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[Maintenance] Regular Maintenance August 7th 2019



Dear Players,

We will perform our weekly maintenance as follows:

Date: Wednesday, August 7th 2019


Duration: 4 hours.
  • 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


Reasons:
  • A golden current of Golden Trout has reached the Terrmian Beach.
  • Mysteries of Summer Continues: A Tale of the Fallen Kingdom will restart on August 7th 13:00 UTC/15:00 CEST/06:00 PDT.


Ending Events:
  • Train to Beat the Heat!
    • Book of Training (Combat and Skill) event


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


Best regards,
BDO Team

Patch Notes - July 31st 2019



Greetings Adventurers,

Shai has discovered a new talent! Hear the power of music through three different instruments and crush your enemies’ hopes while supporting your allies!

Also, the new quest of Mysteries of Summer will start shortly after maintenance and the first player in completing it will earn a Nightmare Arduanatt and 150,000 Pearls! Are you ready?

Keep reading to know all the details about this new update!


Event & System


New Events
  • Shai Talent Update Events
    • Event 1: July 31 (after maintenance) - August 14 (before maintenance)
    • Event 2 & Bonus Event: July 31 (after maintenance) - August 21 (before maintenance)
    • Enjoy celebratory events prepared with Shai Talent Update! Tackle event quests or level your Shai’s life skills up for cool rewards including a special in-game title!
    • Click < Here > for the full details on the events to celebrate Shai Talent Update!
  • A golden current that started from the ocean began to make its way to the shores. Upon hearing sightings of that, the trout fishers are preparing to embark on a journey to the Terrmian Bay to take part in the exciting fishing festival starting from next week. Will we see you there?

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  • Mysteries of Summer Continues: A Tale of a Fallen Kingdom
    • The new quest begins July 31, 13:00 UTC/06:00 PDT/15:00 CEST
    • Event period: July 24 (after maintenance) - August 28 (before maintenance)
      The new questline has finally arrived! Join the race to be the fastest adventurer to solve all 9 mysterious quests for a chance to win the following:
    • Rewards will be given upon quest completion, but the exact date to when you can claim the in-game title will be announced after the 1st place is known.
    • Prizes for Top 10 are available per region (Top 10 for EU and Top 10 for NA).
    • Click < Here > to see the rankings and rewards on completing all the questlines for Mysteries of Summer!


Ongoing Events
  • Terrmian Waterpark 2019: July 17 (after maintenance) - August 28 (before maintenance)


Ended Events
  • Black Spirit’s Adventure 1


Reward Distribution
  • Altar of Blood Awaits! Event rewards have been distributed.
    • For in-game titles, please check directly on the Title tab under My Information (P).


Content
Developer's Comment

Shai has gained a new talent.

Now Shai can give strength and courage to her friends with her instruments. Though we may not be able to satisfy all adventurers, we hope this patch provides you a meaningful content that will make the game more enjoyable.

As we designed Shai's talent, we focused on differentiating it from the "Awakening" of the existing characters and on creating a unique charm for Shai. We believed that by maintaining such basis, we could enhance Shai's quality as a special character. We hope Shai becomes a valuable character through which you can enjoy Black Desert, among all other ways of enjoying the game. Though Shai may differ from other characters in terms of efficiency in certain situations such as battles, her unique strengths will offset such a difference. We will continue doing our best to show you a new fun side of the game through Shai, whose charm you haven't ever seen in the game.

Also, it was your opinions that mattered the most while we were designing Shai.

Since it is the first time we are trying this, we will actively review your opinions and accept adequate suggestions as we proceed with the development.

We will not develop Shai on a short-term basis, but on a long-term one, and keep adding related contents. For your reference, the three instruments, Tring, Tute, and Tamtam, that were revealed at the Global Lab through the previous updates were removed and unified into a new single item called "Sol". We know that some of you were looking forward to the previous instruments, but please wait for us, since they will soon come to meet Shai with a new appearance, bearing their true meanings.
  • Different from other characters, Shai gets a new Talent instead of Awakening.
    • Shai uses an item called “Sol” which is placed in the Talent slot in her inventory (I), instead of an Awakening Weapon placed into the Awakening Weapon slot.
    • Shai’s Instrument exclusive skills become more efficient by enhancing the instrument.
    • Shai would play one of Tring, Tute, and Tamtam depending on the skill she casts.
    • A Shai of Lv. 56 or above can receive the quest “[Shai Talent] The First Light, Shai” and start the talent quest.
    • Although Shai can't open the existing awakening weapon box, she would obtain one blue and one yellow grade instrument called 'Sol' after completing '[Shai Talent] The First Light, Shai' with level 56 or above Shai character.
    • The blue graded instrument can't be enhanced but it has high default stats. The default stat for the yellow grade is lower than that of the blue, but it can become more powerful through enhancement.
    • With the introduction of Shai Talent update, a new Shai exclusive skill window has been added. Also, Inventory(I) window, Dye window(J) and Pearl Shop (F3) will display new 'Talent' text and icon instead of Awakening.
    • Shai's instrument cannot be dyed.
    • You can neither use the Canon Sol as a Fairy Growth ingredient nor discard it.
    • [Updated 08/08/2019]Fixed the "Canon Sol" to not be Devoured.


System
  • Added the “Do not board other adventurer’s ships” function while fishing.
    • This is active as long as the character is equipping a fishing rod.
Developer's Comment

We know this is an update so many adventurers have been waiting for.

Since there were a lot of things we needed to consider to make the "Do not board other adventurer's ships" function work, we went through a long test. Though it took us more time than we hoped, we are happy to present you the awaited function.

We also promise you that we will keep fixing the long-standing issues that are hindering your gameplay, starting from the "kidnapping prevention" issue.

However, since we need to be careful when trying to fix a long-standing problem, we will make patches that will let you use the function "by choice" and not by force when introducing it for the first time.
  • Changed the basic setting of the Anti-aliasing category as follows.
    • ON/OFF → Not Applied/Applied button
  • The combat EXP you get when failing alchemy or cooking is now 1/10 of the combat EXP you get when succeeding them.


[h1Game World, NPC & Effects

Game World
  • Moved the unnecessary structure that blocked adventurers when hunting in the Aakman Temple.

  • Tree leaves and grass leaves now have reflective effects in Remastered Mode or Ultra Mode.

  • Fixed the graphical issue where some areas of the Mirumok Ruins looked awkward.


Mounts
  • Fixed the issue where the matchlock disappeared intermittently when riding a horse with the matchlock equipped.

  • Fixed the issue where the placement of the Matchlock was awkward when riding a Dream Horse with the Matchlock equipped.


Class Changes


Warrior
  • Changed the Meditation’s WP Recovery as follows.


Shai
  • Added a new skill, Go!
    • You can use the new skill, Go!, by pressing Q or E while using One from the One-Two-Three skill.
  • Added a passive skill with which you can increase the EXP that is obtained through Gathering or Alchemy.
    • Gathering Whiz I-V: Gathering EXP per each acquired skill +1% (Max 5%)
    • Alchemy Whiz I-V: Alchemy EXP per each acquired skill +1% (Max 5%)
  • Added a passive skill with which you can gain additional Combat EXP through Gathering or Alchemy.
    • Joy of Gathering: Combat EXP gained through Gathering +300%
    • Joy of Alchemy: Combat EXP gained through Alchemy +300%
  • Improved character movement when using Hop skill to left/right to be more natural.

  • Shai can now accept the quest "My Little First Pony" as she can now ride horses.


Item Changes
  • Changed the usage description of the Bloody Outfit Box and [Event] Bloody Outfit Box as follows.
    • Before: You’ll get a box that contains an outfit.
    • Now: You’ll get an outfit or an outfit box.
  • You can now see a warning stating that the effect of Book of Life cannot stack when using All Life Skills EXP Scrolls.

  • Strength Experience now increases when you swim while holding a trade item.

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


Monster Changes
  • Moved the weasels that obstructed the roads around Olvia Coast to the outer parts of the roads.


Quests & Knowledge


Quest
  • Added a new Crossroads Quest after the quest “Grusha, the Scout”.
    • After the quest “Grusha, the Scout”, you can either accept the quest “[Crossroad] Goblins at the Ruins” or the quest “[Crossroad] About Goblins” to continue. Depending on which quest you accept, you will get a different Title for each.
  • Goyen's Grave was moved from the bottom of King's Forest cliff to below the tree that is inside the cliff, so the quest areas of related quests were changed.

  • As the way to complete the quest “[To Level 50!] Giant Catfishman Qoobe” was changed from using a scroll to making an interaction with the Dark Portal, the tutorial will no longer be displayed.


Knowledge
  • Emma Bartali is being plagued with yet another nightmare.

  • Improved the knowledge titles and descriptions of “Giant's Lightstone Powder” and “Skeleton Golem's Sorcery”.

  • You can now obtain the “Crystal Alligator” Knowledge from Kamasylvia NPC Jensen.


Interface Changes
  • Improved the information that is displayed when renting an item from an NPC by spending contribution points so that it matches not only the combat equipment but also other items such as Life Tools.

  • Changed the position of the item enhancement grade in the item description to the same position as that of the one in the inventory.

  • Fixed the issue where the names of servers at the server select screen were not displayed as red during maintenance.

  • Fixed the arrows and numbers in the level up information window to not overlap with each other.

  • Fixed the issue where you could open the storage and use the storage item by right-clicking it while on a mount.

  • You can now check the Guild Mission content displayed as a description by mouseovering the content when the description is too long.

  • Fixed the issue where an item is used when you right click an item in your inventory to move it to your mount inventory after you call your storage maid and close the maid window.

  • Fixed the borders of the Black Spirit’s skill icon.

  • Removed the Claim Period at the bottom of the Attendance Reward, since it became unnecessary.


Resolved Issues
  • Fixed the issue where you could see two of each Awakening skill in the Lock Skill window of the Black Spirit's Rage.

  • [Ranger] Fixed the graphical glitch of the Loranne Bikini.

  • [Sorceress] Fixed the issue where the arm accessory looked unnatural when selecting the Kibelius Divinus Armor or the Kibelius Armor in standby mode at the Pearl Shop.

  • [Sorceress]Fixed the graphical glitch of the Loranne Bikini.

  • [Tamer] Fixed the issue where you couldn’t dye the Puff Mini Helmet when equipping it while with the hair style no. 5 applied.

  • [Valkyrie] Fixed the issue where the character’s armor exclusive hair was not displayed when equipping the Jousting Armor.

  • [Witch] Fixed the issue where the Central Market category of the Kibelius Divinus Awakening set A and B was abnormal.

  • [Wizard] Fixed the graphical glitch that occurred when equipping the Luvis Swimsuit with the character customized as old.

  • [Maewha] Fixed the graphical glitch of the Loranne Bikini.

  • [Kunoichi] Fixed the issue where blood was still displayed while using Sah Chakram even after disabling the Show Blood option.

  • [Kunoichi] Fixed the graphical glitch in the chest of the Loranne Bikini that appeared when moving the camera viewpoint laterally.

  • [Striker] Fixed the issue where the Glorious Shudad outfit and the Blackstar Gauntlet’s appearances overlapped.

  • [Lahn] Fixed the issue where you could not dye the right sword of the Treant Camouflage Crimson Glaives normally.

  • [Shai] Fixed the issue where the fire effect of the Matchlock was displayed near the belly of Shai when on a mount.

  • [Shai] Fixed the issue where the color of the eye makeup was applied to the character’s upper lip.

  • [Shai] Fixed the issue where Shai would not change to combat stance after getting off a running horse.

  • [Shai] Fixed the issue where the processing animation of a party member/platoon member doing processing stopped when using Rage Absorption.

  • [Shai] Fixed the graphical glitch that occurred when customizing the character with the Ellen Glasses equipped.

  • [Shai] Fixed the issue where Shai could not fire, reload her matchlock or get off the horse for 8 seconds after aiming a target while on mount.

  • Fixed the issue where the debuff icon that is applied while in jail was displayed in the item buff list.

  • Fixed the issue where the Matchlock would simultaneously reload and fire intermittently even when pressing any of the commands.

  • Fixed the issue where the Strength Experience did not increase when using Finto's Fresh Juice while swimming.

  • Fixed the issue where the character’s hair looked intermittently abnormal when trying to display the apparel with both a gear piece that changes its appearance in specific situations and a helmet that has its own exclusive hair equipped at the same time.

  • Fixed the issue where the screenshots looked dark when taking them with 4K or 8K resolution in Remastered Mode or Ultra Mode.

  • You can no longer hear the splash sound that played each time you moved the character in the water by pressing the directional keys briefly.

  • Fixed the issue where a War Hero could deconstruct the annexes from other guild’s Node War.

  • Fixed the issue where enemy guild members’ karma decreased because they were able to attack mounts which belonged to protected guild members while they were on their mounts.

  • While in the Black Spirit Training, you can now see the effects of other adventurers who are also in training.

  • Moved that pesky grass to fix the graphical issues they caused in various areas including Calpheon Castle, Treant Forest, Ibellab Oasis, Loopy Tree Forest, and Trent.

  • Fixed the issue where the roads in the Loopy Tree Forest, White Wood Forest, and Mirumok Ruins’ 2D minimap were cut.

  • Fixed the issue where the character could pass through some of the doors in the Northern Wheat Plantation.

  • Fixed the issue where characters moved awkwardly in certain areas within the beach are of Velia.

  • Fixed the issue where the effects in certain areas of Mediah Territory looked unnatural.

  • Fixed the issue where the direction to which Fiory greeted when completing the quest “A Wound that Starts to Heal” was intermittently abnormal.

  • Fixed the issue where the NPC Nella Encarotia and the NPC Enrique Encarotia looked awkward when greeting.

  • Fixed the issue where the icon of an unfishable fish appeared in the World Map (M)’s Balenos River.

  • Fixed the issue where the completion dialogue was immediately displayed while progressing through the quest “Forbidden Knowledge”, when you had already completed the same quest with another character.
    • Now you can see the quest button and the dialogue while progressing through the quest again, even when you have completed this quest with another character.
  • Fixed the Quest Type icon of the recurring quest “Cat on the Roof”.

  • Fixed the dialogue that appeared when completing the quest “[Event] The Endless Curiosity of the Sages”.

  • Fixed the issue where you could not obtain the Margoria Treasure Map Piece reward even when completing the quest “Travel Log of Golden Sunset”.
    • Those adventurers who have already completed “Travel Log of Golden Sunset” can receive the missing Margoria Treasure Map Piece from Katio in Nada Island while progressing through the quest “Completed Map, Toward the Ancient Shrine”.
  • Fixed the issue where the point of view of the camera was abnormal when entering the Customization window of the face, head shape, body, etc. while cancelling your movement by pressing ESC in the Beauty (F4) window.

  • Fixed the issue where the screen lagged while in a party play.

  • Fixed the issue where the number of skills displayed in the New Skill Available icon at the bottom increased when trying to learn skills after selecting all skill tabs from the Skill (k) window.

  • Fixed the issue where the Apply button was not activated when resetting the Hotkey Settings.

  • Fixed the issue where you couldn’t adjust the minimap’s wheel when visiting a high level Monster Zone with a low level character.

  • Fixed the issue where the grass near the Calpheon Castle was floating in the air.

  • Fixed the issue where the grass near the Treant Forest was floating in the air.

  • Fixed the issue where the grass near the Ibellab Oasis was floating in the air.

  • Fixed the issue where the grass in some places around the Loopy Tree Forest was floating intermittently.

  • Fixed the issue where the tip of the grass was intermittently invisible in the surrounding areas of Trent.

  • You can no longer change the Guild position of the family who is participating as a War Hero.


Known Issues
  • Verified that the Damage Reductions of the Ultimate Krea Ornamental Knot and the Ultimate Krea Vitclari Sub-weapon are the same as those of the Krea Ornamental Knot and the Krea Vitclari.
    • The Damage Reductions of the Ultimate Krea Ornamental Knot and the Ultimate Krea Vitclari should be 4, while 2 Damage Reductions are being applied at the moment. This issue will be resolved next maintenance.


Updated 06/08/2019
  • We are aware of the issue where NPCs in the quests of the temporarily disabled ​​​​​​​Mysteries of Summer Continues: A Tale of a Fallen Kingdom are not giving their other regular quests. This issue will be resolved with Aug. 7th maintenance.



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[Maintenance] Regular Maintenance July 31st 2019



Dear Players,

We will perform our weekly maintenance as follows:

Date: Wednesday, July 31st 2019


Duration: 4 hours.
  • 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


Reasons:
  • Shai Talent Update!
  • Shai Talent Update Events will start.
  • ​​​​The new questline for ​​​Mysteries of Summer Continues: A Tale of a Fallen Kingdom will be added.
      ※The new quest begins July 31, 13:00 UTC/06:00 PDT/15:00 CEST


Ending Events:
  • Black Spirit’s Adventure 1


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


Best regards,
BDO Team

Patch Notes - July 24th 2019



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!


Event & System


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!


Ended Events
  • 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, NPC & Effects


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.


Mounts
  • 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.


Class Changes


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.


Item Changes
  • 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 >
    !


Monster Changes
  • 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.


Quests & Knowledge


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.


Interface Changes
  • 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.


Resolved Issues
  • 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.


Known Issues


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.



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[Maintenance] Regular Maintenance July 24th 2019



Dear Players,

We will perform our weekly maintenance as follows:

Date: Wednesday, July 24th 2019


Duration: 4 hours.
  • 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


Reasons:
  • 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


Ending Events:
  • Altar of Blood Awaits!


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


Best regards,
BDO Team