This BDO Dark Rift Guide gives a quick summary and an in-depth look into a new way to obtain Enhancement items and accessories up to DUO Enhancement. Dark Rifts were added February 13th 2019 in Black Desert Online on the NA server. Dark Rifts randomly create solo bosses only visible by you. Spawn times are RNG, with some players reporting having to wait up to 7 days for one to spawn.
Dark Rift Highlights:
- Requirements: Need to have at least 1 character within the Family which reached Level 56. Alts under level 55 must attack first before being attacked by a Dark Rift boss.
Complete Black Spirit quest: [Awakening Complete] Memories of the PastWas removed Patch 4-10-19- You can have all 12 Dark Rift bosses available at one time. You cannot have multiple of the same boss, however.
- Dark Rift bosses never de-spawn until you defeat them, even after Maintenance.
- There is no death penalty from Dark Rift bosses. (No XP or crystal loss)
- Boss health doesn’t reset or regenerate even if you die.
- The Dark Rift window shows which bosses are available, what the rewards are for that boss, the difficulty, boss level, and a button to navigate to their spawn location.
- Bosses cannot be attacked during Conquest/Node War, so switch Channels if this is the case.
- After you initiate combat with a Dark Rift boss, other players will not be able to see or PVP you.
- Dark Rift bosses that haven’t been killed in 24 hours will slowly loose levels and loose AP/DP.
- Level Ranges: I, II, III, IV, and V.
- 1 level is lost every 24 hours.
- Lost levels do not lower or degrade obtainable loot.
- You don’t have to stay logged in. Bosses loose levels regardless.
HAPPY Dark Rift Hunting!!
Dark Rift Boss Window
The Dark Rift Boss Window is accessible by pressing the Dark Rift icon at the bottom right of your screen. The number shows the number of bosses that have spawned.
Dark Rift Window Details:
- Navigate Arrow: Arrow button to draw a path to Dark Rift boss.
- Dark Rift Rewards: List of all reward items for defeating the boss.
- Boss Difficulty: Normal > Hard > Very Hard
- Boss Level: I to V levels. Level V means boss spawned within 24 hours and it’s at maximum level. Dark Rift Boss level decreases by 1 every 24 hours.
Dark Rift Loot Rewards
Do I Get All Loot Shown?
Besides Remnants of the Rift, you will get exactly all the items listed in the Dark Rift window for each Dark boss killed and looted. Quantity varies for Memory Fragments, Black Stones, and Spirit Dust, depending on the Dark Rift difficulty. Harder difficulty seems to reward a greater quantity of Black Stones. Players report getting mostly Cron Stones since they changed the Dark Rift chests. Expect a low chance to obtain any accessory.
Example Dark Rift Loot:
Giath Loot
Difficulty: Normal
Dim Tree Loot
Difficulty: Hard
Gehaku Loot
Difficulty: Hard
Ruins GT Loot
Difficulty: Hard
Ronin Loot
Difficulty: Hard
Ahib Griffon Loot
Difficulty: Very Hard
Ancient Puturum Loot
Difficulty: Very Hard
Dark Rift Loot Details:
Remnants of the Rift (RNG drop)
- Right Click to start the Blackstar Main Weapon quest.
- For Level 56+. Requires Knowledge ‘The Three Legendary Blacksmiths of Mediah’, which can be obtained by completing the quest The Three Blacksmiths.
- Also used to create Blackstar Enhancement material, Mass of Pure Magic. Remnants of the Rift x1 + Black Spirit’s Claw x1 = Mass of Pure Magic x5.
- Read more about this rare item and the Blackstar Weapon in our Blackstar Weapon Guide.
- Chests:
- Difficulty: Very Hard
Box of the Silent Dead:
Box of the Silent Dead — 1 RNG item from chest loot list: Cron Stone, Laytenn’s Power Stone, Ogre Ring, Eye of the Ruins Ring, Narc Ear Accessory, Valtarra Eclipsed Belt, Orkinrad’s Belt, Basilisk’s Belt, Ring of Crescent Guardian - Difficulty: Hard
Box of the Distorted Dead:
Box of the Distorted Dead — 1 RNG item from chest loot list: Cron Stone, Laytenn’s Power Stone, Ogre Ring, Eye of the Ruins Ring, Narc Ear Accessory, Valtarra Eclipsed Belt, Orkinrad’s Belt, Basilisk’s Belt, Ring of Crescent Guardian, Centaurus Belt, Ring of Cadry Guardian, Forest Ronaros Ring, Sicil’s Necklace, Serap’s Necklace - Difficulty: Normal
Box of the Desperate Dead:
Box of the Desperate Dead — 1 RNG item from chest loot list: Cron Stone, Laytenn’s Power Stone, Ogre Ring, Eye of the Ruins Ring, Narc Ear Accessory, Valtarra Eclipsed Belt, Orkinrad’s Belt, Basilisk’s Belt, Ring of Crescent Guardian, Centaurus Belt, Ring of Cadry Guardian, Forest Ronaros Ring, Sicil’s Necklace, Serap’s Necklace, Tree Spirit Belt, Ancient Weapon Core, Ancient Guardian’s Seal, Witch’s Earring, Mark of Shadow 
Black Stone (Weapon): Enhance attack gear
Black Stone (Armor): Enhance defense gear
Memory Fragment: Repair Max Durability on more expensive gear
Dark Spirit’s Greed: Exchange for a variety of valuable loot
Ancient Spirit Dust: combine Ancient Spirit Dust x5 and Black Stone (Weapon/Armor) x1 into Caphras Stone x1
Dark Spirit’s Greed Exchange for Loot
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Dark Spirit’s Greed
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Reward |
|---|---|
| 2 |
 Kzarka’s Latent Aura x1
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| 2 |
 Nouver’s Latent Aura x1
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| 2 |
 Kutum’s Latent Aura x1
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| 3 |
 Karanda’s Latent Aura x1
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| 10 |
 Item Collection Increase Scroll (60 min) x1
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| 15 |
 Supreme Alchemy Tool x1
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| 15 |
 Supreme Cooking Utensil x1
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| 20 |
 Advice of Valks (+20) x1
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| 30 |
 Magic Crystal of Infinity – Experience x1
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| 40 |
 Krogdalo’s Origin Stone x1
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| 50 |
Advice of Valks (+35) x1
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| 100 |
Advice of Valks (+50) x1
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Dark Spirit’s Greed Exchange NPCs
Exchange Dark Spirit’s Greed for items with the following NPCs.
| Location | NPC |
|---|---|
Western Guard Camp
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Cliff
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Heidel
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Cruhorn Wyrmsbane
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Calpheon
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Valks
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Altinova
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Sarma Anin
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Valencia
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Barhan Nesser
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Grána
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Hazel Azealia
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Duvencrune
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Odelphin
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Dark Rift Combat Tactics
Dark Rift Bosses are challenging and are not meant to be easy and fast. Players report that sometimes iframes/blocks/SA doesn’t work against them. Don’t run in mindlessly, expecting the boss to fall in a few minutes. These fights take time and strategy. Study the boss’s movements and you will start to learn their patterns of attack. When you can anticipate their moves, you can dodge attacks to survive and win.
Dark Rifts are placed right in the middle of normal grinding areas. This means you have to consider how well you can fight mobs at that location. While fighting the boss, anticipate moving through mobs that chase you and block movement or even stun you.
Dark Rift Combat Tips:
- HP Pots: Bring lots of HP pots
- Boss Combat Basics: Learn your class skills that have blocking ability like Forward Guard, Superarmor, and Invincibility. Learn your evasive moves that will make your character side step out of danger. Without using these, you will die quickly. Learn which skills give Healing.
- Begin with Fast Attacks: Use fast attacks + evasive moves until you learn all of the boss movements. On the melee attacks, iFrame behind them and Back Attack them. On charges, dodge and iFrame behind for Back Attack. Always attack from behind. For AOE’s that bypass block and FG, learn to avoid.
- S-Block – Walking backwards for Forward Guard: Evade skills eat up Stamina and walking backwards may help while you recharge Stamina.
- Help from a Friend: Ask a friend to clear mobs around the boss, while you fight, if you are too low-geared to handle both at the same time.
- Time Debuff: Players report Dark Rift bosses weaken after 15 to 30 minutes of fighting. (Seperate from the de-leveling after 24 hours.)
- Reset Boss Location: When you run away too far, the boss will run back to his spawn point, but still keep the damage you dealt. This frees you to pick off boss adds that may have spawned and surrounding mobs. Or you can Back Attack him as he runs.
- Low-geared Players: Don’t give up if you die. It’s still doable. Boss health doesn’t reset. Just expect a longer fight, because you will have to run back to the spawn location on death. (unless you use Elion’s Tears)
- Food Rotation + Elixirs:
- Damage modifiers like back attack and crit damage increase are better than AP.
- Kamasylvia Meal for Back Attack +5%
- King of the Jungle Hamburg for Critical Hit Damage +5%
- Serendia Meal for AP +5 and Accuracy +10
- Elixir of Lethal Assassin for Back Attack Damage +15%.
- Elixir of Sharp Detection for Critical Hit Damage +15%
- Giant’s draught is much better than beast’s draught due to the all special attack +10%.
- Quested Mediah Gear: You want to at least have the quested gear from Mediah and Asula Accessories.
Quest Chain for Mediah Boots: Derek’s Light Leather Shoes
Quest Chain for Mediah Helm: Mediah Merchants Union Helm
Quest Chain for Mediah Gloves: Beia’s Black Magic Gloves
Quest Chain for Abyssal Weapon: Black Abyssal Weapons
To obtain the Dim Magical Sub-weapon and Dim Magical Armor, you must first complete the main story line that leads up to [Boss] Witch-Hunting and then While preparing for Mediah.
To upgrade the Dim Magical Sub-weapon, you will need to complete all quests in the World of Enemies series and most quests in the Sharper Weapon series. While in Calpheon, you will be able to upgrade your sub-weapon twice to gain a sub-weapon of Sealed Magical Power.
All Dim Armor upgrades and the rest of the Dim sub-weapon upgrades take place later on in Mediah.
Best Classes for Dark Rifts?
I have found the Archer to be my favorite class to use, until he runs out of HP pots… Ha! He is expert at strafing and leaping out of danger. Any class that has good movement and/or healing capability will help, such as Witch/Wizard, who have direct heals and Lahn, with many offensive HP regen skills. Classes with a summon can help take aggro off of you for a bit.
Ancient Puturum
Difficulty: Very Hard
Location: Valencia
Loot Box: Box of the Silent Dead:
Box of the Silent Dead — 1 RNG item from chest loot list: Cron Stone, Laytenn’s Power Stone, Ogre Ring, Eye of the Ruins Ring, Narc Ear Accessory, Valtarra Eclipsed Belt, Orkinrad’s Belt, Basilisk’s Belt, Ring of Crescent Guardian
Ancient Puturum can be difficult. Strafe when he swoops in for a flying charge. After his charge, get ready to Back Attack him. When he stops flying and sits, he’s charging a heavy hitting lightning attack. Get out of range. Look for the warning message before he deals a powerful attack. The biggest obstacles might be the mobs that naturally spawn there. If he spawns in Crescent Shrine, they will stun you and if you have low DP, it can get very ouchy. Bring a friend to clear if needed. He also spawns in Nagas or Bandits, which are much easier to handle.
Ahib Griffon
Difficulty: Very Hard
Location: Kamasylvia
Loot Box: Box of the Silent Dead:
Box of the Silent Dead — 1 RNG item from chest loot list: Cron Stone, Laytenn’s Power Stone, Ogre Ring, Eye of the Ruins Ring, Narc Ear Accessory, Valtarra Eclipsed Belt, Orkinrad’s Belt, Basilisk’s Belt, Ring of Crescent Guardian
Paints the ground red before his heavy hitting attack. Run out of the red area. He rears up and back before his very foul breath attack. Try not to wander out of the small cleared circle that he spawns in. If you accidently shoot the native mobs surrounding Ahib Griffon’s spawn point, it can be a real pain. Don’t forget you can run away from the mobs to reset them to their original spawn location.
Ronin
Difficulty: Hard
Location: Kamasylvia
Loot Box: Box of the Distorted Dead:
Box of the Distorted Dead — 1 RNG item from chest loot list: Cron Stone, Laytenn’s Power Stone, Ogre Ring, Eye of the Ruins Ring, Narc Ear Accessory, Valtarra Eclipsed Belt, Orkinrad’s Belt, Basilisk’s Belt, Ring of Crescent Guardian, Centaurus Belt, Ring of Cadry Guardian, Forest Ronaros Ring, Sicil’s Necklace, Serap’s Necklace
Straightforward fight. He charges then stops for about 4 seconds. Back Attack him.
Moghulis
Difficulty: Hard
Location: Mediah
Loot Box: Box of the Distorted Dead:
Box of the Distorted Dead — 1 RNG item from chest loot list: Cron Stone, Laytenn’s Power Stone, Ogre Ring, Eye of the Ruins Ring, Narc Ear Accessory, Valtarra Eclipsed Belt, Orkinrad’s Belt, Basilisk’s Belt, Ring of Crescent Guardian, Centaurus Belt, Ring of Cadry Guardian, Forest Ronaros Ring, Sicil’s Necklace, Serap’s Necklace
He frequently rolls into a ball and charges at you. Use your evasive sideways manuvers or block. If you get in front of one of the big boulders in the area and he traps you there with that rolling ball charge, you’re dead. Keep moving with fast attacks and you’ll be ok. Don’t get yourself pinned against a boulder, like I did. 🙂 He spawns a tough golem ad that is very annoying and will stun you.
Ferrid
Difficulty: Hard
Location: Mediah (inside Omar Lava Cave)
Loot Box: Box of the Distorted Dead:
Box of the Distorted Dead — 1 RNG item from chest loot list: Cron Stone, Laytenn’s Power Stone, Ogre Ring, Eye of the Ruins Ring, Narc Ear Accessory, Valtarra Eclipsed Belt, Orkinrad’s Belt, Basilisk’s Belt, Ring of Crescent Guardian, Centaurus Belt, Ring of Cadry Guardian, Forest Ronaros Ring, Sicil’s Necklace, Serap’s Necklace
This one is challenging because Ferrid is inside and you are boxed in by the walls of a small pit. Ferrid will reach his hands into the air before his powerful attack.
Dim Tree Spirit
Difficulty: Hard
Location: Calpheon
Loot Box: Box of the Distorted Dead:
Box of the Distorted Dead — 1 RNG item from chest loot list: Cron Stone, Laytenn’s Power Stone, Ogre Ring, Eye of the Ruins Ring, Narc Ear Accessory, Valtarra Eclipsed Belt, Orkinrad’s Belt, Basilisk’s Belt, Ring of Crescent Guardian, Centaurus Belt, Ring of Cadry Guardian, Forest Ronaros Ring, Sicil’s Necklace, Serap’s Necklace
Combat Tips: This boss spawns in some challenging environments with lots of boulders and/or trees. If you get too far from Dim Tree, he will long range attack, which hits 100%. This is a heavy hitting attack that you must invuln or block. Don’t get too close or his melee will Back Attack you and bypass your Block. He and his adds have rapid fire Knockdown, so you will need Block and/or quick strafing.
Ruins Guard Tower
Difficulty: Hard
Location: Calpheon
Loot Box: Box of the Distorted Dead:
Box of the Distorted Dead — 1 RNG item from chest loot list: Cron Stone, Laytenn’s Power Stone, Ogre Ring, Eye of the Ruins Ring, Narc Ear Accessory, Valtarra Eclipsed Belt, Orkinrad’s Belt, Basilisk’s Belt, Ring of Crescent Guardian, Centaurus Belt, Ring of Cadry Guardian, Forest Ronaros Ring, Sicil’s Necklace, Serap’s Necklace
Ruins Guard Tower Tips: Fairly easy. Stay out of the red patches on the ground that show his red laser beam area of effect. This boss stays stationary and his ads are extremely slow. Don’t waste allot of time on the high health ads, as they just keep respawning after you kill them. When he starts shooting white rockets, strafe.
Gehaku
Difficulty: Hard
Location: Calpheon
Loot Box: Box of the Distorted Dead:
Box of the Distorted Dead — 1 RNG item from chest loot list: Cron Stone, Laytenn’s Power Stone, Ogre Ring, Eye of the Ruins Ring, Narc Ear Accessory, Valtarra Eclipsed Belt, Orkinrad’s Belt, Basilisk’s Belt, Ring of Crescent Guardian, Centaurus Belt, Ring of Cadry Guardian, Forest Ronaros Ring, Sicil’s Necklace, Serap’s Necklace
Gehaku Tips: He has a frequent and very fast charge with CC. There is a very narrow window when you can hit him. When he roars, he will begin a range attack, get far away or block if possible. That stuff hurts bad!
Muskan
Difficulty: Normal
Location: Serendia
Loot Box: Box of the Desperate Dead:
Box of the Desperate Dead — 1 RNG item from chest loot list: Cron Stone, Laytenn’s Power Stone, Ogre Ring, Eye of the Ruins Ring, Narc Ear Accessory, Valtarra Eclipsed Belt, Orkinrad’s Belt, Basilisk’s Belt, Ring of Crescent Guardian, Centaurus Belt, Ring of Cadry Guardian, Forest Ronaros Ring, Sicil’s Necklace, Serap’s Necklace, Tree Spirit Belt, Ancient Weapon Core, Ancient Guardian’s Seal, Witch’s Earring, Mark of Shadow
Dastard Behg
Difficulty: Normal
Location: Serendia
Loot Box: Box of the Desperate Dead:
Box of the Desperate Dead — 1 RNG item from chest loot list: Cron Stone, Laytenn’s Power Stone, Ogre Ring, Eye of the Ruins Ring, Narc Ear Accessory, Valtarra Eclipsed Belt, Orkinrad’s Belt, Basilisk’s Belt, Ring of Crescent Guardian, Centaurus Belt, Ring of Cadry Guardian, Forest Ronaros Ring, Sicil’s Necklace, Serap’s Necklace, Tree Spirit Belt, Ancient Weapon Core, Ancient Guardian’s Seal, Witch’s Earring, Mark of Shadow
Dastard Behg is CC happy. His normal attack with that nasty grappling hook has an obscenely long ranged Knockdown! Ack, he can be a pain to say the least. Keep strafing and using quick attacks. Finding that narrow window when you can hit him is tricky.
Giath
Difficulty: Normal
Location: Serendia
Loot Box: Box of the Desperate Dead:
Box of the Desperate Dead — 1 RNG item from chest loot list: Cron Stone, Laytenn’s Power Stone, Ogre Ring, Eye of the Ruins Ring, Narc Ear Accessory, Valtarra Eclipsed Belt, Orkinrad’s Belt, Basilisk’s Belt, Ring of Crescent Guardian, Centaurus Belt, Ring of Cadry Guardian, Forest Ronaros Ring, Sicil’s Necklace, Serap’s Necklace, Tree Spirit Belt, Ancient Weapon Core, Ancient Guardian’s Seal, Witch’s Earring, Mark of Shadow
Giath Tips: He does allot of Knockdown attacks and will do a flaming ranged attack that Knocks down as well. Forward Guard and Superarmor are your friend. Once in a while he’ll pause for a breather, but not very often. He’s a tough one. Keep strafing and use fast hits.
Red Nose
Difficulty: Normal
Location: Balenos
Loot Box: Box of the Desperate Dead:
Box of the Desperate Dead — 1 RNG item from chest loot list: Cron Stone, Laytenn’s Power Stone, Ogre Ring, Eye of the Ruins Ring, Narc Ear Accessory, Valtarra Eclipsed Belt, Orkinrad’s Belt, Basilisk’s Belt, Ring of Crescent Guardian, Centaurus Belt, Ring of Cadry Guardian, Forest Ronaros Ring, Sicil’s Necklace, Serap’s Necklace, Tree Spirit Belt, Ancient Weapon Core, Ancient Guardian’s Seal, Witch’s Earring, Mark of Shadow
Red Nose likes to CC, so you have to keep strafing. Once in a while he will belly flop and lay on the ground for 4 seconds. If you avoid it, you can unload your slower, more heavy hitting Down Attack on him.
BDO Developer’s Dark Rift Announcement Page
Copied from the article “Defeat the Bosses from the Dark Rift!” posted on 13 February 2019 12:00
Hello Adventurers!
Dark Rifts have been added to Black Desert with 02/13 (Wed) maintenance.
Bosses are appearing from the Dark Rift throughout the Monster Zones, shall we go to see what it’s like?
Dark Rift?
Adventurers that have completed the prerequisite quests can encounter bosses from the Dark Rift in Monster Zones.
The Dark Rift, and the bosses from the Dark Rift have one thing in common: they both can only be seen by “You”.
Therefore, these bosses must be defeated alone.
There is a chance you can obtain a box with accessories after defeating a boss that spawns from the Dark Rift.
However, the difficulty level of each boss varies based on which Monster Zone it appears in, so exercise caution when attacking one.
▲ Giath appearing from the Dark Rift. Their appearance and combat-style isn’t any different from usual.
1. Prerequisite Quests
There is a newly-added prerequisite quest, [Awakening Complete] Memories of the Past, that needs to be completed to unlock the Dark Rift. You need to have completed the Awakening Quest of your class to obtain the [Awakening Complete] Memories of the Past from the Black Spirit.
2. Spawning
How do you know if a boss has appeared from the Dark Rift?
A large notification message will appear on the upper-center of the game window, then a message and a mark will also appear on the lower-right UI of your game screen as well.
If you do not know the location of the Dark Rift after receiving this message, please check the World Map (M).
▲ As shown above, a large notification message will appear alongside a separate smaller one on the bottom-right corner.
▲ World Map (M) mark. Clicking on the Dark Rift mark will guide you to the appearance area. Keep in mind, only “You” can see it.
3. Combat
What if you’ve confirmed the appearance of a boss? Well it’s time to fight them of course!
When you are in combat with a boss, other Adventurers cannot see or attack “You”. (Summons and Pets included)
So don’t worry about interruptions and please just enjoy the intense combat between you and the boss.
If a boss does appear, they can only see and attack “You”. So if you’re not ready, you can take time to make your preparations before attacking.
Additionally, since there is no death penalty for dying against a boss that spawns from the Dark Rift, you can challenge them freely!
※ The bosses from the Dark Rift do not naturally die or despawn.
※ There will be a maximum of 10 world bosses from the Dark Rift spawned. You need to defeat the previous one in order to have a new world boss from the Dark Rift spawn.
※ Bosses cannot be attacked during Conquest/Node War, so please move to a server without a Conquest/Node War in-progress to engage in a boss combat.
4. Rewards
Once you’ve defeated a boss from the Dark Rift, it’s time for some rewards.
You can obtain two different items from looting a boss: Box of the Dead and Dark Spirit’s Greed. There are three types of Box of the Dead: Box of the Desperate Dead, Box of the Distorted Dead, and Box of the Silent Dead, and they all contain various accessories. The Dark Spirit’s Greed can be collected and exchanged for other items.
▲ Make sure to loot the boss monsters you’ve defeated!
Based on the difficulty, you can obtain a Box of the Silent/Distorted/Desperate Dead. The items that can be obtained from each type of the Box of the Dead are shown below.
▲ If you obtain a Box of the Dead, test your luck by opening it.
Depending on the number of Dark Spirit’s Greed, you can exchange them with a NPC for various items.
| Item Exchanged | Amount |
| Kzarka’s Latent Aura x1 | Dark Spirit’s Greed x2 |
| Nouver’s Latent Aura x1 | |
| Kutum’s Latent Aura x1 | |
| Karanda’s Latent Aura x1 | Dark Spirit’s Greed x3 |
| Item Collection Increase Scroll (60 min) x1 | Dark Spirit’s Greed x10 |
| Supreme Alchemy Tool x1 | Dark Spirit’s Greed x15 |
| Supreme Cooking Utensil x1 | |
| Advice of Valks (+20) x1 | Dark Spirit’s Greed x20 |
| Magic Crystal of Infinity – Experience x1 | Dark Spirit’s Greed x30 |
| Krogdalo’s Origin Stone x1 | Dark Spirit’s Greed x40 |
| Advice of Valks (+35) x1 | Dark Spirit’s Greed x50 |
| Advice of Valks (+50) x1 | Dark Spirit’s Greed x100 |
Exchange Dark Spirit’s Greed for items with the following NPCs.
| Location | NPC |
| Western Guard Camp | Cliff |
| Heidel | Cruhorn Wyrmsbane |
| Calpheon | Valks |
| Altinova | Sarma Anin |
| Valencia | Barhan Nesser |
| Grána | Hazel Azealia |
This wraps up the announcement of Dark Rift. We hope to have you instructed you sufficiently and we hope you enjoy fighting your very own boss!
Thank you.
Executive Producer’s Letter Concerning Dark Rift
Copied from an article “Working Towards a Comprehensive Black Desert Online”, published 13 February 2019 15:00.
Greetings Adventurers,
This is Jae-hee Kim, the Executive Producer in charge of development for Black Desert Online.
A whole month has already passed since the start of this new year.
As January was the opening month of 2019, we tried to introduce variety of new contents during the last month to make the journey even more enjoyable.
We have introduced countless updates during the past, yet the last couple of months were especially filled with various important patches.
We introduced new contents without rest including Bartali’s Adventure Log, War Hero, Dark Rift, Shadow Arena, Central Market, Privacy Mode, removal of weight for silver, decrease of the variety of loot dropped during the early stages, removal of the Node Connection requirement for trading fish, revealing the enhancement success rates, Devour, and Territory War which is currently under development. (Some of the contents are yet to be released in NA/EU)
I decided to present this Dev Note today as I believed there may be many Adventurers out there who’d like to learn more about the newly introduced contents and the intentions behind them.
Dark Rift
Requirement: A family with at least 1 awakened character at Lv.56 or higher.
Note: appears at random times, no penalty upon death, Boss HP does not reset
“How can we make defeating monsters less tedious?”
“How can we deliver an intense game experience within a short amount of time?”
“How can we help Adventurers that cannot play for a long time to grow their characters?”
As mentioned from the previous DEV NOTE: Executive Producer’s New Year Greetings, one of the solutions we came up with other than the introduction of Shadow Arena was the Dark Rift.
Majority of Adventures focus on defeating monsters and enhancing their gear and accessories in Black Desert Online. However, this eventually led to ‘boring’ monster hunts to become a necessary process and resulted in a tedious game experience.
In order to lessen the stress, we are trying to diversify play patterns in ‘defeating monsters’. Instead of repeating the same activity over and over, Adventurers can now enjoy Shadow Arena whenever they want. We also wished to provide an opportunity to earn a certain amount of gain without relying on defeating monsters. This why we developed the Dark Rift.
Dark Rift will open for anyone who completed the quest ‘[Awakening Complete] Memories of the Past’.
Upon completing the quest above, Dark Rifts will be open and boss monsters will be unleashed. If an adventurer does not defeat a boss monster from the rift, there can be a maximum of 10 boss monsters awaiting on the list and they will not disappear over time. After defeating a boss monster, the next appearance will be appear at random within one week.
By ensuring that the boss monsters do not disappear even after time passes, Adventurers who can’t be online every day still have a chance to defeat the monsters when they can and claim rewards.
Defeating the boss monsters spawned from the rift is no easy task, but there’s no penalty upon death and the monster’s HP does not reset. So even if the character needs better gear and advanced control, the boss monster can be defeated at some point in time if they keep trying.
Furthermore, we are currently planning to make the boss monster weaker as time passes. If the boss monster is left undefeated until the very end, Adventurers with lower AP will be able to defeat the boss. However, the rewards will remain the same.
There are many ways to enjoy the Dark Rift.
– Experienced Adventurers with a lot of play time can start the combat immediately.
– Adventurers who can only play for a certain amount of time every day can defeat all of the boss monsters at once and wrap up the day.
– Adventurers who play for a short amount of time can still earn a certain amount of silver just by clearing a Dark Rift.
– Weekend Adventurers can defeat all the boss monsters that have already spawned from the rift to start off their weekend.
We have created a new accessory box named ‘Boxes of the Dead’. It is intended to provide many yet various accessories for Adventurers. An increased in the amount of supply will decrease the market prices of accessories. This will provide more opportunities for those who want to enhance at a lower cost.
Items coming up on the market depended on specific events before. However, this new content can supply more items and reduce the amount of time defeating monsters to obtain a certain item. Therefore, even if Adventurers can’t obtain an item by defeating monsters, This is another stable way to obtain the item they want.
Along with the accessory box, Adventurers can receive bonus items such as Memory Fragment, Black Stones, Ancient Spirit’s Powder, and Dark Spirit’s Greed. Later we will update various boss monsters in other territories to make the content rich and more enjoyable.
Our primary goal for the first half of 2019 is to ensure our new and returning Adventurers to have an easier time getting settle down in the game. Also, we’d like to provide opportunities for those who can play for a limited amount of time to still earn a certain amount of silvers so that every Adventurer can play and enjoy together.
Currently, we have been constantly tuning the level of difficulty in order to improve fun factors by increasing value and adjusting the number of obtainable junk items in the early stages of the game. We are aiming to lessen the stress on new Adventurers who don’t have enough inventory and weight in order to provide a better experience.
Along with these content updates, we will constantly develop and make improvements on existing contents including new gears, Node/Conquest War, Horse Training and Life contents such as Trade for experienced Adventurers.
Thank you.
Dark Rift Patch Notes
All Patch Notes are copied from the BDO News Page.Patch Notes 6-5-19
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The Remnants of the Rift can be obtained at a low chance by defeating a boss from the Dark Rift.
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The Remnants of the Rift item has been added to the list of obtainable items seen in the Dark Rift window.
You need to have the item, “Remnants of the Rift.” Once again “Remnants of the Rift” can be obtained at a chance by defeating all types of monsters spawning from Dark Rifts, and this item can be looted as a separate reward. (Remnants of the Rift icon will have been added to the loot pool).
In order to craft the Blackstar weapons, you must complete the quest [Blackstar Weapon] Prohibited Area. In order to begin the quest, you need knowledge of ‘The Three Legendary Blacksmiths of Mediah’ and ‘Remnants of the Rift’ which can be obtained from Dark Rifts and golden treasure chests that appear in the field.
Patch Notes 4-17-19
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Fixed the issue where the Dark Rift monster would get ready to appear even when there were no Lv. 56 or higher characters within the Family when creating a Trial Character.
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Added new Box of the Dead items from which you can obtain Cron Stones when defeating monsters summoned from the Dark Rift.
Item list:
Box of the Desperate Dead
Box of the Distorted Dead
Box of the Silent Dead
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The Box of the Dead items you already obtained before the April 17 maintenance will be changed to Box of the Spirit items. The contents of these items will be same as before (excluding Cron Stones)
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Moved the Dark Rift graphical effects upwards, so that the effects will not interfere with combat.
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Fixed the issue where the Ruins Guard Tower (from the Dark Rift) did not summon ancient weapons.
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Improved character animation when inflicting damage to the Ruins Guard Tower which appear through quests and the Dark Rift.
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Added an effect which shows you the actual Dark Rift when a monster appears from it.
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The Dark Rift effect does not affect actual combat.
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Box of the Desperate Dead |
Box of the Desperate Spirit |
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Box of the Distorted Dead |
Box of the Distorted Spirit |
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Box of the Silent Dead |
Box of the Silent Spirit |
Patch Notes: 4-10-19
- Fixed the issue where Dark Rift monsters would not appear when you approached the rifts while gliding above a certain altitude on an Arduanatt.
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The Ahib Griffon from the Dark Rift will now return to its place if it strays too far away from the Dark Rift while performing its midair chasing motions.
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The conditions for the initial availability of the Dark Rift has changed like the following:
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Before: Needed to have at least 1 character within the Family which completed the Awakening quest.
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Now: Need to have at least 1 character within the Family which reached Lv. 56.
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The Moghulis from the Dark Rift will now use a skill based attack even when the adventurer is nearby.
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Fixed the issue where Red Nose boss monster would not have a weapon.
- A notification icon for the Dark Rift will now appear when you reach Lv. 56.
Patch Notes – 27th March 2019
Removed the warning display for the Ahib Griffon boss monster which appears from the Dark Rift.The Ancient Puturum boss monster from the Dark Rift will display a warning message before it deals a powerful attack.
Revised the message which is displayed on the Dark Rift UI when the Dark Rift has not yet appeared.
Patch Notes – 20th March 2019
You will no longer get Penalty for Death from getting killed by the Fireballs summoned by Boss Giath from the Dark Rift.Patch Notes – 13th March 2019
Improved the attack patterns of the following boss monsters to make the Dark Rift more unique:
- Ancient Puturum
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Ferrid
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Moghulis
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Gehaku
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Dastard Bheg
Patch Notes – 6th March 2019
The location of spawn for Boss Ferrid from Dark Rift has changed to inside the Omar Lava Cave. This location is easier to auto-navigate to and does not overlap with the spawn location where Guild boss monster spawns.Patch Notes – 27th February 2019
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Fixed the issue where the Dark Rift boss monsters would continue to summon creatures when you enter into combat again after failing to defeat them after they appear from the Dark Rift.
- New boss monsters Ronin and Ahib Griffon will now appear from the Dark Rifts at Kamasylvia.
- Ronin: Hard difficulty
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Ahib Griffon: Very Hard difficulty
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The AP of the monsters from Dark Rifts will decrease much more now every time they weaken by 1 level (every 24 hours).
- The method of using boss scrolls to summon and fight a boss monster during main quests has changed to the method where you have to interact with a Dark Rift to summon and fight a boss monster.
- Fixed the text overlapping on the Dark Rift window with the descriptive text and the list of 6 monsters or more that spawned from the Dark Rift.
- A new filter option to view/hide information of Dark Rift has been added to the World Map.
- The scroll bar on Dark Rift window will now be controllable with the mouse.
Patch Notes – 20th February 2019
The boss monsters from Dark Rift will now slowly weaken as time passes.
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24 hours after a boss monster spawns from the Dark Rift, it will weaken by 1 level.
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Even when you are not logged in-game, the weakening of the boss monster will continue.
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The boss monster from the Dark Rift will weaken in its AP and DP, in a total of 4 levels (Yes, this means it can take up to 4 days in certain cases for bosses to become at its weakest).
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The loot you get for defeating it at its initial spawn and defeating it many hours after it’s spawn will be the same.
Fixed the issue where the Dark Rift monster Ancient Puturum would disappear after 2 hours and 30 minutes.
The Dark Rift monster Ferrid will now appear from outside of the Omar Lava Cave. Any Ferrids that appear to be stuck or unreachable from attack have also been relocated.
Dark Rift icon would now always be displayed on bottom right of the screen.
If you had not completed the prerequisite quest [Awakening Complete] Memories of the Past, a notification will now appear on the Dark Rift UI to let you know that you need to complete that first.
Improved the Dark Rift icon displayed at the World Map (M).
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Improvements have been made so that you can easily identify the difficulty level and grade of your personal boss monster at the Dark Rift window.
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The difficulty level will be displayed in the range of: I, II, III, IV, and V.
Patch Notes – February 13th 2019
Dark Rifts are spawning all over the Black Desert world where bosses consumed by the Black Spirit are appearing throughout.
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The difficulty level of these boss monsters depend on the Monster Zone they appear in.
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These boss monsters have a certain chance to appear when you approach the Monster Zone. If they are not discovered for more than an hour, they will be displayed on the World Map (M).
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The boss monsters only appear to specific adventurers, therefore they can only be seen by the designated adventurer (other adventurers cannot attack your boss monster).
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You can obtain accessories through the boxes dropped by these bosses.
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No penalties will be applied for getting killed by these boss monsters.
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The bosses from the Dark Rift do not naturally die or despawn.
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There will be a maximum of 10 world bosses from the Dark Rift spawned. You need to defeat the previous one in order to have a new world boss from the Dark Rift spawn.
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※ However, penalties will apply when you are killed by a regular monster nearby. So be careful!
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These boss monsters will not disappear when you switch characters, change servers, or log out.
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You cannot attack these boss monsters during a Node War/Conquest War. When they appear, you must move to another server where a Node War/Conquest War is not in progress.
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You will need to complete the newly added quest [Awakening Complete] Memories of the Past quest to open your Dark Rift.
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You need to have completed the Awakening Quest of your class to obtain the [Awakening Complete] Memories of the Past from the Black Spirit.
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Find out more about Dark Rift in the guide <here>
You will obtain an item called the Dark Spirit’s Greed when defeating these boss monsters.
You can exchange the Dark Spirit’s Greed for the items below:
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Kzarka’s Latent Aura x1 : Dark Spirit’s Greed x2
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Nouver’s Latent Aura x1 : Dark Spirit’s Greed x2
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Kutum’s Latent Aura x1 : Dark Spirit’s Greed x2
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Karanda’s Latent Aura x1 : Dark Spirit’s Greed x3
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Item Collection Increase Scroll (60 min) : Dark Spirit’s Greed x10
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Supreme Alchemy Tool x1 : Dark Spirit’s Greed x15
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Supreme Cooking Utensil x1 : Dark Spirit’s Greed x15
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Valks’ Cry (+20) : Dark Spirit’s Greed x20
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Magic Crystal of Infinity – Experience : Dark Spirit’s Greed x30
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Krogdalo’s Origin Stone : Dark Spirit’s Greed x40
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Valks’ Cry (+35) : Dark Spirit’s Greed x50
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Valks’ Cry (+50) : Dark Spirit’s Greed x100
You can exchange Dark Spirit’s Greed from the following NPC’s:
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Skill Instructor Cruhorn Wyrmsbane (Heidel)
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Commander Cliff (Western Guard Camp)
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Trina Knights Master Valks (Calpheon City)
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Archer Military Representative Hazel Azealia (Grana)
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Head of Mercenary Office Odelphin (Duvencrune)
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Shroud Knights Captain Sarma Anin (Altinova)
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Barhan Nesser (Valencia)
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