Black Desert News

Greetings Adventurers,

Time for the Sorceress and the Berserker to shine! The double-axes master and the dark magic expert receive their succession this week, and to celebrate that, we continue the Succession of Events. Talking about events, Winter Wonderland is also starting this week which is a good occasion for you to get some cool rewards!

And don’t forget to visit the Ancient Stone Chamber, a mysterious axe seems to have been discovered there.

More updates to discover about this week's patch notes below:


[H2]Event & System[/h2]

New Events

• Winter Wonderland
  
  • Event 1: Let it Snow
    
    • Period: January 9 (00:00 UTC)–January 29 (23:59 UTC)
      
    • Collect [Event] Snowflakes just by playing the game via Challenges tab and exchange them for cool rewards.
      
  • Event 2: DIY Snowman
    
    • January 8 (after maintenance)–January 22 (before maintenance)
      
    • Defeat monsters, fish, and gather event items and process them to get [Event] Winter Snowman that can be opened for awesome rewards.
      
    • Click < Here > for full details on the event!
      

• Grab the Mysterious Axe
  
  • Period: January 8 (after maintenance)–January 22 (before maintenance)
    
  • Check out the mysterious axe in Ancient Stone Chamber, consume energy and get Item Drop Rate +20% boost!
    
  • Click < Here > for full details!
    

• Loyal Attendance Reward Refreshed
  
  • Period: January 9 (00:00 UTC)–February 12 (23:59 UTC)
    
  • Check attendance daily to get rewards including Extra Skill EXP scrolls, Fine Accessory Box, Valk’s Cry, and more!
    
  • Click < Here > to see the attendance rewards.
    

• Succession of Events: Berserker and Sorceress
  
  • Period: January 8 (after maintenance)–January 29 (before maintenance)
    
  • Adventurers who reach a certain level with their Berserker and Sorceress characters during the event period can obtain rewards below via the Challenge tab (Y)!
    
  • Click < Here > for full details!
    

Ongoing Events

• Pre-registration for Guardian!: December 24–January 22, 2020 (before maintenance)
  
  • Pre-register from the website < Here >

• New Year's Surprise
  
  • Event 2: New Year’s Attendance: January 1 (00:00 UTC)–January 15 (23:59 UTC)
    
  • Event 3: 2020 Fever Time!: January 1st (09:00 UTC)–Until further notice
    

• Succession of Events, Part 4 (Kunoichi & Ninja): December 24 (after maintenance)–January 15, 2020 (before maintenance)
  
  
• Succession Slow-Mo Contest
  
  • Duration: December 6–January 12, 2020at 11:59pm PST
    
  • Community Voting: January 15–January 19
    
  • Winner’s Announcement: January 20
    
  • Rules are now updated! You can now participate with your Berserker and Sorceress!
    
  • Click < Here > to see how you can participate to win Succession outfits and more!
    

Ended Events

• Thank You for 2019!
  
  • Event 1: Item Drop Rate +50%
    
  • Event 2: Boss Drop Boost
    
  • Event 3: Auto-fishing Event
    

• Piku is back!
  
• Xmas Surprise
  
• New Year Gift
  
• Succession of Events, Part 3
  

Reward Distribution

• Dirty Santa Christmas Party
  
  • Thank you for your valuable feedback. All rewards have been sent out to the winners and participants to the very first, feedback library event.
    
  • Be sure to check our official Forums > General Discussion section to take polls, share your feedback, and more!
    

Content

• Changed the number of Sea Coin Coupons required for the following item when exchanging with Ravinia
  
  • Manos Accessories
    

• Added the new Refresh Barter Information function.
  
  • Added refresh buttons in the barter information UI.
    
  • Barter Refresh has 3 types; Regular Refresh, Instant Refresh, and Reduce Refresh Cooldown.
    
  • Regular Refresh: Uses 1 barter refresh count to immediately refresh the list.
    
  • Instant Refresh: Ignores the remaining cooldown and refreshes the list immediately by consuming 2 barter refresh counts.
    
  • Reduce Refresh Cooldown: You can use all the parley you have remaining to reduce the cooldown of the regular barter refresh.
    

• 10,000 Parley reduces the cooldown by 1 minute. You can consume up to 50,000 Parley each time.
  
  • You cannot choose the amount of time to reduce when you press the Reduce Refresh Cooldown button.
    

Dev Comment

Barter refresh is now divided into 3 types.

The first is Regular Refresh. This is the same as the previous refresh where you use 1 barter refresh count every 4 hours to refresh the list. When you can use Regular Refresh after 4 hours, a message will indicate that it is available for use.

The next is Instant Refresh for you to use when regular refresh is still in cooldown but you have enough barter refresh counts. This will refresh your barter list immediately regardless of cooldown time left. Use it when you want to see new items in a hurry, but remember that it will consume 2 barter refresh counts.

The last is Reduce Refresh Cooldown. This is for when you have refresh cooldown, used up Instant Refresh, and don't have enough barter refresh counts left.

Each time you press the Reduce Refresh Cooldown button, you consume 50,000 Parley to reduce 5 minutes off your cooldown.

This is a fixed value, so if you want to reduce cooldown by 20 minutes, you have to press the button 4 times.

When you have Parley below 50,000, Reduce Refresh Cooldown will consume all the Parley you have left and reduce the amount of cooldown left depending on how much was consumed. For example, if you had 38,000 Parley left and press the button, all of your Parley will be consumed and your cooldown will be reduced by 3 minutes and 48 seconds.

• Chance to find Barter Support Box from island exploration was reduced by 35%.
  
  
• More barter items were added to certain islands available for barter.
  
  • Barter information will have more variety compared to the previous static list.
    

• Greatly increased the chance for Special Barters to occur.
  
  • Rates were adjusted to reflect upon newly added barter information.
    
  • Barter information obtainable from existing Special Barters were maintained.
    

• As announced with the Global Lab Dec 26 maintenance, Barter Information List and Parley were reset due to changes in the Barter system.
  
  • Please note that Special Barter Information was maintained.
    

• Delivery Gift Box will not be given as rewards for Imperial Cooking Delivery and Imperial Alchemy Delivery.
  

Dev Comment

Originally, the gift boxes were given to ease your next delivery by providing you with some ingredients required to make more deliveries.

However, with changes to the difficulties of making these deliveries, more gift boxes were collected than intended, which in turn affected the games economy. Hence, we decided to delete the gift boxes.

We are preparing a different method to reward you for making the deliveries. We hope to bring you news of this soon.

• Pets can now collect items when perched on your shoulder.
  

System

• Added an option for auto routes to have a more streamlined movement.
  
  • This can be set in Settings -> General Settings -> Misc.
    
  • Choose ‘Smooth’ under Navigation Path Setting for a streamlined movement.
    

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▲ With ‘Basic’ Navigation Path Setting

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▲ With ‘Smooth’ Navigation Path Setting

• Fixed the issue where the Razer LED keyboard animation did not work depending on LED options.
  
  
• Razer keyboard animation will now immediately apply LED keyboard option changes.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the game shutdown when the Razer keyboards LED option is toggled.
  
  
• Now you can search adventurers through the Mysterious Man with banned words within their character names.
  

[h2]Game World, NPC & Effects[/h2]

Game World

• Fixed the issue where some buildings in Altinova were clipping into each other.
  

[h2]Mounts[/h2]

• Added an effect for large ships able to use Volley to determine the distance of cannon fire.
  
  
  
• Decreased the max cannon fire distance of large ships able to use Volley by 8%.
  
  • The following large ships are able to use Volley.
    
    • Improved Epheria Sailboat, Improved Epheria Frigate, Epheria Caravel, Epheria Galleass, Epheria Carrack (Advance, Balance, Volante, Valor)
      

• You can now determine the distance when using the Monsterbane Cannons used during the battle against Khan, the
  
  
• Fixed the canon cooldown reset UI of Improved Epheria Sailboat, Improved Epheria Frigate, Epheria Caravel, and Epheria Galleass to be the same as the Epheria Carrack.
  
  • This does not change the actual canon cooldown.
    

• Fixed the canon cooldown description in the large ship upgrade information text to match the actual canon reload cooldown.
  
  ※ Please note there are no changes to actual reload speeds.
  

[h2]Class Changes[/h2]

Warrior

• Fixed the text in the description of Prime: Scars of Dusk, Prime: Spinning Slash, and Black Spirit: Prime: Spinning Slash.
  

Sorceress

• Added the "Succession" content.
  
  • After Awakening the Sorceress, accept the quest "[Sorceress Succession] The Choice" from the Black Spirit to start the Succession quest series.
    
  • You will learn the skill "Succession: Abyssal Contract" which will allow you to learn more powerful Amulet and Talisman skills.
    
  • You will no longer be able to use your Scythe skills.
    
  • Added the "Succession" tab to the Skill window. The skills in this tab are affected by the AP of both Main and Awakening Weapons.
    
  • You will be able to learn and use skills in both the "Main" and "Succession" tabs. However, if there is both an "Absolute" and "Succession" versions of the same skill, you must choose as you cannot use both versions of the skill.
    
  • To learn certain Succession skills, you will first need to learn the preceding skills from the "Main" tab first.
    
  • After completing the Succession quests and learning the skill "Succession: Abyssal Contract," you can go back and forth between Succession and Awakening skills by resetting your skills.
    
  • To go from using Succession to Awakening skills, you need to reset your skills to unlearn "Succession: Abyssal Contract."
    
  • To go from using Awakening to Succession skills, you need to reset your skills and relearn "Succession: Abyssal Contract."
    

Berserker

• Added the "Succession" content.
  
  • After Awakening the Berserker, accept the quest "[Berserker Succession] The Valor" from the Black Spirit to start the Succession quest series.
    
  • You will learn the skill "Succession: Feral Roar" which will allow you to learn more powerful Axe skills.
    
  • You will no longer be able to use your Iron Buster skills.
    
  • Added the "Succession" tab to the Skill window. The skills in this tab are affected by the AP of both Main and Awakening Weapons.
    
  • You will be able to learn and use skills in both the "Main" and "Succession" tabs. However, if there is both an "Absolute" and "Succession" versions of the same skill, you must choose as you cannot use both versions of the skill.To learn certain Succession skills, you will first need to learn the preceding skills from the "Main" tab first.
    
  • After completing the Succession quests and learning the skill "Succession: Feral Roar," you can go back and forth between Succession and Awakening skills by resetting your skills.
    
  • To go from using Succession to Awakening skills, you need to reset your skills to unlearn "Succession: Feral Roar."
    
  • To go from using Awakening to Succession skills, you need to reset your skills and relearn "Succession: Feral Roar."
    

Tamer

• Fixed the issue where MP was not properly consumed when using Prime: Roaring and Prime: Void Lightning during horseback combat while on cooldown.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where you could continue to rise into the air when using Prime: Throat Burn repeatedly from quick slot.
  

Valkyrie

• Fixed the issue where SP was not properly consumed when using Prime: Shield Throw during horseback combat while on cooldown.
  

Musa

• Fixed the issue where, after Succession, the Serene Mind buff was not sometimes consumed when using skills that should.
  

Ninja

• Air Attack is now applied up to 2 hits when Prime: Red Rain successfully lifts the enemy.
  
  
• Prime: Dark Frenzy now damages enemies close to the Ninja as well.
  

Kunoichi

• Added description to [Ninjutsu: Ghost], [Ninjutsu: Soul], and [Ninjutsu: Spirit] with their buff names and skills required to trigger them; [Prime: Shadow Stomp], [Prime: Shadow Clone], and [Prime: Shadow Explosion].
  
  
• Fixed the knockdown from [Release: Ghost + Soul + Spirit] by using [Succession: Kunai Throw] to activate when the kunai actually hits the target.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where using Ankle Cutter and Crescent Slash during [Succession: Ghost Step] triggered Ghost Greeting.
  
  
• Added the following description to [Prime: Danse Macabre]
  
  • Aiming will increase movement distance.
    

• Changed the key for [Succession: Block Jump] used after [Succession: Ghost Step] from Q to Shift+Q.
  
  
• Changed the buff effect of [Prime: Ninjutsu Commence] as below.
  
  • Before
    
    • All AP +30 for 30 sec.
      
    • Attack Speed +20% for 30 sec.
      
    • Melee Accuracy Rate +15% for 30 sec.
      
    • Critical Hit Rate +24% for 30 sec.
      
    • All Evasion +15% for 30 sec.
      
  • After
    
    • All AP +20 for 30 sec.
      
    • Attack Speed +20% for 30 sec.
      
    • Melee Accuracy Rate +15% for 30 sec.
      
    • Critical Hit Rate +24% for 30 sec.
      

[h2]Item Changes[/h2]

• Increased the Max Price limit of defense gears at the Central Market due to higher demands.
  
  
  
• Due to the increase in defense gear prices, the below items will no longer be sold by defense gear merchants.
  
  
• Items purchasable via Amity are still available for purchase
  
  
• Max Durability recovery amount from Artisan's Memory and [Event] Artisan's Memory was increased from 4 times to 5 times.
  
  • Descriptions of Memory Fragment was changed to reflect this update.
    

• Additional Damage to Humans was changed to Extra Damage to All Species for Dandelion Awakening Weapons, Dragon Slayer Awakening Weapons, Ramone's Awakening Weapons, and Arsha's Awakening Weapons.
  
  
• The Extra Damage to All Species damage was changed as below per enhancement level.
  
  • Arsha's Awakening Weapon and Ramone's Awakening Weapon are for Trial characters only.
    

• Changed the store sell price of the following designs to be the same.
  
  • Design: Delphe Knight Armor: 5,000 Silver
    
  • Design: Edan's Travel Wear, Orwen's Travel Wear: 2,000 Silver
    

• Duration information was added to the description of J's Special Scroll.
  
  
• As announced on December 30, the following items were discontinued from the Pearl Shop.
  
  • Sealed Book of Combat (15 Days)
    
  • Sealed Book of Life (15 Days)
    
  • Cliff's Skill Add-on Guide (30 Days)
    
  • Armstrong's Skill Guide (1 Day)
    
  • Armstrong's Skill Guide (30 Days)
    

• Added the new Secret Book of Old Moon.
  

Dev Comment

The new Secret Book of Old Moon is a new item with all the effects you need to comfortably play the game.

Previously you had to purchase Book of Combat, Book of Skill, Armstrong’s Skill Guide, and others separately, but now you can receive a more variety of effects for the same price.

You can use the item to receive the usual increase in combat and skill EXP, while being able to change skills and skill add-ons, and be able to receive villa buffs at campsites without purchasing villa coupons. And you also receive more stable and wharf slots.

EXP increase from the Secret Book of Old Moon stacks with previously purchased Book of Combat and other similar effects.

Q. Does the EXP increase effect from the Secret Book of Old Moon stack with other similar effects?
A. Yes, it stacks with Book of Combat and Skill, and other EXP increase effects.

Q. Can I use the Secret Book of Old Moon while Armstrong’s Skill Guide and others are in effect?
A. You can and both effects will be active, but if they are included in the effects of the Secret Book of Old Moon, we recommend you use them separately.

Q. Can I use the Secret Book of Old Moon Book and Value Pack together?
A. Yes and EXP increase effects from both will stack.

• With the release of the Secret Book of Old Moon, Secret Book of Old Moon (7 Days) has been applied to all adventurers with this week's maintenance.
  
  
• Added Shakatu's Shiny Box to the Pearl Shop (F3), available for purchase with Silver.
  
  
• The weight of reward boxes from Savage Rift was decreased to 0.1LT
  
  
• For details on newly added Pearl Shop Update, please click < Here >!
  

[h2]Monster Changes[/h2]

• Changed the location of wolves on the route to Olvia Port.
  

[h2]Quests & Knowledge[/h2]

Quest

• Fixed the typo in the description of the "Need Fresh Milk!" quest.
  
  
• Ravinia at Crow's Nest now exchanges items for upgrade materials.
  
  • Added quests [Ship Upgrade] Ravinia's Favor I & II.
    
  • You can now exchange Brilliant Rock Salt Ingot x1 and Sea Coin Coupon x20 for Brilliant Pearl Shard x1.
    
  • You can now exchange Brilliant Pearl Shard x1 and Sea Coin Coupon x20 for Brilliant Rock Salt Ingot x1.
    

• Added another option for crossroad quest after the "Grusha, the Scout" quest within the main Balenos quest line.
  
  • After the Grusha, the Scout quest, you can now choose between [Crossroad] Goblins at the Ruins, [Crossroad] About Goblins, and [Crossroad] The Untold Truth About Giath.
    
  • You can see how Giath became a monster through the [Crossroad] The Untold Truth About Giath quest dialogue and knowledge.
    

• Succession Quests can be checked in the Suggested Quest tab in the Quest List (O).
  
  
• Corrected the quest descriptions for "To Weita Island" and "To Arakil Island".
  
  
• Removed text from Cooking and Medicine boxes knowledge saying you can receive reward boxes from Imperial Delivery.
  

[h2]Interface Changes[/h2]

• Updated the following UIs.
  
  • Cooking
    
  • Alchemy
    
  • Processing (L)
    

• Fixed the arrow image in the Barter UI.
  
  
• Fixed the system message displayed when connecting a horse with inventory items to a wagon.
  
  
• Empty slots in the Quick Hotkey Settings is now displayed as "Press to Set".
  
  • Press the "Press to Set" button to pop up a keyboard window for setting hotkeys.
    
  • The desired key selected in the keyboard window can also be used in combination with the Alt key. (e.g. If Q is selected, you can use Alt+Q as well)
    

• Added a message indicating a Special Barter, which is displayed at the top center of the screen.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where pressing the Max LT button at NPC stores displayed the Max Silver amount instead.
  
  
• You can now select Combat Focus Mode from Interface Edit Mode.
  
  • Added Disable Mode button. Press this button to apply the interface set before the Combat Focus Mode was applied.
    

• Added recommended icon to Chat Groups where you can use the recommend function (Lunar Halo Inn, Dancing Marlin Tavern).
  
  • Pressing a player's family/character name will pop up a button for recommendation.
    
  • Of the top 100 players who received the most recommends, ranks 1–10 receives a gold icon, ranks 11–50 silver, and ranks 51–100 will receive bronze icons.
    
  • These icons will be reset at 00:00 UTC.
    

• Fixed the issue where the menu button was displayed when you press your family/character name in Chat Groups.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the minimap location changed when you level up after changing the UI size.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the level up pop up location changed when you change the UI size while the level up pop up window is up.
  
  
• The filter list for Manage Workers, Horse Market, and Transport windows will now close when you move away the mouse cursor.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the Manage Workers filter selected all when you open and select no filters for location and tier.
  
  
• Fixed inactive buttons in the Hotkey Settings to not be pressed.
  
  
• Special Barter notification will now be more visible.
  
  
• Fixed the "Not Set" button in the Quick Hotkey Settings to properly work as intended.
  
  
• Fixed the Quick Hotkey Settings to display a message when a hotkey is set.
  
  
• Fixed the message displayed when setting the Remote Collect Campsite with Alt to correctly display the relevant message.
  
  
• Updated the Inventory (I) to show Sea Coins and the Pearl Inventory to show Loyalties.
  
  
• Fixed the arrow icon when the filter list is opened in Manage Workers, Horse Market, and Transport windows.
  
  
• Changed the warning message displayed when a Quick Hotkey is set to "Not Set".
  
  
• Fixed the pop up description on the ship list's help button in the wharf menu to not show stable information.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where you could not progress quests in the Savage Rift.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the horizontal gauge bar did not match their background.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the location of the Maid/Butler List window reset when setting the window size.
  
  
• You can now check required materials and descriptions for Enhance / Durability / Force Enhance during enhancement even when you don't have enough materials.
  
  
• Fixed the Start button to be deactivated when you cancel Alchemy Stone material selection.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where pop up description for materials in the Alchemy Stone menu did not always show.
  
  
• Fixed the icons for Ancient Puturum Dark Rift and Desert Naga Temple to not overlap with each other on the World Map (M).
  
  
• You can now cycle through different chat types, except whispers, in the Chat UI by pressing Tab.
  
  
• You can now press links on pinned announcements above the Chat UI to go directly to the linked pages.
  
  • Please note this is only for when actual pinned announcements are made.
    

• Fixed the issue where the text did not refresh when you change to a certain chat type in the Chat UI.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where you could not mouse drag in certain areas on the right side of the title bar of the Barter UI.
  
  
• Now you can scroll with the mouse cursor above the Receive Reward and Basic Reward buttons in the Challenge (Y) UI.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where you could not use Navigate in a certain part of the minimap area after changing the minimap size and re-logging into the game.
  
  
• Fixed the help button in the Wharf UI to display the message that you can receive help related to using the wharf.
  
  
• Added a button (?) in the Chat UI for you to seek help related to the Chat UI.
  
  
• Updated the following UIs.
  
  • All Worker List
    
  • Bargain Game
    

• Processing (L) UI will now remember the last menu you opened when you open the UI again.
  
  
• Crystals equipped on items cannot be used in processing as materials anymore.
  
  
• Changed the bottom text's color in the Dark Rift UI.
  
  
• Opening the Pearl Inventory does not cancel continuous processing anymore.
  
  
• The Storage UI will now open right next to the Transport UI.
  
  
• Fixed the arrow icon when the filter list is opened in Manage Workers, Horse Market, and Transport windows.
  
  
• Changed the background of the NPC interaction UI so you can see the text better.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where you could not enhance again when choosing no when the enhancement warning message pops up.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where you could not do View Another in Secret Shops.
  
  
• Fixed the message you receive when attempting to exchange locked items with an NPC.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the Processing UI would pop up outside the screen when opening it through Storage.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the New icon overlapped with the Lock Menu icon in the Menu UI.
  
  
• Pressing the Help (?) button on the stable and wharf UI to link you to the relevant wiki guide.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where you could not see the custom HP bar when selecting the custom HP bar option in Edit UI and using Combat Focus Mode.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where clicking on the bottom part of the filter button in the Manage Workers UI closed the filter list.
  

[h2]Resolved Issues[/h2]

• [Berserker] Fixed the issue where unnecessary objects were displayed when using Beast Form.
  
  
• [Valkyrie] Fixed the graphical issue of the character's front hair when wearing the Solaria Helmet.
  
  
• [Valkyrie] Fixed the issue where you could not see the feathers of the Solaria Helmet.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where you could place furniture in certain situations where you should not be able to.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the game sometimes shutdown in certain laptops with Intel(R) Iris(R) Plus graphic cards.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the character's hair or fur on clothing darkened in color when taking screenshots in 4K or higher.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where there were unnatural rocks in parts of the Desert Naga Shrine.
  
  
• Corrected the quest descriptions for "To Weita Island" and "To Arakil Island".
  
  
• Fixed the issue where you could not move normally in parts of the Kagtum Node region.
  
  
• You now only receive the birth of a fine horse message only when you receive a Tier 8 horse through breeding.
  
  
• [Valkyrie] Fixed the issue where you could not see the chin parts when wearing the Solaria Helmet.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where right clicking the Freed Magical Shard summoned the Black Spirit.
  
  
• Changed the description of Sandstorm Crystal regarding Artisan's Memory effect from 4 times to 5 times.
  
  
• Changed the description of Memory Fragment regarding Artisan's Memory effect from 4 times to 5 times.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where only the party leader could enter the Altar of Blood.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the player with the final hit could not receive the title during Guild Boss Subjugation for Ancient Puturum.
  
  
• Fixed the graphical issue where grass appeared to be floating at some regions in the Imp Cave.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the Tiara Rack of the Margoria Whale Furniture Set did not properly display the Tiara.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the Monsterbane Cannon's Overcharged Shot did not show its trajectory.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the skill guide location was abnormal when logging in to a new character or when you reset UI location in Edit UI.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the item description did not pop up for Challenge rewards in categories other than the Reward tab in the My Info (P) -> Challenge menu.
  
  
• [Kunoichi] Fixed the issue where the front hair became too short when setting the hair to shortest while wearing the Giha Headpiece.
  
  
• Fixed the help (?) button in the wharf and stable UI to connect to the correct pages.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where the difficulty level was not displayed in the Dark Rift list.
  
  
• Fixed the issue where skipping the animation during Enhancement and then attempting continuous enhancement caused a delay.
  

Updated Jan. 10

• Fixed the issue where the Transfusion window appeared tilted down when opening it up by right-clicking on a crystal item from your Inventory (I).
  
  
• Fixed the issue where workers in fences removed in the Coastal Cliff (Balenos) area were not working properly.
  

Updated Jan. 9

• We are aware of an issue where abnormal amount of Sea Coins can be obtained from a Special Barter. We will temporarily block off the Special Barter feature until the issue is resolved. We apologize for the inconvenience.
  

Updated Jan. 10

• We are aware of an issue where your game client may stop when you select the Quick Route in the Ocean Navigation Setting located at the bottom right part of the World Map (M) screen.
  

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, January 8th 2020[/h3]

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

• Global 9:00 UTC ~ 13:00 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]

• Succession for Berserker and Sorceress will be added, and the level-up challenge for these two classes will begin.
  
• Grab the Mysterious Axe event will begin.
  
• Winter Wonderland event will begin.
  
• Loyal Attendance Reward will be refreshed.
  
• Additional Damage to Humans will change to Additional Damage to All Species for some of the awakening weapons.
  

[h3]Ending Events:[/h3]

• Thank You for 2019!
  
• Piku is back!
  
• Xmas Surprise
  
• New Year Gift
  
• Succession of Events, Part 3
  

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

Greetings Adventurers,

Welcome to the last maintenance of 2019!

We have added Chat Groups where you can talk about your common interest in detail with your fellow adventurers. In addition, guild registration became easier, so it’s time to promote and join guilds!

Our last maintenance is filled with a bountiful of events where you can enjoy Succession for Kunoichi and Ninja, fight off against the fearsome Piku in Alejandro Farm, and enjoy 50% item drop rate boosts and more!

Last but not least, don’t forget the Xmas Surprise event on Dec. 25th, the one day only event to get your free boss gear!

You can pre-register for Guardian by subscribing to newsletters on our main website. Please note that there will be no maintenance performed on January 1, 2020. However, stay tuned and check the official website for announcements about the New Year celebratory events starting on January 1, 2020!

[h2]Event & System[/h2]

New Events

Thank You for 2019!
Period: December 24 (after maintenance)–January 8, 2020 (before maintenance)
We thank you for the great year of 2019! To celebrate together, please enjoy the following events which provide 50% boosts:

• Event 1: Item Drop Rate +50%
  
  • During the event period, all item drop rate for all items you can loot for defeating monsters will increase by +50%!
    
  • This drop rate boost includes Arsha servers.
    

• Event 2: Boss Drop Boost
  
  • The chance to obtain each item from defeating the following monsters has increased by 50% compared to before.
    
    • Kzarka, the Lord of Corruption: Kzarka's Sealed Weapon Box
      
    • Nouver: Nouver's Sealed Sub-weapon Box
      
    • Karanda: Dandelion Weapon Box
      
    • Ancient Kutum: Kutum's Sealed Sub-weapon Box
      
    • Vell, the Heart of the Ocean: Vell's Heart
      
    • Garmoth: Garmoth's Heart
      
    • Mirumok Destroyer Offin: Offin Tett's Light Sealed Weapon Box
      

• The auto-fishing time will decrease by 50% during the event period.
  
• The auto-fishing time decrease effect does not stack with other auto-fishing time decrease effects from items or Pets.
  

• Succession of Events, Part 4
  
  • Celebrate Kunoichi & Ninja Succession!
    
  • Period: December 24 (after maintenance)–January 15, 2020 (before maintenance)
    
  • Adventurers who reach a certain level with their Ninja and Kunoichi characters during the event period can obtain rewards below via the Challenge tab (Y)!
    
  • Click < Here > for the full details!
    

• Piku is back!
  
  • Period: December 24 (after maintenance)–January 8 (before maintenance)
    
  • Piku the abominable Yeti has returned to Alejandro Farm as a field boss. Defeat Piku and become buried under a flurry of fantastic rewards!
    
  • Click < Here > for the full details!
    

• Xmas Surprise
  
  • Period: December 25 00:00–23:59 UTC (One day only!)
    
  • For one day only, look for the gift someone left in Heidel and interact with it to receive a free boss gear!
    
  • Click < Here > for the full details!
    

• Pre-registration for Guardian!
  
  • Period: December 24–January 22, 2020 (before maintenance)
    
  • Pre-register for the new Class GUARDIAN by signing up for our newsletter before the official GUARDIAN release.
    
  • You will receive the following rewards upon Guardian release on January 22nd!
    
    • [Event] Blessing of Kamasylve (7 Days) x1
      
    • [Event] Trainer’s Flute (7 Days) x1
      
    • Gold Bar 100G x2
      
    • [Event] Item Collection Increase Scroll (60 min) x3
      
    • Blessed Message Scroll (100 min) x2
      
  • Pre-register from the website < Here > for the full details!
    

Ongoing Events

• Holiday of Fortunes:
  
  • Event 1: Daily Fortunes - Special Attendance Rewards: December 11 (after maintenance)–December 31 (23:59 UTC)
    
  • Event 2: Lessons on True Wealth - Special Event Quests: December 18, 2019 (00:00 UTC)–January 8, 2020 (before maintenance)
    

• Succession of Events, Part 2
  
  • Event 1. Celebrate Valkyrie & Tamer Succession!: December 11, 2019 (after maintenance)–January 1, 2020 (09:00 UTC)
    
  • Event 2. Succession: Armstrong's Skill Guide Give Away!: December 11, 2019 (after maintenance)–March 1, 2020 (09:00 UTC)
    

• Finding the Mysterious Knight: November 27 (after maintenance)–until future notice
  

• Succession Slow-Mo Contest
  
  • Duration: December 6–January 12, 2020at 11:59pm PST
    
  • Community Voting: January 15–January 19
    
  • Winner’s Announcement: January 20
    
  • Rules are now updated to include the following classes to participate: Musa and Maehwa!
    
  • Click < Here > to see how you can participate to win Succession outfits and more!
    

Ended Events

• Succession of Events, Part 1
  

Content

• The relation among Calpheon, Valencia, and Mediah has aggravated, lighting a flame of conflict.
  Now, the army at each castle must receive orders from the Kalis Parliament, King Sahazad, or Neruda Shen and attack its enemy army.
  Accordingly, war will be automatically declared to the guild which is occupying Calpheon, Valencia, or Mediah territories, and this war will remain active.
  The war will end if the guild which has occupied Calpheon, Valencia, or Mediah territories becomes "unoccupied."
  
  
• Added a feature whereby you can request to join a guild and promote guild applications more easily.
  
  • A list of guilds that are recruiting members will appear when a player without a guild opens the Guild (G) window.
    
  • If you select the guild you want to join and press the “Join” button, you will be registered in this guild's Recruit Guild Member tab.
    
  • You can see the guilds you have sent requests to from the View Guild Join Request menu.
    
  • You can promote guild recruitment in the Guild (G) window.
    
  • You can select and register the guild type when promoting a guild.
    
  • You can see the players who have sent a request to join your guild from the Recruit Guild Member tab in the Guild (G) window.
    
• You can no longer activate forced PvP mode on Olvia server.
  This update was intended to protect those adventurers who are not ready for PvP yet. There are many adventurers on Olvia server who need preparation before they can embark on a real adventure, such as upgrading their characters to adequate levels, getting necessary gear, practicing character control, getting used to different systems, etc. Since Olvia server is intended for new and returning adventurers' fast settlement and growth, most of us would expect these adventurers to get strong enough to have a fierce and exciting fight with the existing adventurers through the server. Of course, PvP is open to those who can enter Olvia server too. You can enjoy a more flexible PvP by using the guild war system or by transferring to a regular server.
  
  
• Added a Chat Group in which you can discuss a specific topic with many other players.
  Chat Group is a newly added function within Black Desert Online where you can discuss various topics with fellow adventurers.
  
  • You can select only one topic per family to participate.
    
  • For details on Chat Groups, please click < Here >
  
  
• Added the Snow Build-Up UI.
  
• Added the Christmas background.
  

System

• The changes you have made in LED animation settings will now be applied immediately without having to reconnect to the game.
  
• Added a feature whereby you press the NPC Location button to see the guide to each village's Storage Keeper from whom you can exchange Silver bar and Gold bar items obtained, for instance, as quest rewards for Silver.
  

[h2]Class Changes[/h2]

Berserker

Fixed the issue where you couldn't activate Absolute: Beastly Wind Slash by using commands in certain situations.

Witch

• The camera shaking effect of Toxic Flood and Lava Field will now be applied on successful hits only.
  

Wizard

• The camera shaking effect of Toxic Flood and Lava Field will now be applied on successful hits only.
  

Ninja

• 
  Added the "Succession" content.
  
  • After Awakening the Ninja, accept the quest "[Ninja Succession] Protect With Your Life" from the Black Spirit to start the Succession quest series.
    
  • You will learn the skill "Succession: Shadow of Darkness" which will allow you to learn more powerful Shortsword and Shuriken skills.
    
  • You will no longer be able to use your Sura Katana skills.
    
  • Added the "Succession" tab to the Skill window. The skills in this tab are affected by the AP of both Main and Awakening Weapons.
    
  • You will be able to learn and use skills in both the "Main" and "Succession" tabs. However, if there is both an "Absolute" and "Succession" versions of the same skill, you must choose as you cannot use both versions of the skill.
    
  • To learn certain Succession skills, you will first need to learn the preceding skills from the "Main" tab first.
    
  • After completing the Succession quests and learning the skill "Succession: Shadow of Darkness," you can go back and forth between Succession and Awakening skills by resetting your skills.
    
  • To go from using Succession to Awakening skills, you need to reset your skills to unlearn "Succession: Shadow of Darkness."
    
  • To go from using Awakening to Succession skills, you need to reset your skills and relearn "Succession: Shadow of Darkness."
    

Kunoichi

• Added the "Succession" content.
  
  • After Awakening the Kunoichi, accept the quest "[Kunoichi Succession] Pure Vengeance" from the Black Spirit to start the Succession quest series.
    
  • You will learn the skill "Succession: Lament of Silence" which will allow you to learn more powerful Shortsword and Kunai skills.
    
  • You will no longer be able to use your Sah Chakram skills.
    
  • Added the "Succession" tab to the Skill window. The skills in this tab are affected by the AP of both Main and Awakening Weapons.
    
  • You will be able to learn and use skills in both the "Main" and "Succession" tabs. However, if there is both an "Absolute" and "Succession" versions of the same skill, you must choose as you cannot use both versions of the skill.
    
  • To learn certain Succession skills, you will first need to learn the preceding skills from the "Main" tab first.
    
  • After completing the Succession quests and learning the skill "Succession: Lament of Silence," you can go back and forth between Succession and Awakening skills by resetting your skills.
    
  • To go from using Succession to Awakening skills, you need to reset your skills to unlearn "Succession: Lament of Silence."
    
  • To go from using Awakening to Succession skills, you need to reset your skills and relearn "Succession: Lament of Silence."
    
  
  
• Added the following description about Wheel of Wrath I, Wheel of Wrath II, and Wheel of Wrath III Awakening skills to their skill descriptions.
  
  • Damage reduced in cooldown.
    

[h2]Item Changes[/h2]

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

[h2]Interface Changes[/h2]

• Changed the design of the number pad.
  
• Changed the designs of Morco's Gear Bag, Patrigio's Apparel Bag, Clorince's Bag, Clorince's Travel Bag, Eileen's Bag, and Eileen's Travel Bag.
  
• Changed the Totem of the Sea UI.
  
• Changed the Sealed Golden Treasure Chest window.
  
• You can now press SPACE to skip the animation that plays when you select "Open Only One" from the Open Special Item window.
  
• Pressing ENTER while changing the character name, guild name, or family name will no longer apply the changes.
  
• Added the following feature to the Level Up Info window.
  
  • Click on the skill icon to select the relevant skill from the Skill window.
    
  • Click on the Learn button to immediately learn the relevant skill.
    
  • Click on the Register button to immediately register the relevant skill to Quick Slot.
    
• Servers where PK is unavailable will now be displayed in the Select Server UI and the Server Change UI.
  

[h2]Resolved Issues[/h2]

• Fixed the issue where certain structures in some regions of Padix Island prevented a ship from moving.
  
• Fixed the issue where you could not press RMB to reset the skill Succession: Valkyrie's Vow skill with an Armstrong's Skill Guide item.
  
• Fixed the issue where Dormann Lumber Camp and Khimut Lumber Camp were being displayed as standard nodes when you can make trade deals in these nodes.
  
• Placed the missing gathering items at some regions of Hexe Sanctuary.
  
• Fixed the issue where you could not press RMB to reset some skills with an Armstrong's Skill Guide item.
  
• Fixed the issue where you could perform abnormal gathering in certain areas of Desert Naga Temple.
  
• Fixed the issue where your character would disappear when being hit by an attack with floating effect from another player.
  
• [Shai] Fixed the issue where you would get caught in a structure in certain areas near the Eastern Gateway.
  
• Fixed the issue where some regions of Calpheon's Mansha Forest appeared dark on the minimap.
  
• Fixed the graphical issue where certain NPC of Altinova appeared floating.
  
• Fixed the issue where characters in the window for entering commands overlapped when fishing with a gamepad.
  
• Fixed the issue where you could see the EXC tab and the information about this tab being displayed unnaturally when you had no items to exchange with Bianstimi of Calpheon.
  
• Fixed the issue where you couldn't open the Ship Info window when setting the Inventory (I) window as a Sticker UI.
  
• A system message will appear when you try to talk on the World Chat without Megaphones.
  
• Fixed the issue where Humpback Whales would block your way when moving on a ship.
  
• Fixed the issue where you could not initiate the Processing of certain items when selecting Pearl Inventory tab from the Processing window to start the Processing.
  
• Fixed the issue where Apparel/Item Inventory window did not close properly when the Totem window was opening.
  
• Fixed the issue where the dialogues and buttons which had appeared on the NPC Chat window through interactions, exchanges, or other actions remained in an abnormal way.
  
• Fixed the issue where buying several items from NPC Shops sometimes reset the slot you had selected.
  
• Fixed the issue where pressing on the Sell button from NPC Shops sometimes reset the slot you had selected.
  
• Fixed the issue where Promotion Count was being displayed for a Worker who cannot be promoted due to his grade in the Worker Market.
  
• Changed the location of Jarette and Roig Mills at the Ancient Stone Chamber.
  
• Added a message about summoning the Black Spirit to the Black Spirit's main quest dialogues up to Level 26.
  
• Removed some monsters around the NPC Red Nose near Altar of Agris so that they would not hinder you from doing the quest with this NPC.
  
• Fixed the text in the EXP transfer event UI to be more accurate. In this event, you can transfer EXP between your characters using the Tag Character feature.
  
• Fixed the issue where the sound effect for completing the quest Totem of the Sea played only once for the first time.
  
• Fixed the issue where the challenge description text did not fit the UI when pressing on a tab with equal or less than 3 challenges after your first login.
  
• Fixed the issue where the tooltips of the equipment and reform stone you had set in the Item Reform window remained on the screen.
  
• Fixed the issue where the Transport Fee of the Trade Wagon appeared abnormal when Wagon #1 was empty.
  
• Fixed the issue where the quest completion count for "[Event] Let's Have Fun Together!" would sometimes reset.
  
• [Sorceress] Fixed the issue where the bottom part of the armor appeared cut when equipping the Dahlia Nocturna Armor and Cavaro Shoes at the same time.
  
• [Sorceress] Fixed the issue where the decoration pierced through the leg when equipping the Lumik outfit.
  
• [Maehwa] Fixed the issue where the inside of the helmet appeared empty when equipping the Griffith Helmet.
  
• [Musa] Fixed the issue where the head looked awkward when you applied a certain hair customization after equipping the Palgong Helmet.
  
• Fixed the issue where sometimes you couldn't use equipment items as Fairy's growing materials.
  
• [Valkyrie] Fixed the issue where the front part of the hair looked awkward when equipping the Solaria Helmet.
  
• [Shai, Archer] Fixed the issue where you couldn't dye when equipping the Santa Hat (E).
  
• Fixed the issue where you could start Fairy Sprouting when its progress was 0%.
  
• Fixed the issue where entering the item amount while leaving the mouse cursor outside of the game screen reflected a number greater than the max number of items.
  
• Fixed the issue where the icon of the message that appears when you fail Cooking or Alchemy was different from before.
  
• Simplified the titles of the Apparel Bag and Gear Bag windows.
  
• Removed the "Guild" button on the bottom of the Quest Widget due to the changes made in the guild recruitment feature.
  
• [Shai] Fixed the issue where the Ignis Ear Cuff was exposed when equipping the Santa Hat (E) and the Ignis Ear Cuff together.
  
• [Mystic] Fixed the graphical issue with the neck and chest areas of the Crayodel outfit that occurred when in combat stance.
  

[h2]Known Issues[/h2]

Updated 26/12

• We are aware of the issue where My Information size setting gets reset. This will be resolved next week. We apologize for the inconvenience.
  

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

Dear Players,

We will perform our weekly maintenance as follows:

[h3]Date: Tuesday, December 24th 2019[/h3]

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

• Global 9:00 UTC ~ 13:00 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]

• Succession for Kunoichi and Ninja will be added.
  
• Chat Groups will be added.
  
• PvP will be blocked in Olvia Servers.
  
• Applying to join a guild and promoting guild applications will become easier.
  
• Various events will begin. Please check the official event posts on Dec. 24.
  

Please note that there will be no maintenance performed on January 1, 2020.

However, stay tuned and check the official website for announcements about the New Year celebratory events starting on January 1, 2020!

[h3]Ending Events:[/h3]

• Succession of Events, Part 1
  

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


Best regards and Merry Christmas,
BDO Team

[h2]Guardian pre-registration will start on December 24th[/h2]

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The Guardian is a female combatant from the mountains who follows the will of the ancient dragon Omua. This hardened warrior must wade through the turmoil of her fragmented memories and willingly made a pact with the Black Spirit in search of Ynix, the holy flame that could kill even the gods...

The Guardian wields a battleaxe and shield and uses heavy melee attacks to suppress her enemies. She charges enemies and grabs them by the neck to smash them with her shield as her axe mercilessly hacks away at her foes. She is the bastion of the battlefield and strikes with perfectly calculated blows to fend off all who dare oppose her. The Guardian uses a variety of skills to control the ebb and flow of the battlefield with wide and powerful strikes of her axe and shield. Some of her most noteworthy skills are:

[Boulder Crush]: The Guardian smashes down her battleaxe three times with powerful, rock splitting force dealing massive damage.

[Mountain Slam]: The Guardian smashes the ground, causing tremors that deal damage to foes around her.

[Black Blood Circle]: The Guardian draws the forces of the earth into her axe to create a circle around her, enemies can enter this circle at their own peril…

[Mutilation]: The Guardian charges energy and sweep the foes in front of her of their feet with her battleaxe.

[Black Blood Slaughter]: The Guardian releases the charged energy from [Mutilation] with a powerful blast that deals a high amount of damage.