Patch Notes - July 22nd 2020

Greetings Adventurers,

This week a new challenge awaits you at Crow's Nest, so get ready to face a new tactic-based PvE content at the Pit of Undying! As you succeed in this new battle arena, you can collect seals that you will be able to exchange for rewards at a later date.

We also have some new events, so don't miss the chance to earn extra rewards with the web event "Trail of Summer" and the Pit of Undying event "Into the Unknown."

That's not all! For you PvP lovers, we are revving up for the Tuvala Invitational tournament. Don't forget to sign-up your team to participate!

You can read more details about our new contents and events below. Enjoy!

[h2]Event & System[/h2]

[h3]New Events[/h3]

Into the Unknown
- Period: July 22 (after maintenance)–August 5 (before maintenance)
- Event 1. A Mysterious Island
  - Visit Rulupee in Velia, who is waiting to give you quests to earn Contribution Points and unlock new adventures.
- Event 2. Pit of the Undying
  - Complete the quests to enter Pit of the Undying to get Seal of the Undying which will be exchangeable at the Crow Shop.
- Click < Here > to learn more about the event in detail.

[Web Event] Trail of Summer
- Period: July 22 (after maintenance)–August 19 (before maintenance)
- Was there ever a story nobody but you believed to be true? An unexpected adventure under the scorching sun and bright summer stars awaits. Solve the mysterious riddles left behind by an unknown man and follow his trail before the leads vanish.
- Click < Here > to discover the trail of summer.
- Click < Here > for event details.

[Promotion] Play for a Free Game Pass
- Period: July 22 (after maintenance)–August 5 (before maintenance)
  Black Desert Online will be available for free for during this 2 week period to anyone who has had their trial period run out or made an account but didn't play the game.
- In addition, for those of you who register during this time, your 7-day trial will become a 14-day trial!
- This is a chance not only to try out the game for longer, but also to get a free game pass by reaching Lv. 50.
- Sign-up now and enjoy plenty of time to live the full Black Desert Online experience!
- Click < Here > for full details on how you can get your free game pass!

[Tournament] Tuvala Invitational
- Sign-up Period: July 27 (12:00 UTC)–August 10 (23:59 UTC)
  - Sign-up link will be available from the main website > Community tab next Monday July 27.
- Season (PVP) Server Team Kills Event: August 3 (00:01 UTC)–August 9 (23:59 UTC).
- Round-robin
  - [EU] August 17 (18:00 CEST / 16:00 UTC)
  - [NA] August 17 (17:00 PDT / 20:00 EDT / Aug. 18 00:00 UTC)
- Knockout
  - [EU] August 22 (16:00 CEST / 14:00 UTC)
  - [NA] August 22 (14:00 PDT / 17:00 EDT / 21:00 UTC)
- Tuvala Invitational: The tournament will consist of 16 teams for each region, EU and NA. Players must use the characters on the Seasonal Server with the gear that they have acquired over the course of their adventure. Each match will be 3v3 and combatants will have a chance to change contestants after each round if they wish to.
- Click < Here > for full tournament details and rules.

Patrigio's Shop Renewal
- Period: July 22 (after maintenance)–July 29 (before maintenance)
- During the event period, Patrigio will present new and changed offers in his secret shop.
- Patrigio can be found in various regions like Velia, Heidel, Calpheon City, Altinova, and Valencia City. Search his name in the Find NPC window by clicking on the magnifying glass icon on the top right corner of your screen.
  - Patrigio will only open up his shop from 10:00 PM–07:00 AM (in-game time).
  - Don't forget, 50 energy will be consumed when you check his list of offers.

[h3]Ongoing Events[/h3]

Season Server Launch Events
- Event 1: Summer Season Playtime Challenge: June 18–July 29 (23:59 UTC)

[h3]Ended Events[/h3]

Black Spirit's Adventure: UPGRADED
Black Stone Drop Rate Boost

[h3]Content[/h3]

[h3]Major Update: Crow's Nest[/h3]

On one pitch-black urban night, a Crow who already had both fortune and fame firmly in his grasps came up with his darkest venture yet.

Ladies and Gentlemen, we proudly present to you: Pit of the Undying.

When we were coming up with this content, many things were going through our minds. Many of you have asked for more suspenseful, tactic-based PvE content. However, we had many stumbling blocks for adding this. This is because many of our classes do not have clearly defined roles, our game is in an action-packed hack and slash playstyle, and this game is an MMORPG with an open world of variables. How could we add this kind of content without going against the direction we have been developing Black Desert Online so far? We also didn't want to distract from the fun of fighting bosses. Pit of the Undying is the result of all these considerations. We expect to add more diverse types of monsters to the pit of the Undying for you to challenge. We hope you enjoy this content and eagerly await your feedback.

Tranan Underfoe, the blacksmith of Velia, has a strange tale for you of an island somewhere in the Great Ocean. Many brave sailors have searched for Crow's Nest, yet returned in failure. That is if they were lucky enough to return at all. Now, you will have a chance to search for this misty island shrouded in mystery. Chase after that tale and you will get to meet the owner and founder of the Crow Merchants Guild, the "First Crow" and gaze upon a display of some of his most valued treasures in the Hall of Heroes. You will also be able to participate in the Pit of the Undying, a battle arena steeped in secrets.
- Crow's Nest does not appear on the World Map, so you cannot use auto-navigation to guide you there.

Added the quest series [The Great Expedition] Crow's Nest. It is available once per family, for a character that is at least Lv. 56.
- You can check out the quest series under the Suggested tab of the Quests window, which will direct you to accept the first quest from the Black Spirit.

Added Crow Merchants Guild members to greet adventurers traveling the Great Ocean in search of Crow's Nest.
Added a new category for Crow's Nest related knowledge to the Knowledge (H) window.
If you do not have the Crow's Invitation, you will not be able to access the Hall of Heroes deep in Crow's Nest and you will not be able to meet the owner of Crow's Nest, the "First Crow." You can get the invitation by completing certain quests.
Opened the Pit of the Undying, the First Crow's secret battle arena.
- The Pit of the Undying is a battle arena created by the First Crow for fighters to face off against his carefully selected Crow's Warriors in seemingly endless rounds of battles for glory.
  - If you die in the Pit of the Undying during the main Crow's Nest quests, do not forfeit the quest but interact with Chorpy if you want a rematch.
- As you succeed in the Pit of the Undying, you can collect Seal of the Undying items and get Undying Crow's Insignia of a higher grade.
- You will get your first Undying Crow's Insignia after completing the quest series [The Great Expedition] Crow's Nest.
- As you get higher grade Undying Crow's Insignia, the more Seal of the Undying items you will get from the Pit of the Undying.
  - Seal of the Undying is the key to the First Crow's exclusive Crow Shop, which is only available at Crow's Nest.
  - This exclusive Crow Shop will be available after a later update.

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To encourage Agris Fever point use at low-level monster zones, we have increased the amount of points in circulation by fivefold (e.g. instead of getting 3,000 points daily, you'll get 15,000).
- Therefore, the amount of Agris Fever points consumed at different monster zones have changed as well.
  - You will need relatively fewer points at low-level monster zones but will need the same relative amount of points as before at other monster zones.
- You can see the Agris Fever points you need for monsters of each Monster Zone in the BDO Wiki entry for Agris Fever < Here >.

Agris Fever now activates after you reach Lv. 56.
- Once you reach Lv. 56, Agris Fever will automatically activate even if you have not completed the adventure log "Book of Margahan." At this point, you will recover 15,000 Agris Fever points a day but you can only hold a maximum of 50,000 points at a time.
- If you have completed "Book of Margahan" you will have the benefit of being able to recover 20,000 points a day and hold a maximum of 100,000 points at a time.

Changed the rewards for completing the adventure log "Book of Margahan" as below.
Saving Skill Preset will now also save cooldown slot and quick slot information.
Reset the number of total likes for all chat groups.
- If you own either a gold, silver, or bronze tier Black Spirit icon you will receive a temporary title for 90 days for your diligent participation.
- "Hall of Adventurers" in the chart below refers to any one of the 19 chat groups with that name.
- Check the full announcement on our official forums < Here >.

*You will get only one gold tier title even if you have a gold tier Black Spirit icon in more than one Hall of Adventurers chat group, since there is only one gold tier title for that category of chat group. Of course, if you have a combination of gold, silver, or bronze tier Black Spirit icons in the Hall of Adventurers chat groups, you will get multiple titles.

[h3]Updated during the July 8 maintenance[/h3]

Added an alert that appears 15 minutes before the Thousand Years War begins and extended the war by 10 minutes.
You can no longer use the Greet function in Papuraora and Crioniak.

[h3]Season Servers[/h3]