Hello, Adventurers.

This is The MMORPG, Black Desert.

These are the updates made to Black Desert on December 24, 2019.

(Patch size: approx. 858 MB)

※ Please read below for details.

Event

• ● Defeat Piku the Yeti!

Event Period

- December 24, 2019 (Tue) after maintenance ~ January 8, 2020 (Wed) before maintenance

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• ● Ninja & Kunoichi Succession Celebration Level Up Challenge!

Event Period

- December 24, 2019 (Tue) after maintenance ~ January 15, 2020 (Wed) before maintenance

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• ● Surprise Gift of Christmas! 

Event Period

- December 25, 2019 (Wed) at 00:00 - December 25, 2019 (Wed) at 23:59

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• ● Enjoy More 50%s for Black Desert’s 5th Birthday!

Event Period

- December 24, 2019 (Tue) after maintenance ~ January 8, 2020 (Wed) before maintenance

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• ● “End this eternal winter” Guardian Pre-Registration!

Event Period

- December 24, 2019 (Tue) after maintenance ~ January 22, 2020 (Wed) before 

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New and Improvements

|  CONTENTS 

• ● Added the "Snow Build-up" UI.
• ● Added the Noel background.

Escalating tensions between Calpheon, Mediah, and Valencia have caused strife amongst the nations.

The Kalis Parliament, King Sahazad, and Neruda Shen have decreed that guilds occupying a castle in the territories mentioned above are to attack other guilds that occupy opposing territories.

Therefore, any guilds occupying Calpheon, Mediah, and Valencia will have war declared against opposing guilds by default, and will be maintained as such.

War will cease for guilds as soon as they no longer occupy Calpheon, Mediah, or Valencia.

• ● Added a function to make it easier to join and promote guilds.

- Adventurers that are not in a guild can open the Guild (G) window and see a list of guilds that are currently recruiting.

- Select a guild you'd want to apply to and click the "Request to Join" button. Then you'll appear on the Recruit Guild Member tab of the guild that you applied to. 

- You can see a list of guilds you've applied to in the "View Guild Join Request" window.

- You can promote your guild in the Guild (G) window.

- Select a "type of guild" when promoting your guild.

- Check the list of Adventurers that have applied to your guild in the Guild (G) window → Recruit Guild Member tab.

• ● Changed Olvia server and disabled "Forced PvP".
•  This update is implemented to protect Adventurers that are not ready for PvP. Adventurers that login to Olvia server tend to be Adventurers that are still preparing for their adventure. Not only do they lack level and gear, but they also are getting used to controls and the numerous systems in the game. Olvia server was intended to be a space where new and returning Adventurers can level and settle in quickly. There are many Adventurers that are waiting for them to grow and get ready for intense fights and combat in the future. Of course, Adventurers that can login to Olvia server can still participate in PvP. They could either participate in guild wars that were declared or change to regular servers where PvP is available.

• ● Added the "Chat Group" function so that multiple Adventurers can discuss various topics.
• 

- Choose the group you want to discuss in according to the topics each group offers.

- A family can only participate in one group at a time.

- Check out the GM Note for more details about this function.

|  BERSERKER

• ● Absolute: Beastly Wind Slash -Fixed the issue where the skill was not executed when used with the commands.

|  WITCH, WIZARD 

• ● Toxic Flood, Lava Field - Changed the camera shake effect to only be displayed on good hits.

|  NINJA

• ● Added Succession for Ninja.

- You can accept the quest "[Ninja Succession] Protect with Your Life" from Black Spirit after completing the awakening quests.

- You will learn the skill "Shadow of Darkness" through the succession quests. It enables you to be even more powerful with your Short Sword and Shuriken.

- You cannot use the Sura Katana after completing Succession.

- Added the "Succession" tab in the Skill window (K).

- You can use all the skills in the "Main" tab and the skills in the "Succession" tab at the same time.

- You cannot use skills in the "Succession" tab to learn Absolute skills.

- You can use skills outside of the "Succession" tab to learn Absolute skills.

- You must learn the Preceding Skills in the "Main" tab to learn the skills in the "Succession" tab.

- You can change between Succession/Awakening by resetting your skills.

- You can change from Succession to Awakening by resetting your skills to unlearn the skill "Shadow of Darkness".

- You can change from Awakening to Succession by resetting your skills to learn the skill "Shadow of Darkness".

|  KUNOICHI 

• ● Added Succession for Kunoichi.

- You can accept the quest "[Kunoichi Succession] Pure Vengeance" from Black Spirit after completing the awakening quests.

- You will learn the skill "Lament of Silence" through the succession quests. It enables you to be even more powerful with your Short Sword and Kunai.

- You cannot use the Sah Chakram after completing Succession.

- Added the "Succession" tab in the Skill window (K).

- You can use all the skills in the "Main" tab and the skills in the "Succession" tab at the same time.

- You cannot use skills in the "Succession" tab to learn Absolute skills.

- You can use skills outside of the "Succession" tab to learn Absolute skills.

- You must learn the Preceding Skills in the "Main" tab to learn the skills in the "Succession" tab.

- You can change between Succession/Awakening by resetting your skills.

- You can change from Succession to Awakening by resetting your skills to unlearn the skill "Lament of Silence".

- You can change from Awakening to Succession by resetting your skills to learn the skill "Lament of Silence".

• ● Wheel of Wrath I, II, III - Fixed the skill description to match the actual motions of the skills.

- Damage reduced in cooldown.

| UI

• ● Improved the design of the number pad.
• ● Improved the design of the equipment, outfit, and item inventory.
• ● Renewed the UI for Totem of the Sea.
• ● Changed the UI frame of Sealed Golden Treasure Chest (Golden Chest, Drieghan Chest)
• ● Added the option to skip animation by pressing space when viewing certain items.
• ● Added the following functions on the Level Up Info.

- Added the function that selected the skill when the icon is clicked on in the Skill Window.

- Added the option to immediately learn the skill displayed on the Level Up Info.

- Added the option to immediately equip skills to the quick slot.

• ● Added Non-PK server indicators to be displayed on the Select Server UI and Server Change UI.

| SYSTEM

• ● Improved the LED animation change settings to make it applicable without restarting the game.
• ● Added the function where Adventurers can locate NPCs that can exchange Silver Bar and Gold Bar as rewards by pressing the NPC Location button.

• ● Fixed the issue where you were unable to move your ship in certain areas of Padix Island.
• ● Fixed the issue where you were unable to press RMB to cancel Succession: Valkyrie's Vow RMB even though Armstrong's Skill Guide was in use.
• ● Fixed the issue where tradeable nodes, Dormann Lumber Camp and Khimu Lumber Camp, were marked as regular nodes.
• ● Fixed the the abnormal dialogue for the daily quest [Daily] Precious Coral Piece on Oquilla's Eye.
• ● Added missing gatherables in certain locations at Hexe Sanctuary.
• ● Fixed the issue where you were unable to reset some skills even though Armstrong's Skill Guide was in use.
• ● Fixed the issue where you were able to gather abnormally at certain areas of Desert Naga Temple.
• ● Fixed the issue where character could disappear when attacking an out of range target floating in mid air.
• ● [Shai] Fixed the issue where Shai would get stuck when moving between structures at Eastern Gateway.
• ● Fixed the issue where certain locations of Manshuam Forest appears dark on the minimap.
• ● Fixed the issue where some NPC in Altinova appeared as if they were floating in air.
• ● Fixed the issue where the texts overlapped in the command window when using a gamepad to fish.
• ● Fixed the issue where the exchange tab showed up when interacting with Bianstimi even when there are no exchangeable items.
• ● Fixed the issue where the Ship Information window would not open when the Inventory (I) is set to Sticker UI.
• ● Added a system message that will appear when you use World Chat without a megaphone.
• ● Moved the secondary password input window to the center and changed the size of UI.
• ● Changed Humpback Whales to no longer block your path when moving on your ship.
• ● Fixed the issue where some items from the Pearl Inventory could not be used when selected from the Processing window.
• ● Fixed the issue where Outfit and Item inventory did not close properly when the Totem window was open.
• ● Fixed the issue where the Chat and Exchange button was displayed abnormally on the conversation UI or when interacting with NPC.
• ● Fixed the issue where the number of items selected would reset from the slot when making multiple purchases from the NPC.
• ● Fixed the issue where the items you wanted to sell would reset from the slot when you pressed the sell button.
• ● Fixed the issue where the promotion count was showing on workers that could not be promoted.
• ● Moved the location of Jarrette and Roig Mills at Ancient Stone Chamber.
• ● Changed the guide about summoning Black Spirit to be only displayed until Lv. 26 when doing the main quests.
• ● Improved quest flow by removing some monsters near Red Nose.
• ● Fixed the issue where the in-game UI description regarding UI did not match the event description.
• ● Fixed the issue where the totem sound would only play once when completing the Totem of the Sea.
• ● Fixed the issue where the texts and UI overlapped if you pressed tab with less than 3 Challenges when logging in the first time.
• ● Fixed the issue where the item and the Reform Stone description would not disappear.
• ● Fixed the issue where the transportation fee for Trade Wagon didn't display properly when the 1st wagon was empty.
• ● Fixed the issue where the quest complete count would intermittently reset for the quest [Event] Let's Have Fun Together!
• ● [Maehwa] Fixed the issue where the interior parts of the helmet was visible when equipping the Griffith Helmet.
• ● [Musa] Fixed the issue where his head appeared abnormally when customized while wearing a Palgong Helmet.
• ● Fixed the issue where some items could not be enhanced when your fairy is growing.
• ● [Valkyrie] Fixed the issue where the front hair clipped through the helmet when equipping the Solaria Helmet.
• ● [Archer] Fixed the issue where you were unable to dye the Santa Hat (E) when it was equipped.
• ● [Shai] Fixed the issue where you were unable to dye the Santa Hat (E) when it was equipped.
• ● Fixed the issue where Sprouting could be used even at 0%.
• ● Fixed the issue where a number higher than the maximum allowed would be entered when entering numbers after moving the mouse outside of the screen.
• ● Fixed the issue where the icon of the messages displayed for a failed cooking attempt and alchemy attempt were different.
• ● Simplified the titles of the Apparel and Gear Bag windows.
• ● Removed the "Guild" button at the bottom of the Quest Widget as the "Recruit Guild Member" function was added.
• ● [Shai] Fixed the issue where the Ignis Ear Cuff would be displayed when equipped with the Santa Hat (E).
• ● [Mystic] Fixed the issue where the neck area appeared abnormal when in combat stance with the Crayodel Outfit equipped.

We hope you enjoy your time in Black Desert,

Thank you.