Event

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2. • One day only! Just login for a free  (?!)

   - April 1, 2020 (Wed) after maintenance - April 01, 2020 (Wed) at 23:59

   - The event reward will be attentively delivered to your in-game mail by the GMs.

   ※ The item contained within the mail must be received by April 1 (Wed) at 23:59.

   ※ Only Families created before the maintenance on April 1 (Wed) are eligible to participate in this event.

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4. Event 1. Truth or Lie, What Will You Decide?

Event Period

- April 2, 2020 (Thu) at 00:00 - April 8, 2020 (Wed) at 23:59

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• ● Added following items that can be built in tier 1-4 node wars or conquest wars to the Guild Military Supply Shop.

- You must now purchase tier exclusive items to participate in Node/Conquest Wars.

- Fort/Command Post/Field HQ built by guilds conquering the Balenos, Serendia, Calpheon, Mediah, Valencia territories have been updated accordingly.

- Changed the prices of all annexes (Forts, Command Posts, Flame Towers, Supply Depots) for Node/Conquest War according to tier as follows:

• ● Removed the following annex items as exclusive items have been added to Node/Conquest Wars.

 ※ Guilds in possession of these items will be reimbursed through Guild funds, matching the value the items.

• ● Decreased the total number of nodes in the Balenos, Serendia, Calpheon, Mediah, and Valencia territories by approximately 30%.

 - The nodes in all of the territories has been decreased from 154 to 108 nodes. Thus, the amount of tax received for conquering nodes has been increased by around 30%.

 ※ Increased taxes will be applied after the maintenance on April 1 (Wed).

 ※ All forts across the Black Desert world have been removed due to the decrease in nodes. Forts built in to participate in the Node Wars on April 1 (Wed) will be reimbursed accordingly during the maintenance on April 1 (Wed).

• ● Tiers and max participants for certain nodes have been changed as follows:

• ● Increased the max durability for Command Posts, Forts, and other Annexes for Node/Conquest War as follows:

• ● Increased the Max Durability of Annexes for Conquest Wars by 10% as follows:

• ● Increased the damage of Hwacha and Flame Tower against humans by 50%, used in Tier 4 Node Wars and Conquest Wars.
• ● Changed the names of certain Node/Conquest War Annexes as follows.

• ● Changed the name and max durability of the "Barricade", which can be crafted from the Siege Weapon Workshop, and the "Iron Barricade", which can be upgraded using the Barricade, as follows:

- The "Sturdy Barricade" crafted from the Siege Weapon Workshop can be used in all Node Wars and Conquest Wars regardless of tier.

|  CONTENTS

● Changed so that adventurers traversing through the desert will no longer be susceptible to heat stroke or hypothermia, as well as their Sailors who are exploring islands or navigating through the seas won't have to worry about their health deteriorating.

Today's update has changed conditions for adventurers who will no longer be able to get heat stroke nor hypothermia while traveling through the desert, as well as their sailors' health will no longer worsen while they are out exploring on their ship.
This update will not be discontinued after one week, but persist for the time being until further notice.
We hope everyone will remain safe and sickness-free, just as adventurers shall soon be in Black Desert. Thank you.

- This update will persist until future notice.

※ However, keep in mind that your sailors' health will deteriorate if there is no food onboard, remote collection is used on the ship or the ship has been sunk.

• ● Added shipwreck record in My Info (P) → Journal.

|  ALL CLASSES

• ● Increased underwater swimming speed when pressing the Q key to swim underwater while swimming forward.
• ● Targets will be de-mounted when hit with Black Spirit's Rage 10%, 25%, and 50% skills.

• ● Decreased the blood splatter effect in the following skills.

 - Ultimate: Maehwa’s Will, Chaos: Crimson Gust, Blooming Stride, Blooming Step

• ● Stigma - Improved so that Flow: Cloud Stab can be comboed after it.
• ● Flow: Cloud Stab - Improved so that Flow: Moonlight Dash can be comboed after it.
• ● Petal Drill - Improved so that Moonrise can be comboed after the 2nd hit.

● The following skills will now activate Discharge Energy.

- Prime: Somersault

- Prime: Crimson Fang

- Prime: Adamantine

- Prime: Hidden Claw

* The following All Evasion and DP increase effects will be applied when activating Discharge Energy on the above skills:

- All Evasion Rate +9% for 5 sec.

- DP +8 for 5 sec.

* Thus, Prime: Wolf's Fang can be used instantly with the above skills.

• ● After using skills that can activate Discharge Energy, press S + LMB + RMB to use Prime: Wolf's Fang.
• ● Land Buster - Damage will no longer decrease even when Infernal Destruction is on cooldown.
• ● Skull Crusher - Can now be comboed while using Flow: Crosswind.
• ● Spiral Cannon - Improved on the issue where character's movement slowed down when hitting an enemy.
• ● Rampaging Predator - Improved to combo Flow: Bite Off faster after it.
• ● Enabled faster comboes after the following skills:

- Endless Explosion

- Fallout

- Silent Step in Awakening stance

- Flow: Crosswind during using Spiral Cannon

• ● Ultimate Crush - Improved 2nd and 3rd hits to combo faster.
• ● Rampaging Predator - Improved by allowing it to be used in main weapon stance.

| GUARDIAN

• ● Foretold Encounter - Increased All Accuracy Rate as follows:

- All Accuracy Rate +24% for 10 sec. →All Accuracy Rate +12% for 10 sec."

• ● Flow: Black Blood Eruption - Fixed an issue where the damage wasn't being applied when used after Black Blood's Descent with Prime: Black Blood Circle learned.
• ● Scornful Slash - Fixed an issue where the 2nd hit wasn't triggered when used after Cleansing Flame.

|  ITEM

• ● Locked items within Morco's Gear Bag and Clorince's Travel Bag will no longer unlock when restarting the game.
• ● Added information on how to obtain and how to use for ship crafting and upgrade materials.
• ● Changed the icon of [Event] Tachros' Spirit Stone buff.
• ● Realigned the text for Sweet Honey Wine, saying that it'll take you to the Fairy window.

| MONSTER

• ● Changed the characteristics of Saltwater Crocodile, Black Rust, and Nineshark of the Sea Monster Habitat.

- Reduced the monsters' HP by 40%.

- Changed from a 2-person co-op to a 3-person co-op hunting ground.

| MOUNT

• ● Added to BreezySail's description that players may go off the auto-navigation course when continuously using BreezySail.
• ● Fixed so that if a Guild Alliance is disbanded while a player is riding the elephant mount, they will be reconnected to the game.

| QUEST & KNOWLEDGE

• ● Improved the Valencia Main Quests to flow more smoothly by moving the following Black Spirit Suggested Quests to Black Spirit Main Quests.

- Sahazad""s Worth

- Barhan""s Authority

- Manmehan""s Passion

- Saya""s Interest

• ● Improved Balenos - Calpheon Main Quests by adding more quests rewarding the Footsteps of Wind buff, thereby greatly reducing movement time between quests.
• ● Changed [Knowledge] Giath""s Secret to be obtainable upon completing the quest ""Abandoned Fate"

- If you have already completed the above quest but do not have the knowledge, talk to Grusha to obtain the [Knowledge] Giath""s Secret.

• ● Fixed the issue of the quest ""Embarking on an Adventure"" displaying empty spaces in the quest rewards list."
• ● Fixed the following to display the correct amount of Mudskipper needed to cook Smoked Fish Steak.

- [Knowledge] Smoked Fish Steak

● Fixed issue where pre-renewal Mediah Main Quests were displayed in the Quest window (O) for players who have not progressed through the pre-renewal quests.

• ● Greatly reduced the respawn time for the Cron Castle Barracks that need to be burned down for the quest "The Lost Records of Cron".
• ● Fixed the issue of the quest "[Repeat] That Which the Goblin Hides" being obtainable even without the player meeting the necessary requirements.

| UI

• ● Improved the following UIs.

- Quests

- Quest Summary

• ● Added buttons for ""Grab ship's wheel"", ""Move to ship's wheel"", and ""Call ship"" for big ships.

- Buttons for ""Grab ship's wheel"", ""Move to ship's wheel"", and ""Call ship"" will appear when you click on the ship icon on the upper left-hand corner of the screen.

- You can use the "Call ship" hotkey in the same manner as before.

• ● Improved the Level Up Info window's function.

- You can press ESC to temporarily hide the window.

- The window will reopen if you mouse over the arrow icon of the hidden window.

- A message will now appear if your current number of skill points aren't enough to learn new skills in the Learnable Skill window.

- You can confirm the skills you've learned by pressing the Learn button in the Level Up Info window as well.

• ● Added a confirmation message when pressing the Preset button during UI edit mode.
• ● New accounts will now have the Skill Guide window open on the right portion of the screen upon logging in.
• ● Fixed the issue where the new item effect was not being displayed after obtaining enhanced gear.
• ● Updated the title of the Lakiaro Minigame Window.
• ● Fixed the remaining time to display correctly before progressing onto the next stage during the Lakiaro minigame.
• ● Fixed the issue where the Guild Information window's "Saying of the Day" flickered irregularly.
• ● Changed so the previous window will also stay opened after closing and reopening the Skills window.
• ● Changed the name of the button for unpaid guild taxes to "Unpaid Tax" in the Guild window.
• ● Fixed the issue of the "Retrieve All" button appearing to be activated upon entering the Decorate menu when visiting another player's Residence.
• ● Fixed the issue of the delete confirmation message appearing even when retrieving possible items from the Residence.
• ● Removed special characters appearing in the tooltips when mousing over the Fitness portion of the My Stats window.
• ● Changed the Guild Conquest War Status window to only update information when opened.
• ● Changed the location of the Change Guild Emblem and View Guild Information buttons in the Guild Information window.
• ● Changed the number of guild members displayed in Guild Member Status to 17 members.
• ● Adjusted the spacing in the War Hero list."
• ● Fixed the issue with the "Deposit" button being displayed in Korean in the Unpaid Tax window.
• ● Changed the description displayed on the screen upon death explaining the death penalty effect.
• ● Added the "Decline Guild Join Request" option on the top portion of the window for players to be removed from the Recruit Guild Member list..
• ● Changed the Guild Member Status to be filtered by Participate and Contract in the Guild (G) window.
• ● Fixed the frame rate issues that occurred when scrolling in or changing tabs from the inventory UI.
• ● Changed the Guild Missions list to be scrollable by mouse in the Guild Missions window.
• ●Centered the spacing between tabs in the Garden and Installation list UI.

● Improved frame rates in the following situations.

- Upon obtaining items, knowledge, and learning skills"

• ● Removed mount level and experience bars from Mount Information in the Guild Stable and Guild Wharf Manager windows.
• ● Fixed the issue of Guild Recruitment List displaying the Decline button in Korean.

| SYSTEM

• ● Increased consumed stamina from 15 to 20 for using Request Chat Ban for the first time.

- Changed the amount of consumed stamina to increase depending on the total number of times Request Chat Ban has been used.

• ● Fixed the issue of incorrect background music playing before entering the game.
• ● Fixed the issue of saved Looped Auto-Paths being deleted upon logging in.