Greetings Adventurers,

With Spooktober in progress, we bring you Halloween and New Great Expedition events.
Rumor has it that Afuaru is now dropping more valuable items. Some seasoned adventurers report that a mysterious quest in O’dyllita will let you obtain Garmoth’s Heart, others said that you can now craft the legendary La Orzeca outfit to protect yourself from Hadum.
Finally, they also reported sightings of a powerful version of Kzarka and a new Alustin’s Alchemy Log.

For more information about this patch and the spooky Halloween and Great Expedition event, read on!

• Spooky Witchy Halloween!
  
  • Event 1. Spook is Back
    
  • Period: October 21 (after maintenance)–November 4 (before maintenance)
    
    • Spook will swarm the entire world of Black Desert Online and spawn at random times, random places!
  • Event 2. Defeat Isabella the Black Witch!
    
  • Period: October 21 (after maintenance)–November 4 (before maintenance)
    
    • Gueldia the White Witch needs your help in defeating Isabella the Black Witch again. Help Gueldia and get rewarded for your bravery!
  • Event 3. Halloween Challenges
    
  • Period: October 22 (00:00 UTC)–November 4 (23:59 UTC)
    
    • Play daily and get the rewards below via the Challenge tab (Y) based on your accumulated playtime.
  • Event 4. Halloween Quests
    
  • Period: October 21 (after maintenance)–November 4 (before maintenance)
    
    • Don’t miss the additional event quests prepared exclusively for this haunted season!
  • Event 5. Halloween Adventure Logs
    
  • Period: October 21 (after maintenance)–November 4 (before maintenance)
    
    • Halloween Adventure Logs from last year will be available again for this event period! Complete various tasks with these Adventure Logs and get cool rewards!
  • Click < Here > to see these spooky events in detail and get ready for Halloween!

• Set Sail Again
  
  • Event 1. Set Sail with Burst of Boosts
    
  • Period: October 21 (after maintenance)–November 4 (before maintenance)
    
    • Enjoy all of the following boosts including Sailing EXP +50% or Barter EXP +50% better your ocean adventures!
  • Event 2. Lekrashan Strikes Back
    
  • Period: October 21 (after maintenance)–November 4 (before maintenance)
    
    • During the event period, special field boss Lekrashan will appear at sea!
  • Event 3. Build a Strong Ship
    
  • Period: October 21 (after maintenance)–November 4 (before maintenance)
    
    • Go to specific NPCs to accept special quests and defeat sea monsters! You will be rewarded with materials needed to build a strong ship!
  • Bonus. Special Quests Permanently Added!
    
  • Permanent addition from October 14 (after maintenance)
    
    • With a character of Lv.50 or above, enter specific regions in the Great Ocean to see hidden quests appear in the top right corner of your screen.
      
    • Click < Here > to learn more about the series of events to celebrate the first anniversary of The Great Expedition.

• Additional Hot Time Boost (from the event Trade with the trio)
  
  • Period: October 21 (after maintenance)—October 28 (before maintenance)
    
  • Here are the results of [Event] Supply Box items turned into the relevant NPCs for EU and NA regions:
    
    

• Thus, the boost given to both NA and EU regions will be Item Drop Rate +50%!
  
  • The item drop rate boosts will stack with other boost-giving items.
    
  • The item drop rate boost will be applied to all servers including Olvia and season servers, but excluding Arsha servers.
    
  • Please note boosts for turning in [Event] Supply Box items to Martum or Tolo will not be given.
    
    

• October Events
  
  • Event 1. Hexe Marie and the Dark Rift: October 14–October 28 (before maintenance)
    
  • Event 2. Collect Autumn Leaves: October 14–October 28 (before maintenance)

• O'dyllita Launch Events
  
  • Event 4. Flower of the Burning Moon: October 7–November 11 (before maintenance)

• O'dyllita Attendance Check: October 7–November 11 (before maintenance)
  
• Refer-a-Friend Promotion: October 7–November 4 (before maintenance)
  
• Monthly Loyalty - October 2020: October 1 (00:00 UTC)–October 31 (23:59 UTC)
  
• Level Up Again with Hashashin
  
  • Event 1: Level Up Again!: September 16–October 28 (before maintenance)

• Collect Commemorative Coins
  
  • Event 1: Collect by Playing!: September 17–October 29 (23:59 UTC)
    
  • Event 2: Collect by Leveling Up!: September 16–October 28 (before maintenance)

• Conquer Red Battlefield!
  
• O'dyllita Launch Events
  
  • Event 2. Travel with Rulupee
    
  • Event 3. Flower in the Darkness

• Nightmarish Kzarka

Kzarka, bereft of his soul by Illezra who brought the Three Days of Darkness upon Mediah, has begun to consume the adventurers who stand in the way of his Ritual of Resurrection. On the days his rage reaches its peak, he plunges into rage as "Nightmarish Kzarka" and darkness shrouds the skies of Serendia.

• During the appearance of Nightmarish Kzarka, a greater darkness shrouds Serendia. The Lord of Serendia is looking for powerful adventurers who can vanquish this darkness.
  
• Nightmarish Kzarka is much more powerful than the regular Kzarka but he will drop more valuable loot. You can obtain up to TET (IV) Kzarka Main Weapon (+0, I, II, III, IV) and also have an increased chance of getting Belongings of an Adventurer, Gold Bar (up to 1KG), or a type of Magical Black Stone.
  
• [Weekly] Trophy: Kzarka quest and Season Pass quest of defeating Kzarka will not be completed when you defeat him as Nightmarish Kzarka is a unique monster.

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Known to many by the title "KeeezAaannng!", the World Boss Kzarka will now occasionally appear in a new form. The newly created Nightmarish Kzarka comes back with a force to reclaim its fame as being the first World Boss of Black Desert. The renewal of a World Boss was quite a challenge to us as adventurers had been asking about it for quite some time now. We didn't want to radically change things by shooting up the difficulty levels so we decided to make Nightmarish Kzarka appear by chance and retained some of the experience with the Kzarka we are familiar with. (We have plans to renew other World Bosses as well but we might approach it differently from how we've handled Kzarka. Ex) Boss appearing only during the evening, or only appearing when a group of adventurers join forces together.) Nightmarish Kzarka will drop better loot compared to the regular Kzarka. But beware, as Nightmarish Kzarka is much more challenging than its previous form.

▲ (Left) Nightmarish Kzarka appears as it deals AoE damage / (Right) Kzarka opening up a series of attacks and AoE damage as a pattern


▲ (Left) Roaring, and attacking with black breath / (Right) An attack pattern in which nearby targets are pulled and dealt with a powerful blow


▲ (Left) Tentacle Summoning attack patterns (You will receive a movement speed/attack speed debuff upon hit) / (Right) A berserk pattern that brings down chaos

※ Images were taken using a GM character which is invincible to attacks.

• La Orzeca Outfit
  Viorencia Odore, the queen of the Arid Land of O'dyllita, announced that she would grant the Orzeca relic known as the La Orzeca Outfit to whoever brings her Quturan's Lungs, the Divine Tree of the fallen Ancient Orzeca Kingdom.
  
  • The La Orzeca Outfit was a gear made in Orzeca long ago, in order to protect those from the grips of Hadum. It was created by instilling the powers of the Thornwood goddess into the incarnation of greed.
    
  • The powers of the Thornwood goddess were extracted from the gear and into Quturan's Lungs when Orzeca met its demise. the Divine Tree. Since then, its whereabouts have been unknown. According to the Ahibs, recently, it can be found from the Monster Zones below.
    
    
    
  • Collect the leaves affected by the powers of the Quturan's Lungs and unite them together into a single source of power. These leaves have a higher chance to drop than the lungs.
    
  • ※ Perform Simple Alchemy on Quturan's Black Leaf to obtain Quturan's Left Lung, and on Quturan's Ashen Leaf to obtain Quturan's Right Lung.
    
  • Right-click on the lungs to begin a story quest which is available once per family. At the later stages of the quest, you can obtain the La Orzeca Helmet with Quturan's Left Lung, and the La Orzeca Armor with Quturan's Right Lung.
    
  • You can obtain the La Orzeca Outfit through NPCs by exchanging additional Quturan's Lungs you obtain.
    
  • Once you have completed all the La Orzeca Helmet and La Orzeca Armor quests, you'll be given a final quest through the Black Spirit in which you can obtain the "La Orzeca" title.

La Orzeca Outfit is the very first outfit in the game that can be obtained through loots. Its design was based on the ancient theme (Black Spirit concept) along with added effects and an exclusive title once it is crafted. This outfit has been aimed for adventurers who are at a fairly advanced level and hope to distinguish themselves aesthetically. We hope this outfit can become another exciting goal for adventurers to seek out as it is unique not only in its look but also in the adventures you must overcome to claim it as yours. We did consider adding special effects to the La Orzeca Outfit but we decided not to as it should be an optional challenge instead of a compulsory one. Hence, the outfit will have normal effects just like other regular outfits.

• Perilla’s Star
  Perilla is the former love of Fughar, the Chief Manager of the Crow Merchants Guild. The once lost Perilla's Star she left behind for Fughar has reappeared for adventurers to explore.
  
  • Accept the quest "[Perilla's Star] Fughar's Woe" from the Black Spirit. The quest unravels Fughar's tragic love story of how Perilla left him and how he had to work hard to escape from his poverty-striken circumstances.
    
  • The "[Perilla's Star] Fughar's Woe" quest can be obtained by Season Characters or normal characters converted from Season Characters.
    
  • Complete the [Perilla's Star] Fughar's Woe quest line to receive Season Special Gift Exchange Coupon, which can be used to exchange for Perilla's Star.

• Autumn Season Early Graduation Starts
  Behind every great feat is a special reward. Meet <Crow Merchants Guild Chief Manager> Fughar to apply for Autumn Season's Early Graduation!
  
  • Adventurers who've met the Early Graduation requirements between Oct 21 (after maintenance) to Nov 18 (before maintenance) can go to Fughar and receive the “[Season Server Graduation] At the Crossroad” quest to begin your graduation early.
    
    

※ AP and DP from Adventure Logs do not count towards this requirement.
※ Check for more details in our GM notes about the [Autumn Season Early Graduation] post.
※ Please note that you will no longer be able to enjoy our Autumn Season related events, contents, and Season Server benefits once you graduate early.
※ You cannot enhance Tuvala weapons by converting them with a Conversion Stone after Early Graduation.

• The completion record of all "[Enhancement] Even Stronger Tuvala Gear" weekly quests has been reset.
  
• Added Rift's Echo as a Season Server weekly quest reward for defeating monsters.
  
  • Adventurers who have already completed Season Server weekly quests can reaccept the quests again after the October 21st maintenance.
    
  • As a reminder, these weekly quests can be found under "[Enhancement] Even Stronger Tuvala Gear" tab in the Quests (O) window.
    
  • You can accept and complete one of the following quests once per family each week.
    
  • The Rift's Echo will be given in addition to the Time-filled Black Stone x600 or Tuvala Ore x90 or Refined Magical Black Stone x40 rewards you can choose from for completing the weekly quests.

• Added Alustin's Alchemy Journal in the Adventure Logs.
  
  • This log holds records of Alustin, the famous alchemist of Velia.
    
  • This Adventure Log becomes available once you reach level 61 and complete [O'dyllita] Keepsake of Ataraxia, and accept and complete Adventure Log: Alustin's Alchemy Journal from the Black Spirit.
    
  • Complete the objectives to obtain a large number of Caphras Stones.

• Queen Brolina of Kamasylvia has answered a villager's appeal from Grána and has imported dairy cows from their ally, Calpheon, to start a farm.
  
  • The farm is located at the west of Grána.
    
  • The farm is managed by <Dreaming Shepherd> Rosaria the Papu. You can also meet Povios, the Xian Merchant from Calpheon there.
    
  • Povios is only available to players who’ve completed the renewed Kamasylvia main quest line.

We’ve had many requests from adventurers asking about adding dairy cows to Valencia City and O’draxxia. Matters are being discussed and decisions haven't been made but it seems there's a good chance that discussions will end up with Valencia City having camels added instead of dairy cows, due to the regional environment.

• Changed the Black Desert Team's entrance and revival point of Castle Ruins in the Red Battlefield so that it is not too close to the castle walls.

• For Europe, Daylight Savings Time ends on Sunday, October 25 at 03:00 local standard time (or 02:00 CET) for Europe.
  
  • Changes to Node/Conquest Wars and world boss spawns for EU servers will take into effect starting with October 28 regular maintenance.
    
  • The starting and ending times for Node/Conquest War and the Tribute Wagon departure time were pushed backward by 1 hour for our European servers due to the start of daylight saving time.
    
  • This simply means your Node/Conquest Wars will start at 20:00 CET, and Tribute Wagons will depart at 18:00 CET.
• For North America, Daylight Savings Time ends on Sunday, November 1 at 02:00 local standard time (or 01:00 PST) for Europe.
  
  • Changes to Node/Conquest Wars and world boss spawns for NA servers will take into effect starting with November 4 regular maintenance.
    
  • This simply means your Node/Conquest Wars will start at 18:00 PST/21:00 EST, and Tribute Wagons will depart at 16:00 PST/19:00 EST.
• Fixed the issue where the game client would sometimes stop when using Epheria Carrack's FocusFire skill (Q or E).

• Changed the Quarry lighting to be brighter to increase efficiency of Quarry workers for the sake of Marco Faust, the Lord of Keplan who is suffering from sickness in Calpheon.

• Certain areas in Bartali Farm will be adjusted with next week's October 28, 2020 regular maintenance (Please check the future announcement for details).
  
  • As a result, any garden fences and crops planted in this area will be removed and moved to Heidel Storage.
    
  • Therefore, we ask you to move any installed garden fences from this location before next maintenance on October 28, 2020 since any remaining crops will have their growth reset. We thank you for your understanding in advance.

• Updated the exchange list of Philaberto Falasi of Port Epheria.
  
  • You can exchange the Epheria Sailboat Design with the Epheria Frigate design or vice versa through the quest "[Daily] Falasi Family's Kindness."

• Improved Emergency Escape so that it displays the cooldown time.

• With next week's October 28, 2020 regular maintenance, Skill Add-on system for all classes will be revised where you will have more freedom to customize Skill Add-ons to suit your play style better (Please check the future announcement for details).
  
• Please note that this means all of your previously set Skill Add-ons will be reset with October 28, 2020 regular maintenance.

• Fixed the issue with odd camera movements while turning the camera during Prime: Lightning Storm: High Voltage.

• Fixed the issue with odd camera movements while turning the camera during Prime: Lightning Storm: High Voltage.

• Fixed the issue where switching weapons from Sura Katana during Sprint would occasionally place the weapon in an odd position.

• Fixed the unnatural facial expressions made during the use of Crouching Wolf and Succession: Crouching Wolf.

• Added Hashashin to Trial Characters.

• Added furniture items obtainable from sea creatures.
  
  • You can craft Ocean Stalker Chandelier and Nineshark Chandelier at level 3 Furniture Workshops of Calpheon, Epheria, and Florin using items collected from sea creatures.
    
    
• You can now Manufacture Crow's Trade Voucher into an Item Collection Increase Scroll (60 min) via the Processing (L) menu.
  
• For details on the newly added Pearl Shop Update, please click < Here > !

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• Gatekeepers of Crescent Shrine, Desert Naga Temple, Titium Valley, and Cadry Ruins have obtained great power through the Argos blood ritual.
  
  • The gatekeepers now use more deadly attacks as they have been strengthened by the blood ritual.
    
  • They will also sometimes endure mortal wounds and retreat back to their territory nearby to heal themselves.
    
  • They will disappear if they are given enough time to recuperate in their territory. Defeat them before they can recover to obtain their loot.
    
  • You can obtain "Intricately Patterned Mystical Shard" and other valuable items by defeating these enhanced gatekeepers.
    
  • Increased respawn time for these gatekeepers once they have been defeated.
    You now receive notification when these gatekeepers appear.
• Rumor has it that Graverobber Afuaru wanders in certain regions carrying more valuable items.
  
  • Defeating monsters in Thornwood Forest, Tunkuta, Olun's Valley, Crypt of Resting Thoughts, and Ash Forest has a chance to spawn Graverobber Afuaru.
    
  • Increased the value of the items that Graverobber Afuaru drops at Roud Sulfur Mine, Pila Ku Jail, Hystria Ruins, Aakman Temple, Navarn Steppe, Manshaum Forest, Tshira Ruins, Sherekhan Necropolis, Tooth Fairy Forest (Forest Ronaros), and Blood Wolf Settlement.
    
  • There is a chance to obtain a very precious item by defeating Graverobber Afuaru in certain regions.

Graverobber Afuaru was created as a refreshing element in combat for adventurers while defeating monsters. However, we felt that it wasn't interesting enough so we've made changes so that treasure materials drop at a very low rate in regions where treasures can be found, and added it to O'dyllita.

• Changed the indicated zone of attack on the ground to be more accurate when Ahib Griffon, appearing in the Dark Rift, uses its whirlwind attacks.
  
• Fixed issue where Apostle of Immorality would not react to the player or exist in the correct spawn point at Star's End.
  Partially changed how Apostle of Malevolence appears to make the relevant fix above.

• A new record about the ancient kingdom Orzeca has been discovered in O'dyllita's Crypt of Resting Thoughts.
  
  Queen Viorencia Odore has announced that she would grant the Resplendent Moonlight Chest to whoever helps decipher the Orzeca's Records: Time of Dragons. Rumors say that people have seen the radiant light illuminating from this Resplendent Moonlight Chest, a kind of light only seen in that of a dragon's heart.
  
  • You can accept the quest "Orzeca's Records: Time of Dragons" from Black Eyeroot of the Crypt of Resting Thoughts, with a character who has completed the quest "[O'dyllita] Vuhura Kaheliak" from "[Lv.60 O'dyllita I] Flower of the Burning Moon" questline.
    
  • This quest is only available once per family.
    
  • Complete all 14 missions after completing the quest "Orzeca's Records: Time of Dragons" to be blessed by Queen Viorencia. However, this will not be an easy challenge.
    
  • Open the Resplendent Moonlight Chest to obtain Inverted Heart of Garmoth.

Many treasure items are awaiting to be found by adventurers in the world of Black Desert. Garmoth's Heart, which has certainly been the biggest center of attention, is a treasure that directly affects your equipment level, making adventurers very anxious to obtain it. To help relatively new adventurers dive into this race, we aimed to create a system where patient and constant efforts in the long-term was a requirement in attaining this item. Black Desert will continue to discuss ways to encourage participation from adventurers of different passion to be included in our future.

• Fixed the issue where the Black Spirit would be summoned automatically even when there was no extra quest you could accept while doing a main quest.

• Fixed the issue where colors wouldn't be applied when a line break was added to the Enhancement Success/Failure text in the chat window.
  
• Adjusting the Adventurer Name Settings will now affect the settings of the name that is displayed in NPC dialogues and Party notification messages.
  
• Increased the RMB speed in the following situations:
  
  • When retrieving or taking out an item from the Inventory
    
  • When selling an item at the Shop
• Added a button to immediately enter a min and max price in the Guild Contract.
  
• Added more information about life skill level requirements for fishing in the tooltip of the fish during auto-fishing.
  
• Changed to display the required Contribution points and available contribution points for each list while checking the item list that can be rented with Contribution Points by talking to an NPC.
  
• Fixed the issue where the quest name would bleed out of the Quest (O) window when it was too long.
  
• Fixed the issue where the item message would be different from the chat window message when obtaining a treasure item.
  
• Fixed the Guild Member Status list's menu buttons to fit within the screen.
  
• Fixed the Appoint buttons to be placed together in the Guild Member Status list's menu buttons.
  
• Fixed so that Ban feature cannot be designated as a hotkey in the Guild Member Status list.
  
• Fixed the issue where the contract would reappear when an Advisor renews his/her own contract.
  
• Fixed the imbalance in Quartermaster and Cannoneer text arrangement in the Guild Member Status list.

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• Fixed the issue where the messages of obtaining, successfully enhancing, or failing to enhance the Fallen God's Armor would be displayed as "Fallen God's Armor" in the chat window.
  
• Fixed the Fallen God's Armor to be displayed correctly in the Web Central Market.
  
• [Hashashin] Fixed the graphical issue with the gloves that occurred when equipping Domtur Gloves and Mezari Armor together.
  
• [Archer] Fixed the issue where the armor looked odd when equipping Glorious Shudad or Shudad Black set while wearing Karki Suit.
  
• [Ranger] Fixed the graphical issue with the eyes that occurred in certain face shapes when wearing Trilby Hat.
  
• Fixed the issue where the Champron looked awkward when equipping Oquilla Dream Champron of Oquilla Dream Horse Gear Set.
  
• [Dark Knight] Fixed the graphical issue with the hair when equipping the Arethel Outfit with the Yianaros Headpiece already on.
  
• [Mystic] Fixed the graphical issue with the neck after setting the game to Remastered mode.
  
• Fixed the issue where food knowledge that you have not learned yet appears in Cooking.
  
• Fixed so that Guilds participating in Node/Conquest Wars cannot appoint a guild master and/or change guild positions

Reach us on the »forums« to share your feedback, opinions, and suggestions.

Dear Players,

We will perform our weekly maintenance as follows:

• Global 8:00 UTC ~ 12:00 UTC
  
• Central (EU) 10:00 CEST ~ 14:00 CEST
  
• West Coast (NA) 1:00 PDT ~ 5:00 PDT
  
• East Coast (NA) 4:00 EDT ~ 8:00 EDT

• The World Boss Kzarka will be renewed and occasionally spawn as 'Nightmarish Kzarka'.
  
• You will be able to obtain the new La Orzeca Outfit in-game.
  
• A new Adventure Log, Alustin's Alchemy Journal will be added.
  
• Spooky Witchy Halloween! event will start.
  
• Set Sail Again event will start.
  
• Additional Hot Time Boost will be applied.

• Conquer Red Battlefield!
  
• O'dyllita Launch Events
  - Event 2. Travel with Rulupee
  - Event 3. Flower in the Darkness

Daylight saving time 2020 for Europe will end at 03:00 local standard time on Sunday, 25th of October.
Changes to Node/Conquest Wars, world boss spawns, and more for EU servers will take into effect starting with October 28th regular maintenance.

Follow us on Twitter & Facebook to stay up to date.

Thank you for your support and understanding.


Best regards,
BDO Team

Greetings Adventurers,

This week, we bring you some new Guild positions so you can now appoint your Advisor and your Cannoneers to help you with your guild!
Spooktober has now officially started with our October Events and the Halloween decorations and theme all over Black Desert Online world!
Don’t hesitate to send us your most spooky screenshots!

For more information about this and this patch, please read on!

• October Events
  
  • Event 1. Hexe Marie and the Dark Rift
    
  • Period: October 14 (after maintenance)–October 28 (before maintenance)
    
    • Defeat Hexe Marie who will make a special appearance from the Dark Rift located in Hexe Sanctuary for a chance to obtain special items like Box of the Silent Dead and Remnants of the Rift!
  • Event 2. Collect Autumn Leaves
    
  • Period: October 14 (after maintenance)–October 28 (before maintenance)
    
    • During the event period, defeat monsters and gather to obtain [Event] Autumn Leaves at a chance which can be sold for 50,000 Silver.
  • Loyal Attendance Rewards Refreshed
    
  • Period: October 15 (00:00 UTC)–November 18 (23:59 UTC)
    
    • Simply log in daily to claim awesome rewards including [Event] Enhancement Help Kit, Advice of Valks (35–45), Fine Accessory Box II, and more!
  • Click < Here > to see these events in detail.

• Bonus! Halloween-themed background and music!
  
  • Period: October 14 (after maintenance)–October 28 (before maintenance)
    
  • Halloween-themed backgrounds will be placed and Halloween-themed music will be playing in Velia, Heidel, Calpheon, Altinova, Valencia, and Grána.
    
    • Halloween-themed music will play during night only.
      
    • Duvencrune and O'draxxia are excluded.

• O'dyllita Launch Events
  
  • Event 2. Travel with Rulupee: October 7–October 21 (before maintenance)
    
  • Event 3. Flower in the Darkness: October 7–October 21 (before maintenance)
    
  • Event 4. Flower of the Burning Moon: October 7–November 11 (before maintenance)

• O'dyllita Attendance Check: October 7–November 11 (before maintenance)
  
• Refer-a-Friend Promotion: October 7–November 4 (before maintenance)
  
• Monthly Loyalty - October 2020: October 1 (00:00 UTC)–October 31 (23:59 UTC)
  
• Conquer Red Battlefield!
  
  • Event 1: A Win-Win Situation: September 23–October 21 (before maintenance)
    
  • Event 2: Daz's Special Quest: September 23–October 21 (before maintenance)

• Level Up Again with Hashashin
  
  • Event 1: Level Up Again!: September 16–October 28 (before maintenance)

• Collect Commemorative Coins
  
  • Event 1: Collect by Playing!: September 17–October 29 (23:59 UTC)
    
  • Event 2: Collect by Leveling Up!: September 16–October 28 (before maintenance)

• Playtime Challenge: Available until October 14 (23:59 UTC)
  
• Make your choice! Awakening or Succession?
  
  • Event 3: Special Challenges

• O'dyllita Launch Events
  
  • Event 1: Event 1. Trade with the trio

• Added two new Guild positions.
  *The new "Advisor" position was added to assist the Guild Master. Most of the Guild Master duties will be granted to the Advisor.
  
  • The Advisor will have all rights excluding Disband Guild, Guild Auction House, Request the Final Battle (or to accept it), Reset Guild Skills, and rights to destroy Guild Mounts.
    
  • There can only be one Advisor in a Guild, regardless of the Guild size.
    
  • The Advisor can use Guild Crafting.
    
  • The Advisor can distribute Allowance and Bonuses.
    
  • The Advisor can increase Guild Protection Capacity, and can also enable or disable it.
    
  • The Advisor can carry out Guild Contract Renewals for himself/herself and also for the Guild Officer, Quartermaster, and normal Guild Members.
    The Advisor can obtain and use all Guild skills, and can use Battle Command to Gather. However, if the Guild Master is online, they can only be used within the same server.
    *The new "Cannoneer" position was added to actively play a role in starting Guild Wars, as the position is intended to be specialized in Node/Conquest War rights.
    
  • There can be multiple Cannoneers in a Guild, regardless of the Guild size.
    
  • The Cannoneer can install annexes during Node/Conquest Wars just like the Quartermaster.
    
  • The Cannoneer can purchase Node/Conquest War goods at the Guild Shop using the allowance provided by the Guild.

• The rights for the following Guild positions were changed.
  
  • The rights to destroy Guild Mounts (Galley and Elephant) used to be given to Guild Officers or higher positions. These rights will now only be given to the Guild Master.
    
  • The rights to equip/unequip gear for Guild Mounts used to be given to Quartermasters or higher positions. These rights will now only be given to the Guild Master and Advisor.
    *However, repairs for the equipped gear will only be possible through Guild Officers or higher positions like before.
    
    
  • The Appoint Master button becomes available to the Advisor and Officer(s) if the Guild Master hasn't logged in for 15 days.
    
  • Any guild member can deposit into the Guild Storage, but only certain guild positions may retrieve from the Guild Storage.
    
  • Any ranking guild member may install/uninstall annexes for nodes, but Guild Officers or higher positions may use the annex's function to begin the process.
    
  • Guild members of Advisor or higher positions may summon the guild boss Khan for Guild Boss Subjugation, while other bosses require guild Officer or higher positions to summon.
    
  • Any guild member can purchase in the guild shop within their set allowance, but specific items will be restricted to certain conditions.

We've added the new Advisor and Cannoneer guild positions.

The Advisor position is granted even greater authority than the Guild Officer position, as the Advisor can even renew Guild Officer contracts. Guild Masters can appoint their most trusted Officer as an Advisor, and so we've added this position in hoping that it will allow for more flexible and convenient guild management.

Cannoneers are quite important for a guild that enjoys Node/Conquest Wars. We've added the Cannoneer position not only to identify that appointed guild member as the Cannoneer, but to grant them some bragging rights, too. At the moment, there are no special powers specific to this position. However, we are currently in the middle of preparing something.

We plan on developing even more positions to diversify the roles of guild members in their respective guilds. We are especially taking into consideration how to make each position unique, so we ask for much of your suggestions and feedback as well.

• Improved the Navigate feature for areas bordering Valencia and the desert.
  
• The number of Total Likes for all Chat Groups will be reset on October 21 (Wednesday) maintenance.
  
  • Adventurers who own either gold, silver, or bronze Black Spirit icons will receive a temporary title for 90 days for their diligent participation.
    
  • Adventurers who own either gold, silver, or bronze Black Spirit icons in any of the 20 Hall of Adventurers Chat Groups will receive temporary titles as well.
    
  • Please check the full announcement < Here >.

• A new Dairy Cow Ranch will be added near Grána in Kamasylvia during next maintenance on October 21, 2020. Thus, the location of the upcoming dairy cow ranch will be changed from its current status as a “Combat Zone” to a “Safe Zone” with today's maintenance and any garden fences and crops planted in this location have been removed and moved to Heidel Storage. Please check the full announcement < Here >.

• Fixed the issue where the voices of Viorencia Odore, Yamu, and Salanar in O'dyllita were not being played.

• Black Spirit: Thunder Storm - Fixed the issue where a combo from Voltaic Pulse to Thunder Storm would not activate the skill.

• Added a feature which allows you to sell all junk items in a character's Inventory at once.
  
  • A button for selling all junk items will appear on the bottom of the Inventory UI when activating the Shop menu with an NPC.
    
  • When you click on the Sell button, all the junk items inside the Inventory will be sold.
    
  • This feature will also be available for Guild junk items sold for Guild Funds, but only through Guild Shop NPC's.
    
  • This feature will also be available for junk items for Crow Coins, but only through Crow Coin Shop NPC's.
    

• For details on the newly added Pearl Shop Update, please click < Here >!

• Fixed the issue at Olun's Valley where golems summoned by Olun's Golem would occasionally appear from beneath the ground.

• Improved the location of the refresh button on top of the event window to be more visible.
  
• Fixed the issues where the Archer and Shai Skill Enhancement UI was displayed abnormally.

• [Witch] Fixed the graphical issue on the ankle part of the Weenie Looney outfit.
  
• [Tamer] Fixed the issue where the shoes would not be displayed when wearing the Calpheon Noble Dress.
  
• [Sorceress] Fixed the issue where the right gloves would disappear when wearing the Dobart Gloves while equipped with a main weapon.
  
• Fixed the issue where the knowledge icon of an NPC unobtainable from O'draxxia and Starry Midnight Port would appear.
  
• Fixed the issue where conversation buttons would appear under certain circumstances when they shouldn't when interacting with Tunn Verdun, the Node Manager of Mountain of Division.
  
• O'draxxia's Skill Instructor icon was fixed in the World Map to properly indicate the Skill Instructor.
  
• [Maehwa, Valkyrie, Kunoichi, Sorceress, Witch] Fixed the graphical issue on the skirt which occurs during Imperial Packing and Gathering when wearing the Venecil Dress.
  
• [Kunoichi, Mystic, Dark Knight, Ranger, Shai] Fixed the graphical issue when wearing the Vediras Outfit.
  
• [Archer] Fixed the graphical issue where the hat part would look awkward when wearing the New Year Hanbok Outfit.
  
• [Berserker] Fixed the graphical issue where the hair part would look awkward when wearing the Lahr Arcien Helmet.
  
• [Witch] Fixed the issue where certain hairstyles wouldn't allow the equipped Cantabile Headband to be dyed.
  
• Fixed the issue where you could participate in a Red Battlefield that had less than 10 minutes remaining.

• We are aware of the issue where the [Striker] New Year Hanbok Outfit Set is not showing the hat and outfit parts separately at the Pearl Shop.
  
• We are aware of the issue where crystals transfused into Pearl outfits sometimes cannot be extracted. This issue will be resolved shortly.

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Dear Players,

We will perform our weekly maintenance as follows:

• Global 8:00 UTC ~ 12:00 UTC
  
• Central (EU) 10:00 CEST ~ 14:00 CEST
  
• West Coast (NA) 1:00 PDT ~ 5:00 PDT
  
• East Coast (NA) 4:00 EDT ~ 8:00 EDT

• Two new Guild positions will be added and the rights for Guild positions will be changed.
  
• A feature for selling all junk items in a character's Inventory at once will be added.
  
• Halloween-themed decorations and background music will be added.
  
• October Events will start.

• Playtime Challenge: Available until October 14 (23:59 UTC)
  
• Make your choice! Awakening or Succession?
  - Event 3: Special Challenges
  
• O'dyllita Launch Events
  - Event 1: Trade with the trio

Follow us on Twitter & Facebook to stay up to date.

Thank you for your support and understanding.


Best regards,
BDO Team

• For details on the newly added Pearl Shop Update, please click < Here >!

• Fixed the issues where the World Boss Nouver would sometimes turn invisible, and the range of its breath attack would differ from the actual attack's range during combat.
  
• Fixed the issue where the ancient ruins alert would not be elevated from stage 1 to stage 2 under certain circumstances in the Kratuga Ancient Ruins.

Updated Oct. 8

• Fixed the issue where "Barnas" in Ash Forest occasionally returned to its original location during combat and recovered to full health.

• Added text to the "Secrua, the Daughter of the Sun" quest on how to reobtain the quest item if you've lost it.
  
• Fixed the ambiguous wording regarding the quest objective for [Daily] Item Gone Missing.
  
• Changed the basic dialog for Gillian, the Node Manager of Arakil Island, to better reflect his animations.
  
• Moved the location of the "[Witch Succession] Dark Shadow" quest so the Terrmian guards can no longer interfere.
  
• Added details regarding how to fight Yulho in the [Daily] Duel of the Undying quest completion dialog.
  
• Fixed the device that sent you to the Ancient Stone Chamber during the Valencia Main Questline to no longer send you back to the Ancient Stone Chamber upon examining the device after you've returned.
  
• Fixed the [Season] Stronger Tuvala Gear quest summary to be more clear.
  
• Fixed the issue where the "The Story of the Hero Borne Upon the Winds" and "The Gift of Calpheon" quests would sometimes not start via the quest widget after completing all three of the crossroads quests of the Serendia Main Questline.

• Added videos and images of O'dyllita in the backdrop for the Login, Server Selection and loading screens.
  
• Added blue and red font colors for succeeding and failing in gear enhancement, respectively.
  
• Added the Combo Guide to the lower portion of the Skill Guide widget.
  
  • The Combo Guide will only display combos consisting of the skills you've learned so far.
    
  • The Combo Guide only displays one combo at a time, so selecting multiple combos will be revealed in the chronological order they were selected in.

• Fixed the issue where the weapons of characters displayed in the Skill Demos would appear abnormally in the Skill (K) menu after turning on the View Underwear settings.
  
• Fixed the issue where purchasing an item in the Pearl Shop (F3) with silver while auto-navigating would display an incorrect message.
  
• Fixed the issue where non-participants of a Node War would be able to sometimes use the Battle Command to Gather.
  
• Fixed the issue where building a fort while using an item slot would make it overlap with the terrain during Node/Conquest Wars.
  
• Fixed the issue where the skill information image was displayed abnormally in the Wagon Information window.
  
• Fixed the issue where the ancient ruins alert would not elevate from level 1 to level 2 in certain areas within Kratuga Ancient Ruins.
  
• Fixed the issue where Kagtums attacked by a Lahn would sometimes disappear and reappear from afar after using Nimbus Stride in the Blood Wolf Settlement of Drieghan.
  
• Fixed the issue where Sycrid would sometimes not follow its proper path in Sycraia Underwater Ruins.
  
• [German] Fixed the issue where the Key Guide and Ring Menu would overlap at the bottom of the Central Market window.
  
• [Hashashin] Fixed the issue where the Mezari Outfit's shoulder ornaments weren't displaying properly.
  
• [Archer] Fixed graphical glitches when equipping the New Year Hanbok Outfit.
  
• [Wizard] Fixed the issue of irregular shadows forming when applying the 10th hairstyle option to one of the new face templates.
  
• Fixed the issue of not being able to check the first character's inventory and gear through View Inventory when logged in as Trial Character.
  
• Changed the auto-loot time to display up to 2 decimal places.
  
• Fixed the issue where typing into the keyboard from the Music Album - Composition Note window would close the window.
  
• If a previously saved composition contains a note that you are not currently using, then the note will not be displayed on the Composition Note.
  
• A sound will now play when moving the cursor on the Composition Note.
  
• Fixed the issue where edits to previously composed pieces in the Music Album would not be saved.

• We are aware of the issue where NPC Tunn Verdun from the Mountain of Division at O'dyllita is only showing the node conversation button for the [Mountain of Division] instead of the [Mountain of Division - Excavation] conversation button under certain circumstances. This issue will be fixed on a patch on October 14. You can automatically obtain it when accepting main quests for O'dyllita.
  
• We are aware of the issue where the Fallen God's Armor is being displayed simply as "Fallen God's Armor" regardless of its enhancement level on the chat window. This issue will be fixed on a patch on October 14.
  
• We are aware of the issue where the [Striker] New Year Hanbok Outfit Set does not have the "New" tag in the Pearl Shop.
  
• We are aware of the issue where the icon of an NPC who you cannot meet yet in O'draxxia and Starry Midnight Port is visible in the World Map (M). This issue will be fixed on a patch on October 14.
  
• We are aware of the issue where certain items are appearing untranslated in the Crafting Notes for German, Spanish, and French. This issue will be fixed on a patch on October 14.

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Updated Oct. 8

• We are aware of the issue where the item description for the Vediras Outfit Box does not mention the Archer class. Please note that the Archer class can open the box.
  
• We are aware of the issue where the Pearl Shop description for the O'draxxia Worker's Lodging +1 Expansion Coupon incorrectly states that 10 purchases are available per Family. Please note only 3 purchases are available per Family.

Updated Oct. 12

• We are aware of the issue where using the Artina's Jukebox 10% Discount Coupon when you have two or more of them will only display one on the Coupon book at the Pearl Shop. It will be displayed normally on the Coupon book if you use it while you only have one inside your Inventory, and the others in another Storage.
  
• We are aware of the issue where two [Loyalties] Mount Name Change Coupons were showing in the Pearl Shop (F3). This has been fixed.
  
• We are aware of the issue where you cannot hear the voices for Viorencia Odore, Yamu, and Salanar in O'dyllita. This issue will be fixed next week.

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Greetings Adventurers,

There is a new adventure on the horizon of Black Desert Online! Today the land of the Ahib is finally being unveiled. Step into O'dyllita and discover the secrets of this new region: acquire new items, accessories and powerful armors! Face dangerous enemies and unfold the mysteries of Caphras, the Immortal Alchemist!

There is more to discover in O'dyllita, so keep reading to know all the details about this new region! Enjoy the new content and good luck in your future adventures!

• O'dyllita Launch Events
  
  • Event 1: Event 1. Trade with the trio
    
  • Period: October 7 (after maintenance)–October 13 (23:59 UTC)
    
    • Choose a supply delivery NPC to trade off your [Event] Supply Box items with Gold Bar 10G. Your choice will decide which additional Hot Time boost you will get with the following maintenance.
  • Event 2. Travel with Rulupee
    
  • Period: October 7 (after maintenance)–October 21 (before maintenance)
    
    • Find Rulupee travelling all over O'dyllita and complete consecutive quests to obtain Contribution EXP rewards.
  • Event 3. Flower in the Darkness
    
  • Period: October 7 (after maintenance)–October 21 (before maintenance)
    
    • Find and gather Delotia that blooms all over O'dyllita which can be processed to get [Event] Emeracia's Elixir Recipe.
  • Event 4. Flower of the Burning Moon
    
  • Period: October 7 (after maintenance)–November 11 (before maintenance)
    
    • Complete all of O'dyllita main quests in order to get Mass of Pure Magic x5, Advice of Valks (+60) x1, and [Event] Enhancement Help Kit II x1.
  • Click < Here > to see the celebratory events in detail.

• O'dyllita Attendance Check
  
  • O'dyllita Special Attendance
    
  • Period: October 7 (after maintenance)–November 11 (before maintenance)
    
    • Enjoy extra special rewards including an Inventory Expansion Coupon and even a Shadow Wolf pet just by logging into the game daily during the event period! Log in for all 21 days to claim all of your Pearl Items valued at over $100/€100!
  • Rookie Attendance Rewards
    
  • Period: October 7 (after maintenance)–January 6, 2021 (before maintenance)
    
    • Are you new to Black Desert Online? Enjoy the rewards like Trainer's Flute (30 Days), [Event] Enhancement Help Kit II, [Event] Gold Bar Box, and so much more for just logging in to help you get started!
  • Returning Attendance Rewards
    
  • Period: October 7 (after maintenance)–January 6, 2021 (before maintenance)
    
    • Have you returned and want to catch up? Check in daily and get rewards like Advice of Valks (+50), Fine Accessory Box III, and much more to get settled back into the game.
  • Click < Here > to see the full attendance rewards board.

• Refer-a-Friend Promotion is Back Again!
  
  • Period: October 7 (after maintenance)–November 4 (before maintenance)
    
  • Invite your friends and earn rewards! New players that use your Referral ID after joining Black Desert Online will get special rewards upon reaching in-game milestones.
    
  • Check out the details of the promotion < Here >

• Monthly Loyalty - October 2020: October 1 (00:00 UTC)–October 31 (23:59 UTC)
  
• Conquer Red Battlefield!
  
  • Event 1: A Win-Win Situation: September 23–October 21 (before maintenance)
    
  • Event 2: Daz's Special Quest: September 23–October 21 (before maintenance)

• Playtime Challenge: September 30 (00:00 UTC)–October 14 (23:59 UTC)
  
• Make your choice! Awakening or Succession?
  
  • Event 3: Special Challenges: September 16–October 14 (before maintenance)

• Level Up Again with Hashashin
  
  • Event 1: Level Up Again!: September 16–October 28 (before maintenance)

• Collect Commemorative Coins
  
  • Event 1: Collect by Playing!: September 17–October 29 (23:59 UTC)
    
  • Event 2: Collect by Leveling Up!: September 16–October 28 (before maintenance)

• September Events
  
• Looking for Blackstar
  
• Make your choice! Awakening or Succession?
  
  • Event 2: Awakening or Succession?

• Newly-discovered Treasures

• Celebrate O'dyllita launch with a web coupon code!
  
  • Enter the code below on your account page and receive: O'draxxia Storage +1 Expansion Coupon x2, [Event] Enhancement Help Kit I x1, and Advice of Valks (+30) x1!
    
    
  • How to redeem the code?
    
    • From Web client: Click < Here >
      
    • From Steam client: Go to In-game menu > Click "Redeem"
      
      • This code is only available for the PC version of EU/NA. You won't be able to redeem this code if you are playing outside EU/NA.

• Caphras Stone Compensation
  
  • Fallen God's Armor has been added with today's maintenance, and you need one of the three following armors and Flame of Despair to be used as material to obtain the Fallen God's Armor:
    
    • PEN: Blackstar Armor
      
    • PEN: Dim Tree Spirit's Armor (Caphras Enhancement +10)
      
    • PEN: Red Nose's Armor (Caphras Enhancement +10)
  • We have sent the difference between Caphras Enhancement Level 10 and the current Caphras Enhancement Level for those who have exceeded level 10 for the PEN: Dim Tree Spirit's Armor or PEN: Red Nose Armor. In such cases, the Caphras Enhancement Level has been set to Level 10. *Updated 10/12
    
  • Please check your in-game mailbox (B) for the Caphras Stone compensation.

• Sightings of the Rich Merchant's Ring Piece have been witnessed around the lands. The following clues has been gathered from the rumors:
  
  
• Before, when a World Boss appeared, PvP would be unavailable to the entire region. Now, PvP will be available to all areas excluding the specific node where the World Boss appears.
  
• Manmehan Nesser, scholar of Valencia, has labeled the area where Nouver, ruler of the sands, appears as "Tyrant's Hill."
  
  
• Added the new "Class Discussion" forums to the Adventurer's Board.
  
  
• Impressed by the many adventurers who've challenged the Pit of the Undying, Patrigio has gathered even mightier combatants to test their mettle.
  
  • <Undying Shadow> Kyrill appears in the Pit of the Undying at the "PEN: Undying Crow's Insignia" level.
    
  • Kyrill is quite agile, a master of surprise attacks, and bears a keen personality that leaves little room for making mistakes.
    
  • <Undying Shadow> Kharoxia appears in the Pit of the Undying at the "PEN: Undying Crow's Insignia" level.
    
  • Kharoxia pours out her might into each one of her attacks, silently swatting away her opponent's puny attempts at retaliation with her destructive force.

• You can now enter the Pit of the Undying instantly from the following regions as well.
  
  • Calpheon
    
  • Heidel
    
  • Valencia
    
  • Altinova
    
  • Grána
    
  • Duvencrune
    
  • O'draxxia

• You can no longer use maids/butlers (storage/marketplace) in the Pit of the Undying.
  
• Randy now sells potions for challengers of the Pit of the Undying.
  
• Musicianship grades have been expanded to C grades.
  
  • Shai characters that have found their Talent can accumulate musicianship EXP by completing daily/advancement music quests.
    
  • The number of measures and notes are as follows upon reaching C grade.
    

• Added the [Music Advancement C] Artina's Sandy Solo Piece quest that can be accepted upon reaching C grade.
  
  • This quest can be found in the quest window -> Recommend Quests tab -> [Advancement] Master Performer.

• Improved the Guild Skill window to display the cooldown timer for Guild Skills.
  
  • Cooldown timer for Guild Skills now appear in the Guild Skill window. Guild Skill cooldown timers no longer appear next to the Class Skill cooldown timers.

• Improved UI for guild skill learning.
  
  • Guild skills can be learned by simply clicking on the guild skill icon instead of clicking the "+" button on the bottom right corner of the guild skill icon.

• "Drying" will now work faster in the desert.

O'dyllita, the place where the desperate fights of the Ahibs who were driven out of Kamasylvia, the secret of O'dyllita, and the story of Caphras, the Immortal Alchemist, has finally revealed itself. Start your adventure in O'dyllita now!

• Added the main quests of "[Lv.60 O'dyllita I]Flower of the Burning Moon" with which you can start your new adventure in O'dyllita.
  
  • You can accept an O'dyllita main quest with a character of Lv. 60 or higher.
    
  • You must complete the quest "[Lv. 58 Kamasylvia] The Light of Kamasylve" in order to do an O'dyllita main quest.

• You will get Tears of the Wind Necklace by completing all O'dyllita main quests.
  
  • You may increase the effects of Tears of the Wind Necklace as you do with the accessories obtainable through other main quests. We hope you enjoy your adventure in O'dyllita.
    

• Caphras' Record, which contains the story of the Immortal Alchemist Caphras, was found.
  
  • You can now enjoy this story through your adventure in O'dyllita.
    

• Added a new Monster Zone in O'dyllita.
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The owners of O'dyllita, the Arid Land, who were veiled in secrecy for a long time, have finally revealed themselves.
Fallen Ahibs are wandering in the fog at Thornwood Forest, and the Turos have revealed themselves in Tunkuta following the Earth God Tunta's will. Strange Golems are making noises that reverberate through Olun's Valley, and the first Fallen Ahibs who bear the deepest darkness have awakened at the Crypt of Resting Thoughts.

• Added Fallen God's Armor as a new defense gear.
  
  • Fallen God's Armor will be displayed as PEN (V) at all enhancement levels.
    
  • Adventurers completing "Craft the Fallen God's Armor" quest will have their family name inscribed on the armor and it will remain on the gear even if it's traded on the market.
    
  • Fallen God's Armor has been given a different naming pattern. (No longer uses PRI, DUO, TRI, TET, PEN)
    
    
  • System messages will be displayed on all successful enhancements from Desperate Fallen God's Armor to Obliterating Fallen God's Armor.
    
  • Characters with negative karma (-) has a chance to lower the enhancement level of Fallen God's Armor upon death.

Fallen God's Armor is the ultimate defense gear. It can be crafted by using PEN (V) defense gear but having the need to enhance it again made it feel as if it was a defense gear of a lower tier than PEN (V). We've tried to make Fallen God's Armor gear feel more powerful by adding the PEN (V) icon at all enhancement levels and added a new naming pattern to illustrate its greatness.

• Added quests about crafting Fallen God's Armor.
  
  • You can accept these quests from Dorin Morgrim at Abandoned Mine with a character of Lv. 56 or higher while having the materials for crafting Fallen God's Armor.
    
  • You cannot do these quests and the [Crafting] Blackstar Armor quests at the same time and you can accept them once per day as daily quests.
    
  • [Crafting] Fallen God's Armor - Blackstar Armor
    
  • [Crafting] Fallen God's Armor - Red Nose's Armor
    
  • [Crafting] Fallen God's Armor - Dim Tree Spirit's Armor
    
  • [Crafting] Fallen God's Armor - Corrupted Elviayed

• Added the "Embers of Despair" item which can be obtained from defeating monsters at Tunkuta, O'dyllita.
  
  • You will have a chance to obtain it when defeating Turo Scout, Turo Pike Warrior, or Turo Berserker.
    
  • You can obtain it at a high chance when defeating Ulutuka at Tunkuta.
    
  • You can obtain Flame of Despair x1 by Heating Embers of Despair x100.
    
    

• Added Blackstar Helmet as a new defense gear.
  

*If you equip Blackstar Helmet with Blackstar Armor, you will receive a Blackstar-exclusive set effect.

• Added quests about crafting Blackstar Helmet.
  
  • The quests can only be completed once per character.
    
  • You need "Remnants of the Rift" and the knowledge of "The Three Legendary Blacksmiths of Mediah" which can be obtained at a low chance at Dark Rift in order to start the crafting quests about Blackstar Helmet. If you want to craft the Blackstar Helmet additionally, you need "Specter's Energy," a special material which can be obtained at a low rate from all over the world and at a higher rate from Thornwood Forest Monster Zone.
    
  • Remnants of the Rift drops at a low rate from Dark Rift bosses.
    
  • You can obtain the knowledge of "The Three Legendary Blacksmiths of Mediah" by obtaining and completing "The Three Blacksmiths" quest from Tulem, after you complete the renewed Mediah Main quests once you reach Lv. 56 or higher. If you have completed the quests but don't have the knowledge, try talking to Tulem again.
    
  • During the quests, you will be able to choose between battling the boss at its full strength, or fighting a weakened version of the boss.

• As the Arid Land uncovers itself, the story of Tunkuta, the Arid Land's only green forest, can be heard.
  
  • It looks like the huge Turos who protect Tunkuta are crafting horns in order to preserve the power of Tunta, the god they worship.
    
    

• The Obsidian Ashes, the Dark Knights' base at Olun's Valley, announced that Sephir's Ahibs who have rebelled against the queen Viorencia Odore created a ring out of condensing Cursed Turasil's power.
  
  • They called this ring, which they obtained by defeating Thornwood Forest's Fallen Abhis, as "Ominous Ring" and strengthened the watch.
    
    

• Added a feature through which you can upgrade Dandelion Awakening Weapon, Dragon Slayer Awakening Weapon, or Artina Sol with Inverted Heart of Garmoth.
  
  • You can equip crystals to your upgraded Dandelion Awakening Weapon, Dragon Slayer Awakening Weapon, or Artinal Sol.

• Added new crystals that can be equipped to an Awakening Weapon.
  
  
• You can now gather new items and catch new fish at O'dyllita.
  
  • O'dyllita's fish have better freshness (price guarantee) compared to those of other regions.
    
  • You can make mysterious O'dyllita draughts and perfumes whose effects are maintained even after your character dies from using the new gatherable items. You may also craft different kinds of elixirs and food. It is a gift we have prepared for those adventurers who enjoy Life Skill-related content. Give it a try!

• The Zulatia Sea in front of O’dyllita is now open for exploration.
  
  • Adventurers will have a maximum of 10 Current and 350 Wind in this area.
    
  • The area in front of Starry Midnight Port is set as a restricted area where your ship could get damaged.

• Added Furniture and Props only obtainable in O’dyllita.
  
• Added special recipes only obtainable in O’dyllita.
  
  • Added Imperial Cuisine, Alchemy, Packing, and Recipes that can be made with the new O’dyllita recipes.

• You can receive Audrite's Blessing - Attack/Defense/Experience from Qindir, the High Priestess of Audraism at O’draxxia, the capital of O’dyllita.
  
  • You must have more than 1 Amity with Qindir.

• For more information on O'dyllita, please check the official guide < Here >.

• New Hunting quests were added.
  
  • For adventurers who’ve completed the True Hunter quest can receive the New Legend quest from Verita of Port Epheria to begin a new quest line.
    
  • Completing the quest line will allow you to receive 3 daily Hunting quests from Roussea of Narcion.

• Added Hunting actions, which can be obtained by completing the last quest, Hunter's Dream, of the O’dyllita Hunting quest line.
  
  • Hold LMB during left or right roll to quickly shoot while kneeling.
    
  • Hold LMB during backwards roll to quickly stand and shoot.
    
  • Press LMB while sprinting forward to slide forward and shoot.

• A new Hunting area was established in Narcion, O’dyllita.
  
  * You can hunt monsters in this area with Hunting Matchlocks.
  • Grass Rhino
    
  • Verdure Buck
    
  • Verdure Doe
    
  • Shadow Wolf
    
  • Shadow Lion

• You can obtain the new item Breath of Narcion from Hunting monsters in Narcion, O’dyllita.
  
  
• Added [Hunting] Master Matchlock.
  
  • [Hunting] Master Matchlock requires Artisan Hunter 10.
    
  • [Hunting] Master Matchlock has higher AP, faster reload speed, and better Durability than the [Hunting] Artisan Matchlock.
    
  • Can craft at Lv. 4 Tool Workshop using [Hunting] Artisan Matchlock +10.
    
  • Breath of Narcion obtained from Hunting in O’dyllita is required to craft a [Hunting] Master Matchlock.
    

• You can obtain Furniture from Hunting monsters in Narcion, O’dyllita.
  
  • Stuffed Grass Rhino Head
    
  • Stuffed Verdure Buck
    
  • Stuffed Verdure Doe
    
  • Stuffed Shadow Wolf Head
    
  • Stuffed Shadow Lion Head
    

• Added special furniture recipes that can upgrade the buff effects of Artisan and Master level stuffed furniture.
  
  • Only the new stuffed furniture obtainable from Narcion, O’dyllita can be crafted into special furniture at the moment, but more recipes for other regions will be added later.
    
  • Breath of Narcion obtained from Hunting in O’dyllita is required to craft special furniture.
    
  • Artisan and Master level stuffed furniture upgraded to special furniture will give buffs at the Residence that lasts 3 hours.
    

New Hunting monsters have made the southern fields of O’dyllita, Narcion, their home. And from them, you can obtain the new item, Breath of Narcion, with which you can make a higher tier Matchlock. Also, when you complete the new Hunting quest line, you can learn new actions allowing you to use the Matchlock much more quickly than before.
The stuffed furniture received from Hunting in Narcion will initially give you 1 hour buffs, but upgrading them will boost the duration of the buff to 3 hours. Upgrades to stuffed furniture from other regions will be added later on.

• Added new Furniture obtained from hunting Blue Whales.
  
  • Hunt and Butcher a Blue Whale and take the items to Lv. 5 Furniture Workshops in Calpheon, Valencia, or Grána to craft a Blue Whale Wall Decoration.
    

You didn’t think a wall decoration made with Blue Whale items would be small, did you? We recommend you put this on the wall of big houses in Grána.

• You can obtain Season enhancement materials such as Ouk Pill of Rift and Rift's Fragment by defeating monsters in O’dyllita in the Season server.
  
  • Tuvala Ore, Tuvala Gear, and Refined Magical Black Stone can also be acquired in O’dyllita. Descriptions of these items were updated with O’dyllita added as obtainable region.

• Season Server exclusive quests were added to the O’dyllita Main Quest line.
  
  • These quests can only be accepted by Season characters and are available only once per Family.
    
  • These quests can be accepted through the Black Spirit after completing all regional Main Quests.
    

• You can now register up to 5 materials in the Heating tab of the Processing menu.
  
  
• Added O’dyllita background video and image to the Login, Server Selection, and Loading screens.

• Improved the Graphics setting to better display the effects of awakening weapons when set to High and Very High.

• Improved the Crow's Nest wharf to show the current status of mounts in other regions when checking in your ship at the wharf.
  
• Changed the ship's font color to turn red if a guild member of an allied guild has negative karma.
  
  • This does not apply during Node/Conquest Wars.

• Changed the ship's font color to turn red if a passenger of the ship activates Force PvP.

• Fixed the issue where durability for gear would decrease quickly when using certain skills.

• Nightmare - Fixed the issue where the character would not spin sometimes after clicking RMB while using the skill.

Main

• Knee Kick - Changed the skill to now activate immediately when using Storming Beast after Ultimate: Headbutt.
  
• Absolute: Undertaker - Fixed the issue where using the skill to the right would display irregular movements.

Awakening

• Flame Buster I–III - The skills' charged damage and normal damage are now the same in PvP.
  
• Flame Buster - Improved to activate instantly when used after Blasting's 1st hit and Buster Training's standing 2nd hit.
  
• Flow: Ancient Power - Changed the skill to maintain Forward Guard upon completing a charge, yet reduced the duration of time maintaining a finished charge.
  
• Flow: Ancient Power - Increased the skill's charging speed.

Succession

• Prime: Final Strike - Increased the number of hits for the skill when used after the following skills.
  
• Prime: Predatory Hunt - Increased the skill's Final Strike hits by 2.
  
• Prime: Fearsome Tyrant - Increased the skill's Final Strike hit by 1.
  
• Prime: Beastly Wind Slash - Increased the skill's Final Strike hit by 1.

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• Undertaker now activates faster for Succession.
  
• Prime: Raging Thunder - Increased the All DP reduction applied by the skill's last hit from 5 to 15.
  
• Prime: Fierce Strike - Changed Claw Scar's applied range to match the attack range of the skill.
  
• Prime: Beast Form - Moved the skill's details about [Prime: Predatory Hunt] feral attacks to [Prime: Predatory Hunt]'s command input section.

• Ultimate: Blitz Stab - Changed the skill's casting movement to combo more smoothly into Blitz Stab.
  
• Prime: Shield Throw - Fixed the issue where skill's guide clip would appear different from how the skill actually appears in the game.
  
• Changed the location of the following skills in the Skill window.
  
  • Just Counter
    
  • Flow: Sharp Counter
    
  • Skyward Strike

• Flow: Magical Evasion - Fixed the issue where the skill's casting movement wasn't being displayed

• Flow: Magical Evasion - Fixed the issue where the skill's casting movement wasn't being displayed
  
• Increased the PvP damage of the following skills.
  

• Damage of the following skills have increased.
  

• Fixed the issue where the awakening weapon would be displayed when going from awakening combat stance to non-combat stance while moving with a cape equipped.

• Increased the PvP damage of the following skills.
  

• Increased the PvP damage of the following skills.
  

Main

• Flash Step, Knee Hammer, Hidden Claw - Improved the skills when used after moving backwards to combo smoothly into Twisted Collision.
  
• Flow: Rock Smash - Fixed the issue with the unnatural camera view when comboing into Flow: Tornado Kick after using the skill.
  
• Fixed typos in the command input for certain skills.

Awakening

• Changed how Tornado Kick activates in Awakening like the following.
  
  • Skull Crusher - Tornado Kick no longer activate after using the skill.
    
  • Gardbrace Training, Ultimate Crush, Endless Explosion - Tornado Kick combos even faster after using the skills.
    
  • Fixed the issue where the Floating debuff would still be applied even after Tornado Kick's cooldown was reset when it was used in an Awakening state.

• Skull Crusher IV - Increased the skill's PvP damage by 7%.

Succession

• Twisted Collision, Rising Blast Combo - Changed the skills to activate Prime: Skull Crusher by pressing C after using the skills.
  
• Prime: Rage Hammer - Increased the skill's PvP damage by 13%.
  
• Succession: Flow: Bombardment, Succession: Combo: Final Blow, Succession: Ankle Hook, Succession: Martial Deva, Prime: Wolf's Hunger, Discharge Energy - increased the number of hit targets in PvP by 1 additional hit each.
  
• Succession: Crouching Wolf - Changed the skill to recover Martial Spirit Shards even faster during the energy charging animation.

• Increased the PvP damage of the following skills.
  
  
• Prime: Phantom Dance, Phantom Dance - Fixed the issue where the speed of the skills' activation was different when used laterally.

• Improved the animations when concluding a Harp performance to appear more natural.
  
• Cheer Up!, Outta My Way!, Get Well, Black Spirit: Get Well - Changed the skills' descriptions as follows.
  
  • Max 10 targets hit → Effect applied to max 10 allies

• Changed Florin's Leaf description to better reflect the actual conditions of use for the skill "Outta My Way!"
  
• Fixed the issue where the wrong Selected Skill category was being displayed in the Skill window.

• Way of Aal - Fixed the issue where you could add the skill to the Quick Slot.
  
• Serpent's Coil - Fixed the skill description to better reflect the skill's actual knockdown effect.
  
• Crown Kick, Dune Slash, Collapse - Expanded the skills to now have Black Spirit's Rage iterations.
  
  • Press LMB to use the Black Spirit's Rage iterations of the skills when Black Spirit's Rage is at 10%, 25%, and 50%.
    
  • The Black Spirit's Rage iterations of the skills add special effects such as extra hits and increased attack range.

• Enhanced Skills were added.
  
  • You can learn the 1st enhanced skill at Lv. 56, and the 2nd at Lv. 57.
    
  • You will need to learn the prerequisite skills to learn the enhanced skills.
    
  • You may only select one of two enhanced skills per level.
    

Greetings Adventurers!

The long awaited new area, O’dyllita is finally open for you to explore!

For those adventurers who want to know more and to those who enjoy the thrills of an adventure, follow us as we embark on an adventure into O’dyllita!

Before we begin our journey,
please make sure you’ve completed the requirements to venture into O’dyllita.

1. Are you at or above level 60?
   
2. Have you finished the quest [Lv. 58 Kamasylvia] The Light of Kamasylve?

If you’ve answered yes to both of the above, you’re all set to go!

Now, to take your first step into O’dyllita, please accept the main quest [Lv.60 O'dyllita I] Flower of the Burning Moon.

If you wish to enter O’dyllita without progressing the main quest, go to Node Manager Aliluna at Thornwood Castle and Node Manager Honti at Shiv Valley Road to receive sub-quests with which you can obtain most of the NPC Knowledges available in O’dyllita.

However, O’dyllita is a very closed society, so you’ll only be able to obtain all NPC Knowledges by progressing through the main quest line. For instance, you won’t be able to obtain Knowledges of the Queen of O’dyllita and her followers if you do not do the main quests.

Therefore, we recommend you complete the main quest line of O’dyllita to make your adventure through the region much more enjoyable!

ːhappybsː Tip! Don’t be scared by the recommended AP of the new Monster Zones of O’dyllita!

The only monsters you need to face during the main quest line are the ones in Manshaum Forest of Kamasylvia.

So if you’ve completed the main quest line of Kamasylvia, you’ll do just fine with the O’dyllita main quests!

And here we are!

The capital city of O’dyllita, O’draxxia.


Let’s take a look around the city.

Why don’t we visit the queen first?



We present to you the ruler of O’dyllita, Queen Viorencia Odore.

Here’s the message from the queen, so listen well!

You, who have been chosen by both the light and shadow!
Welcome to O’dyllita, the promised land of the burning ones, the Ahib.
There are no heroes in this land.
All of us here are barbarians, warriors,
and shadows hidden in the Arid Land.
We are preparing to unveil poison and fangs against the greater darkness approaching us!
Are you prepared to join the gruesome journey ahead?
We wait for the day the darkness hidden in the world's shadow
is purified into another darkness that blooms from our Mother's wrath...

Gruesome... Journey?

We’ll let you take the lead when we tour the Monster Zones later on...
Not that we’re scared, of course! We just prefer to be where we can see everything better!

Anyway, feeling a little peckish? We are!
How about we catch some fish and cook up something to eat?

Hey, look over there! Those pink flowers! You see them?



They only grow in O’dyllita! It’s called Delotia.

Well, we guess this is a great moment to introduce you to the new gathering items of O’dyllita.


[Delotia]


[Thornwood]


[Moonlight Stone]

These three are the new gatherable items in O’dyllita.
Delotia is a plant that grows in the O’draxxia region and can be gathered with Bare Hands or with a Hoe.
Also, the spiky Thornwood grows surprisingly well in barren lands where droughts are common.
Lastly, mine the Moonlight Stone with a Pickaxe to obtain Nickel Ore.
Well, we think we’ve learned enough of the new gatherable items!

Let’s continue on to fishing.

How about here? Plenty of space for us to haul in some nice fish!
Now how about we finally do some fishing and eat lunch?
By the way, don’t worry about the fish going bad while carrying it back for cooking.
Fish in O’dyllita stay fresh for a longer period than fish caught in other regions!

Did you catch anything you like?
While you’re busy cooking the fish, let us introduce you to some of the delicacies of O’dyllita!



Delotia Juice, Delotia Milk Tea, Delotia Tart...
As you can see, a lot of O’dyllita’s cuisine is made from ingredients found only in O’dyllita.
Please check their recipes for more details on how to cook them!

While we’re at it, let me introduce you to some Elixirs of O’dyllita.



You can tell from their names the effects they have...
While others... Well you’ll have to find out for yourself!

Other than the Elixirs we just showed you, some new Elixirs, Draughts, and Perfumes with Immortal power were discovered in O’dyllita as well!


The Immortal word on these items mean that their effects are maintained even when you die! Amazing, eh?
We think we’ve seen most of what we can around town.

Now let’s head onwards to Monster Zones! Ready?



Adventurers! As shown on the map, there are four Monster Zones here.
The first is the Tunkuta monster zone where a 2-player party is recommended. It's where the Tunta worshipping Turos trample around.



Wait, do you hear it? This music!

This piece is called VIII. O'dyllita: Field Theme #14 Clouds of War.
Whenever we hear it, we feel like a bunch of monsters will charge at me at any moment! So good!
Right, the Tunkuta Monster Zone. The Turos, these large bovine creatures, have immense endurance and boast powerful strength, but they like to keep apart from each other, so don’t worry about fighting many at the same time.

Find yourself an adventurer and charge into the Turos!

We also hear you can obtain materials for the new Elixirs there, so don’t miss it!

Oh wait...


This is a belt you can obtain from the Monster Zones of O’dyllita.
And there are Turos in Tunkuta...

That must mean you can get Turo's Belt in Tunkuta!
Well, we hope you congratulate each other if you get it, no matter who gets it first.

This is not all, there are some more items you can only get in Tunkuta.
Flame of Despair and Embers of Despair are crucial in crafting Fallen God's Armor!

Alas, Flame of Despair has a very low drop rate. However, do not despair because you can exchange some Embers of Despair for one!
Promise us you’ll show me the Fallen God's Armor if you acquire a Flame of Despair and craft it!

Next is Olun's Valley. As you can see from the map, this is for a party of 3.



Huh? What is this ominous tune?
What you’re hearing now is VIII. O'dyllita: Field Theme #11 Escalating Tension. Such a fitting title, isn’t it?
Every single monster in Olun's Valley is extremely powerful. One misstep could be the end of you. That said, the golems of Olun's Valley are slow and predictable, so it will get easier once you get the hang of it.
Do remember that the goal of defeating Olun's Statue is to survive with your party members through coordination and concentration.
Here are the 3 things you need to know to survive in Olun's Valley!

▶ Move with caution.
▶ Concentrate on coordination and defense.
▶ Don’t be greedy.

And here’s the Crypt of Resting Thoughts.



We hear the Crypt of Resting Thoughts is the hardest zone out there, even harder than Ash Forest!
Last but not least, Thornwood Forest, a zone controlled by the Fallen Ahib.



If you’re the kind of adventurer who likes Hystria Ruins or Aakman Temple, Thornwood Forest is the zone for you!
The Ahibs here are susceptible to CC status effects. I believe a skilled adventurer like yourself should know what to do.

Also, you can obtain Ominous Ring and Specter's Energy from Thornwood Forest.


Finally, there is a new ring to be discovered! Can’t wait to find out what it does!

You can get Specter's Energy from a lot of places, but monsters of Thornwood Forest have a higher chance to drop it.

Remember the Blackstar Armor you can craft with Specter's Energy?
Well, now the Blackstar Helmet is available for crafting too!


The method to craft a Blackstar Helmet is similar to the process of crafting a Blackstar Armor, so why not give it a try?




The design screams power, doesn’t it?

Lastly, there’s a new function to help you become an even more powerful adventurer!
Now you can add Crystals to your Awakening Weapon.

Use Inverted Heart of Garmoth to upgrade a Dandelion or a Dragon Slayer Awakening Weapon to be able to add 2 Crystals on them.


Materials to craft these Crystals can be obtained from various Monster Zones of O’dyllita.
Now, the final part of our tour.

Let's complete [O'dyllita] Caphras' Journal from the main quest tab.



Now we can all learn more about the Immortal Alchemist, Caphras and begin the Adventure Log, "Caphras' Record" along with it.
What’s that? You only have up to Volume 2?
That’s correct! It’s all we have right now! Only some parts of the records of Caphras the Immortal Alchemist have been discovered. The location of the rest is still a mystery!

Let's all hope the rest can be found soon!

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How was our little tour of O’dyllita?

What’s the first thing you want to try or see?
We personally want to catch those fish that last longer...
And go into new Monster Zones to craft the magnificent Blackstar Helmet...
Or maybe go and fight Garmoth to upgrade my awakening weapon...

Dear Players,

We will perform our weekly maintenance as follows:

• Global 8:00 UTC ~ 12:00 UTC
  
• Central (EU) 10:00 CEST ~ 14:00 CEST
  
• West Coast (NA) 1:00 PDT ~ 5:00 PDT
  
• East Coast (NA) 4:00 EDT ~ 8:00 EDT

• O'dyllita will be finally revealed along with new quests and monster zones.
  
• New defense gear, Fallen God's Armor and Blackstar Helmet, will be added.
  
• Sightings of a Rich Merchant's Ring Piece have been witnessed around the lands.
  
• O'dyllita Launch Events will start.
  
• O'dyllita Special Attendance rewards will start, and Rookie/Returning attendance rewards will be refreshed.
  
• Refer-a-Friend promotion will restart.

• September Events
  
• Looking for Blackstar
  
• Make your choice! Awakening or Succession?
  
  • Event 2: Awakening or Succession?

• Newly-discovered Treasures

Follow us on Twitter & Facebook to stay up to date.

Thank you for your support and understanding.


Best regards,
BDO Team

Dear Players,

We will perform our weekly maintenance as follows:

• Global 8:00 UTC ~ 10:00 UTC
  
• Central (EU) 10:00 CEST ~ 12:00 CEST
  
• West Coast (NA) 1:00 PDT ~ 3:00 PDT
  
• East Coast (NA) 4:00 EDT ~ 6:00 EDT

• Server restart will be performed.
  
• Playtime Challenge events will start.
  
• New items will be offered via Pearl Shop (F3).
  
• Please check September 23 Patch Notes on the above updates.

• Monthly Loyalty - Get Bonus Back on your Purchase: Until September 30 (23:59 UTC)
  
• Make your choice! Awakening or Succession?
  
  • Event 1: Find the Relic

• Level Up Again with Hashashin
  
  • Event 2: Attend Again for Hashashin: Until September 30 (23:59 UTC)

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Thank you for your support and understanding.


Best regards,
BDO Team

O'dyllita, the land of darkness, is a step closer to revealing its ancient secrets.

A place which holds the stories of the immortal alchemist, Caphras, and the Ahib that were banished out of Kamasylvia due to their frantic vendetta.

Listen to "VIII. O'dyllita: Field Theme #4 Lament of the Ahib" and experience the lament of the Ahibs as you take in the scenery of O'dylitta. The violin in this piece expresses the sadness and passion of the Ahibs who were driven out of Kamasylvia.



Also, don't forget that we are offering the following drop rate boost events in-game currently that run until October 7 (before maintenance)!

• Drop rate of Remnants of the Rift items from the Dark Rift doubled.
  
• Drop rate of Specter's Energy will be increased in the following areas:
  - Sherekhan Necropolis
  - Sycraia Underwater Ruins (Upper Zone)

The highly-desired Blackstar gear requires materials like Remnants of the Rift and Specter's Energy to be crafted. Take advantage of the drop rate boosts for defeating monsters during the event period to help you get your Blackstar gear and suit up for O'dyllita.