Black Desert Online – April 2023 Patch Notes | Unleash Your Power: New Class Changes!

Introduction

Introducing the latest patch notes for Black Desert! In this update, the developers have made some much-needed fixes and improvements to enhance your gaming experience. First off, they have addressed the issue where the font size of your device would affect the app, ensuring a seamless visual experience for all players. Additionally, they have revamped the UI of the region selection screen in the initial settings of the Black Desert+ app, making it more user-friendly and intuitive. But that's not all - brace yourselves for some major updates! The trading activity in Black Desert has undergone significant changes. Trade items can now only be purchased at designated nodes and can only be sold in representative towns in major cities or territories. Gone are the days of price fluctuations based on the item itself. Instead, the price now depends on the time of purchase, ensuring a fair and consistent trading experience. The developers have also introduced a handy "Order Contract Log" feature, allowing you to manage your trade items separately at each node. Plus, market prices will now change at set intervals, adding an element of predictability to the game. So get ready to adapt your trading strategies as prices rise or fall based on probability. Don't worry, though - the market price remains the same across all servers, so everyone is on a level playing field. Get ready to dive into these exciting changes and take your trading game to the next level in Black Desert!

Fixes and Improvements

• Changed so the font size of the device will no longer affect the app.
• Improved the UI of the region selection screen in the initial settings of the Black Desert+ app.

• The Trade System has been revamped.
  • Trade goods can only be purchased at designated nodes and can only be sold at representative towns and major cities in each territory.

• Added 202 new trade items. See the list below for the information on their weight, prices, warehouse costs, etc.
  
  • Certain items can only be purchased after achieving a certain node investment level.
  • The weight of each trade item is 300 LT.

• The nodes from which you can purchase trade items (nodes where Order Contracts are availabe) are listed below.
  • Purchased trade items will be added to the Order Contract Log, and can be retrieved at any time from your inventory or mount inventory.
  • A one-time standby fee is incurred immediately after purchase, and an additional fee is added every 4 hours from the time of purchase.
  • The standby fee will be deducted from your Silver upon retrieving the item, and you must pay a certain sum in order to retrieve the item.
  • A contract period of 7 days will be set for trade goods placed in the Order Contract Log, and if the goods are not retrieved within the contract period, they will be sold at 25% of the original price.
    
    • The price of the forced sale will be paid after deducting the standby fee.
  • When the trade items are retrieved from the Order Contract, they will have a 3-hour validity period regardless of the contract period.
    
    • During the 3-hour validity period, retrieved trade items will not affected by price drops that occur during the remaining validity period.

• With the addition of the Order Contract system, you can add trade items you want to purchase onto the Order Contract Log.
  • You can manage your Order Contract Log at any node where trade is available.
  • Trade items of the same type and warranty period can overlap and be stored in 1 slot.

• • The Order Contracts at each node will have 5 slots available for storage, with a weight limit or 20,000LT and a warranty of 7 days..
  • If items stored in the Order Contract are not retreived, and additional fee will be added every 4 hours.
  • Items retreived from the Order Contract will have their warranty periods changed to 3 hours, and cannot be logged again.

• It has been changed so that all trade items can only be sold at the representative towns and capital cities of each territory.
  • Such representative towns and capital cities are listed below.

Territory	Town
Balenos	Velia
Serendia	Heidel
Calpheon	Calpheon
Mediah	Altinova
Valencia	Valencia City
Kamasylvia	Grána
Drieghan	Duvencrune
Mountain of Eternal Winter	Eilton

• Changes in market prices of trade items are as below.
  • Market prices will change everyday at 02:00, 06:00, 10:00, 14:00, 18:00, and 22:00 (UTC).
  • Market prices can increase or decrease by max 15%.
  • Prices can increase by up to 300% (3 times) the original price and decrease by up to 30%.

• Everyday at 02:00, 06:00, 10:00, 14:00, 18:00, and 22:00 (UTC), a special price fluctuation will occur. When a special price fluctuation occurs, the current price can increase by up 200% (twice the price), or decrease by up to 50%.
  • Special price fluctuations will occur after the 15% market price changes, which occurs every 4 hours.
  • Market prices will change by each territory and category of trade item. Such categories are listed below.
    • General Goods, Luxury, Food, Medicine, Military Supply, Relic, Clothing, Raw Material

• Before special price fluctuations occur, information can be gathered in advance to predict the change in market prices.

• • You can see rumors about trade items that may be affected by the special price fluctuations through the Old Moon Guild Newsletter, which can be accessed through the Life (F6) tab in the Menu (ESC).

• • • Special price fluctuations will differ by territory and item category, and you'll have access to rumors about 2-3 of the 8 item categories.
    • Rumors may or may not be applied 4 hours upon circulating, or may even be incorrect.

"I really like that one! Can't you just sell another one?"
"One per person really means one per person! No exceptions!"
 
"How much longer is the wait?"
 
"I think rubies suit me!"
"Me... likey shiny things."
 
"My apologies. We're out of stock, so there's no more to sell."
"There must be a way... please?"
 
As rumored, people are flocking to buy luxury item, crystals.
If so many people want crystals, won't the price go up soon?

"I'm glad I can get a kite for my child as they're quite affordable now."
 
"Haha, you really sought after it, and your wish came true!"
"Yeah!! I really like you, granny!!"
 
The price of kites, once a general good, has plummeted, with even children playing with them. 
Should I keep them in storage for a while until the price goes up?

• Added new Trading byproducts that can be obtained via Trade.
  • When selling trade items in each major city, Stained Silk can be obtained based on a set probability depending on the type of trade item.
  • Go to Liana and exchange Stained Silk x10 for the following items:

Required Items		Exchangeable Items (Select one)
Stained Silk x10		Trace of Forest x10
		Trace of Death x10
		Trace of Memory x10
		900 Contribution EXP + Trading EXP x450

• Added new trading leap quests:
  • The following quests can be accepted and completed once per Family.

Quest Name & Requirements	NPC	Rewards
[Leap] Honor to the Trading Family #1 Complete [Trading Leap Apprentice 10] The Cupid of Olvia	Enrique Encarotia	Wagon Registration: Noble Wagon Dim Magic Crystal: Trade x2 Energy Tonic (L) x5
[Leap] Honor to the Trading Family #2 Complete [Trading Leap Skilled 5] A Deal with Calpheon Complete [Leap] Honor to the Trading Family #1	Enrique Encarotia	Gold Bar 100G x5 Charming Swiftness x5
		▼ Reward (Select one of the following) Water Spirit Stone Fragment x300 Earth Spirit Stone Fragment x300 Wind Spirit Stone Fragment x300
[Leap] Honor to the Trading Family #3 Complete [Trading Leap Professional 1] New Luxury Item in the Market Complete [Leap] Honor to the Trading Family #2	Enrique Encarotia	Piece of Image x1,000 Mount Skill Change Coupon x3
[Leap] Honor to the Trading Family #4 Complete [Trading Leap Professional 10] Medicines to Save Lives Complete [Leap] Honor to the Trading Family #3	Enrique Encarotia	Professional Trader's Clothes x1 Equipment Tailoring Coupon x1
[Leap] Honor to the Trading Family #5 Complete [Trading Leap Artisan 10] Unique Items from Mediah Complete [Leap] Honor to the Trading Family #4	Enrique Encarotia	Gold Bar 1,000G x1 Piece of Image x1,000 Trading EXP Transfer Coupon x1

All Classes

• Added a one second-long Invincible effect to each of the following skills in PvE:

Class	Skill
Warrior	When using  Head Chase during cooldown
Musa, Maehwa	When using  Chase during cooldown
Valkyrie	When using  Shield Chase,  Death Line Chase
Kunoichi	After  Ghost Step
Ninja	After  Ninja Step, After  Ghost Step
Dark Knight	When using  Dusk and  Chain: Dusk during cooldown
Mystic, Striker	When using  Silent Step,  Flash Step
Lahn	When using  Phantom Dance during cooldown
Archer	When using  Glide
Shai	When using  Hop during cooldown
Guardian	Foretold Encounter / During  Sturdy Step / When using  Fierce Disdain during cooldown
Hashashin	At the start of  Sand Warp
Nova	When using  Icy Fog, After  Break Orbit, When using  Accel: Break Orbit during cooldown
Sage	When using  Prime: Rift Chain during cooldown / When using  Bolt when it's not Overcharged
Drakania	During  Dragonwalk
Woosa	When using  Yangban Step during cooldown
Maegu	When using  Spirit Step and  Chain: Spirit Step during cooldown

• Added descriptions about Invincible effect in PvE only for the following skills:
  
  • Also, removed Invincible effect in PvE Only for some skills excluding the ones below.

Class	Skill
All Classes	Evasion, Forward Roll
Warrior	Prime: Evasion, Head Chase
Ranger	Wind Step, Riding the Wind, Succession: Twisting Wind, Flow: Call from Sky
Sorceress	-
Berserker	Shake Off I
Tamer	Heilang: Evasion
Musa	Chase
Maehwa	Chase, Sleet Steps
Valkyrie	Shield Chase, Death Line Chase
Kunoichi, Ninja	Ghost Step
Witch, Wizard	Magical Evasion
Dark Knight	Dusk, Chain: Dusk, Phantasmal Snare
Striker, Mystic	Silent Step, Flash Step, Double Flash
Lahn	Phantom Dance
Archer	Glide
Shai	Hop
Guardian	Fierce Disdain, Foretold Encounter, Sturdy Step
Hashashin	Sand Warp
Nova	Icy Fog, Break Orbit
Corsair	Riding Waves
Sage	Prime: Rift Chain, Bolt
Drakania	Dragonwalk
Woosa	Yangban Step
Maegu	Spirit Step, Chain: Spirit Step

Ranger

Main Weapon, Succession

Succession: Twisting Wind

• Improved so the character spins smoothly depending on the camera's direction when using Twisting Wind.

Prime: Razor Wind (I to IV)

• Changed Prime: Razor Wind (I to IV) skill damage as follows:

• • Attack damage 317/447/577/707% x 4, max 13 hits → 349/492/635/778% x 4, max 13 hits

• • PvP Damage Reduction Rate 57.1/57/57/57% → 61/61/60.9/60.9%

Succession: Feathers of Lemoria

• Changed the attack damage of the spirit arrows summoned after learning Succession: Feathers of Lemoria as follows:

• • Attack Damage 851% x 2 → 1004% x 2

• • PvP Damage Reduction Rate 49.9% → 57.6%

Prime: Ultimate: Blasting Gust

• Changed Prime: Ultimate: Blasting Gust damage as follows:

• • Attack damage 913% x 3, max 6 hits → 1050% x 3, max 6 hits

• • Increased PvP Damage Reduction Rate 66.9% → 71.2%

• • Last attack damage 1296% x 5 (Same as before)

• • Last attack damage PvP Damage Reduction Rate 40.9% (Same as before)

Valkyrie

Awakening

Sacrum Ferit

• Fixed the issue of the skill effects displaying abnormally when the camera turns after Sacrum Ferit attack 1.

Ninja

Main Weapon

Ninja Step

• Improved to transition more naturally into idle animation after using Ninja Step.

Nova

Main Weapon

 

Icy Fog, Quoratum's Opening

• Changed to combo into normal movement instead of Guard Break when the Guard Guage is at 0% and Forward Guard has been broken.

Maegu

Main Weapon

Spirit Step

• Fixed an issue where Chain: Spirit Step was activated instead after using certain skills and pressing Shift + ↑.

• • Spirit Step is now activated first after using certain skills and pressing Shift + ↑.

• Added the description about Shift + ↑ command when Chain: Spirit Step cannot be used.

• Changed so that the summoned Fox Spirit will now disappear immediately when interacting with an NPC in non-combat mode.

• Adjusted the wagons' weight limit as follows:

• Adjusted the Weight Limit Increase effect of the following wagon badges as follows:

• Changed the method of acquiring Training EXP.

• Increased slightly the amount of Training EXP that can be acquired when moving on a mount.
• Changed so that Training EXP can be continuously acquired even for mounts of tier 7 or lower, which can no longer level up after reaching the maximum level of 30.
• Added a feature where characters can acquire Combat EXP whenever the mount gains experience while moving.

• Changed the quest type of "Honor to the Training Family" quests to "Life."
• Changed the preferred quest type of "Glory of the Training Family" quests to "Life."

• Added Transport function to NPC Herrad Romsen at Oquilla's Eye.
• Changed NPC who gives Mark of Hadum during the main quest "[Elvia] The Fate of Glish."
  
  • Glish's Larc → Glish's Urahr

• Updated copyright information in the Menu(ESC) - Information (F1) - Copyright.

• Changed the order of the display for the resident area and birth date on the sign-up and account conversion pages.
• Fixed an issue where the tooltip for the feedback board post count and comment count on the forum main page was displayed only in English.
• Fixed an issue where the auto-login feature for the integrated account on Black Desert+ App was repeatedly asking for re-login.

• [Warrior] Fixed an issue where abnormal movement and actions were displayed when pressing the CapsLock key while moving in non-combat mode.
• [Striker, Mystic] Changed the order of the description for the Silent Step and Flash Step skills to match that of other classes.
• Fixed an issue where the grass was cut when a character was standing on the grassy field in non-combat mode.
• Fixed an issue where the game would abnormally end when rotating trees in the manor under certain circumstances.
• Fixed an issue where the button for Traveler's Horse was intermittently not displayed when interacting with the Stable Keeper.
• Fixed an issue where the description for Port Ratt was still present in some quests.
• Fixed an issue where the Process all identical items feature for non-stacking items in the inventory was not functioning properly.
  • Fixed an issue where only the first attempt of processing the Artifact items together with Ancient Power - Red Shard and Ancient Seal - Black Shard would proceed normally in Simple Alchemy after selecting Process all identical items.
• [Wizard] Fixed an issue where the bat effect did not appear when using the skill "Black Spirit: Bolide of Destruction" with the following outfits:
  
  • Grave Keeper, Vestillio, and Crimson Knight
• Fixed an issue where the mouse icon was displayed in the Daily Special window for the Gamepad UI mode.
• Fixed an issue of the quick slot settings not appearing when hovering the mouse over the center of the quick slot without adding any skills or items.
• Fixed the issue of the UI not closing when opening crystal presets via the Black Spirit after extracting crystals from blacksmith.
• Fixed the issue of not being able to process items from your Pearl Inventory in certain situations.

Changes and Fixes

• Fixed an issue where [The Magnus] Pendulum Goes Tick-tock quest could not be completed due to the terrain not working as intended.

Dark Knight

Awakening

Trap of Vedir

• Fixed an issue where only the first three hits of the attack would be applied when using the skill.

• Improved so the trade item types are now displayed in the trade item description.
• Improved so you can now view trade items by type in the Order Contract window.
• Improved so you can check profits in the Sell window when selling trade items via "Sell All."

• Changed so that if there are no order contracts at a node when entering the Trade window, the Order Contract window will not be displayed.
  • The Order Contract window will only be displayed if there is at least one order contract.

• A huge mysterious merchant guild has appeared, who buys up all the cheaper trade items to sell them later when the prices stabilize.
  
  • If the mysterious merchant guild buys up all the stock, there will be a shortage of trade items for a while, and the prices will remain stable for a certain period of time.
  • After the shortage ends and demand increases, the prices of trade items will rise, and the giant merchant guild will sell their stock, making it possible to purchase trade items again.

Condition	Market prices for trade goods stay within 40% of the original price for three market cycles
Purchase Restriction Period	Trade goods cannot be purchased and the market price will not fluctuate for 42 market cycles (7 days). (Purchased trade goods can still be sold.)
After the Purchase Restriction Period	Market prices for trade goods reset to the original price.

• Improved so the purchase price and current trading price of trade goods are now displayed on the Order Contract window.

• Changed the required trade items for the following quests due to the removal of existing trade items:

Quest	Before	After
Urgent Request from Calpheon Workshop	Pure Iron Ore	Dwarf Tool Pack (Eastern Gateway)
Must-Haves for Calpheonian Madams	Crystal Glass	Transparent Crystal Glass (Western Guard Camp)
Dreaming Little Girl	Love Potion	Mystical Love Potion No. 6 (Olvia)
Luxuries of the Altinovan Nobles	Fogan Skin Oil	Party Cocktail Dress (Glish)
Parade of Research	Wad of Bush Spider Cobweb	Rare Bush Spider Web (Glish)

• Improved the phrases in the [Old Moon Guild Newsletter] regarding market price fluctuations for trade items.
• The trade managers, Harden and Lindsiyana Herba, in the Calpheon region have resumed buying trade items.
• Fixed an issue where trade items couldn't be sold depending on where you start conversation with NPC Wolfgang in Calpheon.
• Fixed so the Imperial Crafting Delivery manager in Calpheon, Bech, now accepts imperial deliveries.
• Fixed so Imperial Fishing Delivery NPCs in areas outside of major cities and towns now accepts imperial deliveries.
• Removed the title [Imperial Delivery] from NPCs who previously held it due to the removal of Imperial Trade.
• Fixed an issue where the Order Contract menu was not appearing in the Recently Used.
• Fixed an issue where the purchase tab was appearing on some city trade managers when checking market prices on the world map.
• Removed the "Magnate" effect, which was applied when the total cost of purchased trade items exceeded a certain amount.
• Fixed so that the guild mission "[Trading] Urgent Delivery Mission," which used the trade items before the trading revamp, no longer appears.
• Fixed an issue where the stock quantity was displayed as 50 when checking the market price for trade items that had a purchase limit.

• Season Graduation requirements for Spring Season 2023 are as follows:

• • Season characters can be converted into normal characters upon using the Honorable Adventurer's Certificate.
  • You can obtain [Season] Tuvala Conversion Stone Box, Gift Box Full of Memories, and Fughar's Letter of Encouragement upon completing the above quest.
  • Items contained in the Gift Box Full of Memories are as follows:

Gift Box Full of Memories

[Season] Boss Gear Exchange Coupon x1 Graduation Cap x1 Advice of Valks (+60) x1 Golden Graduation Gown x1 Cron Stone x100 [Event] Secret Book of Old Moon (7 Days) x1 [Event] Elion's Tear x10 [Event] Item Collection Increase Scroll x5 [Event] Giovan Grolin's Support Scroll x5 [Event] Tachros' Spirit Stone x1 Blessed Message Scroll x5 Premium Elixir Box x3 Finto's Filling/Sweet/Fresh Juice x10

• Added quest "Season Special Gift" to the 2023 spring season server.

• • You can exchange the Season Special Gift Exchange Coupon obtained from the aforementioned quest for one of the following special rewards from Fughar.
    • However, if you've already received the special season reward, you cannot receive the reward for that particular season again.
  • Adventurers who have not received any of the season special rewards can obtain the rewards from the previous season through the next Season.

Season	Season Special Gifts
2020 Spring Season	PEN (V) Capotia Earring or PEN (V) Capotia Ring (Select one)
2020 Season	Perilla's Star
2020 Winter Season	PEN (V) Capotia Belt
2021 Summer Season	PEN (V) Capotia Necklace
2021 Season+	Advice of Valks (+100)
2021 Winter Season Season: Drakania Season: Dawn of Dragons 2022 Autumn Season Winter Season Spring Season	Advice of Valks (+100) Box

• You can exchange Tuvala gear for boss gear with the "[Season] Boss Gear Exchange Coupon" via the following quests.
  • Talk to Fughar with the "[Season] Boss Gear Exchange Coupon" in your inventory to accept the following quests. You can only proceed with one of the following quests at a time.

• The Total Likes per Chat Group are scheduled to be reset during Apr 19, 2023 (Wed) maintenance.
  
  • Temporary titles (90 Days) have been awarded to Adventurers who own either gold, silver, or bronze Black Spirit icons.
  • Temporary titles (90 Days) have also been awarded to Adventurers who own either gold, silver, or bronze Black Spirit icons in any of the Hall of Adventurers Chat Groups.
  • All titles awarded for chat group rankings on Jan 18, 2023 (Wed) will be deleted during Apr 18, 2023 (Wed) maintenance.

The [Season] Coelacanth Emerges in Normal Servers!

• [Season] Coelacanth, which could only be fished in season servers during the spring season, can now be found in normal servers as well.
  • This event will last until the end of the spring season.

Fishing Areas

• Improved so that the name of each destination is displayed above their respective Abyssal Vein in the Magnus.

• [Maegu, Woosa] Fixed an issue where the black particle effect was not displayed when wearing the Blood-eyed Visor.
• Fixed an issue where the appearance of an island near the Sycraia Underwater Ruins looked unnatural.
• Fixed an issue where the appearance of a certain rock at the Derelict Trade Post looked unnatural.
• Fixed an issue where the effects of a removed object were still visible in a certain location in Calpheon City.
• Fixed an issue where closing the My Information (P) window with a hotkey while both the My Information and Inventory (I) windows were open would also close the Inventory window.
• Fixed an issue where auto-navigation would stop when the Skill (K) window was opened during auto-navigation.
• Fixed an issue where it was difficult to view Adventure logs in the Adventure Log Bookshelf in certain situations for the Gamepad UI.
• Fixed an issue of the Daily Special UI overlapping with the Key Guide for the Gamepad UI mode.
• Fixed an issue where the contents of the Crystal Preset Effect window were cut off in certain situations.
• Fixed an issue where the selling price for Imperial Crafting and Fishing Delivery was displayed as 0 Silver.
• Fixed an issue where some text in the Old Moon Guild Newsletter was displayed in a different language.
• [Wizard] Fixed an issue in Remastered mode where parts of the Sleepless Sun armor would look unnatural after being dyed.
• [Sage] Fixed an issue where some parts of the [Event] Beginner Hunter's Matchlock looked unnatural when equipped.
• Fixed an issue where aiming at the Sensitive Seagulls in the Balenos region with a sniper rifle was not smooth.
• Fixed an issue where you could move Velian Drawers even after placing other furniture on top of the drawer.
• Fixed an issue where abnormal icons and descriptions were displayed in the Life Skill section in My Information window.
• Fixed an issue where the Special Barter window would be closed last when closing the windows with the ESC key while checking the Special Barter info via the Wharf Manager.
• Fixed the issue where in some languages, the storage fee texts and prices would overlap in the Order Contract UI.
• Fixed the issue where in some languages, trade-related text would overlap.
• Fixed typos and incorrect quest objectives for the Trading Leap quests.
• Changed the completion condition for the quest "[Fishing] Ever Fished a Maomao?" to selling the fish to a nearby trade manager in major towns or cities.
• Fixed an issue where the horse attached to the wagon, which could no longer level up, would experience a stat increase in the third decimal place based on Training Guru Lv. 50 when leveling up.

Warrior

For Warrior Succession, we've reduced the inconvenience of having to use Prime: Heavy Strike until the final hit, while also allowing other skills besides Prime: Heavy Strike to deal enough damage. Previously, the last hit of Prime: Heavy Strike did not activate smoothly and could not combo into other skills, making it somewhat difficult to use. To address this, we've improved it so that even if the skill continues until final hit, you can now combo into another skill and maintain the flow of combat.

Succession

Prime: Heavy Strike

• Changed the skill as follows:

• • Changed so it can combo within the first 3 hits even while pressing ↓ key during the skill.

• • • However, when the Prime: Pulverize skill is available, the skill will be activated automatically.

• • Changed so Critical Hit Rate is not applied only to the final hit when the skill is used during the cooldown.
  • Reduced Prime: Heavy Strike damage by 15% during cooldown.
  • Increased the activation speed of the last hit.
  • Improved to combo smoothly with the following skills after the last hit:
    • Counter, Scars of Dusk, Spinning Slash, Shield Strike, Prime: Pulverize, Ground Slash, Severing Thrust
  • Fixed the character's momentary movement speed reduction after a hit.

▲ Before, After

Prime: Spinning Slash (I to IV)

• Changed the skill as follows:
  • Increased the animation speed of casting the skill.
  • Reduced Prime: Spinning Slash damage by 29% during cooldown.
  • Changed skill damage as follows:

Before		After
Attack damage 884/975/1066/1388% PvP Damage Reduction Rate 45/45/45/54.2%		Attack damage 1008/1112/1215/1582% PvP Damage Reduction Rate 51.8/51.8/51.8/59.8%

Prime: Earth Tremor

• Changed the skill as follows:
  • Changed skill cooldown 12 sec → 10 sec
  • Changed skill damage as follows:

Before		After
Attack damage 1700% x 6 PvP Damage Reduction Rate 53.2%		Attack damage 2125% x 6 PvP Damage Reduction Rate 62.5%

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Awakening

 

Solar Flare, Flow: Overwhelm

• Changed so that Flow: Overwhelm will no longer be activated by pressing ↑ + LMB when Solar Flare is on cooldown.
  • Accordingly, SPACE during frontal Head Chase will now activate Flow: Overwhelm.

Sorceress

Awakening

Dark Tendrils

• Fixed the issue of being reverted back to your Awakening state when comboing into Night Crow while using Dark Tendrils via Quick Slot with your scythe.

Archer

To enhance the Archer class's unique concept and appeal, greatbow and crossbow skills have seen an overall improvement with today's update. The Archer has had some inconveniences, such as skills affected by terrain, a lack of ways to deal with approaching enemies, and low accumulated damage of combos in PvE. The focus of this update was to improve these areas. First, greatbow and crossbow skills were improved to emphasize their respective concepts. For greatbow skills, Spear of Sylvia and Ravenous Talon were changed to ranged attack skills to align with the ranged concept. In particular, Spear of Sylvia has been changed to not affected by terrain, and the firing speed of Light's Path has increased to steadily deal damage without being affected by altitude. As for crossbow skills, the defensive effects were adjusted to respond to enemies nearby. Also, [Uproot], [Ultimate: Zephyr Leap], and [Gaping Darkness] were improved in terms of distance and utility to allow the Archer to distance himself from approaching enemies and his resume attacks. Accordingly, the effects of the skills were changed so that the Archer can now manage a variety of situations.

Main Weapon

Gaping Darkness

• Changed the skill as follows:

• Changed command input to ↑ + E.
• Flow: Shadow Hack and Flow: Verdure Clout can now be comboed by holding down E accordingly.

• Accordingly. Flow: Shadow Hack and Flow: Verdure Clout can now be comboed by holding down E.

• Changed so the skill always activates forward.

 

Volant Kick, Covering Fire

• Transferred Volant Kick's Forward Guard effect to Covering Fire.

Absolute: Covering Fire

• Fixed the skill description to display the skill's accuracy rate.

 

Vine Cutter, Arrow Explosion

• Transferred Vine Cutter's Forward Guard effect to Arrow Explosion.

Sunfall

• Changed the skill as follows:

• Changed to be a flow skill of Earth Shatter.

• Changed so that when Earth Shatter is available, both skills can be activated together.

• Added All DP -15 on hit.

Piercing Cry

• Increased activation speed when activating the skill forward.

Double Tap

• Changed the skill as follows:

• Changed so that the second attack is enhanced regardless of whether the first attack successfully hits.

• Changed so that the Breath: Recover effect is applied when activating the second attack.

Storm of Light (I to Absolute)

• Changed so that Storm of Light can only be activated via Quick Slot when first triggered.

• Increased the time to load the arrows generated by Storm of Light based on the skill level as follows:

• • Arrow Reload Time 20/20/30/30/40/60 sec → 40/40/60/60/120/180 sec
• Improved so it can be activated via Quick Slot with your greatbow when nocking arrows for the first time.
• Changed so arrows aren't fired when pressing ←/→ while Nocked.

Meteor Dive

• Increased skill's movement distance.

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Ascension

Ultimate: Zephyr Leap

• Changed the skill as follows:

• • Changed skill's defensive effects as follows:

• • • Forward Guard during the skill → Super Armor during the skill -> Forward Guard

• • Increased backward movement distance when using the skill with your greatbow.

Black Spirit: Ultimate: Zephyr Leap

• Changed the skill as follows:

• • Removed skill's third attack.

• • Changed skill's defensive effects as follows:

Before		After
Invincible while concealed, Forward Guard during the skill		Invincible while concealed, Super Armor during the skill

Uproot

• Changed the skill as follows:

• • Changed the animation of the skill's extra attack.

• • • Increased backward movement distance accordingly.

• • Changed so that Stamina is not recovered during extra attack.

• • Changed so that the falling motion is not activated during aerial movements, and to switch from landing motion to falling motion when the character is at a certain distance from the ground.

Luthraghon's Call

• Changed the skill as follows:

• • The hit detection for the attack has been changed to match the arrow's trajectory, and the damage of the attack rolls has been adjusted as follows. (The maximum range of the skill remains the same as before.)

• • • Increased the size of attack rolls applied per hit.

Before		After
Attack damage 124/366/1142/1521% x 5 while charging Attack damage 124/366/1142/1521% x 6 after charging PvP Damage Reduction Rate 60/60/60/65.3%		Attack damage 159/470/1222/1627% x 5 while charging Attack damage 159/470/1222/1627% x 6 after charging PvP Damage Reduction Rate 58%

Flow: Echoes of the Call

• Changed Ravenous Talon to Flow: Echoes of the Call.

• RMB to activate Flow: Echoes of the Call after Luthraghon's Call.

Before		After

Light's Path

• Increased firing speed.

• Unified all attack ranges to the skill's the widest attack range.

• Unified number of hits wich was applied differently for each attack to the one with the most hits.

• Unified the damage, which was previously applied differently, to the skill's highest amount.

• Reduced the amount of MP consumed when using the skill after learning Greatbow Training (V to X).

Before		After
30 MP Required when learning Greatbow Training (I to IV) 60 MP Required when learning Greatbow Training (V to VIII) 100 MP Required when learning Greatbow Training (IX to X)		30 MP Required when learning Greatbow Training (I to IV) 45 MP Required when learning Greatbow Training (V to VIII) 60 MP Required when learning Greatbow Training (IX to X)

• Added text to explain decreased damage in PvP.

Spear of Sylvia

• Changed the skill as follows:

• • Changed the skill's animation.

• • • Adjusted the skill's damage and effects accordingly.

• • Changed to a ranged projectile skill.

• • • However, the Archer will deal melee attacks when the enemy is nearby.

• • Changed Core: Spear of Sylvia as follows:

• • • Bound on hit → Forward Guard during the skill

Before		After

Skill Combo		Skill Combo
▲ Combo with Spear of Sylvia after Light's Path.		▲ Combo with Flow: Light's Trail and Righteous Smite after Spear of Sylvia.

Marked Bloom

• Changed the skill as follows:

• • Changed so it cannot be used during cooldown.

• • • Accordingly, cooldown has been reduced from 7 sec → 6 sec.

• • Changed to be a separate skill instead of a flow skill of Full Bloom.

• • • Damage has been adjusted accordingly, and Skill Add-ons are now available.

Before		After

• Removed the reduction of movement speed on hits.

• Added Stiffness (PvP only) on hits.

Full Bloom (I to III), Black Spirit: Full Bloom

• Changed the skills as follows:

• • Changed so that arrow damage is no longer applied when the enemy is nearby.

• • Reduced melee attack range.

• • • Increased melee attack damage according to the above. (However, damage has been reduced for PvP.)

• • Removed the Critical Hit Rate that was applied for arrow attacks, and Critical Hit Rate will now apply to melee attacks.

Before		After

Flow: Grand Bloom

• Changed the skill as follows:

• Changed arrow attack damage as follows when using the skill during cooldown:

Before		After
Arrow attack damage 1284% x 1		Arrow attack damage 1284% x 2 Critical Hit Rate +100% (Not applied during cooldown)

• Reduced the attack range of Grand Bloom.

Piercing Light (I to III)

• Changed so you are not pushed to the back when using the skill.

 

Steady Breath, Tactical Strike

• Changed so Tactical Strike is activated when pressing ← / → + RMB after Steady Breath.

• The Total Likes in each chat group have been reset with today's maintenance.
  • Adventurers who own either gold, silver, or bronze Black Spirit icons have been awarded temporary titles (90 days).
  • In the case of the Hall of Adventurers chat groups, adventurers of each class chat group who own either gold, silver, or bronze Black Spirit icons have been awarded temporary titles (90 Days).
  • All prior titles that were awarded will be deleted during this week's maintenance.

• Added so "[Guild] Special Iron Ingot from Calpheon Workshop" x1 can be exchanged for Stained Silk x1 via NPC Liana located major cities.
  • Stained Silk can be obtained according to a set probability based on the type of trade goods when selling goods in each major city.

• Fixed the issue of "Hide Horse Gear" settings being disabled when equipping the horse gear after taking your horse out of the Stable.
• Fixed the issue of "Hide Horse Gear" settings being disabled when logging in again after going to the Character Selection menu.
• Fixed the issue of not being able to obtain Training EXP when the game shut down.

• Improved the clarity of the "[Fishing Leap Skilled 5] The Best Fish in Serendia" quest objective.
• Changed the following item that is needed for Theater Troupes of Mediah, Conch Shell #4:
  • Refugee Household Items → Oatmeal
• Changed the Quest Requirement of the following quests to selling fish to Trade Managers:
  • [Fishing] Let's Get Fish! Queek!
  • [Fishing] Fishing is Fishing, Trading is Trading
  • [Fishing] Supply for the Frontline Forces

• Added a scene that shows the beach while talking with Momo during the quest [Balenos] To Velia.

• Added a UI to the Pet List window that, if out of Feed, will show you where you can obtain it.
• Added a window which will notify that crops will be removed when retrieving them individually during Garden Place Mode.
• Changed Black Spirit's Adventure item descriptions to either scroll or change text size if too long.
• Removed Update tag in Yolunakea when entering Atoraxxion.
• Fixed the following Region Quests location closer to where you combat with monsters.
  • Nineshark Subjugation (I to III)
  • Black Rust Subjugation (I to III)

• Improved so that you can invite players/renew their contracts even from different servers
  • As before, the changing of guild positions and banning guild members are possible regardless of server or online status.
  • However, the above are not possible between players in Battle Arena, Red Battlefield, Grand Prix Race Track, Atoraxxion Boss or Solo mode, Abyss One - The Magnus, or Arena of Solare.
• Fixed the issue where the client was intermittently unstable while loading.

• Removed [Promotion] category button from the Pearl Shop.
  • Changed the first category that is selected when opening Pearl Shop from [Promotion] to [Hot & New].

• Changed the notification text that would pop up when inputting a coupon code without logging in.

• Fixed the issue of objects being displayed abnormally in certain areas of Bronte's Bolt.
• Fixed the issue of an empty space appearing on the bottom of cutscenes when switching from window mode to full screen.
• Fixed the issue where the Web Central Market and in-game Central Market would display different price ranges, and where unavailable price ranges would be displayed.
• Fixed the issue of the hit not being applied even though the reticle is activated when firing after reloading and hitting a hunting monster with a sniper rifle.
• [Ranger] Fixed an issue where the appearance of the Snow Flower Hair Ornament would be abnormally stretched when equipped.
• [Valkyrie] Fixed an issue where the character's appearance would be awkward when wearing certain shoes with the Gunnr Lucirian armor.
• [Wizard] Fixed an issue where the character's appearance would show the Blackstar Dagger out of combat while equipped with the Godr-Ayed Dagger.
• [Maegu] Fixed an issue where Bargain chances would not increase when wearing the trader's clothes.
• Fixed an issue where the Auto-use of food and alchemy items could not be activated after the initial login to the game.
• Fixed following issues with the Gamepad UI mode:
  • the key guide not displaying after the pet hunger gauge was fully filled.
  • the position of the key guide being awkward in the Tier 5 Pet Training window.
  • Not being able to navigate the purchase price and current price in the Order Contract window using the pad.
  • Improved the wording in the Old Moon Guild Newsletter to read more naturally.
  • Fixed the issue of the Quotation Board from before the trade item renewal displaying in the Purchase Trade Goods UI.
• Fixed an issue where the quest names for unlocking Old Moon Logs Vol. 7-8 (Pavino Greko's Collection Vol. 1-2) were incorrectly displayed.
• Fixed an issue where some appearances with the unchangable option could be partially changed in certain situations.
• Fixed the issue of the stock of trade items being displayed differently on each server.

New Additions and Improvements

Class Changes

• Decreased the frequency of character's shouts when using skills.
  • This does not apply to when the character shouts the skill name.

Contents

Trade Quest Improvement

• Improved the quest objective of the following Adventure Logs related to trade activities:

Adventure Log	Before	After
Crow Merchants' Records Caphras' Record - Volume 3 Chapter 3	Sell Eastern Culture Beyond the Desert in Valencia City	Talk to the Trade Manager of Tarif
Crow Merchants' Records Fughar's Road to Success - Volume 1 Chapter 4	Trade Nutritious Haystack from Northern Wheat Plantation with the Trade Manager of Heidel	Examine the Northern Wheat Plantation Haystacks.

•  Improved the quest objective of the following Trading Leap quests:

Quest	Before	After
[Trading Leap Apprentice 2] Balenos Trade	Purchase Blue Reagent from Bartali Farm and deliver it to another territory.	Find out about the trade items from Lolly of Olvia
[Trading Leap Apprentice 7] Serendia Specialty Promotion	Purchase Sweet Golden Honey from Alejandro Farm and deliver it to another territory Purchase Good Quality Potato Starch from Alejandro Farm and deliver it to another territory Purchase Fresh Fan Flamingo Egg from Eastern Gateway and deliver it to another territory	Promote Serendia Specialty in Western Guard Camp Promote Serendia Specialty in Velia Promote Serendia Specialty in Glish
[Trading Leap Apprentice 10] The Cupid of Olvia	Purchase Mystical Love Potion No. 6 from Olvia and deliver it to another territory	Spread the word to Pollini in Florin that we have more of this mystical love potion in stock
[Trading Leap Skilled 5] A Deal with Calpheon	Purchase Chewy Dried Fogan Hind Leg and deliver it to another territory	Show Glish specialties to Norma Leight in Northern Wheat Plantation of Calpheon
[Trading Leap Professional 1] New Luxury Item in the Market	Make profit by selling Ram War Horn from Behr in another territory	Check stock of Ram War Horn from Behr
[Trading Leap Professional 4] Helping a Friend in Keplan	Make profit by selling Subtle Scented Candle from Keplan in another territory Make profit by selling Fragrant Ginger Tea from Keplan in another territory	Ask Bart from Trina Fort Ask Duras from Trina Fort
[Trading Leap Professional 7] Behr Sausage is the Best!	Make profit by selling Special Sausage from Behr in another territory	Promote the Special Sausage from Behr at Kamasylve
[Trading Leap Professional 10] Medicines to Save Lives	Make profit by selling Herb Steamer from Northern Wheat Plantation in another territory Make profit by selling Fragrant Scented Candle from Northern Wheat Plantation in another territory Make profit by selling Herbal Ointment from Behr in another territory	Check Olvia Medicine Check Northern Wheat Plantation Medicine Check Behr Medicine
[Trading Leap Artisan 4] Kusha Town Festival	Purchase Mountain Cheese from Olvia and deliver it to Altinova Purchase Fragrant Grape Wine from Olvia and deliver it to Altinova Purchase Sweet Golden Honey from Alejandro Farm and deliver it to Altinova Purchase Hearty Pig Barbecue from Behr and deliver it to Altinova Purchase Dried Sweet Cornelian Cherry from Northern Wheat Plantation and deliver it to Altinova	Bring food from Olvia Bring food from Northern Wheat Plantation Bring food from Behr Bring food from Alejandro Farm Bring food from Calpheon City
[Trading Leap Artisan 7] Special Leather Fabric	Purchase Special Leather Fabric from Behr and deliver it to Altinova	Check the quality of Special Leather Fabric from Behr
[Trading Leap Artisan 10] Unique Items from Mediah	Purchase Hearty Sandwich from Tarif and deliver it to another territory Purchase Soul-Possessed Portrait from Tarif and deliver it to another territory Purchase Gem-Laden Dagger from Stonetail Horse Ranch and deliver it to another territory	Check Tarif specialties Check Stonetail Horse Ranch specialties Check Kusha specialties

• Improved the quest objective of the following trade quest related to the manor:

Quest	Before	After
[Manor] Shakatu's Trader	Succeed in trade bargaining	Hand over Gold Bar 100G to Nyabee at Altinova

• Improved the quest objective of the following daily trade quests:

Quest	Before	After
[Daily] Shakatu's Message	Trade Shakatu's Eastern Telescope Trade Shakatus' Soft Smoked Mountain Sheep Meat	Find out the trade price from Trade Manager Quina Ask Storage Keeper Deve about Altinova's prices
[Daily] Kiyak's Message	Trade Basilisk Skin from Sand Grain Bazaar Trade Sweet Date Plum Fruit from Sand Grain Bazaar	Ask General Goods Vendor Shilla about the lacking materials Ask Blacksmith Lasmin about the lacking minerals
[Daily] Talia's Message	Trade Fancy Ivory Seal from Sand Grain Bazaar Trade Bundle of Preserved Ivory from Sand Grain Bazaar	Ask Atui Balacs about the price of trading goods Ask Amir about the situation in Sand Grain Bazaar

• Improved the order contract so that the storage fee is no longer charged when the item circulation period expires.
• Fixed an issue where trade items under an order contract could not be immediately loaded onto a ship.

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Mount Transfer Upon Completion of Main Quest

In the vast world of Black Desert, horses are precious companions for adventurers, but sometimes they can get separated when talking to characters during main quests. Now, completing a main quest will bring your horse to your side, making it convenient to travel to distant destinations and continue your journey with your trusty companion.

•  Improved so your horse will now move near you whenever a main quest is completed.
  
  • Note that it will not work for some quests where the quest completion NPC is the Black Spirit or in a location where the horse cannot reach.

Item

• Improved description of [Event] Marni's Endurance Potion in How to Obtain.
• Added text that expiry date will be applied in [Event] Ellie's Magical Elixir description.

• Changed the monster zone, Murrowak's Labyrinth, located in the Mountain of Eternal Winter as follows:

• Changed the monster zones in Elvia Calpheon as follows:

• Added a new quest type, Main Story, to prevent adventurers in Black Desert from getting lost in the stories of various characters.
  • This quest type can be found at the bottom of the Quests window and cannot be disabled.
  • If only the Main Story type is enabled, only the major stories in Black Desert can be progressed.

Southern Neutral Zone near Orc Camp
Before	After

Balenos River at the South of Western Guard Camp
Before	After

Upper Demi River at Southern Calpheon
Before	After

Added braziers in certain location to make auto-navigation smoother.

Lemoria Guard Post
Before	After

Moved the position of lamps in certain areas to make auto-navigation smoother.

Near Merindora in East Grána
Before	After

• Removed the notification bubble that appeared when no HP potion was registered in the quick slot.

• Fixed the issue of [ADV] Voidlight Dagger disappearing when going to [Co-op] Yolu's Cradle to Yolu's Garden with the item.
• Fixed the issue of not being able to interact with NPCs occasionally for the following quests:
  • The Child Wrapped in Darkness
  • Wasted Pumpkins
  • Descendant of Cartian
• Fixed so the location info shows the right way during The Wave Did It.
• Fixed the issue of not being able to move to a certain location during the tutorial cutscene.
• Fixed the issue of the NPC name not showing occasionally at Duzak Tunnel.
• Fixed the issue of Chocolates Full O' Love image icon being abnormal in Crafting Notes.
• Fixed the issue of where guild members were able to send Guild Invites in guilds that cannot have more than 100 members.
• Fixed the following lines, subtitles, and item descriptions to be more accurate:
  • Sales information in fish item description.
  • Keywords of Al Yurad's Ring Piece #1-5 Knowledge
• Fixed the following for Gamepad UI mode:
  • Fixed the issue of the key guide message not being accurate in some items.
• Fixed the description of 1st Generation, Pioneer, and First Invader titles.
  • These titles are special titles that can no longer be obtained.
• Added expiry dates to some Mail (B) that didn't have an expiry date.
  • Combined mails the had same contents into one mail.
  • Please make sure to open your mail before the expiry date.
• Fixed the issue of Unequippable displaying abnormally in the following item when logging in as a Season character.
  
  • TRI (III) Capotia accessory of Special Accessory for Growth Support! challenge.
• Fixed the issue of the remaining ingredients not moving when Processing (Grinding) the same items in your Storage after equipping Karki and Venecil.
• Fixed the issue of not being able to use a skill that has a self-healing effect within your residence.
• Fixed the issue of the amount Pearls displaying differently from the actual amount at the top right corner of the Beauty Album (F4).
• Fixed the issue of the reactions of town NPCs to rumors of the rising and dropping prices of military supplies in the Old Moon Guild Newsletter occurring simultaneously in certain situations.
• Fixed the issue not being able to control keyboard and mouse sometimes when interacting with NPCs.
• Fixed the issue of Serendia food fluctuation NPC not showing.
• Fixed the issue of the prices not being updated even though there were fluctuations in the market prices of some trade goods in the same category within Order Contract Storage.

Changes and Fixes

• We have fixed the issue where the discount for the following items ended prior to the scheduled date of May 3, 2023:
  • Weight Limit +350LT
  • Weight Category 20% Off
    • The above items are currently available for purchase via the Pearl Shop (F3). For those who purchased Weight Category items at a non-discounted price (post April 26, Wednesday maintenance), will be reimbursed the difference in Pearls via mail (B). We apologize for the inconvenience.