Hello, Adventurers.
Here are the updates made to Black Desert on November 22, 2023.
(Patch size: approx. 1.51 GB)
- Please note that the update for Steam may be larger than the size listed above.
※ Please read below for details.
Event
- Event 1. Collect Rock of Abundance with Adventurers from Around the World!
- Event Period : Nov 22, 2023 (Wed) after maintenance - Dec 6, 2023 (Wed) before maintenance
- Event 2. Black Friday! Get the Black Bundle with Silver!
- Event Period : Nov 22, 2023 (Wed) after maintenance - Dec 6, 2023 (Wed) before maintenance
- Event 3. Gobble, gobble! Fowl Play for Thanksgiving?
- Event Period : Nov 22, 2023 (Wed) after maintenance - Dec 6, 2023 (Wed) before maintenance
- Event 4. Path of the Life Enthusiast! [Training]
- Event Period : Nov 22, 2023 (Wed) after maintenance - Dec 6, 2023 (Wed) before maintenance
- Event 5. Special Login Rewards for Winter!
- Event Period : Nov 23, 2023 (Thu) 00:00 - Dec 27, 2023 (Wed) 23:59
- Event 6. [Autumn Sale] Packages and Bundles Deals
- Event Period : November 22, 2023 (Wed) after maintenance – November 29, 2023 (Wed) before maintenance
NEW & IMPROVEMENTS
Previously, skill add-on effects were divided by 3 tiers, but some effects were too effective, potentially causing some discrepancies between classes.
Thus, we decided to implement a more simpler, more convenient, albeit fair, change to all skill add-ons entirely.
To summarize the implemented changes...
First, skill add-on tiers are now determined by skill cooldown timers.
Second, skill add-on tiers are now only discernable by the duration of the granted effects.
We've also adjusted the duration based on skill add-on types. For buff-type skill add-on effects, we've mainly increased their duration across the board, mainly in hopes to reduce the stress of keeping these buffs applied for our adventurers.
Certain special "on hit" skill add-on effects that apply Down Smash, Air Smash, or recover HP have seen the numbers unified for all tiers, hence making them more accessible regardless of tier.
There may be a brief period of adjustment required for getting used to these new skill add-on changes, but we graciously ask for your understanding as we sought to implement these changes to make skill add-ons more accessible and enjoyable for all adventurers, old and new.
Ever since last week's 1st wave of class balance changes, we've been closely monitoring for and planning the direction of the next wave of changes. As today's update dealt with skill add-on changes, do note that we will focus on tweaking the changed damage numbers for the time being.
- Revamped the skill add-on system.
- Unified the number of granted skill add-on effects for all tiers.
i.e.) Extra AP Against Monsters +10/20/30 → +30 for all tiers
- Divided skill add-ons into groups based on the effect.
- Offensive A/B, defensive, debuffs A/B, and other effects.
Offensive A (Stat buffs) |
Extra AP Against Monsters+, Extra Damage to Humans+, Critical Hit Rate+, Attack/Casting Speed+, Movement Speed+, All Accuracy Rate+ |
Offensive B (Damage buffs) |
Down Attack damage+, Back Attack damage+, Critical Hit damage+, Air Attack damage+ |
Defensive (Stat buffs) |
All DP+, All Evasion Rate+ |
Debuff A (Stat debuffs) |
Extra Damage to Humans-, All DP-, All Evasion Rate-, All Accuracy Rate- |
Debuff B (Speed debuffs) |
Attack/Casting Speed-, Movement Speed- |
Other effects | Bleeding damage, recover HP per hit, recover resource per hit, Down Smash, Air Smash |
- Removed the "reduce resource for target" on hit effect.
- Changed the duration of skill add-on effects according to each tier and group as follows.
Offensive A (Stat buffs) |
7 sec for all tiers → 7/12/20 sec |
Offensive B (Damage buffs) |
5 sec for all tiers → 5/7/10 sec |
Defensive (Stat buffs) |
7 sec for all tiers → 10/15/25 sec |
Debuff A (Stat debuffs) |
10 sec for all tiers → 7/10/12 sec |
Debuff B (Speed debuffs) |
10 sec for all tiers → 4/7/10 sec |
Other effects | Bleeding damage: 50/100/150 bleeding damage per 3 sec for 15/15/15 sec → 100 bleeding damage per 3 sec for 9/15/27 sec Down Smash & Air Smash: 10/15/20% chance → 15% chance for all tiers Recover HP per hit: recover 5/10/15 HP per hit → recover 10 HP per hit for all tiers Recover MP/WP/SP per hit: 10/20/30 MP/WP/SP per hit → 20 MP/WP/SP per hit for all tiers |
- Reorganized the skill add-on tiers according to each skill's cooldown timer.
Tier 1 | Cooldown is 5 sec or below |
Tier 2 | Cooldown is over 5 sec but below 13 sec Cooldown is 13 sec or above, yet skill can be used during cooldown |
Tier 3 | Cooldown is 13 sec or above |
(Ex 1. Eradication (I to III) has a cooldown of 8/7/5 sec per rank, but based on its max rank III's cooldown (5 sec), its add-on is tier 1.)
※ If a skill has a Prime version, the cooldown of the Prime skill's max rank is taken into consideration for all variations of the skill (I, II, Absolute, etc.)
(Ex 2. Flash Slash has a Prime version of the skill, and its max rank is Prime: Flash Slash IV, which has a cooldown of 12 sec, thus making it tier 2 for all variations (I, II, Absolute, etc.))
- All skill add-on effects follow the same existing rules for how buffs and debuffs are applied.
- Identical effects with identical durations will refresh the overall duration upon being re-applied.
- A skill's add-on effects and inherent effects can be applied at the same time.
- All adventurers have been issued an [Event] Secret Book of Old Moon (3 Days) via Mail (B) during the Nov 22 (Wed) maintenance.
- Characters can freely enter the Battle Arena via the ESC menu from Lv. 56 to set their skill add-ons through NPC Tachros.
- Added cooldown and skill add-on information in the description.
- Changed the cooldown: 20/19/17/16/14 sec → 20/18/16/14/12 sec
- Changed the cooldown: 17/15/13 sec → 16/14/12 sec
- Fixed the PvP damage reduction rate to display the correct figure: 100% → 72.8%
- Changed the cooldown: 15 sec → 12 sec
- Changed the cooldown: 15 sec → 12 sec
CONTENTS
Bosses | Changes |
Imoogi |
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Duoksini |
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Apex Changui |
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Golden Pig King |
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Oduksini |
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Bamboo Legion Lieutenant |
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Sangoon |
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Mudang Wraith |
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Gumiho |
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Songakshi |
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[Black Shrine] Boss Blitz Rewards
- Increased the number of Sangpyeong Coins that can be obtained from the weekly Boss Blitz Reward of the Black Shrine.
Black Shrine Difficulty | The probability of obtaining Primordial Crystals (Girin/Bonghwang/Haetae's Fragment, Girin/Bonghwang/Haetae's Crystal) |
The probability of obtaining Crystal of Harmony | The number of Sangpyeong Coin |
Calamity 7 | Increased by 2.5 times | Increased by 2.5 times | Increased by 5.8 times |
Calamity 6 | Increased by 2.3 times | Increased by 2.3 times | Increased by 5.8 times |
Calamity 5 | Increased by 1.9 times | Increased by 1.9 times | Increased by 5.1 times |
Calamity 4 | Increased by 1.8 times | Increased by 1.8 times | Increased by 4.6 times |
- Hyunyong of the Chorong Merchant Guild, who resides in Nampo's Moodle Village, has started to exchange goods for Sangpyeong Coins.
- Accordingly, the description of the Sangpyeong Coin has been updated with exchange item information.
Required Item | Exchange Item |
Sangpyeong Coin x2,000 | Crystal of Harmony x1 |
Sangpyeong Coin x1,500 | Girin's Fragment x1 |
Sangpyeong Coin x1,500 | Bonghwang's Fragment x1 |
Sangpyeong Coin x1,500 | Haetae's Fragment x1 |
Sangpyeong Coin x1,000 | Forest Crystal x1 |
- Changed the Progression Pass - Gathering objective to complete the "Obtain Crystallized Blood" quest to the "Obtain Fairy's Breath" quest.
- Changed so that [Event] Turkey Feather can be exchanged even after the event period ends.
- Removed text related to exchange period from the description.
- Exchange available with David Finto in Velia.
ITEM
Increased Life Skill Byproducts
- Increased the amount of byproducts obtainable for the following Life Skill activities thanks to the blessing of Agris, god of abundance.
Gathering: Fairy's Breath | Increased by 4.6 times |
Trading: Stained Silk | Increased by 6 times |
Hunting: Wildspark | Increased by 4.5 times (excludes sniper rifle hunting) |
Gathering: Blush Leaf | Increased by 3 times |
- Changed the Sturdy Fence of Abundance to be exchangeable for the Fence of Abundance once more.
- You can exchange the Sturdy Fence of Abundance for the Fence of Abundance through Klau, the Old Moon Manager of Velia.
- Changed the Fence of Abundance and Sturdy Fence of Abundance to be exchangeable with the Old Moon Managers in all regions.
- Klau, the Old Moon Manager in Velia
- Stee, the Old Moon Manager in Heidel
- Lajee, the Old Moon Manager in Calpheon
- Jak, the Old Moon Manager in Altinova
- Sahin, the Old Moon Manager in Valencia
- Zya, the Old Moon Manager in Grána City
- Taya, the Old Moon Manager in Duvencrune
- Mene, the Old Moon Manager in O'draxxia
- Ploux, the Old Moon Manager in Eilton
MONSTER
Hollow Maretta, the Siren of the Ocean
Those who dare brave their chances against Hollow Maretta will have to navigate past her summoned typhoons and Hekaru minions (and their explosive attacks). Much caution is advised.
- Somewhere in the Margoria Seas, a strangely seductive song can be heard.
- Follow the song to encounter Hollow Maretta, the Siren of the Ocean.
※ Hollow Maretta will reappear 1 hour after being defeated.
- Defeat Hollow Maretta, the Siren of the Ocean, to obtain the following items according to a set probability.
Major Loot |
Siren Song Aura (guaranteed) Moss-Covered Map Oquilla's Flower Sunset Black Stone Wooden Nail Soaked in Seawater Finely Polished Pine Plywood Glue With Traces of Deep Waves Margoria Crystal Zulatia Crystal Serni Crystal Sethra's Artifact - Life EXP, Sethra's Artifact - Life Skill Mastery Sethra's Artifact - Sailing EXP, Sethra's Artifact - Sailing Mastery Resplendent Lightstone of Flora |
Manos Sailing Log
- You can craft the "Manos Sailing Log" with Siren Song Auras.
Manos Sailing Log | |
How to Obtain | Item Effects |
Manufacture (L) Siren Song Aura x3 |
Sailing EXP +10% Sailing Mastery +5 to +400 (based on enhancement level) Max Big Ship Speed +15% Max Big Ship Auto-sail Speed +15% Big Ship BreezySail Speed +15% Big Ship Auto-BreezySail Speed +15% |
- Added the Srulk and Loggia Sailing Logs.
Srulk & Loggia Sailing Logs | |
How to Obtain | Item Effects |
[Srulk Sailing Log] - Purchase from "Srulk," wharf manager of Port Epheria - Purchase from "Zaaira," material vendor of Velia - Purchase from "Geranoa," material vendor of Calpheon [Loggia Sailing Log] - Purchase from "Camellia Loggia," seed vendor of Loggia Farm- - Purchase from "Zaaira," material vendor of Velia |
[Srulk Sailing Log]
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MOUNT
Boarding & Disembark
- Doubled the distance for boarding and disembarking from ships.
QUEST & KNOWLEDGE
Prelude to Ulukita, the Exalted Land
We are also planning to joint-release the main questline along with the third region, but before all that, today's update brings to us a prequel quest leading into Ulukita itself.
This questline covers the tale of Prince Bareeds III, an unfortunate figure in the current landscape of Mediahn politics. Please look forward to it.
- Troublesome rumors are circulating of a certain prince exiled to Altinova.
- You can now proceed with the "[Ulukita] Dark Whispers in Altinova," the questline preluding to Ulukita, the Exalted Land.
- You will need to have completed the final main quest in Valencia "[Valencia] Dawn of a New Age" in order to accept the Ulukita prequel quest.
- Completing this questline will award you with "[Title] Howl of the Wilds" and the "Record: Rumors of Altinova" item that bears the details of this questline in writing.
New Garmoth's Heart Quest: Kukao and the Crimson Paint
The previously added "Orzecan records" questline had adventurers engaging in various activities and progression, and, after investing much time and resources, would reward adventurers with a Garmoth's Heart. Today's update is a bit more straightforward, as you will need to defeat the Crimson Dragon enough times until you collect the right amount of items to trade in for her most coveted heart.
We also decided to increase the max price of Garmoth's Heart on the Central Market. We hope these changes add more weight to the accomplishment of obtaining this precious crystal, as well as further add to the anticipation and excitement towards the next encounter with the Crimson Dragon herself.
"Queek! I'm gonna capture a side of the Crimson Dragon that'll put Kakuo's artwork to shame. Queek!
Queek! There's some item known as bloodstones. If I can get my paws on those... I'll be able to paint a proper masterpiece! Queek, queek"
- Kukao, resident painter of Garmoth's Nest, is seeking some crimson paint to use to paint a masterpiece better than anything his brother Kakuo could ever paint.
- Added the "Happy Crimson Accident" quest, which rewards a Garmoth's Heart item once per Family.
Quest & NPC | Objective | Reward |
Happy Crimson Accident ("Fearless" Kukao at Garmoth's Nest) |
Hand over Garmoth's Bloodstone x10
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Garmoth's Heart x1
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- Added Garmoth's Bloodstone to the loot table of "Garmoth's Roaring Reward Bundle" rewarded from completing Kukao's weekly quests "[Weekly] Gotta Frame It, Garmoth I - III."
※ The weekly Garmoth subjugation quests from Kukao reset every Thursday at midnight. You can still complete the weekly quests you've accepted before the update.
- Changed the max price of Garmoth's Heart on the Central Market
Before | After |
9.1 billion Silver | 20 billion Silver |
Existing Quest for Acquisition of Garmoth's Heart: Records of the Ancient Kingdom Orzeca
- Increased the amount of Intact Nouver's Reverse Scale that can be obtained by defeating Nouver and Bloodstorm Nouver.
- However, the amount of Intact Nouver's Reverse Scale obtained from the doubles summoned in the sandstorm by Bloodstorm Nouver remains unchanged.
Before | After |
Intact Nouver's Reverse Scale x2-3
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Intact Nouver's Reverse Scale x5-7
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- Changed the objectives of the following quests that can be accepted via 'Black Eyeroot' in the Crypt of Resting Thoughts.
Quests | Changes | |
[Chapter 5] Perfect Darkness | Obtain Corrupt Turasil Darkness x10,000 → Obtain Corrupt Turasil Darkness x1,500 | |
[Chapter 6] Breath of Nature | Hand over Earth/Water/Wind/Tree Spirit Stone Fragment x100 each → Hand over Earth/Water/Wind/Tree Spirit Stone Fragment x30 each |
Simplified Blackstar Gear Crafting Quest
- Improved the process for crafting Blackstar gears.
- Once you've completed the previous Blackstar gear crafting quest for each part, you can accept the [Blackstar] All About Blackstar quest per part.
- How to accept: Activate "Combat" quest type and accept via the Black Spirit.
- If you've completed the [Blackstar] All About Blackstar quest for each part, you can craft the Blackstar gear for that part without progressing through the story quest.
- How to craft: Craft with Dorin Morgrim while holding the crafting materials (same crafting materials as before).
- Once you've completed the previous Blackstar gear crafting quest for each part, you can accept the [Blackstar] All About Blackstar quest per part.
Simplified Blackstar Gear Crafting Quest | |
Already completed the previous Blackstar gear crafting quest for each part | After completing the [Blackstar] All About Blackstar |
Proceed with the [Blackstar] All About Blackstar quest for each part! (Activate "Combat" quest type and accept via the Black Spirit) |
Craft with Dorin Morgrim without the Blackstar gear crafting quest (The crafting materials are required in the same way) |
- Improved the navigation for the following main quests:
- For some quests that must be completed in the order of the quest objectives, the navigation has been improved to proceed sequentially as the quest objectives are completed.
Balenos | Serendia | Land of the Morning Light |
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[Balenos] Knowing the Enemy and Oneself [Balenos] Food Comes First [Balenos] Break the Chains of Vengeful Souls |
Secret Book The Emotional Supply |
[Mudang Wraith] Bari the Mudang [Mudang Wraith] Bari and Mister Turt [Gumiho] Honglim and Yeowoo Pass [Gumiho] Fox Hunt [Golden Pig King] Golden Pig Subjugation [Duoksini] Stripefolk Ahryung [Bamboo Legion] Helping Ondal [Bamboo Legion] A Box Buried in Soopmol Village [Geuseunsae] Booze in the Reed Field [Geuseunsae] Brewkkebi's Brew [Geuseunsae] Young-goo's Hunting Dogs |
[Officers] About the Yeongam of the East [Changui] Culprit's Features [Apex Changui] Uninterested Hunter [Apex Changui] Operation Ambush [Apex Changui] Formerly Human [Sangoon] Mr. Byeon Tells the Truth [Sangoon] Where a Tiger Dies, a Flower Blooms [Sangoon] The Bold and Daring? [Koo Mihyun] A Heartfelt Gift [Koo Mihyun] Seungsan's Truth |
- Improved the navigation to first guide to the object that needs to be moved for quests that involve moving items like boxes.
- Stories about the pirate fleet roaming Margoria have started to circulate at the Dancing Marlin Tavern.
- Added knowledge of the Margoria Pirate Fleet.
- Knowledge of the Margoria Pirate Fleet is obtained according to a set probability when you defeat the Margoria Pirate Fleet.
- Added knowledge of the Margoria Pirate Fleet.
NODE/CONQUEST WAR
Alliance Node/Conquest War Participant Confirmation
- Added the feature to confirm the total number of participants in Node/Conquest Wars within the alliance.
- Confirm this via the Node/Conquest War participant indicator at the bottom of the Guild (G) - Guild Member Status tab.
- This indicator will be displayed when there is more than 1 alliance member who has clicked the participate button in the Node/Conquest War.
- Disabled the "Resurrect at the closest Safe Zone" option for participants who die during Node/Conquest Wars.
- Enabled resurrection at the Fort/Command Post/Field HQ for participants who die outside the Node War area during Node/Conquest Wars.
NPC, BACKGROUND, SOUND
- Vov in Epheria Sea has moved to a nearby island.
- Accordingly, the following quests available from Vov have been changed.
- [Daily] Epheria's Best Sailor
- [Daily] Small Worry of a Castaway
- [Daily] Big Worry of a Castaway
- [Daily] Glittering Worry of a Castaway
- Accordingly, the following quests available from Vov have been changed.
UI
- Updated the Central Market's Sell Items List to include items in registration queue.
- Now you can check the registered time for items priced at 20 billion Silver or more, or for certain items, under the "In Registration Queue" tab of the Central Market.
- Improved the success message for the Mythical Awakening of the Dream Horse.
- Relocated the lock button for horse, wagon, and ship skills to the front of the skill name for increased visibility.
- Changed the "Reset All Groups" button at the bottom of Pet List UI.
- Replaced the "Reset All Groups" button at the bottom of the Pet List UI with an icon button.
- Clarified the mouseover label for the new icon from "Reset Group" to "Reset All Groups".
- Removed hotkey input acceptance from the confirmation window when resetting a group in the Pet List.
- Improved the "Heartfluttering Calpheon Ball!" event UI so that you can check the maximum quantity of each prize.
- Added a button to the bottom left of the "Heartfluttering Calpheon Ball!" event UI, allowing you to go to the event page.
- Added the hotkey of Challenge to the event description of "Heartfluttering Calpheon Ball!".
- Added description to mount growth reset that 1 reset item is consumed per reset.
SYSTEM
- Improved the occasional issue of the client closing unexpectedly.
- Removed unnecessarily piling error logs.
WEB
- Adjusted the wording of deleted or blinded posts and comments on the official website to be more natural.
TRANSLATION
- Changed and unified the following term in Turkish:
- Ticaret Klanı ve Kayıp Mallar → Ticaret Topluluğu ve Kayıp Mallar
CHANGES & FIXES
- Fixed the issue where the wine glass from the exclusive action of the Lovely Bloom Outfit would appear unnatural while mounted.
- [Shai] Fixed the issue where the wine glass from the exclusive action of the Lovely Bloom Outfit would appear unnatural while playing instruments.
- Fixed the issue where the skill tooltip would not refresh when learning a skill for the first time.
- Fixed the issue where the floor and some parts of furniture overlapped when placing the Memory of Ratt Harbor and O'draxxia Hardwood Dining Table in the residence.
- Changed so that when taking out an item from the Crystal Inventory in the Find My Item (CTRL+F) window, the Black Spirit is not summoned and the Crystal Inventory opens.
- Fixed the unnatural UI issue when opening a bundle-shaped box item and obtaining a certain type of item or more.
- Adjusted some appearances of the 14 types of Grána-style furniture to appear natural.
- Fixed the issue where the horse's status bar UI would not display when the horse moved onto a ship and then back to land.
- Fixed the issue where you could not climb onto a certain rock in the river of Beombawi Valley.
- Fixed the issue where the description of the "The Happiest Moment" quest included the PC controls when using the Gamepad UI.
- [Valkyrie] Fixed the issue where the command description of Prime: Celestial Spear II was displayed as that of Prime: Judgment of Light.
- [Nova] Fixed the issue where a character was partially displayed abnormally when wearing certain underwears with Aquila Armor.
- [Archer] Fixed the issue where a character's hair 1 was partially displayed abnormally when wearing Pumpkin Tailor Hat.
- [Archer] Fixed the issue where the leg part outfits were overlapped when wearing Martillo Swimsuit with Grave Keeper Clothes.
- Fixed the issue where the character couldn't move at certain locations on Terrmian Cliff.
- Fixed the issue where the Margoria Ghost Ship disappeared right after appearing in certain circumstances.
- Disabled the "Resurrect at the closest Safe Zone" option for participants who die during Node/Conquest Wars.
- Fixed the issue where Combat Sound Effect Volume/Clarity changes (under Settings → Audio Settings → Volume) didn't apply for certain classes.
- Fixed the issue where some parts of Skeletal Horse Gear looked unnatural when equipped on Mythical Doom.
- Fixed the issue where the quick hotkeys did not work when changing a crystal preset while moving in a safe zone.
- [Shai] Fixed the issue where the appearance of Sunset Artina Sol was not being displayed.
- [Sorceress] Fixed the typo in the skill description of the Wings of the Crow.
- [Dark Knight, Maegu] Fixed the issue where some appearances looked unnatural when wearing Agris Outfit Set.
- Fixed the issue where Daring Calpheon Seals were not consumed for raffles in certain situations.
- Added the number of newly restocked number of items to the amount before the temporarily hold of items due to the above issue.
- Fixed the incorrect description of Cup of Arid Moonlight.
- Removed the text related to crystal equipped gear in Devour's description.
Thank you.
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[Update] [Hotfix] November 17, 2023 (Fri) Update Details Nov 17, 2023 (UTC+3)
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