Hello, adventurers.

This is The MMORPG, Black Desert.

Check out the latest updates for July 26th 2018.

Introducing Great Ocean, Sailboat/Galley, Goldmont, Golden Treasure Chest, Phantom Ship, Stacked HP bar and Adventurer's Tome!

Please find below for detail updates!

(Patch volume approx. 1600 MB) =====================================================================

【Events】

● [Event] In a Guild? Get a Galley!

- Period : July 26, 2018 (After weekly maintenance) ~ August 16, 2018 (Before weekly maintenance)

- This is your chance to get a Galley for your guild!

Have fun with your members out at sea on your Galley!

[Click here for more details ]

● [Event] The Great Ocean-Discovering Shipwrecks

- Period : July 26, 2018 (After weekly maintenance) ~ August 16, 2018 (Before weekly maintenance)

- A true Adventurer explores both land and sea!

Become a pioneer of the open seas.

[Click here for more details ]

● [Event] Help us find the fragments!

- Period : July 26, 2018 (After weekly maintenance) ~ August 16, 2018 (Before weekly maintenance)

- Lunar Fragments and Star Pieces are back!

You can now collect them once again while playing on the field. Collect the Fragments and Pieces, make them into Seal of Light to get extra silvers by selling them to NPC vendors!

Please check the previous event page for more details.

[ Click here for more details ]

【Pearl Shop】

● New Pearl Items are now introduced in the Pearl Shop. Click the link below for more details!

[▶Go to Pearl Shop Update]

【Contents】

● World Boss Spawn time has been changed for Saturday and Sunday.

Please refer to the time table below for the World Boss Raid.

● A “Show Stacked HP Bar” function has been added. This will help you see the amount of HP another adventurer has more easily.

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  • You can toggle the function in Settings>General Settings>General>Show/Hide.
  
  
  • Your character’s HP bar will not appear stacked to you.
  
  
  • When you use this function, you will see HP bars in the colors of the rainbow. The colors will correspond to the HP an adventurer has, and it will change every 1000 HP.
  
  
  • If the HP is over 7000, the color cycle will loop back to red.
  
  
  
  

● Chance of obtaining Caphras Stone and Ancient Spirit's Powder when lumbering, collecting fluid has been reduced by 30%. 

● Chance of obtaining Capharas Stone, Ancient Spirit's Powder when gathering Stoneback Crab has been reduced by 50%.

● New Territory has been added.

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  • Margoria (Ocean)
  
  
  • Vadabin Sea
  
  
  • Juur Sea
  
  
  • Port Ratt
    
    ※ In the great ocean, there is no auto-pathing and you also can’t see your location in the world map.
    
    ※ In the great ocean, the height of the waves are determined by the weather.
  
  
  
  


• A new weather effect, Hurricane, has been added to the ocean.
  
  
  
  • Within the hurricane, it is possible for players and ships to be struck by lightning.
  
  
  • If players are hit by lightning, players will lose HP and will be knocked down. If ships are hit by lightning, they lose HP.
  
  
  
  


• New Guild Galley has been added.
  
  
  
  • Galleys are used for battles and can be crafted in a guild house.
  
  
  • To craft a galley, guilds must win the bid for a house in either Olvia, Velia, or Altinova.
  
  
  • In order to use the shipyard to craft a galley, the guild must acquire the guild skill ‘Dominator of the Sea’.
  
  
  • When the galley is crafted completely, [Guild] Ship License: Galley: Galley will be ready for use in the guild house inventory.
  
  
  • ‘[Guild] Ship Registration: Galley’ can only be withdrawn by the guild master and can be used be registering it through a guild Wharf Manager.
  
  
  • To board the galley, players need to interact with the ladders on the galley.
  
  
  • Galleys that have been spawned can be deposited back to the wharf when the galley is near the wharf manager. (When using remote collection on a galley, it will take 10% damage)
  
  
  • When the galley’s sail level has reached a certain level, the galley is able to use skills.
  
  
  • When the galley’s durability is below 50%, basic speed of the galley will decrease by 30% and if the durability is below 10%, galley’s skills will not be useable.
  
  
  • On each side of the galley, there are 4 cannons which add up to 8 total cannons on a galley.
  
  
  • Cannons can be used by placing cannon ball for ship inside the cannon bag.
    
    
    
    • Cannon Ball for Ship can be purchased from the Guild Wharf Manager with Guild Funds.
    
    
    • To use the cannon, hold down the Shift key, and use W, S keys to control the up/down angles, and control the horizontal movement with the mouse. To fire the cannon, press Shift + LMB.
    
    
    • From the guild wharf manager, sail, cannon, hull, and prow statues can be purchased to equip it on the galley to increase the stats.
    
    
    • Sailors can be hired from guild wharf managers to work in your galley. There are 4 types of sailors and each sailor type has its own merits.
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


• Guild Shipyard has been added to guild houses in Olvia, Velia, Altinova.
  
  
  
  • The galley blueprint needed to craft the guild galley can be purchased from Philaberto Falasi (NPC) Amity shop in Epheria.
  
  
  • Similar to elephants, on days crafting is completed new crafting can’t be started.
  
  
  • In future updates, there will be new boat types to craft in the guild shipyard.
  
  
  
  


• Guild ships have a damage gauge.
  
  
  
  • Each time the ship has been destroyed, 10% damage gauge will increase and once it reaches 100%, the ship will no longer be useable.
  
  
  • Damage gauge can be reset by using damage restoration.
  
  
  • When using damage restoration, guild funds will be consumed.
  
  
  
  


• Galley & Epheria’s sailboat, can be used permanently and have abilities that consume ‘Power.
  
  
  
  • Power is consumed when skills are used while the Galley, Epheria sailboat is in motion.
  
  
  • When the Power is below 5,000, skills will no longer be useable and when the power is below 1,000, it will move very slow.
  
  
  • The power consumed can be restored by using a recovery item.
  
  
  
  


• Galleys and Epheria Sailboat can be repaired.
  
  
  
  • Galleys and epheria sailboats durability can be repaired with ‘Ship Repair Material’.
  
  
  • Ship Repair Material can be obtained by processing (wood chopping) 2 plywoods of the same kind.
  
  
  
  


• New processing items needed for crafting galley’s equipment has been added.
  
  
  
  • The following items can be obtained by processing from the guild crafting menu.
    
    
    
    • [Guild] Sticky Glue
    
    
    • [Guild] Crude Decoration
    
    
    • [Guild] Sea Horn
    
    
    • [Guild] Cloudy Timber
    
    
    • [Guild] Sandy Ingot
    
    
    • [Guild] Stormy Rope
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


• New crafting materials have been added to Guild Wharf Manager shop.
  
  
  
  • [Guild] Lavania Finest Flax Cloth Bundle
  
  
  • [Guild] Ficy Workshop Special Bronze Ingot Box
  
  
  • [Guild] Trent Treant Plywood
  
  
  • [Guild] Goddess’s Tear Crystal
  
  
  
  


• Personal trade ship Epheria Sailboat has been added.
  
  
  
  • Epheria Sailboat can be crafted in Epheria shipyard rank 3 at 3-5 2nd floor.
  
  
  
  


• Siege weapon workshop rank 3 has added cannon crafting for Epheria Sailboat.


• Great Ocean fishing has been added.
  
  
  
  • New fish species can be caught when fishing in the great ocean.
  
  
  • Calpheon Fishing Rod is recommended for catching big fish out in the great ocean.
  
  
  
  


• A new Life Skill, Sailing, has been added.
  
  
  
  • Sailing experience can be gained only in the great ocean. All types of boats must be manually controlled and operated in the great ocean.
  
  
  
  


• New NPC ferries have been added.
  
  
  
  • Olvia ~ Lema Island liner
  
  
  • Lema Island ~ Port Ratt liner
    
    
    
    • Be careful when riding the liner between Lema Island and Port Ratt, ocean monsters may attack.
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


• Wrecked ships have been added in the Margoria Sea where players can take a rest.


• Air bubbles have been added to underwater where players can recover some breathe gauge.


• You can hire 4 types of boatmen in the [Amity Shop] from Calpheon worker NPC.
  
  
  
  • Hired boatmen can board the Epeheria Sailboat, and depending on their types, various sailboat stats will increase.
  
  
  
  


• Sailors and Boatmen can be promoted via the following quests.
  
  
  
  • Sailor: Receive quest from Dichzy Born in Lema Island
  
  
  • Boatmen: Receive quest from Philaberto Falasi in Port Epheria
  
  
  • Promoted Boatmen can only be used during a certain period of time.
  
  
  
  


• Automatic lantern effects for both the Galley & Epheria Sailboat depending on weather and time.


• New trade goods added to Port Ratt.
  
  
  
  • Ratt Lacquer Ware
  
  
  • Oriental Saber
  
  
  • Dim Lotus Lamp
  
  
  • Red Kite
  
  
  • Haso Celadon Porcelain
  
  
  • Oriental Spice
  
  
  • Golden Dragon Ink Slab
  
  
  • Haso Silk
  
  
  • Millennial Wild Ginseng
  
  
  • Pure Gold Censer
  
  
  
  


• New Resources for Gathering in the sea.
  
  
  
  • Giant Pearl Oyster
  
  
  • Lobster
  
  
  • Diamond Starfish
  
  
  • Abalone
  
  
  • Water Thyme
  
  
  • Oyster
  
  
  • Tangleweed
  
  
  • King Starfish
  
  
  • Giant Pearl Oyster
  
  
  • Clam
  
  
  • Sea Anemone
  
  
  • Brown Seaweed
  
  
  • Sea Fan
  
  
  • Starfish
  
  
  • Red Coral
  
  
  • Turban Shell
  
  
  • Rainbow Coral
  
  
  • Agar
  
  
  • Shellfish
  
  
  • Dead Coral
  
  
  • Kelp
  
  
  • Seaweed
  
  
  
  


• New cooking/alchemy methods and knowledge added.

* There are not the only way to make these dishes,Find the Golden Recipe of your own!

• Items for Guild Craft added.
  
  
  
  
  • [Guild] Iron Core Timber Square
    
    [Guild] Desert Alloy Ingot
    
    [Guild] Spirit-laden Plywood
    
    [Guild] Wind-laden Flax Cloth
  
  
  
  


• The following fishes have been added to Imperial Fishing delivery list.
  
  
  
  • Striped Jewfish
  
  
  • Greater Amberjack
  
  
  • Skate
  
  
  • Blackfin Sea Perch
  
  
  • Goliath Grouper
  
  
  • Striped Bonito
  
  
  
  

• New crafting items have been added to Manos Jeweler.

- Manos Red Coral Belt

- Manos Blue Coral Belt

- Manos Green Coral Belt

- Manos Golden Coral Belt

- Manos White Coral Belt

• Vadabin Diving Mask item has been added.


• Ship License: Roroju's Rescue Raft item has been added.


• New sea monsters have been added which have a chance to drop items necessary for guild crafting.
  
  
  
  • Candidum
  
  
  • Black Rust
  
  
  • NineShark
  
  
  • Goldmont Small/Medium/Large Battleship
  
  
  • Hekaru
  
  
  • Ocean Stalker
  
  
  
  


• While sailing the Margoria Sea, you may run into a new rare monsters, the Margoria Phantom Ship. If you run into a phantom ship, your ship will come to a complete stop temporarily as the sky turns pitch black from storms.
  
  
  
  • In this state, you cannot control movement of your ship but only use its cannons.
  
  
  • Margoria ghosts that appear will match the number of members aboard your ship. (max 5)
  
  
  • You can continue sail only after defeating the phantom ship or its ghosts.
  
  
  • Once you defeat the phantom ship or its ghosts, your surroundings will return to normal state.
  
  
  
  


• New guild quests added.
  
  
  
  • [Event] Margoria’s Adventurer
  
  
  • [Subjugation] Protect the Villagers (Margoria sea monsters)
  
  
  
  


• New quests added for Port Ratt.
  
  
  
  • Start the serial quest from Gintabam. (Lv. 51 and up)
  
  
  
  


• New knowledge categories added.
  
  
  
  • Oceanic Creatures
  
  
  • Residents of Port Ratt
  
  
  • Other Marine Life
  
  
  • Margoria Adventure Journal I
  
  
  
  


• Knowledge cards on wreck ships added.
  
  
  
  • You can obtain the knowledge by interacting with them near certain islands.
  
  
  • West of Rameda Island: Debris from Fintomaria
  
  
  • West of Teste Island: Debris from the Yellow Fox
  
  
  • East of Arita Island: Debris from the Golden Sunset
  
  
  • East of Portanen Island Debris from Mila
  
  
  • Northeast of Pilava Island Debris from Lazia
  
  
  
  


• A new quest was added for Port Epheria through which you can explore the ocean.
  
  
  
  • To start the quest, talk to Pavino Greko, the storage keeper in Port Epheria (Lv. 55 and up only). You can also find the quest on the Recommended tab in the quest window.
  
  
  • You will gain the knowledge “Margoria Adventure Journal I” once you complete the quest.
  
  
  
  


• “[Lv. 55 Ocean] The Uncharted Sea, History of Margoria” added to the Recommended Quests.


• A new daily quest was added where you can obtain a blueprint for Epheria Sailboat.
  
  
  
  • You can receive the quest from Philaberto Falasi in Port Epheria (Lv. 11 and up).
  
  
  
  


• New fishing quests added.
  
  
  
  • To receive the quest, dive near Nada Island in Vadabin Sea with a character of Lv. 56, Fishing Level Professional 1.
  
  
  
  


• New ocean quests added to the Valencia region.
  
  
  
  • Shady Rumors
  
  
  • Big Deal
  
  
  • Awakened Artifacts
  
  
  • Scripture-Engraved Brick
  
  
  • Yet Another Discovery of Ancient Ruins
  
  
  • The Reality
  
  
  • An Interesting Story
  
  
  • A Previous Civilization
  
  
  • Following Ancient Footsteps
  
  
  • In Search of the Lady’s Kingdom
  
  
  • Coral’s Grave
  
  
  • Technicolor Coral Reef
  
  
  • Sophisticated Geography of Shasha Island
  
  
  • Underwater Cave
  
  
  
  


• New crafting items have been added to the Workshop.
  
  
  
  • Coral Belt
  
  
  • Polished Coral Belt
  
  
  • Red Coral Belt
  
  
  • Brilliant Red Coral Belt
  
  
  • Twilight Red Coral Belt
  
  
  • Blue Coral Belt
  
  
  • Brilliant Blue Coral Belt
  
  
  • Daybreak Blue Coral Belt
  
  
  • Green Coral Belt
  
  
  • Brilliant Green Coral Belt
  
  
  • Prairie Green Coral Belt
  
  
  • Golden Coral Belt
  
  
  • Brilliant Golden Coral Belt
  
  
  • Golden Sun Coral Belt
  
  
  • White Coral Belt
  
  
  • Brilliant White Coral Belt
  
  
  • Breezy White Coral Belt
  
  
  
  


• Crafting recipe and knowledge for the following items have been added. They can be crafted by heating processing.
  
  
  
  • Red Coral : Coral Fragments x10, Ruby x1
  
  
  • Blue Coral : Coral Fragments x10, Sapphire x1
  
  
  • Green Coral : Coral Fragments x10, Emerald x1
  
  
  • Golden Coral : Coral Fragments x10, Topaz x1
  
  
  • White Coral : Coral Fragments x10, Diamond x1
  
  
  • Twilight Red Coral : Red Coral x3, Resplendent Ruby x1
  
  
  • Daybreak Blue Coral : Blue Coral x3, Resplendent Sapphire x1
  
  
  • Prairie Green Coral : Green Coral x3, Resplendent Emerald x1
  
  
  • Golden Sun Coral : Golden Coral x3, Resplendent Topaz x1
  
  
  • Breezy White Coral: White Coral x3, Resplendent Diamond x1
  
  
  
  


• The following compass descriptions have changed.
  
  
  
  • Ancient Explorer’s Compass
  
  
  • Lafi Bedmountain’s Upgraded Compass
  
  
  • Upgraded Compass Parts
  
  
  • Part for Explorer’s Compass
  
  
  
  


• When using the following items, training EXP is gained.


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  • Seaweed : Gain Strength EXP when consumed.
  
  
  • Tangleweed : Gain Health EXP when consumed.
  
  
  • Agar : Gain Breath EXP when consumed.
    
    
    
    • Cooldown for above items are shared.
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


• The following items are automatically collected to the Galley after defeating ocean monsters.
  
  
  
  • Candidum Shell
  
  
  • Hekaru Spike
  
  
  • Black Rust Jawbone
  
  
  • Nineshark’s Horn Shard
  
  
  • Ocean Stalker’s Skin
  
  
  
  


• When the following items are looted, world message will be sent to alert all.
  
  
  
  • [Guild] Steel Candidum Shell
  
  
  • [Guild] Amethyst Hekaru Spike
  
  
  • [Guild] Black Rust Tongue
  
  
  • [Guild] Nineshark’s Fin
  
  
  • [Guild] Ocean Stalker Whisker
  
  
  • [Guild] Goldmont Pirate Golden Goblet
  
  
  
  


• [Guild] Skilled Sailor Contract Renewal item has been added to the Guild Wharf Shop.
  
  
  
  • When using the contract renewal, the skilled sailor use time limit is extended by 1 day.
  
  
  • The max limit for using contract renewal is set to 7 days.
  
  
  
  


• Contract Renewal: Skilled Boatman item has been added to the amity shop from Tirol (NPC) in Calpheon.
  
  
  
  • This shop can be used only when amity with Tirol is higher than 500 and each contract renewal purchase lowers amity with Tirol by 50.
  
  
  • Contract Renewal: Skilled Boatman item has the same method of us as the [Guild] Skilled Sailor Contract Renewal item.
  
  
  
  


• New materials that can be gained through processing.
  
  
  
  • Golden Pearl
  
  
  • Glue
  
  
  • Margoria Dark Iron
  
  
  • Hard Pillar
  
  
  • Tough Flax Fabric
  
  
  
  

● New daily quest has been added to Port Ratt.

- [Daily] If You Need a Boat

- You can obtain Roroju’s Rescue Raft as reward upon quest completion.

● Wharf menu has been added to the dialog with NPC Bolhi the Wharf Manager on Lema Island.

● 8 New NPCs have been added to Port Ratt.

● Guide for how to sell and distinguish fish obtained from the Great Ocean have been added to all fish description.

● New monster has been added to Great Ocean.

- Goldmont Small Battleship

- Goldmont Medium Battleship

- Goldmont Large Battleship

● New knowledge has been added.

- Goldmont Small Battleship

- Goldmont Medium Battleship

- Goldmont Large Battleship

● Golden Treasure Chest and Gold Key have been added.

○ Gold keys can now be used to open Golden Treasure chests.

○You can exhcnage 100 Silver Keys to 1 Gold Key from Crow Merchants Guild NPC Morco by performing [Repeat] quests.

○Golden Treasure Chest randomly appears in hidden cave, under waterfall, on top of mountain, near islands and underwater.

● A new item ‘Adventurer’s Tome’ has been added.

• Complete a Black Spirit quest Black Spirit’s Gift (Adventurer’s Tome) if your character is Lv. 53 to receive one.


• While you are equipping Adventurer’s Tome, the amount of Prognyl Silver Bar you get from relevant quests will increase by 20%.

● Fixed the issue where Fever Time event icon would not be displayed in the upper section of the game window where buff icons are displayed.

● Challenge (Y) for reaching Lv.60 has been added.

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  • Event Period: 7/25 After Maintenance ~ 8/2 Before Maintenance
  
  
  • During the event period, a new Challenge to reach Lv.60 has been added via Challenges tab (Y). (Once per Family allowed).
  
  
  • Adventurers who have achieved Lv.60 with their characters before the maintenance will have the Challenge completed automatically upon logging-in.
  
  
  • Trina Knights First Captain’s Support Kit (7 Days) will require at max 34 Inventory Slots free in order to obtain all components inside.
  
  
  
  

● Fixed the issue where error message was being displayed even when application to Global Lab testing was successfully made.

● Sailor Contract from before has been renamed as Sailboat Sailor Contract.

【Characters】

• Fixed the graphical issue where the hair would go outside the helmet or disappear when putting on Garnier Troupe Garb and Giath’s Helmet together with a female class.


• Fixed the graphical glitch that occurred when the following classes wore Queen Heart Underwear and Marine Romance Outfit together.
  
  
  
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    • Valkyrie
    
    
    • Kunoichi
    
    
    • Dark Knight
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


• Fixed the issue where the characters’ outfit would look unnatural upon unequipping swimsuit while having on certain items on the Main Weapon slot in Equipment.
  
  
  
  • It has been changed so that any items other than Main Weapon and Fishing Rod would not be equippable while setting underwear/swimsuit.
  
  
  
  

【Warrior】

● A skill effect has been added to the skill Charging Slash.

●Fixed the issue where the skill effects would look different for the caster and the spectator upon using the skill Heavy Strike.

【Berserker]

● Fixed the issue where the skill Frenzied Destroyer could not be used intermittently when the skill was performed continuously while moving left or right.

• Fixed the issue where CC skill effect would be applied even in PvP during Charge state when using the skill Giant Leap I, II, III to the rear.

【Tamer】

● Fixed the issue where detailed customizing of character could not be done when choosing the 1st hairstyle in character customization.

【Wizard, Witch】

●The blood effect that was displayed while using the skill Fireball has been removed.

【Items】

● A Cheer motion effect has been added when opening Kzarka, Nouver, Kutum, and Dandelion box items.

● Fixed the issue where Oil for Lantern could not be purchased by the General Goods Vendor.

[NPC, Background]

● NPC located near Keplan Quarry Node Manager Phirea has been relocated to acquire more space between the NPCs.

● Fixed the overlapping issue of the name and HP of Cox Prison.

● Fixed the issue where NPC Muis didn’t return to his spot when the quest Goblin with Pearl Oyster was forfeited.

【UI】

● A new function to give an alarm message if there is a locked item when exchanging items with NPCs has been added.

●Fixed the issue where cancelling multiple item exchange with an NPC by pressing Cancel (ESC) button on the calculator UI during Exchange did not work and the Exchange was processed.

● The display of the following icons in the old ESC menu has changed.

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  • The NEW notifications on Quick Hotkey, Item Drop, and Setting Archive have been removed.
  
  
  
  

●The display of the following icons in the new ESC menu has changed.

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  • HOT notifications have been added to Savage Rift, Team Battle, Quick Hotkey, Item Drop, Imperial Auction House, and BDO TV icons.
  
  
  • The NEW notifications of Social Action and Notepad have been removed.
  
  
  
  

● Fixed the issue where Conquest Status window was not being updated properly.

● Fixed the issue where pressing all 3 filtering buttons on top right corner of the Inventory (I) would cause duplicate sounds.

● Fixed the issue where pressing ESC key would not close the Conquest Status window.

● Fixed the overlapping issue of text and the ‘Learned Only’ button in Cooking Utensil/ Alchemy Tool inside Residences.

● Fixed the awkwardness in the line spacing of text related to switching characters that appear when switching characters through Character Selection of ESC Menu.

【System】

● A new function to automatically mount your ship amongst all other ships has been added.

• Press Ship icon once and your character will move to top of the ships. Press the Ship icon once more and you will be on your ship ready to set sail.

● It has been changed so that Highest-spec mode for game settings can be selected from Graphics menu..

● Fixed the issue where the game screen would turn purple intermittently.

● Fixed the issue where abnormal message would be displayed upon using normal or Awakened Giath Summon Scroll.

●In order to prevent possible system function failures, the game client window can now only be resized when your character is on standby.

● Fixed the issue where resizing game client window while performing Concealment and Dash skills would allow irregular actions.

【Resolved Issues】

● Additional improvements have been made regarding the issues where an empty screen would be displayed upon opening up web UI in-game.

●Fixed the abnormal path that the liner at Ancado Inner Harbor followed.

● Fixed the issue where items with weights that were not in whole numbers (e.g. 2.5 LT) were not registered correctly by the Naphart Campsite.

【Known Issues】

● We are aware of the issue where an abnormally large number of seagulls appear the seas near Illiya Island and Weita Island.

- Please note that the seagull flock effect is not available from these abnormally appeared seagulls.