Greetings Adventurers,

Here are the latest update details for Black Desert Online on May 4, 2022 (Wed). Today’s patch contains 68 updates and is approximately 1.46 GB.

 

Artifact/Lightstone Inventory

An artifact inventory applied to the entire Family was added so you can now manage and keep your artifacts and lightstones separately. We developed this inventory with the purpose of adding a separate space that allows you to manage artifacts and lightstones without taking up your existing inventory, also taking into consideration the greater variety of artifacts and lightstones to be added in the future. 

The inventory was created so that you can store up to 30 artifacts, and for lightstones, each one stored will be stacked and displayed similarly to the 'Palette' feature. 

Additionally, the artifact inventory is shared amongst your Family. All of your characters can manage the items stored in the inventory, but when you infuse or unequip any stored artifacts or lightstones, please take note that you must move them from your artifact inventory to your regular inventory. 

Artifacts and lightstones were updated in hopes of providing great variety to how you enjoy the game. We are considering upgrading presets and other functions to broaden utilization in addition to the update of new artifacts and lightstones, so we hope you look forward to it. Thank you. 

● Added an artifact inventory which allows you to store artifacts and lightstones separately from your regular inventory.
- The artifact inventory applies to your entire Family.
- You can use it via the 'Artifact Inventory' button on the bottom of the Inventory UI.
- The same items will be stacked and take up a single slot, which will enable you to easily check the quantities of a single type of item.  
- Small icons for lightstones will be displayed so you can get an idea of the current infused artifacts in the inventory without having to check the tooltips.
- You can use the filter on the bottom to look for fire, earth, wind, and special lightstones held in the inventory.

The durability of artifacts will now be unlimited, as mentioned during the QNA session of CalpheON Episode 2. There may have been some Adventurers who've used Item Brand Spell Stones due to the immense durability consumption of artifacts. The precious Item Brand Spell Stones that you used will be sent to your in-game mailbox. 

● Changed the durability of artifacts to now be unlimited.
- Due to this change, the durability will no longer be displayed on the durability consumption UI and item descriptions of artifacts.
- The Item Brand Spell Stones used on artifacts were sent to your in-game mailbox. 

● Tearing Arrow, Prime: Tearing Arrow - Fixed the issue where Air Attack would be applied instead of Down Attack while mounted.
● Evasive Explosion Shot - Changed to not be affected by the Jump Height increase effect when performing extra attacks.

● Chase - Fixed the issue where you could switch to your crescent blade when falling during the skill with your Tiger Blade drawn.

● Whirlwind Cut - Fixed the issue where damage wouldn't be applied when used laterally with your Tiger Blade drawn. 

● Ravenous Talon - Fixed the issue where skill commands were awkward. 

● Black Spirit: Crown Kick - Fixed the issue where its skill demo was for the skill Silent Breach.            

● Core: Sun-shielder Patraca - Fixed the issue where your character's motions midair would appear awkward in a location of high elevation.
● Fixed the issue where the sounds wouldn't play properly when using Guard while moving backward in Awakening.

● Markthanan's Heart - Fixed the issue where Prime: Ascent was included in the list of skills that recover HP in the skill description.            

● Please note that a Dark Rifts event will be held after maintenance on May 11, 2022 (Wed). 

● Changed the following items to no longer display a world alert and make your character you cheer with joy upon obtaining them:
- Bensho's Necklace, Ancient Guardian's Seal, Necklace of Shultz the Gladiator, Witch's Earring, Mark of Shadow, Rainbow Coral Ring, Kagtum Submission Ring, Tree Spirit Belt, Ancient Weapon Core, Blue Whale Meat, Clear Blackstar Crystal, Liverto Weapon Box, and Liverto Weapon Bundle
● Changed your character to cheer with joy upon obtaining the following items:
- Manos Craftsman's Clothes, season graduation item: Graduation Cap, and Radiant Fairy Wings items
● Improved the effects applied upon using Perfume of Courage, Perfume of Swiftness, Spirit Perfume Elixir, Khalk's Elixir, and Elixir of Deep Sea.

We placed the “usage” section of the improved item descriptions at the top for this week's update so that you can more clearly see how an item is to be used. Item descriptions that will be updated later will also be improved so that you can check their usage first. Also, the items that already have the improved item descriptions will be revised again after the said change is done being applied.

● Improved the item descriptions for 322 items including Magic Crystals, potions, Enchanted Scrolls, etc.

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● Changed the following for the Gyfin Rhasia Temple Underground:
- The location of certain Stone Statues that spawn at the Tower of Transfusion was changed.
- The alert displayed when the 'Despair' Gyfin Rhasia Decimator spawns will now be narrower.
● Changed the following 47 monsters to not initiate attacks on Adventurers and mounts at a much higher level.

The 'Barrier of Infestation' content, where you could directly face off against a World Boss, is one of various ways from which you can obtain permanent stat bonuses outside of upgrading your weapon. We changed Kzarka of the Barrier of Infestation to be able to be attempted by a single person as we decided that they can be defeated without the help of other Adventurers. 

● Changed the Barrier of Infestation (I to III) quests to a solo quest.
- The difficulty level was lowered and adjusted, due to the quests being changed to solo quests.

Papua Crinea is both a place designed to put Adventurers' minds at ease, providing a bit of a respite for exhausted adventures, while also inhabited by cute and cuddly Otters and Papus. With transformation scrolls, you are able to turn into a Papu or an Otter and see their stories unfold on this island. To keep to the idea that the islands should serve as a place of 'healing,' we've improved the 'Stoneback Crab' quests in Papua Crinea so that our Adventurers can now complete them singlehandedly.

● Improved the Papua Crinea quests as follows:
- The [Co-op Daily] Intelligent Stoneback Crab is no longer a co-op quest and is now available for solo questing.
* Quest difficulty was adjusted to be solo-able by a single Adventurer.
- [For the Thousand Year War] Intelligent Stoneback Crab quests' difficulty levels were adjusted accordingly.
* Dumb Stoneback Crabs, Mediocre Stoneback Crabs, Intelligent Stoneback Crabs, Extraordinary Stoneback Crabs, and  Bloodthirsty Stoneback Crabs difficulty levels were also reduced.

The increase in Contribution EXP rewarded from quests will also be applied for 183 quests in Valencia, 103 quests in Kamasylvia, and 75 quests in Drieghan, following the previous increase in  Contribution EXP rewarded from quests that have been applied for two weeks in other regions. We are planning to apply an increase in Contribution EXP rewards up to O'dyllita and the Mountain of Eternal Winter. 

● Increased the Contribution EXP of 183 quests in Valencia.
- Check out the list of quests that had Contribution EXP boosts from the following chart:  

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● Increased the Contribution EXP of 103 quests in Kamasylvia.
- Check out the list of quests that had Contribution EXP boosts from the following chart:  

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● Increased the Contribution EXP of 75 quests in Drieghan.
- Check out the list of quests that had Contribution EXP boosts from the following chart:  

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● Added a manufacturing recipe for Wings of Ascension required to complete the '[Weekly] I, Too, Wish for Wings' quest from which you can obtain Mythical Feather.

Item	Manufacture (L)
Wings of Ascension	Current: Powder of Ascension x5 + Thick Fur x500 + Lightweight Plume x1000 New #1: Powder of Ascension x5 + Thick Fur x500 + Fine Lightweight Plume x250 New #2: Powder of Ascension x5 + Fine Thick Fur x125 + Lightweight Plume x1000 New #3: Powder of Ascension x5 + Fine Thick Fur x125 + Fine Lightweight Plume x250

- Due to the aforementioned change, the item descriptions and crafting methods on the quest summaries for Powder of Ascension and Wings of Ascension were changed.
● Changed the NPC for the quest, [Adventure Log] Wager for the Magic Tome, required to proceed with Caphras' adventure log, from Zahad, the Smuggler of Valencia, to the Bookseller, Kiyak.
- Due to this change, the relevant quests, dialogs, and item descriptions were changed.
● Changed the rewards for the Season Pass objective, 'Leveling Up, One Step at a Time! 10.'
- Before: Cron Stone x50
- After: [Event] Fughar's Enhancement Aid Box x1
* Open the [Event] Fughar's Enhancement Aid Box to obtain all of the following items:


- Time-filled Black Stone x40
- Refined Magical Black Stone x30
- Tuvala Ore x50
- Cron Stone x50
* If you've already collected the rewards for the pertaining Season Pass, the [Event] Humble Season Enhancement Aid Box will be sent to your Heidel Storage.
Open the [Event] Humble Season Enhancement Aid Box to obtain all of the following items:


- Time-filled Black Stone x40
- Refined Magical Black Stone x30
- Tuvala Ore x50            

To increase the strategic element of Recovery Centers as the battle rages on during Node/Conquest Wars, we decided to change how the centers impact the cooldown for reviving characters. Whereas previously the centers only reduced your maximum cooldown timer for revival, they will now reduce the amount of cooldown time left before your character can be revived once more. We hope this change will not only increase the strategic value of Recovery Centers but also boost the pace of battle during Node/Conquest Wars.
After this update goes live, we will keep a close eye on whether this change greatly hinders the defensive side and make adjustments accordingly.

● Improved the cooldown reduction effect applied to revival that was dependent on the number of installed Recovery Centers during Node/Conquest Wars as follows.
- Before: 6 sec reduced from the maximum revival cooldown (60 sec) per installed Recovery Center
- After: 6 sec reduced from your currently remaining revival cooldown per installed Recovery Center (up to 10 sec left on the timer.)
* Ex 1) If you have 15 seconds of cooldown remaining before you can revive again, one installed Recovery Center will reduce that timer to 10 sec.

* Ex 2) If you have 30 seconds of cooldown remaining before you can revive again, one installed Recovery Center will reduce that timer to 24 sec.    
* Details on the revival cooldown during a Node/Conquest War are as follows:
- Once a Node/Conquest War begins, the revival cooldown increases 1 sec every min and 1 sec per each death.  
- Each installed Recovery Center will reduce 6 sec from the revival cooldown timer. (The Recovery Centers' effect will be applied once the cooldown timer is at least 60 sec.)
- The revival cooldown timer will be a minimum of 10 sec to a maximum of 60 sec for Node/Conquest Wars.
* Installed Recovery Centers will reduce the cooldown revival timer no lower than 10 seconds total.
● Changed Barricades built near the Indomitable Flag to only be installable within the Node/Conquest War region during Node/Conquest Wars.
● Fixed the issue where the font color of Adventurers in the same alliance would display abnormally during Node/Conquest Wars.

● Changed your pets to repeatedly attempt to obtain the loot they failed to obtain. 

● Improved the UI and UX of log-in OTP and backup code verification pages of the Black Desert official website.
● Improved to display an icon on the window for entering your password when Caps Lock is on when logging in or signing up.
● Fixed the issue where awkward messages would sometimes be displayed when using a coupon multiple times in-game.
● Improved the UI of the buttons for major news displayed on your mobile device.
● Added a function that allows you to write details when pressing the Request Edit button on the top part of the Adventurer's Guide.

● Changed the following terms in English:
- Wooden Beehive to Beehive.
- [Event] Chocolatey Beehive to [Event] Chocolatey Honeycomb.
- [Simple Cooking] Cacao Powder to [Event] Cacao Powder.

● Fixed the issue where the elbow would appear abnormal when wearing the Rosa Cassius Gloves while having equipped the [Dark Knight] Sin Terrna Armor.
● Fixed the issue where the [Dark Knight] Darkborne Rose outfit would appear abnormal with your awakening weapon out.
● Fixed the issue where the arm would appear abnormal when changing stances after equipping [Mystic] Khamsin Clothes and Gauntlet.
● Fixed the issue where [Corsair] Nereid bottoms would appear abnormal in certain stances.
● Fixed the issue where Burning Soul and Blackstar Vambraces would appear while wearing [Striker] Blue Gaia.
● Fixed the issue where the background in Kusha appeared abnormal.
● Fixed the issue where Berserkers using the Undertaker skill would cause their target to break through the ground in certain parts of the Battle Arena.
● Fixed the issue where you could catch fish that were non-native to the Mountain of Eternal Winter.
● Fixed the issue where clicking the empty space in the chat window could click the link of a Guild introduction in another chat group tab.
● Fixed the issue where you couldn't obtain certain Black Spirit appearances when proceeding with the Simplified Questline on the Season Server.
● Fixed the issue where you couldn't proceed with the [Balenos] main questline while proceeding with the [The Great Expedition] Oquilla's Eye questline at the same time.
- Certain NPC dialog have been fixed accordingly.
● Fixed the issue where you couldn't adjust note velocity nor adjust technique via Select Mode in the Compose/Score window of the Music Album.
● Fixed the issue where ships would be destroyed when sailing to the coastal area near the colosseum of the Arena of Arsha.
- The coastal waters near the colosseum of the Arena of Arsha are now a restricted zone.
● Fixed the issue where you couldn't hit and the UI would appear abnormal when using the Ruinous Puffer Shaman Transformation Scroll with the following classes:  
- Musa, Hashashin, and Sage
● Fixed the issue where the quest summaries of certain [Balenos] quests were awkward.
● Fixed the issue where you couldn't install furniture in certain spots when decorating your residence in Eilton 3.
● Fixed the issue where you were able to play an instrument near another Adventurer playing an instrument under certain circumstances.
● Fixed the issue where the hotkey settings would reset under certain circumstances such as changing themes, entering the Red Battlefield, etc.
● Fixed the issue where the movements of airships you can see in the sky would appear abnormal.
● Fixed the issue where purchasable items would appear abnormal when using the Find in Pearl Shop function on the Central Market.