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Black Desert Online’s Executive Producer J’s Surprise Gift

Greetings Adventurers,

As we endure the current global situation, Black Desert Online’s Executive Producer, Jae-Hee Kim, prepared a gift to all adventurers.

The Black Desert Online team wishes all adventurers and their families the best, and hope we can all pull through the situation together.

We would also like to ensure that all voices are heard so that we can continue to make the world of Black Desert a better place for all.

So please, do not hesitate to reach out to us as we appreciate all your feedback and endeavor to improve upon Black Desert Online together.
Thank You!


J’s Gift Coupon: [h3]BDOHOME[/h3]
  • Use the coupon to receive [Event] Artisan's Memory x50.
  • As Steam players, please go to ESC > Redeem then enter your coupon code under Register Your Key to see it under your coupon list.
  • Available once per account.
  • Coupon Expiration Date: May 31, 2020 (23:59 UTC)
    • You must claim the code from both external sources and in-game mailbox before this date.


Patch Notes - April 22nd 2020



Greetings Adventurers,

Many of you have been waiting to achieve a new rare item in Black Desert Online after Lafi Bedmountain's Upgraded Compass and the Archaeologist's Map, that is why starting today you will be able to go in search of a new special item: Ornette's Spirit Essence and Odore's Spirit Essence! Good luck in the search of these never-ending potions!

Also, for the most courageous sailors, you have a new treasure hunt in the Margoria Seas: Ebenruth's Nol. This new item will allow your ship to use BreezySail twice consecutively! Sail the seas at the speed of light!

Today we also bring you a boost event in which you can enjoy Combat EXP, Skill EXP and Item Drop Rate boost 24/7! There is no excuse now not to achieve higher levels!

You can read the rest of details of this week's update below:


[h2]Event & System[/h2]

[h3]New Events[/h3]
  • Boost Boost Boost!
    • Period: April 22 (after maintenance)–May 6 (23:59 UTC)
    • Enjoy Combat EXP +100%, Skill EXP +20%, and Item Drop Rate Boost +50% 24/7 during this entire event period!
  • Loyal Attendance Rewards Refreshed
    • Period: April 23 (00:00 UTC)–May 27 (23:59 UTC)
    • Check attendance daily and stack up on rewards including [Event] Artisan's Memory, Valks' Cry, [Event] Shining Shakatu’s Seals, and even a Fine Accessory Box II!
    • Click < Here > for the details attendance reward board and EXP boost events!


[h3]Ongoing Events[/h3]
  • Mystical Ellie's Water Festival 2020: April 8–April 29 (before maintenance)

  • Finto's Juice Challenge: April 16 (00:00 UTC)–April 28 (23:59 UTC)


[h3]Ended Events[/h3]
  • Refer-a-Friend Promotion

  • The Golden Goose

  • Spring Playtime Challenge: Available until April 22 (23:59 UTC!)


[h3]Reward Distribution[/h3]
  • Compensation of April Fools 2020 Reward Distribution
    • We have confirmed that some adventurers have not received an additional reward for April Fools' 2020 event even when they gave the successful lie. We apologize for the confusion and we have sent your missing reward to your in-game mailbox (B). Thank you for your patience.


[h3]Content[/h3]
  • Major Update - Ornette's Spirit Essence & Odore's Spirit Essence.
    • The relics of Spirits and dragons have been found in Kamasylvia and Drieghan.
    • Collect all of the following relics to receive the blessing of Merindora, the eldest Spirit of Kamasylvia. Then collect more hidden relics to make the never-ending Ornette's Spirit Essence and Odore's Spirit Essence.


[h3]How to obtain[/h3]
  • First, collect relics that can be looted from defeating monsters in certain regions:
  • You can obtain Valtarra's Clairvoyance by defeating and tanning Ferrica, Ferrina, Belladonna Elephant, or Baby Belladonna Elephant of Navarn Steppe. Other relics can be obtained by defeating monsters.
  • The listed items will not disappear even after being used.


  • Second, visit NPC Merindora, the eldest Spirit of Kamasylvia, to gain knowledge on the spirit essences that will lead you to obtain the following relics that need to be prepared additionally:
    • Musical Spirit's Sound Stone
    • Gayak's Courage Stone
    • Night Crow's Dawn Stone
    • Krogdalo's Protection Stone
  • Third, once you have all necessary relics in place, arrange-and-combine them in certain order in your Inventory (I) to get your exclusive spirit essences.
Obtaining a rare item such as Lafi Bedmountain's Upgraded Compass or Archaeologist's Map that anyone would envy you for must be one of the greatest wishes a world of fantasy genres offers to its characters.
We wanted to provide such a challenging process as a big goal for players to enjoy, but we were very cautious in making these additions, since a rare item is indeed rare and therefore highly valuable.
We wanted to provide a new rare item that all of our players would love and chase after, and it is known as a "treasure" among the developers and the concept of this new treasure is "a never-ending potion."
We will keep adding items that could become a big goal for our players, an item that is symbolically meaningful and enjoyable. Of course, you will have to seek your way through the challenging process to collect and create these never-ending potions long sought-after.
  • Materials for Ornette's Spirit Essence and Odore's Spirit Essence were added to the Item Drop window in the ESC menu.

  • Added a message which will be displayed when obtaining a material for Ornette's Spirit Essence or for Odore's Spirit Essence after defeating monsters.
    • Equally, a message will appear when combining Ornette's Spirit Essence or Odore's Spirit Essence.
  • Major Update - Ebenruth's Nol
    • Added Ebenruth's Nol, a treasure item that can be equipped to an Epheria Carrack.
      • An Epheria Carrack equipped with Ebenruth's Nol can use BreezySail twice consecutively.
      • Note the installed ship needs Acceleration 135% or higher, Brake 160% or higher in order to equip an Ebenruth's Nol.
    • You can obtain "Ebenruth's Nol" from your Inventory by combining "Ebenruth" with "Symbol-Engraved Nol."
      • You can obtain "Symbol-Engraved Nol" and other valuable items from a "Treasure Chest of a Sailor" at a low chance.
      • You can obtain Ebenruth by processing 1,000 "Oquilla's Flowers" and 1 "Oquilla's Tear."
      • You can purchase "Oquilla's Tear" and "Oquilla's Flower" at the Crow Coin Shop, but Oquilla's Flower can also be obtained in different ways. Try to search your way to obtain the desired treasure highly-sought after.
    • You can now obtain a "Moss-Covered Map" at a low chance when defeating Saltwater Crocodiles.
      • You can perform Simple Alchemy with "Moss-Covered Map" and "Ravinia's Moss Remover" to remove the moss from the map. "Ravinia's Moss Remover" can be purchased at the Crow Coin Shop.
    • 4 items were newly-added to the Crow Coin Exchange shop.
      • Ravinia's Moss Remover
      • Oquilla's Flower
      • Oquilla's Tear
      • Ebenruth's Nol


[h3]Updated April 28[/h3]
  • You can now exchange Bave Ricksa's Quest Voucher during Special Barter.


When "Symbol-Engraved Nol" was discovered for the first time, the sailors considered it to be a sort of stone that had come off the ruins.
However, an adventurer who was sailing the sea following the map he had found from a saltwater crocodile's insides succeeded in discovering the identity of this strange fragment.
Rumors say that the adventurer's ship rode on the wind and disappeared beyond the horizon.
  • Major Update - FocusFire Skill
    • The "FocusFire" skill was added to ships.
    • Firing cannons is currently intuitive to use, yet it's difficult to precisely hit targets that are far away. The FocusFire system was introduced to make it easier and more precise when aiming at targets.
      Witness the precision of the new system, even as you cut through the rough waves.
    • Your view will completely change once you switch to FocusFire mode, and this will allow you to be more precise.
    • In FocusFire mode, you can quickly shoot cannons to targets far away since you do not have to hold in the mouse buttons.
    • You can use the FocusFire mode while using other sailing skills, except the Ram skill.
    • You can press Q or E to switch between aiming left and right for the FocusFire mode.
    • Due to this, the Ram skill's hotkey was changed from the Q key to the F key.
    • FocusFire skill can be used by the following ships.
      • Epheria Carrack
      • Epheria Caravel
      • Epheria Galleass
      • Improved Epheria Sailboat
      • Improved Epheria Frigate
    • The portside and starboard cannons will now have separate cooldown times for reloading cannons on a ship.
      • This means that you can now fire cannons from the other side, if either the portside or starboard is on a cooldown.
    • You can now fire simultaneously from the portside and starboard by clicking on the LMB and RMB at the same time while on default firing mode.
      • However, you can only fire from one side at a time while in FocusFire mode.
    • You can now get off the ship during the cooldown for reloading cannons.
  • Added four new types of sailors.
    • These new sailors also hold new stats in Force, Vision, and Focus that will affect your sailing.
    • The new sailors are waiting for their captain at Velia's Lunar Halo Inn and on Iliya Island.
  • The number of Total Likes for all Chat Groups will be reset with today's maintenance and those adventurers who own either gold, silver, or bronze Black Spirit icon will receive a temporary Title of 90 days for their diligent participation.
    • These temporary titles do have special colors to them.
    • The next number of Total Likes for Chat Groups will be reset approximately three months later, with the July 22nd (Wednesday) maintenance.
    • Garnier Troupe Chat Group title will become available after the relevant update in the future.


[h3]System[/h3]
  • Fixed the noise and echoing issues during a voice chat.

  • You can now see the status of the character who's speaking in the guild window better.


[h2]Class Changes[/h2]

[h3]All Classes[/h3]
  • A strong burst of energy will hit monsters when your character levels up now.

  • Fixed the issue where your game journal recorded instances when your ship was wrecked by a character who was fighting in a Node War.


[h3]Ranger[/h3]
  • Fixed the issue where certain skills caused the Vine Knot to Flow: Rooting combo to not trigger.


[h3]Sorceress[/h3]
  • Fixed the issue where a falling motion was made after using Flow: Rushing Crow to change into Scythe combat mode, even when the skill was used at a low altitude.

  • Fixed the issue where a falling motion was made after using Night Crow midair in Scythe combat mode, even when the skill was used at a low altitude.

  • Fixed the issue where you could use Cartian's Protection by rapidly right-clicking during Flow: Requiem.


[h3]Berserker[/h3]
  • Fixed the issue where Flow: Split Shot would sometimes not hit all ten possible targets.


[h3]Valkyrie[/h3]
  • You can now use Prime: Purificatione by pressing W + C during Shield Chase or Prime: Shield Chase.


[h3]Maehwa[/h3]
  • Changed Petal Bloom as follows.
    • Changed the "Forward Guard while charging" effect to a Super Armor effect that will last from the charging stage to the end of the attack.
    • Removed the "Knockdown on good hits" effect.
    • Stamina will no longer recover during this skill.
    • Petal Bloom’s charging will be omitted during General Apricot. When using this skill during General Apricot, the latter will allow the Charged Hit Damage to be applied instead of the regular Hit Damage.
  • Adjusted the attack ranges of Petal Drill, Flow: December, and Petal Bloom to allow better attacks to enemies flanking you.


[h3]Ninja[/h3]
  • You can no longer cast Ghost Greeting during Ghost Step if the S key is pressed.

  • You can no longer press S+ + RMB to use Sudden Decapitation in Shortsword mode.


[h3]Kunoichi[/h3]
  • You can no longer cast Ghost Greeting during Ghost Step if the S key is pressed.

  • You can no longer press S+ + RMB to use Sudden Decapitation in Shortsword mode.


[h3]Kunpichi[/h3]
  • You can no longer cast Ghost Greeting during Ghost Step if the S key is pressed.


[h2]Item Changes[/h2]

[h3]Caphras Stone and Caphras Enhancement[/h3]
  • The amount of Caphras Stones received from extracting Caphras Enhanced items was increased from 85% to 95%.

  • The amount of Silver required for Caphras Stone extraction was increased from 1,000 to 100,000 Silver per item.

  • Decreased the amount of Caphras Stones required for Caphras Enhancement levels 1 to 4 by 20%.
    • With the decreased required amount of Caphras Stones for levels 1 to 4, existing items will have increased effects according to the amount of Caphras Stones used prior to this change.
    • Please note that the total amount of Caphras Stones required to reach level 10 is still the same.
      • Example) Dim Tree Spirit's Armor PEN (V)
    • The total amount of Caphras Stones required to reach Caphras Enhancement level 10 for Dim Tree Spirit's Armor is the same as before at 8,260.
    • The amount of Caphras Stones required for each item can be viewed at [Caphras Enhancement] in our official Wiki page.
  • You now receive Alchemy EXP for crafting Tenacious Origin of Life.

  • Increased the AP by one point overall for all Blackstar main weapons that are enhancement level 0 to TET.

  • Fixed the issue where you could abnormally obtain Advice of Valks when using [Event] Advice of Destiny in certain situations.

  • You can no longer open a chest or a bundle item when your Inventory or your Pearl Inventory is full.

  • For details on the newly added Pearl Shop Update, please click < Here >!


[h2]Monster Changes[/h2]
  • Fixed the issue where the position of monsters at the Blood Wolf Settlement in Drieghan was unnatural during combat.


[h2]Quests & Knowledge[/h2]

[h3]Quest[/h3]
  • Added quests where you can reacquire lost Dim Magical sub-weapons or armor.
    • The below quests have a 24 hour cooldown before you can accept them again and you must have quest type “Other” activated to see them.
    • The quest will pop-up for you if you do not possess a Dim Magical sub-weapons or armor.
    • A description about how to obtain Dim Magical Sub-weapon and Dim Magical Armor again was added to the quest summaries of "Magical Sub-weapon Exchange I" and "Magic Armor Exchange I."
  • You can obtain the following social actions even when you are doing the renewed version of the Kamasylvia main quests.
    • Obtain "wish fulfilled" action when completing the quest [Kamasylvia] The Heart of Kamasylve
    • Obtain "hold broom" action when completing the quest [Kamasylvia] The Final Report
  • You can now accept the quest "[Event] Gift of Skill Reset" from the Black Spirit after awakening, only with a character of Lv. 57 or higher.
Initially, this quest was intended to reward you with an Armstrong's Skill Guide to relearn your skills after obtaining Awakening. However, after the introduction of Succession, more time was required to experiment with the added skills. Thus, we decided to increase the level at which adventurers can reset skills at no extra cost to 56, increased from the previous limit of level 55. To reflect this change, the level requirement for this quest was also increased to 57, so you can experiment with skills at a higher level.
  • Added description to the Kamasylvia Main quest, "Polly's Forest without Polly" guiding players that "Yellow Flower" can be obtained from all areas of Kamasylvia.

  • Added Improved Hoe to the reward of the "Looney, a Spirit of Polly's Forest" quest.

  • Goblin Fence knowledge required for the Serendia Main quest "[Crossroad] About Goblins" can now be obtained from within the Goblin Cave with the other knowledges. This will be notified to the player by the Black Spirit during the quest.

  • The Serendia Main quest "[Crossroad] The Untold Truth About Giath" now has a more interesting set of dialogues.

  • Requirements for "Unsealed Magic Material" quests can now be viewed in the Quest (O) → Recurring Quest menu.

  • "Kamasylvia and Star's End quests now have regional tags in front of their quest names.

  • Valencia Main quests with the Black Spirit as the quest giver will now have the Black Spirit automatically give you the quest.

  • Added text to the quest summary of the Serendia Main quest "An Eye for an Eye, a Tooth for a Tooth!" about making use of the World Map.

  • Quests leading to and Recurring quests related to exchanging Seal of Promise and Token of Promise for Magical Power accessories were disabled due to the actual exchange quests being disabled.

  • Added text to the quest summary and dialogue of the Calpheon Main quest "[Boss] The Mastermind of the Catfishmen" on how to summon the boss.

  • Shakatu will now sit and not respond when you use Greeting.

  • The "Escape from Waragon Cave" will now guide you to where you need to go after finding the lost villager.

  • During the Calpheon Main quest "The Ritual," you will now be able to use navigation into the ritual chamber.

  • The dialogue of the soldier during the "Man-Hunting Trolls" quest was changed.

  • The below titles can now be acquired by defeating a certain number of Mad Scientist's Assistants during the [Crossroad] Each of Their Reasons of the Serendia Main quests.
    • Beat Mad Scientist's Assistant
    • Sandbag
    • (Those already defeated before this update do not count towards earning the titles.)
  • Added a quest (can be done only once per Family) through which you can obtain Black Spirit's Support Bundle from the Black Spirit, after completing a Mediah main quest.
    • Complete the Mediah main quest "Apocalyptic Prophecy" and talk to the Black Spirit to accept the relevant quest.
    • The quest will be available for adventurers who have completed the prerequisite quest before today's maintenance as well.


[h2]Interface Changes[/h2]
  • Changed the sticker UI button icon.

  • Fixed the issue where sometimes alchemy stones could be seen in the material slots from the Alchemy Stone growth tab.

  • You will now be guided to the exchange NPC, instead of a general goods vendor, when RMB on the junk item that can be collected and exchanged for another item.

  • The scroll of the Alliance Members list window from the Guild (G) window, Node/Conquest War status window, and Stable's Mount list window will no longer reset.

  • Fixed the issue where the kill log would be abnormally displayed in the chat window when entering a guild war against an allied player.

  • Fixed the issue where you couldn't click on the widget icon on the top left side of the screen when this icon overlapped with the skill cooldown UI.

  • Fixed the issue where the content from the chatbox would sometimes disappear completely when receiving a chat message from a guild member who's in another channel.

  • Fixed the issue where changes were not being applied when changing the upscale or the low power option from Settings > Display Settings > Display Quality.

  • Fixed the issue where changes were not being applied when changing the System Tray Sound from Settings > Audio Settings.

  • Fixed the issue where you would process the wrong item when changing the item location during continuous processing.


[h2]Resolved Issues[/h2]
  • Fixed the issue where the minimap of a certain region of Tooth Fairy Forest looked awkward.

  • Fixed the issue where sometimes you could build more than the limited number of annexes permitted.

  • Changed some backgrounds of the fields where Red Battlefield occurs.

  • Fixed the issue where auto-navigation did not work properly in a certain region of Caduil Forest.

  • Fixed the issue where the guild bonus that has been distributed when an apprentice guild member was promoted sometimes did not appear in the Guild Bonus Distribution list.

  • Fixed the issue where Agris Fever Points sometimes did not recharge.

  • Fixed the typo in the following text.
    • [Cooking Lv28] Health Food for Workers
  • [Shai] Fixed the issue where the skin above the lips and below the eye shone white in Remaster mode.

  • [Striker] Added a warning message that explains gloves may be invisible when you equip gauntlet and gardbrace with Darkbane Gloves.

  • Fixed the text issue where putting your mouse over the goals listed on Chapter 2 of Adventure Log: Book of Margahan would bring up the same text for all 3 quest objectives for the chapter.

  • Fixed the issue where the Event tag was still showing on [Berserker] Tantu outfit set even after the discount period had ended for the outfit set.

  • Fixed the issue where the special skill in the item description of Young Crimson Dragon was wrong.

  • Fixed the issue where the item description of the following pets contained incorrect Special Skill and Talent.
    • Hedgehog
    • Golden Hedgehog
    • Cushy Mallowmerz
    • Newborn Crimson Dragon


[h2]Known Issues[/h2]
  • We are aware of the issue where you cannot accept the quest (added today) for reobtaining Dim Magical Sub-weapon for the Witch class. This issue will be fixed with the April 29th (Wednesday) maintenance.

  • We are aware of the issue where you can fire ship cannons with a character that is under Lv. 50. No damage will be applied when firing the ship cannons with such a character. We will inform you about any updates on this issue as soon as possible.

  • We are aware of the issue where your character is pushed back by the monster when using a skill that has Charge effect to this monster. This issue will be fixed with the April 29th (Wednesday) maintenance.

  • We are aware of the issue where an error page appears when opening Guild Information from the Guild (G) window. Click for the announcement on our forums.



Reach us on the »forums« to share your feedback, opinions, and suggestions.

[Maintenance] Regular Maintenance April 22nd 2020



Dear Players,

We will perform our weekly maintenance as follows:

[h3]Date: Wednesday, April 22nd 2020[/h3]

[h3]Duration: 4 hours.[/h3]
  • Global 8:00 UTC ~ 12:00 UTC
  • Central (EU) 10:00 CEST ~ 14:00 CEST
  • West Coast (NA) 1:00 PDT ~ 5:00 PDT
  • East Coast (NA) 4:00 EDT ~ 8:00 EDT


[h3]Reasons:[/h3]
  • Boost Boost Boost! Event will start.
  • Loyal Attendance Rewards will be refreshed.
  • Two rare items, Ornette's Spirit Essence and Odore's Spirit Essence, will be added.
  • A treasure item Ebenruth's Nol will be added.
  • The FocusFire skill will be added to ships.
  • Total Likes in Chat Groups will reset.


[h3]Ending Events:[/h3]
  • Refer-a-Friend Promotion
  • The Golden Goose
  • Spring Playtime Challenge: Available until April 22 (23:59 UTC!)



Follow us on Twitter & Facebook to stay up to date.

We apologize for the inconvenience and we ask for your generous understanding.


Best regards,
BDO Team

Mystical Ellie's Water Festival 2020 - New Bonus Event!

[h3]Period: April 15 (after maintenance)–April 29 (before maintenance)[/h3]



Golden and silky waves have swept ashore! Go find special kinds of fish available within the Terrmian Beach!

Fish name
Price

Golden Sea Perch
10,000,000 Silver

Koi
500,000 Silver


• The fish above can be caught at a chance only within Terrmian Beach area (not within Demi River south of Heidel like last year) during the event period.
  • The fishing area for the event fish may include Combat Zone where you may fish at your own risk. To make sure you’re in a Safe Zone please look at your mini map to determine whether you’re fishing in a safe area or not.


• You can sell the fish you caught at NPC shops for the prices listed above.

• Please note 'Koi' obtainable within this event period will be classified as a fish instead of a junk item. If you have selected to discard yellow grade (fish) and below during auto-fishing, Koi will be discarded. Golden Sea Perch is of highest grade and will not be discarded during auto-fishing.




Patch Notes - April 15th 2020



Greetings Adventurers,

We hope you are having fun with Mystical Ellie's Water Festival which has just been extended a week! And also, starting today you will be able to fish special fish that you can sell for a huge amount of silver during the event period! What are you waiting for? Repair those old fishing rods and let’s go to Terrmian Beach!

Also, we have a new event where you will need to gather ingredients and make Finto's Juices to boost those health stats! Vitamins are also important in Black Desert Online!

Finally but not least, there will be available a new adventure log that will grant as a reward a special buff called the Agris Fever which will increase the amount of junk items you can get. Progress through the different volumes of the log and the buff will be stronger!

Do you want to know the details of these events and the new content? Read the rest of the patch notes below!


[h2]Event & System[/h2]

[h3]New Events[/h3]
  • Finto’s Juice Challenge
    • Period: April 16 (00:00 UTC)–April 28 (23:59 UTC)
    • During the event period, obtain ingredients to make [Event] Finto's Healthy Juice which gives you Health EXP +2000.
    • Click < Here > for the details of the event.
  • Mystical Ellie’s Water Festival 2020 Update
    • Event extension!
      • The water festival has been extended to April 29 (before maintenance)!
      • This excludes Event 3: Uninvited Guests! Where you can defeat Rock Tree Stoneback Crabs for rewards. This event will run until April 22 (before maintenance).
    • New fish available at Terrmian Beach!
      • Period: April 15 (after maintenance)–April 29 (before maintenance)
      • Golden Sea Perch (Price: 10,000,000 Silver) and Koi (Price: 500,000 Silver) are now available to fish within Terrmian Beach.
      • The fish above can be caught at a chance only within Terrmian Beach area (not within Demi River south of Heidel like last year) during the event period. This includes both Combat and Safe Zones within the beach area.
      • As Koi is classified as Fish and not junk item from this maintenance, if you have selected to discard yellow grade and below during auto-fishing, you will not be able to catch Koi.
      • Check out Mystical Ellie’s Water Festival 2020 Update < Here >.


[h3]Ongoing Events[/h3]
  • Refer-a-Friend Promotion: April 8–April 22 (before maintenance)

  • Mystical Ellie’s Water Festival 2020: April 8–April 29 (before maintenance)

  • The Golden Goose: April 8–April 22 (before maintenance)

  • Spring Playtime Challenge: April 9 (00:00 UTC)–April 22 (23:59 UTC)

  • Illness Debuff Removal: Until further notice

  • Find Your Oasis: Until further notice


[h3]Ended Events[/h3]
  • N/A


[h3]Reward Distribution[/h3]
  • Stay Home and Be Safe
    • We could all use a little more comfort in our lives lately. We hope this helps and that you and your family are safe and well during this crisis. Please claim the following item from your in-game mailbox (B) after today’s maintenance.
      • Kamasylvia Furniture Set x1
      • Please note your mail will expire May 15th 23:59 UTC, so please claim the item before then!
  • Spring Screenshot Contest
    • Congratulations to the winners again and thank you all participants for submitting such beautiful screenshots that best depict spring in Black Desert Online!
      • Spring Blossom Outfit Set or Willow Breeze Outfit Set and [Event] Merv's Palette (7 Days) have been sent to Top 10 winners.
      • [Event] Merv's Palette (7 Days) has been sent to all participants that submitted eligible submissions. As noted in the event rules, only one submission will be counted for the participation prize even if you had sent in multiple submissions. Please note it may take up to 24 hours for your reward to arrive at your in-game mailbox (B).
  • April Fools’ 2020
    • Rewards for those who made successful “Lies” by choosing the answer chosen by the smaller number of players have been sent. Please check your in-game mailbox (B).
  • Spring Playtime Challenge
    • The playtime challenge rewards obtained per day MUST be claimed within the day from the Challenges tab (Y) or they will disappear. Due to this inconvenience for this event which will run until April 22 (23:59 UTC), we’ll be sending the 2 days’ worth of Challenge rewards as compensation to all adventurers during today’s maintenance.
      • Please note your mail will expire May 15th 23:59 UTC, so please claim your compensation items before then!
      • We apologize for the inconvenience but please do claim all Challenge rewards from the Challenges tab (Y) obtained within the same day until this event ends.


[h3]Content[/h3]

  • Agris Fever has been added.
    • Complete the Adventure Logs of the Book of Margahan with a character of Lv. 60 or higher and inherit the long-sealed power, "Agris Fever."
      • Talk to the Black Spirit to accept and complete the quest "Adventure Log: Agris, the Ancient Secret," then receive the Book of Margahan from Edan.
      • After completing all five chapters of the Book of Margahan Vol. 1, you can talk to the Black Spirit, accept and complete the quest "Adventure Log: Agris and the Prophecy of the Past," then start with the Book of Margahan Vol. 2.
    • Completing up to chapter 5 of the Book of Margahan Vol.1 will activate Agris Fever. 3,000 Agris Fever Points will be recharged each day and these points can reach a maximum of 10,000 points. When you defeat a certain monster, Agris Fever Points that correspond to that specific monster will be automatically consumed and the junk item drop amount will increase by up to 100%.
      • Agris Fever points are consumed differently depending on the type of monster defeated.
      • Agris Fever points are shared by all characters of a Family.
      • Check your remaining Agris Fever Points by clicking on the Agris Fever icon, with which the Agris Fever UI will be fixed as a popup window.
      • Agris Fever Points recover each day at 06:00 UTC.
    • Completing the Book of Margahan Vol.2 and obtaining the rewards of all chapters will activate Agris Fever. 4,000 Agris Fever Points will be recharged each day and these points can reach a maximum of 20,000 points. When you defeat certain monsters, the item drop amount will increase by up to 150%.
      Agris Fever was designed for adventurers who regularly log in for short intervals each day to fight monsters and collect their loot.
      Offering a sacrifice to Agris, the ancient Balenosian god of prosperity, through the Adventurer Logs will open the Agris Fever content. Regardless of whether you log in to the game or not, a certain amount of Agris Fever Points will be recovered every day at a designated hour and you can use these points when defeating monsters to increase the number of looted goods.
      Agris Fever Points cannot exceed 20,000, so it is recommended that you consume the points as they are recovered.
      You will realize as you defeat monsters while the Agris Fever effect is being applied, that this effect cannot last for a long time. We don't want this effect to be an indispensable element for defeating monsters just like other foods, elixirs, or scrolls. We hope those adventurers who fight monsters for short intervals everyday can enjoy an effective play too and feel a sense of satisfaction seeing their inventories become heavier than before.
    • Apart from the Agris Fever effect, the maximum Item Drop Amount increase effect applied when using items (stackable) that give Item Drop Amount increase effect was increased from 100% to 200%.
    • For full details on the Agris Fever, including the Agris Fever points you need for monsters of each Monster Zone, please check out our official Wiki (Available in English only).
  • New Guild Missions
    • Added the following guild missions.


    • Added line breaks and color to the Guild Mission Objectives to facilitate their distinction.
  • The Byproducts you can obtain through Cooking or Alchemy have been updated.
Cooking and Alchemy Byproducts have been updated.

Cooking and Alchemy Byproducts are one of the first contents of Black Desert which reflect the game's philosophy that any content can lead to a character's growth. However, because of their huge variety, they used to occupy a lot of space in the message of items produced, and also affected your Inventory as well as its weight. Hence we have been considering narrowing down the variety of the byproducts while enhancing their concept as we tried to figure out the ways of improving the convenience of the game for our players. Now we are ready to show you the result of our efforts.
You will now obtain only one kind of byproduct with Cooking or Alchemy, instead of many. You can still exchange this new byproduct for an item that you wish as before. Also, with this change, you can now obtain all items at once, which will allow you to focus on what you want. We tried to keep the exchange ratio given that this "obtaining all at once" would be possible, but the level at which, for instance, Contribution could be exchanged for byproducts was already set very high, so we have unfortunately decreased this ratio. However, we will try to investigate the ways in which our players could enjoy Cooking and Alchemy contents more meaningfully, and continue with the updates.
  • You can randomly obtain "Witch's Delicacy" through Cooking.

  • You can randomly obtain "Mysterious Catalyst" through Alchemy.


  • Added some rewards that can be obtained when defeating the boss that appears in the Savage Rift.
    • You can obtain a buff that recovers 5,000 of your Endurance for 30 sec when getting the rewards after having defeated the boss.


[h2]Mounts[/h2]
  • You can now use the Call Ship button on the top left side of the screen in the following way.


  • Staying on an elephant when leaving Guild Alliance will require you to log back into the game.


[h2]Class Changes[/h2]

[h3]Berserker[/h3]
Berserker will now look stronger in his Beast Form.
The main skill, Raging Thunder, will get super armor when in Beast Form. Also, the hotkeys for Prime: Raging Thunder, Prime: Beastly Wind Slash, and Prime: Frenzied Destroyer were adjusted since they overlapped.
  • The extra hit for Prime: Frenzied Destroyer will now be triggered as the character turns towards the direction of the camera.

  • The super armor effect will now be applied when using Prime: Raging Thunder while in Beast Form.

  • Added Critical Hit Rate +30% effect to Prime: Beast Form.

  • You can no longer activate Prime: Raging Thunder while using another succession skill when you have already pressed S.

  • You can no longer activate Prime: Beastly Wind Slash while using another succession skill when you have already pressed LMB.

  • You can now connect Prime: Beastly Wind Slash with Prime: Frenzied Destroyer more smoothly.

  • You can no longer activate Fierce Strike which is normally activated after using Prime: Frenzied Destroyer when you have already pressed S + LMB, after learning Prime: Final Strike.

  • You can no longer activate the last hit of Prime: Fierce Strike when you have already pressed S.

  • Removed the dispersed damage effect which would be applied on certain Main Weapon, Awakening, Succession skills.

  • Added a description about the dispersed damage effect to the following skills.
    • Frenzied Destroyer
    • Prime: Frenzied Destroyer
    • Black Spirit: Raging Thunder
    • Black Spirit: Prime: Raging Thunder
  • The Skill Add-ons will now be applied when you hit a target at a great distance by using Surging Tide V–Absolute or Prime: Surging Tide I–III.

  • The Absorb Heilang skill was changed as follows.
    • 10 sec. of cooldown will be applied when using Absorb Heilang while you don't have Heilang.
    • 5 min. and 30 sec. of cooldown will be applied when you use Absorb Heilang and succeed while you do have Heilang.


[h3]Ninja[/h3]
  • Removed the dispersed damage effect which would be applied on certain Main Weapon, Awakening, and Succession skills.

  • You can now hold RMB when using Drastic Measure when in Asura mode to maintain the charging stance.

  • Fixed the issue where Black Spirit: Drastic Measure couldn't be triggered when in Asura mode.


[h3]Kunoichi[/h3]
Kunoichi after succession is a character who can subdue her enemies by disrupting their sight with rapid movements and swift attacks.
However, some of her skills showed extremely high efficiency despite such class characteristics, hence we have decreased the PvP damage of certain skills including Black Spirit: Prime: Flash Slash.
  • The basic profile of the character's appearance was changed.

  • Removed the dispersed damage effect which would be applied on certain Main Weapon, Awakening, and Succession skills.

  • The stiffness effect that used to be applied for every hit when using Black Spirit: Flash Slash or Black Spirit: Prime: Flash Slash will now be applied to each attack's first and last hits only.

  • The PvP damage of Black Spirit: Prime: Flash Slash was decreased by 21%.

  • The PvP damage of Prime: Shadow Clone was decreased by 22%.

  • The super armor effect of Prime: Danse Macabre will now only be applied during attacks.

  • The forward moving distance of Ghost Step, which is increased when using Prime: Ninjutsu Mastery, was decreased by 30%.

  • Added a description about the dispersed damage effect which is applied on the following skills.
    • Ninjutsu: Shadow Explosion
    • Prime: Shadow Explosion


[h3]Dark Knight[/h3]
  • Removed the dispersed damage effect which would be applied on certain Main Weapon skills.


[h3]Mystic[/h3]
For Mystic after Succession, we have focused on expanding the use of certain skills and on decreasing the burden that the Martial Spirit Shard creates on your play. Based on our Mystic players' opinion that skills such as Prime: Hidden Claw, Prime: Fist Fury, etc., are underused, we have adjusted these skills so that they could be more useful when advancing or retreating. Also, we have decided to decrease the number of Martial Spirit Shard spent for Crouching Wolf to allow stronger combos, since the skill required too many shards when the process through which the character builds up and uses the Martial Spirit Shards by connecting the skills quickly is important for Mystic.
  • Crouching Wolf will be enhanced after succession.

  • You can use 10 Martial Spirit Shards to increase your attack speed by 20% for 10 sec. when using Succession: Crouching Wolf.

  • You can now activate Flow: Prey Hunt when you have 10 or more Martial Spirit Shards and activating it will consume only 10 shards.

  • The All DP Decrease effect of Prime: Hidden Claw will now be applied when moving backward or when hitting the target.

  • The knockback effect of Prime: Hidden Claw's last hit was changed to knockdown effect.

  • You can now use Prime: Hidden Claw in combo while or after using certain skills smoothly.
    • While using Thunder Pound.
    • While charging Wave Orb
    • After using Roaring Tiger
    • After using Rage Hammer
    • After each hit of Fist Fury
  • The duration of the invincible effect which is applied during the backward movement of Prime: Hidden Claw was increased.

  • The backward movement distance of Prime: Fist Fury was increased and there will be no collision while moving backward.

  • When using Prime: Fist Fury while using the following skills will now activate the third hit in combo while advancing forward.
    • Flash Step
    • Sea Burial
    • Wave Orb
    • Roaring Tiger
    • Thunder Pound
    • After the backward movement of Hidden Claw
  • The knockdown effect that used to be applied on the last hit of Prime: Fist Fury was removed.

  • You can now press LMB after Prime: Sea Burial to use Flow: Landslide in combo.

  • You can now use Prime: Roaring Tiger in combo smoothly while using the following succession skills.
    • Prime: Hidden Claw
    • Prime: Fist Fury
    • Prime:Thunder Pound
    • Prime: Tornado Kick
    • Prime: Soul Basher
    • Prime: Somersault
  • You can now use other skills in combo smoothly after using Prime: Tornado Kick.

  • You can now use Prime: Wave Orb or Prime: Roaring Tiger in combo after using Binding.

  • You can now use Roaring Tiger in combo smoothly while using Flash Step.


[h3]Lahn[/h3]
Based on the various opinions of our players, we have upgraded the awakening of Lahn. Especially, there were many requests on improving her attack speed or attack range. So we have revised the left and right attack ranges of Bridled Despair and enhanced the connection to other skills after using Tailspin and Flow: Vice. In the case of Lahn after succession, we have decreased the PvP damage and the block effect (e.g. super armor) of her main skills. For now, Lahn after succession has the upper hand in various PvP situations thanks to her mobility and stability, so we have made adjustments to allow other characters to cope with her. However, some of the content that was released through the Global Lab two weeks ago was changed.
  • You can now use Deadly Dance in combo faster after the second hit of Tailspin.

  • You can now use Deadly Dance, Ultimate: Primrose Sprint, Bloody Stride, Soul Raid, or Eradication in combo faster after using Flow: Vice.

  • The attack speed of Eradication was increased.


  • The attack range of Bridled Despair was expanded laterally and its skill description was changed as follows.
    • Damage increase while channeling skill 973% x2, Max 5 Hits →
    • Damage increase while channeling skill 973% x1, Max 10 Hits
  • The hitting motion of Bleeding Hearts' pulling will now be connected more smoothly.

  • The activation of Blood Moon Twist by RMB during the second hit of Tailspin was removed and now you can press F in the same situation instead of RMB to activate Blood Moon Twist.

  • The super armor effect of Prime: Pendulum Cleaver was removed.

  • The PvP damage of Prime: Blade Dance was decreased by 28%.

  • The PvP damage of Prime: Crescent Barrage I, II, and III was decreased by 25%.

  • The PvP damage of Prime: Blooming Nether Flower I, II, III and IV was decreased by 23%.

  • The amount of Stamina spent for Prime: Phantom Dance was changed from 150 to 250.

  • The stiffness effect that is applied when hitting a target with Kick, Striding Slash or Standing Slash used in combo after Prime: Spring Breeze will now be applied in PvE only.

  • The movement of the mouse will now be limited while using the following skills.
    • Prime: Blooming Nether Flower
    • Prime: Spring Breeze
    • Prime: Furious Chase
    • Prime: Salp'uri Purge
  • Fixed the issue where you couldn't use a skill in combo when using Moondance, after learning Prime: Pendulum Cleaver.

  • No Stamina will be consumed when using the following skills while Prime: Crescent Charm's buff lasts.
    • Nimbus Stride
    • Primrose Sprint
    • Prime: Primrose Sprint
    • Prime: Phantom Dance
  • Fixed the description about the super armor effect of Prime: Crescent Barrage, Prime: Pendulum Kick, and Prime: Blooming Nether Flower.

  • Fixed the issue where the super armor effect was not applied in some hits when attacking with Prime: Blade Dance's Standing Slash, and added a skill description.


[h3]Guardian[/h3]
We improved skill combos for Guardian Succession.
Adventurers have especially pointed out that there was not much utility for the Prime: Axe Throw skill. After the first attack, there will now be a Forward Guard effect in order to provide stability to using the skill. Also, we focused on making combos feel more natural and smooth as you mix between using Succession skills and Main Weapon skills.
  • Added a Forward Guard effect during the first hit for the Prim: Axe Throw skill.

  • Increased the range for the left and right attacks for Prime: Beast Demolisher.

  • Increased the attack speed for the Black Blood's Descent and Rockslide skill.

  • Increased the speed of combos to the following skills after using the Prime: Beast Demolisher skill.
    • Black Blood Circle I, II, III, and IV; Absolute: Black Blood Circle; Prime: Black Blood Circle I, II, III, and IV
    • Boulder Crush I, II, and III; Absolute: Boulder Crush; Prime: Boulder Crush I, II, III, and IV
    • Prime: Frigid Wind
    • Black Blood's Descent I, II, III, and IV; Absolute: Black Blood's Descent
  • Prime: Axe Throw will now combo with other skills more smoothly.

  • Fixed the issue where you were unable to combo into the skills below after using Axe Throw I, II, and III, Absolute: Axe Throw, and Prime: Axe Throw.
    • Omua's Objurgation I, II, III, IV, and V; Absolute: Omua's Objurgation
    • Mutilation I, II, III, and IV; Absolute: Mutilation
    • Torso Ripper I, II, III, and IV; Absolute: Torso Ripper
  • The combo to the Prime: Infernal Nemesis skill will now be more smooth after using the following skills.
    • Prime: Axe Throw
    • Prime: Black Blood Circle I, II, III, and IV (including Black Spirit skill)
    • Black Blood Circle I, II, III, and IV; Absolute: Black Blood Circle (including Black Spirit skill)
    • Black Blood's Descent I, II, III, and IV; Absolute: Black Blood's Descent
  • Fixed the issue where combos to the Prime: Mountain Slam skill would be slower than combos to Mountain Slam I, II, III, IV and Absolute: Mountain Slam after using certain skills.

  • The following skills were improved to combo more smoothly after using the Fierce Disdain skill.
    • Prime: Infernal Nemesis
    • Prime: Black Blood Circle I, II, III, IV
  • Fixed the issue where the motions before the 3rd hit for the Prime: Savage Hack skill was unnatural.


[h2]Item Changes[/h2]
  • You can now synthesize High-Quality Herb or Special Herb normally when crafting Tenacious Origin of Life with alchemy tools.

  • For details on newly added Pearl Shop Update, please click < Here >!


[h2]Monster Changes[/h2]
  • Changed the death action that is played when a Calpheon Shrine monster that appears during the Calpheon main quest "The Ritual" is killed.


[h2]Quests & Knowledge[/h2]

[h3]Quest[/h3]
  • The Valencia Guild Manager now takes multiple exchanges of [Guild] Clearance Requests.

  • Some strong words were changed in some of the Calpheon Main Quest titles and dialogues.

  • Fixed the issue where the quest dialogue for [Event] Popular Love Boat did not appear when clicking on the "Carefully dig out the flower." button.


[h3]Knowledge[/h3]
  • Knowledge for Dorin Morgrim of the Abandoned Mine was added.


[h2]Interface Changes[/h2]
  • Added space between hour and minute texts.

  • Dead/Destroyed or Hurt/Damaged Horses, Ships, and Wagons will be on the top of the list in the Stable and Wharf UI.

  • The mouse over stats info popup area at the bottom of the Equipment (I) window now matches the length of the text.

  • Fixed the Crow Coin and Loyalties to be displayed separately in the Inventory (I) window.

  • Tweaked the alignment of Silver and Crow Coin in the Inventory (I) window.

  • You can now check popup descriptions of Guild Skills via mouse over.

  • Added Guild Skill use related description at the bottom left of the Guild Skill UI.

  • Fixed the top right popup text for Durability and Weight notification to not overlap each other.

  • Fixed the location of the text to change as well when the Weight notification location is changed.

  • Fixed the issue where items with a Purchase Limit had an abnormal number displayed in the number input UI.

  • Shops with daily, weekly, and monthly Purchase Limits, such as Rebinia’s Shop, will now display Purchase Limit numbers in the number input UI when purchasing multiple items.

  • Fixed the issue where the Weight notification did not disappear after selling items in shops.

  • Fixed the issue where some Recurring Quest groups were not displayed in the Recurring Quest tab of the Quest UI.

  • Fixed the issue where the Looped Auto-path UI was displayed when you attempt navigation in the desert with a Navigation route already active.

  • Fixed the issue where Enhance and Durability buttons both seemed as selected during forced enhancement of Ultimate items.

  • Fixed the issue where the tutorial did not show again when you closed the tutorial during the Lakiaro Tutorial.

  • Move to and Navigate buttons of the Quest List and Quest Summary were fixed to synchronize.

  • Fixed the initial position of the Quest Summary window when set as Sticker UI.

  • Fixed the issue where Navigation sound was not played when below level 14.

  • Fixed the Extra Quest UI location to refresh after the Durability or Weight notification is turned on or off.

  • Changed the color of Mission Info, Forfeit Mission, Mission Complete buttons of the Guild Mission UI when you mouse over or click them.

  • The popup description for the Feed Pet button in the Pet List UI now has a description for how to obtain pet feed.

  • Fixed the issue in the Web Central Market where the notification for not having an active Value Pack was displayed during purchase or selling of items and where the Value Pack icon was not displayed even when you had Value Pack duration left.

  • When the My Info (P) and Mount Information window is open at the same time, pressing P will now close both windows.

  • Fixed the gear tooltip in the Item Reform window to display correct information.

  • Fixed the issue where the notification UIs overlapped when the Horse Gear Durability notification popped up while the Ship Equipment notification UI was on.

  • Fixed the issue where the Inventory Weight notification didn't get updated when the inventory weight changed after moving items via Wharf's Load Cargo.


[h2]Resolved Issues[/h2]
  • Fixed the text issue where [Event] 2020 Bundle in the Pearl Shop (F3) shows the wrong sale and discount period in the item’s tooltip. Please note the [Event] 2020 Bundle is sold until April 22nd (before maintenance).

  • Fixed the issue where the Rock Tree Stoneback Crab from the quest "[Event] Uninvited Guests! Pu!" sometimes did not come out of the ground during a battle.

  • Fixed the issue where sometimes you could not progress through the quest [Event] Uninvited Guests! Pu! even after having defeated the Moss Stoneback Crab summoned by the Rock Tree Stoneback Crab during the quest.

  • Fixed the issue where the following outfits looked unnatural when equipping them in certain situations.
    • [Shai] Marigold Sunset Outfit
    • [Mystic] Khamsin Outfit
    • [Valkyrie] Griffith Outfit
  • Fixed the issue where the camera moved with mouse button clicks while placing furniture.

  • Fixed the issue where the character’s face seemed blurred when taking a portrait picture with anti-aliasing set to TAA.

  • Fixed the issue where the character seemed buried in the ground in certain areas of the Shady Tree Forest Path in Kamasylvia.

  • Fixed the issue where some rocks were floating in parts of Balenos Mountains and Lema Island.

  • Fixed the issue where you could mount allied guild elephants even with no active Node/Siege War.

  • Fixed the issue where the number of items consumed for recovery was displayed as 100 during Recover Max Dur. if the item was in a locked slot of the inventory.

  • [Kunoichi, Ninja] Fixed the issue where leveling up without learning Succession: Lament of Silence displayed abnormal obtained skill notification for certain Succession skills.

  • [Witch/Wizard] Fixed the issue where graphical effects for decreasing speed on enemies with Ritardando and Paralysis were not displayed.

  • Fixed the issue where clicking on an empty space while on Housing mode, when the Windows resolution and the game resolution did not match, caused the screen to move or to rotate.

  • Fixed the issue where the description about Siege Towers' production time and retrieval of the following items was incorrect.
    • [Guild] Medium Siege Tower (Conquest War)
    • [Guild] Large Siege Tower (Conquest War)
    • [Guild] Medium Siege Tower Factory (Conquest War)
    • [Guild] Large Siege Tower Factory (Conquest War)
  • [Shai] Fixed the abnormal actions the character performed when moving to the left or to the right while holding [Event] Ellie's Small Water Balloon.


[h2]Known Issues[/h2]
  • We are aware of the text issue where putting your mouse over the goals listed on Chapter 2 of Adventure Log: Book of Margahan would bring up the same text for all 3 quest objectives for the chapter. This text issue will be resolved with April 22nd maintenance.

  • We are aware of the issue where the Event tag is still showing on [Berserker] Tantu outfit set. The sale on this outfit has ended with this maintenance and the event tag will be removed with next maintenance. We apologize for the confusion.

  • We are aware of the text issue where [Event] 2020 Bundle in the Pearl Shop (F3) shows the item Inventory +1 Expansion Coupon x20 which is not included in the bundle in the tooltip. This text issue will be fixed shortly. We apologize for the confusion and inconvenience.

  • We are aware of the text issue where [Event] Epheria Marine Classic Set (F) and [Event] Epheria Marine Classic Set (M) displays Epheria Marine Underwear as a bonus item. The underwear is included in the bundle as a component, and this text issue will be fixed shortly. We apologize for the confusion and inconvenience.

  • We are aware of the issue where rewards for April Fools' 2020 may not have been delivered during today's maintenance. We are looking into this issue and will update you shortly.

  • We are aware of the issue where the Secret Book of Old Moon (7 Days) item included in the [Event] Booster Care Pack on Pearl Shop is activated automatically upon purchase of this pack. Therefore, we will send [Event] Secret Book of Old Moon (7days) x1 that can be activated whenever you want for those who purchased this pack between April 15 (after maintenance)–April 22 (before maintenance).



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