Hello, Adventurers.

 

This is The MMORPG, Black Desert.

These are the updates made to Black Desert on March 4, 2020.

(Patch size: approx. 509MB)

※ Please read below for details.

 

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• ● Event 1. Guardian Celebration Level Up Challenge!

Event Period

- March 4, 2020 (Wed) after maintenance ~ March 25, 2020 (Wed) before maintenance

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• ● Event 2. The Mysterious Knight Appears!

Event Period

- March 4, 2020 (Wed) after maintenance - March 18, 2020 (Wed) before maintenance

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• ● Event 3. Succession, reclaim your true power!

Event Period

- March 5, 2020 (Thu) at 00:00 - March 25, 2020 (Wed) at 23:59

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• ● Event 4. Adventuring with Sweet Candy!

Event Period

- March 4, 2020 (Wed) after maintenance ~ March 18, 2020 (Wed) before maintenance

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• ● Event 5. Packages 40% Off!

Event Period

- March 4, 2020 (Wed) after maintenance ~ March 18, 2020 (Wed) before maintenance

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● Adjusted the Hot Time Event period and servers for one week.
- Adjusted Event Period: March 4, 2020 (Wed) after maintenance - March 11, 2020 (Wed) before maintenance
- March 4, 2020 (Wed) after maintenance - March 6, 2020 (Fri) 19:00 -- Combat EXP +100% and Skill EXP +20%
- March 6, 2020 (Fri) 19:00 - March 9, 2020 (Sun) 02:00 -- Combat EXP +200% and Skill EXP +30%
※ The above Hot Time event will be held on all servers, including Olvia and Arsha servers.
※ Please stay tuned for the new Hot Time event that's being prepared for March 11, 2020 (Wed).

 

 

• ● Added Succession for Guardian.

- You can accept the quest "[Guardian Succession] For Justice" from Black Spirit after completing the awakening quests from Lv.56.

- You will learn the skill "Guardian's Glory" through the succession quest. It empowers your skills with the Battle Axe and Shield.

- You cannot use the Jordun after completing Succession.

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

- Skills in the Succession tab are affected by the AP of your main weapons and awakening weapons.

- You can use the skills both 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.

- Skill add-ons for awakening will reset when you learn Succession skills and vice versa.

- You can change from Succession to Awakening by resetting your skills to unlearn the skill "Guardian's Glory".

- You can change from Awakening to Succession by resetting your skills to learn the skill "Guardian's Glory".

 

 

• ● Added blue grade Chiro's ship parts for Epheria Carrack: Advance, Balance, Volante, and Valor.

Epheria Carrack: Advance	- Epheria Carrack: Advance (Chiro's Cannon) - Epheria Carrack: Advance (Chiro's Sail) - Epheria Carrack: Advance (Chiro's Prow Statue) - Epheria Carrack: Advance (Chiro's Black Plating)
Epheria Carrack: Balance	- Epheria Carrack: Balance (Chiro's Cannon) - Epheria Carrack: Balance (Chiro's Sail) - Epheria Carrack: Balance (Chiro's Prow Statue) - Epheria Carrack: Balance (Chiro's Black Plating)
Epheria Carrack: Volante	- Epheria Carrack: Volante (Chiro's Cannon) - Epheria Carrack: Volante (Chiro's Sail) - Epheria Carrack: Volante (Chiro's Prow Statue - Epheria Carrack: Volante (Chiro's Black Plating)
Epheria Carrack: Valor	- Epheria Carrack: Valor (Chiro's Cannon) - Epheria Carrack: Valor (Chiro's Sail) - Epheria Carrack: Valor (Chiro's Prow Statue) - Epheria Carrack: Valor (Chiro's Black Plating)

- You can only install ship parts to their appropriate ship types.

• ● Added Production Nodes to get materials for blue grade Epheria Carrack ship parts.

- Al-Naha Island - Chiro's Cannon Workshop

- Racid Island - Chiro's Sail Workshop

- Tinberra Island - Chiro's Prow Statue Workshop

- Lerao Island - Chiro's Black Plating Workshop

- You can acquire Starlight Powder from the above 4 production nodes. The powder is used to craft Sunset Black Stone and Chiro's Blueprint, that are needed to make the ship parts.

• ● Use 10 Energy at each island's Node Manager to discover their Workshop.

- Al-Naha Island Node Manager Rundgel - Chiro's Cannon Workshop

- Racid Island Node Manager Kunka - Chiro's Sail Workshop

- Tinberra Island Node Manager Shanjo - Chiro's Prow Statue Workshop

- Lerao Island Node Manager Leph - Chiro's Black Plating Workshop

• ● Added Chiro's Ship Part Workshop in the residence - Iliya Island 3.
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- You can craft 16 types of carrack ship parts as well as the "Sunset Black Stone" at Chiro's Ship Part Workshop. Sunset Black Stones can be used to upgrade Chiro's ship parts.

• ● The recipes for each ship's parts are as follows.

Item Name	Crafting Method
Epheria Carrack: Advance (Chiro's Cannon) Epheria Carrack: Balance (Chiro's Cannon) Epheria Carrack: Volante (Chiro's Cannon) Epheria Carrack: Valor (Chiro's Cannon)	Blueprint: Chiro's Cannon x10 +10 Epheria Carrack: Toro's Cannon x1 Violent Wave Plywood x100 Delicately Polished Support x100 Wave Residue Adhesive x100
	"Epheria Carrack Parts Upgrade Permit: Advance x1 Epheria Carrack Parts Upgrade Permit: Balance x1 Epheria Carrack Parts Upgrade Permit: Volante x1 Epheria Carrack Parts Upgrade Permit: Valor x1 1 per ship type
Epheria Carrack: Advance (Chiro's Sail) Epheria Carrack: Balance (Chiro's Sail) Epheria Carrack: Volante (Chiro's Sail) Epheria Carrack: Valor (Chiro's Sail)	Blueprint: Chiro's Sail x10 +10 Epheria Carrack: Toro's Sail x1 Violent Wave Plywood x100 Delicately Polished Support x100 Wave Residue Adhesive x100
	Epheria Carrack Parts Upgrade Permit: Advance x1 Epheria Carrack Parts Upgrade Permit: Balance x1 Epheria Carrack Parts Upgrade Permit: Volante x1 Epheria Carrack Parts Upgrade Permit: Valor x1 1 per ship type
Epheria Carrack: Advance (Chiro's Prow Statue) Epheria Carrack: Balance (Chiro's Prow Statue) Epheria Carrack: Volante (Chiro's Prow Statue) Epheria Carrack: Valor (Chiro's Prow Statue)	Blueprint: Chiro's Prow Statue x10 +10 Epheria Carrack: Toro's Prow Statue x1 Violent Wave Plywood x100 Delicately Polished Support x100 Wave Residue Adhesive x100
	Epheria Carrack Parts Upgrade Permit: Advance x1 Epheria Carrack Parts Upgrade Permit: Balance x1 Epheria Carrack Parts Upgrade Permit: Volante x1 Epheria Carrack Parts Upgrade Permit: Valor x1 1 per ship type
Epheria Carrack: Advance (Chiro's Black Plating) Epheria Carrack: Balance (Chiro's Black Plating) Epheria Carrack: Volante (Chiro's Black Plating) Epheria Carrack: Valor (Chiro's Black Plating)	Blueprint: Chiro's Black Plating x10 +10 Epheria Carrack: Toro's Black Plating x1 Violent Wave Plywood x100 Delicately Polished Support x100 Wave Residue Adhesive x100
	Epheria Carrack Parts Upgrade Permit: Advance x1 Epheria Carrack Parts Upgrade Permit: Balance x1 Epheria Carrack Parts Upgrade Permit: Volante x1 Epheria Carrack Parts Upgrade Permit: Valor x1 1 per ship type
Sunset Black Stone	Solar Black Stone x1 Lunar Black Stone x1 Starlight Powder x10

- Epheria Carrack Parts Upgrade Permits can be purchased from Philaberto Falasi at Port Epheria.

• ● Ship part upgrades vary depending on the type of Epheria Carrack.

Epheria Carrack: Advance	Slow speeds, but boasts the largest weight limit.
Epheria Carrack: Balance	A well-balanced vessel.
Epheria Carrack: Volante	The fastest vessel.
Epheria Carrack: Valor	Slower than Epheria Carrack: Volante, yet boasts the strongest cannon.

* The cannon damage per ship type is as follows.

- Epheria Carrack: Valor > Epheria Carrack: Volante > Epheria Carrack: Balance > Epheria Carrack: Advance

* If Epheria Carrack: Volante and Epheria Carrack: Valor upgrade their respective cannons to Blue grade Chiro's Cannon, the reload speed will be reduced.

Epheria Carrack: Volante	-1 sec
Epheria Carrack: Valor	-2 sec

 

• ● A new Sea Monster Habitat has been discovered in the Northern Seas of Margoria

- Certain sea monsters have migrated to the northern seas looking for food.

- According to one brave adventurer, the following sea monsters have been sighted in the new sea monster habitat.

* Saltwater Crocodile

* < Violent > Black Rust

* < Violent > Nineshark

- Defeat Saltwater Crocodile, < Violent > Black Rust, < Violent > Nineshark, and Candidum for a chance to obtain Violent Sea Monster's Bone, Scale, and Ooze. You can obtain Saltwater Crocodile's Scale by defeating Saltwater Crocodiles.

- Up to 3 adventurers can obtain loots from this sea monster habitat. Item Collection Increase Scroll effects do not apply here.

• ● Added the following items to the Sea Coin Shop.

Violent Wave Plywood

Delicately Polished Support

Wave Residue Adhesive

Starlight Hardener

Starlight Emulsifier"

● "Bartering in select regions of Margoria now costs 20% less Parley.

- Shipwrecked Cargo Ship

- Incomplete Ship

- Lantinia's Combat Raft

• ● Changed Amity requirements for donkey-related equipment from 500 Amity to 50 at Keplan Stable Keeper Partus' Amity Shop.

 

 

• ● Prime: Raging Thunder - Improved skill to allow movement with direction keys after use.

- Reduced movement speed during skill use accordingly.

• ● Prime: Predatory Hunt after Lava Piercer - Improved to allow even quicker combos with Ultimate: Evasion and Shake Off.
• ● Prime: Ancient Wave - Improved to instantly use the following skills in a combo.

- Prime: Fierce Strike

- Prime: Frenzied Destroyer (two handed attack)

- Prime: Storming Beast

• ● Prime: Devastation - Improved to be comboed right after the following skills.

- Prime: Fierce Strike

- Prime: Frenzied Destroyer (two handed attack)

- Prime: Storming Beast

• ● Prime: Ancient Wave - Fixed issue of movement and skills not comboing properly after use.
• ● Prime: Beastly Wind Slash - Improved ease of changing direction right after skill's final hit.
• ● Black Spirit: Raging Thunder, Black Spirit: Prime: Raging Thunder - Changed skills to continue casting even if not holding LMB + RMB after skill use.

- Improved to activate final hit when LMB or Space is pressed during skill.

• ● Prime: Ancient Wave - Fixed issue of the skill's accuracy not applying properly.
• ● Black Spirit: Prime: Raging Thunder - Fixed typo in skill description regarding the skill's total number of hits.

•  Unlike Awakening, Berserker's Succession did not have enough skills to fill the gap during the cooldowns of Raging Thunder and Feral Rage.

  Thus, we improved Prime: Ancient Wave and Prime: Devastation to be usable especially during this cooldown time.

  Also, in order to ease the difficulty of using Prime: Raging Thunder after we buffed its movement speed, we improved the skill to change movement with direction keys immediately upon skill use.

 

 

• ● Ultimate: Echo Pierce - Buffed activation speed of Echo Pierce upon learning this skill.
• ● Legendary Beast Dance - Increased damage amount as follows.

Legendary Beast Dance	Before	After
Legendary Beast Dance I	Vermillion Bird 380% x 7 Black Turtle 380% x 6 Azure Dragon 380% x 6 White Tiger 380% x 6	Vermillion Bird 494% x 7 Black Turtle 494% x 7 Azure Dragon 494% x 7 White Tiger 494% x 7
Legendary Beast Dance II	Vermillion Bird 468% x 7 Black Turtle 468% x 6 Azure Dragon 468% x 6 White Tiger 468% x 6	Vermillion Bird 608% x 7 Black Turtle 608% x 7 Azure Dragon 608% x 7 White Tiger 608% x 7
Legendary Beast Dance III	Vermillion Bird 556% x 7 Black Turtle 556% x 6 Azure Dragon 556% x 6 White Tiger 556% x 6	Vermillion Bird 723% x 7 Black Turtle 723% x 7 Azure Dragon 723% x 7 White Tiger 723% x 7
Legendary Beast Dance IV	Vermillion Bird 644% x 7 Black Turtle 644% x 6 Azure Dragon 644% x 6 White Tiger 644% x 6	Vermillion Bird 838% x 7 Black Turtle 838% x 7 Azure Dragon 838% x 7 White Tiger 838% x 7

● Flow: Ascension - Changed skill damage to match Garuda's extra hit damage.

• ● Flow: Intimidation - Changed damage as follows.

Flow: Intimidation	Before	After
Flow: Intimidation	All damage applied equals that of Beast Rampage x3	All damage applied equals that of Beast Rampage x5

• ● Tree Climb - Skill can now be added to Quick Slot.

 

 

• ● Sanctitas de Enslar - Improved to combo into left, right Lancia Training and left, right Sacrum Ferit.
• ● Sanctitas de Enslar - Improved to combo into Flow: Revelation Sanctus after use.
• ● Flow: Breath of Elion - Improved skill for the following effects to apply when using Breath of Elion.

- Increase your and nearby allies' Critical Hit Rate +10% for 15 sec

- Increase your and nearby allies' Movement Speed +20% for 15 sec

• ● Hastiludium - Improved skill to combo into full frontal Death Line Chaser and Promptness if used before the final hit.
• ● Death Line Chase - Improved skill to activate Hastiludium faster upon use.
• ● Death Line Chase - Fixed so when Purificatione is used with commands during skill, it does not activate Promptness nor its cooldown.
• ● Succession: Flow: Spinning Shield - Fixed typo in skill description regarding stamina consumption.

•  We wanted to add additional means of approaching the enemy via Death Line Chase, Hastiludium, and Promptness combos for the Valkyrie's Awakening.

  Also, we improved Sanctitas de Enslar to allow combos to continue immediately upon landing after the skill.

 

• ● Fixed and improved the following Awakening skill effects.

- Vengeful Barrier

- Flow: Execution

- During Transition Stance, Murderous Intent

- During Transition Stance, Corrupt Sword Dance

- During Transition Stance, Sudden Decapitation

- During Transition Stance, Serpent Ascension

- During Seamless, Corrupt Sword Dance

- During Seamless, Sudden Decapitation

 

• ● Prime: Salp'uri Purge - Increased activation speed.
• ● Prime: Blooming Nether Flower - Increased activation speed.
• ● Prime: Cymbidium - Changed so Prime: Phantom Dance can be used during skill's pull attack.
• ● Prime: Blade Dance - Added Critical Hit Rate +50% effect.
• ● Prime: Cymbidium - Changed number of hits per skill as follows.

Prime: Cymbidium	Before	After
Prime: Cymbidium I	Throw Damage 732% x3 Pull Damage 732% x3, max 2 hits Striding Slash Damage 732% x5 Standing Slash Damage 732% x6	Throw Damage 732% x4 Pull Damage 732% x4, max 2 hits Striding Slash Damage 732% x6 Standing Slash Damage 732% x7
Prime: Cymbidium II	Throw Damage 835% x3 Pull Damage 835% x3, max 2 hits Striding Slash Damage 835% x5 Standing Slash Damage 835% x6	Throw Damage 835% x4 Pull Damage 835% x4, max 2 hits Striding Slash Damage 835% x6 Standing Slash Damage 835% x7
Prime: Cymbidium III	Throw Damage 1022% x3 Pull Damage 1022% x3, max 2 hits Striding Slash Damage 1022% x5 Standing Slash Damage 1022% x6	Throw Damage 1022% x4 Pull Damage 1022% x4, max 2 hits Striding Slash Damage 1022% x6 Standing Slash Damage 1022% x7
Prime: Cymbidium IV	Throw Damage 1122% x3 Pull Damage 1122% x3, max 2 hits Striding Slash Damage 1122% x5 Standing Slash Damage 1122% x6	Throw Damage 1122% x4 Pull Damage 1122% x4, max 2 hits Striding Slash Damage 1122% x6 Standing Slash Damage 1122% x7

● Prime: Crescent Barrage - Increased HP Recovery amount per hit as follows.

Prime: Crescent Barrage	Before	After
Prime: Crescent Barrage I	13	20
Prime: Crescent Barrage II	15	25
Prime: Crescent Barrage III	20	30

● Prime: Bleeding Hearts - Fixed skill description on throw damage amount to match actual effect.

• ● Prime: Spring Breeze - Fixed issue of standing slash being activated before moving when using skill on inclines.
• ● Fragrant Stigma (right) - Fixed issue of super armor effect not applying properly upon use in mid-air.
• ● Black Spirit: Prime: Pendulum Kick - Fixed issue of super armor effect not lasting during the final hit.
• ● Prime: Spring Breeze III - Added to skill description of super armor effect being applied during gliding.
• ● Black Spirit: Cymbidium, Black Spirit: Prime: Cymbidium - Fixed typos in skill descriptions.
• ● Crescent Pendulum - Fixed graphical glitches with Crescent Pendulum when climbing walls.

 

• ● Foretold Encounter - Changed to activate even during jumping with the Jordun.
• ● God Incinerator - Changed to combo faster after Searing Fang and Flow: Suppress.
• ● Infernal Nemesis - Changed to allow Cleansing Flame and God Incinerator to combo faster after using skill.
• ● Cleansing Flame - Changed all Accuracy increase effects at all levels to +9% for 10 sec.
• ● Flow: Black Blood Eruption - Fixed locations of certain rocks upon use.

 

 

|  ITEM

• ● Added how to upgrade Chenga - Sherekhan Tome of Wisdom in Adventurer's Tome in the item description.
• ● Changed the item description of crystals that are able to be transfused into weapons to more accurately say that they can be fused into main weapons.
• ● Fixed wording of exchange coupons for weapon, sub-weapon, awakening weapon, and combat/skill EXP pertaining to new characters.

 

 

| MOUNT

• ● Changed the Karma system where destroying a guild galley through forced PvP reduces Karma by 200,000, which is the same amount as destroying other vessels.

 

 

| UI

• ● Reorganized the following UI.

- Lakiaro

- Hunting minigame

- Change Server

 

 

 

● Fixed graphical glitch with the lower portion of the background of the key guide when trading with NPCs.

• ● Fixed issue of additional messages appearing after succeeding in combining certain items.

● Fixed issue of worker window not closing when opening the worldmap (M) when worker window was already open.

• ● Fixed issue of pet commands displaying incorrectly when checking in and taking out pets.
• ● Added EXP icon next to servers undergoing added experience events.

 

 

| SYSTEM

● Fixed issue of client abnormally closing in certain hardware situations.

 

 

• ● Fixed issue of "Move to" function connecting unnatural routes when used from Arehaza.
• ● [Guardian] Now close their eyes when sleeping on beds.
• ● [Guardian] Now no longer show their excitement when eating certain foods with dishes held in their hand.
• ● Fixed issue of certain sound effects not being played when level 1 characters entered the game.
• ● Fixed (New) Menu > Adventurer Support > Known Issues menu to display properly.
• ● Fixed graphical glitches upon wearing the following outfits.

- [Ranger] Bern Armor

- [Valkyrie] Solaria Shield

- [Witch] Arcanis Robe

• ● Fixed graphical glitch of trees breaking through walls in certain parts of Calpheon.
• ● Fixed graphical glitch of Sausan Watchtowers appearing inside certain buildings of Sausan Garrison.

● Fixed issue of required EXP for certain pet levels to be abnormally low.

- Arctic Fox

- Emperor Hawk

- Haetae

● Fixed an issue where the rank was not being displayed in the Altar of Blood Ranking window.

 

We hope you enjoy your time in Black Desert,

Thank you.