Pearl Abyss held the 2026 Heidel Ball on the 11th and outlined the direction of upcoming updates for its flagship mobile MMORPG Black Desert Mobile. The headline addition is a new top-tier equipment tier, divine-grade Primordial gear, obtainable in the new region Ulukita and designed to inherit enhancement progress from existing Blackstar equipment directly. To lower the barrier to entry, the combat power thresholds for obtaining Karazad accessories are also being reduced.

Guild content is due for restructuring as well. A Unified Siege War merging node wars and siege wars arrives in the second half, and content with overlapping purposes will be consolidated or moved to a rotation. Alongside that, July 14 brings a worldwide simultaneous update adding eighth-generation pets and a pet adoption center, a second season with a season character conversion feature, the summer event Dragon Palace, and a new swimsuit outfit called Citrus. Pearl Abyss distributed a range of growth materials as in-game rewards to global players to mark the event.