Hello, adventurers.

This is The MMORPG, Black Desert.

Check out the latest updates for March 22th 2018.

Introducing New Area ‘Valencia Part 1’ and New class ‘MUSA’.

Please find below for detail updates!

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●  Valencia Launch Celebration Event!

  - Collect Desert Seals to get rewards!

   : Period : 2018.03.23 (00:00) ~ 04.12 (23:.59)

    : The real adventure begins now!

  - Valencia Screenshot Event!

    : Period : 2018.03.22 (After weekly maintenance) ~ 04.12 (Before weekly maintenance)

    : Show us your best moments in Valencia!

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●  MUSA Update Celebration Event!

  - Level up Event!

    : Period : 2018.03.22 (After weekly maintenance) ~ 04.19 (Before weekly maintenance)

    : Level up Musa to get rewards as well as a chance to win special gifts!

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  - Concept Screenshot Event!

    : Period : 2018.03.22 (After weekly maintenance) ~ 04.05 (Before weekly maintenance)

    : Share a screenshot of your Musa with a variety of themes!

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●  Welcome Spring Event!

  - 7 Days Free Trial!

    : Period : 2018.03.22 (After weekly maintenance) ~ Available until further notice

    : 7 days free trial for Adventurers with no package purchase record!

  - Pearl Item 20% Discount Coupon!

    : Period : 2018.03.22 (After weekly maintenance) ~ 04.01 (23:.59)

    : Surprise rewards for all Adventurers!

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●  Cherry Blossom Festival!

  - Collect Cherry Blossoms and seeds!

    : Period : 2018.03.22 (After weekly maintenance) ~ 04.12 (Before weekly maintenance)

    : Exchange Cherry Blossoms for rewards and Grow your own Cherry Blossom tree!

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●  Pearl Box Purchase Event!

  - Get 100 Pearls back when you purchase 500 Pearls!

    : Period : 2018.03.22 (After weekly maintenance) ~ 04.19 (Before weekly maintenance)

● The Valencia Desert area has been added.

- Pathfinding Changes

: The guidance arrow and Ping will not be available in the desert.

: Players can not find their location by using World Map or Mini Map in the desert.

- Movement Changes

: Basic Movement Speed will not be changed in the desert.

: Movement Speed and Skill Usage of Horse/ Wagon will be limited in the desert.

: Camels are the most efficient transportation in the desert

- Weather and Effects of the Desert

: Chance of Sunstroke during day time or Hypothermia at night.

: HP constantly drops when players get Sunstroke or Hypothermia

: Players must drink Purified Water to heal Sunstroke or drink Star Anise Tea to heal Hypothermia.

: Players can make Star Anise Tea from Star Anise and Purified/Distilled Water using "Simple Cooking" from the processing tab (L).

: Sandstorms sometimes occur in the desert.

- Desert Treasure Hunting

: Players can use a Shabby Shovel in the desert.

: Players will get various items by using 1 Energy.

● This content will be added in a later update, we are very sorry for the confusion and inconvenience this may have caused.

- New mount: [Guild] Elephant has been added.

: Players can capture and raise Elephant in Valencia.

: Players can capture Elephant by using Capturing Rope and Desert Peanut.

: A captured baby elephant can be used by Guild members when it becomes mature.

● New gear items have been added.

- The following items cannot be traded or enhanced, and they have two Transfusion (crystal) slots.

- Black Abyssal armors can be obtained from the monsters in Mediah, and they can also be obtained by completing a quest series.

- Black Abyssall weapons can only be obtained through quests.

- The specs are as follows:

● You can now gain Sharp Black Crystal Shard, and Hard Black Crystal Shard from Gathering with an Empty Bottle.

- Please keep in mind the celebratory motion that the character performs upon obtaining Sharp Black Crystal Shard or Hard Black Crystal Shard will stop the Auto-gathering process.

● Fixed the issue where the Team Battle scores were not being updated intermittently.

● The Movement Speed and related stats will no longer affect how fast a class will pull a cart or wheelbarrow, all classes will pull these objects at the same speed.

● A New wall object has been added at the starting point of the Red Desert side in Red Battlefield.

● Team Battles will now end when more than 3 team members exit the game.

- In this case, both teams will not get any rewards.

- The team with the members that left will forfeit the Battle and will have a point added to their Loss Count, and the Team Battle points will be reduced by the maximum penalty amount.

● Pre-order function has been added to the Transaction Maid.

- Using the Pre-order function will still trigger the Cooldown for the Maid.

- When this function is used and a Pre-order is placed, Silver coins will be taken from the warehouse of the major city of the corresponding Territory. If you want to cancel the Pre-order, you can by conversing with the Marketplace NPC of the city of the territory you are located in.

● Pre-order button is now available for out-of-stock items in the Marketplace.

● Fixed the issue where items from another town’s Storage appeared on the transport status list when transporting storage items.

● A new title, “Colorful,” has been added.

- The title can be obtained after having defeated enough quantity of Kuku Birds.

● Fixed the issue where stats of Death Count shown under Conquest Status in Guild (G) menu were intermittently not being updated.

 

● The new class ‘MUSA’ has been added.

- The Musa is a swordsman armed with an arsenal of powerful area of effect skills and blazing speed to devastate their foes in the blink of an eye while avoiding danger.

● Character Slot has been expanded to 11 with the opening of the Musa class.

 

【Tamer】

● Fixed the graphical glitch on Tamer's hair while wearing the Lahr Arcien Hat that made the back of her head look empty.

【Ranger】

● The damage of the skill Bow Skill will now be correctly applied as 150% x2 while mounted.

【Items】

● High-Quality Carrot Juice and Special Carrot Juice will now recover +50% more of its original recovery amount when used to restore HP of a Mount.

 

【Quest, Knowledge】

● New Year’s Food event quest has been ended.

● Quests for obtaining Black Abyssal weapons have been added.(These quests are difficult)

- Talk to NPC Konah at Altinova Arena if you are Lv. 55 or up.

- Go to the Suggested tab of the Quest window (O) to find the quest. This quest can be done once per Family.

- Complete this quest series to obtain Black Abyssal Weapon Box.

● Quests for obtaining Derek's Light Leather Shoes have been added.(These quests are difficult)

- Talk to NPC Theo Dango at Highland Junction if you are Lv. 53 or up.

- Go to the Suggested tab of the Quest window (O) to find the quest. This quest can be done once per Family.

- Complete this quest series to obtain Derek's Light Leather Shoes.

● Quests for obtaining Mediah Merchants Union Helm have been added.(These quests are difficult)

- Talk to NPC Kesir Baum at Abun if you are Lv. 54 or up.

- Go to the Suggested tab of the Quest window (O) to find the quest. This quest can be done once per Family.

- Complete this quest series to obtain Mediah Merchants Union Helmet.

● Fixed the issue where the counter for the number of destroyed Jellyfish, while using a Practice Matchlock would not properly update during the quest ‘Annoying Jellyfish’.

[NPC, Background]

● Cherry Blossom background has been applied.

● Fixed the issue where Gathering Dried Thickets twice in a row was possible in Mediah.

● Fixed the graphical glitch on two overlapping Protesters in Calpheon City.

● Fixed the graphical glitch on a carpet placed in front of NPC Shakatu.

● The Coin icon for the Buy button in the Pearl Shop has been changed to a Pearl icon.

[▶Go to Pearl Shop Update]

 

【UI】

● Fixed the issue where the Marketplace Notifications pop-up window could be closed with the ESC key.

● Fixed the issue that was causing a misleading system message to appear, warning of a low chance to Enhance when performing a Forced Enhance.

● The Recently Successful Cooking and Alchemy windows will no longer hide the Inventory window when using Cooking Utensil or Alchemy Tool.

● Fixed the issue where rotating the Minimap did not work properly after enabling Rotate Minimap under Misc. in Settings and reloading the UI.

● If you open the Pearl Shop (F3) or the Knowledge window (H) while the Crafting Notes window (F2) is open, the Crafting Notes window should no longer be visible.

● The Cancel button in the End Game window has been replaced with a Tray button.

- The Tray function is available for Quick Hotkey and minimizes the game display to your computer’s system tray.

● When you Give Gift on the Pearl Shop the total cost in Pearls should now appear.

● Pre-order buttons will not appear for Pearl items in the Marketplace.

● Storage window will now pop up next to the Inventory.



 

● A “Delete Cache” button has been added to the upper left-hand corner of the Settings window.

- If you still see an Adventurer’s old Character/Family/Guild name after it was changed with a name change coupon, using the Delete Cache function should solve the problem.

【Resolved Issues】

● Fixed the overlapping text issue with the Purchase Weight Limit button and Weight Limit text.