Nov 18, 2020

Patch notes - 18th November 2020 (Part 1)

Black Desert - CM_Yukimura

Greetings Adventurers,

This week, you can finally graduate from Season server if you haven't already and take advantage of Fughar's Success Secrets!

We also bring the new Arcana system to the Black Spirit's Adventure and a brand new Tag system with Marni's Suspicious Device.

Finally, we are adding Core Skills and a third Enhanced Skill to help you in your battles!

Read on for more information!

New Events

Basilisk Subjugation
- Period: November 18 (after maintenance)–November 25 (before maintenance)
- During the event period, try the Gorgo's Nightmare which will require collaboration within your party to fight off against Basilisk statues and monsters!
Bonus! Attention All Season Characters
- Period: November 18 (after maintenance)–December 2 (before maintenance)
- During the event period, log-in every day with your Season Character and obtain Mercenary's Experience boosts daily via Challenges tab.
- Click < Here >> to learn more about the events above.
Loyal Attendance Rewards Refreshed
- Period: November 19 (00:00 UTC)–December 23 (23:59 UTC)
- Simply log in daily to claim awesome rewards including Skill/Life/Combat EXP scroll items, [Event] Shining Shakatu's Seals, Fine Accessory Box II, and more!
  - Click < Here > to see the attendance reward board and the Arcana system in detail.

Ongoing Events

Targargo and Targarga: November 11–November 25 (before maintenance)
Thanksgiving Event
- Event 1: Stack Up: November 12–November 25 (23:59 UTC)
- Event 2. Holy Mole!: November 11–November 25 (before maintenance)
- Event 3. Scared Turkey Hunt: November 11–November 25 (before maintenance)
- Event 4. Wacky Toshi Seeks Help: November 11–November 24 (23:59 UTC)
- Event 5. Joy of Turkey: November 11–November 25 (before maintenance)
[Promotion] Play for a Free Game Pass - November edition: November 11–November 25 (before maintenance)
Refer-a-Friend is back: November 11–November 25 (before maintenance)
November Enhancement Aid
- Event 1. The Legendary Thief: November 4–December 2 (before maintenance)
- Event 2. Moonlight Stone Challenge: November 5–December 1 (23:59 UTC)
- Event 3. Morden likes Accessories: November 4–December 2 (before maintenance)

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Ended Events

Hoof it Up!
Thanksgiving Event
- Event 6. Sweet Candy Stick Box

Reward Distribution

November Enhancement Aid
- The following has been sent via in-game mailbox for those who could not complete or proceed with the event quests of this event from November 11 00:00 UTC to November 11 (before maintenance)
- Please make sure to claim them before December 1, 23:59 UTC or they will disappear.
  - [Event] Morden Secret Trade Voucher I x3
  - [Event] Morden Secret Trade Voucher II x1
  - [Event] Morden Secret Trade Voucher III x1
Compensation of Kalqueesh non-loot issue
- Additional reward of Kalqueesh Spoils Bundle will be sent via in-game mailbox to adventurers who were affected by the issue but did not receive the compensation on last week's maintenance. Please see the whole announcement < Here >.

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Marni's Suspicious Device / Tag Character

A rather interesting tale is spreading from the black market of Mediah, which opens once every 15 days. According to rumor, a great adventurer has discovered Marni's Suspicious Device from the Arsha Sea. If you burn Marni's Unstable Fuel in it, the items you shall obtain will help you become quite the outlaw. To share this power to activate Marni's Suspicious Device, the great adventurer has spread fragments of clues all over.

Added a new function to Tag Character. Now you can share equipment between Tagged Characters via "Marni's Suspicious Device." In other words, two characters will be able to share a set of gear together.
- How to use Marni's Suspicious Device
  - Complete the questline "[Marni's Suspicious Device] A Splendid Deal" with a character Lv. 56 or higher.
  - Once you've completed the questline, the "Item Copy" function will become available.
  - Tag the main character with the desired gear equipped to a different character in the Character's Tag Setting menu.
  - Once tagging is complete, you will see how much "Marni's Unstable Fuel" will be required to copy the gear to the selected character.
  - You can purchase "Marni's Unstable Fuel" from Old Moon Managers located in major cities.
  - Once you have all the required materials, use Item Copy to copy your gear from the main character to the tagged character.
  - Login to your tagged character, where you'll be able to equip and use the copied gear.
- Detailed Information:
  - All 4 pieces of armor, 3 weapons, 6 accessories, 1 tool, and 1 spirit stone equipped by the main character will be copied into the tagged character's inventory.
  - To use Item Copy, you will need "Marni's Unstable Fuel" that is sold by Old Moon Managers for silver (10 million each).
  - Copied items will remain bound to both the main character and the tagged character. However, once a character is untagged, all copied items will disappear. You may tag a different character to the main character and use Item Copy then as well, and you will need additional Marni's Unstable Fuel to do so.
  - The cost for Item Copy will be converted into the amount of "Marni's Unstable Fuel" required.
    - Item Copy cost formula = (All 3 Weapons) Central Market Price x 3% + (All 3 Weapons) Number of Caphras Stones used for Caphras Enhancement x 43,000 Silver
    - The minimum cost to use Item Copy is "Marni's Unstable Fuel" x20.
  - Enhanced gear that can no longer be registered onto the marketplace will use the price of the gear before enhancement.
  - Item Copy will require all gear equipped on the main character to have max durability recovered, and the selected tagged character will require 14 free slots of inventory space.
  - The enhancement level, branding, socketed crystals, and Caphras Stone EXP will be copied exactly for Item Copy.
  - You may destroy socketed crystals in copied gear, yet you cannot extract the crystals themselves for reuse. You may transfuse new crystals onto copied gear with empty sockets.
  - You may not use such functions as enhance, upgrade, Caphras enhancement, and devour on copied gear.
  - You may not use copied gear as materials for the Adventure Log or the Fallen God's Armor.
  - If the enhancement level and/or Caphras enhancement level of the main character's gear changes, the tagged character's gear will change accordingly. However, changing the transfused crystals, branding, or durability of the main character's gear will not impact the tagged character's gear.
  - If the main character's gear is deleted, the tagged character's gear will also be deleted (for example, if you delete Bheg's Gloves on the main character, the tagged character's Bheg's Gloves will also be deleted).
    - By deleted, we mean the item itself was destroyed (either thrown into the trash can, or an accessory was destroyed upon failed enhancement attempt).
  - Both the main and tagged gear cannot be placed in storage nor registered on the marketplace. Adventurers who especially enjoy using multiple characters and storage/maids for life skills should unequip their tool from the "tool slot" before using Item Copy.
  - Note that extracting Garmoth's Heart from the main Fiery sub-weapon will delete the tagged sub-weapon. This goes for ultimate gear as well. On the other hand, if the main gear was normal when tagged, then is upgraded to Fiery or Ultimate, the tagged weapon will NOT be upgraded but remain as normal.
  - If a tagged character with negative Karma (including those in the desert) is killed, ALL copied gear will be destroyed "regardless of location," and the protections offered by the set effects of Pearl outfits and Oasis buffs won't be applied here.

Added the Item Copy (Tag Character) function, which will allow two characters to share the same gear. Now you can tag your main character with your second-most favored character and open up a whole new bag of different gameplay options. Black Desert boasts a roster of 20 different action-packed and visually-stunning classes, each displaying its own unique style and flavor. Yet Black Desert has long been a game that brings out the MMORPG aspect of fully focusing on one main character, and yet, especially considering its diverse roster, this has been a side that we've thought long and hard about improving. One solution was the now difficult-to-obtain, and still most-requested globally, Weapon Exchange Coupon. And "Marni's Suspicious Device" is content that we hope will address this concern from the forefront. We developed this content to allow for a more convenient means of playing new classes, and we hope many of our adventurers are inspired to put this content to use.

In addition, once it appeared on the Global Labs, it was one of the most requested, but we focused on honing the edges before finally deciding to release it today. However, please understand that we've applied some tight restrictions such as not allowing copied gear to be registered on the marketplace, nor placed in storage, in order to prevent any abuse of this feature.

The following gear cannot be copied.

Fughar's Secrets to Success

Rumors abound of Fughar circulating a book containing his secrets to success to help fresh graduates of the Autumn Season Server adjust to normal servers.
- Go to Fughar with a character that has graduated from the Autumn Season and has converted to a normal server character to accept the quest "[Grad. Support] Fughar's Secrets to Success." Completing this quest will grant you access to Fughar's book filled with his secrets.
- You may complete this questline once per family.
- Use Fughar's book of secrets to automatically accept the quest. Completing the quest will allow you to accept the following books.
- If you accidentally lose a book, talk to Fughar to obtain another one.
Adventurers who complete all of Fughar's Secrets to Success up to the final chapter will be rewarded the surprise gifts of "[Season] Boss Gear Exchange Coupon" and "Fughar's Crow Skill Book," the latter being the very "book which contains Fughar's secrets."
Characters who have graduated from the Autumn Season can proceed with the quest "[Grad. Support] Fughar's Secrets to Success" up until you create a new season character for the next season, and after completing the final chapter, you may obtain the special rewards whenever you wish.
- Please note that you can proceed with the rest of the quest as long as you complete the first quest of the entire questline. If you create a season character for the next season, this quest will not be available.
- Start of the winter season servers is unconfirmed as of now and we will announce this date officially with a future notice.
The quests for Fughar's Secrets to Success are as follows.
- Adventurers who have already completed the requirements for certain quests can interact with the Black Spirit (/) to complete Fughar's Secrets to Success.

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Characters who have completed a specific chapter of Fughar's Secrets to Success will receive a special gift.

Basilisk Guardian

Rumors are spreading all over Valencia that the long-forgotten nightmares of Gorgo in Valencia Canyon have begun once again. Gorgo's Nightmare is a tale found in the first chapter of <History of Basilisks>, written by the ecologist Pitor. It is in regards to the snake possessed by darkness, born within the modern-day Basilisk Den. The Katan Military have found suspicious-looking crow feathers near the place where the snake of nightmares first appeared. They suspect someone may have had a hand in this.

You can purchase "Gorgo's Nightmare Summon Scroll" for a Gold Bar 10G from Tarek Yanzi at Rock Post.
Using this scroll will summon a giant Basilisk Statue along with smaller statues emitting yellow pillars of light on top of the hill.
Destroying the summoned giant Basilisk Statue will reveal the <Possessed by Darkness> Basilisk Guardian, which will simultaneously activate the smaller statues on top of the hill.
The <Possessed by Darkness> Basilisk Guardian will draw a greater power from the smaller statues, and thus will require at least two adventurers to join forces to take it down.
The adventurer who hasn't used the summon scroll may preemptively move to the top of the hill to prepare to destroy the smaller statues. Destroying the statues on the hill will greatly weaken the Basilisk Guardian, so fighting with another adventurer is crucial to taking it down.
The Basilisk Guardian will reappear for a maximum of 5 times. If there are multiple adventurers nearby, it will become empowered by a greater darkness. So, it is crucial that only one adventurer faces the Basilisk Guardian.
After destroying the giant Basilisk Statue of Gorgo's Nightmare, if there are no adventurers who take on the Basilisk Guardian, then the Basilisk Guardian will disappear back into the nightmare with the statues.

Each time the adventurer on the hill destroys a statue, the adventurer fighting the Basilisk Guardian will also receive a reward upon defeating the Basilisk Guardian. Adventurers will be awarded only for defeating one of the statues on the hill and the Basilisk Guardian.

Effects that increase Item Drop and Amount Rates will be applied to junk loot that drops from Gorgo's Nightmare. However, Agris Fever's effect does not apply here.
Please find more details in the Basilisk Subjugation event page!

Added Arcana of Fate system to the Black Spirit's Adventure game board.

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Arcana cards are chance cards used in the Black Spirit's Adventure game board.
- The Arcana cards will help you on your Black Spirit's Adventure. Use them well to obtain your desired rewards or to increase the probability of completing a round.
You can obtain Arcana in the following way.
- Once your Black Spirit piece lands on the CARD square, you will randomly obtain one type of Arcana card.
- The obtained Arcana will be immediately sent to "Arcana" Storage located on the bottom right side of the window.
- You can use the obtained Arcana from this storage.
- The different types of Arcana are as follows:

Click < Here > to see the Arcana system in detail!

Changed the background of the Black Spirit's Adventure game board.
Changed the standards for classifying a Returning Adventurer.

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Added a quest where you can convert your Season character to a normal character.
- Talk with <Crow Merchants Guild Chief Manager> Fughar to be led to Leyla of Velia. Accept the "[Season Server Graduation] At the Crossroad" quest from Leyla and complete the questline to convert your season character to a normal character.
- You will no longer be able to accept the existing Early Graduation quest.
- There are no requirements for converting a Season character to a normal character, but please do note that you won't be able to create a Season character in the Autumn Season again once the character has been converted. Also, after character conversion, all Season Passes and Black Spirit Passes will be deleted. So we ask you to collect all rewards for Season/Black Spirit Pass Challenges before any character conversion.

Game World

Improved the freeze effect to feel more natural.
Fixed the issue where a certain window in Velia 2-3 would not open.
Fixed the issue where Karanda would get stuck in the surrounding environment.

All Classes

Added Core skills to all classes' Awakening.
- You can learn Core skills once you have reached Lv. 60, on the bottom of the Awakening Weapon tab in the Skill window (K).

"Core" skills were added to Awakening of all classes. These skills further enhance the existing skills the way Absolute skills do for Main Weapon skills, but their acquisition and roles differ. First of all, you may only select and learn one out of all Core skills. Only defensive effects, such as either Debuff Resistance or block effects will be added to the Core skills, without any additional damage or increased number of hits. With today's patch, we hope that this addition of Core skills will relieve the discrepancy between Succession and Awakening's performance, which many adventurers have already pointed out to us. We appreciate and look forward to your feedback and opinions.

Added third Skill Enhancement.
- You can learn the third Enhanced Skill at Lv. 58.
- You will need to learn the prerequisite skills to learn the Enhanced Skills.
- You may only select one of two Enhanced Skills per level.

By Class

Warrior

Added Core skills to Warrior Awakening.
- You can only have one Core skill at a time. (However, no additional effects will be applied for Black Spirit skills.)

Ranger

Added Core skills to Ranger Awakening.
- You can only have one Core skill at a time. (However, no additional effects will be applied for Black Spirit skills.)

Sorceress

Added Core skills to Sorceress Awakening.
- You can only have one Core skill at a time. (However, no additional effects will be applied for Black Spirit skills.)

Berserker

Added Core skills to Berserker Awakening.
- You can only have one Core skill at a time. (However, no additional effects will be applied for Black Spirit skills.)

Tamer

Added Core skills to Tamer Awakening.
- You can only have one Core skill at a time. (However, no additional effects will be applied for Black Spirit skills.)

Valkyrie

Added Core skills to Valkyrie Awakening.
- You can only have one Core skill at a time. (However, no additional effects will be applied for Black Spirit skills.)

Witch

Added Core skills to Witch Awakening.
- You can only have one Core skill at a time. (However, no additional effects will be applied for Black Spirit skills.)

Wizard

Added Core skills to Wizard Awakening.
- You can only have one Core skill at a time. (However, no additional effects will be applied for Black Spirit skills.)

Musa

Added Core skills to Musa Awakening.
- You can only have one Core skill at a time. (However, no additional effects will be applied for Black Spirit skills.)

Maehwa

Added Core skills to Maehwa Awakening.
- You can only have one Core skill at a time. (However, no additional effects will be applied for Black Spirit skills.)

Ninja

Added Core skills to Ninja Awakening.
- You can only have one Core skill at a time. (However, no additional effects will be applied for Black Spirit skills.)

Kunoichi

Added Core skills to Kunoichi Awakening.
- You can only have one Core skill at a time. (However, no additional effects will be applied for Black Spirit skills.)

Dark Knight

Added Core skills to Dark Knight Awakening.
- You can only have one Core skill at a time. (However, no additional effects will be applied for Black Spirit skills.)

Striker

Added Core skills to Striker Awakening.
- You can only have one Core skill at a time. (However, no additional effects will be applied for Black Spirit skills.)

Mystic

Added Core skills to Mystic Awakening.
- You can only have one Core skill at a time. (However, no additional effects will be applied for Black Spirit skills.)

Lahn

Added Core skills to Lahn Awakening.
- You can only have one Core skill at a time. (However, no additional effects will be applied for Black Spirit skills.)

Archer

Added Core skills to Archer Awakening.
- You can only have one Core skill at a time. (However, no additional effects will be applied for Black Spirit skills.)

Shai

Added Enhanced Skills.

Guardian

Added Core skills to Guardian Awakening.
- You can only have one Core skill at a time. (However, no additional effects will be applied for Black Spirit skills.)

Hashashin

Added Core skills to Hashashin Awakening.
- You can only have one Core skill at a time. (However, no additional effects will be applied for Black Spirit skills.)

>> Read Patch Notes Part 2 < Here >!

Nov 12, 2020

Patch Notes - November 11th 2020

Black Desert - CM Servantes

Greetings Adventurers,

This week The Great Expedition update opens up new opportunities: Equip a brand new sea crystal and fight against Lekrashan or Goldmont Pirates battleship roaming the sea.
We will also add new quests to obtain more Mass of Pure Magic and three new Caphras Journals.
Finally, look forward to our Thanksgiving Events!

New Events

Targargo and Targarga Updated November 12
- Period: November 11 (after maintenance)–November 25 (before maintenance) December 2nd (before maintenance)
- King Targargo has returned to the Balenos again and this time, the king has been spotted on the Ehwaz Hill near Finto Farm along with the queen, Targarga! Challenge the king birds for abundant rewards in this thanksgiving season!
- Click < Here > to find out more about defeating the ferocious turkey bosses.

Thanksgiving Event
- Event 1: Stack Up
- Period: November 12 (00:00 UTC)–November 25 (23:59 UTC)
  - Complete the various challenges offered below to obtain [Event] Half-left Seed Potato which you will combine to exchange for Advice of Valks items in the end.
- Event 2. Holy Mole!
- Period: November 11 (after maintenance)–November 25 (before maintenance)
  - Protect your garden from moles appearing at a chance while you harvest special seeds.
- Event 3. Scared Turkey Hunt
- Period: November 11 (after maintenance)–November 25 (before maintenance)
  - Defeat scared turkey that appear randomly while you defeat monsters for additional rewards
- Event 4. Wacky Toshi Seeks Help
- Period: November 11 (after maintenance)–November 24 (23:59 UTC)
  - Fill up Marni's Stones to hand them over to Wacky Toshi for cool rewards.
- Event 5. Joy of Turkey
- Period: November 11 (after maintenance)–November 25 (before maintenance)
  - Slaughter some turkeys and obtain their meat to give to the imperial chefs for bountiful rewards.
- Event 6. Sweet Candy Stick Box
- Period: November 11 (after maintenance)–November 18 (before maintenance)
  - Simply log-in once during this one-week event period to get [Event] Sweet Candy Stick Box that gives Skill EXP +100%!
- Click < Here > for more details on these bountiful events.

[Promotion] Play for a Free Game Pass - November edition
- Period: November 11 (after maintenance)–November 25 (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!

Refer-a-Friend is back
- Period: November 11 (after maintenance)–November 25 (before maintenance)
- Invite your friends and earn rewards! New players that use your Referral ID after joining Black Desert Online will get special rewards upon reaching in-game milestones.
- Check out the details of the promotion < Here >

Ongoing Events

November Enhancement Aid
- Event 1. The Legendary Thief: November 4–December 2 (before maintenance)
- Event 2. Moonlight Stone Challenge: November 5–December 1 (23:59 UTC)
- Event 3. Morden likes Accessories: November 4–December 2 (before maintenance)
  - There will be an update on the event from November 11 (after maintenance). You can now collect [Event] Morden Secret Trade Vouchers and blue-grade accessories and hand them all over to Morden. Please check the details of the updated information < Here >.

Hoof it Up!: November 4–November 18 (before maintenance)

Ended Events

Halloween in Florin
Magical Elixir
O'dyllita Launch Events
O'dyllita Attendance Check
Bloodstorm Nouver confirmed spawns
Nightmarish Kzarka confirmed spawns

Reward Distribution

Kalqueesh Loot Issue Compensation
- Item Drop Rate +50% Buff for 2 weeks: November 11 (after maintenance)–November 25 (before maintenance)
  - This item drop rate boost will stack with other drop rate boost giving items.
  - The item drop rate boost will be applied to most servers including Olvia, and season servers, however this will not be included in Arsha servers.

Items Given to All Adventurers
- Item Collection Increase Scroll: Advanced (60 min) x5
- GM’s Blessing 3 (1h) x3

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Lekrashan & Goldmont Battleships
- The Old Moon Rescue Party has reported that Lekrashan, which used to appear in the border between Ross Sea and Margoria Sea, has moved to the border between Juur Sea and Margoria Sea.
  - Ninesharks and Black Rusts, attracted by Lekrashan's concentrated black energy, have formed a habitat in the border between Juur Sea and Margoria Sea.
  - Defeat <Chasing Dark High Seas> Nineshark and <Chasing Dark High Seas> Black Rust inhabiting the border between Juur Sea and Margoria Sea. Then Lekrashan will show itself from the depths of the ocean at a certain chance.
  - Lekrashan is weak to external shock since it hasn't got out of the sea for a long time and focused fire will stun it.
  - Up to 3 adventurers may collect loot after defeating Lekrashan.
  - You may obtain Junk items that can be sold for crystals or Crow Coins by defeating monsters in Lekrashan's habitat.
- The Old Moon Rescue Party has reported that the Goldmont Pirate has expanded their influence to Vadabin Sea near Port Ratt and is attacking the traders of the merchants that pass through the port. Hence the Port Ratt coast guard is recruiting experienced sailors to exterminate the Goldmont Pirate.
  - The Goldmont Pirate will issue an alert at a certain chance when you defeat <Outlaw of the Vadabin Sea> Goldmont Pirate. Once the alert is issued, the Goldmont battleships will appear. Depending on the situation of the battle, these battleships will receive support from the nearby pirate ships.
  - You may obtain crafting and upgrade materials for Epheria Caravel/Epheria Galleass as loot when you defeat <Outlaw of the Vadabin Sea> Goldmont Pirate.
  - You will obtain more sailor EXP when you defeat <Outlaw of the Vadabin Sea> Goldmont Pirate than the amount obtained from defeating the normal Goldmont Pirate.
- The Agris Fever points consumed when defeating monsters at Lekrashan's habitat or the Goldmont Pirate's areas are as follows.
- The Naval Fame points recovered when defeating monsters at Lekrashan's habitat are as follows.

It's been more than a year since we launched The Great Expedition. First off, we'd like to thank all our adventurers who continue to show their love and support for this content.
Until now, Black Desert Online's ocean content mainly consisted of seeking profit through barter while defeating monsters such as Hekaru or Pirate Ships. However, many adventurers who were expecting a wild naval battle with enormous carracks have expressed their disappointment. Hence, starting with this update, we are planning to add monster zones in which you can experience the immense power of the carracks. Here, you will feel the full power of the carracks and be rewarded for your efforts.

Sea Crystals
- Added "Sea Crystals" which can be equipped to Large Ships.
  - Sea Crystal grades are (in ascending order): Eltro, Serni, Zulatia, and Margoria. Higher grade crystals have better stats.
  - If you use a Crystal, you may obtain 1 Sea Crystal of the same grade.
  - The Crystals can be obtained by defeating monsters at Lekrashan's habitat and Goldmont battleships.
  - Equip a Sea Crystal to your ship to increase 1 of the 8 stats.
  - You may obtain crystals of higher grade using the following crafting methods.
  - Perform Simple Alchemy on each sea crystal to obtain its Origin, the source of its power.
  - You can purchase Oquilla Emerald Fresh Water, Oquilla Aquamarine Fresh Water, Oquilla Golden Fresh Water, and Void Sea Crystal from Ravinia at Crow's Nest and Port Ratt.

Added the effects where you can use 100 Energy with Black Spirit to gain Combat EXP +20% for 60 min or Skill EXP +8% for 60 min.
The effects and durations of the Combat/Skill EXP buffs obtainable by using Energy from Black Spirit will now be displayed on the Exchange buttons.
- The actual duration and effect remain the same.

Added Villa Scrolls usable at the Campsite.
Guards have started to protect the following ports as pirates are disrupting the order in the Great Ocean by becoming more active.
- Velia Wharf
- Port Epheria
- Ancado Inner Harbor
- Arehaza Wharf
- Port Grándiha
- Starry Midnight Port

NPC

Fixed the awkward navigation path to the event NPC Tawner Morden.
According to nearby villagers, a never before seen storm rages on at Karanda's nest.
- Karanda's nest grew wider due to the effects of the storm.

Fixed the issue where NPC Konion's neck was split.
Fixed the issue where the inside of NPC Nahava's body was empty.

Updated November 13

The information window of large ships will now separately display the stat increases from Sailing Mastery for Speed, Acceleration, Turn, and Brake.

All Classes

<November 18 Update Preview>
- "Core" skills, which make existing Awakening skills one step more powerful, and "Rabam's Enlightenment: 3rd Skill Enhancement" will be coming in the November 18 update. We hope you'll look forward to these expanded and more powerful skills.

Berserker

Feral Rage - Fixed the issue where you could use the skill regardless of stamina.

Witch

Healing Aura I–V - Changed the skill description as follows (the skill effects that are actually applied remain the same).

Wizard

Healing Aura I–V - Changed the skill description as follows (the skill effects that are actually applied remain the same).

Ninja

Ninjutsu: Shadow Stomp I–IV, Absolute: Shadow Stomp, Prime: Shadow Stomp I–IV - Fixed the issue where the character's movement distance shortened on hit.
Flow: Sky Stepping - Fixed the unnatural movement of the character when comboing into Ghost Step after using the skill.
Succession: Ankle Cutter - Fixed the Preceding Skill description to display correct skill name.
Smokescreen I–V, Prime: Smokescreen - Fixed the issue where the skill add-on effect would not be applied on hit.

Ninja

Ninjutsu: Shadow Stomp I–IV, Absolute: Shadow Stomp, Prime: Shadow Stomp I–IV - Fixed the issue where the character's movement distance shortened on hit.
Flow: Sky Stepping - Fixed the unnatural movement of the character when comboing into Ghost Step after using the skill.
Succession: Ankle Cutter - Fixed the Preceding Skill description to display correct skill name.
Smokescreen I–V, Prime: Smokescreen - Fixed the issue where the skill add-on effect would not be applied on hit.

Shai

Fixed the issue where the character would remain invincible when attacked with a specific grab skill, Freezing, or debuff attacks.

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

Fixed the Naval Fame recovered when defeating the following sea monster.

Quest

Three new Caphras journals, "Caphras - Journal of Destruction," "Caphras - Journal of Nature," "Caphras - Journal of Glory," which hold the dark past of Caphras, have been unveiled. Transform "Caphras - Journal of Light and Shadow" obtained during Caphras' Adventure Logs into one of the three journals. Each of them has its own latent ability.
- After completing Caphras's Adventure Logs Vol.1–4 and the quest "Caphras: Book of Immortality" from the Black Spirit, accept "Caphras: The Life of Light and Shadow" from the Black Spirit and go to Velia to talk with Alustin.
- After completing the relevant quest from Alustin of Velia, accept the quest "Caphras' Journal, Mysterious Power" and take "Caphras - Journal of Light and Shadow" and Caphras Stone x10 to Alustin to complete the quest. Then you may choose to receive one of the three Caphras - Journals.
- You may exchange the transformed Caphras journals into another journal by doing the quest "[Repeat] Caphras' Journal, Mysterious Power" from Alustin of Velia and use the journal with the stats you wish depending on the situation.

The crafting method for the Ancient Kingdom of Orzeca's Mass of Pure Magic has been discovered at the Crypt of Resting Thoughts and its mass production has initiated under the command of Queen Viorencia Odore. However, this mass production requires a material called "Essence of Tunta" and the Verti, a direct subordinate organization of the queen, is looking for assistants who can supply the essence.
- If you become the Verti's assistant, you can supply Essence of Tunta once per week to them and receive Mass of Pure Magic x5 as a reward.
- If your Amity with Queen Viorencia Odore is 1 or higher, you can activate the "Life" Quest Type and talk with Celphie, the Audrite Holy Priestess of O'draxxia, to accept the [Essence of Tunta] questline.
- Be acknowledged as the Verti's assistant by completing the [Essence of Tunta] questline and talk with Celphie again to do the [Weekly] Essence of Tunta quest. This quest requires you to activate Quest Type "Other" and can be completed only once per week.
- Note that you will fail to craft Essence of Tunta through alchemy if you do not have the knowledge "Celphie's Special Alchemy." The knowledge is obtainable by completing the [Essence of Tunta] questline.

O'draxxia has initiated the mass production of Mass of Pure Magic based on Orzeca's records and the capital is now in need of help. Queen Viorencia Odore has hence given the order to reward those who help the capital with the Ancient Kingdom of Orzeca Coins.
- Added Ancient Kingdom of Orzeca Coin as a reward for the quest [Lv. 60] O'dyllita City Contribution under the Recurring tab in the Quest window.
- Right-click on the Ancient Kingdom of Orzeca Coin to navigate to the Exchange NPC.
- You can exchange Ancient Kingdom of Orzeca Coin x40 for Mass of Pure Magic x1.

Fixed the issue where the text appeared in Korean during the quest "[Adventure Log] Wager for the Magic Tome."
Fixed the incorrect indication of skill guide during the quest [Guardian Awakening] Bahitram's Jordun: Practice.

Knowledge

You can now obtain the knowledge about the Archaeologist's Map by interacting with the Caphras' Journal of Caphras Cave.
You can now obtain knowledge about the Lafi Bedmountain's Upgraded Compass by taking it to Ain Greid and talking with him.

Applied the new Alchemy Stone UI.
The Contribution EXP icons in the quest rewards will now all look the same.
Fixed the issue where the text did not fit in the Work Progress Information UI.
The icons displayed in the Character Selection window will now be aligned to the right.
The instrument you are currently using will now appear highlighted and at the top of the list in the Composition Note.
A repair completion message will now be displayed when fixing a mount or gear by talking to an NPC.
Added information about Combat Type to My Information window.
- Go to My Information (P) > Battle Stats list to see the relevant information.
- You can check whether your character's combat type is currently Melee, Ranged, or Magic.

Added a description about the effects gained based on the number of Titles owned.
- Hover your mouse over the "?" icon added to the Title Info section in My Information window to check the effects you can gain based on the number of Titles you own.

Fixed the issue for certain languages where the World Map UI looked abnormal.
Added "Share" feature on the top right side of the News, Community, and BDO Wiki windows for Facebook and Twitter.
[Guild Skill] Healing Touch - Fixed the issue where the amount healed written in the skill description did not match the amount that was actually healed.
Fixed the issue where the text and numbers in the ESC menu overlapped for Spanish and French.

Fixed the awkward Skill Preset Coupon's display window.
Fixed the issue where World Bosses, Nouver, and Bloodstorm Nouver would sometimes become transparent and be unable to move.
[Sorceress] Fixed the graphical issue with Sekrah outfit's belt.
[Ninja] Fixed the issue where the character's wrist would disappear when equipping the Grave Keeper or Gorca Swimsuit outfits.
[Ranger] Fixed the graphical issue with the chest when getting wet with the Spring Blossom outfit.
[Shai] Fixed the graphical issue with the arm when getting wet with the New Year Hanbok outfit.
[Valkyrie] Fixed the issue where Kini Hair Ornament appeared slanted to the right when equipping it after face customization.
[Hashashin] Fixed the issue where a blank space appeared between the helmet and the head when applying bald hairstyle after equipping the Mezari Helmet.
[Berserker] Fixed the awkward front part of the hair when equipping the Lahr Arcien Helmet after certain customization.
[Tamer] Fixed the graphical issue with the Plum Blossom Decorated Nickel Hairpin when equipping the Vediras Helmet with the hairpin already on.
Fixed the awkward part of the skill description tooltip displayed in the Skill Add-on window.
Fixed the issue where Bloodstorm Nouver sometimes did not react when attacking him with a Ranged combat type character.
Fixed the issue where the ship's stats abnormally increased in a certain situation when equipping Khan's Heart: Life.

Known Issues

[Music Album] We are aware of the issue where going over a certain number of notes while composing causes the composition to not be seamless.
We are aware of the issue where Ebenruth's Nol's item effect of 1 additional use of BreezySail that does not consume stamina is not being applied.
We are aware of the issue where some Adventurers were able to accept and complete the [Event] A Very Secret Deal I, II, III quests even though the quests were planned to be changed to be unacceptable and uncompletable from November 11 at 00:00 until today's maintenance.
- We are currently investigating this issue. Adventurers who did not accept and complete the quests from November 11, 2020 (Wed) at 00:00 until the start of today's maintenance will be sent the [Event] Morden Secret Trade Voucher by in-game mail during the November 18, 2020 (Wed) maintenance to allow them to be able to accept and complete the [Event] A Very Secret Deal I, II, III quests.
- Adventurers who forfeited the quest after accepting the quest between November 11, 2020 (Wed) at 00:00 until the start of maintenance will also be sent the [Event] Morden Secret Trade Voucher.

Updated November 12

We are aware of the issue where Targargo event boss spawns were wrong in the timetable released yesterday. The timetables have been updated and divided into 2 weeks (one for the timeslot of Nov. 11–Nov. 18, the second for the timeslot of Nov. 18–Nov. 25). Please check the timetable again < Here > to see the fixed schedule of Targargo event boss spawns. Compensation will be announced with a future announcement shortly. We sincerely apologize for the confusion and inconvenience.

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Nov 4, 2020

Patch Notes - November 4th 2020

Black Desert - CM_Yukimura

Greetings Adventurers,

This week, O’dyllita is ready to unveil more of its mysteries with the second part of the main quests.

Nouver awakens and will challenge seasoned adventurers as mighty Bloodstorm Nouver.

Finally, take advantage of the enhancement aid events to upgrade your gear or grab some mount experience and more during our horse-related event.

New Events

November Enhancement Aid
- Event 1. The Legendary Thief
- Period: November 4 (after maintenance)–December 2 (before maintenance)
  - You can purchase special items from NPC Fawner Morden who will appear randomly in Velia, Heidel, Calpheon, or Altinova. You can also perform Simple Alchemy to process these special items with others to create items like Advice of Valks!
- Event 2. Moonlight Stone Challenge
- Period: November 5 (00:00 UTC)–December 1 (23:59 UTC)
  - Complete Black Spirit quest, log-in challenge, and playtime challenge to obtain items to create tempered stones and ultimately [Event] Iridescent Moonlight Stone which you can exchange for Advice of Valks items!
- Event 3. Morden likes Accessories
- Period: November 4 (after maintenance)–December 2 (before maintenance)
  - Exchange accessories with NPC Tawner Morden to get Ancient Spirit Dust items.
  - Some blue-grade accessories of TRI (III) enhancement level or lower exchangeable for the "Fawner & Tawner Morden, Thieving Merchants!" won't be allowed to be registered on the Central Market, and accessories already registered will be cancelled and returned to respective warehouses as of November 3, 22:30 UTC.
  - During this event period, all weapon/armor vendors, and blacksmiths will stop selling Mysterious Rings, Mysterious Earrings, Mysterious Belts, and Mysterious Necklaces.
- Click < Here > to learn all about these series of new events to help you obtain items to aid in your enhancement!

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Hoof it Up!
- Event 1. Mount EXP Boost
- Period: November 4 (after maintenance)–November 18 (before maintenance)
  - Enjoy Mount EXP +50%, 24/7 during the entire event period!
- Event 2. Imperial Horse Delivery
- Period: November 4 (after maintenance)–November 18 (before maintenance)
  - Perform Imperial Horse Delivery to get additional [Event] Imperial Training Delivery Invoices which can be exchanged for rewards to help your Courser Training and even an [Event] Tier-8 Horse Emblem Box!
- Click < Here > for more details on this event to help train your horses.

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Bonus ! Special Dice for Halloween
- Period: November 4 (after maintenance)–November 11 (before maintenance)
- We hope you are enjoying Halloween in Florin! We have added another special event so during this event week, visit Kunata Don in Florin to receive the event quest to obtain Black Spirit's Special Dice for the all new Black Spirit's Adventure board game!
- This quest can be completed once per in-game family per day during the event period.
  - This quest will reset daily at 00:00 UTC.
  - You can also find this quest under the quest window (O) under New quests tab.
  - Be sure to check out more Halloween events going on via the Halloween in Florin event post < Here >.

Additional Bloodstorm Nouver will spawn for an event period.
- Please note Bloodstorm Nouver may spawn at random times in any of its set spawn times besides the fixed schedules above.
- Adventurers will be able to get up to IV Nouver Sub-weapons (possible enhancements: +0, I, II, III, IV) as well as enjoy increased drop rates for Belongings of an Adventurer, Gold Bars (up to 1,000G), and each type of Magical Black Stones for bringing down Bloodstorm Nouver!
- As world boss spawns in Danger Zones, you may receive death penalty for being killed by world bosses.

Ongoing Events

Halloween in Florin: October 28–November 11 (before maintenance)
- Thanks to the strong interest and affection from our players, we have decided to change the Mischievous Jack Transformation Scroll (7 Days) x1 you can obtain from the Halloween events in Florin to a ‘permanent’ edition with November 4th regular maintenance. This will work retroactively as well so any 7-day scrolls obtained before the maintenance will also be changed to permanent ones. Continue collecting [Event] Soul-infused Cotton Wad and obtain the scroll to enjoy your mischievous self, even after the event ends!

Magical Elixir: Period: October 30 (00:00 UTC)–November 8 (23:59 UTC)
O'dyllita Launch Events
- Event 4. Flower of the Burning Moon: October 7–November 11 (before maintenance)

O'dyllita Attendance Check: October 7–November 11 (before maintenance)
Nightmare Comes True - Extended for 1 week

Ended Events

Refer-a-Friend Promotion
Set Sail Again
Spooky Witchy Halloween!
- "Event 3. Halloween Challenges" will still be available until November 4 (23:59 UTC)

Reward Distribution

Enhanced Skill update

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Be sure to check out changes made to Enhanced Skills with this week's update under class changes below, and we hope you enjoy customizing your skill set with a complementary Armstrong's Skill Guide (1 Day).
Make sure to claim them before December 2, 09:00 UTC or it will disappear. Thank you

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NA Node War Tax Collection
- Due to the node tax collection issue that occurred on NA servers last week, the Silvers missed out by guilds who occupied nodes before and after the urgent maintenance was performed has been distributed.
- The Silver amount was sent to Guild Funds of the relevant guilds.

Kalqueesh Loot Issue
- The issue where you were unable to obtain Ancient Power - Black Shard, Black Stone (Armor), Power Engine of Ancient Weapons from defeating the Kalqueesh after the October 21 (Wed.) maintenance has been fixed with today's maintenance.
- Please check the details of the issue and compensation to be given out with next week's (November 11th) regular maintenance < Here >.

Content

O'dyllita Main Quests Part II
Added the main quest in Pt.2 "[Lv.60 O'dyllita II] Gem of Imbalance" where the Flower of the Burning Moon and shadows with the blessings of Queen Viorencia Odore are preparing for the encroaching Hadum's Realm.
- Must have completed the quest "[Lv. 60 O'dyllita I] Flower of the Burning Moon" to get this new quest.
Added the story about the Fallen Ahib in Thornwood Forest.
- The quest "Ones Seized in Evil Aura" can be accepted from Black Spirit in Thornwood Forest after completing the quest "[O'dyllita] Song of Phantoms."
Discovered Vol. 1 and 4 of the Caphras' Adventure Logs that contains Caphras' Biography. Adventurers that have already completed all of Caphras' Adventure Log Vol. 2 and 3 will get Vol. 1 and 4 without doing any other quests.

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Here is the long awaited update! The main quests in O'dylitta Part 2 takes our Adventurers through the story about the daughters of Sylvia. An exciting story will unfold about the events that happened in this peaceful and beautiful looking forest.

Bloodstorm Nouver
- Nouver the Sand Tyrant will occasionally be stained by the blood of victims that died in the desert sandstorms. The tyrant is rumored to appear even more vicious than before. It is called "Bloodstorm Nouver" and is greatly feared by desert travellers, merchants, and even the military.
  - Bloodstorm Nouver is even more powerful than the pre-existing Nouver. It blows whirlwinds at distant Adventurers and attacks from beneath the desert sands.
  - Bloodstorm Nouver drops much better loot. Adventurers will be able to get up to IV Nouver Sub-weapons (possible enhancements: +0, I, II, III, IV). It also has increased drop rates for Belongings of an Adventurer, Gold Bars (up to 1,000G), and each type of Magical Black Stones.
  - Bloodstorm Nouver will have new attack patterns.

▲ Appears with a powerful storm (Left) / Fires two fire breathes right after each other (Right)

▲ Creates a phantom using the sandstorm (Left) / Cries out and summons a huge whirlwind (Right)

▲ 3 stage attack from the air (Left) / Slams down on the ground to bring utter destruction in the area (Right)
※ These images were taken using a GM character that does not receive damage to take better pictures.

Last time when we released Nightmarish Kzarka, we were worried about our adventurers' response as it was significantly harder. To our surprise, it received a lot of positive feedback from the community. Adventurers were pleased to see that we finally have a great world boss. Of course, the loots that dropped also helped in this.
We are now glad to announce to you the release of an even more powerful Nouver: the "Bloodstorm Nouver." This world boss demands quick decisions to be made with a variety of attack patterns and attacks with sharper claws and teeth. We hope it will be an exciting experience for our adventurers. We are currently working on Karanda and Kutum as well. We hope to hear a lot of suggestions and feedback for our world bosses.

Changes to Node/Conquest Wars, boss spawns, and Tribute Wagon departure time have been reflected so please follow the start and closing times of the local time for the North America servers accordingly.
- Node War: 18:00-20:00 PST / 21:00-23:00 EST
- Conquest War: 18:00-22:00 PST / 21:00-01:00 EST
- Tribute Wagon Departure: 16:00 PST / 19:00 EST
- See the link for the updated World Boss spawn schedule < Here >.

Added special titles for adventurers who can land the final blow to the following world bosses.

Improved certain parts of the Compose/Score window.
- Scrolling with your mouse while holding down the Shift key now lets you scroll sideways.
- You can now scroll while playing a composition.

Game World

Applied horizontal line to the World Map. A new dawn is probably waiting for us beyond the horizontal line.
Changed certain sound effects in combat to add intensity to battles.
- Adjusted the volume of other adventurers to be lowered when fighting a world boss.
- Adjusted the sounds to make your character sounds clearer.
- Improved sound for differentiating distance and direction.
- Before, volume increased as the sound was closer to the character. Now, it was improved to change according to the camera angle and the location of the character.
- Even at the same distance, sounds coming from behind will sound smaller than sounds coming from the front.
- Improved the sense of direction to be clearer for monster sounds.

NPC

Changed the NPCs Fughar and Wacky Toshi to not block adventurers' path.

Improved the movements of the Mischievous Jack mount.
- Increased forward movement speed by approx. 20%.
- Increased running movement speed by approx. 80%.
- Increased lateral turning speed while running by approx. 150%.

By Class

Warrior

The following changes were made to Enhanced Skills.

Ranger

The following changes were made to Enhanced Skills.

Sorceress

The following changes were made to Enhanced Skills.

Sinister Omen - Fixed the issue where the sound effect continued to play in the Skill Demo.

Berserker

The following changes were made to Enhanced Skills.

Final Strike - Changed the skill description to be more concise.

Tamer

The following changes were made to Enhanced Skills.

Valkyrie

The following changes were made to Enhanced Skills.

Witch

The following changes were made to Enhanced Skills.

Wizard

The following changes were made to Enhanced Skills.

Musa

The following changes were made to Enhanced Skills.

Maehwa

The following changes were made to Enhanced Skills.

Ninja

The following changes were made to Enhanced Skills.

Kunoichi

The following changes were made to Enhanced Skills.

Dark Knight

The following changes were made to Enhanced Skills.

Striker

The following changes were made to Enhanced Skills.

Prime: Rampaging Predator - Fixed the issue where the commands for this skill would be inputted after Twisted Collision, Prime: Somersault, and Rising Blast Combo but Prime: Skull Crusher would activate instead.
Black Spirit: Skull Crusher - Fixed the issue where multiple Echo Spirits would occasionally appear.
Black Spirit: Skull Crusher and Black Spirit: Ultimate Crush - Fixed the issue where Echo Spirits would not appear in the Skill Demo.
Combo: Whirlwind - Fixed the issue where the skill would be toggled, but it would still activate after Flow: Deathstrike.

Mystic

The following changes were made to Enhanced Skills.

Lahn

The following changes were made to Enhanced Skills.

Archer

The following changes were made to Enhanced Skills.

Piercing Light - Fixed the issue where the skill looked too bright in the Remastered settings or higher.

Shai

The following changes were made to Enhanced Skills.

Guardian

The following changes were made to Enhanced Skills.

Hashashin

The following changes were made to Enhanced Skills.

Prime: Aal's Breath - Fixed the issue where only the eyes were visible while using this skill.

Artina now sells "[Jukebox] Morning of Valencia" in the Instrument Shops at Kaia Pier, Ancado Inner Harbor, Lake Flondor, and Salanar Pond.
- Artina worked with Gavinya Great Crater to create this delightful jukebox. She rates the jukebox's worth highly, so only Shais with Musicianship Grade C or higher can purchase this item.
Mischievous Jack Transformation Scrolls exchanged for [Event] Soul-infused Cotton Wad are now permanent.
- Changed the item description for Mischievous Jack Transformation Scroll.
Changed the in-game appearance of Tick-Tock Fairy.
For details on the newly added Pearl Shop Update, please click < Here >!

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Quest

Allowed all classes to be able to get skill books from Cruhorn Wyrmsbane in Heidel after completing the Awakening, Succession, and Talent quests.
Changed the pre-rework quests in Balenos and Seredia main quests for Black Spirit to give the outfit boxes of armor sets as rewards.

Fixed the issue where long texts in the ESC menu would cover the icons on the right.
Fixed the issue where worker portraits looked abnormal in the Worker Contract window.
Fixed the issue where the Skill Enhancement UI would look abnormal when logging in with an Archer or Shai.

Fixed the issue for certain languages where the Mythical Arduanatt UI looked abnormal.
Fixed the issue where the summons did not attack other adventurers during PvP when a world boss appeared in a different area.
Fixed the issue where the [Event] Immortal: Draughts and Elixirs appeared to be available in the Warehouse UI.
Fixed the issue where Kalqueesh in Hystria Ruins wouldn't drop Power Engine of Ancient Weapons, Ancient Power - Black Shard, and Black Stone (Armor).
[Archer] Black Spirit: Righteous Smite, Black Spirit: Full Bloom - Fixed graphical issues with the skill demos.
[Warrior] Hatchet Job Outfit - Fixed the graphical issue with the shoulder portion of the armor that occured after changing your character's appearance via customization.
Fixed the issue with the Carmadun Owl's actual range for looting items.
Fixed the issue where Naval Fame decreased when hitting a ship with smuggled goods loaded on it.

Known Issues

We are aware of the issue where the quest that appears on the 3rd chapter of Book 1 of Caphras' Record appears untranslated. This issue will be resolved shortly.

Updated November 5

We are aware of the issue where defeating the Guild Boss Khan twice before the November 4th maintenance causes the number of summonable times to appear abnormal.
- This issue will be resolved during the reset time of Monday at midnight (00:00) and the number of summonable times will become 1.

Updated November 10

We are aware of the issue where using Khan's Heart: Life in certain situations can cause a ship’s stats to abnormally rise. As a result, we’ve temporarily blocked the ability to use Khan's Heart: Life. This issue will be resolved during the November 11, 2020 (tomorrow's) regular maintenance. We apologize for the inconvenience.

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Oct 29, 2020

Halloween Patch Notes - October 28th 2020

Black Desert - CM_Yukimura

Greetings Adventurers,

This week, Halloween takes over Florin with some mysterious quests! Mythical Arduanatt also appears to reign over the skies of Black Desert Online.

We are also adding a completely revamped version of our Black Spirit Adventure. Finally, set sail again and experience the new Naval Fame system!

New Events

Halloween in Florin
- Event 1. Halloween Quests in Florin
- Period: October 28 (after maintenance)–November 11 (before maintenance)
  - During the event period, different types of Halloween-themed event quests will be offered. Complete the mysterious quests for big rewards!
- Event 2. Defeat Isabella the Black Witch!
- Period: October 28 (after maintenance)–November 11 (before maintenance)
  - During the event period, a special Halloween Shop will open its doors wide! Head over to check out what special NPC Kirwin has in store for you!
- Event 3. Mysterious Knight for Halloween
- Period: October 28 (after maintenance)–November 11 (before maintenance)
  - During the event period, <Special Skill Instructor> Mysterious Knight will randomly appear all over the world of Black Desert Online (in Combat Zones only) with whom you can interact (R) with to get Skill EXP +300% for 180 mins.!
- Click < Here > for more details on this year's all new spooky Halloween events!

Nightmare Comes True
- Period: October 28 (after maintenance)–November 4 (before maintenance)
  - During the event period, Nightmarish Kzarka will spawn at a fixed schedule. This isn't an addition of more Nightmarish Kzarka but a confirmed spawn from the existing Kzarka spawn schedule. See details and find the schedule of the fearsome world boss spawn < Here >

Magical Elixir
- Period: October 30 (00:00 UTC)–November 8 (23:59 UTC)
  - Over a period of 2 weeks, play daily and log in during the designated challenge period to get rewards including [Event] Magical Elixir and Item Collection Increase Scroll (60 min) via the Challenge tab (Y) based on your accumulated playtime.
  - Perform Simple Alchemy with [Event] Magical Elixir and other draught items to create magical draught items that will give you even greater boosts to help your adventures.
  - Click < Here > to see the event in detail.

Ongoing Events

Monthly Loyalty - October 2020: October 1 (00:00 UTC)–October 31 (23:59 UTC)
- Please note that the bonus items and any accumulated bonus points will disappear if they are not collected within the promotional period. Please make sure to claim the items within the promotional period (before the end of October)!
- Please note that there is no Monthly Loyalty bonus event planned for November.

Refer-a-Friend Promotion: October 7–November 4 (before maintenance)
O'dyllita Launch Events
- Event 4. Flower of the Burning Moon: October 7–November 11 (before maintenance)

O'dyllita Attendance Check: October 7–November 11 (before maintenance)
Spooky Witchy Halloween!
- Event 1. Spook is Back: October 21–November 4 (before maintenance)
- Event 2. Defeat Isabella the Black Witch!: October 21–November 4 (before maintenance)
- Event 3. Halloween Challenges: October 22–November 4 (23:59 UTC)
- Event 4. Halloween Quests: October 21–November 4 (before maintenance)
- Event 5. Halloween Adventure Logs: October 21–November 4 (before maintenance)

Set Sail Again
- Event 1. Set Sail with Burst of Boosts: October 21–November 4 (before maintenance)
- Event 2. Lekrashan Strikes Back: October 2–November 4 (before maintenance)
- Event 3. Build a Strong Ship: October 21–November 4 (before maintenance)

Ended Events

October Events
Level Up Again with Hashashin
Collect Commemorative Coins
- Event 1: Collect by Playing!: Available until October 29 (23:59 UTC)

Content

Mythical Arduanatt
- Added a new dream horse available through Mythical Awakening, the Mythical Arduanatt.
  - Stable your Arduanatt with Gula, stable keeper of Stonetail Horse Ranch, to attempt Mythical Awakening.
  - You will need 1 male and 1 female Lv. 30 Arduanatts.
  - Use the Mythical Censer to attempt Mythical Awakening, which has a fixed success rate of 3%.
  - Successfully breeding the 2 Arduanatts will lead to 1 awakened Mythical Arduanatt.
  - If failed, the 2 Arduanatts can be recovered at any time, and use the Mythical Censer to try again.
  - Newly born Mythical Arduanatts have all the skills the Arduanatts were born with along with Mythical Arduanatt skills they've known from birth.
  - Arduanatt's skill from birth will be at 100% mastery, and will not disappear even if you reset their growth.
  - The base price of the Mythical Arduanatt will be higher than the combined prices of the male and female Lv. 30 Arduanatts. However, due to its unique nature, it cannot be registered in the horse market.
  - Mythical Arduanatt is a legendary dream horse born from Mythical Awakening and does not specify a gender.
- Details on Mythical Arduanatt skills are as follows.

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To craft the "'Mythical Censer," you will need the following materials.

The higher the tier of the horse supplied to the imperial house, the greater amount of "Flower of Oblivion" you will obtain.

Arduanatt reigns over the skies, Diné rides the desert dunes, and Doom conquers on land. The beauty and power of these dream horses, especially their unique skills, have been longed by many adventurers over the years. However, over the years, many adventurers have been able to tame them and a greater number of adventurers have sought for a new type of dream horse. Thus, we present before you a dream horse of even greater magnitude in both power and beauty. We hope this provides a new goal for adventurers who enjoy horse training and dream horse content. We particularly hope this is also a more meaningful endeavor for those high-leveled trainers as well. While we only have the Mythical Arduanatt to show for today, we are currently preparing to release an upgraded Diné and Doom as well.

Revamped Black Spirit's Adventure
- Now you will roll not 1 but 2 dice, and their sum will determine how many spaces the Black Spirit moves forward.
- Use the "Acquire" button on the lower portion of Black Spirit's Adventure to obtain Black Spirit's Dice.
- You will gain an extra pair of dice every 30 minutes, up to 3 times a day.
- Getting the same number on the dice will automatically grant you another roll.
  * However, an extra roll will not be granted if you land on a bonus square or the finish line, or if you roll the same number on both dice for the second time.
- Your Black Spirit piece will change appearance every 10th round completed.
- Click < Here > to see what has changed for the Black Spirit's Adventure fully.

Black Spirit's Adventure is one of our most beloved contents. We chose to revamp it by retaining much of the accessibility in its original variation, while adding some strategic elements to spice up the fun.

Added the Naval Fame system.
- Naval Fame is shared by family, and measures the adventurer's Karma at sea.
- Naval Fame begins at 0, can be restored up to 300,000, or fall to -1,000,000.
- If your Naval Fame is greater than 0, you'll become a "Navy", and if lower than 0, a "Pirate."
- While in pirate status, your ship will be marked in red, allowing you to be attacked by the ships of adventurers without activating PvP mode.
- Each time you force PvP by attacking an adventurer, your first attack will reduce your Naval Fame by -50,000.
- You can no longer ride the Guild Galley if your Naval Fame is in pirate mode.
- Destroying a ship reduces your Naval Fame by -200,000.
- The act of defeating an adventurer, after destroying a ship, will reduce your Karma not Naval Fame.
- While in pirate status, you won't be able to interact with, repair or supply your ship through normal wharf managers. You will only be able to repair and resupply your ship through Gafur, the wharf manager of the pirate-ridden Kuit Islands.
- You can restore your Naval Fame by defeating Sea Creatures.
- Your Naval Fame is affected by Guild Skills, Pet Skills, Tear of Repentance, and other Karma Recovery effects. However, your Naval Fame is not affected by the Book of Repentance.

The Naval Fame system has been added as a new content. This will serve as the foundation for our pirates and bounty hunting system. Defeating sea creatures will increase your Naval Fame, while attacking other adventurers and their ships as a pirate will reduce your Naval Fame. If your Naval Fame is below 0, you will be severely limited in your access to sea-related content. Also, please note that Naval Fame is applied to your entire family. We are currently preparing future contents so that different roles can be played by adventurers in Naval Fame without being unfair to one particular side over the other.

Added Ancient Spirit Dust x50 to the "Victory at Red Battlefield!" quest rewards.
Increased the number of Red Seals obtainable from losing in the Red Battlefield to 2 seals.
Changes to Node/Conquest Wars, boss spawns, and Tribute Wagon departure time have been reflected so please follow the start and closing times of the local time for the EU servers accordingly.
- Node War: 20:00 CET–22:00 CET
- Conquest War: 20:00 CET–24:00 CET
- Tribute Wagon Departure 18:00 CET
- See the link for the changed World Boss spawn schedule < Here >.
- Please note Daylight saving time 2020 for North America will end at 02:00 local standard time on Sunday, 1st of November. However the necessary changes to Node/Conquest Wars, world boss spawns, and Tribute Wagon departure times for NA servers will take into effect starting with November 4th regular maintenance. (Please mind that Node Wars and boss spawns will appear to occur 1 hours early during Nov. 1 to Nov. 4 maintenance).

System

Renewed the design of the Settings window that appears when you create a character and log in at the start of the game.

NPC

Taya, the Old Moon Manager of Duvencrune, now rents out the Old Moon Fence.
Old Moon Manager Mene has come to O'draxxia following the Kalicha Merchant Guild.
Moved the sailors waiting for their captains at the tavern in Velia so that they wouldn't interfere with the tavern business.

All Classes

Re-adjusted skill add-ons for all classes.

We've improved the skill add-ons for each class. Previously, you chose 2 out of 6 given add-ons and added them to your character's skills, but now you can choose the add-ons you want from 24 add-ons (shared across all classes). The limitations of the previous system led adventurers to approach the add-ons as if there was a correct formula to use them, but with this renewal, we hope that adventurers will be more experimental in their customizations of their skill add-ons according to their play style. Also, before we had grouped our skill add-on effects into 5 levels (for example, the amount of Monster AP increased differed depending on the skill) based on the skill's cooldown time and utility, but now we've reduced it to 3 levels in order to increase their utility. Additionally, we've made adjustments based on adventurer opinions on how the skill add-on effects were being applied to all hits for certain skills.

Fixed the issue where the target of a successful grab skill would sometimes display irregular movements.

[By Class]

Sorceress

Night Crow - Fixed the issue where using the skill while consuming Shards of Darkness after having learned Crow Food II, Storming Crow II, and with Storming Crow II locked, would display irregular movement.

Striker

Fallout - Fixed the issue where the skill's add-on effect wouldn't activate when the skill was on cooldown.
Infernal Destruction - Fixed the issue where the skill's add-on effect wouldn't activate when using Land Buster.
Spiral Cannon - Fixed the issue where the skill would only apply 6 hits instead of 7.

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The Ancient Fragments of the Ancient Puturum who emerge from the Dark Rifts have begun to emit even stronger energies.
- Changed the active region where the Ancient Puturum protect the Ancient Ruins and their legacy to Valencia's desert only.
- Changed the loot from the Ancient Puturum, which has become fortified with the energy emanated from the Ancient Fragments, into a more valuable reward.
- Defeat the Ancient Puturum from the Dark Rift to obtain Mass of Pure Magic and Howling Dead Man's Chest.
- You'll randomly get one of the following items enhanced up to DUO (II) from the Howling Dead Man's Chest: Laytenn's Power Stone, Ogre Ring, Eye of the Ruins Ring, Valtarra Eclipsed Belt, Basilisk's Belt, Ring of Crescent Guardian.

Quest

Added additional quests to obtain the Royal Fern Root, one of the materials required for awakening the Mythical Arduanatt.
- Details regarding the quests are as follows.

These quests are family quests, and you may only accept and complete one of them at any given time.
- These quests are Daily quests, and you can accept them once more after they reset at 00:00.

Fixed the graphical issue with some regions in front of Balenos.
Fixed the issue with incorrect font color being displayed after line breaks in certain chat messages.
Fixed the issue with the message that appears when using the Battle Command to Gather.
Fixed the issue where the caution message would sometimes not appear when enhancing your equipment.
[Archer] Fixed the issue where the ra'ghon and the crossbow would sometimes disappear when performing certain actions while wearing the Crayodel Outfit.
Fixed the issue where the node guild information did not fit in its window while viewed on the World Map.
Fixed the issue where the Chat window size decreased when you loaded a preset with Quick Hotkeys.
Fixed the issue where characters would sometimes get stuck within trees in some regions of Longleaf Tree Sentry Post.
[Shai] Fixed the graphical issue that occured when wearing the Marine Romance outfit with the tied-up hair customization setting.

Known Issues

We are aware of the issue where the following quests from the Halloween in Florin event sometimes do not appear as completed in the Quest (O) window when having completed them.
- [Event] Threats Preceding Cleaning
- [Event] Frightened Doll that Ran Away
  This issue will be resolved with the November 4 maintenance.

We are aware of the issue where the NPC Kisha of Florin is hidden by the event background, making it difficult to talk to her. This issue will be resolved with the November 4 maintenance.
We are aware of the issue where you cannot take out your ship when it gets destroyed while in Pirate status for destroying another adventurer's ship after having taken out your ship from a wharf that is not on the Kuit Islands (Pirate Island) while in Marine status.
- If you experience this issue, please contact Customer Support for further assistance.

We are aware of the issue where the "Extra AP Against Monsters +20 for 7 sec." Skill Add-on incorrectly displays the effect as +25 in the buff icon.
We are aware of the issue where the "A Gift for the New Black Spirit's Adventure!" Challenge incorrectly states that it can be completed daily instead of just once during the event period. This issue will be resolved with the November 4 maintenance.
We are aware of the issue where you may be unable to restore your Naval Fame to Marine status if your Naval Fame changes to Pirate status while none of your characters in your Family have a large ship taken out.
- This issue will be resolved during the November 4 maintenance.

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Oct 22, 2020

Patch Notes - October 21st 2020

Black Desert - CM_Yukimura

Greetings Adventurers,

With Spooktober in progress, we bring you Halloween and New Great Expedition events.
Rumor has it that Afuaru is now dropping more valuable items. Some seasoned adventurers report that a mysterious quest in O’dyllita will let you obtain Garmoth’s Heart, others said that you can now craft the legendary La Orzeca outfit to protect yourself from Hadum.
Finally, they also reported sightings of a powerful version of Kzarka and a new Alustin’s Alchemy Log.

For more information about this patch and the spooky Halloween and Great Expedition event, read on!

New Events

Spooky Witchy Halloween!
- Event 1. Spook is Back
- Period: October 21 (after maintenance)–November 4 (before maintenance)
  - Spook will swarm the entire world of Black Desert Online and spawn at random times, random places!
- Event 2. Defeat Isabella the Black Witch!
- Period: October 21 (after maintenance)–November 4 (before maintenance)
  - Gueldia the White Witch needs your help in defeating Isabella the Black Witch again. Help Gueldia and get rewarded for your bravery!
- Event 3. Halloween Challenges
- Period: October 22 (00:00 UTC)–November 4 (23:59 UTC)
  - Play daily and get the rewards below via the Challenge tab (Y) based on your accumulated playtime.
- Event 4. Halloween Quests
- Period: October 21 (after maintenance)–November 4 (before maintenance)
  - Don’t miss the additional event quests prepared exclusively for this haunted season!
- Event 5. Halloween Adventure Logs
- Period: October 21 (after maintenance)–November 4 (before maintenance)
  - Halloween Adventure Logs from last year will be available again for this event period! Complete various tasks with these Adventure Logs and get cool rewards!
- Click < Here > to see these spooky events in detail and get ready for Halloween!

Set Sail Again
- Event 1. Set Sail with Burst of Boosts
- Period: October 21 (after maintenance)–November 4 (before maintenance)
  - Enjoy all of the following boosts including Sailing EXP +50% or Barter EXP +50% better your ocean adventures!
- Event 2. Lekrashan Strikes Back
- Period: October 21 (after maintenance)–November 4 (before maintenance)
  - During the event period, special field boss Lekrashan will appear at sea!
- Event 3. Build a Strong Ship
- Period: October 21 (after maintenance)–November 4 (before maintenance)
  - Go to specific NPCs to accept special quests and defeat sea monsters! You will be rewarded with materials needed to build a strong ship!
- Bonus. Special Quests Permanently Added!
- Permanent addition from October 14 (after maintenance)
  - With a character of Lv.50 or above, enter specific regions in the Great Ocean to see hidden quests appear in the top right corner of your screen.
  - Click < Here > to learn more about the series of events to celebrate the first anniversary of The Great Expedition.

Additional Hot Time Boost (from the event Trade with the trio)
- Period: October 21 (after maintenance)—October 28 (before maintenance)
- Here are the results of [Event] Supply Box items turned into the relevant NPCs for EU and NA regions:

Thus, the boost given to both NA and EU regions will be Item Drop Rate +50%!
- The item drop rate boosts will stack with other boost-giving items.
- The item drop rate boost will be applied to all servers including Olvia and season servers, but excluding Arsha servers.
- Please note boosts for turning in [Event] Supply Box items to Martum or Tolo will not be given.

Ongoing Events

October Events
- Event 1. Hexe Marie and the Dark Rift: October 14–October 28 (before maintenance)
- Event 2. Collect Autumn Leaves: October 14–October 28 (before maintenance)

O'dyllita Launch Events
- Event 4. Flower of the Burning Moon: October 7–November 11 (before maintenance)

O'dyllita Attendance Check: October 7–November 11 (before maintenance)
Refer-a-Friend Promotion: October 7–November 4 (before maintenance)
Monthly Loyalty - October 2020: October 1 (00:00 UTC)–October 31 (23:59 UTC)
Level Up Again with Hashashin
- Event 1: Level Up Again!: September 16–October 28 (before maintenance)

Collect Commemorative Coins
- Event 1: Collect by Playing!: September 17–October 29 (23:59 UTC)
- Event 2: Collect by Leveling Up!: September 16–October 28 (before maintenance)

Ended Events

Conquer Red Battlefield!
O'dyllita Launch Events
- Event 2. Travel with Rulupee
- Event 3. Flower in the Darkness

Content

Nightmarish Kzarka

Kzarka, bereft of his soul by Illezra who brought the Three Days of Darkness upon Mediah, has begun to consume the adventurers who stand in the way of his Ritual of Resurrection. On the days his rage reaches its peak, he plunges into rage as "Nightmarish Kzarka" and darkness shrouds the skies of Serendia.

During the appearance of Nightmarish Kzarka, a greater darkness shrouds Serendia. The Lord of Serendia is looking for powerful adventurers who can vanquish this darkness.
Nightmarish Kzarka is much more powerful than the regular Kzarka but he will drop more valuable loot. You can obtain up to TET (IV) Kzarka Main Weapon (+0, I, II, III, IV) and also have an increased chance of getting Belongings of an Adventurer, Gold Bar (up to 1KG), or a type of Magical Black Stone.
[Weekly] Trophy: Kzarka quest and Season Pass quest of defeating Kzarka will not be completed when you defeat him as Nightmarish Kzarka is a unique monster.

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Known to many by the title "KeeezAaannng!", the World Boss Kzarka will now occasionally appear in a new form. The newly created Nightmarish Kzarka comes back with a force to reclaim its fame as being the first World Boss of Black Desert. The renewal of a World Boss was quite a challenge to us as adventurers had been asking about it for quite some time now. We didn't want to radically change things by shooting up the difficulty levels so we decided to make Nightmarish Kzarka appear by chance and retained some of the experience with the Kzarka we are familiar with. (We have plans to renew other World Bosses as well but we might approach it differently from how we've handled Kzarka. Ex) Boss appearing only during the evening, or only appearing when a group of adventurers join forces together.) Nightmarish Kzarka will drop better loot compared to the regular Kzarka. But beware, as Nightmarish Kzarka is much more challenging than its previous form.

▲ (Left) Nightmarish Kzarka appears as it deals AoE damage / (Right) Kzarka opening up a series of attacks and AoE damage as a pattern

▲ (Left) Roaring, and attacking with black breath / (Right) An attack pattern in which nearby targets are pulled and dealt with a powerful blow

▲ (Left) Tentacle Summoning attack patterns (You will receive a movement speed/attack speed debuff upon hit) / (Right) A berserk pattern that brings down chaos

※ Images were taken using a GM character which is invincible to attacks.

La Orzeca Outfit
Viorencia Odore, the queen of the Arid Land of O'dyllita, announced that she would grant the Orzeca relic known as the La Orzeca Outfit to whoever brings her Quturan's Lungs, the Divine Tree of the fallen Ancient Orzeca Kingdom.
- The La Orzeca Outfit was a gear made in Orzeca long ago, in order to protect those from the grips of Hadum. It was created by instilling the powers of the Thornwood goddess into the incarnation of greed.
- The powers of the Thornwood goddess were extracted from the gear and into Quturan's Lungs when Orzeca met its demise. the Divine Tree. Since then, its whereabouts have been unknown. According to the Ahibs, recently, it can be found from the Monster Zones below.
- Collect the leaves affected by the powers of the Quturan's Lungs and unite them together into a single source of power. These leaves have a higher chance to drop than the lungs.
- ※ Perform Simple Alchemy on Quturan's Black Leaf to obtain Quturan's Left Lung, and on Quturan's Ashen Leaf to obtain Quturan's Right Lung.
- Right-click on the lungs to begin a story quest which is available once per family. At the later stages of the quest, you can obtain the La Orzeca Helmet with Quturan's Left Lung, and the La Orzeca Armor with Quturan's Right Lung.
- You can obtain the La Orzeca Outfit through NPCs by exchanging additional Quturan's Lungs you obtain.
- Once you have completed all the La Orzeca Helmet and La Orzeca Armor quests, you'll be given a final quest through the Black Spirit in which you can obtain the "La Orzeca" title.

La Orzeca Outfit is the very first outfit in the game that can be obtained through loots. Its design was based on the ancient theme (Black Spirit concept) along with added effects and an exclusive title once it is crafted. This outfit has been aimed for adventurers who are at a fairly advanced level and hope to distinguish themselves aesthetically. We hope this outfit can become another exciting goal for adventurers to seek out as it is unique not only in its look but also in the adventures you must overcome to claim it as yours. We did consider adding special effects to the La Orzeca Outfit but we decided not to as it should be an optional challenge instead of a compulsory one. Hence, the outfit will have normal effects just like other regular outfits.

Perilla’s Star
Perilla is the former love of Fughar, the Chief Manager of the Crow Merchants Guild. The once lost Perilla's Star she left behind for Fughar has reappeared for adventurers to explore.
- Accept the quest "[Perilla's Star] Fughar's Woe" from the Black Spirit. The quest unravels Fughar's tragic love story of how Perilla left him and how he had to work hard to escape from his poverty-striken circumstances.
- The "[Perilla's Star] Fughar's Woe" quest can be obtained by Season Characters or normal characters converted from Season Characters.
- Complete the [Perilla's Star] Fughar's Woe quest line to receive Season Special Gift Exchange Coupon, which can be used to exchange for Perilla's Star.

Autumn Season Early Graduation Starts
Behind every great feat is a special reward. Meet <Crow Merchants Guild Chief Manager> Fughar to apply for Autumn Season's Early Graduation!
- Adventurers who've met the Early Graduation requirements between Oct 21 (after maintenance) to Nov 18 (before maintenance) can go to Fughar and receive the “[Season Server Graduation] At the Crossroad” quest to begin your graduation early.

※ AP and DP from Adventure Logs do not count towards this requirement.
※ Check for more details in our GM notes about the [Autumn Season Early Graduation] post.
※ Please note that you will no longer be able to enjoy our Autumn Season related events, contents, and Season Server benefits once you graduate early.
※ You cannot enhance Tuvala weapons by converting them with a Conversion Stone after Early Graduation.

The completion record of all "[Enhancement] Even Stronger Tuvala Gear" weekly quests has been reset.
Added Rift's Echo as a Season Server weekly quest reward for defeating monsters.
- Adventurers who have already completed Season Server weekly quests can reaccept the quests again after the October 21st maintenance.
- As a reminder, these weekly quests can be found under "[Enhancement] Even Stronger Tuvala Gear" tab in the Quests (O) window.
- You can accept and complete one of the following quests once per family each week.
- The Rift's Echo will be given in addition to the Time-filled Black Stone x600 or Tuvala Ore x90 or Refined Magical Black Stone x40 rewards you can choose from for completing the weekly quests.

Added Alustin's Alchemy Journal in the Adventure Logs.
- This log holds records of Alustin, the famous alchemist of Velia.
- This Adventure Log becomes available once you reach level 61 and complete [O'dyllita] Keepsake of Ataraxia, and accept and complete Adventure Log: Alustin's Alchemy Journal from the Black Spirit.
- Complete the objectives to obtain a large number of Caphras Stones.

Queen Brolina of Kamasylvia has answered a villager's appeal from Grána and has imported dairy cows from their ally, Calpheon, to start a farm.
- The farm is located at the west of Grána.
- The farm is managed by <Dreaming Shepherd> Rosaria the Papu. You can also meet Povios, the Xian Merchant from Calpheon there.
- Povios is only available to players who’ve completed the renewed Kamasylvia main quest line.

We’ve had many requests from adventurers asking about adding dairy cows to Valencia City and O’draxxia. Matters are being discussed and decisions haven't been made but it seems there's a good chance that discussions will end up with Valencia City having camels added instead of dairy cows, due to the regional environment.

Changed the Black Desert Team's entrance and revival point of Castle Ruins in the Red Battlefield so that it is not too close to the castle walls.

System

For Europe, Daylight Savings Time ends on Sunday, October 25 at 03:00 local standard time (or 02:00 CET) for Europe.
- Changes to Node/Conquest Wars and world boss spawns for EU servers will take into effect starting with October 28 regular maintenance.
- The starting and ending times for Node/Conquest War and the Tribute Wagon departure time were pushed backward by 1 hour for our European servers due to the start of daylight saving time.
- This simply means your Node/Conquest Wars will start at 20:00 CET, and Tribute Wagons will depart at 18:00 CET.
For North America, Daylight Savings Time ends on Sunday, November 1 at 02:00 local standard time (or 01:00 PST) for Europe.
- Changes to Node/Conquest Wars and world boss spawns for NA servers will take into effect starting with November 4 regular maintenance.
- This simply means your Node/Conquest Wars will start at 18:00 PST/21:00 EST, and Tribute Wagons will depart at 16:00 PST/19:00 EST.
Fixed the issue where the game client would sometimes stop when using Epheria Carrack's FocusFire skill (Q or E).

Game World

Changed the Quarry lighting to be brighter to increase efficiency of Quarry workers for the sake of Marco Faust, the Lord of Keplan who is suffering from sickness in Calpheon.

Coming Next Week

Certain areas in Bartali Farm will be adjusted with next week's October 28, 2020 regular maintenance (Please check the future announcement for details).
- As a result, any garden fences and crops planted in this area will be removed and moved to Heidel Storage.
- Therefore, we ask you to move any installed garden fences from this location before next maintenance on October 28, 2020 since any remaining crops will have their growth reset. We thank you for your understanding in advance.

NPC

Updated the exchange list of Philaberto Falasi of Port Epheria.
- You can exchange the Epheria Sailboat Design with the Epheria Frigate design or vice versa through the quest "[Daily] Falasi Family's Kindness."

All Classes

Improved Emergency Escape so that it displays the cooldown time.

Coming Next Week

With next week's October 28, 2020 regular maintenance, Skill Add-on system for all classes will be revised where you will have more freedom to customize Skill Add-ons to suit your play style better (Please check the future announcement for details).
Please note that this means all of your previously set Skill Add-ons will be reset with October 28, 2020 regular maintenance.

By Class

Witch

Fixed the issue with odd camera movements while turning the camera during Prime: Lightning Storm: High Voltage.

Wizard

Fixed the issue with odd camera movements while turning the camera during Prime: Lightning Storm: High Voltage.

Ninja

Fixed the issue where switching weapons from Sura Katana during Sprint would occasionally place the weapon in an odd position.

Striker

Fixed the unnatural facial expressions made during the use of Crouching Wolf and Succession: Crouching Wolf.

Hashashin

Added Hashashin to Trial Characters.

Added furniture items obtainable from sea creatures.
- You can craft Ocean Stalker Chandelier and Nineshark Chandelier at level 3 Furniture Workshops of Calpheon, Epheria, and Florin using items collected from sea creatures.
You can now Manufacture Crow's Trade Voucher into an Item Collection Increase Scroll (60 min) via the Processing (L) menu.
For details on the newly added Pearl Shop Update, please click < Here > !

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Gatekeepers of Crescent Shrine, Desert Naga Temple, Titium Valley, and Cadry Ruins have obtained great power through the Argos blood ritual.
- The gatekeepers now use more deadly attacks as they have been strengthened by the blood ritual.
- They will also sometimes endure mortal wounds and retreat back to their territory nearby to heal themselves.
- They will disappear if they are given enough time to recuperate in their territory. Defeat them before they can recover to obtain their loot.
- You can obtain "Intricately Patterned Mystical Shard" and other valuable items by defeating these enhanced gatekeepers.
- Increased respawn time for these gatekeepers once they have been defeated.
  You now receive notification when these gatekeepers appear.
Rumor has it that Graverobber Afuaru wanders in certain regions carrying more valuable items.
- Defeating monsters in Thornwood Forest, Tunkuta, Olun's Valley, Crypt of Resting Thoughts, and Ash Forest has a chance to spawn Graverobber Afuaru.
- Increased the value of the items that Graverobber Afuaru drops at Roud Sulfur Mine, Pila Ku Jail, Hystria Ruins, Aakman Temple, Navarn Steppe, Manshaum Forest, Tshira Ruins, Sherekhan Necropolis, Tooth Fairy Forest (Forest Ronaros), and Blood Wolf Settlement.
- There is a chance to obtain a very precious item by defeating Graverobber Afuaru in certain regions.

Graverobber Afuaru was created as a refreshing element in combat for adventurers while defeating monsters. However, we felt that it wasn't interesting enough so we've made changes so that treasure materials drop at a very low rate in regions where treasures can be found, and added it to O'dyllita.

Changed the indicated zone of attack on the ground to be more accurate when Ahib Griffon, appearing in the Dark Rift, uses its whirlwind attacks.
Fixed issue where Apostle of Immorality would not react to the player or exist in the correct spawn point at Star's End.
Partially changed how Apostle of Malevolence appears to make the relevant fix above.

Quest

A new record about the ancient kingdom Orzeca has been discovered in O'dyllita's Crypt of Resting Thoughts.

Queen Viorencia Odore has announced that she would grant the Resplendent Moonlight Chest to whoever helps decipher the Orzeca's Records: Time of Dragons. Rumors say that people have seen the radiant light illuminating from this Resplendent Moonlight Chest, a kind of light only seen in that of a dragon's heart.
- You can accept the quest "Orzeca's Records: Time of Dragons" from Black Eyeroot of the Crypt of Resting Thoughts, with a character who has completed the quest "[O'dyllita] Vuhura Kaheliak" from "[Lv.60 O'dyllita I] Flower of the Burning Moon" questline.
- This quest is only available once per family.
- Complete all 14 missions after completing the quest "Orzeca's Records: Time of Dragons" to be blessed by Queen Viorencia. However, this will not be an easy challenge.
- Open the Resplendent Moonlight Chest to obtain Inverted Heart of Garmoth.

Many treasure items are awaiting to be found by adventurers in the world of Black Desert. Garmoth's Heart, which has certainly been the biggest center of attention, is a treasure that directly affects your equipment level, making adventurers very anxious to obtain it. To help relatively new adventurers dive into this race, we aimed to create a system where patient and constant efforts in the long-term was a requirement in attaining this item. Black Desert will continue to discuss ways to encourage participation from adventurers of different passion to be included in our future.

Fixed the issue where the Black Spirit would be summoned automatically even when there was no extra quest you could accept while doing a main quest.

Fixed the issue where colors wouldn't be applied when a line break was added to the Enhancement Success/Failure text in the chat window.
Adjusting the Adventurer Name Settings will now affect the settings of the name that is displayed in NPC dialogues and Party notification messages.
Increased the RMB speed in the following situations:
- When retrieving or taking out an item from the Inventory
- When selling an item at the Shop
Added a button to immediately enter a min and max price in the Guild Contract.
Added more information about life skill level requirements for fishing in the tooltip of the fish during auto-fishing.
Changed to display the required Contribution points and available contribution points for each list while checking the item list that can be rented with Contribution Points by talking to an NPC.
Fixed the issue where the quest name would bleed out of the Quest (O) window when it was too long.
Fixed the issue where the item message would be different from the chat window message when obtaining a treasure item.
Fixed the Guild Member Status list's menu buttons to fit within the screen.
Fixed the Appoint buttons to be placed together in the Guild Member Status list's menu buttons.
Fixed so that Ban feature cannot be designated as a hotkey in the Guild Member Status list.
Fixed the issue where the contract would reappear when an Advisor renews his/her own contract.
Fixed the imbalance in Quartermaster and Cannoneer text arrangement in the Guild Member Status list.

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Fixed the issue where the messages of obtaining, successfully enhancing, or failing to enhance the Fallen God's Armor would be displayed as "Fallen God's Armor" in the chat window.
Fixed the Fallen God's Armor to be displayed correctly in the Web Central Market.
[Hashashin] Fixed the graphical issue with the gloves that occurred when equipping Domtur Gloves and Mezari Armor together.
[Archer] Fixed the issue where the armor looked odd when equipping Glorious Shudad or Shudad Black set while wearing Karki Suit.
[Ranger] Fixed the graphical issue with the eyes that occurred in certain face shapes when wearing Trilby Hat.
Fixed the issue where the Champron looked awkward when equipping Oquilla Dream Champron of Oquilla Dream Horse Gear Set.
[Dark Knight] Fixed the graphical issue with the hair when equipping the Arethel Outfit with the Yianaros Headpiece already on.
[Mystic] Fixed the graphical issue with the neck after setting the game to Remastered mode.
Fixed the issue where food knowledge that you have not learned yet appears in Cooking.
Fixed so that Guilds participating in Node/Conquest Wars cannot appoint a guild master and/or change guild positions

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