Hello, Adventurers.
Here are the updates made to Black Desert on September 8, 2021.
(Patch size: approx. 609.15 MB)
※ Please read below for details.
Event
Event 1. Crack! It's the Source of Lightning!
Event Period
- September 8, 2021 (Wed) after maintenance - September 29, 2021 (Wed) before maintenance
Event 2. Crack! It's the Source of Lightning!
Event Period
- September 9, 2021 (Thu) at 00:00 - September 14, 2021 (Tue) at 23:59
NEW & IMPROVEMENTS
CONTENTS
Item |
Advanced Cooking Utensil Supreme Cooking Utensil Advanced Alchemy Tool Supreme Alchemy Tool |

- You must have the appropriate repair tools in your inventory to repair the durability of thec ooking utensils/alchemy tools. You can repair their entire durability by using one repair tool.

- You can hand over one cooking utensil or alchemy tool with max durability to an NPC in a major city or in Velia to exchange it for one repair tool appropriate for each installment.
※ These items can be stacked. They can placed into Storage and moved by Maids/Butlers.

Tools | Repair Tools | How to Obtain |
Advanced Cooking Utensil |
Baermalo Hona's Advanced Cooking Repair Tool | Islin Bartali Constante Fredelles Herba Edman Nerasabi Alom Maopan |
Supreme Cooking Utensil |
Baermalo Hona's Supreme Cooking Repair Tool | Islin Bartali Constante Fredelles Herba Edman Nerasabi Alom Maopan |
Advanced Alchemy Tool |
Lomerun's Advanced Alchemy Repair Tool | Dalishain located in any major city or Velia |
Supreme Alchemy Tool |
Lomerun's Supreme Alchemy Repair Tool | Dalishain located in any major city or Velia |
- The filter that distinguishes the trade information by level are as follows:
- By setting the filter to "All Barters," you can filter items in order by level as was the default prior to the update.

- This filter feature only applies to the following trade information which has a different number of exchanges depending on the island.
* [Lv. 1 -> Lv. 2]
* [Lv. 2 -> Lv. 3]
- Added the following filters to distinguish trade items based on their obtainable amount:
* More than 1
* 2 or more
* 3 or more

* [Lv. 1 -> Lv. 2]
* [Lv. 2 -> Lv. 3]
* All Barters


- Clicking the button will sort trade routes in order that is closest to your location.
※ If this function is used together with the level/quantity filter, it will sort the desired barter item in order based on what is closest to you.



● Added different alerts in the 1:1 chat with friends.
- You can use this feature to set individual messenger alerts for each friend in your friend list.
● Changed to no longer display guild recruit announcements if the guild recruit notice hasn't been updated in 3 months.
● Improved resurrecting in the Red Battlefield to automatically resurrect the character in the resurrection area of the Red Battlefield if they try to exit the battlefield while the character is dead.
● Added a new entrance screen when entering the Last Stronghold, Atoraxxion, from the Ancient Stone Chamber, where you can choose which stronghold to enter.
- Please note that you can only enter Vahmalkea at the moment.

ALL CLASSES
Classes Fixed |
Warrior, Sorceress, Valkyrie, Ninja, Dark Knight, Striker, Mystic, Lahn, Archer, Shai, Guardian, Nova, Sage, Corsair |
Classes Fixed |
Berserker, Corsair |
Classes Fixed |
Musa, Witch, Wizard, Nova, Corsair |
- Please refer to the [End of the 2021 Summer Season] notice for more details.
- Season character creation will be unavailable after the September 8, 2021 (Wed) maintenance.


● Forward Evasion - Changed the skill to activate by pressing ↑ + Shift (continuous Shift).
WITCH, WIZARD
● Meteor Shower (I to III, Absolute), Prime: Metor Shower: Areal/Focus - Changed the skills to activate automatically after a set time when used on a mount.


● Prime: Roaring Tiger - Fixed the issue where she would stop moving for a moment using the skill to consume 30 Martial Spirit Shards then comboing into another Martial Spirit Shard consuming skill.

- Guards summoned with the skill Passed Pawn.
- Axian summoned with the skill Prime: King of the Dead.

- Realm of Anguish
- Arkanon summoned with the skill Radiant Annihilation
- Arkanon summoned with the skill Enlightening Bolt
- Arkanon summoned with the skill Flow: Aftershock

● Labao on Deck! - Changed the Damage Reduction Rate effect applied to Corsair when she is in danger when Labao appears to the following:
- The effect that was applied with the Bodily Rejection effect was changed to the First Into The Fray! effect, changing the duration to 10 min.
* Therefore, the effect of the skill Labao on Deck! was changed to be now stackable with the effects from the skills Protected Area and Elion's Blessing.
● Labao on Deck! - Improved the effects of the skill when Labao appears to apply more quickly.
● Fixed the issue with where the scallywags summoned from the following skills could not deal damage to annexes in Node/Conquest Wars other than the Flame Tower and Hwacha.
- Actin' Cap'n, Scallywag Trio, and Cannoneer Duo summoned with the skill Code of the Scallywags.
● Fixed the issue with where the additional damage from the Cannoneer Duo were not applied to annexes in Node/Conquest Wars.
● Improved the Actin' Cap'n and Scallywag Trio to be able to call up to 5 scallyways.
ITEM
- Added [Witch] Labreve Shoes to the outfit boxes where [Witch] Labreve Clothes can be obtained.
- Because of this, we have sent the [Witch] Labreve Shoes to the Heidel Storage to Adventurers that own the [Witch] Labreve Clothes.
● Separated the shoes and gloves from the item [Maehwa] Labreve Clothes.
- Added [Maehwa] Labreve Shoes and [Maehwa] Labreve Gloves to the outfit boxes where [Maehwa] Labreve Clothes can be obtained.
- Because of this, we have sent the [Maehwa] Labreve Shoes and [Maehwa] Labreve Gloves to the Heidel Storage to Adventurers that own the [Maehwa] Labreve Clothes.
● Changed the Ancient Ruins Core item to now be sellable to NPC shops.
● Changed the line break on some of the texts on the Wooden Fence Gate's item description to make it look more natural.
● Fixed an issue where the Krogdalo's Horse Gear - Earth 5-Set effect Evasion +3 was being displayed as Evasion Rate.
● Added the information that only the following classes can get an outfit from the [Event] Marine Romance Outfit Box in the item description.
Classes Listed |
Warrior, Sorceress, Ranger, Berserker, Tamer, Musa, Valkyrie, Maehwa, Witch, Wizard, Ninja, Kunoichi, Dark Knight, Striker, Mystic, Lahn, Archer, Shai, Guardian, Hashashin, Nova, Sage, Corsair |
NPC, BACKGROUND, SOUND
● The Relief Aid Priest Laderr has appeared at the Abandoned Monastery node. You can purchase various potions and Atanis Fireflies from Laderr.QUEST & KNOWLEDGE
- It is said that Adventurers who help Karashu can see the light that it emits from the ancient teleporter.
- Go to Quest (O) - Preferred Quest Type - Combat in order to accept this quest.
Quests | Starting NPC | Objectives | Completion NPC |
Forgotten Core Part | Karashu | Hand over the Alchemy Device's Core Part to Vygun | Vygun |
Light of Hystria Ruins | Vygun | Drink the potion in your inventory that Vygun gave you | Vygun |
* Mediah Main Quest "[Co-op] Awakened Black Spirit" before the rework
* Mediah Main Quest "Apocalyptic Prophecy" after the rework
* "[Special Growth] Fughar's Memorandum - Chapter 9"


● Improved the camera effect to appear naturally when talking with Maudi Budar.
● Changed the "Hakuna M'Otters" knowledge keyword to match the actual method of acquiring the knowledge.
● Removed from the Knowledge of "Seafood Cron Meal" that additional effects will be applied when Life Mastery is unlocked.
● Changed the names of the [Daily] Old Moon Guild Subjugation Request quests that you can accept from the Old Moon Guild Manager Jetina.
Before | After |
[Daily] Old Moon Guild Subjugation Request - Defeat 3,000 monsters |
[Daily] Old Moon Guild Subjugation Request - All Regions |
[Daily] Old Moon Guild Subjugation Request - Defeat [Elvia] Vaha's Ancient Weapon |
[Daily] Old Moon Guild Subjugation Request - [Elvia] Vaha's Ancient Weapon |
[Daily] Old Moon Guild Subjugation Request - Defeat Vaha's Ancient Weapon |
[Daily] Old Moon Guild Subjugation Request - Vaha's Ancient Weapon |
NODE/CONQUEST WAR
- In the event there is no victorious guild/alliances, rankings will be determined based on the remaining durability of Command Post/Field HQ and annexes from each of the guilds if there are two or more guilds/alliances remaining at the end of the Conquest War.
- The highest ranking guild/alliance will win and become the lords of the territory.
- From the remaining guilds/alliances when the Conquest War ends, the top 5 guilds/guild alliances, excluding the highest-ranking guild/guild alliance, will now receive more rewards for defeats than the previous defeat rewards.
- The points for the rankings are based on the following:
Points based on Conquest War progress | |
Command Post/Field HQ | 100 points per 1% remaining durability |
Points based on types of remaning annexes | |
Flimsy Barricade | 10 Points |
Barricade | 20 Points |
Iron Barricade | 40 Points |
Flimsy Wooden Fence | 50 Points |
Wooden Fence | 100 Points |
Wooden Fence Gate | 100 Points |
Siege Defense Tower | 50 Points |
Recovery Center | 300 Points |
Cannon Observatory | 500 Points |
Elephant Nursery | 500 Points |
Flame Tower | 400 Points |
Hwacha | 400 Points |
Enhanced Flame Tower | 800 Points |
Big Hwacha | 800 Points |
Supply Depot | 700 Points |
Indomitable Flag | 400 Points |
Indomitable Flag Factory | 300 Points |
Medium Siege Tower Factory | 300 Points |
Large Siege Tower Factory | 600 Points |
Ballista Workshop | 900 Points |
※ Rewards will only be available once and the higher rank rewards will be sent.
Ranks | Items | Rewards |
1st (Lord) | ![]() Glorious Victor Reward |
Gold Bar of the Glorious Battlefield 10,000G x2 Ancient Spirit Dust x1,000 Cron Stone x100 Resplendent Medal of Honor x84 Item Collection Increase Scroll (60 min) x3 [Event] Scroll of the Glorious Battlefield x3 |
2nd | ![]() Burning Spirit Reward (V) |
Gold Bar of the Glorious Battlefield 1,000G x7 Resplendent Medal of Honor x36 |
3rd | ![]() Burning Spirit Reward (IV) |
Gold Bar of the Glorious Battlefield 1,000G x6 Resplendent Medal of Honor x36 |
4th | ![]() Burning Spirit Reward (III) |
Gold Bar of the Glorious Battlefield 1,000G x5 Resplendent Medal of Honor x36 |
5th | ![]() Burning Spirit Reward (II) |
Gold Bar of the Glorious Battlefield 1,000G x4 Resplendent Medal of Honor x36 |
6th | ![]() Burning Spirit Reward (I) |
Gold Bar of the Glorious Battlefield 1,000G x3 Resplendent Medal of Honor x36 |
Guilds/Alliances have a Command Post/Field HQ at the end of Conquest War | ![]() Burning Inspiration Reward |
Gold Bar of the Glorious Battlefield 1,000G x2 Gold Bar of the Glorious Battlefield 100G x5 Resplendent Medal of Honor x36 |
Guilds/Alliances do not have a Command Post/Field HQ at the end of Conquest War | ![]() Fighting Spirit Reward |
Gold Bar of the Glorious Battlefield 1,000G x1 Gold Bar of the Glorious Battlefield 100G x5 Resplendent Medal of Honor x10 |

- This feature is used during the official Black Desert broadcast of Conquest War.
● Fixed an issue where removing a Conquest War Wooden Fence also removed other Wooden Fences nearby.
● Changed the Gold Bars obtained for participating in Conquest War to the items listed below (however, the value of the item remains the same):
Items |
![]() Gold Bar of the Glorious Battlefield 10,000G ![]() Gold Bar of the Glorious Battlefield 1,000G ![]() Gold Bar of the Glorious Battlefield 100G |

UI
● Enlarged the scroll buttons on the following UI:
UI | |
Stable/Mount, Mount Information Upon Trading, Trade Item Window Skill(K) Dye(J) Manage Crafting |
Investment Bank Crafting Residence Guild House (Skill) Cooldown Display Setting |
Skills |
[Berserker] Smack Down, Undertaker, Rock Smash, Corpse Storm [Tamer] Soaring Kick [Valkyrie] Punishment [Wizard] Flame Knot [Guardian] Chokeslam, Neck Impaler [Hashashin] Constriction [Nova] Punishing Trap |
- To link items, open the chat window (Enter) and press shift + LMB on the item in the Family Inventory.
● Changed the "Steal" interaction with NPCs to show a notification if the character does not have enough energy.
- You will be notified through a system message if there are no search results.
● Changed Auto-sprint setting button to appear with the Stamina UI.
● Changed the mouse cursor to change its appearance to the input shape when right-clicking on a skill preset slot.
● Changed the following UI to display the amount collected when selling horses at the Horse Market:
- Confirmation message window upon collection.
- System message in the chat window after collectiion.
● Changed the error message to be more apparent when an error occurs in certain situations with items that were registered on the Central Market with the 15-min wait time.
WEB
● Changed the Black Desert logo.
● Improved the Find ID/Password function on the official Black Desert website.
● Changed the Pearl Abyss logo displayed on the top right of the Black Desert launcher to the latest version.
CHANGES & FIXES
● Fixed the issue where Lekrashan would sometimes not be inflicted with damage in the Juur Sea.
● Fixed the issue where certain parts of the [Lahn] Desert Camouflauge/Treat Camouflauge main weapon and sub-weapons could not be dyed.
● Fixed the Monster Rank to not show categories that are not totaled in the Kzarka ranking.
● Fixed the issue where the camera did not function properly in certain situations when previewing the Witch class outfits.
● Fixed the issue where the awkward motion that appeared when previewing Premium Sets in awakening stance within the Pearl Shop (F3).
● Fixed the awkward text in the quest summary of the O'dyllita sub-quest "Task 2: [Crossroad] Indiscriminate Attack - Combat."
● Fixed the issue where the Guild Advisor could not get items from the guild mount's Inventory.
● Fixed the issue where clicking on the speech bubble that appears on the Central Market notification that pops-up in the bottom right corner of the screen opened an abnormal page.
● Fixed the issue where Atoraxxion - Vahamalkea could be accessed without Talibre's Tear by using Lafi Bedmountain's Upgraded Compass.
● Fixed the issue where opening the Pearl Shop (F3) while on a mount and pressing the Top-up button would sometimes cause the game try reconnecting.
● Fixed the issue where objects inside the residence occasionally appeared as if they were not set up if you used the numeric keypad to install a chandelier, wall, and floor material.
● Fixed an issue where the Skill Guide UI displayed abnormally in certain situations.