Greetings Adventurers,

Here are the latest update details for Black Desert Online on November 8, 2023 (Wed). Today’s patch contains 108 updates and is approximately 1.07GB.

In the case of Alchemy, it's rather difficult to accrue materials compared to other Life Skill activities due to the low supply, hence making it equally difficult to mass process Alchemy recipes. Also, unlike Cooking where mastery can increase chances to activate mass cooking, we felt it relatively too difficult to acquire Alchemy byproducts. Thus, we increased the drop rate of the Mysterious Catalyst byproduct obtainable from processing Alchemy. We hope our Alchemist adventurers enjoy the increased supply of Mysterious Catalysts and use them to exchange for the Alchemy materials they need (or to gain additional Contribution Points if necessary).

• With many more adventurers dabbling in alchemic research, their efforts have fostered a mysterious energy to gather over the world of Black Desert, which has reportedly affected the creation of Mysterious Catalysts.
  • Increased the drop rate of the Mysterious Catalyst byproduct by approx. 3.7 times when processing with Alchemy.

Excavation nodes were originally designed so when you task workers to such nodes to discover Trace items, your workers would be heading to excavate items and would dig up relevant junk loot in the process. For a while, junk loot obtained from monster zones weren't comparable to the profits obtained from selling junk loot obtained from excavation node tasks. Yet now we're at a point where not only have the price of junk loot increased but the price of basic materials have also gone up, which in return has greatly reduced the value of the junk loot accrued from such node excavations. In order to reduce the inconvenience of selling junk loot and keeping such items in storage (weight limits), we felt it best not to simply increase the sell value of these junk loot items, but to replace them entirely with items of better use for our adventurers.

• Removed the junk loot items acquired from the following 10 excavation nodes,
  • but added the following items to be obtainable according to a set probability from the same nodes.

To continue the theme of this Alchemy-centered patch, and in light of last week's improvements to sap gathering, we've now added the option to assign workers to lumbering nodes and increased the amount of alchemy materials obtainable from Lumbering activities. We're also introducing Afuaru the lumberer, and teaching the Goblin a lesson will rewards adventurers with special Lumbering resources as well.

• Increased the drop rate of the following items obtainable from the following Lumbering nodes.
  • Bloody Tree Knot, Spirit's Leaf, Monk's Branch, Red Tree Lump, Old Tree Bark

Spirit's Leaf	Monk's Branch	Old Tree Bark
Goblin Cave: increased by approx. 1.9 times Balenos Forest: increased by approx. 1.9 times Lumberjack's Rest Area: increased by approx. 1.12 times Bari Forest: increased by approx. 1.12 times	Forest of Seclusion: increased by approx. 1.42 times Serendia Shrine: increased by approx. 1.31 times Oze Pass: increased by approx. 1.11 times Mountain Top Guard Post: increased by approx. 4.85 times	Mediah Northern Highlands: increased by approx. 1.3 times Beombawi Valley: increased by approx. 1.15 times
Bloody Tree Knot	Red Tree Lump	-
Elric Shrine: increased by approx. 2.9 times Stonetail Wasteland: increased by approx. 1.45 times Treant Forest: increased by approx. 1.12 times	Northern Plain of Serendia: increased by approx. 1.73 times Quint Hill: increased by approx. 1.12 times Old Dandelion: increased by approx. 1.12 times	-

Spirit's Leaf	Monk's Branch	Old Tree Bark
Amount increased by 2.2 times	Amount increased by 2.2 times	Amount increased by 2.2 times
Bloody Tree Knot	Red Tree Lump	-
Amount increased by 6.6 times	Amount increased by 6.6 times	-

• Dissuaded by eco-friendly adventurers who put an end to his profit-driven sap-collection frenzy, Afuaru decided to switch Life Skill activities and has turned an eye to Lumbering instead.
  • Now when you Lumber trees, you will randomly encounter Afuaru as well.
  • Still driven by profit, Afuaru has been utilizing environmentally-hazardous means to lumber more wood. Teach him a lesson and you'll be able to relieve him of his ill-gotten gains (Spirit's Leaf, Monk's Branch, Old Tree Bark, Bloody Tree Knot, Red Tree Lump).

Of all the moles that can spawn while Farming, when you defeat the Giant Mole, there's a low chance to reveal the Pit-A-Pat Mole. This mole is obtainable more than once, so it's unique in that you can try to obtain more for pet exchange as well.
For such reasons, we made the Pit-A-Pat Mole's appearance quite rare... but we may have made it a bit too rare. Thus, we've lowered the chance of normal moles while making other special moles more prone to appear.
We look forward to many more adventurers adopting the Pit-A-Pat Mole very soon.

• Increased the appearance rate of special moles such as the Slowpoke Mole and Giant Mole while Farming.
  • Slowpoke Mole: increased appearance rate by 1.2 times
  • Pudgy Mole: increased appearance rate by 2 times
  • Giant Mole: increased appearance rate by 2 times
  • Pit-A-Pat Mole: increased appearance rate by 2.5 times (after Giant Mole appears)
  • With the increased appearance of the above moles, the average, scaredy-cat mole will now appear approx. 33% less than before.

We received word from a Guild Master who wished to help new guildies but didn't have enough Guild Funds to freely hand out juice items. We decided to add guild juice items to be awarded for completing guild missions, so we hope this encourages many more guilds to help new adventurers by supplying them with guild juice items.

• Improved the amount of guild juice items that increased Health EXP awarded by completing guild missions.
  • Regardless of the size of your guild, each time your guild completes a guild mission, your guild will be awarded 10 of each of the following 3 juice item types.
    • [Guild] Sour Green Grape Juice
    • [Guild] Sweet Wild Berry Juice
    • [Guild] Fresh Orange Juice

• Reset accumulated recommendations in chat groups with today’s regular maintenance.
  • Adventurers who possess the gold, silver, or bronze Black Spirit icons have been awarded a 90-day title as a token of gratitude for their hard work and dedication.
  • For the Hall of Adventurers chat groups, adventurers who possess the gold, silver, or bronze Black Spirit icons within their respective class chat groups have also been awarded a 90-day title.
  • Previous rewards for chat group ranking titles have all been deleted through this week’s regular maintenance.

We've made it so you can now register certain manor furniture items on the Central Market.
We heard the plight of adventurers who struggled with frequently changing the interior layout of their manor, then having to move all ill-fitting manor furniture items into their storage, and wanted to give them a hand.
Now you can register manor furniture items you no longer feel attached to, so feel encouraged to craft as many as you so desire.
The newly added Gránan snow furniture items will also be available for purchase/registration on the Central Market as well.

• Added certain [Manor] furniture items, once only acquirable by crafting individually, to now be registerable and purchasable from the Central Market.
  • The following [Manor] furniture items can now be registered on and purchased from the Central Market.
  • Certain [Manor] items that required purchase from NPC shops, quest/event completion, etc., have been excluded.

• Added 14 new manor-exclusive furniture items with a Gránan snow white-tint and/or fairy motif.
  • You can craft these from Lv. 3+ workshops in Heidel, Calpheon, or Grána.
  • You can purchase/register these 14 furniture items from/on the Central Market warehouse.

[Manor] 14 Gránan Furniture Item Details

• [Manor] Gránan Snow White Audria Floral Decoration, [Manor] Gránan Snow White Audria Floral Decoration (Small), [Manor] Gránan Fairy Trumpet Fountain

[Manor] Gránan Snow White Audria Floral Decoration, [Manor] Gránan Snow White Audria Floral Decoration (Small) [Manor] Gránan Fairy Trumpet Fountain

• [Manor] Kamasylve Gazebo of the Fairies

[Manor] Kamasylve Gazebo of the Fairies

• [Manor] Snow White Mountain Sheep Decorated Table, [Manor] Snow White Mountain Sheep Decorated Bench

[Manor] Snow White Mountain Sheep Decorated Table, [Manor] Snow White Mountain Sheep Decorated Bench

• [Manor] Kamasylvian Elf of Peace Statue

[Manor] Kamasylvian Elf of Peace Statue

• [Manor] Gránan Snow White Marble Flowerbed

[Manor] Gránan Snow White Marble Flowerbed

• [Manor] Snow White Lotus Fountain, [Manor] Silver Blue Fairy Chalice

[Manor] Snow White Lotus Fountain		[Manor] Silver Blue Fairy Chalice

• [Manor] Fairy-lit Lamp, [Manor] Snow White Tree Vine Lamp, [Manor] Snow White Wooden Fence, [Manor] Snow White Wooden Fence (Small)

[Manor] Fairy-lit Lamp, [Manor] Snow White Tree Vine Lamp, [Manor] Snow White Wooden Fence, [Manor] Snow White Wooden Fence (Small)

 

We decided to make certain previously unavailable items to now be sold and registered on the Central Market. One of the more notable items affected by this change be the Hesed's Crystal which can be crafted using Black Energy Residue primarily obtained from Drieghan monster zones. Hesed's Crystal is also used as a crafting material for Garmoth's Heart, but for adventurers who didn't frequent those zones, they were at a disadvantage when it came to crafting the Crimson Dragon's organ-inspired crystal.
On the other hand, Black Energy Residue has long been a useless item for adventurers who aren't in need of Hesed's Crystal. We hope this update will be beneficial to adventurers in both aforementioned predicaments.
The starting and max prices for such items are displayed below, and we thought long and hard about each item's uniqueness and respective situation when determining these prices.

• Changed the following items to now be registerable on the Central Market.

• Added crafting details to the Piece of Image item description.
• Improved the details regarding excavation nodes to Trace item descriptions.
• Matched the order of the selectable items in the Krogdalo Horse Gear Crafting Box.

 

As mentioned in the official stream GM note, we've removed the Gourd Bottle of Life. We apologize for adding an item that could increase stress without properly explaining about it.
Also, we've distributed silver equivalent to the value of Gourd Bottle of Life you had with today's maintenance.

• Changed so that the Gourd Bottles of Life can no longer be used and cannot be purchased from the NPC shop.
  • Accordingly, we have converted the number of Gourd Bottles of Life you possessed into Silver and distributed them to you.

We've increased the drop rate of Rawr-Rawr's Heart and Red Earth Bloodstone from defeating the Hunting boss Rawr-Rawr, and also increased the max price of the former item to better reflect the difficulty of the boss encounter. We also added a 15 min alert before Rawr-Rawr spawns in addition to the already-existing 5 min warning. We hope this better prepares adventurers eager to take on the King of the Grass Rhinos. Many adventurers have asked about the matter of servers and how Rawr-Rawr spawns, and we have been deliberating over this matter for some time now. We plan on providing more information in a future update, so stay tuned.

• Empowered by the life energies of Narcion, Rawr-Rawr, king of the Grass Rhinos, and his bellowing cries are now reaching farther range than ever before.
  • Added a 15 min alert before Rawr-Rawr, king of the Grass Rhinos, makes his appearance. (The existing 5 min alert remains as before.)
  • Rawr-Rawr's 15 min alert message: A massive aura of nature energy is detected deep within Narcion.

• Increased the item drop rate and amount for Rawr-Rawr, king of the Grass Rhinos.

Rawr-Rawr's Heart	- Increased drop rate by 4 times.
Red Earth Bloodstone	- Changed to drop 1-3 (according to a set probability). - Increased drop rate by 3 times for top 1-40 adventurers who contributed most in damage. - Increased drop rate by 2 times for top 41-80 adventurers who contributed most in damage.

Curious about Rawr-Rawr's loot table?

The Hunting boss Rawr-Rawr, king of the Grass Rhinos, spawns in the Narcion, O'dyllita. Defeat him to obtain the following items.

Guaranteed Drops		Drops According to a Set Probability
Rhino Meat Rhino Blood Rhino Hide Fire Horn Caphras Stone Hard/Sharp Black Crystal Shard Black Gem Fragment Black Gem Spirit Pouch of Ferocious Beast		Breath of Narcion Rawr-Rawr's Heart Red Earth Bloodstone Concentrated Magical Black Gem Sethra's Artifact - Hunting Mastery

Of his drops, Rawr-Rawr's Heart is the most notable, as you can craft it into the "Gauche Rawr-Rawr's Heart."            
You can use the "Gauche Rawr-Rawr's Heart" to upgrade [Hunting] Master Matchlock and [Hunting] Marni Sniper Rifle, increasing their max durability by 50.            
You can also collect 10 Red Earth Bloodstones to exchange into 1 Mythical Feather through Lejenti at Dead Moon Post.            

Rawr-Rawr's Heart		Red Earth Bloodstone

• Adjusted the max prices of Rawr-Rawr's Heart and Gauche Rawr-Rawr's Heart on the Central Market.

• Fixed the issue where the Grass Rhinos of Narcion would sometimes chase you over a long distance.

With the addition of the Disembark function, we've also improved the Board function, which is now also displayed as a widget button. While the above Call Ship distance increase and Board function improvement are important updates, many of you are also awaiting the Disembark distance increase update introduced in Global Labs. We still have some improvements to make for this function and we will make sure to notify you as soon as possible when it is ready to be implemented.

• Improved so that when you have a ship nearby, the Board widget will be displayed.
  • You can also continue to use the anchor icon on the top left of your screen when you're within 0-30m of your ship to board.
  • Pressing the Board button again while aboard your ship will take you to the ship's wheel.

• Improved moving between regions through the Abyssal Veins of Abyss One: The Magnus to now bring the following mounts along with your character.
  • Your mount inventory must be free of any trade goods and you cannot be mounted when using an Abyssal Well.

• Changed so that the board button for your ship does not disappear when you are boarded on another adventurer's ship nearby.

The barter related quests divided between Velia and Iliya Island have been consolidated to Iliya Island. This is to help novice captains settle their barter activities more stably, and to allow them to gain experience in bartering through many barter related quests on Iliya Island.

• Improved the daily quest for bartering so that it can be accepted and carried out on Iliya Island, not at the Dancing Marlin Tavern in Velia.
  • Changed so that you can no longer accept the [Daily] For a Wider Trade Route quest from Miya at the Dancing Marlin Tavern in Velia.
  • Added the new quest [Daily] Lively Iliya Island, which can be accepted from the residents of Iliya Island.

• Improved so that you can now receive Low Grade Crystal Fusion knowledge from Velia's jeweler Marsella for 10 Energy.
• Improved so that you can now receive Stonetail Fodder knowledge from Stonetail Horse Ranch's stable keeper Gula for 10 Energy.
• Added knowledge for Truffle Mushroom Hypha, which can be obtained when you obtain the item.

• Removed the following unobtainable knowledge.

• Added description to some event knowledge that they are currently unobtainable.

• Changed the obtain method of the below knowledge.
  • Emma's Never-ending Nightmare, Olivia Bartali's Remains

• Improved Liana's daily gathering quests, as trade items no longer drop from gathering activities.

• Fixed the issue where you could not join a guild you've received invitation from during Node/Conquest Wars.
  • You still cannot join guilds that are participating in Node/Conquest Wars for 2 hours before the wars begin.

• War Vendor (Tier 5) Cenaleo Lehann now recognizes you.
• Added Amity to Cenaleo Lehann.

• Changed so that the search cursor will be deactivated if you change category or start navigation while in Find NPCs.

• Fixed the issue where the button to move from the Black Spirit's Adventure to the Ancient Black Spirit's Adventure was overlapping with the Arcana effect.

• Adjusted the times for World Bosses, Node/Conquest Wars, and Tribute Wagons by 1 hr on the NA server as the daylight saving ended.
• Added updates to further prevent intermittent game client crashes.
• Optimized NPC related server tasks.
• Changed the Performance Optimization function available in Menu (ESC) - Settings - Performance Settings - Optimization to now always be applied.
  • The feature to toggle it on/off has been removed.

• Changed the official website to now trigger a reCAPTCHA check when posting under the following circumstances:            
  
  • No character in-game, attempts to post consecutively.

• [Ranger] Fixed the issue where wearing the Nereid Armor with certain shoes would make portions of the outfit appear abnormal.            
• Fixed the navigation for the Maehwa Awakening quest "Filling the Vessel".            
• Fixed the issue where you obtained the Trace of Death instead of the Trace of Savagery when acquiring trace items through tanning.            
• Fixed the issue where Honorable Choi appeared as 2 upon completion of the "I witnessed it with my own two eyes" quest in the Land of the Morning Light.            
• Fixed the issue where you could not proceed with the [Season] [Life Skills 101] The Adventurer That Does It All quest regardless of season graduation after the start of the evergreen Season.            
• Fixed the content of the quest summary for the Hario's Test quest.            
• Fixed the issue where the character could get stuck and could not move freely at a specific stone in Ash Forest.            
• Fixed the issue where items in the storage were abnormally displayed when checking the pet UI with the auto sort function of storage turned off.            
• Fixed the issue where the chat sometimes did not appear when chatting via whisper.            
• The following issues have been fixed for the gamepad UI:            
  
  • Fixed the issue where you could not check the Another Adventurer's Choice UI while using gamepads.            
  • Fixed the issue where the Dark Rift marker did not disappear on the World Map (M).            
  • Fixed the issue where the character knowledge category did not appear in the Mountain of Eternal Winter.            
• Fixed the issue where the appearance of Kamasylvia Castle was unnatural in the World Map (M).            
• [Female Classes] Fixed the issue where wearing the Wonderland Outfit with the Queen Heart Underwear appeared abnormal.            
• [Shai] Fixed the issue where wearing the Wonderland Outfit with certain shoes would make the outfit's tail portion appear abnormal.            
• Fixed the quest acceptance condition for the recurring "[Weekly] I, Too, Wish for Wings" quest to display the correct level requirement.            
• Fixed the issue where the stairs near the Cheongsan Institute appeared abnormal under certain graphics settings.            
• Changed the Node Tax Info to now only display for node managers of nodes undergoing a Node War.            
• Fixed certain [Manor] furniture items that were missing "[Manor]" in their item name.            
• [Striker] Fixed the issue where wearing the Blazing Inferno Gloves and weapons would make the gloves invisible.            

 

 

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