Updates [Update] January 23th Update Notice
Black Desert
2025-01-23 09:00
Hello Adventurers, This is the Black Desert Console Service Team.
We're informing you of the latest update applied after the scheduled maintenance on Jan 23 (Wed).
Today's update brings new ways to find the Mass of Pure Magic and Sethra's Artifacts, along with other changes.
We hope these help you embark on better adventures in game, Adventurers!
Life Skill Mastery Tool Additions
- As the max Life Skill Mastery caps have been expanded, new tools have been added for each Life category.
| Fishing | Hunting | Cooking | Alchemy | |
| Red Grade |
 Manos Fishing Chair
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 Manos Hunting Bag
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 Manos Ladle
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 Manos Flask
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| Blue Grade |
 Crio Fisher's Chair
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 Robeau Hunting Bag
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 Roroju Ladle
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 Gorgath Flask
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| Green Grade |
 Loggia Fishing Chair
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 Loggia Hunting Bag
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 Loggia Ladle
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 Loggia Flask
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- Manos Fishing Chair, Crio Fisher's Chair, Loggia Fishing Chair
How to Obtain Life Skill Mastery Tools
- You can purchase/craft the Life Skill Mastery tools as follows.
| Green Grade |
- Purchase for 1,000,000 Silver from Camellia Loggia at Loggia Farm
- Purchase for 1,500,000 Silver from Zaaira the Material Vendor in Velia |
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| Blue Grade |
- Purchase for 10,000,000 Silver from Geranoa the Material Vendor in Calpheon City
- Purchase for 15,000,000 Silver from Zaaira the Material Vendor in Velia |
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| Red Grade | - Manufacture with set materials | ||
| Manufacture the following materials Material #1 | ||||
| Type | Material #1 | Material #2 | Material #3 | Material #4 |
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Manos Fishing Chair
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Manos Stone x5 | Magical Shard x50 | Sturdy Timber Square x10 | Tear of the Great Ocean x10 |
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Manos Hunting Bag
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Manos Stone x5 | Magical Shard x50 | Leather Glaze x30 | Damaged Hide x50 |
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Manos Ladle
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Manos Stone x5 | Magical Shard x50 | Iron Ingot x10 | Fundamentals of Cooking x10 |
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Manos Flask
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Manos Stone x5 | Magical Shard x50 | Essence of Nature x20 | Shining Powder x50 |
※ Tear of the Great Ocean can be obtained by completing the recurring quest [Life Skill Mastery] Fisherman and the Sea from Abelin in front of the Velia Storage Keeper.
※ Fundamentals of Cooking can be obtained by completing the recurring quests [Repeat] Valks/Edman/Izaro/Heidi's Fundamentals of Cooking from the following NPCs:
- Calpheon: Valks / Altinova: Edman / Heidel: Izaro / Grána: Heidi
※ Damaged Hide can be obtained by butchering after Hunting wild animals.
※ Shining Powder can be obtained with a certain probability upon successful Alchemy.
※ Fundamentals of Cooking can be obtained by completing the recurring quests [Repeat] Valks/Edman/Izaro/Heidi's Fundamentals of Cooking from the following NPCs:
- Calpheon: Valks / Altinova: Edman / Heidel: Izaro / Grána: Heidi
※ Damaged Hide can be obtained by butchering after Hunting wild animals.
※ Shining Powder can be obtained with a certain probability upon successful Alchemy.
Life Mastery Tool Stats
- You can obtain the following Life Skill Mastery per enhancement level of each Life Skill Mastery tool.
| Green Grade | Blue Grade | Red Grade | |
| +0 to +15 | 3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24 27 30 33 39 45 51 57 63 |
4 8 12 16 20 24 28 32 36 40 44 50 58 66 74 80 |
5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 70 80 90 100 |
| PRI (I) | 70 | 95 | 120 |
| DUO (II) | 90 | 125 | 160 |
| TRI (III) | 130 | 180 | 220 |
| TET (IV) | 200 | 250 | 300 |
| PEN (V) | 280 | 330 | 400 |
Life Gear
Life Accessories - Agris Essence
- Adjusted the Agris Essence (Ancient Anvil) numbers for the enhancement levels of the following Life Accessories.
| Life Accessory | Enhancement Level | Agris Essence |
   Manos Accessory
Geranoa Accessory Loggia Accessory |
+0 → PRI (I) | 3 → 2 |
| PRI (I) → DUO (II) | 5 → 4 | |
| DUO (II) → TRI (III) | 7 → 5 | |
| TRI (III) → TET (IV) | 14 → 10 | |
| TET (IV) → PEN (V) | 40 → 30 |
※ After the Jan 23 (Thu) maintenance, the Agris Essence stacks on Mano/Geranoa/Loggia accessories will be updated as shown in the example below.
■ Example Gear) Manos Necklace TET → PEN (after Agris Essence update from 40 → 30)
Example ①. If you had 25 Agris Essence stacks
→ Your 25 Agris Essence stacks remains unchanged. Gather 5 more, and the Ancient Anvil will be activated.
→ With those extra 5 Agris Essence and the Anvil active, your next enhancement is a guaranteed success.
Example ②. If you had 30 Agris Essence stacks
→ Your 30 Agris Essence stacks activates the Ancient Anvil as it hits the needed number.
→ With the Anvil active, your next enhancement is a guaranteed success.
Example ③. If you had 35 Agris Essence stacks
→ Your 35 Agris Essence stacks activates the Ancient Anvil as it surpasses the needed number.
→ With the Anvil active, your next enhancement is a guaranteed success.
※ After a 100% guaranteed enhancement via the Ancient Anvil, the system works just like before.
▶ When you succeed with a 100% guaranteed enhancement, the Agris Essence stats will reset.
■ Example Gear) Manos Necklace TET → PEN (after Agris Essence update from 40 → 30)
Example ①. If you had 25 Agris Essence stacks
→ Your 25 Agris Essence stacks remains unchanged. Gather 5 more, and the Ancient Anvil will be activated.
→ With those extra 5 Agris Essence and the Anvil active, your next enhancement is a guaranteed success.
Example ②. If you had 30 Agris Essence stacks
→ Your 30 Agris Essence stacks activates the Ancient Anvil as it hits the needed number.
→ With the Anvil active, your next enhancement is a guaranteed success.
Example ③. If you had 35 Agris Essence stacks
→ Your 35 Agris Essence stacks activates the Ancient Anvil as it surpasses the needed number.
→ With the Anvil active, your next enhancement is a guaranteed success.
※ After a 100% guaranteed enhancement via the Ancient Anvil, the system works just like before.
▶ When you succeed with a 100% guaranteed enhancement, the Agris Essence stats will reset.
Life Accessories/Clothes Max Central Market Price Increase
- Increased the max price on the Central Market for the following Life Accessories and Clothes.
| Manos Accessories | Manos Life Clothes | |||
| Enhancement Level | Before | After | Before | After |
| PRI (I) | 620,000,000 | - | 915,000,000 | 1,010,000,000 |
| DUO (II) | 1,810,000,000 | - | 1,060,000,000 | 1,250,000,000 |
| TRI (III) | 6,150,000,000 | 10,000,000,000 | 1,780,000,000 | 3,000,000,000 |
| TET (IV) | 30,000,000,000 | 39,900,000,000 | 5,350,000,000 | 10,000,000,000 |
| PEN (V) | 150,000,000,000 | 301,000,000,000 | 60,000,000,000 | 90,000,000,000 |
| Blue Grade Life Accessories | Blue Grade Life Clothes | |||
| Enhancement Level | Before | After | Before | After |
| PRI (I) | 26,400,000 | - | 101,000,000 | 198,000,000 |
| DUO (II) | 97,000,000 | 202,000,000 | 136,000,000 | 321,000,000 |
| TRI (III) | 770,000,000 | 1,000,000,000 | 268,000,000 | 1,000,000,000 |
| TET (IV) | 4,120,000,000 | 6,500,000,000 | 795,000,000 | 4,500,000,000 |
| PEN (V) | 10,300,000,000 | 39,900,000,000 | 2,990,000,000 | 35,000,000,000 |
| Green Grade Life Accessories | Green Grade Life Clothes | |||
| Enhancement Level | Before | After | Before | After |
| PRI (I) | 3,700,000 | - | 48,400,000 | 101,000,000 |
| DUO (II) | 14,800,000 | 40,700,000 | 66,000,000 | 154,000,000 |
| TRI (III) | 126,500,000 | 169,000,000 | 145,000,000 | 497,000,000 |
| TET (IV) | 615,000,000 | 900,000,000 | 409,000,000 | 2,510,000,000 |
| PEN (V) | 1,400,000,000 | 6,000,000,000 | 1,290,000,000 | 9,000,000,000 |
※ Purchase orders and sales listings for the following items on the Central Market were canceled during the Jan 23 (Thu) maintenance.
- Concentrated Magical Black Gem, Black Gem Fragment, Black Gem
- Manos accessories, Geranoa accessories, Loggia accessories
- Manos Life Clothes, Blue Grade Life Clothes, Green Grade Life Clothes
- Concentrated Magical Black Gem, Black Gem Fragment, Black Gem
- Manos accessories, Geranoa accessories, Loggia accessories
- Manos Life Clothes, Blue Grade Life Clothes, Green Grade Life Clothes
Item Move/Store Function Update
Retrieve Equipped Gear
- Added the function to allow retrieving equipped gear from other characters through Find My Item and View Inventory of other characters.
Guild Storage Use Outside Town
- Improved to allow the use of guild storage outside town.
- To store or take out items through guild storage in a combat zone, a storage maid/butler is required.
- However, during Node/Conquest War, it can only be accessed in town as before.
Bring Item - Maid/Butler Group Command
- Fixed to be affected by group command settings when using maids/butlers in Find My Item and View Other Character's Inventory.
- Maid/Butler Group Command can be set at the bottom of the Maid/Butler List UI.
Batch Move of Non-Stackable Items
- Improved to allow moving multiple non-stackable items at once in a single inventory slot in the following UIs:
- Guild Storage
- Containers installed in residences
- Find My Item
- View Other Character's Inventory/Equipment
※ When using a storage maid/butler, the number of maids/butlers used corresponds to the number of items being moved.
ITEM
New Acquisition Method for Mass of Pure Magic
- Added Mass of Pure Magic exchanges with the following items in Manage Currency.
| Required Items | Exchange Item |
 Dark Spirit's Greed x3
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 Mass of Pure Magic x10
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 Hunter's Seal x5
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Mass of Pure Magic x10
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※ Dark Spirit's Greed: Defeat Dark Rift Bosses
※ Hunter's Seal: Defeat Bosses from Ancient Relic Crystal, Forbidden Book, and Scroll Written in Ancient Language summon scrolls.
※ Hunter's Seal: Defeat Bosses from Ancient Relic Crystal, Forbidden Book, and Scroll Written in Ancient Language summon scrolls.
Sethra's Artifact - Trading EXP
- Added the ability to acquire Sethra's Artifact - Trading EXP at a set probability from the below activities.
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Sethra's Artifact - Trading EXP
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| Selling Fish | - Obtain through Bonus quests when selling fish caught from Fishing to a trade managers |
| Selling Processing Trade Items | - Obtain through Bonus quests when selling processed trade items to a trade managers |
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- As a result, when selling trade items, you can obtain the following through Bonus quests:
- Sethra's Artifact - Trading EXP
- Sethra's Artifact - Life Skill Mastery
- Sethra's Artifact - Life EXP
- Imperfect Lightstone of Flora
- As a result, when selling trade items, you can obtain the following through Bonus quests:
- Changed the icons of the following fish to better match their grade.
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Fish with Changed Icons |
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Silver Beltfish
Hammer Mackerel
Rainbow Sardine
Black Halibut
Whitefin Trevally |
Giant Bitterling
Spotted Spined Loach
White Crucian Carp
Electric Catfish |
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- Improved to allow all the following Travel Kit items to be opened at once:
- [Event] Lv. 11/30/35/50/53/56/58/59 Travel Kit
- Travel Kit for Returning Adventurers
- Lv. 61 Travel Kit
[Venia] Merv's Tailoring Tool
- Changed so you can process the Venia Riding Attire and Riding Hat together when repackaging Venia Costume with the [Venia] Merv's Tailoring Tool purchased with Mileage after the Jan 23 (Thu) update.
- You will need to place both Venia Riding Attire and Hat pieces together when attempting to repackage with the [Venia] Merv's Tailoring Tool purchased with Mileage after the Jan 23 (Thu) update.
- You can only repackage Venia Riding Attire or Hat pieces separately with a [Venia] Merv's Tailoring Tool purchased with Mileage before the Jan 23 (Thu) update.
- You can exchange any [Venia] Merv's Tailoring Tool purchased with Mileage before the Jan 23 (Thu) update for the new iteration via [Valentine's Apprentice] Liana found in any city.
- You cannot reverse the exchange made with [Valentine's Apprentice] Liana.
| [Venia] Merv's Tailoring Tool before Jan 23 (Thu) update |
[Venia] Merv's Tailoring Tool after Jan 23 (Thu) update
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 When processing Venia Riding Hat with [Venia] Merv's Tailoring Tool,
▶ Obtain [Venia] Merv's Hat Set (Riding Hat) OR
 When processing Venia Riding Attire with [Venia] Merv's Tailoring Tool,
▶ Obtain [Venia] Merv's Costume Set (Riding Attire) |
 Process Venia Riding Attire and Venia Riding Hat together with [Venia] Merv's Tailoring Tool
▶ Obtain [Venia] Merv's Costume Set (Riding Attire and Riding Hat) |
MONSTER
- Improved the following aspects of the moles appearing during Farming.
- Improved the movement to make it more natural when the mole repeatedly moves and stops.
- Improved to make it easier to recognize the location of the appearing mole by displaying a speech bubble on the mole.
QUEST & KNOWLEDGE
- Added text to Igor Bartali's Adventures - Volume 8, Chapter 4, indicating that only those with at least Alchemy Apprentice 1 can create Wise Man's Blood.
- Improved the objective description for completing the quest [Recall] Freharau's Advice to be more intuitive.
- Changed the acceptance conditions for the below quests for obtaining Crio's Fishing Chair and Tear of the Great Ocean to characters at or above Lv. 15.
- Characters who have not progressed the main quest can also proceed with the below quests.
| Quest Name | Objective | Rewards |
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[Life Skill Mastery] Fisherman and the Sea (Recurring, Quest NPC Abelin)
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Catch Grunt
Catch Moray |
Tear of the Great Ocean x2 |
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Sit, Cast and Fish!
(Once per Family, Quest NPC Crio) |
Catch 3 blue grade fish |
Crio's Fishing Chair x1
250 Contribution EXP |
※ Crio's Fishing Chair is an equipable item with Fishing Mastery +100.
※ Tear of the Great Ocean is used for crafting Manos Fishing Chair and Manos Fisher's Clothes.
※ Tear of the Great Ocean is used for crafting Manos Fishing Chair and Manos Fisher's Clothes.
- Changed the basic reward of the [Leveling Aid] PEN (V) Blackstar Weapon quest to the Choose Your PEN (V) Blackstar Weapon Box.
You can acquire the desired PEN (V) Blackstar weapon from the PEN (V) Blackstar weapon box.
NPC, BACKGROUND, SOUND
- Removed trees in specific locations of the Tooth Fairy Forest (Forest Ronaros) monster zones to allow for smoother subjugation.
- As a result, it is now easier to attack monsters previously located behind trees.
- This change is also applied within Marni's Realm.
SYSTEM
- Changed to delete all guild items not collected from mail when kicked from a guild.
- As before, all guild items in your inventory will also be deleted when leaving a guild.
CHANGES & FIXES
- Updated the message that pops up when you try to register a ship at a full wharf.
- Changed so that you can now check the info of horses harnessed to your wagon.
- Fixed the issue where characters would occasionally fall below the ground upon arriving at the destination during the [Calpheon] Inside Trina Fort quest.
- Updated the message shown when no maids/butlers are available in Find My Item.
- Fixed to prevent unnecessary logs from being recorded in the following situations:
- When moving items using Find My Item
- When using the Auto-move to All function
- Fixed the issue where using the Traveler's Map in Mediah to move to Kusha resulted in moving to Altinova.
- Fixed the issue where enhancement grades were shown in Roman numerals.
- Fixed the issue where the enhancement success notification at the top of the screen was not displayed when enhancement succeeded.
- Fixed the issue where Atanis Pond's background music would not play.
- Fixed the issue where Yar! could not be progressed if internet connection became unstable and required reconnection during Yar!
- Fixed the issue where the Recovery sometimes did not work properly after completing horse breeding and recovering the mount.
- Fixed the key guide for "My Stats" in the My Information window.
- Fixed the issue where trees and rocks appeared unnatural at specific locations in Delimor Farm and the Gervish Mountains.
- Fixed the issue where the following revamped main questline quests appeared in the quest list of characters who had already completed the pre-revamp
- main questline and did not meet the correct quest acceptance conditions.
- [Balenos] The Alchemist and His Daughter
- [Balenos] There's No "I" in Homework
- Fixed the issue where the appearance of some NPCs in Velia was not visible.
- Adjusted the Fairy's Continuous Care auto-use cooldown from 5 seconds to 1 second.
- Fixed the issue where you couldn't gain knowledge from the following bosses:
- Red Nose, Dastard Bheg, Dim Tree Spirit, Giant Mudster, Katzvariak
- Knowledge was granted through the Jan 23 maintenance to adventurers who had records of defeating the above bosses from Jan 9 to Jan 23.
- Fixed the issue where some mounts had their skill mastery reduced by 1-3%.
- Fixed the issue where [Console NA] Adventurer's 10th Anniversary Piece was mistakenly labeled as ASIA in certain language settings.
