March 30, 2022 (Wed) Update Details

Updates Mar 30, 2022, 10:00 (UTC+8)

 

Hello, Adventurers.

 

Here are the updates made to Black Desert on March 30, 2022.

(Patch size: approx. 1.49 GB)
- Please note that the update for Steam may be larger than the size listed above.

 

※ Please read below for details.

 


Event

Event 1. A Letter from the GMs

Event Period
- March 30, 2022 (Wed) after maintenance - April 6, 2022 (Wed) before maintenance 

[More details]

Event 2. Ornette & Odore's Spirits...?
Event Period
-
March 30, 2022 (Wed) after maintenance - April 6, 2022 (Wed) before maintenance 
[More details]

Event 3. Drakania & Season Pre-Creation
Event Period
-
March 30, 2022 (Wed) after maintenance - April 6, 2022 (Wed) before maintenance 
[More details]

Event 4. Special Relay Login Rewards
Event Period
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March 31, 2022 (Thu) 00:00 - April 27, 2022 (Wed) 23:59 
[More details]

Event 5. At Markthanan’s Command, Garmoth Rises Again! 
Event Period
- April 2, 2022 (Sat) 14:00
[More details]


MAJOR UPDATES - Pre-Creation for the New Class Drakania Begins!


▲ New class Drakania trailer


▲ New class Drakania combat vide

● Pre-creation for the new class, Drakania, is now open.
- You can now pre-create and customize the new class, Drakania.
- With the addition of the new class, you can now increase up to 27 character slots with the Character Slot Expansion Coupon.
※ The total number of character slots will remain at 28 until further notice. 


MAJOR UPDATES - Season Server Pre-Creation Begins!

● Pre-creation in the new Season Server, "Season: Drakania" is now open.
- Select "Season Character" in the character creation window to pre-create a season character for the "Season: Drakania" server.

MAJOR UPDATES - "Masterpiece" Furniture and Titles for Treasures

Treasure-type items are clearly one of the must-have rarities Adventurers dream about obtaining in Black Desert. There wasn't a way for Adventurers to express the pleasure and satisfaction of obtaining a treasure-type item after working so hard to get it, other than linking the item in chat.
We should have shown more respect for our Adventurers' efforts in overcoming challenges by providing something that naturally earns you "respect" from others without having to show it off yourself.
We've decided to do a little something to satisfy that. First, we added special titles to be clearly noticeable at a glance by others and also added furniture representing treasures so that you can constantly be reminded of your accomplishment. We crafted the pieces of furniture to illustrate that "respect" down to the smallest detail, and we hope this will provide some satisfaction for Adventurers who own the treasures.
※ The quests won't take your treasure-type items, so there's no need to worry. 
● Added quests where Adventurers who've obtained the treasure-type items can obtain special furniture and titles as quest rewards.
- You can accept "The Treasure's True Owner" quest pertaining to each of the treasures you have in your possession by showing them to Patrigio at Crow's Nest.
- Upon completing a "The Treasure's True Owner" quest, you can obtain furniture shaped like the treasure and a title pertaining to the treasure.
※ You can meet Patrigio at Crow's Nest during Quests (O) -> Suggested -> [The Great Expedition] Crow's Nest consecutive quests.
Quests Furniture Rewards Titles
The Treasure's True Owner: Ebenruth's Nol
Masterpiece: Ebenruth's Nol

Sea Captain
The Treasure's True Owner: Lafi Bedmountain's Upgraded Compass
Masterpiece: Lafi Bedmountain's Upgraded Compass

Polaris
The Treasure's True Owner: Rich Merchant's Ring
Masterpiece: Rich Merchant's Ring

Plutocrat
The Treasure's True Owner: Archaeologist's Map
Masterpiece: Archaeologist's Map

Archaeologist

Masterpiece: Ebenruth's Nol 




Masterpiece: Lafi Bedmountain's Upgraded Compass 


Masterpiece: Rich Merchant's Ring 




Masterpiece: Archaeologist's Map

 

NEW & IMPROVEMENTS

ALL CLASSES 

Due to the revamp of the Crypt of Resting Thoughts and Gyfin Rhasia Temple Underground regions, the importance of Accuracy stats in PvP as well as PvE has come to the forefront. Accordingly, attack decision effects were added so that you can check the Accuracy of your character's attacks. With this change, you'll be able to set a clear goal for your gear or experience for yourself the Accuracy of your attacks when fighting against monsters that are much stronger than your character's level. 
● Added "Miss" to be displayed when your attacks miss so that you can more clearly recognize instance in which you miss attacks or successfully evade.
- You can activate the settings for this feature by going to the Show/Hide tab of (New) Menu -> Setting (F10) -> Settings and set "Miss Effect."

▲ An image taken of when having low Accuracy. 



● Prime: Black Wave - Adjusted the attack range.
● Prime: Black Wave - Fixed the issue where damage wouldn't be applied in certain situations when leaning your back against a wall.
● Core: Swirling Darkness - Changed so that you cannot reset during Swirling Darkness' cooldown.
● Shadow Eruption - Changed the attack range to match the visual effect. 


● Flow: Windstorm - Fixed the issue where the skill add-on for Beastly Wind Slash wouldn't be applied on hits.
● Frenzied Destroyer - Fixed the issue where the Melee AP increase effect wouldn't be applied when having learned Prime: Frenzied Destroyer (I to IV).
● Succession: Weakling Hunt - Fixed the issue where Weakling Hunt's skill add-on wouldn't be applied on hits.
● Seismic Blast - Changed the Skill Guide command to match the actual command. 


● Scratch - Changed so that it can not only be used forward but also laterally during airborne motions.
● Scratch - Changed so that it can not only be used forward but also laterally during Tree Climb's motions. 


● Black Spirit: Detonative Flow - Fixed the issue where you couldn't combo into backward Lightning Blast nor backward Barrage of Lightning.
● Black Spirit: Thunder Storm - Fixed the issue where you couldn't combo into backward Barrage of Lightning. 


● Flow: Grand Bloom - Fixed the issue where the damage of Full Bloom wouldn't be applied properly when resetting the skill after learning. 


● Hop - Improved to combo more smoothly into Try This! after using laterally and backward. 


● Savage Hack I - Fixed the issue where the cooldown wouldn't be displayed. 


● Serpent's Coil - Changed to continue the skill when holding RMB and stop continuing the skill and perform the last attack when releasing RMB. 

CONTENTS

● Renewed the Voice Chat feature so that you can use it more conveniently.
- You can adjust Voice Chat settings or check out other Adventurers currently participating via the headset and mic icons on the upper right of the in-game screen.
- You can check the Voice Chat channel you're currently participating in or adjust Sound/Voice Settings from the Voice Chat UI.
- You can check the list of Family names of other Adventurers who have entered the Voice Chat channel you're in from the bottom of the Voice Chat UI and adjust volumes respectively.
- The Family names on the list of other Adventurers will be displayed so that you can see which Adventurer is talking.
- You can switch channels (Guild / Red Battlefield - Valencia Street Battle) or adjust detailed Sound/Voice Settings via the cogwheel-shaped button on the Voice Chat UI.
- You can use the Sticker UI feature on the Voice Chat UI.
- The Family names or character names of other Adventurers in the same Voice Chat channel will momentarily be displayed when they talk when you have Voice Chat on. 




● Added the Voice Chat channel, "[Red Battlefield] Valencia City" so that you can voice chat with your team members in Red Battlefield - Valencia City.
- You can freely voice chat with your team members when you enter Red Battlefield - Valencia City without adjusting any settings. 

● The 2021 Winter Season has come to a close.
- All season characters that have not been converted will be automatically converted to normal characters.
- Adventurers who have not completed either "[Season Server Graduation] At the Crossroad" or "[Season Server Graduation] Into the Big Wide World" will get Fughar's Letter of Encouragement and Gift Box Full of Memories in their mailbox (B).
- All season quests that have not been completed have been deleted.
- Tuvala gear of the highest level per slot that hasn't been converted after maintenance on March 30, 2022 (Wed) will automatically be converted.
- Tuvala enhancement materials, Tuvala conversion stones, unconverted Tuvala gear, and other seasonal items will be deleted.
※ Please refer to the [Notice] End of Winter Season for more details regarding Tuvala gear conversion and which items were deleted.
● With the end of the 2021 Winter Season, the season servers have been changed into the NEW Olvia servers. 
Before After
Season 1 Rulupee-1
Season Arsha -
- The NEW Olvia server (for New Adventurers only) is only available to New Adventurers who are logging in within 30 days (720 hours) after creating a secondary password
or Returning Adventurers who have not logged in for at least 30 days (720 hours) and have not used the Web Central Market for at least 30 days (720 hours).
- After the March 30, 2022 (Wed) maintenance, the NEW Olvia server will be made up of the following server channels.
Server Conditions
NEW Olvia
(New Adventurers only)
Meet one of the following:

① Meets the "New Adventurer" criteria on March 30, 2022 (Wed) maintenance 
② Meets the "Returning Adventurer" criteria, has less than a total of 150 levels with all characters in their Family on March 30, 2022 (Wed) maintenance

* Meeting any one of conditions ① and ② even after March 30, 2022 (Wed) maintenance will grant access to the NEW Olvia (New Adventurers only) server.

(ex. Adventurer logs in on April 8, 2022 (Fri) and meets one of the conditions above; they gain access.)
● Red Battlefield: Valencia City - Improved so you can no longer occupy an area if your character is located at a point much higher than the actual occupiable area.
● Red Battlefield: Valencia City - Changed the Challenges (Y) and Login Rewards windows to no longer open in the battlefield to provide uninterrupted combat.
● Red Battlefield: Valencia City - Fixed the issue where you couldn't be struck when sitting in certain locations. 

ITEM

● Separated [Valkyrie, Nova] Venslar Gloves from the [Valkyrie, Nova] Venslar Armor.
- Added [Valkyrie, Nova] Venslar Gloves to the outfit boxes that contain the [Valkyrie, Nova] Venslar Armor.
* Adventurers who had the [Valkyrie, Nova] Venslar Armor in their possession will find the [Valkyrie, Nova] Venslar Gloves in their storage in Heidel.
● Increased the amount of Vell's Fine Powder obtainable from the Vell Reward Bundle.
- 2 to 5 → 4 to 10
● Added Alchemy recipes to make Vell's Fine Powder with an Alchemy Tool from your residence. (For Alchemy Professional 1 or higher) 

Recipe Product
Coral Piece x30
+
Clown's Blood x30, Legendary Beast's Blood x30, Sinner's Blood x30, Tyrant's Blood x30, OR Wise Man's Blood x30
+
Red Coral x10, Blue Coral x10, Green Coral x10, Gold Coral x10, OR White Coral x10
+
Shining Powder x2
+
Alchemy Stone Shard x1
1 to 3 Vell's Fine Powder

● Added text to the Ancient and regular Blessed Spirit Essence item descriptions that you can use Simple Alchemy (L) to recover the materials used to create said items.
● Changed/improved on the following item descriptions.
- Added "How to Obtain" text: Flower of Oblivion, Royal Fern Root, Mythical Powder, Old Moon Censer Mold, Old Moon Censer, Mythical Censer
- Unified item/buff effect description: Secret Book of Florin, [Event] Giovan Grolin's Support Scroll
- Improved item/buff effect description: Supreme Old Moon Box, [Event] Heartwarming Spring Draught, [Event] Vibrant Peach Flower Draught
- Removed unnecessary text: Immortal: Armor Draught 

MONSTER

 ● Added the following items to the Gyfin Rhasia Temple (Underground) loot table.
 - Shimmering Piece of the Old Moon, Pure Black Stone, Mass of Pure Magic, Pure Forest Breath, Intricately Patterned Mystical Shard, [Guild] Afuaru's Damaged Map Piece, Laila's Petal. 

MOUNT

● Added a notification which displays the items and Silver you can obtain when selling a Lv. 14 or lower mount or making a Lv. 15 or higher Imperial Horse Delivery.
● Improved the alpaca to now be dismountable by pressing S+R.
- Press R while holding S (S+R) to dismount without needing to use the NPC Interact function.

NODE/CONQUEST WAR

● Fixed the issue where you could carry out installations of certain structures in restricted areas with the Remote Fort Construction function during Node Wars. 

NPC, BACKGROUND, SOUND

● Red Battlefield: Valencia City - Fixed so that you can no longer climb up to restricted parts of the battlefield where you couldn't be attacked by other Adventurers and could still occupy an area. 

UI

● Improved the arrangement of the slots for your awakening weapon and cosmetic items, such as underwear and eye accessories, in your Equipment (I) window.
● Improved so you can now scroll through the Storage UI even from the empty spaces.
● Added banners providing information on pre-creating a season character on the Server Selection UI and the bottom right of the in-game screen. 
● Stabilized the security verification system.
● Fixed the issue where the ON/OFF settings for displaying defense icons wouldn't save properly.

SYSTEM

● Adjusted the time for World Boss spawning, Node/Conquest Wars, and Tribute Wagons on the EU servers by an hour, due to the start of Daylight Savings.


WEB

● Added an email verification function that you can use when logging in the official website when you've forgotten your OTP code.
● Changed to create a Pearl Abyss account when creating an account or logging in via OpenID.
● Changed the Class Reboot forum to Class Discussion forum.
● Added the quantity of [Event] Maid for Hire, one of the contents for packages and bundles, to be displayed.
● Made the following changes to the Black Desert official website:
- Improved the layout of the area for notices on the main page.
- Changed certain texts for Sage's class introduction on the main page.
● Added and improved the following for the Adventurer's Guide on the official website:
- Improved the location of the scroll on the menu on the left to not reset and display the current page when checking the posts.
- Added the "Request Edit" function to be usable from the lowermost part of the Adventurer's Guide on the official website.
* When you click on the button to send a request for edit, the request will go to Black Desert's service team.
- A description was added to be displayed when you hover your mouse over the Request Edit button on the upper part of the posts on Adventurer's Guide on the official website.
- Improved the menu on the left of the Adventurer's Guide page to be extended to match the screen resolution.

CHANGES & FIXES

● Fixed the issue where the "Saying of the Day" on the Guild (G) window would appear abnormal in certain situations.
● Fixed the issue where you couldn't obtain rewards from defeating World Bosses in certain situations.
● Fixed the issue where the scroll would appear unnatural on the Crafting Notes UI.
● Changed parts of the "[Farming] How to Gather Even More Potatoes" and "[Farming] My Own Little Farm" quests to read more naturally.
● Fixed the issue where [Ruinous] Butcher of Gyfin Rhasia wouldn't move in certain locations or would get stuck in certain objects.
● Fixed the issue where registering favorites on the Central Market would add other categories.
● Fixed the issue where the pop-up menu wouldn't close when transferring items from your mount inventory to your storage.
● Fixed the issue where you couldn't use your Family inventory when opening your Inventory (I) after consecutively interacting with an NPC.
● Unified the Node-related words displayed on the Progression Pass.
● Fixed the issue where the "HP +1 per hit" effect wouldn't be applied when your character dies while Perilla's Star effects were applied.
● Changed the number of Pearls owned to refresh when purchasing items from the window for purchasing Pearl items displayed on the Manage Skills window at a Stable.
● Changed the information for Skill Selection to not be displayed for mounts that cannot learn the skill.
● Changed to not display abnormal text when opening the Dye window without having taken out your mount.
● Fixed the issue where the Select Guild Ping function wouldn't work properly even when setting hotkeys.
● Fixed the issue where the Item Collection Increase Gauge UI function wouldn't work properly in certain situations. 

Recent Major Updates

To help newer or returning Adventurers keep up with the latest updates, we’ve compiled a list of some of our recent major updates.

For Progression-focused Adventurers:

Progression Pass for New Adventurers


Want to earn rewards while learning about the world of Black Desert?

Explore the vast world of Black Desert one step at a time with the Progression Pass!

Narchillan Equipment


Equipment for new Adventurers that will help you on your journey!

Enhancement Quality of Life Revamps!


No more tedious prep for enhancements!

You can now use Black Stones to directly increase enhancement chance.

Guaranteed PEN (V) Boss Gear Questline


Complete the “Old Moon Guild’s New Deal” questline to earn Boss gear with the HIGHEST level of enhancement: PEN (V)!

Guaranteed PEN (V) Accessory Questline


Obtain an accessory with the HIGHEST level of enhancement through a questline that you can complete once per Family!

 

For Combat-focused Adventurers:

New Red Battlefield - Valencia City


A new battlefield was added to Red Battlefield PvP content.
Strategize with your team to contest capture points in this all-new battlefield mode in the heart of Valencia City!

Valencia Montser Loot Revamped


Junk loot of monster zones in the Valencia region have been revamped to be more profitable!

New Way of Obtaining Ornette’s and Odore’s Spirit Essence


New sub-materials for Ornette’s and Odore’s Spirit Essence have been added to the game

Increased Caphras Stone Drop Rates


Boost your progression with increased Caphras Stone drop rates in various monster zones!

Elvia Realm


Hadum spreads her dark influence into Serendia. Fight the fearsome and powerful monsters of Serendia’s Elvia Relam!

 

For Amusement-seeking Adventurers:

New Minigame Yar!
A new card game that anyone can enjoy has been added! Play against NPCs and other Adventurers in the new minigame, Yar!
 
We hope you enjoy your time in Black Desert,
Thank you.

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