Greetings Adventurers,

Here are the latest update details for Black Desert Online on April 3, 2024 (Wed). Today’s patch contains 145 updates and is approximately 1.63 GB.

Events

 

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Behold! A New Hammer!

Enhance your accessories! No level drops upon failure! And tradeable?

 

Apr 3, 2024 (Wed) after maintenance - Nov 27, 2024 (Wed) before maintenance

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A tale only believed by fools

has become reality and can now be yours!

This special hammer prevents level drops

when enhancing accessories! 

* Can be sold and purchased from the Central Market 

J's Hammer of Precision

Find out more!

 

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Enhancement Materials Galore!
Daily Special & Special Pass!

Get your Dim Origin of Dark Hunger and Cron Stone Bundle 
to increase enhancement chance!

And don’t forget the Choose Your Deboreka Accessory Box!

Daily Special Pass Sale Period

Apr 3, 2024 (Wed) after maintenance - May 15, 2024 (Wed) before maintenance

 

Daily Special Rewards Availability Period

Apr 3, 2024 (Wed) after maintenance - May 29, 2024 (Wed) before maintenance

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What is the Daily Special?

Accessible via the icon next to the minimap!

Get a variety of different rewards every day just by logging in!

 

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Daily Special Pass?

Activate additional rewards by purchasing the Daily Special Pass from the Pearl Shop!
Enjoy a bountiful adventure with even more benefits!

Daily Special Pass

Together with the Daily Special Pass

Additional Benefits!

Daily Special Pass

3,500 Pearls

Find out more!

 

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Get Advice of Valks (+150) with Seal of Mellow Dreams!

 

April 3, 2024 (Wed) after maintenance - April 24, 2024 (Wed) before maintenance

 

Obtain “[Event] Seal of Mellow Dreams” during the event period by defeating monsters or via Gathering/Fishing.

[Event] Seal of Mellow Dreams

Rewards

Advice of Valks
(+150)

Supreme Old Moon
Box

Cron Stone
x500

Ultimate Custom
Enhancement Box

Find out more!

 

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[Returning Adventurers]
Login to Grab Growth Support Items!

 

Apr 4, 2024 (Thu) 00:00 (UTC) - May 7, 2024 (Tue) 23:59 (UTC)

What is a returning adventurer?
A player who has not logged into the game for more than 30 days (720 hours) and has not used the Central Market (Black Desert + application/official website) for a period of 30 days or more.

 

Rewards

Enhancement Aid Box

Value Pack (7 Days)

Blessing of Kamasylve (7 Days)

[Event] Shakatu's Splendid Box

Find out more!

 

New Additions and Improvements

Class Fixes and Changes

• [Lahn] Fixed the issue where the Skill Add-on effect of Fragrant Stigma (IV to Absolute) was abnormally applied.
  
• [Lahn] Added and revised the description of the following skills to match the actual effect:
  
  • Revised: Prime: Pendulum Cleaver (I to III), Prime: Spring Breeze (I to III), Morning Dew (I to III), Wind Orchid (I to Absolute), Flow: Vice, Cymbidium (I to Absolute), Prime: Blooming Nether Flower
    
  • Added: Fragrant Stigma (I to Absolute), Morning Dew (I to III), Deadly Restraint (I to Absolute), Furious Chase (I to Absolute), Flow: Pendulum Kick
    
• [Lahn] Fixed the issue where 2 less hits were applied when using Black Spirit: Prime: Cymbidium.
  
• [Lahn] Fixed the issue where the attack area did not increase when using Black Spirit: Eradication.
  
• [Lahn] Fixed the issue where the Floating effect was applied to the attack 2 when using Catasetum while mounted.
  
• [Lahn] Fixed the issue where fewer hits were applied when using Blooming Nether Flower while mounted.
  
• [Lahn] Fixed the issue where the skill was sometimes cancelled when Stamina was low while using Flow: Nimbus Stride and comboing into Prime: Spring Breeze.
  
• [Lahn] Fixed the issue where using Eyes of Blood would recover HP more than intended.
  
• [Lahn] Fixed the issue where using Phoenix Chase would recover WP more than intended.
  
• [Lahn] Fixed the issue where Succession: Flow: Pendulum Kick would not combo into the attack 2 of Crescent Barrage.
  
• [Lahn] Fixed Soul Ascent (I to Absolute) to match the number of hits described in the skill description.
  
• [Lahn] Fixed the issue where the Push effect was not applied when using Morning Dew after using Spring Breeze.
  
• [Lahn] Fixed the issue where the character would not collide and pass through at the last motion during the cooldown of Prime: Spring Breeze.
  
• [Lahn] Changed Blade Dance (I to Absolute) to be unavailable when WP is insufficient.
  
• [Lahn] Fixed the issue where the monster rotating effect was not applied when moving forward/backward and switching to Awakening with the main weapon.
  
• [Valkyrie] Fixed the issue where the upper left lip unnaturally lifts in the main weapon combat stance.            
  
• [Hashashin] Fixed the issue where the DP decrease debuff isn't applied for Prime: Purge (I to III) while mounted.
  
• [Nova] Fixed the issue where the MP recovery effect was not applied to some hits for Flowing Star.

 

Barter. This trade of goods is another area of Life Skill that arrived with the dawn of the Great Expedition. To this day, many adventurers, like the captains at the Dancing Marlin Tavern, continue to cherish the vast expanses of Black Desert's Great Ocean.

 

Navigating the boundless ocean aboard a grand ship is a dream for many of you adventurers. We understand that the journey to upgrade to a Carrack through various large ships can be a bit daunting. That's why in today's update, we've eased the barter process, streamlined quest progression, and simplified item acquisition to make the ocean more accessible and enjoyable for all.

 

Key updates include reducing the refresh cooldown for barter, increasing opportunities to obtain upgrade materials, simplifying quest objectives, and lessening the burden of land-based materials.

 

For those adventurers who've dreamt of the Great Ocean, we hope this update brings you closer to realizing your dreams. And for our seasoned captains who are already sailing the high seas, we hope these changes make your voyages even more enjoyable and convenient.

• Adjusted the waiting time to refresh the barter list from 4 hours to 2 hours.

• Adjusted the cooldown of the Crow's Trade Voucher from 4 hours to 2 hours, allowing for a quicker recovery of parley following the reduced refresh time for the barter list.

• Adjusted the points required for Ship Material Refresh among the Refresh Barter Information.

• Increased the exchange limit for the following items, which could only be exchanged once in the material exchange.
• However, this change does not apply to trade routes that could be exchanged more than twice.

• Increased the exchange count for the following items in the trade item barter as follows:

• Adjusted the number of Crow Coins needed to purchase the following items at the Crow Coin Shop.

• Consolidated the three daily quests that could be accepted from Ravikel, the wharf manager at Oquilla's Eye, into one as follows.
  • The following three quests for defeating young sea monsters in the Great Ocean can no longer be accepted.
• [Daily] Old Moon Guild's Young Candidum Hunter, [Daily] Old Moon Guild's Young Nineshark Hunter, [Daily] Old Moon Guild's Young Black Rust Hunter
• Addd one new quest.
  • [Daily] Old Moon Guild's Young Sea Monster Hunter

• Young sea monsters have swum down from Margoria's unfamiliar currents near Oquilla's Eye.
  • These yet-to-mature creatures live in groups.

Young Nineshark Herd		Young Black Rust Herd

• Relaxed the completion objectives for the following three weekly quests.

• Adjusted the rewards for quests that allow you to obtain ship upgrade materials as follows.

• Added an option to exchange Level 2-3 trade goods for ship equipment enhancement materials through exchange with Baori, the storage keeper of Iliya Island.

• Added a button to the bottom of the Ship Upgrade UI that allows you to access the Carrack Crafting Guide. Clicking this button will take you to the Adventurer's Guide - Carrack Crafting Page.

• • Clicking the button will take you to the Adventurer's Guide - Carrack crafting page.

• Changed some of the quests included in [Sailing Specialist] Sailing to the Ends of the Vast Ocean under the Recurring tab in Quests (O).
• Fixed the description of the Rock Salt Ingot to update the info on which ships can be upgraded.

• The Barterers have announced a new contract to exchange materials from land for trade goods, and have announced that they will no longer exchange certain trade goods.
  • The materials from land available for barter to Level 1 Trade Goods have been changed as follows.

• • Changed the required amount for the following trade items:

• Suspended the trade of the following Trade Items.

• Changed the composition of the Riddle-Me Barter Support Box that can be obtained when exploring an island through the Anchor Menu with a ship boarded by a sailor accordingly.
  • When exploring, you can obtain Riddle-Me Barter Support Box x10 according to a set probability.
    • Upon opening one Riddle-Me Barter Support Box, you can obtain land materials needed for barter.
  • The content of the Riddle-Me Barter Support Box obtained before the update will not change.

In the past, during Cooking or Alchemy, it was all too easy to mix up ingredients or accidentally use too much, leaving you in a bind when everything was used up. Now, improvements have been made so that your ingredients won't be wasted in such mistakes.

• Improved the system that consumes ingredients when the type or quantity of ingredients is insufficient during cooking or alchemy at your residence as follows.

• Reduced the minigame duration for taming a wild horse from 11 sec to 6 sec, allowing you to tame faster than before.

In today's update, we've streamlined the Black Stones, just as we promised. Previously, different Black Stones were used depending on the type of weapon or armor. Now, we've consolidated them into a single type for each category. Given that Black Stones have been a staple in Black Desert and a constant companion to our adventurers, we're ensuring they remain useful across all game aspects.

 

Today's update is the first phase of this simplification, focusing on usage, crafting recipes, and exchange formulas. In the next phase, we'll streamline the methods for acquiring these items, encompassing various game content, quests, login rewards, boxes, and packages.

 

As part of this first phase, we've unified the enhancement materials that were previously divided between weapons and armor. Until the second phase of simplification is implemented, you can exchange any existing armor enhancement Black Stones you obtain via the Black Spirit.

 

Once all these simplifications are complete, we'll also update the names of the enhancement materials to reflect these changes.

• Simplified the Black Stone (Weapon/Armor), Sharp/Hard Black Crystal Shard, Concentrated Magical Black Stone (Weapon/Armor).
  • The Enhancement materials that were used differently depending on the type of item have been improved to be used without distinction of type.
    • Black Stone (Weapon), Black Stone (Armor) → Black Stone (Weapon)
    • Sharp Black Crystal Shard, Hard Black Crystal Shard → Sharp Black Crystal Shard
    • Concentrated Magical Black Stone (Weapon), Concentrated Magical Black Stone (Armor) → Concentrated Magical Black Stone (Weapon)

• Changed so that the following items obtained from various sources can now be exchanged anywhere through the Black Spirit.

• Changed so that defense gear and ship equipments, which could be enhanced with Black Stone (Armor) and Concentrated Magical Black Stone (Armor), can now be enhanced with Black Stone (Weapon) and Concentrated Magical Black Stone (Weapon).
• Changed the max price of each item in the Central Market accordingly.

• Consolidated Black Stones that can be used for additional enhancement chance in the Enhancement window, following the simplification of existing Black Stones (Weapons/Armor).

• Adjusted the max price of the Black Stone (Weapon) as all defense gear can now be enhanced with Black Stone (Weapon) instead of Black Stone (Armor). Additionally, the enhancement success rate for +6 to +7 has been changed to 100%.

• Changed so that the Black Stone (Armor), Hard Black Crystal Shard, and Concentrated Magical Black Stone (Armor), which are no longer used for enhancement but for exchange to be unlistable on the Central Market.

• Changed the alchemy recipe for the Purified Lightstone to not utilize Black Stone (Armor).
  • The alchemy recipe using Black Stone (Weapon) can be used as before.

• Changed the Manage Currency UI to prevent the exchange for Black Stone (Armor) and Hard Black Crystal Shard with the Hunter's Seal.

• Changed the Black Stone used in the crafting recipe for the following items as follows.
  • Changed the description of each item accordingly.

• Removed boss summon scrolls rewarded from daily and weekly quests.
  • The following items, which were either in the Family's possession or included in completed challenges, have been deleted and converted to Silver according to their value.

• As mentioned in earlier announcements, the following were applied to the 11 Life EXP Transfer Coupons during today's maintenance.            
  
  • Life EXP Transfer Coupons are no longer usable.            
  • Cannot be registered to and were delisted from the Central Market.            
    
    • Purchased, delisted, and those in the Central Market warehouse were sent to Heidel storage.            
• Please refer to the following announcements for details on Life EXP Transfer Coupon changes.            
  
  • Life EXP Transfer Coupon Discontinuation            
  • Regarding Your Life EXP Transfer Coupons            

• Added the [Event] Jetina's Certificate Seal to the Manage Currency UI.
  • Any seals that were previously in possession in the inventory or storage have been moved and will now be displayed in the Manage Currency UI.
• Added the probability of obtainable items to the description of the Taritas Defense Gear Box.

• Added a new monster zone, the Roud Sulfur Mine [Dehkia's Lantern].
  • Use Dehkia's Lantern at certain locations in the Roud Sulfur Mine, and the Lava tribes will awaken in a chaotic state.

Dehkia's Lantern Use Locations (Total 2)

• Improved the movements of the following monsters in the Gyfin Rhasia Temple (Underground) to be more natural.
  • Gyfin Rhasia Crusher, Gyfin Rhasia Guard, Butcher of Gyfin Rhasia
• [Black Shrine] Fixed the issue where the Golden Pig King charged out of the combat zone.            
• [Black Shrine] Changed the Golden Pig King to return to the center if you fight near the edge of the marked combat zone.            

• Changed Doom and Mythical Doom so that when they hit an enemy through the S: Instant Accel, Dark Sprint, and Infernal Sprint, flames are not created on the surrounding floor.
• Fixed the issue where the checkbox for auto-activating movement-related skills was displayed when mounting a sea mount that does not have the skills.

• Improved some of the presentation during the main quest in Balenos.
• Improved the navigation for the New Culinary Ingredients quest in the Southern Ulukita.
• Improved the description of the Secret Revealed quest.
• Changed certain Life Skill quests that cannot be progressed to be unavailable for acceptance.
  • Study Deer Blood
  • How to Use Fish in Alchemy
  • [Alchemy] Trace of Despair
  • Wheat Farm Troubles
  • That Gross Thing!
  • The Fish Even Ario Couldn't Catch
  • [Cooking] Thick, Light Soup
  • [Farming] Sweet Potato Farming

The old menu, which has been maintained since September 2017 when the new menu was updated, is scheduled to be removed during the first maintenance of May.

 

During the process of expanding content within Black Desert, there are times where we integrate existing elements for better quality of life, but there are also times where we must remove older content to make way for new content.

We understand there were some adventurers who still use the old menu, but we feel this is necessary to provide you with better access to future content, so we hope you understand.

• The old menu is expected to end about a month later, after the maintenance in the first week of May..

• Fixed so that clicking the Align Left or Align Right button in the menu would immediately show the change.
  
  • Fixed the issue where the cursor does not change when adjusting size after setting "Align Right" in the menu.

• Changed the display method for easier confirmation of item count when the number of items in storage exceeds 100,000.
  • e.g., if you have 123,456 of a single item, it will be displayed as 123.4K.
  • e.g., if you have 123,456,789of a single item, it will be displayed as 123.4M.

• Improved the Monster Zone Info UI to now display usable locations for the Dehkia's Lantern in the following two monster zones.            
  
  • Added a "Fixed Dehkia's Lantern Summon Location" tag to the following monster zones in Monster Zone Info.            
    
    • Pila Ku Jail, Roud Sulfur Mine            
      * When you hover over the "Fixed Dehkia's Lantern Summon Location" tag with the mouse, the use location of Dehkia's Lantern is displayed.            

• Added text to the description at the bottom of the Crystal tab in Item Recovery, stating that only items within 30 days are displayed in the list.            
• Improved the text displayed when exchanging lesson tickets for manuals in the Old Moon Guild ADV Lesson UI.            
• Changed the display method for the remaining number of uses in the Black Shrine and Manage Currency UI.            
  
  • For example, if you have 1 remaining usage out of 1, it will be displayed as 1/1.            
    
    • When you have no remaining usage left, it will be displayed as 0/1.            

• Adjusted the schedule of the following content and World Boss with the start of Daylight Saving Time.
• Node War, Conquest, Tax Wagon, Guild League

 

 

Modified or Changed

• Fixed the issue where text overlapped in the Manage Currency UI for some languages.            
• Fixed the issue where characters could not move from a certain location in Velandir.            
• Fixed the issue where you could not close the confirm window during Lightstone exchange.            
• [Female Classes] Fixed the issue where the appearance of Bloody Gloves and Oblivion Armor were unnatural when worn together.            
• [Shai, Witch] Fixed the issue where the appearance of Oblivion Armor and Salanar Gloves were unnatural when worn together.            
• [Maegu] Fixed the issue where the color of the belt and pants of Bubbly Diving Suit were different from those of other classes.            
• [Maegu] Fixed the issue where the color of the right arm of Bubbly Diving Suit was deeper.            
• [Striker] Fixed the issue where part of the character's hair was unnatural at certain camera angles when Grandpa Cron's Helper Helmet was worn.            
• [Ranger] Fixed the issue where the appearance of the cloak was unnatural during the its standby action when Academia Armor was worn.            
• [Tamer] Fixed the issue where parts of the Sugar Rush Armor and Ceniza Underwear appeared to overlap when worn together.            
• [Scholar] Fixed the issue where the appearance was unnatural when Glorious Shudad or Black Gravity Cores were equipped with the Kibelius Hammer.            
• Fixed the issue where trial characters, which cannot receive or move items, could exchange items via the Manage Currency UI.            
• Fixed the issue where the Mastery increase effect was abnormally applied when the durability of equipment with Life Skill Mastery increase effect were at 0.            
• Fixed the issue where [Event] Choose Your Outfit Swap Box could not be opened with the Scholar.            
• Fixed the issue where some UI elements were unnatural in the Manage Currency UI when using 1920x1080 resolution in Window Mode.            
• Fixed the following issues for gamepad UI mode.            
  
  • Improved the key guide of the Atoraxxion entry UI to be more natural.            
  • Fixed the issue where the Artifact Inventory was also opened when checking the inventory while infusing Lightstones.            
  • Fixed the key guide in the Purchase Confirmation window of the Pearl Shop to be more natural.            
• Fixed the issue where you could not accept the quest "[Manor] Northern Heidel Gothic Fountain".            
  
  • You can accept the quest "[Manor] Northern Heidel Gothic Fountain" after completing the quest "[Manor] A Father's Heart".            
• Fixed the issue where an abnormal system message was sometimes displayed when checking the Black Shrine UI from the World Map (M).            
• Fixed the issue where the example for the item drop rate increase effect was not displayed on some items.            
• Fixed the issue where the text related to Tier 1-5 horses remained on some items.            
• Fixed the issue where the Quick Hotkey for the Item Collection Increase Gauge was not functioning when the UI was not displayed.            

 

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