Updates Mar 20, 2024, 12:30 (UTC)
Patch Notes - Mar 20, 2024
Greetings Adventurers,
Here are the latest update details for Black Desert Online on March 20, 2024 (Wed). Today’s patch contains 95 updates and is approximately 1.13 GB.
Events
[Monster Hunting/Mining]
Gather Unknown Ore!
Mar 20, 2024 (Wed) after maintenance - Apr 3, 2024 (Wed) before maintenance
Lightstone of Fire: Strike
Ultimate Combined Magic Crystal - Gervish
Ultimate Combined Magic Crystal - Macalod
Ultimate Combined Magic Crystal - Hoom
Additional Old Moon Guild’s Support Items!
To support your endless curiosity for knowledge,
the Old Moon Guild is distributing additional support items!
Mar 21, 2024 (Thu) 00:00 (UTC) - Mar 26, 2024 (Tue) 23:59 (UTC)
Old Moon Fortune Scroll
[Event] Supreme Old Moon Scroll
Rare Cron Stone Bundle
Premium Elixir Box
Claim victory in the Guild League
Get the Lightstone of Fire!
Event Period: Mar 6, 2024 (Wed) after maintenance - Mar 20, 2024 (Wed) before maintenance April 3, 2024 (Wed) before maintenance
In the heat of the battlefield, our guild shines even brighter!
Collaborate with your guildies, sync your strategies, and reap the additional rewards with each victory, along with rewards that are granted to all guild members!
[Event] Rare Lightstone of Fire
- [Warrior] Fixed a typo in the control key description of Prime: Counter.
- [Sorceress] Fixed the issue where the increased attack area effect of Storming Crow II was not applied.
- [Sorceress] Changed the HP recovery effect of Abyssal Flame (I to III, Absolute) to Recover 50 HP on hits.
- [Sorceress] Fixed the issue where Abyssal Flame (I to III, Absolute) applied 2 extra hits instead of charged attack while mounted.
- [Sorceress] Fixed the issue where Absolute: Shadow Eruption applied one less hit against monsters while mounted.
- [Sorceress] Fixed the issue where Prime: Dream of Doom III and IV applied one and two less hits respectively while mounted.
- Fixed the issue where hitting with skills that should create Fragments of Darkness while mounted did not produce any fragments.
- [Sorceress] Fixed the issue where Succession: Ultimate: Shadow Eruption applied one less hit when comboed from certain skills.
- [Sorceress] Removed the effect of dealing extra damage equal to 10% of max HP from Darkness Released IV.
- [Sorceress] Removed the effect of dealing extra damage equal to 3% of max HP from Signs of Agony IV.
- [Sorceress] Fixed the issue where Black Spirit: Prime: Dream of Doom applied both Knockdown and Stun effects simultaneously on the last attack.
- [Sorceress] Fixed the issue where the damage of Prime: Claws of Darkness in PvP was not reduced during cooldown.
- [Sorceress] Changed the animation speed while moving backward with scythe to match the movement speed.
- [Sorceress] Changed the skill demo of Soul Harvest to match the actual animation.
- [Sorceress] Added and revised the description of the following skills to match the actual effects:
- Revised the description: Prime: Rushing Crow, Shadow Hellfire, Flow: Vile Plan.
- Added the description: Shadow Ignition, Crow Nightmare, Engulfing Shadow, Abyssal Blow, Shadow Hellfire, Black Spirit: Dream of Doom (I to III, Absolute).
- Revised the description: Prime: Rushing Crow, Shadow Hellfire, Flow: Vile Plan.
- [Shai, Nova] Fixed the issue where Over Here! and Winter Testudo did not restrict movement.
- [Shai, Nova] Added a description to Over Here! and Winter Testudo stating that they cannot block monster movement.
Contents
Cooking: Simplified Bonus Quests
- Simplified Cooking Bonus quests you can accept while cooking at residences from 9 to 1.
[Before]
| Quest Name * Randomly receive 1 out of 9 |
Quest Objective | Quest Reward | |
| [Bonus] Cooking for the Calpheon Slums (3 types) |    Create and hand over 100 of either Honey Wine, Meat Pie, or Fruit Pudding |
300 Contribution EXP Reward (▼Choose 1) - Milk x1,000 - Egg x1,000 |
|
| [Bonus] Cooking for Heidelian Soldiers (3 types) |    Create and hand over 100 of either Pickled Vegetables, Meat Stew, or Tea with Fine Scent |
300 Contribution EXP Reward (▼Choose 1) - High-quality Onion x500 - High-quality Pepper x500 |
|
| [Bonus] Cooking for Velian Sailors (3 types) |    Create and hand over 100 of either Smoked Fish Steak, Fruit Juice, or Fruit and Vegetable Salad |
300 Contribution EXP Select Reward (▼Choose 1) - High-quality Garlic x500 - High-quality Hot Pepper x500 |
|
[After]
| Quest Name * 1 type of Bonus quest |
Quest Objective | Quest Reward | |
| [Bonus] Cooking for Heidelian Soldiers (Pickled Vegetables) | Create and hand over Pickled Vegetable x100 |
300 Contribution EXP Select Reward (▼Choose 1) - Milk x1,000 - Egg x1,000 - High-quality Onion x500 - High-quality Pepper x500 - High-quality Garlic x500 - High-quality Hot Pepper x500 |
|
* Probability of receiving a Bonus quest during Cooking is the same as before.
* Only one [Bonus] Cooking quest can be active at a time. If you already have an ongoing quest of this type, you won't acquire another one.
* Cooking Bonus quests you've accepted before the update can be progressed as before.
Alchemy: Unintended Byproduct Changes
- Changed the unintended byproducts you can obtain while performing Alchemy in residences.
| Increased Obtain Probability | Newly Obtainable | No Longer Obtainable |
     Sturdy Alchemy Stone of Destruction/Protection/Life
Caphras Stone Cron Stone |
   Plywood Hardener
Leather Glaze Mystical Spirit Powder |
   Golden Backpack
Yona's Fragment Gold Bar Items (1G -1,000G) Caphras Stone (x40-60) |
* Caphras Stone listed under the Increased Obtain Probability table has a higher average obtain probability compared to the removed Caphras Stone (x40-60), allowing you to obtain more Caphras Stones than before.
- Changed the name of the [Bonus] Alchemy quest.
- [Bonus] A Simple Test from Alustin → [Bonus] A Simple Test from Dalishain
[Daily/Weekly] Boss Summon Scroll
- Changed the repeat quests to obtain Boss Summon Scrolls through the Black Spirit to no longer be available.
* Boss Summon Scrolls already in possession will not be deleted for about 2 weeks and will be converted into Silver according to their value afterwards.
- Boss Summon Scrolls scheduled to be converted into Silver are as follows:
| Boss Summon Scrolls Scheduled to be Deleted and Converted to Silver | |||
| Ancient Puturum Summon Scroll Altar Imp Boss Summon Scroll Goblin Chief Summon Scroll Agrakhan Summon Scroll Forest Ronaros Guardian Summon Scroll Manshaum Chief Summon Scroll Dim Tree Spirit Summon Scroll Imp Boss Summon Scroll Monastery Boss Summon Scroll Moghulis Summon Scroll Witch of Horrors Summon Scroll Gyfin Rhasia Raid Captain Summon Scroll King of Navarn Steppe Summon Scroll Blood Wolf Boss Summon Scroll Fogan Chief Summon Scroll |
Saunil Siege Captain Summon Scroll Awakened Forest Ronaros Guardian Summon Scroll Awakened Manshaum Chief Summon Scroll Awakened Altar Imp Boss Summon Scroll Awakened Goblin Chief Summon Scroll Awakened Imp Boss Summon Scroll Awakened Monastery Boss Summon Scroll Awakened Dim Tree Spirit Summon Scroll Awakened Witch of Horrors Summon Scroll Awakened Gyfin Rhasia Raid Captain Summon Scroll Awakened King of Navarn Steppe Summon Scroll Awakened Fogan Chief Summon Scroll Awakened Saunil Siege Captain Summon Scroll Darkened Boss Summon Scroll I Darkened Boss Summon Scroll II |
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* Changed so that the above summon scrolls are no longer dropped from monsters.
* Changed the objective of [Special I] Confronting Bheg (1/D) in the Progression Pass from obtaining a summon scroll to defeating Bheg from the Dark Rift.
* Changed the objective of [Special I] Confronting Bheg (1/D) in the Progression Pass from obtaining a summon scroll to defeating Bheg from the Dark Rift.
* Summon scroll pieces for the above summon scrolls will also be removed and converted to Silver in their value during the Apr 3 (Wed) maintenance.
- Changed the following objectives in Igor Bartali's Adventures.
| Igor Bartali's Adventures | Before | After |
| Volume 3, Chapter 3 | Use the scroll to deal with the witch | Defeat the Green Orc Skeleton Warrior that appeared with the witch (at the Traitor's Graveyard) |
| Volume 9, Chapter 3 | Defeat Moghulis | Defeat Sausan Guard x50 |
| Volume 13, Chapter 3 | Defeat Muskan's brother | Defeat Gahaz Bandit x50 |
* Changed the content of Igor Bartali's Adventures to reflect the above changes.
Item
- Changed the Complete Now function for Workshops on the World Map (M) to consume Silver instead of Pearls.
| Remaining Crafting Time | Silver Cost | ||
| 10 min or less | 10,000,000 | ||
| 20 min or less | 20,000,000 | ||
| 30 min or less | 30,000,000 | ||
| 40 min or less | 40,000,000 | ||
| 50 min or less | 50,000,000 | ||
| 60 min or less | 60,000,000 | ||
| 72 min or less | 70,000,000 | ||
| 84 min or less | 80,000,000 | ||
| 96 min or less | 90,000,000 | ||
| 108 min or less | 100,000,000 | ||
| 120 min or less | 110,000,000 | ||
| 135 min or less | 120,000,000 | ||
| 150 min or less | 130,000,000 | ||
| 165 min or less | 140,000,000 | ||
| 180 min or less | 150,000,000 | ||
| 195 min or less | 160,000,000 | ||
| 210 min or less | 170,000,000 | ||
| 225 min or less | 180,000,000 | ||
| 240 min or less | 190,000,000 | ||
| 260 min or less | 200,000,000 | ||
| 280 min or less | 210,000,000 | ||
| 300 min or less | 220,000,000 | ||
| 320 min or less | 230,000,000 | ||
| 340 min or less | 240,000,000 | ||
| 360 min or less | 250,000,000 | ||
| 380 min or less | 260,000,000 | ||
| 400 min or less | 270,000,000 | ||
| 420 min or less | 280,000,000 | ||
| 440 min or less | 290,000,000 | ||
| 480 min or less | 300,000,000 | ||
| 510 min or less | 310,000,000 | ||
| 540 min or less | 320,000,000 | ||
| 570 min or less | 330,000,000 | ||
| 600 min or less | 340,000,000 | ||
| 630 min or less | 350,000,000 | ||
| 660 min or less | 360,000,000 | ||
| 690 min or less | 370,000,000 | ||
| 720 min or less | 380,000,000 | ||
| 750 min or less | 390,000,000 | ||
| 780 min or less | 400,000,000 | ||
| 810 min or less | 410,000,000 | ||
| 840 min or less | 420,000,000 | ||
| 870 min or less | 430,000,000 | ||
| 900 min or less | 440,000,000 | ||
| 930 min or less | 450,000,000 | ||
| 960 min or less | 460,000,000 | ||
| 1000 min or less | 470,000,000 | ||
| 1040 min or less | 480,000,000 | ||
| 1080 min or less | 490,000,000 | ||
| 1120 min or less | 500,000,000 | ||
| 1160 min or less | 510,000,000 | ||
| 1200 min or less | 520,000,000 | ||
| 1240 min or less | 530,000,000 | ||
| 1280 min or less | 540,000,000 | ||
| 1320 min or less | 550,000,000 | ||
| 1360 min or less | 560,000,000 | ||
| 1400 min or less | 570,000,000 | ||
| 1440 min or less | 580,000,000 | ||
| 1500 min or less | 590,000,000 | ||
| 1560 min or less | 600,000,000 | ||
| 1620 min or less | 610,000,000 | ||
| 1680 min or less | 620,000,000 | ||
| 1740 min or less | 630,000,000 | ||
| 1800 min or less | 640,000,000 | ||
| 1860 min or less | 650,000,000 | ||
| 1920 min or less | 660,000,000 | ||
| 1980 min or less | 670,000,000 | ||
| 2040 min or less | 680,000,000 | ||
| 2100 min or less | 690,000,000 | ||
| 2160 min or less | 700,000,000 |
Monster
- [Sinful] Apostle of Immorality has appeared at the Vessel of Inquisition.
- After appearing, [Sinful] Apostle of Immorality chants a powerful spell to destroy the Vessel of Inquisition.
- If the chant of [Sinful] Apostle of Immorality is successful, the Vessel of Inquisition will immediately be destroyed.
- When [Sinful] Apostle of Immorality is chanting the spell, it is protected by Forward Guard, so you must attack its rear to prevent them from chanting the spell.
- After appearing, [Sinful] Apostle of Immorality chants a powerful spell to destroy the Vessel of Inquisition.
Mount
- Changed the breeding of existing Tier 6-8 horses to always produce a horse of at least Tier 6.
- Even when breeding Tier 6 stallion and mare at Lv. 1, a horse of Tier 6 or higher will be born instead of a Tier 4-5 horse.
| Before | After | ||
| Breeding Tier 6, Lvl. 1 Mare and Stallion: A horse between Tier 4-6 is born |
Breeding Tier 6, Lvl. 1 Mare and Stallion: A horse at or higher than Tier 6 is born |
- Changed Horse Emblems obtained through quests that gave Tier 3-5 horses to those that give Tier 6 horses.
- The new Horse Emblem gives you a Tier 6 black mare or stallion which already has the skills Sprint and Instant Accel at 100%.
* Changed the description of some Horse Emblems and Pearl Shop items to match the changes.
- With healthier and finer horses now roaming the world of Black Desert, Tier 1-5 horses have gradually disappeared.
- When using a horse appearance change item, you can choose to change to the appearance of a Tier 1-5 horse.
* Changed Tier 1-5 horses to Tier 6 with their skills and levels intact during the Mar 20 (Wed) maintenance.
- Their appearances were also changed to those of Tier 6 horses.
- However, Tier 1 horses obtained from emblems sold via Stables have been converted to Silver and deposited to your Central Market warehouse based on their value.
- Stable Keepers will no longer sell the below Tier 1 Horse Emblems.
- Horse Emblem: Beginner's Brown/Gray Horse
Quest & Knowledge
- Improved the keywords for the knowledge of Central Naga Marsh and Southern Naga Marsh.
- Improved the clarity of the dialogue and objective when accepting the [Valencia] The Leader quest.
- Changed so that you can acquire boss knowledge through NPCs upon completion of the following quests.
| Quest Name | Obtained Boss Knowledge | NPC |
| [Boss] Fogan Prince Titium | Titium | Freharau in Glish |
| [Boss] Saunil Siege Captain | Saunil Siege Captain | Valks in Calpheon |
| [Crossroad I] The Mediahn Royals of the Past [Boss] Ancient Power, Moghulis |
Moghulis | Ain Greid at the Ancient Fissure Node |
| [Lv. 58 Kamasylvia] [Kamasylvia] The Heart of Kamasylve |
Ronin, Narc Brishka, Urugon | Merindora in Grána |
| [Lv. 58 Drieghan II] Spread of Terror A Hero's Return |
Leebur | Durgeff in Duvencrune |
- Improved so that you can acquire Agrakhan knowledge from NPC Anne Laker at the Cadry Ruins under the following conditions.
- Obtain all knowledge under [Knowledge] Ecology - Ecology of Valencia - Cadry Followers category (excl. Cadry Chief Gatekeeper)
- Significantly increased the probability of acquiring knowledge when defeating Hexe Marie in the Hexe Sanctuary [Elvia].
- Improved so that you can acquire their knowledge when defeating bosses from Dark Rifts.
UI
- Changed the order and selectable UI area of the Ancient Stone Chamber when choosing the starting zone after character creation.
- Changed the damage reduction icon when set to view Total Stats in Monster Zone Info UI.
- Changed the text displayed when you enter the Old Moon Grand Prix.
- Added an example description related to Item Drop Rate Increase effect on Pearl Shop items.
- Added a button at the bottom of Knowledge (H), Black Spirit Pass, and Daily Special Pass to view Probability Information.
- Added an example of the Item Drop Rate Increase effect to the Item Drop Rate event icon displayed at the top of the screen.
Web
- Added the following guides to the Adventurer's Guide on the official website:
- Black Spirit Pass / Daily Special Pass
- Fairy Skill Learning / Sprouting Probability
- Higher Grade Knowledge Gain Probability
Modified or Changed
- Fixed the issue where the combat did not start in certain situations after entering the Black Shrine Boss Blitz.
- Fixed unnatural phrasing in the Red Battlefield rankings in the bottom left of the Rankings UI.
- Fixed the issue where you could board another adventurer's ship in certain situations even with Do not board other adventurers' ships feature toggled on.
- Fixed the issue where you could not deactivate the PvP icon when using Separable HP Bar and Level/Point Information in Edit UI.
- Improved the system to display a notification when the appearance from the Beauty Album fails to be applied.
- Improved the description of Two-Seater to match the actual control keys.
- Fixed the issue where sound effects were duplicated when hovering the mouse over the Equipment window while mounted.
- Fixed the geographical information guide text to be more natural.
- Improved the clarity of the system message displayed when remotely collecting a mount while having more than 20 mounts in the stable.
- Fixed the issue where the loading bar and text overlapped at the bottom of the loading screen in certain situations.
- Fixed the issue where the accessory obtained via the Old Moon Guild's Support was duplicated in the display of the Better Gear UI in certain situations.
- Fixed and improved the following with the Gamepad UI.
- Fixed the issue where the game sometimes shut down when pressing the close button on some UI.
- Improved the display of item tooltips in the preview window for the Auto-move to All Storage function.
- Improved the key guide alignment in storage to be more natural.
- Fixed the issue where the key guide for Family Inventory was not displayed when setting Auto-move Exclusions.
- Moved the Item Drop Information in the Progression Pass - Game Tips category to Monster Zone Info.
- Fixed some of the incorrect hotkeys in the Season Pass UI description.
- Fixed the issue where completing the [Weekly] Imperfect Beings quest did not complete the following step in the Progression Pass.
- Exchange Boss' Latent Aura for a [Weapon] Concentrated Boss Crystal.
- Fixed the issue where the benefits of Value Pack (15 Days) were not properly applied to returning adventurers.
- Fixed the issue where a character could not exit Full Screen UI (Pearl Shop, Skill window, etc.) in certain situations after dying during Guild League matches.
- Fixed the issue where the probability information text overlapped with other text in Courser Awakening UI.
- Fixed the phrase displayed when selecting an empty slot in the Mount Appearance slots to be more natural.
- Fixed the text about enhancement failure resulting in enhancement level decrease to not be displayed when attempting Desperate enhancement for Slumbering Origin gear.
- Fixed the issue where the Crafting Notes would close when opening and closing the World Map (M) while in Sticker Mode.
- [Woosa] Fixed the issue where wearing the following outfits and Nacre Butterfly Hairpin together resulted in an unnatural appearance.
- Academia Helmet, Maiden of Wisteria Helmet, Taebaek Helmet, Mookhyang Helmet, Grandpa Cron's Helper Helmet
- Fixed the following issues when wearing the [Tamer] Ceniza Underwear:
- Adjusted the appearance to be more natural in combat.
- Adjusted the appearance to be more natural in decreased durability when worn with certain armors.
- Fixed the issue where wearing certain outfits together resulted in an unnatural appearance.
- [Scholar] Fixed the issue where wearing Academia Armor resulted in an unnatural appearance.
- [Hashashin] Fixed the issue where some designs of the Academia Armor were invisible when worn.
- Fixed the issue allowing items infused with lightstones to be processed through storage.
- Now, a warning message will be displayed when attempting to process items infused with lightstones.
- Fixed the discrepancy in the descriptions of Ranchini the Liar III and IV quests from Ranchini in Drieghan.
- Fixed the issue where the artifact preset could not be equipped and was instead unequipped to the inventory under certain conditions.
- Fixed the issue where the intensity and volume of certain instruments were increased.
- [Black Shrine] Fixed the issue where the success message was displayed when attempting to defeat another boss after the Boss Blitz in certain situations.
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