Greetings adventurers,

This is the MMORPG, Black Desert.

New updates for January 30th has arrived with exciting new in-game events!

Get extra rewards for playing Shadow Arena with Blessing of Kamasylve! Additional rewards will be given to the survivors in Shadow Arena along with the existing rewards.

Also, Value Pack has been upgraded! Get additional 100LT for having Value Pack and enjoy the extra benefit!      

Check out the details below from today’s patch note.

 

Please check the link below for this week Resolved Issues
[▶Go to Resolved Issue List]

 

(Patch volume approx. 519,68 MB) 

● Defeat Mammore

  Get stuffed brown bears by defeating Mammore!

  Event Period: Jan 30th, 2019 (after maintenance) ~ Feb 13th, 2019 (before maintenance)

  [Click here for more details]

 

● Rice Cakes of Good Fortune

  Get your lucky items by making Moon Rice Cakes!

  Event Period: Jan 30th, 2019 (after maintenance) ~ Feb 13th, 2019 (before maintenance)

  [Click here for more details]
 

● Monthly Loyalty has been re-named as Moon’s Blessing in Pearl Shop.
● New Pearl Items have been added to Pearl Shop! Check out the link below for more details!

[▶Go to Pearl Shop Update]

 

【All Classes】

● Characters are now able to interrupt opponent's HP recovery by attacking opponent with infused Black Spirit's Rage.

- Opponent can get injured if attacked with infused Black Spirit's Rage.

- The opponent gets injured by a certain amount of the inflicted damage if attacked with infused Black Spirit's Rage.

- Once the opponent gets injured, maximum HP that can be recovered will be reduced.

- Every character will recover their HP by 10 for every 5 seconds.

- The injury damage gets reset upon death.

- The injury is not recovered if the character is not online and recovery begins after you login with the character periodically.

- Attacking an opponent with infused Black Spirit's Rage results in injury damage as shown below.

- For example, if Warrior attacks 5,000hp Berserker by Spinning Slash (infused with 100% Black Spirit's Rage) and therefore, 2,000 damage was inflicted to Berserker, then the injury on Berserker is 1,000 (50% of 2,000 total damage).

Berserker can recover his HP max up to 4,000hp now from remaining 3,000 hp by taking potions, etc.
Until the moment the injury is fully recovered, he will recover his hp by 10 for every 5 seconds.  

 

● New system ‘Devour’ has been added.
- Devour is a new content that lets you turn your enhanced weapon or armor into Enhancement Chance with the power of Darkness.
- Devour tab has been added to the Enhancement window, and you can devour from +8 weapons and +6 armors.

- Weapons and armors used for Devour will disappear.
- This can be used only when your Enhancement chance is 0.
 

※ However, Enhancement chance increased by Valk’s Cry will be excluded.

   - You can proceed Devour under Enhancement window by spawning Black Spirit.  
 

● Apprentice has been added as a new guild position.

- Every Adventurer will be positioned as Apprentice for 2 weeks from the date he/she joined the guild.

- Apprentice member can participate in Node/Conquest War and Guild Mission and receive Daily Pay and use Allowances just like other regular members. Also, Guild Skills are applicable to the Apprentice as well.

- However, Apprentice member can't receive Guild Bonus and can't be appointed as Guild Officer, Quartermaster or Guild Master.

- Apprentice member will be automatically promoted to regular guild member at noon on the next day of 2 weeks after joining the guild.

- Guild bonus can now be given if there are more than 30 guild members including Regular, Quartermaster, Officer and Guild Master except the Apprentice members.

 

● Private Mode has been added.

- Private Mode hides yourself from other Adventurers by showing your status as offline.

- Login after selecting Private Mode on Server Selection in order to activate the Private Mode.

- Guild, Friend Invitation and Whisper are restricted on Private Mode.

- If your character dies or kills another character by PvP on Private Mode, the current system message is still displayed.

- Notification message to all the Adventurers for obtaining items displays your name even though you are on Private Mode.

- Private Mode icon is displayed on lower right screen with a message "You are appearing offline".

- Adventurer’s name on world notification message upon successful enhancement will be displayed as ‘Unknown Adventurer’ if he/she logged in game on Private Mode.

 

● Available hints for not having the following the Knowledge has been improved.

[ Central Market ]

● Difference between maximum and minimum price of specific items in Central Market has been adjusted.

● Number updates on item price for specific items has been increased.

● Made an improvement on selecting price to Sell and Purchase.

● The way items are listed on Favorites window has been improved in Central Market.

● Fixed the issue where the Favorite window is placed at a wrong position when game window is re-sized while Central Market and Favorites window are opened.

● Item search by Favorites will now show every item including the keyword.  

● In Central Market, items can no longer be registered to sell at Standard Price.

● Pre-order can still be made at Standard Price.  

● Market Price is now affected by the following.  
- Following the increase in number of Adventurers who make pre-order for a specific item, the item price will increase more rapidly.

● Improved that the scroll bar will now be placed where the item is placed when collecting or retrieve items.

● Fixed the issue where items in Central Market Warehouse are incorrectly arranged when Auto Arrange is checked.

● Current Weight will no longer be displayed after selecting Storage in Manage Warehouse.

● Sell Items button (located on right side of Favorites in Central Market) has been changed to Status button.

- By clicking this Status button, you can check the status of Register Item and Pre-order that you can check on Sell window.
● You can now move your items between Central Market Warehouse and Storage in each town.

● Price range for sale has been extended to all available prices, instead of lower than Standard Price.

● Price range for Purchase has been extended to all available prices, instead of higher than Standard Price.

● Items in stock will no longer be available. Now, transaction is only available between Adventurers.

● Adjusted Central Market that changes in Market Price of items to be more flexible by supply and demand of all Adventurers.

● Fixed the issue where quantity limit of Pearl Items is displayed incorrectly in Central Market when items sold consecutively.

● Notification message has been added that branded items, PEN gear creator's name will be reset when moving items from Inventory to Warehouse.

● Market Price window in Central Market has been changed.

● Market Price is decided at the lowest registeration price or highest pre-order price. Price above Market Price is marked in blue and price below Market Price is marked in red.

● Starting price in Central Market is displayed in white regardless of Market Price, and the price exceeding this price is marked in red and price below this price is marked in blue.

 

[Shadow Arena]

● In addition to the Black Stone currently given as Shadow Arena rewards,

  [Blessing of Kamasylve] Shadow Arena Chest has been added as additional gifts for playing    

  Shadow Arena if your Blessing of Kamasylve is activated.

- Description about Shadow Arena rewards has been added to Blessing of Kamasylve item tooltip.

* You can obtain one of the following items from the Shadow Arena Chest!

 

● Musa and Kunoichi are now available in Shadow Arena.

● Shadow Arena rewards have been changed as described below.

• AP and DP of Black Spirit will increase as Black Spirit grows up. Black Spirit grows in accordance with remaining survivors and it will be displayed on upper right UI.
- Details are as shown below.

● 600hp will get recovered over 30 seconds upon defeating an opponent.  

● Additional AP and DP which are given based on remaining survivors in Shadow Arena will now be displayed on screen.

● Icons describing skill effect have been added to the skill slot UI.
- Shield icon: Forward Guard, Super Armor
- Whirlwind icon: Debuff (Stiffness/Stun/Knockback/Knockdown/Bound)
- Hand icon: Grapple
- Skill effect which is not available in Shadow Arena but only on Black Desert field will not be displayed with an icon (for example, skill effect which activates on mount). Effect that is only for PvE is not displayed with an icon either.  
- A skill with all of the 'Block Decision', 'Debuff' or 'Grapple' is displayed with 2 icons.  
- Simple tooltip is displayed when mouse over each icon.  
● Skills that have not learned yet after possessing a character in Shadow Arena are now displayed.
- If you possess a character, skills that have not been obtained yet are displayed on quick slots on right as deactivated.   
● Text notification has been added that match will progress as Solo only when you create and enter a Private Room in Shadow Arena.

● Ranking window in Shadow Arena has been adjusted.

● Maximum points you can earn for Survival Time is limited at 200 points.   
● Text on 'Release' button which appears on Result screen or upon death has been changed to 'Spectator Mode' in order to make this function more intuitive.

● Button placement for Reward list, Find Party, Ranking, Settings has been adjusted with textures changed.  

 

▶ SORCERESS  

● Skills have been changed that Sorceress can learn Dark Flame, Rushing Crow, Darkness Released instead of High Kick, Shadow Ignition, Mark of the Shadow.  
 

▶ BERSERKER  

● Damage by Predatory Hunt has been increased by 10%.   

● Damage by Falling Rock has been increased by 30%.

▶ DARK KNIGHT

● Chance of learning skills upon obtaining Unknown Skill Book has been adjusted as below.    

 - The chance of learning Nocturne or Hidden Strike from an Unknown Skill Book has been doubled, and the chance of learning Lunacy of Vedir or Air Strike has been halved.
 

▶ MUSA    

● Skill combo commands for the Musa and Maehwa have been added for the Shadow Arena.

- When pressing spacebar + LMB while using the basic attack, the skills will be activated in the order below, and when no skills have been obtained, the basic attack listed as the final attack in the list below will be continuously used.
> Blooming
> Cyclone Slash
> Blind Slash
> Dragon Bite
> Rising Storm
> Basic forward attack

▶ KUNOICHI    

● Skill combo commands for the Musa and Kunoichi have been added for the Shadow Arena.

- When pressing spacebar + LMB while using the basic attack, the skills will be activated in the order below, and when no skills have been obtained, the basic attack listed as the final attack in the list below will be continuously used.

> Ninjutsu: Black Moonlight
> Flash Slash
> Ninjutsu: Shadow Stomp
> Tendon Cutter
> Kunai Throw
 

● Item and Quick Slot can now be swapped in Shadow Arena.

● Number of Fire Shots given at the start of game has been adjusted from 3 to 1.  

● Item effect of movement speed decrease by Fire Shot has been adjusted from 50% to 30%.

● Duration of stun effect by Stun Trap has been adjusted from 10 to 5 seconds.

● Improved Spectator Mode for Party play so that you can spectate your party member at a far distance in Shadow Arena.

● Improved party to be maintained even after Shadow Arena match ends.  

● Improved party to be maintained while waiting after entering Shadow Arena.

● Fixed the issue where players could not enter Shadow Arena as party.

● Animation effect has been fixed when entering Shadow Arena.

● Animation effect for Shadow Arena ending has been fixed.

● Made an improvement on Shadow Arena Score Result screen.

● UI effect has been added for Shadow Arena Winner.

 

[ Characters ]

【 Sorceress 】
● Rushing Crow can now be added to Quick Slot.

【 Maehwa 】  
● Skill effect of Petal Drill has been changed.
  - Stun on good hit (PvE onyl) → Bound on good hit (PvE only)
● Made an improvement that Sleet Steps can be used consecutively while maintaining the skill command.

 

【 Striker 】  
● Improved skill combo that transition to Ultimate Crush after basic right attack is connected to the Ultimate Crush 2nd hit on Awakening Mode.
● Skill effect of 'All DP decreases on good hit' is applied to skill combo when connecting to Ultimate Crush after basic left/right attack on Awakening Mode.
● Transition to Black Spirit : Ultimate Crush after basic left/right attack is available on Awakening Mode.

【 Archer 】
● Fixed Luthraghon’s Call to activate more quickly when connecting skill combo to Luthraghon’s Call after using Tactical Strike, Flow : Light’s Trail.
● Made an improvement on the following skills as the skills did not inflict damage on target when used on inclined area.
- Winged Strike
- Bolt of Radiance
- Fury Arrow
- Glow : Light’s Trail
- Righteous Smite
- Glissade
● Melee hit damage for PvP by Full Bloom and Black Spirit : Full Bloom.
● Gaping Darkness is now available for Quick Slot.
● Luthraghon’s Call has been changed so that forward guard is applied from when the skill starts and until the gauge is fully charged only.
- After the gauge is fully charged, forward guard is no longer applied.
● Casing speed of Meteor will increase in accordance with its skill level.  
● Forward guard is applied when moving backward under Awakening Mode.
● Fixed the issue where Ravenous Talon did not activate with 250 or lower stamina left.
● Skill command of Arrow Explosion after using Zephyr Leap, Ultimate: Zephyr Leap has been changed from Shift to Shift+F.
● Watcher will now activate if Q key is pressed while moving.
● Casting speed of Earth Shatter will increase in accordance with skill level.
● Wrath of Nature and Bolt of Radiance have been changed that these skills can now be cancelled while on use by Glide and Meteor Dive.
● Movement speed until Bolt of Radiance activates has been increased.
● 30 HP Recovery has been applied to Ravenous Talon on good hits.
 

[ Quest, Knowledge]

● Quest completion NPC has been changed from Margaret to Elgriffin.  
- A Secret Strategy of Conciliation
- Recurrence Prevention
- Battle of the Elites

● Navigation system has been improved within Calpheon Shrine.

● Improved navigation for quest 'Retrieve the Sealing Stone'.

● The hidden place will be shown by camera guide when interacting with NPC Martha Kiyen during 'The Ritual'.

● Condition for Unstable Crevice which allows you to obtain Laila's Petal has been changed from 'Mysterious Companion' to 'Into the Sweet Honey Jar'
 

[ Items ]

● 3 different crafting methods for Meat Pasta is now displayed as different receipes in Crafting Notes.

● Fixed the issue where character turns into combat stance after installing a specific item on non-combat stance.
● Description about Shadow Arena reward has been added to Blessing of Kamasylve's item tooltip.

● Added info to item description of Fluffy Milk Bread that maximum HP increases when Health level increases.

● Description of maximum number that can be registered has been added to the following Guild Mount item description.
- [Guild] Ship License: Galley
- [Guild] Registration: Valencia Elephant
- [Guild] Registration: Cadria Elephant

● Seagulls can now be hunted not only with Practice Musket that you can borrow with your contribution points but also with Hunting Matchlock.

● Desctiption has been added to Token of Promise that you can exchange it with Dim Magical Sub-weapon and Dim Magical Armor.

● One of the benefits (weight increase) from Value Pack has been changed as shown below.
+100LT → +200LT

 

[ Mounts ]

● Price of Courser (tier 1~8) in Horse Market, Breeding Market and Imperial Delivery has been trippled.

● Price of Dream Horse in Horse Market, Imperial Delivery has been trippled.

● The Horse Market price increase is a part of the upcoming update we're planning for Training.

We plan on providing further updates such as reducing the Horse Market fees, bringing improvements to Mount Skill Training, and enhancing the convenience of using the Horse Market. We will make sure to inform all Adventurers through future patch notes.

 

[ UI ]

● Order of tabs on Guild window is now reset upon Disband Alliance.

● Boss Notification window has been revamped.
  - Area to click the check box has been enlarged including text area.

● Following buttons have been re-named under Guild Alliance tab on Guild window (G).
 - Add Alliance → Add Guild to the Alliance
 - Remove Alliance → Remove Guild from the Alliance

● Description has been added to 'Remove Guild from the Alliance' button under Guild Alliance tab on Guild window(G)

● Mouse scroll function is activated if the description under Guild Alliance becomes too long and fixed how description is positioned in the window during mouse scroll.  

● Fixed the incorrect messages from Level Restriction features.

● Boss appear notification has been added.
  - The notification will be automatically off 10 minutes after boss appearance.

● Removed mouse over effect which appeared when you mouse over the backgound bottom on Repair screen.

● 'Today's Playtime' and 'Time passed' under History tab on My Information window will be displayed in 2 lines if it becomes longer than given space.

● Sticker UI, BDO Wiki and Close buttons on Inventory(I) have been re-located

● General alignment of Guild Alliance related tabs has been adjusted.

● Game Tips, Guild Mount List and Quick Slot Setting windows have been improved.

● Changes were made to function button displayed when selecting guild member's name on Guild Member Status.
  - If guild member is offline, contract renewal button will no longer appear.
  - If guild member is offline, buttons for Whisper, Invite Party, Appoint Mater will no longer appear.

● Both adventurer and monster (spawned the adventurer) are longer be visible on Minimap.

● Changed coloring on Hotkey so that they are more noticeable when progressint tutorial with a newly created character.

● Correct button placement when details on quest information is opened.

 

[NPC]

● Camera angle has been adjusted so that NPCs are displayed correctly on screen when interacting with Horio Tinya and Ain Greid.
 

[ Monsters ]

● AP and HP of Boss Monsters spawned by Black Spirit's Main Quest in Media have been adjusted.  
- Abandoned Iron Mine Executor: AP increased by 72%, HP increased by 41%
 - Illezra's Servant : AP increased by 76%, HP increased by 34%
- Awakened Black Spirit : AP increased by 10%, HP decreased by 40%, Energy Explosion damage by the spawned Black Spirit increased by 200%"

● Camera vibration effect has been adjusted when guild raid monster Ferrid dies.

● Placement of some monsters in Soldier's Grave has been adjusted.

● Chance of obtaining Scroll Written in Ancient Language has been adjusted in Valencia regions.
- Bashim Base : increased by 20%  
- Desert Naga Temple : increased by 200%
- Titium Valley : decreased by 10%
- Crescent Shrine : decreased by 10%  
- Gahaz Bandit's Lair : decreased by 20%  
- Cadry Ruins : increased by 350%
- Centaurus Herd : increased by 20%
- Roud Sulfur Mine : increased by 50%
- Aakman Temple : decreased by 15%
- Hystria Ruins : decreased by 30%

● Additional monsters have been placed in Pila Ku Jail.

● Monsters near Horio Tinya at Abandoned Iron Mine have been re-located to another place.

● Additional seagulls have been placed in Velia and Port Epheria.
 

[ System ]

● Black Desert client may shut down if any unauthorized program or inappropriate method is used.
 

[ ETC ]

● Made an improvement to prevent FPS drop when obtaining items.