Black Desert Online's Land of the Morning Light Expansion is Now Live

mmorpg.com:

Black Desert Online has launched its new Land of the Morning Light expansion. The expansion is inspired by elements of Korean history,  myths, and legends. 

The expansion brings a brand new region that is inspired by the Joseon period, Korea’s last dynastic kingdom. Pearl Abyss has shared previews of the expansion, showing sweeping takes on the brand new regions that you can explore, with a whole series of landscapes and terrains, historically inspired architecture, and of course, lots to do. In our preview, Bradford called it «a love letter to Korea»)

The new story to experience features a nonlinear questline with player choices that involves 80 cutscenes, 40 vignettes, and 6,000 fully dubbed voice lines. Black Desert Online's biggest expansion, and the team was dedicated to visiting certain real locations and collaborating with 11 Korean government agencies in order to recreate historical landmarks and real places in order to fill the new region with “culturally authentic storytelling”. Some of the locations in the game are directly inspired by real locations as a result of this in-depth production process. When you go to Shimnidae Forest, you can look up the Juknokwon (Bamboo Forest) to see just how the real place inspired it.

Also in this expansion are a number of quality of life improvements, including new gear, new housing structures, and improvement to the Panokseon boat. Both the boat revamp and the new housing structures are designed for larger groups. One of the new housing structures, the Shimhyangje, is described as “a spacious manor” with large rooms.  other structures are also created for indoor and outdoor social gatherings. Land Of The Morning Light is inviting you to stay awhile, and this is clear