Dec 2, 2020

Black Desert - CM_Yukimura

Greetings Adventurers,

December is here and brings some winter scenery to the world of Black Desert Online. Enjoy the snowfall during the entire day and beautiful auroras during nighttime!

We will also add a new Family Inventory system and an option to transport your mounts. We hope this will help you in your adventures!

New Events

Winter is Here!
- Period: December 2 (after maintenance)–December 30 (before maintenance)
- During the event period, enjoy heavy snowfall during the entire day and beautiful auroras at night!

Heavy snowfall and magical auroras have come to Black Desert. We wish you a happy, albeit cold, winter season in Black Desert.

Who will Win? KR vs TW
- Have you noticed the global siege rounds happening in other serviced regions of Black Desert Online? This time, Korea will face off against the Taiwan (Taiwan & Hong Kong & Macao) team in a world conquest war. Though this global conquest war isn't for our region, we wanted to give the chance for NA and EU adventurers to take part by rooting for and guessing who may win!
- During the 2 siege round periods, simply claim an [Event] Nutritious Bibimbap if you think the KR team will win, or claim [Event] Sweet Milk Tea if you think TW team will win offered in the Challenges tab (Y).
  - Pick the winner for 1st round: December 3, 00:00 UTC–December 6, 09:00 UTC
    - 1st reward distribution (to mailbox (B)) on December 9 regular maintenance.
  - Pick the winner for 2nd round: December 7, 00:00 UTC–December 12, 09:00 UTC
    - 2nd reward distribution (to mailbox (B)) on December 16 regular maintenance.
- You may use the [Event] Nutritious Bibimbap or [Event] Sweet Milk Tea claimed in your Inventory to get the energy recovery effect. Even if you had used the item, your vote will still be eligible to receive the reward.
- If you guessed correctly and claimed the item that belongs to the winning team, you will receive:
  - Advice of Valks (35–45) x1
  - [Event] Enhancement Help Kit II x1
- If you didn't guess correctly and claimed the item that belongs to the losing team, you will still receive:
  - Advice of Valks (25–35) x1
  - [Event] Enhancement Help Kit I x1
- If you'd like to tune in to the world conquest war (KR vs TW), the schedule is:
  - 1st round: December 6, 2020 (Starts 13:00 CET/04:00 PST)
  - 2nd round: December 12, 2020 (Starts 13:00 CET/04:00 PST)
  - You can watch the KR stream (unavailable in English) <Here>.

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Ongoing Events

Happy Thanksgiving!
- Event 2. Go Fishing: November 25–December 9 (before maintenance)
- Event 3. Arcana Log-in Challenge: November 25–December 31 (23:59 UTC)

Ended Events

Happy Thanksgiving!
- Event 1. Weekend Season Server Coupons!
Basilisk Subjugation
- Those who have the quest [Event][Weekly] Gorgo's Nightmare (Hard) accepted already will be able to complete this quest by defeating Basilisk Guardian and receive Gorgo's Nightmare Fragment as loot until December 9 (before maintenance).
Bonus! Attention All Season Characters
Targargo and Targarga
November Enhancement Aid
- Challenge 2. [Event] Morden Secret Trade Voucher I II, lll will end December 1 (23:59 UTC) as scheduled.
- However, you can still claim [Event] Morden Secret Trade Voucher I, [Event] Morden Secret Trade Voucher II, and [Event] Morden Secret Trade Voucher III items from the Challenges tab (Y) until December 16 (before maintenance).
- NPC Tawner Morden with whom you hand over the blue-grade accessories will also stay until December 16 (before maintenance).
- After today's maintenance, in-game tooltip of the voucher items will also be changed to state that you can complete the quest as long as you have a voucher, and only during the event period up to Dec. 16 (before maintenance).
- Please make sure to exchange all of your voucher items with Tawner Morden until December 16 (before maintenance) as no more exchanges will be allowed from then on even if the voucher items will not be deleted.

Reward Distribution

Thanksgiving Mail!
- 'Stay Secure and Earn a Reward' rewards were sent out via in-game mailbox.
- Please claim these rewards sent out today before January 20, 2021 regular maintenance or they will disappear.
- Please note this event runs until December 31, 2020 and you can check the full announcement <Here>.

Family Inventory

Shakatu, the Valencian Mogul, discovered a special ancient artifact at Cantusa Desert and has called upon adventurers to visit Shakatu's Territory. After witnessing the ancient artifact, adventurers have dubbed it the "Family Inventory."
- What is a Family Inventory?
- Family Inventory is a convenient bag that all characters in the same family have access to. However, only consumable items listed below can be placed in this inventory.
  - 1) Scrolls
  - 2) Food
  - 3) Elixirs
  - 4) Pet Feed
  - 5) Worker Stamina Recovery Food
- The Family Inventory can be obtained through quests or through the Pearl Shop by purchasing the Family Inventory Slot Coupon with Pearls or Loyalties, which creates a "Family Inventory" category within the Inventory upon use.
- Starting weight of Family Inventory is 100LT. The Family Inventory can be expanded up to 28 slots.
- Please note that the below items cannot be moved to the Family Inventory.
  - 1) Items bound to characters
  - 2) Oasis exclusive items
  - 3) Items purchased from the Guild Shop
  - 4) Content-specific items (such as Guild, Red Battlefield, Savage Rift items)
  - 5) Certain event items
- Items that do not have “Can be placed in The Family Inventory” in their item description cannot be placed in The Family Inventory. Check out the item's tooltip for more details.
- Added quest to obtain the Family Inventory.
  - Accept Black Spirit Suggested Quest [Shakatu's Gift] Invitation (Lv. 60 and above) to receive a Family Inventory +2 Expansion Coupon.
  - The quest can be viewed in both Quest List (O) - Recommended tab and [Lv. 60] Bag of the Stars in the New Quest tab. Quests related to Shakatu’s hidden gifts will not be shown separately.
  - This quest is only available once per family.
- You can check the official WIKI page on Family Inventory <Here>.

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Over the past few years, we've had many voices from all over the world requesting a Family-shared inventory space. We thought having the Maid/Butler system and the addition of the Central Market would satisfy this need, but the requests were still frequent. So we decided to finally add the Family Inventory. However, only certain types of items can be placed in the Family Inventory. You can obtain the Family Inventory via a quest, which will start you off with 2 slots and 100LT. Slot expansion coupons can be purchased with Pearls and Loyalties.

Fixed the issue with the horizontal scroll when playing a composition in the Compose window.

End of Autumn Season
- All remaining Autumn Season characters who've yet to convert will be converted to regular characters.
  - All unaccepted nor incomplete "Season-related quests" will be deleted.
  - Adventurers who have yet to complete the quest “[Season Server Graduation] Into the Big Wide World” will receive the following items in their Mailbox (B) - Gift Box Full of Memories, Fughar's Letter of Encouragement, [Season] Tuvala Conversion Stone Box.
    - Gift Box Full of Memories, Fughar's Letter of Encouragement can be claimed without an expiration date from your mailbox.
    - [Season] Tuvala Conversion Stone Box must be claimed from your mailbox and used before December 9 regular maintenance.
- You may use the Tuvala Conversion Stone for each corresponding piece of gear until December 9, 2020 (Wed) before maintenance. After December 9 regular maintenance, all Tuvala gear will be automatically converted.
  - All adventurers who have graduated from the season may still complete the quest "[Perilla's Star] Fughar's Woe" by talking to the Black Spirit (,).
  - Perilla's Star is a special alchemy stone obtainable by season characters who were created during the Autumn Season.
  - "[Season] Boss Gear Exchange Coupon" obtained after graduation can now be used after the end of the Season Server.
  - Graduated characters can now progress and receive special rewards for "Fughar's Secret to Success" whenever they want.
  - Black Spirit Pass and Season Pass objectives have all been deleted. Any unclaimed rewards from the pass are gone.
  - After Maintenance on Dec 9, 2020 (Wed.), all Season-related items are scheduled to be automatically converted or deleted: Tuvala Enhancement Material, Tuvala Conversion Stone, Unconverted Tuvala gear, and other Season-related items.
Changed the conditions and time period for retrieving the rewards when reaching levels 60 and 61 with a season character.
- Before: Can be retrieved by a Season character before December 2, 2020 maintenance
- Now: Can be retrieved by a normal character before December 9, 2020 maintenance
- ※ Only Season characters that have reached Lv. 60, 61 before December 2 maintenance are eligible for retrieving rewards by December 9.
From today's maintenance as Autumn season has concluded, these Season Servers will convert back to the following servers:
- NA/EU_Season1 → NA/EU_Kamasylvia1
- NA/EU_Season2 → NA/EU_Kamasylvia2
- NA/EU_Season3 → NA/EU_Kamasylvia3
- NA/EU_Season4 → NA/EU_Kamasylvia4
- NA/EU_Season(PVP) → NA/EU_Kamasylvia5

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Game World

Fixed the issues with topography of Scarlet Sand Chamber where World Boss Kutum appears.
Changed the placement of moving Calpheon Protesters so that they are not too close to the residence.
Changed the placement of Kansha in Pit of Undying so that he doesn't obstruct matches.
Fixed the issue where World Map (M) would abnormally display topography.
Fixed the issue where vegetation would be placed abnormally in North Kaia Mountain and Olun's Valley.

Fixed the issue where vegetation would be placed abnormally in North Kaia Mountain and Olun's Valley.
- You can transport mounts held in another Wharf/Stable to the current Wharf/Stable. Guild mounts are excluded from this function.
- Transporting a mount costs 1 million Silver and will take 10 minutes to complete.
- Transporting mounts with trade or barter goods in their inventory have a certain chance to lose all those items, so please take note.
- Large ships cannot be transported to areas they cannot traverse to (i.e. rivers).

To bring a mount in a different region, you would previously have to log onto a different character located close to where that mount was stabled to send them to your current character. We've created this function to address the inconvenience of the existing method of transporting mounts.

After the introduction of the Naval Fame system, many adventurers found themselves unable to retrieve their ships from certain wharfs due to the drop in their Naval Fame. Now, with this function, adventurers with "Pirate" Naval Fame can still transport their mounts stored in other locations to the Kuit Islands.

Optimized effects of Mythical Arduanatt.

Doubled the chance of obtaining Mass of Pure Magic at the Crypt of Resting Thoughts node.
Mass of Pure Magic has been found at the Mountain of Division node.
- Added Mass of Pure Magic to the Excavation node.
- The work speed at this node is fast, but there is less chance of obtaining Mass of Pure Magic. However, the ratio of obtained Mass of Pure Magic amount by time is similar to that of Star's End – Excavation node.
You can now use Manufacture on La Orzeca Armor with sockets.
- However, you won't be able to use Manufacture if there're any crystals equipped to it, so you will need to extract the crystal(s) first before crafting.
Using another Golden Pig's Blessing while one is active will now remove the current effect and apply the last Golden Pig's Blessing only.
For details on the newly added Pearl Shop Update, please click Here

Guild Boss Ferrid has absorbed the heat of the hottest lava in Omar Lava Cave and become even more ferocious and powerful.
- Ferrid's attacks, which contain the full might of its power, shake the cave and stimulate the unstable lava, causing a destructive explosion.
- When this overflowed lava creates a swamp, Ferrid's attacks will cause explosions and continuously produce Ferrid Talis.
- Ferrid Tali is very dangerous as it approaches its nearby adventurers and spits out its lava.
- There's a low chance <Volcana Magma> Ferrid Tuny will appear in the Lava Swamp.
- When <Volcana Magma> Ferrid Tuny reaches Ferrid, it will pass on its energy of lava to the Ferrid, making the latter more powerful.
- When the Grapple or the CC status effect is applied to <Volcana Magma> Ferrid Tuny, it will immediately vanish, but if it's near Ferrid at this point, it will still be able to pass on its lava energy of lava to the Ferrid.
- As Guild Boss Ferrid has become more powerful, the chance of obtaining Energy of All Creations has increased as well as the drop rate of other loots.

Quest

Added Kamasylvia Main Quest completion as a possible requirement in the quest acceptance description for Suggested Quest "[Lv. 58] Call of the Ocean: Journey to the Deep Sea" in Quest List (O).
Changed NPC and monster spawn location for Valkyrie Succession Quest so that it is more convenient to complete.
Added description in "[Crow Shop] Combat/Skill EXP Exchange Coupon" quest summary and dialogue notifying that the expiration date is applied immediately upon receiving the Exchange Coupon.

Skill Add-on window has been updated.

Fixed the issue where effects would remain on screen when opening inventory after closing Mount Information window by pressing ESC.

Fixed the issue where placing furniture in parts of the Velia 2-3 residence wasn't possible due to irregular objects.
Fixed the issue where Transfer Ship wouldn't display the amount of time consumed.
Improved the line break of the Dark Rift description in World Map (M) for German.
[Ninja] Fixed graphical issues with wearing the Crimson Sable outfit.
Fixed the issue where the opening description of [Lahn] Venecil Dress Set would also appear when opening [Lahn] Splat Fisher's Hat (7 Days).
Fixed the issue where [Hashashin] DUO (II) Green Grade Weapon would not suffice for completing Dorim Morgrim's Secret Journal Volume 1, Chapter 3.
Fixed the issue where opening Marni's Research Box obtained by defeating Valencia Guard Captain would give Marni's Stone from another hunting ground.
Fixed the issue with Morning Star skill Enable/Disable button would be displayed abnormally after using Fairy Appearance Coupon.
Fixed the issue where the residence's function appeared abnormally in World Map (M) Residence UI from time to time.
Fixed the issue where the slot background for the Alchemy Stone Growth menu would be displayed abnormally.
Fixed the issue where node information and node name UI would remain on screen after pressing the "Go Back" button while viewing node information in World Map (M).
Fixed the issue where the Anvil would not be repaired occasionally with an error message.
Fixed the issue where the item quantity input window would not appear occasionally when Sticker UI was enabled in Inventory (I) window.
Fixed the typo in Elion's Tears knowledge.
Fixed the issue where furniture could not be placed on the floor of Bartali Farm 1-1 Residence.
Fixed the issue where the Ash Sap quantity required for crafting Magic Crystal of Infinity - Armor in "[Alchemy Lv26] A Crystal That's Missed" quest description differed from what was described in crafting notes. Both descriptions have been changed to Ash Sap x4 for consistency.
Fixed the issue with abnormal routes when auto-navigating to Southern Guard Camp Stable Keeper.
Fixed the issue where Finding NPC function in Serendia Shrine to locate the nearest General Goods Vendor would guide the player to an incorrect location.
Fixed the issue where the NPC for quest progression would not appear when enabling Hide NPC and proceeding with "Mysterious Painting 1: Restored Painting" quest.
Fixed the issue with Quest Sort Settings that wouldn't work properly after reconnecting.
Fixed the issue where changes made to settings (for example chat window, quick slot, UI) did not load properly for some adventurers after restarting the client and pressing the Redownload Last Saves Settings button in ESC > Settings > Setting Archive (button located top-left corner of the window) to bring back previously saved settings. This issue occurred typically for adventurers using GeForce Now but please click the Redownload Last Saves Settings button to have your previously saved settings applied to your client.

Known Issues

We are aware of the issue where transporting mounts held in Wharf/Stables of some areas including Kuit Islands and Narcion to the current Wharf/Stable is not possible. This issue will be resolved with December 9 regular maintenance. We apologize for the inconvenience.
We are aware of the issue where you cannot recover your Naval Fame when it is changed to Pirate status while having no character who has taken out a large ship in your family. Please contact customer support in the case you encounter this issue and we will provide you the assistance. This issue will be resolved with December 9 regular maintenance. We apologize for the inconvenience.

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Nov 25, 2020

Patch Notes - November 25th 2020

Black Desert - CM Servantes

Greetings Adventurers,

This week, new adventures await seasoned and new adventurers, as Balenos main questline has been reworked and a mysterious painting appears.
Remember to take a look in your in-game mail and collect your Thanksgiving gift!
Finally, some fishermen report a new Silver Horn Fish that you could sell for 500,000 Silver. Nice day for fishin', ain't it?

New Events

Happy Thanksgiving!
- Event 1. Weekend Season Server Coupons!
- Period: November 27 (00:00 UTC)–December 2 (before maintenance)
  - Season server-exclusive items to help you finish off the autumn season servers will be prepared via web coupons over this weekend!
  - Check our official channels this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday for the web coupon codes!
- Event 2. Go Fishing
- Period: November 25 (after maintenance)–December 9 (before maintenance)
  - The precious Silver Horn Fish have been spotted! Pack your fishing rods and go fishing!
- Event 3. Arcana Log-in Challenge
- Period: November 25 (after maintenance)–December 31 (23:59 UTC)
  - Log-in once during the event period and get Arcana of Fate Box via Challenges tab (Y) which will grant you all Arcana cards.
- For details to make your thanksgiving week more rewarding, click < Here >.

Ongoing Events

Basilisk Subjugation: November 18–December 1 (23:59 UTC)
- Due to a known issue discovered for the quest [Event][Weekly] Gorgo's Nightmare (Hard) where Gorgo's Nightmare Fragment cannot be obtained for defeating Basilisk Guardians for a week from November 25 (after maintenance)–December 2 (before maintenance), Gorgo's Nightmare Fragment will be droppable during an extended period of a week from December 2 (after maintenance)–December 9 (before maintenance). However, in order to receive the Gorgo's Nightmare Fragment in this extended week, you need to have accepted [Event][Weekly] Gorgo's Nightmare (Hard) in the previous week. Please follow the steps below:
  - First, accept the quest [Event][Weekly] Gorgo's Nightmare (Hard) during November 25 (after maintenance)–December 2 (before maintenance), but you won't be able to get Gorgo's Nightmare Fragment for defeating Basilisk Guardians.
  - Second, proceed and complete the quest [Event][Weekly] Gorgo's Nightmare (Hard) during December 2 (after maintenance)–December 9 (before maintenance) by defeating Basilisk Guardians and receiving Gorgo's Nightmare Fragment as loot.
- Please note that the other quest, [Event][Weekly] Gorgo's Despair where you defeat the Basilisk Statues on top of the hill, is working normally as intended and will last as scheduled until December 1 (23:59 UTC). As the completion rewards are the same for both quests, we recommend all of you to tackle [Event][Weekly] Gorgo's Despair quest for this week.

Bonus! Attention All Season Characters: November 18–December 2 (before maintenance)
Targargo and Targarga: Week 3 Compensation week: November 18–December 2 (before maintenance)
November Enhancement Aid
- Event 1. The Legendary Thief: November 4–December 2 (before maintenance)
- Event 2. Moonlight Stone Challenge: November 5–December 1 (23:59 UTC)
- Event 3. Morden likes Accessories: November 4–December 2 (before maintenance)

Ended Events

Thanksgiving Events
- Event 1: Stack Up: Available until November 25 (23:59 UTC)

[Promotion] Play for a Free Game Pass - November edition
Refer-a-Friend is back

Reward Distribution

Thanksgiving Mail!
- Happy Thanksgiving! please check your in-game mailbox to claim the following thanksgiving gifts:
  - [Event] Shakatu's Mystery Box x1
  - Item Collection Increase Scroll: Advanced (60 min) x5
  - Blessed Message Scroll (100 min) x5
  - Book of Training - Combat (10 Hours) x1
  - Book of Training - Skill (10 Hours) x1
  - [Event] Extra Mount EXP Scroll x3
- Make sure to claim them from your mailbox before November 29 (23:59 UTC) or they will disappear! Hurry and claim your thanksgiving surprise gifts now!

Autumn season will conclude with next week's maintenance.

Game World

Changed the background music at the farm by Grána.
Fixed the issue where certain topography at Velia appeared abnormal.

Fixed a typo in the item description for Ship Building Permit: Epheria Cog.

All Classes

Fixed the social actions "Sweep with broom" and "Move forward as you sweep" to look more natural.

Warrior

Fixed the issue where he could not continue to use main weapon skills after using "Counter Slash" as an Awakened Warrior.

Berserker

Fixed the issue where the attack motions of Headbutt I–IV, Absolute: Headbutt appeared abnormal when they hit while used above a certain attack speed.
Fixed the issue where the effects were not applied properly for Prime: Storming Beast when chained with certain other skills.
Fixed the issue where the stun effect was applied for Berserker's every hit when Core: Devastation was learned.

Witch

Fixed the issue where an afterimage of the effects for the skills Meteor Shower I, II, III, Absolute: Meteor Shower would remain when chained with awakening skills.

Wizard

Fixed the issue where an afterimage of the effects for the skills Meteor Shower I, II, III, Absolute: Meteor Shower would remain when chained with awakening skills.

Musa

Fixed the issue where the special effects for the 3 hits of Prime: Gale appeared abnormal after learning Ultimate: Gale.

Kunoichi

Fixed the issue where the effect appeared abnormal when sprinting after using the skills Target Chase I, II, III, and Shackle Target.

Striker

Fixed the issue where the block effect was not sustained when using the skills Flash Step, Silent Step.

Mystic

Fixed the issue where the block effect was not sustained when using the skills Flash Step, Silent Step.
Fixed the issue where the skill Flash Step would activate multiple times when using it to move backwards in certain situations.
Fixed the issue where the description for Thrashing Wolf was displaying information about WP recovery incorrectly.

Hashashin

Fixed the issue where the motion appeared abnormal when switching weapons after using main weapon skills on a horse and getting off.
Improved on the issue where effects would not appear for certain skills.

Fixed the issue where the item description for Elixir of Rough Labor had the wrong duration.
Fixed the issue where the item description for Broken Rhutum Fang was the description before the renewal.
Added options for exchanging [Event] Iridescent Moonlight Stone and Tempered Stones for Advice of Valks depending on the number of times it was tempered.
For details on the newly added Pearl Shop Update, please click < Here >!

Discovered the habitat where a group of <Predator of Vadabin> Black Rusts live near Port Ratt.
- <Predator of Vadabin> Black Rusts have started breeding. They can be seen moving with a large number of Young Black Rusts.
- <Predator of Vadabin> Black Rusts have a chance at dropping Trade items and materials needed to upgrade ship gear.

Added new titles that can be obtained from monster zones.

Quest

Reworked parts of the main questline in Balenos.
- It presents the story about Cron Castle that fell into ruins long ago after putting to rest the chaos that was at Velia, the first town everyone arrives in when they start their adventure. It will lead you to understand the position Balenos is in within the larger picture of the world.
- The quests from the first time adventurers arrive in Velia were reworked by adding depth to the story related to Cron Castle. When adventurers return to Velia, they will not be sent straight to Serendia either. They will be led around different parts of Velia to see different spots to see its charm.
- However, characters that are either doing or completed the quest "Village by the Beautiful Coast" cannot accept the reworked questline. They must create a new character to do the reworked questline.
- Changed the requirement to learn about the sailor from Islin Bartali to level 50 or higher.
- Changed the requirement to learn about Day and Night from Hans to level 30 or higher.

Added a new quest that can be started by obtaining the Mysterious Painting from a Suspicious Cargo Ship.
- It has been revealed that the Mysterious Painting is a faded drawing of a large numerical value with an eagle symbol drawn in it. You can start this quest if you have the relevant item in your inventory.

Changed the button design in the Open Special Item window.
Optimized the chat windows for Enhancement, Items Obtained, Chats, Notification messages, etc, improving the frame rate in your gameplay.
Fixed the issue where text in the chat window would not disappear and overlap with other text.
Added the UI Autosaved Settings feature.
- It automatically saves your current UI settings when exiting the game.
- If there are no saved UI settings on the current PC, they will be downloaded automatically.

Fixed the issue where the client would close abruptly while loading.
[Archer] Fixed the issue where the Gorca Swimsuit appeared to go through the Rebar Gloves.
Fixed the issue where the mouth and forehead wrinkles of "[Event] Familiar Pumpkin Decorations" would not be visible if the residence had wallpaper.
Fixed the issue where the Exit button in the Stable did not work in lower resolution settings.
Fixed the issue where abnormal icons were displayed in the Mount Information window of wagons.
Fixed the issue where the fairy skill Miraculous Cheer would continue to use potions even though potions were removed from the settings.
[Shai] Fixed the issue where her teeth disappeared when wearing the Pom Pom Hair Ornament.
[Ninja] Fixed the issue where the Karmen Crown would look abnormal for certain head shapes.
[Ranger] Fixed the issue where the roses on the Vediras outfit would look abnormal for certain types of physique.
Fixed the issue where entrance time for Red Battlefield was being displayed abnormally.

Known Issues

We are aware of the issue where the quest icon for "Mysterious Painting 4" is not being displayed. This issue will be fixed by December 2.
We are aware of the issue where the quest [Event][Weekly] Gorgo's Nightmare (Hard) for the event Basilisk Subjugation is not dropping Gorgo's Nightmare Fragment after defeating Basilisk Guardians. You will be able to claim Gorgo's Nightmare Fragment for defeating Basilisk Guardians again for an extended week from December 2 (after maintenance)–December 9 (before maintenance) but only if you have accepted the quest [Event][Weekly] Gorgo's Nightmare (Hard) in the previous week of November 25 (after maintenance)–December 2 (before maintenance). Please check the details in the events section above.

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Nov 18, 2020

Patch Notes - November 18th 2020 (Part 2)

Black Desert - CM_Yukimura

Fixed the icons of Sea Crystal related items in the Crafting Notes.
Fixed the issue where the effects of Spirit Perfume Elixir would not be applied even though it still had time remaining on its duration.
Fixed the How to Obtain sections of the item description for High-Quality Delotia Tart from Master Lv.1 or higher to Artisan Lv.1 to match when it actually can be obtained.

O'draxxia blacksmith Limitte forged a new look for the La Orzeca Outfit while trying to recover the absorbed power of the goddess.
- Added the quest "[Daily] La Orzeca's Orb" which allows adventurers to change their La Orzeca Helmet and Armor to the new look.
- This quest can be accepted after completing the quests for crafting La Orzeca Helmet or Armor.
- Only the female versions of the La Orzeca Outfit can be exchanged. However, only the helmet can be exchanged for the Shai.
- The outfit pieces that are exchanged for in this quest cannot be returned to their previous look.
- However, if you used Black Spirit's Claw to add a socket to the La Orzeca Outfit, you cannot use it to Manufacture with the La Orzeca's Orb and complete the quest. A new method will be added during a later update for outfits with sockets.

After the release of the La Orzeca Outfits, many adventurers from every region gave us a lot of feedback about the female character's outfit design. Therefore, we added a design that is similar to the male design. So now, adventurers can choose a design they prefer for their female characters.

Fixed the issue where the item "Ebenruth's Nol" would be used, but stamina was still consumed when using BreezySail 1 additional time.
Black Friday Sale begins a little early and for details on the newly added Pearl Shop Update, please click < Here >!

Fixed the scarecrows to recover their HP if they are left alone for 5 minutes.
Increased the spawn rate of the world bosses below.
- Nightmarish Kzarka
- Bloodstorm Nouver

Quest

Artina crafted the [Jukebox] Crimson Wind and it is available in the Instruments shops at Kaia Pier, Ancado Inner Harbor, Lake Flondor, and Salanar Pond.
- Artina feels that the story behind this jukebox is special. So, she is selling them for Garmoth's Scale x30.
- You can get this jukebox by exchanging with Artina with a Shai character that has completed the quest "That Day on Windy Peak."

Added Autosave function to the Setting Archive.
- Setting Archive will now have the options to "Autosave" and manually save.
- You can continue to save manually the same way you could save settings before.
- The newly added "Autosave" function will be activated when you exit out of the game, saving the latest settings. If you then login from a PC that doesn't have your settings savefor you can go to Setting Archive to download the latest saved settings.
- "Autosave" is activated only if the game is exited out using normal methods.
Fixed the issue where an abnormal skill icon would be displayed after playing certain skill demos.
Fixed the issue where the icon for special skill resources (Shards of Darkness, Martial Spirit, etc) would not align properly when using the Custom HP Bar.
Changed the server list for Red Battlefield to be open by battlefield types on the Red Battlefield Status window.
Fixed the issue where the pet images appeared stretched on the Pet Information window.
Improved notifications to state the equipment slot of the gear that was repaired.
Fixed the issue where skill description text was bleeding out of their designated UI for certain languages.

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Fixed the issue where the Pet/Fairy information would be displayed abnormally.
[Dark Knight] Fixed the issue where you could see through her arm when equipping Enslar Armor and the Kibelius Vediant.
Fixed the issue where the Old Moon Censer Mold icon was different on the Crafting Notes.
Changed [Event] Morden Secret Trade Voucher I, II, III to now lead adventurers to the relevant NPC upon right-clicking the items.
[Warrior, Ranger, Sorceress, Berserker, Tamer, Valkyrie, Witch, Lahn, Archer, Shai, Guardian, Hashashin] Fixed the issue where equipping the Santa Hat and/or Rudolf Headband would cause graphical issues with certain accessories.
Fixed the issue where moving items from the marketplace to storage would sometimes incorrectly display that the storage was full, even when there was enough space in your storage.

Known Issues

We are aware of the issue where any changes made to settings (for example chat window, quick slot, UI) do not load properly for adventurers using GeForce Now after restarting the client. For now, this issue can be resolved by going to ESC > Settings > Setting Archive (button located top-left corner of the window) then clicking Redownload Last Saves Settings button to manually bring up your previously saved settings. This issue will also be fixed with next week's maintenance. Thank you for your patience and understanding

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Nov 18, 2020

Patch notes - 18th November 2020 (Part 1)

Black Desert - CM_Yukimura

Greetings Adventurers,

This week, you can finally graduate from Season server if you haven't already and take advantage of Fughar's Success Secrets!

We also bring the new Arcana system to the Black Spirit's Adventure and a brand new Tag system with Marni's Suspicious Device.

Finally, we are adding Core Skills and a third Enhanced Skill to help you in your battles!

Read on for more information!

New Events

Basilisk Subjugation
- Period: November 18 (after maintenance)–November 25 (before maintenance)
- During the event period, try the Gorgo's Nightmare which will require collaboration within your party to fight off against Basilisk statues and monsters!
Bonus! Attention All Season Characters
- Period: November 18 (after maintenance)–December 2 (before maintenance)
- During the event period, log-in every day with your Season Character and obtain Mercenary's Experience boosts daily via Challenges tab.
- Click < Here >> to learn more about the events above.
Loyal Attendance Rewards Refreshed
- Period: November 19 (00:00 UTC)–December 23 (23:59 UTC)
- Simply log in daily to claim awesome rewards including Skill/Life/Combat EXP scroll items, [Event] Shining Shakatu's Seals, Fine Accessory Box II, and more!
  - Click < Here > to see the attendance reward board and the Arcana system in detail.

Ongoing Events

Targargo and Targarga: November 11–November 25 (before maintenance)
Thanksgiving Event
- Event 1: Stack Up: November 12–November 25 (23:59 UTC)
- Event 2. Holy Mole!: November 11–November 25 (before maintenance)
- Event 3. Scared Turkey Hunt: November 11–November 25 (before maintenance)
- Event 4. Wacky Toshi Seeks Help: November 11–November 24 (23:59 UTC)
- Event 5. Joy of Turkey: November 11–November 25 (before maintenance)
[Promotion] Play for a Free Game Pass - November edition: November 11–November 25 (before maintenance)
Refer-a-Friend is back: November 11–November 25 (before maintenance)
November Enhancement Aid
- Event 1. The Legendary Thief: November 4–December 2 (before maintenance)
- Event 2. Moonlight Stone Challenge: November 5–December 1 (23:59 UTC)
- Event 3. Morden likes Accessories: November 4–December 2 (before maintenance)

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Ended Events

Hoof it Up!
Thanksgiving Event
- Event 6. Sweet Candy Stick Box

Reward Distribution

November Enhancement Aid
- The following has been sent via in-game mailbox for those who could not complete or proceed with the event quests of this event from November 11 00:00 UTC to November 11 (before maintenance)
- Please make sure to claim them before December 1, 23:59 UTC or they will disappear.
  - [Event] Morden Secret Trade Voucher I x3
  - [Event] Morden Secret Trade Voucher II x1
  - [Event] Morden Secret Trade Voucher III x1
Compensation of Kalqueesh non-loot issue
- Additional reward of Kalqueesh Spoils Bundle will be sent via in-game mailbox to adventurers who were affected by the issue but did not receive the compensation on last week's maintenance. Please see the whole announcement < Here >.

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Marni's Suspicious Device / Tag Character

A rather interesting tale is spreading from the black market of Mediah, which opens once every 15 days. According to rumor, a great adventurer has discovered Marni's Suspicious Device from the Arsha Sea. If you burn Marni's Unstable Fuel in it, the items you shall obtain will help you become quite the outlaw. To share this power to activate Marni's Suspicious Device, the great adventurer has spread fragments of clues all over.

Added a new function to Tag Character. Now you can share equipment between Tagged Characters via "Marni's Suspicious Device." In other words, two characters will be able to share a set of gear together.
- How to use Marni's Suspicious Device
  - Complete the questline "[Marni's Suspicious Device] A Splendid Deal" with a character Lv. 56 or higher.
  - Once you've completed the questline, the "Item Copy" function will become available.
  - Tag the main character with the desired gear equipped to a different character in the Character's Tag Setting menu.
  - Once tagging is complete, you will see how much "Marni's Unstable Fuel" will be required to copy the gear to the selected character.
  - You can purchase "Marni's Unstable Fuel" from Old Moon Managers located in major cities.
  - Once you have all the required materials, use Item Copy to copy your gear from the main character to the tagged character.
  - Login to your tagged character, where you'll be able to equip and use the copied gear.
- Detailed Information:
  - All 4 pieces of armor, 3 weapons, 6 accessories, 1 tool, and 1 spirit stone equipped by the main character will be copied into the tagged character's inventory.
  - To use Item Copy, you will need "Marni's Unstable Fuel" that is sold by Old Moon Managers for silver (10 million each).
  - Copied items will remain bound to both the main character and the tagged character. However, once a character is untagged, all copied items will disappear. You may tag a different character to the main character and use Item Copy then as well, and you will need additional Marni's Unstable Fuel to do so.
  - The cost for Item Copy will be converted into the amount of "Marni's Unstable Fuel" required.
    - Item Copy cost formula = (All 3 Weapons) Central Market Price x 3% + (All 3 Weapons) Number of Caphras Stones used for Caphras Enhancement x 43,000 Silver
    - The minimum cost to use Item Copy is "Marni's Unstable Fuel" x20.
  - Enhanced gear that can no longer be registered onto the marketplace will use the price of the gear before enhancement.
  - Item Copy will require all gear equipped on the main character to have max durability recovered, and the selected tagged character will require 14 free slots of inventory space.
  - The enhancement level, branding, socketed crystals, and Caphras Stone EXP will be copied exactly for Item Copy.
  - You may destroy socketed crystals in copied gear, yet you cannot extract the crystals themselves for reuse. You may transfuse new crystals onto copied gear with empty sockets.
  - You may not use such functions as enhance, upgrade, Caphras enhancement, and devour on copied gear.
  - You may not use copied gear as materials for the Adventure Log or the Fallen God's Armor.
  - If the enhancement level and/or Caphras enhancement level of the main character's gear changes, the tagged character's gear will change accordingly. However, changing the transfused crystals, branding, or durability of the main character's gear will not impact the tagged character's gear.
  - If the main character's gear is deleted, the tagged character's gear will also be deleted (for example, if you delete Bheg's Gloves on the main character, the tagged character's Bheg's Gloves will also be deleted).
    - By deleted, we mean the item itself was destroyed (either thrown into the trash can, or an accessory was destroyed upon failed enhancement attempt).
  - Both the main and tagged gear cannot be placed in storage nor registered on the marketplace. Adventurers who especially enjoy using multiple characters and storage/maids for life skills should unequip their tool from the "tool slot" before using Item Copy.
  - Note that extracting Garmoth's Heart from the main Fiery sub-weapon will delete the tagged sub-weapon. This goes for ultimate gear as well. On the other hand, if the main gear was normal when tagged, then is upgraded to Fiery or Ultimate, the tagged weapon will NOT be upgraded but remain as normal.
  - If a tagged character with negative Karma (including those in the desert) is killed, ALL copied gear will be destroyed "regardless of location," and the protections offered by the set effects of Pearl outfits and Oasis buffs won't be applied here.

Added the Item Copy (Tag Character) function, which will allow two characters to share the same gear. Now you can tag your main character with your second-most favored character and open up a whole new bag of different gameplay options. Black Desert boasts a roster of 20 different action-packed and visually-stunning classes, each displaying its own unique style and flavor. Yet Black Desert has long been a game that brings out the MMORPG aspect of fully focusing on one main character, and yet, especially considering its diverse roster, this has been a side that we've thought long and hard about improving. One solution was the now difficult-to-obtain, and still most-requested globally, Weapon Exchange Coupon. And "Marni's Suspicious Device" is content that we hope will address this concern from the forefront. We developed this content to allow for a more convenient means of playing new classes, and we hope many of our adventurers are inspired to put this content to use.

In addition, once it appeared on the Global Labs, it was one of the most requested, but we focused on honing the edges before finally deciding to release it today. However, please understand that we've applied some tight restrictions such as not allowing copied gear to be registered on the marketplace, nor placed in storage, in order to prevent any abuse of this feature.

The following gear cannot be copied.

Fughar's Secrets to Success

Rumors abound of Fughar circulating a book containing his secrets to success to help fresh graduates of the Autumn Season Server adjust to normal servers.
- Go to Fughar with a character that has graduated from the Autumn Season and has converted to a normal server character to accept the quest "[Grad. Support] Fughar's Secrets to Success." Completing this quest will grant you access to Fughar's book filled with his secrets.
- You may complete this questline once per family.
- Use Fughar's book of secrets to automatically accept the quest. Completing the quest will allow you to accept the following books.
- If you accidentally lose a book, talk to Fughar to obtain another one.
Adventurers who complete all of Fughar's Secrets to Success up to the final chapter will be rewarded the surprise gifts of "[Season] Boss Gear Exchange Coupon" and "Fughar's Crow Skill Book," the latter being the very "book which contains Fughar's secrets."
Characters who have graduated from the Autumn Season can proceed with the quest "[Grad. Support] Fughar's Secrets to Success" up until you create a new season character for the next season, and after completing the final chapter, you may obtain the special rewards whenever you wish.
- Please note that you can proceed with the rest of the quest as long as you complete the first quest of the entire questline. If you create a season character for the next season, this quest will not be available.
- Start of the winter season servers is unconfirmed as of now and we will announce this date officially with a future notice.
The quests for Fughar's Secrets to Success are as follows.
- Adventurers who have already completed the requirements for certain quests can interact with the Black Spirit (/) to complete Fughar's Secrets to Success.

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Characters who have completed a specific chapter of Fughar's Secrets to Success will receive a special gift.

Basilisk Guardian

Rumors are spreading all over Valencia that the long-forgotten nightmares of Gorgo in Valencia Canyon have begun once again. Gorgo's Nightmare is a tale found in the first chapter of <History of Basilisks>, written by the ecologist Pitor. It is in regards to the snake possessed by darkness, born within the modern-day Basilisk Den. The Katan Military have found suspicious-looking crow feathers near the place where the snake of nightmares first appeared. They suspect someone may have had a hand in this.

You can purchase "Gorgo's Nightmare Summon Scroll" for a Gold Bar 10G from Tarek Yanzi at Rock Post.
Using this scroll will summon a giant Basilisk Statue along with smaller statues emitting yellow pillars of light on top of the hill.
Destroying the summoned giant Basilisk Statue will reveal the <Possessed by Darkness> Basilisk Guardian, which will simultaneously activate the smaller statues on top of the hill.
The <Possessed by Darkness> Basilisk Guardian will draw a greater power from the smaller statues, and thus will require at least two adventurers to join forces to take it down.
The adventurer who hasn't used the summon scroll may preemptively move to the top of the hill to prepare to destroy the smaller statues. Destroying the statues on the hill will greatly weaken the Basilisk Guardian, so fighting with another adventurer is crucial to taking it down.
The Basilisk Guardian will reappear for a maximum of 5 times. If there are multiple adventurers nearby, it will become empowered by a greater darkness. So, it is crucial that only one adventurer faces the Basilisk Guardian.
After destroying the giant Basilisk Statue of Gorgo's Nightmare, if there are no adventurers who take on the Basilisk Guardian, then the Basilisk Guardian will disappear back into the nightmare with the statues.

Each time the adventurer on the hill destroys a statue, the adventurer fighting the Basilisk Guardian will also receive a reward upon defeating the Basilisk Guardian. Adventurers will be awarded only for defeating one of the statues on the hill and the Basilisk Guardian.

Effects that increase Item Drop and Amount Rates will be applied to junk loot that drops from Gorgo's Nightmare. However, Agris Fever's effect does not apply here.
Please find more details in the Basilisk Subjugation event page!

Added Arcana of Fate system to the Black Spirit's Adventure game board.

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Arcana cards are chance cards used in the Black Spirit's Adventure game board.
- The Arcana cards will help you on your Black Spirit's Adventure. Use them well to obtain your desired rewards or to increase the probability of completing a round.
You can obtain Arcana in the following way.
- Once your Black Spirit piece lands on the CARD square, you will randomly obtain one type of Arcana card.
- The obtained Arcana will be immediately sent to "Arcana" Storage located on the bottom right side of the window.
- You can use the obtained Arcana from this storage.
- The different types of Arcana are as follows:

Click < Here > to see the Arcana system in detail!

Changed the background of the Black Spirit's Adventure game board.
Changed the standards for classifying a Returning Adventurer.

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Added a quest where you can convert your Season character to a normal character.
- Talk with <Crow Merchants Guild Chief Manager> Fughar to be led to Leyla of Velia. Accept the "[Season Server Graduation] At the Crossroad" quest from Leyla and complete the questline to convert your season character to a normal character.
- You will no longer be able to accept the existing Early Graduation quest.
- There are no requirements for converting a Season character to a normal character, but please do note that you won't be able to create a Season character in the Autumn Season again once the character has been converted. Also, after character conversion, all Season Passes and Black Spirit Passes will be deleted. So we ask you to collect all rewards for Season/Black Spirit Pass Challenges before any character conversion.

Game World

Improved the freeze effect to feel more natural.
Fixed the issue where a certain window in Velia 2-3 would not open.
Fixed the issue where Karanda would get stuck in the surrounding environment.

All Classes

Added Core skills to all classes' Awakening.
- You can learn Core skills once you have reached Lv. 60, on the bottom of the Awakening Weapon tab in the Skill window (K).

"Core" skills were added to Awakening of all classes. These skills further enhance the existing skills the way Absolute skills do for Main Weapon skills, but their acquisition and roles differ. First of all, you may only select and learn one out of all Core skills. Only defensive effects, such as either Debuff Resistance or block effects will be added to the Core skills, without any additional damage or increased number of hits. With today's patch, we hope that this addition of Core skills will relieve the discrepancy between Succession and Awakening's performance, which many adventurers have already pointed out to us. We appreciate and look forward to your feedback and opinions.

Added third Skill Enhancement.
- You can learn the third Enhanced Skill at Lv. 58.
- You will need to learn the prerequisite skills to learn the Enhanced Skills.
- You may only select one of two Enhanced Skills per level.

By Class

Warrior

Added Core skills to Warrior Awakening.
- You can only have one Core skill at a time. (However, no additional effects will be applied for Black Spirit skills.)

Ranger

Added Core skills to Ranger Awakening.
- You can only have one Core skill at a time. (However, no additional effects will be applied for Black Spirit skills.)

Sorceress

Added Core skills to Sorceress Awakening.
- You can only have one Core skill at a time. (However, no additional effects will be applied for Black Spirit skills.)

Berserker

Added Core skills to Berserker Awakening.
- You can only have one Core skill at a time. (However, no additional effects will be applied for Black Spirit skills.)

Tamer

Added Core skills to Tamer Awakening.
- You can only have one Core skill at a time. (However, no additional effects will be applied for Black Spirit skills.)

Valkyrie

Added Core skills to Valkyrie Awakening.
- You can only have one Core skill at a time. (However, no additional effects will be applied for Black Spirit skills.)

Witch

Added Core skills to Witch Awakening.
- You can only have one Core skill at a time. (However, no additional effects will be applied for Black Spirit skills.)

Wizard

Added Core skills to Wizard Awakening.
- You can only have one Core skill at a time. (However, no additional effects will be applied for Black Spirit skills.)

Musa

Added Core skills to Musa Awakening.
- You can only have one Core skill at a time. (However, no additional effects will be applied for Black Spirit skills.)

Maehwa

Added Core skills to Maehwa Awakening.
- You can only have one Core skill at a time. (However, no additional effects will be applied for Black Spirit skills.)

Ninja

Added Core skills to Ninja Awakening.
- You can only have one Core skill at a time. (However, no additional effects will be applied for Black Spirit skills.)

Kunoichi

Added Core skills to Kunoichi Awakening.
- You can only have one Core skill at a time. (However, no additional effects will be applied for Black Spirit skills.)

Dark Knight

Added Core skills to Dark Knight Awakening.
- You can only have one Core skill at a time. (However, no additional effects will be applied for Black Spirit skills.)

Striker

Added Core skills to Striker Awakening.
- You can only have one Core skill at a time. (However, no additional effects will be applied for Black Spirit skills.)

Mystic

Added Core skills to Mystic Awakening.
- You can only have one Core skill at a time. (However, no additional effects will be applied for Black Spirit skills.)

Lahn

Added Core skills to Lahn Awakening.
- You can only have one Core skill at a time. (However, no additional effects will be applied for Black Spirit skills.)

Archer

Added Core skills to Archer Awakening.
- You can only have one Core skill at a time. (However, no additional effects will be applied for Black Spirit skills.)

Shai

Added Enhanced Skills.

Guardian

Added Core skills to Guardian Awakening.
- You can only have one Core skill at a time. (However, no additional effects will be applied for Black Spirit skills.)

Hashashin

Added Core skills to Hashashin Awakening.
- You can only have one Core skill at a time. (However, no additional effects will be applied for Black Spirit skills.)

>> Read Patch Notes Part 2 < Here >!

Nov 12, 2020

Patch Notes - November 11th 2020

Black Desert - CM Servantes

Greetings Adventurers,

This week The Great Expedition update opens up new opportunities: Equip a brand new sea crystal and fight against Lekrashan or Goldmont Pirates battleship roaming the sea.
We will also add new quests to obtain more Mass of Pure Magic and three new Caphras Journals.
Finally, look forward to our Thanksgiving Events!

New Events

Targargo and Targarga Updated November 12
- Period: November 11 (after maintenance)–November 25 (before maintenance) December 2nd (before maintenance)
- King Targargo has returned to the Balenos again and this time, the king has been spotted on the Ehwaz Hill near Finto Farm along with the queen, Targarga! Challenge the king birds for abundant rewards in this thanksgiving season!
- Click < Here > to find out more about defeating the ferocious turkey bosses.

Thanksgiving Event
- Event 1: Stack Up
- Period: November 12 (00:00 UTC)–November 25 (23:59 UTC)
  - Complete the various challenges offered below to obtain [Event] Half-left Seed Potato which you will combine to exchange for Advice of Valks items in the end.
- Event 2. Holy Mole!
- Period: November 11 (after maintenance)–November 25 (before maintenance)
  - Protect your garden from moles appearing at a chance while you harvest special seeds.
- Event 3. Scared Turkey Hunt
- Period: November 11 (after maintenance)–November 25 (before maintenance)
  - Defeat scared turkey that appear randomly while you defeat monsters for additional rewards
- Event 4. Wacky Toshi Seeks Help
- Period: November 11 (after maintenance)–November 24 (23:59 UTC)
  - Fill up Marni's Stones to hand them over to Wacky Toshi for cool rewards.
- Event 5. Joy of Turkey
- Period: November 11 (after maintenance)–November 25 (before maintenance)
  - Slaughter some turkeys and obtain their meat to give to the imperial chefs for bountiful rewards.
- Event 6. Sweet Candy Stick Box
- Period: November 11 (after maintenance)–November 18 (before maintenance)
  - Simply log-in once during this one-week event period to get [Event] Sweet Candy Stick Box that gives Skill EXP +100%!
- Click < Here > for more details on these bountiful events.

[Promotion] Play for a Free Game Pass - November edition
- Period: November 11 (after maintenance)–November 25 (before maintenance)
- Black Desert Online will be available for free for during this 2 week period to anyone who has had their trial period run out or made an account but didn't play the game.
- In addition, for those of you who register during this time, your 7-day trial will become a 14-day trial!
- This is a chance not only to try out the game for longer, but also to get a free game pass by reaching Lv. 50.
- Sign-up now and enjoy plenty of time to live the full Black Desert Online experience!
- Click < Here > for full details on how you can get your free game pass!

Refer-a-Friend is back
- Period: November 11 (after maintenance)–November 25 (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 >

Ongoing Events

November Enhancement Aid
- Event 1. The Legendary Thief: November 4–December 2 (before maintenance)
- Event 2. Moonlight Stone Challenge: November 5–December 1 (23:59 UTC)
- Event 3. Morden likes Accessories: November 4–December 2 (before maintenance)
  - There will be an update on the event from November 11 (after maintenance). You can now collect [Event] Morden Secret Trade Vouchers and blue-grade accessories and hand them all over to Morden. Please check the details of the updated information < Here >.

Hoof it Up!: November 4–November 18 (before maintenance)

Ended Events

Halloween in Florin
Magical Elixir
O'dyllita Launch Events
O'dyllita Attendance Check
Bloodstorm Nouver confirmed spawns
Nightmarish Kzarka confirmed spawns

Reward Distribution

Kalqueesh Loot Issue Compensation
- Item Drop Rate +50% Buff for 2 weeks: November 11 (after maintenance)–November 25 (before maintenance)
  - This item drop rate boost will stack with other drop rate boost giving items.
  - The item drop rate boost will be applied to most servers including Olvia, and season servers, however this will not be included in Arsha servers.

Items Given to All Adventurers
- Item Collection Increase Scroll: Advanced (60 min) x5
- GM’s Blessing 3 (1h) x3

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Lekrashan & Goldmont Battleships
- The Old Moon Rescue Party has reported that Lekrashan, which used to appear in the border between Ross Sea and Margoria Sea, has moved to the border between Juur Sea and Margoria Sea.
  - Ninesharks and Black Rusts, attracted by Lekrashan's concentrated black energy, have formed a habitat in the border between Juur Sea and Margoria Sea.
  - Defeat <Chasing Dark High Seas> Nineshark and <Chasing Dark High Seas> Black Rust inhabiting the border between Juur Sea and Margoria Sea. Then Lekrashan will show itself from the depths of the ocean at a certain chance.
  - Lekrashan is weak to external shock since it hasn't got out of the sea for a long time and focused fire will stun it.
  - Up to 3 adventurers may collect loot after defeating Lekrashan.
  - You may obtain Junk items that can be sold for crystals or Crow Coins by defeating monsters in Lekrashan's habitat.
- The Old Moon Rescue Party has reported that the Goldmont Pirate has expanded their influence to Vadabin Sea near Port Ratt and is attacking the traders of the merchants that pass through the port. Hence the Port Ratt coast guard is recruiting experienced sailors to exterminate the Goldmont Pirate.
  - The Goldmont Pirate will issue an alert at a certain chance when you defeat <Outlaw of the Vadabin Sea> Goldmont Pirate. Once the alert is issued, the Goldmont battleships will appear. Depending on the situation of the battle, these battleships will receive support from the nearby pirate ships.
  - You may obtain crafting and upgrade materials for Epheria Caravel/Epheria Galleass as loot when you defeat <Outlaw of the Vadabin Sea> Goldmont Pirate.
  - You will obtain more sailor EXP when you defeat <Outlaw of the Vadabin Sea> Goldmont Pirate than the amount obtained from defeating the normal Goldmont Pirate.
- The Agris Fever points consumed when defeating monsters at Lekrashan's habitat or the Goldmont Pirate's areas are as follows.
- The Naval Fame points recovered when defeating monsters at Lekrashan's habitat are as follows.

It's been more than a year since we launched The Great Expedition. First off, we'd like to thank all our adventurers who continue to show their love and support for this content.
Until now, Black Desert Online's ocean content mainly consisted of seeking profit through barter while defeating monsters such as Hekaru or Pirate Ships. However, many adventurers who were expecting a wild naval battle with enormous carracks have expressed their disappointment. Hence, starting with this update, we are planning to add monster zones in which you can experience the immense power of the carracks. Here, you will feel the full power of the carracks and be rewarded for your efforts.

Sea Crystals
- Added "Sea Crystals" which can be equipped to Large Ships.
  - Sea Crystal grades are (in ascending order): Eltro, Serni, Zulatia, and Margoria. Higher grade crystals have better stats.
  - If you use a Crystal, you may obtain 1 Sea Crystal of the same grade.
  - The Crystals can be obtained by defeating monsters at Lekrashan's habitat and Goldmont battleships.
  - Equip a Sea Crystal to your ship to increase 1 of the 8 stats.
  - You may obtain crystals of higher grade using the following crafting methods.
  - Perform Simple Alchemy on each sea crystal to obtain its Origin, the source of its power.
  - You can purchase Oquilla Emerald Fresh Water, Oquilla Aquamarine Fresh Water, Oquilla Golden Fresh Water, and Void Sea Crystal from Ravinia at Crow's Nest and Port Ratt.

Added the effects where you can use 100 Energy with Black Spirit to gain Combat EXP +20% for 60 min or Skill EXP +8% for 60 min.
The effects and durations of the Combat/Skill EXP buffs obtainable by using Energy from Black Spirit will now be displayed on the Exchange buttons.
- The actual duration and effect remain the same.

Added Villa Scrolls usable at the Campsite.
Guards have started to protect the following ports as pirates are disrupting the order in the Great Ocean by becoming more active.
- Velia Wharf
- Port Epheria
- Ancado Inner Harbor
- Arehaza Wharf
- Port Grándiha
- Starry Midnight Port

NPC

Fixed the awkward navigation path to the event NPC Tawner Morden.
According to nearby villagers, a never before seen storm rages on at Karanda's nest.
- Karanda's nest grew wider due to the effects of the storm.

Fixed the issue where NPC Konion's neck was split.
Fixed the issue where the inside of NPC Nahava's body was empty.

Updated November 13

The information window of large ships will now separately display the stat increases from Sailing Mastery for Speed, Acceleration, Turn, and Brake.

All Classes

<November 18 Update Preview>
- "Core" skills, which make existing Awakening skills one step more powerful, and "Rabam's Enlightenment: 3rd Skill Enhancement" will be coming in the November 18 update. We hope you'll look forward to these expanded and more powerful skills.

Berserker

Feral Rage - Fixed the issue where you could use the skill regardless of stamina.

Witch

Healing Aura I–V - Changed the skill description as follows (the skill effects that are actually applied remain the same).

Wizard

Healing Aura I–V - Changed the skill description as follows (the skill effects that are actually applied remain the same).

Ninja

Ninjutsu: Shadow Stomp I–IV, Absolute: Shadow Stomp, Prime: Shadow Stomp I–IV - Fixed the issue where the character's movement distance shortened on hit.
Flow: Sky Stepping - Fixed the unnatural movement of the character when comboing into Ghost Step after using the skill.
Succession: Ankle Cutter - Fixed the Preceding Skill description to display correct skill name.
Smokescreen I–V, Prime: Smokescreen - Fixed the issue where the skill add-on effect would not be applied on hit.

Ninja

Ninjutsu: Shadow Stomp I–IV, Absolute: Shadow Stomp, Prime: Shadow Stomp I–IV - Fixed the issue where the character's movement distance shortened on hit.
Flow: Sky Stepping - Fixed the unnatural movement of the character when comboing into Ghost Step after using the skill.
Succession: Ankle Cutter - Fixed the Preceding Skill description to display correct skill name.
Smokescreen I–V, Prime: Smokescreen - Fixed the issue where the skill add-on effect would not be applied on hit.

Shai

Fixed the issue where the character would remain invincible when attacked with a specific grab skill, Freezing, or debuff attacks.

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

Fixed the Naval Fame recovered when defeating the following sea monster.

Quest

Three new Caphras journals, "Caphras - Journal of Destruction," "Caphras - Journal of Nature," "Caphras - Journal of Glory," which hold the dark past of Caphras, have been unveiled. Transform "Caphras - Journal of Light and Shadow" obtained during Caphras' Adventure Logs into one of the three journals. Each of them has its own latent ability.
- After completing Caphras's Adventure Logs Vol.1–4 and the quest "Caphras: Book of Immortality" from the Black Spirit, accept "Caphras: The Life of Light and Shadow" from the Black Spirit and go to Velia to talk with Alustin.
- After completing the relevant quest from Alustin of Velia, accept the quest "Caphras' Journal, Mysterious Power" and take "Caphras - Journal of Light and Shadow" and Caphras Stone x10 to Alustin to complete the quest. Then you may choose to receive one of the three Caphras - Journals.
- You may exchange the transformed Caphras journals into another journal by doing the quest "[Repeat] Caphras' Journal, Mysterious Power" from Alustin of Velia and use the journal with the stats you wish depending on the situation.

The crafting method for the Ancient Kingdom of Orzeca's Mass of Pure Magic has been discovered at the Crypt of Resting Thoughts and its mass production has initiated under the command of Queen Viorencia Odore. However, this mass production requires a material called "Essence of Tunta" and the Verti, a direct subordinate organization of the queen, is looking for assistants who can supply the essence.
- If you become the Verti's assistant, you can supply Essence of Tunta once per week to them and receive Mass of Pure Magic x5 as a reward.
- If your Amity with Queen Viorencia Odore is 1 or higher, you can activate the "Life" Quest Type and talk with Celphie, the Audrite Holy Priestess of O'draxxia, to accept the [Essence of Tunta] questline.
- Be acknowledged as the Verti's assistant by completing the [Essence of Tunta] questline and talk with Celphie again to do the [Weekly] Essence of Tunta quest. This quest requires you to activate Quest Type "Other" and can be completed only once per week.
- Note that you will fail to craft Essence of Tunta through alchemy if you do not have the knowledge "Celphie's Special Alchemy." The knowledge is obtainable by completing the [Essence of Tunta] questline.

O'draxxia has initiated the mass production of Mass of Pure Magic based on Orzeca's records and the capital is now in need of help. Queen Viorencia Odore has hence given the order to reward those who help the capital with the Ancient Kingdom of Orzeca Coins.
- Added Ancient Kingdom of Orzeca Coin as a reward for the quest [Lv. 60] O'dyllita City Contribution under the Recurring tab in the Quest window.
- Right-click on the Ancient Kingdom of Orzeca Coin to navigate to the Exchange NPC.
- You can exchange Ancient Kingdom of Orzeca Coin x40 for Mass of Pure Magic x1.

Fixed the issue where the text appeared in Korean during the quest "[Adventure Log] Wager for the Magic Tome."
Fixed the incorrect indication of skill guide during the quest [Guardian Awakening] Bahitram's Jordun: Practice.

Knowledge

You can now obtain the knowledge about the Archaeologist's Map by interacting with the Caphras' Journal of Caphras Cave.
You can now obtain knowledge about the Lafi Bedmountain's Upgraded Compass by taking it to Ain Greid and talking with him.

Applied the new Alchemy Stone UI.
The Contribution EXP icons in the quest rewards will now all look the same.
Fixed the issue where the text did not fit in the Work Progress Information UI.
The icons displayed in the Character Selection window will now be aligned to the right.
The instrument you are currently using will now appear highlighted and at the top of the list in the Composition Note.
A repair completion message will now be displayed when fixing a mount or gear by talking to an NPC.
Added information about Combat Type to My Information window.
- Go to My Information (P) > Battle Stats list to see the relevant information.
- You can check whether your character's combat type is currently Melee, Ranged, or Magic.

Added a description about the effects gained based on the number of Titles owned.
- Hover your mouse over the "?" icon added to the Title Info section in My Information window to check the effects you can gain based on the number of Titles you own.

Fixed the issue for certain languages where the World Map UI looked abnormal.
Added "Share" feature on the top right side of the News, Community, and BDO Wiki windows for Facebook and Twitter.
[Guild Skill] Healing Touch - Fixed the issue where the amount healed written in the skill description did not match the amount that was actually healed.
Fixed the issue where the text and numbers in the ESC menu overlapped for Spanish and French.

Fixed the awkward Skill Preset Coupon's display window.
Fixed the issue where World Bosses, Nouver, and Bloodstorm Nouver would sometimes become transparent and be unable to move.
[Sorceress] Fixed the graphical issue with Sekrah outfit's belt.
[Ninja] Fixed the issue where the character's wrist would disappear when equipping the Grave Keeper or Gorca Swimsuit outfits.
[Ranger] Fixed the graphical issue with the chest when getting wet with the Spring Blossom outfit.
[Shai] Fixed the graphical issue with the arm when getting wet with the New Year Hanbok outfit.
[Valkyrie] Fixed the issue where Kini Hair Ornament appeared slanted to the right when equipping it after face customization.
[Hashashin] Fixed the issue where a blank space appeared between the helmet and the head when applying bald hairstyle after equipping the Mezari Helmet.
[Berserker] Fixed the awkward front part of the hair when equipping the Lahr Arcien Helmet after certain customization.
[Tamer] Fixed the graphical issue with the Plum Blossom Decorated Nickel Hairpin when equipping the Vediras Helmet with the hairpin already on.
Fixed the awkward part of the skill description tooltip displayed in the Skill Add-on window.
Fixed the issue where Bloodstorm Nouver sometimes did not react when attacking him with a Ranged combat type character.
Fixed the issue where the ship's stats abnormally increased in a certain situation when equipping Khan's Heart: Life.

Known Issues

[Music Album] We are aware of the issue where going over a certain number of notes while composing causes the composition to not be seamless.
We are aware of the issue where Ebenruth's Nol's item effect of 1 additional use of BreezySail that does not consume stamina is not being applied.
We are aware of the issue where some Adventurers were able to accept and complete the [Event] A Very Secret Deal I, II, III quests even though the quests were planned to be changed to be unacceptable and uncompletable from November 11 at 00:00 until today's maintenance.
- We are currently investigating this issue. Adventurers who did not accept and complete the quests from November 11, 2020 (Wed) at 00:00 until the start of today's maintenance will be sent the [Event] Morden Secret Trade Voucher by in-game mail during the November 18, 2020 (Wed) maintenance to allow them to be able to accept and complete the [Event] A Very Secret Deal I, II, III quests.
- Adventurers who forfeited the quest after accepting the quest between November 11, 2020 (Wed) at 00:00 until the start of maintenance will also be sent the [Event] Morden Secret Trade Voucher.

Updated November 12

We are aware of the issue where Targargo event boss spawns were wrong in the timetable released yesterday. The timetables have been updated and divided into 2 weeks (one for the timeslot of Nov. 11–Nov. 18, the second for the timeslot of Nov. 18–Nov. 25). Please check the timetable again < Here > to see the fixed schedule of Targargo event boss spawns. Compensation will be announced with a future announcement shortly. We sincerely apologize for the confusion and inconvenience.

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