Greetings Adventurers,

Here are the latest update details for Black Desert Online on April 20, 2022 (Wed). Today’s patch contains 114 updates and is approximately 1.03 GB.

Improving New Adventurer Experience

Items

 As Black Desert has been on our adventure together with our Adventurers for a long time, there has been numerous items added into the world of Black Desert through the weekly updates. Therefore, this made it difficult for new Adventurers that are starting out to figure out what the items were for and whether or not they should it them or use them. So, we will strive to improve the item descriptions so that it is easier for new Adventurers to decide if they want to keep, collect, or use them.

● Improved the item descriptions of 316 items. It will clearly state how they can be obtained and what they are used for.
– More items have their descriptions improved in future updates.

Before	After

– You can see the full list of items that had their descriptions improved below.

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 Black Stones, Memory Fragments, Hunter’s Seals, Gold Bars, Node/Conquest War items, and many more items would naturally pile up in our Adventurer’s Inventory and take up a significant amount of weight. However, this will be changed as 344 items had their weight reduced. We hope this will help our Adventurers take off on their adventures, lighter than before.

● Decreased the weights of Gold Bars, Seals, Black Stones, and other stackable items (a total of 344 items).

Items	Before (LT)	After (LT)
Black Stone Items	0.35 LT	0.1 LT
Memory Fragment, Sandstorm Crystal	0.3 LT	0.1 LT
Pets & Fairy Items	0.2 – 0.5 LT	0.1 LT
Horse Capturing Items	0.7 LT	0.1 LT
Seals	0.3 – 0.5 LT	0.1 LT
Hunting Items	0.3 LT	0.1 LT
Crystal Materials	1 LT	0.1 LT
Gold Bars	2 – 150 LT	1~ 75 LT
Explosives	0.7 – 50 LT	0.3 ~ 30 LT
Guild Supplies	0.35 – 10 LT	0.2 ~ 1 LT
Others (Keys, etc.)	0.3 LT	0.1 LT
Designs & Permits	0.3 LT	0.1 LT

– You can see the full list of items that have their weight reduced below.

Quest & Knowledge

 We increased the contribution EXP rewards for the regular quests in Balenos and Serendia. The regular quests are optional in the world of Black Desert, however, we felt that new Adventurers starting out and taking the time to explore the world should have enough points to rent storage and activate production nodes.

● Increased the contribution EXP rewards for 220 regular quests in Balenos to the following:
– You can see the list of quests where the contribution EXP rewards were increased below.

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● Increased the contribution EXP rewards for 124 regular quests in Serendia to the following:
– You can see the list of quests where the contribution EXP rewards were increased below.

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Events

Character

● Changed the following skills, which were previously learned from between levels 2 to 6, to be learned at level 1.
– Sorceress: Signs of Agony
– Mystic: Scissor Kick
– Lahn: Moon Slash, Spring Breeze
– Archer: Earth Kick, Gaping Darkness, Flow: Volant Kick, Flow: Ascending Spirit, Winged Strike, Uproot, Low Sweep, Radiant Explosion
– Shai: Hop-Three
– Guardian: Fierce Disdain, Frenzy, Mutilation, Juggernaut, Juggernaut: Smite, Strike Down
– Hashashin: Piercing Tornado, Sand Divider, Shadow Splitter
– Nova: Bitter Reign, Chain Strike, Command: Rime Ice, Face the Darkness, Vengeful Star, Command: Blooming Icy Thorns, Punishing Trap
– Corsair: Whirling Slash, Whirlpool, Storm Surge, Tidal Slash, Overflow
– Sage: Void Gateways
● Fixed the issue for the following classes where the idle animation was abnormally short.
– Valkyrie, Kunoichi, Dark Knight, Guardian

● Prime: Tearing Arrow – Changed to fire the remaining arrows when stamina runs out while charging.
● Black Spirit: Elven Rage – Fixed the issue where the skill activated while it was toggled.

● Changed the following to Tiger Blade:
– Changed the area of Attack 1 to match the area hit with the blade.
– Fixed the issue where Prime: Gale skill damage was not applied.

● Blooming – Added to the Skill Guide.
● Black Spirit: Maehwa: Decapitation – Fixed the awkward text about the number of hits.

● Black Spirit: Flash Slash – Fixed the issue where the rage absorption effect was not being applied when used after Smokescreen.
● Main weapon S-block – Fixed the issue where getting hit while changing weapons would cause her to change weapons instantaneously.

● Ninjutsu: Shadow Stomp – Added to the Skill Guide.

● Lightning – Fixed the awkward skill motion.

● Crimson Fang – Fixed the incorrect commands displayed on the Skill Guide.

● Wave Orb – Fixed the issue where the CC effect did not match the skill description.

● Flow: Low Blow – Fixed the issue where the Down Smash on the skill was not being applied.

● Added Lv. 56, 57, and 58 Skill Enhancements.
– Lv. 56

Skill Info	Motion/Description
	Use Soaring Claw to jump forward while slashing upwards. This skill has a Float effect as well as Recover HP on hits when she has 50% or more HP.
	Use Markthanan’s Fang to add a Float effect option. It gives her a skill to use in combos where before, she only had skills with Knockdown effects.

– Lv. 57

Skill Info	Motion/Description
	Eviscerating Wings gives her a change of pace. She tends to face opponent head on, however, Eviscerating Wings gives Drakania the ability to dive in when she spots an opportunity.
	Dragon’s Assault isn’t a combo skill, but it gives you the ability to start a combo with a Super Armor skill for a safe approach that also decreases the opponents’ All DP.

 – Lv. 58

Skill Info	Motion/Description
	Abyssal Advance gives her and her allies the power to charge confidently onto the battlefield.
	Use Abyssal Dominion to hit enemies with speed reduction effects while keeping herself safe with Super Armor. This will be very handy in PvP.

● Changed the item ‘Shattered Dragon’s Malice’ made with the skill Ceaseless Vengeance.
– Removed the expiration on the item, making it permanently storable.
– Multiples of the item can be stacked on a single slot.
● Black Spirit: Blazing Strike – Made the following changes:
– Increased her movement speed during the huge lightning strikes.
– Attack 2 hits were reduced from 10 to 3 hits.
– Attack 3 hits were increased from max 16 hits to max 30 hits.
– Changed Attack 3 so that a smaller lightning will strike at enemies nearby after the huge lightning strikes.
● Dragon’s Advance – Fixed the issue where the Movement Speed effect would not be applied in certain situations.
● Skewer – Fixed the issue where the skill would activate twice when used after Refraction, Flow: Markthanan’s Wings that was used during Markthanan’s Flourish, Eviscerate, or Brimbolt Strike.
● Skewer – Fixed the issue where the skill would activate slower in a combo when the slayer was in her left hand than her right hand.
● Fixed the issue where Drakania would not be targeted by monsters when she summons her Black Spirit in certain situations.
● Fixed the issue where Drakania’s neck would appear abnormal in certain positions.

● Added the instrument selection UI to the Music Album.
– You can add instruments using the UI displayed below when you are composing in the Music Album or in the Compose/Score window.

● Improved the pop-ups for the notes in the Compose/Score window that appear after they’re clicked to now close when clicked again.
● Improved the list of instruments displayed on the left side of the Compose/Score window.
– The list will no longer display all the available instruments.
– You will be able to add instruments by selecting the ‘Add Instrument’ button on the bottom left corner.
– Only the instruments added via ‘Add Instrument’ button and instruments with notes on the score will be displayed in the list.
● Improved on the issue where it appeared that the last edit done on the maximized Compose window did not get applied.
● Made the following changes to ‘How to Get a Powerful Accessory 2’ on the Season Pass:
– Changed the objective to complete ‘How to Get a Powerful Accessory 2’ on the Season Pass will be changed to ‘[Season] Old Moon Guild Special Monster Mission’ or ‘Old Moon Guild Subjugation Request – All Regions’.
– Changed the ‘[Season] Old Moon Guild Special Monster Mission’ quest to be displayed at the top of the list when talking to Jetina if the reward for ‘Leveling Up, One Step at a Time! 10’ was collected.
● Adjusted the numbers of the Max HP effect, the buff given to losing team, and the minimum AP/Accuracy/Damage Reduction given to characters participating in Red Battlefield.

* Characters that enter the Red Battlefield with AP/Accuracy/Damage Reduction lower than the minimum will have them raised to the minimum.
* Each of the stats are based on the numbers displayed in the View My Stats UI.
● The Total Likes per Chat Group are scheduled to be reset during Apr 20, 2022 (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 24 Hall of Adventurers Chat Groups.
– All titles awarded for chat group rankings on Jan 19, 2021 (Wed) will be deleted during Apr 20, 2022 (Wed) maintenance. 

 As announced during CalpheON Episode 2, the processing stones were combined. We searched for a way to combine these stones together as many of our Adventurers have requested this change. Now, Adventurers will be able to mass process a variety of items with a single processing stone. We are also currently working hard on developing the Life Inventory and Lightstone Inventory.

● Combined processing stones that were differentiated by types.
– As the processing stones were combined, Shaking, Grinding, Chopping, Drying, Filtering, and Heating can be mass processed with one processing stone.

Before	After
Manos Processing Stone – Lake Manos Processing Stone – Vitality Manos Processing Stone – Energy Manos Processing Stone – Sun Manos Processing Stone – Wind Manos Processing Stone – Lava	Manos Processing Stone
Techthon Processing Stone – Lake Techthon Processing Stone – Vitality Techthon Processing Stone – Energy Techthon Processing Stone – Sun Techthon Processing Stone – Wind Techthon Processing Stone – Lava	Techthon Processing Stone
Loggia Processing Stone – Lake Loggia Processing Stone – Vitality Loggia Processing Stone – Energy Loggia Processing Stone – Sun Loggia Processing Stone – Wind Loggia Processing Stone – Lava	Loggia Processing Stone

● Due to the consolidation of these items, the pre-existing processing stones will no longer be sold by the vendors. Instead, you will be able to purchase the new Loggia Processing Stone and Techthon Processing Stone from the same NPC vendors you purchased the pre-existing processing stones from.
– Removed: Loggia Processing Stone – Lake, Vitality, Energy, Sun, Wind, Lava, and Techthon Processing Stone – Lake, Vitality, Energy, Sun, Wind, Lava
– Added: Loggia Processing Stone, Techthon Processing Stone
● Changed the exchange of Rough Lustrous Gem to give you a Manos Processing Stone instead.
● Removed the following event items due to the combining of Processing Stones.
– [Event] Pollini’s Processing Stone – Lake (1 Day)
– [Event] Pollini’s Processing Stone – Vitality (1 Day)
– [Event] Pollini’s Processing Stone – Energy (1 Day)
– [Event] Pollini’s Processing Stone – Sun (1 Day)
– [Event] Pollini’s Processing Stone – Wind (1 Day)
– [Event] Pollini’s Processing Stone – Lava (1 Day)

 As the processing stones were consolidated, the pre-existing processing stones that you had can either be used as an item or sold to NPC vendors for Silver. The pre-existing processing stones in your possession have all been replaced with ‘Sealed’ processing stones. If you would like to use the processing stone as an item, then you can equip it after using it with Simple Alchemy (L).
Otherwise, you can sell all the extra processing stones for Silver to NPC vendors at the highest price that they were being sold at on the Central Market across the world.

● The following changes were made to your pre-existing Manos, Techthon, Loggia Processing Stones you have in your possession:
– All of your Processing Stones were removed from your possession and Sealed Processing Stones with the same enhancement level were sent to your Mailbox. (e.g.: +13 Manos Processing Stone – Lake → Sealed +13 Manos Processing Stone)
– Sealed Processing Stones cannot be equipped. You can either sell them to vendors for silver or use Simple Alchemy (L) to make them into processing stones that can be equipped.
– You can see below how much Silver the Sealed Processing Stones will sell via NPC vendors.
* If there are multiple items sent to your mailbox, you may need to take one item out at a time.

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● Added a new method to make Manos Processing Stones as the old Manos Processing Stone – Lake, Vitality, Energy, Sun, Wind, and Lava will no longer be available.

How to Make Manos Processing Stone

Moonlight Opal x30 Gem Polisher x15 Manos Stone x5 Magical Shard x50 ※ Manufacture (L)

● Separated [Ninja] Sicarios Gloves from the [Ninja] Sicarios Armor.
– Added [Ninja] Sicarios Shoes to the outfit boxes that contain the [Ninja] Sicarios Armor.
* Adventurers who had the [Ninja] Sicarios Armor in their possession will find the [Ninja] Sicarios Shoes in their storage in Heidel.
※ Please contact [Support] and attach screenshots of the item tooltips displaying the info of the dyes applied to the outfit previously if the color has changed.
● Added text regarding how you can only take out one [Event] Kuku at a time.
● Improved the description regarding pets that you can only take out one at a time.

● Changed the following for Gyfin Rhasia Temple (Underground):
– Increased the area in which you can receive notifications when the Butcher of Gyfin Rhasia spawns.
– The visual effects that displayed the area to receive and maintain buffs after defeating the ‘Anger,’ ‘Denial,’ and ‘Resolve’ Ancient Stone Statues were improved to match the actual area in which you can receive the buffs.
● The following improvements will be applied to the Jade Starlight Forest of the Mountain of Eternal Winter region:
– Unstable Jade-lit Breath started to appear when you defeat Jade Lamps, Okjinsini Totems, and Traditional Okjinsini Braziers.
– Unstable Jade-lit Breath will cause an explosion when a lot of shock is inflicted.
– Alleviated the difficulty level of the [Daily] Plucking Beards quest.

● Made the following improvements to the Mount Information window.
– Improved to display the skills that are not yet learned by the mount.
– Improved to display which courser skills the mount has learned or has yet to learn when mousing over the horse icon.

● Added a feature that displays the quantity of mounts checked in Stables of other regions when transporting a mount.
● Added text regarding information on how the accumulated skill change points and history of using the Skill Selection Coupon will reset upon successful Dream Horse Awakening and Mythical Awakening on the Courser Training and Mythical Awakening UIs.
● Fixed the issue where it seemed like the accumulated skill change points didn’t reset upon successful Dream Horse Awakening with a Tier 8 Courser.

● Improved and changed the following for the Mountain of Eternal Winter main questline:
– The issue where you couldn’t navigate to the NPC to accept the [Everfrost] Wrapping Up quest after forfeiting the quest was fixed.
– The issue where you couldn’t see the NPCs after the cutscene for [Everfrost] Den of Barbarians ended was fixed.
– The issue where the audio and lines weren’t synced for the [Everfrost] Unintended Mistake quest with your Drakania was fixed.
– The name of the ‘Lando’s Hunting Matchlock’ for part of the main questline was changed to ‘Lando’s Matchlock.’
– Some typos in the main questline were fixed.
● Fixed some typos in quests, NPC dialogues, Exploration Knowledges, and NPC Knowledges for the Mountain of Eternal Winter.
● Fixed the issue where the following quests, which cannot be accepted and completed by Adventurers who’ve started at the Mountain of Eternal Winter, were displayed on the Suggested tab of the Quests window.
– [Awakening] Awakening of the Black Spirit, [ADV Support] Let’s See Some Skills!, [Lv. 13 Serendia] Servant of Darkness appears in a farm, [Lv. 20 Glish] Donatt’s Journal, and [Lv. 50 Calpheon] The Monarch of Darkness
● Changed the quest requirements and quest title that provides guidance in starting the [Everfrost] main questline that was displayed to Adventurers who have not completed the Sycrakea main questline.

● Improved the Friend/Guild Login alerts to not be displayed during cutscenes.
● Improved to not display the low HP visual effects on the screen when starting a cutscene with a low HP.
● Improved to display the name of the completion target on the Quests widget when completing the objective.
– The quest completion target will be marked green on the Quests widget when completing the objective.
● Improved to auto-navigate to the completion target upon completing main quests.

 We received a lot of feedback from our Adventurers, including from CalpheON Episode 2, on the possibility of enjoying Conquest Wars in another region, different from the previous one. So we made the decision to rotate the stat restriction applied in Conquest Wars of each territory. We are planning to appropriately change or maintain the rotation of stat restrictions for Conquest Wars after seeing how it’s used by our Adventurers.

● Changed stat restrictions for Conquest Wars in Calpheon, Valencia, and Mediah as follows:

Territories	Before	After
Calpheon	No limits	AP Limit: 457 Evasion Limit: 818 Evasion Rate Limit: 20% Damage Reduction Limit: 326 Damage Reduction Rate Limit: 19% Accuracy Limit: 719 Accuracy Rate Limit: 20% All Resistance Limit: – Special Evasion Rate Limit: 20%
Valencia	AP Limit: 475 Evasion Limit: 847 Evasion Rate Limit: 20% Damage Reduction Limit: 347 Damage Reduction Rate Limit: 23% Accuracy Limit: 726 Accuracy Rate Limit: 20% All Resistance Limit: – Special Evasion Rate Limit: 30%	No limits
Mediah	AP Limit: 457 Evasion Limit: 818 Evasion Rate Limit: 20% Damage Reduction Limit: 326 Damage Reduction Rate Limit: 19% Accuracy Limit: 719 Accuracy Rate Limit: 20% All Resistance Limit: – Special Evasion Rate Limit: 20%	AP Limit: 475 Evasion Limit: 847 Evasion Rate Limit: 20% Damage Reduction Limit: 347 Damage Reduction Rate Limit: 23% Accuracy Limit: 726 Accuracy Rate Limit: 20% All Resistance Limit: – Special Evasion Rate Limit: 30%

 Adjustments were made to the Command Posts and Field HQs built to participate in Conquest Wars. Guilds participating in Conquest Wars can install either Command Posts or Field HQs depending on which is more strategically advantageous for their members. Guilds that install Command Posts can have their members charge in headfirst at their enemies, while guilds that install Field HQs can aim to make Cannon Observatories to rain down artillery. Also, the cooldown reduction for reviving at Recovery Centers applied in Conquest Wars has been increased. This makes it possible to revive faster from both Command Posts and Field HQs than before.

● Changed the quantity of Command Posts and Field HQs you can install in Conquest Wars as follows:
– Command Post

Categories	Before	After
Max number of Annexes	100	110
Barricade	50	50
Wooden Fence	50	50
Wooden Fence Gate	1	1
Recovery Center	5	10
Cannon Observatory	10	3
Elephant Nursery	3	3
Hwacha	2	2
Flame Tower	2	3
Supply Depot	1	2
Siege Defense Tower	20	40

– Field HQ

● Changed the revival cooldown reduction effect of Recovery Centers for Conquest Wars as follows:
– Cooldown reduction for reviving from a Conquest War: -3 sec → Cooldown reduction for reviving from a Conquest War: -6 sec

● Improved your mouse cursor to also be activated when opening the Exit window from the Character Selection window by pressing ESC during a cutscene.
● Members of the Old Moon Guild have removed the giant reef that ran many ships aground at Al Halam Sea.

● Improved the ‘Enter’ button to be displayed when hovering your mouse over the server list on the Select Server window.
● Improved to display the time items are purchased and sold on the Central Market on the Central Market Notifications window.
● Improved to display the max level at which you can invest in nodes on the Node Information window on the World Map (M).
● Improved the dotted lines previously displayed on the text for the completion target on the Quests widget to no longer be displayed upon completing quests.
● Improved the keyguide for summoning the Black Spirit to also be displayed on the Quests widget when the quest can be accepted from the Black Spirit.

● Improved to whisper to the most recently whispered-to Adventurer when replying to whispers by entering ‘/r.’
● Improved so that the following categories are applied to Custom Settings:
– Fairy Volume
– Nearby Music
● Improved the volume of cutscenes to be adjustable via Settings.

● Improved to display a more detailed item description when hovering your mouse over the rewards on the spaces in Black Spirit’s Adventure.
● Improved to directly move to My Gallery when uploading photos in the Photo Gallery.

● Improved the UIs of the pages displaying posts on Notices, Community, Beauty Album, Photo Gallery, etc. on the Black Desert official website.
● Improved the login history to load more quickly.
● Fixed the issue where the class icons on the Adventurer page would appear abnormal under certain circumstances.
● Improved the issue where the menu and language change icons would overlap, according to the change in the direction of the screen when using certain browsers with iOS.

● Changed the following terms in English:
– Ethics Arguing to Moral Dilemma.
– Black Spirit’s Special Dice Piece to Black Spirit’s Special Die Piece.
– Peach Flower to Cherry Blossom.
– Guest of the Mountain of Eternal Winter to Guest from Everfrost.
– Cannonball for Ship to Ship Cannonball.

● Fixed the issue where the dye would appear dark on certain parts of the [Musa] Wilderness outfit.
● Fixed the issue where equipping the Oblivion Helmet in certain customizations of Shais would appear abnormal.
● Fixed the issue where equipping the [Corsair] Yianaros’ Headpiece would cause your hair to appear abnormal. Fixed the issue where setting your graphics settings to low-spec would cause your [Corsair] Yianaros’ Headpiece to appear abnormal.
● Fixed the issue where the icon on the Close button on the Post Recruitment Ad window from the Find Party/Platoon menu would appear abnormal.
● Fixed the issue where certain vegetation in Cyclops Land would appear unnatural.
● Fixed the issue where the background would appear abnormal in Pujiya Canyon.
● Fixed the issue where you couldn’t install furniture in certain spots when decorating your residence in Eilton 1.
● Fixed the issue where characters with karma below 0 wouldn’t be attacked when mounting a wagon.
● Fixed the issue where your character would move to an abnormal location from certain points in the following regions:
– Jail, Gyfin Rhasia Temple
● Fixed the issue where you couldn’t save nor share properly when using special characters in the titles of the Music Album.
● Fixed the issue where you couldn’t search Oblivion outfits from the Fashion Album in the Pearl Shop.
● Improved your Archer to be able to look at the sky when looking through the camera.
● Fixed the issue where the list of descriptions on instruments being used would appear abnormal when moving to the list from the page containing details on Album from the Composer window of the Music Album.
● Fixed the issue where client error logs would occur sometimes when opening your inventory.
● Fixed the issue where the courser icon would be displayed on the mount information of the horse that did not satisfy the requirements to be a courser.
● Fixed the issue where your character’s motions would appear unnatural when selecting a color to dye underwear from the Dye UI.
● Fixed the issue where your mount’s skills wouldn’t be displayed sometimes from the Mount Information window.
● Fixed the issue where the visual effects displayed when bosses spawn from interacting with Dark Portals would appear unnatural.
● Fixed the issue where all of the processing materials for the 12 Knowledge entries acquirable via Drying with 12 types of fish in the Mountain of Eternal Winter was Basking Shark.
– Dried Sharpbelly, Dried Lamprey, Dried Yalu Grayling, Dried Mackerel Pike, Dried Dark Sleeper, Dried Bowfin, Dried Longsnout Catfish, Dried Spined Bittering, Dried Silver Carp, Dried Chameleon Goby, Dried Ussurian Bullhead, and Dried Common Bleak
● Fixed the issue where different outfits were displayed on the Fashion Album of certain Premium Outfit Sets on the Pearl Shop.
● Fixed the issue where the NPC on the Quest Summary window of the [Sights of Mediah] Ahon Kirus, the Leader of Tarif quest was different from the actual NPC (Illen Raige).
● Fixed the issue where the character’s name would be displayed for Unknown Adventurers when approaching them and using Follow, Party Invite, and Challenge to a Duel via the Ring Menu.
● Fixed the issue where the background music would stop playing when fighting against the Okjinsini at the Jade Starlight Forest.
● Fixed the issue where your character’s energy wouldn’t be recovered in certain servers sometimes after the occurrence of the server delay issue.
● Fixed the issue where the appearances of weapons would appear abnormal for Drakania under certain circumstances.

Happy adventuring!