Black Desert News

Patch Notes - April 15th 2020

Greetings Adventurers,

We hope you are having fun with Mystical Ellie's Water Festival which has just been extended a week! And also, starting today you will be able to fish special fish that you can sell for a huge amount of silver during the event period! What are you waiting for? Repair those old fishing rods and let’s go to Terrmian Beach!

Also, we have a new event where you will need to gather ingredients and make Finto's Juices to boost those health stats! Vitamins are also important in Black Desert Online!

Finally but not least, there will be available a new adventure log that will grant as a reward a special buff called the Agris Fever which will increase the amount of junk items you can get. Progress through the different volumes of the log and the buff will be stronger!

Do you want to know the details of these events and the new content? Read the rest of the patch notes below!

[h2]Event & System[/h2]

[h3]New Events[/h3]

Finto’s Juice Challenge
- Period: April 16 (00:00 UTC)–April 28 (23:59 UTC)
- During the event period, obtain ingredients to make [Event] Finto's Healthy Juice which gives you Health EXP +2000.
- Click < Here > for the details of the event.

Mystical Ellie’s Water Festival 2020 Update
- Event extension!
  - The water festival has been extended to April 29 (before maintenance)!
  - This excludes Event 3: Uninvited Guests! Where you can defeat Rock Tree Stoneback Crabs for rewards. This event will run until April 22 (before maintenance).
- New fish available at Terrmian Beach!
  - Period: April 15 (after maintenance)–April 29 (before maintenance)
  - Golden Sea Perch (Price: 10,000,000 Silver) and Koi (Price: 500,000 Silver) are now available to fish within Terrmian Beach.
  - The fish above can be caught at a chance only within Terrmian Beach area (not within Demi River south of Heidel like last year) during the event period. This includes both Combat and Safe Zones within the beach area.
  - As Koi is classified as Fish and not junk item from this maintenance, if you have selected to discard yellow grade and below during auto-fishing, you will not be able to catch Koi.
  - Check out Mystical Ellie’s Water Festival 2020 Update < Here >.

[h3]Ongoing Events[/h3]

Refer-a-Friend Promotion: April 8–April 22 (before maintenance)
Mystical Ellie’s Water Festival 2020: April 8–April 29 (before maintenance)
The Golden Goose: April 8–April 22 (before maintenance)
Spring Playtime Challenge: April 9 (00:00 UTC)–April 22 (23:59 UTC)
Illness Debuff Removal: Until further notice
Find Your Oasis: Until further notice

[h3]Ended Events[/h3]

[h3]Reward Distribution[/h3]

Stay Home and Be Safe
- We could all use a little more comfort in our lives lately. We hope this helps and that you and your family are safe and well during this crisis. Please claim the following item from your in-game mailbox (B) after today’s maintenance.
  - Kamasylvia Furniture Set x1
  - Please note your mail will expire May 15th 23:59 UTC, so please claim the item before then!

Spring Screenshot Contest
- Congratulations to the winners again and thank you all participants for submitting such beautiful screenshots that best depict spring in Black Desert Online!
  - Spring Blossom Outfit Set or Willow Breeze Outfit Set and [Event] Merv's Palette (7 Days) have been sent to Top 10 winners.
  - [Event] Merv's Palette (7 Days) has been sent to all participants that submitted eligible submissions. As noted in the event rules, only one submission will be counted for the participation prize even if you had sent in multiple submissions. Please note it may take up to 24 hours for your reward to arrive at your in-game mailbox (B).

April Fools’ 2020
- Rewards for those who made successful “Lies” by choosing the answer chosen by the smaller number of players have been sent. Please check your in-game mailbox (B).

Spring Playtime Challenge
- The playtime challenge rewards obtained per day MUST be claimed within the day from the Challenges tab (Y) or they will disappear. Due to this inconvenience for this event which will run until April 22 (23:59 UTC), we’ll be sending the 2 days’ worth of Challenge rewards as compensation to all adventurers during today’s maintenance.
  - Please note your mail will expire May 15th 23:59 UTC, so please claim your compensation items before then!
  - We apologize for the inconvenience but please do claim all Challenge rewards from the Challenges tab (Y) obtained within the same day until this event ends.

[h3]Content[/h3]

Agris Fever has been added.
- Complete the Adventure Logs of the Book of Margahan with a character of Lv. 60 or higher and inherit the long-sealed power, "Agris Fever."
  - Talk to the Black Spirit to accept and complete the quest "Adventure Log: Agris, the Ancient Secret," then receive the Book of Margahan from Edan.
  - After completing all five chapters of the Book of Margahan Vol. 1, you can talk to the Black Spirit, accept and complete the quest "Adventure Log: Agris and the Prophecy of the Past," then start with the Book of Margahan Vol. 2.
- Completing up to chapter 5 of the Book of Margahan Vol.1 will activate Agris Fever. 3,000 Agris Fever Points will be recharged each day and these points can reach a maximum of 10,000 points. When you defeat a certain monster, Agris Fever Points that correspond to that specific monster will be automatically consumed and the junk item drop amount will increase by up to 100%.
  - Agris Fever points are consumed differently depending on the type of monster defeated.
  - Agris Fever points are shared by all characters of a Family.
  - Check your remaining Agris Fever Points by clicking on the Agris Fever icon, with which the Agris Fever UI will be fixed as a popup window.
  - Agris Fever Points recover each day at 06:00 UTC.
- Completing the Book of Margahan Vol.2 and obtaining the rewards of all chapters will activate Agris Fever. 4,000 Agris Fever Points will be recharged each day and these points can reach a maximum of 20,000 points. When you defeat certain monsters, the item drop amount will increase by up to 150%.
  Agris Fever was designed for adventurers who regularly log in for short intervals each day to fight monsters and collect their loot.
  Offering a sacrifice to Agris, the ancient Balenosian god of prosperity, through the Adventurer Logs will open the Agris Fever content. Regardless of whether you log in to the game or not, a certain amount of Agris Fever Points will be recovered every day at a designated hour and you can use these points when defeating monsters to increase the number of looted goods.
  Agris Fever Points cannot exceed 20,000, so it is recommended that you consume the points as they are recovered.
  You will realize as you defeat monsters while the Agris Fever effect is being applied, that this effect cannot last for a long time. We don't want this effect to be an indispensable element for defeating monsters just like other foods, elixirs, or scrolls. We hope those adventurers who fight monsters for short intervals everyday can enjoy an effective play too and feel a sense of satisfaction seeing their inventories become heavier than before.
- Apart from the Agris Fever effect, the maximum Item Drop Amount increase effect applied when using items (stackable) that give Item Drop Amount increase effect was increased from 100% to 200%.
- For full details on the Agris Fever, including the Agris Fever points you need for monsters of each Monster Zone, please check out our official Wiki (Available in English only).

New Guild Missions
- Added the following guild missions.
- Added line breaks and color to the Guild Mission Objectives to facilitate their distinction.

The Byproducts you can obtain through Cooking or Alchemy have been updated.

Cooking and Alchemy Byproducts have been updated.

Cooking and Alchemy Byproducts are one of the first contents of Black Desert which reflect the game's philosophy that any content can lead to a character's growth. However, because of their huge variety, they used to occupy a lot of space in the message of items produced, and also affected your Inventory as well as its weight. Hence we have been considering narrowing down the variety of the byproducts while enhancing their concept as we tried to figure out the ways of improving the convenience of the game for our players. Now we are ready to show you the result of our efforts.
You will now obtain only one kind of byproduct with Cooking or Alchemy, instead of many. You can still exchange this new byproduct for an item that you wish as before. Also, with this change, you can now obtain all items at once, which will allow you to focus on what you want. We tried to keep the exchange ratio given that this "obtaining all at once" would be possible, but the level at which, for instance, Contribution could be exchanged for byproducts was already set very high, so we have unfortunately decreased this ratio. However, we will try to investigate the ways in which our players could enjoy Cooking and Alchemy contents more meaningfully, and continue with the updates.

You can randomly obtain "Witch's Delicacy" through Cooking.
You can randomly obtain "Mysterious Catalyst" through Alchemy.
Added some rewards that can be obtained when defeating the boss that appears in the Savage Rift.
- You can obtain a buff that recovers 5,000 of your Endurance for 30 sec when getting the rewards after having defeated the boss.

[h2]Mounts[/h2]

You can now use the Call Ship button on the top left side of the screen in the following way.
Staying on an elephant when leaving Guild Alliance will require you to log back into the game.

[h2]Class Changes[/h2]

[h3]Berserker[/h3]

Berserker will now look stronger in his Beast Form.
The main skill, Raging Thunder, will get super armor when in Beast Form. Also, the hotkeys for Prime: Raging Thunder, Prime: Beastly Wind Slash, and Prime: Frenzied Destroyer were adjusted since they overlapped.

The extra hit for Prime: Frenzied Destroyer will now be triggered as the character turns towards the direction of the camera.
The super armor effect will now be applied when using Prime: Raging Thunder while in Beast Form.
Added Critical Hit Rate +30% effect to Prime: Beast Form.
You can no longer activate Prime: Raging Thunder while using another succession skill when you have already pressed S.
You can no longer activate Prime: Beastly Wind Slash while using another succession skill when you have already pressed LMB.
You can now connect Prime: Beastly Wind Slash with Prime: Frenzied Destroyer more smoothly.
You can no longer activate Fierce Strike which is normally activated after using Prime: Frenzied Destroyer when you have already pressed S + LMB, after learning Prime: Final Strike.
You can no longer activate the last hit of Prime: Fierce Strike when you have already pressed S.
Removed the dispersed damage effect which would be applied on certain Main Weapon, Awakening, Succession skills.
Added a description about the dispersed damage effect to the following skills.
- Frenzied Destroyer
- Prime: Frenzied Destroyer
- Black Spirit: Raging Thunder
- Black Spirit: Prime: Raging Thunder

The Skill Add-ons will now be applied when you hit a target at a great distance by using Surging Tide V–Absolute or Prime: Surging Tide I–III.
The Absorb Heilang skill was changed as follows.
- 10 sec. of cooldown will be applied when using Absorb Heilang while you don't have Heilang.
- 5 min. and 30 sec. of cooldown will be applied when you use Absorb Heilang and succeed while you do have Heilang.

[h3]Ninja[/h3]

Removed the dispersed damage effect which would be applied on certain Main Weapon, Awakening, and Succession skills.
You can now hold RMB when using Drastic Measure when in Asura mode to maintain the charging stance.
Fixed the issue where Black Spirit: Drastic Measure couldn't be triggered when in Asura mode.

[h3]Kunoichi[/h3]

Kunoichi after succession is a character who can subdue her enemies by disrupting their sight with rapid movements and swift attacks.
However, some of her skills showed extremely high efficiency despite such class characteristics, hence we have decreased the PvP damage of certain skills including Black Spirit: Prime: Flash Slash.

The basic profile of the character's appearance was changed.
Removed the dispersed damage effect which would be applied on certain Main Weapon, Awakening, and Succession skills.
The stiffness effect that used to be applied for every hit when using Black Spirit: Flash Slash or Black Spirit: Prime: Flash Slash will now be applied to each attack's first and last hits only.
The PvP damage of Black Spirit: Prime: Flash Slash was decreased by 21%.
The PvP damage of Prime: Shadow Clone was decreased by 22%.
The super armor effect of Prime: Danse Macabre will now only be applied during attacks.
The forward moving distance of Ghost Step, which is increased when using Prime: Ninjutsu Mastery, was decreased by 30%.
Added a description about the dispersed damage effect which is applied on the following skills.
- Ninjutsu: Shadow Explosion
- Prime: Shadow Explosion

[h3]Dark Knight[/h3]

Removed the dispersed damage effect which would be applied on certain Main Weapon skills.

[h3]Mystic[/h3]

For Mystic after Succession, we have focused on expanding the use of certain skills and on decreasing the burden that the Martial Spirit Shard creates on your play. Based on our Mystic players' opinion that skills such as Prime: Hidden Claw, Prime: Fist Fury, etc., are underused, we have adjusted these skills so that they could be more useful when advancing or retreating. Also, we have decided to decrease the number of Martial Spirit Shard spent for Crouching Wolf to allow stronger combos, since the skill required too many shards when the process through which the character builds up and uses the Martial Spirit Shards by connecting the skills quickly is important for Mystic.

Crouching Wolf will be enhanced after succession.
You can use 10 Martial Spirit Shards to increase your attack speed by 20% for 10 sec. when using Succession: Crouching Wolf.
You can now activate Flow: Prey Hunt when you have 10 or more Martial Spirit Shards and activating it will consume only 10 shards.
The All DP Decrease effect of Prime: Hidden Claw will now be applied when moving backward or when hitting the target.
The knockback effect of Prime: Hidden Claw's last hit was changed to knockdown effect.
You can now use Prime: Hidden Claw in combo while or after using certain skills smoothly.
- While using Thunder Pound.
- While charging Wave Orb
- After using Roaring Tiger
- After using Rage Hammer
- After each hit of Fist Fury

The duration of the invincible effect which is applied during the backward movement of Prime: Hidden Claw was increased.
The backward movement distance of Prime: Fist Fury was increased and there will be no collision while moving backward.
When using Prime: Fist Fury while using the following skills will now activate the third hit in combo while advancing forward.
- Flash Step
- Sea Burial
- Wave Orb
- Roaring Tiger
- Thunder Pound
- After the backward movement of Hidden Claw

The knockdown effect that used to be applied on the last hit of Prime: Fist Fury was removed.
You can now press LMB after Prime: Sea Burial to use Flow: Landslide in combo.
You can now use Prime: Roaring Tiger in combo smoothly while using the following succession skills.
- Prime: Hidden Claw
- Prime: Fist Fury
- Prime:Thunder Pound
- Prime: Tornado Kick
- Prime: Soul Basher
- Prime: Somersault

You can now use other skills in combo smoothly after using Prime: Tornado Kick.
You can now use Prime: Wave Orb or Prime: Roaring Tiger in combo after using Binding.
You can now use Roaring Tiger in combo smoothly while using Flash Step.

[h3]Lahn[/h3]

Based on the various opinions of our players, we have upgraded the awakening of Lahn. Especially, there were many requests on improving her attack speed or attack range. So we have revised the left and right attack ranges of Bridled Despair and enhanced the connection to other skills after using Tailspin and Flow: Vice. In the case of Lahn after succession, we have decreased the PvP damage and the block effect (e.g. super armor) of her main skills. For now, Lahn after succession has the upper hand in various PvP situations thanks to her mobility and stability, so we have made adjustments to allow other characters to cope with her. However, some of the content that was released through the Global Lab two weeks ago was changed.

You can now use Deadly Dance in combo faster after the second hit of Tailspin.
You can now use Deadly Dance, Ultimate: Primrose Sprint, Bloody Stride, Soul Raid, or Eradication in combo faster after using Flow: Vice.
The attack speed of Eradication was increased.
The attack range of Bridled Despair was expanded laterally and its skill description was changed as follows.
- Damage increase while channeling skill 973% x2, Max 5 Hits →
- Damage increase while channeling skill 973% x1, Max 10 Hits

The hitting motion of Bleeding Hearts' pulling will now be connected more smoothly.
The activation of Blood Moon Twist by RMB during the second hit of Tailspin was removed and now you can press F in the same situation instead of RMB to activate Blood Moon Twist.
The super armor effect of Prime: Pendulum Cleaver was removed.
The PvP damage of Prime: Blade Dance was decreased by 28%.
The PvP damage of Prime: Crescent Barrage I, II, and III was decreased by 25%.
The PvP damage of Prime: Blooming Nether Flower I, II, III and IV was decreased by 23%.
The amount of Stamina spent for Prime: Phantom Dance was changed from 150 to 250.
The stiffness effect that is applied when hitting a target with Kick, Striding Slash or Standing Slash used in combo after Prime: Spring Breeze will now be applied in PvE only.
The movement of the mouse will now be limited while using the following skills.
- Prime: Blooming Nether Flower
- Prime: Spring Breeze
- Prime: Furious Chase
- Prime: Salp'uri Purge

Fixed the issue where you couldn't use a skill in combo when using Moondance, after learning Prime: Pendulum Cleaver.
No Stamina will be consumed when using the following skills while Prime: Crescent Charm's buff lasts.
- Nimbus Stride
- Primrose Sprint
- Prime: Primrose Sprint
- Prime: Phantom Dance

Fixed the description about the super armor effect of Prime: Crescent Barrage, Prime: Pendulum Kick, and Prime: Blooming Nether Flower.
Fixed the issue where the super armor effect was not applied in some hits when attacking with Prime: Blade Dance's Standing Slash, and added a skill description.

[h3]Guardian[/h3]

We improved skill combos for Guardian Succession.
Adventurers have especially pointed out that there was not much utility for the Prime: Axe Throw skill. After the first attack, there will now be a Forward Guard effect in order to provide stability to using the skill. Also, we focused on making combos feel more natural and smooth as you mix between using Succession skills and Main Weapon skills.

Added a Forward Guard effect during the first hit for the Prim: Axe Throw skill.
Increased the range for the left and right attacks for Prime: Beast Demolisher.
Increased the attack speed for the Black Blood's Descent and Rockslide skill.
Increased the speed of combos to the following skills after using the Prime: Beast Demolisher skill.
- Black Blood Circle I, II, III, and IV; Absolute: Black Blood Circle; Prime: Black Blood Circle I, II, III, and IV
- Boulder Crush I, II, and III; Absolute: Boulder Crush; Prime: Boulder Crush I, II, III, and IV
- Prime: Frigid Wind
- Black Blood's Descent I, II, III, and IV; Absolute: Black Blood's Descent

Prime: Axe Throw will now combo with other skills more smoothly.
Fixed the issue where you were unable to combo into the skills below after using Axe Throw I, II, and III, Absolute: Axe Throw, and Prime: Axe Throw.
- Omua's Objurgation I, II, III, IV, and V; Absolute: Omua's Objurgation
- Mutilation I, II, III, and IV; Absolute: Mutilation
- Torso Ripper I, II, III, and IV; Absolute: Torso Ripper

The combo to the Prime: Infernal Nemesis skill will now be more smooth after using the following skills.
- Prime: Axe Throw
- Prime: Black Blood Circle I, II, III, and IV (including Black Spirit skill)
- Black Blood Circle I, II, III, and IV; Absolute: Black Blood Circle (including Black Spirit skill)
- Black Blood's Descent I, II, III, and IV; Absolute: Black Blood's Descent

Fixed the issue where combos to the Prime: Mountain Slam skill would be slower than combos to Mountain Slam I, II, III, IV and Absolute: Mountain Slam after using certain skills.
The following skills were improved to combo more smoothly after using the Fierce Disdain skill.
- Prime: Infernal Nemesis
- Prime: Black Blood Circle I, II, III, IV

Fixed the issue where the motions before the 3rd hit for the Prime: Savage Hack skill was unnatural.

[h2]Item Changes[/h2]

You can now synthesize High-Quality Herb or Special Herb normally when crafting Tenacious Origin of Life with alchemy tools.
For details on newly added Pearl Shop Update, please click < Here >!

[h2]Monster Changes[/h2]

Changed the death action that is played when a Calpheon Shrine monster that appears during the Calpheon main quest "The Ritual" is killed.

[h2]Quests & Knowledge[/h2]

[h3]Quest[/h3]

The Valencia Guild Manager now takes multiple exchanges of [Guild] Clearance Requests.
Some strong words were changed in some of the Calpheon Main Quest titles and dialogues.
Fixed the issue where the quest dialogue for [Event] Popular Love Boat did not appear when clicking on the "Carefully dig out the flower." button.

[h3]Knowledge[/h3]

Knowledge for Dorin Morgrim of the Abandoned Mine was added.

[h2]Interface Changes[/h2]

Added space between hour and minute texts.
Dead/Destroyed or Hurt/Damaged Horses, Ships, and Wagons will be on the top of the list in the Stable and Wharf UI.
The mouse over stats info popup area at the bottom of the Equipment (I) window now matches the length of the text.
Fixed the Crow Coin and Loyalties to be displayed separately in the Inventory (I) window.
Tweaked the alignment of Silver and Crow Coin in the Inventory (I) window.
You can now check popup descriptions of Guild Skills via mouse over.
Added Guild Skill use related description at the bottom left of the Guild Skill UI.
Fixed the top right popup text for Durability and Weight notification to not overlap each other.
Fixed the location of the text to change as well when the Weight notification location is changed.
Fixed the issue where items with a Purchase Limit had an abnormal number displayed in the number input UI.
Shops with daily, weekly, and monthly Purchase Limits, such as Rebinia’s Shop, will now display Purchase Limit numbers in the number input UI when purchasing multiple items.
Fixed the issue where the Weight notification did not disappear after selling items in shops.
Fixed the issue where some Recurring Quest groups were not displayed in the Recurring Quest tab of the Quest UI.
Fixed the issue where the Looped Auto-path UI was displayed when you attempt navigation in the desert with a Navigation route already active.
Fixed the issue where Enhance and Durability buttons both seemed as selected during forced enhancement of Ultimate items.
Fixed the issue where the tutorial did not show again when you closed the tutorial during the Lakiaro Tutorial.
Move to and Navigate buttons of the Quest List and Quest Summary were fixed to synchronize.
Fixed the initial position of the Quest Summary window when set as Sticker UI.
Fixed the issue where Navigation sound was not played when below level 14.
Fixed the Extra Quest UI location to refresh after the Durability or Weight notification is turned on or off.
Changed the color of Mission Info, Forfeit Mission, Mission Complete buttons of the Guild Mission UI when you mouse over or click them.
The popup description for the Feed Pet button in the Pet List UI now has a description for how to obtain pet feed.
Fixed the issue in the Web Central Market where the notification for not having an active Value Pack was displayed during purchase or selling of items and where the Value Pack icon was not displayed even when you had Value Pack duration left.
When the My Info (P) and Mount Information window is open at the same time, pressing P will now close both windows.
Fixed the gear tooltip in the Item Reform window to display correct information.
Fixed the issue where the notification UIs overlapped when the Horse Gear Durability notification popped up while the Ship Equipment notification UI was on.
Fixed the issue where the Inventory Weight notification didn't get updated when the inventory weight changed after moving items via Wharf's Load Cargo.

[h2]Resolved Issues[/h2]

Fixed the text issue where [Event] 2020 Bundle in the Pearl Shop (F3) shows the wrong sale and discount period in the item’s tooltip. Please note the [Event] 2020 Bundle is sold until April 22nd (before maintenance).
Fixed the issue where the Rock Tree Stoneback Crab from the quest "[Event] Uninvited Guests! Pu!" sometimes did not come out of the ground during a battle.
Fixed the issue where sometimes you could not progress through the quest [Event] Uninvited Guests! Pu! even after having defeated the Moss Stoneback Crab summoned by the Rock Tree Stoneback Crab during the quest.
Fixed the issue where the following outfits looked unnatural when equipping them in certain situations.
- [Shai] Marigold Sunset Outfit
- [Mystic] Khamsin Outfit
- [Valkyrie] Griffith Outfit

Fixed the issue where the camera moved with mouse button clicks while placing furniture.
Fixed the issue where the character’s face seemed blurred when taking a portrait picture with anti-aliasing set to TAA.
Fixed the issue where the character seemed buried in the ground in certain areas of the Shady Tree Forest Path in Kamasylvia.
Fixed the issue where some rocks were floating in parts of Balenos Mountains and Lema Island.
Fixed the issue where you could mount allied guild elephants even with no active Node/Siege War.
Fixed the issue where the number of items consumed for recovery was displayed as 100 during Recover Max Dur. if the item was in a locked slot of the inventory.
[Kunoichi, Ninja] Fixed the issue where leveling up without learning Succession: Lament of Silence displayed abnormal obtained skill notification for certain Succession skills.
[Witch/Wizard] Fixed the issue where graphical effects for decreasing speed on enemies with Ritardando and Paralysis were not displayed.
Fixed the issue where clicking on an empty space while on Housing mode, when the Windows resolution and the game resolution did not match, caused the screen to move or to rotate.
Fixed the issue where the description about Siege Towers' production time and retrieval of the following items was incorrect.
- [Guild] Medium Siege Tower (Conquest War)
- [Guild] Large Siege Tower (Conquest War)
- [Guild] Medium Siege Tower Factory (Conquest War)
- [Guild] Large Siege Tower Factory (Conquest War)

[Shai] Fixed the abnormal actions the character performed when moving to the left or to the right while holding [Event] Ellie's Small Water Balloon.

[h2]Known Issues[/h2]

We are aware of the text issue where putting your mouse over the goals listed on Chapter 2 of Adventure Log: Book of Margahan would bring up the same text for all 3 quest objectives for the chapter. This text issue will be resolved with April 22nd maintenance.
We are aware of the issue where the Event tag is still showing on [Berserker] Tantu outfit set. The sale on this outfit has ended with this maintenance and the event tag will be removed with next maintenance. We apologize for the confusion.
We are aware of the text issue where [Event] 2020 Bundle in the Pearl Shop (F3) shows the item Inventory +1 Expansion Coupon x20 which is not included in the bundle in the tooltip. This text issue will be fixed shortly. We apologize for the confusion and inconvenience.
We are aware of the text issue where [Event] Epheria Marine Classic Set (F) and [Event] Epheria Marine Classic Set (M) displays Epheria Marine Underwear as a bonus item. The underwear is included in the bundle as a component, and this text issue will be fixed shortly. We apologize for the confusion and inconvenience.
We are aware of the issue where rewards for April Fools' 2020 may not have been delivered during today's maintenance. We are looking into this issue and will update you shortly.
We are aware of the issue where the Secret Book of Old Moon (7 Days) item included in the [Event] Booster Care Pack on Pearl Shop is activated automatically upon purchase of this pack. Therefore, we will send [Event] Secret Book of Old Moon (7days) x1 that can be activated whenever you want for those who purchased this pack between April 15 (after maintenance)–April 22 (before maintenance).

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

[Maintenance] Regular Maintenance April 15th 2020

Dear Players,

We will perform our weekly maintenance as follows:

[h3]Date: Wednesday, April 15th 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]

Finto’s Juice Challenge Event will start.
Agris Fever will be added.
New guild missions will be added.
The Byproducts you can obtain through Cooking or Alchemy will be updated.
Parts of Mystical Ellie's Water Festival 2020 will be extended to April 29 (before maintenance) and new fish will be available at Terrmian Beach.

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

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

Best regards,
BDO Team

Refer-a-Friend Promotion

Greeting Adventurers,

Starting today and for two weeks, you will be able to invite your friends to join Black Desert Online and earn rewards! All players will be able to share their Referral ID and receive a reward for each player that uses it and purchases a Game Pass. New players who use a Referral ID and buy the game will receive special rewards upon reaching in-game milestones!

Promotion Period: April 8th - April 22nd

[h3]Finding and using a Referral ID[/h3]

You can find your own Referral ID, as well as use someone else’s Referral ID at your Account page.

As Steam users, you will find the relevant page by clicking the 'Redeem' button in your ESC menu.

[h3]How do I use a Referral ID?[/h3]

You can use a Referral ID by going to your Account page and entering it in the “Referrer” input box found at the bottom of your Account Info. Press the “Confirm” button and you’re done!

Keep in mind that you can only use the “Referrer” input box within 7 days of your account registration. If you miss this timeframe, the input box will disappear.

Using a Referral ID does not prevent you from sharing your own - make sure to invite your friends and earn additional rewards too!

[h3]Where do I find my rewards?[/h3]

There are two types of rewards; “My Goals” rewards and “My Referrals” rewards which you can find at the Referrals page.

“My Goals” rewards are only available if you used a Referral ID as a recently registered player.

You can earn these rewards after reaching in-game milestones.
To see those rewards enabled, you will have to own a Game Pass.

“My Referrals” rewards are available to everyone, and are based on the amount of players that used your Referral ID.

While all players using your Referral ID will contribute towards your referral count, only those that buy a Game Pass will count towards the unlocking of your rewards.
Your first 4 rewards will be eligible for claiming only once.
For every new referral past your 4th (labeled as “+1”), you will receive an additional reward!
There is a limit of 100 “+1” rewards you can receive.

[h3]Event Notice[/h3]

Any exploit or abnormal ways of entering this promotion may result in the restriction of your account.
Promotion period and specs may change with future notice.

Patch Notes - April 8th 2020

Greetings Adventurers,

Remember the Abandoned Monastery where many of you experienced some of your first adventures in BDO? This zone has been updated with stronger monsters and you will be able to get a new earring from them, the Dawn Earring!

Mystical Ellie's Water Festival reopening with brand new Rock Tree Stoneback Crabs to defeat, and visit Clorince in Velia to learn about the goose that lays golden eggs. Participate in the new activities and earn new rewards in these festive events!

Do you want to know the rest of the details? As usual, you can read all the changes, fixes and new content below.

[h2]Event & System[/h2]

[h3]New Events[/h3]

Refer-a-Friend Promotion
- Period: April 8–April 22 (before maintenance)
- Invite your friends and earn rewards! New players that use your Referral ID after joining Black Desert Online will get special rewards upon reaching in-game milestones.
- Rewards for you! (The referrer)
- Rewards for your friend! (The person that used your code)
- Players that use your Referral ID will count towards your Total Referrals. Those that buy a Game Pass will contribute towards your rewards unlocking!
  - After your 4th completed referral, you will receive [Event] Shakatu’s Rarity Box x1 for each new player you refer.
- Check out the details of the promotion < Here >.
- Refer a friend today on Steam by pressing "Redeem" on the main menu of the game. This will open a Steam windows with your referal code.

Mystical Ellie’s Water Festival 2020
- Period: April 8 (after maintenance)–April 22 (before maintenance)
- Splash into this year’s water Festival where new events and big rewards await.
  - Event 1: Ellie’s Water Festival: Enjoy the festive quests and event pop a Splashy Water Balloon.
  - Event 2: Traces of a Festival: Collect [Event] Traces of a Festival items and exchange them with Haro.
  - Event 3: Uninvited Guests!: Brand new event is here for this year’s water festival where you have to defeat Rock Tree Stoneback Crabs and get rewards such as Caphras Stones, Memory Fragments, and [Event] Rock Tree Stoneback Crab Fragments.
  - Event 4: Flower Boat: Complete a quest to get Springtide Rowboat Decorations.
- Click < Here > for full details on this spring water festival!

The Golden Goose
- Period: April 8 (after maintenance)–April 22 (before maintenance)
- Visit Clorince in Velia during this festive season to learn about the goose that lays golden eggs and obtain new items like [Event] Flondor Golden Goose Egg that gives Combat EXP +300% and Skill EXP +100% for 60 min.!
- Click < Here > to learn about the golden opportunity in detail.

Spring Playtime Challenge
- Period: April 9 (00:00 UTC)–April 22 (23:59 UTC)
- Play daily and get the below rewards via the Challenge tab (Y) based on your accumulated playtime during the event period. The rewards stack, so if you play 180 minutes in a single day you will get all the available rewards for that day!
  - Play 30 min: Contribution EXP 50, and Choose 1 from: Black Stone (Weapon) x10 or Black Stone (Armor) x10
  - Play 60 min: Contribution EXP 50, and choose 1 from: Sharp Black Crystal Shard x2 or Hard Black Crystal Shard x2
  - Play 90 min: Cron Stone x5
  - Play 120 min: [Event] Artisan's Memory x1
  - Play180 min: [Event] Golden Seal of Panto x2

[h3]Ongoing Events[/h3]

Illness Debuff Removal: Until further notice
Find Your Oasis: Until further notice
- Get Boss Summon Scrolls
- Visit Ellie’s Shop
- Oasis Dream Chest

[h3]Ended Events][/h3]

Fortune Teller
April Fools’ 2020
- Event 1: Liar Liar: Available until April 8 (23:59 UTC)!
- Event 2: Fool’s Gold

A Knightly Pursuit: Available until April 8 (23:59UTC)!
[Charity Event] Save the Wildlife
Find Your Oasis
- Event 1: Hot Time - Drop Rate Boosts

Spring Has Sprung
Spring Screenshot Contest
- Submission Date (Post on your SNS!): Available until April 8 (23:59 UTC)!
- Staff’s Pick: April 9–April 10
- Winner’s Announcement: April 11(Friday)
- Reward distribution: April 15 maintenance

[h3]Reward Distribution[/h3]

[Web Event] A Shift in the Dark Rift
- The special title ‘Fourth Time's the Charm’ for those who participated in the web event 20 days has been sent via in-game mail. Please check the title from My Information > Title tab directly.

[Charity Event] Save the Wildlife
- In-game title ‘Angel’ has been sent to Top 10 donators of EU and NA. Please check the title from My Information > Title tab directly.
- In-game title ‘Wingless Angel’ has been sent to all participants who obtained at least one [Event] Helping Hand Token. Please check the title from My Information > Title tab directly. Thank you all for donating to a valuable cause.

[h3]Content[/h3]

A new item, Dawn Earring, has been added. You can obtain Dawn Earring by combining the new item, Dawn's Resentment.
- You can obtain Dawn's Resentment and Dawn Earring from the Calpheon Shadow Knights of Abandoned Monastery at a low chance.
- Place Dawn's Resentment at the center of your inventory, Mark of Shadow above and below Dawn's Resentment, and Shrine Guardian Token on the sides of Dawn's Resentment, then combine to obtain Dawn Earring.

The Calpheon Shadow Knights of Abandoned Monastery have become stronger due to Kzarka's power.
- The recommended AP of the monsters from certain parts of Abandoned Monastery was updated to 280.
- The monsters that have become stronger have the title of .
- When you defeat these monsters, up to 2 players can obtain their rewards and obtain Dawn Earring at a low chance.
- The new monsters of Abandoned Monastery and the existing monsters share the same knowledge.

When you gather 5 Dawn's Grudges which are generated by defeating the monsters of Abandoned Monastery (Restricted Territory), a message will be displayed in the relevant server and Specter of Belmorn will appear.
- It will take between 2 to 10 min for the Dawn's Grudge to be materialized into Specter of Belmorn.
- The generated Dawn's Grudge will not disappear even after a certain amount of time passes.
- No Dawn's Grudge will be generated while Specter of Belmorn is present.
- Please be careful since death penalty will be applied if Specter of Belmorn kills you.

Increased the chance you will obtain Brilliant Rock Salt Ingot or Brilliant Pearl Shard at Invernen Island or Marka Island.
You can now remote collect guild mount by selecting the Guild Mount Location icon from the World Map (M).
Fixed the issue where your Karma decreased when collecting a guild mount from the World Map (M).
Fixed the issue where you couldn't install barricades for each Conquest/Node level after installing an Indomitable Flag.

[h3]System[/h3]

Optimized the following Notification UI that pops up on the top right of the screen.
- You got better gear!
- Inventory Weight Limit at 90% or higher
- Gear Durability below 10

To provide you with a better playing environment, we’ve been working on optimization tasks for various systems and contents. Most will not directly affect your gameplay in general, but we realize some, like the change in Inventory sorting we implemented last week, could result in confusion.
We will do our utmost to prevent such incidents from happening again and will be sure to notify you before the changes are made.

[h2]Mounts[/h2]

Added “Cabin” skill for Epheria Carrack.
- Press Shift + E while the ship is docked and your character is on the wheel to open and close the Cabin door.
- Cabin door will close automatically when you set sail or you get back on the wheel of the ship.
- Details of the skill can be viewed in the Mount Information window.
  - With the addition of this skill, all existing Epheria Carracks you own will automatically have the Cabin skill acquired.

Notification message for Exchange Horse was changed.

[h2]Class Changes[/h2]

[h3]All Classes[/h3]

Just like last week, we adjusted the balance of some classes with today's update. The main points of this update are as follows.

[h3]Witch/Wizard[/h3]

Removed the dispersed damage effect which would be applied on certain Main Weapon, Succession, and Awakening skills.
Added a description about the dispersed damage effect to Blizzard, Ultimate: Blizzard, and Prime: Blizzard: Storm skill descriptions.
Changed the description about the dispersed damage effect for Lightning Chain.
The extra hit range and the first hit range of Prime: Earth Arrow will now be the same.
Adjusted the damage of Magic Arrow I and II as follows.
Fixed the issue where character collision was applied when casting Prime: Earthquake: Evade fast.
Fixed the issue where the description about character collision was not included in Prime: Earthquake: Evade skill description.

[h3]Warrior[/h3]

In the case of Warrior, we have increased the damage of Reckless Blow and improved the action of Head Chase. Though the damage of Reckless Blow itself has decreased, its number of hits has increased and therefore, you will now be able to clearly perceive the damage you are causing after charging. For Head Chase, we have removed the combo which only certain players used to use (the cancelling combo whereby you press Q during Head Chase) and improved the skill action so that the skill can be activated more smoothly without necessarily having to employ the removed combo.

Adjusted the damage and the number of hits of Reckless Blow.
The Flow: Ankle Break's Critical Hit Rate adjustment effect will now also be applied in PvP.
Fixed the issue where the character moved awkwardly when using Q during Head Chase and changed Head Chase's movement to be smoother.
You can no longer use Evasion when your character's weight is over 125%.
Removed the dispersed damage effect which would be applied on certain Succession and Main Weapon skills.

[h3]Ranger[/h3]

In the case of Ranger, we have equally focused on the efficiency of her awakening skills. We have expanded their efficiency by adjusting the cooldown of the skills that used to be comparatively long. We have changed the air smash effect of Flow: Disillusion to down smash effect, creating the possibility of combo and therefore allowing the use of the down smash effect of Flow: Rooting and other skills. We are continuously investigating to improve the combo and the efficiency of Ranger's awakening skills.

Changed Flow: Disillusion's Air Smash effect to Down Smash effect.
Regeneration's cooldown decreased from 25 sec. to 18 sec.
Regeneration's accuracy rate increased from 5% to 10%.
Adjusted the cooldown of Nature’s Tremble.
You can now use Flow: Rooting in a combo by pressing LMB after using Vine Knot.
Removed the dispersed damage effect which would be applied on certain Main Weapon skills.
Added a description about the dispersed damage effect to Tearing Arrow, Blasting Gust, Ultimate: Blasting Gust and Tearing Shot skill descriptions.

[h3]Sorceress[/h3]

You can now use Violation in a combo after using Flow: Rushing Crow more smoothly.
Increased Turn-back Slash and Violation's accuracy rates as follows.
Changed the icon for All AP Up buff you get when absorbing a shard.

[h3]Berserker[/h3]

Fixed the issue where the damage was not applied to the target when using Beastly Wind Slash I–IV while in Beast Form.

[h3]Tamer[/h3]

The summon duration of Heilang increased from 30 min. to 60 min.
Fixed the issue where the summoning of Heilang would be cancelled while in shallow water.

[h3]Witch[/h3]

Witch is characterized by her being able to quickly cast a skill when using this skill in a combo after Magical Evasion while in Succession mode. So we have tried to highlight more than before the peculiarity of Magical Evasion, which works as a fundamental skill for surviving and comboing skills. Now, your character will momentarily disappear from sight when using Magical Evasion.

Increased the moving distance for when you use Succession: Magical Evasion for the first time and changed its animation effect.
- However, these changes do not apply during cooldown.

Added a description about the dispersed damage effect to Detonative Flow skill description.

[h3]Wizard[/h3]

In the case of Wizard, we received many opinions pointing out the inconvenience of having no skill that would allow transitioning from Main Weapon mode to Awakening Weapon mode. Hence we have enabled the transitioning from Main Weapon mode to Awakening Weapon mode by using Hellfire and improved the combos that are activated after using Water Sphere or Flow: Aqua Bomb. Additionally, you can now use Evasion or Teleport while using a skill.

We hope the uniqueness and the charm of both Wizard and Witch become clearer and will keep investigating the many ways to achieve this.

You can now transition from Main Weapon mode to Awakening Weapon mode by using Hellfire.
Chilling Wave's casting speed increased.
You can now use Evasion or Teleport while using Chilling Wave.
You can now use a skill in a combo after using Water Sphere or Flow: Aqua Bomb faster.
Added a description about the dispersed damage effect to Water Sphere, Flow: Aqua Bomb, and Black Spirit: Water Sphere skill descriptions.

[h3]Maehwa[/h3]

In the case of Maehwa, we have fixed the attack range of some of her awakening skills and tried to increase their efficiency as well. Some of Maehwa's awakening skills consist of moving forward to attack and we have adjusted the attack range of these skills to be broader for better ease of use. You will now also be able to combo with Sleet Steps during charging of Petal Bloom.

Moved the attack range of Petal Drill and Petal Bloom to the front.
The attack range of Flow: December will now be the same as that of Petal Drill.
You can now activate Petal Bloom instantly without charging during General Apricot.
You can now maintain Petal Bloom's charging mode for a certain period of time.
You can now use Sleet Steps when Petal Bloom is done charging.
- You can now attack instantly without charging when using Sleet Steps.

Petal Drill will now be activated more smoothly when Chasing while in Awakening mode.
Changed the PvE damage of Petal Drill as below.
Changed the PvE damage of Frost Pillars as below.
Fixed the issue where Forward Guard was not applied during charging of Petal Bloom when used after certain skills.

[h3]Ninja[/h3]

As for Ninja, we have focused on the convenience to defeat monsters and improvement in speed. Accordingly, we have increased the damage of certain skills, refined the connection between skills and made a change so that Drastic Measure becomes stronger when in Asura mode.

Increased the PvE damage of Sura ChaoSpree as below.
You can now combo into Ghost Step, Ninja Step, Murderous Intent, Serpent Ascension, and Flow: Execution during Sura ChaoSpree.
You can now use Flow: Execution during Serpent Ascension.
Increased the PvE damage of Vacuum Slash as below.
Drastic Measure used during Asura will not require charging and will be used instantly.
- Charge damage and Super Armor applied when used as above.

Sudden Decapitation used in normal stance will trigger second and third hits faster than before.
Fixed the issue where Bound was applied to each hit when Drastic Measure was used without charging.
You can now use Murderous Intent by holding W after using Ninja Step.

[h3]Dark Knight[/h3]

As for Dark Knight, we have equally focused on her awakening. First of all, we have made changes so that Air Strike could activate the same effect when in Succession and in Awakening modes. The bound effect that used to be applied on extra hits when using Main Weapon Air Strike will now be triggered only when the floating effect of the first hit has not been applied. Other than this, we have considered your opinions and made improvements that would allow you to use skills such as Grip of Grudge, Cluster of Despair, Trap of Vedir, etc., which were not used as frequently as the other skills, in a more varied situation.

Bound effect triggered by extra hits from Air Strike I, II, III, and Absolute: Air Strike will now only be triggered when Floating is not in effect from their first hits.
Attack time and combo action after Trap of Vedir will now be faster than before.
Cluster of Despair used after the following skills will now be comboed faster than before.
- Twilight Dash
- Spirit Hunt I. II, III
- Smoky Haze I, II, III
- Trap of Vedir

Fixed the issue where consecutive use of Chain: Dusk in the air had unnatural actions.
Max hit range and skill trigger speed were increased for Grip of Grudge.

[h3]Striker[/h3]

For Striker, we have tried to improve the actions involved in his Succession which were not fast enough. Discharge Energy will now be triggered more smoothly when connecting Crimson Fang and Flow: Bombardment, so you will be able to choose freely between the two options that Crimson Fang combo provides, depending on the situation. Also, your attack will now hit the target you have aimed at when using Prime: Wolf's Fang.

We are always studying and testing the game in order to make it better based on your opinions. We will do our best to bring a result that would satisfy all our players.

LMB + RMB after Flash Step will now trigger Roaring Tiger.
You can now combo the following skills into Mass Destruction and Silent Step before Discharge Energy hits.
- Succession: Ankle Hook
- Succession: Martial Deva
- Succession: Flow: Savage Fang
- Succession: Combo: Final Blow
- Succession: Flow: Bombardment
- Prime: Roaring Tiger

You can now combo Prime: Wolf's Hunger triggered by spending Martial Spirit into Mass Destruction and Silent Step before Discharge Energy hits.
Prime: Wolf's Fang now attacks the targeted enemy.
- With this change, attack range was decreased and Forward Push Hit was removed.
- Cooldown was also increased from 8 sec. to 13 sec.

Shift + RMB after Flash Step will not trigger Crimson Fang.
Prime: Wolf's Hunger after Prime: Knee Hammer will now be smoother in transition.
Prime: Roaring Tiger used during the following skills will now have a shorter travel distance.
- Prime: Fist Fury
- Succession: Flow: Bombardment
- Prime: Rampaging Predator
- Succession: Combo: Final Blow
- Succession: Martial Deva

Improved the slow effect on your character when hitting enemies with Flow: Deathstrike and Succession: Flow: Bombardment.
The Discharge Energy of Succession: Flow: Bombardment will now be triggered more smoothly.
Fixed the issue where shifting from Main Weapon mode to Awakening via Rampaging Predator did not allow combos into other Awakening skills.

[h3]Archer[/h3]

Improved the issue where Super Armor sometimes disappeared when using other combo skills after Glide.