The Elvia Calpheon has now been added to Black Desert Console.
You can expect to encounter Hadum-infested Saunil, Rhutum, Giants, Hexe, and Trolls in Elvia Calpheon zones.
Centered around the ""Elvia Distortion Phenomenon"" gimmick in the Rift of Despair, unique gimmicks can be found in each Monster Zone, so we hope that adventurers will enjoy diverse and dynamic battles.
Furthermore, in Elvia Calpheon, you can acquire the new Godr-Ayed Weapon and ingredients needed for weapon exchange and enhancement, as well as items needed for Alchemy Stone upgrades.
We hope this will become a challenging element that allows you to enjoy new adventures.

The Elvia Distortion Phenomenon

• "Rifts of Despair" have begun to tear open throughout Elvia Calpheon, causing occurrences of the so-called "Elvia Distortion Phenomenon" wherever they appear.
• Defeating monsters near a "Rift of Despair" has a low chance to cause the "Elvia Distortion Phenomenon" to occur.
• The "Elvia Distortion Phenomenon" will spawn a powerful boss monster and change the weather.
  • If lightning begins to strike, Gigagord will appear with its minions.
  • If icy winds begin to blow, a Cyclops boss monster will appear.
  • If a meteor falls from the sky, an Ogre boss monster will appear.
  • The Elvia Distortion Phenomenon occurs around the Rift of Despair. The Rift of Despair can be found in all Monster Zones in Elvia Calpheon.
  • When you defeat a Boss Monster that appears in the Elvia Distortion Phenomenon, there is a chance to obtain a Black Distortion Earring.
• When the Elvia Distortion Phenomenon occurs, defeating the following monsters will apply damage and DP reduction debuffs to the Elvia Calpheon boss monsters.
  • Saunil Camp: Saunil Siege Captain, Saunil Commander, Saunil Siege Tower
  • Rhutum Outstation: Glorious Rhutums, Rhutum Tower, Grand Rhutum Chief
  • Primal Giant Post: Giant Fighter, Gehaku
  • Hexe Sanctuary: Green Orc Skeleton Warrior, Skeleton Witmirth, Hexe Marie
  • Quint Hill: Ancient Troll
• Defeat the bosses of the Elvia Distortion Phenomenon to receive the "Corrupting Darkness" buff and "Remnants of Darkness" debuff.
  • Corrupting Darkness: Significantly increases damage dealt to Elvia Calpheon monsters (for 5 minutes)
  • Remnants of Darkness: Cannot obtain the Corrupting Darkness buff with this debuff (lasts for 30 minutes)
• Added four entries to the "Elvia's Shadow" Ecology Knowledge for Elvia Calpheon.
  • Defeat the following Shadows of Nightmares from the Elvia Distortion Phenomenon to obtain Ecology Knowledge entries.
  • Kitskala, Calestra, Charpene, Gigagord

Ancient Spirit Light

• Defeating monsters in Elvia Calpheon has a low chance to drop the "Ancient Spirit Light" item, which can be used to purify Rifts of Despair\.
  • Using the Ancient Spirit Light near a Rift of Despair will grant the "Blessing of the Ancient Spirits" buff, which greatly increases your damage for 5 minutes.
    • Blessing of the Ancient Spirits: Significantly increases damage dealt to Elvia Calpheon monsters during the buff duration
  • The Ancient Spirit Light item will last for 6 hours once looted and will disappear once the duration is over.
  • Using the Ancient Spirit Light without a Rift of Despair nearby will not grant any buff.
  • The Corrupting Darkness buff cannot stack with the Blessing of the Ancient Spirits.
  • Spirit's Blessing buff from the Ancient Spirit cannot be applied if you have the Corrupting Darkness buff.

Elvia Calpheon Monster Zones

• Added new materials which drop from all monster zones in Elvia Calpheon.
  • Scorching Sun Shard: material used to craft Scorching Sun Crystal (for exchanging Godr-Ayed weapons) and Scorching Sun Gemstone (for enhancing Godr-Ayed weapons).
  • Crystalized Despair: material used to craft "Blessed Soul Fragment" for upgrading alchemy stones.
  • Corrupted Breath: material processed via Simple Alchemy with "Frenzy Draught" to make "Frenzy Draught of Corruption."
• Added the "[Elvia] Darkness Upon the Saunil Battlefield" quest which rewards you with a large amount of "Scorching Sun Shards."
  • You can accept the quest from Trina Knights Scout Henley, the Saunil Camp node manager, with a Lv. 60 or higher character on an Elvia server.
  • Complete the quest to receive Scorching Sun Shard x20 as a reward.
  • This quest can be completed once per Family.
• Added new 15 daily quest and 2 weekly quest to Calpheon Elvia.
  • These quests can be found by setting Quest type to combat - Quests.
  • These quests can only be accepted in Elvia server with a character higher than Lv. 60.

• Added new titles that can be obtained by defeating monsters in Calpheon Elvia.

• Added the following Powder of Nightmare exchanges to Nucamira, a dispatched priest in Keplan.
  • Powder of Nightmare x1 → Corrupted Breath x2
  • Powder of Nightmare x5 → Scorching Sun Shard x1
• Added Elvia Calpheon monster zones to Marni's Realm.

• Added Godr-Ayed main weapons and awakening weapons.
  • You can obtain Godr-Ayed weapons by converting a TET (IV) Blackstar weapon.
  • Godr-Ayed weapons can be registered and purchased at each of its enhancement levels on the Central Market.
  • Godr-Ayed weapons have five enhancement levels. It starts from +0 and go up to PEN (V). (+0 → PRI (I) → DUO (II) → TRI (III) → TET (IV) → PEN (V) )
    • Godr-Ayed weapons do not drop an enhancement level when failing PRI (I) → DUO (II) enhancement attempts.
  • The materials required to convert and enhance Godr-Ayed weapons drop as loot in Elvia Calpheon.
• Added the means to convert PEN (V) Blackstar weapons and PEN (V) Godr-Ayed weapons.
  • You can exchange weapons through Merindora, the eldest Spirit in Grána with Scorching Sun Crystal x1 and a PEN (V) Blackstar weapon.
  • Reformed weapons can be exchanged in their reformed status, and engraved Family Name will be maintained when exchanging weapons.

Godr-Ayed Weapon Conversion

• Added a quest where you can convert TET (IV) Blackstar Main, Awakening and Sub weapons into Godr-Ayed weapons.
  • You can accept this quest from the Black Spirit by having a TET (IV) Blackstar main weapons and awakening weapons in your Inventory.
  • You can then proceed with the quest via Merindora, the Eldest Spirit in the capital city of Grána. You will need to hand over "Scorching Sun Crystal" and a TET (IV) Blackstar weapon to get a sealed Godr-Ayed weapon.
    • "Scorching Sun Crystals" can be made by gathering "Scorching Sun Shards" that drop in Elvia Calpheon as loot.
    • Item Copy and branding will be removed from the Blackstar weapon used to convert to a Godr-Ayed weapon.
    • Additionally, Blackstar weapons copied via Item Copy system cannot be used in the quest to convert into Godr-Ayed weapons."

Godr-Ayed Weapon Enhancement

• Added "Scorching Sun Gemstones" that are used to enhance Godr-Ayed weapons.
  • Scorching Sun Gemstones can be made by Heating Scorching Sun Shards (which drops as loot in Elvia Calpheon) with Flawless Magical Black Stones.
  • Godr-Ayed weapons lose 10 max durability for each failed enhancement attempt.

Godr-Ayed Weapon Stats

Godr-Ayed Weapon Enhancement Rates and Required Cron Stones

• The stat increases, success rates, and the required Cron Stones for each enhancement level of the Godr-Ayed weapon are listed below.

• Added the "Blessed Soul Fragment" item, which is used to upgrade Alchemy Stones.
  • This item can be used to upgrade the following Alchemy Stones:
    • Yellow grade and higher Destruction and Protection Alchemy Stones that are Sharp or better.
    • Vell's Heart
    • Khan's Heart: Destruction and Khan's Heart: Protection
    • Perilla's Star

• Added Exalted Soul Fragment to upgrade Blessed alchemy stones.
  • This item can be used to enhance the following alchemy stones:
    • Blessed Sharp Alchemy Stone of Destruction/Protection
    • Blessed Vell's Heart
    • Blessed Khan's Heart: Destruction/Protection
    • Blessed Perilla's Star

• • Exalted Soul Fragment can be registered on the Central Market.
  • When Grinding, an Alchemy Stone of Destruction/Protection that's Sharp grade or higher,
    • You can Polish/Grow upgraded alchemy stones. However, the upgrade and the Blessed Soul Fragment will disappear if you fail the growth attempt on an upgraded alchemy stone.
    • You can obtain Crystallized Despair x1 by extracting it from upgraded alchemy stone.
    • Obtain an unenhanced "Blessed" alchemy stone and a "Crystalized Despair" by using a Mirror of Equilibrium on an "Exalted" alchemy stone.

Character

We've changed how all Speed Reduction debuffs work. Now when applied in PvP, all Speed Reduction debuffs 1) cannot be stacked if applied from skill use, 2) but can be stacked if one debuff is from skill use and the other from a skill add-on. As a result, Speed Reduction debuffs will be capped at a maximum of 60% (50% from skills, 10% from skill add-ons). Due to how disruptive these types of debuffs can be, we had addressed these types in a previous update, but we decided to take a closer look at how these debuffs stack for today.

All

• Changed how all Speed Reduction debuffs work.

● It cannot be stacked if applied from skill use.
● It can be stacked if one debuff is from skill use and the other from a skill add-on.
● The debuff with the strongest effects will always take priority.
● If the strongest debuffs are equal in effect, then their duration is next taken into account to determine priority.

Sorceress

We've spent a long time adjusting the damage of various Sorceress skills beyond Violation to enhance her PvE efficiency. Despite initial PvE improvements with the Skill Add-on system revamp, the Awakening Sorceress remains less efficient than expected, especially considering the difficulty of her Awakening form, which should offer equivalent rewards. In today's update, we're increasing Violation's damage. However, to promote the use of other skills, its damage during cooldown remains unchanged.
In addition, the Awakening Sorceress previously couldn't sustain combos using only Awakening skills in PvE, even if she was actively using Cartian's Nightmare. The limited PvE skill options, due to PvP-focused skills like Nightmare and Flow: Requiem, also posed a challenge. To address this, we have improved the possible combos and damage of Flow: Vile Plan so that it can be used between skills, which we hope will reduce her reliance on main weapon or enhanced (Rabam) skills in PvE.

Awakening

Violation

• Changed the skill damage.
  
  • Damage during cooldown remains the same as before.

Before	After
Spin attack damage 1103%/1254%/1544% x8 Down slash attack damage 1103%/1254%/1544% x5 Damage -70%/70%/70% in PvP only	Spin attack damage 1302%/1480%/1822% x8 Down slash attack damage 1302%/1480%/1822% x5 Damage -74.6%/74.6%/74.6% in PvP only

• Removed mention of any text related to the skill usage during cooldown in the Black Spirit version's description as the Black Spirit skill cannot be used during cooldown.
• Improved to now spin your character smoothly with the same direction as the camera before the down slash attack. [Preview]
  • Performing the skill backwards by consuming Shards of Darkness remains the same as before.

 

Blade of Darkness

• Improved to combo more smoothly into other skills.

 

Flow: Vile Plan

• Changed the skill as follows.
  
  • Changed the skill damage.

Before	After
Attack 1 damage 1340% x3 Attack 2 damage 1340% x3 Attack 2 damage 1340% x6 when using Fragments of Darkness Damage -35% in PvP only	Attack 1 damage 1621% x3 Attack 2 damage 1621% x6 Damage -46.3% in PvP only

• • Removed "when using Fragments of Darkness" but made attack 2 always deal the enhanced version of the attack.
  • Matched the attack area of attacks 1 and 2 with the largest area.
  • Improved to now combo from Grim Reaper's Judgment, Swirling Darkness, and Blade of Darkness.
  • Fixed the issue where Air Attack would be applied only once during attack 1.
  • Improved to now combo into Flow: Soul Reaper. [Preview]

 

Core: Grim Reaper's Judgment

• Fixed the issue where the extra charged attack damage didn't apply during Grim Reaper upon learning this skill.

 

Soul Harvest

• Fixed the abnormally long delay incurred on hits.

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Succession

Prime: Midnight Stinger

• Fixed the abnormally long delay incurred on hits.

Musa

For Succession Musa, today's update removed attacks 1 and 2 for Prime: Gale, which had been rather inconvenient to use, and now only attack 3 will be performed. The Succession Musa primarily utilizes combos with Prime: Gale and Prime: Blooming. However, in this update, we've tweaked the cooldowns so the Prime: Rising Storm - Succession: Rising Storm: Blaze combo can be used more frequently.

Main & Succession

Prime: Gale

• Removed attacks 1 and 2. Changed to only perform attack 3.
  
  • The Floating on attack 1 hit debuff has been removed accordingly.

 

Rising Storm: Blaze, Succession: Rising Storm: Blaze

• Changed the cooldown: 25 sec → 15 sec

 

Prime: Carver

• Reduced the damage during cooldown for PvE only due to the increase in PvE damage.
• Fixed the issue where damage with Tiger Blade drawn wasn't being applied.

 

• Changed the damage of the following skills.

Skill Name	Before	After
Prime: Backstep Slash	Attack damage 972%/1062%/1189% x4 Damage -28.6%/28.6%/28.6% in PvP only	Attack damage 1205%/1359%/1546% x4 Damage -45.1%/45.1%/45.1% in PvP only
Prime: Blind Slash	Attack damage 922% x5 Damage -41.4% in PvP only	Attack damage 1429% x5 Damage -62.2% in PvP only
Prime: Carver	Attack damage 1130% x4 Tiger Blade attack damage 1130% x4 Damage -56.8% in PvP only	Attack damage 1311% x4 Tiger Blade attack damage 1311% x4 Damage -62.8% in PvP only
	※ Damage amount during cooldown remains the same as before.
Prime: Gale	Attacks 1 and 2 damage 1295%/1542%/2054% x3 Attack 3 damage 1295%/1542%/2054% x6 Damage -67.7% in PvP only	Attack damage 1412%/1681%/2239% x6 Damage -70.4% in PvP only
Prime: Blooming	Attack damage 1412% x3 Damage -68% in PvP only Extra attack damage 2086% x8 Extra attack damage -67.5% in PvP only	Attack damage 1525% x3 Damage -70.4% in PvP only Extra attack damage 2315% x8 Extra attack damage -70.7% in PvP only
Prime: Dragon Bite	Attack damage 622%/703%/832%/922% x5 Damage -43.9%/44%/43.9%/43.9% in PvP only	Attack damage 815%/921%/1090%/1208% x5 Damage -57.2%/57.2%/57.2%/57.2% in PvP only
	※ Tiger Blade attack damage remains the same as before.

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Awakening

Inferno Slash

• Changed the cooldown: 10 sec → 7 sec
• Changed to now allow for Tier 2 Skill Add-ons.

Eradicate

• Improved to now combo smoothly from backwards Chase.

 

• Changed the damage of the following skills.

Skill Name	Before	After
Spinner	Form 1 attack 1 damage 732%/955%/1179%/1517% x2, max 2 hits Form 1 last attack damage 732%/955%/1179%/1517% x4 Form 2 attacks 1, 2, and 3 damage 631%/823%/1016%/1308% x2 Form 2 last attack damage 631%/823%/1016%/1308% x8 Damage -30%/30%/30%/30% in PvP only	Form 1 attack 1 damage 895%/1167%/1441%/1854% x2, max 2 hits Form 1 last attack damage 895%/1167%/1441%/1854% x4 Form 2 attacks 1, 2, and 3 damage 771%/1006%/1242%/1598% x2 Form 2 last attack damage 771%/1006%/1242%/1598% x8 Damage -42.7%/42.7%/42.7%/42.7% in PvP only
Searing Slam	Attack damage 1443%/1676%/2083% x7 Damage -62.3%/62.3%/62.3% in PvP only	Attack damage 1558%/1810%/2250% x7 Damage -65.1%/65.1%/65.1% in PvP only
Projection	Attack damage 921%/1030%/1139% x2 Damage -41%/41%/41% Extra attack damage 927%/1037%/1432% x3, max 3 hits Extra attack damage -67.6%/67.6%/67.6% in PvP only	Attack damage 1050%/1174%/1298% x2 Damage -48%/48%/48% Extra attack damage 1057%/1182%/1632% x3, max 3 hits Extra attack damage -71.6%/71.6%/71.6% in PvP only
Pyrostorm	Attack damage 1074%/1473%/2150% x5 Extra attack damage 1074%/1473%/2150% x3 Damage -66.8%/66.8%/66.8% in PvP only	Attack damage 1161%/1592%/2324% x5 Extra attack damage 1161%/1592%/2324% x3 Damage -69.3%/69.3%/69.3% in PvP only
Inferno Slash	Attack damage 2136% x8 Damage -66.4% in PvP only	Attack damage 2307% x8 Damage -68.9% in PvP only

Maehwa

Awakening

Black Spirit: Petal Swirl

• Fixed the incorrect All Accuracy Rate +20% to +15% in the skill description.

Kunoichi

Moon Storm and Sah Spree of Sonan skills were frequently utilized during PvE due to their Recover HP effect, but their actual damage was quite low. We've adjusted the damage of Sah Spree of Sonan upwards to match its longer casting time due to its segmented casting motion. For Moon Storm, we've increased the damage to ensure it deals significant damage at the start of a PvE combo when applying debuffs. We also changed Flow: Pinwheel Fury to now be comboed after other skills, as the skill would have your character appear before the caster to attack when activated, thus making it difficult to aim in the intended direction. To address this inconvenience, we decided to increase its damage so that you can deal considerable damage in any direction upon use.

Awakening

Moon Storm

• Changed the damage as follows.

Before	After
Attack damage 1640% x8 Damage -54% in PvP only	Attack damage 2214% x8 Damage -65.9% in PvP only

 

Sah Spree of Sonan (I to IV)

• Fixed the issue where switching Weapons during certain animations was abnormal.
• Changed the damage as follows.
  
  • Damage during cooldown remains the same as before.

Before	After
Attack 1 damage 1011/1210/1408/1606% x3 Attack 2 damage 1011/1210/1408/1606% x4 Last attack damage 1011/1210/1408/1606% x6 Damage -66.1% in PvP only	Attack 1 damage 1264/1513/1760/2008% x3 Attack 2 damage 1264/1513/1760/2008% x4 Last attack damage 1264/1513/1760/2008% x6 Damage -72.8% in PvP only

 

Flow: Pinwheel Fury

• Changed the damage as follows.

Before	After
Attack damage 1547% x20 Damage -77.6% in PvP only	Attack damage 2088% x20 Damage -83% in PvP only

 

Half Moon Slash

• Improved to switch Weapons more smoothly after performing the skill to the left.
• Improved to combo more smoothly when continuously performing the skill to the right.

 

Striker

The Succession Striker, while lacking Critical Hit Rate buffs from skills like Prime: Crimson Fang, Prime: Somersault, Prime: Roaring Tiger, and Prime: Rage Hammer, could still deal high damage under the Critical Hit Rate buff from Bloody Fang.
However, when initiating a combo, the Striker's priority lies in obtaining the Attack Speed buff from Crouching Wolf immediately upon collecting 3 Martial Spirits. Thus, quite often you'd have to wait after you'd achieved the buff first by using your major skills before attempting to gain the Bloody Fang's Critical Hit Rate buff with 3 Martial Spirits. Therefore, now when you consume 3 Martial Spirits and perform Flow: Prey Hunt, you will gain the Bloody Fang's Critical Hit Rate buff, thereby increasing the means of acquiring this important buff at the combo's start.
Also, the Succession Striker had a narrower attack area compared to Awakening, but the damage didn't match this limitation. Therefore, we plan to increase his PvE damage to better align with his attack area constraints.

Main & Succession

Flow: Prey Hunt, Bloody Fang

• Improved Flow: Prey Hunt to now activate Bloody Fang at the same time when used in Succession.

 

Wolf's Explosive Fangs

• Changed to now become empowered when under Flow: Prey Hunt's effect.
• Fixed the issue where attack 2 hit wasn't recovering WP and Martial Spirit Shards.

 

Prime: Roaring Tiger

• Improved to deal Discharge Energy damage when used after consuming Martial Spirits.

 

Prime: Rage Hammer

• Changed to now perform a leap attack when comboed from Flow: Back Step.

 

Succession: Flow: Savage Fang

• Improved to deal Discharge Energy damage when used after consuming Martial Spirits.
• Fixed the issue where you would deal less hits.

 

Rising Blast Combo

• Fixed the issue where the wrong skill guide was displayed.

 

• Changed the damage of the following skills.

Skill Name	Before	After
Prime: Adamantine (I to IV)	Attack damage 919/1229/1516/1682% x4 Discharge Energy damage 919/1229/1516/1682% x2 Damage -69%/69%/69%/69% in PvP only	Attack damage 1059/1416/1746/1938% x4 Discharge Energy damage 1059/1416/1746/1938% x2 Damage -73.1%/73.1%/73.1%/73.1% in PvP only
Prime: Crimson Fang (I to IV)	Attack damage 929/1140/1385/1641% x3 Discharge Energy damage 929/1140/1385/1641% x2 Damage -60.4%/60.4%/60.4%/60.4% in PvP only	Attack damage 1078/1322/1607/1904% x3 Discharge Energy damage 1078/1322/1607/1904% x2 Damage -65.9%/65.9%/65.9%/65.9% in PvP only
Prime: Somersault (I to III)	Attack damage 899/1269/1568% x4 Damage -50.9%/50.9%/50.9% in PvP only	Attack damage 1007/1421/1756% x4 Damage -56.2%/56.2%/56.2% in PvP only
Prime: Roaring Tiger	Attack damage 2137% x5 Discharge Energy damage 2137% x3 Damage -65.6% in PvP only Discharge Energy damage -65% in PvP only	Attack damage 2246% x5 Discharge Energy damage 2246% x3 Damage -67.3% in PvP only Discharge Energy damage -68% in PvP only
	※ Discharge Energy damage is increased upon consuming Martial Spirits.
Prime: Rage Hammer	Attack damage 2009% x5 Discharge Energy damage 2009% x6 Damage -70.1% in PvP only	Attack damage 2310% x5 Discharge Energy damage 2310% x6 Damage -74% in PvP only
Wolf's Explosive Fangs	Attack 1 damage 1082% x6 Attack 2 damage 1082% x6     Damage -69% in PvP only	Attack 1 damage 1082% x6 Attack 2 damage 1082% x6 Attack 1 damage 1277% x6 during energy explosion Attack 2 damage 1277% x6 during energy explosion Damage -69% in PvP only

Guardian

Main

Black Spirit: Black Blood Circle (I to Absolute)'s & Savage Hack (I to Absolute)'s attack 3

• Fixed the issue where attack 3 hits weren't applying the debuff.

Hashashin

For the Succession Hashashin, using large-animation skills to gain effects like DP Decrease and AP Increase was burdensome. To ease this, we've shifted the DP Decrease effect from Prime: Dune Slash to Prime: Purge, and moved the All AP Increase effect from Haladie Throw and Aal's Command to Prime: Dune Slash, simplifying the setup process.
We also reduced the cooldown of Prime: Ridge Reaver for smoother combos with Prime: Purge and Prime: Dune Slash. The cooldown of Beckoned Blade has been aligned with Prime: Descent of the Apostle, enhancing cyclone summons and damage output.
Lastly, we've adjusted Prime: Quicksand's PvE damage to support continuous combos and consistent damage.

Main & Succession

Prime: Ridge Reaver

• Changed the cooldown: 8 sec → 7 sec

 

Prime: Chosen Blade

• Changed the cooldown: 13 sec → 12 sec
  
  • Changed the Skill Add-on tier from 3 to 2 accordingly.

 

Prime: Dune Slash

• Changed the on hit effect: All DP -20 for 10 sec on hits → All AP +20 for 10 sec on hits
  
  • Moved the All DP reduction debuff to Prime: Purge.
  • Removed the All AP increase buff for Aal's Command.

 

• Changed the damage of the following skills.

Skill Name	Before	After
Prime: Quicksand (I to IV)	Attack damage 582/711/841/969% x21 Damage -50.4%/50.4%/50.4%/50.4% in PvP only	Attack damage 786/960/1135/1308% x21 Damage -63.3%/63.3%/63.3%/63.3% in PvP only
Prime: Aal's Dominion	Attack damage 1530% x5 Damage -49.9% in PvP only	Attack damage 1683% x5 Damage -54.5% in PvP only
Prime: Dune Slash	Attack 1 damage 1131% x3 Attack 2 damage 1131% x3 Damage -43% in PvP only Last attack damage 1364% x3 Damage -33.5% in PvP only	Attack 1 damage 1357% x3 Attack 2 damage 1357% x3 Damage -52.5% in PvP only Last attack damage 1773% x3 Damage -48.5% in PvP only

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Awakening

Today's patch addressed Awakening skills that were lacking in PvE damage. In addition, the cooldown of one of the most powerful skills, Serpent's Coil, has been adjusted to allow for more frequent use of the skill, improving the flow of gameplay.

Serpent's Coil (I to III)

• Changed the cooldown: 15/14/13 sec → 12/11/10 sec
• Changed the Skill Add-on tier from 3 to 2 accordingly.

 

Retribution

• Changed so the last attack applies the same regardless of the location performed.

 

• Changed the damage of the following skills.

Skill Name	Before	After
Flow: Condemnation	Attack damage 2256% x6 Damage -58.3% in PvP only	Attack damage 2369% x6 Damage -60.3% in PvP only
Dune Slash (I to III)	Attack damage 1120/1441/1806% x4 Last attack damage 1120/1441/1806% x3 Damage -62.7%/62.7%/62.7% in PvP only	Attack damage 1288/1657/2077% x4 Last attack damage 1288/1657/2077% x3 Damage -67.5%/67.5%/67.5% in PvP only
Flow: Dune Strike	Attack damage 2245% x6 Damage -57% in PvP only	Attack damage 2582% x6 Damage -62.6% in PvP only
Collapse (I to III)	Attack 1 damage 1231/1466/2046% x3 Attack 2 damage 1231/1466/2046% x5 Damage -59%/59%/59% in PvP only	Attack 1 damage 1354/1613/2251% x3 Attack 2 damage 1354/1613/2251% x5 Damage -62.7%/62.7%/62.7% in PvP only
Flow: Voracity	Attack damage 1885% x8 Damage -59.5% in PvP only	Attack damage 1979% x8 Damage -61.4% in PvP only
Crown Kick	Spin attack damage 1717% x5 Last attack damage 1717% x2 Damage -58.5% in PvP only	Spin attack damage 2667% x5 Last attack damage 2667% x2 Damage -73.3% in PvP only
Retribution	Attack damage 1633% x7 Damage -56.5% in PvP only Last attack damage 2320% x 1, max 4 hits Last attack damage -56.5% in PvP only	Attack damage 1780% x7 Damage -60.1% in PvP only Last attack damage 2529% x4 Last attack damage -60.1% in PvP only
Silent Breach	Attack damage 1675% x5 Damage -55.6% in PvP only	Attack damage 2010% x5 Damage -63% in PvP only

Nova

The Awakening Nova has a unique feature of managing skills separately in Accel and Normal states. To build on this characteristic, we've improved the overall damage of key Accel skills, ensuring a more definitive performance when entering the Accel state than before. Also, to ensure that the existing skill combos are not significantly affected, the cooldown of the Starfall skill has been adjusted to match that of the Star's Call.

Awakening

Starfall

• Changed the cooldown: 12 sec -> 10 sec

 

• Changed the PvE damage of the following skills.

Skill Name	Before	After
Accel: Royal Fencing: Remise	Swing attacks 1 and 2 damage 1373% x4 Upward strike attack damage 1373% x4 Last attack damage 1373% x7 Damage -68%	Swing attacks 1 and 2 damage 1785% x4 Upward strike attack damage 1785% x4 Last attack damage 1785% x7 Damage -75.4% in PvP only
Accel: Royal Fencing: Fleche	Stab attack damage 1830% x1, max 10 hits Last attack damage 1830% x4 Damage -71.9% in PvP only	Stab attack damage 2196% x1, max 10 hits Last attack damage 2196% x4 Damage -76.6% in PvP only
Accel: Star's Call	Stab attack damage 2257% x8 Damage -62.9% in PvP only	Stab attack damage 2708% x8 Damage -69.1% in PvP only
Accel: Frozen Ring	Attack damage 1901% x12 Damage -71.8% in PvP only	Attack damage 2281% x11 Damage -76.5% in PvP only
Slicing Ring	Attack damage 1536% x9 Damage -59.9% in PvP only	Attack damage 1766% x9 Damage -65.1% in PvP only

Maegu

We've adjusted the duration of the Critical Hit Damage Increase effect from Maegu's Awakening passive, Twirling Crane, for easier maintenance. Additionally, we've fine-tuned the PvE damage of certain skills that were underperforming.
Given that Maegu's Awakening skills lack Increased Accuracy and Decreased Evasion effects and have low skill Accuracy rates, we've added an Evasion Reduction effect to Foxflare Cleave. This change is intended to compensate for the insufficient Accuracy.

Awakening

Foxflare Cleave

• Added the effect All Evasion Rate -9% for 10 sec on hit.

 

Twirling Crane

• Changed the duration of the Critical Hit Damage Increase passive effect: 20/10/5 sec → 30/20/10 sec.

 

• Changed the damage of the following skills.

Skill Name	Before	After
Emberclaw Torrent (I to IV)	Attack 1 1323/1560/1817/1977% x 4 Attck 2 1323/1560/1817/1977% x 3 Attack 3 1323/1560/1817/1977% x 6 Damage -63.5%/-63.5%/-63.5%/-63.5% in PvP only	Attack 1 1455/1716/1999/2175% x 4 Attack 21455/1716/1999/2175% x 3 Attack 3 1455/1716/1999/2175% x 6 Damage -66.8%/-66.8%/-66.8%/-66.8% in PvP only
Emberclaw Slash (I to IV)	Attack damage 1070/1378/1748/2230% x 5 Damage -61%/-61%/-61%/-61% in PvP only	Attack damage 1177/1516/1923/2453% x 5 Damage -64.5%/-64.5%/-64.5%/-64.5% in PvP only
Flow: Emberclaw Sweep	Attack damage 2362% x 6 Damage -64.6% in PvP only	Attack damage 2598% x 6 Damage -67.8% in PvP only
Emberclaw Finale (I to III)	Attack damage 1468/2059/2730% x 8 Damage -72.1%/-72.1%/-72.1% in PvP only	Attack damage 1541/2162/2867% x 8 Damage -73.4%/-73.4%/-73.4% in PvP only

Green Artisan (Green Thumb) Gathering Mini-game

Great Ocean

Many captains are completing daily quests in Oquilla's Eye to obtain materials for building their very own carrack, but they were slightly difficult for new and upcoming captains to manage on their own. So we've added the Young Sea Monster Habitat and decreased the HP of sea monsters to help rookie captains complete related quests even when doing them alone.

We've changed the rewards for defeating large sea monsters from carrack materials to those more useful and added weekly quests on top of the daily quests so that you can obtain more rewards on a weekly basis. We've also added titles for defeating sea monsters, which could serve as an extra goal for sailing out to the great ocean.

We've issued a new Oquilla Coin with fewer coins required to exchange with various items. This should shorten the period required to gather materials.
Also, you can exchange the coins for items such as Luminous Cobalt Ingot, Great Ocean Dark Iron, which you cannot obtain from daily quests.

The number of exchanges required to unlock Brilliant Rock Salt Ingot and Brilliant Pearl Shard have also been greatly reduced, allowing for a much more pleasant process of gathering materials for a carrack.

Beginner captains also needed Sea Monster's Ooze to build Epheria Caravel/Galleass from Sailboat/Frigate, but it was difficult for them to catch up to fast moving sea monsters. To mitigate this, we've added Diseased Hekaru, which does not move about as much. We hope this helps you to better gather Sea Monster Ooze's and fulfill your dreams of sailing the great ocean.

Great Ocean Monsters and Sailing Quests

• Decreased the HP of the below monsters by 80%.
  • Hekaru, Ocean Stalker
  • Young Candidum, Young Black Rust, Young Nineshark
  • Young Hekaru, Young Ocean Stalker

• Added titles for defeating the below monsters certain number of times.

• Added Young Sea Monster Habitat to the north-west of Oquilla's Eye.
  • Young Candidum, Young Black Rust, and Young Nineshark can found at the Young Sea Monster Habitat.
• Diseased Hekaru has drifted to the coast near Velia.
  • Diseased Hekaru cannot move too much due to pain.
  • Defeat Diseased Hekaru to obtain Sea Monster's Ooze as loot.
• Changed the completion rewards for the following quests given by Ravikel at Oquilla's Eye.

• • Carrack upgrade materials can be obtained from [Daily] Old Moon Guild's Young Candidum Hunter, [Daily] Old Moon Guild's Young Nineshark Hunter, and [Daily] Old Moon Guild's Young Black Rust Hunter.

• The following quests can now be accepted from Ravikel:
  • [Weekly] Old Moon Guild's Candidum Hunter
  • [Weekly] Old Moon Guild's Nineshark Hunter
  • [Weekly] Old Moon Guild's Black Rust Hunter
    
    • These are weekly quests and can be accepted again every Thursday at midnight (UTC).

• • Weekly and Daily Old Moon Hunter quests can be done at the same time.
• Changed the accumulated number of trade requirements for the appearance of Brilliant Rock Salt Ingot and Brilliant Pearl Shard.

• Changed the how to obtain description of the following items from [Daily] Ravikel's Test to [Daily] Lively Iliya Island I.
  
  • Changed the how to obtain description of the following items from [Daily] Ravikel's Test to [Daily] Lively Iliya Island I.

Oquilla Coin

• Issued a new Oquilla Coin.
  
  • The new Oquilla Coin, which can be obtained through quests at Oquilla's Eye, can be exchanged for additional types of goods with fewer quantities.

• • With the existing *Oquilla Coin, you can only proceed with the [Daily] Small Repayment from the Old Moon Guild I, II quest as before, and you cannot exchange for items with Herrad Romsen.
  • The existing Oquilla Coin that is not used now can be sold for 1 Crow Coin per piece.

Sailor EXP

• Increased the amount of EXP that can be obtained based on the number of sailors boarded on the ship.

• • If more than 11 sailors are on board, the obtained EXP will be multiplied by 400% and then distributed equally among all the sailors.
    
    • For example, if there are 30 boarded sailors, the obtained EXP x 400% is equally distributed to the 30 sailors, each receiving approximately 13.3%.

Black Shrine

• Improved the bosses in the Black Shrine as follows.

• Changed the objective of "Herald's Journal - Volume 2 Chapter 1" in the Old Moon Logs bookshelf: Catching blue grade fish x2 → x1.

Red Battlefield

• Improved to reassign you to the same team upon re-entering the Red Battlefield after exiting.
• Upon first entering the Red Battlefield, teams are determined based on the combined AP and DP of both teams.

• Improved the descriptions for the following items by adding details on enhancement materials.
  • Loggia and Dostter Gathering Tools
  • Loggia, Srulk, and Manos Sailing Logs
  • Loggia, Izaro, and Manos Riding Crops
  • Loggia and Manos Clothes, blue-grade Life Skill costumes
• Improved enhancement failure when using Cron Stones to add 1 stack to Enhancement Chance.
  
  • This does not apply to enhancement failures when using J's Hammer of Loyalty.

Shell Belle (Wipeout)

• Added Shell Belle Armor (Wipeout).
  
  • Changed so that Tranan Underfoe, blacksmith of Velia, can exchange Shell Belle Armor or Shell Belle Armor (Shucked) for Shell Belle Armor (Wipeout).
  • You can now freely exchange the three types of Shell Belle Armor with Tranan Underfoe.
  • All dye settings for the armor will reset upon exchange.

• Updated the description of Sunset Glow Crystal to include information about the types of upgradable Artina Sol.
• Added new crafting recipes of Honey Wine and Honeycomb Cookies, allowing the use of Cooking Honey as an ingredient based on its grade.

Crypt of Resting Thoughts

Previously, the Crypt of Resting Thoughts, unlike other Monster Zones in Black Desert, required high Accuracy, compelling Adventurers to either choose characters with high Accuracy or make additional preparations. With the latest update, we've made it more accessible for PvE, even for those with lower Accuracy, by leveraging Skill Add-ons and Crystals that increase Accuracy. In doing so, we've reduced the monsters' Evasion and appropriately increased their HP, enabling various classes to participate in PvE. Beyond just balancing, we've also added more monsters to improve the chances of acquiring loot.

• Reduced Evasion of monsters by -16.4%.
• Increased HP of monsters by +24%.
• Added monsters to certain locations.
• Adjusted the placement of some monsters.
• Changed the crowd control effects of the below monsters to either Stun or Stiffen.

• Changed the monster zone information window to guide adventurers to the entrance of the Crypt of Resting Thoughts.

Dark Rift

• Reduced the spawn duration of bosses appearing from Dark Rifts to a maximum of 7 days.

• Improved the 22-hour recurring quests in the following regions in Balenos and Calpheon to reset at 00:00 daily.

• Added the feature to open multiple selectable bundles at once.
• Changed the Imperial Delivery button to Imperial Crafting Delivery, which will guide you to the nearest Imperial Crafting Delivery NPC.
• Added guidance to the Silver (Church) Buffs when using Find NPCs function in the Land of the Morning Light.
  • Naye in Moodle Village, Ahryung in Byeot County, Hyang-goong in Beombawi Tavern
• Removed the Monster Zone category from the Find NPC UI.
• Changed the following aspects of the Find NPC function:
  • Added a button that allows you to be guided to the locations of the Black Spirit's Training and Silver (Church) NPCs.
  • Changed the icons for the General Goods Vendor, Weapons/Armor, and Central Market.
• Updated the sorting of base price in the Central Market's sell item list.
• Improved the clarity of the text displayed when creating and changing character names.
• Fixed the issue where the door on the 2nd floor of Ancado Inner Harbor 1-3 opened unnaturally.
• Improved some of the messages that appear during combat in the Gyfin Rhasia Temple Underground to be more natural.

• Changed the loading screen image.

• Changed the rank icon displayed above the character's head.
• [Musa] Fixed the issue where the grip of the Blackstar and Godr-Ayed Blade was unnatural during the attack standby animation.
• [Dark Knight] Fixed the issue where the arm appearance was unnatural when wearing the Secrua Vediant and Sin Terrna Gloves while in awakening mode.
• [Woosa, Maegu] Changed the exclusive idle action displayed when equipping the Salanar outfit to be the same as the Witch and Sorceress.
• [Kunoichi, Ninja] Improved the issue where a black afterimage remained when a cutscene ends during the use of certain skills.
• [Drakania] Fixed the issue where the decoration did not appear when equipping the Crayodel Soldier Hat.
• Fixed the issue where furniture installed in the Calpheon Slum 2-3, 3F residence did not appear in the "Visit" mode.
• Fixed the issue where items transferred through item copy could be discarded with the "Throw All Away" function.
• Fixed the issue where annexes were able to be constructed only after a certain time following the construction of some node forts.
• Fixed the issue where the monsters in the [Elvia] Orc Camp behaved unnaturally when moving on specific areas.
• Fixed the issue where some topography in Mediah Castle appeared unnatural.
• Fixed the issue where the Christmas decorations near NPC Valks in Calpheon City appeared abnormal.