• [Crow Merchants Guild Chief Manager] Fughar has started helping Summer Season characters graduate to regular characters.

• The graduation process for the Summer Season is 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:

• A ‘Season Special Gift Request’ that can be completed during the Summer Season has been added.

• •  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 did not receive special season rewards will be able to receive previous season rewards in future seasons.

• 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.

All Classes

Common 

• Added 2 new female class hairstyles and 1 male class hairstyle.
  • Create a character or open the Beauty Salon to customize.

2 Hairstyles for All Female Classes

1 Hairstyle for All Male Classes

Today's patch brings about adjustments to certain skills and Skill Add-ons that affect the resource consumption of targets. Such effects were originally introduced as a special option to inconvenience your opponents momentarily, but since the effects were set to a fixed number rather than a fixed rate, classes with smaller resource pools were at a greater disadvantage, and higher resource reduction effects could end up disrupting the action-packed flow of battle. Thus, we decided to adjust the resource reduction effects of the skills and Skill Add-ons of certain classes whose class identity was not built upon such effects. We will continue to keep a close eye on these effects in order to foster a more thrilling gameplay experience.

Common

• Changed the "target's MP/SP/WP reduction on hit" Skill Add-on effects per tier as follows.
  • Target's MP/SP/WP -5/-10/-15 → -1/-2/-10

 

• Changed the MP/WP/SP reduction on hit effects as follows.

Before	After
[Ranger] Flow: Rushing Wind	- Removed target's MP/WP/SP reduction on hit effect.
[Musa] Blooming: Phantom, Absolute: Blooming, Prime: Blooming	- Changed target's MP/WP/SP reduction on hit effect: -50 → -10.
[Maehwa] Blooming: Phantom, Absolute: Blooming, Prime: Blooming (I to III), Red: Blooming (I to III)	- Changed target's MP/WP/SP reduction on hit effect: -50 → -10.

• Improved actions and movements into the following actions in non-combat stance:
  • You can now press L2/LT + X/A to dive or jump more easily while sprinting.
  • Improved jump and forward jump during sprinting to be more natural.
  • Improved jump and forward jump over walls during sprinting to be more easier.

Warrior

For the Succession Warrior, we improved on not only the existing Prime: Solar Flare - Take Down combo but made Prime: Evasion combo more smoothly into Counter, thus allowing for even greater debuff-inducing combos. In addition, we improved on the Guard skill, which once had Warriors block consecutively for quite some time in order to stack the All DP increase effect, to now stack its buff at faster speeds, which we hope will encourage more Warriors to remain sturdy bulwarks in the front lines.

Main Weapon, Succession

Prime: Evasion

• Added the following commands:
  • L2/LT + ←
  • L2/LT + →
• Improved to combo smoothly into the following skills:
  • Counter, Severing Thrust, Spinning Slash, Deep Thrust

 

Succession: Guard

• Changed the All DP increase effect on blocks as follows.

Before	After
All DP +5 on blocks (max 10 times)	All DP +10 on blocks (max 5 times)

 

Chopping Kick

• Improved to combo smoothly from Prime: Solar Flare and Prime: Heavy Strike.

 

Scars of Dusk

• Fixed the issue where Succession: Guard's All DP increase effect wouldn't stack during the skill.

 

Shield Strike

• Can now be added to a Ring Menu Slot.

 

Prime: Earth Tremor

• Improved to now perform the skill's standing attack when pressing L2/LT + ◯/B during cooldown.

 

Succession: War Cry, Prime: Scars of Dusk

• Moved Succession: War Cry's All AP increase effect to Prime: Scars of Dusk. Removed Succession: War Cry.
  • Removed All DP +10 for 20 sec but added All AP +10 for 10 sec during Prime: Scars of Dusk.

 

Prime: Scars of Dusk

• Fixed the issue where Succession: Guard's All DP increase effect wouldn't stack during the skill.

Sorceress

For Awakening Sorceress, we made adjustments to skills that dealt significantly less damage in PvE versus the amount of time it took to cast said skills in hopes to encourage their use as opposed to the more popular Violation or Swirling Damage. Cartian's Nightmare was also dealing damage differently based on the location of the target, so we made the skill now deal the same damage regardless of the attack area. We also improved the skill's cast time to make it easier to utilize in PvE combos, which we hope will empower Sorceress Adventurers to dish out even greater amounts of damage.

Main Weapon

Darkness Released

• Changed the Down Smash debuff to only be applied during the skill's backstep attack.

 

Shards of Darkness (I to IV)

• Changed the amount of MP recovered per consumed shard.
  • MP recovered per Shard of Darkness: +60 → +150

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Awakening

Grim Reaper's Judgment (I to IV)

• Changed the skill damage as follows.

Before	After
Normal attack damage 1512/1583/1654/1726% x5 Charged attack damage 1709/1789/1869/1950% x7 Damage -49.3% in PvP only	Normal attack damage 1512/1662/1737/1985% x5 Charged attack damage 1709/1968/2243/2502% x7 Damage -60.4% in PvP only

 

Cartian's Nightmare (I to IV)

• Changed so holding □/X after activating the skill will perform up to the extra attack.
• Changed so pressing ↓ after activating the skill will cancel the skill.
• Increased the distance traveled by pressing ← / → + R2/RT during the skill upon consuming Shards of Darkness.
• Changed the cooldown: 60/55/50/25 sec → 32/28/24/18 sec
• Fixed the issue where the skill's actual attack area did not match the skill description (targets hit varied depending on their location).
• Increased the casting speed.
• Changed the skill damage as follows.

Before	After
Attack damage 1166/1210/1252/1294% x24 Critical Hit Rate +40% (PvE only) Damage -20% in PvP only	Attack damage 1166/1271/1377/1423% x24 Critical Hit Rate +100% (PvE only) Damage -60% in PvP only

 

Flow: Requiem

• Changed the Critical Hit Rate increase effect to now be applied at the end of the skill.

 

Violation

• Changed commands to ↑ + R2/RT instead of R1/RB + R2/RT to consume Shards of Darkness and perform the skill forward an extra time.

 

Dead Hunt (I to IV)

• Changed the skill damage as follows.

Before	After
Attacks 1 and 2 damage 1054/1157/1258/1361% x3 Spin attack 3 damage 697/764/832/898% x3 Chop attack 3 damage 1054/1157/1258/1361% x2 Attack 4 damage 1054/1157/1258/1361% x3 Damage -25% in PvP only	Attacks 1 and 2 damage 1054/1157/1321/1511% x3 Spin attack 3 damage 836/917/998/1078% x3 Chop attack 3 damage 1054/1157/1321/1511% x2 Attack 4 damage 1054/1157/1321/1511% x3 Damage -32.4% in PvP only

Maehwa

For Succession Maehwa, we aimed to further build upon her "hit-and-run" gameplay style, which was why in a previous patch we had added an extra Guard gauge damage effect and increased the damage dealt by her skills with high accuracy (such as Red: Blooming) to really make her play with a "one shot, one kill" vibe. However, we felt that certain skills' damage figures were tweaked a bit too high, so we decided to take another look at the damage dealt by Red: Blooming and Prime: Charged Stub Arrow. While we made further tweaks to what were significantly high levels of damage, we made sure to keep Maehwa's momentarily dangerous edge on the battlefield intact with our changes.

Succession

Red: Blooming

• Changed the damage reduced in PvP.
  • -49% → -58.5%

 

Prime: Charged Stub Arrow

• Changed the damage reduced in PvP.
  
  • -50% → -63%

Kunoichi

Awakening

Black Spirit: Lunar Dash

• Fixed the issue where the skill description displayed the All Evasion Rate increase effect incorrectly as All AP increase.

Mystic, Striker

All

Flash Step, Silent Step, Double Flash

• Fixed the issue where the Invincibility buff for PvE was lasting shorter than 1 sec.

Striker

We made improvements to Striker's Somersault and Triple Flying Kick skills by allowing for the potential of combos that apply All Evasion Rate reduction along with the Floating debuff. So now, especially for Succession, Strikers can open with the Prime: Wolf's Hunger - Somersault + Triple Flying Kick combo, or apply a second debuff after other skills by comboing into Somersault + Triple Flying Kick.

Main Weapon, Succession

Flash Step

• Improved to combo smoothly into Roaring Tiger and Heart and Soul.
• Improved so ↑ + ◯/B command combos into Stalking Wolf's attack 2.

 

Prime: Wolf's Fang

• Changed the attack range to match that of Wolf's Explosive Fangs.

 

Mass Destruction

• Improved so pressing the key command in the opposite direction after initially performing the skill's movement will perform the skill's movement in the opposite direction.
  • Before: → + R2/RT after ← + R2/RT would perform the initial skill's movement to the left, then its attack
  • After: → + R2/RT after ← + R2/RT performs the skill's movement to the left, then performs the skill's movement again to the right

 

Prime: Wolf's Hunger

• Changed so ◯/B combos into the skill's attacks 2 and 3.

 

Somersault, Triple Flying Kick

• Changed the skill motions and effects.
  • Changed Somersault to now consume WP instead of Stamina.
  • Changed Somersault to consume Stamina in addition to WP but also gain an extra attack and apply the Super Armor buff after learning Triple Flying Kick.
  • Changed Triple Flying Kick's All Evasion Rate reduction for 10 sec on hits from -12% to -9%, and now applies from attack 1 (previously Somersault's attack).
  • Changed the Discharge Energy effect previously activated by Prime: Somersault to now activate with Succession: Triple Flying Kick's attack 2. [Preview]

 

 

Taebaek Kick

• Fixed the issue where your movements would momentarily lag on hits.
• Improved so ↓ + △/Y will now smoothly combo into Prime: Skull Crusher.
• Improved to combo smoothly into Prime: Rampaging Predator.
• Improved to combo into Combo: Whirlwind's attack 2.

 

Combo: Whirlwind

• Changed the Floating debuff to be applied for the last kick attack on attack 2 hits.
• Improved to combo smoothly from attack 2 into Somersault.
• Removed the motion for attack 3 and changed the description accordingly.
• Improved to combo smoothly into Heart and Seoul and Somersault.

 

Heart and Soul

• Changed attack damage while charging into attack damage once charged.

Lahn

Previously, Succession Lahn required some preparation with the Stately Dignity - Pendulum Cleaver - Dismemberment combo before engaging in PvE. Thus, we decided to make it so that simply using Stately Dignity alone will grant the Attack Speed buff (thus removing the buff from being applied by Pendulum Cleaver). Hence, Lahns will now only have to use Stately Dignity - Dismemberment to obtain both Attack and Movement Speed buffs. We also buffed the damage of certain skills with long cast times to bolster her PvE capabilities.

Main Weapon, Succession

Stately Dignity

• Changed the Movement Speed increase for 15 sec during the skill: +3% → +5%.
  • Changed the applied Movement Speed buff to no longer stack.
• Changed the Attack Speed increase for 15 sec during the skill: +3% → +5/10/18%.
  
  • Changed the applied Attack Speed buff to no longer stack.
  • Removed Attack Speed increase buffs from Pendulum Cleaver and Prime: Pendulum Cleaver.

 

Prime: Crescent Charm

• Changed the Attack Speed increase during the skill: +20% → +25%.

 

Absolute: Salp'uri Purge, Prime: Salp'uri Purge

• Changed the All DP reduction on hit debuffs.
  • All DP reduction for 10 sec on hits: -15 → -20

 

Prime: Bleeding Hearts

• Changed to combo into Fatal Attraction's attack 2.
• Changed the command from ↓ + △/Y to △/Y.

• Changed the following skills' damage.

Skill	Before	After
Prime: Pendulum Kick (I to IV)	Attack 1 damage 722/912/1084/1267% x3 Attack 2 damage 722/912/1084/1267% x4 Attack 3 damage 722/912/1084/1267% x6 Damage -27.9% in PvP only	Attack 1 damage 809/1021/1214/1419% x3 Attack 2 damage 809/1021/1214/1419% x4 Attack 3 damage 809/1021/1214/1419% x6 Damage -35.6% in PvP only
Prime: Blade Dance	Standing slash attack damage 1273% x4, max 3 hits Attacks 2 and 3 damage 1273% x7 Damage -48.5% in PvP only	Standing slash attack damage 1477% x4, max 3 hits Attacks 2 and 3 damage 1477% x7 Damage -55.6% in PvP only
Prime: Cymbidium (I to IV)	Throw attack damage 732/835/1022/1122% x5 Pull attack damage 732/835/1022/1122% x5, max 2 hits Damage -48.5% in PvP only	Throw attack damage 878/1002/1226/1346% x5 Pull attack damage 878/1002/1226/1346% x5, max 2 hits Damage -57.1% in PvP only
Prime: Crescent Barrage (I to III)	Attacks 1, 2, and 3 damage 1040/1190/1401% x4 Last attack damage 1040/1190/1401% x7 Damage -57% in PvP only	Attacks 1, 2, and 3 damage 1248/1428/1681% x4 Last attack damage 1248/1428/1681% x7 Damage -64.2% in PvP only

 

Prime: Pendulum Kick

• Added Attack Speed +18% for 15 sec during the skill.

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Awakening

Flailing Blades

• Changed the Attack Speed increase during the skill.
  • Attack Speed for 15 sec: +15% → +18%

Annihilator

• Changed the Attack Speed increase during the skill: 20% → 25%

Sage

We focused on improving the Awakening Sage's movements to operate freely around the battlefield. Impaling Flash's previous iteration became rather difficult to use the more opponents stood on the battlefield, so we changed it into more of a gap-closing charge skill.
We also lowered the cooldown for the skill Divine Executioner, thus allowing Awakening Sages to quickly enter and retreat from battle more frequently than before.

Awakening

Enlightening Bolt (I to III)

• Changed the skill as follows.
  • Removed the attack 1 motion.
  • Improved to combo smoothly into Radiant Annihilation.
  • Changed the damage as follows. (Arkanon Effect damage remains unchanged.)

Before	After
Push attack damage 890/1119/1410% x1, max 4 hits Last attack damage 890/1119/1410% x6 Damage -54% in PvP only	Attack damage 979/1231/1551% x6 Critical Hit Rate +10/20/30% Damage -54% in PvP only

 

Spear Bolt

• Changed the motion's speed.

 

Divine Executioner (I to IV)

• Changed the cooldown: 20/19/18/17 sec → 20/18/16/14 sec.

 

Flow: Judgment

• Changed the cooldown to 10 sec.

 

Flow: Aftershock

• Changed to now activate even if there are no enemies in front.

 

Black Spirit: Flow: Interrogate

• Changed the motion's speed.
• Improved to combo smoothly into other skills.

 

Lightning Surge

• Added Critical Hit Rate +30% for 5 sec during the skill.

 

Lightning Prison IV

• Changed the damage as follows.

Before	After
Attack 1 damage 1459% x6 Attack 2 damage 1645% x6 Attack 3 damage 1810% x6 Damage -66% in PvP only	Attack 1 damage 1674% x6 Attack 2 damage 1841% x6 Attack 3 damage 2025% x6 Damage -65% in PvP only

 

Impaling Flash, Black Spirit: Impaling Flash

• Changed the skills as follows.
  • Removed the spear throwing motion. Changed to now charge forward immediately upon performing the skill.
    • Damage has been adjusted accordingly.
  • Changed to now no longer ensnare multiple foes, but to ensnare only one enemy in front by charging into them.
  • Changed the defensive effects.
    • Before: Super Armor during the skill, Invincible while concealed
    • After: Invincible → Super Armor during the skill
  • Improved to combo smoothly into other skills. [Preview]

Woosa

Today's patch brings about a huge change to Woosa's Awakening. First off, her signature Awakening skill Life Lure gains the Forward Guard buff, along with increased max summonable range. Being that this skill bears such powerful potential, we adjusted the skill's Sari Flower's explosive damage downward. Regardless, we felt the added Forward Guard buff would provide some safety to Woosas in sticky situations, and look forward to seeing more Woosas in largescale battles such as Node and Conquest Wars thanks to her added range. In addition, we made some improvements to a few combos to flow better.

Awakening

Sari Flower Effect

• Increased the range of flowers spawned during Life Lure, Flow: Seocheon Field, and Bloomburst.

 

Nether Blast

• Removed the Down Smash debuff, but added the Knockdown debuff.
  
  • Down Smash on attack 2 hits → Knockdown on attack 2 hits
• Added Flow: Bloom's Sari Flower effect to attack 2.
• Improved to combo into attack 2 from Soul Shower.

 

Life Lure

• Added the Forward Guard buff during the skill.
• Changed the skill's Sari Flower's explosive damage. Changed the skill description to match the actual effect.

Before	After
Sari Flower's explosive damage 2792% x1, max 10 hits	Sari Flower's explosive damage 2513% x10

 

Perilous Waltz

• Improved to perform the skill backwards more quickly.
• Improved to combo smoothly from attack 1 into other skills.

 

Chain: Flitting Step

• Changed the backwards motion with your soul tome.

Maegu

Succession

Prime: Bared Claws

• Fixed the issue where an Accuracy increase buff would be applied to targets during the skill.

Gathering Interaction

• Added a feature to the Ring Menu to toggle the use of Gathering Interaction.

Ocean Current

Ocean currents and winds were important elements for adventurers who enjoy a life at sea, especially since the currents acted as routes along the ocean. These were elements that had to be be organically addressed depending on the situation during sailing. While the winds could be overcome by folding the sails of large ships, it was not easy to respond to the currents. Unfortunately, we could not provide positive experiences for adventurers taking their first steps into the ocean and captains who want to move along a certain route. Now that the currents have been removed, adventurers setting sail for the first time can easily reach their destination along their desired route.

• Ocean currents that flowed in certain directions in the coastal and oceanic areas have weakened.
  • Removed the ocean current system that increased/decreased speed depending on the direction of ships.
  • Removed ocean current from the ship's helm UI.

The level of a pet is designed as a growth element in the affectionate relationship between adventurers and their pets. As their level increases, pets acquire social actions and adventurers develop closer relationships with them by going on adventures together. Many adventurers cherish and love their pets, whether it’s a Long-tailed Rosefinch perched on their shoulder, a cat riding with them on a horse, or a penguin that is cute just by being there, regardless of their level. Since many pets are beloved regardless of their levels, the level of pets has been removed and social actions are now available from the beginning of your adventures together.

• Removed the level of pets.
  • All pet social actions, which were acquired by leveling, are now available the moment you register them.
  • Adjusted tier 5 pet description regarding training conditions and items to reflect the level removal.
  • Removed all level related descriptions from pet registration items.
  • Removed pet growth related contents from the Pearl Shop.

• On August 23 (Wed), any tier 1 pets under Lv. 10 registered to your family before the regular maintenance have been returned to the Black Spirit’s Safe as pet registration items in their original state before registration.
  • You can use each pet registration item again to register your pets, and if they are eligible, you can register them on the Central Market for sale.
  • For pets with a record of using appearance change coupons, one appearance change coupon per eligible pet have been returned to your Black Spirit’s Safe.

• The Dokkebi’s Prank buff can now be obtained through conversation with Prankkebi near the Byukgye Institute in Land of the Morning Light.
• Improved the UI of View All Chat Menu.
• Improved so that you can check all obtainable items from nodes on the World Map.

• The Max Price the following items can be registered for on the Central Market have increased.

• Changed the icon of Deboreka Necklace.
  
  • The icon of Deboreka Earrings will also be changed in future updates.

Icon	Deboreka Necklace

• The Calpheon Workshop has ramped up production, and their wood supply is depleting. (Modified)
  • Angela, the Timber Manager of the Calpheon Workshop District, has stopped selling the following 6 types of planks.
    • Ash Plank, Maple Plank, Pine Plank, Birch Plank, Fir Plank, Cedar Plank
  • As Angela stopped her plank sales, Akaio of O'draxxia, who came from Trent in Calpheon, began to reserve his wood supply solely for O'draxxia.
  • Akaio of O'draxxia stopped selling the following 6 types of planks.
  • Ash Plank, Maple Plank, Pine Plank, Birch Plank, Fir Plank, Cedar Plank
• Changed the usage of Traveler's Map and Archaeologist's Map to be cancelable by pressing the Escape button while the item is being prepared.

With today's patch, we've expanded the accessibility of Marni's Realm to additional Monster Zones. Thirteen zones are now included in this update. We know that many of our adventurers frequent these zones and were disappointed that Marni's Realm was not previously available. We hope this addition, though small, brings meaningful enhancement to your gameplay experience.

• Added Marni's Realm (Private Monster Zone) to the following zones.

• Added information of the above zones to Menu → Adventure → Marni's Realm.
  • Click the Navigation button on the right side of the UI to be guided to a location where Marni’s Realm is available.

Marni's Realms in desert regions

Monster Zone		Location
Desert Naga Temple (Atumach) Sand Grain Bazaar
Titium Valley (Desert Fogan)
Crescent Shrine

• Added information of the above monster zones to Menu → Adventure → Monster Zone Info.
  • Select the Marni’s Realm tab in the Monster Zone Info to view details and directions.

• The [Abyssal] Dark Knight will appear after a period of time fighting in Marni's Realm of the Crypt of Resting Thoughts.
  • Respawn time of the [Abyssal] Dark Knight is the same as before.

Through today's patch, we have improved the loot from certain monster zones that were previously inefficient

These include Mirumok Ruins in Kamasylvia, Gyfin Rhasia Temple (Upper), and Elvia Serendia (Swamp Fogan, Swamp Naga, Altar Imp, Castle Ruins, Biraghi Den). Additionally, we haveadjusted the Max Price of Cup items on the Central Market from 2 billion to 5 billion.

Next, we would like to address the Optimal AP system that many of you have been discussing, often referring to it as a soft cap.

There are various monster zones in the world of Black Desert, and our Adventurers play in zones that match the level of their gear. In our current situation, it is possible for Adventurers with high-end gear to acquire excessive rewards from monster zones that are relatively easy for them. The Optimal AP system was implemented to prevent this to a certain degree.

However, instead of venturing into higher-tier monster zones for greater risks and rewards, many adventurers prefer to stay in zones such as Elvia Serendia for stable profits, which led many to directly experience the Optimal AP system. Moreover, the fact that higher-tier zones offer similar loot compared to lower-tier zones (Orc Camp, Abyssal Zone, etc.) has also been a concern for our Adventurers.

Despite its problems, we still believe the Optimal AP system is necessary. We will improve the UI so in-game monster zone descriptions display the Optimal AP value and explain its meaning, and reassess if the system matches the current situation of monster zones and make changes if necessary. We will also consider values required to enter monster zones, such as Minimum AP.

Kamasylvia

• Adjusted the loot that can be obtained by defeating monsters in the following Monster Zones:

Elvia Serendia

• Adjusted the loot that can be obtained by defeating monsters in the following Monster Zones:

• Changed the cost of transporting a mount from one stable to another from 1 million Silver to 100,000 Silver.

In Black Desert, quests are intricately woven into the content. When initially developed, the difficulty and balance were calibrated to suit the adventurers playing at the time. This involved careful consideration of values derived from daily quest rewards, production time, and other factors.
As the game service continues, we have been working progressively to recalibrate the balance to align with current standards. A recent example of this ongoing work was the removal of the Valencia Part 2 quest from the main questlines.
Our commitment to enhancing the player experience continues, and we will strive to update and refine older content or any content with balance settings that may now be considered excessive.

Narchillan Gear Quest

• Improved Narchillan Gear Quest as follows:
  • Available for Season-graduated characters as well.
  • Can be obtained by talking to Fughar, without crafting PEN (V) Naru gear.

Skip Atoraxxion Threads (Puzzles)

• Changed the threads that held the secrets of Atoraxxion - Vahmalkea and Sycrakea..
  • Now the threads can be unraveld with an incomplete authorization without tangling it, because they have been losing the ability to hide the data.
  • Can be skipped or untangled with the Atoraxxion quests in progress.
    • However, knowledge related to the thread must be obtained by unraveling it.
  • When interacting with the Stellagia of each thread, you can skip by clicking [Skip].

Book of Margahan - Fruit of Enchantment

• Changed the requirement of the Adventure Log - the Book of Margahan Vol. 1 Chapter 2.
  • Offer Fruit of Enchantment x 10 → Single type of the Fruit x10 to the Altar of Agris

• Improved the following main quests in the Land of the Morning Light.
  • [Improved the Navigation of the "[Gumiho] Suspicious Stele" quest.
  • Improved the quest requirement complete phrases for better readablity.
    • [Mudang Wraith] [Crossroad] The Woodcutter's Axe, [Duoksini] Stone Grave and Dokkebi
  • Reduced the numbers of the animals to be hunted during the main quests.

• Improved the [Balenos] Black Desert and Black Stones, the Balenos main quest, for better readability.

Valencia Part II Quests

With this update, the Valencia Part II quests, which tells the story of Zobadi and Afuaru, who have long been in the memories of adventurers in Black Desert, have been excluded from the Main Quest. The quest was designed for adventurers to explore the vast desert without navigation support and to provide a unique experience of the desert. However, it is true that these quests have hindered the footsteps of many adventurers who want to move on to the next adventure. After much consideration, it was decided to exclude these quests from the Main Quest, as they can still be enjoyed as regular story quests after clearing the fog of the unknown desert. Although those who enjoyed theses quests as Main Quests may be somewhat disappointed, skilled adventurers can still look forward to visiting Valencia. If you want to challenge the story of Zobadi and Afuaru, you can always visit Afuaru to continue the story.
Starting with the Valencia Part II quests, we will continue to improve many older quests that have been causing inconvenience since release.

• Changed [Lv.56 Valencia II] Valencia’s Treasure from a Main Quest to a regular quest.
  • Removed the related content from Quest - Main Quest.
  • Changed the Valencia's Treasure starting quest giver from the Black Spirit to Afuaru.

• Improved the monster defeat Main quests at the Turo territory in O’dyllita and Star’s End as below:
  
  • Improved the navigation to guide to a location with lower monster density to prevent battling too many monsters on arrival.
  • Changed the placement of target monsters for better quest progression.

Changes to Pavino Greko's Collection

• Someone has tampered with the riddle of the Pyresh's Formula I quest.
  • Removed the previously written formula of Pyresh and added a new one.

• Changed the condition for accepting the first quest of [ADV Support] Beginning of Camping, the Survival Guru quest, where you can experience camping.
  • Before: Complete the Calpheon Main Quest
  • After: From Lv. 50

• Added Duvane’s knowledge to the quest reward of [Balenos] Officer Feinia.
  • If you have already completed this quest, completing the [Balenos] How to Get Stronger quest will have Duvane, who temporarily left Balenos for the Main quest, to return to the Western Guard Camp. Interact with Duvane to receive the knowledge and remove the question mark icon from your mini-map.

Today’s update increased the rewards for Node War and Conquest War. The tax rate was also adjusted so that guilds can obtain more funds when they win in Node War and Conquest War. Starting with the reward increase for Node War and Conquest War, we will quickly work to improve PvP-related content by reviewing and reflecting on feedback as much as possible.

Increased Tax Rate for Node & Conquest War

• Increased the total tax amount of Node, Conquest War by 25%.
  • Tax acquisition rate by node tier remains the same as before.

Tax Acquisition Rate by Node Tier

Individual Node, Conquest War Reward Increase

• Increased the individual rewards from Node/Conquest War.
  • Separated rewards of tier 2 to 4. Higher tiers now give you more rewards.

Conquest War

Rank	Item	Before	After
[Castle Lord who won by destroying all forts]	Glorious Victor Reward	Gold Bar of the Glorious Battlefield 10,000G x2 Ancient Spirit Dust x1,000 Cron Stone x100 Resplendent Medal of Honor x84 Item Collection Increase Scroll (60 min) x3 [Event] Scroll of the Glorious Battlefield x3	Gold Bar of the Glorious Battlefield 10,000G x3 Ancient Spirit Dust x1,000 Cron Stone x100 Resplendent Medal of Honor x100 Item Collection Increase Scroll (60 min) x3 [Event] Scroll of the Glorious Battlefield x3
[Castle Lord who won by points] 1st (Castle Lord)	Burning Spirit Victor Reward	Gold Bars of the Glorious Battlefield 10,000G x2 Ancient Spirit Dust x500 Cron Stone x50 Resplendent Medal of Honor x84 Item Collection Increase Scroll (60 min) x2 [Event] Scroll of the Glorious Battlefield x2	Gold Bar of the Glorious Battlefield 10,000G x2 Gold Bar of the Glorious Battlefield 1,000G x5 Ancient Spirit Dust x500 Cron Stones x50 Resplendent Medal of Honor x100 Item Collection Increase Scroll (60 min) x2 [Event] Scroll of the Glorious Battlefield x2
2nd	Burning Spirit Reward (V)	Gold Bar of the Glorious Battlefield 1,000G x7 Resplendent Medal of Honor x36	Gold Bar of the Glorious Battlefield 1,000G x10 Resplendent Medal of Honor x50
3rd	Burning Spirit Reward (IV)	Gold Bar of the Glorious Battlefield 1,000G x6 Resplendent Medal of Honor x36	Gold Bar of the Glorious Battlefield 1,000G x9 Resplendent Medal of Honor x50
4th	Burning Spirit Reward (III)	Gold Bar of the Glorious Battlefield 1,000G x5 Resplendent Medal of Honor x36	Gold Bar of the Glorious Battlefield 1,000G x8 Resplendent Medal of Honor x50
5th	Burning Spirit Reward (II)	Gold Bar of the Glorious Battlefield 1,000G x4 Resplendent Medal of Honor x36	Gold Bar of the Glorious Battlefield 1,000G x7 Resplendent Medal of Honor x50
6th	Burning Spirit Reward (I)	Gold Bar of the Glorious Battlefield 1,000G x3 Resplendent Medal of Honor x36	Gold Bar of the Glorious Battlefield 1,000G x6 Resplendent Medal of Honor x50
Guild/Alliance with Command Post/Field HQ remaining until the end of Conquest War	Burning Inspiration Reward	Gold Bar of the Glorious Battlefield 1,000G x2 Gold Bar of the Glorious Battlefield 100G x5 Resplendent Medal of Honor x36	Gold Bar of the Glorious Battlefield 1,000G x3 Resplendent Medal of Honor x50
Guild/Alliance with no Command Post/Field HQ remaining until the end of Conquest War	Fighting Spirit Reward	Gold Bar of the Glorious Battlefield 1,000G x1 Gold Bar of the Glorious Battlefield 100G x5 Resplendent Medal of Honor x10	Gold Bar of the Glorious Battlefield 1,000G x2 Resplendent Medal of Honor x50

Node War

Tier 1 Node War
Tier 1 Node War Victory	Tier 1 Node War Liberated/Defeated
Fervent Triumph Reward	Fervent Resolve Reward
Reward Contents	Reward Contents
Gold Bar 1,000G x3 → Gold Bar 1,000G x4 Resplendent Medal of Honor x20 → x30 Essence of Honor x5 Essence of Gallantry x5 Item Collection Increase Scroll x1	Gold Bar 100G x5 → Gold Bar 1,000G x1 Resplendent Medal of Honor x20 → x30 Essence of Honor x2 Essence of Gallantry x2 Item Collection Increase Scroll x1

Tier 2 Node War
Tier 2 Node War Victory	Tier 2 Node War Liberated/Defeated
Determined Triumph Reward	Determined Resolve Reward
Reward Contents	Reward Contents
Gold Bar 1,000G x5 → x6 Resplendent Medal of Honor x30 → x40 Essence of Honor x5 Essence of Gallantry x5 Glorious Item Drop Rate Increase Scroll x1 Item Collection Increase Scroll x1	Gold Bar 1,000G x1,  Gold Bar 100G x5 → Gold Bar x2 Resplendent Medal of Honor x30 → x40 Essence of Honor x2 Essence of Gallantry x2 Item Collection Increase Scroll x1

Tier 3 Node War
Tier 3 Node War Victory	Tier 3 Node War Liberated/Defeated
Determined Triumph Reward → Kindling Triumph Reward	Determined Resolve Reward → Kindling Resolve Reward
Reward Contents	Reward Contents
Gold Bar 1,000G x5 → x8 Resplendent Medal of Honor x30 → x40 Essence of Honor x5 Essence of Gallantry x5 Glorious Item Drop Rate Increase Scroll x1 Item Collection Increase Scroll x1	Gold Bar 1,000G x1, Gold Bar 100G x5  → Gold Bar 1,000G x2, Gold Bar 100G x5 Resplendent Medal of Honor x30 → x40 Essence x2 Essence of Gallantry x2 Item Collection Increase Scroll x1

Tier 4 Node War
Tier 4 Node War Victory	Tier 4 Node War Liberated/Defeated
Determined Triumph Reward → Blazing Triumph Reward	Determined Resolve Reward → Blazing Resolve Reward
Reward Contents	Reward Contents
Gold Bar 1,000G x5 → x10 Resplendent Medal of Honor x30 → x40 Essence of Honor x5 Essence of Gallantry x5 Glorious Item Drop Rate Increase Scroll x1 Item Collection Increase Scroll x1	Gold Bar 1,000G x1, Gold Bar 100G x5 → Gold Bar 1,000G x3  Resplendent Medal of Honor x30 → x40 Essence of Honor x2 Essence of Gallantry x2 Item Collection Increase Scroll x1

Node War Participation Return & Individual Reward Condition Change

• Changed the Node War participation return and individual reward condition as follows.

Node/Conquest War Fort and Annex Durability Adjustments

• Changed the max durability of tier 1 to 4 Node/Conquest War fort and annex as follows.

Improved Find NPCs feature

The "Find NPCs" feature was designed to make it easier to locate NPCs you have encountered at least once while adventuring and learning knowledge in Black Desert. Now, even if you've never met them before, you can search for and find key NPCs such as blacksmiths, innkeeper, sky balloon, food vendor, etc., and receive directions to them.

• When using the Find NPCs feature, some NPCs can now be searched and navigated without learning their knowledge.
  • NPCs that can be searched and navigated without knowledge include those related to cooking, inn, stable, blacksmith, fishing, and sky balloon.
    • However, NPCs that you don't have the knowledge about will be displayed as "Unknown NPC".
  • When searching in the search bar at the bottom of the Find NPCs, input the NPC name will display navigation.

Category sorting feature

• Added Category sorting feature for the inventory.
  • This feature allows adventurers to easily view their items according to their usage.

• The entrance to Atoraxxion, "Talibre’s Door", is now displayed on the World Map.
  • This icon will be displayed when you've learned the knowledge of Talibre’s Door via the Atoraxxion main quest.

• Improved the font size of detailed item info tooltips in production nodes.

We've added features so that you cannot press and hold the same key, and to summon a powerful spook if you defeat monsters on the same spot for a prolonged period. This is to prevent adventurers from being misunderstood or making mistakes, and to preemptively prevent playing while AFK.

• If the same key is held down for one minute, the input for that key will no longer be applied.
• Added a Spook that can one-shot the character if they continously fight monsters in one spot without moving.

• Doubled the maximum number of players that can enter Marni’s Realm simultaneously per server.
• Optimized memory.

• Fixed an issue where the screen froze when creating a family name for the first time.
• Fixed the issue where abnormal information about the alliance guild was displayed occasionally in the territory information of the world map.
• Fixed an issue where the image disappeared when the Adventure Log was opened after the completion message of the Morning Light Adventure Log was displayed.
• Fixed an issue where the message was not displayed when a horse connected to a wagon grows and learns a skill.
• Fixed an issue where the description of the Kkebicharm item was unnatural.
• Fixed an issue where the path was displayed abnormally in a specific location in Velia.
• Fixed the issue where characters were moved to abnormal locations when reconnecting at a specific location in the Gyfin Rhasia Temple.
• Fixed the issue where the following information was reset in certain situations:
  • Pad-exclusive UI: World Map bookmarks, Ring Menu
  • Black Spirit’s Rage skill lock
  • Viewing mount inventory in equipment window, setting disguise function, etc.
  • Fairy’s skill settings
  • Item lock settings
  • Adventure Log bookmarks
  • Pet group settings and sorting order, command status, etc.
  • Skill lock
  • Saved skill preset names
• Fixed the issue where the effects of searched items in the inventory of another character within the Family remained visible even after retriving the item.
• Fixed the typos in the following.
  • The [Balenos] Nightmare of Cron Castle quest
• Fixed the issue where the actions, names, and dialogues of the Dokkebi in the quest “A New Beginning in Land of the Morning Light” did not match.
• Fixed the issue where the character would continue moving after ending the conversation from completing a quest that supports finding the way.
• Fixed the issue where the UI could not be manipulated after a cutscene ended while checking another character’s bag within the family.
• Fixed the issue where production node information was displayed when there wasn't a production node at the location.
• Fixed the issue where the snap feature in the category view of the character’s bag was unnatural.
• Fixed the issue where the UI for completing item combinations did not disappear in certain situations.
• Fixed the issue where the effect displayed when an item is reusable looked unnatural.
• Fixed the issue where the close button in the upper right corner of the Black Shrine UI was displayed.
• Fixed the issue where the UI was displayed in an abnormal position when loading occurs during boss fights in the Black Shrine.
• Fixed the issue where unused text was displayed in the Conquest War status.
• Changed the quest objective phrase of the "New Business" quest.
• Fixed the issue where certain classes could not select some of the difficulties in the Black Shrine.