Hello, adventurers.

This is The MMORPG, Black Desert.

Check out the latest updates for September 12nd 2018.

New content Yona’s Fragment has been added and 2 new events now begin!

Check out this week’s patch note for more details!

(Patch volume approx. 488.15  MB)

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【Events】

● Ride on Time

- Period : Sep 12th (after maintenance) ~ Oct 3rd (before maintenance)

- Drop rate for Rainbow Gem Fruit, Spirit Pouch of Ferocious Beast and Deep Blue Hoof Root by defeating monsters, gathering and fishing gets boosted during the event period.

- Chance of getting a higher tier horse by breeding is increased during the event period.  

[ Click here for more details ]

● Call of the Moonlight Shard

- Period : Sep 13th (00:00) ~ Sep 26th (23:59)

- Process the beautiful piece of light. Try your luck to get extra Memory Fragments!  

[ Click here for more details ]

【Pearl Shop】

● Set Creator discount will end as of October 3th, after maintenance.

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

[▶Go to Pearl Shop Update]

【Contents】

● Yona’s Fragments have been added.

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  • Yona’s Fragments are archaic fragments rarely found in the desert. Unknown symbols along with the word ‘Yona’ is written in an archaic language which earned its nickname. Yona’s Fragments naturally attract each other and transform into a new material which is the reason for their popularity among Blacksmiths and Alchemists.
  
  
  • Yona’s Fragments will drop in from monsters around Valencia.
  
  
  • You can create rare accessories by crafting Yona’s Fragments collected along with other necessary materials from Jeweler at Level 5 in Altinova and Valencia City.
  
  
  • Find the crafting information for Jewelers that can craft Yona’s Fragments from the tooltip of the item.
  
  
  • New crafting formulas using Yona’s Fragments have been added:
  
  
  
  

● New content, Accomplishments, has been added.

● It has been changed that upon encountering the Phantom Ship in great ocean, pressing Ship icon on top left corner would not allow auto-boarding to the ship

【Characters】

● The motion to recover Stamina during swimming has been improved.

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  • There was an issue discovered where a small amount of Stamina was being consumed during the Stamina recovery motion that the character goes into by pressing T key while swimming.
  
  
  • This issue has been fixed so that there will not be such consumption of Stamina.
  
  
  • Fixed the issue where the character would not follow Navigation when restarting Auto Swim after having recovered Stamina of over 1,000 through the Stamina recovery motion.
  
  
  • Fixed an issue where a character stops swimming when clicking RMB while swimming fast by pressing Shift+W.
  
  
  
  

● Character’s vision height when facing the adventurer has been adjusted to look more natural.

【Berserker]

● Fixed the issue where the Berserker could walk underwater in Hystria Ruins areas.

● Fixed the graphical awkwardness in the right shoulder part upon wearing El Pento outfit in Iron Buster mode.

【Sorcerer]

● Fixed the typo in the skill tooltip of the skill Turn-back Slash III.

【Valkyrie]

● Fixed the issue where the range of size change of the right hand differed from that of the left hand.

【Kunoichi】

● Fixed the typo in the skill tooltip of the skill Sah Spree of Sonan.

【Ranger】

● It has been changed that damage will be inflicted at max 6 hits upon using the skills Bow Skill I and Bow Skill II.

【Wizard, Witch】

● Fixed a graphical glitch on a character’s neck when wearing a default outfit with its body shape maxed out.

● Fixed the issue where the Wizard/Witch skills could heal buildings and ships' HP when a boss was spawned.

【Witch】

● Fixed an issue where some of a character’s hair is not displayed after changing its hair type while wearing Talis Helmet.

● Fixed an issue where a character’s cape moves unnaturally when doing a specific action while wearing Priki Outfit.

● Fixed a graphical glitch on Witch’s chest where its inner wear is displayed out of the default outfit as broken.

【Wizard】

● Fixed the issue where the Godr Sphera did not appear right away when the skill Hellfire did not hit the enemy.

● Fixed an issue where a character’s skin color was way too different on its face and neck.

【Maehwa】

● It has been changed that the skill Absolute: Stub Arrow could now be used after Backward Chase after having locked Stub Arrow: Triple Shot.

[Mystic]

● Description of skills that use Black Spirit’s Rage will now be displayed in a separate window.

● Fixed the graphical awkwardness in the arm area when wearing Lemoria Armor together with Scale Vambrace



[Striker]

● It has been changed that upon using the following skills, the Super Armor effect will take effect only during the skill.

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  • While performing combo of Ferocious Assault.
  
  
  • While performing Ferocious Assault that follows as a combo after using Spiral Cannon.
  
  
  
  

● The moving distance to the front of the skill Rising Blast Combo has been increased.

●  Description of skills that use Black Spirit’s Rage will now be displayed in a separate window.

● Fixed the graphical awkwardness in the top of the hands upon wearing Edan's Travel Wear in Gardbrace mode.

● Fixed a graphical glitch on a character’s shoes when wearing Kzarka Gauntlet.

● It has been changed that the character would not go into a falling motion when using the skill Ferocious Assault at a low height.

● Fixed the issue where the Striker skill Flow: Skull Hammer would not activate after the 'Please try again in a moment.' message was displayed when entering the commands for 'Black Spirit: Skull Crusher' when Black Spirit's Rage was between 25% - 50%.



【Dark Knight】

● Description of skills that use Black Spirit’s Rage will now be displayed in a separate window.

● The following text has been added to the skill tooltip of Pervasive Darkness.

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  • Inflicts heavy damage by quickly slashing enemies in front and causing stiffness. -> Inflicts heavy damage by quickly slashing enemies in front and causing stiffness.
  
  
  
  

【Items】

● The text regarding Pearl Items being non-refundable has been changed.

● Fixed the issue where Atanis Firefly would flicker in certain areas.

 

【Monsters】

● It has been changed that Muskan will attack the character after the cut scene of the quest [Co-op] Muskan of Madness.

● It has been changed that the Imps taking fighting motions without weapons against the Guards in Western Guard Camp will now fight with weapons.

● The following Valencia Guard Captain monsters have decreased in HP by 50%, and AP has increased by 30%.

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    • Desert Naga Chief Gatekeeper
    
    
    • Desert Fogan Chief Gatekeeper
    
    
    • Cadry Chief Gatekeeper
    
    
    • Crescent Chief Gatekeeper
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  

● Upon fighting the Valencia Guard Captain monsters, a warning and Party recommendation system message will now appear.

● Fixed the glittering issue of the rocks inside the cave of the Helms in Remastered Mode.

 

【Mounts】

● Fixed the issue where pressing the ‘S key’ while pressing left and right directional key to change directions while the ship was stationary would move the ship forward.

● Fixed the issue where the ship would spin intermittently when changing directions while moving forward with the ‘W key’ and directional keys.

● Moving backwards and changing directions will no longer work; the ship will move backwards in the way it did before.

● Fixed the awkwardness in the camera vision when going into attack mode after equipping a Matchlock and mounting a horse.

● Fixed the awkwardness in the camera vision when performing a forward moving skill after equipping a Matchlock and mounting a horse.

● Fixed an issue where horse skin reflects light under Remastered or Ultra Mode.

● You can no longer able to change equipment while riding on the back seat of the [Guild] elephant.

 

【Quest, Knowledge】

● New Story Quests regarding Aakman and Ancient Civilization of Valencia have been added.

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  • The quests can be accepted from NPC Barhan Nesser located in Sand Grain Bazaar with a character of Lv.58 and above who has completed the quest ‘Edana's Descendant.’
  
  
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    • Suspicious Aakman
    
    
    • The Reputation of the Aakman
    
    
    • The Aakman that I Perceive
    
    
    • The Ambushed Pilgrim
    
    
    • A True Unknown Danger to the Desert
    
    
    • Aakman to Aakman
    
    
    • To the Ancient Ator
    
    
    • A Misplaced Calling
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • If you have completed the quest and does not have Knowledge of Ecology of Ancient Ator, you can obtain the relevant Knowledge from Atosa of Valencia.
  
  
  
  

● Fixed the typo in the dialogue that appears during the quest ‘How to Grow Young Kamasylve.’

● Fixed the typo that appears when accepting and progressing the quest ‘Kamasylve's Purified Ritual.’

● Fixed the typo that appears when accepting, progressing, and completing the quest ‘[Co-op] Stop Illezra's Plot.’

● Fixed the typo in the dialogue that appears when completing the quest ‘Reunion at Last.’

● Fixed the typo in the quest  completion requirement of the quest ‘A Ship in Distress in the Peyon Sea.’

● Hunting Quest related to Kamasylvia Weasel has been added.

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  • The quests can be accepted with a character of Hunting Level: Skilled Lv.1 and above after having completed the main quest of Southwestern Calpheon, ‘[Boss] Witch-Hunting.’
    
    
    
    
    • The Poacher's Irresistible Offer
    
    
    • [Repeat] Carrots in exchange of Fruits
    
    
    • [Repeat] Looking for Weasels
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • The quest ‘The Poacher's Irresistible Offer’ can be accepted from Jerrimo in Western Valtarra Mountains.
  
  
  • The quest is allowed once per Family, and you can obtain Stuffed Kamasylvia Weasel as a reward for completion.
  
  
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  • [Repeat] Carrots in exchange of Fruits and [Repeat] Looking for Weasels can be accepted from Mokassa in Acher Guard Post.
  
  
  • Through the quest, Kamasylvia Weasel can be hunted.
  
  
  • Butcher a Kamasylvia Weasel  to obtain Lustrous Leather by chance.
  
  
  • The quest [Repeat] Looking for Weasels can only be accepted when you have Fruit with a Sweet Scent.
  
  
  
  

● Fixed the typo in the dialogue that appears when accepting the quest ‘The Extractor's Power.’

● The reward for completing the quests below has been changed from Lantern to Atanis Firefly.

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    • Why Did the Goblins Run Away?
    
    
    • Treasure Hunter - The Last Piece
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  

● Fixed the issue where the number of rewards notified in the bottom right corner of the screen and in the Challenge window did not match the actual number of rewards.

 

[NPC, Background]

● The music of the following cut scenes has been changed.

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    • Injured Edan
    
    
    • Edan's Party Leaves
    
    
    • Orwen Meets Gorgath
    
    
    • Keplan Petfirying Disease Treatment Center
    
    
    • Norma Leight and Relief Activities
    
    
    • Shadow Knight's Plan
    
    
    • Holy College
    
    
    • Freharau's Advice
    
    
    • An Uneasy Premonition
    
    
    • Al Rhundi History
    
    
    • Bobby Lauren, the Head of the Merchant Guild
    
    
    • Old Friend
    
    
    • Quarrel between Hunt and the Xians
    
    
    • Bobby Lauren's Letter
    
    
    • Orwen Visits Heidel
    
    
    • Serendia, Alchemist Alustin
    
    
    • Buntt's Training
    
    
    • Cliff and Red Nose
    
    
    • Bothersome Instructor Croxus
    
    
    • Diega and the Black Stone
    
    
    • Kind Gray Biants
    
    
    • Edan's Party and Igor Bartali
    
    
    • Jarette's Request for an Investigation of the Stone Chamber
    
    
    • Princess Jarette at the Western Guard Camp
    
    
    • Lillia of Iliya Island
    
    
    • Task Overseer and Santo Manzi
    
    
    • Blacksmith Tranan Underfoe
    
    
    • Lazy Wale
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  

●  The brightness of the lighting effect in certain areas has been readjusted to help with the glaring issue.

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    • Calpheon City
    
    
    • Calpheon Shrine
    
    
    • Khuruto Cave
    
    
    • Cave in Pirate Island
    
    
    • Gorgo Rock Belt
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  

● The terrain of the Terrmian Beach has been changed to look the same as the terrain is displayed on the World Map (M).

● Fixed the issue where furniture could be seen when opening Dye window in an area with furniture placed.

● The issue where objects flickered when exiting out of character observe mode.

● Fixed the issue where the character would fall into the gap among the stone stairs in Mirumok Ruins.

● Brightness of the lighting in all areas of Black Desert Online in Remastered Mode has been improved to appear more natural.

● Fixed the graphic glitch on the puddle of water in Navarn Steppe.

● It has been fixed that the character will rise to the surface of the water normally when Breath Gauge runs out in Junaid River.

【UI】

● Fixed the issue where cooldown effect on the Fairy Maid  would not be displayed properly.

● A new weakened color mode texture has been added to the new HP Bar (after Remastered Mode update).

● A new option to purchase Merv’s Pallete from the Dye window (J) by pressing the Merv’s Palette tab has been added.

●The button size of Caphras Enhancement has been increased in size in order to fix the text going out of the box issue from the Enhancement window.

● The Level Up button in Caphras Enhancement has been enlarged.

● Fixed the text overlapping issue with ‘Mix&Match’ button located on top right corner of Pearl Shop (F3) with other UIs in certain situations.

● It has been changed that all of Guild Quest Summary will be displayed regardless of the size of the text.

● It has been changed that if there are no more Main Quests to be progressed, the Main Quest widget will not pop up.

● Fixed the issue where Breeding Count Reset button was being displayed on a Horse under Breeding process.

●  Fixed the issue where Breeding Count Reset button was being displayed on a Horse registered in Horse Market.

● A new option to edit Buff List (for all classes) has been added to Edit UI mode.

● Fixed an issue where there were 2 HP bars displayed on the screen while playing tutorial.

● Fixed an issue where objects around Arehaza Town were displayed at incorrect places on World Map.

● Default Photo Filter under Display Settings has been changed from Vibrance to NonContrast.

• As a result, Recommended 1 photo filter will be NonContrast, and Recommended 2 photo filter will be Vibrance.

● The text regarding Occupation Benefit of Calpheon Territory has been improved on the Calpheon Territory icon in World Map (M).

● Fixed the text overlapping issue of Occupation Benefit text in Occupation Information in World Map (M).

● Fixed the text overlapping issue of the NPC dialogue with the UI during the quest ‘My Little First Pony.’

● It has been changed the Contribution EXP will be displayed on the Remastered Level/Point Information widget.

● The Notification Widget (on bottom right corner of the screen) has received the following changes.

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  • Gather!, Assemble!, Summon Party, and Returning buttons have been taken off the Notification Widget and relocated to the button on the left of the Minimap.
  
  
  • Weight and Durability notification will also show up on the left of the Minimap now.
  
  
  • Pearl Shop and Marketplace Notifications have been relocated to be placed below the Notification Widget.
  
  
  • When a new Notification Widget appears in the end, a textbox will pop-up on the bottom right corner to describe what it is.
  
  
  • Notification textbox will close automatically in 1 minute or when ‘X’ is clicked to close it.
  
  
  • When the Notification Widget is folded up, a number will now be shown on the widget to show how many Notifications there are to check.
  
  
  
  

● Fixed the overlapping issue of the other adventurer’s HP bar and CC status effect icon from the view of your character.

●  It has been changed that the the Skill Point icon and Energy icon would not be overlapped regardless of the size of the text on the HP bar.

● Fixed the issue where the quest widget covered the Knowledge window that opened when you clicked on the icon that notifies new knowledge was learned.

● Fixed the issue where the accept friend request icon was not visible.

 

【System】

● Fixed the issue where the character would get stuck in Wooden Fence during Conquest Wars.

● It has been changed that the Maximize window button will only be clickable when it is activated.

● Fixed the issue where the cloud was awkward during Observe Mode in Remastered Mode or Ultra Mode.

[Resolved Issues]

● Fixed the issue where the camera perspective was awkward during Observe Mode in Remastered Mode or Ultra Mode.

● Fixed the issue where Atanis Firefly would flicker in certain areas.

● Fixed the issue where the Place Mode window of Garden would be displayed abnormally if connecting to client for the first time after Graphic setting was changed.

● Fixed the issue where the character would get stuck and couldn’t move around in certain areas of Gorgo Rock Belt.

[Known Issues]

● We are aware of the issue where you are not able to fish at certain locations in Heidel and Mediah.

● We are aware of the issue where the pillar of light does not appear when using navigation.