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Updates Dec 12, 2024, 11:00 (UTC) Patch Notes - December 12, 2024

 

Greetings Adventurers,


Here are the latest update details for Black Desert Online on December 12, 2024 (Wed). Today’s patch contains 172 updates and is approximately 2.02 GB.

 
  • Event 1. Daily Login Rewards Piling up like Snowflakes! - [More Details]
    • Event Period: Dec 13, 2024 (Fri) 00:00 (UTC) – Jan 16, 2025 (Thu) 23:59 (UTC)
 
  • Event 2. Celebrate a Decade of Adventure! A Special Space for Black Desert’s Heroes! - [More Details]
    • Event Period: Dec 12, 2024 (Thu) after maintenance – Dec 24, 2024 (Tue) before maintenance
 
  • Event 3. Adventure Turned into Art, A Decade of Adventure Art Fair Opened! - [More Details]
    • Event Period: Dec 12, 2024 (Thu) after maintenance - Dec 24, 2024 (Tue) before maintenance
 
  • Event 4. A Fanciful Tree & Grandpa Cron’s Gifts!? - [More Details]
    • Event Period: Dec 12, 2024 (Thu) after maintenance - Jan 9, 2025 (Thu) before maintenance

New Additions and Improvements

Class Changes
Sorceress
Awakening
Core: Violation
  • Fixed the issue where you couldn't consume 1 Shard of Darkness to perform the skill an extra time after having learned the Core version.
 
Berserker
Awakening
Titan Blow
  • Fixed the issue where turning the camera while comboing into attack 2 or 3 from other skills would cause your character's viewpoint and actual attack area to disalign.
 
Wizard
Awakening
Chilling Wave (I to II)
  • Changed so Flow: Arne's Guidance's effect will now activate for the skill with Arne summoned.
 
Lahn
Awakening
Stately Dignity
  • Fixed the issue where the skill did not quickly combo into an awakening skill when used during cooldown in Awakening.         
 
Maegu
Common
  • Improved on the issue where you would sometimes fall below the ground while using skills in the City of the Dead.
 
Scholar
Ascension
Gravity's Grip
  • Fixed the issue where the description didn't mention the Down Attack debuff.

 

 


 
Contents
  • Added an Abyssal Well to Yukjo Street in the Land of the Morning Light - Hwanghae Province.
    • You can now go to the Land of the Morning Light - Yukjo Street in Hwanghae Province from other regions through the Magnus's Abyssal Veins.
Abyssal Well (Teleportation) Usage and Abyssal Veins Knowledge
- [Knowledge] Seoul obtained
* This knowledge is a geographical knowledge, obtained when characters enter the Land of the Morning Light - Seoul region.
Seoul (Yukjo Street) Abyssal Well Seoul Arrival Location (Near Stable Keeper Danyeong)

 



 
Monster
  • Changed the World Boss Golden Pig King to appear in a more suitable location for combat.
  • Decreased the chase range of the World Boss Golden Pig King by 30%.
 
Dokkebi Forest
  • Fixed the issue where Duoksini's Kkebifire was sometimes being summoned even when Duoksini did not appear.

 

 


 
NPC, Background, Sound
  • As winter arrives in the Black Desert world, villagers have begun to decorate their towns.
    • A mysterious aurora has also started to appear in the night sky.
 
  • Improved some of the terrain of the barter route between Halmad Island and Hakoven Island in the Great Ocean as below.            
    • Near Derko Island - Improved the terrain to facilitate the anchoring and departure of ships.            
    • Between Derko Island, Ancado Inner Harbor, and Hakoven Island - Improved the terrain to prevent interference with ship movement.            
    • Near Hakoven Island - Improved the terrain so that rocks near the ship route do not obstruct movement.            
Waters between Halmad Island and Hakoven Island.
 
 

 

 


 
UI
  • Added a system that displays the Family Name of the Adventurer who crafted big ships. 
    • The types of big ships where the builder's name is displayed are as follows. 
Big Ships with Builder's Name Displayed

Epheria Sailboat
Epheria Frigate
Improved Epheria Sailboat
Improved Epheria Frigate

Epheria Caravel
Epheria Galleass
Epheria Carrack (Advance/Balance/Flight/Valor)
Panokseon

* Builder's name is not displayed on ships and guild ships that are only available for a certain period.
 
    • Builder's name is displayed in the following locations.
Builder's Name Display Location
[Ship License Description]
[Ship Info displayed when selecting ships at Wharfs]
[Popup text when registering a Ship License at Wharfs]
[Mount Information window (P)]

* For big ships and ship licenses that are already completed and in possession as of the Dec 12 (Thu) maintenance, Family Name of the Family owning each ship/license has been set as the Builder.

 

  • Improved the response speed of Emergency Supply to allow continuous replenishment of cannonballs on big ships.
 

 

  • Improved so that the key guide for Auto-run (T) is displayed during the tutorial.            
  • Added information about Quick Hotkey Settings to the tooltip of Agris Fever.            
  • Changed so that you cannot exchange damaged ships for Ship Licenses.            
 



 

 
Web
  • Improved the OTP verification code input page to allow users to check part of their e-mail address.            
  • Added a button to some pages of the official website to move to the top.            

 


Modified or Changed
  • Fixed the issue where the appearance of the Lil' Otter Fishing Carrier was awkward in certain situations. 
  • Fixed the issue where the Imperial Horse Delivery button overlapped with the text at the bottom when using the Gamepad UI. 
  • Fixed the issue where the appearance did not change when swapping equipment on a horse harnessed to a wagon.
  • Fixed the issue where the AP display at the top left was not refreshed when applying or not applying crystals from the Crystal Inventory. 
  • Fixed the issue where the tooltip description did not change after changing the hotkey when operating levers. 
  • Fixed the issue where the knowledge of Oze's Will in the Keplan Adventure Log category could not be obtained. 
    • You can now acquire it by interacting with the Traces of Oze placed near Oze's House.
  • Fixed the issue where progress was sometimes blocked after a certain combat during the Illezra tutorial.
  • Fixed the issue where the range of the Kkebifire was not displayed during the Calamity 6 and Calamity 7 subjugation of Duoksini in Black Shrine - Donghae Province. 
  • Fixed the issue where the appearance of the already defeated [Dastardly] Hyena would sometimes rotate.
  • Changed the icons of the following two items in [Construction Mode Node War] to match their actual appearance. 
    • [CON] Balenos/Serendia Node Fort
    • [CON] Mediah/Valencia Node Fort
  • Fixed the issue where the acquisition route of some knowledge was incorrect.            
    • Freharau and Enlightenment            
    • The Origins of the Shadow Knights            
    • The Coming of Belmorn and the Knights of Dawn            
    • The Fall of the Knights of Dawn I            
    • The Fall of the Knights of Dawn II            
    • Order Delivered to Margaret 
  • Fixed the issue where inappropriate knowledge was included in the quest rewards for [Calpheon] Jordine Met Again. 
  • Fixed the issue where characters would sometimes fall below the ground upon arriving at the destination during the quest [Calpheon] Inside Trina Fort. 
  • Fixed the issue where the background music overlapped during the cutscene of the quest [Daily] Kakuo Paw-doodles for Real!.
  • Fixed the typo in the quest description of [Blackstar Awakening Weapon] Specter's Energy.
  • Fixed the issue where quests that could not be accepted were displayed in the Quest List during the Balenos Main questline.
  • Fixed the issue where characters would get stuck at certain locations in Thornwood Forest.
  • Fixed the issue where messages related to the Sun Aura were not displayed correctly during the battle with the Dark Bonghwang.
  • Fixed the issue where the unique movements of certain classes were not visible on other character's screens when wearing Pearl outfits.
    • Warrior, Sorceress, Ranger, Berserker, Tamer, Musa, Maehwa, Valkyrie, Archer, Guardian, Ninja, Kunoichi, Dark Knight, Lahn, Striker, Mystic 
  • Fixed the issue where the Quick-Retreat skill could not be used while moving backwards on a Panokseon. 
  • Fixed the issue where a rock was unnaturally floating in the air at a specific location in the Longleaf Tree Forest Cave. 
  • Fixed the issue where the settings related to the upscale function were not saved when saving the current Game Settings to Custom Save 1, 2.
  • Fixed the issue where the icon continued to show above the heads of certain NPCs even after gaining their knowledge through interactions.  
  • Fixed the issue where Barter Refresh Points were not refreshed at 6 AM in certain situations. 
  • Fixed the issue where the position of the window inside Hyeollokdang was unnatural. 
  • [Dark Knight] Fixed the issue where the hair appeared unnatural when wearing the Agris Hat.
  • [Woosa, Maegu] Fixed the issue where some parts of the Crimson Flame Outfit appeared unnatural.  
  • Fixed the issue where the tutorial did not progress properly in certain situations.
  • Fixed the issue where the goods displayed when hovering the mouse cursor over the production workshop of Royal Workshops in certain situations differed from the Goods Selected after entering management.
  • Fixed the description of Magical Rice Seed to accurately reflect the required number of grids when installed in a garden.  
  • Fixed the issue where chat records in the Chat window were sometimes abnormally displayed in certain situations.
  • Changed the position of the confirm button in the Node War Mode selection UI.
  • Fixed the issue where the War of the Roses time on PCs with daylight saving time applied was different from the actual time. (North America)
  • Fixed the issue where the rapid-fire function could not be used while using the Monsterbane Cannon in Gamepad UI.            
  • Fixed the description regarding Guild Storage access in the restored Afuaru's Map item as below:            
    • Guild Storage Deposit: Guild member or higher            
    • Guild Storage Withdrawal: Guild Officer or higher            
  • Fixed the issue where Manage Currency UI showed up in Recently Used Menu instead of Trial of Erethea when accessed from the Menu (ESC).

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