Mar 4, 2020

Black Desert - CM Servantes

Greetings Adventurers,

The fourth anniversary is here and to celebrate these four years spent with you, we prepared a lot of events for you!

This new update also brings a new challenge for the most ambitious adventurers with the newly added monster zone at Ash Forest! The AP and DP recommendation for this new area is 300 AP and 400 DP, so you better be prepared before you step foot there!

That's not all, the succession skills of the Guardian are becoming available this week! Enjoy the new powerful skills of the Black Desert Online's newest class!

Also, please note that daylight saving time 2020 for North America will begin on Sunday, March 8 (02:00 PST) and end on Sunday, November 1 (02:00 PST). For Europe, summer time 2020 will begin on Sunday, March 29 (02:00 CET) and end on Sunday, October 25 (03:00 CET).

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

Event & System

New Event

Web Event

A Shift in the Dark Rift
- Period: March 3 (16:00 UTC/ 17:00 CET/ 08:00 PST)– March 25 (09:00 UTC/ 17:00 CET/ 08:00 PST)
- Check our official website the unstable Dark Rift that seems to be shifting every day and face off against a Dark Rift boss or answer a question correctly from one of several NPCs. Once you finish your participation for the day, you will receive a web coupon that can be claimed via your account on our website if you are on the web launcher, or via the Redeem button on the ESC menu in-game if you play on the Steam launcher.
- Please note:
  - You can participate in the "A Shift in the Dark Rift" event on our website once a day for 20 days. The day begins anew at 09:00 UTC every day.
    - The total event period is 22 days but after you have participated for 20 days you will have completed the event. The 20 days do not have to be consecutive.
  - Two types of rewards will be given for participation, an in-game item or a coupon that can be used in the Pearl Shop (F3). For more details, please check the Event Notice in the web event page.
    - You must claim your web coupon before April 1 (before maintenance). All unclaimed rewards will expire on April 1 (before maintenance). Please note in-game coupons will also expire on April 1 from the coupon book (F3).
  - If you participate and complete all 20 days available during the event period, you will receive a special in-game title (no special color) in the following maintenance.
  - We hope you enjoy this Fourth Anniversary web event we have specially prepared for you on our official website!

Infographic

Fourth Anniversary Infographic
- Get a small taste of how the game environment has evolved over the years - click < Here > to see the infographic!

In-game Event

Fourth Anniversary Celebration Part 1
- Event 1: Extra Special Attendance
  - Period: March 3 (after maintenance)–April 1 (23:59 UTC)
  - Log in all 21 days to claim all of your Pearl Items valued over $200/€200!
- Event 2: Dark Rift Update: Mammore is Back!
  - Period: March 4 (09:00 UTC)–March 25 (before maintenance)
  - In this special event period, battle the fierce holy beast Mammore on the Fleme Hills between Toscani Farm and Marino Farm near Velia.
- Event 3: [March Update] Black Spirit's Adventure: UPGRADED
  - Period: March 3 (after maintenance)–March 25 (before maintenance)
  - With this March update, Black Spirit's Adventure 1 game is getting upgraded additionally with more dice rolls and better rewards.
- Event 4: Golden Challenges for New Adventurers
  - Period: March 3 (after maintenance)–April 1 (before maintenance)
  - New adventurers who reach a certain level in their adventures in the vast world of Black Desert Online can obtain Gold Bars via the Challenge tab (Y).
- Event 5. Afuaru's Guild Event for the New and Returning
  - Period: March 3 (after maintenance)–March 25 (before maintenance)
  - New and Returning Adventurers who reach a certain level can claim [Event] Restored Afuaru's Map via the Challenge tab (Y).
- Click < Here > for all the details on our celebratory events and thank you for four years with Black Desert Online!

Succession of Events: Guardian
- Period: (before maintenance)March 3 (after maintenance)–March 25
- Adventurers who reach a certain level with their Guardian characters during the event period can obtain rewards via the Challenge tab (Y)!
- Bonus: The Mysterious Knight is back from (March 3–March 18) to give Skill EXP +300% for 180 mins. this time. Don't miss this big boost for your Skill EXP and make sure to interact with the Mysterious Knight if you see him!
- Click < Here > for full details!

Sweet Surprise
- Period: March 3 (after maintenance)–March 18 (before maintenance)
- During the event period, defeat monster, fish, and gather to collect [Event] Sweet Candy Bag which can be exchanged for items like Item Collection Increase Scroll (60 min), Advice of Valks (+30), and Fine Accessory Box.
- You can also simply open the [Event] Sweet Candy Bag to gain your Fitness EXP boost.
- Click < Here > to find out more about this sweet event.

Ongoing Events

Pre-Anniversary Celebration
- Event 1: Rebellion of Bosses & Event 2: Lara's Four Requests: Feb. 26–Mar. 11

Succession of Events: Striker and Mystic: Feb.26–Mar. 18
[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

Ended Events

Succession of Events: Witch and Wizard available until March 4 (08:59 UTC)
Festival of Horses:
- Boosts, three ways
- Time for Imperial Delivery

Reward Distribution

Fourth Anniversary Celebratory Gifts!
- Check your in-game mailbox (B) now to claim your gifts to celebrate the Fourth anniversary of Black Desert Online for EU and NA!
  - All Adventurers: 50,000,000 Silver, Birthday Cake, 10% Discount Coupon x4
  - Returning Adventurers: [Event] Settlement Pack l, [Event] Lv. 57 Travel Kit
    - Please claim these items from your in-game mailbox before April 1 (before maintenance) or they will disappear.
    - For discount coupons, after you claim them from the in-game mailbox, you will have 3 days to register them from Inventory to coupon book on the Pearl Shop (F3), then 7 days to use the coupons before they expire.

Content

New Monster Zone at the Ash Forest

We hope that this new monster zone gives ambitious adventurers a fresh new challenge. Just like how the difficult Aakman and Hystria Ruins monster zones were eventually bested by many of you, we eagerly anticipate you eventually mastering this new monster zone.

Added a new monster zone at the Ash Forest.
- The recommended AP is 300 and the recommended DP is 400, the highest so far in Black Desert Online.
- The aura of hatred caused by the ghosts of Ash Forest makes it difficult to use spirits or magic in the Ash Forest.
  - This means that if even if your character has any summoned creatures, the monsters will attack your character first. The monsters will only start attacking the summoned creatures after the number of monsters your character can detect has been exceeded.

The following monsters will appear at Ash Forest.
- Volkras
- Barnas
- Gairas

Added a new accessory, Deboreka Necklace, which can be looted from monsters at the Ash Forest.

Blue Grade Epheria Carrack Ship Parts

Added blue grade ship parts that can be equipped on Epheria Carrack: Advance, Epheria Carrack: Balance, Epheria Carrack: Volante, or Epheria Carrack: Valor.
- Please note that the type of ship parts must match the type of Epheria Carrack you own.
- The effects of the new blue grade Epheria Carrack ship parts may differ depending on the type of Epheria Carrack they are meant for, to complement the characteristics of each type of Epheria Carrack.
- The following is a list of Epheria Carracks in the order of most to least amount of damage their cannons deal.
  - Epheria Carrack: Valor > Epheria Carrack: Volante > Epheria Carrack: Balance > Epheria Carrack: Advance
- The cannon reload speed of Epheria Carrack: Volante and Epheria Carrack: Valor gets faster when they are equipped with the new Epheria Carrack: Volante (Chiro's Cannon) or Epheria Carrack: Valor (Chiro's Cannon), respectively.
  - Epheria Carrack: Volante: Cannon reload speed -1 sec
  - Epheria Carrack: Valor: Cannon reload speed -2 sec

The materials needed for each new blue grade Epheria Carrack ship parts are as follows.
Added the new items "Starlight Powder" and "Sunset Black Stone."
- Starlight Powder is needed to craft Sunset Black Stone, which is needed to enhance the new ship parts.

You can now get some of the materials needed to make the new blue grade Epheria Carrack ship parts (Starlight Powder and blueprints suitable for each ship part) at a certain chance at the nodes listed below.
- Chiro's Cannon Workshop at Al-Naha Island
- Chiro's Sail Workshop at Racid Island
- Chiro's Prow Statue Workshop at Tinberra Island
- Chiro's Black Plating Workshop at Lerao Island

You can spend 10 Energy at each island's node manager to discover these new nodes. The node managers for each island are as follows.
- Al-Naha Island: Rundgel
- Racid Island: Kunka
- Tinberra Island: Shanjo
- Lerao Island: Leph

Added Chiro's Ship Part Workshop to the house at Iliya Island 3.
- At Chiro's Ship Part Workshop you can craft the 16 new blue grade Epheria ship parts as well as Sunset Black Stone which is needed to enhance them.

You can get the Epheria Carrack Parts Upgrade Permit items from Philaberto Falasi of Port Epheria.

New Sea Monster Content

Added a new Sea Monster Habitat in the northern waters of Margoria.
- Fierce monsters swim from even further north to feed there. According to some courageous adventurers, we know that the following sea creatures frequent the area.
  - Saltwater Crocodile
  - <Violent> Black Rust
  - <Violent> Nineshark

You can loot Violent Sea Monster's Bone, Violent Sea Monster's Scale, or Violent Sea Monster's Ooze at a certain rate from Saltwater Crocodile, <Violent> Black Rust, or <Violent> Nineshark.
You can loot Saltwater Crocodile's Scale from Saltwater Crocodile.
A maximum of three adventures can loot from monsters at this new habitat. Item Collection Increase Scroll items do not take effect there.
Added the following new items to the Sea Coin Exchange shop.
- Wave Residue Adhesive
- Starlight Hardener
- Starlight Emulsifier

Reduced the number of parley points consumed when bartering at the following locations in Margoria by 20%.
- Shipwrecked Cargo Ship
- Incomplete Ship
- Langtia's Combat Raft

Reduced the number of amity points needed to buy donkey gear sold at the amity shop of Partus, the stable keeper of Keplan, from 500 to 50.

System

Fixed the issue where the client crashed with certain hardware.

Mounts

Destroying a Galley in forced PvP mode will decrease your Karma by 200,000 alike the other boats.

Class Changess

Berserker

You can now control the direction of Prime: Raging Thunder skills by moving during the skill with directional keys.
- Therefore, the movement speed of these skills has decreased.

You can now combo Ultimate: Evasion or Shake Off skills faster after a combo of Prime: Predatory Hunt and Lava Piercer.
Prime: Ancient Wave can now be used instantly after the following skills.
- Prime: Fierce Strike skills
- Prime: Frenzied Destroyer skills with Double Smash
- Prime: Storming Beast

You can now combo Prime: Devastation after the following skills.
- Prime: Fierce Strike skills
- Prime: Frenzied Destroyer skills with Double Smash
- Prime: Storming Beast

Fixed the issue where you could not move or perform combos after Prime: Ancient Wave.
Changing the direction during the last hit of Prime: Beastly Wind Slash skills should now be easier.
You no longer have to hold LMB + RMB to continue using Black Spirit: Raging Thunder or Black Spirit: Prime: Raging Thunder skills.
- You can end the above skills by pressing the LMB or Space Bar to trigger the last hit.

Fixed the issue where the accuracy rate of Prime: Ancient Wave was not correctly applied.
Fixed the issue where the wrong number of hits appeared in the skill descriptions of Black Spirit: Prime: Raging Thunder skills.

We were not satisfied with the number of suitable Succession versus Awakening skills the Berserker could use during the cooldown of Raging Thunder and Feral Rage skill. Therefore, we reworked Succession skills such as Prime: Ancient Wave and Prime: Devastation so they can be used instantly after certain skills. We also reworked the Prime: Raging Thunder skills. Instead of simply increasing the movement speed, which might make the skills trickier to use, we decided instead to allow you more control over how Prime: Raging Thunder moves.

Tamer

Increased the casting speed of Ultimate: Echo Pierce to match that of other Echo Pierce skills.
Changed the damage dealt by Legendary Beast Dance skills as follows.
Changed the damage dealt by the Flow: Ascension, which needs to be used after a Garuda skill, to correlate to the extra hit damage of the Garuda skill.
Changed the damage dealt by Flow: Intimidation as follows.
Tree Climb skills are now quick slot available.

We have noticed that many still use the Tamer's Main Weapon skills due to the relatively low damage dealt by her Awakening skills. Therefore, we have adjusted the damage stats of Awakening skills such as Legendary Beast Dance, Flow: Intimidation, and Flow: Ascension skills to be comparable to Main Weapon skills such as Heilang: Whiplash. We have also changed how Echo Pierce skill works. We have increased the casting speed of Ultimate: Echo Pierce so the only remaining difference between it and the regular Echo Pierce skills should be the amount of damage and attack range. If you want a skill with higher damage we recommend you choose regular Echo Pierce and if you want to concentrate on forward attacks we recommend Ultimate: Echo Pierce.

Valkyrie

You can now combo Lancia Training lateral attack or Sacrum Ferit lateral attack after Sanctitas de Enslar skills.
You can now combo Flow: Revelation Sanctus after Sanctitas de Enslar skills.
The following will now take effect if you use a Breath of Elion skill after learning Flow: Breath of Elion.
- Critical Hit Rate 10% for 15 sec to self and nearby allies
- Increase Movement Speed 20% for 15 sec to self and nearby allies

You can now combo forward Death Line Chase or Promptness before the last hit of a Hastiludium skill.
Casting a Hastiludium skill during Death Line Chase is now faster.
Fixed the issue where entering the command keys for Purificatione during Death Line Chase activated Promptness and its cooldown.
Fixed the issue where text saying that Succession: Flow: Spinning Shield consumes Stamina was not included in the skill description.

We wanted to add more ways for the Valkyrie to approach her opponents in Awakening mode. Therefore we added the possibility to combo Death Line Chase, Hastiludium, and Promptness. We also changed certain skills so you can combo them with Sanctitas de Enslar skills.

Ninja

Changed the graphical effects of the following Awakening skills.
- Vengeful Barrier
- Flow: Execution
- Murderous Intent during transition stance
- Corrupt Sword Dance during transition stance
- Sudden Decapitation during transition stance
- Serpent Ascension during transition stance
- Corrupt Sword Dance during Seamless
- Sudden Decapitation during Seamless

Lahn

Increased the casting speed of Prime: Salp'uri Purge.
Increased the casting speed of Prime: Blooming Nether Flower.
You can now use Prime: Phantom Dance while during the pulling stage of Prime: Cymbidium.
Using Prime: Blade Dance will now have an Critical Hit Rate +50% effect.
Prime: Cymbidium skills have been changed as follows.
Changed the amount of HP recovered per every hit of a Prime: Crescent Barrage skill as follows.
Fixed the skill description of Prime: Bleeding Hearts to match the actual throw damage skill effect.
Fixed the issue where slashing would start before the dash during Prime: Spring Breeze skills on uneven terrain.
Fixed the issue where the Super Armor and Invincible effects of Nimbus Dismount and Fragrant Stigma skills were applied incorrectly during airborne moves.
Fixed the issue where the Super Armor effect disappeared before the last hit of Black Spirit: Prime: Pendulum Kick skills.
Added text to the skill description of Prime: Spring Breeze III saying a Super Armor effect will be applied when gliding down with the skill.
Fixed a text issue in the skill descriptions of Black Spirit: Cymbidium and Black Spirit: Prime: Cymbidium skills about down attacks.
Fixed the graphical issue with the Crescent Pendulum that occurred when climbing walls.

Our concept for Lahn's Succession skills was that her attacks will get stronger the longer she continues certain skills. However, even though Prime: Blade Dance and Prime: Cymbidium skills do get stronger when maintained, the risk taken when continuing the skills is so great it was a deterrent from using these skills as we designed. Therefore we adjusted the amount of damage that can be done with these skills, to make using these skills continuously more worth it. We also added more skill combo options so you can choose to combo certain skills instead of continuing the skill you are currently casting.

Guardian

Added the "Succession" content.
- After Awakening the Guardian, accept the quest "[Guardian Succession] For Justice" from the Black Spirit to start the Succession quest series.
- You will learn the skill "Succession: Guardian's Glory" which will allow you to learn more powerful Battle Axe and Shield skills.
- You will no longer be able to use your Jordun 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: Guardian's Glory," 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: Guardian's Glory."
- To go from using Awakening to Succession skills, you need to reset your skills and relearn "Succession: Guardian's Glory."

With Succession, Guardian can use her battle axe and shield for even more ferocious skills. Not only will she be able to overpower her opponents, but she will also be able to take the brunt of their attacks for her allies and change the course of the battle.

Foretold Encounter can now be used while jumping in awakening mode.
You can now combo God Incinerator faster after Searing Fang or Flow: Suppress.
You can now combo Infernal Nemesis faster after Cleansing Flame or God Incinerator.
The All Accuracy Rate effect of all levels of Cleansing Flame has been changed to: All Accuracy Rate +9% for 10 sec. upon using skill.
Changed the location of the rocks that appear during Flow: Black Blood Eruption to be more natural.

Item Changes

Added text in the item description of Adventurer's Tome to say that you can upgrade the tome into Chenga - Sherekhan Tome of Wisdom.
Fixed the item descriptions of the following types of items that specified how many days you have to wait to use the items on a character of a recently released class.
- (Main/Sub/Awakening) Weapon Exchange Coupon items
- Combat/Skill EXP Exchange Coupon items

Fixed the item descriptions of crystals that can be fused into main weapon sockets to specifically say "main weapon" and not just say "weapon."
For details on newly added Pearl Shop Update, please click < Here >!

Interface Changes

Updated the following UIs.
- Lakario minigame
- Hunting minigame
- Server Change

Fixed the graphical issue with the background of the key guide that appears when exchanging items via an NPC.
Fixed the issue where the message that appears after you successfully combine items appeared multiple times.
Fixed the issue where the All Worker List window did not close when opening the World Map.
Fixed the issue where pets acted contradictory to what was set in via the Pet Command options after they were checked in and taken out.
An icon will now appear next to the names of servers with an ongoing EXP event.

Resolved Issues

Fixed the awkward auto-navigation paths around Arehaza Town.
[Guardian] Fixed the issue where the Guardian would not close her eyes while resting on a bed.
[Guardian] Fixed the issue where the plate of food would not disappear after the Guardian cheered after eating certain food items.
Fixed the issue where sound effects would be muted when logging into the game with a Lv. 1 character.
Fixed the issue where the following outfits looked awkward in certain situations when equipped.
- [Ranger] Bern Armor
- [Valkyrie] Solaria Shield
- [Witch] Arcanis Robe

Fixed the issue where certain trees pierced the walls around Calpheon City.
Fixed the issue where a Sausan Watchtower spawned inside a building at the Sausan Garrison.
Fixed the issue where the amount of EXP to level up the following pets was set too low. Due to this issue, we have sent a compensation of Kanpacho's Chewable Tablet items based on the number of the listed pets you own or have exchanged. Please check your in-game mailbox (B) for the compensation.
- Arctic Fox
- Emperor Hawk
- Haetae

Resolved the issue where crashing would occur when launching the game from Alienware computers.

Known Issues

We are aware of the issue where the text "Growth Server" appears when placing the mouse over the EXP icons next to servers with an EXP event in progress. Please note this is a text issue and the icon itself has nothing to do with the Olvia (Growth) Server. The icons instead indicate the Combat EXP +200%, Skill EXP +30%, Life EXP +30%, and Item Drop Rate Boost +50% buffs from the promotional EXP event that are applied to all servers up to the March 18 maintenance.
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
  - 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.

Feb 26, 2020

Pre-Anniversary Celebration

Black Desert - Vinyl Mix

Event 1: SUPER FEVER TIME

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!

Combat EXP +200%

Skill EXP +30%

Life EXP +20%
(excludes Trading and Bartering)

Item Drop Rate Boost +50%

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.

Event 2: Rebellion of the World Bosses

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.

Region

Vell Spawn Time (Regular)

Vell Spawn Time (Event)

Sunday 14:00 PST

Saturday 14:00 PST

Sunday 16:00 CET

Saturday 16:00 CET

[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.

Item Name

Exchange for

[Event] Shiny Ring

Belongings of an Adventurer

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

Event 3: Lara's Four Requests

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.

Quest Name

Objective

Completion Reward

[Event] Lara's Special Request I

Harvest 1 Special Sunflower Seed

Black Gem x20

[Event] Lara's Special Request II

Defeat 100 Helms

Black Stone (Weapon) x50

Black Stone (Armor) x50

[Event] Lara's Special Request III

Deliver Scorched Fragment x1 to Lara

Memory Fragment x40

[Event] Lara's Special Request IV

Deliver [Event] Serendian Token of Protection x1 to Lara

[Event] Rare Tungrad Accessory Box

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

Event Notice

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.

Feb 26, 2020

Patch Notes - February 26th 2020

Black Desert - CM Servantes

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:

Event & System

New Events

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!

Ongoing Events

[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)

Ended Events

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

Reward Distribution

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.

Content

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.

System

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

Mounts

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

Class Changes

Sorceress

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

Witch

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.

Wizard

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.

Striker

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."

Mystic

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.

Lahn

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.

Guardian

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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.

Item Changes

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

Monster Changes

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.

Quests & Knowledge

Quest

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

Knowledge

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

Interface Changes

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.

Resolved Issues

[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.

Known Issues

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.

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