Updates Dec 27, 2023, 11:21 (UTC)
Patch Notes - December 27, 2023
Greetings Adventurers,
Here are the latest update details for Black Desert Online on December 27, 2023 (Wed). Today’s patch contains 67 updates and is approximately 871.71 MB.
Events
To all Adventurers,
Have a wonderful 2024 with Black Desert!
A new year is upon us! Celebrate the coming year 2024 by making a wish with a lantern in Velia!
A wonderful new year with the Black Spirit!
Dec 27, 2023 (Wed) after maintenance - Jan 10, 2024 (Wed) before maintenance
[Event] Heartwarming New Year's Chest
[Event] Azure Dragon Wish Lantern x10
Event] Joy-filled Pouch of Fortune
Item Drop Rate +24
Login Rewards keep coming ★
What goodies await as Login Rewards?
2Dec 28, 2023 (Thurs) 00:00 (UTC) - Jan 31, 2024 (Wed) 23:59 (UTC)
[Event] Radiant Shakatu's Seal
[Event] Rare Courser Training Box
Choose Your Shakatu Box
[Event] Energy Gourd Bottle
Scarecrow Training Never Stops!
Combat/Skill EXP +50%!
Dec 27, 2023 (Wed) after maintenance - Jan 10, 2024 (Wed) before maintenance
Reach new heights with Black Spirit’s Training in the New Year!
More EXP from the scarecrow training!
During the event, the EXP from the scarecrow training will increase even more.
Train now with the scarecrow located near the “Black Spirit's Training” Jamey Drucker in each town!
Dec 27, 2023 (Wed) after maintenance - Jan 10, 2024 (Wed) before maintenance
50%
Combat EXP!
50%
Skill EXP!
Main, Ascension
- III - Fixed the issue where the maximum of 7 targets was not being applied.
- Changed to be usable during cooldown.
- Floating on hits & recover MP per hit nullified during cooldown.
- Damage reduced during cooldown.
- I to V - Added cooldown:
- 5/5/5/4/4 sec
- Changed to be usable during cooldown.
- All DP reduction on hits nullified during cooldown.
- Damage reduced during cooldown.
- I to V - Added cooldown:
- 7/7/7/6/6 sec
- Changed Skill Add-on tier: 1 -> 2
- Changed to be usable during cooldown.
- Recover MP per hit nullified during cooldown.
- Damage reduced during cooldown.
- I to III - Changed the cooldown:
- 7/6/5 sec -> 5/5/4 sec
- I to III - Changed the cooldown:
- 6/5/4 sec -> 5/4/3 sec
- I to III - Changed Gravity Anchor's cooldown reduction when using the skill:
- -3/4/5 sec -> -5/6/7 sec
- Changed to be usable during cooldown.
- Knockdown on hits nullified during cooldown.
- Damage reduced during cooldown.
- I to III - Changed the cooldown:
- 9/8/7 sec -> 7/7/6 sec
- Fixed the issue where the All Accuracy Rate +0.5% buff wasn't being applied properly.
- I to II - Changed the cooldown:
- 8/7 sec -> 6/6 sec
- I - Changed the cooldown: 7 sec -> 6 sec
- I to III - Changed the cooldown:
- 9/8/7 sec -> 7/7/6 sec
- I to Absolute - Changed the cooldown:
- 12/11/10/9 sec -> 8 sec
- Fixed the issue where you couldn't reach the maximum damage increase based on fall height.
- Fixed the issue where the All DP Increase effect was applied to the target during attack 3.
- Fixed the issue where the fall animation played when getting off a galloping horse even when there was very little height difference from the ground.
- Fixed the issue where the fall animation played when getting off the two-seater position of a horse even when there was very little height difference from the ground.
Contents
Season
- Removed the Season Character condition to claim the Season Lv. 61! Select a TET (IV) Blackstar Weapon! Challenge.
- Added the following item as an obtainable reward upon defeating Skittish Afuaru.
- Time-filled Blackstone x3-5
- Increased the number of Time-filled Black Stones obtainable by threefold from defeating monsters in Rift's Echo.
- Removed any "Fughar's Timepiece" obtained during the 2023 Summer Season as mentioned in "[GM Note] Play Every Day in the All-New Season!"
Item
- Improved the icons of Metal Solvent, Manos Trainer's and Gatherer's Clothes.
| Changed Icons | ||
 Metal Solvent
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 Manos Trainer's Clothes
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 Manos Gatherer's Clothes
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Materials for Combined (Craftable) Accessories
- Removed certain materials used to craft accessories.
| Item Name | |||
| Abyssal Gaze Specter's Gaze Jewel of Illusion Ancient Power - Black Shard Ancient Power - Red Shard Ancient Seal - Red Shard Ancient Seal - Black Shard |
- Changed the drop rates of certain accessories due to the aforementioned change as follows.
| Accessory | Changes | ||
| Deboreka Necklace | Deboreka Necklace's drop rate + Specter's Gaze's drop rate | ||
| Deboreka Belt | Deboreka Belt's drop rate + Abyssal Gaze's drop rate | ||
| Deboreka Earring | Deboreka Earring's drop rate + Jewel of Illusion's drop rate | ||
| Tungrad Earring | Tungrad Earring's drop rate + Ancient Power - Black Shard's drop rate | ||
| Tungrad Ring | Tungrad Ring's drop rate + Ancient Seal - Red Shard's drop rate | ||
- Added Tungrad Earring to the loot table for defeating monsters in Hystria Ruins.
- Tungrad Earring's drop rate is 1.25 times Ancient Power - Black Shard's drop rate.
- Replaced Jewel of Illusion with Deboreka Earring in the Black Shrine Blitz Reward.
- Added the Jewel of Illusion's probability to Deboreka's Earring's probability for Black Shrine Blitz Rewards which already contained Deboreka Earrings.
- Changed Jewel of Illusion to Deboreka Earring as the result for the following recipes.
- Tear of Illusion x20, Embers of Hongik x400, Magical Lightstone Crystal x200, Yona's Fragment x100
- Changed Ancient Seal - Red Shard to Tungrad Ring obtained from opening Traces of the Ancient Seal.
- Changed the completion items for the quest Normalized Currents from Ancient Seal - Red Shard and Ancient Seal - Black Shard to Tungard Ring.
- Removed Simple Alchemy recipes for Artifact items with Ancient Seal - Black Shard and Ancient Power - Red Shard.
- The existing Simple Alchemy recipes utilizing 1 Artifact remains unchanged.
* The following was applied during the Dec 27, 2023 (Wed) maintenance.
- The below 4 items are no longer obtainable.
- Ancient Seal - Red Shard / Ancient Seal - Black Shard / Ancient Power - Red Shard / Ancient Power - Black Shard
- The following 4 items were removed and had the completed items distributed.
- Specter's Gaze → Deboreka Necklace
- Abyssal Gaze → Deboreka Belt
- Dawn's Resentment → Dawn Earring
- Jewel of Illusion → Deboreka Earring
* The following items will be removed from the game during the Jan 3, 2024 (Wed) maintenance and will be compensated with their equivalent values in Silver.
- Ancient Seal - Red Shard / Ancient Seal - Black Shard / Ancient Power - Red Shard / Ancient Power - Black Shard
For more details, please refer to the [Announcement] Item Removal Due to Item Simplification post on the official website.
- Changed the icons for the following TET (IV) Blackstar weapon boxes.
| TET (IV) Blackstar Main Weapon Box | TET (IV) Blackstar Awakening Weapon Box | TET (IV) Blackstar Sub-weapon Box |
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Monster
- Reduced the health of Grandpa Cron's Gift Box so beginner adventurers have a chance at opening them.
Quest & Knowledge
- Changed the Ulukita prelude quest dialogue to be displayed in the selected language.
UI
- Improved the item confirmation text input UI that pops up when using Vipiko's Dreaming Horse.
Web
- Improved the location of reCAPTCHA when attempting log in via the launcher.
- Fixed the issue where the termination email was incorrectly displayed when logging into Black Desert Asia after requesting to delete a Steam account.
Modified or Changed
- Fixed the issue where Gulgak would appear in the air midbattle with Apex Changui during the Tale of the Apex Changui questline.
- Fixed the issue where movement was abnormal around the rivers of Narcion.
- Fixed the issue where the message to confirm switching to Succession/Awakening would incorrectly display the same contents as before.
- Fixed the issue where the Black Shrine UI would appear as if you could claim a blitz reward..
- Fixed the issue where weather and environment effects were abnormally applied when using a sniper rifle in Photo Mode (CTRL+U).
- Fixed the issue where footprints of characters and mounts wouldn't disappear under certain graphics settings.
- Fixed the issue with abnormal topography around Mediah Castle.
- Fixed the issue with carpets appearing abnormal in Ulukita.
- Fixed the issue with vegetation appearing abnormal in Muzgar.
- Fixed the issue where transparent objects appeared around Junaid River.
- Fixed the issue where the weather effects that first appeared on the World Map upon logging in-game didn't reflect the actual weather conditions around you.
- Fixed the issue where trade goods weren't greyed out from the local storage accessed with your maid.
- Fixed the issue where defeating monsters in [Dehkia's Lantern] Ash Forest wouldn't count towards relevant guild missions.
- [Scholar] Fixed the following issues with the class.
- Fixed the issue where Scholar couldn't progress through the Ulukita main questline.
- Fixed the issue where the Black Spirit would offer an unacceptable quest during the Ascension questline.
- Fixed the issue with abnormal text displayed during Dorin Morgrim's Secrets.
- Fixed the issue where you couldn't hand over a Calpheon Noble Dress for Deve's Encyclopedia adventure log.
- Fixed the camera effect applied when using the Book of Training.
- Fixed the issue where Anti-gravity's passive effects appeared bloody when applied to allies.
- Gravity Anchor - Fixed the issue where you wouldn't teleport to an installed gravity core if there was another adventurer in the way.
- Black Spirit: Potential Energy I - Fixed the issue where the skill icon wouldn't appear.
- Rage Absorption - Fixed the issue where the AP and Attack Speed increase effects weren't applied.
- [Scholar] La Orzeca - Fixed the issue where wearing the outfit with other outfits made your appearance abnormal.
- Fixed the issue where you couldn't use a weapon exchange coupon or the Item Copy function on certain Awakening weapons.
- [Scholar] Rocaba Armor - Fixed the issue where wearing this armor with parts of other outfits made your appearance abnormal.
- Fixed the issue where the Christmas decorations near NPC Valks in Calpheon City appeared abnormal.
- Fixed the issue with the abnormal location of the crystal restoration button on the death screen for UI size set to at least 120%.
- Fixed the issue where the Key Guide was missing when opening the Recent Cooking window with the Gamepad UI.
- Fixed the issue where the number pad window intermittently obscured the selection box window when opening multiple boxes with the Gamepad UI.
- [Scholar] Fixed the issue you couldn't customize your character's left and right pupils separately.
- Fixed the issue where Grandpa Cron's (Lil') Helper Armor's glove portion didn't count towards the 8-part Outfit Slot Equip Effect.
- Fixed the issue where additional "Remaining Contribution Points" were being awarded at the end of certain production node events (ie. Finto Farm Warehouse).
- The remaining CP has been returned to normal levels through the Dec 27 (Wed) maintenance.
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