Player versus environment, or PvE, is a term used by most online games that refers to fighting computer-controlled enemies, as opposed to PvP (Player versus Player).[1]
PvE in Black Desert Online takes the form of defeating large numbers of grouped mobs in various zones scattered around the game world, which is known as grinding or farming, and the coordinated fights against high level mobs called bosses when they appear in certain areas after being announced by the game system, among others.