[Updates] Patch Notes - April 24, 2024

Updates Apr 24, 2024, 09:47 (UTC) Patch Notes - April 24, 2024

Greetings Adventurers,

Here are the latest update details for Black Desert Online on April 24, 2024 (Wed). Today’s patch contains 87 updates and is approximately 1.26 GB.

1. Family Based Life Skills
2. Events
3. New Additions and Improvements
4. Modified or Changed

Family Based Life Skills

Life Skill levels, which were previously character based, are now Family based.

With this update, every character in a Family can enjoy the effects and benefits provided by each Life Skill, which will also make certain quests a lot more convenient to complete. (Skills such as Sprint, Forest Rush, and BreezySail are now also Family based.)

This integration was done by adding the EXP of each Life Skill, instead of consolidating to the highest levels achieved in a Family,

which has essentially increased the level of each Life Skill for most adventurers.

However, there are many adventurers who have already reached Guru 50. To retain the EXP and efforts you've made so far, we've expanded Guru level to allow more EXP accumulation. While this does not provide extra effects or benefits, we are preparing ways to reward you with honor based rewards. We added the system first so that adventurers can enjoy the benefits of an integrated system as soon as possible. We will share details of the aforementioned rewards as soon as they are ready.

We hope this update provides improved convenience not only for those who enjoy Life Skills, but also for adventurers who are trying out Life Skills for the first time.

Life Skill levels (EXP) are now Family based.

This includes all Life Skill categories.

Integrated Life Skill levels to now be Family based.

Life Skill Level Integration
Life Skill EXP of each character in a Family have been integrated.
Integrated Life Skills
Gathering, Fishing, Hunting, Cooking, Alchemy, Processing, Training, Trading, Farming, Sailing, Barter (All Life categories available to view in My Information (P))

Adventurers who reach Guru 50 during the Life Skil EXP integration process should not have any excess EXP deleted.

While Guru level has been expanded from 50 to 100 to allow for the accumulation of Life Skill EXP after the Family integration, the effects or benefits of expanded levels will remain the same as Guru 50.

Expanded the level of each Life Skill from Guru 50 to 100.
- Mastery increase effects for each Life Skill remains unchanged and will not change above Guru 50.
- Effects for each Life Skill category according to level (such as the chance to not consume Energy when Gathering) are also unchanged and will not change above Guru 50.
  - You can check the effects for each Life Skill category through the description of each category under My Information (P) - Life Info.

If the existing system was used, Life Skill Family integration could've resulted in a drastic fall in Life Skill Fame.

To mitigate this, we've changed the calculation of Life Skill Fame to make sure you have the same stats as before.

Changed Life Skill Fame calculation following the Life Skill Family integration.

Before		After
Calculate by each Life Skill's level at or above Professional 1 Double points when level is at or above Guru 1		Calculate by each Life Skill's level at or above Professional 1 Obtain 93 points at Professional 1 (+3 for every level gained) Obtain 243 points at Guru 1
For example, if a character has: 11 Life Skills at Professional 1, you obtain 165 points 11 Life Skills at Guru 1, you obtain 243 points		For example, if a Family has: 11 Life Skills at Professional 1, you obtain 1,023 points 11 Life Skills at Guru 1, you obtain 2673 points

Changed the effect of Life Skill levels reducing Command Post/Fort and annex building repair/upgrade time to be Family based following the Life Skill Family integration.
Repair/upgrade time reduced by Life Skill levels is as below:

Repair/Upgrade Time Decrease by Life Skill Level		Example
Each Life Skill at Professional or above = Reduce 1 sec Each Life Skill at Artisan or above = Reduce 2 sec Each Life Skill at Master or above = Reduce 3 sec Each Life Skill at Guru or above = Reduce 4 sec		Hunting Professional 5 Processing Artisan 7 Gathering Master 10 Fishing Guru 20 If a Family has the above, the total reduced time for repair and upgrade will be 1 sec + 2 sec + 3 sec + 4 sec = total 10 sec.

The effects of Life Skill level on reducing Command Post/Fort and annex buildings repair/upgrade time are capped at a maximum of 50% off the default total repair/upgrade time.

* For instance, if you achieve Guru in 10 Life categories, which reduces repair/upgrade time by a total of 40 sec, the following effects are applied:
- The default upgrade time for annex buildings is 90 sec, but with the 40 sec reduction applied, it takes 50 sec to upgrade.
- The default repair time for the Command Post/Field HQ is 120 sec, but with the 40 sec reduction applied, it takes 80 sec to repair.
- The default repair time for the Strong/Sturdy Square Fort is 60 sec, but since the repair/upgrade time can only be reduced by a maximum of 50%, a 30 sec reduction (not 40 sec) is applied, taking 30 sec to repair.
- For other Forts, the default repair time is 40 sec, but since the repair/upgrade time can only be reduced by a maximum of 50%, a 20 sec reduction (not 40 sec) is applied, taking 20 sec to repair.

Changed Life Skill Leap quest to now be Family based following the Life Skill Family integration.

* Shai's basic Gathering and Alchemy levels (Professional 1) will no longer be applied following the Life Skill Family integration.

- Shai's Gathering and Alchemy EXP increase effect still applies.

Events

[Cron Stone x1,000]

Special challenges this weekend in Black Desert!

Apr 26, 2024 (Fri) 00:00 (UTC) - Apr 28, 2024 (Sun) 23:59 (UTC)

Log in for 60 minutes on the weekend to get Life buff items and a total of
1,000 Cron Stones!

[Apr 26 (Fri)]
Cron Stone x300
Advice of Valks (+80)

[Apr 27 (Sat)]
Cron Stone x300
Advice of Valks (+90)

[Apr 28 (Sun)]
Cron Stone x400!
Advice of Valks (+100)

Log in for all 3 days to get these Challenge rewards!

[Event] Ellie's Magical Elixir x1

[Event] Magical Elixir x2

[Event] Supreme Old Moon Scroll x1

Courser's Aura x2

Stonetail Wind's Meal x1

New Additions and Improvements

Contents

Guild League

Changed so that if you stay within the resurrection area (fog) for a certain period of time, you will be moved into the battlefield.

[Music Album] Load Other Instruments

Added the ability to load instruments from other compositions while composing.
- Press the Load Instrument button next to Add Instrument (+) at the bottom left of the Compose/Score window to load instruments from other sheets.
  - The loaded instruments will have the same notes and play settings of the sheet that they were loaded from.

Improved Save/Temporary Save performance and speed for sheets with many notes.

Changed the default volume for the following instruments:
- Beginner Guitar
- Florchestra Acoustic Guitar, Florchestra Contrabass, Florchestra Violin
- Marni Bass, Marnian: Wavy Planet, Marnian: Illusion Tree

* Volumes have been adjusted to be the same as before for scores written before this update.

Fixed the issue where sometimes the play speed of different instruments became misaligned or the audio was muted after a certain period of time during performances.

Changed the "Lv. 61! Select a TET (IV) Blackstar Weapon!" challenge to now be visible even without fulfilling its conditions
- However, the Challenge Reward can only be claimed after fulfilling the necessary conditions.

* Complete one of the following quests to claim the challenge reward from Lv. 61.
- Mediah main quest "Apocalyptic Prophecy"
- Mountain of Eternal Winter main quest "[Everfrost] Beyond the Doors of Alyaelli"
- Land of the Morning Light main quest "[Koo Mihyun] Seungsan's Secret"
- Simplified main quest "[Special Growth] Fughar's Memorandum - Chapter 11"

Item

The previously announced consolidation of some items to [Event] Reward Seal, which was scheduled for Apr 24 (Wed), has been postponed to a later update. Until this later update, you can continue to exchange any existing seals as before.
[Patch Notes - Mar 27, 2024 - Manage Currency UI]

Traces, Fruits, and Essences - 2nd Simplification (Sources)

Simplified the sources of Traces, Fruits, and Essences.
- All Traces, Fruits, and Essences were changed to Trace/Fruit/Essence of Nature and sent to your Heidel storage.
- Changed the below following the completion of the simplification of Traces, Fruits, and Essences:

How to Obtain			Changes
Traces obtained from Defeating Monsters			Changed to Trace of Nature
Trace/Fruit/Essence from Quest Rewards			Changed to Trace/Fruit/Essence of Nature
Trace/Fruit/Essence from Boxes			Changed to Trace/Fruit/Essence of Nature
Trace/Fruit from Gathering, Production Node Excavation, Processing, etc.			Changed to Trace/Fruit of Nature

Changed the conditions of the quests below following the simplification of Traces, Fruits, and Essences:

Quest	Before	After
* [Farming Leap Professional 10] Nature and Abundance	Harvest Fruit of Nature x1 from Farming Harvest Fruit of Abundance x1 from Farming	Harvest Fruit of Nature x2 from Farming
[Farming Leap Artisan 4] Compete with Ahr	Harvest Fruit of Magic Power x1 from Farming Harvest Fruit of Perfection x1 from Farming Harvest Fruit of the Sun x1 from Farming	Harvest Fruit of Nature x3 from Farming

* Due to the simplification of Trace/Fruit/Essence items, the name of the quest [Farming Leap Professional 10] Nature and Abundance has been changed to [Farming Leap Professional 10] From Nature.

Improved the below objectives for Shakatu Merchants' Archive - Deve's Encyclopedia following the simplification of Traces, Fruits, and Essences:

Adventure Log	Before	After
Deve's Encyclopedia - Volume 5, Chapter 2	Collect items effective against forgetfulness (2 types)	Collect an item effective against forgetfulness (1 type)
Deve's Encyclopedia - Volume 5, Chapter 3	Collect the hottest items in the world (3 types)	Collect the hottest items in the world (2 types)

Changed all Traces that can be obtained from defeating monsters to Trace of Nature.
Improved some icon of boxes that hold class-specific outfit boxes.
Improved the description of certain Pearl outfit boxes regarding class-specifics on wearing them.

Monster

Roud Sulfur Mine [Dehkia's Lantern]

Changed the icon for the buffs obtainable at the Roud Sulfur Mine [Dehkia's Lantern] monster zone.
- Surging Energy of the Water
- Surging Energy of the Water [Mareca]
- Raging Torrent

Ash Forest [Dehkia's Lantern], Thornwood Forest [Dehkia's Lantern]

Fixed the use of Magic Lighthouse skill at Ash Forest [Dehkia's Lantern] and Thornwood Forest [Dehkia's Lantern] so that it only disappears without resetting the summon timer.
Fixed the issue where Barnas could be hit while invisible at Ash Forest [Dehkia's Lantern].

Added the ability to acquire Hunting EXP based on contribution upon defeating Rawr-Rawr.

Quest & Knowledge

Improved the progression of main quests for beginner adventurers.
- Changed the acceptance conditions for the below suggested quests to prevent their progression during main quest progression.
  - [Tool Bag] Liana's Invention: From Lv. 49, at least Gathering Apprentice 1.
  - [Manor] Crucio Domongatt's Summon: Complete the Calpheon main questline, must own a residence.

NPC, Background, Sound

Improved the interaction range with Kukao, who is drawing Garmoth in Garmoth's Nest.
Improved the cutscene in the tutorial after creating a character.

Added a Create Guild button at the bottom of the Guild Recruitment window that becomes visible when pressing the Guild (G) key without being in a Guild.
- Clicking this button provides guidance on how to create a guild, along with navigation to the nearest Guild Manager.

Fixed the description for Agris Essence displayed in the Enhancement window.

Added 1 loading screen image.

System

Changed the level requirement from Lv. 10 to Lv. 20 of the feature that automatically places HP Potions in the Quick Slot if not placed.

Web

Changed parts of the Adventurer Profile UI in the official website following the Life Skill Family integration.
- Removed Life Skill information for each character and added it to the top of Family Information.
- Changed the Main Character setting button to the bottom right icon of the thumbnail image.

Modified or Changed

Fixed the placement of Harpy Eggs at certain location on Karanda Ridge to be more natural.
Fixed the appearance of the [Manor] Cypress Tree placed in the Manor to look more natural at certain Display Quality settings.
Fixed the issue where Combat and Life quest types displayed Korean text in the Guild Missions tab.
Fixed the issue where the NPC Dawa at Wind Nol's Perch appeared abnormal.
Fixed certain outfits to appear more natural under the following circumstances.
- [Dark Knight, Kunoichi, Witch] Wearing the Primavera Helmet with certain face customizations and/or graphics settings
- [Witch] Wearing the Dreaming Star Robe with certain shoes
- [Mystic] Wearing the Rose Noire Armor with the Makalu Gloves
- [Sorceress] Wearing the Sekrah Armor with the Salanar Talisman
- [Nova] Wearing the Oblivion Armor with the Bloody Gloves
- [Guardian] Wearing the Lovely Bloom Armor with certain body shapes
- [Lahn] Wearing the Primavera Armor with the Primavera Helmet, Oblivion Armor, and Bloody Gloves
- [Woosa] Wearing the Primavera Armor with certain body shapes
[Warrior] Fixed an issue where selecting the second dye slot of the Bloody Suit caused certain parts to be abnormally displayed.
[Dark Knight] Fixed an issue where the 3333-Day Earring was unnaturally displayed when applying certain customizations.
[Corsair] Fixed an issue in the Guild League where HP did not recover even when Labao was summoned after the Corsair's HP dropped below a certain level.
Fixed the issue where the death penalty wasn't applied properly when your Karma was below certain figures.
[Female Classes] Fixed the issue of the Primavera Armor appearing abnormal after dying the third dye slot.
[Shai] Fixed the issue with your character's teeth appearing abnormal upon wearing the Taebaek Helmet.
Fixed the following issues for gamepad UI mode:
- Same controls for the Crafting Guide and the Upgrade Ship buttons
- Exchanging Lightstones wouldn't display the confirmation window
Changed the name of the "150 Pearls Spent My Way" item to "Special Adventure Support Box."
- The item description has been changed accordingly.
Fixed the text for the following items and quests:
- Description of Merindora's Element
- Description of Yolunakea: Salunia Chest
- Description of Barter Support Box III
- Description of Imperial Trace Box
- Dialog during the Elixir of Frenzy Ingredient #3 quest
- Knowledge Description for Elixir of Fond Memories
- Acceptance dialog for the quest "[Alchemy] Friend to a Busy Alchemist"
Fixed the issue where you could not turn with the mouse after passing a checkpoint while using the RMB button to move during the Old Moon Grand Prix.
[Woosa, Maegu] Fixed the issue where the appearance of the Florchestra Drum Set was different from other classes during performances.
Fixed the issue where certain classes were unable to dye Tiger Spirit.
- Removed the description that indicated it could not be dyed.

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