Black Desert News

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

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

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

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

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

See you at the Heidel Ball!


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

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

Greetings Adventurers!

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

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

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

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

• Black Desert Online game servers and Web Central Market.
  

■ Maintenance Schedule:

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

■ Maintenance Impact:

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

■ Maintenance Reason:

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

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

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

Greetings, Adventurers.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Thank you for your support and understanding.

Greetings Adventurers!

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

[h2]Patch Notes[/h2]

● Added Impeccably Polished Stone and Fine Black Stone Powder to Node/Conquest War, which can be used to repair Fort/Command Post/Field HQ for a greater amount of durability.


● Family/Character names of accounts that were not transferred have been made available during the June 8 (Tue) maintenance.

- Do you want to know if a specific name is available when using a change name coupon? Click on the "Check Name" option!

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


● Check the update details »Here«!

[h2]Pearl Shop Update[/h2]


● BUGATTII collaboration pack!
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● New Dark Knight outfit "Checkmate"

● Mount Category - 20% off

● Loyalty items: Dreamy Ingredients

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

[h2]BLACK DESERT X BUGATTI: A Collaboration Comparable to None[/h2]


① During the event, the Mythical Arduanatt will make appearances in the Black Desert world.


② Interact with the Mythical Arduanatt, and you’ll be able to obtain the [Event] Breath of Krogdalo.

③ You can use the [Event] Breath of Krogdalo to complete daily quests to earn [Event] Spirit's Tear.

④ Collect twenty [Event] Spirit's Tear and bring them to the NPC Erfianso at Atanis Pond to earn the following rewards:


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

[h2]One Step Closer to Mythical Arduanatt![/h2]


[h3]Event 1. Training and Mounts, Level Up Both![/h3]

● Enjoy a special EXP buff during the event period!


[h3]Event 2. One Step Closer to Mythical Arduanatt![/h3]

● Receive more Flowers of Oblivion when you turn in a horse for Imperial Horse Delivery!


[h3]Event 3. Imperial Horsing Around[/h3]

① Turn in horses that are level 15 or higher for Imperial Horse Delivery to obtain [Event] Imperial Training Delivery Invoices.

② Exchange the [Event] Imperial Training Delivery Invoice for the items below.


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

[h2]Waves of Special Attendance Rewards![/h2]


● Enjoy special log in rewards while you wait for the upcoming Heidel Ball on June 19! You will be able to earn really valuable items!

● Check all the rewards »Here«!

[h2]June Attendance Rewards[/h2]


● June Attendance Rewards have arrived today! Just log in once a day and receive the items to help you on your adventures!

● Check all the Attendance Rewards »Here«!

[h2]All New Black Desert TV![/h2]


● Black Desert TV lets you see the live streams of Adventurers worldwide across a variety of platforms in one, convenient place. And today, Black Desert TV has been newly revamped!

● Read the details about the newly revamped version of Black Desert TV »Here«!


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

● Twitter
● Facebook
● Instagram

Greetings Adventurers!

We will be performing a scheduled maintenance for Black Desert Online on June 8, 2021 in order to improve our services and bring you the latest updates.

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

Please refer below for more details regarding the maintenance.

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

• Black Desert Online game servers and Web Central Market.
  

■ Maintenance Schedule:

• June 8, 2021 (Tue) 08:00 - 12:00 (UTC)
  
• June 8, 2021 (Tue) 10:00 - 14:00 (CEST)
  
• June 8, 2021 (Tue) 01:00 - 05:00 (PDT)
  
• June 8, 2021 (Tue) 04:00 - 08:00 (EDT)
  

■ Maintenance Impact:

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

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

• Black Desert official website
  

■ Maintenance Schedule:

• June 8, 2021 (Tue) 08:00 - 10:00 (UTC)
  
• June 8, 2021 (Tue) 10:00 - 12:00 (CEST)
  
• June 8, 2021 (Tue) 01:00 - 03:00 (PDT)
  
• June 8, 2021 (Tue) 04:00 - 06:00 (EDT)
  

■ Maintenance Impact:

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

[h2]Major Update Details[/h2]

• Items that can be used to repair Fort/Command Post/Field HQ for a greater amount of durability will be added to Node/Conquest War.
  
• Gamepad QoL Update
  

[h3]Event Scheduled to End[/h3]

• Take Down Bloodstorm Nouver!
• Got Milk Day?
• May Attendance Rewards (ending June 9, 2021 (Wed) 23:59 UTC)
• Get Your Golden Seals! (ending June 9, 2021 (Wed) 23:59 UTC)

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


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