Greetings Adventurers, 

Starting today, you will be able to pre-create the Guardian, the master of the Holy Flame. Upload to the gallery your best and unique creations to win special rewards! Remember that you will be able to play with the Guardian on January 22nd!

Also, another week we are receiving the succession for a new class: this time the Dark Knight will recover her forgotten powers to crush her enemies!

Finally, Dark Rifts will be getting a boost for a limited time: get more rewards and complete them more frequently with this new special event.

As usual you can find the details of today's patch notes below. Enjoy!

 


[New Events]

• Guardian Pre-creation Events
  
  • Event 1: Mystery of the Axe
    
  • Period: January 15 (after maintenance)–January 22 (before maintenance)
    
    • Find the mysterious axe, complete quests and get Whispering Frost Crystal which can be exchanged for Guardian-exclusive item after Jan. 22!
      
  • Event 2: Customize & Win
    
    • Period: January 15 (after maintenance)–January 29 (09:00 UTC)
      
    • Get ready to show us your artistic skills and win brand new apparel for Guardian. Submit your original and creative customization today!
      
    • Click < Here > for the full details!
      
• Succession of Events: Dark Knight
  
  • Period: January 15 (after maintenance)–February 5 (before maintenance)
    
  • Adventurers who reach a certain level with their Dark Knight character during the event period can obtain rewards below via the Challenge tab (Y)!
    
  • Click < Here > for full details!
    
• Black Spirit's Adventure: UPGRADED
  
  • Period: January 15 (after maintenance)–February 5 (before maintenance)
    
  • Black Spirit’s Adventure game is upgraded for a limited time, with more dice rolls and better rewards. Roll your way through the upgraded mini board game and enjoy all the rewards!
    
  • Click < Here > for full details!
    

 

[Ongoing Events]

• Winter Wonderland
  
  • Event 1: Let it Snow: January 9 (00:00 UTC)–January 29 (23:59 UTC)
    
  • Event 2: DIY Snowman: January 8 (after maintenance)–January 22 (before maintenance)
    
• Grab the Mysterious Axe
  
  • January 8 (after maintenance)–January 22 (before maintenance)
    
• Pre-registration for Guardian!: December 24–January 22, 2020 (before maintenance)
  
  • Pre-register from the website < Here >
    
• New Year's Surprise
  
  • Event 2: New Year’s Attendance: January 1 (00:00 UTC)–January 15 (23:59 UTC)
    
  • Event 3: 2020 Fever Time!: January 1st (09:00 UTC)–Until further notice
    
• Succession Slow-Mo Contest
  
  • Community Voting: January 15–January 19
    
  • Winner’s Announcement: January 20
    
  • Click < Here > to see all the details!
    

 

[Ended Events]

• Succession of Events, Part 4 (Kunoichi & Ninja)

 

[Reward Distribution]

• Re-cap of 2019 Contest
  
  • Rewards for 5 winners and participation prizes have been distributed. Please check your in-game mailbox (B)!
    
• Special Barter is open again!
  
  • Thank you for your patience for Special Barter to open again since January 9th.
    
  • Please check your in-game mailbox (B) for Sea Coins distributed as compensation.
    
• Discount Coupon for all
  
  • Please check your Coupon book directly from your Pearl Shop (F3) to find these coupons below:
    
    • 20% Discount Coupon
      
    • Apparel 20% DC Coupon
      
  • Please note that these coupons MUST BE used before the January 22 maintenance, or they will disappear!
    

[Content]

• Guardian is now available for pre-creation!
  
  • Guardian is located in the first slot in Character Creation.
    

• Dark Rifts all around the world have expanded and their energy levels are spiking. Scholars are trying to figure out why this is happening, but so far they've only learned their energy repeatedly expands and shrinks.
  
  • During the below expansion period, monsters from Dark Rifts will become much stronger. After this period, they will shrink back to their normal sizes and will not release Very Hard level monsters.
    
    • Expansion Period: Jan 15 (after maintenance) – Feb 12 (before maintenance)
      
  • The following Dark Rift monsters will emerge as Very Hard versions with the equivalent level of rewards.
    
    • Giath
      
    • Dastard Bheg
      
    • Gehaku
      
    • Moghulis
      
  • The respawn time of the following Dark Rift monsters will be 30% faster.
    
  • Giath
    
  • Dastard Bheg
    
  • Gehaku
    
  • Moghulis
    
  • Ancient Puturum
    
  • Ahib Griffon.
    

 

[Dev Comment]

Dark Rift was introduced as an alternative method for boss battles other than using summon scrolls. It gave us a chance to try different options and introduced various difficulty levels to heighten the tension of battle and rewarded players with better loot. We feel now is the time to give Dark Rifts some tweaks to freshen them up. Now Dark Rifts will have periods of expansion where monsters emerge as Very Hard versions and appear 30% faster than before. Of course, they will also give better loot to reward you for your endeavors, so venture out and seek these expanded Dark Rifts!

 

• Special Barter is open again!
• Added 5 new barter trade routes.
  
  • All exchanges from level 1 to level 5 are available in coastal regions.
    
  • Sea Coins can be exchanged in desert and Margoria regions.
    
  • The following level 5 items are excluded from the newly added trade routes.
    
    • [Level 5] Opulent Coral Trinket
      
    • [Level 5] Cox Pirates' Journal
      
    • [Level 5] Rust Repair Tool
      
    • [Level 5] Otters Fish Hook
      
    • [Level 5] Observatory Report
      
  • Added more level 1 basic (land) materials available for trading.
    
• Increased the chance for Special Barters to occur.
  
  • Chance to find better trade items in Special Barters increases with higher accumulated number of trades made.
    
• Chance to find Barter Support Box from island exploration was reduced

[System]

• Fixed the delay that occurred when the weight limit is exceeded when you move items from your Inventory to Warehouse.
• Using Blessing of Kamasylve now shows the additional weight limit increase as a buff icon at the top of the Web Central Market screen.

 

• Fixed the Ranger's animation when she is grabbed to be more natural.
• Fixed the issue where Prime: Ultimate: Descending Current caused knockdown in PvP when used after learning Descending Current I, II, III, IV, V, and Absolute.

 

• Improved the graphical effect when equipped with the Bractus Axe
• Corrected the skill description text for Black Spirit: Raging Thunder and Lava Piercer where they had incorrect number of maximum hits.
• Fixed the issue where equipping different items after using Prime: Beast Form had both basic and beast form overlap each other.

 

• Improved combo connection time for skills used after Prime: Moonlight Strike.
• Prime: Bolt Wave now recovers MP depending on the number of targets hit.
• Prime: Trample now recovers HP depending on the number of targets hit as below.

• Prime: Whiplash's Extra Hit Damage now recovers HP depending on the number of targets hit as below.

• Succession: Fearful Trembling now recovers HP depending on the number of targets hit.
• Fixed the issue where using Tree Climb after Prime: Moonlight Strike triggered Flurry of Kicks first.

 

• The camera shaking effect of Toxic Flood and Lava Field will now be applied on successful hits only.

 

• Aqua Jail Explosion and Flow: Arne’s Stream now has the Down Attack effect.
• Increased the casting speed of Aqua Jail Explosion.
• Aqua Jail Explosion now has the Slow Movement Speed effect.
• Skill effect will now match the skill speed of Aqua Jail Explosion.
• Increased the Damage of Flow: Arne’s Guidance as below.

• Changed the range of Cataclysm and Black Spirit: Cataclysm to their maximum range for all hits to damage equally.
• Hellfire now has the Forward Guard effect.
• Holding F while using Hellfire now maintains charge.
• Increased the trigger speed of Flame Knot after the use of Hellfire.
• Fixed the issue where the PvP damage for Flow: Fire Breath Marg was applied as the damage for Flow: Fire Fist Marg.
• Removed the Forward Guard effect of Chilling Wave

 

• You now have to press RMB again after using the below skills to trigger Shuriken Throw.
  
  • Extra Hit after Succession: Crescent Slash
    
  • Extra Hit after Succession: Ankle Cutter
    
  • Alert Stance after Prime: Smokescreen or Prime: Evasive Shuriken Malice
    
• You now have to press SPACE again after using the below skills to trigger Prime: Smokescreen.
  
  • Prime: Blade Spin
    
  • Brace
    
  • Pressing LMB + RMB after Prime: Shadow Slash now casts Heart Aiming.
    
• HP Recovery from Extra Hit of Prime: Shuriken Flight now recovers as described in the description.

 

• Fixed the issue where Super Armor was not applied when using Prime: Shadow Explosion after Flow: Sky Stepping.
• Added that Super Armor is not applied during cooldown to the description of Prime: Shadow Explosion.
• Fixed the issue where Damage Reduction was not applied when using Prime: Fox Claw while mounted and on cooldown.
• Fixed the issue where pressing the key for Ninjutsu: Block Jump while it is on cooldown after using Ghost Step sometimes caused the character to stop moving.
• Fixed the issue where using Succession skills sometimes left afterimages.

 

• Added the "Succession" content.
  
  • After Awakening the Dark Knight, accept the quest "[Dark Knight Succession] The Conviction" from the Black Spirit to start the Succession quest series.
    
  • You will learn the skill "Succession: Wrath of Vedir" which will allow you to learn more powerful Kriegsmesser skills.
    
  • You will no longer be able to use your Vediant skills.
    
  • Added the "Succession" tab to the Skill window. The skills in this tab are affected by the AP of both Main and Awakening Weapons.
    
  • You will be able to learn and use skills in both the "Main" and "Succession" tabs. However, if there is both an "Absolute" and "Succession" versions of the same skill, you must choose as you cannot use both versions of the skill.
    
  • To learn certain Succession skills, you will first need to learn the preceding skills from the "Main" tab first.
    
  • After completing the Succession quests and learning the skill "Succession: Wrath of Vedir," you can go back and forth between Succession and Awakening skills by resetting your skills.
    
  • To go from using Succession to Awakening skills, you need to reset your skills to unlearn "Succession: Wrath of Vedir."
    
  • To go from using Awakening to Succession skills, you need to reset your skills and relearn "Succession: Wrath of Vedir."
    

 

• Fixed the issue where Air Smash was applied to all Combo: Hurricane hits.
• Fixed the issue where the last hit for Rapid Stream IV caused Knockdown instead of Floating.

 

• New effects were added to Blessing of Kamasylve.
  
  • Transport Weight Limit +1,500LT
    
  • Central Market Warehouse Capacity +2,000VT
    
  • Maid Central Market Capacity +100VT 
    

• The Central Market Max Price of the following items was increased.
  
  • Memory Fragment
    
  • Ancient Magic Crystal of Crimson Flame - Power
    
  • Red Battlefield Crystal: Power
    
  • Ancient Magic Crystal - Cobelinus
    
  • Ancient Magic Crystal - Hystria
    
  • Ancient Magic Crystal - Carmae
    
  • Forest Path Wagon Wheel
    
  • Forest Path Wagon Cover
    
  • Forest Path Wagon Flag
    
  • Ain Main Weapons
    
  • Enhancers (Melee AP, Ranged AP, Magic AP, Grapple Resistance, Accuracy)
    
  • Reducers (Melee Damage, Ranged Damage, Magic Damage)
    
• The Black Abyssal Weapon Box obtained from the [Boss] The Overlord of Omar Lava Cave quest will now be used upon obtaining it.
  
  • To repack the Black Abyssal Weapon to a box, complete the Black Abyssal Weapon Exchange quest from Abdul Jaum.
    
• For details on the newly added Pearl Shop Update, please click < Here >!

 

• Fixed the Petrifying Berserk Miner to properly give Miner's Rock Fragments.

 


[Quest]

• Additional rewards were added to the following Mediah main quests.

[Knowledge]

• Changed the hint given for the "Horio Tinya" knowledge when not obtained.
• Added text color changes to some spirit stone knowledges.

 

• Updated the following UIs.
  
  • Revive
    
  • Pet List
    
  • Campsite (Additional)
    
• New changes were added to the New Menu.
  
  • The Notice category was renamed to Adventurer Support.
    
  • Added Customer Support to New Menu -> Adventurer Support.
    
  • Notice -> Mail was moved to Rewards (F3).
    

 

[Dev Comment]

Adventurer Support is where you can find useful information, such as notices, updates, and etc., which were previously scattered in the game and on the official webpage. You can find it in the New Menu. We hope this will help you look for helpful information.

 

• Changed the "Ocean Navigation Setting" window name to "Navigation Settings" in the bottom of the World Map (M).
• Added "Navigation Path Setting" to Ocean Navigation setting.
• Changed the icon for Ocean Navigation Setting in the World Map to the shape of a ship's helm.
• Added text color to the message displayed when combining Archaeologist's Map and Lafi Bedmountain's Upgraded Compass.
• Pressing BackSpace during interaction with NPCs will now function as "Go Back".
• Changed the Silver part in the Storage UI to now open the number pad wherever you press in that part instead of pressing precisely the Silver icon when transferring Silver from Storage to Inventory.
• Fixed the Worker Stamina Recovery UI text to be more natural.
• Fixed the issue where new text during 1:1 chat with friends was displayed unnaturally.
• Fixed material select from Inventory to be locked during Alchemy Stone Recharge, Polishing, and Growth.
• Fixed the issue where the client shut down when you open the number pad while selecting materials during Alchemy Stone upgrade.
• Changed the check button design in the number pad UI.
• Fixed the issue where the background image of the Key Guide at the bottom of the NPC Quest List was unnatural.
• Fixed the issue where the Storage window covered the Inventory (I) when opening the Storage via the Container in your Residence after opening and closing the Transport UI.
• Fixed the issue where the size of the extract available item list window in the Extract Reform Stone window changed when you deselect the extract item without having extract materials.
• Fixed the Repair tab in the Processing UI to unusable if you do not have the Repair knowledge.
• Pressing the (?) button on the top right of the Fairy UI will link you to the relevant WIKI page.
• Added the Fairy information view function in the Fairy Information window.
• Fixed the Storage window to open on the right of the Processing window when Processing at the Storage.
• Fixed the pop up description for the Privacy Mode button in Character Select to be clearer.
• Fixed the Privacy Mode button in Character Select to be easier to click on.
• Changed the diamond and round shaped check buttons to squares.

 

• [Maehwa] Fixed the issue where Prime: Charged Stub Arrow's actual damage did not match the skill description.
• Fixed the issue where the Underwear Settings did not work properly when activated while wearing an expired Pearl item.
• Fixed the typo in the How to Obtain text of the Rugged Valley Helmet.
• Fixed the issue where the weapon effect flickered when TAA was set in Settings -> Anti-aliasing.
• Fixed the issue where you were affected with Desert Disease in a specific location in the Aakman Temple.
• Fixed the graphical issue where grass appeared to be floating in some regions in the Desert Naga Temple.
• Fixed the issue where you were affected with Desert Disease in some areas in the Pila Ku Jail.
• Fixed the issue where you received Bottle of Sea Water when you gather water at the small waterfall near Oquilla's Eye.
  
  • Now you should receive Bottle of River Water when gathering water from this area.
    
• Fixed the issue where the pop up description did not show at the wharf when checking skill information right after checking in your ship.
• Fixed the issue where the Friend window closed even when the "Hide UI When Attacked" was set as "off".
• Fixed the issue where the cooldown of Alchemy Stones in the Inventory after their use was displayed after logging back into the game.
• Fixed the issue where pop up descriptions for some items did not immediately sync with the Central Market prices.
• Fixed the issue where the screen was black when you open the World Map (M) with gamma set to lowest.
• [Warrior, Ninja, Striker, Archer] Fixed the issue where the chair was stuck to the character's hand when standing up from fishing.
• Fixed some Succession weapons to have sparkling effects when graphics is set to Very High.
  
  • [Warrior] Cornelius Longsword
    
  • [Ranger] Lephria Longbow
    
  • [Tamer] Moonlight Faerie Shortsword
    
  • [Valkyrie] Solaria Longsword
    
  • [Musa] Tundra Warden Blade
    
  • [Maehwa] Te'enah Blade
    
  • [Kunoichi] Giha Shortsword
    
  • [Ninja] Bloodfiend Shortsword
    
  • [Sorceress] Iron Thorn Amulet
    
• Fixed the issue where the seller's name was not applied properly when selling PEN (V) level items at the Central Market.
• Fixed the issue where you could not check in Epheria Cogs to Wharf Manager Arehaza.
• Fixed the issue where using the escape feature in some parts of Sycraia teleported you to the lower level of Sycraia.
• Fixed the issue where repairing Max Durability for Ultimate Akum with Memory Fragment recovered 2 Max Durability.

 

• We are aware of the issue where text of certain Pearl Shop items may not appear correctly when launching your game. We apologize for the inconvenience and this issue will be resolved shortly. For the time being, please restart your client or return to the Character Selection screen to fix the issue.
• We are aware of the issue where purchase count on [Event] Shining Adventure Box in Pearl Shop (F3) might not have been reset for some players. For those affected, purchase count will be reset by 1/16/2020 23:59 UTC. Please be reminded that purchase count on this item resets every Monday (00:00 UTC).

Updated 20/01

• We are aware of the issue where Emperor Hawk will not increase in size as its tier increased after a Pet Appearance Change Coupon is used on it. This issue will be resolved with February 5th maintenance.

[Notice] - Updated 21/01

• Purchase of and exchange of High-Quality Wine has been blocked and any High-Quality Wine will be deleted and compensated with Silver (200,000 Silver per one) during the regular maintenance on Jan. 22nd.
  
  
• After the maintenance on Jan. 22nd, purchase of High-Quality Wine will be alllowed again, but the button to exchange High-Quality Wine with NPCs will disappear permanently. Please stay tuned for the patch notes on Jan. 22nd for the details.

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

Dear Players,

We will perform our weekly maintenance as follows:

• Global 9:00 UTC ~ 13:00 UTC
  
• Central (EU) 10:00 CEST ~ 14:00 CEST
  
• West Coast (NA) 1:00 PDT ~ 5:00 PDT
  
• East Coast (NA) 4:00 EDT ~ 8:00 EDT

• Succession for Dark Knight will be added, and the level-up challenge for this class will begin.
  
• Additional effects will be added to the Blessing of Kamasylve item.
  
• Dark Rift expansion period will start.
  
• Pre-creation events for Guardian will begin.
  
• Black Spirit's Adventure will be upgraded for a limited time.

• Succession of Events, Part 4 (Kunoichi & Ninja)
  
• New Year's Surprise
  
  • Event 2: New Year’s Attendance available until January 15 (23:59 UTC)

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

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


Best regards,
BDO Team

Greeting Adventurers!

The Executive Producer in charge of development for Black Desert, Jae-hee Kim, announced the 2020 Development Plans at the Calpheon Banquet offline event held in Korea.
He recapped the changes that followed after the Heidel Ball, and announced the various new updates coming in 2020 for Black Desert.

(Please note the dates mentioned are for the Korean server and global release dates may differ.)

Let's check them out!

• There were a variety of improvements and changes made after the Heidel Ball. They included: Buff UI rework, talking with NPCs while mounted on horses, more ways to get enhancement stacks, UI rework, Imperial Crafting Delivery rework, any more.
  
• The Great Expedition, Altar of Blood, the Shai class and her "Talent," and other tremendous content updates came in.
  
• We were not able to show you O'dyllita and Territory War as of yet. There are still a number of details that need to be worked out for them to fit the world of Black Desert. Please be patient with us as we strive to develop them to a quality with which we are satisfied.
  
• As for Fish Farming, it was presented as a possible idea in the past and it received such good feedback that we expect to start developing this content soon.

Click here to read the Heidel Ball Recap

1. Succession
   • We are focused on getting Succession out for the pre-existing classes. The original plan was to have all of the classes out by the end of the year, but we wanted to make sure we are putting forth quality content.
     
   • This is especially true with Berserker Succession. It was pretty close to completion, but it lacked refinement so it's undergoing development again.
     
   • Succession will continue to get released in mid-January starting with Witch & Wizard. They will be followed up with Striker, Mystic, and Lahn in the coming weeks.
2. Guardian, Slayer of the Light
   
   
   • Guardian makes her pact with the Black Spirit knowing that she will lose her memories. This was so that she can descend from the Mountain of Eternal Winter to reclaim Ynix, the Holy Flame that can immolate gods.
     
   • She meets the followers of Ynix and undergoes the trial of the Holy Flame on her journey with the Black Spirit.
     
   • Guardian comes in possession of Ynix to become the judicator of the flame. She wields a new mighty weapon to slay her enemies.
     
   • Guardian's Awakening Weapon looks like a pole weapon with the Holy Flame burning in its blade.
     
   • Guardian will be able to use devastating skills with her newfound powers. She will learn skills where she takes flight and crashes down to the ground, brings forth incredible might with a small gesture, and performs other awe-inspiring feats.
     
   • Guardian's Awakening is being developed in full-force and is planned to be revealed on January 15. (Please note the dates mentioned are for the Korean server and global release dates may differ.)
   
   
3. O'dyllita
   • Black Spirit, Edana the ancient, Elionism, and Sylvia are some of the cornerstones in the lore of Black Desert. Another chapter of the tale pertaining to the children of the goddess Sylvia will be added in O'dyllita.
     
   • The story will follow the Ahibs who were chased out of Kamasylvia by the Ganelles and their frantic vendetta, the secrets behind the once arid land of O'dyllita, and the immortal alchemist Caphras.
     
   • New and exciting battles against the Turos, with their rugged bodies and cow's heads, as well as formidable golems powered by ancient technology and the Ahibs will be revealed on the Korean server soon in 2020.
   
                                                                   ▲ Turo habitat
   
                                                      ▲The view at Thornwood Castle
   
                                                            ▲The capital of O'dyllita
   
                                                            ▲ Ancient Golem habitat
   
                                                            ▲ Ancient Golem habitat
   
                                                           ▲ Inside Thornwood Castle
   
   
   
4. Thornwood Castle
   • Thornwood Castle is located in the southernmost region of O'dyllita. This new island zone will include a unique combination of PvP and PvE elements.
     
     
   • There are multiple entrances to Thornwood Castle, although at first, you can access the castle through one entrance. You can advance to the center of the zone as your complete more missions.
     
   • Adventurers can choose to fight each other or cooperate with one another.
     
   • Thornwood Castle will be included in the future O'dyllita update. We are planning to release more details and please be sure to keep an eye out on the Global Lab.
   
   
5. Blackstar Defense Gear
   • A new boss defense gear will be implemented. The appearance of the Blackstar defense gear will be vastly different from regular boss defense gear.
     
     
   • We will carefully make changes to the existing boss defense gears to ensure that it still holds value.
     
   • We will gradually update existing boss defense gear parts starting with the oldest part.
   
   
6. Papua Crinea
   
   • Papua Crinea is an island region located on the outskirts of the world of Black Desert and the home of the Papus and Otters, two iconic and adorable races. In this region, these two races are waging a massive war against each other called the Thousand Years' War
     
     
   • The Papus and Otters you are going to meet on the isles are going to be quite different from the ones you have met in other regions. Many of the types of interactions you have with them such as dialogues, quests, and knowledge will be applied with unique rules established by the native islanders.
     
   • You will have to pick a side between the Papus or Otters on the isles. Fight monsters, or do a series of quests for one side, and participate in their war for survival!
     
   • Due to the hostile relationship between the Papus and Otters, you will be on bad terms with the Otters if you help the Papus, and vice versa. Knowing that they have been at war for a thousand years, this is no surprise.
     
   • It'll be hard for them to lower their guard towards you as they've been waging war for such a long time. The Papus and Otters you will meet on the isles generally do not welcome outsiders.

Starting with Papua Crinea where the secrets behind the Papus and Otters will come to the surface, to the awakening of Guardian as she takes on the trial of the Holy Flame, we will be developing many exciting updates that you can look forward to in 2020!

Greetings Adventurers,

Time for the Sorceress and the Berserker to shine! The double-axes master and the dark magic expert receive their succession this week, and to celebrate that, we continue the Succession of Events. Talking about events, Winter Wonderland is also starting this week which is a good occasion for you to get some cool rewards!

And don’t forget to visit the Ancient Stone Chamber, a mysterious axe seems to have been discovered there.

More updates to discover about this week's patch notes below:



New Events

• Winter Wonderland
  
  • Event 1: Let it Snow
    
    • Period: January 9 (00:00 UTC)–January 29 (23:59 UTC)
      
    • Collect [Event] Snowflakes just by playing the game via Challenges tab and exchange them for cool rewards.
  • Event 2: DIY Snowman
    
    • January 8 (after maintenance)–January 22 (before maintenance)
      
    • Defeat monsters, fish, and gather event items and process them to get [Event] Winter Snowman that can be opened for awesome rewards.
      
    • Click < Here > for full details on the event!

• Grab the Mysterious Axe
  
  • Period: January 8 (after maintenance)–January 22 (before maintenance)
    
  • Check out the mysterious axe in Ancient Stone Chamber, consume energy and get Item Drop Rate +20% boost!
    
  • Click < Here > for full details!

• Loyal Attendance Reward Refreshed
  
  • Period: January 9 (00:00 UTC)–February 12 (23:59 UTC)
    
  • Check attendance daily to get rewards including Extra Skill EXP scrolls, Fine Accessory Box, Valk’s Cry, and more!
    
  • Click < Here > to see the attendance rewards.

• Succession of Events: Berserker and Sorceress
  
  • Period: January 8 (after maintenance)–January 29 (before maintenance)
    
  • Adventurers who reach a certain level with their Berserker and Sorceress characters during the event period can obtain rewards below via the Challenge tab (Y)!
    
  • Click < Here > for full details!

Ongoing Events

• Pre-registration for Guardian!: December 24–January 22, 2020 (before maintenance)
  
  • Pre-register from the website < Here >

• New Year's Surprise
  
  • Event 2: New Year’s Attendance: January 1 (00:00 UTC)–January 15 (23:59 UTC)
    
  • Event 3: 2020 Fever Time!: January 1st (09:00 UTC)–Until further notice

• Succession of Events, Part 4 (Kunoichi & Ninja): December 24 (after maintenance)–January 15, 2020 (before maintenance)
  
  
• Succession Slow-Mo Contest
  
  • Duration: December 6–January 12, 2020at 11:59pm PST
    
  • Community Voting: January 15–January 19
    
  • Winner’s Announcement: January 20
    
  • Rules are now updated! You can now participate with your Berserker and Sorceress!
    
  • Click < Here > to see how you can participate to win Succession outfits and more!

Ended Events

• Thank You for 2019!
  
  • Event 1: Item Drop Rate +50%
    
  • Event 2: Boss Drop Boost
    
  • Event 3: Auto-fishing Event

• Piku is back!
  
• Xmas Surprise
  
• New Year Gift
  
• Succession of Events, Part 3

Reward Distribution

• Dirty Santa Christmas Party
  
  • Thank you for your valuable feedback. All rewards have been sent out to the winners and participants to the very first, feedback library event.
    
  • Be sure to check our official Forums > General Discussion section to take polls, share your feedback, and more!

Content

• Changed the number of Sea Coin Coupons required for the following item when exchanging with Ravinia
  
  • Manos Accessories

• Added the new Refresh Barter Information function.
  
  • Added refresh buttons in the barter information UI.
    
  • Barter Refresh has 3 types; Regular Refresh, Instant Refresh, and Reduce Refresh Cooldown.
    
  • Regular Refresh: Uses 1 barter refresh count to immediately refresh the list.
    
  • Instant Refresh: Ignores the remaining cooldown and refreshes the list immediately by consuming 2 barter refresh counts.
    
  • Reduce Refresh Cooldown: You can use all the parley you have remaining to reduce the cooldown of the regular barter refresh.

• 10,000 Parley reduces the cooldown by 1 minute. You can consume up to 50,000 Parley each time.
  
  • You cannot choose the amount of time to reduce when you press the Reduce Refresh Cooldown button.

Dev Comment

Barter refresh is now divided into 3 types.

The first is Regular Refresh. This is the same as the previous refresh where you use 1 barter refresh count every 4 hours to refresh the list. When you can use Regular Refresh after 4 hours, a message will indicate that it is available for use.

The next is Instant Refresh for you to use when regular refresh is still in cooldown but you have enough barter refresh counts. This will refresh your barter list immediately regardless of cooldown time left. Use it when you want to see new items in a hurry, but remember that it will consume 2 barter refresh counts.

The last is Reduce Refresh Cooldown. This is for when you have refresh cooldown, used up Instant Refresh, and don't have enough barter refresh counts left.

Each time you press the Reduce Refresh Cooldown button, you consume 50,000 Parley to reduce 5 minutes off your cooldown.

This is a fixed value, so if you want to reduce cooldown by 20 minutes, you have to press the button 4 times.

When you have Parley below 50,000, Reduce Refresh Cooldown will consume all the Parley you have left and reduce the amount of cooldown left depending on how much was consumed. For example, if you had 38,000 Parley left and press the button, all of your Parley will be consumed and your cooldown will be reduced by 3 minutes and 48 seconds.

• Chance to find Barter Support Box from island exploration was reduced by 35%.
  
  
• More barter items were added to certain islands available for barter.
  
  • Barter information will have more variety compared to the previous static list.

• Greatly increased the chance for Special Barters to occur.
  
  • Rates were adjusted to reflect upon newly added barter information.
    
  • Barter information obtainable from existing Special Barters were maintained.

• As announced with the Global Lab Dec 26 maintenance, Barter Information List and Parley were reset due to changes in the Barter system.
  
  • Please note that Special Barter Information was maintained.

• Delivery Gift Box will not be given as rewards for Imperial Cooking Delivery and Imperial Alchemy Delivery.

Dev Comment

Originally, the gift boxes were given to ease your next delivery by providing you with some ingredients required to make more deliveries.

However, with changes to the difficulties of making these deliveries, more gift boxes were collected than intended, which in turn affected the games economy. Hence, we decided to delete the gift boxes.

We are preparing a different method to reward you for making the deliveries. We hope to bring you news of this soon.

• Pets can now collect items when perched on your shoulder.

System

• Added an option for auto routes to have a more streamlined movement.
  
  • This can be set in Settings -> General Settings -> Misc.
    
  • Choose ‘Smooth’ under Navigation Path Setting for a streamlined movement.
    

▲ With ‘Basic’ Navigation Path Setting



▲ With ‘Smooth’ Navigation Path Setting

• Fixed the issue where the Razer LED keyboard animation did not work depending on LED options.
  
  
• Razer keyboard animation will now immediately apply LED keyboard option changes.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the game shutdown when the Razer keyboards LED option is toggled.
  
  
• Now you can search adventurers through the Mysterious Man with banned words within their character names.

Game World

• Fixed the issue where some buildings in Altinova were clipping into each other.

• Added an effect for large ships able to use Volley to determine the distance of cannon fire.
  
  
  
• Decreased the max cannon fire distance of large ships able to use Volley by 8%.
  
  • The following large ships are able to use Volley.
    
    • Improved Epheria Sailboat, Improved Epheria Frigate, Epheria Caravel, Epheria Galleass, Epheria Carrack (Advance, Balance, Volante, Valor)

• You can now determine the distance when using the Monsterbane Cannons used during the battle against Khan, the <Eye of the Great Ocean>
  
  
• Fixed the canon cooldown reset UI of Improved Epheria Sailboat, Improved Epheria Frigate, Epheria Caravel, and Epheria Galleass to be the same as the Epheria Carrack.
  
  • This does not change the actual canon cooldown.

• Fixed the canon cooldown description in the large ship upgrade information text to match the actual canon reload cooldown.
  
  ※ Please note there are no changes to actual reload speeds.

Warrior

• Fixed the text in the description of Prime: Scars of Dusk, Prime: Spinning Slash, and Black Spirit: Prime: Spinning Slash.

Sorceress

• Added the "Succession" content.
  
  • After Awakening the Sorceress, accept the quest "[Sorceress Succession] The Choice" from the Black Spirit to start the Succession quest series.
    
  • You will learn the skill "Succession: Abyssal Contract" which will allow you to learn more powerful Amulet and Talisman skills.
    
  • You will no longer be able to use your Scythe skills.
    
  • Added the "Succession" tab to the Skill window. The skills in this tab are affected by the AP of both Main and Awakening Weapons.
    
  • You will be able to learn and use skills in both the "Main" and "Succession" tabs. However, if there is both an "Absolute" and "Succession" versions of the same skill, you must choose as you cannot use both versions of the skill.
    
  • To learn certain Succession skills, you will first need to learn the preceding skills from the "Main" tab first.
    
  • After completing the Succession quests and learning the skill "Succession: Abyssal Contract," you can go back and forth between Succession and Awakening skills by resetting your skills.
    
  • To go from using Succession to Awakening skills, you need to reset your skills to unlearn "Succession: Abyssal Contract."
    
  • To go from using Awakening to Succession skills, you need to reset your skills and relearn "Succession: Abyssal Contract."

Berserker

• Added the "Succession" content.
  
  • After Awakening the Berserker, accept the quest "[Berserker Succession] The Valor" from the Black Spirit to start the Succession quest series.
    
  • You will learn the skill "Succession: Feral Roar" which will allow you to learn more powerful Axe skills.
    
  • You will no longer be able to use your Iron Buster skills.
    
  • Added the "Succession" tab to the Skill window. The skills in this tab are affected by the AP of both Main and Awakening Weapons.
    
  • You will be able to learn and use skills in both the "Main" and "Succession" tabs. However, if there is both an "Absolute" and "Succession" versions of the same skill, you must choose as you cannot use both versions of the skill.To learn certain Succession skills, you will first need to learn the preceding skills from the "Main" tab first.
    
  • After completing the Succession quests and learning the skill "Succession: Feral Roar," you can go back and forth between Succession and Awakening skills by resetting your skills.
    
  • To go from using Succession to Awakening skills, you need to reset your skills to unlearn "Succession: Feral Roar."
    
  • To go from using Awakening to Succession skills, you need to reset your skills and relearn "Succession: Feral Roar."

Tamer

• Fixed the issue where MP was not properly consumed when using Prime: Roaring and Prime: Void Lightning during horseback combat while on cooldown.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where you could continue to rise into the air when using Prime: Throat Burn repeatedly from quick slot.

Valkyrie

• Fixed the issue where SP was not properly consumed when using Prime: Shield Throw during horseback combat while on cooldown.

Musa

• Fixed the issue where, after Succession, the Serene Mind buff was not sometimes consumed when using skills that should.

Ninja

• Air Attack is now applied up to 2 hits when Prime: Red Rain successfully lifts the enemy.
  
  
• Prime: Dark Frenzy now damages enemies close to the Ninja as well.

Kunoichi

• Added description to [Ninjutsu: Ghost], [Ninjutsu: Soul], and [Ninjutsu: Spirit] with their buff names and skills required to trigger them; [Prime: Shadow Stomp], [Prime: Shadow Clone], and [Prime: Shadow Explosion].
  
  
• Fixed the knockdown from [Release: Ghost + Soul + Spirit] by using [Succession: Kunai Throw] to activate when the kunai actually hits the target.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where using Ankle Cutter and Crescent Slash during [Succession: Ghost Step] triggered Ghost Greeting.
  
  
• Added the following description to [Prime: Danse Macabre]
  
  • Aiming will increase movement distance.

• Changed the key for [Succession: Block Jump] used after [Succession: Ghost Step] from Q to Shift+Q.
  
  
• Changed the buff effect of [Prime: Ninjutsu Commence] as below.
  
  • Before
    
    • All AP +30 for 30 sec.
      
    • Attack Speed +20% for 30 sec.
      
    • Melee Accuracy Rate +15% for 30 sec.
      
    • Critical Hit Rate +24% for 30 sec.
      
    • All Evasion +15% for 30 sec.
  • After
    
    • All AP +20 for 30 sec.
      
    • Attack Speed +20% for 30 sec.
      
    • Melee Accuracy Rate +15% for 30 sec.
      
    • Critical Hit Rate +24% for 30 sec.

• Increased the Max Price limit of defense gears at the Central Market due to higher demands.
  
  
  
• Due to the increase in defense gear prices, the below items will no longer be sold by defense gear merchants.
  
  *Items purchasable via Amity are still available for purchase
  
  
• Max Durability recovery amount from Artisan's Memory and [Event] Artisan's Memory was increased from 4 times to 5 times.
  
  • Descriptions of Memory Fragment was changed to reflect this update.
    

• Additional Damage to Humans was changed to Extra Damage to All Species for Dandelion Awakening Weapons, Dragon Slayer Awakening Weapons, Ramone's Awakening Weapons, and Arsha's Awakening Weapons.
  
  
• The Extra Damage to All Species damage was changed as below per enhancement level.
  
  • Arsha's Awakening Weapon and Ramone's Awakening Weapon are for Trial characters only.
    

• Changed the store sell price of the following designs to be the same.
  
  • Design: Delphe Knight Armor: 5,000 Silver
    
  • Design: Edan's Travel Wear, Orwen's Travel Wear: 2,000 Silver

• Duration information was added to the description of J's Special Scroll.
  
  
• As announced on December 30, the following items were discontinued from the Pearl Shop.
  
  • Sealed Book of Combat (15 Days)
    
  • Sealed Book of Life (15 Days)
    
  • Cliff's Skill Add-on Guide (30 Days)
    
  • Armstrong's Skill Guide (1 Day)
    
  • Armstrong's Skill Guide (30 Days)

• Added the new Secret Book of Old Moon.

Dev Comment

The new Secret Book of Old Moon is a new item with all the effects you need to comfortably play the game.

Previously you had to purchase Book of Combat, Book of Skill, Armstrong’s Skill Guide, and others separately, but now you can receive a more variety of effects for the same price.

You can use the item to receive the usual increase in combat and skill EXP, while being able to change skills and skill add-ons, and be able to receive villa buffs at campsites without purchasing villa coupons. And you also receive more stable and wharf slots.

EXP increase from the Secret Book of Old Moon stacks with previously purchased Book of Combat and other similar effects.

Q. Does the EXP increase effect from the Secret Book of Old Moon stack with other similar effects?
A. Yes, it stacks with Book of Combat and Skill, and other EXP increase effects.

Q. Can I use the Secret Book of Old Moon while Armstrong’s Skill Guide and others are in effect?
A. You can and both effects will be active, but if they are included in the effects of the Secret Book of Old Moon, we recommend you use them separately.

Q. Can I use the Secret Book of Old Moon Book and Value Pack together?
A. Yes and EXP increase effects from both will stack.

• With the release of the Secret Book of Old Moon, Secret Book of Old Moon (7 Days) has been applied to all adventurers with this week's maintenance.
  
  
• Added Shakatu's Shiny Box to the Pearl Shop (F3), available for purchase with Silver.
  
  
• The weight of reward boxes from Savage Rift was decreased to 0.1LT
  
  
• For details on newly added Pearl Shop Update, please click < Here >!

• Changed the location of wolves on the route to Olvia Port.

Quest

• Fixed the typo in the description of the "Need Fresh Milk!" quest.
  
  
• Ravinia at Crow's Nest now exchanges items for upgrade materials.
  
  • Added quests [Ship Upgrade] Ravinia's Favor I & II.
    
  • You can now exchange Brilliant Rock Salt Ingot x1 and Sea Coin Coupon x20 for Brilliant Pearl Shard x1.
    
  • You can now exchange Brilliant Pearl Shard x1 and Sea Coin Coupon x20 for Brilliant Rock Salt Ingot x1.

• Added another option for crossroad quest after the "Grusha, the Scout" quest within the main Balenos quest line.
  
  • After the Grusha, the Scout quest, you can now choose between [Crossroad] Goblins at the Ruins, [Crossroad] About Goblins, and [Crossroad] The Untold Truth About Giath.
    
  • You can see how Giath became a monster through the [Crossroad] The Untold Truth About Giath quest dialogue and knowledge.

• Succession Quests can be checked in the Suggested Quest tab in the Quest List (O).
  
  
• Corrected the quest descriptions for "To Weita Island" and "To Arakil Island".
  
  
• Removed text from Cooking and Medicine boxes knowledge saying you can receive reward boxes from Imperial Delivery.

• Updated the following UIs.
  
  • Cooking
    
  • Alchemy
    
  • Processing (L)
    

• Fixed the arrow image in the Barter UI.
  
  
• Fixed the system message displayed when connecting a horse with inventory items to a wagon.
  
  
• Empty slots in the Quick Hotkey Settings is now displayed as "Press to Set".
  
  • Press the "Press to Set" button to pop up a keyboard window for setting hotkeys.
    
  • The desired key selected in the keyboard window can also be used in combination with the Alt key. (e.g. If Q is selected, you can use Alt+Q as well)

• Added a message indicating a Special Barter, which is displayed at the top center of the screen.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where pressing the Max LT button at NPC stores displayed the Max Silver amount instead.
  
  
• You can now select Combat Focus Mode from Interface Edit Mode.
  
  • Added Disable Mode button. Press this button to apply the interface set before the Combat Focus Mode was applied.

• Added recommended icon to Chat Groups where you can use the recommend function (Lunar Halo Inn, Dancing Marlin Tavern).
  
  • Pressing a player's family/character name will pop up a button for recommendation.
    
  • Of the top 100 players who received the most recommends, ranks 1–10 receives a gold icon, ranks 11–50 silver, and ranks 51–100 will receive bronze icons.
    
  • These icons will be reset at 00:00 UTC.

• Fixed the issue where the menu button was displayed when you press your family/character name in Chat Groups.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the minimap location changed when you level up after changing the UI size.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the level up pop up location changed when you change the UI size while the level up pop up window is up.
  
  
• The filter list for Manage Workers, Horse Market, and Transport windows will now close when you move away the mouse cursor.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the Manage Workers filter selected all when you open and select no filters for location and tier.
  
  
• Fixed inactive buttons in the Hotkey Settings to not be pressed.
  
  
• Special Barter notification will now be more visible.
  
  
• Fixed the "Not Set" button in the Quick Hotkey Settings to properly work as intended.
  
  
• Fixed the Quick Hotkey Settings to display a message when a hotkey is set.
  
  
• Fixed the message displayed when setting the Remote Collect Campsite with Alt to correctly display the relevant message.
  
  
• Updated the Inventory (I) to show Sea Coins and the Pearl Inventory to show Loyalties.
  
  
• Fixed the arrow icon when the filter list is opened in Manage Workers, Horse Market, and Transport windows.
  
  
• Changed the warning message displayed when a Quick Hotkey is set to "Not Set".
  
  
• Fixed the pop up description on the ship list's help button in the wharf menu to not show stable information.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where you could not progress quests in the Savage Rift.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the horizontal gauge bar did not match their background.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the location of the Maid/Butler List window reset when setting the window size.
  
  
• You can now check required materials and descriptions for Enhance / Durability / Force Enhance during enhancement even when you don't have enough materials.
  
  
• Fixed the Start button to be deactivated when you cancel Alchemy Stone material selection.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where pop up description for materials in the Alchemy Stone menu did not always show.
  
  
• Fixed the icons for Ancient Puturum Dark Rift and Desert Naga Temple to not overlap with each other on the World Map (M).
  
  
• You can now cycle through different chat types, except whispers, in the Chat UI by pressing Tab.
  
  
• You can now press links on pinned announcements above the Chat UI to go directly to the linked pages.
  
  • Please note this is only for when actual pinned announcements are made.
    

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• Fixed the issue where the text did not refresh when you change to a certain chat type in the Chat UI.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where you could not mouse drag in certain areas on the right side of the title bar of the Barter UI.
  
  
• Now you can scroll with the mouse cursor above the Receive Reward and Basic Reward buttons in the Challenge (Y) UI.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where you could not use Navigate in a certain part of the minimap area after changing the minimap size and re-logging into the game.
  
  
• Fixed the help button in the Wharf UI to display the message that you can receive help related to using the wharf.
  
  
• Added a button (?) in the Chat UI for you to seek help related to the Chat UI.
  
  
• Updated the following UIs.
  
  • All Worker List
    
  • Bargain Game
    
    

• Processing (L) UI will now remember the last menu you opened when you open the UI again.
  
  
• Crystals equipped on items cannot be used in processing as materials anymore.
  
  
• Changed the bottom text's color in the Dark Rift UI.
  
  
• Opening the Pearl Inventory does not cancel continuous processing anymore.
  
  
• The Storage UI will now open right next to the Transport UI.
  
  
• Fixed the arrow icon when the filter list is opened in Manage Workers, Horse Market, and Transport windows.
  
  
• Changed the background of the NPC interaction UI so you can see the text better.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where you could not enhance again when choosing no when the enhancement warning message pops up.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where you could not do View Another in Secret Shops.
  
  
• Fixed the message you receive when attempting to exchange locked items with an NPC.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the Processing UI would pop up outside the screen when opening it through Storage.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the New icon overlapped with the Lock Menu icon in the Menu UI.
  
  
• Pressing the Help (?) button on the stable and wharf UI to link you to the relevant wiki guide.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where you could not see the custom HP bar when selecting the custom HP bar option in Edit UI and using Combat Focus Mode.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where clicking on the bottom part of the filter button in the Manage Workers UI closed the filter list.

• [Berserker] Fixed the issue where unnecessary objects were displayed when using Beast Form.
  
  
• [Valkyrie] Fixed the graphical issue of the character's front hair when wearing the Solaria Helmet.
  
  
• [Valkyrie] Fixed the issue where you could not see the feathers of the Solaria Helmet.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where you could place furniture in certain situations where you should not be able to.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the game sometimes shutdown in certain laptops with Intel(R) Iris(R) Plus graphic cards.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the character's hair or fur on clothing darkened in color when taking screenshots in 4K or higher.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where there were unnatural rocks in parts of the Desert Naga Shrine.
  
  
• Corrected the quest descriptions for "To Weita Island" and "To Arakil Island".
  
  
• Fixed the issue where you could not move normally in parts of the Kagtum Node region.
  
  
• You now only receive the birth of a fine horse message only when you receive a Tier 8 horse through breeding.
  
  
• [Valkyrie] Fixed the issue where you could not see the chin parts when wearing the Solaria Helmet.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where right clicking the Freed Magical Shard summoned the Black Spirit.
  
  
• Changed the description of Sandstorm Crystal regarding Artisan's Memory effect from 4 times to 5 times.
  
  
• Changed the description of Memory Fragment regarding Artisan's Memory effect from 4 times to 5 times.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where only the party leader could enter the Altar of Blood.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the player with the final hit could not receive the title during Guild Boss Subjugation for Ancient Puturum.
  
  
• Fixed the graphical issue where grass appeared to be floating at some regions in the Imp Cave.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the Tiara Rack of the Margoria Whale Furniture Set did not properly display the Tiara.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the Monsterbane Cannon's Overcharged Shot did not show its trajectory.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the skill guide location was abnormal when logging in to a new character or when you reset UI location in Edit UI.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the item description did not pop up for Challenge rewards in categories other than the Reward tab in the My Info (P) -> Challenge menu.
  
  
• [Kunoichi] Fixed the issue where the front hair became too short when setting the hair to shortest while wearing the Giha Headpiece.
  
  
• Fixed the help (?) button in the wharf and stable UI to connect to the correct pages.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the difficulty level was not displayed in the Dark Rift list.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where skipping the animation during Enhancement and then attempting continuous enhancement caused a delay.

Updated Jan. 10

• Fixed the issue where the Transfusion window appeared tilted down when opening it up by right-clicking on a crystal item from your Inventory (I).
  
  
• Fixed the issue where workers in fences removed in the Coastal Cliff (Balenos) area were not working properly.

Updated Jan. 9

• We are aware of an issue where abnormal amount of Sea Coins can be obtained from a Special Barter. We will temporarily block off the Special Barter feature until the issue is resolved. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Updated Jan. 10

• We are aware of an issue where your game client may stop when you select the Quick Route in the Ocean Navigation Setting located at the bottom right part of the World Map (M) screen.

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

Dear Players,

We will perform our weekly maintenance as follows:

• Global 9:00 UTC ~ 13:00 UTC
  
• Central (EU) 10:00 CEST ~ 14:00 CEST
  
• West Coast (NA) 1:00 PDT ~ 5:00 PDT
  
• East Coast (NA) 4:00 EDT ~ 8:00 EDT

• Succession for Berserker and Sorceress will be added, and the level-up challenge for these two classes will begin.
  
• Grab the Mysterious Axe event will begin.
  
• Winter Wonderland event will begin.
  
• Loyal Attendance Reward will be refreshed.
  
• Additional Damage to Humans will change to Additional Damage to All Species for some of the awakening weapons.

• Thank You for 2019!
  
• Piku is back!
  
• Xmas Surprise
  
• New Year Gift
  
• Succession of Events, Part 3

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

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


Best regards,
BDO Team

Greetings Adventurers,

Welcome to the last maintenance of 2019!

We have added Chat Groups where you can talk about your common interest in detail with your fellow adventurers. In addition, guild registration became easier, so it’s time to promote and join guilds!

Our last maintenance is filled with a bountiful of events where you can enjoy Succession for Kunoichi and Ninja, fight off against the fearsome Piku in Alejandro Farm, and enjoy 50% item drop rate boosts and more!

Last but not least, don’t forget the Xmas Surprise event on Dec. 25th, the one day only event to get your free boss gear!

You can pre-register for Guardian by subscribing to newsletters on our main website. Please note that there will be no maintenance performed on January 1, 2020. However, stay tuned and check the official website for announcements about the New Year celebratory events starting on January 1, 2020!


New Events

Thank You for 2019!
Period: December 24 (after maintenance)–January 8, 2020 (before maintenance)
We thank you for the great year of 2019! To celebrate together, please enjoy the following events which provide 50% boosts:

• Event 1: Item Drop Rate +50%
  
  • During the event period, all item drop rate for all items you can loot for defeating monsters will increase by +50%!
    
  • This drop rate boost includes Arsha servers.

• Event 2: Boss Drop Boost
  
  • The chance to obtain each item from defeating the following monsters has increased by 50% compared to before.
    
    • Kzarka, the Lord of Corruption: Kzarka's Sealed Weapon Box
      
    • Nouver: Nouver's Sealed Sub-weapon Box
      
    • Karanda: Dandelion Weapon Box
      
    • Ancient Kutum: Kutum's Sealed Sub-weapon Box
      
    • Vell, the Heart of the Ocean: Vell's Heart
      
    • Garmoth: Garmoth's Heart
      
    • Mirumok Destroyer Offin: Offin Tett's Light Sealed Weapon Box

• The auto-fishing time will decrease by 50% during the event period.
  
• The auto-fishing time decrease effect does not stack with other auto-fishing time decrease effects from items or Pets.

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• Succession of Events, Part 4
  
  • Celebrate Kunoichi & Ninja Succession!
    
  • Period: December 24 (after maintenance)–January 15, 2020 (before maintenance)
    
  • Adventurers who reach a certain level with their Ninja and Kunoichi characters during the event period can obtain rewards below via the Challenge tab (Y)!
    
  • Click < Here > for the full details!

• Piku is back!
  
  • Period: December 24 (after maintenance)–January 8 (before maintenance)
    
  • Piku the abominable Yeti has returned to Alejandro Farm as a field boss. Defeat Piku and become buried under a flurry of fantastic rewards!
    
  • Click < Here > for the full details!

• Xmas Surprise
  
  • Period: December 25 00:00–23:59 UTC (One day only!)
    
  • For one day only, look for the gift someone left in Heidel and interact with it to receive a free boss gear!
    
  • Click < Here > for the full details!

• Pre-registration for Guardian!
  
  • Period: December 24–January 22, 2020 (before maintenance)
    
  • Pre-register for the new Class GUARDIAN by signing up for our newsletter before the official GUARDIAN release.
    
  • You will receive the following rewards upon Guardian release on January 22nd!
    
    • [Event] Blessing of Kamasylve (7 Days) x1
      
    • [Event] Trainer’s Flute (7 Days) x1
      
    • Gold Bar 100G x2
      
    • [Event] Item Collection Increase Scroll (60 min) x3
      
    • Blessed Message Scroll (100 min) x2
  • Pre-register from the website < Here > for the full details!

Ongoing Events

• Holiday of Fortunes:
  
  • Event 1: Daily Fortunes - Special Attendance Rewards: December 11 (after maintenance)–December 31 (23:59 UTC)
    
  • Event 2: Lessons on True Wealth - Special Event Quests: December 18, 2019 (00:00 UTC)–January 8, 2020 (before maintenance)

• Succession of Events, Part 2
  
  • Event 1. Celebrate Valkyrie & Tamer Succession!: December 11, 2019 (after maintenance)–January 1, 2020 (09:00 UTC)
    
  • Event 2. Succession: Armstrong's Skill Guide Give Away!: December 11, 2019 (after maintenance)–March 1, 2020 (09:00 UTC)

• Finding the Mysterious Knight: November 27 (after maintenance)–until future notice

• Succession Slow-Mo Contest
  
  • Duration: December 6–January 12, 2020at 11:59pm PST
    
  • Community Voting: January 15–January 19
    
  • Winner’s Announcement: January 20
    
  • Rules are now updated to include the following classes to participate: Musa and Maehwa!
    
  • Click < Here > to see how you can participate to win Succession outfits and more!

Ended Events

• Succession of Events, Part 1

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Content

• The relation among Calpheon, Valencia, and Mediah has aggravated, lighting a flame of conflict.
  Now, the army at each castle must receive orders from the Kalis Parliament, King Sahazad, or Neruda Shen and attack its enemy army.
  Accordingly, war will be automatically declared to the guild which is occupying Calpheon, Valencia, or Mediah territories, and this war will remain active.
  The war will end if the guild which has occupied Calpheon, Valencia, or Mediah territories becomes "unoccupied."
  
  
• Added a feature whereby you can request to join a guild and promote guild applications more easily.
  
  • A list of guilds that are recruiting members will appear when a player without a guild opens the Guild (G) window.
    
  • If you select the guild you want to join and press the “Join” button, you will be registered in this guild's Recruit Guild Member tab.
    
  • You can see the guilds you have sent requests to from the View Guild Join Request menu.
    
  • You can promote guild recruitment in the Guild (G) window.
    
  • You can select and register the guild type when promoting a guild.
    
  • You can see the players who have sent a request to join your guild from the Recruit Guild Member tab in the Guild (G) window.
• You can no longer activate forced PvP mode on Olvia server.
  This update was intended to protect those adventurers who are not ready for PvP yet. There are many adventurers on Olvia server who need preparation before they can embark on a real adventure, such as upgrading their characters to adequate levels, getting necessary gear, practicing character control, getting used to different systems, etc. Since Olvia server is intended for new and returning adventurers' fast settlement and growth, most of us would expect these adventurers to get strong enough to have a fierce and exciting fight with the existing adventurers through the server. Of course, PvP is open to those who can enter Olvia server too. You can enjoy a more flexible PvP by using the guild war system or by transferring to a regular server.
  
  
• Added a Chat Group in which you can discuss a specific topic with many other players.
  Chat Group is a newly added function within Black Desert Online where you can discuss various topics with fellow adventurers.
  
  • You can select only one topic per family to participate.
    
  • For details on Chat Groups, please click < Here >
  
  
• Added the Snow Build-Up UI.
  
• Added the Christmas background.

System

• The changes you have made in LED animation settings will now be applied immediately without having to reconnect to the game.
  
• Added a feature whereby you press the NPC Location button to see the guide to each village's Storage Keeper from whom you can exchange Silver bar and Gold bar items obtained, for instance, as quest rewards for Silver.

Berserker

Fixed the issue where you couldn't activate Absolute: Beastly Wind Slash by using commands in certain situations.

Witch

• The camera shaking effect of Toxic Flood and Lava Field will now be applied on successful hits only.

Wizard

• The camera shaking effect of Toxic Flood and Lava Field will now be applied on successful hits only.

Ninja

• 
  Added the "Succession" content.
  
  • After Awakening the Ninja, accept the quest "[Ninja Succession] Protect With Your Life" from the Black Spirit to start the Succession quest series.
    
  • You will learn the skill "Succession: Shadow of Darkness" which will allow you to learn more powerful Shortsword and Shuriken skills.
    
  • You will no longer be able to use your Sura Katana skills.
    
  • Added the "Succession" tab to the Skill window. The skills in this tab are affected by the AP of both Main and Awakening Weapons.
    
  • You will be able to learn and use skills in both the "Main" and "Succession" tabs. However, if there is both an "Absolute" and "Succession" versions of the same skill, you must choose as you cannot use both versions of the skill.
    
  • To learn certain Succession skills, you will first need to learn the preceding skills from the "Main" tab first.
    
  • After completing the Succession quests and learning the skill "Succession: Shadow of Darkness," you can go back and forth between Succession and Awakening skills by resetting your skills.
    
  • To go from using Succession to Awakening skills, you need to reset your skills to unlearn "Succession: Shadow of Darkness."
    
  • To go from using Awakening to Succession skills, you need to reset your skills and relearn "Succession: Shadow of Darkness."

Kunoichi

• Added the "Succession" content.
  
  • After Awakening the Kunoichi, accept the quest "[Kunoichi Succession] Pure Vengeance" from the Black Spirit to start the Succession quest series.
    
  • You will learn the skill "Succession: Lament of Silence" which will allow you to learn more powerful Shortsword and Kunai skills.
    
  • You will no longer be able to use your Sah Chakram skills.
    
  • Added the "Succession" tab to the Skill window. The skills in this tab are affected by the AP of both Main and Awakening Weapons.
    
  • You will be able to learn and use skills in both the "Main" and "Succession" tabs. However, if there is both an "Absolute" and "Succession" versions of the same skill, you must choose as you cannot use both versions of the skill.
    
  • To learn certain Succession skills, you will first need to learn the preceding skills from the "Main" tab first.
    
  • After completing the Succession quests and learning the skill "Succession: Lament of Silence," you can go back and forth between Succession and Awakening skills by resetting your skills.
    
  • To go from using Succession to Awakening skills, you need to reset your skills to unlearn "Succession: Lament of Silence."
    
  • To go from using Awakening to Succession skills, you need to reset your skills and relearn "Succession: Lament of Silence."
  
  
• Added the following description about Wheel of Wrath I, Wheel of Wrath II, and Wheel of Wrath III Awakening skills to their skill descriptions.
  
  • Damage reduced in cooldown.

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

• Changed the design of the number pad.
  
• Changed the designs of Morco's Gear Bag, Patrigio's Apparel Bag, Clorince's Bag, Clorince's Travel Bag, Eileen's Bag, and Eileen's Travel Bag.
  
• Changed the Totem of the Sea UI.
  
• Changed the Sealed Golden Treasure Chest window.
  
• You can now press SPACE to skip the animation that plays when you select "Open Only One" from the Open Special Item window.
  
• Pressing ENTER while changing the character name, guild name, or family name will no longer apply the changes.
  
• Added the following feature to the Level Up Info window.
  
  • Click on the skill icon to select the relevant skill from the Skill window.
    
  • Click on the Learn button to immediately learn the relevant skill.
    
  • Click on the Register button to immediately register the relevant skill to Quick Slot.
• Servers where PK is unavailable will now be displayed in the Select Server UI and the Server Change UI.

• Fixed the issue where certain structures in some regions of Padix Island prevented a ship from moving.
  
• Fixed the issue where you could not press RMB to reset the skill Succession: Valkyrie's Vow skill with an Armstrong's Skill Guide item.
  
• Fixed the issue where Dormann Lumber Camp and Khimut Lumber Camp were being displayed as standard nodes when you can make trade deals in these nodes.
  
• Placed the missing gathering items at some regions of Hexe Sanctuary.
  
• Fixed the issue where you could not press RMB to reset some skills with an Armstrong's Skill Guide item.
  
• Fixed the issue where you could perform abnormal gathering in certain areas of Desert Naga Temple.
  
• Fixed the issue where your character would disappear when being hit by an attack with floating effect from another player.
  
• [Shai] Fixed the issue where you would get caught in a structure in certain areas near the Eastern Gateway.
  
• Fixed the issue where some regions of Calpheon's Mansha Forest appeared dark on the minimap.
  
• Fixed the graphical issue where certain NPC of Altinova appeared floating.
  
• Fixed the issue where characters in the window for entering commands overlapped when fishing with a gamepad.
  
• Fixed the issue where you could see the EXC tab and the information about this tab being displayed unnaturally when you had no items to exchange with Bianstimi of Calpheon.
  
• Fixed the issue where you couldn't open the Ship Info window when setting the Inventory (I) window as a Sticker UI.
  
• A system message will appear when you try to talk on the World Chat without Megaphones.
  
• Fixed the issue where Humpback Whales would block your way when moving on a ship.
  
• Fixed the issue where you could not initiate the Processing of certain items when selecting Pearl Inventory tab from the Processing window to start the Processing.
  
• Fixed the issue where Apparel/Item Inventory window did not close properly when the Totem window was opening.
  
• Fixed the issue where the dialogues and buttons which had appeared on the NPC Chat window through interactions, exchanges, or other actions remained in an abnormal way.
  
• Fixed the issue where buying several items from NPC Shops sometimes reset the slot you had selected.
  
• Fixed the issue where pressing on the Sell button from NPC Shops sometimes reset the slot you had selected.
  
• Fixed the issue where Promotion Count was being displayed for a Worker who cannot be promoted due to his grade in the Worker Market.
  
• Changed the location of Jarette and Roig Mills at the Ancient Stone Chamber.
  
• Added a message about summoning the Black Spirit to the Black Spirit's main quest dialogues up to Level 26.
  
• Removed some monsters around the NPC Red Nose near Altar of Agris so that they would not hinder you from doing the quest with this NPC.
  
• Fixed the text in the EXP transfer event UI to be more accurate. In this event, you can transfer EXP between your characters using the Tag Character feature.
  
• Fixed the issue where the sound effect for completing the quest Totem of the Sea played only once for the first time.
  
• Fixed the issue where the challenge description text did not fit the UI when pressing on a tab with equal or less than 3 challenges after your first login.
  
• Fixed the issue where the tooltips of the equipment and reform stone you had set in the Item Reform window remained on the screen.
  
• Fixed the issue where the Transport Fee of the Trade Wagon appeared abnormal when Wagon #1 was empty.
  
• Fixed the issue where the quest completion count for "[Event] Let's Have Fun Together!" would sometimes reset.
  
• [Sorceress] Fixed the issue where the bottom part of the armor appeared cut when equipping the Dahlia Nocturna Armor and Cavaro Shoes at the same time.
  
• [Sorceress] Fixed the issue where the decoration pierced through the leg when equipping the Lumik outfit.
  
• [Maehwa] Fixed the issue where the inside of the helmet appeared empty when equipping the Griffith Helmet.
  
• [Musa] Fixed the issue where the head looked awkward when you applied a certain hair customization after equipping the Palgong Helmet.
  
• Fixed the issue where sometimes you couldn't use equipment items as Fairy's growing materials.
  
• [Valkyrie] Fixed the issue where the front part of the hair looked awkward when equipping the Solaria Helmet.
  
• [Shai, Archer] Fixed the issue where you couldn't dye when equipping the Santa Hat (E).
  
• Fixed the issue where you could start Fairy Sprouting when its progress was 0%.
  
• Fixed the issue where entering the item amount while leaving the mouse cursor outside of the game screen reflected a number greater than the max number of items.
  
• Fixed the issue where the icon of the message that appears when you fail Cooking or Alchemy was different from before.
  
• Simplified the titles of the Apparel Bag and Gear Bag windows.
  
• Removed the "Guild" button on the bottom of the Quest Widget due to the changes made in the guild recruitment feature.
  
• [Shai] Fixed the issue where the Ignis Ear Cuff was exposed when equipping the Santa Hat (E) and the Ignis Ear Cuff together.
  
• [Mystic] Fixed the graphical issue with the neck and chest areas of the Crayodel outfit that occurred when in combat stance.

Updated 26/12

• We are aware of the issue where My Information size setting gets reset. This will be resolved next week. We apologize for the inconvenience.

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

Dear Players,

We will perform our weekly maintenance as follows:

• Global 9:00 UTC ~ 13:00 UTC
  
• Central (EU) 10:00 CEST ~ 14:00 CEST
  
• West Coast (NA) 1:00 PDT ~ 5:00 PDT
  
• East Coast (NA) 4:00 EDT ~ 8:00 EDT

• Succession for Kunoichi and Ninja will be added.
  
• Chat Groups will be added.
  
• PvP will be blocked in Olvia Servers.
  
• Applying to join a guild and promoting guild applications will become easier.
  
• Various events will begin. Please check the official event posts on Dec. 24.

Please note that there will be no maintenance performed on January 1, 2020.

However, stay tuned and check the official website for announcements about the New Year celebratory events starting on January 1, 2020!

• Succession of Events, Part 1

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

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


Best regards and Merry Christmas,
BDO Team

The Guardian is a female combatant from the mountains who follows the will of the ancient dragon Omua. This hardened warrior must wade through the turmoil of her fragmented memories and willingly made a pact with the Black Spirit in search of Ynix, the holy flame that could kill even the gods...

The Guardian wields a battleaxe and shield and uses heavy melee attacks to suppress her enemies. She charges enemies and grabs them by the neck to smash them with her shield as her axe mercilessly hacks away at her foes. She is the bastion of the battlefield and strikes with perfectly calculated blows to fend off all who dare oppose her. The Guardian uses a variety of skills to control the ebb and flow of the battlefield with wide and powerful strikes of her axe and shield. Some of her most noteworthy skills are:


[Boulder Crush]: The Guardian smashes down her battleaxe three times with powerful, rock splitting force dealing massive damage.


[Mountain Slam]: The Guardian smashes the ground, causing tremors that deal damage to foes around her.


[Black Blood Circle]: The Guardian draws the forces of the earth into her axe to create a circle around her, enemies can enter this circle at their own peril…


[Mutilation]: The Guardian charges energy and sweep the foes in front of her of their feet with her battleaxe.


[Black Blood Slaughter]: The Guardian releases the charged energy from [Mutilation] with a powerful blast that deals a high amount of damage.

Greetings Adventurers,

This week is the turn of the Musa and the Maehwa to receive their succession! The two masters of the good old blade are back together, and they are ready to slice their enemies!

On top of the new succession skills, this new update brings you a price increase of some junk items that will you get richer if you love to defeat monsters.

More updates to discover about this week's patch notes below.

Please note maintenance next week will be held on Tuesday, December 24th. 2019.



New Events

• Succession of Events, Part 3
  
  • Event 1. Celebrate Musa & Maehwa Succession!
    
  • Period: December 17, 2019 (after maintenance)–January 8, 2020 (09:00 UTC)
    
  • Adventurers who reach a certain level with their Musa and Maehwa characters during the event period can obtain rewards below via the Challenge tab (Y)!
    
  • Click < Here > for full details!

• Grandpa Cron's Surprise
  
  • Event 1: Grandpa Cron’s Present
    
    • Period: December 17 (after maintenance)–December 31 (23:59 UTC).
      
    • Grandpa Cron's sleigh will fly through the sky and drop Cron's Gift Boxes over Velia, Heidel, Calpheon City, Valencia City, and Altinova.
  • Event 2: Patrigio’s Gift Shop
    
    • Patrigio is in a festive mood and will open up his Cron Gift Shop for this special time of the year! You can find him from 10:00 PM–07:00 AM in-game time, between the following server times.
      
      • NA: Dec. 24 21:00 PST–Dec. 25 23:59 PST
        
      • EU: Dec. 25 00:00 CET–Dec. 26 01:59 CET
  • Event 3: Cron Stones Grow on Trees?
    
    • Period: December 17 (after maintenance)–December 31 (23:59 UTC)
      
    • Complete special quests to get an [Event] Snowflake Seed and grow your own Cron Stones.
  • Event 4: It’s Time for Crystal Shards
    
    • Period: December 17 (after maintenance)–December 31 (23:59 UTC)
      
    • Enjoy the Fever Time drop rate boost on Sharp Black Crystal Shards and Hard Black Crystal Shards during the entire event period!
  • Click < Here > for full details!

• On December 25, 2019, a surprise event will proceed so please stay tuned!
  
  • You will only have one day, December 25th (00: 00UTC–23:59 UTC) to participate so don’t miss this opportunity!

Ongoing Events

• Holiday of Fortunes:
  
  • Event 1: Daily Fortunes - Special Attendance Rewards: December 11 (after maintenance)–December 31 (23:59 UTC)
    
  • Event 2: Lessons on True Wealth - Special Event Quests: December 18, 2019 (00:00 UTC)–January 8, 2020 (before maintenance)

• Succession of Events, Part 2
  
  • Event 1. Celebrate Valkyrie & Tamer Succession!: December 11, 2019 (after maintenance)–January 1, 2020 (09:00 UTC)
    
  • Event 2. Succession: Armstrong's Skill Guide Give Away!: December 11, 2019 (after maintenance)–March 1, 2020 (09:00 UTC)

• Deck the Halls: December 11 (after maintenance)–December 17 (before maintenance)
  
  
• Succession of Events, Part 1
  
  • Event 1. Celebrate Warrior & Ranger Succession! (for Warrior and Ranger): December 4 (after maintenance)–December 24 (before maintenance)

• Finding the Mysterious Knight: November 27 (after maintenance)–until future notice
  
  
• Succession Slow-Mo Contest
  
  • Duration: December 6–January 12, 2020at 11:59pm PST
    
  • Community Voting: January 15–January 19
    
  • Winner’s Announcement: January 20
    
  • Rules are now updated to include the following classes to participate: Musa and Maehwa!
    
  • Click < Here > to see how you can participate to win Succession outfits and more!

Ended Events

• Succession of Events, Part 1
  
• Event 2. Dual EXP Share Event

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Reward Distribution

• Arsha Leaderboard - Short Clip Contest
  
  • Winners posted < Here >
    
  • All rewards have been distributed via in-game mailbox (B). Congratulations to all winners again!

Content

• Junk Items you can obtain from certain Monster Zones will now be sold at higher prices at the shops.
  
  ※ Silver based on the number and price of the Junk Items (e.g. in your Inventory, Mount Inventory, Town Storage, Campsite) you had previously obtained has
  been sent to your in-game mailbox.
  
  
• Silver price for Pearl Shop items listed to the Central Market has been adjusted.
  
  • Please check < Here > for the full announcement.

Warrior

• Fixed a text issue with the skill description of Prime: Heavy Strike.

Ranger

• Holding the directional key when using the Prime: Evasive Explosion Shot skill will now activate extra hit.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the Prime: Descending Current skill didn't work normally during combat standby mode when having used this skill before in a Horseback Combat.

Sorceress

• Fixed the issue where switching to any other motion while using the Dream of Doom skill caused the skill effects to remain for a long time.

Musa

• 
  Added the "Succession" content.
  
  • After Awakening the Musa, accept the quest "[Musa Succession] Understanding Haeam" from the Black Spirit to start the Succession quest series.
    
  • You will learn the skill "Succession: Musa's Resolve" which will allow you to learn more powerful Blade and Horn Bow skills.
    
  • You will no longer be able to use your Crescent Blade skills.
    
  • Added the "Succession" tab to the Skill window. The skills in this tab are affected by the AP of both Main and Awakening Weapons.
    
  • You will be able to learn and use skills in both the "Main" and "Succession" tabs. However, if there is both an "Absolute" and "Succession" versions of the same skill, you must choose as you cannot use both versions of the skill.
    
  • To learn certain Succession skills, you will first need to learn the preceding skills from the "Main" tab first.
    
  • After completing the Succession quests and learning the skill "Succession: Musa's Resolve," you can go back and forth between Succession and Awakening skills by resetting your skills.
    
  • To go from using Succession to Awakening skills, you need to reset your skills to unlearn "Succession: Musa's Resolve."
    
  • To go from using Awakening to Succession skills, you need to reset your skills and relearn "Succession: Musa's Resolve."

Maehwa

• Added the "Succession" content.
  
  • After Awakening the Maehwa, accept the quest "[Maehwa Succession] Know Oneself" from the Black Spirit to start the Succession quest series.
    
  • You will learn the skill "Succession: Maehwa's Conviction" which will allow you to learn more powerful Blade and Horn Bow skills.
    
  • You will no longer be able to use your Kerispear skills.
    
  • Added the "Succession" tab to the Skill window. The skills in this tab are affected by the AP of both Main and Awakening Weapons.
    
  • You will be able to learn and use skills in both the "Main" and "Succession" tabs. However, if there is both an "Absolute" and "Succession" versions of the same skill, you must choose as you cannot use both versions of the skill.
    
  • To learn certain Succession skills, you will first need to learn the preceding skills from the "Main" tab first.
    
  • After completing the Succession quests and learning the skill "Succession: Maehwa's Conviction," you can go back and forth between Succession and Awakening skills by resetting your skills.
    
  • To go from using Succession to Awakening skills, you need to reset your skills to unlearn "Succession: Maehwa's Conviction."
    
  • To go from using Awakening to Succession skills, you need to reset your skills and relearn "Succession: Maehwa's Conviction."

Kunoichi

• Fixed the issue where the motion description for the Black Spirit: Shadow Clone skills didn't match the actual skill motion.
  
  
• Added a description about the Super Armor effect of the Flash Slash I, Flash Slash II, Flash Slash III, and Absolute: Flash Slash skills to their skill descriptions.
  
  
• Added a description about the "Air Attack on blade hits" and "Down Attack on slash" effects of the Tendon Cutter and Absolute: Tendon Cutter skills to their skill descriptions.

Archer

• Fixed the intermittent issue where using the Exhale skill rapidly after having used the Glide skill with Greatbow didn't allow you to use the basic attacks.

• Added Item Collection Increase Scroll: Advanced (60 min)
  
  • Item Drop Rate +100%
    
  • Item Drop Amount +100%

• You can use Heating in the Processing window (L) on Item Collection Increase Scroll (60 min) x2 to get Item Collection Increase Scroll: Advanced (60 min) x1.
  
  • The same Processing can be applied on [Event] Item Collection Increase Scroll (60 min), and using Heating on Item Collection Increase Scroll: Advanced (60 min) will result in Item Collection Increase Scroll (60 min) x2.
    

• The tooltip of the Item Collection Increase Scroll (60 min) has been updated to the following:
  
  • Item Drop Rate +100%
    
  • Item Drop Amount +50%
    
    • Please note the item’s original effects have been added to the tooltip and that the effects of the item remains unchanged.

• The Item Drop Amount effect is only applied to Junk Items that drop 2 or more at a time.
  
  
• The number of the Junk Item "Hystria Ruins Fragment" you can obtain by defeating Elten of Hystria Ruins has increased from 1–3 to 1–4.
  
  
• The number of Shining Medal of Honors needed to exchange them for an Item Collection Increase Scroll (60 min) has decreased from 25 to 20.
  
  
• For details on newly added Pearl Shop Update, please click < Here >!

• Changed the rewards you get from hunting Blue Whale and Khalk as follows.
  
  
  
  
• Fixed the issue where having another guild summoning Khan at the time you can get the rewards after defeating Khan, the <Eye of the Great Ocean>, disrupted you from getting the rewards.

Quest

• Updated quest reward items.

We had two goals in our minds when we updated the main quest rewards.
Firstly, to let beginners get the necessary rewards at the required moments, and secondly, to adjust the effects of the main quest reward items based on the game's present standards to make these items actually more helpful.
In Black Desert, you can get gear, consumables, and other items through different methods, and be aided by these items until you get used to the game. However, because a significant amount of rewards were given through sub-quests whose requirements, quest flows, and acceptance times were all different, beginners couldn't get the necessary items at the required moments.
Hence we did this update, which will allow beginners to obtain helpful gear through very approachable main quests.
Now, any player can complete the main quests and get gear that will help the player to grow his or her character at the appropriate time.
We have also updated the effects of the quest reward gear which were released a long time ago.
These effects have been increased so that the character in growth could actually be aided by the reward gear based on the character's growth speed and Monster Zone balance. Particularly, you will be able to get these gear earlier than before and therefore equip the new items before exploring a new region.
Moreover, these items can be enhanced. For accessories, changes were made so that you can easily try accessory enhancement, since failing to enhance an accessory doesn't destroy it but decreases its Max Durability only. You can obtain the materials needed for enhancing or recovering the Max Durability of an item continuously from repeatable quests of each region's Monster Zone.

• You can now obtain the reward gear you could obtain by completing the ADV Support quests from the Suggested quests tab in the Quest List (O) through main quests.
  
  • However, those quest reward gear whose names don't match the main quest were substituted by new items that have the same stats as the existing quest reward gear, and consequently some quest names and dialogues have been changed.
    

• You can obtain the main quest rewards in the following sections.
  
  
  
• You can no longer see the following ADV Support quests from the Suggested quests tab in the Quests List (O).
  
  • [Lv. 51 ADV Support] Mediah: Beia's Black Magic Gloves
    
  • [Lv. 53 ADV Support] Mediah: Derek's Light Leather Shoes
    
  • [Lv. 54 ADV Support] Mediah: Mediah Merchants Union Helm
    
  • [Lv. 55 ADV Support] Mediah: Black Abyssal Main Weapon

• The items removed from sub-quest rewards have been substituted as follows.
  
  
  
• New accessories have been added to Valencia, Kamasylvia, and Drieghan Main Quests and you can no longer get the accessories you used to get as rewards.
  
  
  
• You can obtain the main quest rewards in the following sections.
  
  
  
• The following accessories can be enhanced to TRI (III), and are affected by enhancement chance: Red Sand Crystal Ring, Forest's Eye Earring, Rock Heart Belt.
  
  
  
• You can use the following new items to enhance or repair the new accessories you can get from the main quests.
  
  • Freed Magical Black Stone
    
  • Freed Magical Shard

• You can obtain Freed Magical Black Stone and Freed Magical Shard from Valencia, Kamasylvia, and Drieghan Main Quests or Monster Zone Daily Quests. Failing to enhance the accessory using Freed Magical Black Stone will not destroy the accessory, but reduce its Max Durability by 10, while repairing the accessory using Freed Magical Shard will recover the Max Durability by 20 each time.
  
  • Use Freed Magical Shard x1 and Artisan's Memory x1 to recover the Max Durability by 80 each time.
    
  • It is impossible to recover the Durability of a new accessory by using Artisan's Memory.

• You can obtain Freed Magical Black Stone and Freed Magical Shard from the following daily quests, which can be found under Freed Magical Materials in the Quest List (O) - Recurring quests tab.
  
  
  
• It is now impossible to accept the following quests of the Calpheon City
  
  • [EXC] Necklace of Sealed Magical Power
    
  • [EXC] Necklace of Concentrated Magical Power
    
  • [EXC] Necklace of Dim Magical Power
    
  • [EXC] Earring of Sealed Magical Power Exchange
    
  • [EXC] Ring of Sealed Magical Power Exchange
    
  • [EXC] Earring of Concentrated Magical Power Exchange
    
  • [EXC] Ring of Concentrated Magical Power Exchange
    
  • [EXC] Earring of Dim Magical Power Exchange
    
  • [EXC] Ring of Dim Magical Power Exchange
    
  • Investigate Hexe Sanctuary
    
  • Identifying Shadow Nature

• Changed the rewards you can get from the sub-quest "False Rest" in Valencia as follows.
  
  • Ring of Power → Gold Bar 10G x8

• We will send a weapon, a defense gear, and an accessory per family for those Adventurers who have completed the new stages for obtaining main quest rewards and still cannot obtain these rewards because they haven't completed the existing stages for obtaining main quest rewards.
  
  
• Added the quest "[ADV Support] Fairy, Mysterious Companion."
  
  • You can see this quest from the Suggested quests tab in the Quests List (O).
    
  • After completing all these quests, find the Fairy Queen Theiah to receive and complete the quest "[Repeat] Mysterious Companion" to get a fairy.

• Quests in which you are accompanied by a fairy have been added to the Suggested quests list.
  
  • After completing all these quests, find the Fairy Queen Theiah to receive and complete the quest "[Repeat] Mysterious Companion" to get a fairy.

• A pop-up banner that leads to an item on the Pearl Shop (F3) has been added to the lower right-hand corner of the game screen.
  
  
• The material description from Courser Training (Dream Horse Awakening) window will now appear on the left and right sides of the window.
  
  
• Added an error message which will appear when you have no gears to extract in the Extract window.
  
  
  
• The Energy UI will now appear close to the Fishing minigame UI when fishing.
  
  
• Updated the following UI.
  
  • Start Game window
    
  • Character Selection window
    
  • Server Selection window

• Updated the Alchemy Stone window.
  
  
• The Ship Info window will not close anymore when closing the Inventory (I) window.
  
  
• Added "Auto Arrange Items" feature to the Other Character's Inventory window.
  
  
• Added text bubble description to the Other Character's Inventory button in the Disconnect (End Game) window.
  
  
• The text bubble description of an item in the Other Character's Inventory window will now appear fixed on the right side.

• Fixed a text issue with the quest description of Elixir with Knowledge.
  
  • Before: Skyblue Flower
    
  • Now: Sky Blue Flower

• Fixed the issue where your character acted abnormally at a certain area of the Golden Toad Inn in Heidel.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where you could perform abnormal gathering in certain areas of Desert Naga Temple.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the minimap looked too dark when you were at the Al Halam Sea or Gavinya Coastal Cliff.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the icon for gathering appeared at Oquilla's Eye even when there were no gatherable resources.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the ground appeared to be floating in certain areas of Desert Naga Temple.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where you could see through some of the structures around the Kiernak Falls.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the bodies of the monsters you defeated at Manshaum Forest did not disappear promptly.
  
  
• You can now exchange a Vitclari of Sealed Magical Power for Seal of Promise x10 via NPC Dobart.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where you could enter a certain building in Calpheon City abnormally.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the question mark icon would not disappear from the Fairy Information and Potion Setting windows even a potion was selected for the fairy to use.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where guild bosses would not disappear 30 minutes after they were summoned.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the navigation button that appears when your ship's durability is too low overlapped with the Ocean Current and Wind UI.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the mousover tooltips for your pet's extra motions did not appear in the Pet Information window of the Pet List.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the structures that were summoned along with the boss when you used an Ancient Relic Crystal Summon Scroll, Cartian Spell, or Pila Fe Scroll did not disappear when the boss disappeared after because it was not killed fast enough.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the navigation button that appears when your ship's durability is too low navigated to you a stable keeper.
  
  
• Fixed the intermittent issue where the appearance of the Black Spirit would reset or not change.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the skill guide that appears when you are in combat zones did not disappear even when you entered a safe zone.
  
  
• [Tamer] Fixed the issue where effects of the Moonlight Faerie Shortsword was appearing as red.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the explanatory text for the Challenge rewards did not fit the UI.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the AP and Accuracy indicated in the item description did not apply correctly when equipping Basteer Shuriken or Kunai.
  
  
• Added a text which is displayed in the message window when Item Collection Increase Scroll is used.
  
  
• Fixed the intermittent issue where the scroll bar of the Challenge Reward tab from My Information window would stick out of the UI.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where you could accept but not complete a consecutive quest you had already completed.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where you couldn't close the Pearl Shop (F3) by pressing ESC when you opened the pearl box purchased from the Pearl Shop.

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Dear Players,

We will perform our weekly maintenance as follows:

• Global 9:00 UTC ~ 13:00 UTC
  
• Central (EU) 10:00 CEST ~ 14:00 CEST
  
• West Coast (NA) 1:00 PDT ~ 5:00 PDT
  
• East Coast (NA) 4:00 EDT ~ 8:00 EDT

• Succession for Musa and Maehwa will be added.
  
• Succession of Events, Part 3 will start.
  
• Grandpa Cron's Surprise event will begin.
  
• Junk Items you can obtain from certain Monster Zones will now be sold at higher prices at the shops.
  
• Quest reward items for some of the quest will be updated.

• Succession of Events, Part 1:
  
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