Shai skips her way into Black Desert. The latest class is now playable for all adventurers, so jump in and level up your Shai today! To celebrate her release, we are running 3 new events for you to enjoy! Find out more: [Link]

More about Shai

[Developer’s Comment]

"The Shai have been a beloved part of the world of Black Desert, and now, you can play as a Shai yourself. The Shai is not a combat based character so she offers new ways for you to play. Please go ahead and begin a new adventure with your very own Shai!"

Florin is the home to all shais, and as such the Shai will experience friendlier dialogue when talking to people from her hometown. Some will reminisce about when she was a baby, others will moan and complain about some of the tricks she has pulled in the past. But all of them have a close relationship to Shai. She will also have slightly altered quests in Florin.

Shais are naturally gifted in the art of Alchemy and Gathering, and as such will start with these life skills at level Professional 1. As Shai starts at Professional 1 in these life skills, she will be unable to complete certain life skills including the alchemy and gathering quests of Florin. She is also a free spirit, and has learned how to combine her alchemy with basic survival skills to create a Bonfire Tool.

The Bonfire tool uses simple alchemy to create a small bonfire which will heal nearby allies for 50 HP per 10 seconds, and completely cure hypothermia in the desert. Bonfires burn for 10 minutes, and cannot be recreated for another 30 minutes. To get the fire going, you will need the following materials: 5 timber (of any type including logs), 5 Rough Stones and 5 Powder of Flame.

Since Shai grew up under the watchful eye of Valentine, she has developed quite a bond with donkeys. She prefers handling donkeys since they are easier for her to ride, and are much more likely to listen to her than regular sized horses. Due to her small frame, she is also able to reach speeds which many thought donkeys were incapable of. 

Having a small frame helps when trying to gallop valiantly on a donkey, but it means that small cats and birds are not able to perch on her shoulders. Some pets in the future may find themselves also unable to perform certain actions with Shai.

Florin is generally a quiet and peaceful town, so Shai never really learned how to hit other people with much force, and only killing the occasional fox or bird means she never honed her combat skills like most other characters. What she lacks in damage, she makes up with her abilities, being able to heal and buff her allies, and place certain debuffs on her enemies. 

3 new donkeys were added to celebrate the release of Shai.

[Developer’s Comment]

“Donkeys have been a part of the world of Black Desert since the beginning, but they never received the attention they deserve. With the release of Shai, we would like to give the donkeys a well deserved fresh new start as well. Although they cannot completely replace horses, we plan to start off with them being companions of Shai and add more donkey specific functions as time goes by. Not being noticed by monsters and having a sort of roaming mode would be good examples."

3 New donkeys have been added to the game. These donkeys are Derome, Cherose and Vallet. All 3 of these donkeys can acquire special skills as they level, but these special skills are only useable by Shai. These new donkeys will always start with the Just Chillin’ skill, which allows the donkey to free roam whilst Shai just goes along for the ride. Other skills have a high chance to be learned as the donkey levels up. The other skills are as follows:

As the donkey is now graced with the opportunity to learn skills, skill change, skill removal and skill training are now all available for donkeys. This also means that Mount Skill Change Coupons and Mount Skill Training Coupons will also be useable on donkeys. 

To really bring out the best of Shais donkey riding abilities, you’re going to need to spruce it up a little. All new donkey gears have been added to the game. You will be able to dye the donkeys gear to truly find a donkey look that suits your Shai.  

New donkey gears were added.

Since donkeys are not considered a threat to many of the inhabitants of Black Desert (carrots excluded), they will now go unnoticed by monsters. This means that although they will still take damage from stray attacks, no monster in Black Desert will actively target the donkey. 

Usable Pet Increase
The maximum number of pets that can be used at the same time has been increased, from 4 pets to 5. This should help address the issue where players are clearing zones faster than their pets can pick up the items. 

Instant Potions
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. 

Pearl Item Central Market Baseline increased

We have increased the sale price of Pearl Items on the central market by roughly 1.5 times the amount. This increase brings the sale value of Pearl Shop items roughly inline with the current market trends. At this moment, Cron Stones/Valks Cry which are extracted from costumes are not affected by the value of the costume on the central market. This may be added at a future time.

Ultimate Bundle Changes

As we are introducing a brand new class to Black Desert, we are changing the Costume Box that is included with the Ultimate Bundle. These changes will only apply top new/unopened Ultimate Bundle packages.

The costumes included will be unique costumes for each class, including costumes such as Wedan for Striker and Rosa Cassius for Dark Knight. It will also include the Whimsical Alchemist costume for Shai. This change will not be retroactive, and currently opened ultimate bundles will not be included in this change. 

Warrior : Karcenov Classic Set
Ranger : Ignis Classic Set
Sorceress : Bern Classic Set
Berserker : Bethel  Classic Set
Musa : Wilderness  Classic Set
Witch : Dreaming Stars Classic Set
Wizard: Inquirer’s Destiny Classic Set
Dark Knight : Rosa Cassius Classic Set
Striker : WeDan Classic Set
Lahn : Orchid Classic Set
Shai : Whimsical Alchemist Set

Other Changes

• Fixed an issue where the Central Market transaction window would occasionally blink.
• Fixed an issue where UI elements would occasionally overlap in the Central Market window. 
• Fixed an issue where it was possible to throw away locked items. 
• Fixed an issue where in certain situations, disabling the animation skip of enhancing would still play the animation
• In the Settings menu, you can now turn on/off guild progress notifications (guild member level up, enhancing etc).
• Guild passive skills have been added to the detail view. 
• Fixed an issue where the UI would overlap when receiving a guild invitation with the chat window open.
• Fixed an issue where the A button would not work in some interactions with the Black Spirit.
• Fixed an issue where you could not enter Observe Mode while the ring menu was open. 
• Added the function to open the chat window by pressing enter on a physical keyboard.