Arena of Solare

Introduction

Arena of Solare is Black Desert's 3v3 PvP arena that uses Equalized gear and MMR matchmaking!

• Two modes are available, a Practice mode and a Ranked mode. 

• The matches consist of a best of five, with timed 3 minute rounds.

• The entry requirement is level 60 with Succession/Awakening quests completed. 

• The arena uses equalized gear, with unlockable options for build customization. 

• You may queue as a group of 3 when entering Practice Mode

 

Season characters cannot currently set their gear due to only being able to equip seasonal appropriate gear such as Tuvala equipment. When attempting to set gear you will be prompted with the following: 

 

 

Entering the Arena

First of all, you can access the Arena of Solare by going to the Esc Menu (ESC) - War (F7) - Arena of Solare.

 

In this menu you are able to select your load out, queue for a match and view the rules and current rankings. Before queuing for a match you must first use the “Set Gear” option to create your load out.

 

 

When starting out, you will only have access to a basic set of gear. Playing Ranked mode will award you with “Seals of Solare” which can be used to unlock other gear options. A win. loss and draw now gives 20 seals.

 

The cost for Arena of Solare exclusive gear and crystals have also been reduced to 1 seal.

 

Type	Cost
Weapons	1
Accessories	1
Crystals	1

 

Unlike other equipment, you can freely change between armor options so you may build for more DR or more evasion based on your preference.

 

Since the arena uses this method of gearing, you can play with alt characters that have no gear of their own as long as they meet the standard requirements for entry.

After selecting your gear, it's important to note that Arena of Solare uses your character's current skill add-ons. So you may want to adjust your skill add-ons to be suited to PvP or switch to your PvP skill preset if you have one.

If you're not sure which skill add-ons to use, you may want to view the build of a high ranking member of your class. To see how, check further below in the Rankings section.



Now that your gear has been set, you are able to join a match. Select “Find Match” to queue for Ranked mode or “Practice Mode” for practice mode. Upon entering a match you will be asked if you would like to join the Arena of Solare voice chat.

 

Permanent Practice mode

Practice mode also allows for party queuing for up to 3 people. Only the party leader can start queuing but any party member may cancel the queue.

 

Practice mode doesn't affect your Ranked score but still uses MMR for more fair matchmaking. 

All party members must be on the same server to queue up together and changing server or characters will stop the queuing process. The party leader or party members cannot be changed while queuing.

 

You can access the Arena of Solare Practice Match by going to the ESC menu → War (F7) → Arena of Solare → [Find Match]

 

 

These are the new Arena of Solare practice match hours: 

 

• EU: daily between 10 AM - 1 AM (UTC)
• NA: daily between 10 AM - 1 AM (PST)

 

Here are the different arenas that are available for the Permanent Practice Mode for the Arena of Solare: 

 

Ruins of Tzol

 

Jade Starlight Forest

 

Olun's Valley

 

Manshaum Forest

 

Gowun Plateau Reed Field

 

Gyfin Rhasia Temple

 

The Seal of Solare can also be obtained from Practice Mode now, the amount you obtain will depend on win or loss. 

 

Seal of Solare
Victory	Draw	Loss
x20	x10	x5

 

Ranked mode

Ranked mode has a scoring system where you will gain or lose points based on the outcome of the match. Consecutive victories will award a bonus to the amount of points you gain.

Playing ranked mode rewards “Seals of Solare” used for unlocking gear options. There are a number of rewards for playing Ranked mode such as end of season rewards. 

Practice mode and Ranked mode aren't available at the same time. The two modes have set time slots in which they can be played.

Here are the schedules for NA and EU servers.

 

North America (PDT timezone) 

 

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Practice Mode 00:00 - 15:00	Practice   Mode (All Day)	Practice Mode 00:00 - 15:00	Practice   Mode (All Day)	Practice Mode   00:00 - 15:00	Practice Mode   00:00 - 12:00	Practice Mode   00:00 - 12:00
Ranked Mode 15:00 - 22:00		Ranked Mode 15:00 - 22:00		Ranked Mode 15:00 - 22:00	Ranked Mode   12:00 - 23:00	Ranked Mode   12:00 - 23:00
Practice Mode 22:00 - 00:00		Practice Mode 22:00 - 00:00		Practice Mode   22:00 - 00:00	Practice Mode   23:00 - 00:00	Practice Mode   23:00 - 00:00

 

Europe (UTC timezone) 

 

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Practice Mode 00:00 - 14:00	Practice   Mode (All Day)	Practice Mode 00:00 - 14:00	Practice   Mode (All Day)	Practice Mode   00:00 - 14:00	Practice Mode   00:00 - 11:00	Practice Mode   00:00 - 11:00
Ranked Mode 14:00 - 21:00		Ranked Mode 14:00 - 21:00		Ranked Mode   14:00 - 21:00	Ranked Mode   11:00 - 22:00	Ranked Mode   11:00 - 22:00
Practice Mode 21:00 - 00:00		Practice Mode 21:00 - 00:00		Practice Mode   21:00 - 00:00	Practice Mode   22:00 - 00:00	Practice Mode   22:00 - 00:00

 

Arena of Solare Rules

Arena of Solare worked on a best of five scoring system. The first team to reach 3 points are the winners. Each round has a 3 minute time limit. The score is displayed at the top of the screen.

 

 

• The team with the higher remaining total HP will win if time runs out. 

• If the remaining total HP is the same, the team with higher total damage will win. 

• The match will be a draw if both total HP and total damage dealt are the same. 

   

Arena of Solare Conditions

In the Arena of Solare you are unable to use any consumables. Your natural HP/MP/WP/SP recovery will increase to be similar to using Ornette's or Odore's Spirit Essences with a Fairy that's using the auto potion use skill “Miraculous Cheer V.” 

 

There are some other important stat changes and adjustments during the Arena of Solare.

 

• Skills that recover hp will only restore 30% of their usual amount.

• All character's Max HP will increase by 2000. 

• Critical Hit Rate, Attack/Casting Speed and Movement speed are all set to level 5.

• The AP, Damage Reduction, Accuracy, and Evasion stats will be halved for all characters.

• The Guard Gauge is equalized across all classes in the Arena of Solare.

 

When entering the Arena of Solare, Black Spirit's Rage, Hp, MP, SP, WP, cooldowns and other important resources are all recovered.

Emergency Escape or “V” will also reset every round. Consumables such as meals, elixirs and perfume effects will be paused upon entering the arena and their effects will not be provided during the Arena of Solare. 

If you leave a match before it's ended, you will need to use the reconnect window to return to the arena until the match ends. If you have disconnected, you will be prompted to rejoin the arena upon logging in.

 

If you rejoin the game and your team loses you will still lose points, likewise, if your team wins and you rejoin the game you will still gain victory points.

If you do not rejoin the game you will incur a Deserter Penalty. The Deserter Penalty will cause you to lose additional points after the matches end. You will also be given an additional cooldown before being able to re-queue for another match. 

 

Arena of Solare Rankings

At the beginning of Arena of Solare, the rank score for all players starts at 700. There's now 10 placement matches instead of 5 from previous seasons. 

 

From Season 3 your previous ranking will effect your starting points but will not go below 700. 

 

Your rank score will fluctuate when playing Ranked mode, gaining points for victories and losing points for losses. Consecutive victories give bonus points on victory. There are several rank brackets based on rank score.

 

 

 

During the placement matches, losing a match will not result in a score deduction. However, the penalty for leaving the match remains the same as before.

 

Winning a match during placement will earn points four times the usual victory points.

When reaching a high rank in Arena of Solare, rank decay will occur if you do not participate in matches for an extended amount of time. 

 

• Solare Incarnate V: If no matches played in 5 days, -30 points will be taken each day. 

• Radiant Spear IV: If no matches played in 7 days, -15 points will be taken every 7 days. 

• Twilight Spear III: If no matches played in 7 days, -15 points will be taken every 7 days.

 

A unique rank has been added for Rank 1 Solare Incarnate (V)

 

 

You can view the top 100 ranked players using the “View Rankings” button.

 

If you would like to see Rankings specific to a certain class, you can view the top 20 of any class using the filter drop down button in the top right corner.

 

 

 

You can see the performance of classes in both Awakening and Succession.

 

This icon is displayed for Succession.

This icon is displayed for Awakening.

You may also view the gear setup and skill add-ons of players in Arena of Solare by using the magnifying glass icon by their name. This works on Rankings and Match History.

 

 

Mousing over a piece of gear will also reveal the magic crystals the player is using, letting you view their crystal setup as well. 

 

Custom Match Mode

The custom match mode was added as a way to play Arena of Solare with friends, this mode is similar to custom game modes in most multiplayer games. 

You can access this through the ESC menu - War (F7) - Arena of Solare Custom Match button and then you can invite people to join as you like. 

 

 

Existing Mechanics

Through the different maps and seasons of Arena of Solare, there are different mechanics that have been added to maps to change their style of gameplay.

 

Here are some of the ones that have been included and may be involved in the current season. The battlegrounds section will explain which maps makes use of these mechanics. 

 

Traces of Unknown Sphere

The Traces of Unknown Sphere perform AoE attacks with effects based on their type. 

 

 

• Red Sphere: Moves around the arena and attacks with damage dealing AoEs. 

• Blue Sphere: Moves around and applies “No Guard Recovery” for 10 seconds

• Green Sphere: Attacks in a fixed area and applies a HP Recovery effect. 

• Black Sphere: Attacks in a fixed area and pulls in targets for a set period. 

 

Traces of Elements

Traces of Elements spawn around the arena. A beam of light of their respective color will spawn revealing their location 10 seconds before they appear. Destroy them for bonuses.

 

 

• Green Flora's Breath: Recovers HP for yourself and nearby team members.

• Blue Water's Chill: Increases All DP for 20 seconds for you and your team.  

• Red Fire's Warmth: Increases All AP for 20 seconds for you and your team.

• White Wind's Song: Attack/Casting/Movement Speed increase for 30 seconds, self only.

 

Battleground

There are currently 5 battlegrounds for Season 3 you will randomly enter one of these after finding a match: 

 

• Dalbeol Village Maehwa Road
• Shimnidae Forest
• Dokkebi Cave
• Donghae Office (Lee Duksoo's residence)
• Gowun Plateau Reed Field

 

Below are the different maps and the mechanics you can expect to encounter during the matches that feature them. 

 

Dalbeol Village Maehwa Road

This map is a basic open map that occasionally spawns Flora's Breath for HP recovery as the only mechanic.    

 

 

Shimnidae Forest

The Shimnidae Forest map doesn't feature any mechanics, its just a standard PvP map in a narrow bamboo forest. 

 

 

Dokkebi Cave

This is a foggy battlefield that's based around Water's Chill which will spawn in the center of the map for players to contest.  

 

 

Donghae Office 

This map takes place at night with a intricate layout that promotes using the terrain for an advantage. Fire's Warmth will also spawn in the center of the map.

 

 

Gowun Plateau Reed Field

This is a large, open map themed around the Wind's Song that spawns at different locations around the battlefield. 

 

 

Player buff icons

Map Traces of Element buff effect icons are also visible for all players.

 

After completing a match you are able to see the performance of everyone who participated by using the drop down icon to view additional information.

ACE or MVP is now determined by damage dealt, debuffs applied and number of kills.

 

Arena of Solare Season Rewards 

Now that the Arena of Solare season has started there are more rewards available through events and from reaching high positions on the ranking leaderboards.

 

The event rewards offer weekly quests that are more accessible and aren't too difficult to achieve as well as rewarding high ranking adventurers. 

 

A picture of the rank 1 Adventurer for each class will be placed in the Hall of Fame placed in the Battle Arena. 

 

 

This will act as a way for people to gain a buff called Blessing of a Great Knight which grants Breath EXP +10% for 10 hours in exchange for 20 energy.