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Black Desert Online Patch Notes (25th June 2026)

Pearl Abyss rolls out a hefty balance patch for Black Desert Online today with significant adjustments to multiple classes.

Nathan Lees17 min read
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Black Desert Online gets a substantial balance overhaul today, with Pearl Abyss deploying 169 updates totaling roughly 820MB. The patch focuses on reining in classes that have drifted beyond their intended power level, while laying groundwork for further fixes to underperformers.

Berserker's Awakening is getting the most aggressive treatment. The class could chain high damage through Flow: Split Shot, but the long cooldowns on other skills left awkward gaps. Pearl Abyss is cutting Flow: Ancient Wave's cooldown from 13 seconds to 7, adding more combo pathways into Split Shot, and bumping Devastation and Flow: Slugfest damage to keep pressure up when Split Shot isn't available. Blasting also gains Forward Guard to help secure the All AP buff more safely at the start of fights.

Maehwa and Hashashin are both getting structural reworks. Maehwa's Petal Drill loses its extra attack but gets a cooldown reduction, with that extra attack moving to Tenacious Edge so it can be used independently. Hashashin's Sand Twister system is being overhauled entirely, they no longer rush enemies on spawn, instead moving only when you activate specific skills, and merging Sand Twisters to scale their damage up to level 3.

Check the full notes for damage adjustments across all affected classes.

Full Patch Notes

Buff Nerf Fix Tweak
Updates Jun 25, 2026, 09:26 (UTC) Patch Notes - June 25, 2026 Share Copy URL Facebook X

Greetings Adventurers,


Here are the latest update details for Black Desert Online on June 25, 2026 (Thu). Today’s patch contains 169 updates and is approximately 820MB.

Table of Contents

  1. 1. Events
  2. 2. New Additions and Improvements
    1. 2.1. Berserker
    2. 2.2. Maehwa
    3. 2.3. Hashashin
    4. 2.4. Nova
    5. 2.5. Woosa
    6. 2.6. Maegu
    7. 2.7. Dosa
    8. 2.8. Deadeye
    9. 2.9. Class Changes
    10. 2.10. Contents
    11. 2.11. Item
    12. 2.12. Monster
    13. 2.13. Quest & Knowledge
    14. 2.14. UI
    15. 2.15. System
    16. 2.16. Web
    17. 2.17. Translations
  3. 3. Modified or Changed
 

Events


  • July Daily Login Rewards - [More Details]
    • July 1, 2026 (Wed) 00:00 (UTC) - July 31, 2026 (Fri) 23:59 (UTC)
 
  • Daily Special Pass with New Glasses! - [More Details]
    • June 25, 2026 (Thu) after maintenance - July 16, 2026 (Thu) before maintenance
 
  • To the Fierce Red Battlefield - [More Details]
    • June 25, 2026 (Thu) after maintenance - July 2, 2026 (Thu) before maintenance 
 
  • [[4 Years of Self-Publishing] Cultural Souvenirs - [More Details]
    • June 25, 2026 (Thu) after maintenance - July 9, 2026 (Thu) before maintenance 
   
New Additions and Improvements This update focuses on adjusting classes that have been performing somewhat beyond the intended level of this balance patch, alongside structural improvements for certain classes.
We are also planning further adjustments for classes that remain underperforming after recent balance changes.
We will continue to review these changes closely to ensure the improvements are implemented reliably. Thank you. Berserker Berserker Awakening is a class that can deal high damage by repeatedly comboing skills into Flow: Split Shot. However, the long cooldowns on other skills made it difficult to maintain a smooth combo. Furthermore, the damage of the skills used to fill these gaps was lacking.
With this update, we are adding more options to combo into Flow: Split Shot, significantly reducing the cooldown of Flow: Ancient Wave, and increasing the damage of Devastation and Flow: Slugfest to help maintain his damage output even when Flow: Split Shot is unavailable.
Additionally, the defensive effect of Blasting has been improved to help him secure the All AP Increase effect more safely at the start of combat.
Awakening Blasting
  • Added Forward Guard during the skill.
  • Changed Stiffness on attack 1 hits to apply in PvE only.
    • When Core: Blasting is learned, Stiffness on attack 1 hits applies in PvP as well.
  • Changed the character to rotate with the camera only up to the attack motion during the skill.
  Flow: Ancient Wave
  • Decreased the cooldown: 13 sec → 7 sec.
    • The Skill Add-on tier has been changed accordingly: 3 → 2.
  Ground Lifting
  • Changed the animation when returning to the idle stance after certain skills to appear more natural.
  Flow: Slugfest
  • Added a combo into Flow: Split Shot after the skill.
  Flow: Earth Dividing
  • Improved the skill to combo better into Blasting.
  • Changed the damage to apply as independent damage based on the level of Devastation.
    • Accordingly, Devastation's damage has been increased, and a damage description has been added to Flow: Earth Dividing.
 
  • Adjusted the damage for the following skills:
Skill Before After
Flow: Slugfest Attack damage 2070% x9
Last attack damage 2796% x2
57.8% damage in PvP only
Attack damage 2668% x9
Last attack damage 3603% x2
44.85% damage in PvP only
Devastation Attack damage 6256% x2, max 3 hits
31% damage in PvP only
Attack damage 7243% x2, max 3 hits
26.78% damage in PvP only
Titan Blow Attacks 1 and 2 damage 3985% x2
Last attack damage 6234% x2
54.44% attacks 1 and 2 damage in PvP only
43.51% last attack damage in PvP only
Attacks 1 and 2 damage 4304% x2
Last attack damage 6733% x2
50.41% attacks 1 and 2 damage in PvP only
40.29% last attack damage in PvP only
Flow: Ancient Wave Attack damage 8976% x3
33.31% damage in PvP only
Attack damage 9784% x3
30.56% damage in PvP only
Black Spirit: Devastation Attack damage 5106% x2, max 4 hits
38.1% damage in PvP only
Attack damage 5700% x2, max 4 hits
34.13% damage in PvP only
  Maehwa Maehwa Awakening wasn't able to deal Petal Drill's full damage while only using its extra attack. 
To address this, we have moved Petal Drill's extra attack to Tenacious Edge, allowing it to be used independently. Awakening Petal Drill
  • Removed the extra attack and moved its animation to Tenacious Edge.
  • Decreased the cooldown: 7 sec → 5 sec.
    • The Skill Add-on tier has been changed accordingly: 2 → 1.
  Tenacious Edge
  • Added Super Armor.
  • Changed Stiffness on hits to apply in PvE only.
    • When Core: Tenacious Edge is learned, Stiffness on hits applies in PvP as well.
  • Increased the cooldown: 3 sec → 5 sec (based on Level IV).
  • Changed the timing at which "Nullified during cooldown" is applied:
    • Before: After 6 stabbing motions
    • After: After 3 stabbing motions
  • Changed the combo timing into Coldsnap to after performing all attacks.
  • Removed Recover HP per hit.
  • Moved Petal Drill's extra attack to Tenacious Edge's low stab.
    • LMB to low stab after Petal Drill, Flow: Frostflower, Flow: Moonlight Dash, or Flow: Tip of an Iceberg.
  • Adjusted the attack area of the low stab to match its visual effects.
  • Changed the Critical Hit Rate to not apply during cooldown.
  • Changed Recover WP based on skill level: 12/13/14/15 → 10/20/30/40.
  • Fixed the issue where WP did not recover per hit.
 
  • Adjusted the damage for the following skills:
Skill Before After
Tenacious Edge IV Attack damage 1669% x3, max 2 hits
45.54% damage in PvP only
Attack damage 6052% x1, max 3 hits
31.53% damage in PvP only
Petal Drill III Attack damage 5412% x2
33.51% damage in PvP only
Attack damage 6278% x2
28.89% damage in PvP only
Frost Pillars III Attack damage 6152% x2
39.11% damage in PvP only
Attack damage 7505% x2
32.06% damage in PvP only
  Hashashin We have expanded the number of skills that grant an AP Increase buff for Hashashin Succession, allowing him to maintain this buff more consistently during skill combos.
Additionally, although Prime: Aal's Breath was designed to make up a large portion of his combo's damage, it had a long cooldown, and Hashashin could not easily make full use of the Sand Twisters' damage.
To address this, we have reworked the mechanics of Aal's Breath and shifted a portion of its damage to Hashashin's Shamshir skills, increasing their damage output.
Main Weapon, Succession Absolute: Aal's Breath, Prime: Aal's Breath
  • Changed the attack mechanism of the skills as follows:
Common Creates Sand Twisters when using the skill. They no longer move toward nearby enemies immediately upon being created (the random movement of the Sand Twisters remains).
Sand Twisters move to the targeted location when using Hourglass of Death, Purge, or Arid Assault.
Sand Twisters that meet another Sand Twister get larger, dealing up to the damage listed below based on its level.
When reaching level 3, it attacks nearby enemies on the spot up to the maximum number of hits then disappears.
Lowest Level Attack damage 800% x1, max 12 hits
Highest Level Attack damage 1840% x1, max 12 hits
PvP Damage 59.67%
    Aal's Command
  • Added All AP +20 for 10 sec when using the skill.
    • This effect is identical to the effect of Absolute: Hourglass of Death, Absolute: Haladie Throw, and Crown Kick.
 
  • Adjusted the damage for the following skills:
Skill Before After
Absolute: Hourglass of Death Attack damage 5951% x2
49.98% damage in PvP only
Attack damage 6955% x2
42.77% damage in PvP only
Absolute: Rupture Attack damage 3360% x2
Explosion attack damage 3473% x2
50.34% normal attack damage in PvP only
65.37% explosion damage in PvP only
Attack damage 3768% x2
Explosion attack damage 3894% x2
44.89% normal attack damage in PvP only
58.3% explosion damage in PvP only
Aal's Command Attack 1 damage 2750% x1, max 2 hits
Attack 2 damage 2750% x2
Last attack damage 6,188% x2
38.19% damage in PvP only
Attack 1 damage 2896% x1, max 2 hits
Attack 2 damage 2896% x2
Last attack damage 6516% x2
36.27% damage in PvP only
Prophecy Blade Attack damage 4181% x3
Explosion attack damage 5103% x2
47.74% damage in PvP only
Attack damage 4779% x3
Explosion attack damage 5833% x2
41.76% damage in PvP only
Dominion Slash Attack damage 4957% x2
Explosion attack damage 5411% x2
47.74% damage in PvP only
Attack damage 5909% x2
Explosion attack damage 6450% x2
40.06% damage in PvP only
Prime: Aal's Dominion Attack damage 6312% x2
28.64% damage in PvP only
Attack damage 7218% x2
25.04% damage in PvP only
Prime: Purge Attack damage 7568% x2
20.99% damage in PvP only
Attack damage 8576% x2
18.53% damage in PvP only
Prime: Ridge Reaver Attack damage 8547% x2
34.44% damage in PvP only
Attack damage 9502% x2
30.98% damage in PvP only
Prime: Chosen Blade Attack damage 4030% x7
49.23% damage in PvP only
Attack damage 4927% x7
40.27% damage in PvP only
Prime: Quicksand Attack damage 3196% x11
40.81% damage in PvP only
Attack damage 4320% x11
30.20% damage in PvP only
Prime: Descent Attack 1 damage 8750% x2
Attack 2 damage 8750% x2
36.51% damage in PvP only
Attack 1 damage 10565% x2
Attack 2 damage 10565% x2
30.24% damage in PvP only
Prime: Piercing Tornado Attack damage 3272% x1, max 4 hits
40.34% damage in PvP only
Attack damage 4174% x1, max 4 hits
31.63% damage in PvP only
  Nova For Nova Awakening, we have mitigated the issue where skill cooldowns became misaligned during Accel, making her combos difficult to perform. Instead, the Star's Breath recovery effect from Slicing Ring has been consolidated into Fuse Gravity. To maintain the same level of Star's Breath recovery in PvE, the recovery amount has been adjusted.
Additionally, the pulling effect of the stars summoned by Star's Ring was slightly excessive, so this effect has been adjusted. Awakening Slicing Ring  
  • Decreased the cooldown: 10 sec → 8 sec.
    • Moved the "Star's Breath Recovery +10% when using the skill" effect to Fuse Gravity.
      • The amount of Star's Breath recovered using Fuse Gravity has been adjusted accordingly: 15% → 25%.
  Starfall
  • Changed the cooldown depending on the skill level: 10/10/10 sec → 10/9/8 sec.
  Star's Ring
  • Changed so that when stars fuse, they trigger a more powerful pulling effect over a wide area and then disappear without leaving any stars behind.
  Royal Fencing: Fleche, Accel: Royal Fencing: Fleche
  • Added Recover 30 SP per hit.
  Twisted Orbit, Accel: Twisted Orbit
  • Increased the time the character can rotate with the camera when using the skill forward.
 
  • Changed the Star's Breath recovery amount for the following skills:
Skill Before After
Brutal Ring Recover 1.7% Star's Breath per hit Recover 1.6% Star's Breath per hit
Royal Fencing: Fleche Recover 1.6% Star's Breath per hit Recover 2.0% Star's Breath per hit
Starfall Recover 2.1% Star's Breath per hit Recover 4.0% Star's Breath per hit
Twisted Orbit Recover 0.8% Star's Breath per hit Recover 1.0% Star's Breath per hit
  • Adjusted the damage for the following skills:
Skill Before After
Royal Fencing: Fleche Attack 1 damage 4309% x1, max 2 hits
Attack 2 damage 4309% x1, max 4 hits
Attack 3 damage 4309% x1
38.84% damage in PvP only
Attack 1 damage 4654% x1, max 2 hits
Attack 2 damage 4654% x1, max 4 hits
Attack 3 damage 4654% x1
35.96% damage in PvP only
Accel: Royal Fencing: Fleche 3638% x1, max 9 hits
33.64% damage in PvP only
3929% x1, max 9 hits
31.15% damage in PvP only
Accel: Frozen Ring 6273% x4
32.37% damage in PvP only
6881% x4
29.51% damage in PvP only
  Woosa Main Weapon, Succession
  • Adjusted the damage for the following skills:
Skill Before After
Prime: Wingbeat Attack 1 damage 6129% x2
Attack 2 damage 12257% x2
24.56% attack 1 damage in PvP only
34.39% attack 2 damage in PvP only
Attack 1 damage 5424% x2
Attack 2 damage 10847% x2
27.75% attack 1 damage in PvP only
38.86% attack 2 damage in PvP only
Prime: Sagoonja: Plum III Attack damage 5975% x3
31.65% damage in PvP only
Attack damage 5497% x3
34.4% damage in PvP only
Prime: Sagoonja: Orchid IV Attack damage 6240% x3
28.37% damage in PvP only
Attack damage 5616% x3
31.52% damage in PvP only
Prime: Sagoonja: Chrysanth Attack damage 12614% x1, max 3 hits
21.23% damage in PvP only
Attack damage 10848% x1, max 3 hits
24.69% damage in PvP only
Prime: Sagoonja: Bamboo Attack damage 4595% x3
41.79% damage in PvP only

Bamboo-zled's damage 3939%
Attack damage 4090% x3
46.95% damage in PvP only

Bamboo-zled's damage 3506%
Prime: Kaleidoscope Swirl Attack 1 damage 4989% x1, max 2 hits
Spin attack damage 4989% x3
31.49% damage in PvP only
Attack 1 damage 4440% x1, max 2 hits
Spin attack damage 4440% x3
35.38% damage in PvP only
  Maegu Main Weapon, Succession
  • Adjusted the PvE damage for the following skills:
Skill Before After
Prime: Foxspirit: Tag Attack damage 7169% x2
35.46% damage in PvP only
Attack damage 6603% x2
38.5% damage in PvP only
Prime: Petal Play Attack damage 13665% x2
25.83% damage in PvP only
Attack damage 11615% x2
30.39% damage in PvP only
Prime: Foxflare Attack damage 15081% x2
23.57% damage in PvP only
Attack damage 12065% x2
29.46% damage in PvP only
Prime: Spirit Swirl Attack 1 damage 9912% x1, max 6 hits
Attack 2 damage 8112% x2
20.18% damage in PvP only
Attack 1 damage 7434% x1, max 6 hits
Attack 2 damage 6084% x2
26.91% damage in PvP only
Prime: Flower Shroud Attack 1 damage 3618% x1, max 3 hits
Attack 2 damage 7234% x2
14.59% damage in PvP only
Attack 1 damage 3256% x1, max 3 hits
Attack 2 damage 6511% x2
16.21% damage in PvP only
Prime: Bristling Sparks Attack 1 damage 9223% x1
Attack 2 damage 9223% x1, max 4 hits
Attack 3 damage 10914% x2
17.1% damage in PvP only
Attack 1 damage 7378% x1
Attack 2 damage 7378% x1, max 4 hits
Attack 3 damage 8731% x2
21.38% damage in PvP only
Prime: Spirited Away Attack 1 damage 7046% x1, max 5 hits
Attack 2 damage 5872% x2
12.74% damage in PvP only
Attack 1 damage 5778% x1, max 5 hits
Attack 2 damage 4815% x2
15.54% damage in PvP only
Prime: Lurking Claws Attack 1 damage 2540% x2
Attack 2 damage 2540% x2
Attack 3 damage 5076% x2
33.19% damage in PvP only
Attack 1 damage 2159% x2
Attack 2 damage 2159% x2
Attack 3 damage 4315% x2
39.05% damage in PvP only
Prime: Heavenward Dance Attack 1 damage 5002% x1, max 5 hits
Attack 2 damage 7504% x2
26.25% damage in PvP only
Attack 1 damage 4002% x1, max 5 hits
Attack 2 damage 6003% x2
32.81% damage in PvP only
Prime: Nukduri Dance Attack damage 9213% x3
29.22% damage in PvP only
Attack damage 7370% x3
36.53% damage in PvP only
  Dosa Main Weapon, Succession
  • Adjusted the damage for the following skills:
Skill Before After
Prime: Cloudveil Attack 1 damage 7351% x1
Attack 2 damage 7351% x2
Attack 3 damage 7351% x1
Attack 4 damage 7351% x2
29.15% damage in PvP only
Attack 1 damage 6616% x1
Attack 2 damage 6616% x2
Attack 3 damage 6616% x1
Attack 4 damage 6616% x2
32.39% damage in PvP only
Prime: Flow: Blinding Slash Attack 1 damage 7956% x1
Attack 2 damage 7956% x2
27.44% damage in PvP only
Attack 1 damage 7160% x1
Attack 2 damage 7160% x2
30.49% damage in PvP only
Prime: Flow: Rising Slash III Attack damage 8645% x1
26.99% damage in PvP only
Attack damage 7348% x1
31.76% damage in PvP only
Prime: Flow: Twin Slash III Attack 1 damage 7009% x1
Attack 2 damage 7009% x2
31.09% damage in PvP only
Attack 1 damage 6448% x1
Attack 2 damage 6448% x2
33.79% damage in PvP only
Prime: Fog Cleave III Attack 1 damage 6619% x1
Attack 2 damage 6619% x2
Attack 3 damage 8437% x1
23.39% attacks 1 and 2 damage in PvP only
54.78% attack 3 damage in PvP only
Attack 1 damage 5957% x1
Attack 2 damage 5957% x2
Attack 3 damage 7593% x1
25.99% attacks 1 and 2 damage in PvP only
60.87% attack 3 damage in PvP only
Prime: Cloudspire Attack 1 damage 3582% x1
Attack 2 damage 3582% x2
27.05% damage in PvP only
Attack 1 damage 3224% x1
Attack 2 damage 3224% x2
30.05% damage in PvP only
Prime: Spring Frost Attack 1 damage 4366% x1, max 3 hits
Attack 2 damage 12684% x2
33.07% attack 1 damage in PvP only
24.42% attack 2 damage in PvP only
Attack 1 damage 3711% x1, max 3 hits
Attack 2 damage 10781% x2
38.91% attack 1 damage in PvP only
28.73% attack 2 damage in PvP only
Prime: Autumnal Blitz Attack 1 damage 2360% x1, max 7 hits
Attack 2 damage 11997% x2
26.27% attack 1 damage in PvP only
35.28% attack 2 damage in PvP only
Attack 1 damage 2188% x1, max 7 hits
Attack 2 damage 11124% x2
28.33% attack 1 damage in PvP only
38.05% attack 2 damage in PvP only
Prime: Winter Squall IV Attack 1 damage 3194% x1, max 4 hits
Attack 2 damage 9472% x2
34.35% attack 1 damage in PvP only
31.25% attack 2 damage in PvP only
Attack 1 damage 2962% x1, max 4 hits
Attack 2 damage 8783% x2
37.03% attack 1 damage in PvP only
33.71% attack 2 damage in PvP only
Prime: Taeguk IV Attack 1 damage 4331% x1, max 3 hits
Attack 2 damage 11540% x2
35.04% attack 1 damage in PvP only
35.83% attack 2 damage in PvP only
Attack 1 damage 4208% x1, max 3 hits
Attack 2 damage 11210% x2
37.79% attack 1 damage in PvP only
38.64% attack 2 damage in PvP only
Morning Fog Attack damage 10108% x1, max 3 hits
19.44% damage in PvP only
Attack damage 9097% x1, max 3 hits
21.6% damage in PvP only
Prime: Four Seasons
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