[Updates] Patch Notes - April 28, 2021

Updates Apr 28, 2021, 00:00 (UTC) Patch Notes - April 28, 2021

Greetings Adventurers,

Here are the latest update details for Black Desert Online on April 28, 2021 (Wed). Today’s patch contains 121 updates and is approximately 810.89MB.

Happy adventuring!

Event

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● Welcoming May with Tulips! event has started.

- April 28, 2021 (Wed) after maintenance – May 12, 2021 (Wed) before maintenance

The wonderful fragrance of tulips has arrived to welcome May to the Black Desert world. Take this chance to show your appreciation by preparing meals for the hard-working soldiers and gifting some beautiful tulips to Norma Leight.

[Welcoming May with Tulips!]

● Playtime Challenges event has started.

- April 29, 2021 (Thu) 00:00 – May 12, 2021 (Wed) 23:59 (UTC)

Don’t miss amazing rewards that include items for Awakening a Dream Horse, Valks’ Cry, and even Cron Stones!

[Playtime Challenges]

New and Improvements

Character

● Fixed the issue where some Skill Enhancements were not being applied as intended.

Skill Enhancement is a system that allows Adventurers to customize each skill with different effects. Currently, this system is set up in a way where the Skill Enhancement’s buff effects are activated regardless of whether or not the target blocks the hit, while its debuff effects aren't inflicted if the target uses a Guard to block the hit. However, we discovered that certain Skill Enhancement effects were not following this system, so we've fixed these issues with today’s update.

- Fixed the issue where the attacker's Skill Enhancement buffs weren't applied regardless of whether or not the attack was blocked by the target.

Buffs	Fixed Effect
HP Recovery per hit target MP/WP/SP Recovery per hit target	When the attacker uses a skill enhanced with these buffs, the skill's enhanced effect will apply regardless of whether or not the target blocks the hit

- Fixed the issue where an attack's Skill Enhancement debuffs were applied even though the target blocked the attack.

Debuffs	Fixed Effect
PvP AP decrease, All DP decrease All Evasion/Accuracy Rate decrease	When the attacker uses a skill enhanced with these debuffs, the skill's enhanced effect will not be applied if the target blocks the hit.

● Prime: Lava Piercer - Improved the shift in direction when using Tackling Rock after the skill to feel more natural.
● Core: Blasting - Improved the skill to combo more naturally into Flow: Seismic Blast after the second hit.

● Black Spirit: Sanctitas de Enslar - Fixed the issue where Black Spirit's Rage wasn't consumed under certain circumstances.

● Voltaic Pulse - Fixed the issue where Tett would sometimes disappear when using the skill.
● Fixed the issue where using the following Core skills would summon an extra summon.
- Core: Thunder Storm
- Core: Equilibrium Break

● Fixed the issue where using the following Core skills would summon an extra summon.
- Core: Chilling Wave
- Core: Aqua Jail Explosion

● Kunai Block - Fixed the issue where the Kunai would disappear when using the skill.

● Core: Spirit Hunt - Fixed the issue where using this skill while in Main Weapon stance would cause the skill to trigger in place.

● Fixed the issue where using the following Core skills would summon an extra summon.
- Core: Ultimate Crush
- Core: Endless Explosion
- Core: Infernal Destruction
- Core: Skull Crusher

● Fixed the issue where using the following Core skill would summon an extra summon.
- Core: Sea Burial activated with 30 Martial Spirit Shards

● Fixed the issue where the Awakening standby animation wasn't being displayed.

● Mountain Breeze - Improved the skill to combo more smoothly into Radiant Explosion.
● Righteous Fire - Added info regarding Mountain Breeze to the skill's effect description.

● Omua's Circle - Improved the skill to combo more naturally into other skills from Awakening stance.
● Omua's Circle - Fixed the issue where both the battle axe and shield appeared in awkward locations while using the skill in Awakening stance.

● Royal Fencing: Fleche - Fixed the issue where the Super Armor effect would not apply on the last hit.

Succession

● Prime: Spear Bolt - Changed the order of certain entries in the skill description.
● Prime: Rift Storm, Prime: Spear Bolt - Fixed the issue where Skill Enhancements were unavailable for these skills.
● Prime: Rift Chain - Fixed the issue where using the skill on cooldown would activate the Super Armor effect.

Awakening

● Fixed the graphical issue with the Kibelius that occurred when Sage, in his Awakened state, would come to a stop right before falling off a cliff.
● Lightning Surge - Fixed the issue where using the skill after jumping from a high place transported him back to his original location.
● Spear Bolt - Fixed the issue where the skill's Enhancement effects would not apply in certain situations to its hits/dash hits, the first hit of Divine Executioner, and the first action of Upsurge.
● Radiant Annihilation - Fixed the issue where some hits of the Arkanon effect would not apply to targets far away.
● Changed the requirement for learning the following skills to Lv. 56.
-Rift Storm I
-Upsurge I
-Lightning Prison I
-Impaling Flash
● Impaling Flash - Increased the attack range for dash hits.
● Impaling Flash - Added more specific details to the skill's key guide.
● Upsurge - Changed the skill so that all hits will apply regardless of the attack range when activated forwards.
● Chain Lightning - Changed the skill so that Radiant Annihilation can be activated quickly afterwards.
● Radiant Annihilation - Increased the attack speed of the Arkanon.
● Flow: Interrogate - Fixed the issue where you couldn't combo into the skill from Bolt after activating Lightning Prison while using another skill.
● Lightning Surge - Fixed the issue where the skill wouldn't activate while holding the front or back directional keys.
● Spear Bolt, Flow: Aftershock - Fixed the issue where the All AP Increase buff was not applied when activating the skills on a dash hit.
● Enlightening Bolt - Improved the skill to fire in the same direction that the camera is facing when used after certain skills.
● Electrify - Fixed the issue where using the skill again after using the Reset skill would cause two buff icons to appear.
● Impaling Flash - Changed the skill to only apply to enemies in the front.
● Impaling Flash - Improved to now cancel the skill's dash with the S key.
● Impaling Flash - Fixed the issue where using the skill would cause the Main and Awakening Weapons' durability to display irregularly.
● Shock Relay - Improved the skill so that it can now be used while on cooldown.
● Bolt - Improved the skill so that the Sage moves more smoothly after using the skill.
● Bolt - Fixed the issue where the skill was activating first when comboing from Enlightening Bolt into Rift Storm.
● Radiant Annihilation - Fixed the issue where the Arkanon effect's Additional Hit damage would sometimes not apply.
● Fixed the issue where the window with the Awakening descriptions did not appear when switching to Awakening upon completing the Awakening questline without having switched to Succession after completing the Succession questline.

● Kibelius Training - Fixed the MP recovery effect to better reflect the skill description.

Item

● Changed the original items copied via Item Copy so that they can no longer be sold to vendors.
● Added information regarding the success rates of changing a mount's skills when using the Mount Skill Change Coupon.

● Added success rate details to the Premium Horse Appearance Change Coupon.
● Changed the 'Cannot use if you have either an active Trainer's Flute or another Celestial Horse Calling Horn in your inventory' text to be more visible in the item description of the Celestial Horse Calling Horn (Permanent).
● [Archer] Karki Suit - Added text in the item description to state that equipping the Crossbow and Ra'ghon will make portions of the Karki Suit invisible.

● Added the Alchemy quest [Bonus] A Simple Test from Alustin I.
- You will randomly receive one of three completion requirements upon accepting this quest. Visit Alustin of Velia after completing the quest to receive your reward.

Quest	Completion Requirements	Quest Rewards
[Bonus] A Simple Test from Alustin I	Craft Legendary Beast's Blood x40	Standard Reward - 500 Contribution EXP Completion Reward (Choose 1) - Trace of Ascension x300 - Trace of Violence x300 - Trace of the Earth x300 - Trace of Despair x300 - Trace of Forest x300 - 80,000 Alchemy EXP
	Craft Sinner's Blood x40	Standard Reward - 500 Contribution EXP Completion Reward (Choose 1) - Trace of Battle x300 - Trace of Death x300 - Trace of Origin x300 - Trace of Wave x300 - 80,000 Alchemy EXP
	Craft Clown's Blood x40	Standard Reward - 500 Contribution EXP Completion Reward (Choose 1) - Trace of Savagery x300 - Trace of Memory x300 - Trace of Chaos x300 - Trace of Hunting x300 - 80,000 Alchemy EXP

- 80,000 Alchemy EXP will raise your Alchemy Level to Skilled 2 if you are Skilled 1, or by 70% if you are Professional 1.
- These quests will appear randomly depending on your Alchemy level when you craft certain Alchemy products.
- You cannot accept more than one [Bonus] Alchemy quest at a time.
- The bonus quests will appear after crafting blood, perfume, elixir, or essence (excluding Essence of Tunta) products through alchemy.

- Items that trigger a [Bonus] Alchemy quest:

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- Elixirs that trigger a [Bonus] Alchemy quest:

Alchemy Product	Alchemy Level	Alchemy Product	Alchemy Level
Elixir of Deep Sea	Skilled 1 or higher	Looney Elixir	Artisan 1 or higher
Khalk's Elixir		EXP Elixir
Whale Tendon Elixir		Elixir of Spells
Spirit Perfume Elixir		Fisher's Elixir
Elixir of Hemostasis		Worker's Elixir
Antidote Elixir		Elixir of Swiftness
Elixir of Burn Removal		Elixir of Wind
Elixir of Endurance	Professional 1 or higher	Elixir of Demihuman Hunt
Defense Elixir		Elixir of Amity
Elixir of Mentality		Elixir of Amity
Elixir of Life		Elixir of Armor	Artisan 5 or higher
Elixir of Resistance		Elixir of Labor
Elixir of Fury		Elixir of Mastery
Elixir of Will		Elixir of Skill
Elixir of Concentration		Marking Reagent
Elixir of Seal		Elixir of Sky	Master 1 or higher
Elixir of Wings		Elixir of Carnage
Elixir of Energy		Grim Reaper's Elixir
Resurrection Elixir		Elixir of Detection
Elixir of Shock	Artisan 1 or higher	Elixir of Assassination
Elixir of Training		Elixir of Death
Elixir of Time		Elixir of Perforation
Helix Elixir		Griffon's Elixir

- Oils that trigger a [Bonus] Alchemy quest:

Alchemy Product	Alchemy Level	Alchemy Product	Alchemy Level
Corrupt Oil of Immortality	Professional 6 or higher	Oil of Corruption	Artisan 1 or higher
Oil of Regeneration	Artisan 1 or higher	Oil of Tranquility
Oil of Storms		Oil of the Abyss
Oil of Fortitude		Oil of Enchantment	Master 21 or higher

- Essences that trigger a [Bonus] Alchemy quest:

Alchemy Product	Alchemy Level	Alchemy Product	Alchemy Level
Essence of Destruction	Professional 1 or higher	Essence of the Sun	Professional 1 or higher
Essence of Perfection		Essence of Nature
Essence of Magic Power		Essence of Abundance
Essence of Enchantment		Essence of Crimson Flame

- Blood Items that trigger a [Bonus] Alchemy quest:

Alchemy Product	Alchemy Level	Alchemy Product	Alchemy Level
Wise Man's Blood	Professional 1 or higher	Tyrant's Blood	Professional 1 or higher
Sinner's Blood		Legendary Beast's Blood
Clown's Blood		-

- Potions and perfumes that trigger a [Bonus] Alchemy quest:

Alchemy Product	Alchemy Level	Alchemy Product	Alchemy Level
Perfume of Swiftness	Skilled 1 or higher	Perfume of Charm	Skilled 1 or higher
Perfume of Courage	Skilled 1 or higher	Whale Tendon Potion	Apprentice 1 or higher

We've added new [Bonus] Alchemy quests that will randomly appear while you are performing alchemy. These Alchemy quests will offer opportunities to obtain Trace items as rewards, which are used in many Alchemy recipes but take a long time to gather. You will be able to choose what kind of Trace item you'll receive as a reward, so we hope that this will help our alchemists in procuring the alchemy materials they need. Also, you can choose to obtain additional Alchemy EXP instead of Trace items. We hope this will aid you in your path to becoming a famous alchemist!

● Changed the [Practice] Lynch Cannon so that its area of impact will be marked on the World Map (M) and in-game. The area of impact will be marked for approximately 20 seconds.

To keep with the 'practice' aspect of a practice cannon, we've made it so that the area of impact is marked on the World Map. However, this feature does not apply to normal cannons.

● Increased the item count for Cargo of the Falasi Family at Port Epheria.

Quest, Knowledge

● Removed 'PRI (I) Tuvala Awakening Weapon Box' from the Awakening quest reward list for all the classes.
● Fixed and changed the following aspects of Sage's Awakening questline.
- Fixed the issue where using a skill in the Ancient Stone Chamber would allow you to pass through the closed stone door. If you exit the stone chambers during the questline, we've added an NPC in front of the stone door to return you to the chambers.
- Added and fixed the text for '[Sage Awakening] Wholly Resurrected', '[Sage Awakening] Kibelius of Destiny - Combo/Practice' quests.
- Added a screen effect if you interact with Talibre's Door during the '[Sage Awakening] A Strange Ancient Device' quest.

Background, NPC, Effects, Cutscene

● Fixed the issue where using auto-navigate to move ships between Derko and Hakoven islands would cause said ships to get stuck in the terrain.
● Completed terraforming Lerao Island to be easier for Carracks to sail through.

● Changed the names of the GM NPCs to follow a gemstone theme.
- These GM NPCs may appear in future events.

UI

● Changed the Server Selection window to no longer separate Elvia servers. They will be displayed with all the other servers in alphabetical order.
● Added a 'My Stable' feature to view where all one's land mounts are stabled at from the World Map (M).

● Added the description that you cannot change courser skills to other skills for a mount undergoing Courser Training while changing a mount's skill at a stable.
● Added a key to exit the race track after finishing the Old Moon Grand Prix when using the Gamepad UI.
● Added text to display that the 1st family name change is free for New Adventurers who haven't yet changed their family name and are attempting to purchase a name change coupon from the Pearl Shop.
● Changed the Skills window button to read 'Awakening Complete' upon completing the Awakening questline after Succession.
- Changed the Skills window to now have the Awakening tab selected after confirming the above button.
● Added text to the Guild Skill window and Node/Conquest War-only skill descriptions stating that the Spirit of Battle will cause Guild Skill effects to apply to all members of an Alliance.
● Fixed the text in the 'About Fairy Skill Change' window.

System

● Fixed the issue where pre-orders for an item listed on the Central Marketplace at the Maximum Price wouldn't proceed randomly.

We carried out an update during the maintenance on April 21, 2021 (Wed) to fix an issue where the Central Marketplace prices were changing irregularly. However, we discovered that when an item was listed on the market at max price, pre-orders for the item wouldn't be carried out randomly. Thus, we've fixed this issue with today's update.

● Optimized the frequency of memory usage to provide a better gameplay experience for Adventurers.
● [EU] Improved the speed of guild chat in Black Desert+.

Pearl Shop

● Fixed the issue where the Special Action button would not show for the [Striker] Syahzar Outfit while the Awakening Weapon button was toggled on.
● Changed the Set Creator button so that a glowing effect will appear around the button when hovering the mouse over it or clicking it.
● Changed the camera effects to highlight the Kibelius when it is selected in the Pearl Shop.

Web

● Changed Black Spirit's Adventure so that hovering the mouse over the dice will show the possible squares the Black Spirit gamepiece can move to (1-12 steps).
● Fixed the issue where the Beauty Album's tabs would sometimes not work.

● Changed the class introductions on the official website so that the background will accommodate the length of the text.
● Fixed the awkward locations of the tooltips for the Beauty Album and Photo Gallery when viewing the website on mobile.
● Fixed the issue where the select box for Update History would be cut off when viewing the website on mobile.

● Improved the launcher to now allow you to press Enter after inputting the OTP code.
● Fixed the issue where a scrollbar would appear next to the image in a Photo Gallery post with multiple images.
● Added the feature to remotely log out of the Black Desert+ app from Account Information > Account Security Center.
● Changed the background image for the official website.
● Fixed the issue where the most popular Beauty Album entries weren't being displayed correctly.
● Removed the button to share posts from the Black Desert+ app.

● Improved the overall design of the official website.
● Changed the Web Storage to now display the 'Method of Retrieval' for used coupons as 'Coupon.'
● Changed the message displayed when pressing the button to purchase a package with a Steam account.
● Removed the download button from the wallpaper download page when viewed on a mobile device.
● Changed the wallpaper download page to now allow downloads by using either RMB or holding down on the screen when viewed on a mobile device.
● Improved certain pages that were displayed awkwardly in the Black Desert+ app.
● Fixed the issue where the select box color scheme incorrectly was displayed in grey when viewed on an Android device.
● Changed accounts without a Family to see details regarding the transfer after logging into the launcher.

Translation

● Changed the translation of the following word in Spanish:
- Changed Kamaumbra to Elvia.
- Changed Certificado de recuerdo de la gira musical de Kaia to Recuerdo de la gira musical de Kaia
- Changed Certificado de recuerdo de la gira musical del Áncora to Recuerdo de la gira musical del Áncora.
- Changed Notificación de la gira musical de Kaia to Programa de la gira musical de Kaia.
- Changed Notificación de la gira musical de Áncora to Programa de la gira musical del Áncora.
- Changed Montaraz - Kamaumbra to Montaraz - Gierach.
● Changed the translation of the following words in German:
- Changed [Event] Outfitkiste: Setklassiker to [Event] Setklassiker-Kiste.
- Changed [Event] Outfitkiste: Premiumset to [Event] Premiumset-Kiste.
● Changed the translation of the following word in French.
- Changed Ordre de récolte to Ordre de rassemblement.

Modified or Changed

● Fixed a typo in the NPC dialog for the Altinova daily quest '[Repeat] Managing The Arena.'
● Fixed the issue where structures would look unnatural in certain parts of the following regions:
- Lake Flondor, Lemoria Guard Post, Valencia's Ivory Wasteland.
● Changed Processing to be usable in the Inventory window when using the Gamepad UI.
● Changed the icon for Tungrad Necklace shown in the Yona's Fragment entry in Crafting Notes (F2).
● Fixed the issue where the item tooltip text would overlap for Caphras Enhancements over Lv. 5.
● Fixed the issue where the Canape Dagger's blade would face a different direction for Witch's combat stance.
● Changed the Notification settings window to no longer open if you get a Boss Notification while talking to an NPC when using the Gamepad UI.
● Changed the item description for [Event] Charred Rock Fragment to look more natural.
● Fixed the issue where the 'Similar or identical products may be released in the future' text in some item descriptions would not show properly.
● Fixed the issue where the Guild Crafting window would display products that weren't crafted.
● Fixed the graphical issues that would sometimes occur when equipping the following outfits:
- [Mystic] Khamsin Clothes, [Striker] Karki Suit, [Archer] Karki Suit
● Fixed the issue during [Sage Awakening] Shattered Trust where using Realm of Anguish would sometimes make the quest monster disappear.
● Fixed the issue where incorrect installations would appear on the Installation List for wars.
● Fixed the issue where certain areas near Tunkuta would register as desert terrain.
● Fixed the issue where Navigation did not work as intended when selecting the Forgotten Mountain node as your destination.
● Fixed the issue where Krogdalo's Horse Gear set effects wouldn't activate as intended when using the horse's Roar skill after using items such as Command to Gather and Archaeologist's Map to teleport while mounted.
● Fixed the issue where using the View Inventory function for other characters would incorrectly display the bound status of items.
● Fixed the issue where the key guide for the Warehouse was displayed along with the key guides for Storage, Transport, Maid Storage, and Guild Storage when using the Gamepad UI.
● Fixed the issue where the key guide for checking name duplicates in the Guild/Clan creation window was overlapping with other UI when using the Gamepad UI.
● Fixed the graphical issues with the regions near Duvencrune and the capital city of O'dyllita on the World Map.
● Fixed the issue where you couldn't upgrade your Clan to a Guild if attempted from a town where you did not first create your Clan.
● Fixed the issue where you couldn't create an alliance with more than 5 guilds.
● Fixed the issue where the key guide to change the Black Spirit's appearance wouldn't disappear if you selected a different menu when using the Gamepad UI.

● Fixed the issue where the “Sale” tag was not displayed under the Ship category in the Pearl Shop (F3).
● Fixed the issue where the [Sage] Karki, Pavilla, and Canape costumes would appear in the tabs of all classes.

We hope you enjoy your time in Black Desert, thank you.

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