Hello, adventurers.

This is The MMORPG, Black Desert.

We’d like to announce the updates made to the Black Desert as of 2017 December 14th (Thursday).

During today’s maintenance, we made such updates as “Guild Raid, Kaia Weapon, Sealed Magic Power accessories, and 29 cases (Patch volume approx. 434 MB)”.

For the details, please refer to the contents below.

【Event】

● Winter background setting is applied.

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  Period : 2017 Dec. 14th 05:00 ~ 2018 Jan. 25th 04:59

  
  

● Winter aurora background setting is applied.

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  Period: 2017 Dec. 14th 05:00 ~ 2018 Jan. 25th 04:59

  
  

【Character】

● When the character crouches while carrying a pack on its back, it will now be recognized as default idle mode when there is no trade item.

● Fixed an issue where effects of Wizard and Witch’s Lightning Chain did not end properly.

【Berserker】

● Fixed the awkward motion while jumping with the axe taken out.

【Tamer】

● Hit action displays only when enemy is hit while using the skill Tree Climb.

【Wizard/Witch】

● Casting speed of skills when mounted has been synced with when not mounted.

● Magic Lighthouse’s cycle to attract monster’s attention has been reduced from 10 sec. to 7 sec.

   * The total number is the same.

【Item】

● The following specs will appear in the descriptions of the following items.

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  Hunter's Clothes: Exploration Discovery Range +10m, Fall Damage -50%

  
  

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  Trainer's Clothes: Mount EXP +15%, Horse Catch Rate +15%, Mount Skill EXP +15%.

  
  

【NPC】

● You can learn skills and add-ons from NPC Sarma Anin in Altinova.

● The following items can be exchanged to NPC:

- Rusty Helmet: 50 Rusty Helmet can be exchanged with 30,000 Silver Coins at Eastern Gateway..

- Black Dirt: 15 Black Dirt can be exchanged with 3,200 Silver Coins at Glish.

【Contents】

● Gender Filters next to Refresh button on Horse Market Window work fine now.

● Altinova’s navigation has been improved.

【Quest & Knowledge】

● 9 new story quests have been added to Velia.

  * After completing the quest “Why Did the Goblins Run Away?”, you can receive the new quests through Santo Manzi if your level is 46 or up.

  * Complete the quests to obtain a new knowledge card “Santo Manzi’s Letter,” in category Balenos Adventure Journal I.

● Fixed an issue where the quests that you can’t receive were shown by the Black Spirit when completing a quest Altinova Wharf Manager after a quest Bridle of Destiny

【Monster】

● The monster balance in Balenos ~ Calpheon regions has been reworked.

- Their DP (damage reduction) has been increased and HP has been decreased. You should be able to easily recognize the difference in your attacks against these monsters. The following numbers are approximate values.

• Altar of Agris: HP -80%, DP +15


• Calpheon Shrine: HP -93%, DP +101


• Hexe Sanctuary: HP -90%, DP +100


• Abandoned Monastery: HP -94%, DP +100


• Treant Forest: HP -86%, DP +98


• Rhutum Outstation: HP -82%, DP +96


• Mansha Forest: HP -84%, DP +95


• Lake Kaia: HP -82%, DP +92


• Primal Giant Post: HP -93%, DP +78


• Saunil Camp: HP -85%, DP +75


• Marni’s Lab: HP -87%, DP +73


• North Abandoned Quarry: HP -90%, DP +65


• Anti-Troll Fortification: HP -96%, DP +39


• Mask Owl's Forest: HP -93%, DP +67


• Bree Tree Ruins: HP -91%, DP +61


• Abandoned Land: HP -90%, DP +65


• Old Dandelion: HP -90%, DP +64


• Karanda Ridge: HP -78%, DP +63


• Serendia Shrine: HP -94%, DP +86


• Biraghi Den: HP -90%, DP +60


• Orc Camp: HP -93%, DP +57


• Southern Cienaga: HP -88%, DP +54


• Northwestern Gateway: HP -90%, DP +50


• Castle Ruins: HP -94%, DP +44


• Northern Plain of Serendia: HP -85%, DP +41


• Northern Heidel Quarry: HP -90%, DP +35


• Cron Castle: HP -87%, DP +94


• Ehwaz Hill: HP -90%, DP +33

● AP of following monsters in Calpheon has been set.

• Lake Kaia: Recommended AP: 60 - 80


• Hexe Sanctuary: Recommended AP: 65 - 85


• Abandoned Monastery: Recommended AP: 65 - 85


• Treant Forest: Recommended AP: 60 - 80


• Rhutum Outstation: Recommended AP: 60 - 80


• Mansha Forest: Recommended AP: 60 - 80


• Even if you have higher AP, there is no significant difference in efficiency.

● The type of miscellaneous items you get from monsters in Serendia and Calpheon region have been simplified. Therefore, the following items cannot be obtained from regular monsters any more.

• Scarecrow Ghost Log


• Tough Tree Root


• Lucky Branch


• Magic Powder


• Cursed Horn


• Large Pincers


• Shattered Helmet


• Broken Ancient Staff


• Broken Crystal Staff


• Spell Powder


• Tough Red Boar Meat


• Shabby Round Shield


• Bandit's Shoddy Necklace


• Scorched Cauldron


• Red Orc Nose Ring


• Old Double-Edge Axe


• Fogan Armor Fragment


• Sharp Club Fragment


• Sharp Helmet Fragment


• Dwarf’s Longsword


• Sticky Spider Web


• Damaged Lower Heavy Armor Fragment


• Damaged Upper Heavy Armor Fragment


• Thorn Tentacle


• Poisonous Stalk


• Sharp Beak


• Hermit Crab Claw


• Cloth from the Altar Imp Barracks


• Altar Imp’s Flag


• Wagon Wheel


• Wheat Field Lookout Necklace


• Altar Imp Food Wagon, Imp Flag, Altar Imp Barracks, Altar Imp Barracks: Broken Wooden Fragment


• Wheat Field Lookout, Scarecrow Ghost: Rusty Sickle Piece (new)


• Swamp Hermit Crab, Fan Flamingo, Poisonous Swamp Plant, Thorn Tentacle, Toxic Thorn Tentacle, Black Thorn Tentacle,  Red Thorn Tentacle: Blazed Plant Stem (new)


• Personal Guard, Personal Escort (Castle Ruins): Rusty Helmet.


• Mudster: Black Dirt.


• Swamp Fogan Warrior: Fogan Webfoot


• Cultist Giant Warrior: Old Hood


• Orc Large Cauldron: Orc's Red Mushroom


• Trained Wolf: Bandit's Bandana


• Shadow Wizard, Shadow Priestess: Rusty Longsword


• Serendia Shrine Wizard, Serendia Shrine Priest, Serendia Shrine Priestess: Broken Longsword Fragment.


• Khuruto Elite Soldier: Old Longsword


• Plantation Stone-shelled Crab: Giant Shell


• Contaminated Dwarf, Contaminated Butcher, Contaminated Wizard, Contaminated Witch: Brand Token.


• Ancient Ruins Guard, Ancient Ruins Defender, Triangle Ruins Tree, Circle Ruins Tree, Face Ruins Tree: Ruins Rock Fragment.


• Surrendered Khuruto Elite Soldier, Surrendered Khuruto Soldier: Huge Spear.


• Mad Scientist Cannon, Mad Scientist Bomb, Unidentified Cauldron: Shimmering Green Liquid


• Treant Stub, Scream Treant, Rooted Old Wood Treant: Hard Tree Bark.


• Skeleton Wolf, Witch Tower: Sharp Bone Fragment.

● Fixed the issue where monsters teleports from time to time.

【UI】

● Fixed an issue where the buttons, Find Group 2 and 3, were able to be clicked on when exchanging pets..

●  Revealing Cooking/Alchemy Recipes.

● Amounts of materials of Cooking/Processing/Alchemy/Crafting House are now displayed on Crafting Notes. (`Item name *3`)

● Mouseover to see the long names that are cut off.

● The name 'Quick Slot' is changed to 'Cooldown time' on the drop-down menu in the Skill Cooldown time setting window. The name 'Quick Slot' is also changed In the UI setting to 'Cooldown time'

● Fixed an issue where explanation wordings on the bottom of Wharf were overlapped with other UI when it’s on the lowest resolution.

● Fixed an issue where an icon of Clear Liquid Reagent Crate disappeared

● World Map, Minimap, an icon Find NPC, and some of mount icons have been changed.

● Fixed the size of the Node name tooltip when you place the mouse cursor on the node in the World Map to be synced with the size for the overseas version

● Fixed an issue where the distance of Effects might have been applied differently.

   -The locations of some effects could’ve been mislocated.

● Fixed an issue where only black screen is taken when taking a 4k/8k screenshot.

【Other】

● Improved so that Magical Crystal icon displays the equipment to which you can add it

※ The crystals that you can add to all equipment doesn't show anything.

Thank you.