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Patch Notes - October 7th 2020 (Part 1)



Greetings Adventurers,

There is a new adventure on the horizon of Black Desert Online! Today the land of the Ahib is finally being unveiled. Step into O'dyllita and discover the secrets of this new region: acquire new items, accessories and powerful armors! Face dangerous enemies and unfold the mysteries of Caphras, the Immortal Alchemist!

There is more to discover in O'dyllita, so keep reading to know all the details about this new region! Enjoy the new content and good luck in your future adventures!



[h3]New Events[/h3]
  • O'dyllita Launch Events
    • Event 1: Event 1. Trade with the trio
    • Period: October 7 (after maintenance)–October 13 (23:59 UTC)
      • Choose a supply delivery NPC to trade off your [Event] Supply Box items with Gold Bar 10G. Your choice will decide which additional Hot Time boost you will get with the following maintenance.
    • Event 2. Travel with Rulupee
    • Period: October 7 (after maintenance)–October 21 (before maintenance)
      • Find Rulupee travelling all over O'dyllita and complete consecutive quests to obtain Contribution EXP rewards.
    • Event 3. Flower in the Darkness
    • Period: October 7 (after maintenance)–October 21 (before maintenance)
      • Find and gather Delotia that blooms all over O'dyllita which can be processed to get [Event] Emeracia's Elixir Recipe.
    • Event 4. Flower of the Burning Moon
    • Period: October 7 (after maintenance)–November 11 (before maintenance)
      • Complete all of O'dyllita main quests in order to get Mass of Pure Magic x5, Advice of Valks (+60) x1, and [Event] Enhancement Help Kit II x1.
    • Click < Here > to see the celebratory events in detail.
  • O'dyllita Attendance Check
    • O'dyllita Special Attendance
    • Period: October 7 (after maintenance)–November 11 (before maintenance)
      • Enjoy extra special rewards including an Inventory Expansion Coupon and even a Shadow Wolf pet just by logging into the game daily during the event period! Log in for all 21 days to claim all of your Pearl Items valued at over $100/€100!
    • Rookie Attendance Rewards
    • Period: October 7 (after maintenance)–January 6, 2021 (before maintenance)
      • Are you new to Black Desert Online? Enjoy the rewards like Trainer's Flute (30 Days), [Event] Enhancement Help Kit II, [Event] Gold Bar Box, and so much more for just logging in to help you get started!
    • Returning Attendance Rewards
    • Period: October 7 (after maintenance)–January 6, 2021 (before maintenance)
      • Have you returned and want to catch up? Check in daily and get rewards like Advice of Valks (+50), Fine Accessory Box III, and much more to get settled back into the game.
    • Click < Here > to see the full attendance rewards board.
  • Refer-a-Friend Promotion is Back Again!
    • Period: October 7 (after maintenance)–November 4 (before maintenance)
    • Invite your friends and earn rewards! New players that use your Referral ID after joining Black Desert Online will get special rewards upon reaching in-game milestones.
    • Check out the details of the promotion < Here >


[h3]Ongoing Events[/h3]
  • Monthly Loyalty - October 2020: October 1 (00:00 UTC)–October 31 (23:59 UTC)
  • Conquer Red Battlefield!
    • Event 1: A Win-Win Situation: September 23–October 21 (before maintenance)
    • Event 2: Daz's Special Quest: September 23–October 21 (before maintenance)
  • Playtime Challenge: September 30 (00:00 UTC)–October 14 (23:59 UTC)
  • Make your choice! Awakening or Succession?
    • Event 3: Special Challenges: September 16–October 14 (before maintenance)
  • Level Up Again with Hashashin
    • Event 1: Level Up Again!: September 16–October 28 (before maintenance)
  • Collect Commemorative Coins
    • Event 1: Collect by Playing!: September 17–October 29 (23:59 UTC)
    • Event 2: Collect by Leveling Up!: September 16–October 28 (before maintenance)


[h3]Ended Events[/h3]
  • September Events
  • Looking for Blackstar
  • Make your choice! Awakening or Succession?
    • Event 2: Awakening or Succession?
  • Newly-discovered Treasures


[h3]Reward Distribution[/h3]
  • Celebrate O'dyllita launch with a web coupon code!
    • Enter the code below on your account page and receive: O'draxxia Storage +1 Expansion Coupon x2, [Event] Enhancement Help Kit I x1, and Advice of Valks (+30) x1!
    • How to redeem the code?
      • From Web client: Click < Here >
      • From Steam client: Go to In-game menu > Click "Redeem"
        • This code is only available for the PC version of EU/NA. You won't be able to redeem this code if you are playing outside EU/NA.
  • Caphras Stone Compensation
    • Fallen God's Armor has been added with today's maintenance, and you need one of the three following armors and Flame of Despair to be used as material to obtain the Fallen God's Armor:
      • PEN: Blackstar Armor
      • PEN: Dim Tree Spirit's Armor (Caphras Enhancement +10)
      • PEN: Red Nose's Armor (Caphras Enhancement +10)
    • We have sent the difference between Caphras Enhancement Level 10 and the current Caphras Enhancement Level for those who have exceeded level 10 for the PEN: Dim Tree Spirit's Armor or PEN: Red Nose Armor. In such cases, the Caphras Enhancement Level has been set to Level 10. *Updated 10/12
    • Please check your in-game mailbox (B) for the Caphras Stone compensation.


[h3]Content[/h3]
  • Sightings of the Rich Merchant's Ring Piece have been witnessed around the lands. The following clues has been gathered from the rumors:
  • Before, when a World Boss appeared, PvP would be unavailable to the entire region. Now, PvP will be available to all areas excluding the specific node where the World Boss appears.
  • Manmehan Nesser, scholar of Valencia, has labeled the area where Nouver, ruler of the sands, appears as "Tyrant's Hill."
  • Added the new "Class Discussion" forums to the Adventurer's Board.

  • Impressed by the many adventurers who've challenged the Pit of the Undying, Patrigio has gathered even mightier combatants to test their mettle.
    • Kyrill appears in the Pit of the Undying at the "PEN: Undying Crow's Insignia" level.
    • Kyrill is quite agile, a master of surprise attacks, and bears a keen personality that leaves little room for making mistakes.
    • Kharoxia appears in the Pit of the Undying at the "PEN: Undying Crow's Insignia" level.
    • Kharoxia pours out her might into each one of her attacks, silently swatting away her opponent's puny attempts at retaliation with her destructive force.

  • You can now enter the Pit of the Undying instantly from the following regions as well.
    • Calpheon
    • Heidel
    • Valencia
    • Altinova
    • Grána
    • Duvencrune
    • O'draxxia
  • You can no longer use maids/butlers (storage/marketplace) in the Pit of the Undying.
  • Randy now sells potions for challengers of the Pit of the Undying.
  • Musicianship grades have been expanded to C grades.
    • Shai characters that have found their Talent can accumulate musicianship EXP by completing daily/advancement music quests.
    • The number of measures and notes are as follows upon reaching C grade.
  • Added the [Music Advancement C] Artina's Sandy Solo Piece quest that can be accepted upon reaching C grade.
    • This quest can be found in the quest window -> Recommend Quests tab -> [Advancement] Master Performer.
  • Improved the Guild Skill window to display the cooldown timer for Guild Skills.
    • Cooldown timer for Guild Skills now appear in the Guild Skill window. Guild Skill cooldown timers no longer appear next to the Class Skill cooldown timers.
  • Improved UI for guild skill learning.
    • Guild skills can be learned by simply clicking on the guild skill icon instead of clicking the "+" button on the bottom right corner of the guild skill icon.
  • "Drying" will now work faster in the desert.






O'dyllita, the place where the desperate fights of the Ahibs who were driven out of Kamasylvia, the secret of O'dyllita, and the story of Caphras, the Immortal Alchemist, has finally revealed itself. Start your adventure in O'dyllita now!
  • Added the main quests of "[Lv.60 O'dyllita I]Flower of the Burning Moon" with which you can start your new adventure in O'dyllita.
    • You can accept an O'dyllita main quest with a character of Lv. 60 or higher.
    • You must complete the quest "[Lv. 58 Kamasylvia] The Light of Kamasylve" in order to do an O'dyllita main quest.
  • You will get Tears of the Wind Necklace by completing all O'dyllita main quests.
    • You may increase the effects of Tears of the Wind Necklace as you do with the accessories obtainable through other main quests. We hope you enjoy your adventure in O'dyllita.
  • Caphras' Record, which contains the story of the Immortal Alchemist Caphras, was found.
    • You can now enjoy this story through your adventure in O'dyllita.
  • Added a new Monster Zone in O'dyllita.
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The owners of O'dyllita, the Arid Land, who were veiled in secrecy for a long time, have finally revealed themselves.
Fallen Ahibs are wandering in the fog at Thornwood Forest, and the Turos have revealed themselves in Tunkuta following the Earth God Tunta's will. Strange Golems are making noises that reverberate through Olun's Valley, and the first Fallen Ahibs who bear the deepest darkness have awakened at the Crypt of Resting Thoughts.
  • Added Fallen God's Armor as a new defense gear.
    • Fallen God's Armor will be displayed as PEN (V) at all enhancement levels.
    • Adventurers completing "Craft the Fallen God's Armor" quest will have their family name inscribed on the armor and it will remain on the gear even if it's traded on the market.
    • Fallen God's Armor has been given a different naming pattern. (No longer uses PRI, DUO, TRI, TET, PEN)
    • System messages will be displayed on all successful enhancements from Desperate Fallen God's Armor to Obliterating Fallen God's Armor.
    • Characters with negative karma (-) has a chance to lower the enhancement level of Fallen God's Armor upon death.

Fallen God's Armor is the ultimate defense gear. It can be crafted by using PEN (V) defense gear but having the need to enhance it again made it feel as if it was a defense gear of a lower tier than PEN (V). We've tried to make Fallen God's Armor gear feel more powerful by adding the PEN (V) icon at all enhancement levels and added a new naming pattern to illustrate its greatness.
  • Added quests about crafting Fallen God's Armor.
    • You can accept these quests from Dorin Morgrim at Abandoned Mine with a character of Lv. 56 or higher while having the materials for crafting Fallen God's Armor.
    • You cannot do these quests and the [Crafting] Blackstar Armor quests at the same time and you can accept them once per day as daily quests.
    • [Crafting] Fallen God's Armor - Blackstar Armor
    • [Crafting] Fallen God's Armor - Red Nose's Armor
    • [Crafting] Fallen God's Armor - Dim Tree Spirit's Armor
    • [Crafting] Fallen God's Armor - Corrupted Elviayed
  • Added the "Embers of Despair" item which can be obtained from defeating monsters at Tunkuta, O'dyllita.
    • You will have a chance to obtain it when defeating Turo Scout, Turo Pike Warrior, or Turo Berserker.
    • You can obtain it at a high chance when defeating Ulutuka at Tunkuta.
    • You can obtain Flame of Despair x1 by Heating Embers of Despair x100.
  • Added Blackstar Helmet as a new defense gear.


*If you equip Blackstar Helmet with Blackstar Armor, you will receive a Blackstar-exclusive set effect.
  • Added quests about crafting Blackstar Helmet.
    • The quests can only be completed once per character.
    • You need "Remnants of the Rift" and the knowledge of "The Three Legendary Blacksmiths of Mediah" which can be obtained at a low chance at Dark Rift in order to start the crafting quests about Blackstar Helmet. If you want to craft the Blackstar Helmet additionally, you need "Specter's Energy," a special material which can be obtained at a low rate from all over the world and at a higher rate from Thornwood Forest Monster Zone.
    • Remnants of the Rift drops at a low rate from Dark Rift bosses.
    • You can obtain the knowledge of "The Three Legendary Blacksmiths of Mediah" by obtaining and completing "The Three Blacksmiths" quest from Tulem, after you complete the renewed Mediah Main quests once you reach Lv. 56 or higher. If you have completed the quests but don't have the knowledge, try talking to Tulem again.
    • During the quests, you will be able to choose between battling the boss at its full strength, or fighting a weakened version of the boss.
  • As the Arid Land uncovers itself, the story of Tunkuta, the Arid Land's only green forest, can be heard.
    • It looks like the huge Turos who protect Tunkuta are crafting horns in order to preserve the power of Tunta, the god they worship.
  • The Obsidian Ashes, the Dark Knights' base at Olun's Valley, announced that Sephir's Ahibs who have rebelled against the queen Viorencia Odore created a ring out of condensing Cursed Turasil's power.
    • They called this ring, which they obtained by defeating Thornwood Forest's Fallen Abhis, as "Ominous Ring" and strengthened the watch.
  • Added a feature through which you can upgrade Dandelion Awakening Weapon, Dragon Slayer Awakening Weapon, or Artina Sol with Inverted Heart of Garmoth.
    • You can equip crystals to your upgraded Dandelion Awakening Weapon, Dragon Slayer Awakening Weapon, or Artinal Sol.
  • Added new crystals that can be equipped to an Awakening Weapon.
  • You can now gather new items and catch new fish at O'dyllita.
    • O'dyllita's fish have better freshness (price guarantee) compared to those of other regions.
    • You can make mysterious O'dyllita draughts and perfumes whose effects are maintained even after your character dies from using the new gatherable items. You may also craft different kinds of elixirs and food. It is a gift we have prepared for those adventurers who enjoy Life Skill-related content. Give it a try!
  • The Zulatia Sea in front of O’dyllita is now open for exploration.
    • Adventurers will have a maximum of 10 Current and 350 Wind in this area.
    • The area in front of Starry Midnight Port is set as a restricted area where your ship could get damaged.
  • Added Furniture and Props only obtainable in O’dyllita.
  • Added special recipes only obtainable in O’dyllita.
    • Added Imperial Cuisine, Alchemy, Packing, and Recipes that can be made with the new O’dyllita recipes.
  • You can receive Audrite's Blessing - Attack/Defense/Experience from Qindir, the High Priestess of Audraism at O’draxxia, the capital of O’dyllita.
    • You must have more than 1 Amity with Qindir.
  • For more information on O'dyllita, please check the official guide < Here >.


[h3]O’dyllita Hunting[/h3]
  • New Hunting quests were added.
    • For adventurers who’ve completed the True Hunter quest can receive the New Legend quest from Verita of Port Epheria to begin a new quest line.
    • Completing the quest line will allow you to receive 3 daily Hunting quests from Roussea of Narcion.
  • Added Hunting actions, which can be obtained by completing the last quest, Hunter's Dream, of the O’dyllita Hunting quest line.
    • Hold LMB during left or right roll to quickly shoot while kneeling.
    • Hold LMB during backwards roll to quickly stand and shoot.
    • Press LMB while sprinting forward to slide forward and shoot.
  • A new Hunting area was established in Narcion, O’dyllita.

    • You can hunt monsters in this area with Hunting Matchlocks.
    • Grass Rhino
    • Verdure Buck
    • Verdure Doe
    • Shadow Wolf
    • Shadow Lion
  • You can obtain the new item Breath of Narcion from Hunting monsters in Narcion, O’dyllita.
  • Added [Hunting] Master Matchlock.
    • [Hunting] Master Matchlock requires Artisan Hunter 10.
    • [Hunting] Master Matchlock has higher AP, faster reload speed, and better Durability than the [Hunting] Artisan Matchlock.
    • Can craft at Lv. 4 Tool Workshop using [Hunting] Artisan Matchlock +10.
    • Breath of Narcion obtained from Hunting in O’dyllita is required to craft a [Hunting] Master Matchlock.
  • You can obtain Furniture from Hunting monsters in Narcion, O’dyllita.
    • Stuffed Grass Rhino Head
    • Stuffed Verdure Buck
    • Stuffed Verdure Doe
    • Stuffed Shadow Wolf Head
    • Stuffed Shadow Lion Head
  • Added special furniture recipes that can upgrade the buff effects of Artisan and Master level stuffed furniture.
    • Only the new stuffed furniture obtainable from Narcion, O’dyllita can be crafted into special furniture at the moment, but more recipes for other regions will be added later.
    • Breath of Narcion obtained from Hunting in O’dyllita is required to craft special furniture.
    • Artisan and Master level stuffed furniture upgraded to special furniture will give buffs at the Residence that lasts 3 hours.
New Hunting monsters have made the southern fields of O’dyllita, Narcion, their home. And from them, you can obtain the new item, Breath of Narcion, with which you can make a higher tier Matchlock. Also, when you complete the new Hunting quest line, you can learn new actions allowing you to use the Matchlock much more quickly than before.
The stuffed furniture received from Hunting in Narcion will initially give you 1 hour buffs, but upgrading them will boost the duration of the buff to 3 hours. Upgrades to stuffed furniture from other regions will be added later on.


[h3]Content[/h3]
  • Added new Furniture obtained from hunting Blue Whales.
    • Hunt and Butcher a Blue Whale and take the items to Lv. 5 Furniture Workshops in Calpheon, Valencia, or Grána to craft a Blue Whale Wall Decoration.
You didn’t think a wall decoration made with Blue Whale items would be small, did you? We recommend you put this on the wall of big houses in Grána.




[h3]Season Server (Autumn Season)[/h3]
  • You can obtain Season enhancement materials such as Ouk Pill of Rift and Rift's Fragment by defeating monsters in O’dyllita in the Season server.
    • Tuvala Ore, Tuvala Gear, and Refined Magical Black Stone can also be acquired in O’dyllita. Descriptions of these items were updated with O’dyllita added as obtainable region.
  • Season Server exclusive quests were added to the O’dyllita Main Quest line.
    • These quests can only be accepted by Season characters and are available only once per Family.
    • These quests can be accepted through the Black Spirit after completing all regional Main Quests.


[h3]UI[/h3]
  • You can now register up to 5 materials in the Heating tab of the Processing menu.

  • Added O’dyllita background video and image to the Login, Server Selection, and Loading screens.




[h3]Game World[/h3]
  • Improved the Graphics setting to better display the effects of awakening weapons when set to High and Very High.


  • Improved the Crow's Nest wharf to show the current status of mounts in other regions when checking in your ship at the wharf.
  • Changed the ship's font color to turn red if a guild member of an allied guild has negative karma.
    • This does not apply during Node/Conquest Wars.
  • Changed the ship's font color to turn red if a passenger of the ship activates Force PvP.




[h3]Warrior[/h3]
  • Fixed the issue where durability for gear would decrease quickly when using certain skills.


[h3]Sorceress[/h3]
  • Nightmare - Fixed the issue where the character would not spin sometimes after clicking RMB while using the skill.


[h3]Berserker[/h3]

Main
  • Knee Kick - Changed the skill to now activate immediately when using Storming Beast after Ultimate: Headbutt.
  • Absolute: Undertaker - Fixed the issue where using the skill to the right would display irregular movements.


Awakening
  • Flame Buster I–III - The skills' charged damage and normal damage are now the same in PvP.
  • Flame Buster - Improved to activate instantly when used after Blasting's 1st hit and Buster Training's standing 2nd hit.
  • Flow: Ancient Power - Changed the skill to maintain Forward Guard upon completing a charge, yet reduced the duration of time maintaining a finished charge.
  • Flow: Ancient Power - Increased the skill's charging speed.


Succession
  • Prime: Final Strike - Increased the number of hits for the skill when used after the following skills.
  • Prime: Predatory Hunt - Increased the skill's Final Strike hits by 2.
  • Prime: Fearsome Tyrant - Increased the skill's Final Strike hit by 1.
  • Prime: Beastly Wind Slash - Increased the skill's Final Strike hit by 1.


  • Undertaker now activates faster for Succession.
  • Prime: Raging Thunder - Increased the All DP reduction applied by the skill's last hit from 5 to 15.
  • Prime: Fierce Strike - Changed Claw Scar's applied range to match the attack range of the skill.
  • Prime: Beast Form - Moved the skill's details about [Prime: Predatory Hunt] feral attacks to [Prime: Predatory Hunt]'s command input section.


[h3]Valkyrie[/h3]
  • Ultimate: Blitz Stab - Changed the skill's casting movement to combo more smoothly into Blitz Stab.
  • Prime: Shield Throw - Fixed the issue where skill's guide clip would appear different from how the skill actually appears in the game.
  • Changed the location of the following skills in the Skill window.
    • Just Counter
    • Flow: Sharp Counter
    • Skyward Strike


[h3]Witch[/h3]
  • Flow: Magical Evasion - Fixed the issue where the skill's casting movement wasn't being displayed


[h3]Wizard[/h3]
  • Flow: Magical Evasion - Fixed the issue where the skill's casting movement wasn't being displayed
  • Increased the PvP damage of the following skills.


[h3]Maehwa[/h3]
  • Damage of the following skills have increased.


[h3]Ninja[/h3]
  • Fixed the issue where the awakening weapon would be displayed when going from awakening combat stance to non-combat stance while moving with a cape equipped.


[h3]Kunoichi[/h3]
  • Increased the PvP damage of the following skills.


[h3]Dark Knight[/h3]
  • Increased the PvP damage of the following skills.


[h3]Striker[/h3]

Main
  • Flash Step, Knee Hammer, Hidden Claw - Improved the skills when used after moving backwards to combo smoothly into Twisted Collision.
  • Flow: Rock Smash - Fixed the issue with the unnatural camera view when comboing into Flow: Tornado Kick after using the skill.
  • Fixed typos in the command input for certain skills.


Awakening
  • Changed how Tornado Kick activates in Awakening like the following.
    • Skull Crusher - Tornado Kick no longer activate after using the skill.
    • Gardbrace Training, Ultimate Crush, Endless Explosion - Tornado Kick combos even faster after using the skills.
    • Fixed the issue where the Floating debuff would still be applied even after Tornado Kick's cooldown was reset when it was used in an Awakening state.
  • Skull Crusher IV - Increased the skill's PvP damage by 7%.


Succession
  • Twisted Collision, Rising Blast Combo - Changed the skills to activate Prime: Skull Crusher by pressing C after using the skills.
  • Prime: Rage Hammer - Increased the skill's PvP damage by 13%.
  • Succession: Flow: Bombardment, Succession: Combo: Final Blow, Succession: Ankle Hook, Succession: Martial Deva, Prime: Wolf's Hunger, Discharge Energy - increased the number of hit targets in PvP by 1 additional hit each.
  • Succession: Crouching Wolf - Changed the skill to recover Martial Spirit Shards even faster during the energy charging animation.


[h3]Lahn[/h3]
  • Increased the PvP damage of the following skills.
  • Prime: Phantom Dance, Phantom Dance - Fixed the issue where the speed of the skills' activation was different when used laterally.


[h3]Shai[/h3]
  • Improved the animations when concluding a Harp performance to appear more natural.
  • Cheer Up!, Outta My Way!, Get Well, Black Spirit: Get Well - Changed the skills' descriptions as follows.
    • Max 10 targets hit → Effect applied to max 10 allies
  • Changed Florin's Leaf description to better reflect the actual conditions of use for the skill "Outta My Way!"
  • Fixed the issue where the wrong Selected Skill category was being displayed in the Skill window.


[h3]Hashashin[/h3]
  • Way of Aal - Fixed the issue where you could add the skill to the Quick Slot.
  • Serpent's Coil - Fixed the skill description to better reflect the skill's actual knockdown effect.
  • Crown Kick, Dune Slash, Collapse - Expanded the skills to now have Black Spirit's Rage iterations.
    • Press LMB to use the Black Spirit's Rage iterations of the skills when Black Spirit's Rage is at 10%, 25%, and 50%.
    • The Black Spirit's Rage iterations of the skills add special effects such as extra hits and increased attack range.
  • Enhanced Skills were added.
    • You can learn the 1st enhanced skill at Lv. 56, and the 2nd at Lv. 57.
    • You will need to learn the prerequisite skills to learn the enhanced skills.
    • You may only select one of two enhanced skills per level.
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