Hello, Adventurers.

This is The MMORPG, Black Desert.

These are the updates made to Black Desert on January 22 (Wed), 2020.

(Patch size: 817 MB)

※ Please read below for details.

Major Updates - New Class Guardian

• ● Added the new class Guardian.

Event

● Event 1. Guardian Update Celebration Level-Up Challenge!

Event Period

- January 22, 2020 (Wed) after maintenance ~ February 5, 2020 (Wed) before maintenance

• ● Event 2. Share Guardian's EXP!

Event Period

- January 22, 2020 (Wed) after maintenance ~ February 5, 2020 (Wed) before maintenance

• ● Event 3. Traces of the Eternal Winter

Event Period

- January 22, 2020 (Wed) after maintenance ~ February 5, 2020 (Wed) before maintenance

• ● Event 4. Book of Training & Black Spirit’s Training EXP +50%! 

Event Period

- January 22, 2020 (Wed) after maintenance ~ February 5, 2020 (Wed) before maintenance

• ● Event 5. Wacky Toshi’s Graduation Thesis

Event Period 

- January 22, 2020 (Wed) after maintenance ~ February 5, 2020 (Wed) before maintenance

• ● Event 6. Giddy Up! Mount EXP Hot Time!

Event Period 

- January 22, 2020 (Wed) after maintenance ~ February 5, 2020 (Wed) before maintenance

● Event 7. Guardian Update Celebration Special Hot Time!

Event Period

- January 22, 2020 (Wed) after maintenance - February 5, 2020 (Wed) at 23:59 

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• ● Event 8. Steam Lunar New Year Sale! 

Event Period 

- January 23, 2020 (Thu) at 21:00 - January 27, 2020 (Mon) at 21:00 

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• ● Event 9. Get Black Desert for FREE!

Event Period 

- January 22, 2020 (Thu) after maintenance - February 5, 2020 (Web) at 23:59 

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New and Improvements

|  CONTENTS 

• ● Fixed the Altar of Blood to only allow you to instantly enter a level if you’ve already completed the level you're trying to enter and the level before it.
• ● Added new buffs to the camp shop.

The new buffs are listed below:

- The [Camp] Adventurer's Luck buff can stack with other buffs.

● Changed the item description of [Camp] Adventurer's Confidence.

- This buff does not stack with Villa buffs.

• ● Fixed the issue where the fur on the left of Khaled Ornamental Knot was displayed abnormally.

• ● Fixed the issue where certain hairstyles looked abnormal with the Solaria Helmet equipped.

• ● Fixed the issue with Black Spirit’s Training where certain skill camera effects were being shown.

• ● Remastered the skill effects for her awakening skills.

• ● Fixed the issue with Black Spirit’s Training where certain skill camera effects were being shown.

|  ITEM 

• ● Changed the restrictions on the use of the item Awakening Weapon Exchange Coupon.

- Changed the item description of Awakening Weapon Exchange Coupon to match the change mentioned above.

• Wacky Toshi now sells 10 more types of Marni’s Stones.

| NPC, BACKGROUND, SOUND

• ● Fixed the location of the Exploration Point found southwest of Grána.
• ● Fixed the issue where the following quests could not be completed as the required NPCs were not showing up.

※ [Repeat] People Looking For An Inn

※ Her Secretive Request

• ● Added a button to allow you to get knowledge on Jarette Domongatt and Horio Tinya if you do not have knowledge on them yet. 

- The button was added so that their knowledge is obtainable after the quest "Confronting Jordine" when you do not have knowledge on Crucio Domongatt.

| QUEST & KNOWLEDGE

• ● NPCs will no longer exchange High-Quality Wine for energy potions.

•  We have removed the feature where Adventurers could recover energy by handing over High-Quality Wine to the Innkeeper. This was a hidden feature with a small reward that Adventurers could obtain by interacting with NPCs. However, the price of High-Quality Wine has dropped significantly since the initial launch of Black Desert. So, this became a way to continually recover energy by spending small amounts of silver. The fact that so many of our Adventurers were using this function made it difficult for us to come to the conclusion of removing it. Still, we believed this had to be done to sustain the value of contents that uses energy such as gathering, conversation, secret shop, and others. We will try to contemplate big and small contents that can affect the value of other contents in the future as well. Thank you.

  ※ 200,000 silver has been sent to your mail for every High-Quality Wine in possession.

• ● Changed the completion NPC for the quest "Where is the last glass shard?" to appear even if the "Hide Certain NPCs" function is on.

| UI

• ● Fixed the issue where the price of a worker who was sold would be displayed abnormally if the worker levels up after being purchased by another user.
• ● Items in the Processing Knowledge List in the Processing window will now be displayed in order.
• ● Short one sentence tips will now be displayed in the loading window.

• ● Fixed the issue where loading presets in the Edit UI menu would reset the chat window to minimum size.
• ● Fixed the issue where camera effects wouldn't function properly while interacting with NPCs. 
• ● Added a button in the Load Cargo UI that allows you to check the barter information.

- Press the button to check barter information while loading your ship.

● Fixed the issue where the market price wouldn't be displayed on item tooltips.

• ● Pressing Tab in the chat input window will no longer change tabs.
• ● Fixed the issue where chat tabs would disappear when selecting and deselecting Combat Focus Mode in the Edit UI menu.
• ● Fixed the issue where the Get All button wouldn't function when opening the transport status of a town, then opening the transport status window of another town.
  ● Adjusted the time of the banner displayed on the bottom right side of the screen.
• ● Fixed the issue where hotkeys could be used even upon death.
• ● Fixed the issue where text would bleed out of the Pet UI.
• ● Fixed the issue where an abnormal dialogue would be displayed when the quest UI appears after the Black Spirit window is automatically displayed.
• ● Fixed the issue where animation would be played during extraction even when selecting 'Skip Animation' at the blacksmith.
• ● Fixed the issue where the Forced PvP Penalty icon would be displayed when killed during Conquest War.
• ● Fixed the issue where worker Promote would not function properly in the Worker List.
• ● Fixed the issue where an awkward notification would be displayed when selecting Recover All after setting the list to Town or Grade.
• ● Worker List will not change to Sticker UI while closing the window.
• ● Fixed the issue where the texts of the item grades appeared different in different parts of the Barter window.
• ● Fixed the issue where the last page of the Fish Guide wasn't being updated properly.

| OTHER

• ● Pearl items can now be deleted during a certain period of time without entering the secondary password after entering the secondary password correctly for the first time.
• ● Adjusted the difficulty of the mini game for capturing horses.
• ● Fixed the issue where Ocean Navigation Setting would reset upon logging in.
• ● Fixed the issue where using navigation near Macalod Hill will show you the longer route.

• ● Fixed the issue where using escape on Iliya Island would transport you to Weita Island.
• ● The location of monsters that were stuck in the following places has been changed.

 - Star's End

 - Sycraia Underwater Ruins (Abyssal Zone)

• ● Fixed the issue where abnormal structures were placed in certain regions in Margoria Ocean.
• ● Fixed the issue where trees looked abnormal in certain regions.
• ● Fixed the issue where furniture could not be installed in Noble Quarter 2-4, 1F, and 2F.

We hope you enjoy your time in Black Desert,

Thank you.