Hello, Adventurers.

This is The MMORPG, Black Desert.

We’d like to announce the updates made to the Black Desert as of 2019, August 28th.

(Patch volume approx. 1.44 GB)

※ For the details, please refer to the contents below.

Event

• ● Hot Hunting Grounds Special Events!

→ Event 1: Item Drop Rate +50%

- Event Period: August 28th, 2019 (after maintenance) - September 4th, 2019 (before maintenance)

→ Event 2: Get Item Collection Increase Scrolls Everyday!

- Event Period: August 28th, 2019 (after maintenance) - September 4th, 2019 (before maintenance)

→ Bonus Event: Daily Hot Time!

- Event Period: August 28th, 2019 (after maintenance) - September 4th, 2019 (before maintenance)

- Event Details: Combat EXP +200%, Skill EXP +30%

[Click here for more details]

• ● Roll Your Dice Every Day in Black Spirit’s Adventure!
  - Event Period: August 28, 2019 after maintenance ~ TBA

[Click here for more details]

● Terrmian Event ended.

New and Improvements

|  CONTENTS 

• ● Due to the strange events that happened on Al Halam Sea around Orisha Island, the citizens of Altinova started to call this region - the Sea of Silence.
  
  |  RANGER 
• ● Fixed the issue where Evasion would not activate with the Awakening Weapon.

|  SORCERESS 

• ● Fixed the issue where Evasion would not activate with the Awakening Weapon.

|  TAMER 

• ● Fixed the issue where Evasion would not activate with the Awakening Weapon.

|  WITCH, WIZARD 

• ● Fixed the description of Awakening Flow skills where accuracy was displayed as 0.

|  VALKYRIE 

• ● Fixed the issue where Evasion would not activate with the Awakening Weapon.

|  MUSA, MAEHWA 

• ● Fixed the issue where Forward Roll would not activate with the Awakening Weapon.

|  KUNOICHI 

• ● Fixed the issue where Ninja Evasion would not activate with the Awakening Weapon.

|  STRIKER, MYSTIC 

• ● Fixed the issue where Evasion would not activate with the Awakening Weapon.

|  DARK KNIGHT 

• ● Fixed the issue where Evasion would not activate with the Awakening Weapon.

|  ARCHER 

• ● Fixed the issue where Evasion would not activate with the Awakening Weapon.

|  LAHN 

• ● Fixed the issue where Evasion would not activate with the Awakening Weapon.

|  SHAI

• ● Shai has spent a lot time with her Donkey since her childhood, so she received some new abilities to match.

- Shai will no longer whistle to call her mount. She will now play her flute instead.

- Shai can call her Donkey no matter how far away they are if she has the Trainer's Flute. (However, you cannot call your Donkey if it has luggage, or if you're in Aakman, Hystria, and other areas that requires you to take special routes - the same as before.)

• ● Added the description that Hop can only be used to move forward when holding Sol to the ‘Hop’ skill description.

|  ITEM 

• ● Bleach can no longer be used if the item does not have any dyed parts.
• ● Removed "Right-click" from the descriptions of some of the Pearl Shop items.
• ● Changed part of the item description for the Fat Catfishman Summon Scroll.
  
  
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|  MONSTER 

• ● The following changes were made to the movements of the Dark Rift Boss – Moghulus.
  - You can now attack Moghulis while it’s changing its stance to prepare for combat when he first discovers an Adventurer.
  - Moghulis will immediately change to its combat stance when attacked by an Adventurer.
  - The charging attack’s range has been reduced by 25%.

• ● You can now immediately get hold of the ship's wheel after letting go of it during an encounter with a Phantom Ship. The Phantom Ship will disappear once you get far enough.
• ● There is a chance to gain knowledge about the world bosses Ancient Kutum, Nouver, Mirumok Destroyer Offin by defeating them.
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|  MOUNT 

• ● Changed some of the locations where ships would first be summoned when taken out from the Wharf Managers.

- As there are plans to add larger ship with upcoming contents to explore the seas, the location was changed so that the ships would not overlap with the wharf when summoned.

- If the ship is too far away to get on by moving to it, click on the ship icon that appears in the top left corner of the screen to board it.

• ● Improved Donkeys to run to their Adventurer when called from 11M - 75M away.

|  NPC, BACKGROUND, SOUND 

• ● A lot more supplies have arrived for many Adventurers at the Velia Wharf. 
• ● Traces of a large number of sailors drifting in the distant waters of Margoria Sea were discovered.
• ● When you interact with a sign at the old location of Croix, the wharf manager in Velia, it will show you his new location.
• ● You can now sell items to the NPC Proix.
• ● New objects were added on the Velia Wharf.
• ● Fixed the issue where you could continue to talk to the NPC "Eil" when he is invisible during the Shai Talent quest line.
• ● Fixed the issue where some of the NPCs in Kamasylvia looked strange when interacting with them.
• ● You can now discover Mining and Excavation Node in Star's End through the NPC Runaway Monster.
• ● Fixed the strange location of an effect from the ship's structure at the Outpost Supply Port.

|  QUEST & KNOWLEDGE 

• ● Added the information that you cannot be in possession of the summon scroll when accepting the quest "[Boss] The Overlord of Omar Lava Cave" in the description.
• ● Fixed the issue where the quest "Valentine's Reward" would appear like it was not completed in the Suggested quest list when it was completed with Shai.
• ● You can now accept the following quests after completing the quest "Looking for Adventurers", Lv. 50 or higher, and Hunting level Skilled 1 or higher:

- The Poacher's Irresistible Offer

- [Repeat] Carrots in Exchange for Fruit

- [Repeat] Looking for Weasels

• ● The quest description of "Fishing Rod Production" was changed to give clearer information.
• ● The completion NPC for the quest "Curiosity Becomes Fear" was changed to Annolisa Rosie.
• ● Fixed the issue where completing the Tungrad Knowledge category still displayed that you could receive 1 additional Energy.
• ● Fixed the instruction shown for the skill "Luthraghon's Call" in the Archer Ascension quest "[Archer] The Watchers of Adùir - Battle".

|  UI 

• ● The icons displayed in the game for Silver and Pearls were changed.
• ● Fixed the issue where the mouse cursor disappeared when you open Adventurer's Board. 
• ● Changed the Fairy window to cut-off the longer skill names and to display the full name when moused over.
• ● Photo Mode will now be turned off whenever a macro restriction window pops up during Photo Mode.

● Adjusted the brightness and saturation of the colors for the item grades.

|  SYSTEM
● Added the function in the web Central Market to display the amount of lowered tax depending on Value Pack buff and Family Fame.

• ● [Tamer] Fixed the issue where the Celestial Bo Staff and Shortsword were being displayed abnormally when using the following skills in idle stance with the Celestial Bo Staff.

- Heilang: Whiplash

- Heilang: Trample

- Heilang: Scratch

- Heilang: Fearful Trembling

- Heilang: Roaring

- Heilang: Upward Claw

- Heilang: Lightning of Earth

- Heilang: Surging Tide

• ● [Tamer] Fixed the issue where the tail part of the Vixen Outfit would appear cut off when equipped together with the Lahr Arcien Shoes (R).
• ● [Musa] Fixed the issue where his knees would look abnormal with Desert Camouflage equipped.
  ● [Dark Knight] Absolute: Kriegsmesser Training - fixed the issue where its critical hit rate was abnormal.
  ● [Shai] Fixed the issue where the neck area looked unnatural when wearing the Canape costume.
• ● [Shai] Fixed the issue where the hair was displayed in brown color regardless of the customized hair color when wearing the Florin Herb Gatherer Clothes.
• ● Fixed the issue where an error page was displayed when only one letter was typed in the Saying of the Day and pressed [Enter] in the Guild window (G). 
• ● Fixed the wrong recipe for Whale Meat Salad that appears in the mouseover tooltip when searching for the recipe with a Cooking Utensil. Now the 'Dressing x2' has been added to the recipe. 
• ● Fixed the issue where the wrong number of Cannon Balls was taken from the ship’s inventory.
• ● "Movement Speed +2" has been added to the description of the buff icon's mouseover tooltip.  
• ● Fixed the issue where the available transport weight displayed the wrong information in certain situations.
• ● Fixed the issue where auto move navigation took a long route within Calpheon.
• ● Fixed the auto move navigation route when used near the Isolated Sentry Post.
• ● Fixed the issue where monsters near Moretti Plantation chased Adventurers into the plantation and kept attacking.
• ● Fixed the issue where Hekarus of certain region went through an island.
• ● Fixed the issue where the liberated soldiers of Red Orc Prison and the liberated Kagtum prisoners of Traitor's Jail were attacking certain summoned creatures.
• ● Fixed the issue where you can now obtain titles after completing the following quests.

- The Eyewitness

- [Boss] The Head of the Rebels

• ● Fixed the issue where the Outpost Supply Port ship sank. 
• ● Fixed the issue where certain windows in Calpheon City often did not open.
• ● Fixed the issue where you could walk through certain trees at Cyclops Land.
• ● Fixed the issue where the grass near Calpheon Castle Site was floating in the air. 
• ● Fixed the issue where the game slowed down when you move your character in certain locations. 
• ● Fixed the issue where Lifespan was incorrectly shown as Power in the Old Bartali Sailboat's ship information. 
• ● Fixed the issue where "Show Talent" button at the bottom was displayed as "Show Awakening weapon" when checking Shai Outfit at the Pearl Shop (F3) with another class.
• ● Fixed the issue where you could select item list multiple times from the Central Market's Marketplace.
• ● Fixed the issue where skills looked overlapped in every skill tab from the Skill (K) window.
• ● Fixed the issue where the message displayed in the following situations only showed the title without any content.

- When you can learn a new skill

- When you have learned a new skill

- When you can learn a skill 

- When a mount perfectly learns a skill

- When a pet learns a skill 

- When a fairy learns a skill

- When the fish size is updated 

- When you complete a Knowledge

- When you gain a product of Alchemy

- When you gain a product of Processing

- When you hire a worker

- When you activate an Exploration Node

- When you gain a Knowledge

- When you gain an item

• ● Fixed the issue where you often could not buy items from NPC shops after you fail to open the Campsite Storage.
• ● [Lahn] Fixed the issue where the backside of the skirt for the Sanguine Petal outfit would appear cut off when equipping it together with Urugon's Shoes.
• ● [Ninja] Fixed the skill description of Absolute: Boss Slaughter which included effects that did not actually apply (Increases Attack Speed, Movement Distance up).
• ● [Shai] Fixed the graphical glitch on the Marigold Sunset Outfit.
• ● [Valkyrie] Fixed the issue where the string of the Pirate Eyepatch pierced through the hat when equipping the eyepatch while equipping the Epheria Marine Helmet.
• ● [Berserker] Fixed an issue where you couldn't dye the Tantu Axe while in Remastered Mode.

We hope you enjoy your time in Black Desert,

Thank you.