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

• Guardian Awakening will be available and Guardian Awakening Events will start.
  
• Charity Event will begin.
  
• Valentine's Day Events will begin.
  
• Basic face type for Ninja and Kunoichi will be updated.
  
• A new feature for Fairy skills will be added.

• Guardian Launch Events
  
• Toshi's Request
  
• Succession of Events: Dark Knight
  
• Black Spirit's Adventure: UPGRADED
  
• Finding Mysterious Knight

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


Best regards,
BDO Team

Greetings Adventurers,

Guardian has finally arrived in the world of Black Desert! Guardian wields a powerful battle axe and shield to crush her enemies without mercy. Also with her arrival you will be enjoying leveling up events and a drop rate boost! Tag the Guardian and share 100% of her EXP gained with another character!

Finally, we bring you a special event related to Marni and assistant Toshi. Help him fill in lots of Marni's Stone and get special rewards in return! As you already know: Marni is great!

Read the rest of the details and fixes of this week's patch notes below. We hope you enjoy the new class and the events!

• Guardian Launch Events
  
  • Event 1. Level up your Guardian
    
    • Period: January 22 (after maintenance)–February 5 (before maintenance)
      
    • During the event period, simply level up your Guardian and claim your rewards via the Challenges (Y) tab!
  • Event 2. Special Boosts
    
    • Period: January 22 (after maintenance)–February 5 (23:59 UTC)
      
    • Enjoy Mount EXP +50% and drop rate boost on Black Stones.
  • Event 3. Eternal Winter Enhancement
    
    • Period: January 22 (after maintenance)–February 5 (before maintenance)
      
    • Enhance then exchange Necklace of Eternal Winter for big rewards.
  • Event 4. Guardian EXP Share Event
    
    • Period: January 22 (after maintenance)–February 5 (before maintenance)
      
    • Tag your Guardian with a sub-character. It will gain all of the amount of the EXP your Guardian (main character) obtains (excluding EXP boosts) until your sub-character is at 99% of Lv. 59.
  • Click < Here > for full details.

• Toshi’s Request
  
  • Period: January 22 (after maintenance)–February 5 (before maintenance)
    
  • Bring lots of Marni’s Stones for Wacky Toshi and get rewards in return!
    
  • Click < Here > for full details.

• Guardian Pre-creation Events
  
  • Event 2: Customize & Win: January 15 (after maintenance)–January 29 (09:00 UTC)
    
  • Rewards will be sent with February 5th maintenance.

• Succession of Events: Dark Knight: January 15 (after maintenance)–February 5 (before maintenance)
  
  
• Black Spirit's Adventure: UPGRADED: January 15 (after maintenance)–February 5 (before maintenance)
  
  
• Winter Wonderland
  
  • Event 1: Let it Snow: January 9 (00:00 UTC)–January 29 (23:59 UTC)

• Finding Mysterious Knight
  
  • Period: November 27 (after maintenance)–February 5 (before maintenance)
    
  • End date for the event has been decided. Find the Mysterious Knight for your Skill EXP +100% before he disappears!

• Guardian Pre-creation Events
  
  • Take your Whispering Frost Crystal to NPC Blacksmith Tranan Underfoe and exchange it for something special!

• Pre-registration for Guardian
  
  
• Winter Wonderland
  
  • Event 2: DIY Snowman

• Grab the Mysterious Axe

Reward Distribution

• Guardian Pre-registration (for subscribing to newsletter) rewards have been sent via your Account > Coupon in the main website. Please log in and claim your rewards.
  
  • Steam players can receive their rewards via ESC > Community > Redeem menu.

• Guardian Pre-creation Events
  
  • Create & Win!: Guardian Pre-creation rewards have been sent straight into your Guardian character’s Inventory (I). Please check your inventory for rewards.

• Succession Slow-Mo Contest
  
  • Rewards for winners have been sent! Please check fun and awesome slow-mo videos here.
    
  • Don’t miss on the second part of slow-mo contest with additional class successions to arrive later. More details will be shared soon.

• You can now immediately enter the Altar of Blood only when you have finished the relevant level and the one before it (e.g. if you have knowledge of levels 2, 5, 6, 7, 9, and 10, you can immediately enter levels 1, 2, 6, 7, 10).
  
  
• Added new scrolls which are now available at the Campsite.
  
  • New scrolls will be available for the Campsite you can obtain for free as well.

The newly added [Camp] Adventurer's Luck has been created to provide you a wider variety of options based on the purpose of hunting rather than to guarantee you the profitability of hunting.

The effects of this scroll can stack with the effects of other Item Collection Increase Scroll items. However, you should always consider the amount of Silver that must be paid in order to maintain the buff.

Unlike the effect of an Item Collection Increase Scroll, the Item Drop Rate Increase effect does not increase the number of looted goods, but increases the rate at which you obtain items. So depending on the situation, one could be a better option than the other.

• Newly added buffs are as follows.
  
  • The [Camp] Adventurer’s Luck buff can stack with other buffs.
    

• Changed the item description for the Adventurer's Confidence Scroll as follows.
  
  • The above effects do not stack with that of Villa Scrolls.

• Reduced the amount of Parley consumed when exchanging Tide-Dyed Standardized Timber Square at Wandering Merchant Ship.

• Fixed the location of the Exploration Point in the southwest of Grána.

• Fixed the issue where you couldn't complete the following quests because some NPCs were invisible.
  
  • [Repeat] People Looking For An Inn
    
  • Her Secretive Request

• Added a button with which you can obtain the knowledge of Jarette Domongatt or Horio Tinya.
  
  
• Added a button with which you can obtain the knowledge of Crucio Domongatt after completing the quest "Confronting Jordine."

• Fixed the graphical issue with the left hair of the Khaled Ornamental Knot that occurred when in combat mode.

• Fixed the issue where the head looked awkward when you applied a certain hair customization after equipping the Solaria Helmet.

• Applied the remastered effect to Lahn’s Awakening skills.

• Camera effects will no longer be applied to the skills used during the Black Spirit Training.

• Camera effects will no longer be applied to the skills used during the Black Spirit Training.

• Guardian out now!

• Changed the conditions for using the Awakening Weapon Exchange Coupon as follows.
  
  • Before: Cannot be used by a character within 30 days of the class's release.
    
  • Now: Cannot be used by a character within 30 days of the class's awakening release.

• Given the changes in the conditions for using the Awakening Weapon Exchange Coupon, a related text was added to the item description.
  
  
• Added 10 types of Marni's Stone sold by Wacky Toshi.
  
  • Marni's Stone (Crescent Shrine)
    
  • Marni's Stone (Basilisk)
    
  • Marni's Stone (Pila Ku)
    
  • Marni's Stone (Navarn Steppe)
    
  • Marni's Stone (Manshaum)
    
  • Marni's Stone II (Crescent Shrine)
    
  • Marni's Stone II (Basilisk)
    
  • Marni's Stone II (Pila Ku)
    
  • Marni's Stone II (Navarn Steppe)
    
  • Marni's Stone II (Manshaum)

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

• Decreased the difficulty of the Horse capturing minigame which can be played when capturing a horse.

• NPCs will no longer exchange High-Quality Wines for Energy Recovery.

We have removed the feature in which you could recover your Energy by giving High-Quality Wines a Cooking Merchant sells to an Inn NPC.

This feature used to be a hidden way of getting a small reward by interacting with an NPC, but different from the time when BDO first started, the price of a High-Quality Wine is now affordable and consequently this item has become a way through which one can constantly recover Energy with Silver.

It was not an easy decision to make, since this feature was used by many players. However, preserving the value of various Energy-related contents such as Gathering, Conversation, and Secret Shop was more important to us. We hope you will understand our decision.

We will continue making our best efforts to study and improve even the smallest feature in our game that may affect the value of the game's content.

Thank you for your understanding.

※ Please note that Silver that equals the number of High-Quality Wine you possessed x200,000 has been sent to your in-game mailbox.

Also, the option to purchase High-Quality Wine from NPCs is back.

The NPC-to-complete-quest of the quest "Where is the last glass shard?" will still be visible even when the Hide Certain NPCs option is applied.

• Fixed the issue where the price at which a worker had been sold appeared incorrectly when this worker's level was increased by the buyer before the seller collected the Silver for the completed trade.
  
  
• The order of the "Processing Knowledge List" from Processing UI - Imperial Cuisine will now be organized based on Cooking level, from high to low (e.g. Guru - Master - Artisan - Professional - and so on).
  
  
• Fixed the issue where setting the Preset Quick Hotkey from Edit UI and running the UI settings reduced the Chat window to its minimum size.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the camera movement effect sometimes did not work when interacting with an NPC.
  
  
• Added a button with which you can open the Barter Information window from the Load Cargo UI.
  
  • Press this button to see the Barter list when loading a ship.

• Fixed the issue where Central Market prices did not appear in the item tooltip.
  
  
• Pressing the Tab key from the chat input box will no longer switch the Chat tab.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the Chat tab disappeared when enabling and disabling Combat Focus Mode from Interface Edit Mode after having added the Chat UI tab.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the Receive button appeared abnormally when opening a town's transport status after having checked those towns with completed status.
  
  
• Increased the time for which the banner that appears on the right bottom of the screen is visible.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where Quick Hotkeys could be used in the death screen.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where characters bled out of the Pet UI.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the Black Spirit's dialogue was abnormal when the quest acceptance UI appeared after the Black Spirit window had appeared automatically.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where animation would appear in certain situations even when having checked the "Skip Animation" box in the Forge's Extraction window.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the PK penalty description icon was displayed on the death screen when your character died during a Conquest War.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the Promotion feature did not work properly when promoting a worker in the Worker List window.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where an awkward text appeared on the bottom of the Recover All Workers window when opening this window after having set the Town and Grade in the Manage Workers window.
  
  
• While closing the Manage Workers window, you won't be able to change to Sticker UI mode.
  
  
• Fixed the issue from the Barter window where the filtered Item Grade Color did not match the Item Grade Color in the list.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the last page of the Fish Guide didn't get updated properly.

• Fixed the issue where you were moved to Weita Island when escaping from Iliya Island.
  
  
• Fixed the location of the monsters that were stuck in certain areas of the following regions.
  
  • Star's End
    
  • Sycraia (Abyssal Zone)

• Fixed the issue where unnatural structures were located in certain areas of Margoria Sea.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the trees looked awkward in certain regions.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where you couldn't place furniture at Noble Quarter 2-4, 1F and 2F residences in Calpheon City.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where starting the navigation near Macalod Hill made you go around a long way.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the Ocean Navigation settings reset when reconnecting to the game.
  
  
• Fixed the incorrect item description for the Horse Emblem: Tier 7 White Horse (Female) item.

• We are aware of the issue where certain crafting information is displayed in the Korean language in Crafting Notes.

• We are aware of the lag issue which occur during the following situations.
  
  • When you get near an NPC by auto-navigating to the NPC who is near the coast while you are on a ship or swimming
    
  • When you auto-navigate to a nearby NPC who is near the coast.

• We are aware of the issue where the completion NPC Viorencia Odore may appear underground and the quest 'Leader of the Ahib' cannot be completed. We apologize for the inconvenience. This issue will be resolved with Feb. 5th regular maintenance.

• We are aware of the issue where a Tier 3–4 Emperor Hawk pet sits on a character's shoulder (excluding Shai).
  
• We are aware of the issue where more than one Emperor Hawk sits on a character’s shoulder.
  
  • Please note the two issues above will not occur with an Emperor Hawk that has used a Pet Appearance Change Coupon.

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

• Guardian will be released and Guardian Launch Events will start.
  
• Toshi's Request event will start.
  
• New scrolls will be available at the Campsite.
  
• Lowered the difficulty level of capturing a horse in the Horse capturing minigame.

• Guardian Pre-creation Event
  
• Pre-registration for Guardian
  
• Grab the Mysterious Axe
  
• Winter Wonderland
  
  • Event 2: DIY Snowman

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,

Please take a look at Black Desert Online roadmap that will reveal the next releases regarding succession skills and the long-waited Guardian with her awakening!

You can also look forward to interesting new areas to explore, along with a brand new feature where it's possible to create your own music and melodies like a professional composer.

We will bring the following content to our NA/EU audiences before the end of Q2!

GUARDIAN Pre-order Bundle is a limited-time bundle offered as a special promotional deal before the official release of Guardian (Until Jan 21st), the newest character to be added to the roster in Black Desert Online!

Don't miss this chance to get a Guardian-exclusive outfit, a new pet, a Value Pack and other functional items included in this bundle with the biggest discount to be offered.

Actual value when adding all of the individual items in this bundle add up to $88.






You'll get [Guardian] Mueburus Headpiece, [Guardian] Mueburus Armor, [Guardian] Mueburus Shoes, [Guardian] Mueburus Battle Axe, [Guardian] Mueburus Shield from the box.




Your pet will be found in the Pet List. Only the pets of the same type can be Exchanged and some pets might not be eligible for Exchange. Talent: Hawk (Chance to Gain Knowledge Increase & Chance to Gain Higher-Grade Knowledge Increase). Special skill: Finds rare monsters. Emperor Hawk




You can get the following benfits for 30 days: Inventory Slot +16, Storage Slot +16, Combat/Skill/Life/Mount EXP +10%, Distant Node Investment (Consumes 10 Energy), Weight Limit +200 LT, +30% Marketplace Sales upon Silver Collection (Excluding Pearl Items), Unlimited use of Merv's Palette, Unlimited Beauty Salon, Barter Refresh Count +1, Required Parley for Barter -10%, Allows you to remotely check or skip Special Barter.




You can get the following benefits for 15 days: Energy Recovery +2, Item Drop Rate +20%




You can get the following benefits for 15 days: Combat EXP +100%, Skill EXP +50%, Life EXP +50%, unlearn and learn skills, skill add-ons, and enhanced skills anytime and anywhere, buy villa scrolls via your campsite without having a villa invitation, Stable Slot +1 (for all regions), and Wharf slot +1 (for all regions).




Permanently expand your inventory by 8 slots.




You can get the following benefits for 60 minutes: Item Drop Rate +100%, Item Drop Amount +50%




Consuming this when your character dies will allow you to resurrect immediately with 100% HP and MP. When Combat EXP is decreased from death, you can use it to instantly restore the lost Combat EXP.




Please make sure to register discount coupon from your Inventory to the Pearl Shop within the given expiration dates.

• Guardian item bundle available on Steam is offered with a promotional discount rate only available until January 22nd (before maintenance).
  - Guardian item bundle will also be available via in-game Pearl Shop (F3) after this date, but please note the price will differ.
  
• This item bundle is available once per Account, and this cannot be gifted to other accounts.
  
• [Updated Jan. 17] Bonus item specs and quantity included in the Guardian Pre-order Bundle are exclusive to this pre-order period. Please note Item Collection Increase Scroll (60 min) x10, [Event] Elion's Blessing x20, and Function 20% DC Coupon x1 will be given upon purchase of the Guardian Preorder Bundle. However, additional 10% Discount Coupon x1, Item Collection Increase Scroll (60 min) x10, and [Event] Elion's Blessing x10 will be distributed on the maintenance on Jan. 22 together with the [Guardian] Mueburus Classic Set.
  
• Emperor Hawk, Value Pack (30 Days), Blessing of Kamasylve (15 Days), Secret Book of Old Moon (15 Days), Inventory +8 Expansion Coupon, Item Collection Increase Scroll (60 min) x10, [Event] Elion's Blessing x10, and Function 20% DC Coupon will be available as a Coupon in your Steam library upon purchase of this item bundle.
  
• Guardian exclusive-outfit [Guardian] Mueburus Classic Set will be available under Coupon in your Steam account after January 22nd regular maintenance.
  Inventory +8 Expansion Coupon cannot be used if your in-game Family account has already reached max amount of inventory slots (192 slots) available.
  
• Content and spec. of the item bundle may change with future announcement.

With her Awakening, the Guardian wields the Jördun, a massive polearm that burns with the holy flame of Ynix, the magic fire that has the power to slay even the gods themselves. The Guardian’s Awakening skills massively improve her Area of Effect potential, allowing her to take on large groups of enemies at once.

Additionally, as part of their ongoing Succession update, this week another class receives her Succession skills. The elegant but mysterious Dark Knight can wield updated skills of her original main-weapon, the Kriegsmesser. By giving up the versatility of her Awakening skills, players can choose to specialize in Succession skills which give them powerful versions of their main-weapon skills. Players can unlock their Succession skills at level 56 by accepting a quest from their Black Spirit companion.

Simply create a Guardian in-game in the Character Creation window now to get the following rewards upon launch!

• Rewards will be sent to your Guardian character’s Inventory (I) after January 22nd maintenance.
  
  • Please make sure to NOT DELETE the pre-created Guardian character before the official release on January 22nd in order to receive the rewards.

What are you waiting for? Pre-create the Guardian Now!

Simply create a Guardian in-game in the Character Creation window now to get the following rewards upon launch!

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Period: January 15 (after maintenance)–January 22 (before maintenance)

1. Find the mysterious axe that has been found at the Ancient Stone Chamber.
   
   
2. Accept the quest ‘[Event] The True Master of the Axe’ from the soldier near the mysterious axe and get into adventures to find the true owner of the mysterious axe!
   
   Quest NPC

   Quest

   Reward

   Soldier
   (Near the Mysterious Axe)

   [Event] The True Master of the Axe
   • Meet NPC Alustin

   
   Contribution EXP 50
   - The quest ‘[Event] The True Master of the Axe’ is available for characters at Lv. 50 or above.
   
   
3. Accept the quest ‘[Event] For the Unstable Soul’ from the NPC Alustin near the excavation tent located above the entrance of the Ancient Stone Chamber.
   
   Quest NPC

   Quest

   Reward

   Alustin
   (near the excavation tent
   located above the entrance of
   the Ancient Stone Chamber)

   [Event] For the Unstable Soul
   Get the items below and return to Alustin:
   – Ouk Pill of Earth from Roig Mills at Western Guard Camp
   – Ouk Pill of Wind from Ernill the Storage Keeper in Velia
   – Ouk Pill of Grass from Buntt the Skill Instructor of Olvia

   
   Contribution EXP 200
4. When you receive the quest ‘[Event] For the Unstable Soul’, you will be able to accept the quest to obtain each Ouk Pill from NPC Roig Mills/Ernill/Buntt.
   
   Quest NPC

   Quest

   Reward

   Roig Mills

   [Event] Roig Mills' Ouk Pill of Earth
   Get the items below and return to Roig Mills:
   – Powder of Crevice x100
   – Powder of Flame x100
   – Shining Powder x10

   
   Contribution EXP 150
   
   Ouk Pill of Earth

   Ernill

   [Event] Ernill's Ouk Pill of Wind
   Get the items below and return to Ernill:
   – Soft Ferri Feather x100
   – Fire Horn x10
   – Fruit of Magic Power x10

   
   Contribution EXP 150
   
   Ouk Pill of Wind

   Buntt

   [Event] Buntt's Ouk Pill of Grass
   Get the items below and return to Buntt:
   – Big Cloud Mushroom x10
   – Big Fortune Teller Mushroom x10
   – Everlasting Herb x10

   
   Contribution EXP 150
   
   Ouk Pill of Grass
   - If you lost Ok Pill of Earth, Ouk Pill of Wind, and Ouk Pill of Grass, you will be able to obtain them from NPC Roig Mills, Ernill, and Buntt by consuming 50 energy before completing the quest ‘[Event] For the Unstable Soul’.
   - You should be able to complete the quest via NPC Alustin near the excavation tent located above the entrance of the Ancient Stone Chamber.
   
   
5. After completing the quest ‘[Event] For the Unstable Soul’, go to NPC Alustin to receive the quest ‘[Event] A Woman Who has the Black Nightmare’.
   
   Quest NPC

   Quest

   Reward

   Alustin

   [Event] A Woman Who has the Black Nightmare
   – Talk to NPC Alustin

   
   Contribution EXP 300
   
   Whispering Frost Crystal
   - Whispering Frost Crystal will be melted when the wildflower blooms in the eternal winter and Guardian awake if you bring it to the NPC Blacksmith Tranan Underfoe.
   • This will be available after January 22 regular maintenance.
   - Whispering Frost Crystal cannot be obtained again once you lose it.
   - The event quests can be claimed once per family during the event period.

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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!

• Step 1. Customize a Guardian in the Character Creation window.

• Step 2. Click [Beauty Album] → [Take Photo] to take a picture, enter a title and choose a category, and press Save to register your photo to User Gallery.

- Please make sure you have toggled “Register in Gallery” to upload to Gallery tab where you can confirm it.

- The more people you have applying your customization, the higher the chance for you to win.

- Before the Guardian official release (on Jan. 22), Guardian customizations can be applied via Character Creation > Guardian > Beauty Album.

- After the Guardian official release, Guardian customizations can also be applied while playing Guardian with Beauty (F4) > Beauty Album


• BEST OF SHOW

From the Guardian customizations in the “Top 50 Most Applied" category (under Top Ranking in the Beauty Album) our staff will pick the Top 5 Winners from NA and EU each.

• BE UNIQUE
Create your distinctive customization.
From the Guardian customizations in the "Unique” category (under Gallery in the Beauty Album) our staff will pick the Top 3 Winners from NA and EU each.

All-in-all, 8 winners will be chosen for each region (NA or EU) for a total of 16 winners altogether.

• Please don’t forget to save your progress! Save your templates before clicking [Creation Complete].
  
  
• Create and submit your Guardian customization by January 22 (before maintenance).
  
  
• Top 5 winners from BEST OF SHOW and Top 3 winners from BE UNIQUE in NA or EU (Total 16) will be chosen after the event concludes and winners will be announced via our official channels at a later date.
  
  
• Event rewards will be sent via in-game mail with a future announcement via Patch Notes of the relevant week.
  
  
• We do not accept default customization or copies of customization taken from other authors; please make sure to create an original customization and show off your skills!
  
  
• Multiple submissions are allowed, but only one of your submissions will be eligible to win for the BEST OF SHOW.
  
  
• Winners of BEST OF SHOW will be chosen from the Top Ranking tab regardless of the category the submission is under in the Beauty Album. Winners of BE UNIQUE will be chosen by Staff Pick from the 'Unique' category.
  
  
• Any exploit or abnormal ways of entering in-game event may result in restriction of your account.
  
  
• Event period and specs. may change with future notice.

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)

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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!