On September 16, the first European reached Level 65 in Black Desert Online. The MMORPG has no level cap, but challenges players with absurd XP requirements.
Who is the first European to reach 65? The player with the character name Khviftwqtz is officially the first from Europe to conquer the significant hurdle of Level 65.
Even though his name sounds a bit like a bot, he operates a Twitter account under the same name and has already been praised for previous accomplishments.
The developers also praised his achievement and published a post in the social media regarding this, from which the title image originates.
Is he the first player to reach 65? While Khviftwqtz may be the first European to reach this high level, a few players around the world have already reached Level 65:
- The first player was a Taiwanese in April 2019
- He was followed about a month later by the Russian player ZaNoZa, with whom the developers held a larger interview.
- The first American was Breeya also in May 2019
Although there are already some characters at Level 65, they belong to a very elite circle of more than 18 million players in total. The time required for this milestone is simply too great.
Absurdly High Time Investment for Level-Ups
What makes Level 65 so special? The experience required per level increases rapidly in Black Desert. This is illustrated by a chart from 2016 from the BDO forum.
So if someone found it tiring to master the regular levels up to 55, they can roughly imagine how long the high levels will take.
How long did Khviftwqtz take to reach Level 65? We know that Khviftwqtz reached Level 64 on January 1, 2019, also as the first European.
This means it took him about 9.5 months to reach the next level. However, we do not know how many hours per day he spent on Black Desert.
However, we do know that leveling up from Level 61 to 62 already took 2,000 hours. While a lot has changed in BDO since February 2017, many thousands of hours are still required today to reach the highest levels.
Those who might want to take another look at Black Desert or advance a character can look forward to many events soon:
