Black Desert News

Greetings Adventurers,

Our latest event "Season of the Hunt" is expanding with the addition of part 2. By defeating monsters, fishing, or gathering, you will have the chance to acquire special pouches which contain great rewards!
Also, for those following the path of peace and not into hunting stuff, you will be able to enjoy EXP bonuses for Mounts and Training, and also more chances to get a higher tier foal when exchanging your horses!
But that is not all: From now on, there will be some permanent quests to obtain three pets for free! Take good care of them!
Who said second parts were never good? Enjoy the events and see you next week with more exciting content!

*Notice: Next week’s regular maintenance will start on Tuesday, October 8, 2019 at 08:00 UTC instead of Wednesday. Exact times of the maintenance will be announced with the next maintenance announcement.




New Events

• Season of the Hunt, Part 2
  
  • Period: October 2 (after maintenance)–October 16 (before maintenance)
    
  • Event 1: Special Pouch Drop
    
    • During the event period, defeat monsters, fish, and gather to obtain one of the two random pouch items: [Event] Rarity Pouch or [Event] Fortune Pouch
      
  • Event 2: Ride the Tide
    
    • Ride to your favorite hunting grounds while enjoying Training EXP +100% and Mount EXP +50% boosts during Fever Time, get rewarded for performing Imperial Delivery, and enjoy increased chance to exchange your horses for a higher tier foal!
      
  • Click < Here > to learn all about the part 2 of events for the Season of the Hunt.
    

• Build Your Guild
  
  • Event 1: Recruit New Guild Members
    
    • Period: October 2 (after maintenance)–October 30 (before maintenance)
      
    • Join a guild as a new adventurer and check in for 8 days while reaching Lv.56 to help grow your guild with guild funds, skill exp, and guild items!
      
  • Event 2: Guild Attendance Rewards
    
    • Period: October 2 (after maintenance)–December 31 (23:59 UTC)
      
    • Guild attendance reward will be offered to guild members who are in a medium-sized guild (starting from 31 members) or above during the event period.
      
  • Click < Here > to see this guild promotion event in detail.
    

• Health, Breath, Strength
  
  • Period: October 2 (after maintenance)–October 23 (before maintenance)
    
  • During the event period, complete these new quests offered by the Black Spirit in-game and receive Finto’s items to help you boost your Breath, Strength, and Health.
    
    • These event quests can be completed once per family.
      
    • These event quests can be found under Recommended tab from the Black Spirit.
      
    • These event quest can be found under New Quest tab in quest window (O) during the event period.
      

Ongoing Events

• Season of the Hunt Part 1
  
  • Trina Knight’s First Support Kit: (September 25 (after maintenance)–October 23 (before maintenance)
    
  • Complete Marni’s Stones: September 25 (after maintenance)–October 8 (before maintenance)
    
  • Special Challenges: September 26 00:00 UTC–October 9 23:59 UTC
    
  • World Boss Drop Rate Boost: September 25 (after maintenance)–October 8 (before maintenance)
    
  • Fever Time Boost: September 25 (after maintenance)–October 8 (before maintenance)
    

• Fall Festival: September 25 (after maintenance)–October 23 (before maintenance)
  

Reward Distribution

• Dedicated Gift of Appreciation
  
  • A special gift of appreciation was gifted to thank loyal adventurers for their love for Black Desert Online.
    
    "There are many new players who take their first steps into Black Desert and there are those who return for more adventure, but there are adventurers who traverse and enjoy the world of Black Desert every day.
    Today, we would like to extend our gratitude to these avid adventurers with our sincere thanks and a gift from our hearts.
    We hope to present you with more future content for you to enjoy, with a pleasant and smooth ride along the way. And as always, thank you."
    
    
  • Reward for the highest level character in your family.
    
    • Lv50–Lv59: Advice of Valks (+70)
      
    • Lv60 and above: Advice of Valks (+101)
      
  • All existing adventurers who logged in to the game at least once between September 18 (after maintenance) and October 2 (before maintenance) will receive the gift via the in-game mail.
    
  • Adventurers who received login rewards for new and returning adventurers during September 18 (after maintenance)–October 2 (before maintenance) are not eligible to receive this gift.
    
  • Please make sure to claim your gift before the maintenance on October 8.
    

Content

• Free pet quests!
  
  • New quests were added for you to acquire pets to accompany you on your journey.
    
  • The below quests are available once per family and can be accepted from the quest menu under Suggestions tab.
    
  • This is a permanent addition, so try to get all three pets!
    

• Guild skill Ample Storage levels 9 to 16 were added.
  
  • Guild Storage Increase per level: Lv9–Lv10 +2 Slots, Lv11–Lv14 +3 Slots, Lv15–Lv16 +4 Slots.
    
  • Guild Point Requirement per level: Lv9–Lv11 5 points, Lv12–Lv15 10 points, Lv16 15 points.
    

System

• Central Market Warehouse Capacity now increases with your Family Fame.
  
  • 0.2 Warehouse Capacity Increase per Family Fame point.
    (For example, Family Fame of 1402 will increase the Warehouse Capacity by 280.4)
    

Game World

• The rowboat at the Outpost Supply Port was swept away and has disappeared.
  
  
• Fixed the unnatural stones in some parts of Lamo Valley.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where you could perform abnormal gathering near the Mausoleum of Mediah.
  
  
• Fixed the frame drop issue in certain parts of the Old Wisdom Tree area.
  

NPC

• Fixed the issue where you could not sell items to Samantrina of the Acher Guard Post.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the auto-run navigation for Kaia Feresio via Find NPC sent you to the 2nd floor of the Great Library of Calpheon.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the Find NPC route for general goods merchants in certain areas, such as Helms Post, sent you to the wrong location.
  

• The functions of the Epheria Contract Renewal and Frigate Contract Renewal are now combined.
  
  • Both the Epheria Contract Renewal and Frigate Contract Renewal can be used to renew either the Epheria Sailor Contract or the Frigate Sailor Contract.
    
  • The description of the Epheria Contract Renewal explains how you can obtain it.
    

• Now you can acquire the "Heroes’ Song" from World Bosses.
  
  • The item drops from Kzarka, Nouver, Karanda, Kutum, Offin, and Garmoth. The item is a poem written to commemorate the heroes who together defended the world. The item heals the character for 5000 HP over 30 sec. and is used upon acquiring it.
    

• You can now hand in Marni’s Stone after Lv 64 to Wacky Toshi.
  
  • You can collect samples and exchange from Lv 62, but will receive very little Combat EXP after exchanging.
    

• Changed Mastery items available for purchase from NPC stores to not be shown in the Crafting Note.
  
  
• For details on newly added Pearl Shop Update, please click < Here >!
  

Quest

• Fixed the issue where there was a metal structure between the rocks when you head down the well during the "The Place Where the Wind Blows" quest.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where you could not accept the "Death of the Cows" quest.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the navigation path of the "Flowers in the Desert" quest sent you across the ocean.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where one of the options with Nella Encarotia for the "Curiosity Becomes Fear" quest gave you the wrong NPC as target.
  
  
• The quest icon for the "[Gathering Advancement Lv50] From the Hand of a Person" quest was changed to better fit the quest.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the following quest did not properly give their rewards.
  
  • Wanted: Hekaru
    
  • Wanted: Ocean Stalker
    
  • Looming Threats from the Ocean
    
  • Ocean Predators
    
  • A Treasure Swimming in the Ocean
    
  • Outlaws in the Ocean
    
  • Stay Sharp!
    

• Fixed the issue where you could not repeat the “[Repeat] Sacrifice for Aal” quest.
  
  • This quest was automatically removed from characters that had accepted this quest. Please accept again to complete the quest.
    

Knowledge

• Fixed the issue where you did not receive Energy for acquiring the Ash Forest knowledge.
  

• Now you can save and load navigation routes from the World Map (M).
  
  • RMB on the World Map to set and save 3 routes.
    
  • You can load and delete the saved routes by pressing the buttons located at the bottom of the World Map.
    
  • Alt+RMB to save consecutive routes.
    
  • The routes are saved locally to your PC, so they won't be loaded when you play from another PC.
    

• Now you can set key bindings for ship controls.
  
  
• Now you can view the inventory of your other characters.
  
  • The bag button in the End Game menu shows you the contents of their inventory.
    

• Changed the item image of the Giant Grouper.
  
  
• Updated the HP, Durability, Stamina, Food, and Lifespan UI of the Mount UI.
  
  
• Fixed the low equipment durability UI to display descriptions when you mouse over the UI.
  
  
• The UI showing low durability for mount (horses, wagons, ships) equipment now shows both the navigation button and the description text.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the correct text color was sometimes not applied when you receive a Black Spirit's Gift reward.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the Health UI and Family Buff UI overlapped if you toggle the Health UI to be disabled and use a shortcut to toggle a preset UI that has the Health UI enabled.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the Bartali Sailboat was displayed as an Epheria Sailboat in the UI that shows your mounts in use at the End Game menu.
  
  
• Fixed the guild storage window to pop up on the left of your inventory window.
  
  
• Changed the guild storage window to close when you press the tab button in the guild window.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the Imperial Fishing Delivery displayed the "Connection to the Node is required." error message, which does not require Node connection.
  

• [Kunoichi] Fixed the issue where Ghost Greeting did not activate by using the LMB after Ninjutsu: Shadow Explosion.
  
  
• [Kunoichi] Fixed the action of returning to standby mode after Tendon Cutter to be more natural.
  
  
• [Musa] Fixed the issue where you could not move the character if you use Absolute: Rising Storm after a forward Blind Thrust without having learnt Ultimate: Rising Storm.
  
  
• [Witch, Wizard] The following text from the description of Summon: Keeper Gorr, Keeper Tett, Keeper Arne, and Keeper Marg were moved to the tooltip.
  
  • If there is no summoned creature, press F to summon Arne/Gorr.
    

• [Shai] Fixed the issue where the "Secret Duty" quest was shown as available in the World Map to Shai characters.
  
  
• [Shai] Fixed the issue where you could not cancel "Do it Better!".
  
  
• Fixed the issue where you could not dye a normal equipment with a Pearl outfit of the same slot equipped.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the UI indicating low durability of your horse gear overlapped with the Altar of Blood matchmaking UI so you could not cancel matchmaking.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the mount skill description text in the stable UI overflowed out of the window if it was longer.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the lighting looked abnormal around the Magoria Pirate Ship.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where grass appeared to be floating in thin air at certain locations in Loopy Tree Forest.
  
  
• Fixed the abnormal navigation path to Bipache of the Abandoned Land from Dimanthor, the stable keeper of west Calpheon City.
  
  
• Fixed the navigation path to the Chapel 2-1, 1F of Calpheon City.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where you could not auto-run to Black Spirit Training NPC Jamey Drucker at the north of Calpheon.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where grass appeared to be floating in thin air at certain locations in Calpheon Castle Site.
  
  
• Fixed the rankings info of the Valtarra Altar of Training to be displayed properly.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the word Skill List in the World Map's (M) mount information window was not displayed.
  
  
• Fixed the description of Loggia Trainer's Clothes and Izaro Trainer's Clothes.
  

• We have temporarily blocked the effects of Shai's Misty Haze skill. This is due to an abnormal effect being applied by using the skill. This will be resolved in a future maintenance. We apologize for the inconvenience.
  

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Dear Players,

We will perform our weekly maintenance as follows:

• 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
  

• Function to check the inventory of your alt characters from the End Game window will be added.
  
• Quests to get up to 3 free pets will be added.
  
• Season of the Hunt Part 2 will start.
  
• Build your Guild event will start.
  

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


Best regards,
BDO Team

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Greetings Adventurers,

This week we finish the series of the Life Skill Mastery updates with the Manos-grade gear and accessories. Equip and upgrade your Manos-grade gear to be the true Life Skill master!

On top of that, tons of events are prepared starting with the Season of the Hunt! Get your Trina Knights kit and kill monsters and world bosses for awesome rewards!

Don’t forget to check out the Fall Festival as well as the refreshed Loyal attendance tab. Please find all the details of this week patch notes below:

• Season of the Hunt
  
  • Week 1 of Season of the Hunt is comprised of 5 events all geared toward helping you hunt down monsters and gain on your EXP and previous loot!
    
    • Event 1: Trina Knights First Support Kit
      
      • September 25 (after maintenance)–October 23 (before maintenance)
        
      • Trina Knights First Captains Support Kit (7-days) will be given to adventurers of certain levels!
        
      • Trina Knights First Captain's Support Kit (7 Days) Challenge will be deleted from the Challenges tab (Y) during the October 23rd maintenance.
        
    • Event 2: Fever Time Boost
      
      • September 25 (after maintenance)–October 8 (before maintenance)
        
      • Enjoy up to Combat EXP +300% and Skill EXP +30% during Fever Time.
        
    • Event 3: Special Challenges
      
      • September 26 00:00 UTC–October 9 23:59 UTC
        
      • Get rewarded for playing 30 min., 60 min., 90 min., and 120 min. for some of the best rewards including [Event] Item Collection Increase Scroll (60 min).
        
    • Event 4: World Boss Drop Rate Boost
      
      • September 25 (after maintenance)–October 8 (before maintenance)
        
      • Chance to receive certain loot items from world bosses will double.
        
    • Event 5: Complete Marni’s Stones
      
      • September 25 (after maintenance)–October 8 (before maintenance)
        
      • Fill up the target number of monster kills for Marni’s Stones and get rewarded for Marni’s Stones completed.
        
  • For full details on the Season of the Hunt, please click < Here >!
    

• Fall Festival
  
  • Period: September 25 (after maintenance)–October 16 (before maintenance)
    
  • Log in daily or reach certain levels and depending on your status!
    
    • For new adventurers: Reach certain levels to get rewards.
      
    • For returning adventurers: Log in for certain number of days to get rewards.
      
    • For all adventurers: Reach certain levels to get rewards.
      
  • For full details of the Fall Festival, please click < Here >!
    

• Loyal Attendance Rewards Refreshed
  
  • Period: September 26 00:00 UTC–October 30 23:59 UTC
    
  • Check attendance daily to get huge rewards including Fine Accessory Box and Black Gems, and Concentrated Magical Black Gems!
    

Ended Events

• Altar of Blood event.
  
  • The rewards offered for completing stages will return to normal, but the lowered difficulty of the stages will remain.
    
  • Monsters in the Altar of Blood will no longer grow stronger during the night.
    
  • Your score and rankings for participating in Altar of Blood does not get recorded.
    

• Book of Training Event
  
• Life Skill Mastery Events
  
• Dark Rift Special Monster Event
  
• Gold Rush II
  
  • Ends September 25 23:59 UTC
    

Content

• Expanded the character level on which you can complete the Combat Rewards from Level 56 to Level 59.
  
  • [Combat Reward] Faster and Stronger I
    
    • Requirement: For Lv. 15 and up, Combat Fame 300 and below
      
    • Rewards: [Fame] Combat EXP +20% (60 min.), [Fame] Skill EXP +20% (60 min.)
      

• [Combat Reward] Faster and Stronger II
  
  • Requirement: For Lv. 15 and up, Combat Fame between 301 and 600
    
  • Rewards: [Fame] Combat EXP +40% (60 min.), [Fame] Skill EXP +20% (60 min.)
    

• [Combat Reward] Faster and Stronger III
  
  • Requirement: For Lv. 15 and up, Combat Fame between 601 and 900
    
  • Reward: [Fame] Combat EXP +60% (60 min.), [Fame] Skill EXP +20% (60 min.)
    

• [Combat Reward] Faster and Stronger IV
  
  • Requirement: For Lv. 15 and up, Combat Fame between 901 and 1200
    
  • Rewards: [Fame] Combat EXP +80% (60 min.), [Fame] Skill EXP +30% (60 min.)
    

• [Combat Reward] Faster and Stronger V
  
  • Requirement: For Lv. 15 and up, Combat Fame between 1201 and 1500
    
  • Rewards: [Fame] Combat EXP +100% (60 min.), [Fame] Skill EXP +30% (60 min.)
    

• [Combat Reward] Faster and Stronger VI
  
  • Requirement: For Lv. 15 and up, Combat Fame 1501 and up
    
  • Rewards: [Fame] Combat EXP +100% (60 min.), [Fame] Skill EXP +30% (60 min.)
    

• New Manos-grade Mastery equipment and items have been added.
  
  • Manos Trainer's Clothes
    
  • Manos Hunter's Clothes
    
  • Manos Sailor's Clothes
    
  • Manos Cook's Clothes
    
  • Manos Alchemist's Clothes
    
  • Manos Fisher's Clothes
    
  • Manos Gatherer's Clothes
    
  • Manos Craftsman's Clothes
    
  • Manos Necklace
    
  • Manos Earring
    
  • Manos Ring
    
  • Manos Belt
    
  • Manos Processing Stone - Lake
    
  • Manos Processing Stone - Vitality
    
  • Manos Processing Stone - Energy
    
  • Manos Processing Stone - Sun
    
  • Manos Processing Stone - Wind
    
  • Manos Processing Stone - Lava
    
  • Manos Riding Crop
    
  • Manos Lumbering Axe
    
  • Manos Fluid Collector
    
  • Manos Tanning Knife
    
  • Manos Butcher Knife
    
  • Manos Pickaxe
    

• Below is the table of required materials per enhancement level for Manos clothes.
  
  
  
• Below is the table of required materials per enhancement level for Manos necklace and belt
  
  
  
• Below is the table of required materials per enhancement level for Manos Ring and Earring
  
  
  
• Manos items can be Manufactured with the below items.
  
  
  
• Crafting the above items will grant you their knowledge.
  
  
• New repeat quests were added where you can acquire the Manos Cooking item “Fundamentals of Cooking”.
  
  • You can repeat the quest after completing it on a character from level 15 above.
    
  • The quests are available from the below NPCs and will give you the Fundamentals of Cooking by handing in a Professional's Satisfying Dinner Meal.
    
  • Professional's Satisfying Dinner Meal can be acquired by processing and Imperial Cuisine Packing Meat Pie x30, Steak x20, and Tea With Fine Scent x30.
    
  • Sunset Dyed Wool can be acquired as reward from Heidel General Goods Vendor Lara’s daily quest or by exchanging Shiny Golden Seal - [Imperial Cuisine] x100.
    
  • Scorched Fragment can be acquired as reward from Heidel General Goods Vendor Lara’s daily quest or by exchanging Shiny Golden Seal - [Imperial Alchemy] x100.
    
  • Enlightened One's Cotton Fabric can be acquired through Simple Alchemy with EXP Elixir x50 and Cotton Fabric x50.
    
  • Dusk Laden Cotton Fabric can be acquired through Processing - Grinding with Oil of Fortitude x50 and Cotton Fabric x50.Dawn Fallen Silk can be acquired through Processing - Grinding with Oil of Storms x50 and Silk x50.
    
  • A new repeat quest was added where you can acquire the Manos Fishing item “Tear of the Great Ocean”.
    

• Manos Stone was added to items available for purchase to the below jewelry vendors.
  
  • Marsella
    
  • Corin
    
  • Dora Fonti
    
  • Bianstimi
    
  • Ardan
    
  • Belgar
    
  • Thyshelle Arms
    
  • Yara
    
  • Binvane
    
  • Gagaru
    
  • Greco Gorda
    

• The below knowledge can be acquired by interacting with the NPCs listed below each of the knowledge.
  
  • [Knowledge] Manos Gatherer's Clothes
    
    • Zaaira
      
    • Flaviano
      
    • Kara
      
    • Lashir
      
    • Geranoa
      
• [Knowledge] Manos Fisher's Clothes
  
  • Abelin
    

• [Knowledge] Manos Processing Stone - Lake
  
  • Tranan Underfoe
    

• [Knowledge] Manos Processing Stone - Energy
  
  • Mevo Muranan
    

• [Knowledge] Manos Processing Stone - Sun
  
  • Colodu
    

• [Knowledge] Manos Processing Stone - Wind
  
  • Colodu
    

• [Knowledge] Manos Processing Stone - Vitality
  
  • Dobart
    

• [Knowledge] Manos Processing Stone - Lava
  
  • Dobart
    

• For the full Life Skill Mastery patch notes, please click < Here >.
  

System

• Improved the sound quality issue that occurred when using the Guild Voice Chat.
  
  
• Improved some of the sound effects played when the character performs an action in areas with water.
  

Game World

• Removed abnormal resources from the Velia Wharf.
  

NPC

• Ornella will no longer receive the item "Origin of Wind" as a gift.
  
  
• The button to exchange High-Quality Wine with Constante, the Golden Toad Inn's Manager, was moved under the dialogue button.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where searching a Material Vendor with the Find NPC function in certain areas of Helms Post and other locations gave you the wrong direction.
  

Warrior

• The character's body will now spread red energy when using the Awakening Executioner skill.
  

Dark Knight

• Changed the commands and the descriptions of Flow: Ravage Rake and Absolute Skill as follows.
  
  • S + LMB + RMB while using Ravage Rake
    
  • LMB + RMB after the last attack of Ravage Rake
    

Shai

• Horse mount action for Shai was improved to be more natural.
  
  • Mounting from the left or right was changed to her using her hands to lift herself up.
    

• You can now use the High-Quality Carrot when polishing the Alchemy Stone of Life.
  
  
• Fixed the Acceleration, Speed, Turn, and Break stats in the item description of "Wagon Registration: Forest Path Wagon" to match the wagon's actual stats.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where you couldn't gain Processing EXP when processing the .
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the instrument's appearance was not displayed when using the Talent Skill after equipping the item in the Trial Character Server.
  
  
• Sailboat and Frigate Sailor Contracts were combined into the new Epheria Sailor Contract.
  
  • Epheria Sailor Contract can be used for both Epheria Sailboat and Epheria Frigate.
    
  • Frigate Sailor Contracts and Frigate Sailor Renewal Contracts can be exchanged to Epheria Sailor Contracts and Epheria Sailor Renewal Contracts with Falasi. Adventurers with the quest to upgrade their Frigate Sailor Contract can complete the quest after exchanging the contract to the Epheria Sailor Contract.
    

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

• Fixed the issue where the HP of the following monsters at the Bashim Base was displayed when attacking them while not having the relevant knowledge.
  
  • Terruda Infantryman
    
  • Terruda Thrower
    
  • Terruda Reinforced Infantryman
    
  • Terruda Bandsman
    

• Fixed the Giant Treant that wanders around the Treant Forest to not be displayed in the Minimap.
  
  
• The Crystal Alligator, which was believed to have gone extinct, was found in the Shady Tree Forest of Kamasylvia.
  
  • Karma will be reduced by 50 when killing a Crystal Alligator.
    

• You can now obtain the "Upgraded Compass Parts," which are the same as the ones you can obtain from Elten, at a certain rate by killing the following monster of Hystria Ruins.
  
  • Tukar Balten
    

Quest

• Fixed the issue where you couldn't reaccept the quest "[Repeat] Sacrifice for Aal" when having already completed it. Also, you will now have the navigation arrows displayed for the quest.
  
  
• Increased the speed of the Goblin whom you have to bring during the quest "Why Did the Goblins Run Away?" and changed the dialogue that appears when you take the goblin to Santo Manzi.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the location of the completion NPC of the quest "Through the Rough Tides: Velia" differed from his/her actual location.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where you couldn't accept the quest "[Combat Promotion] Mediah Trio" or the quest "[Awakening Weapon] Artisans in Mediah.." with Lahn, Archer or Shai.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where you could receive an abnormal item through the quest "A Gift for You." You will be able to accept this quest after today's patch.
  
  • The abnormal item you had received through this quest has been removed during September 25 (Wed) maintenance.
    

• Changed the quest name of "[Co-op] Story on Cron Castle" to "Story of Cron Castle" and lowered the recommended level for the quest.
  
  • The recommended level for Cron Castle at the moment of the quest development was high, but now that this region has become a Monster Zone of the game's beginning stage, the quest name and the recommended level have been changed.
    

Knowledge

• Changed the requirement for making the button that allows you to obtain the Tinberra Island knowledge and node from Shanjo, the Node Manager of Tinberra Island, appear.
  

• A new event banner was added to the bottom right of the game screen.
  
  • This event banner only pops up once a day.
    
  • Clicking this banner will open up the event page of the official website.
    

• Selecting another product after having selected and pressed the Buy button for a product at Pearl Shop (F3) will now cancel your purchase of the latter and close the Purchase window.
  
  
• You can now see the full skill description displayed as a text bubble when you put your mouse cursor over the text abbreviation mark for a very long skill description in the Fairy's "View Learnable Skills" window.
  
  
• Changed the term "Equipment Info" to "Appearance Info" in the Mount Information window.
  
  
• Added Item Grade sort function to the Central Market.
  
  • This sort function will be displayed on the right side of the Back button when entering the market after having selected an equipment that can be enhanced.
    

• You can now view the Wagon's appearance more comfortably at the Pearl Shop (F3).
  
  
• Added descriptions displayed as text bubbles to Preset 1, Preset 2, Preset 3, Combat Focus mode, and Adventure mode buttons in the UI Edit mode.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where you couldn't see the Quick Hotkey Settings window when trying to assign quick hotkeys in the UI Edit mode.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the Shop window opened when closing the Imperial Delivery window by pressing ESC while on a Fishing Delivery.
  
  
• Fixed the lag issue that occurred when using Trade by talking to a Trade Manager NPC.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the registered item's text bubble showed the wrong description when opening the Processing window from the Storage.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the "Sale Complete" and the "Purchase Complete" texts in the Marketplace Notifications window were cut because they were too long.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the Difficulty icon was not updated normally in the Dark Rift list.
  

• Fixed the Camera Perspective to gradually exit the Observe mode by pressing ESC while on a Boat, a Sky Balloon or at a Viewpoint.
  
  
• [Warrior] Fixed the issue where wrong Preceding Skill levels were displayed in the skill descriptions of "Shield Assault," "Absolute: Charging Slash" and "Absolute: Shield Strike."
  
  
• [Warrior] Fixed the issue where the effect of knocking back enemies was missing in the skill description of Forward Slash.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where a structure's wall had a hole in certain region of Hystria Ruins.
  
  
• Changed the Black Spirit's dialogue that appears when the Dark Rift opens to be more natural.
  
  
• You will now get the correct error message whenever an error occurs while using a pet-related function.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the UI texts with abbreviation marks looked intermittently abnormal.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the Event text and EXP image were displayed in the Character's Tag Setting window even when the event had ended.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the quest "Secret Duty" was displayed in Shai's World Map even though Shai cannot accept this quest.
  
  
• [Lahn] Fixed the issue where Lahn could use the following elixirs.
  
  • [Party] Elixir of Energy
    
  • [Party] Surging Energy Elixir
    
  • [Party] Elixir of Mentality
    
  • [Party] Elixir of Clear Mentality
    
  • Elixir of Energy
    
  • Surging Energy Elixir
    
  • Elixir of Mentality
    
  • Elixir of Clear Mentality
    

• We are aware of the issue where you cannot exchange expired Epheria Frigate Sailor Contract to an Epheria Sailor Contract.
  
  • We recommend you exchange your Epheria Frigate Sailor Contract before they expire. This issue will be resolved with next week’s maintenance.
    

• We are aware of the text issue where [Event] Rookie Adventure Pack in the Pearl Shop (F3) states that the item is sold until September 25. This item is sold until October 16 and we will fix the text issue with next maintenance.
  

Updated 26/09

• We are aware of the issue where Marni's Stones cannot be exchanged with Wacky Toshi for characters of Lv. 64 and above. This issue will be resolved with next week's maintenance. We apologize for the inconvenience.
  
  
• We are aware of the issue where after performing the Talent skill "Do it Better!" Shai character becomes immobile for a few seconds. We are looking into resolving this.
  
  
• We are aware of the issue where certain quests that give out Origin of Wind and Breezy Crystal as completion rewards are not giving them out properly. This will be resolved with in next week's maintenance and any Origin of Wind and Breezy Crystal items unrewarded for completing the relevant quests will be sent out via in-game mail (B).
  

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Dear Players,

We will perform our weekly maintenance as follows:

• 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
  

• Manos Grade Life Skill gear and accessories will be added to Life Skill Mastery system.
  
• Season of the Hunt event will start.
  
• Fall Festival events will start.
  

• Altar of Blood event
  
• Book of Training event
  
• Gold Rush II (Ends September 25 23:59 UTC)
  

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

Updated

• Maintenance for Steam has been extended. We will keep you updated as soon as we have any news. Apologies for the inconveniences.
• Servers are back online!
  

Best regards,
BDO Team