Greetings, adventurers!

For the first time ever in four years of service for Black Desert Online in Europe and North America, a 100% game pass sale will be held over a period of five days; if you don't own the game yet, you will be eligible to receive a free Starter’s Package, and keep it forever!


https://store.steampowered.com/app/582660/Black_Desert_Online/

• You cannot receive a free game pass in this promotional period if you already own a Black Desert Online game pass of any kind.
  
• This 100% game pass sale is available to users who have joined Black Desert Online through both main and Steam platforms.
  
• The game pass (Starter’s Package) will start being distributed between February 27 16:00 CET/07:00 PST/10:00 EST/15:00 UTC–March 2 16:00 CET/07:00 PST/10:00 EST/15:00 UTC, the same period of the 100% game pass sale.
  
• You will get the game for free once you download and open the game at least once.
  
• For account holders on the main website platform, you can check your game pass status after logging into your account from Account > Account Info > Game Access.
  
• Any exploitive or abnormal ways of entering the event may result in disqualification to the event.

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Period: February 26 (after maintenance)–March 18 (before maintenance)

During the event period of 3 weeks, enjoy the following EXP boosts in every server including Olvia and Arsha servers. No matter where you take your adventures in, you will be able to enjoy the same EXP boosts!


The boosts will run 24/7 which means they will be in effect from February 26 09:00 UTC to March 18 09:00 UTC.

Boosts will stack with the existing EXP increase effects such as Item Collection Increase Scroll, Blessed Message Scroll (100 min), Mercenary’s Skill, Elixirs, and Value Packs. However, please note that the Super Fever Time boosts will replace the current Fever Time boosts as well as previous Olvia and Arsha server boosts.

Combat EXP boost in this event does not apply to characters below level 50. However Skill EXP boost, Life EXP boost, and Item Drop Rate boosts are not restricted by level.

EXP gained as quest completion reward is not affected by the EXP boosts above.

Period: February 26 (after maintenance)–March 11 (before maintenance)

[Part 1]

Extra Vell Spawn
• During the event period, Vell will spawn once more on Saturday!
- February 29 and March 7 are the two Saturdays with extra Vell spawn.


[Part 2]

Get [Event] Shiny Ring
• During the event period, defeat the following world bosses to obtain [Event] Shiny Ring by chance.

• Kzarka
  
• Nouver
  
• Kutum
  
• Karanda

You can exchange [Event] Shiny Ring for Belongings of an Adventurer with Jeweler Marsella in Velia.


Open Belongings of an Adventurer to randomly obtain 1 of the following items:
TET : Ogre Ring, TET : Laytenn's Power Stone, TET : Eye of the Ruins Ring, TET : Orkinrad's Belt, TET : Valtarra Eclipsed Belt, TET : Narc Ear Accessory, TET : Basilisk's Belt, TET : Ring of Crescent Guardian, TRI : Ogre Ring, TRI : Laytenn's Power Stone, TRI : Eye of the Ruins Ring, TRI : Orkinrad's Belt, TRI : Valtarra Eclipsed Belt, TRI : Narc Ear Accessory, TRI : Basilisk's Belt, TRI : Ring of Crescent Guardian, DUO : Ogre Ring, DUO : Laytenn's Power Stone, DUO : Eye of the Ruins Ring, DUO : Orkinrad's Belt, DUO : Valtarra Eclipsed Belt, DUO : Narc Ear Accessory, DUO : Basilisk's Belt, DUO : Ring of Crescent Guardian, PRI : Ogre Ring, PRI : Laytenn's Power Stone, PRI : Eye of the Ruins Ring, PRI : Orkinrad's Belt, PRI : Valtarra Eclipsed Belt, PRI : Narc Ear Accessory, PRI : Basilisk's Belt, PRI : Ring of Crescent Guardian, Ogre Ring, Laytenn's Power Stone, Eye of the Ruins Ring, Orkinrad's Belt, Valtarra Eclipsed Belt, Narc Ear Accessory, Basilisk's Belt, Ring of Crescent Guardian

Period: February 26 (after maintenance)–March 11 (before maintenance)

Lara at Heidel has four requests for you! Carry out the special quests offered by Lara for big rewards!

• All special quests are available once per family during the entire event period.
  
• Please accept and complete the quests from NPC Lara.
  
• [Event] Serendian Token of Protection can be obtained as loot for defeating world boss Kzarka.

Open [Event] Rare Tungrad Accessory Box to randomly obtain 1 of the following items:
DUO: Tungrad Necklace ; DUO: Tungrad Belt ; DUO: Tungrad Ring ; DUO: Tungrad Earring ; PRI: Tungrad Necklace ; PRI: Tungrad Belt ; PRI: Tungrad Ring ; PRI: Tungrad Earring ; Tungrad Necklace ; Tungrad Belt ; Tungrad Ring ; Tungrad Earring

• EXP boosts will be applied to all servers including Olvia and Arsha servers. If you find a server too crowded when defeating monsters to train yourself, please try moving to other servers as you wish.
  
• Please check our official Forum page for the World Boss spawn time schedule.
  
• Reward items given out during events can be bound or not depending on the items and some cannot be moved or restored.
  
• Please refer to the individual item descriptions for more detailed information.
  
• 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.

Greetings Adventurers,

Succession skills arrive for the Striker and the Mystic! This time the masters of the Echo Spirits and the Sea Dragon will recover their forgotten powers. Crush your enemies with the fiercest of punches and kicks!

Also, last week we started the celebrations of our 4th anniversary which we are continuing with our pre-anniversary celebrations. Can you believe it? It's been almost four years already, and we will continue celebrating this milestone with new events and special rewards!

To celebrate the official launch date of Black Desert Online for North America and Europe, we will be holding our regular maintenance next week on Tuesday March 3rd, 2020.

Thank you for playing Black Desert Online and for your continuous support!

Continue reading for details of the changes, fixes, and events including in this patch:

• Pre-Anniversary Celebration
  
  • Event 1: Super Fever Time
    
    • Period: February 26 (after maintenance)–March 18 (before maintenance)
      
    • During the event period of 3 weeks, enjoy Combat EXP +200%, Skill EXP +30%, Life EXP +20% (excluding Trading and Bartering), and Item Drop Rate boost +50% in every server including Olvia and Arsha servers. No matter where you take your adventures in, you will be able to enjoy the same EXP boosts!
  • Event 2: Rebellion of Bosses
    
    • Period: February 26 (after maintenance)–March 11 (before maintenance)
      
    • Vell will spawn 2 extra Saturdays (on February 29th and March 7) in the same location and same time as its regular spawn:
      
      • Saturday 14:00 PST/Saturday 16:00 CET
    • During the event period, Kzarka, Nouver, Kutum, and Karanda will drop [Event] Shiny Ring that can be exchanged for Belongings of an Adventurer.
  • Event 3: Lara’s Four Requests
    
    • Period: February 26 (after maintenance)–March 11 (before maintenance)
      
    • Lara at Heidel has four requests that you can complete for rewards including Black Gem, Memory Fragment, and [Event] Rare Tungrad Accessory Box.
  • Click <Here> for full details on these celebratory events.

• Succession of Events: Striker and Mystic
  
  • Period: February 26 (after maintenance)–March 18 (before maintenance)
    
  • Adventurers who reach a certain level with their Striker and Mystic 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: Feb. 19–Mar. 11
  
  
• Festival of Horses: Feb. 19–Mar. 11
  
  
• [February Update] Black Spirit's Adventure: UPGRADED: Feb.19–Until further notice
  
  
• Succession of Events: Lahn: Feb. 19–Mar. 11
  
  
• Succession of Events: Witch and Wizard: Feb. 12–Mar. 4 (09:00 UTC)

• Valentine's Day Adventure Log
  
  
• Fairy's Faves
  
  
• Guardian Awakening Events
  
  
• Valentine's Day Events: Will end Feb.26 (23:59 UTC)

• Charity Event: Join us to aid Victims of Australia's Fires and Turkey's Earthquakes
  
  • Please note titles given as rewards in this event have been sent directly to your My Information (P) > Title section.
    
  • Thank you once again for taking part in the good cause.

• Major Update - Gyfin Rhasia Temple Monster Zone Update
  
  • The conflict between the Ganelle and the Ahib has aggravated, increasing the security level of the Gyfin Rhasia Temple.
    
  • The majority of Gyfin Rhasia Statues of Earth switched to combat standby mode, and they have become combat monsters.
    
  • The Gyfin Rhasia Temple was updated to be a Monster Zone with a Recommended AP of 270.
    
  • The stats of Gyfin Rhasia Temple's monsters increased.
    
    • HP increased by 180%, AP increased by 7%, DP increased by 8%.
  • The time that it takes for a Gyfin Rhasia Temple's monster to find an enemy and enter combat mode decreased by 30%.
    
  • The Combat EXP that can be obtained from defeating Gyfin Rhasia Temple's monsters decreased by 50%, and the Skill EXP for this increased by 100%.

• The number of Junk Items you can obtain by defeating the following monsters in the Gyfin Rhasia Temple increased.
  

Together with Kamasylvia Part 2, Gyfin Rhasia Temple was the first Monster Zone to be released in Black Desert that required 5 players to cooperate.

At the time of its release, it required very high combat skills, with a Recommended AP of 240, and its befitting highly compensating reward, Tungrad Belt, motivated the adventurers to jump into this monster zone.

However, the rough topography, the large distance between monsters, and the inconvenient flow for defeating monsters didn't allow the players to get the most of this monster zone before they could get used to it.

Moreover, as Mirumok Ruins was updated to be a monster zone for a party of 3 and became more approachable, players who visited Gyfin Rhasia started to decrease.
Gyfin Rhasia Temple has now become a monster zone that requires even higher combat skills than before, with a Recommended AP of 270.

Its monsters are now stronger and their number has increased. Instead, we have adjusted the placement of the monsters and the flow to defeat them so that the players could enjoy their party play without necessarily having an experienced party member.
The number of monsters per area has increased significantly, the time that it takes for a monster to reappear has decreased, and the reaction speed of the monsters has increased, therefore decreasing the flow length and the fatigue caused for defeating monsters. The number of the majority of the Junk Items obtainable from these monsters has increased too.
Nevertheless, given that the Combat EXP gain per defeated Gyfin Rhasia Temple monster was the highest among all Black Desert monsters, the increase in the number of Gyfin Rhasia Temple monsters was balanced with a decrease in the Combat EXP gain, and the comparably low Skill EXP gain has increased.

Additionally, we expect the application of the Item Collection Increase Scroll effect will make this monster zone more enjoyable.

• You can now exchange Level 4 trade goods for Sea Coins in certain islands.
  
  
• Adjusted the Parley that is consumed when bartering in the Margoria region with floating objects or the Valencian island.
  
  
• The rate at which you can exchange Island Tree Coated Plywood at the Netnume Island increased.

We are making preparations to present you more varied and special goods with the Sea Coin Shop.

Our plan is to add Sea Coin acquisition locations so that there are other ways available for you to obtain the Sea Coins, apart from bartering. So you can now exchange Level 4 trade goods for Sea Coins. Instead, the parley consumption in certain regions was adjusted to keep the overall balance.

We will keep paying attention to all your opinions and continue doing our best to create a more enjoyable game.

• Fixed the issue where succession skill add-ons did not reset when using EXP Transfer Coupons.

• With the optimization of some features, the game client's memory was also optimized.

• Fixed the issue where the skill acquisition message appeared to the nearby players when a player learned the two-seater skill.

• Fixed the issue where casting speed increase effect was applied to the target when using Prime: Crow Flare in certain situations.

• Fixed the issue where bound effect was applied in PvP when activating instantly Prime: Earthquake: Evade.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where you couldn't activate a combo with RMB during Prime: Residual Lightning's cooldown when using Prime: Lightning.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where damage was not being applied during Prime: Earthquake: Evade's cooldown.

• Fixed the issue where bound effect was applied in PvP when activating instantly Prime: Earthquake: Evade.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where you couldn't activate a combo with RMB during Prime: Residual Lightning's cooldown when using Prime: Lightning.
  
  
• Fixed the issue during Succession, where the next succession skill couldn't be instantly activated when using Teleport while having pressed the Move Forward key.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the preceding skill that would activate Ultimate: Teleport as a separate skill was not Elemental Flow but Burning Pulse.

• Added the "Succession" content.
  
  • After Awakening the Striker, accept the quest "[Striker Succession] Discussing Effort" from the Black Spirit to start the Succession quest series.
    
  • You will learn the skill "Succession: Striker's Vigor" which will allow you to learn more powerful Gauntlet skills.
    
  • You will no longer be able to use your Gardbrace 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: Striker's Vigor," 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: Striker's Vigor."
    
  • To go from using Awakening to Succession skills, you need to reset your skills and relearn "Succession: Striker's Vigor."

• Added the "Succession" content.
  
  • After Awakening the Mystic, accept the quest "[Mystic Succession] Discussing Endurance" from the Black Spirit to start the Succession quest series.
    
  • You will learn the skill "Succession: Mystic's Force" which will allow you to learn more powerful Gauntlet skills.
    
  • You will no longer be able to use your Cestus 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: Mystic's Force," 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: Mystic's Force."
    
  • To go from using Awakening to Succession skills, you need to reset your skills and relearn "Succession: Mystic's Force."

Once she achieves Succession, the Mystic can perform combo attacks by which one attack is connected to the other most fluently and deal a power strike using the charged Fighting Spirit.

At the beginning, she has to perform a combo with several skills until she can charge the Fighting Spirit, but once the combo persists for a certain level, she will recover the Fighting Spirit in tremendous amounts. The Mystic then cannot only perform combo attacks more easily but also deal Fighting Spirit-consuming strikes relentlessly.

• Major Update - Lahn succession update
  
  • The PvP damage of Prime: Blooming Nether Flower increased by 36%.
    
  • The PvP damage of Prime: Salp'uri Purge increased by 21%.
    
  • Changing the camera perspective during Prime: Furious Chase's Striding Slash 1st hit will now change the movement direction of your character too.
    
  • Among the attack range that is applied to each hit for Prime: Bleeding Hearts, the range to which max hits are applied increased.
    
  • The fall damage reduction and movement speed increase buffs of Nimbus Stride that is used as a combo after Prime: Spring Breeze or a glide will now be applied normally.
    
  • You will now be able to use the skills that are used as combos after using Prime: Primrose Sprint more rapidly.
    
  • The speed at which Stamina is consumed during a glide that is used as a combo after Prime: Spring Breeze or Prime: Primrose Sprint doubled.

Lahn succession focuses on combo attacks, based on mobility and stability. However, we concluded that, in order to firm up such a characteristic, it was necessary to adjust the damage of some skills first.
Firstly, we increased the PvP damage of Prime: Blooming Nether Flower and Prime: Salp'uri Purge.

Prime: Bleeding Hearts was changed from being a forward-moving attack to a focused attack. Hence the attack range decreased, but the damage dealt to the point of attack increased.

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• Fixed the description about HP Recovery from Flow: Black Blood Eruption's skill description to match the actual skill effect.
  
  • HP Recovery +50 on good hits → HP Recovery +50 per every good hit

• The visual effect of the normal right attack now looks natural.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the bound effect of Rockslide III would sometimes be applied as stiffness effect.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where even after putting back your weapon while moving with the battle axe, the weapon would sometimes be taken out again.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where Down Attack was being applied to Infernal Nemesis, but it was missing from the skill description.
  
  
• You can now use the following item with the Guardian.
  
  • [Event] Classic Outfit Box
    
  • Please note [Guardian] Ynixtra will be available via Premium Outfit Box with March 11 maintenance.

• The Burn Damage of the Flame Cannonball increased.
  
  
  
• For details on newly added Pearl Shop Update, please click <Here>!

• Fixed the issue where buff would be applied when being hit by a certain attack of an Org that is summoned from the Ancient Relic Crystal.
  
  
• Item Collection Increase Scroll effect will now be applied when defeating monsters in the following regions.
  
  • Mirumok Ruins
    
  • Gyfin Rhasia Temple
    ※ Partially adjusted the High Quality Item Drop Rate of these monster zones.

• The drop rate of the items obtainable from the following monsters doubled.
  

• Fixed the location of the quest NPC icon for "How to Face the Sun."

• A text stating that you cannot obtain the Elixir of Thorn using alchemy was added to the item's Knowledge Description.

• The scroll length of the Item Restore window will no longer get shorter than a certain size.
  
  
• The item description will no longer cover the item list in the Black Spirit's Safe window.
  
  
• Adjusted the blank spaces at the left and the right sides of the Item List window that appears when obtaining an item to be the same.
  
  
• The War Installation Info UI will no longer appear when switching to Installation Mode by interacting with the Indomitable Flag.
  
  
• Adjusted the Carefully/Boldly button sizes for the Bargaining minigame.
  
  
• You can no longer use the Processing window while the Fairy window is open.
  
  
• Character icon will now be displayed together with the character's portrait in the Disconnect (End Game) window.
  
  
• The portrait in My Information (P) window will now be displayed in the appropriate aspect ratio.
  
  
• You can now adjust the number of Artisan's Memory you want to quickly purchase with + and - icons in the Max Durability Repair window.
  
  
• Auto-fishing-related UI will no longer appear in the Harpoon Fishing UI.
  
  
• The NPC Shop UI and the Wharf UI will no longer open together.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the Ocean Current and Wind UI appeared when saving UI settings or opening the character selection window while not holding the ship's wheel after boarding the ship.
  
  
• Time information will now be displayed in the Quest UI during a Timed Quest.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the Kill Notification was not being updated when the number of notification went above 10 during Final Battle.
  
  
• Improved the way in which sales period is displayed in the Pearl Item tooltip.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where Place Mode's Installation menu did not appear normally when adjusting the UI size.

• [Valkyrie, Kunoichi, Dark Knight, Lahn, Guardian] Fixed the unnatural motion that the character adopted when sprinting after mounting the horse.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the following outfits looked unnaturally when equipping them in certain situations.
  
  • [Witch] Queen Heart Underwear
    
  • [Sorceress] Dahlia Nocturna
    
  • [Mystic] Queen Heart Underwear
    
  • [Shai] Crayodel Soldier Uniform
    
  • [Archer] Gorca Swimsuit

• [Berserker] Fixed the typo in Prime: Beast Form's skill description.
  
  
• [Shai] Fixed the issue where using Sprinkle-Sparkle caused the screen to flash.
  
  
• [Shai] Fixed the issue where visual effects were not being displayed sometimes when using Sprinkle-Sparkle.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the quest completion NPC for "Leader of the Ahib" would be flickering.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where certain structures in the following regions were located at awkward places.
  
  • Balenos Mountains
    
  • Calpheon Castle Site
    
  • South Kaia Mountain
    
  • North Kaia Mountain
    
  • Cyclops Land
    
  • Grána
    
  • Iliya Island

• The chat type will no longer reset when participating in a Chat Group.
  
  
• Fixed the typo in the Imperial Training Delivery exchange button.

• We are aware of the issue where the following limited pets on [4th Anniversary] Limited Pet 2+2 Bundle show wrong availability periods:
  
  • Drifty Gosphy
    
  • Emperor Hawk
    
  • Lost Penguin
    
  • Snowflake Reindeer
    
  • Snowball Rosefinch
    
  • Snowflake Rosefinch

These wrong lines will be removed with March 3rd regular maintenance. Please note [4th Anniversary] Limited Pet 2+2 Bundle and permanent pets included are sold until March 11 (before maintenance). We apologize for the confusion and inconvenience.


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

Dear Players,

We will perform our weekly maintenance as follows:

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

• Succession for Mystic and Striker will be added, and the level-up challenge for these classes will begin.
  
• Pre-Anniversary Celebration event will begin.
  
• Gyfin Rhasia Temple will be revamped.
  
• Drop rate of items acquired from certain sea monsters will be doubled.

• Valentine’s Day Adventure Log
  
• Fairy's Faves
  
• Guardian Awakening Events
  
• Valentine’s Day Events

To celebrate the official launch date of Black Desert Online for North America and Europe, we will be holding our regular maintenance next week on Tuesday March 3rd, 2020.

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

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


Best regards,
BDO Team

The fourth anniversary of Black Desert Online's EU/NA service is coming up!

We want to express our deepest gratitude for four wonderful years and start off on the series of fourth-anniversary events with the events below.

Stay tuned for many more exciting events to come to celebrate our four years together.

Period: February 19 (after maintenance)–March 11 (before maintenance)

Play daily and get the below rewards via the Challenge tab (Y) based on your accumulated playtime during the event period. The rewards stack, so if you play 120 minutes in a single day you will get all the available rewards for that day!


Period: February 19 (after maintenance)–March 11 (before maintenance)

During the event period, defeat monsters, gather, and fish to obtain the items "[Event] 4th Anniversary Thanks" and "[Event] 4th Anniversary Love" which you can align in your Inventory and combine to create the item "[Event] Together until the 100th Anniversary!" which is worth more than the sum of its parts!

• Uncheck the "Auto Arrange" option in your Inventory.
  
• Align "[Event] 4th Anniversary Thanks" and "[Event] 4th Anniversary Love" in the shape of [–].
  
• Press the [+] button to combine the two items and obtain "[Event] Together until the 100th Anniversary!"
  
• If you cannot put the items together, try moving them to the top row of your Inventory!

• Reward items given out during events can be bound or not depending on the items and some cannot be moved nor restored.
  
  • Please refer to the individual item descriptions for more detailed information.

• 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.

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.

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  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.

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Dear Players,

We will perform our weekly maintenance as follows:

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

• Succession for 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.