Greetings Adventurers,
Here are the latest update details for Black Desert Online on May 31, 2022 (Tue). Today’s patch contains 257 updates and is approximately 957.29 MB.
Table of Contents
- 1. Events
- 2. New and Improvements
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- 2.1. Warrior
- 2.2. Ranger
- 2.3. Sorceress
- 2.4. Berserker
- 2.5. Tamer
- 2.6. Musa
- 2.7. Maewha
- 2.8. Valkyrie
- 2.9. Kunoichi
- 2.10. Ninja
- 2.11. Wizard, Witch
- 2.12. Witch
- 2.13. Dark Knight
- 2.14. Mystic
- 2.15. Lahn
- 2.16. Archer
- 2.17. Shai
- 2.18. Guardian
- 2.19. Hashashin
- 2.20. Nova
- 2.21. Sage
- 2.22. Corsair
- 2.23. Drakania
- 2.24. Contents
- 2.25. Item
- 2.26. Monster
- 2.27. Background, NPC, Effects, Cutscene
- 2.28. UI
- 2.29. Pearl Shop
- 2.30. Web
- 2.31. Translation
- 4. Recent Major Updates
Events
New and Improvements
Succession and Main
● Succession: Charging Thrust - Fixed the description for skill commands.
Awakening
● Black Spirit: Solar Flare IV - Changed the skill damage (PvP damage remains the same).
- Attack 1 damage: 1541% x2, Max 3 hits → 1730% x2, Max 3 hits
- Last attack damage: 1541% x20 → 1730% x20
- PvP damage reduction: 60.9% → 65.2%
● Flow: and Black Spirit: Slashing the Dead - Fixed the issue where the Skill Add-on effects of Grave Digging weren't being applied when using the skills.
Awakening
● Black Spirit: Elven Rage - Fixed the issue where using the skill too quickly wouldn't apply the DP Increase buff.
Succession and Main
● Edited the following skill descriptions regarding Fragments of Darkness recovery.
- Dark Split, Absolute Darkness, Midnight Stinger, Claws of Darkness., Shadow Eruption, Signs of Agony, Rushing Crow, Dark Flame, Darkness Released, Dark Backstep, Bloody Calamity
● Fixed the issue where hits with skills on cooldown would recover Fragments of Darkness.
● Ultimate: Dark Flame, Succession: Ultimate: Dark Flame - Fixed the issue where you could recover Fragment of Darkness during the skill.
● Dark Split - Fixed the issue where last attack hits wouldn't recover Fragments of Darkness.
● Absolute: Absolute Darkness - Fixed to now recover 4 Fragments of Darkness per hit.
● Prime: Midnight Stinger - Fixed to now recover 2 Fragments of Darkness per hit.
● Midnight Stinger (I to Absolute) - Fixed the issue where you would recover more Fragments of Darkness per hits than intended.
● Claws of Darkness (I to Absolute), Prime: Claws of Darkness (I to IV) - Fixed to now recover 1 Fragment of Darkness per hit.
● Prime: Claws of Darkness. (I to IV) - Improved servant attacks to follow immediately after normal attacks.
● Absolute: Signs of Agony - Fixed the issue where no Fragments of Darkness were being recovered per hit.
● Dark Flame (I to Absolute), Prime: Dark Flame - Increased Fragments of Darkness recovered per hit.
- Recovered Fragments of Darkness: 1 → 2
● Prime: Black Wave (I to III) - Added Critical Hit Rate +25% for PVE only.
● Prime: Dream of Doom (III to IV) - Changed the skill damage.
- Attack damage: 1401% x4 / 1445% x4 → 1401% x4 / 1445% x5
- Servant extra attack damage while charging: 1401% x2 / 1445% x2 → 1401% x3 / 1445% x3
- PvP damage reduction: 26.5% → 35%
● Prime: Violation Changed the skill damage.
- Extra attack damage: 1346% x6 → 1527% x6
- PvP damage reduction: 62.6% → 67%
● Prime: Shadow Eruption IV - Changed the skill damage.
- Attack damage: 1356% x 4 → 1356% x 5
- PvP damage reduction: 55.6% → 60%
● Shards of Darkness (I to IV) - Changed the skill description.
- Removed: Create Fragment of Darkness after a certain number of hits with any attack
- Fixed: Upon using 1 Shards → Upon using 1 Shards of Darkness
● Succession: Beak Kick - Fixed the issue where using the skill while having consumed Shards of Darkness wouldn't increase the attack range.
Awakening
● Shadow Leap - Changed the MP cost for the skill.
- MP cost: 90 → 150
● Shadow Leap - Fixed to no longer recover Stamina during the skill.
● Wings of the Crow - Fixed to no longer recover 1 Fragments of Darkness during the skill.
● Wings of the Crow - Fixed to no longer recover Fragments of Darkness per hit.
● Rushing Crow - Fixed the issue where you could recover Fragments of Darkness when switching from your amulet to your scythe during the skill.
● Black Spirit: Turn-back Slash - Fixed to now apply Skill Add-on effects per hit.
● Flow: Night Crow - Fixed the issue where attempting to use the skill with your scythe without having learned the skill would freeze your character in place.
Succession and Main
● Shake Off - Fixed the issue where comboing with the skill from the left would occur slower than when used from the right.
● Prime: Fearsome Tyrant - Improved to now apply Beast Form during the Black Spirit version of the skill.
● Prime: Predatory Hunt - Changed the Bound effect for PvP to only be applied on last hits.
● Changed the following skills to now activate Forward Guard when used in Beast Form.
- Succession: Weakling Hunt, Prime: Ancient Wave, Prime: Fierce Strike
● Lava Piercer - Reduced the movement distance when used in Beast Form.
● Prime: Lava Piercer - Reduced the movement distance when used in Beast Form.
● Prime: Lava Piercer - Changed to now apply Forward Guard when comboing into the following skills.
- Prime: Beastly Wind Slash, Prime: Tackling Rock, Succession: Weakling Hunt, Evasion
● Added to the following skill descriptions regarding the Forward Guard effect being applied when comboing from Lava Piercer and Prime: Lava Piercer.
- Evasion, Succession: Weakling Hunt, Prime: Beastly Wind Slash, Prime: Tackling Rock
● Moved Fearsome Tyrant to 2nd and Raging Thunder to 3rd skill enhancement tiers.
● Headbutt - Improved to now apply the Melee Accuracy increase effect from first hits.
● Ultimate: Frenzied Destroyer - Improved to now combo into Prime: Devastation, Evasion, Shake Off, Flow: Windstorm, and Fierce Strike.
● Prime: Predatory Hunt - Fixed the issue where Storming Beast would activate first while attempting to combo into Weakling Hunt.
● Feral Rage - Changed the skill description to now reflect the actual Stamina cost of 200 Stamina every sec.
Awakening
● Flow: Split Shot - Improved to now deal separate damage and can be modified with Skill Add-ons.
- Damage: 1637% x 4
● Black Spirit: Giant Leap - Changed the skill effect and attack range.
Before | After |
● Black Spirit: Giant Leap - Improved to now combo into a landing attack by pressing LMB or RMB during the skill.
● Black Spirit: Giant Leap - Adjusted the landing attack damage. (PvP damage remains the same.)
- Leaping hits: 1978%, max 14 hits → 2582% x2, max 7 hits
- PvP damage reduction: 25% → 37.7%
● Black Spirit: Devastation - Fixed the issue where Skill Add-ons weren't being applied to the first hit.
Awakening
● Flow: Soaring Strike - Changed the damage. (PvP damage remains the same.)
- Attack damage: 1521% x8 → 1673% x8
- PvP damage reduction: 58% → 61.8%
● Flow: Soaring Strike - Improved to combo into Flow: Full Moon.
● Beast Rampage - Fixed the issue where the Skill Add-on effects of Flow: Intimidation weren't being applied when using the skills.
● Heilang: Berserk - Fixed the skill description to match the actual buff effect.
● Legendary Beast Dance - Applied the following changes.
- Legendary Beast Dance now goes into cooldown after the first use when comboing with LMB continuously after having learned Core: Legendary Beast Dance.
- Legendary Beast Dance (I to IV) - Changed the cooldown.
* Cooldown: 6/5/4/3 sec → 7/6/5/4 sec
- Legendary Beast Dance: Vermillion Bird hits increased by 2.
- Legendary Beast Dance: Azure Dragon and White Tiger hits increased by 1.
- Legendary Beast Dance: Black Turtle attack range increased.
● Celestial Slam - Changed the range of attacks 1 and 2 to match that of the last attack.
● Changed entering ↑↑ with your celestial bo staff to now activate Evasion instead of Legendary Beast's Power and switch to your shortsword.
- Entering SHIFT + SPACE will activate Legendary Beast's Power as before.
● Added the new skill Legendary Beast Dance: Assimilate.
- Different skills will be enhanced based on the Legendary Beast you commune with.
- The following skills will be enhanced when communing with the Vermillion Bird.
* Garuda, Flow: Ascension
> Effects: Increase attack area, 80 burn damage every 3 sec for 9 sec on hits
- The following skills will be enhanced when communing with the Black Turtle.
* Allround Spinner, Flow: Soaring Strike
> Effects: All DP +20 for 10 sec, recover +40 HP per hit
- The following skills will be enhanced when communing with the Azure Dragon.
* Moonlight Strike
> Effects: Increased movement range, Movement, Attack, and Casting Speeds -10% on hits
* Flow: Full Moon
> Effects: Movement, Attack, and Casting Speeds -10% on hits
- The following skills will be enhanced when communing with the White Tiger.
* Beast Rampage
> Effect: All DP -10 for 10 sec on hits
* Flow: Intimidation
> Effect: All Accuracy Rate +15% for 10 sec on hits
● Black Spirit: Allround Spinner IV - Changed the skill damage.
- Attack damage: 1616% x12 → 1800% x12
- Extra attack damage: 1616% x13 → 1800% x13
- PvP damage reduction: 40.5% → 46.6%
Succession and Main
● Reduced the Stamina cost of the following skills when they are used during cooldown due to the effect of this skill.
- Affected skills: Succession: Rising Storm: Blaze, Prime: Blooming, Prime: Gale, Prime: Crust Crusher
- Stamina cost: 100 → 75
● Prime: Blooming - Improved to apply the extra attack damage faster.
- You can now also smoothly combo into Prime: Gale and Prime: Cyclone Slash.
● Prime: Rising Storm IV - Increased the damage when used during cooldown for PvE only.
● Prime: Divider - Increased the speed of comboing with attacks 1 and 2.
● Prime: Divider - Improved attack 2 to combo more smoothly into other skills.
● Succession: Rising Storm: Blaze - Improved to combo more smoothly into other skills.
● Prime: Gale - Changed the skill damage. (PvP damage remains the same.)
- Attack damage: 922% / 1098% / 1462% → 1014% / 1208% / 1608%
- PvP damage reduction: 54.66% → 58.8%
● Black Spirit: Prime: Dragon Bite IV - Changed the skill damage.
- Attack damage: 1113% x4, max 9 hits → 1250% x4, max 9 hits
- PvP damage reduction: 60.5% → 64.8%
● Prime: Serene Mind - Fixed the issue where text explaining how the Serene Mind buff will not be applied to skills used during cooldown was not being displayed.
Awakening
● Petal Bloom - Fixed the issue where the skill wouldn't activate and you could combo into Chase after using backward Sleet Steps while charging with Petal Bloom during Sleet Steps' cooldown.
Succession and Main
● Vow of Trust - Improved the skill effect to match the actual motion.
Succession and Main
● Ninjutsu: Tendon Cutter - Fixed the issue where the Stiffness debuff was being applied on all hits.
● Prime: Tendon Cutter (I to III) - Changed the type of resource consumed by the skill.
- Resource cost: 50/50/50 WP → 300 Stamina
- Due to the resource change, you won't recover any Stamina during the skill.
● Tendon Cutter, Absolute: Tendon Cutter - Changed the type of resource consumed by the skill.
- Resource cost: 35/50/60/55/50 WP → 200 Stamina
- Due to the resource change, you won't recover any Stamina during the skill.
● Prime: Tendon Cutter - Reduced the movement distance of the extra attack by half.
● Prime: Danse Macabre - Changed the type of resource consumed by the skill.
- Resource cost: 40 WP → 200 Stamina
- Due to the resource change, you won't recover any Stamina during the skill.
● Prime: Flash Slash (I to IV) - Applied the following changes.
- Cooldown: 9 sec → 15/14/13/12 sec
- No Stamina recovered during the skill
* The movement distance and Stamina cost based on the above changes are as follows (set to 1,986 Stamina).
- Ghost Step -> Prime: Flash Slash -> Prime: Tendon Cutter -> Prime: Danse Macabre
Before | After |
● Prime: Danse Macabre - Improved to turn your character according to the direction the camera is facing when comboed from other skills.
● Kunai Block - Improved the starting motion to no longer consume Stamina.
● Prime: Shadow Stomp - Improved the skill effect.
● Prime: Shadow Explosion - Improved the skill effect.
● Prime: Shadow Clone - Improved the skill effect.
● Black Spirit: Wheel of Wrath - Improved the skill effect.
● Ninjutsu: Oni Shadow - Fixed the issue where you wouldn't enter stealth if you used Concealment immediately after the skill's stealth effect ended.
● Ninjutsu: Tendon Cutter - Fixed the issue where the stealth effects of the skill stacked with that of Ninjutsu: Concealment.
- Further uses of either skill will no longer stack but rather extend your time in stealth.
Succession and Main
● Boss Slaughter - Added the description on the defense effects to match the actual defense effects applied.
● Ninjutsu: Block Jump - Fixed the issue where the Melee AP Increase effect would not be applied after certain skills in Succession.
● Ninjutsu: Oni Shadow - Fixed the issue where you wouldn't enter stealth if you used Concealment immediately after the skill's stealth effect ended.
● Shuriken: Moon Dive, Ninjutsu: Concealment - Fixed the issue where the skills' stealth effects would stack.
- The two effects will no longer stack. Instead, the duration will refresh.
● Succession: Crescent Slash - Changed the extra attack damage as follows (PvP damage remains the same):
- Extra attack damage: 825% → 1320%
- PvP damage reduction rate: 26.5% → 54.1%
- Extra skill effect: Extra attack Critical Hit Rate +50% (PvE Only)
● Succession: Ankle Cutter - Changed the extra attack damage as follows (PvP damage remains the same):
- Extra attack damage: 864% → 1037%
- PvP damage reduction rate: 53.2% → 61.1%
● Prime: Shuriken Flight (I to IV) - Changed the attack 1 damage to match attacks 2 and 3 damage (PvP damage remains the same).
- 595% / 654% / 720% / 792% → 945% / 1039% / 1143% / 1257%
- PvP damage reduction rate: 50.1%/ 50.1% / 50.1% / 50.1 % → 68.6% / 68.6% / 68.6% / 68.6%
● Prime: Fox Claw - Changed the attacks 1 and 2 damage to match the attack 3 damage (PvP damage remains the same).
- Attack 1 and 2 damage: 965% → 1652%
- PvP damage reduction rate: 65.8% → 80%
● Prime: Beheading the Dead (I to IV) - Changed the damage as follows (PvP damage remains the same):
- Attack damage: 1009% / 1122% / 1247% / 1409% → 1160% / 1290% / 1434% / 1620%
- PvP damage reduction rate: 71.3% / 71.3% / 71.3% / 73% → 75% / 75% / 75% / 76.5%
● Shuriken Flight - Changed to have a longer period of time to activate Prime: Fox Claw instantly after performing extra attacks.
● Shadow Slash - Improved to be able to combo into Ninja Step.
Awakening
● Flash Bondage - Fixed the issue where comboing into the skill immediately after using Ninjutsu: Block Jump forward with your sura katana wouldn't activate the skill while your character would look behind the enemy.
● Core: Murderous Intent - Fixed the issue where Flashing Light would be activated when pressing RMB in certain situations.
● Core: Murderous Intent - Fixed the issue where the motions would appear abnormal.
● Flow: Execution - Fixed the issue where the skill effects appeared awkward when comboed from Sudden Decapitation during Transition Stance.
● Core: Sudden Decapitation - Fixed the issue where Bound would be applied in PvP without having learned the skill.
● Sudden Decapitation - Fixed the issue where Bound would be applied in PvP during cooldown.
● Murderous Intent - Changed Down Attack to be applied on hits.
● Flow: Execution - Added the description on comboing with Vacuum Slash by pressing RMB.
● Earthquake (I to Absolute) - Fixed the issue where debuffs would be applied to all hits.
● Earthquake (II to IV) - Fixed the issue where the number of hits on the description would differ from the actual number of hits.
● Prime: Earthquake: Destruction - Fixed the issue where you wouldn't recover MP even on hits from certain attacks.
● Black Spirit: Prime: Lightning (I to III) - Removed the parts of the description that differed from actual effects.
- Push on hits (PvE Only)
● Prime: Freeze III - Fixed the issue where a 9 sec cooldown would be applied.
- Cooldown: 9 sec → 6 sec
Succession and Main
● Black Spirit: Prime: Meteor Shower - Fixed the issue where Prime: Meteor Shower: Areal and Prime: Meteor Shower: Focus would be activated one extra time after Evasion.
Awakening
● Core: Equilibrium Break - Fixed the issue where Stiffness wouldn't be applied on hits while Gorr is summoned.
Succession and Main
● Prime: Lunacy of Vedir - Fixed the issue where you couldn't lock the skill.
● Prime: Air Strike - Changed the guard gauge extra damage on hits effect to now be applied on hits with Succession: Shadow Bullet.
● Fixed the issue where the description on how the guard gauge extra attack effect is only applied on first hit and for one target.
● Prime: Wheel of Fortune - Changed the Critical Hit Rate +50% to also be applied in PvP.
● Succession: Phantasmal Snare - Added the skill.
Skill Description | Skill Demo |
● Prime: Obsidian Ashes - Made the following changes as follows:
- The projectile was improved to move more quickly.
- The skill was improved to combo more smoothly with Dusk, Chain: Dusk, and Succession: Phantasmal Snare.
● Phantasmal Snare - Changed the snare that appears to now explode immediately upon skill activation.
● Phantasmal Snare - Fixed the issue where only Chain: Dusk would activate and Phantasmal Snare wouldn't be activated when using the skill from a location that's slanted to a location of low elevation.
● Phantasmal Snare - Changed to activate before Unveiled Dagger when pressing ← or → + F.
● Phantasmal Snare - Improved to combo more smoothly with other skills.
Awakening
● Soul Snatch - Improved to thrust the phantom blade in attacks.
Skill Description | Skill Demo |
● Soul Snatch - Changed the skill demo.
● Black Spirit: Grip of Grudge - Fixed the issue where the attack range and the skill's presentation would differ.
● Spirit Blaze - Changed the damage as follows (PvP damage remains the same):
- Attack damage: 375% / 451% / 527% / 1205% → 525% / 722% / 949% / 1326%
- PvP damage reduction: 29.9% / 29.9% / 30% / 57.9% → 49.9% / 56.2% / 61.1% / 61.8%
● Flow: Spirit Blaze - Changed the damage as follows (PvP damage remains the same):
- Attack damage: 1205% → 1508%
- PvP damage reduction: 42.4% → 54%
● Grip of Grudge - Changed the cooldown from 10 sec to 6 sec.
● Grip of Grudge - Added Critical Hit Rate +50% applied in PvE only.
● Cluster of Despair, Soul Snatch - Improved to combo more smoothly into Grip of Grudge.
● Grip of Grudge - Improved to combo more smoothly into Cluster of Despair.
- The command keys for Cluster of Despair were changed.
- Command keys: LMB + RMB, RMB during the skill → RMB
● Cluster of Despair - Added the Critical Hit Rate +50% effect for PvE only.
● Black Spirit: Spirit Legacy (I to III) - Changed the skill damage.
- Attack damage: 1600% x25 → 1800% x25
- PvP damage reduction: 70.9% → 74.1%
Succession and Main
● Wolf's Frenzy - Improved to be activated more smoothly.
Awakening
● Mass Destruction - Fixed the issue where the continued motions wouldn't be activated when holding ← or → + C to switch between your awakening and main weapons.
● Sea Burial, Rising Dragon, Wave Orb - Changed the description on the Sea Dragon effect.
● Sea Burial (I to III) - Changed the PvP damage reduction of the Sea Dragon effect as follows:
- PvP damage reduction of the Sea Dragon effect: 62.6% / 67.9% / 75.9% → 60%
● Rising Dragon (I to IV) - Changed the PvP damage reduction rate of the Sea Dragon effect.
- PvP damage reduction of the Sea Dragon effect: 61% → 55.5%
● Wave Orb (II to III) - Changed the PvP damage reduction rate of the Sea Dragon effect.
- PvP damage reduction of the Sea Dragon effect: 68.3% → 64%
● Rising Dragon - Fixed the issue where one less number of hits would be applied for normal attacks and Sea Dragon attacks after learning Core: Rising Dragon.
Succession and Main
● Changed the following skill that has the guard gauge extra damage effect:
- Prime: Blade Dance → Prime: Cymbidium
Awakening
● Black Spirit: Flow: Mangler - Fixed the issue where you'd recover double the amount of HP on hits.
● Black Spirit: Eradication - Changed the Skill Add-on to be applied on hits.
Main
● Glissade - Fixed the issue where only 100 HP would be recovered on hits of all 3 attacks.
● Flow: Verdure Clout - Improved to be activated more quickly.
Ascension
● Glide - Fixed the issue where holding ← or → wouldn't combo into Meteor Dive.
● Try This! - Fixed the issue where Floating would be applied for all attacks.
Succession and Main
● Black Spirit: Prime: Claw Reveal - Changed the skill damage.
- Attack damage: 1666% x6, max 4 hits → 1875% x6, max 4 hits
- PvP damage reduction: 62.3% → 66.5%
Awakening
● Black Spirit: Infernal Nemesis - Adjusted the number of hits as follows:
- Fire trail attack damage: 1250% x2, max 11 hits → 1250% x1, max 11 hits
- Last attack damage: 1250% x18 → 1250% x29
● Black Spirit: Cleansing Flame - Fixed the issue where the Accuracy increase buff would not be applied when comboing into the skill quickly.
● Omua's Objurgation - Fixed the issue where the skill would be activated first instead of Frigid Wind when pressing ↑ + RMB after God Incinerator.
Succession and Main
● Rupture (I to Absolute) - Adjusted the attack range of explosion attacks to be closer to your character.
● Rupture (II to Absolute) - Fixed the issue where the description on the attack range increase effect would not be displayed on the skill's description.
● Rupture, Prime: Purge, Hourglass of Death - Improved to combo more smoothly into Chosen Blade.
● Prime: Purge - Fixed the issue where the attack range and skill presentation wouldn't match.
● Prime: Quicksand (I to IV) - Increased the damage as follows (PvP damage remains the same):
- Damage: 506% / 618% / 731% / 843% → 582% / 711%/ 841% / 969%
- PvP damage reduction: 43% → 50.4%
● Prime: Chosen Blade (I to IV) - Increased the damage as follows (PvP damage remains the same):
- Damage: 710% / 851% / 1041% / 1230% → 838% / 1004% / 1228% / 1451%
- PvP damage reduction: 43% → 51.7%
● Prime: Ridge Reaver (I to III) - Increased the damage as follows (PvP damage remains the same):
- Damage: 709%/ 992% / 1134% → 794% / 1111% / 1270%
- PvP damage reduction: 47.75% → 53.32%
● Prime: Purge (I to III) - Increased the damage as follows (PvP damage remains the same):
- Damage: 958% / 1117% / 1277% → 1207% / 1407% / 1609%
- PvP damage reduction: 52% → 62.3%
● Prime: Shadow Splitter - Increased the damage as follows (PvP damage remains the same):
- Damage: 975% → 1229%
- PvP damage reduction: 50% → 60.3%
● Rupture, Purge - Changed the skill presentation.
● Prime: Descent, Prime: Chosen Blade - Added a sandstorm to be created after learning Prime: Aal's Breath.
Awakening
● Constriction - Fixed the issue where Bound wouldn't be applied while the enemies would go behind your character in certain situations.
● Black Spirit: Crown Kick - Changed the Skill Add-on to be applied on hits.
Succession and Main
● Punishing Trap - Changed the guards to perform attacks without debuffs.
● Prime: Quoratum's Ascension (I to III) - Fixed the issue where the guards wouldn't appear even after Quoratum's Protection is activated.
● Prime: Swooping Ring - Changed the guards to appear more quickly.
● Prime: Swooping Ring - Changed the guards to perform attacks in sync with when Nova performs attacks.
● Stamma's Mate - Improved to combo with the following skills more smoothly in Succession:
- Succession: Command: Rime Ice, Prime: Entangling Icy Thorns, Absolute: Face the Darkness
● Quoratum's Protection - Improved to always be auto-activated after Icy Fog and Quoratum's Opening.
- However, Quoratum's Protection will be immediately cast when comboing into other skills or continuing movement (description added).
● Changed the cooldown for the following skills:
- Prime: Frozen Earth 18 sec → 14 sec
- Prime: Stamma's Mate 15/14/14/13 sec → 15/13/11/9 sec
- Prime: Entangling Icy Thorns 12/12/12 sec → 12/11/10 sec
● Prime: Bitter Reign - Added the Critical Hit Rate applied in only PvE.
● Prime: Frozen Earth - Changed the presentation of Axian's attacks and increased the number of hits.
Awakening
● Accel: Royal Fencing: Remise - Applied the following changes and fixes:
- The issue where the damage on the description would differ from the actual damage applied.
- Changed the skill's damage as follows:
* Attack damage: 1273% x3 / 1273% x3 / 1273% x6 → 1373% x4 / 1373% x4 / 1373% x7
* PvP damage reduction: 60% → 68%
● Accel: Star's Call - Changed the skill damage.
- Stab attack damage: 1368% x6 → 1368% x7
- Last attack damage: 1368% x4 → 1368% x5
- PvP damage reduction: 58% → 66%
● Accel: Swooping Ring - Changed the skill damage.
- Attack damage: 1532% x 9 → 1532% x 10
- PvP damage reduction: 60% → 64%
● Comet IV - Changed the skill damage.
- Damage: 1062% x1, max 8 hits → 1221% x1, max 8 hits
- PvP damage reduction: 55% → 60%
● Accel: Frozen Ring - Added the new skill.
● Break Orbit - Changed the defense effect from "Invincible during the skill" to "Super Armor during the skill."
Succession and Main
● Prime: Rift Chain - Improved to have no character collision during cooldown.
● Void Gateways - Improved to activate the skill after completely moving when comboing into Rift Chain.
Before | After |
● Fixed the issue where the appearance of your kyve would appear abnormal when comboing into the following skills while performing basic attacks:
- Form Shift, Illusion Compression, Ator's Energy
Awakening
● Black Spirit: Flow: Interrogate - Changed the Skill Add-on to be applied on hits.
● Black Spirit: Ator's Spear - Changed the Skill Add-on to be applied on hits.
● Rift Chain - Improved to be activated with your kibelius during Bolt's cooldown.
● Spear Bolt, Flow: Aftershock - Changed the defense effects to be applied.
- At the start of the skill: Super Armor
- When vanishing: Invincible
- When appearing: Super Armor
● Spear Bolt, Flow: Aftershock - Changed the Stiffness debuff to only be applied in PvE.
● Core: Spear Bolt - Changed the following effect:
- Skill effect: Forward Guard when using the skill → Knockdown on dash attack hits
● Shock Relay - Removed the Forward Guard effect.
● Impaling Flash - Changed as follows:
- Your character was improved to return to where the skill started.
- The distance for which your character finds enemies when using the skill was reduced by about 25%.
- When your enemies are at locations of extremely high elevation, there will be restrictions in skill activation.
● Core: Spear Bolt - Fixed the issue where combing into this skill occurred differently after learning this skill.
Succession and Main
● Prime: Wipe Out (I to III) - Changed the skill damage.
- Attack 1 damage: 812/911/1033% x3 → 933/1047/1187% x3
- Last attack damage: 812/911/1033% x8 → 933/1047/1187% x8
- PvP damage reduction: 40% → 48%
● Prime: Storming Gale (I to IV) - Changed the skill damage.
- Attack damage: 506/591/688/808 x5, max 2 hits → 556/650/756/888 x5, max 2 hits
- Wave attack damage: 506/591/688/808 x3, max 2 hits → 556/650/756/888 x3, max 2 hits
- PvP damage reduction: 52% → 56.3%
● Prime: Wave Lash (I to IV) - Changed the skill damage.
- Attack damage: 713/754/861/930 x5, max 2 hits → 855/904/1033/1116 x5, max 2 hits
- Wave attack damage: 713/754/861/930 x3, max 2 hits → 855/904/1033/1116 x3, max 2 hits
- PvP damage reduction: 55% → 63%
● Prime: Ocean's Pearl (I to III) - Changed the skill damage.
- Attack damage: 529/623/758% x3 → 608/716/872% x3
- Explosion attack damage: 756/890/1083% x8 → 869/1023/1245% x8
- PVP damage reduction: 40% → 47.8%
● Crashing Wave (I to Absolute) - Changed the cooldown.
- Cooldown: 16/15/15/14/14/13 sec → 11/10/10/9/9/8 sec
● Prime: Wave Lash (II to IV) - Changed the cooldown.
- Cooldown: 12/11/10 sec → 11/10/9 sec
● Prime: Ocean Melancholy IV - Changed the cooldown.
- Cooldown: 8 sec → 7 sec
● Black Spirit: Mareca: Sea Stroll (I to Absolute) - Changed the damage as follows. (PvP damage remains the same.)
- Attack damage: 318% x2 / 482% x2 / 592% x2 / 1059% x2, max 18 hits → 249% x2 / 378% x2 / 464% x2 / 831% x2, max 14 hits
- Last attack damage: 318% x10 / 482% x10 / 592% x10 / 1059% x10 → 524% x20 / 794% x20 / 975% x20 / 1744% x20
- PVP damage reduction: 80% → 83.2%
● Black Spirit: Prime: Mareca: Sea Stroll - Changed the damage as follows. (PvP damage remains the same.)
- Attack damage: 1275% x2, max 18 hits → 1000% x2, max 14 hits
- Last attack damage: 1275% x10 → 2100% x20
- PVP damage reduction: 80% → 83.2%
● Changed the Grapple Resistance Increase effect to now apply instantly at the start of Mareca skills.
● Cap'n's Orders: Open Fire! - Improved to now combo more smoothly from Ocean's Pearl, Flow: Tide's Kiss, Ocean Melancholy, Overflow, Tidal Slash, and Flow: Raging Torrent.
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● Prime: Ocean's Allure - Improved to now combo more smoothly from Whirling Slash, Ocean Melancholy, Mareca Swing, and Smooth Sailin'.
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● Cap'n's Orders: Open Fire! - Improved to combo more smoothly into other skills.
● Cap'n's Orders: Open Fire! - Changed the activation speed.
● Prime: Ocean's Allure - Changed the slash attack to approach foes more dynamically.
Awakening
● Cap'n's Orders: Cease Fire! - Changed to now require a command input after Cap'n's Orders: Open Fire! instead of activating automatically.
- You will now need to either press or hold the "F" key after Cap'n's Orders: Open Fire! to activate Cap'n's Orders: Cease Fire!.
- We added this change to allow Corsair to either combo into Cap'n's Orders: Cease Fire! or other skills right after using Cap'n's Orders: Open Fire!
● Wave-breaker Patraca - Changed to now also be usable with your main weapon. Available only if Whirling Slash is either locked or during cooldown.
● Wave-breaker Patraca - Changed to now combo from Riding Waves and Flow: Wave Skedaddle with your serenaca.
● Heart-catcher Patraca - Improved the skill's combo.
- Now the skill combos more quickly and naturally from Crow's Mark, Wind-piercer Patraca, and Wave-breaker Patraca.
● Cap'n's Orders: Open Fire! - Changed the activation speed.
- Core: Cap'n's Orders: Open Fire! will activate at the same speed as before.
● Markthanan's Scale - Changed the HP Recovery effect applied from Markthanan's Heart as follows:
- Before
* Maintaining the skill will recover 5% of max HP at a time and recover HP so that 70% of the max HP can be maintained.
* Slow recovery before you lodge your slayer into the ground, then faster recovery after.
- After
* Maintaining the skill will recover 5% of max HP at a time, a total of 14 times.
* Slow recovery before you lodge your slayer into the ground, then faster recovery after.
- Due to these changes, the duration of Markthanan's Scale was reduced as well as the time consumed for recovery.
● Prime: Sundering Claw - Fixed the issue where Forward Guard wouldn't be applied when consuming ions to activate the skill.
● Prime: Eviscerate - Improved to combo more quickly into Embers in certain situations.
● Prime: Sundering Claw - Improved to be able to combo into Embers.
● Markthanan's Heart - Fixed the issue where the HP Recovery effect would be applied an additional time even when activating the skill while charging ions.
- Eviscerate, Markthanan's Flourish, Brimbolt Strike, Prime: Sundering Claw
● Markthanan's Heart - Changed the description to match the actual effects.
● Flow: Brimbolt Wave - Improved to combo more smoothly into other skills.
● Blazing Strike - Improved to combo more smoothly into other skills.
● Dragon's Advance - Improved to continue movements more smoothly.
● Refraction - Improved to continue movements more smoothly after activating it from the right.
● Markthanan's Flourish - Improved to combo more smoothly into Prime: Ascent and Prime: Sundering Claw.
● Markthanan's Dominion - Improved to combo more smoothly into Embers and Prime: Sundering Claw.
● Prime: Ascent - Improved to perform extra attacks by just holding C.
● Prime: Ascent - Improved to combo more smoothly into Markthanan's Scale.
Contents
Music Album Improvements
● Added hotkeys for quicker use of the following functions during composition.
- Edit Mode: E
- Select Mode: S
- Play/Stop music: SPACE (Requires notes on the score.)
- Delete note: Delete (Requires having dragged over and selected notes with your mouse via Select Mode.)
● Improved the background of the Compose/Score window so that it's easier see the notes.
- We changed the background colors so it's easier to distinguish between black and white keys.
- Added a white line to mark the first note in every octave.
● Improved the function for copying and pasting notes in the Compose/Score window.
1. Select the desired notes via Select Mode, then copy them by pressing Ctrl + C.
2. After copying the notes, select the top portion of the desired measure, then press Ctrl + V to paste the copied notes.
3. You can always set Note Attribute to different values (1/4 to 1/64) to pick the right point in your score to paste your notes.
4. After copying the notes, you can also use the same method to paste notes with other instruments as well.
* If both instruments share the same technique, you can also copy and paste techniques along with notes as well.
5. After pasting the notes, the score will automatically re-focus on the measure where you pasted your notes.
6. If you pasted the wrong notes, you can always use the Delete key with the notes selected to remove them.
● Improved the function for moving notes in the Compose/Score window.
- Improved the area where you can select and move notes via Select Mode.
* You can now move notes to areas within your score that aren't visible on your Compose/Score window.
- Improved notes to now remain selected even after being moved. You can move the notes again as long as they remain selected.
- You can copy notes up to where they're visible on your current Compose/Score window.
* Ex) If you copied some notes where they're not fully visible on your current Compose/Score window, you will only be copying those notes to the point that's cut-off on your window.
- If you go out of the instrument's range or exit Select Mode, all notes will be removed.
● Added the "Replicate" function to copy all the notes of one instrument to another instrument with ease.
- Select "Replicate" by clicking the top right corner of the instrument box located on the left-hand side of the Compose/Score window. You can copy all the notes of one instrument to another instrument that has the same octave range.
- You will then be able to select a new instrument you wish to replicate all the notes of the previous instrument.
- The selected instrument requires the replicated instrument to share the similar musical range.
Item
● Improved the description on the items obtainable from Heating on the item descriptions for Combatant's Stone (Weapon) and Combatant's Stone (Armor).
● Changed the usages of Spirit's First Breath to read more clearly.
Monster
● Improved the camera effect of Vodkhan and Kalqueesh in Hystria Ruins to be more natural.
● Improved the camera effect of Pisces at Atoraxxion - Sycrakea to be more natural.
Background, NPC, Effects, Cutscene
● Improved to not swim with a class of short height such as Shai in certain locations of the Southern Swamp.
UI
- You can check this out from the Item Collection Increase Gauge UI and Battle Stats from the My Information (P) window.
* Node investment buffs applied according to a set probability are not included in the displayed total, nor will they be applied over the max limit
My Information (P) | Item Collection Increase Gauge UI |
● Improved to display the stats for each level on the tooltip information of Ability stats on the My Information window.
Ability | Description |
Attack Speed | Higher levels increase Attack Speed. - Lv. 1: By 5% - Lv. 2: By 9% - Lv. 3: By 12% - Lv. 4: By 15% - Lv. 5: By 20% |
Movement Speed | Higher levels increase Movement Speed. - Lv. 1: By 5% - Lv. 2: By 9% - Lv. 3: By 12% - Lv. 4: By 15% - Lv. 5: By 20% |
Critical Hit | Higher levels increase Critical Hit Rate. - Lv. 1: By 5% - Lv. 2: By 9% - Lv. 3: By 12% - Lv. 4: By 15% - Lv. 5: By 18% |
Fishing | Higher levels reduce Fishing time. - Lv. 0: By 15% - Lv. 1: By 30% - Lv. 2: By 35% - Lv. 3: By 40% - Lv. 4: By 45% - Lv. 5: By 50% |
Gathering | Higher levels reduce Gathering time. - Lv. 1: By 25% - Lv. 2: By 45% - Lv. 3: By 60% - Lv. 4: By 70% - Lv. 5: By 75% |
Luck | Higher levels increase Item Drop Rate. - Lv. 1: By 2.5% - Lv. 2: By 5.0% - Lv. 3: By 7.5% - Lv. 4: By 10% - Lv. 5: By 12.5% |
● Separated each of the View My Character's Name, Show Monster Name, Show My Character's HP Gauge, and Show Monster HP Gauge features.
- You can adjust each of the settings for the "Show Name" and "Show HP Gauge" features by going to General Settings -> Show/Hide tab from Menu (ESC) -> Settings (F10) -> Settings.
● Improved the Elvia Realm server alert to not be displayed when clicking on the "Enter" button with your mouse on the list of servers.
● Fixed the issue where toggling the Display Others' Names settings would display the mount names of other Adventurers as well.
Pearl Shop
● Added a feature that you can use to check your purchase history to find all purchases made in the past 30 days from the Pearl Shop (F3).
- You can cancel purchases that have not passed 7 days (168 hours) since purchase from [Purchase History].
- To cancel a purchase, you must have all items obtained from the purchase in your character's inventory or Pearl inventory.
- You can cancel purchases once every month, and upon canceling a purchase, the item obtained will be retrieved and you'll get your Pearls back. (Reset 1st day of each month).
* Check out the information on checking purchase history and cancelling purchases by going to Adventurer's Guide - [Checking Purchase History and Cancelling Purchases].
● Changed all text for Pearl Shop items (excluding Pearl Boxes) regarding refunds to "cancel purchase."
Web
● Improved the Announcements section to not be displayed when there are no notices uploaded on the main page of the Black Desert official website.
● Improved the relevant section to not be displayed when there are no notices uploaded on the main page.
● Changed the Request Edit icon on the Adventurer's Guide page of the Black Desert official website.
● Improved the following on the payment page of the Black Desert official website:
- Improved to move to the payment completion page upon clicking the "Completed" button on the payment pop-up window when successfully completing payment does not automatically move you to the payment completion page.
- Details on failed payments will now be displayed when payment fails.
● Improved to now be able to check the IP on the View Login History tab from My Page on the Black Desert official website.
● Fixed the issue where you couldn't access the official website if you didn't have the proper Cookie settings.
Translation
● Changed the following terms in English:
- Protection of Crevice to Tectonic Block.
- Binding to Binding Knee Strike.
- Absolute: Fetter Knee Constraint to Absolute: Binding Knee Strike.
- Dragonize Effect to Sea Dragon Effect.
- Fiery Crevice to Searing Slam.
- Hallucination Snare to Phantasmal Snare.
Modified or Changed
● Fixed the issue where the visual effects wouldn't be displayed in idle stance after wearing the [Sage] Keraunos outfit.
● Fixed the issue where the arrangement of the chat window would appear abnormal when typing in certain character strings in the chat window.
● Fixed the issue where your character couldn't climb up certain trees in Okiara River.
● Fixed the issue where party members and guild members wearing camouflage outfits would be displayed as Unknown Adventurer when deactivating the Characters option.
● Fixed the issue where you couldn't transfer your travel bag to your storage when keeping Great Marni's Stone in Clorince's Travel Bag.
● Fixed the issue where the movements of certain NPCs would appear awkward at Awina's Tail.
● Fixed the issue where the classes able to open the Cantabile Outfit Box were not mentioned in the description.
● Fixed the issue where your character would temporarily become immobile while Gathering, crafting, installing Forts, annexes, etc. upon using the Pearl Shop, Dye UI, and Skill window.
● Fixed the issue where the UIs that display the names and durability of certain annexes, Alchemy Tools, Cooking Utensils, crops planted in gardens, mounts, etc. would appear abnormal.
● Fixed the issue where certain text would exceed the UI on the Artifact Effects window from the Equipment UI.
● Fixed the issue where certain words displayed on the Music Album would overlap.
Recent Major Updates
To help newer or returning Adventurers keep up with the latest updates, we've compiled a list of some of our recent major ones. Check them out below!
♣ For Progression-minded Adventurers:
You Shall Now Pass! Into the Mountain of Eternal Winter The Mountain of Eternal Winter has opened its gates to Adventurers. |
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Artifacts and Lightstones were added. |
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Progression Pass for New Adventurers Want to earn rewards while learning about the world of Black Desert? Explore the vast world of Black Desert one step at a time with the Progression Pass! |
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Equipment for new Adventurers that will help you on your journey! |
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No more tedious prep for enhancements! You can now use Black Stones to directly increase enhancement chance. |
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Guaranteed PEN (V) Boss Gear Questline Complete the "Old Moon Guild's New Deal" questline to earn Boss gear with the HIGHEST level of enhancement: PEN (V)! |
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Guaranteed PEN (V) Accessory Questline Obtain an accessory with the HIGHEST level of enhancement through a questline that you can complete once per Family! |
★ For Combat-focused Adventurers:
New Red Battlefield - Valencia City A new battlefield was added to Red Battlefield PvP content. Strategize with your team to contest capture points in this all-new battlefield mode in the heart of Valencia City! |
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Junk loot of monster zones in the Valencia region have been revamped to be more profitable! |
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New Way of Obtaining Ornette's and Odore's Spirit Essence New sub-materials for Ornette's and Odore's Spirit Essence have been added to the game |
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Increased Caphras Stone Drop Rates Boost your progression with increased Caphras Stone drop rates in various monster zones! |
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Hadum spreads her dark influence into Serendia. Fight the fearsome and powerful monsters of the Serendia Elvia Realm! |
♥ For Amusement-seeking Adventurers:
Let's go on an adventure riding Shai's cute friend, the Alpaca! |
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New Minigame Yar! A new card game that anyone can enjoy has been added! Play against NPCs and other Adventurers in the new minigame, Yar! |
* For more information on our latest updates, please refer to Black Desert's [Update History].
Happy adventuring!
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[Updates] June 9 (Thu) Marni Server Update Details June 9 (Thu) Marni Server Update Details Jun 9, 2022 (UTC)
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[Updates] Patch Notes - June 8, 2022 Arena of Solare & Liana's Tool Bag Updates (Last Updated: 06/20/2022 08:40 UTC) Jun 8, 2022 (UTC)
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[Updates] Patch Notes - May 25, 2022 Marni's Realm (Private Monster Zones) & Item Drop Rate Updates May 25, 2022 (UTC)
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[Updates] Patch Notes - May 18, 2022 Mythical Diné & Atoraxxion Improvements (Last Updated: 05/24/2022 13:18 UTC) May 18, 2022 (UTC)