Hello, Adventurers.

This is The MMORPG, Black Desert.

We’d like to announce the updates made to the Black Desert as of 2018, March 22 (Thursday).

During today’s maintenance, the new Female Blader class “Maehwa” has been added along with “Pure Black Stone,” “Imperial Trade (all channels),” and more… (Patch volume approx. xxx MB)

※ For the details, please refer to the contents below.

 

● Maehwa Level-up Event!

- Event Period : 18/03/29 ~ 18/04/19 (After ~ Before maintenance)

- Level-up Maehwa to get rewards as well as a chance to win special rewards!

[ Click here for more details ]

● Maehwa Seals Event!

- Event Period : 18/03/30 00:00 A.M. ~ 18/04/19 (Before maintenance)

- Combine Maehwa Seals to get rewards!

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● The Big Bad Wolf!

- Event Period: 18/03/29 ~ 18/04/05 (After ~ Before maintenance)

- Trouble at Fleme Hills! Is there really a wolf at Fleme Hills? Go to Fleme Hills to find out!

[ Click here for more details ]

● Skill visual effects will now be displayed correctly even when you are using a Lantern.

● When applying multiple Shocked effects to a target, the one with the best speed decrease effect will be applied.

● You can no longer have on the Underwear Settings while equipped with a Matchlock or musical instrument.

● Fixed the issue where the image of helmets on outfits that contained helmets in the set, would continue to be displayed as equipped on the preview section when trying on outfits in the pearl shop, while the Venia Riding Attire was equipped initially.

【 WARRIOR 】

● Fixed the issue where Warrior’s skill Charging Thrust was being applied as the skill Kick while Sprinting in combat stance.

● Fixed the issue where skill combo with RMB was unavailable while using the skill Ground Roar.

● Fixed the issue where switching back to non-combat stance from combat stance (Longsword) while moving forward then stopping in the middle would set the player back into combat stance.

【 RANGER 】

● EP Recovery per hit information has been added to the description of Dagger of Protection.

● Fixed the skill effects when using the skill Penetrating Wind during cooldown.

【 SORCERESS 】

● Fixed the description of the skill Bloody Calamity to reflect the actual decrease amount of accuracy decrease.

- Now the new description would read ‘‘All Accuracy Rate -12% for 5 sec. on good hits’

● In order to ensure a smoother gameplay experience, optimization revisions were performed on the Sorceress class. Optimization revisions on other classes will follow after this one.

【 WIZARD 】

● When applying multiple Shocked effects to a target, the one with the best speed decrease effect will be applied.

● Fixed the issue where the wizards ears could not be made symmetrical when Customizing the character.

【 WITCH 】

● When applying multiple Shocked effects to a target, the one with the best speed decrease effect will be applied.

● Fixed the unnatural looking graphic issue on Witch’s hair in Lahr Arcien (R) Hat.

【 NINJA】

● Fixed the unnatural phenomenon when equpipped with Petroglyph Helmet during customizing.

【 KUNOICIHI 】

● Fixed the graphical awkwardness in the chest area of the Kunoichi with Spring Blossom outfit on when weidling the Main Weapon and Awakening Weapon stance in customization.

● The new class 'Maehwa' has been added.

● A new character slot has been added from 11 -> 12 to commemorate new class 'Maehwa'.

● Maximum number of Pet can be summoned changed to 4 from 3

● Tier 6, 7 breed has been added.

● Imperial Delivery is opened to all servers.

● Chances to breed a higher tier foal has been increased. (Modified: 05/15, 10:23AM)

● Pure Black Stone has been added.

● Worker Fence Management has been added.

● Protection Guild Member has been added.

● When using the pre-order function using a Transaction Maid, Silver will be drawn from the storage in cities (capital).

- Silver from small town storages will not be used for these cases.

● Field HQ, Command Post, or Forts will now be automatically built one hour after being placed automatically, without the need to add Materials or send Workers to build it upon joining a Node/Conquest War. Once they are fully built, they cannot be disassembled.

- You may install or disassemble a Field HQ, Command Post, or a Fort until a minimum of 2 hours before the Node/Conquest War begins. Field HQ, Command Post, and Forts will count and be visible on the World Map upon installation even if not complete.

● The following changes will be implemented to improve network connection during Node War and Conquest War. The following PVE, PVP restrictions for non-participating adventurers will be applied during Conquest War and Node War.

- PVE: Monsters will not spawn during Node War and Conquest War. All summoned monsters, including monsters summoned from guild, cannot be attacked while Node War and Conquest War in progress.

- PVP: All attack against other adventurers will be restricted even while in Battle Arena, Final Battle, and Guild War.

Basically, you cannot attack other adventurers or summoned monsters on servers with ongoing Node War and Conquest War.

● Deleting a friend from the friend list will also remove yourself from the target’s friend list.

- Friends that have been deleted from your friends list prior to this update will now also result in you being removed from their list.

- If you delete a friend while private messaging that friend, you cannot send any more messages. If you add that friend back, you can pick up from where you left off.

- Please Note: Messages with deleted friends will only be kept while you are currently still online, logging out of the game will clear the cache and the messages will be lost.

● The item descriptions of the following items has been changed to say that they will be completed automatically after 1 hour. These items will no longer need materials for construction, so their prices have been changed as follows.

- [Conquest] Square Fort : 3,000,000 -> 10,000,000

- [Conquest] Command Post : 5,000,000 -> 15,000,000

- [Conquest] Strong Square Fort : 3,000,000 -> 10,000,000

- [Conquest] Sturdy Octagonal Fort : 3,000,000 -> 10,000,000

- [Node] Square Fort : 200,000 -> 500,000

- [Node] Strong Square Fort : 200,000 -> 500,000

- [Node] Sturdy Square Fort : 200,000 -> 500,000

- [Conquest] Field HQ : 5,000,000 -> 15,000,000

● A new description has been added to the Empty Bottle item, that states: Automatically gathering will now be stopped once a Special Resource has been found.

● Fixed the issue where Annexes could be installed in invalid locations.

● Fixed the issue where window to prepare for battle popped up in the upper center of the screen intermittently when exiting from Team Battle.

※ It will be fixed in the future (last advised on March 29th 06:00 PM GMT+8)

【 ITEM 】

● Mount Resurrection Reset is now [Loyalties] Mount Resurrection Reset.

- Due to the mount death system being revised, [Loyalty] Mount Resurrection Resets can be applied to a horse with no limit.

- Adventurers who have purchased or received ‘Mount Resurrect Reset’ items (unused) before March 28th maintenance will be refunded with its original price for any - ‘Mount Resurrection Reset’ in the adventurers’ Inventory or Storage.

- Corresponding items will be deleted and refunded Pearls will be sent via in-game Mailbox (B). ‘Mount Resurrection Reset’ items received as a Gift will be refunded to the receiver.

● The following items have been added to Crafting Notes:

- Blue Whale Molar Earring

- Fugitive Khalk's Earring

※ It will be added on our next scheduled maintenance (last advised on March 31st 01:51 PM GMT+8)

● The Marketplace registration prices of the following items have been modified:

Heidelian Handcrafted High-Quality Drawers

Velian handmade High-Quality Drawers

Calpheon Handcrafted Drawer

Mediahn Handcrafted Drawers

Mediahn Handcrafted Bedside Table

Heidelian Handcrafted High-Quality Bedside Table

Velian Handcrafted High-Quality Bedside Table

Calpheon Handcrafted Cabinet

Heidelian Handcrafted Wardrobe

Velian Handcrafted Wardrobe

Calpheon Handcrafted Wardrobe

Mediahn Handcrafted Closet

Heidelian Handcrafted Dining Table

Velian Handcrafted Dining Table

Calpheon Handcrafted Dining Table

Mediahn Handcrafted Dining Table

Mediahn Handcrafted Table

Calpheon Handcrafted Table

Heidelian Handcrafted Chair

Velian Handcrafted Chair

Calpheon Handcrafted Chair

Heidelian Handcrafted Sofa

Velian Handcrafted Sofa

Heidelian Handcrafted Bed

Velian Handcrafted Bed

Calpheon Handcrafted Be

Mediahn Handcrafted Bed

Cotton Drapeless Curtain

Fleece Drapeless Curtain

Silk Drapeless Curtain

Cotton Tab Drapeless Curtain

Fleece Tab Drapeless Curtain

Silk Tab Drapeless Curtain

White Sheep Hide Cushion

Red Sheep Hide Cushion

Blue Sheep Hide Cushion

Round Pottery

Quagmire Pottery

Long Pottery

Ruby Gourd-Shaped Bottle

Fancy Sapphire Vase

Emerald Gourd-Shaped Bottle

Fancy Topaz Kettle

Beautiful Opal Vase

Golden Hand Vase

Imperial Platinum Kettle

Loria’s Hand Mirror

Onion Pickle Jar

Olive Pickle Jar

Green Herb Pot

Florin Dawn Wall Carpet

Florin Autumn Leaves Wall Carpet

Florin Sunset Wall Carpet

Tarif Gourd-Shaped Bottle

Tarif Pot

Yisar Pjetyo Amulet

Allan Serbin Amulet

Scuffling Letusa Amulet

Tarif White Cedar Jewelry Box

Tarif Blue Stone Jewelry Box

Over the Rocky Mountain

Intermediate Alchemy Tool

Advanced Alchemy Tool

Intermediate Cooking Utensil

Advanced Cooking Utensil

Serendia Traditional Alchemy Tool

Calpheon Traditional Alchemy Tool

Serendia Traditional Cooking Utensil

Calpheon Traditional Cooking Utensil

● The weights of the miscellaneous monster drop items you obtain from Balenos, Serendia, and Calpheon have been reduced to 0.01LT.

● Fixed the issue where Mass Exchange window was intermittently displayed when exchanging Asula’s Weakened Magic from an NPC.

● Fixed the awkward looking placement of curtains or shelves when installed in certain Residences.

【 NPC 】

● Fixed the issue where some Dairy Cows in Olvia dug at the ground upon interaction.

● Fixed the issue where some Villagers in Heidel were displayed as Serendia Soldiers. These imposters have been sent home and the Villagers have returned to their appropriate places.

● Fixed the issue where NPC Slum Dweller in Calpheon City became invisible upon interaction. The invisibility cloak he was using has been confiscated and properly locked away.

【 MONSTER 】

● New field boss raid has been opened.

- Red Nose

- Dastard Bheg

- Giant Mudster

- Dim Tree Spirit

> will be updated next week. (Edited 09:08 GMT+8)

● Monster’s effects will no longer be visible when they are invisible.

【 MOUNT 】

● The death penalty system of mounts has been changed.

- The Death Count of a horse will no longer affect its Breeding or Exchange results.

- The Max Stamina of mounts will no longer be reduced based on the number of mount deaths.

- You may still check and reset the mount’s death count from the stable.

● The item description for Mount Resurrection Reset items have been amended to be clearer.

● A location indication effect has been added so that you can find your boat/ship better.

【 QUEST & KNOWLEDGE 】

● How to obtain a Flute has been added to the quest summary of Pick Weeds with a Pig.

● Fixed the unnatural navigation for the quest For Serendia.

● Fixed the issue where Quest Summary of Befriending Trees did not match with the name of the target NPC.

● The following quests have been temporarily disabled while they are being revised:

- Flower Blooming in Ruins

- Nightmare Revealed

- Traces of Forgotten Cron

- An Alchemist in Velia

- Alustin's Two Daughters

- Clumsy but Exceptional Eileen

- Life-risking Infiltration

- Memorial Service for the Fallen People

- Emma's Nightmare

- Pila Ku’s Helper

- Among the madness and chaos

- Subdue to Unrest

- Power of Gold

- [Repeat] Meet the Deadline

- [Daily] For the Desert Travelers

● Fixed the issue where the client was intermittently crashed during Cooking or Alchemy.

● Fixed a bug that intermittently occurred while gathering underwater.

【 UI 】

● A location indication effect has been added so that you can find your boat/ship better.

- Parking effect visible only to yourself has been added to Rowboat, Fishing Boat, [Guild] Galley, Epheria Sailboat, Epheria Frigate, and Old Bartali Sailboat.

● Fixed the issue where sometimes Raise Hair checkbox would remain checked even after clicking on Edit History in Beauty Salon (F4).

● Raise Hair checkbox will be unchecked while switching between young and old face of the Wizard.

● Texture Quality will be set at Medium by default when clicking on Reset All from Settings.

● Texture Quality will be adjusted when changing settings from Simple Setting

- Low-spec (normal, siege): Low Texture Quality

- Mid-spec (normal, siege): Medium Texture Quality

- High-spec (normal, siege): High Texture Quality

- Highest-spec (normal, siege): High Texture Quality

● Fixed the issue where the Enhancement button would be deactivated when an item and Black Stones were put into the Enhancement window, and the button for Extract Chance was clicked.

● Clicking a link to the an item tooltip listed in the Chat window, will now display the item type inside the tooltip as well.

● The Black Spirit’s wiki icon will no longer be displayed when the Weight Limit alert is set to off.

【 BACKGROUND 】

● Marni has been instructed to no longer conduct science experiments on the rocks near Marni’s Lab, we have restored the gravity in the area and they should no longer be floating.

● Some of Marni’s anti-gravity rock potions were used on the rocks around Heidel Castle. We have restored the gravity to these rocks, they will now no longer be levitating.