Black Desert News

Greetings Adventurers,

Mysteries of Summer are back again with new enigmas, riddles and dark secrets! Will you be the first player to uncover the mysteries this year? If you have already finished all the quests last year, stay tuned for a brand new mystery coming up next week!

Also, for those who train hard every day, Book of Training (1 hr.) will be discounted 90%! Do not lose the opportunity to get to those last levels you want to achieve!

And finally, our small and bold Shai has learnt to ride horses. It took her a while, but she is ready!

Keep reading the rest of the patch notes to know all the details and changes! Enjoy the new event and have a good summer!




New Events

• Train to Beat the Heat!
  
  • Event period: July 24 (after maintenance) - August 7 (before maintenance)
    
  • During the event period, enjoy the additional benefits on Book of Training items:
    
    • Book of Training (Combat and Skill): +50% EXP (Stackable with EXP boosts)
      
    • Book of Training - Combat (1 Hour) and Book of Training - Skill (1 Hour): Sold with 90% discount at the Pearl Shop (F3).
      
      • 1,000,000 Silver > 100,000 Silver
        
      • Max 10 purchases per Family per day during the event period.
        

• Mysteries of Summer Continues: A Tale of a Fallen Kingdom
  
  • Event period: July 24 - August 28 (before maintenance)
    
  • ‘Mysteries of Summer’ from last year is back! The difficulty of the quests have been lowered this year so find clues, tackle secret challenges, and conquer all 8 elemental questlines! Stay tuned for the new ??? quest coming up next week.
    
    • If you have finished the 8 quest lines from the previous year, you can not participate in the first 8 quest lines again.
      
    • You can pick up the quest from where you left off if you had progressed through some of the questlines previously.
      
    • The new ??? quest will be released on July 31, 13:00 UTC/06:00 PDT/15:00 CEST.
      
      • You must have completed all 8 questlines in order to try the new ??? quest. As big rewards are at stake, make sure to prepare yourself for the race to finish the ???
        
  • Click < Here > to find out all about the mysteries of summer!
    

Ongoing Events

• Terrmian Waterpark 2019: July 17 (after maintenance) - August 28 (before maintenance)
  
  • [Event] Luvis Swimsuit Box for male classes and [Event] Loranne Bikini Box for female classes are offered exclusively as the event reward for the new quest [Event] I'm loving it! Pu!
    

• Black Spirit’s Adventure 1: July 10 (after maintenance) - July 31 (before maintenance)
  
  
• Monster Zone event: Event Period: July 10 (after maintenance) - August 14 (before maintenance) Extended!

• Altar of Blood Awaits!
  

Content

• The Devour feature has been revamped.
  
  • Devour is now available even when Enhancement Chance is +1 or higher.
    
  • There are no item grade restrictions when Enhancement Chance is 0. However, when it is +1 or higher, Devour is only available for green or higher rating gears.
    
  • Just like before, Devour is available for weapons of +8 or higher enhancement levels and armors of +6 or higher enhancement levels.
    
  • When you attempt to use Devour with an existing Enhancement Chance increase greater than 0, you will either succeed or fail at a fixed rate.
    

• Devour is no longer available for gear equipped with crystals or gear with Caphras stats.
  
  
• Added a notification which is displayed when attempting Devour.
  
  
• You can no longer install cannons at the Altar of Blood.
  
  
• After fierce practice, Shai has finally learnt to ride a horse.
  
  • Shai can ride a horse or ride in the back seat of a horse with Two-seater skill.
    
  • Shai can use the Hunting Matchlock while riding a horse (however, Shai cannot use her attack skills while mounted).
    

Developer's Comment
Shai is now able to ride horses. We thank all Shai adventurers who have been waiting for this.
Originally we hoped Shai, different from the existing characters, could travel by riding a donkey and bring you a new play experience. However, after the updates, we gathered the opinions of many adventurers around the world and concluded that our wish was not an open but a forceful choice. Hence we made improvements with this patch and enabled Shai to ride horses. For those adventurers who appreciated the donkey, we will continuously make patches to offer you other ways of using the donkey.
The same goes for Shai's talent patch; with the launch of the Global Lab, we are considering your opinions, and doing our best to patch it live as soon as possible. We hope Shai becomes your unique, charming friend and we will support any necessary resource investment or development for this to happen.

System

• The notification text that appears when you have not completed the prerequisite quest for entering the Altar of Blood is now more detailed.
  

Game World

• Fixed the issue where the lower part of the berserker laborer at the back was not displayed when you captured Edan after completing the ‘Artifacts of the Naga’ quest.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the shop sold armors when the Amity with Partus the stable keeper of Keplan was over 500. Partus will sell the Donkey gear set in the shop if you obtain more than 500 Amity.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the window of Calpheon City Chapel 2-1 was not displayed.
  
  
• Fixed the graphical issue of the bushes near the Loopy Tree Forest.
  
  
• Fixed the issue that a horse can no longer be placed in a specific places in Calpheon Market Street.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where you would get stuck in certain areas and could not move when passing through Gahaz Bandit's Lair by auto-running.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the structures of certain roads in Velia were displayed abnormally.
  
  
• Sound effects are now heard when using flashbangs.
  
  
• Extracting Reform Stones from PEN gear will no longer erase the engraved name of the crafter..
  
  
• Improved the automatic navigation in the following areas.
  
  • Balenos
    
  • Serendia
    
  • Calpheon
    
  • Mediah
    
  • Valencia
    

• You can no longer approach the island where Arena of Arsha is located (near Iliya Island) when an Arena of Arsha is active.
  

NPC

• Fixed the issue where the text box of the drunk at the Lunar Halo Inn in Velia overlapped with the NPC’s head.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the Musical Spirit NPC under the waterfall of Gervish Mountains was submerged in the water.
  
  
• The quest NPC Deian of the Duvencrune Mountain is no longer displayed in the minimap regardless of whether you’ve acquired the knowledge.
  

• Improved the convenience of using donkeys and wagons.
  
  • The donkey will now move into the running motion when moving by pressing the W key or by auto-moving.
    
  • Donkeys will now run away and hide when hit by monsters. However, the donkeys will not run away when they are within a distance of 25m from you.
    
  • You can call back hiding donkeys by pressing the Call Mount button.
    
  • Pressing S key will now stop the wagon quickly while the wagon is slowing down.
    

• Fixed the issue where a Sky Balloon en route to Altinova from Terrmian was attacked.
  

All Classes

• Fixed the issue where the camera perspective would abnormally zoom in when selecting Wagon from the Dye window.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the Matchlock would simultaneously reload and fire.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the character’s location was abnormal when entering the Beauty (F4) window, the Knowledge (H) window, the Pearl Shop (F3), or the Dye (J) window while your Karma had a negative value.
  

By Class

Tamer

• Made an improvement so that the Attack Speed buff and Heilang: Berserk buff applied from using the Rage Absorption (Common) skill will now be applied simultaneously.
  
  • Previously when you used the Heilang: Berserk skill while receiving a buff from Rage Absorption (Common), the Attack Speed buff did not stack. Due to the improvement, the Attack Speed buff will now stack when using Heilang: Berserk while you are receiving a buff from Rage Absorption.
    

Musa

• Fixed the issue where the character’s hair was displayed over the helmet when equipping the Dark Martial Helmet.
  

Ninja

• You can sprint by entering Shift + W when you get off of a running horse without having your main weapons equipped.
  

Kunoichi You can now sprint by entering Shift + W when you get off of a running horse without having your main weapons equipped.


Striker

• Fixed the issue where the right leg would disappear when equipped with a New Year Hanbok clothes that had low durability.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the arm area would display an unnatural line when equipped with a New Year Hanbok with low durability.
  

Lahn

• Fixed the issue where you were unable to dye the leaf part when equipped with the Treant Camouflage Crimson Glaives.
  

Archer

• Fixed the issue where the part below the bottoms would look awkward when equipped with the Gierach Armor.
  

Shai

• Fixed the issue where the fingers would disappear when equipped with the Red Nose's Armor.
  
  
• Improved the wind effects for skills used with the Florang.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the head shape numbers 3, 12, and 16 would appear to not properly display parts of the back side of the head when equipped with the Marigold Sunset clothes.
  
  
• Shai can now use the Capturing Rope.
  
  
• When you use Twirl towards the left or the right side and then to the opposite side, you now deal 2 hits to the opposite side.
  
  • Increased the speed of 1 hit standing Swing Swing skill motion.
    

• You can now activate Eat This! faster while using Hop, Tuck-and-Roll, or Swing Swing.
  
  
• Adjusted the very low damage the attack skills used with the florang dealt when in PVP, and now they can make more than a certain level of damage.
  
  
• Increased the attack range of the following skills in order to fix the issue where the actual attack range was smaller than the attack effect shown when attacking with the florang.
  
  • Twirl
    
  • One-Two-Three
    
  • Hop-Three
    
  • Kwik-Two
    
  • Twirl-Three
    

• The transition to Twirl while using Hop to the left/right has been improved to be faster.
  

• Revised the descriptions for swimsuits and bikinis so that the description about displaying the outfits would be more clear.
  
  
  ※ If you select the Swimwear Settings button in the equipment window in a safe zone or while swimming, your swimwear will be seen by other Adventurers.
  
  
  ※ If you select the Swimwear Settings button in the equipment window while you're in the Safe Zone or in water, your swimwear can be seen by other adventurers.
  

• Added the ingredients to craft Capotia accessories.
  
  • Capotia Necklace
    
    • Only characters of Lv. 64 and above can perform Manufacture to craft it.
      
    • Ingredients: Yona's Fragment x400, Karanda's Latent Aura x3, Oil of Storms x5
      
  • Capotia Belt
    
    • Only characters of Lv. 63 and above can perform Manufacture to craft it.
      
    • Ingredients: Yona's Fragment x350, Kutum's Latent Aura x3, Oil of Tranquility x5
      
  • Capotia Earring
    
    • Only characters of Lv. 62 and above can perform Manufacture to craft it.
      
    • Ingredients: Yona's Fragment x300, Nouver's Latent Aura x3, Oil of Corruption x5
      
  • Capotia Ring
    
    • Only characters of Lv. 61 and above can perform Manufacture to craft it.
      
    • Ingredients: Yona's Fragment x325, Kzarka's Latent Aura x3, Oil of Fortitude x5
      

• You can now enhance Capotia accessories.
  
  • You can enhance the Capotia accessory with an accessory with the same name.
    
  • If you fail to enhance the Capotia accessory, it will not be destroyed but the enhancement level will decrease and the max durability will also decrease by 10.
    
  • Cron Stones cannot be used during Capotia enhancement.
    
  • You can attain max durability recovery by using an accessory of the same name or Yona’s Fragment.
    
  • Effects of Capotia Necklace
    
    • Basic: AP 25 Accuracy 16
      
    • PRI: AP 26 Accuracy 16
      
    • DUO: AP 27 Accuracy 17
      
    • TRI: AP 28 Accuracy 18
      
    • TET: AP 29 Accuracy 19
      
    • PEN: AP 30 Accuracy 20
      
  • Effects of Capotia Earring
    
    • Basic: AP 13 Accuracy 8
      
    • PRI: AP 13 Accuracy 9
      
    • DUO: AP 13 Accuracy 10 DP 1
      
    • TRI: AP 13 Accuracy 11 DP 2
      
    • TET: AP 13 Accuracy 12 DP 3
      
    • PEN: AP 13 Accuracy 12 DP 4
      
  • Effects of Capotia Ring
    
    • Basic: AP 14 Accuracy 8
      
    • PRI: AP 14 Accuracy 9
      
    • DUO: AP 15 Accuracy 9
      
    • TRI: AP 15 Accuracy 10
      
    • TET: AP 16 Accuracy 10
      
    • PEN: AP 17 Accuracy 10
      
  • Effects of Capotia Belt
    
    • Basic: AP 14 Accuracy 8
      
    • PRI: AP 14 Accuracy 9
      
    • DUO: AP 15 Accuracy 9
      
    • TRI: AP 15 Accuracy 10
      
    • TET: AP 16 Accuracy 10
      
    • PEN: AP 17 Accuracy 10
      

Developer's Comment
We had introduced Capotia accessories in the past as a symbolic reward of your very first level-up. Since they used to be TRI accessories, them being a reward itself was seen as meaningful back then.
However, we concluded, from our current as well as future point of view, that Capotia accessories would gradually become less attractive. We consequently added ingredients that could be used more broadly (such as raising a second character) and an enhancement feature that could enhance the value of an accessory.
We worked on this patch focusing on that these two updates would not immediately affect the market. So not every player might need Capotia accessories for now, but we hope their significance and usefulness to grow further on a long term basis.

• You can now obtain Yona’s Fragment when heating certain yellow grade accessories.
  
  • You can obtain Yona’s Fragment by heating only when you have learned “Ossa Dilla’s Special Heating Method” from the Valencia Arms Dealer NPC Ossa Dilla.
    
    
    ※ The quantities and ways of obtaining Yona's Fragment through the existing accessories are as follows:
    
    

• Fixed the wrong content in Fertilizer Sack’s description.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the Blue Lion Crown still worked when the item expired while wearing it.
  
  
• Added a content in Mystical Spirit Powder’s description stating that you cannot obtain the powder from a Spirit Stone that has been gained through alchemy.
  
  
• The description of Naphart Campsite’s pearl item and the effect description of the Campsite shop are now the same.
  
  
• Changed the name of the set effect Gathering/Alchemy EXP +10% that you get by equipping [Shai] Curious Gatherer Classic Set and [Shai] Whimsical Alchemist Classic Set as follows.
  
  
  ※ Outfit Equip Effect (4 Parts)
  
  
  ※ Curious Gatherer Equip Effect (4 Parts)
  ※ Whimsical Alchemist Equip Effect (4 Parts)
  
  
• Added the Owl Horn-rimmed Glasses that you can obtain with Shai in the [Event] Glasses Box.
  
  
• Added the following Shai crafted costume which can be crafted at a Lv. 1 Costume Workshop.
  
  • Florin Herb Gatherer Clothes
    

• In order to make “Florin Herb Gatherer Clothes”, you need “Design: Florin Herb Gatherer Clothes - Shai”.
  
  • You can receive “Design: Florin Herb Gatherer Clothes - Shai” as a reward by completing the “Life Saving Herb” quest from the NPC “Kunata Don” in Florin.
    
  • After completing the quest, you can buy the item from the Amity Shop of the Florin Armor Vendor “Zelfinith”.
    

• Added a new quest through which you can obtain Florin Herb Gatherer Clothes’ design.
  
  • You can accept the new quest from the NPC “Kunata Don” in Florin.
    
  • This quest can be completed once per Family, and can be accepted by any character of Lv. 40 or above without any restrictions.
    
    • Life Saving Herb
      
    • Oh, the Sweet Scent
      
    • Will it Burn Me?
      
    • White Azalea?
      
    • Dawn of Day
      
    • Once in a Million Years?
      
    • Truth about the Herb
      

• Added a function through which you can select the quantity of challenge rewards you wish to claim at once to the Challenges (Y) window.
  
  • Upon pressing the claim button, a pop-up window will now appear where you can choose the quantity of rewards to claim. You can choose to claim Maximum Quantity as well.
    
  • You cannot use this function either if there is an item that cannot stack challenge rewards or if there is an optional reward you can choose.
    

• Added a text to the description of stating that you can obtain the item by heating the “apparel”.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the [Event] Old Moon Flare could not be used normally in certain regions.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where a currently-inaccessible method to obtain the Spirit Crystal was written when searching the relevant item in the Crafting Notes.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where Shai’s Crafted Costume was displayed abnormally in the crafting method of the Ancient Spirit’s Crystal.
  
  
• For details on newly added Pearl Shop Update, please click
  < Here >!
  

• The Cyclops summoned by the “Retrieve a Sealing Stone” quest now starts fighting after the adventurer has completely examined the Black Portal.
  
  
• Changed the attack style of the Ruins Guard Tower summoned by the Black Spirit’s quest.
  
  
• The villagers drove out some of the grass beetles from the northern Olvia’s cow farm, decreasing the number of grass beetles.
  

Quest

• Added the Terrmian Event quests to the New Quest window.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the Black Spirit was automatically summoned after accepting “The Ritual” quest.
  
  
• Added a guide to the Black Spirit’s dialogue in the Main Quest Widget to make it easier to reach the next destination while progressing through “The Return” quest.
  
  
• Changed the navigation location of the “Weird Devices” quest.
  
  
• Unified all expressions that represent the Supply Port from the Star's End Adventure Journal II hints to Northwestern Calpheon Outpost Supply Port.
  
  
• An alternative way to complete “The Message from Bobby Lauren” quest other than stealing is now available. You can either interact with the NPC or steal from NPC to complete the quest.
  
  
• Changed the way through which you can accept the “[To Level 50!] Giant Catfishman Qoobe” quest from using the Summon Scroll to summoning the monster by interacting with the Dark Portal.
  
  
• Changed the speed buff of “Footprint of the Wind”, which can be obtained as a reward for accepting a main quest, from 1 min to 3 min.
  

Developer's Comment
At the beginning of the game, you have no horse and must run wherever you go. Hence the Footprint of the Wind was a way of helping beginners to get used to the Black Desert World by allowing them to move quickly. We extended its effect duration to 3 min, reflecting the opinions that the old duration was too short.
Though it might be a minor change, we think such small parts of the game do matter too. We will continue doing patches that assist rookie adventurers in adapting to the game.

• Changed the title of the “Leaping Over Rhutums Elites” quest to “Leaping Over the Ferocious Rhutums”.
  
  • Changed the quest title so that it matches the quest content in which you hunt the normal Rhutums rather than Rhutums Elites.
    

Knowledge

• Changed the hint and the knowledge description of the [Guild] Sandy Ingot to sound clearer.
  

• The Occupying Guild Info UI is now displayed before the Area Information UI in the World Map (M).
  
  
• Fixed the issue where incorrect information was displayed when there were more than 11 party members in a platoon.
  
  
• No message concerning weight is displayed anymore when obtaining an item like the Silver, which has 0 weight.
  
  
• Changed the main character of the Next Attendance Reward notice UI displayed when quitting the game to Shai.
  
  
• When fishing, instead of the Space key guide, the changed Hotkey is now shown while you are trying to catch a fish.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where you couldn’t see the working process of the worker even after selecting Worker from Settings → Performance Settings → NPC.
  
  
• When buying a product with a purchase limit from the Pearl Shop (F3), the number of product will not exceed its purchase limit.
  
  
• You can now normally close the Crafting Notes window with the ESC key when opening the Crafting Notes from the Equipment Enhancement window.
  
  
• A message concerning durability is no longer displayed when selling a gear whose durability has not been repaired to the shop.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where a system message concerning weight was displayed when selling items worth more than 500,000 Silver to the shop.
  
  
• Added AP and DP limits to the description of Tier 1 Nodes where these limits are applied, when in a Node War on the World Map (M).
  
  
• The mail title is no longer displayed beyond the UI area when reading a mail, even if the title length is too long.
  
  
• From the Server Selection list and Server Change list, the following Server Status Icons’ colors were changed to more vivid ones.
  
  • The server is under maintenance, Arsha server, Olvia server, Server Change Restriction, Node/Conquest War in progress
    
  • In the case of ‘The server is under maintenance’ icon, its color was changed from blue to red.
    

• Added sale periods to the details of the Pearl Shop (F3)’s LIMITED items.
  
  
• The Stats names and levels from the Level Up window are now expressed more clearly.
  
  • Total accumulated amount of stats increased overall and the newly-obtained stats will be displayed together.
    

• The Gathering UI is no longer displayed while on a mount, in order to fix the issue where you couldn’t get off of the mount due to your interaction with the item.
  
  
• Deleted the text ‘The name of the creator will be deleted’ from the Reform Stone Inventory window.
  
  
• The text ‘If the item is sold for 500,000 Silver or more, the money will be sent to Storage’ is no longer displayed when selling items to a merchant from a town with storage.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the Recovery level did not show the recovered result when recovering to max durability.
  
  
• AP and DP increases are now shown in the Level Up Information Guide window.
  
  • These increases will be shown when achieving Lv. 56 for DP and Lv. 60 for AP.
    

• The mouse wheel works more naturally now in the Level Up Information Guide windows’ skill list.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where an empty text box appeared when trying to drag and attach a crystal to an equipment without any empty slots.
  
  
• The processing completion message is no longer displayed when you fail the first processing.
  
  
• The Level Up Information Guide window does not move anymore.
  
  
• Changed the Pearl and Silver icons in the inventory.
  
  
• AP and DP levels before and after leveling up are now displayed in the Level Up Information Guide.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the arrow on the right side of the category name disappeared when selecting the item list from the IOS mobile Central Market.
  
  
• Added a function through which you can partially retrieve any goods you have pre-ordered or registered for sale in the Web Central Market.
  
  • Example: If you register 100 Instant HP Potions (Small) to sell and then retrieve 20 of them, 80 will remain registered.
    

• Improved the time it took for the Central Market’s market price to be displayed in the item details.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the lower part of certain NPC’s Amity graph was cut when there were a large number of quests.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the fairy icon did not appear on the top left corner while in the Altar of Blood.
  
  
• Fixed the graphical issue of the water near the Gervish Mountains in Remastered and Ultra Mode.
  

• You can now use the following items which were temporarily blocked of use from July 12.
  
  • Combat EXP +10%
    
  • Skill EXP +5%
    

We apologize to those adventurers who experienced any inconvenience due to this issue. Please check your in-game mailbox (B) after regular maintenance of July 24 to claim rewards sent as a token of our apologies. Please make sure to claim these rewards before July 31, 23:59 UTC as they will expire afterwards.

Updated 26/07/2019

• We are aware of the issue where an white outlining around the Sailboat or Frigate under sail would appear when the Transparent Mast option is turned on.
  

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

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
  

• Mysteries of Summer will be back for 2019.
  
• Book of Training event will start.
  
• Devour feature will be revamped.
  
• After fierce practice, Shai has finally learnt to ride a horse
  

• Altar of Blood Awaits!
  

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

Greetings Adventurers,

This week, the waterpark festival is back! Visit the Terrmian beach to find a lot of quests and minigames! New Loyal Attendance rewards are waiting for you and two new furniture at the effigy of Nouver and Kutum will be craftable. We also improved the auto-fishing by adding a new feature and we made changes to some Rage Absorption buffs.

Keep reading to know more about these new features and the rest of the patch!




New Events

• Terrmian Waterpark 2019!
  
  • Event period: July 17 (after maintenance) - August 28 (before maintenance) (6 weeks!)
    
  • Your favorite waterpark festival is back! Splash into action and enjoy playful quests under the scorching sun!
    
  • Brand new swimwear for 2019 can be obtained for the very first time through the waterpark festival. Don’t miss your chance to get a sneak peek!
    
  • Click < Here > to learn all about Terrmian Waterpark festival!
    

• Loyal Attendance Rewards will be refreshed
  
  • Event period: July 18 00:00 UTC - August 21 23:59 UTC
    
  • Don’t forget to check in every day to claim awesome rewards like Laila’s Petal, Sweet Honey Wine, and [Event] Shakatu’s Seals!
    

Ongoing Events

• Altar of Blood Awaits!: July 10 (after maintenance) - July 24 (before maintenance)
  
  
• Black Spirit’s Adventure 1: July 10 (after maintenance) - July 31 (before maintenance)
  
  
• Monster Zone Event: July 10 (after maintenance) - July 24 (before maintenance)
  

Reward Distribution

• Global Donkey Race Reward
  
  • All rewards for Top 100 for NA and EU winners have been distributed.
    
  • Following reward to celebrate Global Donkey Race has also been sent out to all adventurers:
    
    • [Event] Extra Mount EXP Scroll x1 (Mount EXP +20% for 10 hrs.)
      

Content

• New furniture Nouver Statue and Kutum Lamp were added.
  
  • These new furniture, Kutum Lamp made of Kutum fragments and Nouver Statue made with the hide of Nouver, are interactive furniture where you receive a buff in exchange for their durability.
    
  • The maximum durability of Kutum Lamp and Nouver Statue is 10.
    
  • When you interact with these items, you will receive the below buffs for 2 hours.
    
    • Kutum Lamp: All AP +15, Ignore All Resistance +5%
      
    • Nouver Statue: All AP +15, All Resistance +5%
      
    • All AP +15 does not stack
      
      • The two buffs can be active at the same time, but the two AP boosts will not stack.
        

*These furniture can be made with Manufacture.

• Interior Points for both Nouver Statue and Kutum Lamp is 200 points each.
  
  
• Ancient Kutum's Fragment and Nouver's Hide can be acquired at a low drop chance from Kutum and Nouver, respectively.
  
  
• Special effects and color were added to the title of the winners of the 3v3 Arena of Arsha Official Tournament.
  
  
• Added a feature to set the max grade of the fish you wish to auto discard during auto fishing.
  
  • Auto discard level is determined by fishing level.
    
  • Auto discard is only fish that are categorized as “Trade Items”. This does not include items such as Ancient Relic Crystal Shards or Washed-up Laundry.
    

• Added the “Sherekhan ’ Extermination” description to the following titles’ requirements.
  
  • Commissioned Officer
    
  • The Crimson Reaper
    
  • Military
    

• To celebrate the Terrmian Waterpark festival, the Old Moon guild is offering Old Moon Sky Balloon rides between Altinova and Terrmian for free.
  
  • The Old Moon Sky Balloon ride between Altinova and Terrmian will be free of charge from the newly-added Sky Balloon Station during the festival period.
    
  • You can use the Old Moon Sky Balloon Special Boarding Ticket with Altinova Old Moon Sky Balloon Manager Lisam and Terrmian Old Moon Sky Balloon Manager Momu to use the Old Moon Sky Balloon.
    
  • There are no Old Moon Sky Balloon routes to Calpheon and Valencia in Terrmian. Also, if you wish to travel to destinations other than Terrmian from Altinova, you have to purchase tickets with Black Stones as before.
    

System

• Some zones had their escape points set somewhere too far from the zones, which took too much time and effort to return to, which in turn wasted buffs from food, elixirs, and villas. To resolve this, the following zones' escape point was changed to the zone's General Goods Vendor.
  
  • Hystria Ruins
    
  • Aakman Temple
    
  • Protty Cave
    
  • Sycraia Underwater Ruins (upper zone)
    
  • Sycraia Underwater Ruins (abyssal zone)
    

Developer’s Comment
We would have liked to announce that we've resolved all issues where characters get stuck in Hystria Ruins and other locations, but we require more time to do that. So with this patch, we've changed the location of where you are sent to when you escape to somewhere within the zone. As mentioned during Heidel Ball and our recent announcement, we know this is not a complete solution and we will keep working on it to resolve the issue.

• Fixed the issue where the Altar of Blood room did not reset as it should intermittently.
  
  
• Improvements were made so that you can no longer be invited to a party while waiting for the Altar of Blood matchmaking.
  
  
• Added the function of immediate entry to each of the Altar of Blood’s Illusions.
  
  • You can immediately enter only those Illusions that the party leader has previously completed.
    
  • You need Nightmare Fragments for any immediate entry.
    
  • For the immediate entry of each Illusion stage, the number of Nightmare Fragments required is as follows.
    
    • The 1st Illusion - x0
      
    • The 2nd Illusion - x1
      
    • The 3rd Illusion - x1
      
    • The 4th Illusion - x2
      
    • The 5th Illusion - x0
      
    • The 6th Illusion - x1
      
    • The 7th Illusion - x2
      
    • The 8th Illusion - x3
      
    • The 9th Illusion - x4
      
    • The 10th Illusion - x5
      

• Fixed the issue where you could hit enemies behind pillars in the Altar of Blood.
  

Game World

• Fixed the issue where grass was floating in some places around Trent.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the graphics of some of the structures of the Calpheon Castle Site were unnatural.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where characters were unable to move in certain areas of Wizard's Altar.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where movement was unnatural when you crossed a bridge in Calpheon City on a wagon in auto move.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where characters were unable to move in certain areas of the Caphras Cave.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where you could not pass certain areas of the Outpost Supply Port.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the framerate dropped in certain areas of the Battle Arena.
  
  
• Fixed the auto navigation in Velia to be more natural.
  
  
• Fixed navigation path from Sand Grain Bazaar to Altinova to be more natural.
  
  
• Optimized certain effects to decrease file size.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where characters were unable to move normally in certain areas of the Sycraia Underwater Ruins.
  
  
• Hystria Ruins was expanded.
  
  • An old wall of the Hystria Ruins collapsed, revealing a new path to other areas of the ruins.
    More players can now make use of the monster zone in Hystria Ruins,
    

Developer’s Comment
Continuing the revamping of monster zones, this week we updated Hystria Ruins.
Adventurers have to prepare a certain level of equipment to enter Aakman Temple and Hystria Ruins and you must endure various obstacles, such as roaming the desert, so we think they should be more satisfactory for adventurers to conquer.
With this week's patch, Hystria Ruins is now more than twice its previous size, so now you can explore the area with ease.
The next location we're looking into is somewhat similar to the Hystria Ruins, the Hasrah Ancient Ruins.

Sorceress

• Fixed the issue where the backside of the skirt moved unnaturally when the character ran while equipped with the Dahlia Nocturna Outfit.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the lower area looked awkward when the character walked backwards while equipped with the Bern Outfit.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the skirt’s backside was cut when equipping the Dahlia Nocturna Outfit and the Urugon Shoes at the same time.
  

Tamer

• Fixed the issue where the Helmet was covered with the character’s hair when you selected Hair 5 after equipping the Puff Mini Helmet on.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the Cloak was too close to the character’s body compared to other characters when equipping the Snowflake Outfit.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where you mounted your Heilang when moving items to your inventory.
  

Valkyrie

• Fixed the issue where the character’s relevant body parts were displayed above the clothes when you equipped the fallen Garzar or Puff Mini Outfits after customizing Valkyrie’s thighs and arms too thick.
  

Witch

• Fixed the issue where Magical Evasion was not triggered after using Detonative Flow when you shift from Awakening weapon to main weapon.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the character’s eyebrows were covered with the Coco Hat because it was worn too low.
  

Maehwa

• Fixed the issue where the spot on her left cheek (preset 3) in customization (F4) was blurry.
  

Ninja

• Fixed the issue where the character’s knees were erased when equipping the Akum Armor and the Muskan shoes together.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the character’s head was displayed above the helmet when you moved forward or leftward after equipping the Obsidian Arrow Hood.
  

Mystic

• Fixed the issue where the gloves and the outfit overlapped when equipping the Blackstar Gauntlet after the Shudad Outfit.
  

Archer

• Fixed the issue where the character’s ears stuck out of the helmet when you equipped the Kibelius Helmet after customizing Archer’s ears too large.
  

Shai

• Changed the graphical effects of Florang using skills.
  
  
• Temporary changes were made so that Shai cannot accept ‘My Little First Pony’ quest.
  
  • You will be able to accept the relevant quest when Shai becomes able to ride a horse after practice.
    

• Changes were made so that the Santa Hat’s Dye Slot is displayed normally.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the EXP was applied abnormally when transferring Shai’s Alchemy/Gathering Life EXP to another character or transferring those Life EXPs from another character to Shai.
  
  • This will also apply retroactively for those who have already transferred EXP previously.
    

• Fixed the issue where you could not accept one of the ‘Black Spirit's Gift (Inventory Slot and Black Stones)’ quests while progressing through the main quests ‘[Crossroad] The Lamenting Head of the League of Merchants’ and ‘[Crossroad] Each of Their Reasons’ with Shai.
  
  
• Improvements were made so that Shai’s standby motions look more natural when using the Donkey’s “Just Chillin'” skill.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where you could not obtain the Owl Horn-rimmed Glasses when you open the challenge reward [Event] Glasses Box with Shai.
  

• Items that do not require fixing will not be selected anymore when you select Recover Max Dur.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the below residence install items already had their functions updated, but did not have the updates in the item descriptions.
  
  • Description: added HP, MP, WP, SP Recover +5000.
    
    • Heidelian Bed
      
    • Heidelian Handcrafted Bed
      
    • Velian Bed
      
    • Velian Handcrafted Bed
      
    • Calpheon Bed
      
    • Calpheon Handcrafted Bed
      
    • Mediahn Bed
      
    • Mediahn Handcrafted Bed
      
    • Valencian Bed
      
    • Valencian Handcrafted Bed
      

• Fixed the issue where the Lynx pet could not perform the action "Sulky" even when they know it.
  
  
• Added a warning notice to the description of all Villa invitations that their durations do not stack.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where selling expired items at a shop displayed a message saying silver was transferred to your storage.
  
  
• Added bonus Gathering EXP when you obtain a Caphras Stone from gathering.
  
  
• Additions were made so that you can process the following equipment through Heating and obtain materials.
  
  • Ain Florang
    
    • Materials: Trace of Savagery x1-4, Pure Tin Crystal x1-4 (obtained by 25% chance)
      
  • Seleth Florang
    
    • Materials: Trace of Death x1-4, Pure Lead Crystal x1-4 (obtained by 25% chance)
      
  • Kalis Florang
    
    • Material item: Trace of Violence x1-4, Pure Iron Crystal x1-4 (obtained by 25% chance)
      
  • Bares Florang
    
    • Material item: Trace of Battle x1-4, Pure Platinum Crystal x1-4 (obtained by 25% chance)
      
  • Yuria Florang
    
    • Material item: Trace of Ascension x1-4, Pure Zinc Crystal x1-4 (obtained by 25% chance)
      
  • Krea Florang
    
    • Material item: Trace of Despair x1-4, Pure Silver Crystal x1-4 (obtained by 25% chance)
      
  • Rosar Florang
    
    • Material item: Trace of Memory x1-4, Pure Titanium Crystal x1-4 (obtained by 25% chance)
      

• Confirmed the issue where, among the Frenzy Draught effects, the Extra AP Against Monsters was applied as +30, different from what is being displayed. Hence changes were made so that +30 effect is correctly displayed and applied, rather than lowering the Extra AP Against Monsters effect to the previously displayed value of +20.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the NPC gifting gave more amity points than intended, which was previously updated to correspond to the item prices of the Central Market.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where, within the knowledge details about the Nightmare Fragment, the number of production materials was wrong.
  
  
• Fixed the description of the below items where they had repetitive trade information.
  
  • Red Nose's Blade Fragment
    
  • Giath's Mask Fragment
    
  • Bheg's Iron Mace Fragment
    

• You can now see the appearance of Blackstar weapons in the Dye (J) menu.
  However, they are still not available to dye.
  

Developer’s Comment
Blackstar main weapons were not shown in the Dye menu, so it was difficult to match other gear’s colors with Blackstar weapons.
With this week’s patch, you can now view Blackstar weapons when dyeing other equipment.

• Fixed the issue where the below scrolls had incorrect effects.
  
  • However, please note that these items will be disabled until next week’s maintenance as further measures are being finalized. We will share with you the details of this soon.
    
  • Before
    
    • 
      
      • Effect: Combat EXP +100%
        
      • Duration: 10 Min.
        
      • Cooldown: 10 Min.
        
    • 
      
      • Effect: Skill EXP +50%
        
      • Duration: 10 Min.
        
      • Cooldown: 10 Min.
        
  • After
    
    • 
      
      • Effect: Combat EXP +10%
        
      • Duration: 10 Min.
        
      • Cooldown: 10 Min.
        
      
      
      
    • 
      
      • Effect: Skill EXP +5%
        
      • Duration: 10 Min.
        
      • Cooldown: 10 Min.
        

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

• Changes were made so that among the buffs you can obtain through Rage Absorption (Common) and Rage Absorption (Innate), the following buffs can be applied simultaneously with the same buffs.
  
  A. Critical Hit Rate +30% buff from Maehwa's General Apricot
  B. Critical Hit Rate +35% buff from Maehwa's Rage Absorption (Innate)
  The above buffs are displayed as 2 separate icons and both critical hit rate increase buffs from General Apricot and Rage Absorption are stacked.
  C. Attack Speed +20% buff from Maehwa's General Apricot
  D. Attack Speed +40% buff from Maehwa's Rage Absorption (Innate)
  
  The above buffs are also displayed as 2 separate icons, but Attack Speed buffs are not stacked. Therefore, the higher stat buff, the Attack Speed buff from Rage Absorption, is the only one applied.
  

Developer’s Comment
With this week's update, the most powerful of the Rage Absorption buffs, crit. increase, was changed to be stackable.
Now when you have a stackable Rage Absorption buff active and you receive another buff with the same effect, an additional icon will be displayed to show it.
However, please note that if you have a non stackable Rage Absorption buff active and you receive another buff with the same effect, you will still see another icon, but the effects will not be stacked.

• Fixed Giath to not display its name during the animation where it rips out of the Dark Rift.
  
  
• Fixed the bosses from Dark Rifts to not attack characters under level 55 before being hit.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where Red Foot Assassin’s monster underwear was displayed abnormally.
  
  
• Doubled the time that it took a monster from the Aakman Temple’s upper area to reappear after dying and placed additional monsters.
  
  
• Decreased the number of monsters from some of the Aakman Temple’s lowest areas.
  

Developer’s Comment
We ran the event that reduced monster respawn rate in Aakman Temple for a few weeks, which many adventurers enjoyed. And last month, we patched each of the “rooms” so that they each have different spawn times and to have similar efficiency in monster hunting. However, some rooms had too many monsters spawning, so we had to tweak either the number of monsters or their respawn times.

Quest

• The completion NPC for the "[Awakening] Artifacts of the Naga" quest will not disappear right after completing the quest anymore, and the completion dialogue has been fixed to be more natural.
  
  
• The body of the naga near the relic at the Extraction Mill will not sink into the ground anymore when you touch it.
  
  
• The completion NPC for the "Atonement" quest will not disappear right after completing the quest anymore.
  
  
• Content was added to the description of the "Torenandu's Declaration of War" quest to help understand the quest better.
  
  
• Navigation path was improved so that you can easily climb the altar for the "[Awakening] Wizard's Altar" quest.
  
  
• Quest NPC for the "Leaping Over Rhutums Elites" quest was changed from Elinke Visamin to the soldier standing on the right of Elinke Visamin.
  
  
• Updated the quest completion description and quest location for "The Story of the Hero Borne Upon the Winds" quest so you can eavesdrop more easily.
  
  
• Quest completion goal and dialogue was changed for the "Encarotia's Signal" quest to make it feel more natural.
  
  
• Fixed the quest requirement for some main quests to display the correct information in the Quest List (O).
  
  
• Quest completion goal and dialogue was changed for the "Curiosity Becomes Fear" quest to make it feel more natural.
  
  
• More Xian Merchant Guild supplies will arrive to help complete "The Emotional Supply" quest.
  

Knowledge

• Fixed the issue where some quests were shown as requiring knowledge when you go through the Awakening quest of a class you have already acquired Awakening knowledge for.
  
  
• If you already have the Awakening knowledge, it will not be displayed as required in the quest list.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where you could buy a knowledge that was already bought from an NPC.
  

• Fixed the issue where Shai's reflections were unnatural in the Pearl Shop (F3).
  
  
• Now you cannot click the skip animation button during the animation of equipment enhancement, Caphras enhancement, and Devour.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the message to load temporary customization save file popped up even when you closed the customization (F4) menu.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the scroll bar continued to scroll down when you select screen resolution in the settings.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where text was displayed abnormally in the UI when automatically shortened.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where font change was not applied to a deleted or a newly created chat window.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the camera did not properly focus when you zoom in to your character's face with the Depth of Field option on in remastered or ultra mode.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the amount of silver you have in the Central Market storage did not display minus numbers between 0 and -1000.
  
  
• Added an option in the Knowledge (H) menu to toggle the knowledge information displayed next to monster names.
  This can be toggled in the Knowledge (H) menu and is turned off by default.
  

Developer’s Comment
It is always a pleasant surprise when you acquire S knowledge from monsters you meet everyday. Some even make this their goal to collect all S knowledge. However, it was always a hassle to search the knowledge menu to see what knowledge you have for each of the monsters.
With this week's patch, you can now see them next to the monster's name. However, since it could be misunderstood by new players as the monster's grade or level, the feature is turned off by default.

• Added a bookmark feature to the Adventure Log.
  
  • Each page of the log can be bookmarked. Simply click to activate it after opening up a log.
    
  • The log opens to the bookmarked page.
    
  • Only one page per log can be bookmarked.
    

• New level up information menu was added.
  
  • This window shows your increased HP, skill resource, weight, learned skill, and learnable skills.
    
  • The level up information window can be hidden by pressing the ESC key.
    
  • The window is closed when you press the X button on the top right of the window.
    
  • Toggle to hide/show the level up window with the button on the left of the information window.
    

• Added a button in the old and new ESC menu that links you to the official website homepage.
  
  • Pressing the button will open the official homepage on a web browser.
    

• Fixed the issue where the Mirumok Ruins Entrance was displayed unnaturally in the minimap.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the hotkey was displayed abnormally when checking the quest summary of ‘Profitable Information’ in the minimap.
  
  
• Changes were made so that the warning message of any nearby strong monster is not displayed before level 10.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the Knowledge (Ecology) On/Off UI went upwards when entering the Knowledge (H) Window.
  
  
• Party/platoon members and guild members now have different icons displayed on the minimap.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where it was difficult to click the scroll button in the level up information window.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where incorrect text was displayed when joining a platoon.
  

• Fixed some of the terrain of parts of the Altar of Blood.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where bosses of the Altar of Blood continued attacks against players behind walls and did not deal any damage to them.
  

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Dear Players,

We will perform our weekly maintenance as follows:

• Global 8:00 UTC ~ 13:00 UTC
  
• Central (EU) 10:00 CEST ~ 15:00 CEST
  
• West Coast (NA) 1:00 PDT ~ 6:00 PDT
  
• East Coast (NA) 4:00 EDT ~ 9:00 EDT
  

• Terrmian Waterpark 2019 will open.
  
• Loyal Attendance Rewards will be refreshed.
  
• New furniture Nouver Statue and Kutum Lamp will be added.
  

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


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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MMQ9iV1z2I

Greetings Adventurers,

Altar of Blood awaits to be conquered by the fiercest adventures! In this new game mode,
players must protect a relic from monsters and bosses appearing every stage. Come to the
Altar of Blood and show'em who's boss!

On the other hand, the Buff UI will be revamped in order to make clearer what is going on
during a battle, and Cron Meals have been improved to make our adventures even stronger!

Keep reading to know the rest of the details of this patch. Enjoy!




New Events

• Altar of Blood Awaits!
  
  • Event Period: July 10 (after maintenance) - July 24 (before maintenance)
    
  • During the event period, take part in the series of events prepared to celebrate the release of Altar of Blood!
    
  • Click < Here > to find out all the details!
    

• Black Spirit’s Adventure 1 is back!
  
  • Event Period: July 10 (after maintenance) - July 31 (before maintenance)
    

• Monster Zone Event
  
  • Event Period: July 10 (after maintenance) - July 24 (before maintenance)
    
  • The monsters from the regions below will now reappear twice as fast after they die.
    
    • Mediah: Shultz Guard Post, Hasrah Ancient Ruins, Manes Hideout, Wandering Rogue Den
      
    • Kamasylvia: Forest Ronaros, Polly’s Forest, Navarn Steppe
      
    • Valencia: Bashim Base, Basilisk Den, Roud Sulfur Mine, Titium Valley, Cadry Ruins, Waragon Nest, Centaurus Herd, Pila Ku Jail
      
    • Drieghan: Tshira Ruins, Blood Wolf Settlement, Sherekhan Necropolis (Day)
      
    • Other: Protty Cave, Sycraia Underwater Ruins (Upper zone)
      

Ended Events

• Shai Release Events
  
  
• Community Event: Art of Thrones
  
  
• Start of an Amazing Summer Challenge
  

Reward Distribution

• Customize & Win (for Shai)
  
  • Winners have been announced < Here >.
    
  • Rewards have been sent out to all winners during maintenance.
    

• Community Event: Art of Thrones
  
  • Winners have been announced < Here >.
    
  • Rewards have been sent out to all winners during maintenance.
    
  • If you are the winner of a physical reward, please keep an eye on your email!
    

• Global Donkey Reward
  
  • Event-related announcement will be published at a later date.
    
  • Event reward will be distributed during July 17th regular maintenance.
    

• Altar of Blood was added.
  

Developer's Comment
As announced at the Heidel Ball, Altar of Blood is a 3 player party defense mode.
After its introduction at the Global Lab, many adventurers gave various feedback on the Altar of Blood. Many found the use of their own characters and skills to be positive, which allowed for a variety of co-op strategies.
There were also feedback on the difficulty of the mode, questions on what will happen to the Altar of Training, and many others. We will continue to better the mode based on the precious feedback you send our way.
We plan to add a more variety of PVE content, like the Altar of Blood. Currently, one of the only places where you can make use of a fully geared character is out in the field fighting monsters. We aim to add more places for you to feel the satisfaction of making use of your hard earned gear.

• According to records, the Altar of Blood is where sacrificial rituals to Kzarka were performed in ancient times, but was never seen again after it was sealed with the Gem of Balance.
  
  
• However, Yaz and Orwen of the Secret Guards discovered the last traces of Caphras, the immortal alchemist, in the rubble of a house in Star's End, which in turn led to the uncovering of the secret altar that was hidden within the ash fog of the Blackstar.
  
  
• You can enter the Altar of Blood after completing the "[Lv. 56] The Altar of Blood at Star's End" quest line from the Black Spirit with a character at or above level 56.
  
  • (You can find the quest in the suggested quests from the Black Spirit after activating the Combat quest filter)
    

• The Altar of Blood is a 3 player party mode where you need to coordinate with each other to defend the relic from monsters charging in from all directions.
  
• You can also enter the Altar of Blood through matchmaking, which will match you with other random players on the same server.
  
  • In order to join the Altar of Blood without forming a party beforehand, simply click on the button in the ESC menu or pop-up banner to enter the Altar of Blood and you will be randomly matched into a party with 2 other adventurers.
    
  • Please note there may be some waiting time for you to be matched into a party.
    

Altar of Blood Rules

• The party leader can press the Enter button in the ESC menu to enter the Altar of Blood.
  
  
  
• Party leader may be changed depending on the order of entrance (you can appoint party leader to anyone after entering the altar).
  
  
• After entry, the party leader can choose which stage to start with.
  
  
  
• You cannot exit the party in the Altar of Blood. (If you are forced to leave the party due to disconnection, you will exit the Altar of Blood).
  
  
• When the party leader chooses the stage, 100 Energy is consumed and an NPC will appear.
  
  
• Talk to the NPC in the middle to activate the blood relic, which will consume 20 additional Energy.
  
  
• Upon activation, monsters will appear and attack the relic and your party must defend it.
  
  
  
• Note that you will take massive damage when you venture too close to the Black Portals.
  
  
• You can resurrect only via the resurrection skill of Witch/Wizard or the Medical Kit if you die in the Altar of Blood.
  
  
• All character HP will recover and all dead characters will be resurrected when the boss is defeated.
  
  
• Once the boss appears, the relic can no longer be damaged.
  
  
  
• Defeating a boss will grant you the knowledge of the cleared illusion, which you need to progress to the next one.
  
  
• When all three players die, the illusion stage is considered a failure and reset with all monsters gone and players are resurrected with full HP. Here, the party leader will see the menu to choose the stage.
  
  
• You cannot use the Campsite, Maid/Butler, World Map, Quest UI, nor the Minimap UI in the Altar of Blood.
  
  
• You cannot gain any Combat EXP nor Skill EXP by defeating monsters in the Altar of Blood.
  
  
• Item Drop Amount/Rate Increase effects are not applied in the Altar of Blood.
  
  
• With this week's release, you can progress up to the 10th illusion. Once you clear the 10th illusion, you will automatically exit the Altar of Blood. More stages will be added with future updates.
  

Altar of Blood Rewards

• You can acquire the corresponding Heritage of the Forgotten by defeating the bosses of each of the illusions.
  
  
• You have a very low chance to acquire the following defense gear boxes by using the Heritage of the Forgotten.
  
  
  

• The type of item you receive depends on the grade of the defense gear box.
  
  
  
• You can obtain better items the higher the stage you clear.
  
  
• New Altar of Blood exclusive items were added.
  
  • Flare of the Ancients, Dim Origin of Clear Water, Dim Origin of the Crimson Flame, and Dim Origin of Earth.
    

• Flare of the Ancients is effective only in the Altar of Blood.
  
  
• All monsters within range will be stunned when the Flare of the Ancients is used.
  
  
• Certain monsters or boss monsters of each stage are immune to Stun effect.
  

• Added the Altar of Blood rankings page.
  
  
• Added the Altar of Blood rankings menu.
  
  • Old Menu: Bottom of the ESC menu
    
  • New Menu: Community tab of the ESC Menu
    

• 10 new Altar of Blood challenges were added.
  
  
• Altar of Blood challenges can be completed once per family.
  
  
• Following rewards will be available from the Challenge menu when you reconnect with your character after you defeat and obtain knowledge about boss monsters from the Altar of Blood.
  
  
  
• If you failed an illusion at the Altar of Blood, you can retry.
  
  
• A window will pop up with the option to retry the illusion after failing.
  
  
• The retry window cannot be opened once you cancel the retry option.
  
  
• You need a "Nightmare Fragment" to retry.
  
  
• Retry can only be done by the party leader.
  
  
• Added "Nightmare Fragment", which you can use to retry a failed illusion.
  
  
• If you fail to clear an illusion of the Altar of Blood while holding "Nightmare Fragments", you can consume them to restart at the illusion stage you were on.
  
  
  
  
  
• For more, please click on the Altar of Blood WIKI < Here >.
  
  • Unfortunately the WIKI is available only in English at this time.
    

System

• Fixed changing server as a party to maintain the party leader on the same player.
  
  
• The default options of Game Setting and World Map (M) was changed.
  
  • [Game Setting]
    
    • General Trade OFF
      
    • Imperial Trade OFF
      
    • Others' Loot/Dream Horse OFF
      
    • Others' Life Level OFF
      
    • Enhancement Success OFF
      
    • Enhancement Fail OFF
      
    • Guild Members Login ON
      
  • [World Map] General Information Filter
    
    • Direction Information OFF
      
    • Trade OFF
      
    • Transportation OFF
      
    • Dark Rift Information OFF
      

• Chat of the player who is blocked will now be displayed as "*" if their previous chat remains in the chat window.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where pet actions were not saved.
  
  
• A newly created family can only register Pearl items to the Central Market 3 days after creating their account.
  
  
• NPC gifting was temporarily disabled.
  
  • For details please check the forum announcement < Here >.
    

Game World

• Fixed the graphical issue of the bushes near the Loopy Tree Forest.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where some parts of the Great Desert of Valencia were displayed as Peyon Sea.
  

NPC

• Boltz of Calpheon was fixed to act more naturally to fit his environment.
  
  
• Changed the condition to talk to Vitheons Belucci at the Calpheon College to first meet with Siena Volaire.
  
  
• Exchange information for the Dew of Tranquil Forest was added to Herbin.
  

• Fixed the issue where you sometimes could not move on a mount after disabling underwear view mode.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where you could not get off your mount and instead interact with the nearby NPC by pressing R while on a mount.
  
  • Now you can press S+R to get off the mount and not interact with an NPC.
    
  • Wild horses can only use this function after it is registered at a stable.
    

Developer’s Comment
When we announced that we would add the function to interact with NPCs while on mounts, many adventurers welcomed the idea.
However, after implementing the function, we received numerous feedback that it is difficult to maneuver mounts when the get on/off mount and the interact key are the same.
To resolve this issue and maintain the intention of the patch, we decided to add a command for getting off the mount.
We thank every one of you who gave us feedback on this.

• Fixed the issue where you could no longer call your wagon once you activate a Trainer’s Flute.
  

All Classes

• Fixed the issue where the sound effect for stopping near water was played too loud.
  
  
• Reduced the amount of splashing when stopping near water.
  

By Class

Ranger

• Evasive Shot I was changed to not be lockable.
  
  
• Fixed the graphical issue of Spring Blossom Clothes where you could see the underwear when you equip the Priyah Bikini afterwards.
  

Sorceress

• Fixed the issue where you went into main weapon mode instead of awakening weapon mode by clicking LMB while moving either left/right or back during non-combat awakening weapon mode.
  
  
• Fixed the graphical issue of Tyrie Armor where you could see the underwear.
  

Maehwa

• Changed the action of switching to main weapon mode when you press TAB while stopping from a run in non-combat mode.
  

Ninja

• Fixed the issue where stamina did not recover after initial stamina drain for using Boss Slaughter.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where you would shift to awakening weapon mode on the spot even when pressing directional keys + C during Ninjutsu: Oni Shadow.
  

Kunoichi

• Fixed the first air attack and second down attack of Wheel of Wrath to work as intended.
  
  
• Changed Wheel of Wrath to instantly activate up to its second attack.
  
  
• Added monster pull to Chain Crash: Sah Chakram on good hit.
  
  
• Added DP reduction to Halo on good hit.
  
  
• Changed the skill chain to be more fluid when using Flow: Chakram Rise and then Wheel of Wrath.
  
  
• Added the following controls to Flow: Wrath.
  
  • LMB after Flow: Indignation
    
  • LMB after Danse Macabre
    

• Added the following controls to Flow: Indignation.
  
  • RMB after Flow: Wrath
    
  • RMB after Danse Macabre
    

• Changed the third attack of Lunatic Discus to be wider and to attack forward for a more concentrated effect.
  
  
• Changed pressing RMB+LMB to activate the LMB skill first.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the horizontal slash of Sah Chakram Training did not hit as many times as intended.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where Lethal Spin Spree hit less depending on the direction used.
  
  
• Added LMB hold attack to Lethal Spin Spree where you spin twice (4 hits per spin).
  
  • 12 hits >> Max 20 hits
    

• Changed Lunar of Delighted Blast to have 100% critical hit on hit during PVE.
  
  
• Increased the damage of Sah Spree of Sonan during PVE when not in cooldown.
  
  • 572% x3, Max 4 hits >> 714% x3, Max 4 hits
    
  • 676% x3, Max 4 hits >> 854% x3, Max 4 hits
    
  • 771% x3, Max 4 hits >> 994% x3, Max 4 hits
    
  • 863% x3, Max 4 hits >> 1134% x3, Max 4 hits
    

• Fixed the issue where you would shift to awakening weapon mode on the spot even when pressing directional keys + C during Ninjutsu: Oni Shadow and Ninjutsu: Sinew Cut.
  
  
• Fixed pressing C after Ninjutsu: Heart Snatch to correctly shift to awakening weapon while moving backwards.
  
  
• Fixed the abnormal camera zoom when sometimes selecting the face in customization of the Beauty (F4) menu.
  

Developer’s Comment
This week's Kunoichi update is based on the feedback you gave us, improving skill combos to increase efficiency in both PvE and PvP situations. Of course, we could've just increased the damage of each skill, but we decided it would be better in the long run to help players better their playability instead. We will continue to monitor collected data to adjust the stats and hope that this will be meaningful to Kunoichi players.
And of course, we will continue to adjust the balance of other characters as well.
Thank you.

Striker

• Fixed the descriptions of Rage Hammer III, IV, and V where the hits of the skills were all x3.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the left end of the Syahzar Costume was not dyed.
  
  
• Fixed the Syazhar helmet to not overlap with the character's hair.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the hands were unnatural when equipped with the Syahzar Gauntlets.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the hands were unnatural in combat stance when equipped with the Syahzar Apparel.
  

Lahn

• Fixed the issue where the Stamina of Sprint was drained even when the buff of Stately Dignity is in effect when jumping after using Stately Dignity, then Sprint.
  

Archer

• Fixed the issue where Exhale's effect sometimes did not work during awakening mode.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where Winged Strike, Tactical Strike, and Ra'ghon's Spirit were not triggered during both awakening and non-awakening mode when using Exhale while moving left or right and then chaining with Glissade or Ravenous Talon.
  

Shai

• Fixed the issue where the effects of Cheer Up! and Get Well were not applied to party or platoon members during fights against world bosses.
  
  
• Added animations for when NPCs and other adventurers bump into you while you stand still.
  
  
• Directional changes when sprinting, by pressing Shift or RMB, during auto move is now more fluid.
  
  
• Now you can get right on your mount while moving forward (W) in combat mode.
  
  
• Changed the graphic effect of when Shai has all Florin leaf energy available for use.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where Come Out, Come Out sometimes could not find concealed enemy adventurers.
  
  
• Fixed the Fighting Spirit social action's smile to be more natural.
  
  
• Fixed the issue so that the customized hairstyle will no longer be applied when wearing Whimsical Alchemist Hat .
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the first dye slot was not properly applied when equipped with the Whimsical Alchemist apparel.
  

• Fixed the issue where you sometimes stopped during Repeat Drawing Water.
  
  
• Updated 12/07 The minimum rank for Guild Storage withdrawal was changed to Quartermaster or up.
  • (Storing items in the Guild Storage does not depend on rank)

• Updated 12/07 Fixed the description of all guild items to display that guild storage withdrawal requires a rank of Quartermaster or higher.
  
  
• Fixed the description of Trainer's Flute to reflect its name change from Horse Flute.
  
  
• Altar of Blood related items were added to Crafting Notes
  
  • Flare of the Ancients, Dim Origin of Clear Water, Dim Origin of the Crimson Flame, Dim Origin of Earth, Nightmare’s Fragment
    

• Shai's costumes were added to some of the costume boxes.
  
  • Costume boxes with Shai costumes can be checked with the box class descriptions.
    

• Description for some costume boxes were changed to the below.
  
  • Before: RMB to obtain items suitable for your class.
    
  • After: RMB to obtain a skin suitable for your class.
    

• The following items can now be dyed.
  
  • [Shai] Splat Fisher's Hat (7 Days)
    
  • [Shai] Splat Fisher's Clothes (7 Days)
    

• Fixed the issue where you could not repair the Alchemy Stone.
  
  
• The effect of all versions of Extra Life EXP Scroll was changed from +10% to +50%.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the character's hair was abnormal in certain situations when equipped with items that change in different conditions.
  
  
• The following Cron Meals were improved.
  
  
  
• ※ This improvement also applies to the following Cron Meals.
  
  • [Battlefield] Exquisite Cron Meal
    
  • [Event] Exquisite Cron Meal
    
  • [Event] Energizing Cron Meal
    
  • [Event] Simple Cron Meal.
    

Developer’s Comment
The Cron Meals were added as a higher class food items to lessen the hassle of using multiple items at a time. However, many adventurers did not use them because their effects were not better than using multiple items. To resolve this, we've improved the effects of the meals to fit their intended use.

• Health EXP from all Cron Meals was increased.
  
  
• Campsite buffs purchasable from campsite shops are now combined into one.
  
  • [Camp] Ancient Grindstone, [Camp] Combat Technique, [Camp] Desert Adaptation
    
  • → Combined to [Camp] Adventurer's Confidence.
    

• [Camp] Adventurer's Confidence's buff effect now lasts 90 minutes.
  
  
• [Camp] Adventurer's Confidence can be purchased from campsite shops for 1 million Silver.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where using Armstrong's or Cliff's guide for skill add-on sometimes erased the effects of some set items.
  
  
• Crafting Notes for the following Altar of Blood items were added.
  
  • Flare of the Ancients
    
  • Dim Origin of Clear Water
    
  • Dim Origin of Crimson Flame
    
  • Dim Origin of Earth
    
  • Nightmare Fragment
    

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

• Optimized the game to lessen lag when a World Boss appears.
  

Quest

• Changed the text displayed when you try to interact at the top of Cron Castle without the quest item during the "Memorial Service for the Fallen People" quest.
  
  • It now says you can get the quest item again from the same NPC.
    

• Changed the Mad Wolf summoned during the "Do or Die" quest to not summon baby wolves.
  
  
• The Ghost of Ash Forest sensed something more powerful coming to Ash Forest and moved to a nearby location.
  
  
• The quest area of the "Breath of the Ashen Dead" quest was changed to reflect the above.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the Black Spirit was automatically summoned after completing the "Human Calculator" quest.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where a player who chose the option B during the crossroads quest had to talk to Geoffrey Erne after completing "The Gift of Calpheon" quest instead of being able to accept the "Encarotia's Signal" quest right away.
  
  • Players who chose option B can accept the next quest just like those who chose options A and C.
    

• Arenda of Shakatu will now remember all the amity you've accumulated through her quest line even when she becomes younger.
  
  • A new quest "Arenda's Gratitude" was added with amity points as reward.
    

Knowledge

• Added knowledge of Herbin, who exchanges Dew of Tranquil Forest for Asula's Weakened Magic accessories.
  
  
• With the revamp of Mediah quests, the following knowledges are now obtainable.
  
  • You can receive knowledges from the below NPCs by talking to them even if you’ve already completed the quests.
    

• All adventurers who have not completed the above quests will receive the knowledges as rewards when you complete them.
  
  
• The knowledge "Imagery of the Black Spirit" can be acquired from Ahon Kirus of Tarif at 10 energy.
  

• Fixed the issue where the changed hotkey for SPACE did not change during fishing.
  
  
• Fixed the garden information text on the World Map (M) to not overlap.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the movable UI got stuck during UI edit when they overlap with an unmovable UI.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the camera perspective was unnatural in character customization during character creation.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the class icon and the character portrait was too close in the end game menu.
  
  
• Added sort function to the Web Central Market's item list.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where pressing the Up arrow key in Whisper mode would cycle through received whispers instead of only sent messages.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where amity was displayed abnormally when checking quest rewards.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the Pearl Shop (F3) was opened during the tutorial cut scene.
  
  
• You will now be directed to the Pearl Box tab if you do not have enough Pearls during purchase.
  
  
• You will now be directed to Kakao Cash purchase if you do not have enough Kakao Cash during purchase.
  
  
• Fixed the crystal information during crystal extraction to be displayed within the UI.
  
  
• Fixed the Alchemy Stone to be greyed out during equipment repair with NPCs.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the Wooden Fence was displayed as unknown on the list of installed items of Node/Conquest War forts on the World Map (M).
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the information on My Information (P) and Inventory (I) was not displayed properly when the [Combat] Trina Demolition Axe is used.
  
  
• Fixed the warning message "HP is lower than 20%." to not be repeatedly displayed.
  
  
• Changed the Central Market's main category to display items registered by most number of items when you open the menu.
  
  
• Previous portrait will still be displayed even if you delete the portrait file and reconnect to the game.
  
  
• A warning message will now be displayed when you receive a mail with an item that has a limited time for use.
  
  
• The buff list was revamped to be more intuitive.
  
  • The following buffs are now combined into one icon.
    
    • Awakening buffs of all characters
      
      • Warrior - Executioner
        
      • Ranger: Guardian (Sprint buff is displayed separately)
        
      • Sorceress - Grim Reaper
        
      • Berserker - Titan Syndrome (Movement speed increase buff is displayed separately)
        
      • Tamer - Heilang: Berserk
        
      • Musa - Musa's Soul
        
      • Valkyrie - Noble Spirit
        
      • Witch - Psyche of Aad Sphera (Ally effect is also displayed as one)
        
      • Wizard - Controlled Madness (Ally effect is also displayed as one)
        
      • Maehwa - General Apricot
        
      • Ninja - Asura
        
      • Kunoichi - Crimson Eclipse
        
      • Dark Knight - Overlord
        
      • Striker - Descent of Fury
        
      • Mystic - Dragonize
        
      • Lahn - Annihilator
        
      • Archer - Watcher
        
      • Although the above buffs are displayed as one icon, each effect will be applied separately. If you receive a buff that is equal to or better than the above buffs, a new icon will be displayed with the awakening buff icon.
        
      • Apart from awakening buffs, if a higher rank buff is applied over an existing buff, the higher rank buff's icon is displayed and its effect will replace the former buff.
        
    • [Villa] Wisdom of Life
      
    • [Villa] Skill and Experience
      
    • [Villa] Body Enhancement
      
    • Diné: Earth of Life, Earth of Protection
      

Developer’s Comment
So far, the buff list was just divided into buffs and debuffs, which was difficult to read when there were too many. Many of you requested this improved and we promised we would do so at the Heidel Ball.
Now the buff list is divided into three parts; buffs given by items, buffs cast by characters, and debuffs. Also, buffs that can be combined into a group, such as Cron Meals, will be displayed as a single icon. For instance, Warrior's Executioner previously created 7 icons, but will now be displayed as a single Executioner icon.

• We are aware of the issue that Shai cannot receive one of the Black Spirit's Gift (Inventory Slot and Black Stones) quests when selecting A ([Crossroad] The Lamenting Head of the League of Merchants) and C ([Crossroad] Each of Their Reasons) for the main crossroad quest. This will be fixed in next week’s patch.
  
  
• We are aware of the issue where Guild Elephants cannot be called while having a Trainer's Flute activated. We will have this fixed with an upcoming patch.
  

Updated 7/12