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Black Desert Online

Playable

Pearl Abyss's open-world fantasy MMORPG mixes action-combat theme-park progression with extensive sandbox systems. Its life-skill and economy layer includes gathering, processing, crafting, trading, farming, fishing, housing, worker networks and production nodes, while guilds compete through large-scale Node and Conquest Wars.

Sandbox/Themepark HybridOpen WorldPlayer EconomyHousingWorkersNodesCraftingGatheringFarmingTradingSailingGuild WarsTerritory ControlPersistent World

Game information

StatusPlayable
SettingFantasy
PlatformWindows PC; separate console service
Business modelBuy-to-play with optional cash-shop purchases and convenience items
DeveloperPearl Abyss
Release / testingOriginally launched in Korea in 2014; North American and European PC release March 3, 2016
PvPOpen-world PvP under game restrictions plus guild Node and Conquest Wars
PerspectiveThird-person action combat
World typeLarge persistent open world with channel-based servers
Last checkedProfile added August 18, 2026