Black Desert News

Greetings Adventurers,

Here are the latest update details for Black Desert Online on August 31, 2022 (Wed).

[h3]Marni's Realm - Aakman Temple/Hystria Ruins Addition[/h3]

Marni's Realm is now available for both Hystria Ruins and Aakman Temple. Both monster zones require a slightly different method of entry, as you cannot navigate in the desert. Therefore, you will first have to find your way into these monster zones and go to the designated location to enter "Marni's Realm." (We have designated the two most preferred locations in both monster zones as the point of entry. Please refer to the screenshot below.)

● Applied the following changes to Marni's Realm:
- "Aakman Temple" and "Hystria Ruins" have been added as Marni's Realm-supported monster zones.

Marni's Realm - Aakman Temple

Marni's Realm - Hystria Ruins

[h3]Node/Conquest War Improvements[/h3]

This update brings about quality of life improvements and balancing to building siege weapons and annexes during Node and Conquest Wars. First off, you'll be able to change the highlight color of other guild names, thus making it easier to discern between friend or foe. In addition, for more convenient installation of forts or annexes, we reduced the construction time to 1 second and adjusted the types of terrain required for construction as well. With the remote construction function added prior, we hope this update's additions also serve to be useful for our Node and Conquest War engineers. Last but not least, we made Node and Conquest War forts, command posts, and annexes a bit sturdier, making them slightly more impervious to normal attacks so these buildings wouldn't be destroyed too quickly. However, we also increased the damage of elephants and the ballista to retain the destructive power of siege weapons as well.

● Added the function to designate the highlighted color of guilds in Node and Conquest Wars.
- The button to designate guild colors can be found in the Guild window under the Occupying Area tab.
- You will need to be of Guild Officer rank or higher to change these colors once a Node/Conquest War has begun.
- For Node Wars, a temporary name will be displayed in the Set Node/Conquest War Guild Colors UI. Once you discover a fort in-game, the participating guild's name will be displayed.
- A system and chat alert will display the name of the guild member when they change the color settings.
- There is a 1-minute cooldown to change these colors.
- All guilds under one alliance will be designated under a single color.


● Changed so the number of installed forts on the World Map (M) are now displayed an hour before Node/Conquest War begins.
● Improved so you can use hotkeys (1 to 0) to install annexes with the construction tools during Node/Conquest War.
● Improved so you can check War Installation Info when using annex construction tools in the Node/Conquest War.
● Changed the installation time for Fort/Command Post/Field HQ and all annex buildings from 15 to 1 second while Node/Conquest War is not underway.
- Installation time still remains 15 seconds when a Node/Conquest War is underway.


● Adjusted the terrain requirements for installing Fort/Command Post/Field HQ and all annex buildings for Node/Conquest Wars.
- You can now install structures even on terrain with a slight incline. Terrain that are too steep are still excluded from installation.
※ The bottom portion of structures will appear differently based on the installed terrain.  
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● Changed the maximum durability of forts and command posts for Node/Conquest War.
- Fort (Tiers 1 to 4): durability +20%
- [Conquest] Command Post: durability +20%

● Changed the maximum durability and DP of recovery centers for Node/Conquest War.
- Recovery Center (Tier 1): durability +10%
- Recovery Center (Tier 2): durability +10%, DP +25%
- Recovery Center (Tier 3): durability +10%, DP +16.7%
- Recovery Center (Tier 4): durability +10%, DP +14.2%
- Recovery Center (Conquest): durability +10%, DP +28.5%

● Changed the maximum durability of supply depots for Node/Conquest War.
- Supply Depot (Tier 1): durability +15%
- Supply Depot (Tier 2): durability +15%
- Supply Depot (Tier 3): durability +15%
- Supply Depot (Tier 4): durability +15%
- Supply Depot (Conquest): durability +15%

● Changed the maximum durability and DP of elephant nurseries for Node/Conquest War.
- Elephant Nursery (Tier 1): durability +10%
- Elephant Nursery (Tier 2): durability +10%, DP +25%
- Elephant Nursery (Tier 3): durability +10%, DP +16.7%
- Elephant Nursery (Tier 4): durability +10%, DP +14.2%
- Elephant Nursery (Conquest): durability +10%, DP +28.5%

● Changed the maximum durability of normal and enhanced flame towers for Node/Conquest War.
- Flame Tower (Tier 1): durability +10%
- Flame Tower (Tier 2): durability +10%
- Flame Tower (Tier 3): durability +10%
- Flame Tower (Tier 4): durability +10%
- Flame Tower (Conquest): durability +10%
- Enhanced Flame Tower (Tier 3): durability +15%
- Enhanced Flame Tower (Tier 4): durability +15%
- Enhanced Flame Tower (Conquest): durability +15%

● Changed the damage of normal and big hwachas for Node/Conquest War.
- Hwacha and Big Hwacha: damage against players +10% for all tiers of Node War and Conquest War
- Hwacha and Big Hwacha: damage against horses and elephants +5% for all tiers of Node War and Conquest War

● Applied the following changes to elephants and Cadria elephants usable during Node/Conquest War.
- Spear thrower (in passenger seat) damage +50%
- Basic and charging attack damage +50%
- Horn Attack and Fore Chop damage +37.5%
- Damage against players +15%
- Max HP +100%

● Increased Ballista Workshop's DP +300% for Conquest War.
 
● Applied the following changes to the ballista:
- You can now attack Wooden Fences, Wooden Fence Gates, and Barricades with the Ballista.
- Damage against Recovery Centers, Supply Depots and other annex buildings +1000%
- Damage against players +7.7%
- Damage against Castle Gates +50%
- [Guild] Old Ballista Arrows can now be used in a Ballista.
* [Guild] Old Ballista Arrows can be purchased from the Supply Depot.

[h3]Arena of Solare[/h3]

● Added the party queue feature for Arena of Solare's Practice Mode.            
- You can now queue up for Practice Mode in a party of 2 or 3 members.            
- Only the party leader can queue up to find a match for all party members.            
- Any party member can cancel the queue.            
- All party members must be on the same server to queue up for a match.            
* Your party cannot queue up for a match if any of your party members are restricted from queuing.      
- If any party member changes servers, moves to Character Selection, switches characters, or disconnects while in queue, your party will be removed from the queue.            
- You cannot change the party leader, invite new party members, or kick them while in queue.            
            
● Changed how the MVP and ACE are determined once a match ends.            
* Removed the condition of the MVP/ACE being determined by dealing a certain amount of damage.    
* The MVP/ACE will now also factor in number of kills and debuffs as well as total damage dealt.            
- The Adventurer whose Family achieves rank 1 in the Solare Incarnate (V) tier will now receive an exclusive badge:      


[h3]System[/h3]

Improvements on the Auto-run feature showcased through Global Lab will be applied. 
Previously, players were guided in the safest route possible to ensure no significant threats occurred on their adventure, and this sometimes meant the long way around was taken. To minimize these aspects, players will now be taken to a more efficient route. The issue of obstacles not being detected, and players simply being guided in a straight line, has also been improved.

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Greetings Adventurers,

Here are the latest update details for Black Desert Online on August 23, 2022 (Tue).

[h3]Season: Dawn of Dragons Graduation Commences[/h3]

● Fughar, the Crow Merchants Guild Chief Manager, is lending a hand in Season: Dawn of Dragons graduation so that you can convert your season character who has completed the Season: Dawn of Dragons into a normal character.



- Details for the Season: Dawn of Dragons graduation are as follows:



- You can accept "[Season] For the Future" quest from Fughar with a Season Character.
- Upon using the Honorable Adventurer's Certificate, your season character will be converted to a normal character.
- Complete the quests listed above to obtain Tuvala Conversion Stone Box, Gift Box Full of Memories, and Fughar's Letter of Encouragement.
- The contents of the Gift Box Full of Memories are as follows:

※ Notes on Graduation
- You can use the Boss Gear Exchange Coupon obtained from the previous season.
- You can exchange your PEN (V) Tuvala gear for a TET (IV) Boss gear unavailable for transaction via the [PEN (V) Boss Gear]: The Best Deal quest.
- Use items and accept all rewards obtained by completing the 'Season, Black Spirit Pass Challenges' if you have purchased the [Event] Black Spirit Pass since you cannot use the items after graduating.
- You cannot graduate while you have Fughar's Timepiece.
- You can use the 'Honorable Adventurer's Certificate' item obtained from a graduation quest on a normal server.
Tip! Fughar's Timepiece is a very special item you can obtain during the Season: Dawn of Dragons.
You can use the item before graduating if necessary instead of deleting it to graduate.
▶ Go to [What Is Fughar's Timepiece?]
* Go to [Adventurer's Guide] -> [Season Graduation] if you want to check out more details on the Season: Dawn of Dragons graduation!

● Added a "Season Special Gift" quest that you can accept and complete via the 2022 Season: Dawn of Dragons graduation.



- You can exchange the Season Special Gift Exchange Coupon obtained from the aforementioned quest for one of the following six special rewards from Fughar.
* However, if you've already received the special season reward, you cannot receive the reward for that particular season again.
- You can exchange the Season Special Gift Exchange Coupon for special rewards after graduating from the Season: Dawn of Dragons.
- Adventurers who have not received any of the season special rewards can obtain the rewards from the previous season through the next Season.



● You can exchange Tuvala gear for boss gear with the Boss Gear Exchange Coupon via the following quests.
- Talk to Fughar with the Boss Gear Exchange Coupon in your inventory to accept the following quests. You can only proceed with one of the following quests at a time.



[h2]New Additions and Improvements[/h2]

[h3]Class Changes[/h3]

This week's update contains numerous changes to multiple classes.
You can find more information about all the changes by checking out the >Full Patch Notes<

[h3]Contents[/h3]

● Terrmian Beach has reverted back to its former self since the Sand Castle Crasher event is now over.
- "Terrmian Coin Exchange" Benns Lamute and "Sherbet Exchange" Panipani Villager and Queekity Thumpity Moon Villager will linger about in Velia.
* You can exchange Terrmian Coins with Benns Lamute in Velia before the maintenance on Sep 7.
* You can exchange Sweet n' Savory Starfish Sherbet and Sweet n' Sour Strawberry Banana Sherbet with the Panipani Villager and the Queekity Thumpity Moon Villager before the maintenance on Sep 14.

● Changed Terrmian Beach into a Safe Zone.
- Any installed fences or planted crops in the area will be retrieved and stored in your storage in Heidel.

● Changed the criteria on how points for the following high-ranked tier are deduced in the Arena of Solare if you haven't matched for a certain period of time.
* Solare Incarnate V: -30 points per day after 3 days of no matches → -30 points per day after 5 days of no matches

● Improved so you can now enter the Red Battlefield even when your character is under the effects of the following debuffs.
- Krogdalo: Roar Restricted, Reminiscence of the Elvia Spirits, Satiated, and Diné: Earth of Life Restricted

[h3]Item[/h3]

● Changed so [Female class] Shell Belle Armor can be exchanged for the following outfit from Tranan Underfoe in Velia after the maintenance on Aug 24 (Wed), 2022.
- You must unequip the [Female Class] Shell Belle Armor into your Inventory (I) to make the exchange.
- Check notices below for more details regarding the exchange.
[Female class] Shell Belle Outfit Exchange



[h3]Monster[/h3]

We moved the location of Dim Tree Spirit to appear closer to the forest path so as to not interfere with the main quest pathing. You can see its new location on the World Map (M) by activating “Detailed Surroundings.”

● Changed the spawning location of Dim Tree Spirit, field boss.


[h3]NPC, Background, Sound[/h3]

● Improved factors that were blocking your way within Kamasylvia.

Lake Flondor
- Removed obstacles that were blocking your way.


Okiara River
- Widened the stone bridge.


Viv Foretta Hamlet
- Widened the road.


- Fixed the part of stairs that was sticking out.


● Changed so tutorials can be skipped now.
- All characters within the Family can skip the tutorial upon completing "[Tutorial] Black Spirit's Behest" from the Black Spirit with a character from Lv. 10 that has completed the tutorial.
※ For Adventurers that have watched the tutorial, select "No" to skip the tutorial.

[h2]Pearl Shop[/h2]
● New Outfits: [Wizard] Chronosmith


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Greetings Adventurers,

Here are the latest update details for Black Desert Online on August 17, 2022 (Wed).

[h3]Arena of Solare's First Regular Season[/h3]

On August 17th, Arena of Solare regular season begins for all regions. Thank you again to the Adventurers who showed great interest and appreciation during the preseason period.
There are three significant changes for the regular season.

First, a practice mode will be added. The practice mode does not affect your rank and is purely for the purpose of 'practice'. (Although not displayed, there is a separate MMR for practice mode as well to ensure fair matches.) Many people regretted not being able to experience anything other than ranked in the preseason, but we hope this practice mode will help our Adventurers on their journey to ascend the tiers. However, please note that the practice mode is only open during the times where the ranked mode is not available.

※ Practice mode is currently only available to be queued up individually. While we did develop this content with party queues in mind, we felt that we needed further testing before we could release this feature for the live servers.

Next is the gameplay. Firstly, the gear balance will be configured the same as in the preseason. There were opinions that it would be better to have a bit more AP, but since it is the first season, we decided to keep the current version so that more people can enjoy it. (Of course, please note that we will continue to add changes to the gear as the seasons go on.) In addition, new battlefields have been added. Manshaum Forest, Jade Starlight Forest, and Cadry Ruins join the existing Tzol's Ruins and Olun's Valley making 5 battlefields in total that you can enjoy for this season. Manshaum Forest is expected to offer a new experience with its verdure background, and Jade Starlight Forest will be somewhere that can provide the feeling of field combat.

The last is the UI features. The rank page has been subdivided so that you can check whether players are in Succession or Awakening, and it has been improved to show the character with the highest play rate within a Family, not the last character played. In addition, the ability to check the information of other Adventurers in the rank window has been added, allowing you to check all character information, equipment (including crystals), and skill Add-ons. Some Adventurers said they were reluctant to disclose information, but as Arena of Solare introduced an 'equalized gear system' for the first time in Black Desert, we believe it will serve as an opportunity for more people to enter PvP, so we ask for your understanding. In addition, the rank window has been improved so that you can check the rank 'by class' as well.

And although it will not be implemented on August 17th, we are preparing a system in which MVP and ACE are determined by adding not only damage but also how many crowd-control effects have been inflicted (I.e. knockdown, stun, etc.) which we believe is one of the more important indicators to be considered along with a function in which you can join Practice Mode in a party.
We will continue to do our best to work on the other features of Arena of Solare so that we can provide the most enjoyable experience to our Adventurers.

● The new season of Arena of Solare is now live! The following changes have been applied.

Battlefields
New battlefields have been added - "Manshaum Forest," "Jade Starlight Forest," and "Cadry Ruins."

Manshaum Forest
- Flora's Breath will appear within the woods for each round.


Cadry Ruins
- Fire's Warmth will arise from the brazier every so often, and a damage-dealing object will spawn in a random location around the center.


Jade Starlight Forest

Practice Mode
● Added Practice Mode.
- Practice Mode is for playing in the Arena of Solare without having your match outcome affect your current rank.
- Practice Mode Match will be available when Ranked Matches are unavailable.
- Your opponent's defensive icons will be displayed for Practice Mode. (Hidden for Ranked Matches.)
* You will be able to queue up for Practice Mode in a party in a future update.

Ranked Match
● Improved the Ranked Match as follows:
- Only up to 2 players of the same class will be matched in the same team.
- Bonus points for consecutive wins have been adjusted, along with the win conditions.
- Added an alert to display when you can queue up for Ranked Matches.
- This is the schedule when you can queue up for Arena of Solare Regular Season Matches:

Arena of Solare Rankings/Records
● Improved the Arena of Solare rankings and records UI.
- You can now view detailed information of other Adventurers.
* Click the magnifying glass icon to view details on other Adventurers.
* You can now see whether an Adventurer plays as Awakening or Succession, their Skill Add-ons, and their current gear setup.
- Added the function to now view rankings by class.
* You can choose to view the top 20 ranked Adventurers by class by selecting "Class" in the top right corner of the ranking UI.


● Improved to now display clearly when an Adventurer obtains a "traces of elements" buff.
- This buff effect will be visible by all Adventurers, allies and foes alike.

* For more details, please refer to the Adventurer's Guide - [Arena of Solare].

TOP 1 Rewards by Class
● Adventurers ranked 1st in their class will be given the honor of having their character's likeness displayed as a "commemorative NPC" in the Battle Arena.

TOP 100 Rewards
● The following rewards will be given to Adventurers ranked from 1st - 100th place when the Arena of Solare Regular Season is over.

Honorary Outfit
- You will obtain an honorary outfit suitable to your class (permanent and character-bound).

"Solare" Title
- You will be able to use the "Solare" title until the end of the next Arena of Solare season.
- Equipping the "Solare" title will display a visual effect for your character.

Glorious Solare Box
- Open the box to claim the following items.


Seal of Solare
● You can obtain 2 Seals of Solare for every ranked victory, and 1 seal per ranked loss.
- Exclusive gear and crystals in Arena of Solare can be unlocked with Seals of Solare.
* Weapon: Requires 5 Seals of Solare
* Crystal: Requires 2-3 Seals of Solare
* Accessory: Requires 2-3 Seals of Solare
* Alchemy Stone: Requires 5 Seals of Solare

[h3]Increased Max Level & New Skill for Fairies[/h3]

We're increasing the max level of your fairy and adding an additional quality-of-life improving skill, "Continuous Care."

Continuous Care can be learned by a Radiant Fairy, who will be able to automatically consume from 5 to 20 different food, draught, elixir, perfume, and scroll items. Your fairy will be able to save 3 presets with this skill, so Adventurers will be able to have separate presets for PvE, PvP, and Life Skills, if so desired. Like Agris Fever, this skill can be easily toggled on/off, so you can turn it off if you don't need your fairy to automatically feed you the items you selected.

Some of your fairy's "unpopular" skills now have a reduced chance to be learned with the addition of Continuous Care, while other more "popular" skills, such as Miraculous Cheer V and Feathery Steps V retain their previous odds of being learned. At the same, we designed Continuous Care so that Adventurers won't feel pressured to attain the V rank version of the skill.

Under the "Continuous Care" of your fairy, we hope that you enjoy this quality-of-life improvement in Black Desert.

● Increased the fairy's max level from 40 to 50.
- Once you reach Lv. 50 with your fairy, she will gain one additional skill slot.
* When your fairy reached Lv. 50, she will be able to learn an additional skill according to a set probability.

● Added the "Continuous Care" skill, which can be learned by a "Radiant" Fairy.

- A Radiant Fairy can learn Continuous Care from Lv. 10.
- Once your fairy learns Continuous Care, the "Auto-use Settings" button will appear in the fairy UI.
- You can use this function to designate certain items to be automatically consumed when they're not in use.
- The following items can be designated for auto-use. The skill rank of Continuous Care will determine the amount of items you can designate at any given moment.




- You can easily save and change your Auto-use selections via the 3 preset buttons.

- You can find the Auto-use Food/Elixir and settings button in the top left-portion of the UI.
- LMB to open the Auto-use Settings UI, RMB to toggle the Auto-use Function ON and OFF.
* You can save your selections in presets for later use.




● Selecting different items with the same effect for auto-use will automatically consume the selected item even if the effects of the previous item are still active.
* ex) If the effects of "[Event] Beast's Draught" are active, but you select "Beast's Draught" and toggle "Auto-use" ON, your family will immediately use the selected "Beast Draught" even though the "[Event] Beast's Draught" effects are still active.

● Change the success rate of learning skills for Radiant Fairies.
- The success rate to learn Continuous Care differs based on your Radiant Fairy's current set of learned skills. You can check your fairy's actual chance to learn skills from the in-game fairy UI.

[h3]Contents[/h3]

● Added a function in which a 300 min buff can be obtained by exchanging Silver with an NPC.
- Added "(120 min)" text to Conversation where 120 min buff can be obtained.

- 10,000,000 Silver is needed to obtain the respective Attack/Defense/Experience buff for 300 minutes.

- These buffs can be obtained from the following NPCs:


● Added a buff of 300 min to [Villa] Turning Gates, [Villa] Skill and Experience and [Villa] Body Enhancement respectively that can be purchased from the Villa Scroll.
- [Villa] Turning Gates: 2,000,000 Silver
- [Villa] Skill and Experience: 3,300,000 Silver
- [Villa] Body Enhancement: 10,000,000 Silver


[h3]Pearl Shop[/h3]

● New Outfits: [Ranger] Ryfina


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