[NA/EU] Patch Notes Summary - April 6, 2022

Greetings Adventurers,

Here are the latest update details for Black Desert Online on March 30, 2022 (Wed).

[h3]The Destroyer of the Ynix, Drakania[/h3]

● Released Drakania, the Destroyers of the Ynix.

[h3]The Mountain of Eternal Winter[/h3]

● The "Mountain of Eternal Winter (Everfrost)" is now available in the world of Black Desert.

[h3]Main Quests and Recurring Quests[/h3]

● Newly created characters can now choose to start in either the Mountain of Eternal Winter or the Ancient Stone Chamber.
- The "Select Starting Zone" UI will display upon pressing the "Create Character" button in the Character Creation window.

[h3]Weather and Effects[/h3]
● The weather of the Mountain of Eternal Winter is always snowing.
- Snowstorms will randomly occur throughout the region.
* Be exposed to a snowstorm for too long, and you may catch the "Frostbite" debuff.
- Snowstorms will occur with greater intensity at higher altitudes.

[h3]Monster Zones[/h3]

● Added new monster zones to the Mountain of Eternal Winter region.

[h3]Murrowak's Labyrinth[/h3]

Recommended Stats

Zone Info

280 AP
350 DP
* For Lv. 60 or higher

Murrowak's Labyrinth can be found deep within the Sherekhan Abandoned Iron Mine on top the Black Mountain.
Up to 6 Adventurers can enter this maze-riddled zone together.
The Murraska swarm will attack any intruders that dare enter their labyrinth.
Defeat the enough Murraskas, and their queen, Vercedes, will appear to take care of the insolent invaders herself.

[h3]Jade Starlight Forest[/h3]

Recommended Stats

Zone Info

280 AP
350 DP

This forest is filled with wandering flames the Okjinsini made from jadeite.
There are structures bearing much power within the Jade Starlight Forest which were raised by the Okjinsini as protection.
The Okjinsini stand guard over these structures, which are also used during battle.
Destroying these structures will affect the Okjinsini standing guard nearby, enabling you to take them down more efficiently.
The Okjinsini are also filled with powerful energies, which they will release explosively upon death, damaging any and everything nearby, even it be their own kind.
Fight enough Okjinsini in the Jade Starlight Forest and you will encounter the [Dreadwinter Possessed]Okjinsini that were tainted by the [Dreadwinter Guardian] Erebjork.

Winter Tree Fossils

Recommended Stats

Zone Info

250 AP
320 DP
(Easy)
280 AP
350 DP
(Hard)

You can find Winter Tree Fossils spread all over the Mountain of Eternal Winter region. Usually they'll be emitting a beautiful light, but those tainted with dark energies become Dreadwinter Tree Fossils that influence the winter spirits nearby. Defeat the tainted spirits so that their souls may cleanse the Dreadwinter Tree Fossil.
You can change the difficulty by interacting with a Dreadwinter Tree Fossil, and use 100 Energy to make these tainted spirits spawn as well.

[h3]Erethea's Limbo[/h3]

Recommended Stats

Zone Info

250+ / 290+
(Normal / Hard)

You can enter Erethea's Limbo via the Haven of Slumbering Origin located deep within the Mountain of Eternal Winter.
To begin Erethea's Limbo, you require "Forgotten Witch's Tokens" scattered throughout the Everfrost region.
Within Erethea's Limbo, "Erekhantus," beings imbued with mighty power by Erethea, will appear.
Only those who overcome the trials of the maze-like chambers will be able to enter the "Golden Chamber."

● You can obtain "Forgotten Witch's Token" in all monster zones at the Mountain of Eternal Winter.
- Right-clicking on the item will take you to Erethea's Limbo and, with the item in your possession, you can proceed with the trial there.
- The trial at Erethea's Limbo will end 60 minutes after it begins.
- When you enter Erethea's Limbo with the "Forgotten Witch's Token" in your possession, symbols will appear on four gems.
* The goal of Erethea's Limbo is to find all the chambers with the relevant symbols engraved on them and to overcome all the trials.

[h3]Erebjork, the Dreadwinter Guardian[/h3]

Fight in the Jade Starlight Forest and Dreadwinter Tree Fossils, and you may find the [Wanewinter Guardian] Erebjork crossing your path. A stronger version of the [Wanewinter Guardian] Erebjork can also be found within snowstorms throughout Everfrost. Erebjork will appear with her own spirit, ready to face all Adventurers who dare set foot in the Mountain of Eternal Winter.

[h3]Labreska's Helmet[/h3]

● Added the Labreska's Helmet item.

[h3]Crystals, Cooking, Alchemy, Processing, and Items[/h3]

● Added the following items which can be obtained from the Mountain of Eternal Winter.

● Added Cooking and Elixir (Draught) items you can craft with items obtained from the Mountain of Eternal Winter region.

● Added items that can be crafted with materials obtained in the Mountain of Eternal Winter via Wood/Mineral Workbenches.

● Added the following Shai costume to be craftable via a Lv. 1 Costume Mill.

[h3]The Mountain of Eternal Winter Hunting[/h3]

● Rumors of new hunting monsters being spotted in the Mountain of Eternal Winter region have spread among adventurers.

Winter Bear

Snowfield Yak

Snowfield Markhor

Frost Wolf

Snow Leopard

Snowfield Ili Pika

● You can obtain the following furniture items by hunting the above monsters:

[h3]Blackstar Sub-weapons[/h3]

● Added new Blackstar sub-weapon items.

● Added a questline for crafting Blackstar sub-weapons.
- The questline for crafting Blackstar sub-weapons can only be completed once per character.

[h3]Item[/h3]

● Reduced the amount of "Marni's Unstable Fuel" required to copy an item by 50%.
- Therefore, the formula for copying items was changed to the following:

[h3]UI[/h3]

● Changed the way of displaying notifications that appear on the NPC dialogue window when accepting or completing a quest.

[h3]> You can read the rest of details of the update here <[/h3]