Apr 4, 2018

Black Desert - CM Servantes

Greetings Adventurers,

Join Ellie’s Mystical Lake Festival which is all about splashing and spraying water, the element of life, all over to highlight the theme of respect, appreciation, love and sympathy.   You will sure fall in love with the beauty and cool aesthetics of the redesigned water festival area, so please enjoy this thrilling festival full of special quests and minigames. Also, don’t forget you can still gather your Black Crystal Shards all over the game world at a higher chance. Lastly, various storytelling quests have been added to Valencia!

Event & System

Event:

Ellie's Mystical Lake Festival is having a Grand Opening!
- Festival Period: April 4th After Maintenance ~ April 25th Before Maintenance
- Legend tells it Ellie was a mythical elephant that represented blessing of life. One spray of water from Ellie’s enormous nose and an oasis would form in the middle of the desert. The festive troupe have trained a royal miniature elephant specifically to bring this mythical creature to life.
- During the festive event, please try:
  - Challenges (Y) for daily play rewards.
  - Defeat monsters, gather, and hunt for event items.
  - Play mini-games available at Ellie’s Mystical Lake.
  - Perform special quests available via various NPCs of the festival.
- Find Ellie’s Mystical Lake north of Northern Wheat Plantation or check World Map (M). Go check it out now!
- Click < Here > to learn all about this festival!

Sharp and Hard Black Crystal Shard gathering drop event has been extended.
- Period: 4/4 After Maintenance ~ 4/18 Before Maintenance
- During the event period, drop rate of Hard and Sharp Black Crystal Shards will increase.

[Event] Useless Weapon Box from the event Shepherd Boy will expire in 2 weeks following this week's maintenance. Please make sure to open your remaining boxes to claim your rewards before it expires!
The 20% Outfit discount coupon from ‘A Special Gift for New Adventurers!’ has been changed to a challenge reward for reaching level 56.
- Additionally the reward has been changed to a 20% Function discount coupon instead of the original Outfit discount coupon.
- The availability period for the 20% Inventory, Weight, and Pet coupons have been changed from 7 days to 21 days.

Deep Blue Hoof Root items have been sent out as special gift via in-game mail.
- This is a reminder that Deep Blue Hoof Root is obtainable from gathering with an Empty Bottle in water.
- Please claim your gift via in-game mail before May 2nd, 2018

Content:

Voice of Amerigo, Deve, and several other NPCs have been improved to sound more natural and fitting.
A new button ‘Purchase All’ has been added so that you can win a bid and purchase all at once without setting the number of products to purchase.
Fixed the issue where Maid was unavailable to use when disqualified from the horse race.
Challenges will now be completed after using the item Life EXP Transfer and then logging into a character that received the Life EXP transfer.
Fixed the issue where Gathering twice in a row was possible in Mediah Northern Highlands.
Cooldown of Emergency Escape will now reset upon the start of every round in Arena of Arsha.
Fixed the issue where Parking effect of Fishing Boat was intermittently visible to other Adventurers.
Auto-navigate is now available to characters with less than lv. 7 without completing tutorials.

System:

Walking mode has been facilitated.
- Characters will now walk regardless of their current stance while Scroll Lock is activated.
- Even without Scroll Lock activated, characters can still enter a walking mode when holding down Caps Lock, and revert back to normal state when releasing the button.
- Thus switching between Walk/Run (During Auto-run) has been segregated and it became possible to set shortcuts respectively.

Fixed the graphical glitch that appeared with low texture quality settings, on the Western Guard Camp NPC’s weapon that held the Ogre.

Game World, NPC & Effects

[Event] Ellie's Mystical Lake Festival area will be marked on the World Map (M) during the event period.
- Likewise, relevant areas (part of nodes) will change from Combat Zone to Safe Zone to reflect the celebration of the festival on next week’s maintenance (April 11th).
- Click < Here > to check the affected areas where forts should not be built anymore.

Fixed the unnatural looking graphic issue on some trees in Hasrah Cliff when texture quality was set low.
Fixed the unnatural looking graphic issue on some trees in coastal areas near Mediah when texture quality was set low.
Fixed the graphical issue where reflection of the character would not show on puddle of water when graphics were set at: Settings -> Display Settings -> Graphics -> Very High.
The amount of Black Spirit’s Rage will be reset to 0 at the end of each round in the Arena of Arsha.
Fixed the issue where bookshelves in Valencia City’s library could not be interacted with.

NPC

Fixed the issue where an NPC at Kamasylve Temple in Mediah was floating in the air. Marni will also be punished for sharing more anti-gravity potions.
The location of NPC, Maghed, from Gahaz Bandits will no longer be marked as a question mark on minimap.
Fixed the issue where the instrument one of the NPC Clowns in Velia was holding, when greeting the Lord would disappear.
Fixed the unnatural looking resting animation for the Farm Worker NPC who pulled the Calpheon Cart.
After having more than 251 Amity with NPC Maudi Budar from Rumbling Land, you can now learn the Knowledge when you meet NPC Maudi Budar from another area.

Mounts

The following has been added to the item description of [Loyalties] Mount Resurrection Reset.
- If you use this on a deceased/destroyed mount while it is checked into a Stable/Wharf, its Death/Wreck count will reset to 0 and it will be completely recovered/repaired.

Fixed the issue where parked horses did not appear on the 3D mini map.

Class Changes

All Classes
- In order to ensure a smoother gameplay experience, optimization revisions were performed on the Ranger and Warrior classes.
- Fixed the swimming motion that occurred on the ground in some areas of Padix Island.
- Fixed the issue where combat stance wasn’t available from the View Underwear preview, after using the skill Rage Transfer or Rage Absorption.

Ranger
- The skill Tearing Arrow is now naturally shot without any key input while being charged for the first 1 round of shot.
- Fixed the issue where Stamina wasn’t consumed while Charging the first shot upon using the skill Tearing Arrow.
- Fixed the issue where the amount of EP would be consumed twice and the cooldown reset, when using the skill Evasive Explosive Shot, after the Flow: Call from Sky.
- Fixed the issue where the amount of EP being recovered by the skill Razor Wind, was less than indicated by its tooltip.
- Air Attack effect has been added to the skill Will of the Wind.
- Damage reduction during cooldown of the skill Will of the Wind has been taken off.
- Fixed the issue where MP was used up twice intermittently while performing the skill Flow: Air Explosion Shot.

Sorceress
- Fixed the issue where MP Recovery from the skill Dark Split was not properly applied in accordance with the skill level.

Valkyrie
- Fixed the graphical glitch on Valkyrie’s Venslar Shoes triggered by wearing them with Arrendo Armor.

Witch
- Fixed the issue where combat stance would be turned off when getting up from falling down.

Wizard
- Fixed the issue where combat stance would be turned off when getting up from falling down.
- Fixed the issue where the old Wizard’s body parts would clip from the underwear in the body setting window in the Customization screen.
- The motion of throwing water balloons and/or bombs have been improved to look more natural and fitting.

Musa
- Graphical effect of the skill Crosscut has been made more natural.

Maehwa
- Fixed the unnatural looking graphical issue on damage received on all targets with Maehwa’s Awakening skills.
- Fixed the issue where Basket would not disappear after spraying water.

Ninja
- Fixed the issue where the skill description of Ninjutsu: Blade Spin didn’t mention Super Armor would be applied.

Dark Knight
- Fixed the issue where the skill description of Slanted Balance didn’t mention Forward Guard when it was applied.

Striker
- The skill Rising Wolf Fang will now properly apply the skill effect of Super Armor.

Mystic
- Fixed the issue where the skill Tidal Burst IV did not obtain a Martial Spirit Shard.

Item Changes

Attack mechanism and movement of [Combat] Trina Demolition Axe have been improved.
- Use LMB for normal attack, RMB for shoulder charge, and LMB+RMB for a stronger attack.
- Hold LMB to perform a normal attack and then swing attack.
- The first hit of RMB attack has Forward Guard effect.
- Rolling (Shift + directional keys) has become swifter.
- Since the axe has become faster and more versatile, its damage has decreased by about 50%.

Fixed the issue where players were able to successfully cook Couscous with Teff Flour.
Fixed the issue where the message ‘There is no item’ would pop up and no item can be collected when trying to withdraw items via Storage Maid or Container in certain regions and not large cities.
.
Fixed the issue where items weren’t able to be pulled out of Guild Storage.

Pearl Shop:

Fixed the issue where the price wasn’t reloaded when sending a gift to more than 3 friends in Pearl Shop.
Fixed the issue where Pets would intermittently stop moving, instead of obtaining items.
Easter is full of blessing! Spring Renaissance packages for all classes will be sold for one extra week to April 11th (Before Maintenance).
For details on newly added Pearl Shop Update, please click < Here > !

Monster Changes

Fixed the issue where monsters were occasionally not summoned from the item [Guild] Muskan of Madness Summon Scroll.
The number of dropped items from the following monster has been reduced:
- Catfishman Rotten Fish: 5~10 Viscous Liquid → 1 Viscous Liquid

The drop rate from the following monsters have been adjusted:
- Catfishman Meat - Viscous Liquid: Increased by approximately 14 times
- [Energetic] Fat Catfishman - Suspicious Pouch: Increased by approximately 30 times
- [Energetic] Fat Catfishman - Goblin Chief Summon Scroll: Decreased by approximately 90%
- Shultz Guard Gladiator - Black Stone (Armor): Decreased by approximately 30%
- Shultz Guard Armored Soldier - Black Stone (Armor): Decreased by approximately 25%
- Forest Ronaros Scout Guardian - Spirit Stone: Decreased by approximately 70%
- Forest Ronaros Scout Earth - Spirit Stone Fragment: Increased by approximately 5.5 times

The drop rate of the item Asula's Crimson Eye Earring from the monsters at Helms Post has been decreased by 30%.

Quests & Knowledge

Daily quests for [Event] Ellie's Mystical Lake Festival have been added:
- [Event] Ellie’s Mystical Lake Festival
- [Event] Bless you with Harmless Water Prank
- [Event] Petal Picking
- [Event] Best of Luck
- [Event] Here's a Blanket. Don't Get Sick!
- [Event] Washed Away Garbage
- [Event] Fill it up

Valencia Storytelling quests, available for characters level 54 and above, have been added:
- A History of Valencia: The Annals of Cloran
- Danuman the Exiled Sage
- Danuman the Treacherous Sage
- Dusty Object
- Suspicious Soldier
- Danuman’s Followers
- Danuman’s Possessions
- A Sham Salamanto
- Into the Bandit’s Lair
- Code of Gahaz Bandits
- Tuval's Law & Order - Plunder
- Tuval's Law & Order - Harm, Authority, Self-sufficiency
- Tuval's Law & Order - Respect #1
- Tuval's Law & Order - Respect #2
- Gahaz Tuval's Test
- Not a Part of This World
- Finding the Follower
- Followers Seeking the Truth
- Piece of the Golden Crown
- Perfect Crime
- Astute Eyes
- The Truth About the Golden Crown
- Furious Desert Fogan
- Ancients’ Memories - Memory Fragment

Fixed the awkward description of the quest Call of Katan's Duty.
The icon of the quest Mystery Being Solved has been changed.
The requirement to learn the Knowledge ‘Altinova Arena’ has been changed to require an Amity of 301 with the NPC Abdul Jaum.
Fixed the incorrect quest acceptance condition for the recurring quest ‘Remembering the Scientist’ on Quests window.
The list of 3 NPC tutorial quests and quest acceptance condition now can be checked via the Main Quest window.
- Finding Akan
- To Buntt the Instructor
- Noisy Grass Beetles

Warning text has been added to the item description for the Black Abyssal Weapon Exchange, that the Crystal will be broken upon changing to a box.
One of the main quests for Kamasylvia, Kama-Grána Saint, will now properly navigate to Nelydormin and Lift.
The Knowledge images of following monsters have been changed to match with actual image of them:
- Deck Elite Combatant
- Cox Elite Gladiator
- Crazy Jack
- Iron Combatant
- Pile of Mountain Goat Skulls
- Calpheon Elite Shadow Priestess
- Calpheon Elite Shadow Knight
- Calpheon Shrine Elite Wizard

After completing the quest Bandit’s Treasure Chamber, without learning the Knowledge Luxurious Treasure chamber, players can now learn it through communicating with the NPC Etunar.

Interface Changes

Interface (full screen) will be reloaded upon requesting or accepting friends.
Inventory will not be closed when opening the Processing window with a L key and having a Container and Maid Storage opened as well.
The effect appearing on the Contribution Points status bar on the top left in the game screen has been replaced when leveling up them.
Fixed the issue where unobtained Knowledge was displayed as Acquired Knowledge when trying to buy one with low Amity in Amity Shop.
Fixed the issue where Guild History was intermittently displayed a personal history on Guild window (G).
A new button ‘Cancel’ has been added when trying to sell Transfused items to NPC Store so that you can check before cancelling.
‘Notification’ and ‘Pre-order’ buttons that appear when there is no stock in Marketplace have been relocated to the spot below the item name as they did before.
Awakening Weapons will be more visible when items are in Awakening Weapon slot in Dye window.
Fixed the issue where during Node/Conquest wars guards bowed to Adventurers who did not belong to the occupying guild.
Entering only “/” in the chat input field will not send the chat.

Resolved Issues

Fixed the issue where the Parking effect of Fishing Boat was visible to other Adventurers.
Fixed an issue that prevented players from sending a message to friends, directly after becoming friends.
The system alert for notifying non-participants of Node/Conquest war upon entering combat zone has been updated to let them know they cannot attack Node/Conquest war-related targets.
Fixed the issue where a window to prepare for battle popped up in the upper center of the screen intermittently when exiting from Team Battle.
Some navigation areas around The Royal Palace of Valencia have been improved.
Fixed the issue where changing outfits in Pearl Shop would momentarily disable the characters clothing.
Crouch and movement motions while holding a Matchlock have been improved.
Fixed the issue where rotating the camera at a certain spot in Calpheon City would cause some objects to turn invisible.
Fixed the issue where trap items could not be installed properly in certain areas.
Chat icons in Spanish have been fixed.
The text length wrap on the tooltip window has been adjusted.
Fixed the issue where the dusty old box object would vanish from the Valencia consecutive quest Dusty Object.

Known Issue

There is an issue where the Splashy Water Balloon sometimes cannot be targeted with Ellie’s Small Water Balloon. This issue will be fixed next week.
We are aware of the isue where players are getting stuck underground when running fast in the market streets of Calpheon City.

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To read the patch notes in German,French or Spanish click the links below:
German Patch Notes
French Patch Notes
Spanish Patch Notes

Apr 4, 2018

Patch Notes - 4th April 2018

Black Desert - CM Servantes

Event & System

Event:

Ellie's Mystical Lake Festival is having a Grand Opening!
- Festival Period: April 4th After Maintenance ~ April 25th Before Maintenance
- Legend tells it Ellie was a mythical elephant that represented blessing of life. One spray of water from Ellie’s enormous nose and an oasis would form in the middle of the desert. The festive troupe have trained a royal miniature elephant specifically to bring this mythical creature to life.
- During the festive event, please try:
  - Challenges (Y) for daily play rewards.
  - Defeat monsters, gather, and hunt for event items.
  - Play mini-games available at Ellie’s Mystical Lake.
  - Perform special quests available via various NPCs of the festival.
- Find Ellie’s Mystical Lake north of Northern Wheat Plantation or check World Map (M). Go check it out now!
- Click < Here > to learn all about this festival!

Sharp and Hard Black Crystal Shard gathering drop event has been extended.
- Period: 4/4 After Maintenance ~ 4/18 Before Maintenance
- During the event period, drop rate of Hard and Sharp Black Crystal Shards will increase.

[Event] Useless Weapon Box from the event Shepherd Boy will expire in 2 weeks following this week's maintenance. Please make sure to open your remaining boxes to claim your rewards before it expires!
The 20% Outfit discount coupon from ‘A Special Gift for New Adventurers!’ has been changed to a challenge reward for reaching level 56.
- Additionally the reward has been changed to a 20% Function discount coupon instead of the original Outfit discount coupon.
- The availability period for the 20% Inventory, Weight, and Pet coupons have been changed from 7 days to 21 days.

Deep Blue Hoof Root items have been sent out as special gift via in-game mail.
- This is a reminder that Deep Blue Hoof Root is obtainable from gathering with an Empty Bottle in water.
- Please claim your gift via in-game mail before May 2nd, 2018

Content:

Voice of Amerigo, Deve, and several other NPCs have been improved to sound more natural and fitting.
A new button ‘Purchase All’ has been added so that you can win a bid and purchase all at once without setting the number of products to purchase.
Fixed the issue where Maid was unavailable to use when disqualified from the horse race.
Challenges will now be completed after using the item Life EXP Transfer and then logging into a character that received the Life EXP transfer.
Fixed the issue where Gathering twice in a row was possible in Mediah Northern Highlands.
Cooldown of Emergency Escape will now reset upon the start of every round in Arena of Arsha.
Fixed the issue where Parking effect of Fishing Boat was intermittently visible to other Adventurers.
Auto-navigate is now available to characters with less than lv. 7 without completing tutorials.

System:

Walking mode has been facilitated.
- Characters will now walk regardless of their current stance while Scroll Lock is activated.
- Even without Scroll Lock activated, characters can still enter a walking mode when holding down Caps Lock, and revert back to normal state when releasing the button.
- Thus switching between Walk/Run (During Auto-run) has been segregated and it became possible to set shortcuts respectively.

Fixed the graphical glitch that appeared with low texture quality settings, on the Western Guard Camp NPC’s weapon that held the Ogre.

Game World, NPC & Effects

[Event] Ellie's Mystical Lake Festival area will be marked on the World Map (M) during the event period.
- Likewise, relevant areas (part of nodes) will change from Combat Zone to Safe Zone to reflect the celebration of the festival on next week’s maintenance (April 11th).
- Click < Here > to check the affected areas where forts should not be built anymore.

Fixed the unnatural looking graphic issue on some trees in Hasrah Cliff when texture quality was set low.
Fixed the unnatural looking graphic issue on some trees in coastal areas near Mediah when texture quality was set low.
Fixed the graphical issue where reflection of the character would not show on puddle of water when graphics were set at: Settings -> Display Settings -> Graphics -> Very High.
The amount of Black Spirit’s Rage will be reset to 0 at the end of each round in the Arena of Arsha.
Fixed the issue where bookshelves in Valencia City’s library could not be interacted with.

NPC

Fixed the issue where an NPC at Kamasylve Temple in Mediah was floating in the air. Marni will also be punished for sharing more anti-gravity potions.
The location of NPC, Maghed, from Gahaz Bandits will no longer be marked as a question mark on minimap.
Fixed the issue where the instrument one of the NPC Clowns in Velia was holding, when greeting the Lord would disappear.
Fixed the unnatural looking resting animation for the Farm Worker NPC who pulled the Calpheon Cart.
After having more than 251 Amity with NPC Maudi Budar from Rumbling Land, you can now learn the Knowledge when you meet NPC Maudi Budar from another area.

Mounts

The following has been added to the item description of [Loyalties] Mount Resurrection Reset.
- If you use this on a deceased/destroyed mount while it is checked into a Stable/Wharf, its Death/Wreck count will reset to 0 and it will be completely recovered/repaired.

Fixed the issue where parked horses did not appear on the 3D mini map.

Class Changes

All Classes
- In order to ensure a smoother gameplay experience, optimization revisions were performed on the Ranger and Warrior classes.
- Fixed the swimming motion that occurred on the ground in some areas of Padix Island.
- Fixed the issue where combat stance wasn’t available from the View Underwear preview, after using the skill Rage Transfer or Rage Absorption.

Ranger
- The skill Tearing Arrow is now naturally shot without any key input while being charged for the first 1 round of shot.
- Fixed the issue where Stamina wasn’t consumed while Charging the first shot upon using the skill Tearing Arrow.
- Fixed the issue where the amount of EP would be consumed twice and the cooldown reset, when using the skill Evasive Explosive Shot, after the Flow: Call from Sky.
- Fixed the issue where the amount of EP being recovered by the skill Razor Wind, was less than indicated by its tooltip.
- Air Attack effect has been added to the skill Will of the Wind.
- Damage reduction during cooldown of the skill Will of the Wind has been taken off.
- Fixed the issue where MP was used up twice intermittently while performing the skill Flow: Air Explosion Shot.

Sorceress
- Fixed the issue where MP Recovery from the skill Dark Split was not properly applied in accordance with the skill level.

Valkyrie
- Fixed the graphical glitch on Valkyrie’s Venslar Shoes triggered by wearing them with Arrendo Armor.

Witch
- Fixed the issue where combat stance would be turned off when getting up from falling down.

Wizard
- Fixed the issue where combat stance would be turned off when getting up from falling down.
- Fixed the issue where the old Wizard’s body parts would clip from the underwear in the body setting window in the Customization screen.
- The motion of throwing water balloons and/or bombs have been improved to look more natural and fitting.

Musa
- Graphical effect of the skill Crosscut has been made more natural.

Maehwa
- Fixed the unnatural looking graphical issue on damage received on all targets with Maehwa’s Awakening skills.
- Fixed the issue where Basket would not disappear after spraying water.

Ninja
- Fixed the issue where the skill description of Ninjutsu: Blade Spin didn’t mention Super Armor would be applied.

Dark Knight
- Fixed the issue where the skill description of Slanted Balance didn’t mention Forward Guard when it was applied.

Striker
- The skill Rising Wolf Fang will now properly apply the skill effect of Super Armor.

Mystic
- Fixed the issue where the skill Tidal Burst IV did not obtain a Martial Spirit Shard.

Item Changes

Attack mechanism and movement of [Combat] Trina Demolition Axe have been improved.
- Use LMB for normal attack, RMB for shoulder charge, and LMB+RMB for a stronger attack.
- Hold LMB to perform a normal attack and then swing attack.
- The first hit of RMB attack has Forward Guard effect.
- Rolling (Shift + directional keys) has become swifter.
- Since the axe has become faster and more versatile, its damage has decreased by about 50%.

Fixed the issue where players were able to successfully cook Couscous with Teff Flour.
Fixed the issue where the message ‘There is no item’ would pop up and no item can be collected when trying to withdraw items via Storage Maid or Container in certain regions and not large cities.
.
Fixed the issue where items weren’t able to be pulled out of Guild Storage.

Pearl Shop:

Fixed the issue where the price wasn’t reloaded when sending a gift to more than 3 friends in Pearl Shop.
Fixed the issue where Pets would intermittently stop moving, instead of obtaining items.
Easter is full of blessing! Spring Renaissance packages for all classes will be sold for one extra week to April 11th (Before Maintenance).
For details on newly added Pearl Shop Update, please click < Here > !

Monster Changes

Fixed the issue where monsters were occasionally not summoned from the item [Guild] Muskan of Madness Summon Scroll.
The number of dropped items from the following monster has been reduced:
- Catfishman Rotten Fish: 5~10 Viscous Liquid → 1 Viscous Liquid

The drop rate from the following monsters have been adjusted:
- Catfishman Meat - Viscous Liquid: Increased by approximately 14 times
- [Energetic] Fat Catfishman - Suspicious Pouch: Increased by approximately 30 times
- [Energetic] Fat Catfishman - Goblin Chief Summon Scroll: Decreased by approximately 90%
- Shultz Guard Gladiator - Black Stone (Armor): Decreased by approximately 30%
- Shultz Guard Armored Soldier - Black Stone (Armor): Decreased by approximately 25%
- Forest Ronaros Scout Guardian - Spirit Stone: Decreased by approximately 70%
- Forest Ronaros Scout Earth - Spirit Stone Fragment: Increased by approximately 5.5 times

The drop rate of the item Asula's Crimson Eye Earring from the monsters at Helms Post has been decreased by 30%.

Quests & Knowledge

Daily quests for [Event] Ellie's Mystical Lake Festival have been added:
- [Event] Ellie’s Mystical Lake Festival
- [Event] Bless you with Harmless Water Prank
- [Event] Petal Picking
- [Event] Best of Luck
- [Event] Here's a Blanket. Don't Get Sick!
- [Event] Washed Away Garbage
- [Event] Fill it up

Valencia Storytelling quests, available for characters level 54 and above, have been added:
- A History of Valencia: The Annals of Cloran
- Danuman the Exiled Sage
- Danuman the Treacherous Sage
- Dusty Object
- Suspicious Soldier
- Danuman’s Followers
- Danuman’s Possessions
- A Sham Salamanto
- Into the Bandit’s Lair
- Code of Gahaz Bandits
- Tuval's Law & Order - Plunder
- Tuval's Law & Order - Harm, Authority, Self-sufficiency
- Tuval's Law & Order - Respect #1
- Tuval's Law & Order - Respect #2
- Gahaz Tuval's Test
- Not a Part of This World
- Finding the Follower
- Followers Seeking the Truth
- Piece of the Golden Crown
- Perfect Crime
- Astute Eyes
- The Truth About the Golden Crown
- Furious Desert Fogan
- Ancients’ Memories - Memory Fragment

Fixed the awkward description of the quest Call of Katan's Duty.
The icon of the quest Mystery Being Solved has been changed.
The requirement to learn the Knowledge ‘Altinova Arena’ has been changed to require an Amity of 301 with the NPC Abdul Jaum.
Fixed the incorrect quest acceptance condition for the recurring quest ‘Remembering the Scientist’ on Quests window.
The list of 3 NPC tutorial quests and quest acceptance condition now can be checked via the Main Quest window.
- Finding Akan
- To Buntt the Instructor
- Noisy Grass Beetles

Warning text has been added to the item description for the Black Abyssal Weapon Exchange, that the Crystal will be broken upon changing to a box.
One of the main quests for Kamasylvia, Kama-Grána Saint, will now properly navigate to Nelydormin and Lift.
The Knowledge images of following monsters have been changed to match with actual image of them:
- Deck Elite Combatant
- Cox Elite Gladiator
- Crazy Jack
- Iron Combatant
- Pile of Mountain Goat Skulls
- Calpheon Elite Shadow Priestess
- Calpheon Elite Shadow Knight
- Calpheon Shrine Elite Wizard

After completing the quest Bandit’s Treasure Chamber, without learning the Knowledge Luxurious Treasure chamber, players can now learn it through communicating with the NPC Etunar.

Interface Changes

Interface (full screen) will be reloaded upon requesting or accepting friends.
Inventory will not be closed when opening the Processing window with a L key and having a Container and Maid Storage opened as well.
The effect appearing on the Contribution Points status bar on the top left in the game screen has been replaced when leveling up them.
Fixed the issue where unobtained Knowledge was displayed as Acquired Knowledge when trying to buy one with low Amity in Amity Shop.
Fixed the issue where Guild History was intermittently displayed a personal history on Guild window (G).
A new button ‘Cancel’ has been added when trying to sell Transfused items to NPC Store so that you can check before cancelling.
‘Notification’ and ‘Pre-order’ buttons that appear when there is no stock in Marketplace have been relocated to the spot below the item name as they did before.
Awakening Weapons will be more visible when items are in Awakening Weapon slot in Dye window.
Fixed the issue where during Node/Conquest wars guards bowed to Adventurers who did not belong to the occupying guild.
Entering only “/” in the chat input field will not send the chat.

Resolved Issues

Fixed the issue where the Parking effect of Fishing Boat was visible to other Adventurers.
Fixed an issue that prevented players from sending a message to friends, directly after becoming friends.
The system alert for notifying non-participants of Node/Conquest war upon entering combat zone has been updated to let them know they cannot attack Node/Conquest war-related targets.
Fixed the issue where a window to prepare for battle popped up in the upper center of the screen intermittently when exiting from Team Battle.
Some navigation areas around The Royal Palace of Valencia have been improved.
Fixed the issue where changing outfits in Pearl Shop would momentarily disable the characters clothing.
Crouch and movement motions while holding a Matchlock have been improved.
Fixed the issue where rotating the camera at a certain spot in Calpheon City would cause some objects to turn invisible.
Fixed the issue where trap items could not be installed properly in certain areas.
Chat icons in Spanish have been fixed.
The text length wrap on the tooltip window has been adjusted.
Fixed the issue where the dusty old box object would vanish from the Valencia consecutive quest Dusty Object.

Known Issue

There is an issue where the Splashy Water Balloon sometimes cannot be targeted with Ellie’s Small Water Balloon. This issue will be fixed next week.
We are aware of the isue where players are getting stuck underground when running fast in the market streets of Calpheon City.

Mar 28, 2018

Patch Notes - 28th March 2018

Black Desert - CM Servantes

Greetings Adventurers,

Let’s hop right into the highlights of this week’s patch! We’re receiving several eggcellent changes hot off the press from the latest edition of the developer’s diary. Score an even bigger haul when out laying waste to all those monsters, accessories can now drop at PRI and DUO enhancement levels. Speaking of loot, we’ve reduced the weight of miscellaneous monster drops as well!

While you’re getting ready to try out the new simplified Fort & Command post construction system, be sure to check out the latest events. Players can scavenge eggs from all over the world of Black Desert Online for rewards, or tackle special world quests from the foolish and mischievous Shepherd Boy!

Event & System

Event:

The Egg Hunt event has begun.
- Event Period: March 28th (After Maintenance) - April 11th (Before Maintenance)
- During the event period, Finish Quests, Defeat Monsters, Gather, and Fish to get eggcentric EGGS!!
  - Claim your [Event] Flondor Goose Eggs and [Event] Black Spirit Flondor Goose Eggs through various fun-filled ways.
- Click < Here > for full details on this eggcellent event!

April’s Fools event, the ‘Shepherd Boy’ has begun.
- Event Period: March 28th (After Maintenance) - April 4th (Before Maintenance)
- During the event period, help the Shepherd Boy protect his sheep from the scary wolves. But don’t be fooled from every warning the boy alarms!
- Beware! If you lure the wolves too far away from the sheep, they will steal your rewards!
- Click < Here > for full details on this foolish yet fun event!

Attendance rewards for ‘Returning’ tab has been refreshed.

Black Spirit’s Adventure 2 has ended.

Content:

A new item ‘Adventurer's Tome’ has been added.
- Complete a Black Spirit quest Black Spirit's Gift (Adventurer's Tome) if your character is Lv. 53 to receive one.
- While you are equipping Adventurer's Tome, the amount of Prognyl Silver Bar you get from relevant quests will increase by 20%.

Items related to Cron Meals and Draughts have been added.
- Ancient Cron Spice: An ingredient used in cooking. It can be bought from Cooking Merchant or Innkeeper NPCs.
- Tears of the Falling Moon: An ingredient used to make Draughts. It can bought from Old Moon Manager NPCs.

Cron Meals (a new type of food) and Draughts (a new type of elixir) have been added. You can get great buffs from them.
- You can use Simple Cooking/Alchemy to make Cron Meals/Draughts.
- All the effects of a Cron Meal or Draught will be shown on a single icon, allowing you to better check and manage your Character’s buffs.
- The effects of Cron Meals and Draughts cannot be stacked with other food or elixirs.
- If you consume a Cron Meal/Draught while the effects of another food/elixir is in effect, the old effects will disappear and the effects of the Cron Meal/Draught will be applied.
- If you consume a food item while a Cron Meal is still in effect, the item will be consumed but the only effect you will get from it is Health EXP gain.
- While a Draught is in effect the effects of elixirs will not be applied, excluding those of Perfume of Courage, Perfume of Swiftness, Elixir of Deep Sea, Khalk’s Elixir, Spirit Perfume Elixir, Whale Tendon Elixir or Tough Whale Tendon Elixir.
- Cron Meals and Draughts can be used simultaneously. However if a Cron Meal/Draught is still in effect and another type of Cron Meal/Draught is consumed, then the effects of the original Cron Meal/Draught will be replaced with that of the newly consumed Cron Meal/Draught.
  - For example, if you first consume a Seafood Cron Meal and then consume a Exquisite Cron Meal, only the effects of Exquisite Cron Meal will be applied.
- When crafting Cron Meals and Draughts, you can substitute ingredients with high grade ingredients. For example instead of Balenos Meal x3, you can use Special Balenos Meal x1.

Field HQ, Command Post, or Forts will now be automatically built one hour after being placed automatically, without the need to add Materials or send Workers to build it upon joining a Node/Conquest War.
- Once they are fully built, they cannot be disassembled.
- You may install or disassemble a Field HQ, Command Post, or a Fort until a minimum of 2 hours before the Node/Conquest War begins.
- Field HQ, Command Post, and Forts will count and be visible on the World Map upon installation even if not complete.

The information regarding fort construction residing in the Worker Knowledge category is now deprecated and will be adjusted later.
Fixed the issue where you could not receive Gathering EXP while gathering the following resources using the Shabby Shovel:
- Violet Crystal
- Blue Crystal
- Melted Vanadium Shard

The Lemoria Armor Set Effect has been modified:

System:

A new system to identify unauthorized programs has been added.
Deleting a friend from the friend list will also remove yourself from the target’s friend list.
- Friends that have been deleted from your friends list prior to this update will now also result in you being removed from their list.
- If you delete a friend while private messaging that friend, you cannot send any more messages. If you add that friend back, you can pick up from where you left off.
- Please Note: Messages with deleted friends will only be kept while you are currently still online, logging out of the game will clear the cache and the messages will be lost.

An alert will now appear if your gamepad is disconnected.
Fixed the issue where the client was intermittently crashed during Cooking or Alchemy.

Game World, NPC & Effects

Marni has been instructed to no longer conduct science experiments on the rocks near Marni’s Lab, we have restored the gravity in the area and they should no longer be floating.
Fixed the unnatural camera perspective caused by talking to some Pilgrim NPCs in Pilgrim's Sanctum.
Fixed the issue where some Villagers in Heidel were displayed as Serendia Soldiers. These imposters have been sent home and the real villagers have returned to their appropriate places.
The name and dialogue script of some Calpheon Laborer NPCs have been modified.
Fixed the issue where Quest Summary of Befriending Trees did not match with the name of the target NPC.
Some of Marni’s anti-gravity rock potions were used on the rocks around Heidel Castle. We have restored the gravity to these rocks, they will now no longer be levitating.
Fixed the issue where NPC Slum Dweller in Calpheon City became invisible upon interaction. The invisibility cloak he was using has been confiscated and properly locked away.
Fixed the awkward looking placement of curtains or shelves when installed in certain Residences.

Mounts

Diné the Dream Horse can now freely use all the skills in the Great Desert area as it does in other places.
The size of the grass that appears when Diné the Dream Horse walks or runs is bigger and the grass effect overall has been made more prominent.
The following effects of Dream Horses have been improved:
- Diné: Run, S: Charge, Instant Accel, S: Instant Accel, and Roar
- Arduanatt: Instant Accel and S: Instant Accel
- Black Arduanatt: Instant Accel and S: Instant Accel

The death penalty system of mounts has been changed.
The Death Count of a horse will no longer affect its Breeding or Exchange results.
- The Max Stamina of mounts will no longer be reduced based on the number of mount deaths.
- You may still check and reset the mount’s death count from the stable.
- The item description for Mount Resurrection Reset items have been amended to be clearer.

The Mount Resurrection Reset Pearl item has been changed to [Loyalties] Mount Resurrection Reset.
- Due to the mount death system being revised, [Loyalty] Mount Resurrection Resets can be applied to a horse with no limit.
- Adventurers who have purchased or received ‘Mount Resurrect Reset’ items (unused) before March 28th maintenance will be refunded with its original price for any ‘Mount Resurrection Reset’ in the adventurers’ Inventory or Storage.
  - Corresponding items will be deleted and refunded Pearls will be sent via in-game Mailbox (B).
  - ‘Mount Resurrection Reset’ items received as a Gift will be refunded to the receiver.

If your mount is carrying trade items you can no longer use the teleport functions such as “Gather!,” “Assemble!” and “Archaeologist’s Map.”
- Even if you are currently not riding that mount, if the mount is out of the Stable and carrying trade items, the teleport function will not work.

Class Changes

All Classes
- You can no longer have on the Underwear Settings while equipped with a Matchlock or musical instrument.
- Fixed the issue where some skills spun not only monsters but also Characters.
- Skill visual effects will now be displayed correctly even when you are using a Lantern.
- All female classes have had a new voice option added (Beauty or Character Creation window > Customizing > Voice ).

Warrior
- Fixed the issue where the skill Solar Flare’s, burn and bleeding effect wasn’t being applied after using the skill Head Chase.
- Fixed the issue where switching back to non-combat stance from combat stance (Longsword) while moving forward then stopping in the middle would set the player back into combat stance.
- Fixed the issue where Warrior’s skill Charging Thrust was being applied as the skill Kick while Sprinting in combat stance.
- Fixed the issue where skill combo with RMB was unavailable while using the skill Ground Roar.
- Fixed the issue where the cutting motion with controls would not show while using the skill Absolute: Sideways Cut IV.

Ranger
- Fixed the skill effects when using the skill Penetrating Wind during cooldown.
- EP Recovery per hit information has been added to the description of Dagger of Protection.

Sorceress
- Fixed the graphical glitch on Sorceress’s arm in New Year Hanbok top caused with certain Customization settings.
- Fixed the description of the skill Bloody Calamity to reflect the actual reduced amount of accuracy decrease.
  - Now the new description would read ‘‘All Accuracy Rate -12% for 5 sec. on good hits’
- Fixed the issue where characters would be knocked down in different directions when using the skill Ultimate: Dark Flame.
- Fixed the issue where Knockdown effect was applied to the Smash Attack of Violation when used during cooldown.
  - The effect of pushing monsters has been added to the description of the skill Violation.
- In order to ensure a smoother gameplay experience, optimization revisions were performed on the Sorceress class.
  - Optimization revisions on other classes will follow after this one.

Berserker
- Fixed the graphical glitch on the other hand of the Berserker when having Bheg’s Gloves equipped.

Witch
- When applying multiple Shocked effects to a target, the one with the best speed decrease effect will be applied.
- Fixed the unnatural looking graphic issue on Witch’s hair in Lahr Arcien (R) Hat.

Wizard
- When applying multiple Shocked effects to a target, the one with the best speed decrease effect will be applied.
- Fixed the issue where sometimes Raise Hair checkbox would remain checked even after clicking on Edit History in Beauty Salon (F4).
  - Raise Hair checkbox will be unchecked while switching between young and old face of the Wizard.
- Fixed the issue where the wizards ears could not be made symmetrical when Customizing the character.

Musa
- The amount of WP Recovery on successful hits from the skill Crescent Blade Training has been increased to 20.
- Dash Attack Hit Damage of the skill Crescent Blade Training has been changed to 346% x 3 to correctly represent the actual damage inflicted.
- Fixed the description of Forward Hit count to correctly represent the actual Forward Hit count for the skill Crescent Blade Training.

Maehwa
- The amount of WP Recovery on successful hits from the skill Kerispear Training has been increased to 20.

Kunoichi
- Fixed the graphical awkwardness in the chest area of the Kunoichi with Spring Blossom outfit on when wielding the Main Weapon and Awakening Weapon stance in customization.

Dark Knight
- Fixed the issue where the knockback from the skill Absolute: Darkness Burst was not correctly applying to nearby characters.

Striker
- Fixed the issue where Blazing Inferno Gloves were disappeared when putting on Blazing Inferno Gauntlet.

Mystic
- The Pull in effect has been added the description of the skill Dragon's Rip.
- Fixed the unnatural looking appearance of the Mystic’s New Year Hanbok when the costume was wet.

Item Changes

Monsters that previously dropped blue or higher grade accessories will now drop PRI and DUO accessories at a low rate.
- Shrine Guardian Token
- Ogre Ring
- Tree Spirit Belt
- Token of Friendship
- Witch's Earring
- Mark of Shadow
- Blue Coral Earring
- Red Coral Ring
- Blue Coral Ring
- Red Coral Earring
- Mesto Earring
- Outlaw's Ring
- Belt of Shultz the Gladiator
- Necklace of Shultz the Gladiator
- Nert Ring
- Scarla Necklace
- Ancient Guardian's Seal
- Bensho's Necklace
- Ridell Earring
- Gartner Belt
- Ancient Weapon Core
- Basilisk's Belt
- Ring of Cadry Guardian
- Serap's Necklace
- Centaurus Belt
- Laytenn’s Power Stone
- Ring of Crescent Guardian
- Tungrad Necklace
- Sicil's Necklace
- Narc Ear Accessory
- Valtarra Eclipsed Belt
- Tungrad Belt
- Forest Ronaros Ring

The item descriptions of the following items has been changed to say that they will be completed automatically after 1 hour. These items will no longer need materials for construction, so their prices have been changed as follows.
- Any forts under construction during maintenance will have been auto-completed to reflect the changes above.

The weights of the miscellaneous monster drop items you obtain from Balenos, Serendia, and Calpheon have been reduced to 0.01LT.
FFixed the issue where Mass Exchange window was intermittently displayed when exchanging Asula’s Weakened Magic Accessories from an NPC.
The following items have been added to Crafting Notes:
- Blue Whale Molar Earring
- Fugitive Khalk's Earring

When using the pre-order function using a Transaction Maid, Silver will be drawn from the storage in cities (capital).
- Silver from small town storages will not be used for these cases.

The Marketplace registration prices of the following items have been modified:

Pearl Shop

Thanks to your support, Rare Critter Box will be sold for 1 more week.
- Rare Critter Box will be available in the Pearl Shop before April 4th maintenance.

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

Monster Changes

Monsters who go into hiding mode/disappear will also have their effects hidden now.
The attack route of Saunil Immobile Catapult from Trina Fort has become more natural.
Gyfin Rhasia Crusher’s rotating attack motion has been adjusted to look more natural.
The Desert Iguana and Gorgo Cobras located around the Node Manager for Gorgo Rock Belt have been relocated.
Fixed the issue where Combat EXP could be earned from defeating summoned boss monsters for the main quests.
The item drops from the Boss monster at the Advanced Altar of Training will now properly vanish when the body disappears.

Quests & Knowledge

You cannot receive the following quests temporarily while they are being revised:
- Flower Blooming in Ruins
- Nightmare Revealed
- Traces of Forgotten Cron
- An Alchemist in Velia
- Alustin's Two Daughters
- Clumsy but Exceptional Eileen
- Life-risking Infiltration
- Memorial Service for the Fallen People
- Emma's Nightmare
- Pila Ku’s Helper
- Among the madness and chaos
- Subdue to Unrest
- Power of Gold
- [Repeat] Meet the Deadline
- [Daily] For the Desert Travelers

How to obtain a Flute has been added to the quest summary of Pick Weeds with a Pig.
Fixed the incorrect navigation point on the quest [Gathering] Lacy Hates Hides.
Fixed the unnatural navigation for the quest For Serendia.
New Knowledge has been added:
- Seafood Cron Meal
- Simple Cron Meal
- Exquisite Cron Meal
- Verdure Draught
- Beast’s Draught
- Giant’s Draught

Interface Changes

A location indication effect has been added so that you can find your boat/ship better.
- Parking effect visible only to yourself has been added to Rowboat, Fishing Boat, [Guild] Galley, Epheria Sailboat, Epheria Frigate, and Old Bartali Sailboat.

Fixed the issue where the Enhancement button would be deactivated when an item and Black Stones were put into the Enhancement window, and the button for Extract Chance was clicked.
In the Dye (J) screen, characters equipped with Awakening weapons will now take Awakening poses.
Texture Quality will be adjusted when changing settings from Simple Setting:
- Low-spec (normal, siege): Low Texture Quality
- Mid-spec (normal, siege): Medium Texture Quality
- High-spec (normal, siege): High Texture Quality
- Highest-spec (normal, siege): High Texture Quality

Fixed the issue so that you can now change Texture Quality without issue.
Texture Quality will be set at Medium by default when clicking on Reset All from Settings.
One of the options in Settings>General Settings>Show/Hide has been renamed.
- Show Guild/Clan Names → Show Guild Member Names

A new description has been added to the Empty Bottle item, that states: Automatically gathering will now be stopped once a Special Resource has been found.
The Black Spirit’s wiki icon will no longer be displayed when the Weight Limit alert is set to off.
Clicking a link to the item tooltip listed in the Chat window, will now display the item type inside the tooltip as well.

Resolved Issues

Fixed the issue where some Dairy Cows in Olvia dug at the ground upon interaction.
Fixed a bug that intermittently occurred while gathering underwater.
Fixed the issue where you could catch unreleased fish in some border areas of Kamasylvia.
Fixed the issue where weapons would sometimes be force sheathed when an error message “Resource does not exist” was displayed.
Fixed the issue where Annexes could be installed in invalid locations.
Fixed the issue where the image of helmets on outfits that contained helmets in the set, would continue to be displayed as equipped on the preview section when trying on outfits in the pearl shop, while the Venia Riding Attire was equipped initially.
Fixed the issue where ending time for reservation would not be displayed properly for Patrigio’s Secret Shop.

Mar 28, 2018

Patch Notes - 28th March 2018

Black Desert - CM Servantes

Event & System

Event:

The Egg Hunt event has begun.
- Event Period: March 28th (After Maintenance) - April 11th (Before Maintenance)
- During the event period, Finish Quests, Defeat Monsters, Gather, and Fish to get eggcentric EGGS!!
  - Claim your [Event] Flondor Goose Eggs and [Event] Black Spirit Flondor Goose Eggs through various fun-filled ways.
- Click < Here > for full details on this eggcellent event!

April’s Fools event, the ‘Shepherd Boy’ has begun.
- Event Period: March 28th (After Maintenance) - April 4th (Before Maintenance)
- During the event period, help the Shepherd Boy protect his sheep from the scary wolves. But don’t be fooled from every warning the boy alarms!
- Beware! If you lure the wolves too far away from the sheep, they will steal your rewards!
- Click < Here > for full details on this foolish yet fun event!

Attendance rewards for ‘Returning’ tab has been refreshed.

Black Spirit’s Adventure 2 has ended.

Content:

A new item ‘Adventurer's Tome’ has been added.
- Complete a Black Spirit quest Black Spirit's Gift (Adventurer's Tome) if your character is Lv. 53 to receive one.
- While you are equipping Adventurer's Tome, the amount of Prognyl Silver Bar you get from relevant quests will increase by 20%.

Items related to Cron Meals and Draughts have been added.
- Ancient Cron Spice: An ingredient used in cooking. It can be bought from Cooking Merchant or Innkeeper NPCs.
- Tears of the Falling Moon: An ingredient used to make Draughts. It can bought from Old Moon Manager NPCs.

Cron Meals (a new type of food) and Draughts (a new type of elixir) have been added. You can get great buffs from them.
- You can use Simple Cooking/Alchemy to make Cron Meals/Draughts.
- All the effects of a Cron Meal or Draught will be shown on a single icon, allowing you to better check and manage your Character’s buffs.
- The effects of Cron Meals and Draughts cannot be stacked with other food or elixirs.
- If you consume a Cron Meal/Draught while the effects of another food/elixir is in effect, the old effects will disappear and the effects of the Cron Meal/Draught will be applied.
- If you consume a food item while a Cron Meal is still in effect, the item will be consumed but the only effect you will get from it is Health EXP gain.
- While a Draught is in effect the effects of elixirs will not be applied, excluding those of Perfume of Courage, Perfume of Swiftness, Elixir of Deep Sea, Khalk’s Elixir, Spirit Perfume Elixir, Whale Tendon Elixir or Tough Whale Tendon Elixir.
- Cron Meals and Draughts can be used simultaneously. However if a Cron Meal/Draught is still in effect and another type of Cron Meal/Draught is consumed, then the effects of the original Cron Meal/Draught will be replaced with that of the newly consumed Cron Meal/Draught.
  - For example, if you first consume a Seafood Cron Meal and then consume a Exquisite Cron Meal, only the effects of Exquisite Cron Meal will be applied.
- When crafting Cron Meals and Draughts, you can substitute ingredients with high grade ingredients. For example instead of Balenos Meal x3, you can use Special Balenos Meal x1.

Field HQ, Command Post, or Forts will now be automatically built one hour after being placed automatically, without the need to add Materials or send Workers to build it upon joining a Node/Conquest War.
- Once they are fully built, they cannot be disassembled.
- You may install or disassemble a Field HQ, Command Post, or a Fort until a minimum of 2 hours before the Node/Conquest War begins.
- Field HQ, Command Post, and Forts will count and be visible on the World Map upon installation even if not complete.

The information regarding fort construction residing in the Worker Knowledge category is now deprecated and will be adjusted later.
Fixed the issue where you could not receive Gathering EXP while gathering the following resources using the Shabby Shovel:
- Violet Crystal
- Blue Crystal
- Melted Vanadium Shard

The Lemoria Armor Set Effect has been modified:

System:

A new system to identify unauthorized programs has been added.
Deleting a friend from the friend list will also remove yourself from the target’s friend list.
- Friends that have been deleted from your friends list prior to this update will now also result in you being removed from their list.
- If you delete a friend while private messaging that friend, you cannot send any more messages. If you add that friend back, you can pick up from where you left off.
- Please Note: Messages with deleted friends will only be kept while you are currently still online, logging out of the game will clear the cache and the messages will be lost.

An alert will now appear if your gamepad is disconnected.
Fixed the issue where the client was intermittently crashed during Cooking or Alchemy.

Game World, NPC & Effects

Marni has been instructed to no longer conduct science experiments on the rocks near Marni’s Lab, we have restored the gravity in the area and they should no longer be floating.
Fixed the unnatural camera perspective caused by talking to some Pilgrim NPCs in Pilgrim's Sanctum.
Fixed the issue where some Villagers in Heidel were displayed as Serendia Soldiers. These imposters have been sent home and the real villagers have returned to their appropriate places.
The name and dialogue script of some Calpheon Laborer NPCs have been modified.
Fixed the issue where Quest Summary of Befriending Trees did not match with the name of the target NPC.
Some of Marni’s anti-gravity rock potions were used on the rocks around Heidel Castle. We have restored the gravity to these rocks, they will now no longer be levitating.
Fixed the issue where NPC Slum Dweller in Calpheon City became invisible upon interaction. The invisibility cloak he was using has been confiscated and properly locked away.
Fixed the awkward looking placement of curtains or shelves when installed in certain Residences.

Mounts

Diné the Dream Horse can now freely use all the skills in the Great Desert area as it does in other places.
The size of the grass that appears when Diné the Dream Horse walks or runs is bigger and the grass effect overall has been made more prominent.
The following effects of Dream Horses have been improved:
- Diné: Run, S: Charge, Instant Accel, S: Instant Accel, and Roar
- Arduanatt: Instant Accel and S: Instant Accel
- Black Arduanatt: Instant Accel and S: Instant Accel

The death penalty system of mounts has been changed.
The Death Count of a horse will no longer affect its Breeding or Exchange results.
- The Max Stamina of mounts will no longer be reduced based on the number of mount deaths.
- You may still check and reset the mount’s death count from the stable.
- The item description for Mount Resurrection Reset items have been amended to be clearer.

The Mount Resurrection Reset Pearl item has been changed to [Loyalties] Mount Resurrection Reset.
- Due to the mount death system being revised, [Loyalty] Mount Resurrection Resets can be applied to a horse with no limit.
- Adventurers who have purchased or received ‘Mount Resurrect Reset’ items (unused) before March 28th maintenance will be refunded with its original price for any ‘Mount Resurrection Reset’ in the adventurers’ Inventory or Storage.
  - Corresponding items will be deleted and refunded Pearls will be sent via in-game Mailbox (B).
  - ‘Mount Resurrection Reset’ items received as a Gift will be refunded to the receiver.

If your mount is carrying trade items you can no longer use the teleport functions such as “Gather!,” “Assemble!” and “Archaeologist’s Map.”
- Even if you are currently not riding that mount, if the mount is out of the Stable and carrying trade items, the teleport function will not work.

Class Changes

All Classes
- You can no longer have on the Underwear Settings while equipped with a Matchlock or musical instrument.
- Fixed the issue where some skills spun not only monsters but also Characters.
- Skill visual effects will now be displayed correctly even when you are using a Lantern.
- All female classes have had a new voice option added (Beauty or Character Creation window > Customizing > Voice ).

Warrior
- Fixed the issue where the skill Solar Flare’s, burn and bleeding effect wasn’t being applied after using the skill Head Chase.
- Fixed the issue where switching back to non-combat stance from combat stance (Longsword) while moving forward then stopping in the middle would set the player back into combat stance.
- Fixed the issue where Warrior’s skill Charging Thrust was being applied as the skill Kick while Sprinting in combat stance.
- Fixed the issue where skill combo with RMB was unavailable while using the skill Ground Roar.
- Fixed the issue where the cutting motion with controls would not show while using the skill Absolute: Sideways Cut IV.

Ranger
- Fixed the skill effects when using the skill Penetrating Wind during cooldown.
- EP Recovery per hit information has been added to the description of Dagger of Protection.

Sorceress
- Fixed the graphical glitch on Sorceress’s arm in New Year Hanbok top caused with certain Customization settings.
- Fixed the description of the skill Bloody Calamity to reflect the actual reduced amount of accuracy decrease.
  - Now the new description would read ‘‘All Accuracy Rate -12% for 5 sec. on good hits’
- Fixed the issue where characters would be knocked down in different directions when using the skill Ultimate: Dark Flame.
- Fixed the issue where Knockdown effect was applied to the Smash Attack of Violation when used during cooldown.
  - The effect of pushing monsters has been added to the description of the skill Violation.
- In order to ensure a smoother gameplay experience, optimization revisions were performed on the Sorceress class.
  - Optimization revisions on other classes will follow after this one.

Berserker
- Fixed the graphical glitch on the other hand of the Berserker when having Bheg’s Gloves equipped.

Witch
- When applying multiple Shocked effects to a target, the one with the best speed decrease effect will be applied.
- Fixed the unnatural looking graphic issue on Witch’s hair in Lahr Arcien (R) Hat.

Wizard
- When applying multiple Shocked effects to a target, the one with the best speed decrease effect will be applied.
- Fixed the issue where sometimes Raise Hair checkbox would remain checked even after clicking on Edit History in Beauty Salon (F4).
  - Raise Hair checkbox will be unchecked while switching between young and old face of the Wizard.
- Fixed the issue where the wizards ears could not be made symmetrical when Customizing the character.

Musa
- The amount of WP Recovery on successful hits from the skill Crescent Blade Training has been increased to 20.
- Dash Attack Hit Damage of the skill Crescent Blade Training has been changed to 346% x 3 to correctly represent the actual damage inflicted.
- Fixed the description of Forward Hit count to correctly represent the actual Forward Hit count for the skill Crescent Blade Training.

Maehwa
- The amount of WP Recovery on successful hits from the skill Kerispear Training has been increased to 20.

Kunoichi
- Fixed the graphical awkwardness in the chest area of the Kunoichi with Spring Blossom outfit on when wielding the Main Weapon and Awakening Weapon stance in customization.

Dark Knight
- Fixed the issue where the knockback from the skill Absolute: Darkness Burst was not correctly applying to nearby characters.

Striker
- Fixed the issue where Blazing Inferno Gloves were disappeared when putting on Blazing Inferno Gauntlet.

Mystic
- The Pull in effect has been added the description of the skill Dragon's Rip.
- Fixed the unnatural looking appearance of the Mystic’s New Year Hanbok when the costume was wet.

Item Changes

Monsters that previously dropped blue or higher grade accessories will now drop PRI and DUO accessories at a low rate.
- Shrine Guardian Token
- Ogre Ring
- Tree Spirit Belt
- Token of Friendship
- Witch's Earring
- Mark of Shadow
- Blue Coral Earring
- Red Coral Ring
- Blue Coral Ring
- Red Coral Earring
- Mesto Earring
- Outlaw's Ring
- Belt of Shultz the Gladiator
- Necklace of Shultz the Gladiator
- Nert Ring
- Scarla Necklace
- Ancient Guardian's Seal
- Bensho's Necklace
- Ridell Earring
- Gartner Belt
- Ancient Weapon Core
- Basilisk's Belt
- Ring of Cadry Guardian
- Serap's Necklace
- Centaurus Belt
- Laytenn’s Power Stone
- Ring of Crescent Guardian
- Tungrad Necklace
- Sicil's Necklace
- Narc Ear Accessory
- Valtarra Eclipsed Belt
- Tungrad Belt
- Forest Ronaros Ring

The item descriptions of the following items has been changed to say that they will be completed automatically after 1 hour. These items will no longer need materials for construction, so their prices have been changed as follows.
- Any forts under construction during maintenance will have been auto-completed to reflect the changes above.

The weights of the miscellaneous monster drop items you obtain from Balenos, Serendia, and Calpheon have been reduced to 0.01LT.
FFixed the issue where Mass Exchange window was intermittently displayed when exchanging Asula’s Weakened Magic Accessories from an NPC.
The following items have been added to Crafting Notes:
- Blue Whale Molar Earring
- Fugitive Khalk's Earring

When using the pre-order function using a Transaction Maid, Silver will be drawn from the storage in cities (capital).
- Silver from small town storages will not be used for these cases.

The Marketplace registration prices of the following items have been modified:

Pearl Shop

Thanks to your support, Rare Critter Box will be sold for 1 more week.
- Rare Critter Box will be available in the Pearl Shop before April 4th maintenance.

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

Monster Changes

Monsters who go into hiding mode/disappear will also have their effects hidden now.
The attack route of Saunil Immobile Catapult from Trina Fort has become more natural.
Gyfin Rhasia Crusher’s rotating attack motion has been adjusted to look more natural.
The Desert Iguana and Gorgo Cobras located around the Node Manager for Gorgo Rock Belt have been relocated.
Fixed the issue where Combat EXP could be earned from defeating summoned boss monsters for the main quests.
The item drops from the Boss monster at the Advanced Altar of Training will now properly vanish when the body disappears.

Quests & Knowledge

You cannot receive the following quests temporarily while they are being revised:
- Flower Blooming in Ruins
- Nightmare Revealed
- Traces of Forgotten Cron
- An Alchemist in Velia
- Alustin's Two Daughters
- Clumsy but Exceptional Eileen
- Life-risking Infiltration
- Memorial Service for the Fallen People
- Emma's Nightmare
- Pila Ku’s Helper
- Among the madness and chaos
- Subdue to Unrest
- Power of Gold
- [Repeat] Meet the Deadline
- [Daily] For the Desert Travelers

How to obtain a Flute has been added to the quest summary of Pick Weeds with a Pig.
Fixed the incorrect navigation point on the quest [Gathering] Lacy Hates Hides.
Fixed the unnatural navigation for the quest For Serendia.
New Knowledge has been added:
- Seafood Cron Meal
- Simple Cron Meal
- Exquisite Cron Meal
- Verdure Draught
- Beast’s Draught
- Giant’s Draught

Interface Changes

A location indication effect has been added so that you can find your boat/ship better.
- Parking effect visible only to yourself has been added to Rowboat, Fishing Boat, [Guild] Galley, Epheria Sailboat, Epheria Frigate, and Old Bartali Sailboat.

Fixed the issue where the Enhancement button would be deactivated when an item and Black Stones were put into the Enhancement window, and the button for Extract Chance was clicked.
In the Dye (J) screen, characters equipped with Awakening weapons will now take Awakening poses.
Texture Quality will be adjusted when changing settings from Simple Setting:
- Low-spec (normal, siege): Low Texture Quality
- Mid-spec (normal, siege): Medium Texture Quality
- High-spec (normal, siege): High Texture Quality
- Highest-spec (normal, siege): High Texture Quality

Fixed the issue so that you can now change Texture Quality without issue.
Texture Quality will be set at Medium by default when clicking on Reset All from Settings.
One of the options in Settings>General Settings>Show/Hide has been renamed.
- Show Guild/Clan Names → Show Guild Member Names

A new description has been added to the Empty Bottle item, that states: Automatically gathering will now be stopped once a Special Resource has been found.
The Black Spirit’s wiki icon will no longer be displayed when the Weight Limit alert is set to off.
Clicking a link to the item tooltip listed in the Chat window, will now display the item type inside the tooltip as well.

Resolved Issues

Fixed the issue where some Dairy Cows in Olvia dug at the ground upon interaction.
Fixed a bug that intermittently occurred while gathering underwater.
Fixed the issue where you could catch unreleased fish in some border areas of Kamasylvia.
Fixed the issue where weapons would sometimes be force sheathed when an error message “Resource does not exist” was displayed.
Fixed the issue where Annexes could be installed in invalid locations.
Fixed the issue where the image of helmets on outfits that contained helmets in the set, would continue to be displayed as equipped on the preview section when trying on outfits in the pearl shop, while the Venia Riding Attire was equipped initially.
Fixed the issue where ending time for reservation would not be displayed properly for Patrigio’s Secret Shop.