Black Desert News

[h3]Have you bought a game package recently?[/h3]

For those of you who have made a recent purchase of a game package or upgrade package, you may have been disappointed with the sudden change in game packages.

Therefore, prepared a small token of compensation. If you have bought a game package in the period listed below, you are eligible to receive the compensation.

Game Package Purchase Period: May 6, 2020 (14:00 UTC)–May 27, 2020 (08:00 UTC)

Compensation distribution was originally planned for May 27, 2020 during regular maintenance as you can read on our website.

Unfortunately we discovered an issue with sending reimbursements to Steam users and the goodies will reach you therefore only next week, June 3rd.

We like to apologize for any inconvenience this might cause.

Greetings Adventurers,

Mounts are an important part of Black Desert Online, and many adventurers enjoy catching wild horses and train them in order to acquire the best ones. Today's update brings a new system that will allow horse trainers to rent their horses to other adventurers for a small fee. Also, some new events will be available that will help you train and develop your favorite mounts, so don't miss out on them!

We also have a special event for PvPers: the Arsha Leaderboard is back again! Kill as many players as you can in the Arsha server to accumulate points. Players who achieve the most amount of points will win rare prizes!

As usual read the details of the new content and events below! Enjoy!


[h2]Event & System[/h2]

[h3]Advance Notice[/h3]

• Season Servers
  
  • Starting June 10, we will introduce the "Season Servers" to Black Desert Online!
    
    • Enjoy this new feature dedicated to help you grow faster and more easily. Stay tuned for more information coming up next week
      
    • Season Character Pre-creation begins next week on June 3 maintenance! You can start creating an exclusive character for the Season Server and receive special rewards for doing so! More information on the pre-creation event will also be shared next week.
      

• Heidel Ball: At Home
  
  • This Saturday May 30 08:00 UTC, Black Desert Online will hold its first ever online global event, Heidel Ball: At Home where you will have a chance to get cool rewards, enjoy a special event, take a sneak peek at what's coming for the second half of this year, and tune into a global Q&A session.
    
    • Stay tuned and watch the global stream via our official Twitch and YouTube channels below:
      
      • [Black Desert Online Official Twitch Channel]
      • [Black Desert Online Official Youtube Channel]
      • Click < Here > for the full announcement.
        

[h3]New Events[/h3]

• Giddy Up!
  
  • Period: May 27 (after maintenance)–June 3 (before maintenance)
    
  • Event 1. Time for Courser Training
    
    • Defeat monsters, gather, and fish during the event period to collect items for Courser awakening.
      
  • Event 2. Mount EXP Boost
    
    • Enjoy Mount EXP +50% during the entire event period.
      
  • Event 3. Boosted Breeding/Exchange Chances
    
    • Breed or exchange your horses and enjoy a boost in your chances of getting a higher-tier horse!
      
  • Event 4. Imperial Training Delivery
    
    • Perform Imperial Horse Delivery with your horse and obtain [Event] Imperial Training Delivery Invoice which can be exchanged for horse-related items!
      
  • Click < Here > to gallop into this festival of events.
    

• Loyal Attendance Rewards Refreshed
  
  • Period: May 28 (00:00 UTC)–July 1 (23:59 UTC)
    
  • Check attendance daily and stack up on rewards including Cron Stones, Valks' Cry, [Event] Shining
  • Shakatu's Seals, Fine Accessory Box II, and so much more!
    
  • Click < Here > to see the entire attendance board.
    

• Arsha Leaderboard Returns
  
  • Period: May 27 (after maintenance)–June 24 (before maintenance)
    
  • Arsha Leaderboard is back in style, kill (via PK or Guild War) as many players as you can in the Arsha server to accumulate points—players with the most kill points win rare prizes!
    
    • Click < Here > for full details of the event.
      
    • Click < Here > to see your standing in the Arsha Leaderboard.
      

[h3]Ongoing Events[/h3]

• Mid Season Events
  
  • Event 1: Amazing Attendance Rewards: May 21–June 17 (23:59 UTC)
    
  • Event 3: Shakatu Gives Gold: May 20–June 3 (23:59 UTC)
    
  • Event 4: Black Spirit's Adventure: UPGRADED: May 20–June 3 (before maintenance)
    
  • Event 5: Daily Item Collection Increase Scrolls: May 20–June 3 (before maintenance)
    

• Shai's Got Talent
  
  • Submission period: May 20–June 7 (23:59 UTC)
    
  • Staff Pick: June 8–June 10
    
  • Community Vote:June 11–June 16
    
  • Winner Announcement: June 17
    
  • Reward Distribution: June 24 (during maintenance)
    

• Newly Discovered Treasures: May 27 (after maintenance)–June 10 (before maintenance)
  
  
• Season of Life
  
  • Event 1: Life Skill Boost: May 13–June 3 (before maintenance)
    
  • Event 2: Life of Florin: May 14–June 1 (23:59 UTC)
    
  • Event 3: Life Skill Boost: May 14–June 2 (23:59 UTC)
    

[h3]Ended Events[/h3]

• Mid Season Events
  
  • Event 2: Hot Time Boost
    

• Patrigio's Shop Renewal: Week 2
  

[h3]Reward Distribution[/h3]

• Wishes for the Sky
  
  • [Event] Secret Book of Old Moon (7 Days) x1 sent to those who have turned in at least 1 [Event] Wish-Scribbled Paper to Lara during the event period.
    
  • If you were eligible for the reward, please claim it via in-game mailbox (B) after maintenance ends before June 24 23:59 UTC or it will expire. Thank you!
    

[h3]Content[/h3]

[h3]Ship Material Barter[/h3]

To try and lower the difficulty of preparing for the Great Expedition, we devised a system to upgrade your ship all the way from a Bartali Sailboat to an Epheria Carrack. However, we understand that gathering the necessary materials to upgrade your ship is still difficult for many of you. Therefore we have decided to add a separate "ship material barter" system to the existing bartering system.

In this new system, materials to upgrade ships have been separated out from other sea trade goods. These materials include those needed for an Epheria Caravel or Epheria Carrack, as well as items needed for blue grade Epheria Carrack gear. You can refresh these ship material barters separately from the others via the new "Ship Material Refresh" function, and even if you already have your dream ship you can still use this function and watch your Crow Coins pile up.

Bartering can be a break from the usual to make some profit out at sea if you are willing to brave the rough waters of the Great Ocean. That is why we wanted to minimize any negative impact this new system will have on those of you who enjoy bartering, and thus experimented on the Global Lab to see how a new system will impact both hardcore and casual barters and their profits. We also made Epheria Carrack materials appear more frequently than other materials so that Epheria Caravel and Epheria Frigate owners can get the materials they need faster to get an Epheria Carrack.

• Due to the increasing demand for materials to upgrade ships, the Crow Merchants Guild will now provide separate bartering opportunities for them, called "ship material barter."
  
  • However, there will be some exceptions for certain ship upgrade materials. Please consult the chart below for more details.
    
  • A separate "Ship Material Refresh" function has been added to the existing Barter Refresh system.
    
    • You can use the "Ship Material Refresh" function twice a day.
      
    • When you use the "Ship Material Refresh" function, there is a small chance that you will uncover all the possible barters you can make for Crow Coins at every island. You can use Crow Coins to barter any Level 2 to 5 sea trade goods.
      
  • During ship material barter, you will get material for upgrading a ship. You may also get materials to enhance ships as well as treasures.
    
  • The Accumulated Number of Exchanges needed to barter for the following items will drastically decrease when using ship material barter.
    
    • Brilliant Pearl Shard
      
    • Brilliant Rock Salt Ingot
      
  • The items available for ship material barter are as follows.
    

• Reworked the Barter Refresh system.
  
  • Changed "barter refresh count" to "barter refresh point" in certain instances.
    
  • Everyday at 06:00 UTC, your barter refresh points will be reset to 100.
    
  • If you have an active Value Pack, you can recover 50 extra barter refresh points.
    
  • (I.e. Your points will be reset to 150 instead of 100.)
    
  • The number of barter refresh points consumed when using the Barter Refresh function depends on the number of barters you have left for that day.
    
  • Using instant refresh will consume an additional 30 points.
    

• Updated the information about how to barter for the following items in each of the items' descriptions.
  
  • Island Tree Coated Plywood
    
  • Rock Salt Ingot
    
  • Ruddy Manganese Nodule
    
  • Cobalt Ingot
    
  • Pure Pearl Crystal
    
  • Enhanced Island Tree Coated Plywood
    
  • Great Ocean Dark Iron
    
  • Tide-Dyed Standardized Timber Square
    
  • Luminous Cobalt Ingot
    
  • Deep Tide-Dyed Standardized Timber Square
    
  • Bright Reef Piece
    
  • Seaweed Stalk
    
  • Deep Sea Memory Filled Glue
    
  • Cox Pirates' Artifact (Parley Expert)
    
  • Cox Pirates' Artifact (Parley Beginner)
    
  • Cox Pirates' Artifact (Combat)
    
  • Cox Pirates Extermination Seal
    
  • Brilliant Rock Salt Ingot
    
  • Brilliant Pearl Shard
    
  • Moon Vein Flax Fabric
    
  • Moon Scale Plywood
    
  • Tear of the Ocean
    

• Added a horse rental function to the stable.
  
  • This function allows you to either rent a horse, or rent out your own horse.
    
  • For a fee of 100,000 Silver you can rent a horse for seven days. The owner of the horse may forcefully retrieve their horse when the rented horse is checked into a stable, or if you are not connected to the game.
    
  • You can enjoy the effects of the gear already equipped on the rented horse, but you will not be able to unequip any gear from the rented horse.
    
  • You can rent out up to Tier 8 horses.
    

• Added the following farming items. Anyone can plant them, but you must be at least Farming Artisan 1 to care for, harvest, or breed them. You can get these new farming items by using Plant Breeding on Special Chicken Feed or Special Haystack.
  
  • Spellbound Chicken Feed: This item takes up 4 grids in a fence garden and gives a 15% bigger yield than Special Chicken Feed.
    
  • Spellbound Haystack: This item takes up 5 grids in a fence garden and gives a 25% bigger yield than Special Haystack.
    

[h3]System[/h3]

• For optimization purposes, notifications for when an adventurer whom you have registered as a friend the Friend (N) window logs in or out of the game will no longer appear if you are participating in a Node/Conquest War.
  
  • Specifically, this will only apply if: you are participating in a Node/Conquest War; the war is happening at the moment; and you are in the correct server for the war.
    
  • This change will not affect the notifications that appear when a fellow guild member logs in or out.
    

[h2]Mounts[/h2]

• You can no longer perform any social actions immediately after entering FocusFire mode.
  
  
• You can no longer perform social actions to recover Stamina while mounting a ship.
  

[h2]Class Changes[/h2]

[h3]Sorceress[/h3]

• Stamina will no longer recover while Prime: Crow Flare is in use.
  

[h3]Berserker[/h3]

• The cooldown for Awakening: Tantu's Iron Buster will now be applied when changing from Axe to Iron Buster mode by using the skills Headbutt, Frenzied Destroyer, then Ground Lifting.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where Berserker would momentarily slow down when using Buster Training laterally after certain skills.
  
  
• After Succession, combo to Prime: Raging Thunder from Lava Piercer will now be easier.
  

[h3]Valkyrie[/h3]

• You can now use Ultimate: Blitz Stab immediately after Blitz Stab.
  
  • After using Blitz Stab, press RMB to use Ultimate: Blitz Stab.
    
  • Therefore, Ultimate: Blitz Stab was changed to a combo skill that cannot be used separately from regular Blitz Stab.
    

• You can now use Blitz Stab by pressing ↑ + RMB while using a longsword.
  
  
• The movement distance for Shield Chase I, Shield Chase II, and Prime: Shield Chase has been changed to match that of Shield Chase III.
  
  
• The block effects for Shield Chase I, II, and III were unified to all be Forward Guard effects, and an immunity to CC status effects was added for the Forward Guard effects.
  
  
• The cooldown for Verdict: Lancia Iustitiae was adjusted as follows.
  
  
  
• Added an All DP decrease effect to Wave of Light.
  
  • You will now remain in lancia mode when using Death Line Chase backwards.
    
  • However, the skill switches to Shield Chase when used consecutively.
    

• The attack range for Flow: Lucem Fluxum was adjusted to match its effects.
  
  
• The attack range for Terra Sancta was increased (matching the range of the wave hit), and a 100% Critical Hit effect was added for PvE.
  
  
• The number of hits for Promptness in PvP was reduced to 4 hits, and the amount of damage per hit was decreased.
  
  
• When used when the skill is not in cooldown, Promptness will have a 100% Critical Hit effect.
  

[h2]Item Changes[/h2]

• Removed the sentence " The time may be reduced by enhancing this processing stone." from the descriptions of Loggia, Techthon, and Manos Processing Stone items.
  
  
• Added a list of daily quests you can complete to get flares to the item description of flare.
  
  
• For details on the newly added Pearl Shop Update, please click < Here >!
  

[h2]Monster Changes[/h2]

• Fixed the issue where the first attack was delayed after summoning certain boss monsters during the main quests.
  
  
• Reduced the population of the following monsters in Balenos.
  
  • Grass Beetle
    
  • Parasitic Bee
    
  • Fox
    
  • Wolf
    
  • Weasel
    

[h2]Quests & Knowledge[/h2]

[h3]Quests[/h3]

• Fixed the issue where you could not get the following titles if you chose to do the renewed Mediah main quests. Talk to the following NPCs after completing certain quests to get the titles.
  
  
  
• Added a warning that you need to have at least two empty Inventory slots for the quest [Kamasylvia] A Poacher's Suggestion, and made Friella's pet mouse easier to steal.
  
  
• Smoothed out the Calpheon main quests between Behr and Hexe Sanctuary as follows.
  
  • Moved certain quest NPCs to the front of NPC Becker's cabin, and made it so that you would return to Behr after completing the main quests at Hexe Sanctuary.
    

• Increased the number of boxes or crates you can interact with to complete quests in the following regions.
  
  • Duvencrune
    
  • Grána
    
  • Calpheon City
    
  • Port Epheria
    
  • Brellin Farm
    
  • Outpost Supply Port
    
  • Heidel
    
  • Altinova
    
  • Valencia City
    

After the first discovery of Igor Bartali's Adventure Log, many more adventure logs have been discovered in the world of Black Desert Online. To help those of you who might have felt intimidated by all the different quests needed to start these adventure logs, we have gathered up all the quests necessary for starting an adventure log under one tab in the Quests (O) window. We hope that changes like this will make this content feel less daunting and more like adventures you can't wait to start.

• Added a tab that has all the quests for starting an adventure log to the Suggested tab in the Quests (O) window.
  

[h2]Interface Changes[/h2]

• Added automatic line breaks to the topics listed in the Interest Knowledge Status window.
  
  
• If the name of quests or conversation topics that appear when you converse with an NPC is cut off from the UI because it is too long, you can now hover over the text to read the entire entry.
  
  
• If you try to throw away an item from the Inventory but miss the trash can icon, the icon will become emphasized.
  
  
• A notification window will now appear if you try to exchange items with certain NPCs. The window will allow you to confirm the exchange that is about to happen.
  
  
• Added the following text to the explanation for Central Market Warehouse Capacity: Additional Central Market Warehouse Capacity based on Family Fame Bonus can only be applied to a maximum of 2,000 VT.
  
  
• Matched the color of the grades of ecology themed knowledge entries in the Knowledge (H) window to the color that appears when you first get those certain grades of knowledge.
  
  
• The following message will now appear when trying to change the position of your guild member who is registered as a War Hero of another guild: You cannot assign a position to War Heroes.
  

[h2]Resolved Issues[/h2]

• Fixed the issue where the Find NPC function is sometimes not working for NPCs who exist in multiple locations.
  
  
• [Ranger] Fixed the issue where MP did not recover when activating the skill Penetrating Wind by using Flow: Kiss of the Wind.
  
  
• [Maehwa Succession] Fixed the graphical issue with Maehwa's weapons when auto-navigating in combat mode.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where "Node Tax Info." button was visible when interacting with the node managers of certain regions where there are no Node Wars.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where you could not catch local fish near the inaccessible areas around Sherekhan Mine Road or Blood Wolf Settlement.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where there were safe zones where there should not be near the Quartermaster NPC of Battle Arena.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where certain structures and characters looked unnatural in the following places.
  
  • Titium Valley
    
  • Duvencrune Farmland
    
  • Sycraia Underwater Ruins
    

• You will now get a notification if you try to do certain actions with insufficient guild funds like repairing guild mounts at the stable or wharf, or treat injuries.
  
  
• The button to declare war on other guilds will no longer appear in the Guild (G) window if your guild has reached the maximum number of guilds it can declare war against.
  
  
• You can no longer use the buttons on the bottom of the Inventory (I) window (i.e. buttons for Totem, Alchemy Stone, Processing, Palette) if you have it set as a Sticker UI, then open a full-screen window such as the Pearl Shop or Dye windows.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where Today's Journal did not display entries for the times your ship was wrecked.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the display for Combat EXP was acting abnormally after reaching Lv. 66.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the size of the My Information (P) window reset after adjusting it then reconnecting to the game.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where you could sometimes not progress with taming a baby elephant if you were disconnected in the middle of capturing one.
  
  
• [Shai] Fixed the graphical issue with the background for the icons for horse, camel, and campsite gear in the Dye window.
  
  
• Fixed the graphical issue with underwear that occured when dyeing with Merv's Palette.
  
  
• Made the camera angle more natural when interacting with the walls of Valencia Castle.
  
  
• [Witch & Wizard] Added a graphical effect to make the Glorious Shudad Staff glow.
  

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

Dear Players,

We will perform our weekly maintenance as follows:

[h3]Date: Wednesday, May 27th 2020[/h3]

[h3]Duration: 4 hours.[/h3]

• 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
  

[h3]Reasons:[/h3]

• Giddy Up! event will start.
  
• Loyal Attendance Rewards will be refreshed.
  
• Arsha Leaderboard has been returned - click <here> to see the details!
  
• A separate system for bartering materials for upgrading ships will be added to the existing bartering system.
  
• Horse rental function will be added.
  
• New farming items will be added.
  

[h3]Ending Events:[/h3]

• Mid Season Events – Event 2: Hot Time Boost
  
• Patrigio's Shop Renewal: Week 2
  

Follow us on Twitter & Facebook to stay up to date.

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

[h3]Updated[/h3]

Maintenance has finished and servers are back online.


Best regards,
BDO Team

It's been 3 years already since Black Desert Online was launched on Steam, and to celebrate this milestone we are bringing you some new events and other stuff for you to enjoy!

Thank you for playing Black Desert Online on Steam! ːsteamhappyː

[h2]Event 1: Amazing Attendance Rewards[/h2]

[h3]Period: May 21(00:00 UTC)–June 17 (23:59 UTC)[/h3]

Join us in celebrating our anniversary as over a billion Silver's worth of attendance rewards have been prepared for you!



[h2]Event 2: Hot Time Boost[/h2]

[h3]Period: May 20 (after maintenance)–May 27 (before maintenance)[/h3]

Enjoy the following EXP boosts in every server except for Olvia servers. No matter where you take your adventures in, you will be able to enjoy the same EXP boosts!


[h2]Event 3: Shakatu Gives Gold[/h2]



The [Event] Shakatu Merchants' Gold Bar will be offered in two ways. Collect then process these Gold Bars to obtain a more expensive item.

• Defeat, Fish, Gather
  
  • Period: May 20 (after maintenance)–June 3 (before maintenance)
    
  • During the event period, defeat monsters, fish, and gather to get [Event] Shakatu Merchants' Gold Bar by chance.
    
  • [Event] Shakatu Merchants' Gold Bar can be sold at NPC shops for 3,000,000 Silver.
    
  • You cannot get [Event] Shakatu Merchants' Gold Bar by scooping water (e.g. with an Empty bottle) or shoveling sand (e.g. with a Shabby Shovel).
    

• Collect as Challenge rewards
  
  • Period: May 21 00:00 UTC–June 3 23:59 UTC
    
  • For certain hours of playtime, get [Event] Shakatu Merchants' Gold Bar at max 3 per day.
    
    • Play 1 hour: [Event] Shakatu Merchants' Gold Bar x1
      
    • Play 2 hours: [Event] Shakatu Merchants' Gold Bar x1
      
    • Play 3 hours: [Event] Shakatu Merchants' Gold Bar x1
      
      • The playtime challenges are available once per family per day and reset at 00:00 UTC.
        
      • The challenge rewards will stack and the rewards will not be deleted even after the event period ends.
        

• When you have collected [Event] Shakatu Merchants' Gold Bar x10, you can perform Processing (L) > Manufacture to make it into [Event] Gold Bar Box x1.
  
  • If you open [Event] Gold Bar Box, you will be able to randomly get Gold Bar 100G x1–10.
    
  • 1 Gold Bar 100G is worth 10,000,000 Silver.
    

[h2]Event 4: Black Spirit's Adventure: UPGRADED[/h2]



[h3]Period: May 20 (after maintenance)–June 3 (before maintenance)[/h3]

• Press the ESC button and click on Black Spirit’s Adventure to open up the minigame window and start playing.
  
• You can roll your dice up to 5 times per day during this event period. Dice roll count will reset daily at 05:00 UTC.
  
• Every time you pass by the Starting Point, you will get a lap completion bonus of Memory Fragment x1 in your Black Spirit’s Safe.
  

[h2]Event 5: Daily Item Collection Increase Scrolls[/h2]

[h3]Period: May 20 (after maintenance)–June 3 (before maintenance)[/h3]

• During the event period, you can purchase Item Collection Increase Scroll (60 min.) for 1,000,000 Silver daily from the Pearl Shop (F3).
  
  • Max 1 Item Collection Increase Scroll (60 min.) can be purchased per family per day.
    
  • Item purchase count resets daily at 00:00 UTC.
    
  • If you don't see your item refreshed in the Pearl Shop (F3), please exit to the character selection screen then log back into the game to see the offer.
    

[h2]Free Accessories of the 3rd Anniversary![/h2]



You can get them on the Pearl Shop (F3) > Loyalties section



[h2]Game Package Renewal[/h2]

We have been striving to provide better service in line with a constantly changing game environment, so we wanted to bring changes to the current game packages on sale next week, May 27, 2020.

Please find the new package name, price, and details below.



Please find the new upgrade bundles below.



[h3]You can find the details and FAQ of the new game packages < Here >![/h3]

Period: May 21(00:00 UTC)–June 17 (23:59 UTC)

Join us in celebrating our mid season promotion as over a billion Silver's worth of attendance rewards have been prepared for you!



[h3]Find more about the Mid Season Events by <Clicking Here!>[/h3]