Greetings Adventurers,

It's time for the Lahn to shine this week! Enjoy the new succession skills and swing that Pendulum! And as usual, Lahn Succession comes with her own event.

That's not all, after Mediah, Kamasylvia receives its main quest renewal. Discover or rediscover Kamasylvia through these new main quests.

You will also be able to enjoy the 4th Anniversary pre-celebration events, the Festival of Horses and the upgraded Black Spirit's Adventure.

Learn more about this week's patch notes below:

• Succession of Events: Lahn
  
  • Period: February 19 (after maintenance)–March 11 (before maintenance)
    
  • Adventurers who reach a certain level with their Lahn characters during the event period can obtain rewards via the Challenge tab (Y)!
    
  • Click < Here > for full details!

• [Fourth Anniversary Special!] Thank You for Four Years
  
  • We will start off on the series of fourth anniversary events starting with the events below. Stay tuned for many more exciting events to come to celebrate our four years together.
    
  • Event 1: Playtime Challenge
    
    • Period: February 19 (after maintenance)–March 11 (before maintenance)
      
    • Play daily and get the rewards including [Event] Golden Seal of Panto via the Challenge tab (Y) based on your accumulated playtime.
  • Event 2:Gratitude of Black Spirit
    
    • Period: February 19 (after maintenance)–March 11 (before maintenance)
      
    • Defeat monsters, gather, and fish to obtain items that can be combined into [Event] Together until the 100th Anniversary! worth more Silver!
  • Click < Here > for full details.

• Festival of Horses
  
  • Event 1. Awaken your Courser
    
    • Period: February 19 (after maintenance)–March 11 (before maintenance)
      
    • Defeat monsters, gather, and fish during the event period to collect items for Courser awakening.
  • Event 2. Boosts, three ways
    
    • Period: February 19 (after maintenance)–March 3 (before maintenance)
      
    • Enjoy Mount EXP +50%, increased chance to get a higher-tier horse, and the chance to catch Tier 6 Wild Horses all over the world of Black Desert Online.
      
    • As with the Tier 1–5 wild horses, Lv. 1–10 will be assigned to Tier 6 wild horses at random.
  • Event 3. Time for Imperial Delivery
    
    • Period: February 19 (after maintenance)–March 3rd (before maintenance)
      
    • Perform Imperial Delivery with your horse and obtain [Event] Imperial Training Delivery Invoice which can be exchanged for horse-related items!
  • Click < Here > for full details.

• [February Update] Black Spirit's Adventure: UPGRADED
  
  • Period: February 19 (after maintenance)–Until further notice
    
  • With this update in February, Black Spirit’s Adventure 1 game is upgraded with better rewards. Roll your way through the upgraded mini board game and enjoy all the rewards!
    
  • Click < Here > for full details.

• Succession of Events: Witch and Wizard: Feb. 12–Mar. 3 (before maintenance)
  
  
• Valentine's Day Adventure Log: Feb.12–Feb. 26 (before maintenance)
  
  
• Fairy's Faves: Feb.12–Feb. 26 (before maintenance)
  
  
• Guardian Awakening Events: Feb. 5–Feb.26 (before maintenance)
  
  
• Valentine's Day Events: Feb. 5–Feb.26 (23:59 UTC)

• Charity Event: Join us to aid Victims of Australia's Fires and Turkey's Earthquakes
  
  • Thank you adventurers for taking part in this charity event. We want to show our token of appreciation by giving [Event] Lara's Warm Black Tea as an additional bonus to those who took part in this move for the good cause. Thank you once again!
    
  • Please note titles given as rewards in this event will be sent directly to your My Information (P) > Title section on the regular maintenance on Feb. 26th.

• Guardian Awakening Events:
  
  • Accessories for Syrmin
    
  • Ynix Seed’s Power
    
  • Unstable Ember

• Kamasylvia Main Quests were renewed.
  
  • The main quests of Kamasylvia, the land of the Goddess Sylvia's descendants, were renewed. This update has three main goals. One is to redesign the quest flow in order to allow those adventurers who have graduated from Valencia to approach these quests more easily. Our second goal is to shape the attractive characters of Kamasylvia in more detail and create a richer story. And our last goal is to start the preliminary work for O'dyllita's continuing story and additional content that will follow the completion of the main quests.
    
  • During the renewed Kamasylvia main quests, you will ride a Sky Ballon and travel to Grána. We hope you enjoy the story we've prepared while looking around the beautiful sceneries.
    
  • Your perspective on the world of Black Desert Online will broaden and a clear distinction of relationships between NPCs and associations will be made.
    
  • Those players who already have an ongoing old main quest can start the new questline and can still proceed on the old questline too. They can proceed on the new questline after completion of the old questline as well. However, if the player abandons the old quest, he/she will no longer be able to start the old quest again. Also, if the player has never received the old quest, he/she will only be able to proceed on the new questline.
    
  • Accept the quest that starts with "Kamasylvia, the Land Behind the Veil" from the Black Spirit's Main Quest tab to start the renewed main quests of Kamasylvia.
    
  • You must be Lv. 58 or higher to be able to accept the new main quests.
    
  • Go to the Quest List (O) window > Main Quest tab [Kamasylvia] Kamasylve's Light to see the quests.
    
  • "Sylvia's Legacy Adventure Journal II" knowledge category was added.
    
  • A new quest was added to Kamasylvia
    
    • You can accept this quest from Papu who is watering the flower garden at Grána Plaza after completing the renewed main quest of Kamasylvia, "Healing Light," which can be accepted from Lv. 58.
      
    • You must activate the Combat quest filter to be able to start the new quest.
  • Given the update of the main quests of Kamasylvia, you can no longer accept the consecutive quests that start with the following quest.
    
    • Unsung Hero
  • The monsters that appear near the following Kamasylvia quest NPCs and location have either been moved or removed.
    
    • Klaruss Mushroom in Polly's Forest
      
    • Khalid of Loopy Tree Forest
      
    • The entrance of the cave in Manshaum Forest

• You can now use the Chat Group's Recommend feature not only in the Lunar Halo Inn and the Dancing Marlin Tavern, but in all Chat Groups.
  
  
• The number of Cumulative Recommendations will reset through the April 22 (Wed) maintenance.
  
  • The Recommend feature will reset every 3 months and a small reward will be given based on the number of Cumulative Recommendations at the time when the reset process is being carried out.
    
  • As of the April 22 (Wed) maintenance, those adventurers who have the Black Spirit icon given the number of their Cumulative Recommendations will receive a temporary Title for 90 days for their diligent participation.
    
  • The gold, silver, and bronze trophy icons that used to be displayed based on the number of Cumulative Recommendations in the Chat Group were changed to Black Spirit icons.
    
  • Check Chat Groups in detail < Here >.

• Added a feature by which you can restore your removed items.
  
  • Go to the Inventory (I) window and press LMB on the Throw away item icon to use the Item Restore feature.
    
  • Each family may use the Item Restore feature twice in a calendar month.
    
  • Items are only eligible for restoration for 30 days after deletion.
    
  • Only certain items can be restored.
    Some items, such as items with an expiration date may not be eligible for restoration.
    
  • Your access to this service will reset on the 1st of each month. Any unused restorations will not be carried over into the new month.
    
  • If you wish to restore an item that is not available with this system, please contact customer support. However, restoration can not be guaranteed.
    
  • Items are only eligible for restoration for 30 days after deletion.
    
  • Only items of a blue grade or higher are eligible for restoration.
    
  • Item Restore subcategory was added to the Adventurer Support category in the New Menu.

• Fixed the lag issue that occurred in 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 are near an NPC who is near the coast and auto-navigate to this NPC.

• Fixed the issue where selecting Quick Route from World Map (M) > Navigation Settings > Ocean Navigation Settings, stopped the game while auto-navigating.
  
  
• The invincible effect which is applied for 10 sec when reviving at Fort/Command Post during a Node/Conquest War will now be maintained even after switching to combat mode or using combat skills.
  
  • This change only applies to when reviving at Fort/Command Post

• The cost for recovering all mounts' HP (Repair) and Stamina (Power) was changed from 15 Silver to 500 Silver per 1%.
  
  
• The cost for supplying large ships' cannonballs was changed from 10,000 Silver to 1,000 Silver per cannonball.

We hope you can enjoy defeating monsters in the Great Ocean in a less burdensome way.

The cost you need to pay for supplying rations and cannonballs, and sustaining ship durability as you try to defeat monsters in the Great Ocean with your large ship is not small. Adventurers who are still learning to drive their ships would perceive this cost as a huge burden.

Hence we have decreased the cost for supplying cannonballs for large ships to 1/10 of the original cost.

• Fixed the issue where the Ration consumed for using BreezySail with large ships did not match the description.

• The PvP damage of the following skills was increased.
  
  
  
• The damage of Prime: Frigid Fog: Control was increased as follows.
  
  
  
• The extra hit damage of Prime: Lightning was increased.
  
  
  
• The casting speed of the following skills is now faster.
  
  • Prime: Voltaic Pulse
    
  • Prime: Equilibrium Break
    
  • Prime: Bolide of Destruction
    
  • Prime: Aqua Jail Explosion
    
  • Prime: Residual Lightning: Combo/High Voltage
    
  • Prime: Lightning Extra Hit
    
  • Prime: Blizzard: Storm/Domain
    
  • Prime: Frigid Fog: Control/Disrupt
    
  • Prime: Meteor Shower: Focus/Areal
    
  • Prime: Lightning Storm: High Voltage
    
  • Prime: Earthquake: Destruction

• You can now activate a combo more rapidly after using the following skills.
  
  • Prime: Fireball Explosion: Focus
    
  • After Prime: Lightning's additional hit
    
  • Prime: Earthquake: Destruction/Evade
    
  • After using Prime: Earth's Response: Destruction to the right.
    
  • Combo with RMB after using Prime: Residual Lightning: Combo
    
  • Combo with Earth's Response during Prime: Earthquake: Evade's backward movement

• The required preceding skill for the following succession skills was changed to Succession: Elemental Revelation.
  
  • Prime: Fireball Explosion: Focus/Areal
    
  • Prime: Meteor Shower: Focus/Areal
    
  • Prime: Residual Lightning: Combo/High Voltage
    
  • Prime: Frigid Fog: Disrupt/Control
    
  • Prime: Blizzard: Storm/Domain
    
  • Prime: Earthquake: Evade/Destruction
    
  • Prime: Earth's Response: Flow/Destruction

• You can now maintain the state in which casting is complete before firing when using Prime: Lightning Storm: High Voltage.
  
  
• A good Prime: Earth Arrow hit will now activate Magic DP decrease effect.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where pressing LMB + RMB after using Succession: Magical Evasion activated Prime: Earth's Response: Flow/Destruction first.
  
  
• Backward movement distance for Prime: Earthquake: Evade was increased.
  
  
• Cooldown time for Prime: Frigid Fog: Disrupt II and III was decreased to 9 sec. and 8 sec., respectively.
  
  
• Cooldown time for Prime: Fireball Explosion: Areal II and III was decreased to 10 sec. and 9 sec., respectively.
  
  
• The extra hit damage of Prime: Lightning will now be activated when holding the F key.
  
  
• A good Prime: Residual Lightning: Combo hit as well as a good Prime: Residual Lightning: High Voltage hit will now activate MP recovery effect.
  
  
• The attack range of Prime: Lightning Storm: Combo was changed so that it matches the skill's visual effect.
  
  
• Prime: Aqua Jail Explosion's effects were optimized.
  
  
• The firing position of Prime: Magic Arrow's last hit will now match the character's motion.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the damage of Prime: Lightning was being applied abnormally in certain situations.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where you could see two Prime: Blizzard: Domain and Prime: Blizzard: Storm skills each in the Level Up Info window when reaching Lv. 60.

Though Witch and Wizard share the same succession skill, we have differentiated the two classes' play styles by creating a variation in their skill usages. Our goal was to provide you two different enjoyments.

Upon learning Elemental Flow, the Wizard can use a skill after which he can immediately activate the next skill without casting motion through commands. By activating his skills continuously, the Wizard can deal great damage to his targets. On the other hand, the Witch Succession consists of being able to use Magical Evasion while on casting motion whenever she activates a skill. Each of her skill causes great damage and by using Multiple Magic Arrows' additional hit continuously after using a skill, she can deal constant damage to her targets. Our internal test showed that the average damage dealt by the Witch was a bit lower than that dealt by the Wizard, so we tried to increase the damage of the Witch's skills.

However, Wizard players have expressed many opinions regarding how the Witch's succession skill damage was greater than that of the Wizard even when they are the same skill, how the effect of the Wizard's Elemental Flow was not as distinct as the effect of the Witch's Elemental Flow, etc. And with last week's Global Lab updates, which included a fix whereby using a succession skill after Magical Evasion would immediately activate the former for the Witch, some players shared the opinion that Wizard Succession was no longer distinct.

We have decided to reflect the opinions of our Witch and Wizard players to the following adjustment, thereby minimize the difference between Witch and Wizard Successions and allow each class to have only one single characteristic. Hence we are going to equalize the damage of the Witch and Wizard's succession skills, to maintain the combo attacks that can be performed by suing Magical Evasion and Multiple Magic Arrows for the Witch, and to remove the Teleport prerequisite for Ultimate: Teleport and allow the skill's independent use for the Wizard.

Secondly, we have simplified the casting motion of Lightning Element skills for Witch and Wizard. It was no longer possible to use Sage's Memory with succession and Lightning Element skills would interrupt the flow between combos. We have concluded that this interruption could be a bigger problem than being unable to use Sage's Memory, and therefore have simplified the casting motion of all Lightning Element skills.

We will continue reviewing the different opinions you provide us and do our best to make a more enjoyable class.

• Fixed the issue where you couldn't use Shield Strike or Righteous Charge immediately while using Guard.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where you couldn't activate Just Counter immediately as a combo after using Guard.

• You can now activate a combo more rapidly after using Prime: Multiple Magic Arrows' additional hit.
  
  
• You can now activate another succession skill through commands without casting motion after using Succession: Magical Evasion.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where MP was not consumed when using Prime: Multiple Magic Arrows' additional hit only.

• You can now activate a combo by pressing commands after Prime: Earthquake: Evade's backward movement.
  
  
• You can now activate a combo by using the Elemental Flow effect more rapidly after using Prime: Lightning Storm: Combo.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the projectile slowed down when using Prime: Fireball through commands after learning Elemental Flow.
  
  
• The number of hits of Prime: Residual Lightning: Combo was changed as follows.
  
  
  
• Fixed the issue where you could not use succession skills without casting motion when using Teleport through Quick Slot
  
  
• You can now activate Ultimate: Teleport separately during Teleport's cooldown.
  
  
• The damage of the following skills was changed.
  

• Fixed the issue where the Critical Hit Rate increase effect was not being applied when using Absolute: Crimson Fang after certain skills, even upon learning Bloody Fang.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the floating effect was being applied when using Hidden Claw after using Knee Hammer even during Hidden Claw's cooldown.

• Added the "Succession" content.
  
  • After Awakening the Lahn, accept the quest "[Lahn Succession] Pondering on Death" from the Black Spirit to start the Succession quest series.
    
  • You will learn the skill "Succession: Heavenly Waltz" which will allow you to learn more powerful Crescent Pendulum and Noble Sword skills.
    
  • You will no longer be able to use your Crimson Glaives 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: Heavenly Waltz," 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: Heavenly Waltz."
    
  • To go from using Awakening to Succession skills, you need to reset your skills and relearn "Succession: Heavenly Waltz."

• The color of the awakening skills are now more reddish than before.
  
  
• The AP buff will now be applied normally when using Fireborne Rupture in combo by pressing Q after using God Incinerator.
  
  
• A description of the Awakening Weapon was added to the character description that can be seen from the character selection window.

• Mount pearl items that fall in the category of Horse Gear, Ship, or Wagon were changed from being character bound to being Family bound.
  
  • When you equip the item for the first time, it will be Family bound, and you will be able to use it through the Storage.

• [Guild] Cannonball and [Guild] Flame Cannonball were added to the list of items sold by a Guild Military Supply Manager.
  
  • The amount of damage applied to [Guild] Cannonball and [Guild] Flame Cannonball will be the same as that of the old Cannonball and Flame Cannonball.
    
  • Adventurers who are Quartermasters or up can spend 200,000 Silver of their Guild Fund to purchase [Guild] Cannonball or [Guild] Flame Cannonball from a Guild Military Supply Manager.

• The damage of the Crafted Cannonball and Flame Cannonball was increased.
  Cannonball
  
  • Damage increased by 30%

• Flame Cannonball
  
  • Before: 3 sec. of 15 Flame Damage for 45 sec.
    
  • After: 3 sec. of 30 Flame Damage for 45 sec.

• The crafting method remains the same.

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• Fixed the issue where it was indicated that some equippable items that can't be dyed could be dyed.
  
  
• The following text about enhancement was added to the Manos clothes' description.
  
  • Can be enhanced with Black Gems up to enhancement level +14, and with Concentrated Magical Black Gems from enhancement level +15.

• The Central Market's max price of the following items was changed.
  
  
  
• The max number of items per purchase for the following items at the Central Market was changed from 10 to 50.
  
  • Ancient Relic Crystal Shard
    
  • Forbidden Book
    
  • Scroll Written in Ancient Language
    
  • Manshaum Voodoo Doll

• Fixed the issue where the quantity of Wolf Blood required for crafting Clown's Blood from Alchemy Tool was not accurate.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where you couldn't use the Valks' Main Weapon Box with Guardian.
  
  
• You can now obtain Sol with the Trial Character version of Shai.
  
  
• For details on newly added Pearl Shop Update, please click < Here >!

• The Frenzied Skeleton Decurion and Frenzied Skeleton Centurion that appear at Soldier's Grave will now attack you regardless of your level.

• The instructions for the quest A Poacher's Suggestion will now appear only in Kamasylvia.

• The following knowledge details were changed.
  
  • Ancient Stone Chamber, Mural of Prophecy I
    
  • Ancient Stone Chamber, Mural of Prophecy II
    
  • Ancient Stone Chamber, Mural of Prophecy IV
    
  • Fallen Giant Walls
    
  • Cron Castle's Altar

• Hotkeys will now be applied to the first row of your installation list when placing an installation in your residence or garden.
  
  • You can use the number keys 1–8 for the hotkeys, starting from the left side.

• When a fairy has learned the highest available skill for its level, the skill icon and text bubble will now reveal the relevant information.
  
  • An "M" icon was added on the top left of the Fairy skills.
    
  • The following text will be displayed in the Fairy skill description.
    
    • This skill is at the highest level your fairy can learn.

• Dark Rift was added to the New Menu's "Adventure" tab.
  
  
• The Fishing UI icon is now fish-shaped.
  
  
• The Enter button for the Altar of Blood on the bottom of the Old Menu was removed and a banner indicating that you can see the newly added menu from the New Menu was added.
  
  • Clicking this banner will open the New Menu.

• The font size of the basic text bubble description was increased.
  
  
• The location of the Items Required for Contract window that appears when talking with a sailor NPC was adjusted.
  
  
• Only basic rewards will appear when there is no optional reward in the quest window that appears when deciding whether or not to accept a quest from an NPC and in the quest rewards window.
  
  
• The way by which you can adjust the opacity of your Friend List's 1:1 Chat window was changed.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where opening the Manage Workers UI from the World Map and then opening and closing another UI caused the Manage Workers UI to reopen.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the location of the Set Allowances button was abnormal when selecting a user while having the scroll down in the War Hero tab from the Guild window.
  
  
• Fixed the issue in the World map's Territory tooltip where the description about Max HP increase within the Occupation Information text did not fit inside the Tooltip window.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the Find NPC window opened behind the other windows.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the Alarm UI did not disappear when setting the UI after exposing the Sailor event alarm UI while on sail.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the last tab you had selected would be selected when opening the Owner list for the second time.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the icon of some items that are required for a conversation appeared awkward.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the quest rewards window that appears from an NPC when completing a quest was being displayed abnormally.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the name of some installations did not fit inside the War Installation Info window that shows up during a Node/Conquest War.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the scroll bar sometimes did not work properly in certain sections of the Challenge Reward tab from My Information window.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the crop collection message showed up when retrieving the items by pressing the Retrieve All button while on Place Mode in Residence.
  
  
• The NPC Shop UI and the Wharf UI will no longer open together.

• Fixed the issue where it was possible to hit the Siege Defense Tower of Conquest War during a World Boss's appearance.
  
  
• [Ninja] Fixed the issue where the character's facial expression looked unnatural when making a specific pose in the Beauty (F4) window.
  
  
• [Guardian] Fixed the issue where the shield's appearance was sometimes unnatural when changing directions and trying to switch between combat and non-combat stances while moving.
  
  
• [Guardian] Fixed the issue where the Jordun appeared unnaturally when using Awakening: Juggernaut in a combo after using Frigid Wind.
  
  
• Fixed the typo in the following skills' descriptions
  
  • [Mystic] Soul Basher
    
  • [Mystic] Flow: Blowdrive
    
  • [Mystic] Thunder Pound
    
  • [Kunoichi] Flow: Block Jump

• [Shai] Fixed the issue where the character moved abnormally when pressing directional key while on ScrollLock Walk mode.
  
  
• [Shai, Guardian] A Hanbok-exclusive social action was added.
  
  
• Fixed the typo in the following texts.
  
  • [New/Returning] Cliff's Weapon quest summary
    
  • Marni's Stone exchange button

• The Steel Imp Warrior that was stuck in a certain rock in Altar of Agris was moved.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the NPC who's at the border zone near Kamasylvia was floating in the air.
  
  
• The stones that were floating in some parts of Cyclops Land were removed.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where you could do Gathering in some parts of Port Epheria even when there was no Gathering item.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where topography sometimes did not appear in some parts of Garmoth.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the location of the selected area was abnormal when clicking on the Edit window after selecting an area by pressing Shift + Directional Key in the Guild Description window from the Guild (G) window or the Bio window from the My Info (P) window.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where 2D and 3D minimaps appeared together when you loaded the UI preset with 3D minimap while using 2D minimap.
  
  
• Fixed the start point of the bar that represents the total progress in the Title tab from the My Information window.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the chat type icon sometimes did not disappear when changing the chat type.
  
  
• [Guardian] Fixed the issue where the hip area appeared unnatural when equipping the Ynixtra Clothes together with the Nude Basic Underwear and the Nude Deep Black Underwear.
  
  
• [Dark Knight] Fix the issue where the character's right finger became invisible when equipping the Glorious Shudad Outfit Set and the Kibelius Vediant together.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the following outfits looked unnaturally when equipping them in certain situations.
  
  • [Guardian] Silver Embroidered Trader's Clothes
    
  • [Guardian] Silver Embroidered Craftsman's Clothes
    
  • [Kunoichi] Heidel Masquerade Phantom Mask
    
  • [Mystic] Queen Heart Underwear
    
  • [Dark Knight] Queen Heart Underwear
    
  • [Lahn] Queen Heart Underwear
    
  • [Witch] Queen Heart Underwear
    
  • [Kunoichi] Queen Heart Underwear

• The following are the changes we failed to announce in the December 24, 2019 and the January 8, 2020 update notes. We apologize for any inconvenience we have caused for not announcing this content.
  
  • December 24, 2019 (Tue)
    
    • [UI] The white wave effect from the Fishing minigame was removed.
  • January 8, 2020 (Wed)
    
    • [Content] Another exit was added next to the exit of the resurrection place for Red Battlefield's Black Desert team. Some topography was changed accordingly.

• We are aware of the issue where the [Event] Golden Seal of Panto you obtained from Playtime Challenges (Under Thank You for Four Years) event post is leading you to a wrong NPC-to-exchange. We will be replacing the [Event] Golden Seal of Panto in possession with the correct seals that will lead to Morco to make an exchange with February 26 regular maintenance. We apologize for the confusion and inconvenience.
  
  
• We are aware of the issue where the system message "Imperfect Skill Awakening Information" appears when trying Skill Add-ons on certain skills for characters that have received Combat/Skill EXP transfer by using [Event] Combat/Skill EXP Exchange Coupon. This will be fixed with March 3 regular maintenance.
  
  • A hotfix for this issue has been applied and it will no longer occur upon using a Combat/Skill EXP Exchange Coupon. However, if your character was affected before the hotfix applied on Feb. 20 13:00 UTC, please send a ticket to our Customer Support along with a mention of the Character Name you are experiencing problems with to have them resolved.

• We are aware of the issue where description under Item Restore window appears to leak out of the box. This will be fixed with February 26 regular maintenance. We apologize for the inconvenience.

• We aware of the issue where the Mount EXP boost icon is not appearing on top part of the game screen. This is only a visual issue, so please note that the Mount EXP +50% is ongoing from Feb. 19–Mar. 3 (before maintenance). This visual issue will be fixed on the regular maintenance on Feb. 26.

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 Lahn will be added, and the level-up challenge for the class will begin.
  
• Festival of Horses event will start.
  
• 4th anniversary celebration will begin with pre-anniversary events.
  
• Kamasylvia Main Quests will receive a renewal.
  
• Item Restore feature will be added.
  
• Mount skins (Donkey, Horse, Camel, Wagon, Ship, Boat, Frigate) will change from being Character-bound to Family-bound.

• Charity Event
  
• Guardian Awakening Events:
  
  • Accessories for Syrmin
    
  • Ynix Seed’s Power
    
  • Unstable Ember

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


Best regards,
BDO Team

Greetings Adventurers,

The succession series is back with the Witch and the Wizard this week! The two masters of the staff get new skills for their main weapon to cast devastating spells!

Adventurers will also be able to enjoy the new Valentine’s Day Adventure Log, newly-refreshed Loyal Attendance rewards and A Fairy’s Delicacy event.

Learn more about this week’s patch notes below:

• Succession of Events: Witch and Wizard
  
  • Period: February 12 (after maintenance)–March 3 (before maintenance)
    
  • Adventurers who reach a certain level with their Witch and Wizard characters during the event period can obtain rewards below via the Challenge tab (Y)!
    
  • Click < Here > for full details!

• Valentine’s Day Adventure Log
  
  • Period: February 12 (after maintenance)–February 26 (before maintenance)
    
  • A special Adventure Log is available during this romantic time. Become the messenger love and help villagers of Velia realize their love.
    
  • Click < Here > for the details.

• Fairy's Faves
  
  • Period: February 12 (after maintenance)–February 26 (before maintenance)
    
  • Combine [Event] Sweet Concoction, [Event] Chocolatey Beehive, and Sweet Honey Wine to obtain [Event] Fantastic Honey Wine which will gain you 12 times more EXP compared to the regular Sweet Honey Wine to help grow your Fairy.
    
  • Click < Here > for the sweet details.

• Guardian Awakening Events: Feb. 5–Feb.26 (before maintenance)
  
  
• Charity Event: Join us to aid Victims of Australia’s Fires and Turkey’s Earthquakes: Feb.5–Feb.19 (before maintenance)
  
  
• Valentine’s Day Events: Feb. 5–Feb.26 (23:59 UTC)

• None

• Black Spirit's Adventure: UPGRADED
  
  • Gold Bar rewards for completing designated amount of laps during the event period have been distributed to the in-game mailbox (B) of those who qualify. Congratulations!

• Dark Rift Contraction has begun.
  
  • Due to the contraction period starting with this maintenance, the following bosses will no longer appear from the Dark Rift and all existing ones of its kind will disappear as well.
    
    • Giath
      
    • Dastard Bheg
      
    • Gehaku
      
    • Moghulis
      
    • Ancient Puturum
      
    • Ahib Griffon
  • Please stay tuned for further announcement on Dark Rift Contraction/Expansion periods.

• The amount of Max HP increased for Conquest Wars at Balenos, Serendia, Calpheon, Mediah, and Valencia Territory was increased from 500 to 5,000.
  
  • The Max HP will now be reduced by 500 each time when occupying each territory in succession.
    
    • E.g. If you were to occupy a certain territory, then the Max HP will be reduced from 5,000 to 4,500 when participating in the next Conquest War.

• The amount of Max HP increased per Conquest Level will now be displayed in the Territory information within the World Map (M).
  
  • The Conquest Level increases by 1 each time you occupy a territory, and the amount of Max HP increased will be reduced depending on the Conquest Level when participating in Conquest Wars. When a guild which had occupied a territory loses its territory due to being defeated at a Conquest War, the Max HP increase effect will be recovered by 500.
    
  • e.g. Guild "A" occupies the Valencia Territory for 4 consecutive weeks, and then the guild attempts to continue its streak for the 5th week of Conquest Wars (while receiving a Max HP of +3,000) but then is defeated. When participating in a Conquest War again after 3 weeks of preparations, guild "A" will now receive a Max HP +4,000 effect.
    

• The Max HP increase/decrease effects for participations in Conquest Wars only apply within the range of 0–5,000.
  
  • When you bring the mouse cursor over the question mark button on the occupying area of the Guild Information window, you can view the information about the Max HP increase for Conquest Wars and about the Max HP decrease for consecutively occupying territories. It will also show you the amount of Max HP you will have increased when your guild participates in Conquest Wars.

• The amount of Max HP increased for Node Wars was increased to 500.
  
  
• Bartering was added to Guild Rank > Ranking.
  
  
• Now, if your character dies near the Old Wisdom Tree and you choose to resurrect at the closest Town, your character will resurrect at the Old Wisdom Tree, instead of the Caduil Forest Path.
  
  
• New Adventure Log for celebrating Valentine's Day was added.
  
  • Now you are required to collect 1 type of item used to promise an eternal friendship instead of 2 types for completing Deve's Encyclopedia Book 6 Chapter 4.
    
  • Please refer to the event page above for details on the Valentine’s Day Adventure Log.

• The game client's memory was optimized.

• Fixed the issue where some parts of Polly's Forest appeared as Elsana Sea.
  
  
• Fixed the graphical issue where rocks appeared floating in some regions of Balenos Mountains.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where grass near Serendia Shrine and Iliya Island appeared floating.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the topography of a certain area of the Loopy Tree Forest was abnormal.

• You will now be able to search NPC Adelph, the Work Manager of Epheria, by using dFind NPC.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the appearance of Radolf Hansen, the Imperial Delivery NPC of Heidel, was abnormal.

• Fixed the issue where you could mount a guild mount even after leaving the guild.
  
  
• Ticking the Continuously use BreezySail checkbox will now allow you to use the skill while auto moving.
  
  • You can now remove that coin you had stuck in your keyboard. Use BreezySail conveniently, whenever you want to.
    
  • Added a text about the Continuously use BreezySail checkbox to the description that appears when you bring the mouse cursor over the BreezySail skill in Large Ship Information window.

• Revised the BreezySail skill description in Mount Info window to have more straightforwardly worded conditions for using the skill.
  
  
• Destroying any ship such as Raft, Rowboat, etc. in forced PvP mode will decrease your Karma by 200,000
  
  • However, Guild Galley will be excluded from this.

• Dream Horse Arduanatt's teeth color is now white.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the dyeing of the Granverre Leather Stirrups looked awkward.

Fixed the issue where you could hear steps and voice while the character was still when selecting Ranger, Sorceress, Tamer, or Lahn from the Character Creation window.

• You can now activate the Charging Thrust skill with Great Sword by pressing W + F.
  
  
• The number of Smash Attack hits of Grave Digging was increased by 1 hit.
  
  
• The PvE damage of Grave Digging and Black Spirit: Grave Digging was increased and their PvP damage was increased by 10%.
  
  
  
• The number of Chop Attack hits of Flow: Slashing the Dead was increased by 1 hit.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where not all Chop Attack damage of Flow: Slashing the Dead was applied in certain situations.
  
  
• The damage of Frenzied Strikes was increased.
  
  
  
• The number of hits of Armor Break when the skill's cooldown is over was increased by 2 hits.
  
  
• The damage of Flow: Armor Break was increased.
  
  
  
• Adjusted the hit damage of Pulverize and Black Spirit: Pulverize skills.
  
  
  
• Now, monster spinning effect will be applied on good hits when using Pulverize.
  
  
• The hit range of Pulverize and Flow: Tempest was changed to cover your character's surroundings. Now these skills will apply more hits than before.
  
  
• Now, Down Smash effect will be applied on good hits when using Flow: Tempest.
  
  
• You can now use Merciless during cooldown.
  
  
• Adjusted the damage of Prime: Scars of Dusk.
  
  
  
• Prime: Ground Smash's Bound effect will now be applied to PvE only.

The character balance adjustments we have started since our last updates do not only aim at finding the balance between Monster Zones and PvP, but also that between characters, and between Awakening and Succession. The last skill adjustments we made for some characters will be followed by Awakening-Succession adjustments, starting with Warrior.

Our main concern is to allow you to choose between Awakening and Succession depending on your individual preferences or tastes, instead of weighing these two for their damages or efficiencies. We will also do our best to release the Successions of other pending characters successfully.

• The Down Attack effect will now be applied normally when using Prime: Ultimate: Divine Power.

• Added the "Succession" content.
  
  • After Awakening the Witch or the Wizard, accept the quest "[Witch Succession] Word of Wisdom" or "[Wizard Succession] Infinite Intelligence" from the Black Spirit to start the Succession quest series.
    
  • You will learn the skill "Succession: Elemental Revelation" which will allow you to learn more powerful Staff skills.
    
  • You will no longer be able to use your Aad Sphera or Godr Sphera 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 are 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: Elemental Revelation," 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: Elemental Revelation."
    
  • To go from using Awakening to Succession skills, you need to reset your skills and relearn "Succession: Elemental Revelation."

• Added the "Succession" content.
  
  • After Awakening the Witch or the Wizard, accept the quest "[Witch Succession] Word of Wisdom" or "[Wizard Succession] Infinite Intelligence" from the Black Spirit to start the Succession quest series.
    
  • You will learn the skill "Succession: Elemental Revelation" which will allow you to learn more powerful Staff skills.
    
  • You will no longer be able to use your Aad Sphera or Godr Sphera 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 are 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: Elemental Revelation," 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: Elemental Revelation."
    
  • To go from using Awakening to Succession skills, you need to reset your skills and relearn "Succession: Elemental Revelation."

• Fixed the issue where pressing E after using Hellfire activated Flame Knot instead of Lava Field.

• The skill damage and the visual effect will now coincide when using Black Spirit: Prime: Obsidian Ashe.

• During a Node/Conquest War, if a Shai who is not participating uses Over Here!, the skill will not block external attacks anymore.

• Added a text to Juggernaut: Smite's skill description saying you can use the skill in a combo after using Sturdy Step.

• Added Simple Alchemical Formula for Concentrated Magical Black Stone (Weapon) and Concentrated Magical Black Stone (Armor).
  
  • You can purchase the Old Moon Solvent from an Old Moon Manager NPC for 100,000 Silver.
    

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

• Some bees have gathered near Florin and additional Wooden Beehives were created.

• The My Information (P) window was simplified.
  
  • The default size has been adjusted so that it will not take up too much space in the game screen.
    
  • Major information will be displayed as icons. You can view the details of the icons by bringing your mouse cursor over the icons.
    
  • You can still adjust the size of the window.
    

• The Combat Fame tooltip will now appear near the Combat Fame icon in the Basic tab of the My Information (P) window.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the Forest Path Wagon Flag icon would be displayed incorrectly on the Crafting Notes (F2).
  
  
• When you close and re-open the chat window while you can select the type of chat, the UI for selecting the chat type will now be closed when the chat window is opened up again.
  
  
• Added a notification which is displayed when you defeat an opposing guild's guild member during a Guild War.
  
  • You can move, turn on, or turn off the notification through the Edit UI menu.
    

Defeating an enemy during a war is not a walk in the park. This was prepared for that moment of hard-earned victory.

• The size of the button for opening up the Barter Information window was changed at the Wharf's Load Cargo window for better visibility.
  
  
  
• Added a description about conditions for automatically using BreezySail.
  Skilled Lv. 1 or above in Sailing, Ship Durability 50% or higher, mount inventory weight less than 100%
  
  
• The Halloween Adventure Log's book design was revamped, due to being changed into an event adventure log.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the "Retrieve All" button would overlap with the description text of the Farming guide text when it was too long within the Installation List window in Place Mode.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the graph was incorrectly displayed on the Quotation Board for Trading.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the name of the Party Leader in the Find Party UI would be displayed as another party member's name.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the description from the Skill Add-on text bubble would not match the actual effects of the skill add-on.
  
  
• Fixed the issue within the My Information window where the button on months without journal entries in the Journal tab was not being highlighted correctly.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where continuous processing would not work in the Storage when attempting continuous processing with an item which does not stack.
  
  
• Changed the layout of the Crop Information UI. The gauges will be displayed from top to bottom in order, and the size of the UI has been adjusted.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where an abnormal text would be displayed when changing the Manage Workers window to the sticky UI mode while the World Map is opened.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the interaction key (R) in the NPC conversation window would not be activated for quests after having a conversation with an NPC using the R key.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where tooltips for furniture would not appear properly in houses when there was too much furniture installed.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the automatic town resurrection time would not be applied when the time waiting for revival would have elapsed completely while in spectator mode or viewing your ally's perspective after dying in a Node/Conquest War.

• 
  You can now set the quantity of the item with the number pad when purchasing an item at the Pearl Shop (F3).
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the line break of quest description became abnormal after adjusting My Information (P) window size.
  
  
• The Display Name settings for Chat window will now appear normal when Loading Preset.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the following outfit looked awkward in certain situations when equipping it.
  
  • [Dark Knight] Eclipse

• Fixed the issue where Frost Iron Jordun's appearance looked awkward.

• Fixed an issue where the invincible effect from using the skill Command to Gather during Node/Conquest War would linger even when switching to combat stance.

• We are aware of the issue where the icon and text of Sweet Honey Wine’s Usage in Crafting Notes are not being displayed properly. This issue will be fixed by the February 19th maintenance.
  
  
• We are aware of the graphical issue where the icon of the event item required to progress in chapter 5 of the Valentine’s Day Adventure Log appears to be cut-off. This is a graphical issue only and will not hinder your progress of the log. This issue will be resolved in the near future.

• We are aware of the issue where the location of the NPC Jarette changed when completing the quest "What Happened that Day" from the main quest line "[The Great Expedition] Oquilla's Eye," and it wasn't possible to complete the quest "[Event] Lovely Jarette" normally.
  
  • In case this issue occurs, please complete up to the quest "The True Culprit" from the main quest line "[The Great Expedition] Oquilla's Eye," and you will be able to start the quest normally for now. We will resolve the issue shortly.

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 Wizard and Witch will be added, and the level-up challenge for these classes will begin.
  
• Valentine's Day Adventure Log will be added.
  
• Fairy's Faves event will start.
  
• Loyal Attendance rewards will be refreshed.
  
• Dark Rift contraction period will start where Giath, Dastard Bheg, Gehaku, Moghulis, Ancient Puturum, and Ahib Griffon will no longer appear from the Dark Rift until further notice.
  
• The amount of Max HP increased for Conquest Wars at Balenos, Serendia, Calpheon, Mediah, and Valencia Territory will increase.

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


Best regards,
BDO Team

Period: February 5 (After Maintenance)–February 19 (Before Maintenance)

The fires have already burned through millions of hectares of bushes, forests, and parks across Australia, taking the lives of more than thirty people and more than one billion animals and destroying thousands of homes.

In Turkey, the recent deadly earthquake strikes left hundreds of buildings in rubble, taking the lives of many and injuring thousands more.

We want to show our sincere sympathies to the victims of the global catastrophes together with our adventurers. All serviced regions of Black Desert Online and Black Desert Mobile will take part in this charity event where up to ￦ 100,000,000 (Korean Won) will be donated to the victims of Australia's Fire and Turkey’s Earthquakes.

Here’s How to Participate

Every [Event] Charity Token purchased by every adventurer who participates will be tallied up towards the donation made for the victims of Australia’s fires and Turkey’s earthquakes.

• [Event] Charity Token can be purchased from Lara in Heidel for 1,000,000 Silver each.
  
• Please note [Event] Charity Token item will be deleted when the event period ends.
  
• Special titles will be given for adventurers in following cases:
  - The title Angel is in ‘Hex Pale Turquoise’ color.

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In addition to the "Wingless Angel" title, [Event] Lara's Warm Black Tea x1 will be given as an additional reward to all those who have purchased at least one [Event] Charity Token.

Please note titles given as rewards in this event will be sent directly to your My Information (P) > Title section on the regular maintenance on Feb. 26th.

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In addition, Lara will give you a special quest which you can complete by turning in [Event] Charity Token items for a special reward.

• This quest is available once per Family.
  
• [Event] Sprout of Life gives Interior Points +25, Energy Recovery +1 for 2 hours, and has 5 Durability.

Below you can find the donation tracker update daily.

This includes total accumulated sum for both Black Desert Online and Black Desert Mobile players.

Depending on the total amount of [Event] Charity Token collected from adventurers from all participating regions of Black Desert Online and Black Desert Mobile, the donation amount will be tallied with the maximum target number as below:

Thank you for participating in the charity event "Join us to aid Victims of Australia's Fires and Turkey's Earthquakes." We have reached the goal in seven days since the event started.
Thanks to your heartwarming support, we will be able to help those who have lost their homes and are still suffering the outcome of the catastrophes.
We will continue doing our best to convey your sincerest support and love throughout the remaining event period.

Due to GDPR, we cannot currently reveal the Family Name of the Top 10 donators list. These individuals will receive a separate email at the end of the event asking for consent to have their Family Names shown. The Top 10 donators can of course choose not to have their Family Names shown and reveal only the number of [Event] Charity Token items purchased.

The special in-game title ‘Angel’ will be given to top 10 donators of each region (NA and EU respectively). The titles will be sent with the following maintenance after the event ends and you will be able to claim your title from the Title tab under My Information (P) directly.

Thank you for taking part in this collective effort to overcome a global crisis. Your donation will help to heal damages caused by the catastrophes and strengthen those in devastation.

• This charity event is a collective event with every region of Black Desert Online and Black Desert Mobile participating. The total donation amount will be determined by the number of [Event] Charity Token reached.
  
  
• [Updated 2/12] As General Goods Vendor NPC Seiri also sells [Event] Charity Tokens, please note that [Event] Charity Tokens purchased from Lara in Heidel and Seiri in Duvencrune will also count and be tallied up.
  
  
• For top 10 donators on the list, Kakao Games EU B.V. will be sending a separate email at the end of the event period to ask for written consent to have your Family Name exposed publicly. If you do not wish to have your Family Name shown on the Top 10 list, please do reply stating this fact to the email received. Please note that even if your Family Name is not shown, you are still eligible to receive the special in-game title awarded to Top 10 donators of each region.
  
  
• [Updated 2/11] Donations of money by Pearl Abyss to aid the victims of Australia’s fires will be made to NSW RURAL FIRE SERVICE, and AKUT Search and Rescue Association for Turkey’s earthquakes.
  
  
• Reward items given out through events can be Bound or not depending on the items. Thus, some items cannot be Moved or Restored. Please check the description of the item to confirm if it's Bound or not.
  
  
• Any exploit or abnormal ways of entering in-game events may result in the restriction of your account.
  
  
• Event period and specs. may change with future notice.
  
  
• Thank you once again for helping us in the good cause.

Greetings Adventurers,

The Guardian awakens this week and gets access to Jordun, a massive polearm that will crush all her enemies! And to accompany this awakening, we have a lot of events for you!
Talking about events, Valentine’s Day is almost here, which means it’s time for love and chocolate related events as well!
That’s not all, keep reading the patch notes to learn more about Cliff’s weapon quests for new and returning players, the charity event, Theia’s Orb, class balance and more.

• Guardian Awakening Events
  
  • Event 1: Level up your Guardian, Part 2
    
    • Feb. 5 (after maintenance)–Feb. 26 (before maintenance)
      
    • Level up your Guardian to Lv.58, 59, 60, and 61 and claim your rewards via Challenges tab (Y).
  • Event 2: Accessories for Syrmin
    
    • Feb. 5 (after maintenance)–Feb. 19 (before maintenance)
      
    • Complete the event quest to get Item Collection Increase Scrolls.
  • Event 3: Ynix Seed’s Power
    
    • Feb. 5 (after maintenance)–Feb. 19 (before maintenance)
      
    • Interact with Ynix Seed to enjoy Combat EXP, Skill EXP, and Item Drop Rate boosts.
  • Event 4: Unstable Ember
    
    • Feb. 6 (00:00 UTC)–Feb. 19 (before maintenance)
      
    • Obtain materials and combine to exchange for Cron Stones.
  Click < Here > for full details.

• Charity Event: Join us to aid Victims of Australia’s Fires and Turkey’s Earthquakes
  
  • Period: February 5 (After Maintenance)–February 19 (Before Maintenance)
    
  • We want to show our sincere sympathies to the victims of the global catastrophes from the Australia’s fires and Turkey’s earthquakes together with our adventurers. All serviced regions of Black Desert Online and Black Desert Mobile will take part in this charity event.
    
  • Click < Here > to see how you can help.

• Valentine’s Day Events
  
  • Event 1: Chocolate Fun
    
    • Feb. 5 (after maintenance)–Feb. 26 (before maintenance)
      
    • Defeat monsters or gather [Event] Cacao which can be processed and combined with other ingredients to make [Event] Cacao Chocolate.
  • Event 2: Love in a Bottle
    
    • Feb. 5 (after maintenance)–Feb. 19 (before maintenance)
      
    • Fish to get [Event] Message in a Bottle which you can right-click to open to receive various quests to complete for rewards or items that can be sold at NPC shops.
  • Event 3: Letter to a Fellow Adventurer
    
    • Feb. 6 (00:00 UTC)–Feb. 26 (23:59 UTC)
      
    • Play an hour a day to complete the special Challenge and receive the reward [Event] Sweet Gift Letter via Challenges tab (Y)
      
    • Please make sure to enter the Character Name (Not Family Name) of the receiver of your gift letter!
  • Click < Here > for the full details.

• Get Cliff’s Weapons
  
  • A permanent addition.
    
  • Special quests to obtain Cliff's Main/Sub/Awakening Weapon (+15) Box are available for New and Returning adventurers.
    
  • Click < Here > for the full event details.

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

• Guardian Pre-creation Event: Create & Win!
  
  • Congratulations to the winners! Please check your in-game mailbox (B) for your rewards.

• All existing gear currently equipped by or in the Inventory of your Trial Characters will be deleted. Please note the gear sold from <Vendor for Trial Characters> Haz will be simplified.
  
  • This deletion includes gear for characters already deleted and characters pending for deletion.

• Changed the minimum level at which you can reset all skills, from Lv. 55 to Lv. 56.
  
  • Given this change, the requirement for using Armstrong’s Skill Guide was changed to Lv. 57 and the relevant description was fixed accordingly.

• Increased the max EXP you can obtain within Olvia server as below.
  
  
  
• Fixed the issue where you could not load saved settings to the Setting Archive even when there are files you can import.
  
  
• Optimized certain functions of the game to decrease the amount of memory used.

• Unified the staggering action that all classes do when Emergency Escape (V) ends.

• Fixed the issue where the dyeing of the cape looked awkward when dyeing the Bolyn armor.

• Fixed the graphical issue where the cape looked awkward when equipping the Lephria outfit.
  
  
• The Down Attack effect was removed from Prime: Ultimate: Blasting Gust.
  
  
• Changed the following skill's number of hits.
  
  
  
• The cooldown times for Prime: Charging Wind I, II, and III were changed to 7 sec, 6 sec, and 5 sec.
  
  
• The Super Armor effect will no longer be applied when charging during Prime: Charging Wind's cooldown.
  
  
• PvP damage reduction will now be applied to Prime: Charging Wind I, II, and III's cumulative damage.

• Fixed the issue where the Trilby Hat was covered by the outfit when equipping the Trilby Hat and the Khilath armor at the same time.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where a certain part of the hair looked unnatural when equipping the Cartian Helmet.
  
  
• Fixed the graphical issue with the Glorious Shudad outfit's pants.
  
  
• Given that the PvP damage of when instantly activating Prime: Abyssal Flame in certain situations was changed from cumulative damage to normal damage, the relevant damage decreased by 35% compared to before.
  
  
• The PvP damage of Prime: Bloody Calamity decreased by 39%.
  
  
• The PvP damage of Prime: Dark Flame decreased by 28%.
  
  • Accordingly, the PvP damage of Succession: Ultimate: Dark Flame also decreased.

• The number of hits decreased by 1 hit for when instantly activating the last hit of Prime: Black Wave by consuming a shard, during PvP.

• Improvements were made for Berserker
  
  • A successive attack with Smack Down can now be rapidly used in combos while using Prime: Tackling Rock when Flow: Beastly Instincts is learned.
    
  • The movement speed while using Prime: Raging Thunder is now faster.
    
  • A successive attack with Beastly Wind Slash, Fierce Strike, or Frenzied Destroyer can now be rapidly used in combos after using the Rock Smash Succession skill.
    
  • The PVP damage of Prime: Frenzied Destroyer's last hit was increased by 25%.
    
  • The PVP damage of Prime: Fierce Strike's regular hit was increased by 15% and the PVP damage of its additional hit was increased by 20%.
    
  • The PVP damage of Prime: Beastly Wind Slash's hit was increased by 20%.
    
  • Fixed the issue where the hit damage dealt with Ultimate: Beastly Wind Slash, when Extreme: Beastly Wind Slash was learned, was too low.
    
  • The number of hits described when using Lava Piercer I, II now equals the actual number of hits.
    
  • Fixed the issue where you could use Prime: Frenzied Destroyer's Double Smash consecutively even when you had insufficient WP.
    
  • Fixed the issue where Claw Scar's recovery effect was not applied during cooldown when using Prime: Fierce Strike.
    
  • Fixed the issue where the WP was abnormally recovered when attacking with Prime: Fierce Strike while Claw Scar was learned.
    
  • Added a text that explains it is not possible to recover the WP during cooldown to Prime: Fierce Strike's skill description.
    
  • Fixed the issue where damage could not be inflicted when using Beastly Wind Slash after taking the Beast Form while Prime: Beastly Wind Slash was not learned.
    
  • Fixed the issue where damage proportional to Max WP was not applied when using Fierce Strike with insufficient WP after learning Ultimate: Elastic Force.
    
  • Claw Scar's recovery effect will now be applied to every hit when using Fierce Strike.
    Tackling Rock will now be activated first when pressing W + F after using Storming Beast or Fierce Strike.
    
  • Fixed the typo in Prime: Storming Beast's skill description.
    
  • Fixed the issue where the damage dealt with Raging Thunder IV, V, VI, or Absolute: Raging Thunder while mounted was too low.
    
  • Fixed the issue where the last hit's knockback effect was not applied when using Raging Thunder I or II while mounted.
    
  • Fixed the issue where the last hit's knockdown effect was not applied when using Raging Thunder III, IV, V, VI, or Absolute: Raging Thunder while mounted.
    
  • Fixed the issue where the max number of Raging Thunder that can be dealt while mounted did not match the skill description.
    
  • Added a description of Raging Thunder and Prime: Raging Thunder's mounted hit.
    
  • Fixed the issue where the number of hits applied was less than what's specified in the skill description when using Fearsome Tyrant I, II, III, or Absolute: Fearsome Tyrant while mounted.
    
  • Claw Scar's recovery effect will now be applied to every hit when using Prime: Fierce Strike while mounted.
    
  • Fixed the issue where the WP was not consumed during cooldown when using Prime: Fierce Strike while mounted.
    
  • Fixed the issue where your character became briefly invisible when entering the water while on Prime: Beast Form.

In order to improve the way in which Berserker's attacks couldn't be connected smoothly in combos, we changed the connecting actions to look more natural. The PvP damage of certain skills was also changed.

We will continue with our balance adjustments. Any opinion on these issues will be greatly appreciated.

• Fixed the issue where the dyeing of the Khaled Axe looked unnatural.

• Fixed the issue where the dyeing of the Rabbit Underwear looked awkward.

• Fixed the issue where the graphics on the chest area would appear broken when equipping the Atanis Armor and the Lahr Arcien Underwear A together.
  
  
• The PvP damage for the Ultimate: Divine Power skill, which is used as a combo after using the Prime: Divine Power skill, was reduced by approximately 64%.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the character's movement would be unnatural when holding in Shift + Q + W after using Shield Chase.

• Fixed the issue where the text about PvP reduction effect was missing in the following skill descriptions.
  
  • Flow: Gorr Roll
    
  • Flow: Gorr Launch
    
  • Flow: Voltaic Tett
    
  • Flow: Rage Tett

• Fixed the issue where the text about PvP reduction effect was missing in the following skill descriptions.
  
  • Flow: Arne’s Guidance
    
  • Flow: Arne’s Stream
    
  • Flow: Fire Fist Marg
    
  • Flow: Fire Breath Marg

• Fixed the issue where the 1st hit's range differed from the other hits' ranges when using Cataclysm II.
  
  
• You can now use the Teleport skill in succession after using the Hellfire skill.

• The MP/WP/SP Reduction effect that used to affect the target when using Prime: Blooming will now be activated only on good first hit rather than on good extra hit.
  
  
• The PvP damage of Prime: Blooming was reduced by 23%.

• Fixed the issue where the waist area would appear as if there were a hole when wearing the Ladybell clothes.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the hair area would appear empty when wearing the Te'enah Headpiece.

• Kunoichi and Ninja's basic faces are now more attractive than before.
  
  • Changed the appearance of Kunoichi and Ninja's 4th faces. Each will be applied as each class's basic face.
    
  • Given the changes in Kunoichi and Ninja's basic faces, all adventurers who have connected to the game more than once between Jan 5, 2019 (00:00 UTC)–Feb 5, 2020 (09:00 UTC) will be given an Appearance Change Coupon (1 Time).
    
  • Please claim the item from your in-game mailbox (B) before Mar 4, 2020 (09:00 UTC) or the coupon will disappear.

• The cooldown for the Prime: Shuriken Malice IV and Prime: Evasive Shuriken Malice skill was increased by 1 second.
  
  
• The Accuracy Rate adjustment effect for Prime: Blade Spin I, II, and III was changed like the following.
  
  
  
• The air attack damage was removed for Prime: Black Moonlight and Prime: Beheading the Dead, and the Accuracy Rate adjustment effect was also removed for these skills.
  
  
• The Accuracy Rate adjustment effect was removed for Prime: Shuriken Flight and Prime: Fatal Blow.
  
  
• Upon Succession, the Shadow Clone skill will activate first instead of the Smokescreen skill when pressing the spacebar after using the Shadow Stomp skill.

• Kunoichi and Ninja's basic faces are now more attractive than before.
  
  • Changed the appearance of Kunoichi and Ninja's 4th faces. Each will be applied as each class's basic face.
    
  • Given the changes in Kunoichi and Ninja's basic faces, all adventurers who have connected to the game more than once between Jan 5, 2019 (00:00 UTC)–Feb 5, 2020 (09:00 UTC) will be given an Appearance Change Coupon (1 Time).
    
  • Please claim the item from your in-game mailbox (B) before Mar 4, 2020 (09:00 UTC) or the coupon will disappear.

• Fixed the issue where some parts of the hair would appear cut under certain situations when equipped with the Ayo Helmet.

• Fixed the issue where MP would be consumed when using the Unveiled Dagger skill during cooldown.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where hair 15 would appear graphically broken for the Dark Knight.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where a certain part of the Ataraxia Clothes would be cut off when simultaneously equipped with Ataraxia Clothes and Purnado Shoes.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where HP Recovery would not be applied when using the Prime: Lunacy of Vedir skill on a mount.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where using the Succession: Imperious Command skill while on a mount would result in using the Imperious Command skill.

• Fixed the issue where the graphics would appear broken when simultaneously equipped with the Crayodel Soldier Uniform and Glorious Shudad Ra'ghon.

• Fixed the typo for the skill descriptions for Rage Absorption (Innate).

• Slayer of the Light, Guardian Awakening is now available.
  
  • Accept the quest "[Guardian Awakening] Storm of Oblivion" from the Black Spirit and complete the consecutive quests with a Guardian of Lv. 56 or higher to awaken the Guardian.
    
  • Upon completing the awakening quest for Guardian, the title ‘Slayer of the Light’ will be given.

• Fixed the issue where the character would look awkward in certain situations when equipped with the following outfits.
  
  • Da-Dum Da-Dum Diving Suit
    
  • Venecil Dress
    
  • Desert Camouflage

• Fixed the issue where the shield for the Treant Camouflage would look unnatural in the Dye (J) window.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the Critical Hit Rate increase effect for Flame of the Calling would not be applied when using the jump attack for Frost Strike.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the WP recovery effect would not be applied when attacking enemies on the right side while using the Fierce Disdain skill.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the reduced speed effect (Movement, Attack, Casting Speeds) for Flame of the Calling would not be applied on targets hit with the Merciless Kick skill.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the increased speed effect would not be applied when sprinting after on Guard, while the Juggernaut I skill was already learned.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the increased Critical Hit Rate effect for Flame of the Calling would not be applied on the headbutt attack which is activated when pressing F or RMB while using the Chokeslam skill.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the charge effect would not be applied on monsters when using the Black Blood Circle I skill.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where occasionally the incorrect animation effects would be displayed when switching weapons.
  
  
• Descriptions about the Bound effect for the 4th hit for Frost Strike was added to the skill description.
  
  
• Frost Strike was added to the list of dual-hand attack skills in the skill description for Dragon's Calling.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the HP Recovery effect of Flame of the Calling would be applied to the 3rd forward hit for Frost Strike.
  
  
• The skill recovery effect (excluding the HP Recovery effect of Flame of the Calling) will now be properly applied on the 2nd hit of Boulder Crush.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the recovery effect of Flame of the Calling would be applied when successfully landing the 2nd hit during cooldown of Boulder Crush.
  
  
• The reduced speed levels (for Movement, Attack, Casting Speeds) will now properly reflect as it is written in the skill descriptions for Axe Throw I, II, III.
  
  
• The Bound effect when hitting targets with the Black Blood's Descent skill will now be applied properly.
  
  
• The number of hits for Black Blood's Descent III and Absolute: Black Blood's Descent will now match the number of hits written in the skill descriptions.
  
  
• The recovery effect for the Flow: Black Blood Eruption skill will now be applied upon the number of hits as written on the skill description.
  
  
• The knockdown description was added for successful hits on the Black Spirit: Black Blood Circle skill description.
  
  
• The damage for the final hit and the DP reduction effect will be applied properly according to the level as written in the description for the Savage Hack skill.
  
  
• Jump attacks and the Foretold Encounter skill will now properly be activated even when used on a slightly elevated location.
  
  
• The skill lock feature for the Rockslide I skill was removed, and it is now applied to the Rockslide II and III skills.
  
  
• Added a description about the Forward Guard effect not being applied during the cooldown of the Claw Reveal skill.

• You can now use Item Branding Scroll -> Item Brand Spell Stone on tool items which can be repaired such as the Manos Lumbering Axe.
  
  
• Added the item information of Forest Path Wagon Wheel, Forest Path Wagon Cover, Forest Path Wagon Flag, Forest Path Wagon Badge, and Krogdalo's Origin Stone on the Crafting Notes (F2) list.
  
  
• Increased the chances of obtaining the Brilliant Fairy Wings from the Sealed Fairy Wings by 2 times.
  
  
• Reduced the required EXP per level for Brilliant Fairy Laila by 15%.
  
  • Therefore, adventurers who already have Brilliant Fairy Laila may see EXP exceeding 100% in the Fairy window depending on how much EXP you had.
    
  • If the EXP indicates more than 100%, then you can go up to the next level by using Grow Fairy through the use of Honey Wine or green grade equipment.

• The amount of Durability recovered for Artisan's Memory will be properly displayed on the item descriptions for Forest's Eye Earring, Red Sand Crystal Ring, and Rock Heart Belt.
  
  
• The description for [Guardian] Loranne Bikini was added to the description for the [Event] Loranne Bikini Box.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where using the [Event] Traces of a Festival would cancel Emergency Escape.
  
  
  

• Added the new item, Theiah's Orb, which allows you to change fairy skills.
  
  • You can change the skills learned in the Fairy Information window by using Theiah's Orb.
    
  • The number of Theiah's Orbs needed depends on the number of skills the Fairy has.
    
  • Theiah’s Orb is currently available as a Pearl item sold under the in-game Pearl Shop (F3).
    

• Simplified the goods sold by NPC Haz.
  
  
• [Guardian] Mueburus Classic Set will be available from [Event] Classic Outfit Box items. Right-click on the [Event] Classic Outfit Box to obtain the classic outfit set suitable for your class.
  
  
• For details on newly added Pearl Shop Update, please click < Here >!

• Family Name Change Coupon's purchase limit has been removed.

• Increased the damage received when mounts (cannons and ships) enter Oquilla's Eye during guild subjugation against Khan by 670%.
  
  • Damage from entering Oquilla's Eye during guild subjugation against Khan affects all players, not only the guild members participating, so please be careful not to enter the area during this period.

• The Black Crystal Cannon from defeating Black Crystal Seaweeds summoned by Khan can now only be obtained by the player who inflicted the most damage.
  
  
• Decreased the chance to receive Rumbling Earth Shard from Manshaum Forest and Forest Ronaros areas by 50%.
  
  
• Monsters in Star's End do not drop Ancient Magic Crystal of Nature - Adamantine anymore.
  
  
• More monsters were added to the outskirts of the Blood Wolf Settlement.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where Sensitive Giant Elks in Balenos' Sniper Rifle Hunting Zone could be hunted at once regardless of their striking part.

• Added "Recover 200 Energy" to the reward of the Savage Rift quest "[Repeat] Face the Endless Army."
  
  • "[Repeat] Face the Endless Army" is a daily repeat quest you can get from Juana Teron in the Savage Rift.
    
  • Monsters in the Savage Rift cannot be damaged easily with ordinary attacks. Purchase and use Matchlocks or Flame Towers available in the Savage Rift.
    
  • You can receive the quest again after 00:00 UTC.

• Fixed the issue where the quest completion NPC for the "Leader of the Ahib" quest was at an abnormal location.

• Fixed the issue where the Buff UI sometimes disappeared.
  
  
• Changed the UI for very hard bosses from Expanded Dark Rifts so they will now be easier to differentiate.
  
  
• You can now properly sell mount related items to shops while on mounts.
  
  
• Added a pop up description to the barter information button in the Load Cargo UI.
  
  
• Updated the following UIs.
  
  • Setting Archive
    
  • Edit UI

• Changed the location of the buttons at the bottom of the Processing window.
  
  
• Items from the Camping Containers can now only be moved to your inventory by pressing RMB.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the Camping Container did not open when the Inventory (I) was set as a Sticker UI.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the level numbers in the image for Dark Rifts overlapped.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the local tax settings changed in the Lord Information UI when logging into the game.
  
  
• Updated the following UIs.
  
  • Manage Furniture
    
  • Crop Management
    
  • War Installation

• RMB on the following items will now open the Fairy Information UI.
  
  • Fairy Queen's Might
    
  • Sweet Honey Wine
    
  • Ornette's Dark Honey Wine
    
  • Theiah's Orb

• Fixed the message displayed when you try to change to a character repairing or resting in their residence to display the correct content depending on the situation.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where mouse cursor scroll did not work in the NPC dialogue UI if there are too many lines in the quest, guide, and chat list.
  
  
• Messages for when you obtain, learn, accept, forfeit, contract, and perform will now be displayed in front of other UI elements.
  
  
• Fixed the icons in the Lord menu's Tax Rate tab.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the description of promotions in the Manage Workers UI did not fit in the window.
  
  
• Fixed the unnatural location of keys displayed during the Fishing minigame.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where all search results during ESC menu search had the NEW mark them.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the effects did not fit the window when you change the size of the Skill Guide UI.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the minimap disappeared when you set the minimap to 3D and level up after level 7.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where you could not click other UI elements when you click quickly in the Trade Bargain minigame.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where random appearance did not apply when you select a certain appearance during pet exchange.
  
  
• You can now continue with enhancement with the same Black Stone using the following Black Stones even after a successful enhancement.
  
  • Stabilized Magical Black Stone
    
  • Cleansed Magical Black Stone
    
  • Pure Magical Black Stone

• Fixed the issue where the War Installation Info window showed up abnormally when installing a War Installation through an allied guild during Node/Conquest War.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the effect appeared abnormal when adding in the same material repeatedly in Cooking or Alchemy windows.
  
  
• Removed the quests in progress that appear on the bottom of the Disconnect (End Game) window. Now a maximum of 2 most recently completed quests will be shown.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the numbers did not appear correctly in the Disconnect (End Game) window when a character's Enhancement Chance was greater than 100.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where Serendia Territory's Local Tax section would sometimes become invisible in the Adjust Rate tab from the Lord menu.

• [Sorceress] Fixed the typo in the skill description for Black Spirit: Prime: Bloody Calamity.
  
  
• Attempting to activate Forced PvP mode in Olvia servers will now display a message saying you cannot activate the mode.
  
  
• Fixed the abnormal navigation route to Altinova's Black Spirit's Training NPC Jamey Drucker.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where Activate Alc. Stone buff did not apply when you changed to a different type of Alchemy Stone.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the trajectory for the Ballista and Hwacha used in Node Wars and Conquest Wars did not properly show.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where you could create a Guild Alliance after building a fort and then changing servers.
  
  • Fixed the issue where allied guilds could not see the status of enemy forts or damage them due to the above issue.

• Fixed the issue where the name of <Iliyan Vigilante> Juana Teron's name was not displayed.
  
  
• Fixed Crafting Notes to not mention wrong NPCs.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where some trees were floating in parts of Garmoth's lair.
  
  
• Fixed Hotkeys to not work when searching within the Help UI.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the pop up description for the pet exchange button did not show the correct information.
  
  
• Fixed the villa buff window to close when you retrieve your campsite.
  
  
• Fixed the typo in the description of the Fairy skill Tingling Breath III.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where Change Appearance did not work properly for the Emperor Hawk pet.
  
  • Appearance change for the Emperor Hawk will be properly applied when Appearance Coupon is used or tier change via exchange is done after today's maintenance.

• Fixed the issue where a Tier 3 or 4 Emperor Hawk pet sat on a character’s shoulder.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where activating the altar in the Altar of Blood caused the screen to flash.

• Fixed an issue where the time for automatic resurrection at the closest town was being applied when dying in locations where Node/Conquest War was not in-progress.
  
  
• Fixed an issue where the time for automatic resurrection at the closest town was not being applied when a character died during Node/Conquest War.

• We are aware of the issue where trying to perform continuous processing on an item that cannot be stacked in the same slot of your inventory does not work properly.
  
  • Please note that this issue will be fixed by the next maintenance.

• We are aware of the issue where the “About” button in the Fairy Skill Change window is not being displayed properly.
  
  • Please note that this issue will be fixed by the next maintenance.

• We are aware of the issue where the “Close” string is not being displayed properly while in Place Mode.
  
  • Please note that this issue will be fixed by the next maintenance.

• We are aware that the 10% Discount Coupon that's included in the [Event] Master Trainer Haetae, [Event] Valentine's Day Horse Pack, and [Event] Horse Charming in Shining Armor package items cannot be redeemed. This will be fixed as soon as possible.

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With her Awakening, the Guardian wields the Jordun, 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.

Guardian Awakening Events
https://www.blackdesertonline.com/news/view/3558

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.

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