Greetings Adventurers,

Here are the latest update details for Black Desert Online on January 19, 2022 (Wed). Today’s patch contains 93 updates and is approximately 869.73 MB.

Events

Character

● Fixed the issue where getting struck with Knockback or Stiffness debuffs while engaged in Life Skill actions (moving, reloading, firing, etc.) with the matchlock equipped would make your movements appear abnormal.
● Improved the issue where reloading the matchlock would sometimes cause your screen to rotate around your character.

● Changed the following Black Spirit's Rage skills as follows.
- Damage reduction in PvP has been changed accordingly.

● Black Spirit: Spinning Slash - Fixed the issue where the Critical Hit Rate buff was not being applied in PvP.

● Black Spirit: Prime: Charging Wind (I to III) - Fixed the issue where the description displayed the incorrect damage amount.
● Black Spirit: Charging Wind (I to Absolute) - Fixed the issue where the description displayed the incorrect damage amount.
● Black Spirit: Charging Wind (I to IV) - Added Critical Hit Rate +100% effect for PvE only.
● Changed the following Black Spirit's Rage skills as follows.
- Damage reduction in PvP has been changed accordingly.

● Black Spirit: Dream of Doom (I to Absolute) - Added Critical Hit Rate +100% effect for PvE only.
● Changed the following Black Spirit's Rage skills as follows.
- Damage reduction in PvP has been changed accordingly.

● Black Spirit: Dream of Doom (I to III) Fixed the issue where the description displayed the incorrect damage amount.

● Black Spirit: Fearsome Tyrant, Black Spirit: Prime: Fearsome Tyrant - Fixed the issue where the description regarding the attack damage differed from the actual effect.
● Changed the following Black Spirit's Rage skills as follows.
- Damage reduction in PvP has been changed accordingly.

● Changed the following Black Spirit's Rage skills as follows.
- Damage reduction in PvP has been changed accordingly.

● Black Spirit: Dragon Bite (I to Absolute) - Changed the Critical Hit Rate +100% effect to apply for PvE only.
● Black Spirit: Projection (I to III) - Fixed the description regarding the attack damage to match the actual effect.
● Changed the following Black Spirit's Rage skills as follows.
- Damage reduction in PvP has been changed accordingly.

● Black Spirit: Prime: Decapitation (I to IV) - Fixed the issue where the description displayed the incorrect Accuracy Rate buff.
● Black Spirit: Prime: Decapitation (I to IV) - Changed the description to match the actual attack damage and debuff effect.
● Black Spirit: Maehwa: Decapitation (I to Absolute) - Fixed the issue where the description didn't match the actual attack damage.
● Changed the following Black Spirit's Rage skills as follows.
- Damage reduction in PvP has been changed accordingly.

● Changed the following Black Spirit's Rage skills as follows.
- Damage reduction in PvP has been changed accordingly.

● Black Spirit: Prime: Judgment of Light (I to III) - Fixed the issue where the description didn't match the actual attack damage.

● Black Spirit: Wheel of Wrath (I to III) - Fixed the issue where the damage was displayed slightly lower than the actual amount.
● Changed the following Black Spirit's Rage skills as follows.
- Damage reduction in PvP has been changed accordingly.

● Changed the following Black Spirit's Rage skills as follows.
- Damage reduction in PvP has been changed accordingly.

● Changed the following Black Spirit's Rage skills as follows.
- Damage reduction in PvP has been changed accordingly.

● Barrage of Water - Fixed the issue where comboing from other skills wouldn't play its sound effects.

● Improved the issue where attacks weren't being applied when turning the camera during the following skills.
- Fireball, Fireball Explosion, Freeze
- Sage's Rage
- Prime: Fireball, Prime: Fireball Explosion, Prime: Freeze
- Prime: Frigid Fog: Disrupt, Prime: Bolide of Destruction
● Prime: Bolide of Destruction - Improved to apply all attacks at once.
● Prime: Frigid Fog: Disrupt - Improved to apply all attacks at once.
● Improved the issue where attacks weren't being applied to the target when turning the screen during the following skills.
- Prime: Multiple Magic Arrows (All elements)
- Prime: Meteor Shower: Focus
- Residual Lightning: Combo, High Voltage
- Lightning Arrows
- Sage's Thunder

● Changed the following Black Spirit's Rage skills as follows.
- Damage reduction in PvP has been changed accordingly.

● Sage's Thunder - Improved to apply all attacks at once.

● Improved the issue where attacks weren't being applied when turning the camera during the following skills.
- Fireball, Fireball Explosion, Freeze
- Sage's Rage
- Prime: Fireball, Prime: Fireball Explosion, Prime: Freeze
- Prime: Frigid Fog: Disrupt, Prime: Bolide of Destruction
● Prime: Bolide of Destruction - Improved to apply all attacks at once.
● Prime: Frigid Fog: Disrupt - Improved to apply all attacks at once.
● Improved the issue where attacks weren't being applied to the target when turning the screen during the following skills.
- Prime: Multiple Magic Arrows (All elements)
- Prime: Meteor Shower: Focus
- Residual Lightning: Combo, High Voltage
- Lightning Arrows
- Sage's Thunder

● Changed the following Black Spirit's Rage skills as follows.
- Damage reduction in PvP has been changed accordingly.

● Changed the following Black Spirit's Rage skills as follows.
- Damage reduction in PvP has been changed accordingly.

● Changed the following Black Spirit's Rage skills as follows.
- Damage reduction in PvP has been changed accordingly.

● Eradication - Changed the skill icon into a Black Spirit's Rage skill version.
● Prime: Spring Breeze - Fixed the issue where the targets in the Skill Demo weren't being hit.
● Changed the following Black Spirit's Rage skills as follows.
- Damage reduction in PvP has been changed accordingly.

● Black Spirit: Pendulum Kick (I to Absolute) - Fixed the issue where the actual PvP damage reduction rate wasn't being displayed.

● Black Spirit: Radiant Explosion (I to IV) - Fixed the issue where the description regarding damage reduction in PvP wasn't being displayed.
● Changed the following Black Spirit's Rage skills as follows.
- Damage reduction in PvP has been changed accordingly.

● Marked Bloom - Improved to apply all attacks at once.
- Improved the camera turning effect accordingly.

● Black Spirit: One-Two-Three (I to V) - Added the Critical Hit Rate +100% (PvE only) effect to the description.

● Black Spirit: Claw Reveal (I to II), Black Spirit: Absolute: Claw Reveal - Added the Critical Hit Rate +100% effect for PvE only.
● Changed the following Black Spirit's Rage skills as follows.
- Damage reduction in PvP has been changed accordingly.

● Changed the following Black Spirit's Rage skills as follows.
- Damage reduction in PvP has been changed accordingly.

● Changed the following Black Spirit's Rage skills as follows.
- Damage reduction in PvP has been changed accordingly.

● Changed the following Black Spirit's Rage skills as follows.
- Damage reduction in PvP has been changed accordingly.

● Black Spirit: Ocean's Allure - Improved the "Pulls in target on hits" effect to be more natural.
● Changed the following Black Spirit's Rage skills as follows.
- Damage reduction in PvP has been changed accordingly.

● Black Spirit: Mareca: Sea Stroll (I to Absolute) - Fixed the issue where the description on the speed decrease effect applied on hits would differ from the actual effect.
● Spare No Quarter! - Fixed the issue where the visual effects would remain unnaturally when falling in water.

● Improved and changed the following for Red Battlefield: Valencia City.
- Improved the Red Battlefield rules and description to change accordingly when selecting the Valencia City battlefield on the UI for entering Red Battlefield.
- Changed the mount function UI that you can use to check your pets and fairies to be displayed properly within Red Battlefield: Valencia City.
● Made the following changes to the detailed rules of Red Battlefield: Valencia City:
- You'll get 1/2 of points that the opposing team earned during the conquest at the enemy's conquested area successfully occupied by an ally.

We would like to thank our Adventurers for enjoying the Red Battlefield: Valencia City content and would also like to add that we changed the details of the rules for a more enjoyable Red Battlefield experience. Our main intention was to provide a way to make a breakthrough in situations where there would be less opportunities to turn the tables around as all of your conquest areas were ruled over or there was a dramatic difference in points. Therefore, we made changes so that the DP restriction debuff would only be applied to the team occupying the conquest area when breaking through the major conquest areas completely blocked by your opponents. Also, you can now earn some of the points earned at the conquest area when you successfully occupy one. With these changes, it is possible to both defend and come up with strategies to carefully invade and occupy areas.

● Improved the rewards obtainable from participating in the Red Battlefield.
- Changed the "Red Seal" obtainable depending on the results of the Red Battlefield to "Battlefield Token."
* The "Battlefield Token" is a new form of the "Red Seal," and you can exchange a less number of this item for Red Essences. Also, you can additionally obtain other items helpful in your Adventure.
* Therefore, the quest objective for the Victory at Red Battlefield! daily quest that you can complete at the Red Battlefield was changed to Get Battlefield Token x5.
* You can no longer obtain the "Red Seals" from the Red Battlefield. However, it was changed so that you can sell it for 500,000 Silver to an NPC Vendor.
- Increased the rewards you can obtain depending on the results of the Red Battlefield as follows:

Rewards	Before	After
Victory Reward	Red Seal x5 6,000,000 Silver	Battlefield Token x5 10,000,000 Silver
Defeat Reward	Red Seal x2 4,000,000 Silver	Battlefield Token x2 6,000,000 Silver

- Added the following weekly quest that you can accept and complete by handing over the Battlefield Token to the Red Battlefield NPC, Daz.

- Added the Red Essence to be obtainable from the Arms Dealer, Ornella, in Heidel City, even with the "Battlefield Token."

Also, we improved the rewards obtainable from each region of the Red Battlefield. First, we increased the amount of Silver, a basic reward obtainable from the Red Battlefield. Also, we improved the "Red Seal" only consumed for "Red Battlefield Crystals," to the "Battlefield Token" so that you can obtain items providing more direct aid in combat and growth. We also made it easier to obtain Red Battlefield Crystals by lowering the number of items required to exchange them for the Red Essence, so we hope you have a more enjoyable Red Battlefield experience.

● Changed the letter sent via Mail (B) on your birthday to a text written by the Black Spirit itself.
- The letter will be sent via Mail (B), the day after you've created your Family, around 4 a.m. You can check out the date your Family was created on the Adventurer Profile page on our official website.
● Improved and added to the item description of the Boss' Latent Aura items.

● Changed the following for loot obtainable from "Possessed" Apostles of Malevolence at Star's End.
- Changed to obtain the Mass of Pure Magic.
- Changed to obtain Black Magic Crystal - Precision.
- Increased the probability to obtain the Black Distortion Earring by 4 times.
- Increased the probability to obtain the Clear Blackstar Crystal by 4 times.
- Increased the probability to obtain the Sanguine Crystal of Despair by 5 times.
● Changed the following for loot obtainable from the "Frenzied" Ahibs at Thornwood Forest.
- Increased the probability to obtain Specter's Energy by 10 times.
- Increased the probability to obtain the Ah'krad by 10 times.
● Changed the following for loot obtainable from the "Fallen" Dark Knights at the Thornwood Forest.
- Increased the probability to obtain the Specter's Energy by 4 times.
- Increased the probability to obtain the Ah'krad by 3.3 times.
- Changed the Mass of Pure Magic to be obtainable according to a certain probability.
● Changed the following for loot obtainable from the "Ancient Weapons" Belloten and Elqueesh at the Kratuga Ancient Ruins.
- Doubled the probability to obtain the Elkarr.
- Changed the Ancient Spirit Dust to be obtainable according to a certain probability.

● Added quests for obtaining boss gear and locations from which you can exchange Memory Fragments via the 8 Boss' Latent Auras.
- If you hand over each of the Boss' Latent Aura x100 to the following NPCs, you can proceed with a quest for obtaining boss gear pertaining to the boss aura you handed over, once per Family.
- You can exchange Boss' Latent Aura x1 for Memory Fragment x1 once you've completed the quest.

● Improved to make it easier to click and drag with your mouse by setting a minimum height of the scroll bar when posts on the Adventurer's Board (F1) become lengthy.
● Changed an awkward part of the tooltips for the Progression Pass and Season Pass.
● Changed the notification UI displayed on gear that cannot be equipped by a season character to be aligned on the UI.

Pearl Shop

● Fixed the issue where the following cash products displayed incorrect bonus items.
- Affected cash products:

- Belle Epoque Ferry Set
- Dark Thorn Fishing Boat Set
- Fisto Fishing Boat Set

- Adventurers who purchased the above cash products between Dec 8, 2021 (Wed) after maintenance – Jan 19, 2022 (Wed) before maintenance will be receiving the bonus items via in-game mail. 

● Changed to be verified when pressing the Confirm button after entering the code from the OTP and backup code input windows.
● Improved the Resend a verification code button UI on the Account Security Center -> OTP Settings -> Email Verification page.
● Changed the default profile image.

● Fixed the issue where you couldn't instantly register your worker(s) to the Worker Exchange after changing the skills of your worker(s).
● Fixed the issue where the Black Spirit mark on the background of Black Spirit's Adventure was reversed.
● Fixed the issue where Crow's Nest would appear abnormal on the World Map (M) window.
● Fixed the issue where the mount icon would be displayed in a different color when your mount dies while you have a Trainer's Flute in your possession.
● Fixed the issue where wearing certain shoes while the [Musa] Marnist Armor was equipped would make your character's legs appear abnormal.
● Fixed the issue where you could select the Arena of Arsha Party UI once a tournament for the Arena Of Arsha begins.
● Fixed the issue where the Violent Altar Imp would initiate attacks on high-level characters and mounts.
● Fixed the issue where the pick-up speed of certain Tier 4 Polar Bear and Arctic Fox (pets) would be the same, regardless of the level.
● Changed the characters to no longer be able to climb up certain places of Red Battlefield: Valencia City.
● Fixed the issue where the bottom part of the [Corsair] Ram Horn Witch outfit would appear abnormal when wearing it with certain underwear.
● Fixed the issue where the AP and DP stats would appear in an awkward part of the View (another character's) Gear/Inventory UI in Gamepad UI mode.
● Fixed the issue where the slot for the Adventurer's Tome would be placed abnormally on the Equipment window in Gamepad UI mode.
● Fixed the issue where you couldn't play the game properly because cutscenes would sometimes not be displayed properly in Atoraxxion: Sycrakea.
● Fixed the issue where the [To Level 50!] Go Beyond Your Own Limits quest would be displayed on the Quests (O) window.
● Fixed certain skill debuff effects to apply correctly when fighting against certain characters under certain circumstances.

● Fixed the issue where incorrect appearances for Polar Bear and Arctic Fox pets were being displayed in the Appearance Change UI.
● Fixed the issue where using the Appearance Change Coupon wouldn't display certain Polar Bear and Arctic Fox pets in the Appearance Change UI.

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:

	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!
	Narchillan Equipment Equipment for new Adventurers that will help you on your journey!
	Enhancement QoL Improvements! No more tedious prep for enhancements! You can now use Black Stones to directly increase enhancement chance.
	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)!
	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!
	Valencia Monster Loot Revamp Junk loot of monster zones in the Valencia region have been revamped to be more profitable!
	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
	Increased Caphras Stone Drop Rates Boost your progression with increased Caphras Stone drop rates in various monster zones!
	Elvia Realm Hadum spreads her dark influence into Serendia. Fight the fearsome and powerful monsters of the Serendia Elvia Realm!

♥ For Amusement-seeking Adventurers:

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!