Updates Jan 2, 2025, 07:00 (UTC+3)
January 2, 2025 (Thu) Update Details
Hello, Adventurers.
Here are the updates made to Black Desert on January 2, 2025.
(Patch size: approx. 1.06 GB)
- Please note that the update for Steam may be larger than the size listed above.
※ Please read below for details.
Event
- Event 1. Assemble Your Guildies to Defeat Guild Bosses!
- Event Period : Jan 2, 2025 (Thu) after maintenance - Jan 16, 2025 (Thu) before maintenance
NEW & IMPROVEMENTS
CLASS CHANGES
Common
Trial Character
- Added Deadeye to the roster of available trial characters.
- Click the "Trial" tab on the upper right corner of the character selection screen to create a trial character.
- Changed revolver skills using regular ammo (excluding Sunset Piercer) to have longer range than shotgun skills.
- Improved horse riding animations to appear more natural.
Main
- Changed so you won't switch to regular ammo during the skill.
- Added an effect for when using the skill with Marni rounds loaded.
- Changed to be available via Quick Slot.
- Improved so you can cancel the skill by pressing ↓.
- Improved to combo more smoothly into other skills after canceling.
- Changed so Super Armor will be applied when using the skill while standing in place.
- Fixed the issue where Hell's Spread would trigger instead of Max Pain after certain skills.
- Fixed the issue where Super Armor was applied during the last skill motion while moving left and then comboed to the right.
- Fixed the issue where Super Armor was also applied when consecutively moving right or backward during cooldown.
- Fixed the issue where you'd leave combat stance after Rage Absorption or Cheer actions during Lil' Devil skills.
- Updated the description to match the actual activation condition.
- Fixed the issue where damage wasn't applied when changing targets with regular ammo loaded.
- Fixed the issue where water surfaces turned white when using the skill.
- Changed to only target hostile Adventurers or monsters.
- It won't target objects anymore.
CONTENTS
Black Shrine - Donghae (Solo): Calamity 8/9/10
Added Calamity 8, 9, and 10 for Sangoon in the Black Shrine - Donghae Province.
Unlike the existing Calamity 1 to 7, Calamity 8, 9, and 10 are not influenced by the Light Orb, which adjusts character stats to a certain extent. Instead, Adventurers are fully affected by their gear score.
As such, entering these higher Calamity requires a certain level of gear score, and Calamity 10 in particular is designed to be challenging for Adventurers who possess both the necessary gear score and skills.
Additionally, Adventurers will be able to find traces of Voltarion in Calamity 8, 9, and 10 when it arrives in the game, making them a worthy challenge for more Adventurers.
Please note that the Blessing of the Morning buff effect, which resonates throughout the server when you defeat a Calamity 7 Boss, will remain the same for Calamity 8, 9, and 10.
- Added new difficulty levels (Calamity 8, 9, and 10) for Sangoon in Black Shrine - Donghae (Solo).
- To challenge each difficulty, the following stat requirements must be met.
| Boss Difficulty | Required Stats |
| Calamity 8 | Displayed AP 330 |
| Calamity 9 | Displayed AP 350 |
| Calamity 10 | Displayed AP 350 |
※ From Calamity 8 onwards, Light Orb (Sun/Moon/Earth Aura) stats won't apply. Your character's equipped gear stats at entry will matter.
※ Each difficulty level's boss share the weekly boss blitz count with the existing Black Shrine - Donghae (Solo).
- Defeating each boss will give you weekly boss blitz reward as follows:
- Based on your boss blitz ranking, you can earn up to Rank 1 rewards. Higher ranks guarantee more loot and increase the chances of getting rare items.
 C-8 Boss Blitz Reward: Sangoon (Rank 1 to Rank 9)
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| Guaranteed loot | Loot obtained by chance |
   - Essence of Dawn x8-9
- Gold Bar 1,000G x2 - Memory Fragment x8-14 - Embers of Hongik x16-19 - Sealed Black Magic Crystal x4 - Imperfect Lightstone of Earth x1 - Trace of Nature x10-16 - Black Stone x36-42 - Sangpyeong Coin x94-100 - Tear of Illusion x1 |
   - Dahn's Gloves (Evasion/Damage Reduction)
- DUO (II) Deboreka Earring - PRI (I) Deboreka Earring - Deboreka Earring - Flame of Hongik - Essence of Taebaek - Crystal of Harmony - Crystal of Darkness - Crystal of Bitterness - Crystal of Decimation - Bonghwang's Tear - Haetae's Tear - Girin's Tear - Resplendent Lightstone of Earth |
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C-9 Boss Blitz Reward: Sangoon (Rank 1 to Rank 9)
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| Guaranteed loot | Loot obtained by chance |
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- Essence of Dawn x14-15
- Gold Bar 1,000G x2 - Memory Fragment x8-15 - Embers of Hongik x17-20 - Sealed Black Magic Crystal x5 - Imperfect Lightstone of Earth x1 - Trace of Nature x10-17 - Black Stone x38-44 - Sangpyeong Coin x104-110 - Tear of Illusion x1 |
- Dahn's Gloves (Evasion/Damage Reduction)
- DUO (II) Deboreka Earring - PRI (I) Deboreka Earring - Deboreka Earring - Flame of Hongik - Essence of Taebaek - Crystal of Harmony - Crystal of Darkness - Crystal of Bitterness - Crystal of Decimation - Bonghwang's Tear - Haetae's Tear - Girin's Tear - Resplendent Lightstone of Earth |
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C-10 Boss Blitz Reward: Sangoon (Rank 1 to Rank 9)
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| Guaranteed loot | Loot obtained by chance |
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- Essence of Dawn x14-15
- Gold Bar 1,000G x2 - Memory Fragment x8-15 - Embers of Hongik x17-20 - Sealed Black Magic Crystal x5 - Imperfect Lightstone of Earth x1 - Trace of Nature x10-17 - Black Stone x38-44 - Sangpyeong Coin x104-110 |
- Dahn's Gloves (Evasion/Damage Reduction)
- DUO (II) Deboreka Earring - PRI (I) Deboreka Earring - Deboreka Earring - Flame of Hongik - Essence of Taebaek - Crystal of Harmony - Crystal of Darkness - Crystal of Bitterness - Crystal of Decimation - Bonghwang's Tear - Haetae's Tear - Girin's Tear - Resplendent Lightstone of Earth - Tear of Illusion |
ITEM
[Venia] Merv's Tailoring Tool
- Changed so you can process the Venia Riding Attire and Riding Hat together when repackaging Venia Costume with the [Venia] Merv's Tailoring Tool purchased with Mileage after the Jan 2 (Thu) update.
- You will need to place both Venia Riding Attire and Hat pieces together when attempting to repackage with the [Venia] Merv's Tailoring Tool purchased with Mileage after the Jan 2 (Thu) update.
- You can only repackage Venia Riding Attire or Hat pieces separately with a [Venia] Merv's Tailoring Tool purchased with Mileage before the Jan 2 (Thu) update.
- You can exchange any [Venia] Merv's Tailoring Tool purchased with Mileage before the Jan 2 (Thu) update for the new iteration via [Valentine's Apprentice] Liana found in any city.
- You cannot reverse the exchange made with [Valentine's Apprentice] Liana.
| [Venia] Merv's Tailoring Tool before Jan 2 (Thu) update | [Venia] Merv's Tailoring Tool after Jan 2 (Thu) update |
 When processing Venia Riding Hat with [Venia] Merv's Tailoring Tool,
▶ Obtain [Venia] Merv's Hat Set (Riding Hat) OR
 When processing Venia Riding Attire with [Venia] Merv's Tailoring Tool,
▶ Obtain [Venia] Merv's Costume Set (Riding Attire) |
 Process Venia Riding Attire and Venia Riding Hat together with [Venia] Merv's Tailoring Tool
▶ Obtain [Venia] Merv's Costume Set (Riding Attire and Riding Hat) |
New Acquisition Method for Mass of Pure Magic
- Added Mass of Pure Magic exchanges with the following items in Manage Currency.
| Required Items | Exchange Item |
 Dark Spirit's Greed x3
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 Mass of Pure Magic x10
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 Hunter's Seal x5
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Mass of Pure Magic x10
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※ Dark Spirit's Greed: Defeat Dark Rift Bosses
※ Hunter's Seal: Defeat Bosses from Ancient Relic Crystal, Forbidden Book, and Scroll Written in Ancient Language summon scrolls.
Sethra's Artifact - Trading EXP
- Added the ability to acquire Sethra's Artifact - Trading EXP at a set probability from the below activities.
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Sethra's Artifact - Trading EXP
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| Selling Fish | - Obtain through Bonus quests when selling fish caught from Fishing to a Trader |
| Selling Processing Trade Items | - Obtain through Bonus quests when selling processed trade items to a trade managers |
| Selling Royal Workshops Processed Goods | - Obtain through Bonus quests when selling processed Royal Workshop goods to trade managers * Not obtained through goods deliverable to Luxury Vendor Heo Seungwon |
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- As a result, when selling trade items, you can obtain the following through Bonus quests:
- Sethra's Artifact - Trading EXP
- Sethra's Artifact - Life Skill Mastery
- Sethra's Artifact - Life EXP
- Imperfect Lightstone of Flora
- As a result, when selling trade items, you can obtain the following through Bonus quests:
- Changed the icons of the following fish to better match their grade.
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Fish with Changed Icons |
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Silver Beltfish
Hammer Mackerel
Rainbow Sardine
Black Halibut
Whitefin Trevally |
Giant Bitterling
Spotted Spined Loach
White Crucian Carp
Electric Catfish |
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- Improved to allow all the following Travel Kit items to be opened at once:
- [Event] Lv. 11/30/35/50/53/56/58/59 Travel Kit
- Travel Kit for Returning Adventurers
- Lv. 61 Travel Kit
- Fixed so you can use Heating with Black Abyssal Revolvers and Black Alloy to acquire the Black Abyssal Weapon Box.
- Increased the max amount of expandable Family Inventory slots by 20 slots.
- Increased the amount of Family Inventory slots expandable via the Pearl Shop: 60 slots → 80 slots
- Removed the following restriction from Combat/Skill EXP Exchange Coupons and the Secret Scroll of Pure Equilibrium.
- Can be used by a new class 30 days after its release.
MONSTER
- Improved Skittish Afuaru appearing in the Season Server to drop Atanis' Element at a set probability when defeated.
QUEST & KNOWLEDGE
- Changed the basic reward of the [Leveling Aid] PEN (V) Blackstar Weapon quest to the Choose Your PEN (V) Blackstar Weapon Box.
- You can acquire the desired PEN (V) Blackstar weapon from the PEN (V) Blackstar weapon box.
- Changed the icon of the [Leveling Aid] PEN (V) Blackstar Weapon quest.
- Improved the [Special Growth] Fughar's Memorandum - Chapter 1 quest to allow the selection of the following items as a reward and removed the Honorable Outfit Box.
| Quest Reward |
 ▼ Choose one:
- [Balenos] Shiel's Outfit Box - [Serendia] Cleia's Outfit Box - [Calpheon] Elle's Outfit Box |
NPC, BACKGROUND, SOUND
- Removed trees in specific locations of the Tooth Fairy Forest (Forest Ronaros) monster zones to allow for smoother subjugation.
- As a result, it is now easier to attack monsters previously located behind trees.
- This change is also applied within Marni's Realm.
UI
- Improved the default mouse cursor (arrow, finger) to change at a more appropriate location in situations such as when the mouse is moved to the Chat window and switches to the input cursor.
SYSTEM
- Changed to delete all guild items not collected from mail when leaving a guild.
- As before, all guild items in your inventory will also be deleted when leaving a guild.
WEB
- Fixed the issue where the margin was exposed on the launcher banner.
- Fixed the issue where the "Go Up" button [^] overlapped with other buttons at the bottom of some GM Notes in the in-game Adventurer's Board (F1).
CHANGES & FIXES
- Fixed the following issues with the Deadeye class.
- Fixed the issue where the unique idle animation of the Cartian Outfit was not shown when wearing the Cartian Armor.
- Fixed the issue where the water effect did not display during the water-sprinkling social action from using an item.
- Fixed the issue where the death penalty was applied when dying to monsters encountered during the Ascension questline.
- Fixed the issue where the cutscene would not end properly if you moved before the voice over ended during the [Deadeye Ascension] Heads or Tails quest.
- Fixed the issue where processing some weapons did not yield results when using Simple Alchemy, Heating, or Manufacture.
- Fixed the issue where you couldn't exchange Beginner Black Stones for Naru Lil' Devil via NPC Fughar.
- Fixed the issue where the Canon Lil' Devil was not obtained upon completing the [Deadeye Ascension] Scars of the Past quest.
- Provided a Canon Lil' Devil to the inventory of Adventurers who have already completed the above quest.
- Fixed the issue where the Deadeye class icon was not displayed in the Arena of Solare Custom Matches.
- Fixed the issue where the [Everfrost] Tori Woods quest remained in the main quest list even after completing it.
- Fixed the issue where Blackstar Revolvers which couldn't be registered on the Central Market were obtained upon completing the Blackstar Main weapon crafting quest.
- Any untradable Blackstar weapons obtained through the Blackstar crafting questline have been replaced with those now registerable on the Central Market during the Jan 2 (Thu) maintenance.
- Fixed the issue where the skill guide did not display during the tutorial.
- Fixed the issue where you couldn't process Narchillan weapons with Narchillan Processing Stones (main/awakening/sub-weapon).
- Fixed the issue where the Mythical Horse obtained from the [Event] Choose Your Mythical Horse Box could not be used to proceed with the Krogdalo's Sanctuary crafting quest.
- Fixed the [Event] Choose Your Mythical Horse Box to display the effect of the Mythical Arduanatt obtained from the box.
- Fixed the issue where the appearance of the lantern remained in the character's hand when moving while using the lantern item.
- Fixed the typo in the item description of Essence of Ascent - Weapon.
- Fixed the issue where characters would occasionally fall below the ground upon reaching the destination during the [Calpheon] Inside Trina Fort quest.
- Fixed the issue where the skill mastery of some mounts was reduced by approx. 1% to 3%.
- Any affected mount skills have been restored to their original mastery during the Jan 2 (Thu) maintenance.
- Fixed the issue where the appearance of some NPCs in Velia was not visible.
- Improved the following outfit appearances to appear more natural:
- [Striker] Wearing only the Oblivion Armor
- [Tamer] Wearing Ceniza Underwear with other outfits
- [Dark Knight] Wearing the Nightveil Helmet with face types 1-3 applied
- [Archer] Shoes appearance while wearing the BD9 Armor
- [Archer] Wearing the Arken Helmet
- [Deadeye] Equipping certain boss gear
- [Deadeye] Wearing the Memento Mori Armor
- [Sage] Wearing the Superius Helmet with certain appearances
- [Mystic] Equipping the Sovereign weapons
- [Hashashin] Wearing Harakhty Gloves with other armor
- [Dosa] Wearing Red Gat: Song of Red Winds
- [Drakania] Wearing the Yeoreum Helmet with certain appearances
- [Ranger] Wearing the Winterland Soiree Armor and moving
- [Dark Knight] Fixed the issue where the appearance of Manos Trainer's Clothes or Trainer's Clothes (Costume) changed to Venia Riding Attire upon switching to combat stance.
- [Woosa, Maegu] Fixed the issue where some ornaments were not visible when wearing the Crayodel Soldier Hat.
- Fixed the position of the ship builder's name displayed at the wharf to prevent overlapping text.
- Updated the "Traveling Separately" tooltip for tagged characters.
- Fixed the issue where changing the order of tagged characters caused other characters to appear in the character tag window.
- Fixed the issue where Atanis Pond's background music would not play.
- Changed the icons of the following Bosses to match those of other World/Field Bosses on the World Map.
- World Boss: Vell (the Heart of the Ocean)
- Field Boss: Rawr-Rawr
- Fixed the issue where the following revamped main questline quests appeared in the quest list of characters who had already completed the pre-revamp main questline and did not meet the correct quest acceptance conditions.
- [Balenos] The Alchemist and His Daughter
- [Balenos] There's No "I" in Homework
- Fixed the issue where exiting the Pit of the Undying from the Guild Manor did not return you to your original location.
- Fixed the issue where the frame rate would drop and remain low after opening and closing the World Map (M) while using the 3D Minimap.
- Fixed the issue where quest information was not updated on the World Map even after completing the objective of an ongoing quest.
- Fixed the issue where the "Head Gear" and "Face Accs." buttons remained on screen for the following:
- When returning to Character Selection from Character Creation
- When taking Character portraits
- Fixed the issue with gathering resources during the [O'dyllita] Worst Manual Labor Ever quest.
Thank you.
