The latest patch has added two new features to Black Desert Mobile, Gear Awakening and Family Blessings, to further enhance the player’s character.

The news was revealed on Black Desert Mobile’s official website site and includes an in-depth look at all the features in the update. Gear Awakening is the highlight, and it brings a new mechanic that enables the player to ‘awaken’ their weapons to increase base AP and DP stats.

To access this new content, players must first complete the new Story Quest, Gear Awakening. It’s a six part arc that has you tackling various challenges, such as defeating three World Bosses. Once finished, players will have access to the new crafting menu. They’ll just need the item in question and an appropriate amount of silver to awaken the item. It should also be noted that all Enchantments, Crystals, and Enhancement Levels will not be lost when the item is Awakened and merely acts as yet another layer of upgrades.

The only items that can be awakened in this way are higher tier items like Abyssal-grade and 3-Slot Mystical Gear. It’s also important to note that a player can take the gear back to the pre-Awakened state using the same crafting menu, though this is not available for any item that has Awakened Enchantments on it. Awakened Enchantments give even more boosts to AP and DP stats and require quite a bit of resources.

The other major change introduced via the patch was the Family Blessings mechanic. Players will now receive an automatic +50% EXP buff to all characters in their Family, save for the one with the highest level. This enables the player to level up their secondary characters much more quickly with significantly less grind. It should be noted that this only applies to those characters with a lower level than the highest leveled character. Once a character reaches a level equal to the highest leveled character they will lose the buff.

There are other updates that have been added to this patch such as the CP Analysis Suggestion which gives the player tips on things they’re doing well and ways they can raise their character’s CP higher. In theory, this should help produce more well-rounded characters. The Tower of Trials has also been updated, and now includes 46 floors with even greater rewards. Finally, a new Auto-Enchant feature has been introduced to make enchanting more efficient for those with a Black Spirit of 65.

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