2024
Ancient Anvil
Last Update: May 8, 2024
Today's update brings the Ancient Anvil system.
Now each time you fail enhancing an item, you'll see "Agris Essence" start to fill up in the "Ancient Anvil" which, when activated, will grant 100% enhancement success rate for said item.
Yes, that's right. To put it in plainer terms, the "Ancient Anvil" is a "guaranteed enhancement" system of sorts.
But first, the system in a nutshell:
1) Now when you fail enhancement,
2) Agris Essence will stack for the gear at its enhancement level.
3) Once you've stacked enough essences, you'll be guaranteed enhancement of that gear and its enhancement level.
4) Agris Essence is basically saved per gear and enhancement level,
5) individually for accessories while bound to set groups for weapons/defense gear.
For example, let's say you fail to enhance your TET (IV) Deboreka Necklace and fill up the anvil with 1 Agris Essence. Fail enough attempts and with enough Agris Essence you'll attain 100% enhancement success rate for the TET (IV) Deboreka Necklace.
Again, accessories such as the Deboreka store Agris Essence individually (as in the Deboreka Necklace stores essence separately from the Deboreka Ring).
And, for example, even if you fail enhancement and your TET (IV) Deboreka drops to TRI (III) Deboreka, if you bring it back to TET (IV), you will see the same amount of Agris Essence previously stored preserved.
Unlike accessories, weapons and defense gear (such as Blackstar, Fallen God, etc.) store Agris Essence by set groups. In other words, you will retain the same amount of Agris Essence stored when attempting to switch enhancing from Blackstar Longsword to Blackstar Greatsword, as long as the weapons are at the identical enhancement level. For more details on required Agris Essence and weapon/armor groups, please refer to the information below.
For the sake of attaining that piece of gear you've always wanted, and branded with your Family name to boot...
We developed the Ancient Anvil system instead of adjusting the difficulty of the enhancement system for the sake of Adventurers who've attempted time and time again, only to fail innumerable amount of times in their quest to become stronger in the game. We hope this will help alleviate some of the disappointment and pains of growing stronger.
Also, along with the addition of the Ancient Anvil, we're looking to implement changes for gear/accessories with unique enhancement systems, such as the Manos series. While such gear/accessories such as Loggia/Geranoa/Manos series were designed to not require accumulating enhancement chance (stacks), at the same time, you couldn't use Cron Stones for these attempts.
After the Ancient Anvil system update, we plan on making Cron Stones usable for these other gear/accessory enhancement attempts, thereby also alleviating some of the difficulties for either first setting foot in and/or improving your Life Skills. (Check out the Black Desert Global Lab for further details coming soon.)
Such a system may be welcome news to some, but may be of concern to other Adventurers.
However, we felt that for the sake of all our Adventurers to enjoy the game for a longer period of time, this was a necessary system to implement. We hope it becomes a meaningful addition to your adventures in the world of Black Desert.
Thank you.
- The Ancient Anvil system is applicable to all enhanceable gear with less than 100% success rate.
- The Ancient Anvil is activated once enough Agris Essence has been stored. Each failed enhancement attempt will grant 1 Agris Essence regardless of type of gear and enhancement level.
- If you successfully enhance a piece of gear without having stored enough Agris Essence, any stored essences will be consumed upon success.
- The max amount of storable Agris Essence varies per type of gear and enhancement level. Certain items share stored Agris Essences. Except for reformed versions, accessories do not share stored Agris Essences.
- For example, while the Deboreka Necklace and the Moonlit Deboreka Necklace will share stored Agris Essences, the Deboreka Necklace and the Deboreka Belt will store Agris Essences separately.
- Agris Essences apply for enhancing normally, with Cron Stones, or with a hammer item.
- Once enough Agris Essences have been stored and the Ancient Anvil has been activated, you will use the same old enhancement materials to enhance your piece of gear with guaranteed success.
- Enhancing with the Ancient Anvil activated (100% success rate) will NOT consume your current enhancement chance.
- All enhancement attempts made after Jan 1, 2024, will factor into the stored Agris Essence amount for your enhanceable gear/accessories.
- Please refer to the tables below for max amount of storable Agris Essence and items that share stored Agris Essences.
* You can enhance via Group Enhancement gear/accessories that have fully stored Agris Essences.
▲ Upon enhancement failure, Agris Essence starts to stack.
▲ Once enough Agris Essence has stacked, this grants 100% enhancement success.
▲ Agris Essences are shared within the same item group (ie. Blackstar main and Awakening/sub-weapons).
* Accessories do NOT share stored Agris Essences.
Blackstar/Godr-Ayed Weapons, Blackstar Defense Gear, Slumbering Origin Defense Gear
Weapons/Defense Gear by Grade, Life Skill Tools, All Other Weapons, Naru/Tuvala Weapons/Defense Gear
Accessories by Group, Silver Embroidered Life Clothes, Naru/Tuvala Accessories, Capotia Accessories, All Other Accessories
Life Mastery Defense Gear/Accessories by Grade
Horse/Wagon/Donkey Gear, Matchlocks/Sniper Rifles, Fishing Rods/Floats, Mount/[Guild] Mount Equipment
View Accumulated Agris Essence Amount
You can now check the amount of accumulated Agris Essences of each item in their descriptions. You can even check the accumulated amount from items registered in the Central Market, regardless of having said items.
- Added the feature to display total Agris Essence amount within the Family in item descriptions.
- Item description can be viewed from items in the Inventory, Central Market, and items linked in chat.