Greetings Adventurers,

Here are the latest update details for Black Desert Online on August 23, 2022 (Tue). Today’s patch contains 200 updates and is approximately 1.83 GB.

Type	Season Special Gift
2020 Summer Season	PEN (V) Capotia Earring or PEN (V) Capotia Ring
2020 Autumn Season	Perilla's Star
2020 Winter Season	PEN (V) Capotia Belt
2021 Summer Season	PEN (V) Capotia Necklace
2021 Season+	Advice of Valks (+100)
2021 Winter Season	Advice of Valks (+100) Box
Season: Drakania	Advice of Valks (+100) Box
Season: Dawn of Dragons	Advice of Valks (+100) Box

 

Events

Class Changes

Succession
● Prime: Ultimate: Blasting Gust
- Changed the Super Armor defensive effect to Forward Guard.
- Changed the skill damage.
* Attack damage: 830% x3, max 6 hits → 913% x3, max 6 hits
* Last attack damage: 1178% x5 → Last attack damage 1296% x5
* Attack PvP Damage Reduction Rate: 64% → 66.9%
* Last attack PvP Damage Reduction Rate: 35% → 40.9%

Succession  
● Prime: Violation
- Added 1 hit to the extra attack for PvE.
* Extra attack: 1527%  x6 → 1527% x7

● Prime: Turn-back Slash
- Added 1 hit to the last attack for PvE.
* Last attack: 1334%x4 → 1334%x5

Awakening
● Violation
- I to III: Changed the skill damage.
* Spin attack: 856/973/1199% → 959/1090/1343%
* Down slash attack: 856/973/1199% → 959/1090/1343%
* Damage Reduction Rate in PvP: 52% → 57%

● Cartian's Nightmare
- Added the Critical Hit Rate +40% effect (PvE only).

● Swirling Darkness
- I to III: Changed the skill damage.
* Attack 1 damage: 910/1011/1178%x5 → 910/1011/1178%x6
* Attack 2 damage:  997/1082/1272%x6 → 997/1082/1272%x6
* Damage Reduction Rate in PvP: 50% → 53%

Succession
● Feral Rage
- Added the Critical Hit Rate +15% effect (PvE only).

● Black Spirit: Prime: Raging Thunder
- Fixed the issue where your character wouldn't stop spinning in the Skill Demo.

Awakening
● Seismic Blast
- Changed the skill damage (PvP damage remains the same).
* Attack damage: 906/1116/1306% → 997/1228/1437%
* Damage Reduction Rate in PvP: 65% → 68.2%

● Flow: Scatter Shot
- Changed the skill damage. (PvP damage remains the same.)
* Explosion attack damage: 1402% → 1472%
* Shard attack damage: 701% → 736%
* Damage Reduction Rate in PvP: 65% → 66.7%

● Giant Leap - Fixed the issue where you couldn't continue using the skill while on an incline.

Succession
● Prime: Cyclone Slash
- Reduced damage during cooldown by 28.6% for PvE only.

● Prime: Gale
-  I to III: Reduced damage during cooldown by 36.2% for PvE only.

● Prime: Blooming
- Reduced damage during cooldown by 15.8% for PvE only.

Awakening    
● Flow: Frostflower
- Changed the Knockdown and Down Smash debuffs on extra attack hits to Down Smash on attack 1 hits and Knockdown on extra attack hits.

● Core: Petal Swirl
- Fixed the issue where you couldn't combo smoothly into Flow: Frostflower after learning the skill. 

● Sleet Steps - Fixed the issue where Red Moon skills wouldn't cast instantly after using the skill with your blade.

Like the Succession Ranger, we decided to increase the power of the Succession Valkyrie's "signature skill," Sword of Judgment. Now when you use Prime: Celestial Spear, you will activate the "Celestial Eye" buff, which will add 1 hit if you use Ultimate: Sword of Judgment within 7 seconds of Prime: Celestial Spear. We also improved these skill effects to be more appropriate for the Valkyrie administering such "judgment" upon her foes. In addition, we increased the damage for Judgment of Light, further improving her PvE capabilities, while also adjusting the visual effects of Divine Power to match the range of the actual skill.

Succession
● Prime: Judgment of Light III
- Changed the skill damage.
* Attack damage: 1497% x7 → Attack damage 1497% x7
* Last attack damage: 1497% x5 → Last attack damage 1497% x7
* Damage Reduction Rate in PvP: 47.5% → 55%

● Prime: Celestial Spear I
- Changed to now grant the Celestial Eye buff effect when using the skill.
* Celestial Eye - Adds 1 hit during Ultimate: Sword of Judgment (PvE only)


● Ultimate: Sword of Judgment
- Added a visual effect when used during the Celestial Eye effect.

● Ghost Step
- Fixed the issue where using the skill in dark places would sometimes brighten your screen.

● Target Chase - Improved to now sprint by pressing W + W during the skill in Awakening state.

Awakening
● Lethal Spin Spree
- IV: Changed the PvP Damage Reducation Rate from 63% to 59%.
- Increased the spinning attack speed.
- Changed to now combo into Flow: Wrath by pressing RMB during the skill.
- Increased to now combo faster into Flow: Wrath by pressing LMB after the skill.
- Improved visual effects.

● Flow: Wrath
- Increased the pre-attack movement speed.

● Sah Spree of Sonan
- I to IV: Changed the PvP Damage Reducation Rates.
* Damage Reduction Rate in PvP: 50.2/50.9/51.8/52.8% → 42.5%
- I to IV: Increased the skill damage to now apply 55% of normal damage during cooldown.
- Changed the resource cost from 150 Stamina to 40 WP and reduced the traveled distance.

● Lunar Dash
- Changed the Stamina costs as follows.
* 300/280/250 Stamina → 200 Stamina

● Lunatic Discus
- Fixed the abnormal movement of retrieving your sah chakram after the skill.

● Changed the animation of fixing your grip on your weapons after using skills to appear more natural.

● Danse Macabre
- Improved visual effects.

● Lunar Veil
- Improved visual effects.

● Halo
- Improved visual effects.

● Sah Spree of Sonan
- Improved visual effects.

● Wheel of Wrath
- Improved visual effects.

● Black Spirit: Wheel of Wrath
- Improved visual effects.

Succession  
● Prime: Dark Frenzy
- Added the following to the skill description to match the actual command inputs.
* Hold S + RMB after Prime: Red Rain

● Prime: Beheading the Dead
- Fixed the issue where the skill's standing attack motion and effects didn't match the point where the actual attack would hit.

● Black Spirit: Prime: Blade Spin
- Fixed the issue where the first attack wouldn't be performed in the same direction as your camera.

● Prime: Evasive Shuriken Malice
- Fixed the issue where Alert Stance skills wouldn't activate after comboing with Prime: Fatal Blow in Alert Stance.

● Prime: Red Rain
- Changed the skill's attacks 1 and 2 damage. (PvP damage remains the same.)
* Attack 1 damage: 1260% x1 → 1512% x1
* Attack 2 damage: 1260% x7 → 1512% x7
* Attack 3 damage: 1693% x2 → 1693% x2
* Attacks 1 and 2 PvP Damage Reduction Rate: 34.8% → 45.6%
* Attack 3 Damage Reduction Rate in PvP: 51.3% → 51.3%

● Prime: Dark Frenzy
- Changed the skill damage. (PvP damage remains the same.)
* Attack 1 damage: 1082% x8 → 1298% x8
* Attack 2 damage: 1082% x4 → 1298% x4
* Attack 3 damage: 1082% x3 → 1298% x3
* Damage Reduction Rate in PvP: 44% → 53.3%

● Prime: Blade Spin
- I to III: Changed attack 1 damage as follows. (III: Total PvP damage remains the same.)
* Attack damage: 1270/1296/1426% x7 → 1524/1607/1711% x7
* Extra attack damage: 1116/1227/1350% x4 → 1116/1227/1350% x4
* Damage Reduction Rate in PvP: 51.7% → 57.2%

Awakening
● Flow: Mach Explosion
- Changed to now have Skill Add-ons.

Awakening
● Cataclysm
- Changed the Marg effect's damage.
* Marg effect damage: 1130% → 1300%
* Marg effect Damage Reduction Rate in PvP: 31% → 40%

● Bolide of Destruction
- Changed the Marg effect's damage.
* Marg effect damage: 1130% → 1300%
* Marg effect Damage Reduction Rate in PvP: 31% → 40%

● Aqua Jail Explosion
- Changed the Arne effect's damage.
* Arne effect damage: 1208% → 1389%
* Arne effect Damage Reduction Rate in PvP: 36.5% → 44.8%

● Flow: Arne's Guidance
- Changed skill damage.
* Attack damage: 763% → 839%
- Added PvP Damage Reduction.
* Damage Reduction Rate in PvP: 9.1%

Succession
● Prime: Multiple Magic Arrows
- Reduced skill cooldown from 5 sec to 4 sec.

Awakening
● Equilibrium Break
- Changed the Gorr effect's damage.
* Gorr effect damage: 1210% → 1392%
* Gorr Damage Reduction Rate in PvP: 31% → 40%

● Flow: Gorr Roll
- Changed skill damage.
* Attack damage: 765% → 842%
- Added PvP Damage Reduction Rate.
* Damage Reduction Rate in PvP: 9.1%

● Thunder Storm
- Changed the Tett effect's damage.
* Tett effect damage: 1147% → 1319%
* Damage Reduction Rate in PvP: 30.9% → 39.9%

● Flow: Voltaic Tett
- Changed skill damage.
* Attack damage: 1147% → 1319%
* Damage Reduction Rate in PvP: 30.9% → 39.9%

We focused these changes on improving Succession Dark Knight's performance in PvP. First, we changed Prime: Lunacy of Vedir's Bound debuff to only apply in PvE, while Prime: Air Strike and Prime: Ravage Rake gain Super Armor and Forward Guard defensive effects, respectively. We hope these improvements will provide more safety for Succession Dark Knights when they penetrate enemy lines and initiate combat.

We also revamped their resource costs (MP and Stamina). First, with the addition of Super Armor to Prime: Air Strike, we changed its resource from MP to Stamina, while Unveiled Dagger was changed from consuming Stamina to MP. Second, we reduced the Stamina cost for Prime: Twilight Dash, from 300 to 200, which we felt more appropriate for the distance traveled by the skill. Last but not least, we changed how Prime: Nocturne and Prime: Kamasylvia Slash activate by transferring a portion of the command inputs from the former skill to the latter, thus improving the utility of using both skills depending on specific situations.

Succession
● Prime: Kamasylvia Slash
- Fixed to now deal normal damage instead of charged damage when comboed into Dusk II without having fully charged the skill.
- III: Attack 1 damage's PvP Damage Reduction Rate will now apply the same way as the I to II versions of the skill.

● Prime: Lunacy of Vedir
- Changed so that Bound effect on hits applies for PvE only.

● Unveiled Dagger
- Changed the resource cost as follows:
* Before: 100/150/200/200 Stamina
* After: 30/35/40/40 MP

● Prime: Twilight Dash
- Changed the resource cost from 300 Stamina to 200 Stamina.

● Prime: Ravage Rake, Flow: Ravage Rake
- Added Forward Guard during the skill.
- Fixed the issue of not being able to activate Flow: Ravage Rake while using the skill.

● Prime: Wheel of Fortune, Prime: Lunacy of Vedir
- Increased the combo speed into other skills.


● Prime: Obsidian Ashes
- IV: Changed so that the Bound on hits effect applies the same as the I to III version of the skill for PvE only.
- Added Super Armor while using the skill.

● Prime: Nocturne, Prime: Kamasylvia Slash
- Changed how to activate the skills as follows:

* Before  
 > Prime: Nocturne - RMB after Prime: Lunacy of Vedir, Prime: Twilight Dash, Flow: Vedir Strike OR charged Prime: Kamasylvia Slash

* After    
 > Prime: Nocturne - RMB after Prime: Lunacy of Vedir or Flow: Vedir Strike
 > Prime: Kamasylvia Slash (charged attack) - RMB after Prime: Twilight Dash or charged Prime: Kamasylvia Slash

Succession    
● Succession: Flow: Ankle Hook
- Changed Discharge Energy hits from 6 to 3.
* Removed Hit Reduction in PvP.

● Succession: Flow: Martial Deva
- Changed Discharge Energy hits from 6 to 3.
* Removed Hit Reduction in PvP.

● Succession: Flow: Bombardment
- Changed Discharge Energy hits from 6 to 4.
* Removed Hit Reduction in PvP.

● Succession: Combo: Final Blow
- Changed Discharge Energy hits from 6 to 4.
* Removed Hit Reduction in PvP.

● Prime: Roaring Tiger
- Changed skill damage as follows. (PvP damage remains the same.)
* Attack damage: 1729% → 1643%
* Damage Reduction Rate in PvP: 51.4% → 48.9%

● Fixed the issue of Adamantine activating first when using Flow: Mass Destruction after Iron Fist Fury.

Before	After
※ Filmed with a character with Stamina 2506.	※ Filmed with a character with Stamina 2506.

● Prime: Cymbidium
- Improved so Stamina is recovered during charge attacks.

● Fixed the awkward character movements when stopping while Sprinting.
 
Awakening
● Eradication
- Improved so it can be comboed smoothly with Nimbus Stride after attack 1.

  

Before	After

● Taunting Death
- Improved so Stamina recovers during the skill.

● Bloody Stride, Flow: Vice
- Improved so it can be smoothly comboed with Blood Moon Twist after using the skill.

Before	After

● Deadly Dance
- Improved so it can be comboed with Earthly Pain attack 2 after using the skill.

Before	After
※ Demo video against monsters.	※ Demo video against monsters.

● Earthly Pain
- Changed All DP -15 for 10 sec to -20.

● Soul Raid
- Changed skill cooldown from 17 sec to 15 sec.

● Tailspin
- Added All Evasion Rate -6% for 10 sec on hits.

Skill Description	Skill Animation

Before	After

● God Incinerator
- I to III: Changed the skill damage.
* Attack damage: 751/909/1056% x14 → 938/1136/1320% x14
* Damage Reduction Rate in PvP: 40/35/30% → 35%

● Cleansing Flame
- Changed so I to IV Criticial Hit Rate +25% for PvE only applies for PvP as well.

● Searing Fang
- I to III: Changed the normal attack damage as follows:
* Attack 1 damage: 639/844/1049% x4 → 798/1055/1311% x4
* Attack 1 Fire trail damage: 518/686/852% x8 → 518/686/852% x8
* Attack 2 damage: 639/844/1049% x8 → 798/1055/1311% x8
* Normal attack damage rate in PvP: 35% → 40%
* Fire trail attack damage rate in PvP: 65% → 65%

Succession
● Prime: Mountain Slam
- Changed I to IV skill damage. (PvP damage remains the same.)
* Attack damage: 653/798/1086/1332% x9 → 816/997/1357/1665% x9
* Damage Reduction Rate in PvP: 40/40/40/47.9% → 52/52/52/58.3%

● Prime: Avalanche Strike
- Changed I to II skill damage. (PvP damage remains the same.)
* Attack damage: 914/1080/1236% x7 → 1142/1350/1545% x7
* Damage Reduction Rate in PvP: 40% → 52%

● Prime: Mutilation
- Changed I to III skill damage. (PvP damage remains the same.)
* Attack damage: 730/892/1054% x8 → 949/1160/1370% x8
* Damage Reduction Rate in PvP: 48% → 60%

● Dragon's Calling, Succession: Dragon's Calling
- Improved skill description.

 

● Haladie Assault
- Fixed the issue of not being able to combo smoothly with Purge when using II to Absolute.
● Fixed the issue where the next skill wouldn't activate after using a main weapon skill through the quick slot when pressing TAB to switch from your dual glaives to your shamshir.

Awakening
● Lightning Prison
- Changed I to IV skill damage.
* Attack 1 damage: 612/679/744/854% x4 → 857/951/1042/1196% x6
* Attack 2 damage: 643/747/856/1025% x6 → 943/1046/1146/1316% x6
* Attack 3 damge: 673/815/967/1238% x6 → 1037/1151/1261/1448% x6
* Damage Reduction Rate in PvP: 37%
- Improved so Flow: Interrogate toggles when pressing LMB during the skill.

Before	After

● Prime: Brimbolt Raze
- Changed skill damage of I-III.
* Attack damage: 932/1089/1187% x5 → 979/1144/1247% x5
* Damage Reduction Rate in PvP: 25% → 28.6%

● Prime: Skewer
- Changed the skill damage.
* Attack damage: 1420% x3 → 1420% x4
* Damage Reduction Rate in PvP: 40% → 55%

● Prime: Embers
- Changed the skill damage.
* Attack 1 damage: 814% x4 → 814% x4
* Attack 2 damage: 814% x2 → 814% x4
* Damage Reduction Rate in PvP: 30% → 47.5%

● Black Spirit: Prime: Markthanan's Flourish
- Changed so 9 ions are charged upon using the skill.

● Black Spirit: Prime: Blazing Strike
- Changed so 18 ions are charged instead of 5 when using Black Spirit: Prime: Blazing Strike.

● Fixed the issue of Skill Enhancement Lv. 56 - Soaring Claw and Markthanan's Fang skill demo being reversed.

Awakening
● Hexeblood: Crackling Flame
- Increased skill's attack range.

● Fate Beckons
- Added Recover WP on hits.
● Improved so it moves smoothly after Dragonwalk and Refraction with your trion.

Main Weapon    
●  Markthanan's Scale
- Changed so ions aren't charged during I to Absolute.

● Terrmian Beach has reverted back to its former self since the Sand Castle Crasher event is now over.
- "Terrmian Coin Exchange" Benns Lamute and "Sherbet Exchange" Panipani Villager and Queekity Thumpity Moon Villager will linger about in Velia.
* You can exchange Terrmian Coins with Benns Lamute in Velia before the maintenance on Sep 7.
* You can exchange Sweet n' Savory Starfish Sherbet and Sweet n' Sour Strawberry Banana Sherbet with the Panipani Villager and the Queekity Thumpity Moon Villager before the maintenance on Sep 14.
※ You can find these NPCs near the "Fish Vendor" NPC Crio in Velia.            

● Changed Terrmian Beach into a Safe Zone.
- Any installed fences or planted crops in the area will be retrieved and stored in your storage in Heidel.

● Changed the criteria on how points for the following high-ranked tier are deduced in the Arena of Solare if you haven't matched for a certain period of time.
* Solare Incarnate V: -30 points per day after 3 days of no matches → -30 points per day after 5 days of no matches

● Improved so you can now enter the Red Battlefield even when your character is under the effects of the following debuffs.
- Krogdalo: Roar Restricted, Reminiscence of the Elvia Spirits, Satiated, and Diné: Earth of Life Restricted

● Removed the "Cadry Ruins" battlefield from the Arena of Solare Ranked and Practice Match modes.
● Applied the following changes to Arena of Solare:            
- Changed so selecting and changing characters is not available during an Arena of Solare match.            
- Improved the countdown number displaying abnormally when an Arena of Solare match begins.            

● Changed so [Female class] Shell Belle Armor can be exchanged for the following outfit from Tranan Underfoe in Velia after the maintenance on Aug 24 (Wed), 2022.
- You must unequip the [Female Class] Shell Belle Armor into your Inventory (I) to make the exchange.
- Check notices below for more details regarding the exchange.
[Female class] Shell Belle Outfit Exchange  

 

● Changed the item descriptions for the Value Pack (3 Days), Blessing of Kamasylve (3 Days), and Secret Book of Old Moon (3 Days) to now read that their buffs are immediately applied.
● Added "Only available for unenhanced gear" to "Heat Tuvala gear to obtain Tuvala Ore" description.
● Changed so HP Recovery +5 for 10 sec buff applies immediately when "GM's Letter" is obtained.