While digging up the Lakiaro, you will have the choice of either deep digging of shallow digging. Deep digs are unlimited, but Dostter Hoes have a limited number of shallow digs. Both of the digs have a different effect.

As Europe enters summer time, we will be adjusting all timed events (Node Wars, Conquest Wars, World Boss) so that the times once again match their usual times for players. During this time, you will see us use UTC+1 as the time zone. This allows your current methods of working out time differentials between our official notices and your own time zones (i.e If you are in France, your times will still be our advertised time +1 hour.)

We have also made changes to make hunting a more pleasurable experience. The first change is that the animation for kneeling and getting back up with a matchlock equipped has been increased by around 30%. Reloading has also been improved so that it will now reload one bullet at a time. If you are interrupted during the reload animation, you will keep however many bullets are currently loaded into the rifle (for example, you reload 2 bullets and then get interrupted, you will keep 2 bullets.)

Dev Note:
The mechanics of using a matchlock has been relatively frustrating for sometime. We wanted to alleviate the frustrations so we improved the animations of using the matchlock, and also improved the way that reloading works.

Other System Changes
● You can now substitute 1 Dried Squid with 1 fresh Squid in cooking recipes.

Changes have been made to the awakening weapons gifted to players once the awakening quest has been completed. 

Changes have also been made to the Kamasylvia quest line. It will now be easier to interact with Catherine’s Journal in the main quest ‘Sea of Spring’. We will also be changing the quest objective of Igor Bartali’s Adventure Log Chapter 3 entry 4. Instead of just quipping the earring left behind by the Witch, you will need to show it to a certain NPC.

Changes have been made to the following UI Elements:
-Guild/Clan UI
-Server Select Screen
-Certain Minigames

There will be changes to the balance of structures in Node and Conquest War. These changes will improve the defensive aspects of structures within wars, and make it slower for them to be destroyed.

● Increased the durability of Castle Gates by around 25%
● Increased the durability for Forts, Command Posts and Field HQ’s by around 25%
● Barricade durability increased by approximately 40%, Iron Barricade durability increased by around 20%.
● Siege Defense Towers durability increased by around 40% 

This update will be making significant changes to most of the classes in Black Desert. This includes the reduction of accuracy in certain skills, and some other quality of life additions to several classes.

100% Accuracy Changes 
Today’s update will adjust the accuracy rate of many skills in Black Desert. The 100% accuracy skills are a very important part of PvP, but they have become too overbearing and nullify the effectiveness of evasion. These balance changes were aimed at classes that can use these skills in combination with overpowering combos that can give little chance for the opponent to play out the fight.

The following skills have had their accuracy rates changed from 100% to 50%.

● Fixed an issue where Purificatione did not deal damage to targets in front of the Valkyrie when used consecutively.
● Fixed an issue where the extra effects of Flow: Breath of Elion were applied when Breath of Elion skills were used with the Longsword drawn, even if Flow: Breath of Elion was not learned yet.
● Fixed an issue where, in certain circumstances, pre-awakening skills could sometimes not be used after using Breath of Elion from the ring menu with the Lancia drawn.

● Fixed an issue where the CC effects applied to all hits when Hidden Claw was used after Dash Buster.
● Fixed an issue where Somersault was not activated in certain situations after Scissor Kick was activated.
● Added the ‘push’ effect of Hidden Claw to its skill description.
● Fixed an issue where the inputs for Rage Hammer would activate Nature’s Wrath or Unbridled Wrath in certain situations. 

● Changed the ‘All Evasion’ rate effect of the skill ‘Smokescreen’

● Sudden Decapitation will now allow you to switch from pre-awakening to awakening.
● Drastic Measure can now be combo’d after Vacuum Slash or the second hit of Sudden Decapitation
● Flow: Execution can now be combo’d with the transition stance attacks of Serpent Ascension.
● Changed the All Evasion Rate effects of the following skills:
- Ninjutsu: Oni Shadow
- Shuriken: Moon Dive

● Reduced the attack range of Projection and Flow: Extra Credit.
-Therefore these skills will push targets less far.
● You can now combo Flow: Extra Credit faster after Projection.
● You can now combo Flow: Dash Slash after Below the Belt by holding R1/RB.
● You can now combo Flow: Backflow after Below the Belt by moving left/right and pressing R1/RB

● Added an ‘All Evasion Rate -3%’ effect to successful hits of Sticky Snowflake
● Corrected the attack range of Sticky Snowflake so that the range now matches the skill effects.
● Corrected the following skill descriptions to include the accuracy effects:
-Petal Drill
-Black Spirit: Petal Drill
-Petal Bloom
-Black Spirit: Petal Bloom
-Flow: December
-Flow: Cloud Stab
● Flow: Moonlight Dash can now be added to the ring menu.
● The damage dealt by Flow: Moonlight Dash will now correlate to the damage dealt by the Petal Bloom skill used prior.
● Corrected the attack range of the following skills so the range better matches the graphical effects:
-Frost Pillars (when not on cooldown)
-Flow: Tip of an Iceberg

● Fixed an issue where Engulfing Shadow activated without the dashing motion when the skill was used after certain ranged skills. 

● Removed the “Pushes the target on good hits” effect on the following skills:
-Allround Spinner
-Lightning of Earth
-Surging Tide
-Upward Claw
● Reduced the distance of the “Pushes the target on good hits” effect of the following skills:
-Echo Pierce
-Heilang: Whiplash
-Fearful Trembling

● Fixed the issue where all the Martial Spirit Shards were consumed when using Crouching Wolf to Flash Step when you had 2 shards available.
● Fixed an issue where Striker would return to combat after switching to non-combat mode in awakening.

● Due to the popularity of Christmas Music, we have added it to the game as a permanent addition.
● The description of the Character Slot Expansion Coupon has been modified to accurately reflect the current situation. The Maximum character slow now equals the number of available classes.
● The Kamasylvia Quest ‘Altar of Training’ has been added to recommended quests.
● Fixed an issue where sending items to storage would display the incorrect text
● Fixed an issue where a Sorceress created as the smallest possible character would occasionally not apply all hits when using the skill, ‘Shard Explosion’.
● Fixed an issue where when Chinese was selected as the language of Black Desert, it would still play the opening cinematics in English.
● Improved the speed in which shop and storage UI loads.
● Fixed an issue where family bound items would occasionally display as character bound.
● Decreased the amount of players required to trigger the ‘Hide Other Adventurers’ option.
● Fixed an issue where when climbing a wall with a Crescent Pendulum, the Crescent Pendulum would abnormally move around.
● Fixed an issue where Tier 3 and Tier 4 horses were not appearing in the wild. 

● Due to the current server issues, we will be removing crystal shattering and EXP loss on death for the foreseeable future. We will announce when this will change back to normal.
Note: If you are negative Karma, you will still receive your normal death penalties.
● We have applied a change that should help mitigate crash issues. This change may cause slight increases to first time load times. We will be monitoring this change carefully.