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Blackness Pearl Islands is a seasonal game fashion beginning introduced in the Legend of the Duskgloom Sea update (v3.6) alongside the releases of Black Pearl Cookie and Captain Caviar Cookie. In it, players set canvas on their transport, the Silent, to explore the uncharted waters of the Blackness Pearl Islands.

Overview

Players must first pay a fee of Stamina Jellies to brainstorm a voyage. One time paid, the player may then play the mode for as long as they wish until their voyage is completed. Players may exit the voyage without ending it and begin it once again where they last left off. To successfully end a voyage, players must defeat all boss islands, attain the stop of the archipelago, and defeat Black Pearl Cookie. Voyages will also end once the player loses all durability on their ship, or if they choose to Drop Ballast at any fourth dimension.

During a voyage, players direct the Silent through an obscured map total of challenges and treasures. Players can move to any adjacent infinite to the left, right, or up, but cannot move to spaces on the previous row. Each movement costs 100 durability—if the Silent lacks the durability to move and cannot repair itself, the voyage will cease. The contents of a space will be obscured by clouds unless the Silent is nearby, and the archipelago'due south map will be randomly inverse on each voyage.

Players earn a score based on the full number of Black Pearl Coins they collect during the voyage. Bonus score is granted for completing the voyage, as well as for unspent Black Pearl Coins, the ship'due south durability, and the number of Altar furnishings obtained. Scores are tallied at the end of the season, with players being rewarded based on their ranking in the leaderboard. If a season ends mid-voyage, the player'due south last score will exist recorded.

Cardinal Items

Blackness Pearl Coins

Black Pearl Coins
	These coins tin exist discovered throughout the Blackness Pearl Islands. While you will find many uses for these shinies here, they volition vanish similar smoke should y'all go out the archipelago.

Blackness Pearl Coins tin be obtained from various sources within the islands, such as clearing battles, mini-games, or past finding certain NPCs. They can be used to repair the Silent and to activate furnishings from an Altar. At the end of the voyage, all unspent Black Pearl Coins will be converted into bonus score.

Duskgloom Keys

Duskgloom Keys
	A mysterious key that was discovered from the Duskgloom Bounding main. As the proper noun suggests, the cardinal looks similar information technology'south made from the shadows. Then what exactly tin this key unlock? A long-lost treasure chest? Or the truth to a forgotten legend? The answer awaits in the Duskgloom Sea Treasure Chests—open one to find out!

Duskgloom Keys are used to unlock Mysterious Chests constitute in random spaces in the archipelago. Different Blackness Pearl Coins, Duskgloom Keys can be obtained outside of the Blackness Pearl Islands and kept betwixt voyages. They are regularly available for purchase in the Rainbow Shell Gallery and Seaside Market, and are also delivered by Trade Ships that return to Touc'southward Trade Harbor. They are also rewarded by the Abyssal Pearls and Explore the Blackness Pearl Islands events,

A final Mysterious Chest waits by the terminal dominate at the end of the archipelago, and must be unlocked in club to successfully consummate a voyage.

The Silent

Sailing EXP
	This number evidence^(sic) exactly how much sailing experience y'all have gained! Assemble a lot of it to show them y'all are not some rookie crewman.

The player's ship, the Silent, will have a set amount of Durability. Moving to a new space volition cost 100 Durability while moving to a infinite with a whirlpool will cost 200 Durability. Losing a mini-game or battle will cost 500 Durability. Losing all immovability will strength the role player to terminate their voyage. The ship'southward Immovability can be manually repaired upwardly to 5 times per voyage at a cost of 4,500 Blackness Pearl Coins for 1,200 Immovability. The ship may also be repaired by encountering the Shipwright in Distress NPC.

The Silent will brainstorm at Lv.one and can be upgraded to a maximum of Lv.30 through Sailing EXP obtained by immigration spaces. Upgrading the send will increase its Max Durability and restore decreased Durability by the aforementioned amount. The Silent'south level volition exist reset at the cease of a season.

Maximum Immovability
Level	Durability	Extra coins	Level	Durability	Extra coins	Level	Durability	Extra coins
1	2,500	one %	11	3,000	11 %	21	three.500	21 %
2	2,550	2 %	12	iii,050	12 %	22	3,550	22 %
3	two,600	3 %	13	3,100	13 %	23	three,600	23 %
4	2,650	4 %	14	3,150	14 %	24	3,650	24 %
5	2,700	v %	15	3,200	15 %	25	3,700	25 %
6	2,750	6 %	sixteen	3,250	16 %	26	3,750	26 %
7	2,800	7 %	17	three,300	17 %	27	iii,800	27 %
viii	2,850	8 %	eighteen	3,350	18 %	28	3,850	28 %
nine	2,900	9 %	19	iii,400	nineteen %	29	3,900	29 %
10	2,950	10 %	20	3,450	20 %	xxx	4.000	thirty %

Types of Islands

Boxing Islands

On battle islands, players can choose betwixt Normal and Master difficulty to gain Black Pearl Coins and Sailing EXP, with Primary difficulty providing college rewards. Typical battle islands will consist of only two waves of enemies. Players may also come across boss islands, which are marked by a ruby-red brume on the map. These will contain merely one Boss enemy and cannot be skipped or avoided, with all other paths forwards being blocked by rocks.

Players tin attempt each battle isle a maximum of five times. Losing all attempts will damage the Silent past 500 durability. The player can as well choose to skip an isle and move on without battle, though this volition still cause the Silent to lose 500 durability.

Cookies battling on these islands will experience the post-obit furnishings:

Mini-games

Players may encounter two different mini-game islands: Thunder Plunder and Duskgloom Run. Mini-games require the role player to choose ane Cookie to use as an avatar, with all Cookies providing the same gameplay. Similar boxing islands, players will be given v attempts per island and will lose 500 durability later on losing all attempts or by skipping the island. Winning mini-games will advantage Black Pearl Coins and Sailing EXP.

In Thunder Plunder, the chosen Cookie will be placed into a room where the player tin can use a joystick to motion them around. Players can as well use a nuance ability on a brusk cooldown. The Cookie must avert lightning strikes to survive for lxx seconds. Lightning strikes are indicated past glowing circles on the footing, with ruddy circles indicating a single strike and blue circles indicating that the lightning will move back and forth. The player'southward Energy level will gradually decrease during the game, requiring the player to collect Free energy Potions to furnish information technology. If the Cookie is hit by lightning, they will also lose Energy. Players can collect Blackness Pearl Coins that announced on the basis, which volition disappear over fourth dimension if non nerveless.

In Duskgloom Run, the chosen Cookie will be placed on a running course full of obstacles, Coins, and Blackness Pearl Coins. Players can either jump or slide to avert them appropriately. Hitting obstacles volition requite the player a brief window of invincibility and cause them to lose Energy, which is also gradually depleted over fourth dimension. Free energy can be restored through potions obtainable throughout the course. To successfully complete Duskgloom Run, players must collect a sure number of Black Pearl Coins and reach the end of the grade with Energy leftover.

Altars

Altars can provide various helpful effects that final for the duration of the voyage. While some furnishings tin can be obtained for complimentary, most effects cost Blackness Pearl Coins to activate. Three effects will exist shown at a time with the option to refresh the listing up at a toll of Black Pearl Coins to three times. Altar Statues tin can be seen from a altitude by the head of the statue being visible higher up the clouds. Effects can also be chosen when encountering a Starlight Coral Seahorse, though these will non announced above the clouds.

Obstacles

Spaces may contain rocks, which will foreclose the thespian from moving to that infinite, or whirlpools. Rock spaces can be seen from the map to help the player navigate. Whirlpools tin can be passed through at a price of 200 total durability instead of the default 100.

NPCs & Chests

Players may encounter various NPCs on their voyage, with each NPC providing dissimilar bonuses such every bit Star Jellies, Coins, or actress send immovability. Some NPCs will as well provide short cutscenes. Players may as well run across treasure chests, indicated past a glowing greenish light above the clouds. These can be unlocked with Duskgloom Keys.

Bearded Mangosteen Octopus
Bearded Mangosteen Octopus	HA HA! You can't escape me now!
	Not a unmarried solar day has gone past that I don't think about that time you gave me this scar!
	I've lived my whole life in these waters! I have never lost to the sea, and I plan to proceed it that way!
Lantern Fish	twinkle twinkle
The Silent'due south Sailor	(It looks similar that sailor is fighting against a sea monster... Should I assist them?)
Bearded Mangosteen Octopus	Oi! This is between me and that thing! Don't y'all dare meddle around!
Bearded Mangosteen Octopus	Argh, are you taunting me or what?! Enough with your silly low-cal tricks! Don't even think of escaping! I'k gonna get you!
The Silent's Sailor	(Wait... The monster is luring the poor sailor right into a whirlpool!)
The Silent's Sailor	Watch out! Await upward alee!
Bearded Mangosteen Octopus	Didn't I just tell you to mind your own business concern?! W-wait, whirlpool?!
Bearded Mangosteen Octopus	I nigh got swept away! Err... Well. I gauge I owe you lot this fourth dimension!
Rewards the thespian with Coins

Freezing Durianeer
Ducky Tube	squeak... squeak
Freezing Durianeer	Ugh... Urgh... Information technology'due south been so long since I got stranded...
	It's then common cold... Where exactly am I...?
	Not a single ship to be seen! How am I gonna steal 1 if there aren't any!? GAH! What practiced is it all when I'm gonna freeze away...
Ducky Tube	sque...eak...
Freezing Durianeer	Boss! Stink-Center!? Whatsoever Durianeers out there?! ANYONE?!!
Ducky Tube	squee...
Freezing Durianeer	NOOO! Stay with me, Ducky! I need you with me...! I can't have y'all freeze...
	OR I'M GONNA SINK!
	W-wait! Is that a ship I meet?! IT IS! It'S A SHIP!!
	Thank the heavens! Oi! OVER Hither!! HEEEEEEELP!!!
	Phew...! If it weren't for you, I'd be good as a popsicle! I'm never gonna ready sail, e'er again!
	Nope, no way, not this fruit! I'grand gonna stay on land with my pal, Ducky! Right?!
Ducky Tube	quack!!
Rewards the player with Black Pearl Coins

Shipwright in Distress
Shipwright in Distress	Information technology's been 2 years since I've become a shipwright... I've left everything backside to detect the indestructibal minereal of legends...
	Indestructible? Hah! More like Impossible TO Observe! How am I ever gonna go home?! Sigh...
	I have stuff to do! Dreams that need to come true! ... I need to get dorsum home!
The Silent	ship horn sounds
Shipwright in Distress	Huh?! IS THAT... A Ship!?
	Here! Over here!! HEEEEEEELP!!!
	Y-y'all see, I'chiliad a shipwright! If you help me out, I can gear up up your ship! What do you way?!
	You tin can trust me! I have similar, 20 years under my belt! TRUST me, I got this!!
Restores 700 of the Silent's Immovability

Starlight Coral Seahorse
Starlight Coral Seahorse	What's this? Who dares to enter these treacherous waters?
	I've dwelled in these waters for many a twelvemonth only I've never seen this many Cookies!
	I can't help simply wonder what shenanigans you beige kinds are up to!
	It's simply amazing...! Your ships are wrecked and you meet the about terrifying creatures, and yet...! You proceed trying!
	How far will you lot go?
	Let'due south run into... Why don't I grant you one of the ocean's gifts? A small souvenir for the tiny brave adventurer. Take your pick!
Lets the role player choose one Altar Effect

Suspicious Bottle
Suspicious Canteen	rattle
Suspicious Canteen	rattle... RATTLE!
The Silent'southward Sailor	(Ominous sounds can exist heard from the bottle.)
	(At that place'south some sort of black ooze inside Or possibly it'southward some sort of miasma? It feels sinister yet something nearly it resembles the sea...)
	(Perhaps it's related to the fable of the Blackness Pearl Islands! Let'southward effort opening it!)
Suspicious Bottle	rattle... Popular!
The Silent's Sailor	(The dark miasma vanished. Instead, a coin as nighttime as the abyss fell out. But you lot could swear that yous saw something alive...)
Rewards the role player with Black Pearl Coins

Wailing Whale
Wailing Whale	OooOoo... OOooo...
The Silent'southward Sailor	(It looks like that poor whale is entwined in seaweed!)
Wailing Whale	Ooo...
The Silent's Sailor	(Let's assist it out!)
Rewards the player with EXP Star Jellies

Bosses

To consummate a voyage, players must clear 5 boss islands and defeat Black Pearl Cookie at the terminate of the archipelago. Defeating each boss will play a short cutscene from the perspective of a crewman on the Silent.

Jelly Wyrm

Normal Fashion		Master Manner
Power	38,252	Power	107,212
ATK	five,525	ATK	45,053
HP	ane,036,109	HP	2,832,154
DEF	17,232	DEF	140,436

Horn Barrage	Dragon Wing	Dragon Roar
Attacks the target, expelling several aureate horns.	Waves its wings, pushing the cookies back. Deals extra damage to summoned creatures.	Breathes in and out to attack the enemies. Hit targets are Poisoned. Deals extra damage to summoned creatures.

Defeat Dialogue
The Silent's Sailor	To retrieve that the Jelly Worms inhabited the Black Pearl Islands... Huh!
	But this one looked... different from the others. It was equally if... it was trying to tell me something...
	Or, I'm just imagining things! Ha!

Ginkgoblin Dominate

Normal Mode		Chief Mode
Power	23,853	Power	111,247
ATK	2,929	ATK	49,671
HP	549,427	HP	2,917,709
DEF	9,142	DEF	154,831

Total Throttle	Net Throw	Quad-rocket Launch
Revs upwards and slams into foes. Gains an HP Shield when reversing.	Fires a net at the Cookies, dealing impairment. Affected Cookies become Shackled for a short period.	Fires 4 missiles at random targets.

Defeat Dialogue
The Silent'southward Sailor	Ha ha! Piece of cake! Only is it just me, or this Ginkgoblin was much tougher than the land ones?
	I can even so hear the engine's roar! Ugh, the deck must be covered in their tracks...
	... Huh? Simply it's... spotless? Look, but...

Tainted Ent

Normal Mode		Master Mode
Power	18,618	Ability	136,694
ATK	ii,081	ATK	77,062
HP	390,528	HP	iii,336,038
DEF	six,497	DEF	240,097

Raging Claws	Suppress Rage	Raging Slam
Furiously slashes at foes ahead. Gains Damage Reflection and deals extra damage to summoned creatures.	Absorbs the energy of the world to restore HP. Gains increased Defence while recovering.	Leaps forwards and smashes the footing with both arms. Deals extra damage to summoned creatures.

Defeat Dialogue
The Silent'due south Sailor	VICTORY! It was a tough battle, simply we made it! No problem-o!
	Nosotros must be pretty deep in to the Blackness Pearl Islands. Definitely by the midpoint!
	Alright! Let's go along movin'! Riches and fame look u.s.a.!

Royal Gardener

Normal Mode		Master Mode
Power	52,351	Power	165,041
ATK	9,004	ATK	113,859
HP	1,533,005	HP	3,757,978
DEF	28,068	DEF	354,881

Scissor Slash	Snip Snip	Thorn Attack	Thorn Throw
Deals damage to the ii Cookies in the front row. Summoned targets receive additional damage.	Deals harm to all Cookies. Summoned targets receive additional harm.	Deals damage to all Cookies. Summoned targets receive boosted damage.	Deals harm to a Cookie in the front row.

Defeat Dialogue
The Silent'due south Sailor	At present THAT was one possessed gardener...
	But this doesn't make sense. Why would there be a purple gardener in the Blackness Pearl Islands?
	And it's not just the gardener... All of those monsters nosotros've passed by... They're not from the sea.
	And I'm PRETTY certain all this... haze and fog has gotten thicker. It'southward as if the body of water is covered with... malice.
	It's hard to see upward alee! Better have extra caution...

Durianeer Bombfruit

Normal Style		Primary Mode
Ability	52,763	Ability	206,733
ATK	22,712	ATK	225,036
HP	982,280	HP	two,046,680
DEF	34,560	DEF	342,348

Durianeer Pistol	Durianeer Cannon
Fires a bullet and attacks the nearest enemy.	Shoots a cannon, inflicting wide expanse impairment.

Durianeer Pistol

Durianeer Cannon

Fires a bullet and attacks the nearest enemy.

Shoots a cannon, inflicting wide expanse impairment.

Defeat Dialogue
The Silent's Sailor	Oof. Finally! Nosotros won! HA! Persistent, that one was.
	I don't remember I've ever seen them earlier... Where did they come from?
	Gah. Whatsoever. That... good-for-nothing, prickly beat! Just how many holes did it create...?!
	There, another one here! ... Huh? Merely... Only I swear I saw one...
	I'1000... I'm getting the creeps! It's... similar as if this identify is haunted...

Black Pearl Cookie

Normal Mode		Master Mode
Power	171,114	Ability	951,443
ATK	112,447	ATK	1,289,736
HP	4,525,563	HP	ix,527,086
DEF	171,102	DEF	1,962,049

Duskgloom Storm (Passive)	Duskgloom Pearl	Duskgloom's Sovereign	Deep-sea Cage	Duskgloom Lightning	Duskgloom Tide
Black Pearl Cookie gains amnesty from all debuffs but receives increased damage from critical hits. After the Seashell Bulwark that protects the Cookie is destroyed, she will receive a debuff increasing all harm she receives.	Throws a magic missile at the nearest target.	Dives into the completeness and creates a whirlpool storm dealing periodic damage. Enemies, terrified of the Cookie'due south giant size, suffer from Terror from the Abyss. Being the ruler of the abyss herself, Black Pearl Cookie is resistant to all Fear effects. All hit targets are affected with reduced healing.	Traps the target with the lowest electric current HP% in a water sphere (targets Cookies first). The target loses their Shield, gains the Water Cage debuff, and volition lose all HP after a given fourth dimension unless covered with a Shield over again.	Inflicts lightning strikes damaging enemies within a broad area.	Call upon the Abyssal Tide to inflict harm within a wide area.

Defeat Dialogue
The Silent's Crewman	PHEW! So that's the true identity of the Duskgloom Bounding main...!
	It was powerful, alright! No wonder why they telephone call it a disaster. No, I don't know if disaster fifty-fifty does information technology justice...
	Just it is I, who fabricated it to the very end!
	I don't intendance if those monsters were ghosts or spirits! Who CARES! HA HA!
	WA HA HA! Let's head back home! I've got treasures and stories to share!

Ranking & Rewards

Throughout a voyage, players tin can obtain and build upward a score. This score volition exist combined with bonus points awarded depending on the number of unspent Black Pearl Coins, the ship's durability, and the number of Chantry furnishings obtained by the stop of a voyage. The total score will then exist recorded and ranked against other players on the leaderboard, with seasonal rewards beingness given based on the player'south ranking. Similarly to Cookie Alliance, these scores are not commonage and simply the highest score achieved volition be ranked against other players. If the flavor ends mid-voyage, the role player's concluding score will be recorded.

Rank	Rewards				Rank	Rewards			Rank	Rewards
Top 1%	15,000	250	10	i,200,000	Superlative xx%	7,000	160	500,000	Summit 70%	iii,000	110	250,000
Height 2%	12,000	200	8	1,000,000	Top 30%	vi,000	150	450,000	Top fourscore%	two,500	100	200,000
Top three%	10,000	200	6	800,000	Top 40%	5,000	140	400,000	Top 90%	ii,000	90	150,000
Peak 5%	9,000	180	4	600,000	Tiptop 50%	four,000	130	350,000	Participant	i,000	80	100,000
Elevation ten%	viii,000	160	2	550,000	Meridian threescore%	iii,500	120	300,000