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Dear Players,

We will perform our weekly maintenance as follows:

Date: Wednesday, August 12th 2020

Duration: 4 hours.
  • Global 8:00 UTC ~ 12:00 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

Reasons:
  • Padix Island will be revamped.
  • Glimmering Earring event will start.
  • August Events will start.

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


Best regards,
BDO Team
Black Desert - CM Servantes


Greetings Adventurers,

A summer without a festival is not a proper summer and that is why Terrmian Waterpark is back once more with new events and rewards! Don't miss the chance to participate in this great summer festival!

Also, as previously announced, starting today you will be able to graduate early from the season servers. This will allow you to earn rewards and convert your Tuvala gear to normal gear.

Read the rest of the details about this week's update below!

Event & System

New Events
  • Great Summer Festival
    • Period: August 5 (after maintenance)–August 26 (before maintenance)
    • Splash into your favorite waterpark! Head over to Terrmian Beach now to enjoy the great summer getaway now.
    • Click < Here > to find out more about the coolest fest of the year!
  • Loyal Attendance Rewards Refreshed
    • Period: August 6 (00:00 UTC)–September 9 (23:59 UTC)
    • Spirit Pouch of Ferocious Beast, Breezy Conch Seaweed, and Rainbow Gem Fruit are all up for grabs to help you awaken your Courser. Simply log in daily to claim awesome rewards mentioned above in addition to [Event] Extra Life EXP Scroll, [Event] Precious Boss Furniture Box, Fine Accessory Box II, and more!
    • Click < Here > to see the full rewards list!

Ongoing Events
  • The Cursed Hero: July 29–August 26 (before maintenance)

  • [Tournament] Tuvalu Invitational - Sign-up Now Open!
    • Sign-up Period: July 27 (12:00 UTC)–August 10 (23:59 UTC)
    • Season (PVP) Server Team Kills Event: August 3 (00:01 UTC)–August 9 (23:59 UTC).The Best MMORPG
      • If you have applied or will apply for the tournament, make sure to fight in the EU_Season(PVP) and NA_Season(PVP) servers this week!

Ended Events
  • [Promotion] Play for a Free Game Pass
    • You can still continue your 14-day trial and receive a free game pass if you joined the event period before August 5 (before maintenance). Please check your current status < Here > to see if you are still eligible for the free game pass!
  • [Web Event] Trail of Summer

  • Into the Unknown

Reward Distribution
  • Into the Unknown event compensation
    • A compensation of 5 additional Seal of the Undying items to those who completed the quest [Daily] To the Bottom of the Pit of the Undying between July 22 (after maintenance) to July 29 (before maintenance) has been given. Please check your in-game mailbox (B).

Content

Major Update: Season Server Early Graduation
  • The Summer Season Early Graduation has begun.
    • Adventurers who wish to convert their character to a normal character after they have finished their journey in the season servers can accept the quest "[Season Server Graduation] At the Crossroad" from <Crow Merchants Guild Scribe> Leyla.
    • Adventurers who are ready to convert their character to a normal character can ask <Crow Merchants Guild Chief Manager> Fughar for <Crow Merchants Guild Scribe> Leyla's location.
    • Complete the quest "[Season Server Graduation] At the Crossroad" and receive "Honorable Adventurer's Certificate" as a reward.
    • Interact with <Crow Merchants Guild Chief Manager> Fughar after using Honorable Adventurer's Certificate to complete the quest "[Season Server Graduation] Into the Big Wide World."
      • Only season characters in normal servers can use Honorable Adventurer's Certificate.
      • Please note that once Honorable Adventurer's Certificate is used, your season character will be converted to a normal character and you will no longer be able to receive season server benefits.
    • Once you convert your season character to a normal character, you will receive "Gift Box Full of Memories" as a reward.
    • Complete the quest "[Season Server Graduation] Into the Big Wide World" to receive the summer season completion rewards "Gift Box Full of Memories" and "[Season] Tuvala Conversion Stone Box."
    • The 20% Discount Coupon you can obtain from the Gift Box Full of Memories will expire in 3 days.

  • How to Convert a Tuvala Gear to a Normal Gear
    • You need the Tuvala "conversion stones" (e.g. [Season] Tuvala Ring Conversion Stone), obtainable from [Season] Tuvala Conversion Stone Boxes, in order to convert a Tuvala gear to a normal gear.
    • You can use only one Tuvala conversion stone for each gear part, so you must be careful to ensure that the stone is used for a gear at its highest enhancement level.
  • How to Convert a Tuvala Gear to a Boss Gear
    • You first need to use the Tuvala conversion stone and convert a Tuvala gear to a normal gear before you can convert it to a boss gear.
    • After converting the Tuvala gear to normal gear, find <Crow Merchants Guild Chief Manager> Fughar and accept either the quest "[Season] Even Sharper Weapon" or the quest "[Season] Even Sturdier Armor," depending on the boss gear you wish to obtain.
    • However, you can only obtain a boss gear with a Tuvala gear of PRI (I), DUO (II), TRI (III), TET (IV), or PEN (V) enhancement level.
    • Set effects will be applied when equipping Tuvala gear converted to normal gear, Tuvala gear converted to boss gear, or boss gear.
  • Added the quest "[Season] Fughar's Gift" through which you can obtain the following gifts prepared by <Crow Merchants Guild Chief Manager> Fughar for those adventurers who have finished the 40-day-long journey with him: Advice of Valks (+100) and Season Special Gift Exchange Coupon.
    • You can exchange the Season Special Gift Exchange Coupon for PEN (V) Capotia Ring or Earring by using the Season Special Gift feature available from Fughar.
  • Until August 26 (before maintenance) you will be able to continue enjoying the adventurers in the season servers if you do not receive any Season Server Graduation quests.

  • You can still do <Crow Merchants Guild Chief Manager> Fughar's quests for a certain period of time even after the summer season has ended with the August 26 (Wednesday) maintenance.

  • Summer Season concludes on August 26 and any unconverted Season Characters will be converted into regular characters automatically in this maintenance.
    • Please check out the full guide on early graduation < Here >.

Major Update: Instant Entry into the Pit of the Undying
The Pit of the Undying was well received by many of you thanks to its uniquely tactic-based PvE content. Yet, we heard that its remote location in the game made it hard to fully enjoy its contents. Therefore, we have added a function that allows instant entrance to the Pit of the Undying so that it is easier to access.
We hope that you can now pop into the Pit of the Undying once a day and enjoy facing off against different challenging monsters.
  • Added a function to instantly enter the Pit of the Undying where you can compete against the First Crow's finest warriors in an endless battle for glory.
    • While in Velia or Crow's Nest, you can instantly enter and exit the arena by pressing the button for the Pit of the Undying in the ESC menu after completing the quest [Crow's Nest] Crow's Mercenary. After completing the quest, you can only access the Pit of the Undying via that button.
    • If you haven't completed [Crow's Nest] Crow's Mercenary, speak to NPC Lavala to enter the Pit of the Undying.
    • You cannot create or leave parties at the Pit of the Undying.
    • If you haven't used the button on the ESC menu to enter the Pit of the Undying, you'll be moved to Crow's Nest upon leaving the Pit of the Undying. You can only enter the Pit of the Undying through NPC dialogue during the Crow's Nest main quests.
    • To exchange your Seal of the Undying via Patrigio you need to leave the Pit of the Undying and go to Crow's Nest.
  • Changed the [Daily] To the Pit of the Undying quests to now only be accepted and completed by talking to NPC Randy instead of Lavala.

Season Server
  • The cooldown for switching servers will now be applied separately for season servers and non-season servers.

  • Fixed the issue where the buttons for completing the quests [Enhancement] Even Finer Tuvala Shuriken I and [Enhancement] Even Finer Tuvala Shuriken II did not appear when interacting with NPC Fughar if a PEN Tuvala Shuriken was equipped or in your inventory.

Mounts
  • The ships of adventurers with negative karma will now glow red.


  • You can now open and close the cabin doors of an Epheria Carrack while sailing.
    • However, you cannot open or close the cabin doors when the ship is auto-navigating, using sailing skills, or when the ship's durability is below 50%.

Class Changes

Witch
  • Fixed the issue the descriptions of Lightning Chain skills were missing information about their electric shock effect.

Wizard
  • Fixed the issue the descriptions of Lightning Chain skills were missing information about their electric shock effect.

Maehwa
  • Fixed the issue with certain graphical effects for main weapon skill demos.

Ninja
  • Fixed the connecting movements of Smokescreen I–V combos while switching to Awakening mode to be more natural.

Item Changes
  • Removed irrelevant information about how to obtain Cron Meals from the event and Oasis versions of Cron Meals.

  • Fixed the issue where the item prices would overlap in the Pearl Shop (F3).

  • Added text explaining that the following special skills of pets do not stack: Auto-fishing Time Reduced; Desert Disease Resistance, Gathering Item Quantity Increase.

  • Added text to the following pets' descriptions that they can loot from a farther distance.
    • Long-tailed Rosefinch
    • Cushy Mallowmerz
  • Added text to the descriptions of boxes containing functional costumes explaining that equipping the costumes will not fulfill the set-effect requirement for non-functional apparel.

  • Added a text that says "Market Silver Collection increase effect does not apply on Pearl Item transactions" to the Rich Merchant's Ring and Old Moon Trade Pass's item descriptions.

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

Monster Changes
  • Improved the graphics for when the Red Paladins disappear after being discovered during the quest [Cursed Event] The Truth Behind the Mask.

  • Fixed the issue where the security system at the Kratuga Ancient Ruins would deactivate abnormally if you left the area after triggering it and invisible monsters would appear on the minimap.

Quests & Knowledge

Quest
  • Added new quests that can be accepted via a Mysterious Painting obtained from a Suspicious Cargo Ship.
    • The Mysterious Painting is revealed to be a depiction of a burning flag and a torch. Having this item in your inventory will allow you to accept a special quest.
  • Added Yona's Fragment as a reward for completing the following quests in Valencia.
    • These quests may only be completed once per character.
  • Changed the objectives of the following quests.


  • [Cursed Event] Fixed the issue where Nimue didn't take the Pilgrimage Map with her when returning to her world.

Knowledge
  • If you could not get knowledge of Jensen before, you can now get that knowledge by conversing with him.

Interface Changes
  • Updated the following UIs.
    • Social Action
    • Emojis
    • Monster Rank
    • Settings
    • Savage Rift Status
    • Chat Filters
    • Team Battle
    • Suggest Change
    • Mount Information
  • Renamed "Keyboard" and "Gamepad" settings under Settings > Interface Settings > Action Hotkeys to "Keyboard Hotkey Settings" and "Game Pad Button Settings."

  • Added an even more special graphical effect to the enhancement window that will appear after successfully enhancing an item to TET or PEN.

  • Moved up the location of the Skill (K) window's search bar.

  • Changed the design of the Skill Demo button in the Skill (K) window.

  • A background image will now appear when you have the End Game window open.

  • You can no longer click on UIs with their own background images when the End Game window is open.

  • Added a background image to the lower part of the window that appears when you open up a Patrigio's Apparel Bag.

  • Changed the alert message for when World Boss Offin Tett appears.

  • Fixed the issue where you couldn't toggle the TAA option under the Anti-Aliasing settings in Remastered or Ultra graphics mode.

  • Fixed the issue where it looked as if the Performance Optimization settings were not being applied.

  • Fixed the issue where you could not drag the Friend List UI by clicking on the upper section of the window.

Resolved Issues
  • Fixed the issue where if you attack Red Paladins from over a certain distance, your kill may not be counted towards the quest [Cursed Event] The Truth Behind the Mask.

  • Fixed the issue where the cooldown for using Naderr's Band with enhancement chance of 100 and above was showing as 1 hour and 10 minutes instead of just 10 minutes.

  • Fixed the issue where certain summoning skills wouldn't emit the appropriate visual or sound effects.

  • Fixed typos in the messages that appeared when opening a set of Treant Camouflage or Desert Camouflage costumes.

  • Fixed the issue where certain structures looked unnatural in the following places.
    • Southern Mountain Range
    • Canyon of Corruption
    • Lerao Island
  • Fixed the issue where you couldn't purchase a specific trade item if you had the exact amount of silver equal to the trade item's price.

  • Fixed the issue where incorrect information was displayed for closed rifts in the Savage Rift Status window.

  • Fixed typos for the following.
    • The quest [Cursed Event] The Truth Behind the Mask
    • The quest [Cursed Event] A Statue, a Mirror, and a Map
    • The quest [Cursed Event] Search
    • The quest objective of [Valencia] Wake-Up Juice(?)
    • Yonal's Sign
    • The text that appears when using Ancient Device
    • The descriptions of certain trade items
  • [Sorceress] Fixed the graphical issue with the lower part of the Epheria Marine outfit.

  • Added the missing text that says you can use the content from Arena of Arsha to the explanation that appears when selecting a Trial Character.

  • Fixed the issue where Secret Book of Old Moon item buffs would continue running during maintenance instead of being temporarily paused.
    • If you have used a Secret Book of Old Moon item at least once you will receive 5 days worth of Secret Book of Old Moon items as compensation.

Known Issues
  • We are aware of the issue where the Grapple effect of skills sometimes fails, causing a message about Forward Guard to appear.

  • [Fixed August 6th]We are aware of the issue where [Kunoichi] Night Cat Premium Set and [Shai] Whimsical Alchemist Classic Set do not appear in the Hot & New category even though they are on sale on the Pearl Shop. You can find these items in the Apparel > Outift category by setting your class to Kunoichi or Shai then scrolling down or using the search bar.

  • [Updated August 7th] We are aware of the issue where [Event] Cantabile Pack is showing a wrong sale period. This item is to be sold until August 12 maintenance and not August 19 maintenance. We apologize for the confusion and inconvenience.
  • [Updated August 10] We are aware of the issue where completing the quest condition “[Daily EXC] Your Time, My Time” for the quest “[Repeat] Helping Fughar” does not complete the Season Pass Challenge.
    • Please make sure to check if the “[Repeat] Helping Fughar” is reset in the Season Pass UI after midnight (00:00 UTC) before accepting this repeatable quest.


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Black Desert - Vinyl Mix


Dear Players,

We will perform our weekly maintenance as follows:

Date: Wednesday, August 5th 2020

Duration: 4 hours.
  • Global 8:00 UTC ~ 12:00 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

Reasons:
  • Early graduation period for Summer Season will begin.
  • Instant entrance to the Pit of the Undying will be added.
  • Great Summer Festival event will start.
  • Loyal attendance rewards will be refreshed.

Ending Events:
  • [Promotion] Play for a Free Game Pass
  • [Web Event] Trail of Summer
  • Into the Unknown

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
Black Desert - CM Servantes


Greetings Adventurers,

This week's update brings you a new way to store enhancement chance called Naderr's Band. You can use Naderr's Band through the Enhancement window to exchange your current character's enhancement chance for whatever enhancement chance is already stored on the band. We hope this is a quality change for you.

Also, Hexe Sanctuary will feature a new 160 AP zone. Look for the Traitor's Gravestones and destroy the evil that is hiding in the depths of the Hexe Sanctuary!

Last but not least, we have prepared a special cross-promotion event in the world of Black Desert Online where you can meet the heroine of the new Netflix series Cursed and help her return home.

Read the rest of the details of this week's new contents and changes below. Enjoy!


Event & System

New Events
  • The Cursed Hero
    • Period: July 29 (after maintenance)–August 26 (before maintenance)
    • A mysterious woman named Nimue has arrived in Black Desert and she has a story to tell about a powerful weapon. Fight alongside Nimue against the Red Paladins and assist her in returning to her world.
    • Click < Here > to learn more about the event in detail.

Ongoing Events
  • [Promotion] Play for a Free Game Pass: July 22–August 5 (before maintenance)

  • Into the Unknown: July 22–August 5 (before maintenance)

  • [Tournament] Tuvala Invitational - Sign-up Now Open!
    • Sign-up Period: July 27 (12:00 UTC)–August 10 (23:59 UTC)
    • Season (PVP) Server Team Kills Event: August 3 (00:01 UTC)–August 9 (23:59 UTC).
  • [Web Event] Trail of Summer: July 22–August 5 (before maintenance)

Ended Events
  • Season Server Launch Events
    • Event 1: Summer Season Playtime Challenge: Available until July 29 (23:59 UTC)
  • Patrigio's Shop Renewal

Content

Major Update: Naderr's Band
  • The sorceresses of Tarif, who have been studying the Black Spirit for a long time, have uncovered an ancient spell. This spell calls Naderr's Band, through which the Black Spirit can exchange enhancement chance.
    • You can accept the quest series Naderr's Band from the Black Spirit after reaching Lv. 58, once per family. The quest reward, Naderr's Parchment, can be used to add a slot to Naderr's Band.
    • You can use Naderr's Band through the Enhancement window to exchange your current character's enhancement chance for whatever enhancement chance is already stored on the band.
    • Naderr's Band not only exchanges the usual enhancement chance but also Valks enhancement chance at the same time.
    • Naderr's Band and any enhancement chance stored on it can be accessed by all characters in your family.
    • If the enhancement chance stored in one Naderr's Band slot is higher than 100, a 10 minute cooldown will be applied for using any Naderr's Band slot. However, Valks enhancement chance does not count towards the 100.
      • E.g. If your enhancement chance is 99, and Valks enhancement chance is 10, there will be no cooldown applied. However, if your enhancement chance is 100 and your Valks enhancement chance 0, a 10 minute cooldown will be applied for using Naderr's Band.



Major Update: New monsters at Hexe Sanctuary
This new monster zone is set in a place with a completely different vibe from Polly's Forest with its hauntingly cute mushrooms.
  • Added a monster zone to Hexe Sanctuary with a recommended AP of 160.
    • Traitor's Gravestones were hidden in the depths of Hexe Sanctuary but were eventually discovered. Attack them to attract all sorts of "Grudge-Bearing" enemies
      • Traitor's Gravestones can be found around Marie Cave within the Hexe Sanctuary.
    • The enemies will try to protect the Traitor's Gravestones, and by destroying the gravestones you will also vanquish the enemies.
    • Most enemies will respawn at certain intervals while a new Green Orc Skeleton Warrior will respawn every time one is defeated.


Major Update: Revamped Quest Window
With this change, you will not only be able to differentiate main quests from the other quests when interacting with the Black Spirit but also when interacting with other NPCs. We hope that this will help make questing more streamlined and enjoyable, especially at the beginning of your adventures. For the future, we are planning to make the quest widgets easier to read and more customizable to your play style.
  • Added a separate sub-window for main quests to the quest window that appears when you interact with a quest-giving NPC or the Black Spirit.
    • This sub-window will contain quests that you can normally check under the Main tab of the Quests (O) window as well as some quests that will help with your character's growth and adventures.
    • While you are interacting with a quest-giving NPC or the Black Spirit, you can press Q to check this new main quest sub-window. If you want to check other quests as well while interacting with the NPC or Black Spirit, press A.
    • However, if there is no main quest to do via that NPC or the Black Spirit, if you press Q you will be directed to check out other types of quests.
    • The Black Spirit quest window for non-main quests will now have the following tabs: All, Suggestions, Recurring, Event.


Major Update: Crow's Sacred Chest
  • Added the new item Crow's Sacred Chest, which you can get at Crow's Nest.
    • Complete the quest [Daily][Crow Shop] Holy Trade to get the Crow's Sacred Chest.
    • To do the quest [Daily][Crow Shop] Holy Trade, you must first complete [Crow's Nest] Crow's Mercenary.

  • You can now use the Return of an Archaeologist function even if you change characters or reconnect to the server within 30 minutes of using Archaeologist's Map.

  • Fixed the explanatory text about resetting Black Spirit's Rage as follows.
    • Equipping an Alchemy Stone or gear (excluding outfits) will reset Black Spirit's Rage.

Season Servers
  • You can now loot [Season] Ouk Pill of Rift after defeating a Savage Rift boss in the season servers.

  • You can now loot Time-filled Black Stone, Refined Magical Black Stone, and Tuvala Ore at the Shultz Guard monster zone.

  • Changed the quest type of [Season] Stronger Tuvala Gear from recurring to combat.

  • Since the Summer Season end date was changed, the date on the Black Spirit Pass window was adjusted accordingly.
    • Read more about the date change < Here >.
  • Early graduation of Summer Season will be possible from August 5 (after maintenance) to August 25 (before maintenance).
    • Read more about early graduation < Here >.

Game World, NPC & Effects

Game World
  • Fixed the issue where boats in the swamps of Altinova appeared to float in mid-air.

  • Fixed the issue where Ashen Plague Infected Patients were appearing at Star's End and not the Contaminated Farm during the quest [Star's End] Faded Ashen Plague.

  • Fixed the issue where colliding with the Giant Soldiers near Feinia of the Forest of Seclusion looked awkward.

  • Fixed the issue where the ghosts that should accompany the Mysterious Ghost in Heidel wouldn't appear in certain situations.

Class Changes

Sorceress
  • You can no longer just hold E during Dream of Doom I–III or Absolute: Dream of Doom to cast Crow Flare, but press E again.

Tamer
  • Fixed the issue where Heilang moved strangely after you used one of the Roaring skills during its cooldown while the Heilang: Berserk buff was in effect.

Valkyrie
  • Fixed the issue where the icon for Ultimate: Blitz Stab appeared as if it was an icon for a Black Spirit's Rage skill.

Maehwa
  • Fixed the issue where the damage from Maehwa: Ascension to Heaven did not apply if Absolute: Red Moon was learned after unlocking Succession.

Striker
  • Fixed the issue where Endless Explosion activated again instead of Fallout when you pressed RMB after casting Endless Explosion then Endless Fight.
    • To cast Fallout after Endless Fight, press RMB.
    • To cast Endless Explosion after Endless Fight, press Shift + RMB.

Item Changes
  • Increased the Central Market's max price for Red Spirit Crystal as follows.
    • 66,000,000 Silver → 126,000,000 Silver
  • Added Laytenn's Power Stone under the Kratuga Ancient Ruins tab in the Item Drop Information window.

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

Monster Changes
  • Moved certain monsters that appeared in strange parts of Cron Castle Site.

  • Fixed the security system in the Kratuga Ancient Ruins to activate correctly and the issue where the first wave of monsters appeared in the minimap but did not spawn.

  • Changed the security system of Kratuga Ancient Ruins.
    • If you leave the area where you've set off the Kratgua Ancient Ruins security system, the security alarms will cease instantly.
    • Elqueesh and Belloten, who appear in the second wave of monsters, will disappear 10 minutes after appearing if they are left alone.

Quests & Knowledge

Quest
  • Combined the Awakening and Succession quests into one quest series per class.
    • Once you've reached Lv. 56, open the Quest (O) window and look for the tab that says "New Power."
    • Complete quest series under this tab by first accepting the Awakening quests. Once completed, you may proceed immediately with the Succession quests.
    • If you've already completed the first quest in the original Succession quest series, you may not accept the new "New Power" quest series and have to continue with the original one.

  • Removed the button to re-obtain Basteer gear from the Black Spirit since Basteer gear has been replaced by Naru gear as quest rewards.

  • Removed the quest Adequate Preparations from appearing to adventurers who've either already accepted or completed the quest Another Way Through. This was to improve the flow of the Calpheon main quest series after the addition of the quest [Horse Emblem] Seal of the Secret Guards.

  • Removed mentions of Dim Magical gear from the quest summaries of Looking for Adventurers and A Disaster Foretold.

  • Added the text "[Shai Talent]" to the titles of relevant quests.

  • [Striker] Fixed the issue where the quest "[Enhancement] Even Stronger Tuvala Gauntlet I" could not be accepted.

Interface Changes
  • Changed how UI for selecting between different crossroads quests appears.

  • Added details on how your sailor's traits impact your ship in the Ship Info window and the Manage Sailors windows.

  • You can now throw away items directly from your mount's inventory.

  • Added a notification that will appear when attempting to throw away a non-trashable item from your mount's inventory.

  • You can now double-click in the End Game window to switch between characters or transport them.

  • Added character names to the alert text that appears when changing characters with the End Game window.

  • Slightly increased the size of the scroll bar of the Black Spirit's Safe window.

  • Slightly increased the area where you can click and drag the Black Spirit's Safe window.

  • Fixed the issue where the special effects for the Enhancement and Transfusion buttons wouldn't appear in the Black Spirit window.

  • Fixed the default camera location to be more natural for Arena of Arsha invitees who enter Spectator Mode.

  • Improved the lighting of certain routes within Cokro Chamber.

  • Fixed text overlap issues with certain UI for the Arena of Arsha.

  • Fixed the issue where sometimes a quest button would appear even when an NPC had no quest to give.

  • Fixed the issue where you could use an Old Moon Trade Pass when selling Pearl items in the Central Market.
    • Please note that Pearl items are not affected by the Marketplace Silver Collection buff.
  • Fixed the issue where item tooltips would remain on the screen after using the Ship Info window to move items stored on your ship to your inventory.

Resolved Issues
  • Fixed the issue where certain characters appeared strangely in the Skill (K) window if they were queuing for the Arena of Arsha.

  • Removed mentions of old seal items from the item descriptions of Scorched Fragment and Sunset Dyed Wool.

  • Fixed the time limit for completing the guild mission [Gathering] Guild Supply Mission (during which you have to catch Smokey Chromis x10) for large and extra-large guilds so they are different.

  • Fixed the issue where item tooltips would remain on the screen even after removing the gear item from mounts, including ships.

  • Fixed the issue where the wrong Shop NPC information was appearing for certain items in the Crafting Notes.

  • Fixed the graphical issues with the following types of apparel.
    • [Sorceress] Epheria Marine
    • [Archer] El Pento
    • [Guardian] Yianaros Helmet
    • [Guardian] Trilby Hat
  • Fixed the issue where the Looking for Adventurers quest description mentions an item (Dim Magical Armor) which you will no longer receive upon completion of the quest.

Known Issues
  • We are aware of the issue where if you attack Red Paladins from over a certain distance, your kill may not be counted towards the quest [Cursed Event] The Truth Behind the Mask. If you encounter this issue, please reaccept the quest and kill all the Red Paladins from a closer distance to complete this quest.

  • We are aware of the issue where the cooldown for using Naderr's Band with enhancement chance of 100 and above is showing as 1 hour and 10 minutes instead of just 10 minutes. The correct cooldown is 10 minutes and we are looking to resolve the issue soon. We apologize for the inconvenience and confusion.

Updated July 29
  • We are aware of an issue where the Arena of Arsha Settings window is still accessible after an auto-reconnection, while the character is outside of the Arena of Arsha.

Updated July 30
  • We are aware of the issue where some classes cannot move properly in certain areas when going into combat mode or using skills to move.
    • This issue is expected to be fixed with the maintenance of August 5. Meanwhile, please note that you can work around this issue by moving during non-combat mode.


Reach us on the »forums« to share your feedback, opinions, and suggestions.
Black Desert - CM Servantes


A mysterious heroine Nimue has arrived in Black Desert.

Fight alongside Nimue against the Red Paladins and assist her in returning to her world.

• Check the event details < Here >!
Black Desert - Vinyl Mix


Dear Players,

We will perform our weekly maintenance as follows:

Date: Wednesday, July 29th 2020

Duration: 4 hours.
  • Global 8:00 UTC ~ 12:00 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

Reasons:
  • Naderr's Band, a new system which allows exchange of enhancement chance, will be added.
  • New monster zone with new monsters, Traitor's Gravestone monsters, will be added to Hexe Sanctuary.
  • Quest window will be revamped.
  • New item, Crow's Sacred Chest, will be added.
  • The Cursed Hero event will start.

Ending Events:
  • Season Server Launch Events
    • Event 1: Summer Season Playtime Challenge: Available until July 29 (23:59 UTC)
  • Patrigio's Shop Renewal

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
Black Desert - Vinyl Mix
Greetings Adventurers!


We want to thank everyone for the amazing love and interest you’ve shown for the season servers of Black Desert. While many Adventurers have been playing the season servers after the start of the Summer Season, we’ve also received a lot of questions about when the upcoming new class “Hand of Aal, Hashashin” will be released and requests to release him quickly.

We’ve always sought ways to not only quickly introduce new classes to our Adventurers, but also help them grow their characters. That’s why we feel our Adventurers will have more fun if they were able to level and grow the new classes on the season servers.

Of course, it will be difficult for us to release a new class at the start of each new season, but if it is possible, we want to go in a direction where we can aid our Adventurers’ growth as much as we can.

For the reasons above, the end date of the Summer Season will be moved ahead of the originally announced date to an earlier date of the August 26th (Wed) maintenance.

We understand that some Adventurers who are currently playing on the season servers may feel pressured to grow their character as a result of the earlier end date. To help these Adventurers out, we are preparing events where you can obtain a variety of necessary items to grow your character during the Summer Season. In addition, if you’re an Adventurer who feels their time in the season servers is sufficient, you’ll be able to graduate early from the summer season after the maintenance on August 5th (Wed).

For more details regarding the early graduation including the benefits and rewards, please check out the early graduation announcement <Here>.

As for the details regarding the schedule, please refer below.

Summer Season Schedule

August 5th (Wed) after maintenance

- Start of Early Graduation Period

August 26th (Wed) after maintenance

- End of Summer Season

- End of [Event] Black Spirit Pass Sale, Season Pass, and Black Spirit Pass Challenge

- Start of Pre-Creation for the New Class Hashashin and Season Characters

September 2nd (Wed) after maintenance

- Start of New Season

- New Class Hashashin Update



We hope you’ll continue to have a fulfilling adventure on the season servers. Please stay tuned for the Hand of Aal, Hashashin!

Thank you.

Updated July 29
  • Along with the change to the Summer Season schedule, there will also be an event where you can get the item rewards of the daily Season Challenges from August 20 to August 26.
Black Desert - CM Servantes


Greetings Adventurers,

This week a new challenge awaits you at Crow's Nest, so get ready to face a new tactic-based PvE content at the Pit of Undying! As you succeed in this new battle arena, you can collect seals that you will be able to exchange for rewards at a later date.

We also have some new events, so don't miss the chance to earn extra rewards with the web event "Trail of Summer" and the Pit of Undying event "Into the Unknown."

That's not all! For you PvP lovers, we are revving up for the Tuvala Invitational tournament. Don't forget to sign-up your team to participate!

You can read more details about our new contents and events below. Enjoy!


Event & System

New Events
  • Into the Unknown
    • Period: July 22 (after maintenance)–August 5 (before maintenance)
    • Event 1. A Mysterious Island
      • Visit Rulupee in Velia, who is waiting to give you quests to earn Contribution Points and unlock new adventures.
    • Event 2. Pit of the Undying
      • Complete the quests to enter Pit of the Undying to get Seal of the Undying which will be exchangeable at the Crow Shop.
    • Click < Here > to learn more about the event in detail.
  • [Web Event] Trail of Summer
    • Period: July 22 (after maintenance)–August 19 (before maintenance)
    • Was there ever a story nobody but you believed to be true? An unexpected adventure under the scorching sun and bright summer stars awaits. Solve the mysterious riddles left behind by an unknown man and follow his trail before the leads vanish.
    • Click < Here > to discover the trail of summer.
    • Click < Here > for event details.
  • [Promotion] Play for a Free Game Pass
    • Period: July 22 (after maintenance)–August 5 (before maintenance)
      Black Desert Online will be available for free for during this 2 week period to anyone who has had their trial period run out or made an account but didn't play the game.
    • In addition, for those of you who register during this time, your 7-day trial will become a 14-day trial!
    • This is a chance not only to try out the game for longer, but also to get a free game pass by reaching Lv. 50.
    • Sign-up now and enjoy plenty of time to live the full Black Desert Online experience!
    • Click < Here > for full details on how you can get your free game pass!
  • [Tournament] Tuvala Invitational
    • Sign-up Period: July 27 (12:00 UTC)–August 10 (23:59 UTC)
      • Sign-up link will be available from the main website > Community tab next Monday July 27.
    • Season (PVP) Server Team Kills Event: August 3 (00:01 UTC)–August 9 (23:59 UTC).
    • Round-robin
      • [EU] August 17 (18:00 CEST / 16:00 UTC)
      • [NA] August 17 (17:00 PDT / 20:00 EDT / Aug. 18 00:00 UTC)
    • Knockout
      • [EU] August 22 (16:00 CEST / 14:00 UTC)
      • [NA] August 22 (14:00 PDT / 17:00 EDT / 21:00 UTC)
    • Tuvala Invitational: The tournament will consist of 16 teams for each region, EU and NA. Players must use the characters on the Seasonal Server with the gear that they have acquired over the course of their adventure. Each match will be 3v3 and combatants will have a chance to change contestants after each round if they wish to.
    • Click < Here > for full tournament details and rules.
  • Patrigio's Shop Renewal
    • Period: July 22 (after maintenance)–July 29 (before maintenance)
    • During the event period, <Black Market> Patrigio will present new and changed offers in his secret shop.
    • <Black Market> Patrigio can be found in various regions like Velia, Heidel, Calpheon City, Altinova, and Valencia City. Search his name in the Find NPC window by clicking on the magnifying glass icon on the top right corner of your screen.
      • <Black Market> Patrigio will only open up his shop from 10:00 PM–07:00 AM (in-game time).
      • Don't forget, 50 energy will be consumed when you check his list of offers.

Ongoing Events
  • Season Server Launch Events
    • Event 1: Summer Season Playtime Challenge: June 18–July 29 (23:59 UTC)

Ended Events
  • Black Spirit's Adventure: UPGRADED

  • Black Stone Drop Rate Boost

Content

Major Update: Crow's Nest
On one pitch-black urban night, a Crow who already had both fortune and fame firmly in his grasps came up with his darkest venture yet.

Ladies and Gentlemen, we proudly present to you: Pit of the Undying.

When we were coming up with this content, many things were going through our minds. Many of you have asked for more suspenseful, tactic-based PvE content. However, we had many stumbling blocks for adding this. This is because many of our classes do not have clearly defined roles, our game is in an action-packed hack and slash playstyle, and this game is an MMORPG with an open world of variables. How could we add this kind of content without going against the direction we have been developing Black Desert Online so far? We also didn't want to distract from the fun of fighting bosses. Pit of the Undying is the result of all these considerations. We expect to add more diverse types of monsters to the pit of the Undying for you to challenge. We hope you enjoy this content and eagerly await your feedback.

  • Tranan Underfoe, the blacksmith of Velia, has a strange tale for you of an island somewhere in the Great Ocean. Many brave sailors have searched for Crow's Nest, yet returned in failure. That is if they were lucky enough to return at all. Now, you will have a chance to search for this misty island shrouded in mystery. Chase after that tale and you will get to meet the owner and founder of the Crow Merchants Guild, the "First Crow" and gaze upon a display of some of his most valued treasures in the Hall of Heroes. You will also be able to participate in the Pit of the Undying, a battle arena steeped in secrets.
    • Crow's Nest does not appear on the World Map, so you cannot use auto-navigation to guide you there.
  • Added the quest series [The Great Expedition] Crow's Nest. It is available once per family, for a character that is at least Lv. 56.
    • You can check out the quest series under the Suggested tab of the Quests window, which will direct you to accept the first quest from the Black Spirit.
  • Added Crow Merchants Guild members to greet adventurers traveling the Great Ocean in search of Crow's Nest.

  • Added a new category for Crow's Nest related knowledge to the Knowledge (H) window.

  • If you do not have the Crow's Invitation, you will not be able to access the Hall of Heroes deep in Crow's Nest and you will not be able to meet the owner of Crow's Nest, the "First Crow." You can get the invitation by completing certain quests.

  • Opened the Pit of the Undying, the First Crow's secret battle arena.

    • The Pit of the Undying is a battle arena created by the First Crow for fighters to face off against his carefully selected Crow's Warriors in seemingly endless rounds of battles for glory.
      • If you die in the Pit of the Undying during the main Crow's Nest quests, do not forfeit the quest but interact with Chorpy if you want a rematch.
    • As you succeed in the Pit of the Undying, you can collect Seal of the Undying items and get Undying Crow's Insignia of a higher grade.
    • You will get your first Undying Crow's Insignia after completing the quest series [The Great Expedition] Crow's Nest.
    • As you get higher grade Undying Crow's Insignia, the more Seal of the Undying items you will get from the Pit of the Undying.
      • Seal of the Undying is the key to the First Crow's exclusive Crow Shop, which is only available at Crow's Nest.
      • This exclusive Crow Shop will be available after a later update.

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  • To encourage Agris Fever point use at low-level monster zones, we have increased the amount of points in circulation by fivefold (e.g. instead of getting 3,000 points daily, you'll get 15,000).
    • Therefore, the amount of Agris Fever points consumed at different monster zones have changed as well.
      • You will need relatively fewer points at low-level monster zones but will need the same relative amount of points as before at other monster zones.
    • You can see the Agris Fever points you need for monsters of each Monster Zone in the BDO Wiki entry for Agris Fever < Here >.
  • Agris Fever now activates after you reach Lv. 56.
    • Once you reach Lv. 56, Agris Fever will automatically activate even if you have not completed the adventure log "Book of Margahan." At this point, you will recover 15,000 Agris Fever points a day but you can only hold a maximum of 50,000 points at a time.
    • If you have completed "Book of Margahan" you will have the benefit of being able to recover 20,000 points a day and hold a maximum of 100,000 points at a time.
  • Changed the rewards for completing the adventure log "Book of Margahan" as below.



  • Saving Skill Preset will now also save cooldown slot and quick slot information.

  • Reset the number of total likes for all chat groups.
    • If you own either a gold, silver, or bronze tier Black Spirit icon you will receive a temporary title for 90 days for your diligent participation.
    • "Hall of Adventurers" in the chart below refers to any one of the 19 chat groups with that name.
    • Check the full announcement on our official forums < Here >.
*You will get only one gold tier title even if you have a gold tier Black Spirit icon in more than one Hall of Adventurers chat group, since there is only one gold tier title for that category of chat group. Of course, if you have a combination of gold, silver, or bronze tier Black Spirit icons in the Hall of Adventurers chat groups, you will get multiple titles.

Updated during the July 8 maintenance
  • Added an alert that appears 15 minutes before the Thousand Years War begins and extended the war by 10 minutes.

  • You can no longer use the Greet function in Papuraora and Crioniak.

Season Servers
  • Added season character exclusive regional quests to certain monster zones in Valencia, Kamasylvia, and Drieghan. There will be two quests per monster zone.
    • These quests will be automatically accepted when you enter the monster zone if you have met the quest acceptance requirements. There will be a tally of the relevant monsters you have defeated on the right side of the screen and once you have defeated enough you will be rewarded with useful items.
    • There will be a level requirement based on the difficulty of each monster zone. The reward you will get will also vary depending on the difficulty of the monster zone.


    • Changed the name of "Season Challenges" to "Season Pass."

    • Fixed the issue where the button for completing the quest "[Enhancement] Even Finer Tuvala Vambrace I" did not appear when interacting with Fughar the Crow Merchants Guild Chief Manager if a TET level Vambrace was equipped or in your inventory.

    Game World, NPC & Effects

    NPC
    • Changed the dialogue with Lisam and Kalix, who sells Old Moon Sky Balloon Boarding Tickets.

    Mounts]/h2]
    • Fixed the issue where your character name moved down in the screen after mounting an Epheria Cog.

    • [Shai] Fixed the issue where donkeys did not stop auto-navigation after being stuck in the same place for a certain amount of time.

    Class Changes

    Warrior
    • Made the transition from awakening to main weapon after using certain awakening skills smoother.

    Valkyrie
    • Changed Black Spirit: Sanctitas de Enslar's skill demo to more accurately demonstrate the skill.

    Witch
    • [Succession] Fixed the issue where Black Spirit: Prime: Meteor Shower: Areal did not activate correctly after using Teleport or Magical Evasion.

    Wizard
    • [Succession] Fixed the issue where Black Spirit: Prime: Meteor Shower: Areal did not activate correctly after using Teleport or Magical Evasion.

    Item Changes
    • Added text to the descriptions of trade items about where to get them.

    • Added explanations about how to use Pearl Shop discount coupons to the item description of coupons that can be used in all Pearl Shop categories, similar to the explanation in the descriptions of other Pearl Shop coupons.

    • Added details on what you can get from opening the Succession Classic Box in its item description.

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

    Monster Changes
    • Al Rhundi will start fighting sooner after appearing during the quest [Boss] The Head of the Rebels.

    • Changed the AP and max HP of <Violent> Shultz Guard Gladiator monsters to befit the difficulty of the overall Shultz Guard monster zone.

    • Fixed the issue where the amount of EXP gained from defeating monsters near Cron Castle was abnormal.

    • Cyclops, who needs to be defeated during quests such as "Retrieve the Sealing Stone," will now appear as a boss on the minimap.

    • Fixed the issue where damage lagged behind the forward spin attack motions made by the Dark Rift monster Steel Nux.

    • Fixed the issue where damage lagged behind certain attack motions made by the Dark Rift monster Ahib Griffon.

    • Fixed the issue where the sound effects made by the Dark Rift monster Ruins Guard Tower echoed.

    • Fixed the issue where the second and third wave of monsters were summoned to the wrong spot afetr you defeated the first wave of monsters if there was another adventurer in the Kratuga Ancient Ruins but in a different room.

    Quests & Knowledge

    Quest
    • Changed the way the Wounded Delphe Knight follows you during the quest "Operation Breakthrough" to be more natural.

    • Added explanatory dialogue from the Black Spirit to the Main Quest widget for the Calpheon main quest "The Ritual."

    • The quest "[Horse Emblem] Seal of the Secret Guards" is now one of the Calpheon main quests.
      • Since this quest is only available once per family, once it has been completed it will automatically be skipped.
    • Changed the duration of the "Trina's Will" buff, which you get as a quest reward for "Basic Treatment of Prisoners," from 1 hour to 5 minutes.

    • Fixed the unnatural camera angle that occurs when interacting with Martha Kiyen of Calpheon Shrine.

    • Changed the quest completion NPC for the Calpheon main quest "Trust Nobody" to Likke Behr, who will be at the Hexe Sanctuary.

    • Changed level requirement for accepting the quest "[Valencia] In Search of the Eastern Sand Kingdom" to Lv. 56.

    • Made monsters unable to interrupt the quest dialogue for "A Wound that Starts to Heal."

    • Improved the Calpheon main quests to reward players with a greater amount of HP Potion (Medium).

    • Fixed the incorrect conditions for accepting the quests to unlock Shai's talent in the Quest (O) window.

    Interface Changes
    • Added a button to the lower part of the Inventory window that appears when enhancing an item. This button allows you to unequip your gear immediately without having to exit the Enhancement window.

    • Added a line break to the part of the Lakiaro minigame window displaying what stage you are in.

    • Fixed the graphical issues with the Black Spirit's Rage and HP gauge bars in the Arena of Arsha.

    • Fixed the graphical issues with the Agris Fever icon.

    • Fixed the graphical issues with certain backdrops in the Hall of Heroes.

    • Fixed the issue where certain structures looked unnatural in the following places.
      • Crescent Mountains
      • Rumbling Land
      • North Kaia Mountain
    • Fixed the issue where sometimes the horoscope descriptions would disappear during character customization.

    • Fixed the issue where Magic Crystal of Abundance - Armor was listed as an item which drops from Witch's Chapel and Hexe Sanctuary in the Item Drop window.

    • Fixed the following windows' design and layout.
      • BDO Wiki
      • Crafting Notes
      • Hotkey Help
      • Guild Rank
      • War Hero Ranking
      • Altar of Blood Ranking
      • Beauty Album
      • Photo Gallery
      • Global Lab (Only available for our NA region)
      • Black Spirit's Adventure
      • License Agreement
    • Added an effect in the Equipment window to distinguish gear that have expired and lost their effects.

    • Fixed the issue where the notification alerting of missing materials overlapped with certain buttons after trying to safe enhance Naru gear with Cron Stones.

    • Fixed the issue where your mouse cursor was invisible when using the Traveler's Map or Archaeologist's Map via a hotkey.

    • The types of ship gear and appearance slot icons that appear in the Ship Info window will now depend on the type of ship (big or small) you have.

    • Fixed the issue where Quick Slots did not reset properly after loading a Skill Preset to change between Succession and Awakening via the Skill (K) window.

    • Fixed the issue where it appeared that changing between Succession and Awakening was not successful if you logged in with another PC after the change.

    Resolved Issues
    • Fixed the issue where the high and low notes composed for Beginner Flute in the Compose & Play content did not play correctly.

    • [Warrior] Fixed graphical glitches with Grotevant Armor and Goyen Helmet that occured around the neck regions in combat stance.

    • [Striker] Fixed the issue where the item description of Darkbane Classic Set did not appear correctly.

    • [Mystic] Fixed the graphical glitches with white spots appearing on Lupine Outfit after it was dyed.

    • [Mystic] Fixed the graphical glitches with the right shoulder that occured when sitting with the Lupine Outfit on.

    • Fixed the issue where Pirash didn't want to move from certain areas of Sycraia Underwater Ruins.

    • [Female Classes] Fixed the graphical issue that occured when wearing the Coco Hat with a ponytail.

    • [Guardian] Fixed the issue where certain skill descriptions said "Required MP" instead of "Required WP."

    • Fixed the Guild Auction House window to display the correct maximum number of pages for that window.

    • Fixed the issue where you could turn the page of the Guild Auction House window even if the following page was empty.

    • Fixed the issue where certain pets' graphical effects weren't displayed in the Pearl Shop (F3).

    Known Issues
    • We are aware of the issue where the Looking for Adventurers quest description mentions an item (Dim Magical Armor) which you will no longer receive upon completion of the quest.


    Reach us on the »forums« to share your feedback, opinions, and suggestions.
Black Desert - Vinyl Mix


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Dear Players,

We will perform our weekly maintenance as follows:

Date: Wednesday, July 22nd 2020

Duration: 4 hours.
  • Global 8:00 UTC ~ 12:00 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

Reasons:
  • New PvE content, Pit of the Undying, will be introduced.
  • The amount of Agris Fever points you can get in circulation will be increased by fivefold.
  • Total Likes in Chat Groups will reset and title rewards will be distributed.
  • Into the Unknown event will start.
  • Trail of Summer web event will start.
  • Play for a Free Game Pass promotion will start.
  • The sign-up page for Tuvala Invitational, the Tournament event, will open on July 27 (12:00 UTC).
  • Patrigio's Shop will be renewed.

Ending Events:
  • Black Spirit's Adventure : UPGRADED
  • Black Stone Drop Rate Boost

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
Black Desert - CM Servantes


Greetings Adventurers,

This week you will want to have your weapons honed for battle because a new PvP
"Arsha" season server is being added, and a new PvP effect will be added to the Red Battlefield!

We also have new hairstyles for females classes, and new rewards for certain Serendia and Calpheon main quests.

As usual, you can read the details of these new changes and additions below. Enjoy!


Event & System

Ongoing Events
  • Black Spirit's Adventure: Upgraded: July 8–July 22 (before maintenance)

  • Black Stone Drop Rate Boost: July 8–July 22 (before maintenance)

  • Hot & Cool
    • Event 1: Weekend Hot Time in Season and Olvia Servers: July 1–Until further notice
  • Season Server Launch Events
    • Event 1: Summer Season Playtime Challenge: June 18–July 29 (23:59 UTC)
  • Vell Extra Spawn: July 1–Until further notice

  • Papu or Otter?
      [*^]You can now exchange [Event] Golden Petal Coin and [Event] Golden Fish Bone Coin items for various items from NPCs Benitu and Jabuo based on the results of the event. Please click < Here > to see the event results!

Ended Events
  • Season Special Attendance Rewards: Available until July 15 (23:59 UTC)

  • Tapu's Golden Travel

  • Hot & Cool
    • Event 2: Cool Time
  • Season Server Launch Events
    • Event 3: Get Refined Magical Black Stones
  • Refer-a-Friend Promotion is Back!

Content

Major Update: Serendia and Calpheon Main Quest Reward Revamp, Including New "Naru" Gear
  • Added new "Naru" gear.
    • You can get this new gear instead of certain gear that was given out as rewards for completing main quests in Serendia and Calpheon.
    • Naru gear was designed for adventuring in Serendia, Calpheon, and Mediah. As you complete the main quests in these regions, you will be able to get the new Beginner Black Stones needed for enhancing this new gear.
      • You cannot receive Beginner Black Stones in retrospect for main quests already finished.
    • Because Naru gear was made for adventurers who are just starting out on their adventures, we have made them easier to enhance, with an even higher chance for success compared to Tuvala gear. You also need less Cron Stones for safe enhancement. In fact, you'll only need 3 for trying to enhance from TET to PEN! Therefore, be sure to give enhancing them a go!
    • Season characters can go to Fughar the Crow Merchants Guild Chief Manager after completing the Mediah main quests to trade in your PEN Naru gear for PRI Tuvala gear, which should serve you better as you journey onward to new horizons.
    • You can only enhance Naru accessories (i.e. earring, necklace, belt, and ring) to TRI level.
  • Added PRI "Tuvala" awakening weapons as rewards for completing Awakening/Talent/Ascension quests.
    • Canon awakening weapons will still be given out as well, for completing the quests.
      • Season characters cannot equip Canon awakening weapons.
    • Although non-season characters cannot open the box containing the PRI Tuvala awakening weapon, they can still sell it to an NPC vendor.
  • You can now use Heating in the Processing window (L) on certain items to get Beginner Black Stones.

Major Update: 3 New Hairstyles for Female Classes
  • Added 3 new hairstyles for the female classes.
We hope these new hairstyles and the ones we added last week inspires you to try out new customizations for your characters!


Major Update: New Red Battlefield Effect
  • Added a blessing of fortitude to help more adventurers enjoy the Red Battlefield.
    • Once your HP is less than 50% of your max HP, this new effect will decrease the amount of damage you receive by at least 10%.
    • Depending on what percentage of your max HP remains, the effect will increase up to Damage Reduction +50%.
    • As your HP recovers, the Damage Reduction effect will adjust accordingly.
    • E.g. Your max HP is 5,000 but you have just been hit with an attack that will cost you 3,000 HP. In this case, only up to the damage that will cost you 2,500 HP will be full-force, and the rest of the damage will already be affected by the new Damage Reduction effect.
  • Changed the Season5 server to a dedicated Arsha server for season characters.
    • Similar to the other season servers there will be a Combat and Skill EXP buff. However, there will be an additional Item Drop Rate +50%, like in the regular Arsha server.
    • PvP between characters (including forced PvP) will be free from all penalties in this server. However, characters with negative karma will still receive penalties.
    • World and field bosses will not appear in this server.
  • Added the item [Season] Ouk Pill of Rift to the season servers. You can loot this item by defeating monsters in Valencia, Kamasylvia, and Drieghan.
    • You can exchange [Season] Ouk Pill of Rift for the following bundles containing Time-filled Black Stone, Tuvala Ore, or Refined Magical Black Stone.
      • Time-filled Black Stone Bundle (contains 30–50 stones)
      • Tuvala Ore Bundle (contains 10–30 ores)
      • Refined Magical Black Stone Bundle (contains 10–30 stones)
  • Reduced the number of Time-filled Black Stones needed to enhance Tuvala gear (weapons and defense gear) from +15 to PEN.


  • Changed the level requirement for completing the "Eastern Sands Kingdom Story" quest series from Lv. 55 to Lv. 56.
    • Deve's Encyclopedia: Lv. 57
    • Savage Rift: Lv. 58
    • Rubin's Journal: Lv. 58
    • Dorin Morgrim's Secret Journal: Lv. 59
    • Pavino Greko's Collection: Lv. 60
    • Team Battle: Lv. 60
  • Added text to the item description of Black Spirit Pass (a season server item) explaining that the pass will be deleted when the current season ends.

Game Worldm NPC & Effects

NPC
  • Fixed the motion Purajin, Material Vendor of Valencia, makes when he is bumped into to be more natural.

Mounts
  • Cannon attacks will no longer hit other ships when fighting Vell, the Heart of the Ocean.

  • The following types of mounts will now stop auto-navigation after being stuck in the same place for a certain amount of time.
    • Raft
    • Rowboat
    • Fishing boat
    • Epheria Cog
    • Horse, including Dream Horse
    • Wagon, including Forest Path Wagon
    • Camel
    • Donkey
    • Miniature elephant
    • Guild elephant
  • Small ships (i.e. rafts, fishing boats, rowboats, Epheria Cog) taken out at the Velia Wharf will now be pointed in a direction easier to sail away from the wharf by default.

  • Fixed the issue where pressing the Shift key after setting a navigation path would not begin auto-run if you were transformed into an Otter with an "Gallant Conch Blader Transformation Scroll."

Class Changes

Tamer
  • You can no longer call for your mount while using the skill Evasion.

Musa
  • Fixed the issue where the landing motion after falling from a certain height was slower compared to that of other classes.

Maehwa
  • Fixed the issue where the landing motion after falling from a certain height was slower compared to that of other classes.

Guardian
  • Black Spirit's Rage can now be used for Scalding Thorn, God Incinerator, and Cleansing Flame.
    • After your Black Spirit's Rage reaches 10%, 25%, or 50%, each of these skills can be used by pressing the F key, LMB, or RMB.
    • Each skill has its own special effect such as adding additional hits or increasing attack range.

Item Changes
  • Tapu of the Golden Troupe has left items for you to exchange for at Velia, because he felt some adventurers recently had trouble exchanging their Golden Troupe Coins.
    • Igor Bartali, Chief of Velia, will now exchange any type of Golden Troupe Coin for certain items.
    • Added information about this new exchange NPC to the description of Golden Troupe Coins.
  • Changed who can deposit and withdraw the following items from their guild's storage.
    • Who can deposit the item: Guild Member or up
    • Who can withdraw the item: Guild Officer or up
      • [Guild] Steel Candidum Shell
      • [Guild] Amethyst Hekaru Spike
      • [Guild] Black Rust Tongue
      • [Guild] Nineshark's Fin
      • [Guild] Ocean Stalker Whisker
      • [Guild] Goldmont Pirate Golden Goblet
  • Changed the graphical effect that appears when using Item Collection Increase Scroll items and when purchasing a [Camp] Adventurer's Luck.


  • Added text to the item description of Black Spirit Pass (a season server item) explaining that the pass will be deleted when the current season ends.

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

Monster Changes
  • Belmorn's black energy grew stronger, corrupting monsters in Balenos, Serendia, and Calpheon and making them more ferocious.
    • This effect will only apply to monsters in areas where the Balenos, Serendia, and Calpheon main quests go through, excluding those at Abandoned Monastery (Restricted Territory).
  • Fixed the issue where you could not loot world boss Kutum if it ended up stuck in a wall or the floor.

  • Changed Al Rhundi's death animation during the main quest to be more natural.

  • Fixed the issue where it was possible to damage Black Mane while it was in the middle of being summoned during a main quest.

  • Changed the location of the Feather Wolf mobs that were attacking adventurers who were auto-navigating through Caduil Forest Path in Kamasylvia.

Quests & Knowledge

Quest
  • Added regional quests to the following monster zones: Gahaz Bandits, Crescent Shrine, Cadry Ruins, and Desert Naga Temple.
    • These quests will be automatically accepted if you enter the monster zone with a Lv. 56–57 character.
    • As a season character, defeating 250 monsters in one of these monster zones will reward you a certain amount of EXP and Time-filled Black Stone x20.
    • Non-season characters will only gain EXP from completing these quests.
  • Having heard of your travels and fame, Sahazad Nesser has announced that he will bestow the blessing of the Royal Nesser Family when you are questing in his kingdom.
    • You will now obtain a large amount of Combat EXP from completing "[Lv.55 Valencia] Eastern Sands Kingdom Story" and "[Lv.56 Valencia II] Treasure of Valencia."
    • Completing both main and general quests in the region will provide an even faster leveling experience.
  • By royal decree of the Royal Nesser Family and in response to the increasing number of travelers to Valencia Castle, Yonal's workers have been deployed to aid adventurers in Cokro Chamber beneath the castle.
    • Yonal's workers will be holding up torches to light the way to Cokro Chamber.
    • You can now enter Cokro Chamber via an alternative cave entrance even when Valencia Castle's gates are closed.
    • You can now use auto-navigation within Cokro Chamber, so it will be easier to discover the special artifacts down there.
    • Added new quests to help you navigate around the area underneath Valencia Castle. Therefore, certain quest summaries and text have been adjusted in the Quests (O) window.
    • To avoid confusion for adventurers who have already completed quests around Cokro Chamber, these new quests will not show up in the Quest (O) window if the Cokro Chamber related quests have already been completed.
  • Changed the level requirement for the "Eastern Sands Kingdom Story" quest series from Lv. 55 to Lv. 56.
    • This is because we recommend players to unlock Awakening, Talent, or Ascension before challenging the daunting desert of the Valencian continent.
  • Added "[Valencia]" to the quest titles of all Valencia main quests.

  • Because "magical" armor (e.g. Dim Magical Armor) and Magical Sub-weapon Boxes were removed from main quest rewards, the following quests can no longer be accepted from Becker or Bacho Ladericcio.
    • [Repeat] Bacho Ladericcio's Magical Armor
      • You can still obtain Roaring Magical Armor by completing the Mediah main quest "[Boss] Illezra's Servant."
    • [Repeat] Becker and the Magical Sub-weapon
  • Changed the quest "Magical Sub-weapon Exchange I" to only appear if you have a Dim Magical Sub-weapon in your possession and removed its prerequisite quest "Cleansing the Lava Cave."

  • Changed the quest "Magic Armor Exchange I" to only appear if you have a Dim Magical Armor in your possession.

  • Added a 3-minute Footsteps of Wind buff to the quest "The Story of the Hero Borne Upon the Winds" to aid travel from Keplan to Calpheon City.

  • Increased the Combat EXP reward of the following Calpheon main quests.
    • [Boss] Witch-Hunting
    • The Ritual
  • Changed the quest "A Dragon Born from the Stream" to be completed in Calpheon Market instead of Port Epheria.

  • Added the following items as quest rewards for "Seal of the Secret Guards."
    • Shabby Leather Saddle x1
    • High-Quality Carrot x10
  • The navigation for the quest "Blooming Death" will now lead you to the entrance of Khuruto Cave.

  • The Stonetail Horse Ranch equestrian federation has raised a gravestone to honor the memory of Vera Arey, an Old Moon Grand Prix champion who passed away at a young age.
    • Added the quest "[Repeat] Remembering the Grand Prix Champion" which can be accepted from Gula.
    • Added the knowledge "Spring Breeze of the Plains," under the Mediah Adventure Journal I category.
  • Added Polished Gemstone Bundle to the quest reward for "The Groundwork for Friendship."

  • Added text to the quest summary for "A Clever Method" explaining if you lose the Polished Gemstone Bundle, you can talk to Dora Fonti to receive another.

  • Changed the quest summary and dialogue for "[Blackstar Armor] Specter's Energy."

  • Changed the quest summary for "[Daily] Young Shepherd."

  • Changed the objectives of the following quests.
    • Those That Incite Fury
    • Problem at Border Farm
  • Renamed the quest "[Co-op] Exposing the Serendia Shrine Gang" to "[Daily] Cleaning Up Serendia Shrine."

Knowledge
  • Fixed the explanation on how to gain knowledge of Queekity Thumpity Moon Village and Berdao.

Interface Changes
  • Increased the width of the Black Spirit Pass UI.

  • Changed the Black Spirit Pass UI to open each time your season character completes a season challenge.

  • Fixed the text alignment and font of the Skill Cooldown Slot window.

  • Improved the Skill Cooldown Slot window to auto-refresh after changing a setting.

  • Fixed the issue where other classes' effects appeared in the Skill Demo window.

  • Fixed the issue where skills with long names or descriptions overlapping in the Skill (K) window.

  • Fixed the issue where the lock icon appeared when selecting a skill whose lower level counterpart was locked.

  • Fixed the issue where command keys sometimes did not work after talking with NPCs with the Skill Demo screen of the Skill (K) window on.

  • Fixed the issue where certain skill add-ons appeared as learnable on the Skill (K) window when they shouldn't have been.

  • Fixed the awkward alignment of lengthy skill names in the Skill (K) window.

  • Fixed the issue where the sound effects of summoned creatures wouldn't play in the Skill (K) window.

  • Fixed the issue where the item description that appears after clicking a linked item in chat wouldn't automatically close after opening the Skill (K) window.

  • Added tooltips for the Black Spirit Pass and Black Spirit's Safe icons that appear in the Inventory (I) window of season characters.

  • Fixed the location of the stamp that appears after completing a season challenge.

  • The tooltip for the Season Challenges icon will now include information about the rewards you can get.

  • Fixed the issue where a notification about Caphras Enhancement popped up after successfully enhancing an accessory to PEN (V).

  • Removed some unnecessary information from the tooltips of pet skills in the Pet List window.

  • Fixed the issue where the Quest window you can access after summoning the Black Spirit sometimes appeared in an awkward location after selecting the Main, Suggestions, or Recurring tabs then pressing the Quest button below.

  • Changed the Black Spirit icon on the lower right corner of the screen to appear highlighted right after ending a conversation with the Black Spirit.

  • Added an extra confirmation window to appear upon clicking the Exit Game button from the game start menu.

  • Fixed the issue where the information about a horse's skill on the Horse Market window of the World Map remained on the screen even after pressing ESC to close the Horse Market window.

  • Fixed the issue where you could not scroll through the Challenge (Y) tab when your mouse was over the explanatory text part of the UI.

  • You can now double-click to choose between crossroad quests.

  • Changed the hotkey B to be used for both the Mail and the Black Spirit's Safe windows. Go to the Settings window to reset this hotkey to your desire.

  • Changed the warning notification that appears when enhancing gear to PRI (I) or higher to only appear when your enhancement chance is 30% or lower and failstack is +0.

  • Fixed the issue where the guild house bid list displayed the incorrect number of bids after you opened the My Bid List, when least 4 guild houses were on auction.

  • Changed certain chat group descriptions to appear as text bubbles.

Resolved Issues
  • Changed how certain products on the Pearl Shop are tagged.

  • Fixed the issue where an error message appeared when you first logged into the server with a trial character, which led to you being unable to automatically collect attendance rewards with a non-trial character.

  • Fixed the issue where you couldn't catch Scorpion Fish at Olvia Sea or Epheria Sea.

  • Fixed the issue where certain graphical effects sometimes flickered.

  • Fixed the graphical issue with the branches of trees at Rhua Tree Stub.

  • Fixed the issue where it was possible to walk through certain tree roots in Southern Kamasylvia.

  • Fixed the issue where the emergency ration supply amount would appear irregular after using the Emergency Supply function on a boat with gear that increases max ration stats.

Updated 16/07
  • Fixed the issue where the Central Market window did not display your sales log correctly after selling an item.

Known Issues
  • We are aware of the issue where the high and low notes composed for Beginner Flute in the Compose & Play content do not play correctly.


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