A new update has been released for Black Desert, bringing 2 new classes, Dark Rifts free pets and more! Check out the details below and find out what is being changed in Black Desert!

Shai and Mystic make their way to Black Desert. Become Florin’s favorite daughter, Shai, and enjoy an early boost to gathering and alchemy, as well as being able to fling your florang at enemies and boost your allies by unleashing the light from your Vitclari. Or you can always go the more traditional route, and pummel your enemies into submission with the Mystic. Find out more about the Striker and Mystic in their GM notes here: [LINK TO GM NOTE]

Dark Rifts have appeared across the world of Black Desert, and bosses that have been imbued with the power of the Black Spirit. Dark Rifts are solo challenges, and you will need to go and face them alone in order to be able to tackle the beasts. 

To unlock Dark Rifts on your account, you will need to have completed the quest, ‘Journey to Mediah’. Additionally, to unlock Dark Rifts in Valencia, you will need to have completed the ‘Journey to Valencia’ quest. 

Bosses that appear through the Dark Rifts will be bosses you have faced thus far in Black Desert. Defeating these bosses will reward you with an item box that can give you a random item, including accessories up to DUO.

Notes:

• Dark Rifts are only visible to you, and you cannot be attacked by other adventurers.
• There are no penalties for dying to Dark Rift bosses.
• Bosses summoned through Dark Rifts will not disappear, even if you change character or server.
• Bosses cannot be attacked during Node/Conquest Wars.

3 new quests have been added which will reward you with a pet each. You will find a suggested quest category called ‘[ADV Support] Pets, Loyal Companions’, which will show 3 quests. Take these quests and chat to the quest giver to receive a new pet. Each of these pets has a different milestone that you have to have reached in order to get the pet. 

[Pet] Bartali’s Buster

In order to get Igor Bartali’s family dog, Buster, you will need to have completed the Balenos main quest ‘Embarking on an Adventure’. Competing this quest will award you [Pet] Bartali’s Buster which is a classic type pet. Like all dogs, it’s talent is the Skill EXP Boost and it’s special skill is Hostility Detection. 

[Pet] Kalis’ Delphe 

In order to get Delphe, the fearless sky hawk of the Kalis Parliament, you will need to have completed the quest ‘Looking for Adventurers’ in the main Calpheon Quest line. Once this quest is completed, you can talk to Herman Feresio of the Kalis Parliament to receive the [Pet] Kalis’ Delphe which is a classic type pet. Like all hawks, this pet will increase your chance to gain knowledge and increase your chance to get a higher-grade knowledge increase. 

[Pet] Bareed’s Junaid

In order to get Bareed’s Junaid, you will need to have completed the main Mediah questline which ends at [Co-Op] Awakened Black Spirit. Once this quest has been completed, you will be able to accept the quest and receive the Junaid Pet. This pet is a classic type pet, and like all cats will give Life EXP boost and will find resources that you can gather. 

Instant potions have been added to the game. These potions have a much lower cooldown than regular potions, their cost is much higher to compensate. You can pick up these potions from any general goods vendor in the game.

You can now readjust the UI so that it will fit within your screen if it breaks through the safe zone. New users will be prompted to do so when they first jump into Black Desert, and existing players will be able to access the function through the Ring Menu.

For people who enjoy fishing and then using it for cooking, we have doubled the efficiency of dried fish in cooking. The following dried fish efficiency has changed:

Dried Mudskipper, Dried Saurel, Dried Filefish, Dried Scorpion Fish, Dried Mullet, Dried Dace, Dried Bluegill,Dried Perch, Dried Notch Jaw, Dried Mudfish, Dried Goby Minnow, Dried Bitterling, Dried Bleeker, Dried Yellow Fin Sculpin, Dried Greenling, Dried Flatfish, Dried Round Herring, Dried Silver Stripe Round Herring, Dried Whiting, Dried Dolphinfish, Dried Striped Catfish, Dried Surfperch, Dried Blackfin Sweeper, Dried Gurnard, Dried Sandfish, Dried Rosefish, Dried Fourfinger Threadfin, Dried Soho Bitterling, Dried Bubble Eye, Dried Rosy Bitterling, Dried Roundtail Paradisefish, Dried Rock Hind, Dried Butterflyfish, Dried Tongue Sole, Dried Mackerel Pike, Dried Sandeel, Dried Shuttles Hoppfish, Dried Oily Shiner

The recent world boss changes are being extended. When a World Boss becomes berserk, it will now lose a portion of its health. So as their AP increases during each of the stages, their HP will decrease. When they first enter their berserked state, they will take damage which can drop their HP no lower than 60% of their total HP. When they berserk the second time, the HP lost can not drop them lower than 10%. This change applies to the following bosses:

● Kzarka, Nouver, Karanda, Kutum

There are also changes coming to certain repeatable quests. These quests will be changed from repeatable per character to repeatable per family. This means that you will only be able to accept them once per day.

 - [Daily] Moria's Fervor for Research

 - [Daily] You Wanna Tango?

 - [Daily] Subduing the Force

 - [Daily] Fuming Frenzy

 - [Daily] Disruption

 - [Daily] Deep Grudge

 - [Weekly Professional Cooking] Unforgettable Cooking I

 - [Weekly Professional Cooking] Unforgettable Cooking II

 - [Weekly Artisan Cooking] Unforgettable Cooking I

 - [Weekly Artisan Cooking] Unforgettable Cooking II

 - [Weekly Master Cooking] Unforgettable Cooking I

 - [Weekly Master Cooking] Unforgettable Cooking II

 - [Daily] New Pride of Giant Lions

 - [Daily] Rohu's New Hobby

There have been some changes to the milking minigame with cows. We have made sure that gathering EXP is now rewarded through the minigame. We have also increased the amount of milk that can be gained through the minigame.