Greetings adventurers,

This is the MMORPG, Black Desert.

January 9th update has arrived! Skill Enhancement for the newest class, Archer, is now available for Lv.56 and 57! Play Archer and experience the new skills in his stylish move! Also higher tier accessories have been added to Guild Shop. Find Guild Manager at each town and you can borrow the new items with your guild funds.  

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● New Pearl Items have been added to Pearl Shop! Check out the link below for more details!

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• Crimson Baron’s accessories has been added to Guild Shop.  
  These new accessories are upgraded version of the Crimson Shadow and their stats are 1 tier higher than the Shadow series (II -> III).

• Crimson Baron’s Ring (Temp)

• Crimson Baron’s Earring (Temp)

• Crimson Baron’s Belt (Temp)

• Crimson Baron’s Necklace (Temp)

• These items can only be used for 7 days and they cannot be enhanced.

• Any guild member can purchase these items with Guild Funds.However, your Guild Allowance must be set higher than the price of the item in order for you to purchase the item.

• Crimson Baron’s Ring/Earring/Belt can be purchased at 320 million silvers and Crimson Baron’s Necklace at 500 million silvers.   

• The accessories have the same stats as the TRI versions of the following items: Ring of Crescent Guardian, Tungrad Earring, Ogre Ring, or Basilisk's Belt.

• Archer Rabam Skills are now available.

• A way to make 10 elixirs or draughts at a time was added.

- Batch production can be performed by characters with Alchemy Lv. Skilled 1 or higher.

- 1 of the new item "Ibellab's Essence" can be used with 10 times the materials needed to craft an elixir or draught in Simple Alchemy to make 10 times the number of elixirs or draughts.

- you still have a chance to produce 2 times the amount when batch producing [Party] elixirs.

- The alchemy EXP gained through production is calculated by the number of times an elixir/draught is produced, not by the number of elixirs/draughts produced.

[Ranger]

• Fixed the issue where the ear area would look awkward when equipping the Bern Helmet.

• Fixed the issue where the Noel outfit durability status would appear graphically broken.

• Fixed the graphical issue where the neck area would appear awkward when customizing the face.

• Fixed the issue where a black line was visible on the neck area when selecting the basic hair style.

• Fixed the issue where the backside of the neck would be visible through the scarf when customizing the character while equipped with the Bern outfit.

[Sorceress]

• Fixed the issue where the animation would appear broken when returning back to a standby stance after using the Midnight Stinger skill.

[Berserker]

• Fixed the issue where the color for one side of the Cantusa Axe would look awkward when equipping the axe.

[Tamer]

• Fixed the issue where the chest area would look awkward when equipping the Lahr Arcien outfit together with underwear.

[Maehwa]

• Fixed the issue where the sound effect for the Forward Slash skill would play faster than the actual motion.

[Wizard]

• Fixed the graphical issue where the neck area would appear awkward when customizing the face.

[Witch]

• Fixed the graphical issue where the neck area would appear awkward when customizing the face.

[Kunoichi]

• Fixed the issue where the character’s default portrait would not be displayed properly in the End Game window.

[Ninja]

• Fixed the issue where the character’s default portrait would not be displayed properly in the End Game window.

[Dark Knight]

• Fixed the issue where a black spot would appear on chracter when using the Remastered mode graphic settings.

• Fixed the graphical issue where the neck area would appear awkward when customizing the face.

[Striker]

• Fixed the graphical issue where the neck area would appear awkward when customizing the face.

[Mystic]

• Fixed the graphical issue where the neck area would appear awkward when customizing the face.

• Fixed the issue where the hair would poke through the Coco outfit hat.

[Archer]

• Rabam skills have been added.

• The first Rabam skill can be acquired at Lv. 56, and the second Rabam skill can be acquired at Lv. 57.

• You must acquire the preceding skills in order to acquire the Rabam skills.

• Lv. 56 Rabam Skills 

• Arrow Explosion VI + Storm of Light V = Radiant Storm

ㄴ Throws a deep breath and shoots consecutively, creating a radiant storm of arrows. Enemies within the area will bleed and have reduced movement speed.

• Arrow Explosion VI + Covering Fire V = Deadly Explosion

ㄴ Inflicts damage over a wide area with a deadly explosion. Hits multiple enemies at once.

• Lv. 57 Rabam Skills

• Flow: Verdure Clout II + Wrath of Nature V = Ultimate: Verdure Clout

ㄴHits a nearby enemy and then shoots a powerful charged arrow with the crossbow. Allows you to surprise nearby enemies and deal an unexpected counterattack.

• Flow: Verdure Clout II + Ensnare III = Radiant Ensnare

ㄴ Drags enemies within range and brings them in front of you. Then, you deal a blow to the ensnared enemies. You can drag multiple enemies at once.

• After landing 1 hit with Winged Strike, you can now switch to the Greatbow or Crossbow by pressing Q or C. However, the Greatbow stance will maintain for using the Winged Strike backwards.

• After dealing the 1st hit with Winged Strike while using a crossbow, you can now deal the 2nd hit attack in the desired direction by maintaining the LMB.

• Aiming has been improved for Winged Strike, Light’s Path, and Tactical Strike.

• Damage has been increased for Piercing Light II and III.

  • Lv. 2: 973% x 5 >> 1075% x 5

  • Lv. 3: 1180% x 5 >> 1570% x 5

• Damage reduction effect of the skill Piercing Light has been changed as follows:

• Before: Damage decreased by 5% / Damage decreased up to 70%

• After: Damage decreased by 10% / Damage decreased up to 50%

• The knockback effect for the Full Bloom skill has been removed. Instead, the arrows shot forwards will deal a knockdown effect to monsters.

• Luthraghon’s Call will now combo more naturally when used after Full Bloom.

• A command has been added for the Flow: Light’s Trail skill.

• LMB after the 2nd hit of Glissade, LMB/RMB/F after using Luthraghon’s Call.

• Fixed the issue where the character would move abnormally when pressing RMB + a certain directional key while in a standby stance.

• The skill Righteous Smite was changed so that you will move forward when it is used with a quickslot hotkey.

• The skill combos for the skills below will connect more smoothly.

• Radiant Explosion >> Full Bloom

• Glide >> Spear of Sylvia

• The speed of the motions preceding the Piercing Light skill has been increased.

• The speed for casting the Flow: Light's Trail skill when used while it is not on cooldown has been increased.

• The damage for the Flow: Light's Trail skill during cooldown has been decreased.

• The speed of the first hit for the Light's Path skill has been increased.

• A DP reduction effect has been added for successfully landing hits for the Absolute: Volant Kick skill.

• The combo for using Meteor Dive and Glide after using the Absolute: Earth Shatter skill has been improved to look more natural.

• Adjusted the amount of resources required to use the following skills.

• Glide: 200 Stamina → 100 Stamina

• Ensnare I: 200 Stamina → 30 MP

• Ensnare II: 180 Stamina → 40 MP

• Ensnare III: 150 Stamina → 50 MP

• Zephyr Leap: 400 Stamina → 200

• Ultimate: Zephyr Leap: 300 Stamina → 200

• Winged Strike I: 200 Stamina → 100

• Winged Strike II: 200  Stamina → 100

• Winged Strike III: 200 Stamina → 150

• Covering Fire I - III: 200 Stamina → 100

• Covering Fire IV - V: 200 Stamina → 150

• The height for the following skills has been adjusted so that the falling motions will be displayed after using these skills.

• Zephyr Leap

• Ultimate: Zephyr Leap

• Glissade

• Fixed the issue where the Righteous Fire effect would not be applied when using Winged Strike while equipped with a Crossbow after learning the Righteous Fire skill.

• The amount of MP recovered when using the skills below will now be applied to Righteous Fire’s hits.

• Winged Strike, Flow: Light's Trail

• Fixed the issue where the amount of damage for the first hit for the Glide skill would occasionally not be applied when used from slanted areas.

• The character will now move back more quickly when using the Ultimate: Zephyr Leap skill while using the Awakening weapon.

• Fixed the typo in the tooltip for the Zephyr Leap skill.

• While using the Main Weapon, the character can now use other skills more quickly as combos after using the Zephyr Leap and Ultimate: Zephyr Leap skills.

• The “All DP -10 for 2 sec upon using skill” effect for the Spear of Sylvia has been removed.

• You can now combo Glissade with Luthraghon's Call after the first Glissade hit.

• You can now combo the Glissade skill after using Glide.

• When using Luthraghon's Call against monsters, the knock-back effect will no longer be applied.

• Spear of Sylvia’s stun effect has been replaced with a bound effect.

• The Critical Hit Rate of Spear of Sylvia depending on levels has been changed as follows:

• You can now quickly combo skills after using the Meteor Dive, Zephyr Leap, and Ultimate: Zephyr Leap skills.

• The MP/SP/WP reduction effect for successfully landing Righteous Fire hits has been changed to a movement speed reduction effect (movement speed reduced by 10% for 5 sec).

• The character will move forward while using the Gaping Darkness skill when it is used with the ↑ + RMB controls.

• Glissade can now be used while using a Crossbow.

• You can now combo other skills more quickly after the third Glissade hit.

• Fixed the issue where the Forward Guard effect would not be applied when connecting the Luthraghon's Call skill as a combo after using certain skills.

• The Forward Guard effect only applies for Luthraghon's Call when the charge-up gauge is displayed.

• The arrow effect for the Righteous Smite skill has been changed.

• Fixed the issue where the skill sound effect would not play when using the Gaping Darkness skill while moving forward.

• Fixed a typo in the tooltip for the Winged Strike skill.

• The Winged Strike skill will now be connected more naturally when used as a combo after the third hit for Glissade.

• When Evasion is locked, the motions of rolling forward/backwards will no longer occur when in an Awakening state.

• Awakening skills will now activate properly after getting off of a horse while it is running.

• Fixed the issue where the movement would not be normal when using the auto-run key while moving.

• Fixed the issue where the face would be visible outside of the helmet when equipping the Luanwulf helmet after selecting the 2nd and 3rd face in the character customization screen.

• Fixed the graphical issue where the Luanwulf outfit would appear broken.

• Fixed the issue where the neck area would look awkward when equipping the Seahorse Diving Hat.

• Fixed the issue where there would be a mark on the left side of the face when selecting the 2nd hairstyle.

• Fixed the issue where the Archer character could not equip the Katan Greatbow.

• The text 'Combat EXP Available' will be displayed even if you are tagging an Archer level 60 or higher.

【Monsters】

• Crescent monsters consumed by black energy have been added to the expanded Valencia Crescent Shrine area.

• The monsters consumed by black energy will have a high chance to drop the Ring of Crescent Guardian and the Soiled Crescent Ring, but will not drop other items.

• The flying fish near the Navarn Stream in Navarn Steppe was removed.

• Town Guards will now defend themselves when they get attacked by monsters.

[Item]

• Added a description about the usage of the [Event] Moonlight Shard in its item descriptions.

• Added a description about the bleeding effect for [Combat] Trina Matchlock.

• The Boss Summon Scrolls will now be stackable in the Inventory (I).

• The durations for the following Boss Summon Scrolls have been changed to be indefinite.

• Imp Captain Summon Scroll

• Goblin Chief Summon Scroll

• Altar Imp Captain Summon Scroll

• Monastery Boss Summon Scroll

• Dim Tree Spirit Summon Scroll

• Frightening Witch Summon Scroll

• Awakened Imp Captain Summon Scroll

• Awakened Goblin Chief Summon Scroll

• Awakened Altar Imp Captain Summon Scroll

• Awakened Monastery Boss Summon Scroll

• Awakened Dim Tree Spirit Summon Scroll

• Awakened Frightening Witch Summon Scroll

• Moghulis Summon Scroll

• Agrakhan Summon Scroll

• Ancient Puturum Summon Scroll

• King of Navarn Steppe Summon Scroll

• Gyfin Rhasia Raid Captain Summon Scroll

• Awakened King of Navarn Steppe Summon Scroll

• Awakened Gyfin Rhasia Raid Captain Summon Scroll

• Manshaum Chief Summon Scroll

• Forest Ronaros Guardian Summon Scroll

• Awakened Manshaum Chief Summon Scroll

• Awakened Forest Ronaros Guardian Summon Scroll

• Fogan Chief Summon Scroll

• Saunil Siege Captain Summon Scroll

• Awakened Fogan Chief Summon Scroll

• Awakened Saunil Siege Captain Summon Scroll

※ The name of the Manshaum Mutant Summon Scroll item has been changed to Manshaum Chief Summon Scroll.

• The durations for Boss Summon Scrolls have been changed to be indefinite and the text about when they expire were removed.

• Awakened Red Nose Summon Scroll Piece

• Awakened Giath Summon Scroll Piece

• Awakened Bheg Summon Scroll Piece

• Awakened Muskan Summon Scroll Piece

• Awakened Dim Tree Spirit Summon Scroll Piece

• Awakened Hexe Marie Summon Scroll Piece

• Awakened Titium Summon Scroll Piece

• Awakened Saunil Siege Captain Summon Scroll Piece

• Awakened Manshaum Chief Summon Scroll Piece

• Awakened King of Navarn Steppe Summon Scroll Piece

• Awakened Forest Ronaros Guardian Summon Scroll Piece

• Awakened Gyfin Rhasia Raid Captain Summon Scroll Piece

• The new material "Ibellab's Essence" was added. It can be used to make 10 elixers or draughts at a time.

- "Ibellab's Essence" is available through Material Vendors and Old Moon Shops in each town/city.

• The prices for the High-Quality Wine purchasable from the NPC shops have been adjusted.

• You will now be able to obtain the items listed below from the following structures:

• Imp Defense Tower - Imp's Torn Ornament

• Imp Amulet - Imp's Torn Ornament

• Imp Altar - Imp's Torn Ornament

• Mine Imp Tower - Broken Wooden Fragment

• Mine Imp Wagon - Broken Wooden Fragment

• The drop rates for the following items from monsters were decreased:

• Magic Crystal of Crimson Flame

- Magic Crystal of Abundance

- Magic Crystal of the Sun

- Magic Crystal of Nature

- Magic Crystal

- Dim Magical Crystal
 

【Quest, Knowledge】

• Navigation has been improved within the Calpheon Shrine.

• Fixed the issue where the quest, “A Child's Curiosity”, could not be completed properly.

• You can now obtain the ‘Confident’ social action through the new main quests.

• Navigation has been improved for the Retrieve the Sealing Stone quest.

• You can now accept the Black Spirit's Gift III (Tier 5 Horse) quest once you have completed the Looking for Adventurers quest.

• Added a method for obtaining Yona's Fragment.

• Yona's Fragment can be obtained by heating an accessory obtainable from Valencia while you have the knowledge of [Ossa Dilla's Special Heating Method] in possession.

• List of items which can be heated:

• Ring of Crescent Guardian

• Serap's Necklace

• Sicil's Necklace

• Basilisk's Belt

• Centaurus Belt

※You can obtain the knowledge of [Ossa Dilla's Special Heating Method] through Arms Dealer Ossa Dilla of Valencia.

• Fixed the issue where the [Event] Frightful Piku quest would appear in the Suggested quests tab.

[NPC, Background]

• Added the ingredients needed for Simple Alchemy mass production to the list of items sold by all Material vendors.

• NPC Illezra has been removed from the desert.

• The Goblin mining in Velia will now speak at a slower pace in English.

• Fixed the issue where a black spot would appear on NPC Weenie when using the Remastered mode graphic settings.

• The new material "Ibellab's Essence" used in Simple Alchemy is now available through Material Vendors in all regions and Old Moon Shops.

- Ibellab's Essence can be purchsed for 10,000 silver.

- Ibellab's Essence can be sold to NPC vendors for 2,000 silver. However, it cannot be sold to Old Moon Shops.

• Fixed the issue where a black spot would appear on NPC Weenie when using the Remastered mode graphic settings.

【UI】

• Item descriptions will now be displayed in the buy and sell window of the Central Market.

• The text 'Manage Warehouse' will no longer spill out of its space.

• When disbanding guilds, a message has been added to notify that wages uncollected by guild members will be removed.

• Certain texts in the Central Market were changed.

• Fixed the issue where the text on Change Skill icon would bleed out of the All Worker List UI.

• The red warning effect which appears when your HP is low will now appear even when switching screens.

• Fixed the issue where the description for the Add Guild button was awkward in the Guild Alliance window.

• Fixed the issue where pet animations (such as Jump, Play, etc.)  could not be acquired by pets which had a 100% chance of acquiring the animations.

• The Black Spirit Emojis will now be properly displayed to guild members in other channels.

• The Black Spirit Emojis will now be properly displayed to adventurers who are in other channels for the Server Group chat.

• The Black Spirit Emojis will now be properly displayed for the Arsha and World Chat when entered for the first time.

• Previously the route for the Navigation feature could not be changed from the World Map or minimap for characters below Lv. 11. However, now you will be unable to change the route only during the tutorial.

• The 'Search' and 'Advanced Search' function was added to the Central Market.

• Search: searches through all items in the Central Market.

• Advanced Search: search through items in the sepcific category.

• Arrows pointing up and down to indicate if the prices are rising or falling were added to the 'Price-changing Items' window.

• The 'Price-changing Items' button was made brighter

• The following tutorials from the top right of the World Map have been removed due to the tutorial renewals:

• Black Spirit Tutorial

• Item Sales Tutorial

• Item Enhancement Tutorial

• Extraction Tutorial

• Stack Tutorial

• A warning text has been added to the message which appears when you collect wage or leave a guild.

• A description will be displayed when mousing over the list button in the 'My Gardens' window.

• Skill points and the icon will no longer overlap in the top left corner of the UI.

[ETC]

• Fixed the issue where pinging the Node would ping locations other than the Node Manager location.

• Fixed the issue where the message 'The request made on the Central Market failed.' was displayed in-game.