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All expansions and class additions have been free of charge in the buy-to-play model, with no plans of charging for additional future content stated. The Valencia I Expansion was released in the North American / European version on 29 June 2016. The new classes called the Musa, the Maehwa, the Kunoichi and the Ninja were released for play in 2016, followed by the Dark Knight and the Striker in 2017, the Lahn in 2018, and the Shai in 2019. The Mediah Expansion was released in the North American/European version on 30 March 2016. Black Desert Online uses a free-to-play model in Korea, Japan and Russia, while in Taiwan, South East Asia, Europe, North America and South America the game uses a buy-to-play model. The game was released in Korea, Japan and Russia in 2015, in North America and Europe on 3 March 2016, in South America, Turkey, and countries in the Middle East and North Africa region in 2017 and Southeast Asia in 2018. A second, three week long closed beta test begun in April 2014. īlack Desert Online entered closed beta testing in October 2013. Black Desert Online was also showcased at Gamescom 2013.

In November 2012 the game was demonstrated at G-Star. Īfter agreeing a Japanese publishing deal with GameOn Japan on 8 September 2012 Pearl Abyss began releasing details of the game to the public. The game uses Pearl Abyss' custom Black Desert game engine specifically created to handle the fast rendering required for its seamless world and large-scale castle sieges with a lot of characters. The Korean studio Pearl Abyss was founded in September 2010 by Kim Daeil, previously a developer with Hangame and NHN Gaming, and began development of Black Desert Online shortly after.

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Development and release history Įarly PC development and release īlack Desert Online has been in development since 2010. This created further conflicts with Valencia, due to the fact that Valencia has a vast Black Desert which holds many black stones. Calpheon had no area that harbored the precious black stones, thus they stole from the rest. Desperate to gain wealth, they began to search for black stones as well. Tensions arose when the other areas discovered the importance of black stones. Eventually, the three of the main areas made an alliance and began a war that lasted for 30 years with Mediah profiting the most by harvesting black stones and trading it to the others.Īfter the war, the alliance slowly started to conduct trades with Valencia once again. Some who did not, were expelled due to the black death causing paranoia. Many around the world died of the plague. This all changed when the Black Death started spreading via merchants from Valencia, in an area east of Mediah that controlled trading. Long ago, the four main areas, Calpheon, Serendia, Balenos, and Mediah, were at peace. Calpheon is very materialistic whereas Valencia is very spiritual. Setting īlack Desert Online takes place in a high fantasy setting and revolves around the conflict between two rival nations, the Republic of Calpheon and the Kingdom of Valencia. Players are able to furnish and equip their housing by purchasing furniture through NPCs or through crafting. Player housing is instanced and varies in size and location. Different game content is available depending upon whether it is night or day. During the night some non-player characters (NPCs) will become unavailable as they return home and the monsters will drop more loot. There is also a dynamic day/night cycle with a gradual progression of lighting effects. Localized weather will include events such as temporary fog, which players may exploit to launch surprise attacks on rival guild structures. The dynamic, worldwide weather system includes large-scale events such as typhoons and will influence gameplay.

The game includes a number of features to assist with immersion and the sandbox aspect. Mounts require feeding and care, cannot be stored in the inventory, and may be killed. Mounts are acquired by taming in the wild, and players are able to breed special mounts by mating certain types.

Players are also able to engage in mounted combat. Skills can be activated through use of combos for attacking, dodging or blocking.

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Īn active combat system requires precise manual aiming, dodging and using combos, unlike the tab-targeting system seen in most MMORPGs. It is well regarded for its advanced and in-depth character customization. The game offers housing, fishing, farming, and trading, as well as large player versus player siege events, and castle battles. The combat in Black Desert Online is action based, requiring manual aiming and free movement similar to those found in third-person shooters.

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