Greetings Adventurers,

This week we are bringing the Guild Alliance system which will allow you and your fellow players to use your powers combined in an alliance of up to 100 to help in Conquest and Node Wars!

Next, swimming has been improved. This new system should make swimming a bit more intuitive while you’re diving deep for all that sunken treasure squirrelled away in the vast ocean.

Also, we have added story quests that will allow players to instantly enter Aakman and Hystria. This will allow those who frequent these areas to save some time while searching for the entrances located in valencia.

You can also enjoy the #BDORemastered Festival where you can post and share any screenshots, streams, or an user-created content with us and have a chance to win rewards!

Finally, we have added some info about upcoming Node War rule changes so be sure to check those out!

All the info for these and other changes are in the full patch notes so read on and thank you for supporting Black Desert Online!



Event:

• #BDORemastered Festival
  
  • Event Period: 9/5 After Maintenance ~ 10/3 Before Maintenanace
    
  • During the maintenance on 9/5, a special title ‘#BDORemastered’ has been sent out to all adventurers! Please claim the title before 10/5 23:59 UTC.
    
  • Using the special title and switching your game to Remastered Mode or Ultra Mode, you can participate in one of three events under the #BDORemastered Festival.
    
    • 1. Post on your social media
      
      • On your own social media account, please post screenshots, video clips, or music related to the Black Desert Remastered content.
    • 2. Stream
      
      • Please send us a recorded version of your stream related to Remastered mode.
    • 3. Recommend a stream
      
      • Recommend a good, funny, or interesting stream related to Remastered mode you saw to us.
  • Click <Here> to find out this world class event in detail.

• Loyal Attendance Rewards have been refreshed.
  
  • Date: 9/6 00:00 UTC ~ 10/10 23:59 UTC
    
  • Log-in every day to claim you awesome attendance rewards including the new Ancient Spirit Dust!
    
  • If there are any unclaimed attendance rewards, you will have a chance claim them back on weekends. On Saturdays and Sundays during the event period, log in and play 1 hour to get 1 more unclaimed attendance reward. This is not possible if you have already claimed maximum amount of attendance rewards offered.

Ongoing Events:

• Hands of Gold: 8/29 After Maintenance ~ 9/26 09:00 UTC
  
  
• A Late Summer Night’s Dream: 8/30 00:00 UTC ~ 9/19 23:59 UTC
  
  
• Valks Attendance Rewards: 8/30 00:00 UTC ~ 10/03 23:59 UTC
  
  • Fixed the issue where Day 18 and Day 25 attendance rewards on ‘Valks Attendance Rewards’ stated in-game that Valks’ Cry x5 will be given when it is actually Valks’ Cry x10 being given.

• Black Spirit’s Adventure 1: 8/29 After Maintenance ~ 9/19 Before Maintenance
  
  
• Gold Rush!: 8/23 00:00 UTC ~ 9/12 23:59 UTC
  
  
• Remastered Trailer Contest
  
  • Submission Period: 8/22 ~ 9/16
    
  • Staff Pick: 9/17 ~ 9/21
    
  • Winners Announcement: 10/1

Ended Events:

• Remastered Screenshot Contest

Content:

• Guild Alliance has been added.
  
  • An Alliance can have a maximum of 10 Guilds or 100 members. A minimum of 10 members and maximum of 90 members are required of Guilds seeking to join an Alliance. And this Guild Alliance can participate in Node/Conquest Wars.
    
  • Guilds who are already occupying a Node or Territory cannot join the Guild Alliance, and Guilds cannot join Guild Alliance while a Node/Conquest War is already under progress.
    
  • The founding Guild of the Guild Alliance becomes the ‘Supreme Guild’ and the Guild Master of the Supreme Guild can create the Guild Alliance using the Guild tab (G). The founding Guild Master of the Supreme Guild has to create a name for the Guild Alliance. Afterwards, the founding Guild Master can click on the ‘Add Guild’ icon to register Guild Names, Capacity (number of participants per Guild), and Distribution (ratio of tax distribution in the Guild Alliance. Then clicking on ‘Alliance Invitation’ will send invitations to the relevant Guild Masters of the registered Guilds logged on to the same server.
    
  • Supreme Guild can register Guild Alliance Emblem after purchasing [Guild] Emblem Certificate every Monday. The Guild Alliance Emblem and Name will only be exposed during Node/Conquest War, and upon occupation of the Node or Territory, the Guild Alliance Emblem and Name will be placed and displayed.
    
  • Invitations can be sent to the Guild Masters logged on to the same server to join the Guild Alliance. When sending the invitation, the tax distribution ratio must total at 100% in order for the Guild Alliance to be formed.
    
  • Supreme Guild, upon sending invitations, has to place quota on each Guild to fill in the required number of Guild Members joining the Guild Alliance. Supreme Guild cannot request quota on the number of Guild Members lower than the current number of the Guild. This means if the Guild that is invited has 30 members currently, you can request that Guild to provide 30 or more members to join the Guild Alliance. In addition, Guilds that accept the invite to join the Guild Alliance, while under the Guild Alliance affiliation, cannot accept new registrations to their Guild above the quota they have been given to fill.
    
  • Please take a look at the example below for clarification:
    
    • If Guild A at 45/100 members has been invited and given the quota of 50 members to provide to the Guild Alliance, Guild A can accept only 5 more new members to their Guild for a total size of 50 members while the Alliance affiliation is maintained.
      
    • If Guild B at 20/100 members has been invited and required to fill in 20 members of the Guild Alliance, Guild B can no longer add members to its Guild while the Alliance affiliation is maintained.
      
    • Therefore, even the Extra Large Guilds can form a Guild Alliance. Again, the Guilds quota on members to join Guild Alliance with a number lower than the members they currently have.
  • If the Guild Master disconnects or changes servers when having received the invitation to the Guild Alliance, the invitation will disappear. All invited guilds must accept the invitation for that Guild Alliance to be formed. In order to send another invitation, the Guild Master of the Supreme Guild can cancel the current one and resend the invitation.
    
  • The Guild Alliance will be disbanded if one of the Guilds leave. However, it is not possible to disband from an Alliance while a Node or Territory is being occupied.
    
  • Guild Members of Guilds under Guild Alliance cannot apply for Militia. Guilds with Guild Members applying for the Militia cannot join the Guild Alliance.
    
  • For Node/Conquest War, construction of Fort/Command Post/Field HQ is only allowed by Guild Master or Guild Officer of the Supreme Guild, and Annexes can be constructed by any member of rank Quartermaster or higher of each Guild. When a siege building is purchased, Guild Funds from each Guild will be used.
    
  • All members of the Guild Alliance can use the Annexes during Node/Conquest War, but Elephant Nursery can only be used by Guild Members of the Supreme Guild. Elephants that are already obtained can be used by all members of the Guild Alliance.
    
  • Any elephants or galleys from the Guilds (except those of the Supreme Guild) are automatically left in the dock during Node/Conquest Wars, and cannot be used until the Node/Conquest War ends.
    
  • If different Guild Alliances declare war on each other, they can attack each other if it’s not Node/Conquest War.

• Savage Rift has been updated.
  
  • The time required to protect 1 ~ 25 stages of monster waves has decreased by 4 minutes.
    
  • As Conquer Savage Rift event has ended, the special 26th stage that was available with a 50% has ended.
    
  • However, for the much participation and appreciation shown for this special content, the 26th special stage will be added as a permanent content with a slight change in specs.
    
    • The 26th special stage will open up with 40% chance.
      
    • The 26th stage will open up at 100% if Saunil appears.
      
    • Make sure you are fully prepared for the 26th stage as it will be very difficult to overcome.
  • Ogre Ring has been added to the loot list of the Savage Rift Reward Box that can be obtained upon successfully protecting the Sealed Tower in the 26th stage.
    
  • It has been added that hitting Cyclops with the [Savage] Lynch Cannon would apply Stun at 50% chance.
    
  • Knockback Resistance has increased for monsters in Savage Rift.
    
  • The installation time for the following has decreased.
    
    • Barricade: 5 sec. -> 2 sec.
      
    • Hwacha, Flame Tower: 10 sec. -> 5 sec.
      
    • Iron Barricade: 10 sec. -> 5 sec.

• Combat EXP obtainable using Book of Training - Combat has been increased for the following level caps.
  

System:

• Controls on Swimming has been made more convenient.
  
  • Navigation will now be available by pressing the T key. as you would perform Auto Run on ground, you can press the T key to perform Auto Swim.
    
  • When Navigation is activated, press T key to automatically swim to your destination.
    
  • If your Stamina is over 300, press the Shift key to swim faster.
    
  • If your Stamina is below 100, pressing T key to Auto Swim will only activate the motion to recover Stamina, and your character will start swimming again if the Stamina recovers to over 1,000.
    
  • Auto Swim can only be performed on the surface of the water and if you have dived down, you cannot perform Auto Swim.
    
    • Changing directions has been made easier when Swimming/Diving.
  • It will now be possible to move backwards diagonally.
    
  • The character will react faster to the directional arrow input of your control.
    
    • Keys to allow you to dive up or dive down while diving have been added.
      
    • While having pressed the Forward key ‘W,’ press ‘E’ to dive up.
      
    • While having pressed the Forward key ‘W,’ press ‘Q’ to dive down.
  • Stamina has increased by 50% of when the character takes Stamina recovery motion.
    
    • If Stamina is below 100 while floating on surface of the water, the character will now take the Stamina recovery motion automatically.

• It has been fixed that the sound effect that comes out for success or failure of Courser Awakening would come out correctly.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the character would perform a walking motion inside Junaid River instead of swimming.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the crown mark of a Guild that conquered Valencia would come out in silver color.
  
  
• It has been changed that the selling price of the Basteer Sub-weapon would not be displayed in its item tooltip.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where reconnecting to the game after being disconnected from the client during an action regarding World Map (M) would intermittently bring up the World Map (M) again but no control keys would work on the World Map.
  
  
• The busking music near Marketplace in Velia and the square in front of Heidel Fountain will now be controllable properly.

Game World:

• Fixed the issue where the character would fall into the rock at a certain location in Roud Sulfur Works.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the character would fall down through a platform at a certain spot in the building with a lift in Keplan.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where light would rush in through the ceiling on the inside of Mediah Castle.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the sea would appear too dark during late night or too bright in daytime in Remastered Mode or Ultra Mode.
  
  
• Navigation has been improved near Castle Wall of Cron Castle.
  
  
• Chapel 3-5, 2F in Calpheon has been fixed to allow entrance normally again.
  
  
• Market Street 4-4, 1F in Calpheon has been fixed to allow entrance normally again.
  
  
• Market Street 2-3, 2F in Calpheon has been fixed to allow entrance normally again.
  
  
• Altinova 10-3 has been fixed to allow entrance normally again.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the character got stuck and couldn’t escape after falling down from a spot near Grána 6.
  
  
• Some resources for Gathering has been changed to be gatherable once in the Abandoned Land.

NPC

• Fixed the issue where some of the Goblin NPCs appeared to be underground in Western Guard Camp.
  
  
• Fixed the awkward camera perspective when interacting with Origin of Clear Water in Glutoni Cave.

• It has been changed that changing the direction and moving the Fishing Boat would both be possible at the same time when the Fishing Boat was stationary.
  
  
• It has been changed the changing directions would be possible when moving the Fishing Boat backward.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where movement would stop by pressing ‘S’ key while the Fishing Boat was on the move.
  
  
• It has been changed that when the Ship’s Sail would become transparent, it would appear slightly darker.
  
  
• The following system message will now be displayed when clicking on the
  Ship icon and the Ship would be unavailable or too far away.
  
  • You are either too far from the ship or the ship is not usable.

• Fixed the issue where the character performing carrying motion to load trade items on the character’s back could board onto the wheel of the Galley, Epheria Sailboat, Epheria Frigate, and Old Bartali Sailboat.
  
  
• The motion blur that occurred during sprinting on a horse has been mitigated.

All Classes:

• The maximum input of key commands in a certain period of time has been set in order to fix the issue of characters’ skill combos being activated at different rates depending on how fast a key command is inputted on a keyboard or how good a computer's hardware performance is.
  
  • Eventually, it may be possible that the amount of Milk obtainable at once from ‘Milk a Cow’ mini game may be less than before with certain high end PCs.
    
  • As a result, the amount of Milk that can be obtained once has been increased by approximately 50%.

• Fixed the issue where defense effect of Grapple was not being applied correctly when using Grapple skills.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the character’s teeth would turn black in Remastered Mode.
  
  
• It has been changed that the character would face the front in the first log-in.

Ranger:

• [Ranger] Atanis Helmet graphic has been fixed to show the veil part correctly.

Sorceress:

• [Sorceress] Atanis Helmet graphic has been fixed to show the veil part correctly.

Berserker:

• Fixed the graphical awkwardness on the thigh area with the basic outfit in combat mode.

Tamer:

• [Tamer] Atanis Helmet graphic has been fixed to show the veil part correctly.

Valkyrie:

• [Valkyrie] Atanis Helmet graphic has been fixed to show the veil part correctly.

Witch:

• Fixed the intermittent issue where Detonative Flow would not be activated when using Sprint in Aad Sphera mode.
  
  
• It has been changed that a successful Fissure Wave (Black Spirit’s Rage) skill will now knock the target off the mount.
  
  
• Added the text “Pushes the target on good hit (Only PvE)” to the skill tooltip of the skill Fissure Wave.

Wizard:

• It has been changed that a successful Aqua Jail Explosion (Black Spirit’s Rage) skill will now knock the target off the mount.
  
  
• Fixed the graphical issue where brightness in the teeth of the Wizard would appear differently depending on facial expression in Remastered Mode.

Maehwa:

• It has been changed that the skill Absolute: Blooming could be used during cooldown of Chase I.
  
  
• [Maehwa] Atanis Helmet graphic has been fixed to show the veil part correctly.

Ninja:

• The skill description of Black Spirit: Bloodthirst: Katana Shower has been edited to sound more accurate.
  
  
• Cooldown of the skill Ninjutsu: Block Jump has been increased from 10 sec. to 18 sec.
  
  
• Fixed the typo in the skill Black Spirit's Rage: Bloodthirst: Katana Shower.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where Bound effect would not be applied upon a successful upper slash attack of the skill Black Spirit: Sudden Decapitation.
  
  
• It has been changed that the skill Black Spirit: Sudden Decapitation could be used during the skill’s cooldown.
  
  
• The text “Ninja Exclusive. Black Spirit's Rage available” has been added to the skill description of Shadow Clone.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where Damage Reduction effect of the blade would not be applied in PvP when using the skill Serpent Ascension.
  
  
• Description of skills that use Black Spirit’s Rage will now be displayed in a separate window.

Kunoichi:

• Cooldown of the skill Ninjutsu: Block Jump has been increased from 10 sec. to 18 sec.
  
  
• The text “Kunoichi Exclusive. Black Spirit's Rage available” has been added to the skill description of Shadow Clone.
  
  
• Description of skills that use Black Spirit’s Rage will now be displayed in a separate window.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the damage of the skill Flash Slash launched with Black Spirit’s Rage was stacked with the damage of the previous skill of the lower levels.

Dark Knight:

• Fixed the graphical awkwardness in the right shoulder of the Dark Knight after equipping an Awakening Weapon with the Ahon Kirus outfit on.
  
  
• Fixed the graphical glitch on the chest area with the Crown Eagle Armor on during a specific customizing for the Dark Knight.

Lahn:

• Fixed the graphical awkwardness in the wrist and shoulder area upon wearing Calpheon Noble Dress.
  
  
• Fixed the graphical awkwardness in the shoulder area when lying down with the Calpheon Noble Dress on.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the dyeing would wear off in Crimson Glaives standby mode with the Calpheon Noble Dress on.
  
  
• Fixed the graphical awkwardness on the wrist area with the Terrmian Casual Wear on.

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

• Guild Alliance will be added.
  
• New quests to enter Aakman and Hystria instantly will be added.
  
• Swimming will be made more convenient.

• Remastered Screenshot Contest will end.

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


Best regards,
BDO Team.

Greetings Adventurers!

This week we implement the new changes coming to the enhancement system. These new additions should make it easier to get the gear you need to take on bigger and badder enemies.

First we're adding Valks’ Cry, an item that will add to your current failstack up to +10. Additionally, we have added the option to extract Valks’ Cry and Cron Stones from Pearl Outfits. Valks’ Cry can also be obtained from events, drops, attendance, loyalty, and more. Alongside Valks’ we are adding Fairy's Blessing which will work the same as Valks’ Cry and can be obtained by trading in Leila's Petals to specific NPC’s.

The long awaited Caphras Stone enhancement system is also coming which once added to one of your items, will accumulate energy that will allow for an enhancement with a 100% chance of success.

To help usher in these changes, events will be starting which will help all of our adventurers understand these systems.

For more detailed information about these and other changes, continue on to the rest of the patch notes!



Event:

• A Late Summer Night’s Dream event has begun.
  
  • Event Period: 8/30 00:00 UTC ~ 9/19 23:59 UTC
    
  • During the event period, new Challenge under Challenge tab (Y) will be available to obtain Late Summer Night's Wish Box!
    
  • Click <Here> to see how you can score big in the late summer nights!

• Hands of Gold event has begun.
  
  • Event Period: 8/29 After Maintenance ~ 9/26 23:59 UTC.
    
  • During the event period, collect [Event] Golden Troupe Coin and exchange for precious items!
    
    • [Event] Golden Troupe Coin will be exchangeable even after the event ends.
  • Click <Here> to see how you can participate in this golden event!

• Valks Attendance Rewards event is back!
  
  • Event Period: 8/30 00:00 UTC ~ 10/03 23:59 UTC
    
  • In this attendance event, check in every day for the chance to receive Advice of Valks and Valks’ Cry items along with more rewards!
    
  • Click <Here> to see the daily rewards in detail!

• Black Spirit’s Adventure is back!
  
  • Event Period: 8/29 After Maintenance ~ 9/19 Before Maintenance
    
  • Now Valks’ Cry will be obtainable as a reward (for completing 1 round of BSA1) along with some other changes in the rewards being given.
    
  • This time, the dice can be thrown at max 5 times daily to participate in Black Spirit’s Adventure.

• New Rulupee Travels has been added as a permanent addition!
  
  • Rulupee has returned and is HERE TO STAY! Travel around Balenos, Serendia, and Calpheon now and check out the beautiful areas with Remastered graphics and audio!
    
  • Rulupee is preparing a special reward for all adventurers who complete the entire chain of Rulupee Travels quests, but it looks like she needs more time. Let’s give her some more time!
    
  • Click <Here> to see the reworked Rulupee event in detail!

Ongoing Events:

• Remastered Trailer Contest
  
  • Submission Period: 8/22 ~ 9/16
    
  • Staff Pick: 9/17 ~ 9/21
    
  • Winners Announcement: 10/1

• Remastered Screenshot Contest
  
  • Submission Period: 8/22 ~ 8/29 (Final Submit Date)
    
  • Staff Pick: 9/3-9/5
    
  • Winners Announcement: 9/5

• Gold Rush!: 8/23 00:00 UTC ~ 9/12 23:59 UTC
  
  
• Guild Attendance Rewards: 8/9 00:00 UTC ~ 12/26 23:59 UTC
  
  
• Loyal Attendance Rewards: 8/2 00:00 UTC ~ 9/5 23:59 UTC

Ended Events:

• Squad Up! event
  
  
• Conquer Savage Rift event
  
  
• Double the Silver and Guild EXP bonus for completion of Guild Mission

Content:

• The following contents are now available:
  
  • Valks’ Cry (Outfit Extraction)
    
    • Valks’ Cry and Cron Stone are items that help you enhance your gear. They will be obtainable through various ways such as droppable loot, event rewards, attendance rewards, NPC shop, Loyalties shop under Pearl Shop, and through extracting from Outfits.
      
    • Valks’ Cry increases your Valks enhancement chance by +1. At max, your Valks enhancement chance can be stacked up to +10 using Valks’ Cry. (Valks’ Cry is Family-bound).
      
    • The amount of Valks Enhancement Chance your character has will appear in the Enhancement window.
      
    • Cron Stone helps protect your Enhancement level from dropping when you fail at Enhancement. (Cron Stone is Family-bound).
      
      

      ※ Valks’ Cry or Cron Stone extracted from different components of gear of one-piece outfits that fill up as armor parts in Equipment will be accumulated and extracted altogether.
      
      i.e.) ※ The number of Valks’ Cry or Cron Stone extracted from an one-piece outfit like [Ninja] Gavi Regan Armor (which occupies 3 slots: top, gloves, and shoes) will be the same as if you had extracted a [Ninja] Cokro Clothes (top), [Ninja] Cokro Gloves, and [Ninja] Cokro Shoes. (A total of 32 Valks’ Cry will be extracted from [Ninja] Gavi Regan Armor.)

  • Caphras Stone
    
    • Once your item is combined with the Caphras Stone, it will begin to gain EXP and as your item increases in level it will gain a boost in stats. Once it has reached the maximum Caphras Level of 20 the ‘Upgrade Enhancement’ button will become activated and your gear can be enhanced to the next level i.e. III→IV, provided it is at Max Durability. Although, be warned, this will reduce Durability to 0 and reset the Caphras Level.
      
    • With the new enhancement system added, Ancient Spirit Dust and Caphras Stone have also been added.
      
    • You can get Caphras Stone x1 for performing Simple Alchemy with Ancient Spirit Dust x5 and Black Stone (Weapon/Armor) x1.
      
    • You can get Caphras Stone x10 by performing Simple Alchemy with Ancient Spirit Dust x50, Black Stone (Weapon/Armor) x10, and Black Stone Powder x1. However, you will get the same amount of Alchemy EXP as when you make the stones one by one.
      
    • You can obtain Ancient Spirit Dust and Caphras Stone from Mining, Underwater Gathering, Gathering (Collecting from tree sap or blood using Fluid Collector, Butchering, Lumbering), or from defeating monsters in areas of Balenos, Valencia and Kamasylvia.
      
    • Caphras Stone can also be obtained through Daily Quest rewards, and it can also be obtained at a chance from opening Narc Magic Sealing Stone Reward Bundle.
      
    • The areas where Ancient Spirit Dust and Caphras Stone can be obtained are the following.
      
      • Bashim Base
        
      • Desert Naga Temple
        
      • Titium Valley
        
      • Gahaz Bandit's Lair
        
      • Cadry Ruins
        
      • Taphtar Plain (Centaurus Herd)
        
      • Basilisk Den
        
      • Crescent Shrine
        
      • Pila Ku Jail
        
      • Roud Sulfur Mine
        
      • Polly's Forest
        
      • Fadus Habitat
        
      • Navarn Steppe
        
      • Tooth Fairy Forest (Forest Ronaros)
        
      • Manshaum Forest
        
      • Mirumok Ruins
        
      • Gyfin Rhasia Temple
    • Caphras Stone drop at a higher rate in Kamayslvian regions compared to Valencian regions.
      
    • For the table to see the benefits of Caphras Stone and Upgrade Enhancement, please click <Here>.
  • Fairy’s Blessing
    
    • Fairy’s Blessing is a special addition which works the same as a Valks’ Cry. Upon use of Fairy’s Blessing x1, Valks enhancement chance will go up +1.
      
    • Laila's Petal can be exchanged for Fairy’s Blessing from Fairy Queen Theiah or Ceilyn. (Laila’s Petal can be obtained by defeating monsters, Gathering, and Fishing.)
      
      • Laila's Petal x10 → Fairy’s Blessing x1
    • Ceilyn is located to the right of Herawen in Kamasylve Temple. However, this exchange will not be activated when the quests ‘Laila's Scattered Petals’ and ‘Mysterious Companion’ are under progress.
  • For details on the newly-added content above, please click our guide on Enhancement <Here>.

• New Residence has been added to the town of Muiquun.
  
  • Muiquun 1
    
  • Muiquun 2

• Makhan Murad, the new Marketplace Director NPC of Muiquun, has been added.
  
  • Makhan Murad does not engage in deals with adventurers with good karma.

• Lanterns have been removed from in-game. Lanterns will no longer be available via NPC Shops or other ways; please use Atanis Firefly that can be purchased from General Goods shops or Loyalties tab on Pearl Shop (F3) to light up the dark.

Game World:

• The length of busking music in squares of Velia and Heidel has been reduced to resolve the sound overlapping issue with background music.

NPC:

• Fixed the issue where the screen appeared abnormal while conversing with NPC Konko in Outer Valencia City.
  
  
• Strange Villager and Strange Adventurer NPCs on top of the broken bridge of Serendia Watchtower have returned to their original locations.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where Knowledge was not being obtained when conversing with Cleia the Marketplace Director NPC of Heidel for the first time.
  
  
• Fixed the abnormal camera movement of NPC Holo the Node Manager of Holo Forest.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where another NPC’s dialogue would come out when talking with Soldier NPC in Outer Valencia City.

Knowledge:

• Fixed the issue where the Knowledge icon of Melana appeared to be of another NPC’s Knowledge icon.

• If your character is too distant from the ship when pressing the Ship icon to get to the key of your Ship, a new system message, “Please move closer to the ship.” will now be displayed.
  
  • This applies only to Epheria Sailboat, Epheria Frigate, and Old Bartali Sailboat.

• The required Power to perform the skill Quick-Retreat has been reduced by 50% for Epheria Sailboat, Epheria Frigate, and Galley.
  
  
• It has been changed that the skills Fore Chop and Hind Kick cannot be used upon mounting your horse with the Matchlock equipped.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the list of buttons that appear upon selecting your Mount in Stable would go out of the square background UI when the Screen Resolution Setting was set low.

All Classes:

• Fixed the issue where the reflection of light on golden and metallic outfits was too strong in certain regions when graphics setting was placed at Remastered Mode or Ultra Mode.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where CC skill effect would be applied intermittently while moving backwards with the Forward Guard maintained.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the system message to instruct you on quitting Black Spirit’s Training was not being displayed.

Warrior:

• Fixed the issue where the cape and shield would appear overlapped when running with Durandal outfit on.
  
  
• Fixed the graphical issue where the gloves appeared to be buried underneath the skin with the Cavaro outfit on.

Ranger:

• Fixed the graphical glitch in the collarbone area with the Lazies Underwear on.
  
  
• Fixed the graphical issue where part of skin in the rear part would appear outside the underwear when trying to change the character’s appearance through the Beauty window (F4).

Sorceress:

• Fixed the graphical awkwardness that occurred in a certain motion with the Zebra Underwear on.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the inside of the arms appeared to be hollow upon wearing Valoren outfit.

Berserker:

• Fixed the issue where the hair part seemed empty upon customizing the Berserker’s hair to be shorted after wearing the Epheria Marine Helmet.

Tamer:

• Description of skills that use Black Spirit’s Rage will now be displayed in a separate window.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the skills Surging Tide VI and Absolute: Surging Tide could not be performed after using Evasion while mounting Heilang.
  
  
• The skill effect of the skill Absolute: Upward Claw has been revised.
  
  
• The following skill’s descriptions have been fixed to be more accurate:
  
  • Black Spirit: Heilang: Upward Claw
    
  • Black Spirit: Heilang: Roaring
    
  • Black Spirit: Allround Spinner
    
  • Black Spirit: Legendary Beast Dance
    
  • Black Spirit: Echo Pierce

• Fixed the issue where the damage from the skills Upward Claw III and IV performed while consuming 100% of Black Spirit's Rage was not being applied correctly.
  
  
• Fixed the graphical awkwardness on the waist area with the Cavaro outfit on.
  
  
• Fixed the graphical issue where parts of red were being shown in the feather area of Cavaro outfit when dying the outfit white.

Valkyrie:

• 
  Description of skills that use Black Spirit’s Rage will now be displayed in a separate window.
  
  
• The hit sound of the Lancia has now been amplified to sound clearer.

Wizard:

• Fixed the graphical glitch of the tattoo on the arms while wearing Canape outfit when customizing from the old Wizard to the young Wizard.

Musa:

• Description of skills that use Black Spirit’s Rage will now be displayed in a separate window.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the cape and shield would appear overlapped when running with Durandal outfit on.
  
  
• The missing text in the skill tooltip of Flow: Dash Slash has been added.
  
  • Down Attack

Maehwa:

• Description of skills that use Black Spirit’s Rage will now be displayed in a separate window.
  
  
• The skill effect range for the skill Sticky Snowflake has been reduced. (This is for the skill performed after Awakening of the Maehwa).
  
  
• Fixed the description of the skill Chaos: Red Moon using Black Spirit’s Rage at 200% to be more accurate.

Ninja:

• Fixed the issue where the cape and shield would appear overlapped when running with Durandal outfit on.

Kunoichi:

• Fixed the graphical issue where the Jasmine Garter Belt Underwear would appear outside the outfit.

Dark Knight:

• It has been changed that cooldown would not reset upon using the skill Unveiled Dagger after using Dusk.

Striker:

• Upon use of the skill Flash Step consecutively using Martial Spirit Shards, the skill will now be activated smoother.
  
  
• Another following skill after using Crouching Wolf will now be activated faster in a combo in Gardbrace mode.
  
  
• Fixed the unnatural starting motion of the skill Ultimate Crush IV.
  
  
• Fixed the unnatural starting motion of the skill used during cooldown of Ultimate Crush II, Ultimate Crush III, and Ultimate Crush IV.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the Striker would go into Awakening mode after using a jump attack from a high place in Gauntlet mode.
  
  
• Fixed the graphical awkwardness in the wrist part with the Blazing Inferno outfit equipped.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the cape and shield would appear overlapped when running with Durandal outfit on.

Lahn:

• Fixed the graphical awkwardness in the arms when removing the cape with the Valoren outfit on in Crimson Glaives standby mode.
  
  
• Fixed the graphical glitch of the armor penetrating through the Crimson Glaives when equipping Dandelion Crimson Glaives after putting on the Valoren outfit.
  
  
• Fixed the graphical issue where the waists looked empty with the Karlstein outfit on.

• Price of Marketplace-registrable Pearl Items have been increased.
  
  
• Valks’ Cry will now be extractable from Outfits purchased from the Pearl Shop (F3).
  
  
• Fixed the mistake in the item description of Gazelle Meat.
  Correct usage of Gazelle Meat is for Steak, Meat Stew, Meat Pasta, etc.
  
  
• It has been edited that upon Cooking, Gazelle Meat can be replaced with Deer Meat, Lamb Meat, Fox Meat, Rhino Meat, Pork, or Beef.
  
  
• New Processing method has been added so that by Drying Gazelle Meat, Rare Jerky will now be obtainable.
  
  
• The item description of Archaeologist's Map has been edited.
  
  • Before: ※ Click the button located on the upper right-hand side of the screen to go back to your original location.
    
  • After: ※ Click the button located on the lower right-hand side of the screen to go back to your original location.

• Pearls inside the Pearl Box shown in the preview of Pearl Shop will now appear shiny even with non-remastered mode of graphics.
  
  
• Valks’ Cry has been newly added to the Loyalties tab under Pearl Shop (F3) and it will be available for 100 Loyalties with a purchase limit of 5 per Family per week. For details on newly added Pearl Shop Update and more, please click <Here>!

• The following items will now be obtainable as droppable loot for defeating
  World Boss Vell.
  
  • Ancient Spirit Dust, Caphras Stone

• Upon death of the Fat Catfishman, the screen will now shake less.
  
  
• A new system message, “You can summon after the previous summoned guild boss disappears.” will now appear upon duplicate-summoning Muskan of Madness and Ahib Griffon.
  
  
• New monsters Kreator, Alten, and Kalten has been added to the Valencian Desert.
  
  • Kreator roams around the Valencian Desert and summons the ancient weapons Alten and Kalten when engaged in combat.
    
  • Kreators will be a rare find, and upon defeat, they will reappear with about 10~12 minute cooldown.
    
  • Upon defeating Kreator, Alten, and Kalten, there will be high chance of obtaining Knowledge.

Quest:

• Fixed the issue where the quest [Dark Knight] Desire for Power could not be progressed after throwing away the Basteer Kriegsmesser.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the completion NPC of the quest The Sacred Ritual of Home was written wrong.
  
  • The correct completion NPC is Tiu.

• The quest icon has been changed to a Piranha for the Fishing quest ‘Piranha.’
  
  
• As the event that gave double the Silver and Guild EXP bonus for completion of Guild Mission has ended, the Guild Mission completion bonus has returned to normal.
  
  
• The Lantern as the reward for the following quests has now been changed to Atanis Firefly which serves the same purpose.
  
  • Secret in the Underground Storage
    
  • Clear Justification
    
  • Courage for Orwen
    
  • Philance's Clue
    
  • Curse Runs in the Bartali House
    
  • Secret Duty
    
  • Ever-joyful Garnier Nomad Troupe
    
  • Husband's Well-Being
    
  • Marni's Creation
    
  • Before Andria Is Seen…
    
  • Did You Say Rock Spider?
    
  • Mom and Child
    
  • Invisible Special Fish
    
  • Worse Than an Ogre
    
  • Decorations for Furniture
    
  • Destroy the Cannon
    
  • I Need Cedar Sap!
    
  • The Manes' Symbol
    
  • Safe Water
    
  • Repair the House Alone
    
  • Need Natural Feed
    
  • A Useful Animal
    
  • Awakened Artifacts

• It has been changed that Monastery Boss Summon Scroll can now be used inside the Bloody Monastery.

• A new button that allows you to hide or show the character’s cape has been added to Dye window(J) and Pearl Shop(F3) window.
  
  
• The widget UI that displays time in Time Attack (during battle with World Boss Offin or Altar of Training) has been changed.
  
  
• Fixed the color issue in the Change Skill button in Worker List window.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the list of buttons that appear upon selecting your Mount in Stable would go out of the square background UI when the Screen Resolution Setting was set low.
  
  
• Fixed the text regarding stacked Taxes in Collection window of Lordship Menu.
  
  
• If the rewards of Challenges that can be achieved in Challenge tab (Y) are the same, the Challenges will now be combined and displayed under one Challenge.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where Ship Durability notification would not be displayed in the remastered UI of a Sail Boat.
  
  • Shop Durability notification will now be displayed for Sail Boat and Battleship.

• Fixed the issue where the HP bar gauge of a boss monster would not be clearly visible in dark places.
  
  
• Additional change has been applied to the the following UI effects:
  
  • Hunger Level UI effect
    
  • Weight Limit Exceeded UI effect
    
  • Mail UI effect
    
  • Coupon UI effect
    
  • Value Pack benefit UI effect

• The size of the buttons in Party UI window has been increased in size to resolve the issue of the text going out of the box.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where black shadows would appear on the left and right of the portrait you take on your character through Take Photo option in Beauty Album.
  
  
• Lantern has been removed from Equipment window.
  
  
• The design of the Custom HP Bar, PvP Button, Black Spirit’s Rage gauge, and EXP bar has been changed.
  
  
• Background image of the Minimap has been removed.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where Remastered UI would disappear after the tutorial on Skill Acquisition.
  
  
• The checkbox of the Custom HP Bar in Edit UI window has been relocated.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where remaining time in Guild Missions was not being refreshed intermittently.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where Quick Hotkey could not be set with Find NPC button.
  
  
• Mount Music will no longer be searchable in Settings window.
  
  
• During cooldown after utilizing all Maids, notification will now be displayed on the Maid Icon on top-left corner of the screen.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the menu UI to choose your Transportation was being overlapped with item slots.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the amount of Silver ‘Held in Storage’ came out differently for Marketplace and Pre-Order window.

• Fixed the issue where the Pet would not follow the character upon use of Emergency Escape.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where Trade Wagon in Altinova would not engage in Transport.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the list of servers in Server Selection window would be refreshed every 15 seconds.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where monsters would appear from abnormal places intermittently during the waves of attack in Savage Rift.

Known Issues:

• We are aware of the issue where the Challenge ‘Play Everyday and Earn Loyalties!’ still includes Oil for Lantern under the Challenge tab (Y). The Oil for Lantern will be deleted next maintenance and the reward for the Challenge will be 100 Loyalties only.
  
  
• Red Battlefied daily quest, [Event] New Hero of the Arena, is unavailable for the event Hands of Gold. (Updated 8/30)

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German Patch Notes
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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

• New methods of and to aid in Enhancement will be added (Valks' Cry,
• Caphras Stone, Fairy's Blessing).
  
• A Late Summer Night’s Dream event will begin.
  
• Hands of Gold event will begin.
  
• New Rulupee Travels will be added.
  
• Valks Attendance Rewards will restart.
  
• Black Spirit's Adventure will restart.

• Squad Up! event
  
• Conquer Savage Rift event
  
• Double the Silver and Guild EXP bonus for completion of Guild Mission

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


Best regards,
BDO Team.

Dear Players,

We will perform an urgent maintenance on NA servers as follows:

• Global 8:30 UTC 10:00 UTC
  
• Central (EU) 10:30 CEST / 12:00 CEST
  
• West Coast (NA) 1:30 PDT / 3:00 PDT
  
• East Coast (NA) 4:30 EDT / 6:00 EDT

• Fix on the Marketplace desync issue.
  
• Network equipment fix.

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


Best regards,
BDO Team

Dear Players,

We will perform an urgent maintenance on NA servers as follows:

• Global 9:00 UTC 10:00 UTC
  
• Central (EU) 11:00 CEST / 12:00 CEST
  
• West Coast (NA) 2:00 PDT / 3:00 PDT
  
• East Coast (NA) 5:00 EDT / 6:00 EDT

• Fix on the Marketplace desync issue.

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


Best regards,
BDO Team

Greetings Adventurers,

The enhancement system in Black Desert Online is an important aspect in strengthening your characters. Upgrading is an essential part of your character’s progression and successfully enhancing a high level item is truly an exciting moment. However, it is also true that many adventurers face numerous failed enhancement attempts in their journey of achieving higher stats. As adventurers ourselves, we understand both the thrill and frustration that you experience. In order to help you overcome these challenges, we will be introducing Valks' Cry and Caphras Stones during our August 29th update maintenance.

For those of you who are unfamiliar with Valks’ Cry, using the item will increase additional enhancement chance up to +10, which accumulates on top of your current enhancement chance. We are also acutely aware that players have voiced their opinion in the past regarding Valks’ Cry and have implemented alternative methods in which adventurers can obtain it through in-game features without Pearl outfits.

The original enhancement system was designed with a steep difficulty. Valks’ Cry was initially added with the intention to help adventurers new to the unique enhancement systems of Black Desert Online. In a recent internal study, it was concluded that NA/EU players were far less likely to engage in enhancement than other serviced regions. We believe the introduction of Valks’ Cry will add to our ongoing efforts to lower the hurdles of enhancement.

Valks’ Advice and Blacksmith’s Secret Book are the results of such efforts. These items act as supplementary features in obtaining the desired enhancement rate necessary to upgrade their gear. Along with the recently added Guaranteed Enhancement, we hope that this addition will better assist character progression and thereby allowing more adventurers to engage in core game contents such as Node War or Conquest War.

How to Obtain

• Purchase from the Loyalty Shop
  
  • Valks’ Cry will be obtainable through the Loyalty shop for 100 Loyalty each. A maximum of 5 Valk’s Cry items can be purchased in the Loyalty shop per week.

• Fairy’s Blessing
  
  • Fairy’s Blessing will work exactly the same as Valks’ Cry mechanically. 10 Laila’s Petals can be exchanged for 1 Fairy’s Blessing when you visit Fairy Queen Theiah or Ceilyn. Laila’s Petals are obtainable through defeating monsters, gathering, and fishing.

• Extraction from Pearl Shop Outfits
  
  • Valk’s Cry or Cron Stones can be extracted from Pearl outfits through Blacksmiths or Armor Vendors. Pearl Outfits purchased via in-game Marketplace with silver can also be used for extraction.

As previously mentioned, we will also be releasing the long asked for Caphras Enhancement, a new method to enhance high-end gear. Caphras Stones are added to balance the difficulties of RNG in the current enhancement system. Long-term adventurers will be able to obtain TET or PEN items without relying on enhancement chances.

Using Caphras Stones, which are obtainable in-game, the stats of TRI or higher gear can be enhanced up to 20 stages. Each stage will increase the stats of the item on a small scale. Once it is enhanced to its maximum stage, you will be able to enhance the gear to its next enhancement level with 100% enhancement rate. Please refer to the detailed page for more information on Caphras Stones.

Finally, as Valks' Cry and Cron Stones can be extracted from Pearl Outfits, it has become necessary to reflect its increased value in the marketplace. This is also adjusted in regards to inflation and the overall wealth of the player base. We hope this stimulates the market and gives everyone the chance to acquire pearl shop items through in-game means.The registerable quantity of pearl items will stay unchanged, up to 5 items a week. This change will also be applied with next week’s maintenance.

To help introduce these revisions and ensure everyone has a chance to familiarize themselves with them, we’ll be hosting a series of events.

• A Late Summer Night’s Dream
  
  • You can obtain Late Summer Night’s Wish Box, or Late Summer Night’s Dream Box via Challenge Tab by playing 1 hour or more, and open the box to randomly obtain one of the rewards including Valks’ Cry, Dandelion Weapon Box, Kzarka’s Sealed Weapon Box, Ogre Ring, and more.

• Valks Attendance Rewards
  
  • Valks Attendance Rewards will be back with even greater rewards such as Valks’ Cry, Advice of Valks, Sharp Black Crystal Shard, Hard Black Crystal Shard, Memory Fragment, [Event] Shakatu’s Luxury Box, and more.

• Black Spirit’s Adventure
  
  • Everyone’s favorite minigame, Black Spirit’s Adventure will be added with Valks’ Cry as its reward. Roll the dice to find out what rewards await you!

• Hands of Gold
  
  • Defeat Monsters/Gather/Combat with other Adventurers to collect [Event] Golden Troupe Coin and exchange them into valuable rewards including [Event] Shakatu’s Luxury Box. Note that the more you play during the event period, the more Coins you can collect.

※ More details of the events will be released on Aug. 29th.

We are also preparing a series of new and exciting events for adventurers to enjoy over the upcoming weeks! Thank you for your continuing support.


- Your BDO team

Greetings Adventurers,


The long awaited Remaster for Black Desert Online is here! Enjoy the new and improved graphical effects and redone audio. Included is the newly remastered UI. Be warned, these newly improved graphics are not for the faint of heart so strap in and get ready for an all new immersive Black Desert Online experience!

Along with the new look we have also increased the Combat EXP Lv. for the Level 56-61 range.

There’s so much more we that we cant fit into this little section! Your next quest is to read the rest of the patch notes and seek the truth for yourself.



Event:

• Remastered Trailer Contest has begun.
  
  • Submission Period: 8/22/2018 ~ 9/16/2018
    
  • Winner Selection Conditions:
    
    • Staff Pick [9/17/2018 ~ 9/21/2018] - 10 videos will be selected as staff nominees for the community to vote on during the dates [9/22/2018 ~ 9/30/2018].
      
      • Out of the 10 nominees, community selected winners will receive 1st ~ 10th place prizes based on the tallied votes.
    • Most Views - The top 5 most viewed videos will be selected as winners.
  • Winners Announcement: 10/1/2018
    
  • Click <Here> to learn the full details and to submit your UCC!

• Remastered Screenshot Contest has begun.
  
  • Submit date: 8/22-8/29 (Final Submit Date)
    
  • Staffs Pick: 9/3-9/5
    
  • Winners Announcement: 9/5
    
  • Click <Here> to learn the full details and to submit your screenshot!

• Gold Rush! New Challenge under Challenge tab (Y) is available in commemoration of the Black Desert Online Remastering.
  
  • Event Period: 8/23 00:00 UTC ~ 9/12 23:59 UTC
    
  • During the event period, play 1 hour and obtain special rewards via Challenge tab (Y)
    
    • Play 1 hour to get [Event] High-Quality Draught Box x1
      
    • Play 2 hours to get Memory Fragment x1
      
    • Play 3 hours to get [Event] Golden Seal of Panto x2
      
    • Play 4 hours to get Hard Black Crystal Shard x1
      
    • Play 5 hours to get Sharp Black Crystal Shard x1
  • Every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday during the event period, play 1 hour to get an extra [Event] Golden Seal of Panto!
    [*+You can exchange [Event] Golden Seal of Panto x10 for [Event] Shakatu's Luxury Box x1 from NPC Morco of the Crow Merchants Guild in every big city of the territories.
    
  • Click <Here> to learn more of the new Challenge!

• 10% DC Coupon!
  
  • With the BDO Remastered Sale going on, 10% Discount Coupon (applicable on all categories) has been sent during this maintenance.
    
    • Target: All adventurers
      
    • Expiration Period: 8/22 After Maintenance ~ 8/27 Before Maintenance

Ongoing Events:

• Squad Up! Event: 8/15 After Maintenance ~ 8/29 Before Maintenance.
  
  
• Conquer Savage Rift event: 8/15 After Maintenance ~ 8/29 Before Maintenance.
  
  
• Double the rewards! Silver and Guild EXP given as Guild Mission completion rewards are doubled: 8/8 After Maintenance ~ 8/29 Before Maintenance.
  
  
• Guild Attendance Rewards: 8/9 00:00 UTC ~ 12/26 23:59 UTC.
  
  
• Loyal Attendance Rewards: 8/2 00:00 UTC ~ 9/5 23:59 UTC.

Content:

• Graphics and Audio Remastering has been applied
  
  • The long-waited Graphic/Audio Remastering is now here and you will be able to experience the big changes with your very own eyes.
    
    • Through the remastered graphics, feast your eyes on dramatic lighting effect and realistic display of objects and surrounding.
      
      • If you would like to see the remastered graphics, please go to Settings → Display → Display Quality → Graphics → High-End Graphics and choose Remastered Mode or Ultra Mode now. (*Remastered option can only be set from a PC that supports DirectX 11)
        
      • Ultra Mode is best experienced with a high end PC, so please keep this in mind.

• Experience the remastered Audio all throughout the world of Black Desert Online.
  
  Music:
  
  • The music of Balenos, Serendia, and Calpheon has been remastered. You can now enjoy the re-made and remastered music of each of these territories.
  
  Ambient Sound:
  
  • The ambient sounds in all territories have been renewed.
  
  Sound Effect:
  
  • The sound effects of the following five boss monsters have been renewed:
    
    • Titium, Belmorn, Mudster, Skeleton King, Kzarka
  
  System:
  
  • From the sound settings, default setting for Combat music has been removed and the option to turn on or off the Combat music has been added.
    
  • Mount music has been removed.
    
  • Combat music will be played regardless of the game time being day/night.
    
  • The music that would be played if HP is low has been removed.
    
  • Combat music will be played under different conditions now.
    
    • As for normal combat, combat music will be turned on if the character or summoned creature is inflicted hit.
      
    • As for combat against a boss monster, combat music will be turned on if the boss monster is closeby.
    • It has been changed the ambient sound and background music would be lowered when conversing with an NPC to hear the voices better.
      
    • Music in the fields excluding towns, villages, enemy camps, will be played once and not repeated.
      
    • If music is not played, ambient sound will be heard more clearly. You can not experience much more animated ambient sounds.
      
    • The alert that sounds when a boss appears will now sound faraway.

• Combat EXP obtainable in the field for defeating monsters in the following
  Level range has been increased:
  
  • Lv. 56 ~ Lv.61: Increased by x1.2
    
  • Above Lv.61: Increased by x2

• Combat EXP obtainable in the following contents been increased:
  
  • Lv. 56 ~ Lv.61: Increased by x1.2
    
  • Above Lv.61: Increased by x2
    
    • Marni's Stone
      
    • Savage Rift
      
    • Quests related with obtaining Combat EXP
      
    • Book of Training
      
    • Red Battlefield
      
    • Team Battle

• Build your own set! The Set Creator has been added to Outfits tab in Pearl Shop (F3).
  
  • The Set Creator helps you put together single parts of different Outfits to create your own individual look.
    
  • You can add individual parts of Outfits and create your own set to make a purchase.

    
  • The discount rate of your set in the Set Creator may be different from the discount rate of existing sets.
    
  • Gifting option is also available.
    
  • You can fill up the slots of the Set Creator with outfit parts of your choice and send it as a gift.
    
  • Gifting of all items in Cart is available but the quantity must be fixed as ‘1’ for the items in the cart.
    
  • The recipient of the Gift will receive it via in-game mailbox (B). If there are 10 items sent through the Gift option of the Set Creator, the recipient will receive 10 mails. One per item.
    
  • This has changed the way you fill up your Cart in Pearl Shop. There will now be separate buttons for putting items into Set Creator and also putting items into normal Cart.
    
  • Click <Here> for details on the Set Creator to learn how to show off your flair.

• For individual piece garments such as gloves, shoes, hats, the slot it will take up will be displayed as an icon in Pearl Shop.
  
  
• Fixed the text related to Guild Bonus has been updated as:
  
  • ”This will reset every Sunday at 00:00 UTC.”

System:

• Black Desert Online logo has been temporarily changed to the Black Desert Online Remastered logo.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where Pearl Abyss Company Logo Animation was portrayed in different proportions depending on the resolution of the monitor.
  
  
• It has been changed that only characters of Lv. 50 or higher will be able to receive the item drop rate buff in Arsha Server.
  
  
• It has been changed so that character selection will now be possible on standby to board a wagon.
  
  
• Fixed the awkward system message that came out while your Pet tried looting with your Inventory full.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where Navigation to Olvia 2-4 was not working properly.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where Guild Bonus was not rewarded right away at midnight on Saturday. (Midnight from Saturday to Sunday).

NPC:

• Fixed the issue where it was difficult to exchange Peridot Leaf with NPC Variel.
 Now you can exchange many Peridot Leaf items at once.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where General Goods vendor of Iliya Island would get too much sun on this face and it was hard to see the NPC.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where NPC Merio’s voice would not come out.

• Fixed the issue where damage inflicted would be tripled upon equipping the cannon suitable for Galley, Epheria Sailboat, and Epheria Frigate.
  
  • [Guild] Galley: Maria Cannon
    
  • Epheria Sailboat: Julia Cannon
    
  • [Guild] Galley: Sophia Cannon
    
  • Epheria Sailboat: Elena Cannon
    
  • Epheria Frigate : Lillia Cannon
    
  • Epheria Frigate: Zafina Cannon
    
  • Epheria Sailboat: Elise Cannon
    
  • Epheria Frigate: Serena Cannon

• Ram skill damage have been reduced by 30% for Galley, Epheria Sailboat, and Epheria Frigate.
  
  
• It has become more convenient to use the skill Ram for Galley, Epheria Sailboat, and Epheria Frigate.
  
  • [How to Use]
    
    • Previously: By pressing Q while sailing and speed picked up.
      
    • Changed to: By pressing Q while sailing regardless of speed.
  • [Attacking]
    
    • Previously: After using Ram, attack was possible again after moving a certain distance.
      
    • Changed to: After using Ram, press Q to launch attacks right away.

All Classes:

• Damage of all basic attacks of Main Weapon of all classes has increased.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the previous effect would be duplicated when teleporting from a certain NPC while in Awakening weapon combat mode.
  
  
• Class-specific effects have been noted in the skill tooltip of Rage Absorption (Special) skills..
  
  • Effects has been added to the skill tooltip of Rage Absorption (Common) skills.
    
  • Fury Transfer skill description has been revised:
    
    • Black Power >> Black Spirit's Rage

• Fixed the issue where an abnormal Bound effect would be applied intermittently after performing Grapple on a character.
  
  
• It has been changed so that character selection will now be possible on standby or during Emergency Escape mode with a Fishing Rod equipped.
  
  
• The option to choose between HP Bars (Custom HP Bar and Remastered HP Bar) has been added.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where resetting Enhanced Skill would sometimes deactivate Learn button in the Skill Enhancement window.
  
  
• The system message that is displayed upon activating/deactivation Black Spirit's Rage skill using [Alt + B] has been changed likewise:
  
  • Upon Activation: Black Spirit's Rage has been activated. You can use skills that consume Black Spirit's Rage.
    
  • Upon Deactivation: Black Spirit's Rage has been deactivated. You cannot use skills that consume Black Spirit's Rage.

All Male Classes:

• Fixed the graphical awkwardness that appeared in the thigh part when equipping both Martillo Swimsuit and Epheria Marine Armor together.

Warrior:

• Fixed the issue where a white light would follow the character around after performing the skill Flow: Slashing the Dead.

Ranger:

• Description of skills that use Black Spirit’s Rage will now be displayed in a separate window.
  
  • In addition, Black Spirit Rage mark has been added to the skill icons of some of the skills that will be applied with new Black Spirit’s Rage skill.
    
  • Please keep in mind however that the Black Spirit’s Rage skills are not currently available and will soon be updated.

• Description regarding how to perform extra hit and skill damage has been added to the tooltip of the skill Evasive Explosion Shot.
  
  
• Fixed the graphical glitch that occurs when equipping Rocaba Armor together with the Le Vladian Underwear.

Sorceress:

• Description of skills that use Black Spirit’s Rage will now be displayed in a separate window.
  
  • In addition, Black Spirit Rage mark has been added to the skill icons of some of the skills that will be applied with new Black Spirit’s Rage skill.
    
  • Please keep in mind however that the Black Spirit’s Rage skills are not currently available and will soon be updated.

Berserker:

• Fixed the certain hit sound effect (for example skills like Feral Rage) issues of the Berserker.
  
  
• Description of skills that use Black Spirit’s Rage will now be displayed in a separate window.
  
  • In addition, Black Spirit Rage mark has been added to the skill icons of some of the skills that will be applied with new Black Spirit’s Rage skill.
    
  • Please keep in mind however that the Black Spirit’s Rage skills are not currently available and will soon be updated.

Tamer:

• Fixed the graphical awkwardness in the rear part when moving backwards while crouching with the Checked Beige Underwear on.

Valkyrie:

• Fixed the graphical glitch in the left ankle while having Cavaro Underwear on.
  
  
• Fixed the graphical awkwardness in the rear part when moving backwards while crouching with Cavaro Underwear on.
  
  
• Fixed the graphical glitch in the left thigh while crouching with Cavaro Underwear on.

Witch:

• Damage of the following skills for the Witch and Wizard has increased.
  

Wizard:

• Damage of the following skills for the Witch and Wizard has increased.
  

Maehwa:

• Fixed the graphical issue where the hair would penetrate through the Lahr Arcien Helmet (R) when having chosen 21st hair style from character customization.

Kunoichi:

• Fixed the graphical awkwardness in the rear part when moving backwards while crouching with White Zebra Underwear on.

Dark Knight:

• Fixed the graphical glitch in the left ankle while having Cavaro Underwear on.
  
  
• Fixed the graphical awkwardness in the rear part when moving backwards while crouching with Cavaro Underwear on.
  
  
• Fixed the graphical glitch in the left thigh while crouching with Cavaro Underwear on.
  
  
• Fixed the graphical glitch in the thigh while moving with Cavaro Underwear on.

Striker:

• 1st slot for dyeing has been removed for Marine Romance outfit as it was not possible to be dyed.

• Lantern and Oil for Lantern will no longer be sold in General Goods shops. (In dark places, use the Atanis Firefly that can light up dark places. Atanis Firefly can be purchased in General Goods shops.)
  
  
• The grade of the following items has been changed to suit the grade of the equipment that will use these items for Enhancement.
  
  • Stabilized Magic Black Stone (from Orange to Green)
    
  • Cleansed Magic Black Stone (from Orange to Blue)
    
  • Flawless Magic Black Stone (from Orange to Yellow)

• [Loyalties] Old Moon Distress Call will now be sold in NPC shops.
  
  
• To celebrate the remastering of Black Desert Online, an exclusive BDO Remastered Sale is on. For details on this grand sale, please click <Here>!

• Drop rate of the following items which can be obtained from defeating World Bosses Nouver, Ancient Kutum, and Mirumok Destroyer Offin has been quadrupled. Also at max 2 of these items will be obtainable at a time.
  
  • Stabilized Magic Black Stone
    
  • Cleansed Magic Black Stone
    
  • Flawless Magic Black Stone

• Fixed the issue where King Brown Bear would appear transparent intermittently when spawning it during the quest ‘Defeat the Island's Powerful Enemy, King Brown Bear.’
  
  
• Mirumok Destroyer Offin has had the following changes applied.
  
  • Offin's Force Shield durability has decreased by 30%.
    
  • DP of the Watcher Offin Tett in berserk mode will no longer increase when you failure to destroy the Offin’s Force Shield.
    
  • The following items have been added as loot of destroying Offin's Force Shield:
    
    • Offin Tett's Light Sealed Weapon Box
      
    • Valtarra Eclipsed Belt
      
    • JIN Magic Crystal - Cobelinus
      
    • BON Magic Crystal - Cobelinus
      
    • WON Magic Crystal - Cobelinus
      
    • Black Magic Crystal - Cobelinus
      
    • Ancient Magic Crystal - Cobelinus
      
    • Destruction Spirit Stone
      
    • Pure Forest Breath
      
    • Tree Spirit Stone Fragment
      
    • Black Stone (Weapon)
      
    • Black Stone (Armor)
      
    • Degraded Wood Fragment

• Defeating monsters and moving in Kamasylvia have been improved.
  
  • Characters will no longer be stuck in certain areas behind memorial stones.

Quest:

• Fixed the issue where delivering White Salve to Tarif which is the last condition in the quest [Trading Lv. 40] Medicines to Save Lives was also possible to be completed in other towns.
  
  
• Navigation for the quest ‘An Outsider at the Western Mountain Range’ has been improved.
  
  
• Navigation for the quest ‘What is the Rare Rescued Animal?’ has been improved.

Knowledge:

• Optional reward item for completing the quest ‘Craving Knowledge’ has changed from Lump of Raw Sugar to Capturing Rope.
  
  
• New way to obtain Knowledge for ‘Power Engine of Ancient Weapons’ has been added. Upon having obtained Knowledge of all the monsters below, talk to Marzana to bring up the button to obtain the Knowledge for ‘Power Engine of Ancient Weapons.’
  
  • Kalqueesh
    
  • Vodkhan
    
  • Tukar Burmol
    
  • Tukar Demol

• New UI changes are as follows:
  
  • UIs of the starting screen, Server Selection, and Character Selection screen have been improved.
    
  • Icon UI on top-left corner of the screen has been changed to the remastered version.
    
  • HP gauge of the monsters and boss monsters you can face without having obtained their Knowledge has been improved to remastered version.
    
  • The name of the Guilds occupying a territory will be color-coded to be more visible under Conquest Status window.
    
  • Quest UI has been changed to the remastered version.
    
  • UI on the bottom right part of the screen has been changed to show the below:
    
    • Black Spirit
      
    • Challenge
      
    • Mail
      
    • Using Coupon
      
    • Hunting Spotted
      
    • Gather!
      
    • Summon Node
      
    • Summon Party
      
    • Return of an Archaeologist
      
    • Learned Skill
      
    • New Critical Knowledge
      
    • New General Knowledge
      
    • New Friend Invite
      
    • Weight Limit Exceeded
      
    • Character Durability Warning
      
    • Horse, Wagon, Ship Durability Warning
      
    • High Rank Equipment Notification
  • The following notification message will be displayed even when the menu button UI on bottom right part of the screen is turned off.
    
    • Weight Limit Exceeded alarm notification
      
    • Character Durability alarm notification
      
    • Mount Durability alarm notification
  • Character information on top-left corner has been changed to remastered version.
    
    • Character’s HP, Black Spirit, Class resources have all been unified as character information.
  • Quick Slot UI has been changed to remastered version.
    
  • Minimap has been changed to remastered version.
    
  • The button next to mini-map has been renewed. Item
    
    • Drop button next to the mini-map has been removed.
      
    • Hunting Spotted, Gather!, Summon Node, Summon Party, Return of an Archaeologist buttons have been removed. (The relevant buttons have been moved to notification in bottom right part of the screen).
  • The renewed UI buttons on top right-hand corner besides the minimap will consist of the following:
    
    • Nearby NPC (Button that existed from before)
      
    • Black Desert Video Guide (Button that existed from before)
      
    • Voice Chat Settings (Button that existed from before)
      
    • (Horse) Race Info. (Button that was alongside Horse information before)
      
    • Militia Info. (Button that existed from before)
      
    • Show Node Installation Area (Newly-added)
  • UI related to buffs on top-left corner of the screen has been changed to the remastered version.

• The text “Extra AP against monsters up (enhancement level PRI or up)” has been added to the item descriptions of main and sub-weapons of enhancement levels 0~20.
  
  
• Te text “Additional damage to humans (enhancement level +6 or up)” has been added to the item descriptions of Dandelion awakening weapons of enhancement levels 0~20.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where Hunting notification, Conquest War warning, Upgraded Compass (Party member), Archaeologist’s Map icon would not be displayed.
  
  
• The level/point information widget, HP bar, Black Spirit’s Rage gauge, PvP button, and class-specific skill resource widgets have been combined. You can select “Custom HP Bar” in the Edit UI window to return and separate them to the way they were before.
  
  
• HP gauge of the monsters and boss monsters you can face without having obtained their Knowledge has been improved to remastered version.
  
  
• Hotkey (R) will no longer work for item exchange in the conversation window with an NPC.
  
  
• The Horse icons that were wrongfully displayed in Guild Wharf have been changed back to Ship icons.
  
  
• The system message below that is displayed in certain situations has been changed likewise:
  
  • ”Skill unavailable in current position. -> “This skill is unavailable in your current position.”

• Fixed the issue where cooldown would be activated after ‘Tag Character’ failed in Danger Zones.
  
  
• Fixed the abnormal motion that came out when jumping in combat mode while mounting a Dream Horse.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where a character’s perspective would be set as the smallest (as in zoomed out to maximum).

Known Issues:

• We are aware of the issue where Rulupee of Golden Toad Inn at Heidel has appeared. Unfortunately the quest from Rulupee cannot be accepted at this time. We will soon introduce the quests from Rulupee as a permanent addition.
  
  
• We are aware of the graphical issue where certain areas with water appear to be transparent. We will resolve this issue shortly.

• The outlines of your character has been sharpened in Remastered mode.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where client would crash intermittently under certain conditions.
  
  
• Improved on the glaring effect from the sun in Remastered Mode and Ultra Mode.
  
  
• Improved on light reflection effects to be clearer on wet ground, metal, and any flashing material in Remastered Mode.
  
  
• A system message will now be displayed stating a smooth gameplay may not be guaranteed when switching on Ultra Mode.
  
  
• Improved upon dark areas in the streets to appear more natural.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where all servers were not being displayed in the Server Selection window.

Background, NPC, Effect:

• Previews of characters in Pearl Shop (F3) in Ultra Mode will now appear brighter.
  
• Anti-aliasing work has been performed to smooth out jagged lines or texture in Remastered Mode and Ultra Mode.
  
• Brightness in certain effects under Remastered Mode has been readjusted to improve upon the glaring effects.
  
• Fixed the issue where glaring effects would be displayed in certain environments such as in Ancient Stone Chamber in Remastered Mode or Ultra Mode.
  
• Improved upon dark areas in the streets to appear more natural.

UI:

• Fixed the issue where pressing ‘Ctrl + U’ key to hide UI would also cause slow motion to be activated.
  
  • It has been changed that after hiding UI with the ‘Ctrl + U,’ you have to press ‘U’ once again to activate slow motion.

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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

• Graphics and Audio Remastering work will be done.
  
• Combat EXP obtainable will increase for certain Lv. cap.
  
• UI will be revamped.
  
• Gold Rush, the new Challenge under Challenge tab (Y) will be available.

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