Black Desert Mobile adds Awakened Enhancement and the Secret Shultz Fortress battlefield

Black Desert Mobile's latest update has now arrived, and it introduces some improvements to the enhancement system and an all-new battlefield for advanced players, known as the Secret Shultz Fortress.

Awakened Enhancement allows you to enhance your gear past level 40 using Pristine Black Crystals. Every enhanced weapon or armour piece will boost your attack and defence points, letting you grow stronger than ever before.

Those all-important Pristine Black Crystal's can be crafted in the refinery with Black Crystals or Black Stones. Be careful, however, as the higher the level of enhancement, the lower the success rate of awakened enchantment will be. A little tip: Advice of Valks can help increase the success rate.

Then there's the Secret Shultz Fortress. This is a new battlefield situated in North Mediah that is really only suitable for the most skilled of players and impressive of characters. Thankfully, the rewards are said to be well worth the effort, with tons of top-tier loot up for grabs.

Those who check out the Shultz Supply Sack will find a number of rare and helpful items. As I say, though, you should only really be entering the battlefield once your character is sufficiently powerful.

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I recently had the chance to speak with Black Desert Mobile's Lead Producer, Yongmin Jo, about the first 100 days since the game's global launch and Pearl Abyss' plans for it going forward. Check out the full interview right here. And in other BDM news, the game recently received a boss rush mode and the second season of its co-op raids.  

If you're on the hunt for a good-looking MMORPG to put your mobile device to the test, you'll find Black Desert Mobile available for download now as a free-to-play title from over on the App Store and Google Play.