Monsters can see through this ruse, but players on the other hand…

Mystic Skills

  • Wolf’s Frenzy – The Mystic hides in the shadows to unleash a barrage of hits against her enemies.
  • Rage Hammer – Unleashes her inner power into a massive attack onto the ground, knocking down foes.
  • Soul Basher – The Mystic performs a flurry of kicks that deals damage to her enemies.

Source: Press Release

Black Desert (PS4) Patches In Awakened Skills For Tamer/Striker


Are you ready to get awoke?

Pearl Abyss today announced the release of awakened skills for the Tamer and Striker class on Playstation 4’s Black Desert.

Striker Awakened Skills

  • Echo Spirit – Summon the Striker’s spiritual alter-ego to bring down the apocalypse onto enemies.
  • Infernal Destruction – Bring down enemies with a leg-sweep followed by a powerful punch.
  • Skull Crusher – Spin in the air and and use the momentum to knock enemies down with a downward kick.
  • Rampaging Predator – Relentlessly chase down enemies and unleash a flurry of attacks.

Tamer Awakened Skills

  • Allround Spinner – Spins the Celestial Bo Staff around, striking enemies from all directions.
  • Legendary Beast Dance – Channel the spirits of the four legendary beasts through your Celestial Bow Staff to perform different attacks on your enemies.
  • Flow: Cloud Ride – Using the Celestial Bo Staff, Tamer launches herself forwards dealing damage and knocking enemies down.

Today’s update also introduces fairy companions to assist players as well as two new world bosses.

Black Desert is currently on sale as part of the Double Discount sale on PSN.

Pre-Reg For Black Desert Mobile, Get Free Copy On PC/Console


Following a successful pre-registration campaign, Black Desert Mobile is set to launch globally on December 11. Currently soft launched in seven countries, Black Desert Mobile is hitting iOS and Android at the end of the year and bringing with it new gameplay features in nine languages.

To celebrate the campaign, all pre-registrations through the official website will come with an added bonus: Black Desert not-mobile. You’ll be able to redeem a coupon upon registering for the mobile game for a copy of the PC, Xbox, or PS4 version. You technically don’t even have to play the mobile game when it comes out. Supplies are apparently limited, so grab your copy before they run out.

Black Desert Mobile will launch with support for English, German, French, Spanish, Russian, Thai, Indonesian, Chinese and Chinese Traditional languages. For more information, check out the link above.

Source: Black Desert press release

Striker/Tamer Out Now On Black Desert (PS4)


Today marks the launch of two new classes in Black Desert on the Playstation 4; the Striker and Tamer.

The Striker class is a melee fighting class that specializes in hand-to-hand attacks to bring down his enemies. The Tamer as you might expect is joined by her animal companion and utilizes powerful area of effect attacks while evading counterattacks. In addition to the two classes, Black Desert on Playstation 4 sees the addition of a new world boss in the form of Karanda The Queen of Harpies. Karanda has a chance of dropping the dandelion weapon box which contains the most powerful awakening weapon in Black Desert.

Information on the classes can be found here with Karanda and a new world boss schedule here. Black Desert is currently 25% off on the Playstation Store and 50% off for plus members as part of the ongoing Double Discount sale.

Mystic Character Class Available In Black Desert (Xbox)


Black Desert today released a new update introducing the Mystic class to the Xbox One. The Mystic utilizes the gauntlets and vambrace and prefers close combat.

More information can be found at the official website.

Desert Dragon World Boss Comes To Black Desert PS4


Black Desert has a new world boss on PS4 in the form of Nouver. Pearl Abyss released the new boss earlier this week along with a new world boss timetable. World bosses spawn across all worlds simultaneously and share their HP across all servers. Nouver drops a sub-weapon box that contains powerful items allowing players to maximize their AP.

“Nouver is a force of nature that rules over the Desert. Adventurers who attempt to face the behemoth dragon will have to fend off sandstorms, heatstroke and hypothermia to just get to the dragon. Then when you get there, you need to face the beast itself! But with great risks come great rewards, and it is possible to get a mighty item from Nouver.”

Check it out.

Source: Black Desert

[Video] Black Desert (Xbox) Gets Tamer Class


Black Desert on Xbox One just got handed a big new update as Pearl Abyss releases the Tamer class.

The Tamer makes her way to Black Desert. Accompanied by her legendary beast Heilang, the tamer wields a Shortsword and a Trinket to demolish her enemies. Those who are still standing once the tamer unleashes her attacks, are instantly met with the teeth of Heilang. Let’s find out more about the Tamer!

More information on the tamer class can be found at the official website.