Greetings adventurers,
This is the MMORPG, Black Desert.
New content has been added for Jan 16th update!
Early Access for Shadow Arena, it’s open today!
The new combat content ‘Shadow Arena: Battle Royale’ is waiting for your challenge.
Celebrating this new content addition, we have prepared various in-game events for all Adventurers!
The time has finally come and you must start your fight for the last stand.
Are you ready to challenge the ultimate survival?
(Patch volume approx. 590.38 MB)
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● Mission: Shadow Arena
Battle Royale - The Last Spirit Standing begins now.
Check out details for various events in the Shadow Arena!
● Into the Shadow Arena
Show us your matches in the Shadow Arena and receive special rewards!
Event Period: Jan 16th (after maintenance) ~ Jan 30th (before maintenance)
● Rewards for new challenge, Moonlight Shard, has been added to the Challenge (Y)
- This new challenge rewards will be given based on the amount of pearls you spend every month.
- Please check the condition to complete the challenge and its rewards are as described below.
- This new challenge rewards will be given based on the amount of pearls you spend every month.
- Event Period: Jan 16th (after maintenance) ~ Feb 28th.
You can check the completion status by checking the following
- Click Monthly Loyalty button on upper right corner in Pearl Shop (F3)
- Click ‘Buy’ button in Pearl Shop (F3)
- Click Give Gift button in Pearl Shop (F3)
● The gift feature will no longer be available from Jan 23rd after weekly maintenance.
● New Pearl Items have been added to Pearl Shop! Check out the link below for more details!
● The mysterious island of 'Marni’s Secret Isle' is revealed to the world. You may enter the island at certain times of the day through the ESC menu.
● Early access to Shadow Arena is now available!
● ‘Shadow Arena: Battle Royale’ is the first content that can be used on 'Marni’s Secret Isle'.
● Shadow Arena: Battle Royale Rules:
- Description - Shadow Arena: Battle Royale is a place where everyone starts the same at the same character level and tries to be the last man standing. Any regular character can enter Solo or Party Shadow Arena. Party Shadow Arena is accessible to Adventurers that are already in a party. Adventurers can defeat monsters and break chests to grow stronger in an attempt to survive.
- Servers - Shadow Arena: Battle Royale can be accessed from all servers in Black Desert.
- Participants - The maximum number of participants that can enter a single match is 50. However, an automated countdown of 60 seconds will start once 40 participants enter. Additional participants may enter the match during the 60-second countdown. The match will begin once the countdown ends.
- Matches
> Solo: Adventurers can enter Shadow Arena by themselves to battle it.
> Party: Adventurers can enter Shadow Arena in a party with up to 3 members. You cannot enter if you are not in a party or do not have enough members.
● You can enter Shadow Arena during the following times:
- Weekdays (Mon - Fri): 19:00 - 01:00 (6 hours)
- Weekends (Sat - Sun): 13:00 - 01:00 (12 hours)
● Special events will start as Shadow Arena becomes available.
- Event Period: January 16, 2019 before maintenance - TBA
- You can get better rewards by surviving longer and collecting more items during the event period. You’ll also receive rewards depending on your rank from the matches.
● Rewards
> By items:
- Yellow Items: 400,000 silver each /
- Blue Items: 80,000 silver each /
- Green Items: 30,000 silver each /
- White Items: 10,000 silver each
>By rank:
- Winner (Last survivor): Resplendent Black Rock
- 2nd: Radiant Black Rock
- 3rd - 5th: Sturdy Black Rock
- 5th - 10th: Faint Black Rock
- 11th - 20th: Rough Black Rock
> Standard rewards will be sent through in-game mail every time the Shadow Arena match ends.
> Black Rocks will also be sent through in-game mail every time the Shadow Arena match ends.
● Black rocks can be used to get Black Stones, Concentrated Magical Black Stones, and Memory Fragments.
● Please read the GM Note to find out more about Shadow Arena: Battle Royale.
● The Enhancement UI was reworked to make Enhancement more intuitive by displaying the success rates of the enhancement attempt.
- The success rate will be displayed up to two decimal places.
- The success rates are equal to the pre-existing rates.
● Central Market purchases an item that has never been registered before only once now.
- Maximum number of items that Central Market buys steadily increases if market price is kept the same, yet the maximum quantity Central Market buys differs from each item type.
- On the other hand, number of items that Central Market buys decreases if market price changes.
● You can now sell multiple pearl items at once in Central Market.
● Difference between desired prices when placing a pre-order in Central Market has been adjusted.
Price Range |
Difference in Selectable Price |
0~499 |
1 |
500~999 |
5 |
1,000~4,999 |
10 |
5,000~9,999 |
50 |
10,000~49,999 |
100 |
50,000~99,999 |
500 |
100,000~4,999,999 |
1,000 |
500,000~9,999,999 |
5,000 |
1,000,000~4,999,999 |
10,000 |
5,000,000~9,999,999 |
50,000 |
10,000,000~49,999,999 |
100,000 |
50,000,000~99,999,999 |
500,000 |
100,000,000~499,999,999 |
1,000,000 |
500,000,000~999,999,999 |
5,000,000 |
1,000,000,000~4,999,999,999 |
10,000,000 |
5,000,000,000~9,999,999,999 |
50,000,000 |
10,000,000,000~49,999,999,999 |
100,000,000 |
● Abnormal prices of the following enhanced gears in Central Market have been fixed.
- Armor enhancement level: +7, +8, +9, +11, +12
- Weapon enhancement level: +9, +10, +12
- Followed by the price fix, the items are now tradable in Central Market.
[Characters]
The Characters below will show a powering up motion for certain skills, and will be able to deal more damage.
- Tamer
> The standing attack for the Leaf Slash skill will now enable up to 5 hits instead of 4 hits.
> The forward attack for the Leaf Slash skill will now enable up to 7 hits instead of 5 hits.
- Musa & Maehwa
> Changed the standing attack motion for the Slice skill.
> The forward attack for the Slice skill will now enable up to 4 hits instead of 5 hits.
- Striker
> Increased the number of hits for the standing attack and forward attack for the Heavy Fist skill.
- Mystic
> Skill motion for Heavy Fist’s 4th hit has been changed.
> The number of hits for Heavy Fist’s forward attack has been increased.
- Dark Knight
> Added a finishing blow to the standing attack and forward attack for the Kriegsmesser skill.
- Berserker
> Added a motion of swinging down the axe downwards with both hands for the 4th hit for the Elastic Force skill.
> 3 hits will be applied for the swinging downwards attack.
> When swinging down the axe with both hands, 30 WP will be instantly restored, and each successful hit will add 35 WP.
- Kunoichi
> Changed the 3rd and 4th attack motions for the standing attack for the Wind Slash skill.
> Changed the 5th hit for the forward attack for the Wind Slash skill, and added a 6th attack.
- Ninja
> Changed the 4th and 5th attack motions for the forward attack for the Wind Slash skill.
> Changed the 4th attack motion for the standing attack for the Wind Slash skill, and added a 5th attack.
- Ranger
> Reduced the number of hits for the Bow Skill from 6 to 3 hits.
> Added a finishing hit to the Bow Skill.
- Sorceress
> The 4th hit for the standing attack and forward attack for the Dark Split skill will now be a finishing hit, therefore the number of hits have been increased.
- Valkyrie
>Swordsmanship: The 4th hit was changed to last hit. The number of targets it can hit was increased to 3.
- Warrior
> All Slash skills will now deal 4 hits, and now have finishing hits.
- Witch and Wizard
> Added a finishing hit to the Staff attack skill.
[Berserker]
● When switching from Awakening to normal mode while moving to the right, the direction of the effects and the direction of the attack will now be the same.
● The graphical issue where a part of the Berserker’s arm would look empty while equipping Cavaro Gloves and Kibelius Iron Buster has been fixed.
● Elastic Force - Added the information that WP is recovered on a good hit.
[Musa]
● Slice V - Now able to evade during last hit.
[Maehwa]
● Forward Slash’s sound effect will now play at the same time as the motion.
[Witch]
● The graphical issue where the witch’s hair would look unnatural wearing the Canape Hat has been fixed.
[Valkyrie]
● Slash - Added to the skill description of the number of hits this skill has on horseback.
[Kunoichi]
● Fixed the issue where she looked abnormal wearing the Envi Bikini.
● Wind Slash - Added to the skill description of how this skill works on horseback.
[Ninja]
● Wind Slash - Added to the skill description of how this skill works on horseback.
[Archer]
● Fixed the issue where the Archer’s Shold Glasses would appear graphically broken.
● Fixed the issue where the Archer (with Awakening weapon) would show abnormal motions when repeatedly pressing the W key while auto-moving.
● Fixed the issue where the Archer (with Main Weapon) would show a sprinting motion when pressing the W key after pressing the T key.
● Fixed the issue where the Archer (with Main Weapon) would switch to a main weapon combat status after stopping by pressing the W key after pressing the T key.
● The lower right-hand side of the Farmer’s Clothes has been fixed to look more natural.
● Fixed the graphical issue where the Archer's arm would pixelate when wearing the Venia Riding Attire.
【Monsters】
● The Black Shadow flying in the skies of Trina Fort at Calpheon will now be invincible to attacks.
● The DP for Giath when it changes its phase (by sitting down) has been greatly increased.
● The attack speed for the following monsters at the Karanda Ridge area has been decreased by 30%.
> Young Harpy
> Harpy
> Harpy Warrior
● Certain attack motions for Vedir during the Archer Ascension quest has been fixed to be more natural.
● The optimal AP for the Omar Lava Cave Monster Zone has been adjusted from 100 to 70.
● The HP and AP for Khuruto monsters have been adjusted.
> Khuruto Elite Soldier: AP +5%
> Khuruto Soldier: AP +5%
> Young Khuruto: AP +12%
> Khuruto Fighter: AP +5%
> Khuruto Shaman: AP +7%
> Khuruto Fighter: HP +30%
● Fixed the issue for the Khuruto monsters which were marked with warning messages about difficulty level despite the character being at the appropriate level range.
> Khuruto Amulet
> Khuruto Wooden Totem
● The HP for the following monsters at Central Serendia have been increased.
> Grassback Crab: +30%
> Moss Stoneback Crab: +33%
[Item]
● Fixed the issue where the Archer class could not equip Life Skill outfits which were obtained by using the Equipment Tailoring Coupon.
● Fixed the issue where items from the Inventory could not be dyed from the Dye (J) window.
● The maximum number of Pearl items the Central Market Manager purchases has been changed.
- 10000 → 100
● Silver will now weigh 0LT. However, the maximum amount of silver you can carry will be limited to 100 million silver.
● There is no limit when you are moving silver from your inventory to the warehouse using your Market Maid.
● The price of Cron Stones sold by NPC vendors were increased.
● You will now be able to purchase the 'Cron Stone Bundle: 10' from Patrigio's Secret Shop.
● You will be able to open your Inventory after you close the Warehouse with your maid/butler.
● Fixed the issue where certain event craft delivery items were displayed abnormal prices.
【Quest, Knowledge】
● The dialog for accepting ‘The Confession’ quest has been revised to sound more natural.
● Added quests to welcome returning users. The people of Velia are giving out various gifts to welcome the returning adventurers.
(The quests below can be accepted through the guidance of the Black Spirit which appears when you first log into the game with a returning adventurer character.)
● [Returning] Do you want to go to Velia?
● [Returning] Find Someone Helpful
● [Returning] Familiar Face
● [Returning] Eileen's Welcome
● [Returning] Shiel's Welcome
● [Returning] Preparing for the Next Adventure
● [Returning] Ready for Departure
● [Returning] A Fresh Adventure
● [Returning] Trying to Fish
● [Returning] Crio's Welcome
● [Returning] Extraordinary Fish I
● [Returning] Extraordinary Fish II
● [Returning] Extraordinary Fish III
● [Returning] How to Cook Dried Mackerel
● [Returning] Removing the Fishy Smell
● [Returning] Making Juice
● [Returning] The Power of Tools I
● [Returning] The Power of Tools II
● [Returning] Loud Noise
● [Returning] Enjoy Various Lifeskill Activities
● Fixed a typo in the quest summary for [Cooking Lv32] Sharing Food.
● Even when you lose the Dim Magical Sub-weapon, you can now receive the weapon again through an exchange after completing the new ‘Looking for Adventurers’ main quest.
● You can now obtain the Targak Steel Shard by completing the new Looking for Adventurers quest.
● Fixed a typo of an NPC name from the dialog when accepting the ‘License to Hunt’ quest.
[NPC, Background]
● Revised the dialog and added a description for the button related to cleansing for the Blacksmith NPC of each town.
● Fixed the spelling mistake of an NPC name from the dialogue when accepting the quest 'License to Hunt'.
● The stack of hay hovering in the middle of the Northern Plantation has been removed.
● Fixed the issue where the ‘Ask About Boatmen’ button would appear in duplicates within the Amity information window of Philaberto Falasi.
● Fixed the issue where characters would appear as if they are inside the water at certain locations of Loopy Tree Forest.
【UI】
● Minimized the screen’s shaking movement caused by the cannons and Troll Catapults in the Anti-Troll Fortification.
● Added a message in the UI Edit window which says that the settings for all the characters in the account have been saved.
● Improved the locations of the Atanis Firefly text and the text which appears when you press Q to sit down so that the text do not overlap.
● When repairing a ship at the Wharf, you can now select either the Inventory or Storage for the fees.
● The Alchemy Stone durability will no longer be included in the equipment durability warning message.
● Fixed the issue where the View Underwear and Hide Costume buttons were not set to their proper default state in the Dye (J) window.
● Fixed the issue where the combat and awakening weapon status would automatically be deactivated when selecting the underwear from the Dye (J) window.
● Fixed the issue where the Hide Costume button would be deactivated when selecting normal equipment and Pearl equipment from the Dye (J) window.
● Fixed the issue where a durability of 0 would not be applied to underwear while in the Dye (J) window.
● The View Underwear button will now be deactivated when you select the Hide Costume button while the View Underwear button has been activated in the Dye (J) window.
● When you close or move to other tabs while writing text in the Guild Alliance window, the input will now reset.
● Skill lists will no longer overlap when using skills with Skill Guide activated.
● Fixed an issue where the pet’s special skill text would overlap with other icons.
● When you complete a Black Spirit quest, the quest completion text for the quest widget will now say “Right-click to summon the Black Spirit and complete the quest.”
● Added a feature in which you can view the enhancement chance from the enhancement window when you put up an item. The enhancement chance will show up to two decimal points.
● Fixed the issue where the Black Spirit Emojis would not appear properly across different languages.
● Sort function has been added to the Price-changing Items List.
- Sort by Stock Count
- Sort by Price
● Price-changing Items List has been moved to the top of the window.
● Fixed the issue where a line of light would be seen in the background when going into screenshot mode by pressing Ctrl+U while using Remastered Mode or Ultra Mode resolution settings.
● Fixed the issue where the quest widget of characters who have not yet completed certain main quests would disappear due to another character within the same account having completed the main quests.
● The location for the subheading and button for the Guild Alliance creation window has been changed.
● The design for the Transfusion window has been changed.
● Class icons have been added to the left side of the level display seen on the End Game window.
● Camera settings have been adjusted according to each class.
● Fixed the issue where the Dream Horse was being displayed as Tier 9 from the Mount info connected to the Wagon.
● The following text will now appear only to characters at Lv. 16 or higher.
- Use an Atanis Firefly to illuminate the darkness.
● To improve the Hide Costume feature, some adventurers will have the Hide Costume feature activated by default. This could cause the following issues:
- Adventurers who had the Hide Costume on prior to the maintenance will see their Pearl outfits due to the Hide Costume settings being reset.
- Adventurers who were hiding their mount’s equipment prior to the maintenance will be showing their mount equipment due to the Hide feature being reset.
● When you open the equipment Cleanse window, either the Inventory or the Storage will be selected by default depending on which one has 100,000 silver or more.
● Certain text (World benefits) which were overlapping with the World Name within the server selection screen have been fixed.
● Hotkeys will now be displayed on the quick slot.
● The category search words have been shortened to fit the UI.
● Fixed the issue where emojis whispered from other servers would not be displayed.
● If you uncheck Chat Setting → System → Market, Central Market notifications will not appear in your chat log.
● >> The graphical issue where repeated system text messages would expand horizontally has been fixed.
● The Black Spirit will now disappear after closing the quest dialogue.
● The issue where the World Map (M) could not be closed using the ESC button after using a marketplace maid has been fixed.
● A description regarding the market commission and local tax has been included in the sales window.
● You can now right-click to sell items in the Central Market.
● Item links will be displayed on the Central Market system message.
● Category search has been changed to search the current list you are on.
● The previous page button will now take you to the previous item list instead of the item list of the previous category.
● Inventory slots will be displayed properly when cleansing equipment.
● When listing items from the Pearl inventory to the Central Market, your Pearl inventory will no longer change to the regular inventory.
● Sound effects have been added when opening and closing the Map (M).
● 'Registeration Count' was changed to 'Amount' on the Central Market sales window.
● Fixed the issue where the yellow highlight disappears when making a purchase on the Central Market.
● Fixed the issue where the item list would not load when the 'Back' button is clicked after a purchase is made.
[ETC]
● When you use the Character Name Transfer Coupon, you can no longer delete the characters involved with the name transfer.
● When you are disconnected while auto-fishing due to network instability, you will now resume auto-fishing automatically when you reconnect.
● Fixed the issue where Node benefits would not be applied when the characters were at the underground area of the Gyfin Rhasia Temple.
● Characters can now obtain event EXP starting level 30 (previously 50).