Updates Dec 27, 2023, 07:00 (UTC+3)
December 27, 2023 (Wed) Update Details
Hello, Adventurers.
Here are the updates made to Black Desert on December 27, 2023.
(Patch size: approx. 836.29 MB)
- Please note that the update for Steam may be larger than the size listed above.
※ Please read below for details.
Event
- Event 1. Make a Wish with a Lantern!
- Event Period : Dec 27, 2023 (Wed) after maintenance - Jan 10, 2024 (Wed) before maintenance
- Event 2. Scarecrow Training Never Stops!
- Event Period : Dec 27, 2023 (Wed) after maintenance - Jan 10, 2024 (Wed) before maintenance
- Event 3. Login Rewards are Here!
- Event Period : Dec 28, 2023 (Thurs) 00:00 - Jan 31, 2024 (Wed) 23:59
NEW & IMPROVEMENTS
CLASS CHANGES
Main Weapon, Ascension
- III - Fixed the issue where the maximum of 7 targets was not being applied.
- Changed to be usable during cooldown.
- Floating on hits & recover MP per hit nullified during cooldown.
- Damage reduced during cooldown.
- I to V - Added cooldown:
- 5/5/5/4/4 sec
- Changed to be usable during cooldown.
- All DP reduction on hits nullified during cooldown.
- Damage reduced during cooldown.
- I to V - Added cooldown:
- 7/7/7/6/6 sec
- Changed Skill Add-on tier: 1 -> 2
- Changed to be usable during cooldown.
- Recover MP per hit nullified during cooldown.
- Damage reduced during cooldown.
- I to III - Changed the cooldown:
- 7/6/5 sec -> 5/5/4 sec
- I to III - Changed the cooldown:
- 6/5/4 sec -> 5/4/3 sec
- I to III - Changed Gravity Anchor's cooldown reduction when using the skill:
- 3/4/5 sec -> 5/6/7 sec
- Changed to be usable during cooldown.
- Knockdown on hits nullified during cooldown.
- Damage reduced during cooldown.
- I to III - Changed the cooldown:
- 9/8/7 sec -> 7/7/6 sec
- Fixed the issue where the All Accuracy Rate +0.5% buff wasn't being applied properly.
- I to II - Changed the cooldown:
- 8/7 sec -> 6/6 sec
- I - Changed the cooldown: 7 sec -> 6 sec
- I to III - Changed the cooldown:
- 9/8/7 sec -> 7/7/6 sec
- I to Absolute - Changed the cooldown:
- 12/11/10/9 sec -> 8 sec
- Fixed the issue where you couldn't reach the maximum damage increase based on fall height.
- Fixed the issue where the All DP Increase effect was applied to the target during Attack 3.
- Fixed the issue where the fall animation played when getting off from a galloping horse, even when there was very little height difference from the ground.
- Fixed the issue where the fall animation played when getting off from the two-seater position of horse, even when there was very little height difference from the ground.
CONTENTS
Season
- Removed the "Season Character" condition to claim the "Season Lv. 61! Select a TET (IV) Blackstar Weapon!" Challenge.
- Added the following item as an obtainable reward upon defeating "Skittish" Afuaru.
- Time-filled Blackstone x3-5
- Increased the number of Time-filled Black Stones obtainable by threefold from defeating monsters in Rift's Echo.
- Removed any "Fughar's Timepiece" obtained during the 2023 Summer Season as mentioned in "[GM Note] Play Every Day in the All-New Season!"
ITEM
- Improved the icons of Metal Solvent, Manos Trainer's and Gatherer's Clothes.
| Changed Icons | ||
 Metal Solvent
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 Manos Trainer's Clothes
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 Manos Gatherer's Clothes
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Materials for Combined (Craftable) Accessories
- Removed certain materials used to craft accessories.
| Item Name |
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Abyssal Gaze
Specter's Gaze Jewel of Illusion Ancient Power - Black Shard Ancient Power - Red Shard Ancient Seal - Red Shard Ancient Seal - Black Shard |
- Changed the drop rates of certain accessories due to the aforementioned change as follows.
| Accessory | Changes |
| Deboreka Necklace | Deboreka Necklace's drop rate + Specter's Gaze's drop rate |
| Deboreka Belt | Deboreka Belt's drop rate + Abyssal Gaze's drop rate |
| Deboreka Earring | Deboreka Earring's drop rate + Jewel of Illusion's drop rate |
| Tungrad Earring | Tungrad Earring's drop rate + Ancient Power - Black Shard's drop rate |
| Tungrad Ring | Tungrad Ring's drop rate + Ancient Seal - Red Shard's drop rate |
- Added "Tungrad Earring" to the loot table for defeating monsters in Hystria Ruins.
- Tungrad Earring's drop rate is 1.25 times Ancient Power - Black Shard's drop rate.
- Replaced Jewel of Illusion with Deboreka Earring in the Black Shrine Blitz Reward.
- Added the Jewel of Illusion's probability to Deboreka's Earring's probability for Black Shrine Blitz Rewards which already contained Deboreka Earrings.
- Changed "Jewel of Illusion" to "Deboreka Earring" as the result for the following recipes.
- Tear of Illusion x20, Embers of Hongik x400, Magical Lightstone Crystal x200, Yona's Fragment x100
- Changed "Ancient Seal - Red Shard" to "Tungrad Ring" obtained from opening Traces of the Ancient Seal.
- Changed the completion items for the quest "Normalized Currents" from "Ancient Seal - Red Shard" and "Ancient Seal - Black Shard" to "Tungard Ring".
- Removed Simple Alchemy recipes for Artifact items with Ancient Seal - Black Shard and Ancient Power - Red Shard.
- The existing Simple Alchemy recipes utilizing 1 Artifact remains unchanged.
※ The following was applied during the Dec 27, 2023 (Wed) maintenance.
- The below 4 items are no longer obtainable.
- Ancient Seal - Red Shard / Ancient Seal - Black Shard / Ancient Power - Red Shard / Ancient Power - Black Shard
- The following 4 items were removed and had the completed items distributed.
- Specter's Gaze → Deboreka Necklace
- Abyssal Gaze → Deboreka Belt
- Dawn's Resentment → Dawn Earring
- Jewel of Illusion → Deboreka Earring
※ The following items will be removed from the game during the Jan 3, 2024 (Wed) maintenance and will be compensated with their equivalent values in Silver.
- Ancient Seal - Red Shard / Ancient Seal - Black Shard / Ancient Power - Red Shard / Ancient Power - Black Shard
For more details, please refer to the [Announcement] Item Removal Due to Item Simplification post on the official website.
- Changed the icons for the following TET (IV) Blackstar weapon boxes.
| TET (IV) Blackstar Main Weapon Box | TET (IV) Blackstar Awakening Weapon Box | TET (IV) Blackstar Sub-weapon Box |
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QUEST & KNOWLEDGE
- Changed the Ulukita prelude quest dialogue to be displayed in the selected language.
UI
- Improved the item confirmation text input UI that pops up when using Vipiko's Dreaming Horse.
TRANSLATION
- Changed and unified the following in Turkish:
- Türkiye Bayrağı > Türk Bayrağı
- Buraya gel! > Hadi Toplanın!
CHANGES & FIXES
- Fixed the issue where Gulgak would appear in the air midbattle with Apex Changui during the Tale of the Apex Changui questline.
- Fixed the issue where movement was abnormal around the rivers of Narcion.
- Fixed the issue where the message to confirm switching to Succession/Awakening would incorrectly display the same contents as before.
- Fixed the issue where the Black Shrine UI would appear as if you could claim a blitz reward..
- Fixed the issue where weather and environment effects were abnormally applied when using a sniper rifle in Photo Mode (CTRL+U).
- Fixed the issue where footprints of characters and mounts wouldn't disappear under certain graphics settings.
- Fixed the issue with abnormal topography around Mediah Castle.
- Fixed the issue with carpets appearing abnormal in Ulukita.
- Fixed the issue with vegetation appearing abnormal in Muzgar.
- Fixed the issue where transparent objects appeared around Junaid River.
- Fixed the issue where the weather effects that first appeared on the World Map upon logging in-game didn't reflect the actual weather conditions around you.
- Fixed the issue where trade goods weren't greyed out from the local storage accessed with your maid.
- Fixed the issue where defeating monsters in [Dehkia's Lantern] Ash Forest wouldn't count towards relevant guild missions.
- [Scholar] Fixed the following issues with the class.
- Fixed the issue where Scholar couldn't progress through the Ulukita main questline.
- Fixed the issue where the Black Spirit would offer an unacceptable quest during the Ascension questline.
- Fixed the issue with abnormal text displayed during Dorin Morgrim's Secrets.
- Fixed the issue where you couldn't hand over a Calpheon Noble Dress for Deve's Encyclopedia adventure log.
- Fixed the camera effect applied when using the Book of Training.
- Fixed the issue where Anti-gravity's passive effects appeared bloody when applied to allies.
- Gravity Anchor - Fixed the issue where you wouldn't teleport to an installed gravity core if there was another adventurer in the way.
- Black Spirit: Potential Energy I - Fixed the issue where the skill icon wouldn't appear.
- Rage Absorption - Fixed the issue where the AP and Attack Speed increase effects weren't applied.
- [Scholar] La Orzeca - Fixed the issue where wearing the outfit with other outfits made your appearance abnormal.
- Fixed the issue where you couldn't use a weapon exchange coupon or the Item Copy function on certain Awakening weapons.
- [Scholar] Rocaba Armor - Fixed the issue where wearing this armor with parts of other outfits made your appearance abnormal.
- Fixed the issue where the Christmas decorations near NPC Valks in Calpheon City appeared abnormal.
- Fixed the issue with the abnormal location of the crystal restoration button on the death screen for UI size set to at least 120%.
- Fixed the issue where the Key Guide was missing when opening the Recent Cooking window with the Gamepad UI.
- Fixed the issue where the number pad window intermittently obscured the selection box window when opening multiple boxes with the Gamepad UI.
- [Scholar] Fixed the issue you couldn't customize your character's left and right pupils separately.
- Fixed the issue where the Grandpa Cron's (Lil') Helper Armor's glove portion didn't count towards the 8 part Outfit Slot Equip Effect.
- Fixed the issue where additional "Remaining Contribution Points" were being awarded at the end of certain production node events (ie. Finto Farm Warehouse).
- Remaining CP has been returned to normal levels through the Dec 27 (Wed) maintenance.
Thank you.
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