Hello, Adventurers.
Here are the updates made to Black Desert on May 18 2021.
(Patch size: approx. 430.48MB)
※ Please read below for details.

Event
Event 1. David Finto’s Daily Coupons
Event Period
- May 18, 2021 (Tue) after maintenance – June 1, 2021 (Tue) 23:59
CONTENTS
● Made improvements to mitigate the issue where your character would sometimes move abnormally when participating in the Old Moon Grand Prix.
ALL CLASSES
● Increased the maximum number of slots available in your Family Inventory to 48.
● Added Sage as a Trial Character.
● Core: Spirit Hunt - Fixed the issue where your character moved abnormally when using W + RMB while the skill was on cooldown after switching to your Main Weapon.
Succession
● Prime: Rift Chain - Changed to now apply Super Armor when the skill is used on cooldown.
● Prime: Rift Chain - Added "All DP +20 for 2 sec" and "Grapple Resistance +30%" effects when the skill is used.
● Flow: Finishing Touch - Added a 17 second cooldown to the skill. ● Kyve Mastery - Changed the skill to stack the effects of Prime: Overdrive for the following situations:
- 2nd Standing Attack and Last Hits
- 3rd and 5th Forward Attack Hits
- 3rd Lateral Attack Hit
- Jump Attack
● Reduced the PvP damage of the following skills:
- Prime: Void Gateways - Reduced by approx. -14%
- Prime: Spatial Collapse I~IV - Reduced by approx. -18%
Awakening
● Radiant Annihilation - Added an All Accuracy +9% for 10 sec effect when the skill is used.
● Radiant Annihilation - Fixed the issue where the Arkanon effect would sometimes not activate.
● Improved the skills that were used immediately after switching from Awakening weapon to Main weapon and vice versa to combo more naturally.
● Bolt - Improved so that he turns towards the camera angle.
● Flow: Interrogate - Improved to be able to hit enemies in higher locations.
● Bolt - Improved to be useable during cooldown while Overcharged status is active.
● Bolt - Improved to be useable in main weapon stance.
● Seize - Improved to attack the enemy faster after grabbing them successfully.
● Changed Upsurge to attack forward after using the following skills:
- Evading backwards after Impaling Flash
- Radiant Annihilation
- Shock Relay
- Chain Lightning
● "Resurrect at the closest Safe Zone" will now resurrect you near the quest zone if you died at Protokea during Sage's Awakening questline.
ITEM
● You can now exchange [Event] Kagtum Rider's Claw for other items by visiting the NPC Elmos Berry.
QUEST & KNOWLEDGE
● Added a weekly quest where you can obtain Elvia Ancient Spirit weapons as a reward.
- You can complete the weekly quest to choose a Main weapon box, an Awakening weapon box, or a Sub-weapon box as your reward. But these boxes will expire 3 hours after you claim them, so use them quickly!
- If you open the Elvia weapon box, you'll obtain an Elvia Ancient Spirit weapon that can only be used for 10 minutes.
- You must first complete the quest "[Elvia] Obsidian Ashes" before you can accept the weekly quest from Lejenti in Glish.
- This weekly quest can only be accepted by Lv. 60 or higher characters on the Elvia Realm server.
- Since this is a weekly quest, it will reset 7 days after you complete it (at midnight).
● The objectives for the following quests in Elvia Realm have been changed:
Quest Zone |
Quest NPC |
Quest Name |
Original Objectives |
Updated Objectives |
Quest Rewards |
Orc Camp |
Orc Hunter Brodie |
[Elvia Daily] A Chilling Presence at the Orc Camp |
Defeat Small Red Orc x250 |
Defeat Small Red Orc x100 |
Predator's Roots x2 |
Bloody Monastery |
Annalynn |
[Elvia Daily] Missing Thread of Hope |
Defeat Cultist x500 |
Defeat Cultist x400 |
Predator's Roots x2 |
|
[Elvia Daily] Green-tinged Monastery |
Defeat Cultist Warrior x500 |
Defeat Cultist Warrior x400 |
Predator's Roots x2 |
|
Swamp Fogans |
Dernyl |
[Elvia Daily] Big Fogan |
Defeat Big Swamp Fogan x500 |
Defeat Big Swamp Fogan x250 |
Predator's Roots x2 |
Swamp Nagas |
Zegna |
[Elvia Daily] A Familiar Swamp |
Defeat Naga Apprentice Spearman x500 |
Defeat Naga Apprentice Spearman x250 |
Predator's Roots x2 |
|
[Elvia Daily] Swamp Naga Ecology |
Defeat Swamp Naga Axeman x500 |
Defeat Swamp Naga Axeman x250 |
Predator's Roots x2 |
|
Castle Ruins |
Ruben |
[Elvia Daily] Tense Silence |
Defeat Mobility Unit x500 |
Defeat Mobility Unit x400 |
Predator's Roots x2 |
|
[Elvia Daily] The Eerie Calm in the Castle Ruins |
Defeat Charger x500 |
Defeat Charger x400 |
Predator's Roots x2 |
|
Biraghi Den |
Etunar |
[Elvia Daily] A Mountain in the Dark |
Defeat Bandit Raid Captain x500 |
Defeat Bandit Raid Captain x250 |
Predator's Roots x2 |
Altar Imps |
Zara Lynch |
[Elvia Daily] Strange Phenomenon |
Defeat Altar Imp Warrior x300 |
Defeat Altar Imp Warrior x150 |
Predator's Roots x2 |
UI
● Added the ""Repair Horse Gear"" function to the Camping Anvil.
- You can now repair horse gear with the "Old Moon Camping Anvil" and "Naphart Camping Anvil."
● The NPC Lindby of Iliya Island will now be marked with the Stable Keeper icon on the World Map (M).
● Changed the pet type classification from "LIMITED" to "RARE."
● Added a feature to see the name of the dyes used by hovering your mouse over a specific gear slot in the Dye (J) window.
SYSTEM
● Guild Member Protection has been changed to allow protected guild members with negative Karma to be attackable by opposing guilds during Guild War.
For example:
- Guild A and Guild B are engaged in a Guild War
- Adventurer [A1] is protected by Guild A
- Adventurer [A1]'s Karma drops below 0
In this case, any member of Guild B can now attack Adventurer [A1].
Changes and Fixes
● Fixed the issue where certain parts of the background appeared awkward in the following regions:
- Protokea, Valencia City
● Fixed the issue where skill descriptions in the Skills window would display keyboard and mouse-oriented text for Gamepad UI mode.
● Fixed the issue where the icon for the Tungrad Earring was being displayed as a Tungrad Necklace in the Crafting Notes.
● Fixed the issue where you could resurrect in the exact spot where you died in the Red Battlefield.
● Fixed the issue where the Processing UI would display abnormally when completing Mass Processing under certain circumstances.
● Fixed an issue where having a Celestial Horse Calling Horn in your inventory prevented your character from calling Guild Elephants to you.
- Guild Elephants within 50m are able to be called to you regardless of whether you have a flute item in your inventory.
● Fixed the issue where reconnecting/switching servers would occasionally cause the Amity of certain NPCs to appear as 0. The actual Amity level of the NPCs were not changed.
● Fixed the issue where your Karma would not decrease if you hit a character and their ship at the same time with a cannon of a big ship in forced PvP mode.
● Fixed the issue where the quest "Crippling Fear," part of the Drieghan main questline, wouldn't display in the Main tab of your Quests window.
● Fixed the issue where pressing certain buttons on your gamepad would open the "Withdraw Silver" window while Processing via Storage with Gamepad UI mode.
● Fixed the issue where an Adventurer that bought annexes for Node/Conquest War could still install the annexes even though their position in the guild was changed.
● Changed the key guide to display the correct key for toggling (lock/unlock) ship and wagon skills when using the Gamepad UI.
● Changed the toggle for locking and unlocking ship and wagon skills to be togglable with a gamepad when using the Gamepad UI.
● Fixed the issue where the icons of the [Event] Magical Draught series of items were not being displayed in the Crafting Notes.
● Fixed the issue where trying to close the game after using the [Practice] Lynch Cannon caused the game to shut down improperly.
We hope you enjoy your time in Black Desert, thank you.