# Black Desert [December 24th] Are you ready for Snowboard Showdown? New Events at a Glance! - Product: Black Desert (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/black-desert) - Vendor: Pearl Abyss - Date: 2025-12-24 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/582660/view/503970744821090285 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/black-desert/releases/2025-12-24-december-24th-are-you-ready-for-snowboard-showdow What's New is an index, not a publisher: every entry below links to the vendor's own release notes, which are the authoritative source. Entries are labelled where they are hand-curated sample data, pre-releases, or drawn from a secondary source such as a developer blog. Reuse: the summaries, labels and curation here are © What's New. Quote freely with attribution and a link back; wholesale republication of the corpus is not permitted — terms: https://whatsnew.fyi/terms. The vendors' own release notes remain their publishers'. --- - **added** — Added three new snowboarding modes to Snowfall Crasher: Speed, Jump, and Score - **added** — Added pre-season for Snowfall Crasher running from December 24 to December 31, 2025 with records to be wiped at regular season start - **added** — Added snowboarding quests with NPCs Axel, Annika, and Bjarne at Snowfall Crasher - **added** — Added daily Challenge quests for Speed and Jump courses awarding Snowfall Crasher Seals - **added** — Added Smelt Fishing using Splat Fisher's Fishing Rod to catch Plump Chilly Smelt and Chilly Smelt - **added** — Added Snowfall Crasher Smelt Exchange with Crio offering once-per-family rewards including Cron Stones, Memory Fragments, and various other items - **added** — Added Fwuzzy Alpaca pet registration through Smelt Fishing exchange - **added** — Added Yeti Piku hunt event with Frosted Matchlock reward from Challenge quests - **added** — Added Winter Snack Shop running from December 24, 2025 to January 22, 2026 ##### [**Check out this week's new events!**](https://www.naeu.playblackdesert.com/News/Detail?groupContentNo=5119 style=button) ##### [Snowfall Crasher❄️] #1 Snowboard Showdown! ##### We got brand new modes hitting the Snowfall Crasher: Speed, Jump, and Score! Pre-season is ON till the Dec 31, 2025 (Wed) maintenance, so you got plenty of time to tune your skills, stomp sick tricks, and get primed for the ranking event next week. * All pre-season records will be wiped once the regular season begins. On Dec 31, a white-knuckle race. Regional/Solo Boards Regular Season COMING SOON ##### Pre-season: Dec 24, 2025 (Wed) after maintenance - Dec 31, 2025 (Wed) before maintenance *** All quests will be available until the Jan 21, 2026 (Wed) maintenance.** > ##### Uh, hey there! Have you, uh, ever tried riding a snowboard before? So, like, how was it? Was it fun? Wasn't too hard, right? Oh man, you're in luck! There are some real snowboard pros here who know, like, everything about boards. They each enjoy snowboarding in their own way, which is, y'know, pretty cool... If you're interested, maybe you should go say hi or something? > ##### Accept the " In Search of the Snowfall Crasher!" quest via the Black Spirit (,) then track down Lando at Snowfall Crasher. Talk to the Snowfall Crasher Helper to complete the quest [Snowfall Crasher Helper] Lando Rewards Snowfall Crasher Seal x300 Splat Fisher's Fishing Rod x30 *** You can find this quest via [Quests (O) - New], available once per Family. * The snowboard quests require at least one Lv. 60+ character in your Family and having learned the “Seal of the Black Sun” knowledge entry upon completing the Apocalyptic Prophecy main quest.** ##### Chat up “Snowfall Crasher Helper” Lando to start the " Snowfall Crasher Snowboard Challenge" quest. ##### Get the lowdown on Speed, Score, and Jump courses via talking (R) with Axel, Annika, and Bjarne to complete the quest! **▲ Snowboarding pros visiting Snowfall Crasher** Rewards Snowfall Crasher Seal x300 Classic Snowboard (7 Days) *** You can find this quest via [Quests (O) - New], available once per Family.** ##### [Classic Snowboard (7 Days) Pick up quests via Axel and Annika then bomb down the course. Quest Name Objectives Rewards Snowfall Crasher - Speed Tryout * NPC Axel Finish Speed course in under 160 sec Snowfall Crasher Seal x300 Cron Stone x100 Snowfall Crasher - Jump Tryout * NPC Annika Finish Speed course in under 100 sec Snowfall Crasher Seal x300 Cron Stone x100 *** These quests are available once per Family, after you complete the Snowfall Crasher Snowboard Challenge quest.** ##### Snowfall Crasher - Speed / Jump / Score Challenges! Get the quests from Axel, Annika, and Bjarne, then go full send for your best runs. Quest Name Objectives Rewards Snowfall Crasher - Speed Challenge * NPC Axel Finish Speed course in under 80 sec Cron Stone x300 Blaster (normal blue color) Snowboard Trophy - Speed Snowfall Crasher - Jump Challenge * NPC Annika Finish Jump course in under 50 sec Cron Stone x300 Popper (normal blue color) Snowboard Trophy - Jump Snowfall Crasher - Score Challenge * NPC Bjarne Finish Jump course in under 60 sec Cron Stone x100 Snowboard Medal - Score *** These quests are available once per Family. The Speed and Jump Challenge quests are unlocked after you complete their Tryout quests.** **▲ For those who totally shred with insane skill: Snowboard Trophy - Jump / Speed & Snowboard Medal - Score** ##### Special rewards for all you record chasers Bag seals daily via Challenge (Y)! Show off your speed and score those Snowfall Crasher Seals - Dec 24, 2025 (Wed) after maintenance - Jan 21, 2025 (Wed) at 23:59 (UTC) [table equalcells="1"] Quest Name Objectives Rewards [td rowspan="2"] ##### Speed Finish Speed course in under 60 sec Snowfall Crasher Seal x500 Finish Speed course in under 56 sec Snowfall Crasher Seal x500 [td rowspan _[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/582660/view/503970744821090285]_