Greetings Adventurers,

Here are the latest update details for Black Desert Online on June 22, 2022 (Wed). Today’s patch contains 103 updates and is approximately 1.40 GB.

The revamps to Great Ocean monster zones and ship upgrade methods introduced in the GM note are now here.

First, we're improving the loot and drop rates in Great Ocean monster zones. We wanted to add more zones with unique traits for our Adventurers to choose from just as we did to the monster zones on land.
We also adjusted the difficulty of Saltwater Crocodile monster zones to be available for solo Adventurers, but will maintain loot dropping for up to two party members as before.

 

To make Great Ocean content more accessible to a greater number of Adventurers, we applied a revamp to the means of upgrading ships as well.
Certain zones will now drop Verdant Black Stones, certain region quests will reward a bunch of Sea Monster's Ooze, and new recipes for Adhesive for Upgrade have been added as well.
We will continue to look for making quality of life improvements so many more Adventurers will easily be able to access more Great Ocean content.

 

We'd like to thank all of our Adventurers who love sailing the high seas of Black Desert.

● Increased the drop rates and amount of loot obtained from defeating the following Great Ocean monsters.

● Adjusted the difficulty for the Saltwater Crocodile Habitat from Party of 2 to now be soloable.

- The health of Saltwater Crocodiles has been reduced by 40% accordingly.

- The loot drops remain same as before if attempted with a party of 2.

● Increased the Combat and Sailing EXP gains for your character and EXP gains for your Sailors when defeating [Outlaw of the Vadabin Sea], [Main Fleet], and normal Goldmont Small, Medium, and Large Battleships.
● Added an item that drops from defeating Sea Monsters 
- Ferocious Sea Monster's Spirit Pouch: Vendor loot affected by Agris Fever and Item Collection Increase Gauge.

- Sea Monster's Bizarre Fang: Drops at a low rate from defeating certain Sea Monsters. Can be exchanged for the following items from [Crow Coin Exchange] and [Trade Goods Exchange] NPCs.* Sea Monster's Bizarre Fang x1 → Blue Whale Oil
* Sea Monster's Bizarre Fang x1 → Blue Whale Tendon

● Increased the maximum price for the following items on the Central Market.
- Whale Tendon Potion: 1.6 million Silver
- Superior Whale Tendon Potion: 4.2 million Silver
- Whale Tendon Elixir: 5.4 million Silver
- Tough Whale Tendon Elixir: 17.6 million Silver
- Blue Whale Oil: 16.7 million Silver
- Blue Whale Tendon: 16 million Silver
- Coral Crystal: 9 million Silver
- Elixir of Deep Sea: 20 million Silver
● Greatly reduced the Workload required for Sunset Black Stones. 
- Workload: 10,000 → 600
* This will take approx. 20 minutes for a Worker with 150 Work Speed.
* Head over to Chiro's Ship Part Workshop in Iliya Island 3 for more information.
* If a work order is already in progress, once their work is complete, the item will be stored in the storage at Iliya Island.
● Morco of the Crow Merchants Guild is now exchanging Crow Merchants Guild's Barter Vouchers for Verdant Black Stones in Velia.
● Added region quests in the Arsha Sea near Iliya Island and Nox Sea near Lema Island to obtain Sea Monster's Ooze.

● Added 3 new Heating recipes to craft Adhesive for Upgrade used to upgrade Epheria Caravel and Galleass.
- Sea Monster's Ooze x1 and White Cedar Sap x300
- Sea Monster's Ooze x1 and Acacia Sap x300
- Sea Monster's Ooze x1 and Elder Tree Sap x300
* The previous recipe involved Sea Monster's Ooze x1, White Cedar Sap x100, Acacia Sap x100, and Elder Tree Sap x100

● Adjusted the materials required for upgrading Epheria Caravel and Galleass.

- You will now need 4 Seaweed Stalk to upgrade a Caravel (previously 6).

- You will now need 3 Tide-Dyed Standardized Timber Square to upgrade a Galleass (previously 6).

● Improved the following item descriptions for materials used to upgrade ships.

- The different uses and means to obtain the following items have been added to the descriptions.

Events

Character

● Fixed the issue where the AP of your minions summoned within Marni's Realm was abnormal.

● Dusk Slash - Fixed the issue where comboing into the skill's attack 2 after the following wouldn't apply the All DP +10 for 15 sec effect:
- Seismic Strike, Frenzied Spear, Shield Assault, Shield Tide

● Prime: Dream of Doom IV - Fixed the issue where the wrong number of targets were hit when using the skill through Succession: Imminent Doom.

● Prime: Crust Crusher - Fixed the issue where using the skill while in the Prime: Serene Mind state wouldn't play any sound effects.

● Blitz Stab - Fixed the issue where the Ultimate version of the skill wouldn't activate on hits.

● Prime: Tendon Cutter - Fixed the issue where using the skill at a certain distance from the target wouldn't activate the last extra attack.

● Black Spirit: Sura ChaoSpree - Fixed the issue where the Down and Back Attacks wouldn't activate.

● Succession: Phantasmal Snare - Changed to no longer let your character move with the mouse during the skill.

● Improved the summoning method and loot dropped from using the Manshaum Narc's Stone as follows:
- You can now use 5 Manshaum Narc's Stone to summon an empowered boss with a party.
- You can activate the "Faded Ancient Relic" summoning device that has appeared in the northern Lemoria Beacon Towers.
* You also simply summon by pressing RMB on the scroll as before.

* Obtainable Loot

- The following changes have been applied to Narc Brishka and Voraro who are summoned from the Manshaum Narc's Stone.
* Narc Brishka's health increased by approx. 140%.
* Narc Brishka's DP reduced by approx. 11%.
* Narc Brishka's AP increased by approx. 80%.
* Narc Brishka's shield's health increased by approx. 940%.
* Voraro's health increased by approx. 90%.
* Voraro's DP reduced by approx. 11%.
* Voraro's AP increased by approx. 60%.
* Narc Brishka and Voraro will no longer be affected by debuff effects.
● Fixed the issue where the game client would freeze in the Areha Palm Forest battlefield of Arena of Solare.
● Applied the following changes to Arena of Solare:
- Changed the alert messages for Breath of Flora and Water's Chill to appear more natural.
- Improved the buff icons for Wind's Song, Fire's Warmth, and Water's Chill.
- Added the following crystal to be available to be transfused in the helmet socket for the Arena of Solare:
* Red Battlefield Crystal: Harphia
- Changed all pets to automatically be checked in upon entering the battlefield.
- Fixed the issue where you could target enemies who used Emergency Escape.
- Fixed the issue where you could use general chat via chat macros in the battlefield.
- Improved the sound effects for the countdown before each match.
- Fixed the issue where the current round would end immediately if an Adventurer leaves in the middle of the match.

● Barterers have announced a new list of land items they will barter for. Certain items they used to barter will no longer be accepted.            
- Changed the list of trade goods available for Lv. 1 Bartering as follows.            
* Added 40 new trade goods to the lists.

As we mentioned in the GM note, we're implementing a bunch of changes such as reducing the weight of Imperial Delivery boxes, improving the Item Recover function, etc.
We're thankful for all of our Adventurers and their constant feedback, and we look forward to hearing your thoughts on these new additions as well.

● Changed the weight of the following cooking and alchemy boxes used for Imperial Delivery to 10LT:

● Added the following items to be recoverable through the Item Recover function in your inventory.
- The rules for the Item Recover function remain the same as before.
* You will only see recoverable items specific to your character that were deleted within the past 30 days.

● Increased the maximum price of Destruction, Guardian, and Life Spirit Stones registered on the Central Market.
- Blue grade: 8.1 million Silver
- Green grade: 5.4 million Silver
● Increased the max price of Vell's Fine Powder on the Central Market to 4.68 million Silver.
- "Vell's Fine Powder Box" has been removed from Crow Coin Shops accordingly.
● Increased the max price of the following lightstones on the Central Market to 5 billion Silver:

We're adding new Alchemy recipes for crafting Purified Lightstones 
These new recipes use Magical Lightstone Crystals instead of Black Gem Fragments. You can exchange Imperfect Lightstones or Lightstones you no longer need for Magical Lightstone Crystals with a character of at least Alchemy Guru 1 through Dalishain the Wandering Alchemist.

● Added new Alchemy recipes to craft Purified Lightstones.

New Alchemy Recipes	Product
Imperfect Lightstone of Fire x1 Magical Lightstone Crystal x10 Black Stone (Weapon) or Black Stone (Armor) x10 Powder of Flame x50 Clear Liquid Reagent x50	Purified Lightstone of Fire
Imperfect Lightstone of Earth x1 Magical Lightstone Crystal x10 Black Stone (Weapon) or Black Stone (Armor) x10 Powder of Earth x50 Pure Powder Reagent x50	Purified Lightstone of Earth
Imperfect Lightstone of Wind x1 Magical Lightstone Crystal x10 Black Stone (Weapon) or Black Stone (Armor) x10 Powder of Rifts x50 Clear Liquid Reagent x50	Purified Lightstone of Wind
Imperfect Lightstone of Flora x1 Magical Lightstone Crystal x10 Black Stone (Weapon) or Black Stone (Armor) x10 Powder of Time x50 Pure Powder Reagent x50	Purified Lightstone of Flora

- Added a new exchange with the Wandering Alchemist Dalishain. Characters that have Alchemy Guru 1 or higher can hand over lightstones to receive "Magical Lightstone Crystal," which is to perform the newly added alchemical formulas.

* The number of Magical Lightstone Crystals received is different depending on the lightstone you hand over.

● Increased the duration of 115 food and scroll items to maintain matching 30-min increments between the different durations.
- e.g.) Blessed Message Scroll (100 min) → Blessed Message Scroll (120 min)
- Duration: 40 min, 45 min → 60 min
- Duration: 75 min → 90 min
- Duration: 90 min, 110 min → 120 min
- Duration: 120 min → 150 min
* A detailed list of all the adjusted items are listed below.

● Improved the descriptions of the following items to clearly show how to obtain and use them.

● Separated the [Guardian] Mueburus Gloves from the [Guardian] Mueburus Armor.
- Added [Guardian] Mueburus Gloves to the outfit boxes that contain the [Guardian] Mueburus Armor.
- Adventurers who had the [Guardian] Mueburus Armor in their possession will find the [Guardian] Mueburus Gloves in their storage in Heidel.
* Please contact [Support] and attach screenshots of the item tooltips displaying the info of the dyes applied to the outfit previously if the color has changed.
● Changed the names and descriptions of the "Item Collection Increase Scrolls" items. (Their effects remain the same.)
- Item Collection Increase Scroll (60 min) → Item Collection Increase Scroll
- [Event] Item Collection Increase Scroll (60 min) → [Event] Item Collection Increase Scroll
- Item Collection Increase Scroll (30 min) → Item Collection Increase Scroll
- Collection Increase Scroll: Advanced (60 min) → Item Collection Increase Scroll: Advanced
- Item Collection Increase Scroll: Advanced (60 min) → [Event] Item Collection Increase Scroll: Advanced
● Added information on how to make "Frenzy Draught of Corruption" in the description of the "Frenzy Draught" item.
● Changed the grade of the "Rift's Fragment" from green to blue.
● Switched the direction of the Blackstar Dagger icon to match the direction of all the other daggers.
● Fixed the issue where equipping the Wailing or Obliterating Fallen God's Armor with certain items wouldn't display the effects for certain classes.

We are making adjustments to the Gyfin Rhasia Temple Underground loot drop rates.
The drop rates of items such as Forest Fury, Elkarr, and others was reduced. The drop rate of Caphras Stones was increased and we added the Destruction Spirit Stone to be dropped here.
These change were not made to lower the drop rates in Gyfin Rhasia Temple Underground. The main focus of these changes was to adjust the value of certain loot across all the monster zones.

● Made the following changes to the Gyfin Rhasia Temple Underground:
- Increased the drop rate of Caphras Stones by approximately 15%.
- Added "Destruction Spirit Stone" to drop in this monster zone.
- Added "Trace of Memory" to drop in this monster zone.
- Reduced Elkarr drop rate by approximately 75%.
- Reduced Krogdalo's Origin Stone drop rate by approximately 85%.
- Reduced Forest Fury drop rate by approximately 69%.
- Reduced Swaying Wind Shard drop rate by approximately 52%.
- Reduced Pure Forest Breath drop rate by approximately 69%.
● Fixed the issue where "lost" Mountain Sheep would appear in incorrect locations throughout the northern regions of Mediah.
● [Elvia] Applied the following changes to Gehaku Plain.
- Added a special attack pattern to Gehaku at Primal Giant Post.
- Reduced the frequency of Gehaku's charging attacks at Primal Giant Post.
- Made it easier to spot [Ravening] Giants, Giant Fighters, and Gehaku at Primal Giant Post.
- Changed how the "World-weary Souls" who appear after defeating Giants gather.
● [Elvia] Applied the following changes to Quint Hill.
- Changed the spawn locations of [Sealed] Troll Shamans.
- Changed the spawn locations of [Risen] Ancient Trolls.
● Slightly increased the area of the Rift of Despair's effect in Elvia Calpheon 

We originally made the ability to use certain skills while auto-running on a mount available to Adventurers with high enough mastery in Training. Considering how much more difficult it is to level Training compared to other Life Skills, we had initially set the bar to "at least Artisan 1," but found that not as many Adventurers were using this ability. With the hopes that many more Adventurers will enjoy this ability, we decided to lower the requirement to "at least Professional 1."

● Lowered the requirement to use the function which automatically used certain skills while auto-moving on mounts.

We've added some side quests for world-building purposes.
We plan on adding more quests like these where you, the Adventurer, will be helping out random NPCs, both changing the in-game world for the better as you get a better understanding of said NPCs, thereby breathing new life into the immersive world of Black Desert.

● Added several new side quests in the world of Black Desert.
- A child with a beautiful voice is afraid to sing before others in the streets of Calpheon.
- A soldier stationed at Trina Fort is exhausted by the ongoing war.
- Cries for aid can be heard from the Falres Dirt Farm and Bain Farmland in Calpheon.
- A bounty hunter at the Dancing Marlin Tavern near Velia wharf has a strange tale to share.
- Constante, innkeeper at the Golden Toad Inn, has a tale to share about a familiar face from Balenos. (Available if you've completed [Balenos] [Crossroad] The Aged Chief's Last Gift)
- A merchant who's left for the Ibellab Oasis has yet to return to Valencia.
- Benns Joanna of the Lamute Gang has a tale of a unique friendship on the isle of Papua Crinea.
● Added [Elvia] Darkness Upon the Saunil Battlefield to the Suggested questline of [Combat] The Tale of the Godr-Ayed Weapon.
* This quest rewards you with a substantial amount of Scorching Sun Shards (once per Family).
● Merindora, the Eldest Spirit in Grána, wishes to share the tale regarding the "Godr-Ayed weapon" to even more Adventurers. Now you can hear about the story behind the Godr-Ayed weapon even without a TET (IV) Blackstar weapon in possession.
- Changed the quest acceptance condition for "[Godr-Ayed Weapon] Merindora's Calling" as follows:
* Before: TET (IV) Blackstar weapon in possession
* After: From Lv. 60
- Changed the quest acceptance condition for "[Godr-Ayed Weapon] In the Fallen God's Name," which converts your TET (IV) Blackstar weapon into a Godr-Ayed weapon, as follows:
* Before: Complete "[Godr-Ayed Weapon] Merindora's Calling" and Blackstar weapon in possession
* After: Blackstar weapon in possession
● Nurio, the node manager of Stonebeak Shore, wishes to share the dream he had.
- Complete the "Nurio's Dream" quest to get the new title "We Got Nuri-ft Off!"
● Improved the Caphras' Worn Record #1 to 4 Knowledge entries to be learned via talking with O'Arma.
● Improved the "Use the Ancient Relic Crystal Summon Scroll and Defeat the Boss" objective on the Progression Pass to be completed even when summoning with more than 1 summon scroll.
● Changed the quest objective for [Season Quest] Day 29, A Scroll of Strange Symbols.
- Quest Objective: Use the Scroll Written in Ancient Language → Use the Scroll Written in Ancient Language, then defeat Khalk
* Can also be completed by summoning with more than 1 summon scroll.
● Changed so that the following quests don't show in the Suggested quest list while proceeding with main quests on your season character.
- [Season] First Step to Greatness, Balenos, [Season] Into the Tangled World, Serendia, [Season] Fate, Justice, and Power, Calpheon, [Season] Fixer of Turbulent Times, Mediah

● Fixed the issue of not being able to skip the cutscenes with the keyboard when only Use Gamepad was activated out of Gamepad UI mode.
● Fixed the issue of not being able to skip the cutscenes with the controller for Gamepad UI mode.

● Fixed the issue where an error message appeared when attempting to craft items through Eilton housing from the World Map (M) in Gamepad UI mode.
● Fixed the issue where it was difficult to navigate the monster zone UI in the World Map (M) with a gamepad for Gamepad UI mode.
● Changed the "Deposit" button in the Guild (G) - Guild Member Status window to display a tooltip for Gamepad UI mode.
● Fixed the issue where the Edit UI function could be used while the character was moving.

Changed the requirement of the notification popping up at the top of the screen as previously mentioned in the GM notes. Previously, the notification displayed when a green item or higher was obtained. We have changed the requirement to only displaying for blue items or higher so the notification is more useful. 
In the past, obtaining Black Stones was a worthy feat, but as it’s become easier to attain them, we have adjusted notifications not to display for them even though they are a red grade item.

● Changed the requirements for obtained items to appear at the top of the screen as system notifications as follows:
- Improved the system alert displayed when obtaining items from crafting, dismantling, treasure chests, looting, gathering, quests, and talking with NPCs to now only appear for obtaining items of blue grade or higher
* Only notifications for blue grade or higher items that can be registered to the Center Market will show.
* Black Stones and some items didn't show the notifications regardless of item grades.
● Changed so that cheer motion doesn't activate when obtaining Black Gem.
● Fixed the issue of a file not uploading to the Setting Archive in certain situations.
● Fixed the issue of forced PvP activating when other Adventurers attack when a character with Karma lower than 0 mounts on a cannon placed by a guild member with Karma 1 or higher.
● Fixed the issue of underwater cave mysterious light sound effects not playing.
● Fixed the issue where the image on the loading screen when entering the Red Battlefield was awkwardly displayed.
● Fixed the issue where the game would crash if your controller was disconnected during a cutscene in Gamepad UI mode.

● Added PT/ES videos in Black Desert TV livestream due to Black Desert being serviced in South America.
● Fixed the issue of Mountain of Eternal Winter Pack details being cut off from the smaller screen.
● Changed the icon for the official community list page arrangement.
● Changed the sign up button text to "Create Pearl Abyss ID" on mobile. 
● Fixed the issue of some chart border lines not displaying well within the Adventurer's Guide.
● Improved Oasis report button UI for Adventurer's Guide knowledge not showing.
● Improved payment method display for the select payment method screen on the official website.
● Fixed the issue of text overlapping when selecting the See Password option when entering a password.

● Changed and separated the following terms in English.
- Upgraded Plating to Upgraded Plating and Enhanced Plating.
- Changed the following.

● [Lahn] Fixed the issue of motions are repeatedly displaying while idle when Everwaltz Blossom Armor is equipped.
● [Nova] Improved to not show the black leather part of the neck when the Blood Countess Helmet was equipped by itself or an outfit other than Blood Countess was equipped.
● [Nova] Fixed the leather lining material and the chain of the chest overlapping when customizing the Blood Countess outfit.
● [Shai] Fixed the issue of One-Two-Three's Attack 2 and 3 effect colors not changing if Twinkle Star Clothes were equipped.
● Fixed some of the summaries and dialog text of the following quests:
- [Daily] Supplies Delivery (Tinberra Island), [Daily] Supplies Delivery (Oquilla's Eye), [Daily] Supplies Delivery (Iliya Island), [Bonus] Supplies Delivery (Pirate Island), One Who Could Not Befriend the Forest, The One in Search of Fire, The One Who Chases the Flames, Secrets in the Art
● Fixed My Little Angel item description.
● Fixed titles of the following quests from Suggested quests:
- Just Wonderin', In Search of a Master, To Oquilla's Eye, Easy Peasy, Kakuo, Reborn as a Brilliant Artist
● Fixed typos in the following Knowledge keywords:
- Argos Sand Tower, Argos Obsidian Energy, Argos Artifact Repository
● Fixed typos in Scorching Sun Crystal item description.
● Fixed the issue of not being able to gather with a Lakiaro stored in your equipped Liana's Tool Bag.
● Fixed the issue of being able to gather even when Gathering tool durability was 0.
● Fixed the issue of Saunil Siege Captain / Awakened Saunil Siege Captain not disappearing 30 minutes after summoning with the summon scroll.
● Fixed the issue where the names of enhanced items displayed abnormally in My Information (P) - Journal.
● Fixed the issue where the tooltip that appears when your character was equipped with a fishing rod was bleeding out of the UI.
● Fixed the issue where the button to expand more inventory slots didn't appear for wharfs and guild stables.
● Fixed the issue where you couldn't see the number of ships checked in at the wharf.
● Fixed the issue where the icons of certain UI for simplified descriptions appeared abnormal.
● Fixed the issue where the Arena of Solare Rankings window would display abnormally when viewed for the first time.

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:

	You Shall Now Pass! Into the Mountain of Eternal Winter The Mountain of Eternal Winter has opened its gates to Adventurers. Take a new or favorite character through the main questline immediately. Adventure through a new region with newly added items and monster zones!
	Artifacts & Lightstones Artifacts and Lightstones were added. Customize your Character with Artifacts and Lightstones which can be obtained throughout your adventurers in the Black Desert world!
	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:

	Fwuzzy Alpaca Let's go on an adventure riding Shai's cute friend, the Alpaca! You can learn up to 7 types of skills that contain the dreams and love of the Alpaca.
	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!