2023
All-new Season Servers
- Revamped the season servers to no longer end after a certain period of time, but so Adventurers can start and graduate whenever they please.
- If you've graduated from the 2023 Summer Season, you can start the new season immediately and graduate whenever you wish.
- If you've yet to graduate from the 2023 Summer Season, you can now graduate whenever you please.
- Once you've graduated from the 2023 Summer Season, you can immediately start the all-new season.
Season Character Ticket
- Issued 2 Season Character Tickets with the opening of the all-new season.
- You'll find the Season Character Ticket counter displayed in the Character Selection window after logging in.
- You can hold up to 5 Season Character Tickets at a time.
- Season Character Tickets are used to create new season characters for the always-open season servers.
- As long as you have a ticket, you can create a season character whenever you please.
- A ticket will be consumed when you graduate with a season character.
- You can only create one season character at any given time.
- As long as you have a ticket, you can create a season character whenever you please.

※ If you've yet to graduate from the 2023 Summer Season, your Season Character Ticket counter will display 3 tickets. Once you graduate from the summer season, you'll see it drop to 2 tickets, thus starting the all-new season with the same number of tickets as other adventurers.
What's a Season Server?
- Season servers are special servers designed with novice Adventurers in mind. Leveling is also faster compared to normal servers.
- You will need to create a season character to log into the now always-open season server.
- Season characters can log into both season and normal servers.
What are the Benefits of a Season Server?
EXP Boosts
- You can level your character faster than normal due to the following buffs active on the season servers.
Combat EXP | Skill EXP | Life EXP |
+300% | +100% | +30% |
Season-exclusive Tuvala Gear
- You can equip the season-exclusive Tuvala defense gear and weapons with your season character on the season servers.
- Tuvala defense gear and weapons are exclusively available on the season servers, and, once enhanced to PEN (V), boast stats identical to those of TET (IV) boss gear.
PEN (V) Tuvala Longsword | TET (IV) Kzarka Longsword | ||
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Season-exclusive Enhancement Materials
- You can obtain season-exclusive enhancement materials to enhance your season-exclusive gear on season servers.
Major Season-exclusive Enhancement Materials | ||
![]() Time-filled Black Stone
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![]() Refined Magical Black Stone
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![]() Tuvala Ore
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What's Available on the Season Servers?
Content | Details | ||
[Combat] Region Quests | ◆ Visit monster zones throughout the world of Black Desert to activate "Region Quests." | ||
◇ Defeat monsters in the monster zone pertaining to the region quest objective to obtain items that will help your season character grow. | |||
[Combat] Ancient Weapon Invasion | ◆ Defeat monsters in Mediah and Valencia territories to encounter Ancient Weapon Invasions according to a low probability. | ||
◇ Quell the invasion of Ancient Weapon hordes to obtain a sufficient amount of season enhancement materials. | |||
[Combat] Rift's Echo, Rift's Fragment | ◆ Defeat monsters on the season servers to loot Rift's Fragments. | ||
◇ Combine 5 Rift's Fragments with Simple Alchemy (L) to create one Rift's Echo. | |||
◇ Use the Rift's Echo alone or in a party to challenge mighty field bosses. | |||
- Defeat the bosses to obtain season enhancement materials and/or items. | |||
[Combat] Season Red Battlefield | ◆ Test your might against other seasonal adventurers in the Red Battlefield PvP content. | ||
◇ With entry limited to season characters only, you'll find yourself pitted against adventurers equipped with near identical gear levels. | |||
[Combat] Season Atoraxxion | ◆ Enjoy the 5-person party dungeon Atoraxxion on the season server. | ||
◇ Monsters in Season Atoraxxion will be easier to defeat compared to the normal servers. | |||
◇ Accept Fughar's weekly quests in a 5-person party to obtain both normal and season difficulty rewards upon completing Season Atoraxxion. | |||
[Life] Basic Gathering Resource Amount Increase | ◆ Gather with Gathering Tools on the season servers to gain 100% more of the following basic Gathering resources. | ||
◇ Log, Blood/Sap, Wild Grass, Meat, processed Leather, Rough Stone | |||
◇ Does not pertain to Water Scooping, Shoveling, Milking, and barehanded Gathering. | |||
[Life] Gather for Tuvala Enhancement Materials and Season Items | ◆ Gather on the season servers to obtain Tuvala enhancement materials and seasonal items (such as Rift's Fragments). |
Region Quests to Help You Grow
Quest | Objective | Reward |
[Season] Settling Down at the Bashim Base! | Defeat the Bashims x250 | Time-filled Black Stone x20 |
[Season] Surviving at the Bashim Base! | Defeat the Bashims x500 | Refined Magical Black Stone x20 |
[Season] Settling Down at the Cadry Ruins! | Defeat the Cadries x250 | Time-filled Black Stone x20 |
[Season] Become Stronger in the Cadry Ruins! | Defeat the Cadries x500 | DUO (II) Tuvala Belt x1 |
[Season] Surviving at the Gahaz Bandits' Lair! | Defeat the Gahaz Bandits x250 | Time-filled Black Stone x20 |
[Season] Exterminate the Gahaz Bandits! | Defeat the Gahaz Bandits x500 | Refined Magical Black Stone x20 |
[Season] Settling Down at the Desert Naga Temple! | Defeat the Desert Nagas x250 | Time-filled Black Stone x20 |
[Season] Defeat Desert Nagas! | Defeat the Desert Nagas x500 | Time-filled Black Stone x100 |
[Season] Examine the Crescent Shrine! | Defeat the Crescent Followers x250 | Time-filled Black Stone x20 |
[Season] Explore the Crescent Shrine! | Defeat the Crescent Followers x500 | DUO (II) Tuvala Ring x1 |
[Season] Vacation in the Titium Valley! | Clear out the Titium Valley x250 | Time-filled Black Stone x100 |
[Season] Dealin' with Party-poopin' Fogans! | Clear out the Titium Valley x250 | DUO (II) Tuvala Earring x1 |
[Season] Clear out the Fadus Habitat! | Defeat the Faduses x250 | Time-filled Black Stone x120 |
[Season] Dealing with Stray Fadus! | Defeat the Faduses x500 | Refined Magical Black Stone x30 |
[Season] Enter the Sherekhan Necropolis! | Purify the Sherekhan Necropolis x250 | Time-filled Black Stone x150 |
[Season] Explore the Sherekhan Necropolis! | Purify the Sherekhan Necropolis x500 | Refined Magical Black Stone x40 |
[Season] Settling Down at the Blood Wolf Settlement! | Clear out the Blood Wolf Settlement x250 | Time-filled Black Stone x150 |
[Season] Exterminate Blood Wolves! | Clear out the Blood Wolf Settlement x500 | Refined Magical Black Stone x40 |
[Season] Gathering Polly's Forest Mushrooms! | Obtain Polly's Forest Mushrooms x250 | Time-filled Black Stone x120 |
[Season] Defeat Polly's Forest Mushrooms! | Obtain Polly's Forest Mushrooms x500 | Refined Magical Black Stone x30 |
[Season] Scout Out the Waragon Nest | Defeat 250 Stone Waragons | Time-filled Black Stone x120 |
[Season] Examine the Waragon Nest | Defeat 500 Stone Waragons | Refined Magical Black Stone x30 |
[Season] Ambush the Centaurus | Defeat 250 Centaurs | Refined Magical Black Stone x40 |
[Season] Attack the Centaurus | Defeat 500 Centaurs | Tuvala Ore x40 |
[Season] Exterminate the Basilisk Den | Defeat 250 Basilisks | Refined Magical Black Stone x40 |
[Season] Destroy the Basilisk Den | Defeat 500 Basilisks | Tuvala Ore x50 |
[Season] Adapt to the Roud Sulfur Mine | Defeat 250 Lava Tribe monsters at the Roud Sulfur Works | Refined Magical Black Stone x40 |
[Season] Topple the Roud Sulfur Mine | Defeat 500 Lava Tribe monsters at the Roud Sulfur Works | Tuvala Ore x50 |
[Season] Survive in Pila Ku Jail | Defeat 250 monsters of Pila Ku Jail | Refined Magical Black Stone x40 |
[Season] Escape from Pila Ku Jail | Defeat 500 monsters of Pila Ku Jail | Tuvala Ore x50 |
[Season] Enter Navarn Steppe | Defeat 250 creatures of Navarn Steppe | Refined Magical Black Stone x40 |
[Season] Clean Up Navarn Steppe | Defeat 500 creatures of Navarn Steppe | Tuvala Ore x50 |
[Season] Challenge Manshaum Forest | Defeat 250 Manshaums in Manshaum Forest | Refined Magical Black Stone x40 |
[Season] Defeat the Manshaums in the Forest | Defeat 500 Manshaums in Manshaum Forest | Tuvala Ore x50 |
[Season] Conquer the Forest Ronaros | Defeat 250 Forest Ronaros | Refined Magical Black Stone x40 |
[Season] Clean Out the Forest Ronaros | Defeat 500 Forest Ronaros | Tuvala Ore x50 |
[Season] Sweep the Leaves at Tshira Ruins | Defeat 250 creatures at Tshira Ruins | Time-filled Black Stone x120 |
[Season] Adapt To the Tshira Ruins | Defeat 500 creatures at Tshira Ruins | Refined Magical Black Stone x30 |
[Season] Explore the Protty Cave | Defeat 250 Protty | Time-filled Black Stone x120 |
[Season] Sweep Out the Protty Cave | Defeat 500 Protty | Refined Magical Black Stone x30 |
Season Pass with Bountiful Benefits
- Complete the Season Pass challenges to obtain items helpful for your seasonal journey.
- With season character creation and graduation tied to Season Character Tickets, the following has been added to the Season Pass.
- Season leveling challenges (Y), Fughar's gear enhancement quests (which rewarded items such as Advice of Valks, etc.)
- With season character creation and graduation tied to Season Character Tickets, the following has been added to the Season Pass.
[Event] Graduate with the Simplified Season Pass!
* The evergreen season grants 2 Season Character Tickets for all, meaning double the opportunity to reap the rewards of the Season Pass.
[Season] Seals of Journey for Seasonal Adventurers
- The new seasonal seal from the new season pass can be exchanged for items that will aid you in your adventures.
- You can obtain a new batch of Seals of Journey trhough the Season Pass when you use a Season Character Ticket and start a new seasonal journey.
[Event] Graduate with the Simplified Season Pass!
* The All-New Season grants 2 Season Character Tickets for all, meaning you can obtain up to the following number of [Season] Seals of Journey from clearing the Season Pass twice.
- Season Pass cleared 2 times: [Season] Seal of Journey x240 / Season and Black Spirit Passes cleared 2 times: [Season] Seal of Journey x400
* The All-New Season grants 2 Season Character Tickets for all, meaning you can obtain up to the following number of [Season] Seals of Journey from clearing the Season Pass twice.
- Season Pass cleared 2 times: [Season] Seal of Journey x240 / Season and Black Spirit Passes cleared 2 times: [Season] Seal of Journey x400
Season Special Gifts to Prepare for Normal Servers
- Complete the following Season Pass challenge to obtain the Season Special Gift Exchange Coupon.
- Season Pass Challenge: Reach Lv. 10 with your season character.
- Season Pass Reward: Season Special Gift Exchange Coupon x1
* Your Season Special Gift Exchange Coupon won't be found in your inventory, but can be exchanged by talking with Fughar in town.
* The all-new season grants 2 Season Character Tickets for all, meaning you can obtain up to 2 Season Special Gift Exchange Coupons.
- If you've claimed all avaialble season special rewards, hold on to your coupon! More gifts are scheduled to be added in a future update.
* With the [Season Special Gift] Unstoppable Wave of Dreams quest removed, all adventurers with 2023 Summer Season Characters who weren't able to complete the quest in time will automatically obtain an extra Season Character Ticket.
- Adventurers who enjoyed completing the season servers will be able to claim special gifts as they return to the normal servers.
- You can choose from the following gifts and claim them once per season.
Season | Special Reward | ||
2020 Summer |
![]() ![]() PEN (V) Capotia Earring or PEN (V) Capotia Ring
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2020 Autumn |
![]() Perilla's Star
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2020 Winter |
![]() PEN (V) Capotia Belt
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2021 Summer |
![]() PEN (V) Capotia Necklace
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2021 Season+ |
![]() Advice of Valks (+100)
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2021 Winter Season: Drakania Season: Dawn of Dragons 2022 Autumn Winter Spring 2023 Summer |
![]() Advice of Valks (+100) Box
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[Opening Special] All-New |
![]() Advice of Valks (+150)
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Season Graduation when Ready
- Once you feel your season character has grown enough, it's time to graduate from the season servers.
* We strongly recommend novice adventurers to take your time in leveling and gearing up your season character to max possible levels before attempting to graduate from the season servers.
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- Upon graduation, season characters will be converted into normal ones, and each piece of your season Tuvala gear set with the highest enhancement level will be converted into normal Tuvala gear, and all other duplicates removed (except for rings and earrings which will have a maximum of two of each converted).
Requirements to Graduate | Complete all Season Pass challenges & claim all Season Pass rewards (this includes Black Spirit Pass challenges and rewards if purchased) |
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How to Graduate | Once the above requirements are fulfilled, click the "Graduate" button |

Additional Season Graduation Notices
- Upon season graduation, you will automatically reconnect and your season character will be converted into a normal character.
- Graduation gifts will be sent to your Mail (B).
- You can only graduate from the season while logged into a normal server, and must have cleared your inventory and storage of 2023 Summer Season items such as Fughar's Timepiece.
- Each piece of your season Tuvala gear set with the highest enhancement level will be converted into normal Tuvala gear, and all other duplicates removed (except for rings and earrings which will have a maximum of two of each converted).
- All unconverted Tuvala gear will be removed.
- Upon graduation, you may no longer enjoy any of the following season benefits.
- Season server entry
- Season Pass, exchange quests, challenges, rewards
- Season-exclusive items (equipping & usage)
- If your Family hasn't logged in for 180 days or more, your season character will be automatically graduated.
- All unclaimed Season Pass rewards will be deleted, and any Tuvala gear in your season character's possession will be automatically converted based on season graduation rules mentioned above.
- Season graduation gifts will also be sent to your Mail (B).
- The following items will be removed upon season graduation.
- Black Spirit Pass
- All Tuvala equipment, excluding Tuvala Gloves, which will be converted into normal items upon graduation.
- Season enhancement materials (Time-filled Black Stone, Refined Magical Black Stone, Tuvala Ore)
- Rift's Fragment, Rift's Echo
- Frozen Tides Black Stone, Boiling Tides Black Stone
- Fughar's Riding Crop
- Fughar's Fishing Rod
- [Season] Secret Book of the Misty Breeze, [Season] Secret Book of the Crimson Fog
- Atoraxxion: Rift Chest
- [Event] Fughar's Special Season Gift Box
- [Season] exclusive gear (such as Militia, Azwell, Elsh weapons, etc.)
Tag Characters for Post-Graduation Growth
Tagging Characters
- You can tag two characters in your Family, which allows you to instantly switch between the tagged characters.
- Tagged characters will share their in-game location at all times.
(For example, if tagged character A moves to a monster zone, then switches to tagged character B, B will log into the exact same location in said monster zone.)
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- You can only tag normal characters.
Leveling with Tagged Characters
- The tag system has been revamped to allow tagged characters to now share EXP gains.
- By alternating between tagged characters, you could potentially level up multiple characters at a time.
Revamped "Character Tag" System in a Nutshell
1. Select the "Tag Characters" icon located on the upper left portion of the screen. Link two characters A & B (who are both at least Lv. 7) who you wish to tag.
2. Leveling with character A will accumulate the same amount of EXP gained to character B.
3. Log into character B, open the "Tag Characters" window, and press the "Get EXP" button to claim the EXP gained by character A.
( You can also level with character B and claim EXP gains on character A. )
- Combat/Skill EXP gained through Black Spirit's Training does not accumulate.
- Only Skill EXP gained through PvE combat will be accumulated.
* When obtaining the accumulated EXP, leveling up will be temporarily halted once at Lv. 49, Lv. 56, and Lv. 60.
- Each time you will need to press the "Get EXP" again to level up with the accumulated EXP to the next threshold.
* You will also need to complete the "[To Level 50!] Go Beyond Your Own Limits" quest through the Black Spirit (/) in order to level from Lv. 49 to Lv. 50.
1. Select the "Tag Characters" icon located on the upper left portion of the screen. Link two characters A & B (who are both at least Lv. 7) who you wish to tag.
2. Leveling with character A will accumulate the same amount of EXP gained to character B.
3. Log into character B, open the "Tag Characters" window, and press the "Get EXP" button to claim the EXP gained by character A.
( You can also level with character B and claim EXP gains on character A. )
- Combat/Skill EXP gained through Black Spirit's Training does not accumulate.
- Only Skill EXP gained through PvE combat will be accumulated.
* When obtaining the accumulated EXP, leveling up will be temporarily halted once at Lv. 49, Lv. 56, and Lv. 60.
- Each time you will need to press the "Get EXP" again to level up with the accumulated EXP to the next threshold.
* You will also need to complete the "[To Level 50!] Go Beyond Your Own Limits" quest through the Black Spirit (/) in order to level from Lv. 49 to Lv. 50.
Learn More - Item Copy
Once you've tagged two characters, you can also enable them to share the same gear. This feature is known as "Item Copy."
Complete the "[Marni's Suspicious Device] Old Moon Shop" quest available from Lv. 56 through the Black Spirit (/) to unlock the Item Copy feature.
(Quest (O) - Suggested - [ADV Support] [Lv. 56] Item Copy with Marni's Device!)
When copying items, all equipped defense gear, weapons, accessories, tools, alchemy stones, and artifacts will be copied into the bags of the tagged character.
Copying items consumes "Marni's Unstable Fuel."
Once you've tagged two characters, you can also enable them to share the same gear. This feature is known as "Item Copy."
Complete the "[Marni's Suspicious Device] Old Moon Shop" quest available from Lv. 56 through the Black Spirit (/) to unlock the Item Copy feature.
(Quest (O) - Suggested - [ADV Support] [Lv. 56] Item Copy with Marni's Device!)
When copying items, all equipped defense gear, weapons, accessories, tools, alchemy stones, and artifacts will be copied into the bags of the tagged character.
Copying items consumes "Marni's Unstable Fuel."
Season Changes & Additional Notices
- The all-new season awards all adventurers with 2 Season Character Tickets, meaning you can start and graduate from the season twice.
- You can also complete the Season Pass twice, meaning double the rewards to claim.
(Create Season Character - Complete Season Pass - Graduate - Create Season Character - Complete Season Pass)
* If you've yet to graduate from the 2023 Summer Season, your Season Character Ticket counter will display 3 tickets. Once you graduate from the summer season, you'll see it drop to 2 tickets, thus starting the all-new season with the same number of tickets as other adventurers.
- Maximum character slots have been increased from 30 slots → 31 slots in light of the all-new season.
- The following will be issued via in-game Mail (B) during the Sept 20 (Wed) maintenance.
- To all Adventurers: [Event] Fughar's Special Gift Box x1, Advice of Valks (+60) x7, Advice of Valks (+40) x7
- To Adventurers yet to graduate from 2023 Summer Season: [Event] Fughar's Special Season Gift Box
![]() [Event] Fughar's Special Gift Box
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![]() [Event] Fughar's Special Season Gift Box
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Inventory +8 Expansion Coupon x1 Item Collection Increase Scroll x10 Combat & Skill EXP 300% Scroll x10 [Event] Lv. 57 Travel Kit x1 Cron Stone x500 [Event] Enhancement Help Kit III x1 Advice of Valks (+60) x2 2,000 Loyalties Mount All Skill Training Coupon x1 |
Items helpful during the season: PEN (V) Tuvala Earring x1 (season character-exclusive) PEN (V) Tuvala Ring x1 (season character-exclusive) Refined Magical Black Stone x300 Tuvala Ore x500 Frozen Tides Black Stone x1 Boiling Tides Black Stone x1 Enhancement Aid Box x1 |
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[Event] Fughar's Special Season Gift Box

- This item will be removed either during the Dec 27 (Wed) maintenance or upon graduating from the 2023 Summer Season.
- The PEN (V) Tuvala accessories from the box are equippable by season characters, and if your season character has more than the allowed number of accessories per equipment slot upon graduation, these will be automatically removed as well.
- Tuvala enhancement materials from the box will be removed upon graduating from the season.
- Changed the name of a fish catchable from certain regions to Plump Coelacanth.
- The following name change occurred during the Sept 13, 2023 (Wed) maintenance: [Season] Coelacanth → Plump Coelacanth
- Descriptions referring to this name in certain Fughar quests have been updated accordingly.
- You can no longer exchange Plump Coelacanth for Time-filled Black Stones.
- Changed the vendor value of the following seasonal items to 10,000 Silver.
- Time-filled Black Stone, Refined Magical Black Stone, Tuvala Ore
* The following patch was applied due to the aforementioned change.
- Any of the above items in your Family's possession have been converted to Silver based on the vendor value prior to the patch and sent to your Mail (B).
* If you had already graduated from the 2023 Summer Season but deleted the graduated season character and created a new season character, your newly-created season character will be converted into a normal character.
- Integrated the rewards from various quests and challenges in the Season Pass.
- Season Character Leveling Challenges (Lv. 50-60)
- New/Returning Adventurer Challenges
- Region quests (skill point rewards, etc.)
- Advice of Valks Tuvala enhancement (TRI & TET) quests via NPC Fughar
- Season graduation quests
- Fughar's Fishing Rod quest
- Removed the following content.
- Season Atoraxxion Clearing Challenges (excluding weekly quests)
- Fughar's Timepiece quest
* Fughar's Timepieces obtained from the 2023 Summer Season will be removed during the Dec 27 (Wed) maintenance. You must use up all timepieces to graduate from the 2023 Season Summer.