Black Desert's Big Year: The Agent, Edania Part 2 and a New Level 75 Cap
Pearl Abyss marked ten years in the West with its 32nd class, the end of the game's first great saga and a catch-up boost to AP/DP 730. What arrived, and what is still coming.
Black Desert launched with four classes. It now has thirty-two. The newest, unveiled at the 2026 Heidel Ball in Irvine, California, in late July, is a man with a big revolver and a talent for appearing out of nowhere, and he arrived in a summer that also wrapped up the game's first great storyline.
Pearl Abyss used the event, which celebrated ten years of Black Desert in North America and Europe, to launch the Agent class on July 29-30, 2026, start HYPERBOOST, a catch-up programme for new and returning players, and map out Edania Part 2. The last big step landed on October 7, when the level cap rose to 75.
The Agent: a secret operative
The Agent is a male class built around a spy concept. According to Pearl Abyss, he is the younger brother of Deadeye, the gunslinger introduced in 2024, and also uses a revolver, but a heavier-calibre one. His secondary weapon, the Hexround, provides covering fire and boosts his physical attacks. Signature skills include Blink, for darting in and out of fights, and Mozambique Drill, named after a real-world tactical shooting technique. Console players got the Agent on August 6, and his Awakening is scheduled for winter.
HYPERBOOST: skip the grind
Black Desert's gear progression is famously deep, and famously intimidating. HYPERBOOST is the fix. It guides players to a combined attack and defence score of 730 AP/DP, which unlocks most of the game's core content. Along the way, players earn materials for all three Sovereign weapons, six PEN (V) Kharazad accessories, four pieces of Slumbering Origin gear and two Inverted Hearts of Garmoth. You get there by graduating a Season character, going through Olvia Academy and finishing set objectives.
Edania Part 2 and the level 75 cap
Edania Part 2 is billed as the conclusion of the first major saga of Black Desert's story, bringing back Elion, Agris and Aal. It rolled out in stages:
- August 12-13: new regions, items and bosses; the level cap set to 70.
- September 16: the Hadum boss and the main story quests.
- October 7: level cap raised to 75, which becomes the new endgame target; characters earn no experience past it, and from level 70 new PvE-focused stats kick in.
It also adds two accessory lines: Ekleta, upgraded from existing Kharazad pieces, and Apeiron, which can be crafted from scratch and traded on the Central Market.
Quality-of-life upgrades
- Marni's Combat Analyzer for damage taken, damage dealt and DPS, which the team says is optional and not meant for comparing players.
- Family Dispatch, sending alt characters to gather, process and fish for extra income.
- Instant Character Swap, with no loading screen.
- DirectX 12, AMD FSR 3.1 and NVIDIA DLSS support, rolled out in August and September.
What's next
Still on the list without dates: a Ferrica mount, new yellow-grade ship gear and a redesigned levelling and experience system. The Agent's Awakening is due in winter.
WGC's take: HYPERBOOST is the most important item here. Black Desert's biggest barrier has always been its gear wall, and a clear path to 730 AP/DP makes this the best moment in years to try it. The base game costs $9.99 on Steam. Read our Pearl Abyss feature for how a weekly-patch studio built one of Korea's biggest exports.