Greetings Adventurers,

Shai is finally here! This curious little one has left Florin with her donkey to look for new adventures while supporting her allies. She is also a professional alchemist and gatherer, so take advantage of these innate skills!

Along with her arrival we have three new events starting this week that will help you earn special rewards! Do not miss them!

What are you waiting for? Shai is looking for new friends to explore the world of Black Desert Online with!



New Events

• Shai Release Events
  
  • Event 1: Decisions, Decisions…
    
    • Event Period: June 26 (after maintenance) – July 10 (before maintenance)
      
    • Choose among several quests to receive the reward that will help your character focus on either leveling up, life skills, or traveling.
  • Event 2: The Case of the Missing Herb
    
    • Event Period: June 26 (after maintenance) – July 10 (before maintenance)
      
    • Please find and return the missing herb!
  • Event 3: Treasure Hunt
    
    • Event Period: June 27 (00:00 UTC) – July 10 (23:59 UTC)
      
    • Use an [Event] Shining Key to open a <Shining> Treasure Chest.
  • Click < Here > to learn all about these awesome events to celebrate Shai release!

• Special Challenges
  
  • Complete the following challenges and collect your rewards via the Challenges tab (Y).

For shai

• These Challenges can only be completed with the Shai class, once per Family.
  
  
• Reach Lv. 58 Challenge for Shai is only available until July 24 (before maintenance).
  
  
• Reach Lv. 60 Challenge for Shai is available permanently.
  

For your Family

• This Challenge can be completed by any of the 18 classes.
  
  
• This is available once per Family.
  
  
• Reach Lv.50/Lv.56/Lv.58 Challenge is available permanently.
  

• Monster zone event part 3!
  
  • Event period: June 26 after maintenance - July 3 before maintenance
    
  • The monsters from the regions below will now appear twice faster than before after they die.
    
    • Mediah: Shultz Guard Post, Hasrah Ancient Ruins
      
    • Valencia: Bashim Base, Basilisk Den, Roud Sulfur Mine, Aakman Temple
      
    • Kamasylvia: Forest Ronaros
      
    • Drieghan: Tshira Ruins, Sherekhan Necropolis (Day)
      
    • Other: Sycraia Underwater Ruins (Upper zone)

Ongoing Events

• Customize & Win (for Shai): June 19 after maintenance - July 3 before maintenance
  
  
• Play for a Free Game Pass: June 19 (after maintenance) – July 10 (before maintenance)
  
  
• Buy 5,000 Kakao Cash to get a Free Explorer’s Package: June 19 (after maintenance) – July 10 (before maintenance)
  
  
• Community Event: Art of Thrones: May 31 - July 8
  
  • Staff Selection: Announced June 28
    
  • Community voting: June 28 - July 8 10:00 UTC
    
  • Winners Announcement: July 8

Ended Events

• Traces of the Black Spirit
  
  
• Shai Preparation Event
  
  
• Shai Pre-creation
  
  
• Donkey See, Donkey Do
  
  
• #NotCameraShai SNS Contest
  
  • Winners Announcement: June 27

• Monster zone event part 2
  
  • The monsters from the regions below will no longer appear twice as fast after they die.
    
    • Mediah - Manes Hideout, Wandering Rogue Den
      
    • Kamasylvia - Polly's Forest, Navarn Steppe
      
    • Valencia - Titium Valley, Cadry Ruins, Waragon Nest, Centaurus Herd, Pila Ku Jail
      
    • Drieghan - Blood Wolf Settlement
      
    • Other - Protty Cave

Reward Distribution

• Shai Preparation Event
  
  • Event rewards for being signed up for newsletter were sent out.
    
  • Please log into your account on the main website and check under Coupon if you qualify.

• Shai Pre-creation Event
  
  • All participants who have created Shai during the event period (and did not delete it before the event ended) have received announced rewards. Please check your in-game mailbox (B) now if you qualify.

• Donkey See, Donkey Do
  
  • A combined total of NA and EU servers filled with donkeys was well over 30 servers and we are excited to announce the following rewarding events!
    
    • [Event 1] A Mount EXP +50% boost event
      
      • June 26 (after maintenance) – July 3 (before maintenance)
    • [Event 2] You will be able to choose 1 donkey emblem from the following list via Challenges tab (Y). Thank you for your active participation!
      
      • Donkey Emblem: Derome the Donkey
        
      • Donkey Emblem: Cherose the Donkey
        
      • Donkey Emblem: Vallet the Donkey

• Operation Guild Support
  
  • The following event rewards were distributed to winners:
    
    • [Guild] Ship License: Galley
      
    • Guild Funds of 3 or 7 billion Guild Funds of 300 or 700 million
      
    • Special Titles (Crimson Vanguard, Crimson Conqueror, Crimson Legion, Blood Lord).

Content

• A new character Shai was added.

Developer’s Comment
The Shai have been a beloved part of the world of Black Desert, and now, you can play as a Shai yourself. The Shai is not a combat based character so she offers new ways for you to play. Please go ahead and begin a new adventure with your very own Shai!

• Shai are from Florin, so they already know very well the Alchemy and Gathering skills of Florin. Shai were set so that they don't have to go through the Alchemy and Gathering quests of Florin.

※ Shai's Gathering and Alchemy level will not fall below Professional 1 even when you use EXP transfer coupons, as they only transfer EXP you've collected.

• Since Shai is from Florin, she will experience more friendly dialogue with Florin villagers compared to existing characters. She also has slightly different quest lines in Florin.
  
  
• Shai exclusive Bonfire Tool was added.
  
  • Bonfire Tool can be crafted with Simple Alchemy by using 5 of any kind of timber, such as logs, 5 Rough Stones, and 5 Powder of Flame.
    
  • Using the Bonfire Tool will create a Bonfire.
    
  • Bonfires last 10 minutes. They heal nearby allies for 50 HP per 10 seconds and cure hypothermia.
    
  • Bonfire Tools have a cooldown of 30 minutes.

• Shai has been with donkeys since she was young. She knows well how to handle them, and is even able to gallop on them.
  
  • Shai still prefers her donkey and is not yet ready to mount horses. However, her inquisitive nature will surely solve that once she gets interested in horses.

• Damage dealt by Shai during PvP is greatly reduced.
  
  
• Added a special Shai icon.
  
  
• Shai will now be displayed in the first slot during character creation.
  
  
• Shai's shoulders are too small for small cats or birds to rest on them.

※ Please note that Shai and all new characters can only acquire Costumes from Costume Boxes once all their costumes are released. One costume box available with Shai launch for example is the [Event] Splat Fisher’s Clothes Set (7 Days) as Splat Fisher’s Clothes Set is currently available for Shai.

• 3 new donkeys were added to celebrate the release of Shai.

Developer’s Comment
Donkeys have been a part of the world of Black Desert since the beginning, but they never received the attention they deserve. With the release of Shai, we would like to give the donkeys a well deserved fresh new start as well. Although they cannot completely replace horses, we plan to start off with them being companions of Shai and add more donkey specific functions as time goes by. Not being noticed by monsters and having a sort of roaming mode would be good examples.

• The new donkeys are Derome, Cherose, and Vallet, and they can acquire special skills from leveling.
  
  
• These new skills can only be used by Shai.
  
  
• The new donkeys can acquire 4 skills as stated below.

※ The skill Just Chillin' is already learned on level 1. The other 3 skills have a high chance to be learned as they grow.

※ You can travel the world of Black Desert more easily once you grow your donkey to acquire all skills and have their items equipped.

• Skill change, skill removal, and skill training is now available for donkeys.
  
  
• The following items were changed to be usable on donkeys.
  
  • Mount Skill Change Coupon
    
  • Mount Skill Removal Coupon
    
  • Mount Skill Training Coupon
    
  • Mount All Skill Training Coupon

• All donkeys were changed to unnoticed by monsters when on standby.
  
  • Donkeys will still take damage if they are within range of an enemy attack, regardless of the monster’s target.

• New donkey gears were added.
  
  
  
• You can now dye donkey gear.
  
  
• New earring "Black Distortion Earring" was added.
  
  
• You have a chance to acquire the "Black Distortion Earring" from the following monsters of Star's End.
  
  • Apostle of Corruption
    
  • Harbinger of Corruption
    
  • Apostle of Defilement
    
  • Harbinger of Defilement
    
  • Apostle of Immorality
    
  • Harbinger of Immorality
    
  • Apostle of Malevolence

Developer’s Comment
Initially, this earring was planned to be added with the release of Star's End, but we needed more time to test it because it is different from existing items.
The Black Distortion Earring has high AP, but will drop your DP. With this, we plan to give more choices in items to adventurers, depending on their playstyles.

System

• Fixed the issue where the game client would occasionally shut down when certain effects from character motions came out.
  
  
• Fixed the items in Storage that are not registered to the Marketplace to be excluded from asset calculation.

Game World

• Fixed the issue where characters were unable to get out of certain areas around the Gervish Mountains.

NPC

• The guard patrolling the Calpheon City underground was removed.
  
  
• The "Retrieve Items" button was removed from all Marketplace NPCs.
  
  • Please note that all previously uncollected items and silver were distributed as below.
    
    • Uncollected Items → Heidel Storage (If you have no empty slots in your Heidel Storage, the items will be set as deactivated. Once your retrieve items from the Heidel Storage, the distributed items will be activated again)
      
    • Registered Silver → Distributed to your Mail (B)
      
    • Uncollected Silver from Goods Sales → Distributed to your Mail (B) with tax benefits of the Value Pack applied regardless of your current Value Pack activation.

• Fixed the issue where the posture of some of the NPCs in the Western Guard Camp was awkward.

• Fixed the mount information to update instantly when the mount weight changes while on a ship with the mount information window open.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the Krogdalo's Origin Stone would not be applied during Courser Training when placed in the last slot of the inventory.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where using the horse flute before getting on the Old Moon Sky Balloon would sometimes cause the mount to follow the Sky Balloon.

All Classes

• Fixed the issue where character movement would be unnatural when you click to move while swimming and hold down the Shift key when you arrive at your destination.
  
  
• The Filtering action's effect is improved to look more natural.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where Repeat Drawing Water could not be used properly.

By Class

Ranger

• Fixed the issue where the character would not move for a moment when you press the C key with only the Awakening and Sub-weapon equipped, but without a main weapon equipped.

Sorceress

• Fixed the issue where the skirt of the Glorious Shudad would look unnatural when in attack stance or lying flat.

Tamer

• Fixed the graphical issue where the Nickel Hairpin would be shown clipped when equipped with the Lahr Arcien Helmet (R).

Musa

• Fixed the issue where Firewood would follow your character when you stop chopping during mass processing.

Archer

• Fixed the issue where the camera movement was unnatural when you stayed in combat stance for too long while on a mount.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the camera movement was unnatural when switching from non-combat running into combat mode while on a mount.
  
  
• The Central Market category of Glorious Shudad related Pearl items was fixed.
  
  
• Fixed the graphical issue of the back of the character’s hair number 4 and 8 when the Karlstein Hat is equipped.

• The following items were improved:
  
  • Sealed Book of Combat
    
    
  • Extra Combat EXP Scroll
    
    
  • Extra Skill EXP Scroll
    

• Added the exchange location Grána - Herbin to the item descriptions of Asula's Weakened Magic accessories.
  
  
• The following Marni's Stones were added for the Kamasylvia Monster Zone.
  
  • Marni's Stone (Fadus Habitat)
    
  • Marni's Stone (Fadus Habitat) II
    
  • Marni's Stone (Polly's Forest)
    
  • Marni's Stone (Polly's Forest) II

• The following items were changed to be stackable.
  
  ※All of the below items you already own will become stackable once you move them to a different storage, such as your storage, mount storage, etc.
  • [Guild] Golden Bell
    
  • Golden Bell
    
  • Fishing Boat of Abundance Part Box
    
  • High-Quality Wagon Part Box
    
  • Mysterious Chest (Ring)
    
  • Mysterious Chest (Earring)
    
  • Mysterious Chest (Belt)
    
  • Mysterious Chest (Necklace)
    
  • Resplendent Mysterious Chest
    
  • Shabby Mysterious Chest
    
  • Black Stone (Weapon) Bundle: 3
    
  • Black Stone (Weapon) Bundle: 5
    
  • Black Stone (Armor) Bundle: 3
    
  • Black Stone (Armor) Bundle: 5
    
  • GM's Beginner Lucky Box
    
  • GM's Intermediate Lucky Box
    
  • GM's Advanced Lucky Box
    
  • Advice of Valks (15-25)
    
  • Advice of Valks (25-35)
    
  • Light Horse Gear Box
    
  • Combat Horse Gear Box
    
  • Storm Horse Gear Box
    
  • Fighting Spirit Horse Gear Box
    
  • Storm Horse Gear Box (Enhanced)
    
  • Fighting Spirit Horse Gear Box (Enhanced)
    
  • Gathering Tool Box
    
  • Spellbound Tool Box
    
  • Special Meal Box
    
  • Jarette's Accessory Box
    
  • Lynch Family Treasure
    
  • Epherian Pearl Necklace
    
  • Oze's Music Box
    
  • Sacred Statue of Asula
    
  • Advice of Valks (35-45)
    
  • [Event] Spellbound Tool Box
    
  • Golden Puppy Statue
    
  • [Event] Cron Golden Bell
    
  • [Event] Adventure Bell
    
  • [Event] Golden Bell
    
  • Mysterious Ring
    
  • Mysterious Necklace
    
  • Mysterious Belt
    
  • Mysterious Earring

• The following text was added to the Item Collection Increase Scroll:
  
  • The effect of this item is not applied on monsters from which loot can be shared e.g. on Boss or Party monster.
    
    • Party monsters are monsters that will share loot after being defeated to all adventurers who have inflicted a hit (includes monsters that are spawned by scrolls or by other monsters.).

• Mysterious accessories purchasable from shop NPCs are now stackable.
  
  
• Description of the conditions required to use Combat/Skill EXP Exchange Coupons was added.
  
  
• Description of the conditions required to use Weapon Exchange Coupons was added.
  
  
• For details on the newly added Pearl Shop Update, please click < Here >!

• The Aakman Temple monster zone was updated as follows:
  
  • The respawn rate of monsters was increased by 40% to 60%, depending on the size of the room.
    
  • Monsters were added or relocated.

Developer’s Comment
Those of you who've experienced the Aakman Temple will understand the direction of the patch. This zone has many different sized rooms, with each having different popularity depending on the efficiency in monster arrangement and population.
Also, you will now be able to continue fighting in one room, similar to when the monster zone event was on, instead of jumping from one room to another. We are also working on other zones to better them, while keeping their characteristics.

Quest

• Additional rewards were added to the following quests in Balenos through to Calpheon.
  
  • Nightmare Revealed: Gold Key x1
    
  • Fragment of Earth: Silver Key x1
    
  • Operation Breakthrough: Silver Key x1
    
  • The Morning Star of Trina: Silver Key x1
    
  • Beneath the Depths of the Well: Gold Key x1

Developer’s Comment
When exploring the world, you will sometimes come across objects called "Treasure Chests". However, the thrill of discovery disappears once you realize you need keys to open them...
Now we've added keys as rewards to various main quests you complete along the way, so don't forget to open them.

• Fixed the issue where Al Rhundi's name would not be displayed during "The Scale of Justice" quest.
  
  
• The incorrect content of the quest summary for "Worker Training: Ron" was deleted.

Developer’s Comment
All quests have a quest summary. Left clicking on the quest list at the left of your screen will open a window showing useful information for completing the quest.
Life quests also come with guides to help you along the way. This week's change addressed some of the older information regarding Mediah main quests. It's not a huge change, but we hope it gives you better information in completing the quests.
With this, we will look into the summaries again to make sure they deliver the correct content. We would also like to thank the adventurers who pointed this out to us.

• Fixed the issue where the quest guide for "Worker Training: Ron" would not guide you to the quest target.
  
  
• The Express Delivery porter escort quest accept condition was changed.
  
  • Quest Type: Black Spirit → Other
    
  • Quest level: 10 → 26

• The quest summary and completion condition of the "A Time of Rest Before the Journey" quest was changed to be more clear.
  
  
• The following text was added to the quest summary of the "A Memorial Service for the Fallen" quest.
  
  • The ladder on the left side of the gate will also take you to the highest point of Cron Castle.

• The guide to Captain Cliff in the quest completion dialogue of [Special Gift] Travelling Light I & II was removed.
  
  
• Returning quests were revamped.
  
  • Returning quest can now be done only once per family. Any adventurers who are in the process of completing them from the past or have already completed them cannot accept those quests again.
    
  • Revamped Returning quests will be available at specific levels, with the same rewards as before.
    
  • Revamped Returning quests will have their information given upon reaching certain levels to minimize confusion with existing main quests.
    
  • The Black Spirit will no longer appear to give Returning quests to returning adventurers.

• After selecting "No" for the tutorial option in character creation, you can now accept "The Start of an Adventure" quest from the quest menu on the right of the screen.
  
  
• The quest completion NPC for "Easier Than It Looks" was changed to Stejones so that the quest guide would be correct.
  
  
• After forfeiting the "Easier Than It Looks" quest, you can now continue the quest without discarding the Mysterious Shiny Ore.

• Changed the color of the buff icons at the top left of the screen.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the crystal icon would not disappear in certain situations when transfusing them to equipment.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where you could select multiple targets by dragging when extracting reform stones.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the Central Market related error messages would continually appear even when the Central Market is not opened.
  
  
• The voice-over language in settings was fixed to display the user’s current language setting.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the Pearl display location in the Inventory (I) window would occasionally be abnormal when opening it.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the name of a quest in the Extra Quest tab would overlap with the buttons and progress when it was too long.
  
  
• The following family buffs were improved to open a related UI window or guide you to a nearby NPC when using the LMB on the icons.
  
  • Appearance Change Coupon
    
  • Merv's Palette
    
  • Armstrong's Skill Guide
    
  • Cliff's Skill Add-on Guide

• Fixed the issue where scrolling would be unnatural when collecting or canceling in the transport status menu.
  
  
• The find my location (SPACE) text was changed to display as SPACE even when the hotkey is changed. This function is fixed to SPACE.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where some of the buttons seemed nonfunctional in the Find NPC menu.
  
  
• Additional text was added to the send function of the Transport menu.
  
  • Goods can be transported even when the desired Node has not been invested in. However, the transportation fee will be tripled.
    
  • Undiscovered Nodes will not be shown on the destination list.
    (※ Because Storage cannot be accessed until a village is found.)

• Sound was added to the Imperial Trading notification.
  
  
• The text displayed while looking at the appearance of pets in the Pearl shop was changed from [With Pet Appearance Change Coupon] to [When Using/Exchanging Pet Appearance Change Coupon].
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the Interface Edit Mode would not be accessible before level 7 in the old menu.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the Pearl Shop could not be accessed by new characters who've finished the tutorial.

• There is an issue where you cannot select "The Start of an Adventure" quest during the tutorial and instead have the "[Event] I love becoming stronger!" accepted first.
  
  • You can accept the quest by not doing the tutorial or by pressing the Go Back button when the Black Spirit is summoned and selecting the event quest.

• [Shai] There is an issue where the death notification is displayed 3 times consecutively when Shai dies.

Updated 27/06/2019

• We are aware of the issue where Shai's skills are unusable when performing them with Quick Slot 11 through 20 that are set up through the Edit UI. We are looking into resolving this issue currently.
  
  
• We are aware of the issue where the heal effect for the Shai skills Cheer Up! and Get Well are not being applied to your allies upon use during a world boss spawn. We are looking into resolving this issue currently.
  
  
• We are aware of the issue where Cosmic Dawn Chandelier is giving lower Interior Points compared to other chandelier items. This issue will be resolved with next maintenance. We apologize for the inconvenience.
  
  
• We are aware of the issue where Cosmic Dawn Chandelier is giving lower Interior Points compared to other chandelier items. This issue will be resolved with next maintenance. We apologize for the inconvenience.

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

• Shai will now be playable.
  
• Shai Release Events will start.

• Traces of the Black Spirit
  
• Donkey See, Donkey Do
  
• Shai Preparation Event
  
• Shai Pre-creation
  
• #NotCameraShai SNS Contest

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

We apologize for the inconvenience and we ask for your generous understanding.


Best regards,
BDO Team

Part 1 of the patch notes can be found < Here >


Sorceress

• Fixed the issue where the skirt of the Glorious Shudad would look unnatural when in attack stance.
• Fixed the issue where the Awakening weapon disappears when Grim Reaper's Judgment is used again after consecutively using Grim Reaper's Judgment and Night Crow.

Berserker

• For the description of Black Spirit: Raging Thunder, 'Hold LMB + RMB' and 'Quick Slot Available' have been replaced with 'Auto-activated upon using Raging Thunder'.
• Black Spirit: Raging Thunder's range has been increased to match its skill effects.

Tamer

• Fixed the Glorious Shudad Trinket effect to be displayed properly.
• Fixed the actual use and the skill effects of Scratch to occur at the same time.
• Fixed the issue where the skill effect would not be displayed when canceling the skill during right Scratch (D+RMB).
• Fixed the issue where the AP and Attack Speed buff would not be applied to self when using Rage Absorption (Common) after charging Black Spirit's Rage to 100%.

Maewha

• Fixed the issue where the skirt of the Glorious Shudad would look unnatural when in attack stance.

Archer

• Fixed the issue where the Light's Mark icon would be displayed repeatedly upon good hits.

• New items 'Mysterious Chest- Ring/Earring/Belt/Necklace' accessory chests has been added.
  
  • These items can be claimed in 2 ways:

• From completing new quests that can be accepted from Calpheon Market.
  
• By purchasing it for Gold Bar 100G from NPC Boltz of Calpheon Workshop after having obtained knowledge of Mysterious Chest.
  
• Collect Remnants of a Mysterious Chest x100 which can be collected from Mysterious Chests and take it over to Alcott of Calpheon Workshop in order to exchange for Resplendent Mysterious Chest.
• Open a Mysterious Chest to randomly obtain one of the following.

• General Goods Vendor Lara of Heidel has started selling Mysterious Chests.
  
  • You can purchase Mysterious Chests from Lara at a higher price than you would pay for purchasing them from Boltz of Calpheon Workshop.
• A message to confirm the opening of a Mysterious Chest will now be displayed.
• The price of Mushroom Hypha acquired from the following monsters of Polly's Forest has been changed to 1,700 Silver.
  
  • Red Skirt Poison Mushroom
  • Cloudy Rain Mushroom
  • Shadow Poison Mushroom
  • Musk Pocket Mushroom
  • Snowflake Poison Mushroom
  • Twinkle-in-the-Dark Mushroom
  • Cotton Bubble Mushroom
  • Trumpet Bell Poison Mushroom
• Fixed the [Jukebox] Terrmian Spirit's Song to be repeatable.
• Level limit descriptions have been added to the enhanced equipment boxes sold by weapon and armor merchants of Calpheon and Serendia.
• Detailed descriptions have been added to desert disease resist buffs.
  
  • <Before>
    
    • Heatstroke resistance 30%
  • <Now>
    
    • Heatstroke resistance 30% (Max 90%)
  • This effect stacks multiplicatively.
  • For example, if you have a 30% resistance and a 20% buff at the same time, the actual percentage applied is: {1-(1-0.3)x(1-0.2)}x100 = 44%
• The number of Cron Stones required for Safe Enhancement will no longer fluctuate depending on market prices.
• 'Ancient Artifact China' has been added to the Shiny Golden Seal - [Imperial Delivery] trade list.
  
  • 450 seals can be traded for an Ancient Artifact China with Lamiro Iadans.
• Fixed the issue where [Battlefield] HP Potion (XL) and Refined Grain Juice could not be used with Miraculous Cheer skills.

Developer’s Comment
As reported by many adventurers, the issue where some potions, such as the [Battlefield] HP Potion (XL) and Grain Juice, could not be used for the Fairy skill Miraculous Cheer has been fixed. You can now use Miraculous Cheer in the Red Battlefield with battlefield potions.

• Port Epheria Wharf Manager Srulk will now offer the following addition in his Amity Shop.
  
  • Ship License Srulk's Humble Fishing Boat
  • You need to have at least 300 Amity points to access the Srulk's Amity Shop with Srulk and upon purchasing the Ship License requires 300 Amity Points and 150,000 Silver.
  • Srulk's Humble Fishing Boat has relatively low performance compared to other fishing boats with 1 inventory and 20,000 life span.
• For details on newly added Pearl Shop Update, please click < Here >!

• Loot for defeating Vell will now be automatically placed in the Black Spirit's Safe.
  
  • However, adventurers who are not located within Vell’s Realm when Vell is defeated will not receive loot regardless if they had inflicted damage on Vell or not. Please stay inside the realm.

Developer’s Comment
We've put a lot of thought into this change.
There were many instances after defeating Vell where a lot of the players would be running into each other trying to acquire their loot, causing lots of inconveniences.
We've improved this so that loot from defeating Vell will now be given straight to the Black Spirit's Safe.

• The below monsters of the Gyfin Rhasia Temple will awaken 20% faster, and have 20% faster Attack Speed and 30% faster Chase Speed.
  
  • Gyfin Rhasia Guard
  • Gyfin Rhasia Decimator
  • Gyfin Rhasia Flamen
  • Gyfin Rhasia Crusher
• Karma recovered from the below Pila Ku monsters has increased by 5 times.
  
  • Sordid Deportee
  • Frenzied Executioner
  • Executioner
  • Iron Fist Warder
  • Caphras's Follower
  • Dark Eyes Warder

Developer’s Comment
We received suggestions that Karma should recover faster when defeating criminal monsters of Pila Ku. Thank you for the great idea.

• Chance to receive Dragon Scale Fossils from the below monsters of the Sherekhan Necropolis (night) has doubled, and the number of fossils dropped has increased to a maximum of 2.
  
  • Garud
  • Lateh
  • Belcadas
  • Nybrica
  • Federik
• The mushrooms of Polly's Forest have overgrown and are now more powerful.
  
  • Recommended AP of the zone is now 160.
  • Monster HP increased by 100%, AP increased by 30%, DP increased by 25%.
  • Combat EXP increased by 80%, Skill EXP increased by 60% from monsters.
  • Price of Mushroom Hypha received from Polly's Forest monster's increased to 1700 Silver.
  • Poison damage inflicted by Polly's Forest monsters has been increased to 15 damage per 3 seconds.
  • You can now loot 'Dew of Tranquil Forest' from Polly's Forest monsters.
• The Gorgo Cobra stuck underneath the large boulder near the Gorgo Rock Belt has escaped.

Quest

• New story quests that deal with Calpheon Market vendors and workshop staff have been added.
  
  • The quests can be accepted from Rubin the Herald of Calpheon with a character of LV. 50 and above. You will be able to obtain knowledge of Mysterious Chests while you progress through the quests.
    
    • Profitable Information
    • Selfish Nobles
    • You Better Pay Me Back
    • Dirt Poor
    • Really?
    • What is a Mysterious Chest?
    • According to What I Know
• Not Enough Materials / Avenge Me
  
  • You can only choose 1 between 'Avenge Me' or 'Not Enough Materials' to progress with.
• New recurring quests ‘Avenge Me’ and ‘Not Enough Materials’ have been added.
  
  • After having obtained the knowledge for Mysterious Chests, you can talk to NPC Brahm located in the building behind Giovanni Romano of Calpehon Market.
  • The quest is a daily recurring quest and you can choose between 2 quests to progress with.
  • Upon completion of the quest, you will obtain one of the Mysterious Chests.

• New recurring quests per region has been added to help you obtain more Mysterious Chests.
  
  • There are no requirements for accepting these quests and they are daily recurring that can be completed once per family.
  • Some of the quests below are random quests that may change in content every time you accept them.
  • Only 1 from 9 quests below that include ‘Avenge Me’ and ‘Not Enough Materials’ can be selected and progressed.
  • Upon completion of the quest, you will choose to receive one of the Mysterious Chests.

• After completing the quest series starting with the Mysterious Request quest, you can continue with an additional quest on deciding what to tell Falasi.
  
  • Sea of Marines and Pirates
  • The Sea of Hidden Treasures
  • The Sea of the Ancient Civilization
• One of the above quests can be chosen. Completing it will reward you with the "The One to Bind Ties with Falasi" title and one of the following bookshelves.
  
  • Falasi's Bookshelf with Knowledge on Sailing (Interact with the bookshelf for Skill EXP +3% for 1 hour).
  • Falasi's Bookshelf with Knowledge on Excavation (Interact with the bookshelf for Life EXP +3% for 1 hour).
  • Falasi's Bookshelf with Knowledge on Hunting (Interact with the bookshelf for Combat EXP +3% for 1 hour).
• New quest series' on the details of the pirates of the Epheria island, treasures, and the ancient civilization have been added.
  
  • These quests can be received by talking to Philaberto Falasi with a character who's received the "The One to Bind Ties with Falasi" title. These quests are available only once per family.
  • Quests given differs depending on which story you tell Falasi. Other quest series' can be done once you complete a series.
  • The "The One to Bind Ties with Falasi" title can be acquired from the quest series [ADV] Exploring the Calpheon Sea from the Suggestion tab of the Quests menu.
• The following quests are given for telling the story "Sea of Marines and Pirates".
  
  • Falasi's Marine
  • Dangerous-looking Supplies
  • Across the Moonlit Sea
  • Plunder the Gray Fog!
  • The Hidden Fossilized Blood
  • Walk to the Grave
• The following quests are given for telling the story "The Sea of Hidden Treasures".
  
  • Falasi's Herbalist
  • Meeting the Bluffer Again
  • Easier Than It Looks
  • Nonnegotiable Trade
  • The Cave Reeking of Foul Stench
  • The Dark Handed Man
  • The Truth Behind the Treasure
  • Misguided Judgement
• The following quests are given for telling the story "The Sea of the Ancient Civilization".
  
  • Falasi's Ancient Ruins Explorer
  • An Old Letter for Someone
  • Swayed by the Curse of the Ancient Civilization
  • Silence of the Spirit
  • The One Who Wrote the Letter
  • The Hermit's Cry
  • Those Gripped in Fear
  • Helping the Spirit Find Eternal Rest
  • Reclaimed Peace, and Uneasiness
• The appearance of Martha Kiyen who you meet during the [Blackstar Weapon] quest has changed.
• The dialog for the '[Blackstar Weapon] A Mysterious Death' quest has been revised to sound more natural.
• The 'Blackstar Weapon' quests that craft main weapons are now displayed even when all quest filters are turned off.
• Fixed the 'Saunils And Rhutums On A Powder Keg' quest dialogue to fit the questline.
  
• Fixed the issue where there was no target to complete the quest 'To Elric Shrine' when following the quest guide.
   

• Knowledge Hint for Inverted Heart of Garmoth will now display the correct information.
• Fixed the 'Watchtower Bridge' knowledge to be attainable.
• A quest series to obtain Calpheon Sea Island Knowledges has been added.
  
  • Mysterious Request
  • Falasi's Longing
  • The First Island of Memories
  • I'm Not Looking for Treasure…
  • Island of the Tragic Legend
  • Island Full of Laughter
  • Island Full of People
  • Almost Completed Guard Post
  • Secret of the Rare Insect
  • Kicked Out Thrice
  • Island of Storms
  • Curse of the Ancient Civilization?
  • Looking for Nonexistent Traces
  • Myth or Treasure?
  • Kicked Out Thrice
  • Bluffer's Ore
  • The Sea was Rough
  • The Cox Pirates' Gray Fog
  • A Marine in Disguise
  • A Villager from Florin?
  • Scattered Villagers
  • What is Treasure?
  • Puzzling Words
  • Bag Full of Stories
• Completing the above quest series will give all knowledges of the Peyon Sea, Epheria Sea, Ahrmo Sea, Epheria Sea, and Calpheon Sea Node Manager categories, which will also increase your maximum Energy by 10 (Players who have already acquired knowledge on the above categories will have already received the Energy increase).
• These quests can be obtained through the Black Spirit after completing the [Boss] The Witch of Horrors quest or the Looking for Adventurers quest.
  
  • You can take this quest from the Suggested tab of the Quests menu. This quest is available only once per family.
• "Glorious Day" has been added to the Northern Calpheon Adventure Journal knowledge category.

• Fixed the issue where the minimap location would not be normal when shifting to 3D.
• Fixed the issue where the possession of better versions of certain gear in your inventory was not noted by the game's UI.
• Fixed the issue where the illustration on the second page of the Adventurer's Journal would not be displayed at first when logging in.
• The storage payment selection notice for purchasing the Campsite Villa Scroll has been improved.
• Fixed the issue where cancelling during Production Repair and then talking to a Blacksmith would display the Production Repair UI.
• Fixed the issue where the Extract Crystal UI would not display equipment or crystal description, or would display the wrong information.
• Fixed the UI issue of the Appoint/Ban button when the platoon leader selects a platoon member.
• Fixed the issue where the game could not be played when pressing the ESC key during the loading screen after selecting a character from the character select screen.
• Fixed the issue where images of certain inventory items would occasionally not appear.
• A function to zero in to your character's location on the World Map has been added.
• Fixed the issue where the Inventory (I) window size would occasionally be abnormal when opening it.
• The mark indicating your location on the World Map has been changed to have variable sizes depending on the zoom distance.
• Fixed the issue where the conversation with a trade NPC would not be normal after a trade.
• Fixed the issue where the camera perspective would not be normal during a conversation with a trade NPC after a trade.
• Fixed the Pearl Shop purchase window to close when the Customizing, Dye, or Knowledge window is opened.
• Fixed the issue where Courser Training would not work in certain situations.
• Fixed the Ui issue where some Cron Stone did not appear to be applied correctly during Courser Training.
  
  • The Courser Training UI will now display the number of Cron Stones properly.
  • The Success/Fail result will now be displayed properly.
• Fixed the issue where part of the amount of Marni's Stones collected was covered by the minimap.
• Fixed the issue where the currency icons would not be displayed normally during Loyalties or Pearl Box purchases.
• Fixed the issue where Edit History UI would disappear in certain situations when having Toggle UI on in Beauty (F4) mode or in character creation.
• Fixed the issue where certain buttons in the Find NPC window would not work properly.

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Greetings Adventurers,

This week you can start creating your Shai characters! Pre-create your Shai character this week to receive awesome rewards! There are many other events involving donkeys, character customization, and new user deals this week as well, so be sure to check them all out on our event pages!

Open up the new Mysterious Chests for a chance to acquire rare accessories (including Tungrads!). The Calpheon Island Tour Quests will also be available for you to explore the open seas!

As usual, new changes and fixes have been added to the game, so keep reading to know all the details. Enjoy!

 

• Shai Pre-creation
  
  • Event Period: June 19 after maintenance - June 26 before maintenance
  • During the event period, simply create a Shai in-game in the Character Creation window to get rewards including [Event] Peek-a-Boo Black Spirit Cube Earring, Inventory Slot +8 Expansion Coupon, and Weight Limit +50LT!
    
    • Please make sure to NOT DELETE Shai Pre-creation character before the official release in order to receive the rewards.
  • Click < Here > for the full reward list!
• Donkey See, Donkey Do
  
  • Event Period: June 19 after maintenance - June 26 before maintenance
  • Complete quests to learn about donkeys and have a chance to win one of the new, special donkeys.
  • Click < Here > to find out all about the event and learn more about donkeys!
• Customize & Win event is back!
  
  • Event Period: June 19 after maintenance - July 3 before maintenance
  • Shai Customization Contest is here so get ready to show us your artistic talent to win brand new apparel for Shai!
    
    • Please don’t forget to save your progress! Save your templates before clicking [Creation Complete].
  • Click < Here > to find out how you can show off your skills!
• Play for a Free Game Pass
  
  • Event Period: June 19 after maintenance - July 10 before maintenance
  • Reach Lv. 50 and play 7 days during the event period to get a free game pass!
    
    • You cannot participate in the event if you already own a game pass of any kind.
  • Click < Here > for full details on how you can earn a free Starter’s Package!
• Buy 5,000 Kakao Cash to get a Free Explorer’s Package
  
  • Event Period: June 19 after maintenance - July 10 before maintenance
  • If your accumulate purchase of Kakao Cash exceeds 5,000 during the event period, you will receive Explorer’s Package or Upgrade Bundles to turn your current game pass into an Explorer’s!
    
    • This special promotion is available only to users who do not own any game passes or to users who own Starter's Package or Traveler's Package.
  • Click < Here > for full details on how you can earn a free Explorer’s Package!
• As a continuation from last week’s promotion, the monsters from the regions below will now appear twice as fast after they die for this week.
  
  • Event Period: June 19 after maintenance - June 26 before maintenance
    
    • Mediah - Manes Hideout, Wandering Rogue Den
    • Kamasylvia - Polly's Forest, Navarn Steppe
    • Valencia - Titium Valley, Cadry Ruins, Waragon Nest, Centaurus Herd, Pila Ku Jail
    • Drieghan - Blood Wolf Settlement, Sherekhan Necropolis (day)
    • Other - Protty Cave, Sycraia Underwater Ruins (upper zone)

Developer's Comment
We are working on revamping monster zones to resolve the need for more zones to play in. However, since a revamp cannot be done in a short amount of time, we've decided to increase the monster respawn rate of some of the zones. Our initial plan was to have weekly events with different zones affected each week, but decided to include last week's zones to this week's event so that more adventurers can experience it. We promise we'll do our best to revamp the monster zones.

• Traces of the Black Spirit: June 5 after maintenance – June 26 before maintenance.
• Community Event: Art of Thrones: May 31 - July 8
  
  • Submission period: Until the 24th of June 10:00 UTC
  • Click < Here > for the full details.
• SNS Event: June 8 - June 26 before maintenance (3 weeks)
  
  • Winners Announcement: June 27
  • Click < Here < for the full details on how to enter the SNS event to have a chance to win Tobii 4C Tracker and a brand new item, [Event] Sealed Book of Life (7 Days)!

• Call of the Ocean
• Black Spirit’s Adventure 1
• The monsters from the regions below will no longer appear twice as fast after they die.
  
  • Mediah: Shultz Guard, Hasrah Ancient Ruins
  • Valencia: Bashim Base, Basilisk Den, Roud Sulfur Mine, Aakman Temple
  • Kamasylvia: Forest Ronaros

• The following rewards for the event Operation Guild Support will be distributed with June 26 maintenance.
  
  • [Guild] Ship License: Galley
  • Guild Funds of 3 or 7 billion
  • Special Titles (Crimson Vanguard, Crimson Conqueror, Crimson Legion, Blood Lord).

• Shai pre-creation is available.
  
  • Create and customize your own Shai before the official launch and get cool rewards. Check above for Shai-related events!
  • To learn all about Shai, please check out the lore and skills of Shai < Here >!

• The Transport system has been revamped.

Developer's Comment
The existing transport system had wagons (ships) traveling around the world and adventurers had to place their goods on these wagons (ships) under reservation to a desired destination. Thus, you had to wait for these to arrive to where you are, even when you've made a transport reservation. However, we were also aware that  transportation system had a few intermittent issues where transport didn't start and items did not arrive correctly.
This system has now been improved so that you can have the transport with your goods depart whenever you want them to.

• The transport system where goods could begin transporting only when the wagons arrive has been changed as below.
  
  • Up to 5 transport methods are available per family, which could be used to transport goods at anytime you want.
  • A transport method cannot be used again until its goods have been collected.
  • Transport will begin 5 minutes after you press the transport button in the Transport UI.
  • You can add or remove items before the transport begins. Once the process begins, you cannot add goods or cancel.
• Same items can now be placed in the same slot and the weight limit has been increased.

• Trade Goods cannot be transported anymore with this function.
• There are total 5 transport wagons; you can send up to 100 slots of items or 7500 LT of weight all at once if you send all 5 transport wagons.

• Transport cost calculation has been changed.

• Ex) Previously, transporting cost for 1 Black Stone would've been for 50LT of the slot, but after the patch, the cost will be for the weight of 1 Black Stone, which is 0.35LT.
• More towns are now available for transport.
  
  • All towns except for Port Ratt, Arehaza Town, and Muiquun Town are now available for transport.
  • All transports before the patch have been moved to Heidel with their status changed to complete.
• You can now interact with NPCs while riding a donkey, horse, camel, miniature elephant, or heilang.
  
  • Interactions are only available during mount standby and walking. Interaction is not available during Horseback Combat.
  • Interaction (R) that require change of motion such as greeting is not possible while mounted.

Developer’s Comment
Tamers can also make interactions while on their Heilangs.
Keep in mind that you still need to be off a mount to do interactions that require change of motion, such as greeting or stealing.

• Temporary save function has been added to Customization (F4).
  
  • You can now continue your previous customization even when the game shuts down during customization.
• Optimized certain effects to decrease file size.
• Fixed the issue where some Pearl Boxes could not be used right away in the Pearl Shop after purchase.
• Fixed the storage silver to be updated according to the Central Market's current prices.
• Fixed the issue where the client would sometimes shut down when there is an underscore (_) in the customization file name.

• Fixed the issue where characters were unable to get out of certain areas of the Mirumok Ruins.
• Fixed the issue where characters were unable to move in certain areas of the Mirumok Ruins.
• Fixed the issue where characters fell through the roof of some buildings in Calpheon City.
• Fixed the water graphic of the Gervish Mountains valley of Duvencrune.
• Fixed the abnormal character movement in front of Marni's 2nd Lab Node Manager.
• Fixed the issue where certain parts of the streets of Velia did not look natural.
• Fixed the graphical issue of some of the bushes in the Western Valtarra Mountains.

• Fixed <Miscellaneous Merchant> Bert of Hystria to reappear after a certain amount of time when he disappears.
• Fixed the issue where the appearance of Crow NPCs in Tarif would not be normal.
• Fixed the issue where you are still on the tamed wild horse after registering and checking it in with a Stable NPC.
• Added an option to trade 350 Dragon Scale Fossils for an Advice of Valks (+40) with Valks.

Developer’s Comment
This was a part of the Heidel Ball announcement and is included in today's patch.
We hope that this patch would give another method to acquire stacks and with it liven up the Sherekhan Necropolis area more than before.
Although the number of Dragon Scale Fossils required is high, we've also adjusted the drop rates last week so that obtaining them is 6 times easier than before.

• Fixed the camera perspective issue after logging out during Observation Mode on a mount.
• A message has been added for mounting a Sky Balloon.
  
  • “Use the interact function to board the Sky Balloon.”
• Animation has been added to the Sky Balloon while in flight.
• Fixed the issue where other players' Sky Balloons could not be seen upon login.
• Trading will now be possible while mounted on a horse.
  
  • This change does not affect the weight limit to ride a mount.
  • This change applies to all trading items.

Continue to Part 2 of the patch notes < Here >

Dear Players,

We will perform our weekly maintenance as follows:

• Global 8:00 UTC ~ 13:00 UTC
  
• Central (EU) 10:00 CEST ~ 15:00 CEST
  
• West Coast (NA) 1:00 PDT ~ 6:00 PDT
  
• East Coast (NA) 4:00 EDT ~ 9:00 EDT

• Shai pre-creation will begin.
  
• Calpheon Island Tour Quests will be added.
  
• Mysterious Chests will be added.
  
• Donkey See, Donkey Do event will begin.
  
• Customize & Win event for Shai will begin.

• Call of the Ocean
  
• Black Spirit’s Adventure 1

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We apologize for the inconvenience and we ask for your generous understanding.


Best regards,
BDO Team

Greetings adventurers,

EU servers are experiencing disconnections and lag due to another DDoS attack.

Our tech team is already working to solve this situation.

We apologize for the inconvenience and we ask for your generous understanding.


- The BDO Team

Greetings Adventurers,

EU servers are experiencing disconnections and lag due to a DDoS attack again.

Our tech team is already working to mitigate this attack and we're hoping it won't take long.

We will keep you updated as soon as we have news.


- The BDO Team

Greetings Adventurers,

This week we are adding a new travelling route to the world of Black Desert Online, the Sky Balloon! Get to your next destination while enjoying the beautiful view!

On the other hand, new Subjugation Quests are being added to the Hexe Sanctuary and Mediah region, so do not miss the opportunity to complete these quests if one of them appears suddenly!

As usual, new changes and fixes have been added to the game, so keep reading to know all the details. Enjoy!



New Events

• Loyal Attendance Rewards have been refreshed
  
  • Period: June 13 00:00 UTC - July 17 23:59 UTC

• The monsters from the regions below will now appear twice as fast after they die.
  
  • Mediah: Shultz Guard, Hasrah Ancient Ruins
    
  • Valencia: Bashim Base, Basilisk Den, Roud Sulfur Mine, Aakman Temple
    
  • Kamasylvia: Forest Ronaros
    
  • Drieghan: Tshira Ruins, Sherekhan Necropolis (during the day)
    
  • Other: Sycraia Underwater Ruins (Upper zone)
    
  • Updated 6/17 This will be effective for an event period ( June 12 after maintenance - June 19 before maintenance) of 1 week only.

Ongoing Events

• Call of the Ocean: May 22 after maintenance - June 19 before maintenance.
  
  
• Black Spirit’s Adventure 1: June 5 after maintenance - June 19 before maintenance.
  
  
• Traces of the Black Spirit: June 5 after maintenance – June 26 before maintenance.
  
  
• Community Event: Art of Thrones: May 31 - July 8
  
  • Submission period: Until the 24th of June 10:00 UTC
    
  • Click < Here > for the full details.

• SNS event: June 8 - June 26 before maintenance (3 weeks)
  
  • Winners Announcement: June 27
    
  • Click < Here > for the full details on how to enter the SNS event to have a chance to win Tobii 4C Tracker and a brand new item, [Event] Sealed Book of Life (7 Days)!

Ended Events

• Operation Guild Support

Item Distribution

• Compensation for the Pet issue
  
  • With today’s maintenance, we fixed the issue where unintended skill would be learned during registering and Exchanging of pets, and Pet Exchange is now possible again. We have sent out the Wizard Gosphy Pet for compensation of every affected pet in your possession. Please find the details via our official forum post <Here>.

• Heidel Ball Stream Gift: Wizard Gosphy
  
  • If you missed the Heidel Ball stream on June 8th, here is a recap and the script of the keynote <Here>.
    
  • Wizard Gosphy has been sent out to all adventurers of NA/EU during June 12th maintenance.
    
  • Please find your Wizard Gosphy ‘Coupon’ on your account page after logging in on our main website. Please make sure to claim the coupon before August 31st, 23:59 UTC or the coupon will expire.
    
    • Steam users can claim the coupon through ‘Redeem’ button under ESC menu in-game.

Content

• Sky Balloon has been added.
  
  • The Encarotia Family, Gavinya Great Crater Dwarf Artisans, and Old Moon Guild have created the Old Moon Sky Balloon, which travels through Calpheon, Altinova, and Valencia.
    
  • You can use the Old Moon Sky Balloon by purchasing a ticket from the following NPC's at their stations.
    
    • Calpheon: Kalix
      
    • Altinova: Lisam
      
    • Valencia: Mason
  • You can purchase the ticket with the Black Stone (Weapon) or Black Stone (Armor). The sky balloon will arrive once you hand over your ticket to Dwarf, who is in charge of handling the sky balloon.
    
  • Up to two adventurers can board the sky balloon.
    
  • Once a sky balloon has been summoned, you cannot interact with Dwarf, because he will be busy in preparation for the next sky balloon.
    
  • Though you can get off from the sky balloon immediately after you board it, you cannot get off once it departs.
    
  • If you go back out to Character Selection screen and come back into the character en route in a Sky Balloon ride, the character would fall down to the ground. There is no Death Penalty for dying from this fall but we recommend you to sit tight on your Sky Balloon ride.
    
  • Once the sky balloon arrives at its destination, you will automatically get off, and the sky balloon will disappear.
    
  • The routes Sky Balloon can travel are as follows:
    
    • Calpheon < - > Altinova
      
    • Altinova < - > Valencia

• Added a new "Pioneers of the Sky" knowledge category.

Developer’s Comment

The Old Moon Sky Balloon has been created to help new adventurers who had a difficult time exploring the vast world of Black Desert.
You can now move from city to city more conveniently by hopping onto the Old Moon Sky Balloon.
Try taking a flight from Calpheon to Mediah, and get a view of the lands from high above. How about you take a special journey today with a friend on board the sky balloon?

System

• The creator name for PEN items will now remain even after selling or buying them from the Central Market. This will affect only the PEN items created and traded after today’s maintenance.
  
  
• Reduced the price gap between items bought individually and items included in Pearl outfit sets.

Game World[/h1]

• Most of the Grass Beetles which were near the dairy cows at Olvia have been relocated.
  
  
• The beginner's Common Rack located at Olvia and Western Guard Camp no longer has any more potions.
  
  • Beginners can continue to obtain various helpful supplies through quests or events.

• A ladder leading up to the top of Cron Castle has been added for the "Memorial Service for the Fallen People" quest.
  
  • If you moved to another area without completing the quest at the top, then you can climb up to the top through the following methods.
    
    • Talk to the NPC of the Cron Castle Altar again.
      
    • Use the ladder to go back up.

• Fixed the issue where frame rates would drop when moving a character from a certain area at Mirumok Ruins.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where characters were unable to get out of certain areas around the Gervish Mountains.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where frame rates would drop in certain areas of Velia.
  
  
• Fixed the graphical issue with the beard of NPC Basquean Ljurik of North Kaia Pier.

NPC

• Fixed the issue where Nella Encarotia would not disappear while playing the "Missing in Action" Calpheon main quest.
  
  • Nella Encarotia will appear again once you complete "The Qualities of a God" quest.

• Certain NPCs at Grána have returned their weapons to the armory. These NPCs are no longer armed with weapons.
  
  
• Certain guards walking around inside Calpheon City have been relocated.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where you could not have a conversation with Bernatisha when interacting from a certain distance.

• Fixed the issue where you were able to move your mouse abnormally during the motions of taking the wheel on a large ship (such as Galley, Epheria Sailboat/Frigate).
  
  
• When you select the tier-5 horse which can be obtained by registering the "Seal of the Secret Guards" horse emblem, it will now be properly displayed at the Stable.
  
  
• Galleys, Epheria Sailboats, Epheria Frigates, and Old Bartali Sailboats can now be damaged if they have at least one passenger onboard who is at least Lv. 50 and able to engage in PvP.
  
  
• The quick walking motions of the donkey have been changed to a cantering motion.

All Classes

• Fixed the issue where the character would occasionally turn its head towards the camera even in situations when it shouldn't (such as while using a skill).
  
  
• Fixed the graphical issue with eyelashes when characters fell a certain amount of distance.

Ranger

• Fixed the issue where Stamina would recover during the cooldown for the Razor Wind skill.

Sorceress

• Fixed the issue where using the Night Crow skill towards a cliff while in Scythe mode would display an error message and bring the character back to its original location.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where using the Flow: Night Crow skill on a hill would result in the character using another skill after showing a landing motion instead of showing the intended attack motion.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where using the Night Crow skill in mid air 3 times while in Scythe mode and then using the skill immediately in the air again would result in showing a falling motion.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where Emergency Escape did not activate when pressing V while moving during the main weapon mode.

Berserker

• Fixed the issue where Emergency Escape did not activate when pressing V while moving during the main weapon mode.

Tamer

• Fixed the issue where Emergency Escape did not activate when pressing V while moving during the main weapon mode.

Valkyrie

• Increased the speed at which the character switches from awakening weapon combat stance to auto-move.

Witch

• Increased the speed at which the character switches from main weapon/awakening weapon combat stance to auto-move.

Wizard

• Increased the speed at which the character switches from main weapon/awakening weapon combat stance to auto-move.

Musa

• Increased the speed at which the character switches from main weapon/awakening weapon combat stance to auto-move.

Maehwa

• Increased the speed at which the character switches from main weapon combat stance to auto-move.

Ninja

• Increased the speed at which the character switches from main weapon combat stance to auto-move.

Kunoichi

• Increased the speed at which the character switches from main weapon/awakening weapon combat stance to auto-move.

Dark Knight

• Increased the speed at which the character switches from awakening weapon combat stance to auto-move.

Striker

Developer's Comment

This week, we have updated BDO with a patch focusing on balancing the PVE damage for Striker.
We agreed with many feedback about the Striker's skill combinations feeling a bit clunky compared to other characters, so we improved the skills and how they combo with other skills.
We will continue to provide updates which balance out the characters.

• The camera perspective effect for the Fallout skill has been changed.
  
  
• You can now use the Fist Fury skill when pressing S + RMB while in Gardbrace mode.
  
  
• The range for the final hit for the Fist Fury skill has been reduced, which in turn will allow the attack to be more focused.
  
  
• The transition to the Roaring Tiger skill while using Fist Fury has been improved to flow more naturally.
  
  
• You can now use the Ferocious Assault skill by pressing W + RMB while in Gauntlet mode.
  
  
• The attack area for the final hit of Ultimate Crush has increased and its range has decreased so that the attack can be more focused.
  
  • The final 4th hit of Ultimate Crush has been changed from a wide attack to an attack which focuses on a target in front of you.

• The location for the Echo Spirit which is summoned when hitting with the Ultimate Crush skill has been changed.
  
  • The location has been changed so that it can attack where the Striker character is attacking.
    
  • The PVE damage for the Ultimate Crush skill has been increased to the following.
    
    • Ultimate Crush I: 588% x3 → 643% x3
      
    • Ultimate Crush II: 707% x3 → 799% x3
      
    • Ultimate Crush III: 827% x3 → 955% x3
      
    • Ultimate Crush IV: 945% x3 → 1111% x3

• The Critical Hit Rate for the Skull Crusher skill in PvE has been changed to 100%.
  
  
• Added a command which activates the Skull Crusher skill when pressing the F key while in the air during the Ferocious Assault skill.
  
  
• The attack range for the Echo Spirit, which is summoned when using the Infernal Destruction skill, has been increased.
  
  
• The spin PVE hit damage for the Infernal Destruction skill has been increased like the following.
  
  • Infernal Destruction I: 538% x 4 → 699% x 4
    
  • Infernal Destruction II: 618% x 6 → 803% x 6
    
  • Infernal Destruction III: 709% x 6 → 921% x 6
    
  • Infernal Destruction IV: 800% x 6 → 1040% x 6

• 2 hits have been added for PVE hits for the Rampaging Predator skill.
  
  
• The PVE damage for the Endless Fight skill has been increased like the following.
  
  • 1-hit damage: 763% x 3 → 1066% x 3
    
  • 2-hit damage: 610% x 3 → 959% x 3

• Critical Hit Rate has been added to the PVE hit for Endless Explosion.
  
  
• Added a command which combos 2-hits with Endless Fight when pressing LMB after the final hit with Endless Explosion.
  
  
• When entering the commands for Flow: Mass Destruction and Ferocious Assault during the Endless Explosion skill, the skills will now be activated.
  
  
• When using the following skills, other skills will now be activated more quickly than before.
  
  • Ferocious Assault
    
  • Rampaging Predator

• The PVE damage for the Wolf's Fang skill's attack which pushes away the target in front has been increased.
  
  • Wolf's Fang I: 51% x 4 → 255% x 4
    
  • Wolf's Fang II: 79% x 4 → 397% x 4
    
  • Wolf's Fang III: 107% x 4 → 539% x 4
    
  • Wolf's Fang IIV: 136% x 4 → 681 % x 4
    
  • Wolf's Fang V:164% x 4 → 823% x 4
    
  • Absolute: Wolf's Fang: 352% x 4 → 1230% x 4

• The description for the explosive hit for the Wolf's Fang skill has been removed, and the description for the Flow: Prey Hunt effect has been added.
  
  
• The number of hits for the Wolf's Fang skill's regular hit and Flow: Prey Hunt has been increased by 2 hits.
  
  
• The camera perspective effect during the attacking motions for the Wolf's Fang skill has been changed.
  
  
• The direction of movement and effects should now match for the skill Endless Fight.
  
  
• The Stiffness effect for the skill Flow: Prey Hunt which activates automatically when used after having 30 Martial Spirit Shards will now be applied in PvE.

Mystic

• Increased the speed at which the character switches from main weapon/awakening weapon combat stance to auto-move.
  
  
• The Stiffness effect for the skill Flow: Prey Hunt which activates automatically when used after having 30 Martial Spirit Shards will now be applied in PvE.

Lahn

• The 8 skill points which were consumed to learn the Earthly Pain I skill, which can be obtained through a quest (which was a revision made on June 5th), have been returned.
  
  • However, there are no changes made to the maximum amount of skill points, and this does not include adventurers who have received all skill points through a skill reset after the maintenance on June 5th.

Archer

• Increased the speed at which the character switches from main weapon/awakening weapon combat stance to auto-move.

• A caution message has been added to the item description for the Reset Mount Growth item.
  
  
• You now have to be Lv. 56 or higher to exchange the [Event] Shakatu's Seal with items.
  
  
• You can now equip items from your Pearl Inventory even while moving.
  
  
• The description of certain guild items have had the following information updated.
  
  • Who can retrieve the item from the guild storage. This information has replaced the information about who can use the item in certain guild item descriptions.
    
  • If the item will be erased if you leave a Guild.

• The item descriptions for the items below have been revised to suit their names.
  
  • Skilled Sailor's Clothes (Costume)
    
  • Professional Sailor's Clothes (Costume)

• The information about the conditions for being able to accept the quest Materials for Skills, which is needed to acquire the knowledge Heating: Skilled, has been fixed.
  
  
• The description for Asula's Weakened Magic Necklace has been revised.
  
  
• Specification changes have been announced for the Main/Sub/Awakening Weapon Exchange Coupons and Combat/Skill EXP Exchange Coupons.
  
  • Please find the full announcement via our official forum post < Here >.

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

• The chances of obtaining the Dragon Scale Fossil by defeating the monsters below at Sherekhan Necropolis during the day have been increased sixfold.
  
  • Garud
    
  • Lateh
    
  • Belcadas
    
  • Nybrica
    
  • Federik

• You will now have a certain chance to obtain the Dragon Scale Fossil when defeating the following monsters at Sherekhan Necropolis during nighttime. There is a higher chance to obtain the Dragon Scale Fossil at Sherekhan Necropolis during the night than during the day.
  
  • Garud
    
  • Lateh
    
  • Belcadas
    
  • Nybrica
    
  • Federik

Developer’s Comment

When you complete the Mediah main quests, you normally head towards Valencia. However, while Valencia being a desert can be a challenge to certain adventurers, it can be a stress factor to some adventurers.
Therefore we would like to now allow adventurers to select a path (Valencia or Kamasylvia) to continue on with their journey.
Starting with the Fadus Habitat, we will continue to provide these types of updates.
Also, you can now obtain Asula accessories from the Fadus Habitat.This should be the beginning of updates which will allow the unpopular monster zones to become utilized more frequently.

• The Fadus have become more fierce due to the white ash from Ash Forest. They have become numb towards pain and now obsess about attacking others.
  
  • Fadus Habitat (in the Loopy Tree Forest) will now have a recommended AP of 120-190.
    
  • Monsters at Fadus Habitat now have 30% increased HP increased and 15% increased AP, but also have 10% decreased DP.
    
  • The amount of Combat EXP you obtain from monsters at Fadus Habitat has been increased by 30%, and the amount of Skill EXP you obtain from them has been increased by 25%.
    
  • The amount of "Fadus Armor Fragment" junk items you can obtain from the following monsters has been increased.
    
  • Fadus Challenger: 1-4 → 2-4
    
  • Fadus Shaman: 1-3 → 2-3
    
  • Fadus Warrior: 1-3 → 2-3
    
  • When defeating monsters at Fadus Habitat, you will now have a chance to obtain Destructive Illusion and Dew of Tranquil Forest.

• Fadus Warrior Chief will appear at the Fadus Habitat.
  
  • The Fadus Warrior Chief is much stronger than the other Fadus monsters.
    
  • Once you begin to fight the Fadus Warrior Chief, you must watch out for nearby Fadus which continue to join in on the battle.
    
  • You can obtain the following items by defeating the Fadus Warrior Chief.
    
  • Dew of Tranquil Forest, Destructive Illusion, Lemoria Helmet, Lemoria Gloves, Destruction Spirit Stone, Bares Shortsword, Yuria Shortsword, Bares Axe, Yuria Axe, Bares Staff, Yuria Staff, Trace of Battle, Earth Spirit Stone Fragment, Manshaum Voodoo Doll, Caphras Stone, Swaying Wind Shard, Black Stone (Armor), Black Energy Residue, Fadus Armor Fragment, Silver

• Knowledge for Fadus Warrior Chief has been added.
  
  
• The amount of Energy you can obtain through the knowledge of The Fadus Kind has been changed like the following.
  
  • Before: 11x Knowledge of The Fadus Kind = Energy +1
    
  • Now: 6x Knowledge of The Fadus Kind = Energy +1, 12x Knowledge of The Fadus Kind = Energy +2

• NPC Herbin, who can be found at an inn in Kamasylvia, has returned to Kamasylvia from the Kamasylve Temple in Mediah.
  
  • You can exchange a Dew of Tranquil Forest for an Asula's Weakened Magic accessory via Herbin.
    
  • You can exchange three Asula's Weakened Magic accessories for an Asula's Crimson Eye accessory of the same type via Herbin.

• A new item, Dew of Tranquil Forest, has been added.
  
  • You can get this item at a certain rate by defeating monsters in the Fadus Habitat. (Dew of Tranquil will also be available in Polly’s Forest after a future update.)
    
  • You can exchange Dew of Tranquil Forest for an Asula's Weakened Magic accessory.
    
  • Dew of Tranquil Forest can be sold to NPC vendors for 100,000 Silver.

Quest

• Mediah Subjugation Quests have been added.
  
  • You will be able to accept these quests when you are in Mediah, and will be rewarded in your efforts in defeating various monsters in Mediah. Adventurers who are struggling with the Mediah main quests could especially enjoy the enhanced accessories available as quest rewards to amp up their gear.
    
  • They will automatically appear on the left side of the minimap when you enter the relevant region.
    

• The following quests to get Witch's Earring have been added to Hexe Sanctuary. These quests available for characters Lv. 51 or up.
  
  • Accessory Filled with the Witch's Power I
    
  • Accessory Filled with the Witch's Power II
    
  • Accessory Filled with the Witch's Power III

• The quest objective for [Returning] Removing the Fishy Smell has been changed. This was changed due to the feedback we received from many returning adventurers about the difficulty in obtaining the Grape and Olive because they were already gathered while going through the returning quest.
  
  • Before: Giving David Finto Grape or Olive
    
  • Now: Consuming Energy by interacting with the Grape Crate next to the grape tree storage.

• The "Village by the Beautiful Coast" quest will not be displayed for adventurers who have completed "The Sage of Velia" before the "Village by the Beautiful Coast" quest was added. This is to prevent adventurers from being confused with the quest lines.
  
  
• The quest-giving NPC for certain Black Spirit's Gift II quests has been changed for the older version of the Balenos to Calpheon main quests. Now, NPCs from the questline will give you the gifts instead of the Black Spirit. Such quests have had the text "Black Spirit's Gift II" removed from the quest name.
  
  
• Changed the quest icon for "[Farming Lv. 40] Nature and Abundance" to suit the quest description better.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the Kamasylvia Weasel would occasionally not be summoned again after initially being summoned during the "[Repeat] Looking for Weasels" quest.
  
  
• A quest icon will now be displayed on top of Al Rhundi when going through "The Scale of Justice" quest.
  
  
• For clarity when accepting the Adventure Journal for the Traces of the Black Spirit, the description below has been added to the conditions.
  
  • Complete Quest [Event] Evidence of Black Spirit

Knowledge

• Title for "The Fall of the Knights of Dawn" knowledge has been changed to "The Fall of the Knights of Dawn I".
  
  • The title for "The Shadow Knights, Fraternity of Light , and the Secret Guards" knowledge has been changed to "The Fall of the Knights of Dawn II", and the contents of it has been simplified.

• When you obtain the knowledge of Barricade for the Star's End region, the camera angle will now better capture the background than before.

• The completion effect for the Complete button will now be properly displayed when completing the Black Spirit's Adventure Journal.
  
  
• It has been changed so that the creator name reset popup message will no longer appear when moving an item enhanced to PEN level into the Central Market Warehouse.
  
  • Warning notification of item data reset in regards to dye, branding, and etc will still appear.

• When attempting to plant crops or place garden tools while your character is outside of a fence garden, the following message will now appear.
  
  • Please install the item inside a fence or residence.

• When a Life Skill levels up, the information displayed will now be more detailed.
  
  • For example, when going from Gathering Beginner 1 to Gathering Beginner 2, instead of saying Gathering Level Up it will say Reached Gathering Beginner 2.

• When purchasing the Appearance Coupon from the Customization window (F4) while in Toggle UI mode, the purchase window can now be closed by pressing the ESC key.
  
  
• Fixed an issue where a list of other items was displayed in certain situations when placing an order for Volatile Price Items at the Central Market.
  
  
• Fixed an issue where the weight of the current mount would be displayed in the Max Load information for the mount information at the Wharf.
  
  
• When you select a tab or check a checkbox, the color of the text for the checked tab or checkbox will now change so that it is more clear that you have checked it.
  
  
• The text for the following buttons has been changed as follows.
  
  • The text for the “Switch Menu” button on the older version of the ESC Menu has been changed to “Switch to New Menu.”
    
  • The text for the “Switch Menu” button on the newer version of the ESC Menu has been changed to “Switch to Old Menu.”

• The description which appears when you press the recover button in the Worker List window has been changed to the following.
  
  • Shift + RMB the item to recover Stamina. → Press Shift + RMB on the item to continuously recover Worker Stamina.

• The weight information for the mount you call from the Wharf will now be properly displayed.
  
  
• Fixed an issue in the Find NPC window where clicking on the Imperial Delivery icon would make it disappear.
  
  
• When using a skill registered on the skill guide widget, the effect which shows that the skill has been used will now be properly displayed.
  
  
• When a customization file did not have the creator information included, there used to be an awkward blank space in the UI. This has been replaced with a hyphen (-).

• Fixed the issue where the fairy's Miraculous Cheer skill would occasionally not work even when the HP and Resource become lower than set value on the Potion Setting window.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where an unintended skill would be learned when exchanging pets.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the DP Increase buff icon would be displayed when Nouver and Kutum are enraged.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where certain potions could not be used by a Fairy with the Miraculous Cheer skill.

Updated June 14th

• Unfortunately "Refined Grain Juice" still cannot be used and this will be resolved in a future maintenance.

Updated June 13th

• You can no longer equip saddles and horseshoes intended for horses on donkeys.

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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

• Sky Balloon will be added.
  
• New subjugation quests will be added to Hexe Sanctuary and Mediahn region.
  
• Dragon Scale Fossil will now be obtainable at a higher chance.

• Operation Guild Support

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Greetings Adventurers,

This week, we are finally introducing the long-awaited, Star’s End! Battle fierce monsters and challenge yourself to obtain the powerful Blackstar weapons!

Also, join the ultimate hunt to find the 100 Black Spirit Marks spread all over the world of Black Desert, and don’t forget to get your dices ready for the Black Spirit’s Adventure 1 making a comeback.

Please read below to learn more about this week Patch Notes.



New Events

• Traces of Black Spirit event will start
  
  • Event Period: June 5 after maintenance - June 26 before maintenance
    
  • New logs where you need to track down the traces of the Black Spirit has been added to Adventure Log! Find 100 Black Spirit Marks spread all over the world of Black Desert for awesome rewards!
    
  • Click < Here > to learn how you can track down the Black Spirit in detail.

• Black Spirit’s Adventure 1 will return
  
  • Event Period: June 5 after maintenance - June 19 before maintenance

Ongoing Events

• Call of the Ocean: May 22 after maintenance - June 19 before maintenance.
  
  
• Operation Guild Support: May 29 after maintenance - June 12 before maintenance.

Ended Events

• Special Challenges (Y): Ends June 5 23:59 UTC
  
  
• Hands of Gold Returns

Reward Distribution

• In-game title “Lights, Camera, Action!” and relevant items to the winners of 2019 Spring Video Contest has been sent out. Please check your in-game mailbox (B) for the rewards.
  
  • Winners that won offline prizes will receive them at a later date. Please check your email inbox for our official email.

Content

• A new area in western Calpheon, Star's End, has been added.
  
  • This area is located in the area covered by fog on the west of Calpheon City. You must be careful here, since powerful monsters roam the area.
    
  • New nodes and NPC's have been added to the Star's End area, and new relevant knowledge topics have been added as well.

• The overlords of Star's End have finally been unveiled.
  
  • The recommended AP for the Star's End Monster Zone is 260.
    The Remnants of Corruption deal attacks which reduce your DP, so it's recommended that you take care of them first in order to thrive in combat.
    
  • When the Apostle of Immorality dies, there's a certain chance for it to absorb dark energies from Star's End and turn into an Apostle of Malevolence.
    
  • The Apostle of Malevolence is more powerful than other regular monsters. It will disappear if you cannot defeat it within 5 minutes after it spawns.
    
  • The Unstable Star Debris is placed around Star's End. When destroyed, nearby monsters will momentarily collapse. There will also be a small chance for these nearby monsters to immediately disappear.
    
  • The monsters of Star's End have a slightly higher chance of dropping the Mass of Pure Magic item compared to monsters of different regions.

• The new Blackstar Weapons have been added.
  
  • The Blackstar weapons are higher in grade than the previous weapons.
    
  • All adventurers, new and old, will have a chance to obtain the Blackstar weapons.
    
  • However, we designed the new Blackstar weapons in a way that still preserves the values of weapons which already existed in the game. You can achieve growth by either enhancing your old weapons through Caphras enhancements, or by obtaining and enhancing the new Blackstar weapons.
    
  • The Blackstar weapons are a new challenge for future updates to come.
    
  • The Blackstar weapons consume 1 Concentrated Magical Black Stone (Weapon) for +0-15 enhancements.
    
  • The Blackstar weapons consume 1 Pure Magical Black Stone for PRI-PEN enhancements.
    
  • You can receive a quest which allows you to craft the Blackstar weapon from the Legendary Blacksmith Dorin Morgrim by completing the [Blackstar Weapon Piece] quest. Once you complete the quest you receive from Dorin Morgrim, you can obtain a Blackstar weapon.
    
  • Blackstar main weapons can only be crafted through quests.
    
  • Caphras enhancement is not available for Blackstar weapons.

• A Star's End main quest which allows you, along with the Comitia of Tantinis, to unravel the secrets of the restricted area of Star's End has been added.
  
  • You can immerse yourself into the Star's End region by accepting the [Drawn by Fate] quest from the Black Spirit with a character who has completed the [A Gift for a Hero] quest, which is a Drieghan Main Quest.

• [Blackstar Weapon] quests have been added.
  
  • To start this quest, you need to have the "Remnants of the Rift" item and the knowledge of "The Three Legendary Blacksmiths of Mediah."
    
  • The Remnants of the Rift can be obtained at a low chance by defeating a boss from the Dark Rift.
    
  • 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. Adventurers who have already completed these quests can obtain it by talking to Tulem.
    
  • The [Blackstar Weapon] quests can only be completed once per character.
    
  • 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.

• Eye of Desolation, which is needed for crafting Blackstar main weapons, has been added.
  
  • Eye of Desolation can be used to summon the Incarnation of Corruption.
    
  • Use Manufacture in the Processing window (L) to combine Eye of Anguish x1 and Concentrated Boss's Aura x3 into Eye of Desolation.
    
  • Use Heating in the Processing window (L) on one of the following types of weapons to get Concentrated Boss's Aura.
    
    • Kzarka main weapon
      
    • Offin Tett's Radiant main weapon
      
    • Nouver sub-weapon
      
    • Kutum sub-weapon
      
    • Dandelion awakening weapon
  • Eye of Anguish can be obtained via the [Blackstar Weapon] quests.

• Pure Magical Black Stone, which can be used to enhance Blackstar main weapons, has been added.
  
  • Use Heating in the Processing window (L) to combine Sharp Black Crystal Shard x1, Hard Black Crystal Shard x1, and Mass of Pure Magic x1 into a Pure Magical Black Stone.
    
  • Mass of Pure Magic can be obtained through various ways, such as excavating at the Star's End node, grinding Black Stone (Weapon) or Black Stone (Armor), looting from the monsters of Star's End, gathering, defeating field bosses, and hunting Khalks/whales.
    
    • Giant Mudster, Dim Tree Spirit, Red Nose, Dastard Bheg, Katzvariak, Khalk, and Blue Whale will drop Mass of Pure Magic at a certain rate.
      
    • It drops when defeating monsters and gathering, at a low rate (exceptions: water scooping, digging in the desert, and milking cows).
      
    • You can exchange Destructive Illusion x15 for Mass of Pure Magic x1 via O'Arma, an Ahib who can be found at Star's End.
      
      • You can get Destructive Illusion via several daily quests near Star's End.
    • Mass of Pure Magic cannot be listed on the Central Market.

• Corrupted Magic Crystal has been added.
  
  • It can be transfused into sub-weapons, and there will be an additional effect when multiple Corrupted Magic Crystals are equipped.
    
  • Item effect: Critical Hit Damage +10%, All AP +2, All Damage Reduction -2
    
  • 2 Crystal Set Effect: Critical Hit Damage +2%
    
  • Use Simple Alchemy in the Processing window (L) to combine Clear Blackstar Crystal x1, Magic Crystal of Infinity - Critical Hit x1, and Forest Fury x3 into Corrupted Magic Crystal.
    
  • Clear Blackstar Crystal drops when defeating monsters in Star's End.

• A new item for the residence, Garden of a Fallen God (Landscape Painting), has been added.
  
  • You can get this item via the Star's End main quests. Although this item cannot be listed on the Central Market, it can be sold at a high price to NPC vendors.

• For more on Star’s End and Blackstar weapons, please check the official announcement < Here >!
  
  
• There is a rumor spreading about a ghost in the Ash Forest.

System

• You can now collect enclosed items and silver from the Mailbox (B) even when in combat areas.
  
  
• Added a feature which allows you to hide Campsites which belong to other adventurers.
  
  • However, the Campsites will not be hidden when adventurers are lying down on the Campsites.

• When leveling up a Life Skill or enhancing an equipment while in Privacy Mode, notification messages will no longer be sent to guild members.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the camera movement would be unnatural when closing up to the face in the Customization (F4) window.

Game World

• Fixed the issue where islands which do not exist would be displayed in certain areas of the World Map (M).
  
  
• Fixed the geographical features of certain areas inside the sea near the port of Arehaza.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where characters could not get out of certain areas of Manshaum Forest.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where shadow effect would not show or the light effect would be excessively bright in some areas.

NPC

• Shakatu is too busy now, so you can now exchange the [Event] Shakatu's Seal through NPC Dellus, who is Shakatu's right-hand man.
  
  • Dellus is near Shakatu.

• Fixed the issue where NPC around the Great Library of Calpheon would disappear when greeted by a lord character.
  
  
• You can now search for Furniture Dealer Vatputa of Valencia City by using the Search NPC feature.
  
  
• The completion NPC for the [Returning] Crio's Welcome quest (for returning adventurers) will now be from the same Crio NPC you accept the quest from, instead of another Crio near the beach. This is to avoid confusion.
  
  • While you are going through the quest, another Crio will not appear.

• Fixed the issue where using the Transport function to move a character on a wagon to Heidel would get the wagon stuck at the stable there.
  
  • Because of this, when you take out your mount from the stable in Heidel now the mount will appear closer to the road than the stable.

• You can no longer delete or change courser skills from a courser horse (i.e. the skills that make that horse a courser).
  
  
• The skill, elegance and strength stats (which are needed for to awaken a courser) of a Tier 8 courser will now reset when it is bought from a horse market.

All Classes

• A key guide will now appear when your character is using a Fortress Gate
  
  
• A key guide will now appear when your character is using a ladder.
  
  
• The invincible effect that is applied when your character makes a cheering motion after getting a high-grade item will now only apply for PvE, and not for PvP.
  
  
• Fall damage will no longer apply in the Red Battlefield.

Berserker

• Fixed the graphical issue with the Epheria Marine Helmet that occurred with certain customizations.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where Yianaros Headpiece would be worn awkwardly.

Witch

• The graphical effects of the skill Aad Sphera Training have been improved.
  
  
• The last movement of the skill Black Spirit: Meteor Shower has been made to look more natural.
  
  
• The PvE damage for the skill Toxic Flood has increased as follows.
  
  • 903% x 23 → 1500% x 23

• Hits of the skill Toxic Flood will now have a magic DP reduction effect.
  
  
• The movement speed reduction effect of Voltaic Pulse skills has been replaced with an evasion rate reduction effect.
  
  
• The damage for Yoke of Ordeal skills has increased as follows.
  
  • 443% x 12 → 543% x 12
    
  • 526% x 12 → 722% x 12
    
  • 608% x 12 → 901% x 12

• Cooldown for the skill Flow: Perfect Sign has been removed.
  
  
• The skill Flow: Perfect Sign will now always be performed after Fissure Wave skills, unless Flow: Perfect Sign is locked.
  
  
• The PvE damage for Thunder Storm skills and Black Spirit: Thunder Storm skills has increased as follows.
  
  • 504% x 6 → 564% x 6
    
  • 665% x 6 → 745% x 6
    
  • 827% x 6 → 926% x 6

• The PvE damage for Fissure Wave skills, when not in cooldown, has been increased as follows.
  
  • 538% x 10 → 646% x 10
    
  • 600% x 10 → 720% x 10
    
  • 663% x 10 → 796% x 10
    
  • 726% x 10 → 871% x 10

• The PvE damage for Black Spirit: Fissure Wave skills has increased as follows. (The number of hits has not changed.)
  
  • 1065% → 1279%
    
  • 1188% → 1426%
    
  • 1313% → 1576%
    
  • 1437% → 1725%

• Hits of Equilibrium Break skills and Black Spirit: Equilibrium Break skills will now have an AP reduction effect.
  
  
• Hits of Equilibrium Break skills and Black Spirit: Equilibrium Break skills will now have a Critical Hit Rate +50% effect in PvE.
  
  
• The casting speed for a skill after the skill Evasion is used in Aad Sphera mode has been increased.
  
  
• The number of PvE targets the skill Magic Lighthouse registers has been increased from 7 to 10.

Wizard

• The last movement of the skill Black Spirit: Meteor Shower has been made to look more natural.
  
  
• The PVE damage for the skill Lava Field has increased as follows.
  903% x 23 → 1500% x 23
  
  
• Hits of the skill Lava Field will now have a magic DP reduction effect.
  
  
• The casting speed for Chilling Wave skills has been increased.
  
  
• The damage for Chilling Wave skills has increased as follows.
  
  • 443% x 12 → 543% x 12
    
  • 526% x 12 → 722% x 12
    
  • 608% x 12 → 901% x 12

• The PVE damage for Cataclysm skills has increased as follows.
  
  • 723% x 7 → 814% x 7
    
  • 832% x 7 → 957% x 7
    
  • 941% x 7 → 1045% x 7
    
  • 1058% x 7 → 1240% x 7

• The movement speed reduction effect of Aqua Jail Explosion skills has been replaced with an evasion rate reduction effect.
  
  
• The PVE damage for Aqua Jail Explosion skills has increased as follows.
  
  • 349% x 13 → 408% x 13
    
  • 392% x 13 → 469% x 13
    
  • 435% x 13 → 530% x 13
    
  • 478% x 13 → 591% x 13

• The PVE damage for Black Spirit: Aqua Jail Explosion skills has increased as follows.
  
  • 558% x 16 → 653% x 16
    
  • 627% x 16 → 750% x 16
    
  • 696% x 16 → 848% x 16
    
  • 765% x 16 → 946% x 16

• Hellfire skills and Black Spirit: Hellfire skills will now have an magic AP increase effect.
  
  
• The PVE damage for Hellfire skills has increased as follows.
  
  • 472% x 11 → 634% x 11
    
  • 526% x 11 → 697% x 11
    
  • 578% x 11 → 760% x 11
    
  • 632% x 11 → 823% x 11

• The PVE damage for Bolide of Destruction skills has increased as follows.
  
  • 554% x 6 → 681% x 6
    
  • 731% x 6 → 894% x 6
    
  • 911% x 6 → 1107% x 6

• The casting speed for a skill after the skill Evasion is used in Godr Sphera mode has been increased.
  
  
• The number of PvE targets the skill Magic Lighthouse registers has been increased from 7 to 10.

Striker

• Fixed the graphical issue with the arms that occurred when equipped with Backflow Gardbrace or Dandelion Gardbrace.

Mystic

• Fixed the issue where pressing LMB to cause an instant explosion during the skill Infinite Fortitude did not cause the skill's grapple resistance buff to cancel.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the invincible effects for the skills Wolf's Frenzy and Enhance: Wolf's Frenzy were applied even when the character was visible.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where equipping Leebur's Gloves would make it overlap with gauntlets.

Lahn

• Fixed the issue where the position of the Kibelius Crimson Glaives was awkward in standby mode.
  
  
• Information about the amount of skill points needed to learn Earthly Pain I has been removed from its skill description, because it can be learned during the awakening quests.

Archer

• Fixed the issue where galloping at full speed on horseback while in combat mode made the camera move awkwardly.

• Fixed the issue where certain parts of the Coral Wardrobe did not look natural.
  
  
• Added a feature which restores the Upgraded Compass Parts and Map of Unknown Piece to their original states.
  
  • You can restore them through a ‘great NPC’ and an ‘old book’ located somewhere in the Black Desert world.
    
  • When restoration is successful, the icons for each item will change.
    
  • The items which are successfully restored can be mixed and combined with the original items.

• A caution message has been added to the item description for the Reset Mount Growth item.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the hair would occasionally appear abnormal when equipping and unequipping equipment which has hair on it.
  
  
• Added Marni's Stone (Stone Waragon) and Marni's Stone II (Stone Waragon)
  
  • These items can be purchased from Wacky Toshi.
    
  • Just like the Marni's Stones from before, you can exchange them from
  • Wacky Toshi with EXP after defeating monsters.

• Silver Embroidered items now have descriptions which explain how to enhance.
  
  
• Added the missing "Luck +1" text to the item descriptions for the following items.
  
  • Apprentice Sailor's Clothes (Costume)
    
  • Skilled Sailor's Clothes (Costume)
    
  • Professional Sailor's Clothes (Costume)

• Fixed the issue where the game would occasionally shut down when equipping mount equipment.
  
  
• The Remnants of the Rift can now be obtained from the Golden Treasure Chest, which randomly appears in Black Desert.
  
  
• You can now obtain the Mass of Pure Magic when harvesting crops which grow from planting Magical Seeds and Mysterious Seeds in the garden.
  
  • You will have a low chance to obtain it through harvesting the crops when they are at 100% or higher growth.

• You can obtain 5 Mass of Pure Magic by Manufacturing 1 Remnants of the Rift and 1 Black Spirit's Claw.
  
  
• For details on newly added Pearl Shop Update, please click < Here >!

Quest

• The following daily quest has been added to the Waragon Nest region in Valencia.
  
  • [Daily] Moria’s Fervor for Research

• A guild mission to defeat Waragons has been added.
  
  • The villagers of Valencia need help with all the Stone Waragons that became de-petrified.

• Fixed the issue where it was sometimes impossible to return back to your original location after being transported during the main questline to the Ancient Stone Chamber in Balenos.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the button to hand over Special Wheat Crate to Norma Leight during the quest [Farming Lv. 30] The Best Wheat Farm looked like a button to gain knowledge.
  
  
• The quest name “To be the Best Huntsman!” has been changed to “True Hunter”.
  
  
• Revised the information related to when the White Wolf boss disappears, which is displayed in the quest summary for the "Do or Die" quest.
  
  
• The dialogue for the Excavation Site quest has been changed to better suit the background of the quest.
  
  
• The conditions for the button for obtaining Contribution EXP being displayed for exchanging the Balenos Defense Token from Cliff at Western Guard Camp has been changed like the following.
  
  • Complete The Compliment of a Veteran quest or have at least 1 Balenos Defense Token

• Added a button which explains the usage of Balenos Defense Token when interacting with Cliff after completing the Complement of a Veteran quest.
  
  
• Quests related to Protty Cave and Sycraia Underwater Ruins will now be displayed within the Recommended tab of the Quest (O) window.
  
  • They will be displayed in the [Lv.58] Call of the Ocean: Journey to the Deep Sea group within the Recommended tab when you are Lv. 58 or higher.

• The Node Management button will no longer be displayed in certain situations when selling Trade items through interacting with Trade NPC's.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the hotkey for the Acquire All button would not reflect changes made to the Acquire All (R) button in the Get Item window.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the success range would appear abnormal when playing minigames like ‘Capture Horse’ and ‘Working Bellows’ in Florin.
  
  
• The Pearl Shop (F3) shortcut button on the bottom right side of the screen, and the Pearl Shop icon in the ESC menu has been changed to represent the Pearl Shop better.
  
  
• When a worker cannot be recovered, the explanation describing the status will now be properly displayed like the following:
  
  • The Worker's stamina is already at max.

• Fixed the issue where the descriptions for main quests and the quest widget would remain on the screen when you move to the Customization (F4) window.
  
  
• The Guild Mark and Guild Name will no longer overlap when changing the size of the chat window after using the Promote Guild feature.
  
  
• Fixed the error message which is displayed when you take out a mount in certain situations.
  
  
• When using the Villa Scroll at a Campsite, you can now select Silver from either the Inventory or from the Storage.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the Acquire All button would be marked as "R" from the Get Item window even after changing the interaction key from the game settings.
  
  
• The Item Count window, which appears when you right-click a countable item from your Inventory, will no longer change positions when you adjust the game screen size.
  
  
• The Sell Trade Item button in the Trade window has been improved.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the Customization window would not close when using Toggle UI from the Customization(F4) window.
  
  
• When you press the BDO Wiki button in the Crafting Notes menu (F2), the BDO Wiki window will now be placed on top of the Crafting Notes window.
  
  
• Added 9 new background loading screens (3 of which are played while you are waiting to be connected).
  
  
• You can now check the Recent Price, Recent Transaction, and Total Trades in the Central Market's purchase and sell windows.
  
  
• The Remnants of the Rift item has been added to the list of obtainable items seen in the Dark Rift window.
  
  
• The selection range which appears when you select the See Other’s Campsite settings from the game settings has been expanded to make selection more convenient.

• Fixed the issue where the game client would occasionally shut down when equipping mount equipment.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where a fairy that has learned the skill Miraculous Cheer would occasionally cause potion consumption when it shouldn't.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where abnormal outlines appeared around crops that were selected while new crops were being placed in a fence garden.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where abnormal outlines appeared around furniture that were selected while new furniture were being placed in a residence.

• We are aware of the issue where certain NPC and objects are not being displayed properly after connecting to the game for the first time or after a loading process.

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