Black Desert News

Greetings Adventurers!

This is a list of the new contents and events of this week that you can find in the world of Black Desert Online. Take a look below and enjoy!

[h2]Patch Notes[/h2]

● To commemorate the Heidel Ball, all Adventurers will receive the "Burning Moon Tail" item from June 20.
- You can obtain this item from the Challenge (Y) window, and more details about it shall be revealed during the Heidel Ball on June 19, 2021.


●Added the High Wind, Windy, and Draughty Trophies. These trophies are only awarded to the best riders of the Grand Prix, and can be exchanged for Gold, Silver, and Bronze Trophies, respectively.


● Added a “Cheer” functionality to all types of the Golden Bell (including the Pearl Shop version) that will allow Adventurers to express their thanks to the Adventurer who activated the Golden Bell.


● Check the update details »Here«!

[h2]Pearl Shop Update[/h2]


● New Berserker outfit "Kerasaur"

● Do you want to see the rest of deals? Click »Here«!

[h2]The High Wind of the Old Moon Grand Prix![/h2]


① Race in the Old Moon Grand Prix during the event!

② By finishing a race, you can obtain “Grand Prix boxes” depending on your placement, and during the event, you can obtain the [Event] Stonetail Rider Coin from this Grand Prix box.

③ Collect the [Event] Stonetail Rider Coin to complete a special quest!

● Do you want to participate in this event? Check the details »Here«!

[h2]Fughar's Gift Box[/h2]


① Log in during the event to obtain the [Event] Fughar's Gift Box.

② Open the [Event] Fughar's Gift Box to obtain special rewards and items for the season!
- Note: [Event] Fughar's Gift Box can only be opened by a Season Character for a future Season.

● Do you want to know what's inside the box? Check the details »Here«!

[h2]Watch Heidel Ball and get Drops rewards[/h2]


① Take a screenshot or picture showing that you watched the 2021 Black Desert Heidel Ball.

② Upload your image(s) and story to the Black Desert website’s [Community] → [Art & Media] forum.

Event Rewards
- Heidel Merch (Black Desert Headset x1, Black Desert Playing Card Set x1)


[h2]Support for New/Returning Adventurers![/h2]


● If you are a new adventurer or returnee adventurer, you will be able to enjoy special attendance rewards!

Who’s Eligible as a New Adventurer?
- Adventurers who’ve logged in within 30 days (720 hours) after creating a Family.

Who’s Eligible as a Returning Adventurer?
- Adventurers who haven’t logged in to the game for at least 30 days (720 hours) and haven’t used the Web Central Market (Black Desert+/official website) for at least 30 days.

● Check the attendance rewards »Here«!

[h3]Join our [Discord] to meet other adventurers.[/h3]
[h3]You can also find our Social Media here:[/h3]

● Twitter
● Facebook
● Instagram

Greetings Adventurers!

We will be performing a scheduled maintenance for Black Desert Online on June 16, 2021 in order to improve our services and bring you the latest updates.

During the maintenance, all services related to the Black Desert Website, Game Login, Web Central Market will be temporarily unavailable.

Please refer below for more details regarding the maintenance.

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[h3]Game Server Maintenance[/h3]
■ Affected Service(s):

• Black Desert Online game servers and Web Central Market.
  

■ Maintenance Schedule:

• June 16, 2021 (Wed) 08:00 - 13:00 (UTC)
  
• June 16, 2021 (Wed) 10:00 - 15:00 (CEST)
  
• June 16, 2021 (Wed) 01:00 - 06:00 (PDT)
  
• June 16, 2021 (Wed) 04:00 - 09:00 (EDT)
  

■ Maintenance Impact:

• Unable to login to the Game
  
• Unable to use Web Central Market
  
• Unable to send items in Web Storage to in-game mailbox (B).
  

[h3]Website Maintenance[/h3]
■ Affected Service(s):

• Black Desert official website
  

■ Maintenance Schedule:

• June 16, 2021 (Wed) 08:00 - 12:00 (UTC)
  
• June 16, 2021 (Wed) 10:00 - 14:00 (CEST)
  
• June 16, 2021 (Wed) 01:00 - 05:00 (PDT)
  
• June 16, 2021 (Wed) 04:00 - 08:00 (EDT)
  

■ Maintenance Impact:

• Unable to access the website, payment service and Forum
  
• All services related to the website will be unavailable.
  

[h2]Major Update Details[/h2]

• New Old Moon Grand Prix trophies, which have special effects, will be added.
  
• A “Cheer” functionality will be added to the Golden Bell that will allow Adventurers to express their thanks to the Adventurer who activated the bell.
  

[h3]Event Scheduled to End[/h3]

• Share Your Favorite NPC or Secret Spot!
• Our Gifts to Welcome New/Returning Adventurers!

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* Additional Notices
- Once maintenance begins, you will be disconnected from the game even if you are waiting in-queue.
- If you are still playing the game before the maintenance time, please move your character to a safe location (safe zone) before maintenance begins.
- If you exit the game while in a combat zone, your character and/or mount can be attacked by monsters or other Adventurers.
- If you receive an error message stating that you are already logged in after the maintenance, please try restarting your client.
- The maintenance schedule and details stated above are subject to change at any time. Any changes will be announced as an update via this notice.


We appreciate your patience and support while we work on providing you with better services.
Thank you!

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Adventurers, there are only five days left before the long-awaited 2021 Black Desert Heidel Ball! This exciting and hype-filled day is this Saturday on June 19 at 08:00 (UTC).

The GMs can’t wait for the big day and are wishing time could go by even faster~! ( ｯ◕ ܫ◕)ｯ

But what exactly will these new tides bring at the upcoming Heidel Ball?

Following last week’s first great wave, the Black Desert X BUGATTI collaboration, there will be a wave of excitement with the unveiling of the Dark Knight figurine! And then, a wave of freedom with the grand premiere of the newest class – Corsair!

We’re working hard to get everything ready, so hang on for a bit longer!

See you at the Heidel Ball!


Make sure to follow our channels and catch the 2021 Black Desert Heidel Ball LIVE!

[h3]Twitch Channel[/h3] [h3]Youtube Channel[/h3]

Greetings Adventurers!

We will be performing a temporary maintenance for Black Desert Online.

During the maintenance, all services related to the Black Desert Website, Game Login, Web Central Market will be temporarily unavailable.

Please exit the game at a safe location to prevent any potential issues.

Please refer below for more details regarding the maintenance.
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[h3]Temporary Maintenance[/h3]
■ Affected Service(s):

• Black Desert Online game servers and Web Central Market.
  

■ Maintenance Schedule:

• June 10, 2021 (Thu) 23:00 - (UTC) (Expected to take approximately 1 hours)
  
• June 11, 2021 (Fri) 01:00 - (CEST) (Expected to take approximately 1 hours)
  
• June 10, 2021 (Thu) 16:00 - (PDT) (Expected to take approximately 1 hours)
  
• June 10, 2021 (Thu) 19:00 - (EDT) (Expected to take approximately 1 hours)
  

■ Maintenance Impact:

• Unable to login to the Game
  
• Unable to use Web Central Market
  
• Unable to send items in Web Storage to in-game mailbox (B).
  

■ Maintenance Reason:

• Temporary Maintenance regarding Steam App account integration and improvements on Black Desert services
  
• Fix an issue with Tier 1 Node Wars where the AP/DP limitations were not being properly applied. (Added)
  

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* Additional Notices
- Adventurers cannot enter or use the Battle Arena, Red Battlefield, or Altar of Blood during maintenance in the Marni server.
- Guild missions during partial maintenance will be cancelled, and the number of acceptable missions will not be restored.
- If Adventurers proceed to join guilds during partial maintenance, the guild names may not be shown properly. This issue will be fixed after the regular maintenance.
- After the maintenance starts, game access in the server will be terminated, and you will be automatically disconnected even if you are waiting in-queue.
- Adventurers in the affected servers should move their characters to a safe location or a different server.
- If Adventurers disconnect in a Combat Zone; their characters and mounts may be attacked by other players and monsters.
- Players can access the game normally in servers not undergoing maintenance.
- Please reconnect to the client if the message “Duplicate login attempt” is shown after connecting to the server after the maintenance is over,
- Maintenance times are subject to change, extension, and/or early completion and any changes will be provided as an update on this site.

We appreciate your patience and understanding while we continue to work towards improving the quality of our service.
Thank you!

Greetings, Adventurers.

As we previously touched upon in the announcement regarding the temporary suspension of the Central Market on Wednesday, June 2, we would like to share with you the latest information regarding our direction for the investigation and improvement of the Central Market to combat improper trades.

Before we go into the details, we want to let you know that you are again able to buy and sell Main/Awakening/Sub Weapons that are valued at 10 billion silver or higher on the Central Market after today’s maintenance. Once again, we apologize for the inconvenience caused by this temporary measure.

Furthermore, today’s maintenance brought with it improvements to the Central Market. The details regarding these improvements are as follows:

[h3]▣ Details Regarding the Central Market Update[/h3]

● Changed the standard for how prices change for weapons of the same group in the Central Market as follows:

• We’ve updated the Central Market for prices to vary according to the average sale prices for transactions of similar weapon items. For example, the sale prices of PEN: Blackstar Longsword and PEN (V): Blackstar Longbow will now influence each other, and the prices will change accordingly.
  

● There will now be a 15-minute delay before an item that is above a certain price is purchasable when listed for sale on the Central Market.

• A notification message will be displayed to all Adventurers to alert everyone that an item of a certain price has been listed and is awaiting the delay before it can be purchased.
  
• If an item you have pre-ordered is listed and is awaiting the delay before it can be purchased, it will appear in a UI at the bottom-right of the game screen for you to be able to view the item name and listing time.

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We believe this update will grant all Adventurers a fairer opportunity to be able to buy difficult-to-purchase items such as the PEN(V): Blackstar items. We also expect this update to help prevent cases where so-called, “empty silver accounts,” are used to manipulate pre-orders to facilitate a transaction to a specific person.

Please refer to the June 8 (Tue) Update Details for more detail about these improvements.

Additionally, we’re currently reviewing the transaction records of important items such as PEN (V): Blackstar items. As this isn’t simply an investigation into the sale/purchase records of items through the Central Market, but a comprehensive review of all the game data before and after the transaction, we ask for your understanding as these investigations are expected to take some time.

We will share with you the results once we complete our in-depth investigations, and we will make sure to take the appropriate actions against the accounts that are confirmed to been involved with improper transactions in accordance with our Operational Policy. We are also investigating other possible improper transactions using the Central Market, which includes the use of real money to trade in-game items.

Unfortunately, there is no denying the fact that it is not easy to verify the evidence of real money transactions through in-game data. Since the majority of real money transactions involve communities outside of our game, there is a real possibility of manipulation for any outside evidence that exists, and there is also difficultly in verifying the personal identity of those involved. All this resulting in circumstances that make it incredibly difficult for us to impose account penalties appropriately.

To try to get around these limitations, we always recommended our secondary security services such as OTP and PC Registration; unfortunately, only a few Adventurers are actively using these services. As such, we are actively considering other ways to prevent real money transactions as best as we can, and we are currently working to develop a new feature as quickly as possible that will require you to verify your identity whenever you try to sell an item above a certain price as.

In order to ensure a fair gameplay environment for all our Adventurers, we will do our best to investigate any abnormal/improper gameplay and continue to look into what can be improved beyond what was updated above.


Thank you for your support and understanding.