Hello, Adventurers. 

Here are the updates made to Black Desert on March 17 2021. 

(Patch size: approx. 1.09GB)

※ Please read below for details.

Event

Event 1. The Valley Lily Banquet

●Began Pre-Creation for the new class, Sage.

- You can pre-create and customize Sage, the new character class.

- With the addition of a new character, you can now add up to 23 slots with the Character Slot Expansion Coupon

※ Sage cannot be created in the Winter season server. New and Returning Adventurers should look forward to the upcoming 'New Olvia Server' expected for March 24 release!

- The Dark Rifts will appear two times as faster than before. 

- You can obtain Specter's Energy from Dark Rifts. 

But the Dark Rift is fighting back. In two weeks, the Black Sun's energy that now covers the Dark Rift will disappear completely. The Ahib are watching this fight of the dark against the dark with intrigue. They are becoming even more convinced that darkness need to be vanquished with darkness. 

● Improved all classes to be able to summon Black Spirit while moving.

- You can summon Black Spirit while riding on horses, even when using Sprint. However, you cannot summon Black Spirit while using other skills.

- Your character will switch to idle stance when you summon Black Spirit.

Black Spirit summon has become more accessible. Especially during quests, you were forced to get off your horse to talk with Black Spirit. However, after today's update, you will be able to summon Black Spirit while on a horse. When you think about it, Black Spirit isn't that special that we need to get off our horses to talk to it...

Fixed the issue where using Emergency Escape would sometimes cancel the effect immediately after initially appearing to work as intended.

Many adventurers reported the issue where Emergency Escape would deactivate in certain situations (much like the now-solved issue with difference in elevation), and it was one that we also wanted to solve asap. However, it was very difficult to fix completely and there were many different patches related to this issue. Still, we continued to work on the issue and our close analysis paid off with a possible solution. When we found the solution, it was applied to the Korean server last week. We would like to thank all of our adventurers who continued to send in reports. Our team will continue to work to create a better gameplay experience.

● Chain: Heaven's Cleave - Added a new awakening skill that can be learned at Lv. 59 or higher.

The newly added "Chain: Heaven's Cleave" was designed as an alternative to Take Down to combo after Solar Flare. It applies the Floating debuff on your target, which opens up a variety of new ways to combo.

● Upper Shield Strike - Fixed the issue where certain skills would combo unnaturally after this skill.

● Wind Blade - Added a new awakening skill that can be learned at Lv. 59 or higher.

Ranger has powerful skills such as Nature's Tremble. However, these skills have rather long cooldowns, and Ranger lacks Flow skills to combo into other skills. This made it difficult for Ranger to remain in Awakening. So we've added "Wind Blade." This skill will combo quickly when used after Wind Step or Nature's Tremble. This can greatly increase your damage output and allows you to continue comboing in Awakening.

● Flow: Soul Reaper - Added a new awakening skill that can be learned at Lv. 59 or higher.

Sorceress's new awakening skill was designed to combo immediately after a powerful skill, allowing her to get extra hits in the process. "Flow: Soul Reaper" is designed to combo directly after Grim Reaper's Judgment, so she can continue dealing damage a bit longer while in Awakening.

Berserker's main weakness in Awakening was the lack of skills with short and concise movements, so we focused on improving this point when designing "Flow: Seismic Blast." It is designed to be used in between multiple Awakening skills, so that Berserker, much like Sorceress, can now continue his barrage of attacks in Awakening.

● Fixed the issue where comboing would be impossible while landing from a high place while using Predatory Hunt I - Absolute: Predatory Hunt skills

● Celestial Slam - Added a new awakening skill that can be learned at Lv. 59 or higher.

"Celestial Slam" was added for Tamer so that she could continue attacking in Awakening and deal sufficient damage. In addition, using this new skill can be used after Moonlight Strike to quickly apply the Stiffness debuff, giving her an option other than Soarkng Kick that can be used to start a combo

● Lightning Blast - Added a new awakening skill that can be learned at Lv. 59 or higher.

Previously, Witch was forced to switch to her main weapon skills to deal ranged damage in Awakening. So, we added "Lightning Blast" to give Witch a ranged skill other than Detonative Flow for her to continue dealing damage from afar in Awakening.

● Magma Bomb - Added a new awakening skill that can be learned at Lv. 59 or higher. Wizard's

Wizard's Hellfire skill charges him forward with Forward Guard to crash into enemies and deal damage. Therefore, we added "Magma Bomb" so that he can deal damage even if he doesn't hit targets with Hellfire by using it with Magma Bomb in a quick combo that deals a great amount of damage to enemies in melee range.

● Divina Inpulsa - Added a new awakening skill that can be learned at Lv. 59 or higher.

Valkyrie had Castigatio and Sacrum Ferit that could deal continuous damage. So, the new skill "Divinia Inpulsa" was made to fills in the gap between big attacks and fast attacks. This skill can also be used even faster after Thrust-type skills.

● Sanctitas de Enslar - Fixed the issue where the skill's 1st hit wasn't applying damage correctly for Awakening.

● Eradicate - Added a new awakening skill that can be learned at Lv. 59 or higher.

We focused on the choices Musa Awakening Adventurers can make after Crust Crusher. The newly added "Eradicate" is another skill he can choose to use after Crust Crusher. He may still use Flow: Foul Play for more damage or use Eradicate to respond to enemy attacks. He can activate Eradicate while using Fiery Angel as well. Eradicate is useful in fending off attacks by hitting enemies with a debuff and getting a defensive effect.

● Flow: Frostflower - Added a new awakening skill that can be learned at Lv. 59 or higher.

Moonrise is the most commonly used skill after Sticky Snowflake for Maehwa Awakening. So, the newly added Flow: Frostflower was designed to be an additional a quick transition skill like Moonrise. Awakening Maehwa tended to focus heavily on using New Year's Eve while defeating monster, but now, she can use a larger variety of skills.

● Flashing Light - Added a new awakening skill that can be learned at Lv. 59 or higher.

We added “Flashing Light” so that Ninja can inflict additional damage on opponents. The skill Serpent Ascension is powerful, but other skills could not make up for it when it failed. So, Flashing Light makes was added to inflict huge damage in a large area.

● Moon Storm - Added a new awakening skill that can be learned at Lv. 59 or higher.

We added “Moon Storm” to inflict powerful damage across a wide area like the skill Lethal Spin Spree. You can use this skill as a main when in Awakening to deal great damage in a combo.

● Autumn Blaze - Added a new awakening skill that can be learned at Lv. 59 or higher.

Striker struggled to deal damage when Skull Crusher and Flow: Skull Hammer are unavailable. Instead, he would be forced to use main weapon skills to deal damage. The addition of the skill “Autumn Blaze” will help him less reliant on those two skills.

Mystic’s overall damage drops when Wave Orb isn’t available. This was made even more apparent by the fact that she deals steady damage using combos rather than one big attack. We added “Gushing Waters” so that Mystic can steadily inflict damage while recovering Martial Spirit Shards, even when Wave Orb isn’t available.

● Dark Nebula - Added a new awakening skill that can be learned at Lv. 59 or higher.

We added “Dark Nebula”, which has a long Forward Guard effect, so that Awakening Dark Knight can use a steady defensive skill effect. She can move forwards or backwards with this skill and switch faster from Spirit’s Legacy and evade backwards so that she can continue to attack from range.

● Mountain Breeze - Added a new awakening skill that can be learned at Lv. 59 or higher.

We added an Archer skill with an Invincible effect. “Mountain Breeze” allows Archer to spot opportunities as well as fight in the invincible state against powerful attacks. Invincibility is applied immediately upon use and he will be able to put some distance between himself and the opponent while evading attacks.

● Binding Chains - Added a new awakening skill that can be learned at Lv. 59 or higher.

Previously, Lahn had to use Primrose Sprint or Phantom Dance to evade backwards. The newly added “Binding Chains” allows her to inflict damage while moving to the opponent’s back to attack. She can also inflict major damage on the second hit, allowing her to inflict enough damage even when her main skills are not available.

● We're Gonna Win! - Added a talent awakening skill that can be learned at Lv. 59 or higher.

The Shai’s Talent skills applies a buff to all allies within range. However, keeping allies buffed when they move quickly was a challenge for her at time. With the addition of the skill “We’re Gonna Win!” we hope to help mitigate this problem. The skill allows her to alter her music according to the situation so that she can buff allies from far away or debuff enemies from a safe distance.

● Flow: To Ashes - Added a new awakening skill that can be learned at Lv. 59 or higher.

For Guardian, we kept to her “big hit” concept and added the new skill “Flow: To Ashes” to enable her to continue attacking with considerable force. This skill can be used after Cleansing Flame to continue a combo. She can also activate Flow: To Ashes immediately after using Frost Slide, so that she may attack straight after changing locations.

● Silent Breach - Added a new awakening skill that can be learned at Lv. 59 or higher.

We added “Silent Breach” so that Awakening Hashashin can immediately charge forward to attack the enemy and continue the combo, like with the skill Sand Slicer. He can use Silent Breach at any given moment after certain skills to float enemies and continue a combo.

● Brutal Ring - Added a new awakening skill that can be learned at Lv. 59 or higher.

Nova can use the "Brutal Ring" skill to attack immediately after pulling enemies in with Star’s Ring. Nova can combo this skill after using Frozen Ring or Slicing Ring, which will serve to inflict more damage if the previous two skills weren’t enough.

● Star's Ring - Fixed the issue where the skill would still activate even after locking Accel: Star's Ring.

● Icons for Tier 3 Polar Bear, Kamaylsvia Brown Bear, Ferret, Marmot, and Haetae were updated

● Family Inventory usage was updated  

- Item slots will change when you click on the Family Inventory tab in your Inventory. 

- click the Move Item button to move items to Family Inventory.

● You can now use Skill Add-on with gamepad. 

- The informationfilter button on the world map will now be saved to your last selection 

- A gamepad-specific key guide will be shown on the bottom of the Terms of Use screen when using gamepad to play.

● Changed the security program to EAC.

● Opened the page for the new class Sage in Overview and the event page.

● Changed the OTP function to require adventurers to use their OTP when logging in to the official website and Black Desert+.

● Improved the main screen design of the official website.

● Added information about the new class Sage on the official website.

● The color of the "Black Desert" logo on the Black Desert official website was updated.
● The FAB on the main screen of Black Desert's official website was updated.

● Fixed the issue where saved pet commands came up differently from the ones last saved.

●Fixed the issuewherethe Puturum from Rift's Echo would continue to follow you.

●Fixed the issue where the Tooltip was placed at an awkward location during Go to Target

●Fixed the issue where following outfits would look abnormal in certain situations

-[Wizard] Corvicanus Outfit

●Fixed the issue where structures at certain points would appear unnatural in the following regions

-Kisleev Crag

●Fixed the issue of occasional errors occurring when clicking on Family Name in the Chat Window.

●Fixed the issue of "within 24 hours" showing up as "within 0 days" in Letters.

●Fixed the issue of awkward Marketplace Sales UI after using the Old Moon Trade Pass

●Fixed the issue of Enter Silver UI appearing during Transport

●Fixed the issue of awkward UI in the Caphras Extraction window after equipping item enhanced with Caphras Stones

●Fixedthe issue with repeated Black Spirit's failed enhancement movements after failing to enhance with Caphras stones due to lack of durability

●Fixedthe issue so that mass processing (updated on March 10th) is applied normally when leftover resources are less than total successful mass processing count

●Fixedthe issue where boss alarms would not show up when a boss appeared

●Fixedthe issue of Family Inventory tab being selected when using a Storage Maid while Family Inventory window was open

●Fixed the issue of Monster icons showing up as reddish orange in theminimap.

●Fixedthe issue where the client would crash when hit by the Troll Catapult monster.

We hope you enjoy your time in Black Desert,

Thank you.