Greetings Adventurers,

Nova, The Last Star of the Kingdom of Calpheon is ready to shine! You can pre-create her or any other character now and take advantage of the upcoming Winter season!

We are also adding Hystria and Aakman Watch Tower and Drieghan Mercenary Office is now open to give new weekly challenges to seasoned adventurers.

Finally, get your fishing rod ready to catch some mystical fish! 

 

Next week's regular maintenance will be held at regular times on Tuesday December 22, 2020.

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[New Events]

• Create Now!

  • Event 1:  Customization Contest

  • Period: December 16 (after maintenance)–December 30 (before maintenance)

    • Show us your artistic skills by uploading your creation on Beauty Album  for a chance to win the new pet, Young Baphomet!

  • Event 2: Pre-create a Season Character Now!

  • Period: Period: December 16 (after maintenance)–December 22, Tuesday (before maintenance)

    • Pre-create any Season Character to prepare for the upcoming Winter Season and win rewards.

  • Event 3. Hot Time Boosts

  • Period: December 16 (after maintenance)–December 30 (before maintenance)

    • As announced specially during Calphe:ON Ball, enjoy Combat EXP +300% and Skill EXP +50% 24/7 during the entire event period!

  • Event 4. Challenges for New and Returning

  • Period: December 16 (after maintenance)–January 20, 2021 (before maintenance)

    • New and Returning Adventurers who complete the following challenges can claim the golden reward via the Challenge tab (Y)!

• Terrmian Winterpark

  • Event 1. Energy-giving Tree

  • Period: December 16 (after maintenance)–December 30 (before maintenance)

    • You will get an Energy Recovery +1 buff for 10 seconds every time you get close to the tree!

  • Event 2. Black Spirit Ice Statue

  • Period: December 16 (after maintenance)–December 22 (before maintenance)

    • Complete the quest offered [Event] Snowflake Seed which you will obtain 20 Cron Stones by growing it in a Garden and harvesting the resulting crop.

  • Event 3. Exploring Fluffy Snowflake Village

  • Period: December 16 (after maintenance)–December 30 (before maintenance)

    • Complete the quests to collect [Event] Emergency Carrot Rations by exploring the snowy Village and exchange them to special rewards!

  • Click <Here> for full details.

 

[Ongoing Events]

• Nova Pre-launch Events: 

  • First gift claimable period until January 20, 2021 (before maintenance)

  • Second gift claimable period starts December 17 (00:00 UTC)–January 20, 2021 (before maintenance)

  • Third gift claimable period starts December 22 (after maintenance)–January 20, 2021 (before maintenance)

• Get a Young Ice Dragon!: December 9–January 20, 2021 (before maintenance)

• Stormbringer Strikes

  • Event 2. Patrigio's Discreet Discount: December 9–December 22 (before maintenance)

  • Event 3. Item Drop Rate +50%: December 9–December 22 (before maintenance)

  • Event 4. For the New and Returning: December 9–December 22 (before maintenance)

• Happy Thanksgiving!

  • Event 3. Arcana Log-in Challenge: Available until December 31 (23:59 UTC)

 

[Ended Events]

• Stormbringer Strikes

  • Event 1. Confirmed Stormbringer Karanda Spawns

 

[Reward Distribution]

• Rewards from Calphe:ON Ball live stream!

  • Please note these rewards are only given to Families that have logged on at least once between November 12, 2020 (Thurs.) 00:00 UTC– December 12, 2020 (Sat) 11:00 UTC.

  • Please claim these rewards from your in-game mailbox until January 20, 2021 (before maintenance) or they will disappear!

  • Here is the list of rewards as announced during Calphe:ON Ball last Saturday:

    • Caphras Stone x300

    • Cron Stone x1000

    • Black Spirit's Adventure Rewards:

      • [Event] Blessing of Kamasylve (7 Days) x1

      • Combat & Skill EXP 300% Scroll (60 min) x5

      • Gold Bar 1,212G

      • Advice of Valks (+40) x1

      • Fine Accessory Box x1

      • Cron Stone x100

      • Advice of Valks (+60) x1

      • Cron Stone x200

      • Advice of Valks (+80) x1

      • [Event] Rare Tungrad Accessory Box x1

      • J's Special Scroll x5

      • [Event] Shining Shakatu's Seal x10

• Calphe:ON Ball Art Festivals and the physical rewards to receive will also be announced on our official website.

• 2nd week's results are in for KR vs TW world conquest war.

  • If you guessed correctly and claimed the item that belongs to the winning team, you will receive via in-game mailbox (B):

    • Advice of Valks (35–45) x1

    • [Event] Enhancement Help Kit II x1

  • If you didn't guess correctly and claimed the item that belongs to the losing team, you will still receive via in-game mailbox (B):

    • Advice of Valks (25–35) x1

    • [Event] Enhancement Help Kit I x1

• Don't forget to claim these before December 30 (before maintenance) or they will disappear!

• 'Stay Secure and Earn a Reward' rewards were sent out via in-game mailbox.

  • Please claim these rewards sent out today before January 20, 2021 regular maintenance or they will disappear.

• Web Coupon Codes

  • Don't forget to claim these web coupons announced with Calphe:ON Ball if you haven't yet!

 

Coupon Code	Effective Date	Usage
BDOVALK	Claimable until January 20, 2021 (before maintenance)	Get Advice of Valks (+100) x1!
BDOICED	Claimable until January 20, 2021 (before maintenance)	Get [Event] Burning Jade Flame x1 to combine with [Event] Winter-bearing Egg to obtain Young Rauno (Tier 4)
BDOHAMM	Claimable until 2021-01-20 (before maintenance),   Item obtained usable after today's maintenance until June 16, 2021 (before maintenance)	Get J's Hammer of Loyalty x1 usable from next maintenance (December 16, 2020)

• Where to redeem your code

  • Web client: bit.ly/bdoredeem

  • Steam client: Main menu of the game (ESC) >"Redeem" for old UI and (ESC) > Tab Community > Redeem for the new UI.

    • These codes are only available for the PC version of EU/NA.

 

 

 

• Pre-create Nova, the last princess of Calpheon

  • Pre-creation for the new class Nova has begun.

    • You can now pre-create and customize the new class Nova on both regular and Season servers.

    • Increased the number of character slots to 22.

• Auto Mount Skills - Auto Sprint

  • Added the ability to move faster on mounts by automatically using Sprint skills during Auto-run.

  • ※ If your mount's mastery of the skill is too low, there's a chance that your mount will fail using Auto Sprint during Auto-run.

 

Mount	Skill	Condition
Horse	Sprint	- Learn Sprint
		- Equip Saddle
		- Mount inventory weight below 40%
		- Not usable in desert regions
		(However, Diné may use Auto Sprint in desert region)
Camel	Quick Steps	- Learn Quick Steps
		- Equip Saddle
		- Mount inventory weight below 40%
Elephant	Quick Run	- Learn Quick Run
		- Equip Saddle
		- Mount inventory weight below 170%
Donkey	Run Run	- Learn Run Run
		- Equip Saddle
		- Mount as Shai
		- Mount inventory weight below 40%
		- Not usable in desert regions
Forest Path Wagon	Forest Rush	- Stamina over 90
		- Mount inventory weight below 100%
		- Not usable in desert regions

 

• Your Training Mastery needs to be Artisan Lv. 1 or higher to use Auto Sprint while using Auto-run on a mount.

• Added increased speed when equipping a riding crop while using Auto Sprint during Auto-run.

  • * Riding crops will increase speed for Auto Sprint as following:

 

Riding Crop	Increased Sprint Speed
Loggia Riding Crop	Auto-run Sprint Speed +10%
Izaro Riding Crop	Auto-run Sprint Speed +15%
Manos Riding Crop	Auto-run Sprint Speed +20%

 

We had previously introduced increased auto-sail speed through BreezySail for ships but all of our land-based mounts didn't have these functions even though they've been around for longer than ships. There were more obstacles existing on land than water so auto-run wasn't always the most convenient option. However, due to many of our adventurers requesting this function time and time again, we felt that we shouldn't delay the Auto Sprint any longer. We sincerely hope for the day to come when adventurers can freely move about without getting stuck between obstacles!

 

● A mystical fish only observed in ancient records have been sighted in the seas.

• These mystical fishes are so difficult to catch that people believed "the fish chose the fisher." Only fishers of great experience and skill may have a chance to fish up this fish.

• The mystical fish never travels in groups but, according to rumors, they have mysterious powers to shake the heaven and the earth if they are ever to come together. Some ancient records tell the story of fallen nations due to the mystical fish but none have been confirmed.

• The chance to fish up a Mystical Fish is extremely low, but if you can catch a bunch of them, it is said that you will bring about a big change to the world of Black Desert.

• Only adventurers with Fishing at Guru or higher level can catch the Mystical Fish.

• You can only catch the Mystical Fish with a regular fishing rod. It may not be caught using a harpoon.
   

• Added the Officers chat group category for Guild Masters, Guild Advisors, and Guild Officers.

  • Only Guild Masters, Guild Advisors, and Guild Officers may view and edit the settings for the Officers chat group.

  • Use Alt+F1 or LMB the speech bubble icon to use Officers chat.

 

If there was something important to talk about on guild management and it was an inconvenience to whisper all the time, then this update should come as good news for you. Through the Officers chat group, Guild Officer rank or higher can now talk privately with other officers in the guild. We hope you enjoy the update!

 

• Pre-create your Winter Season Server Character!

  • Pre-creation for Winter Season has come to Black Desert.

    • Select "Season Character" in the character creation window to pre-create your Winter Season character.

    • Information on the Winter Season will be announced on our official website at a later date.

 

 

[NPC]

• Blacksmiths and other weapon & armor vendors will sell "Mysterious Ring," "Mysterious Earring," "Mysterious Belt," and " Mysterious Necklace" once more as "November Enhancement Aid: Event 3. Morden likes Accessories" has ended.

 

• Changed the skill duration of Roar skills, enabled by equipping Krogdalo's Horse Gear, from 30 minutes to 1 hour.

 

 

[By Class]

• Core: Breezy Blade - Fixed an issue where the effects would not be applied properly when used in combo with certain skills.

 

• You can now use "J's Hammer of Loyalty" from the <Black Desert PC X Mobile X Console Calphe:ON Ball> event held on December 12, 2020 (Sat).

  • With the J's Hammer of Loyalty in your inventory, check the box while enhancing the gear listed below to use J's Hammer of Loyalty.

    • * Enhancing TRI (III) or higher level of the following gear:

    • Artina Sol

    • Dragon Slayer Awakening Weapon

    • Boss Weapons and Armor

    • Blackstar Weapons and Armor

    • Desperate Fallen God's Armor or higher

  • Using J's Hammer of Loyalty will prevent the gear's enhancement level from decreasing even if enhancing fails. However, enhancement chances will not stack for that failure.

  • Regardless of enhancement outcome, J's Hammer of Loyalty will be deleted upon use.

  • Please use J's Hammer of Loyalty before June 16, 2021 maintenance (new date) as it will be removed from the game that day.

• Enabled character resurrection items and mount recovery items to be moved to and used in the Family Inventory.

  • e.g. Elion's Tear, Elion's Blessing, Carrot, Acacia Leaf, etc.

• Fixed the speech bubble of Weakened Eye of Desolation to look natural.

• Changed items to show applied desert buffs through marked icons in the Trade Item sells list.

• Fixed the issue with "[Event] Grandpa Cron's Gift" where some of the items listed in the description and the items obtained by opening it were different.

• For details on the newly added Pearl Shop Update, please click < Here > !

 

 

• Restored the strange ancient devices in the Aakman Temple. These ancient devices will stay hidden until an intruder appears.

  • While defeating monsters in Aakman Temple, there is a certain chance for the darkness condenser to appear.

  • The darkness condenser will continue to accelerate until exploding after a certain amount of time, dealing AoE damage.

  • Destroy the darkness condenser to give surrounding monsters a DP reduction debuff.

• Restored the watch towers in Hystria Ruins.           

  • While defeating monsters in Hystria Ruins, there is a certain chance for the watch towers to appear.       

  • Destroying the watch tower will establish an alert level by scanning the intruder.

  • Depending on the intruder's threat level, alert levels can be set to either 1, 2, and final level.       

  • Depending on the stage, ancient weapon monsters will appear to remove the intruder.

  • More stronger monsters will appear in higher stages than lower stages.

 

 

[Quest]

• Gehez, head of the mercenary office in Dreighan, has begun selling the "Gehez Mercenary Office Scroll."

  • You must have completed the "Deian's Schemes" quest on at least one of your family's characters in order purchase a "Gehez Mercenary Office Scroll."

  • Each "Gehez Mercenary Office Scroll" costs 1 million Silver.

  • Speak to Gehez with a "Gehez Mercenary Office Scroll" in possession to exchange it for one of the following quests.

 

Scrolls	Quest	Requirements	Objectives	Rewards
[Scroll] Sweep Foliage in the Ruins	[Weekly] Tshira Ruins Elimination	Lv. 56 or higher	10,000 kills at Tshira Ruins	300 Contribution EXP   Ancient Spirit Dust x150
[Scroll] Noisy Blood Wolves	[Weekly] Blood Wolf Settlement Elimination	Lv. 58 or higher	10,000 kills at Blood Wolf Settlement
[Scroll] Specter in the Sunlight	[Weekly] Sherekhan Necropolis (Day) Elimination	Lv. 60 or higher	7,000 kills at Sherekhan Necropolis (Day)
[Scroll] Specter in the Moonlight	[Weekly] Sherekhan Necropolis (Night) Elimination	Lv. 60 or higher	200 kills at Sherekhan Necropolis (Night)

 

• You may only accept one of these quests exchangeable with a "Gehez Mercenary Office Scroll" at a time.

• e.g. If you've accepted [Weekly] Sherekhan Necropolis (Day) Elimination already, you cannot use a scroll to exchange for another [Weekly] Sherekhan Necropolis (Day) Elimination quest.
   

• [Hashashin Succession] - Changed the icon of Illezra's Bell.

• [Maehwa Succession] - Fixed the item description for Illezra's Candlestand.

• Fixed the Guardian's dialogue to be more natural when talking with certain Bahitram villagers.

 

 

• Improved the "My Gardens" window.

• Toned down the brightness of snow when set to Remastered or Ultra Mode in Game Settings → Graphics.

• Fixed the issue where the text displayed after achieving an item's maximum level of Caphras Enhancement would overlap with the enhanced item.

• Fixed the issue where even after turning off the Enhancement Success notification, if another player's character with a family name that is the same as your character's name succeeded in enhancing an item, the notification would still be displayed.

• Changed the Character List of the End Game window to display your characters in 4 lines when minimized if you have 22 characters or more.

• Fixed the issue where searching for Dyes in the ESC menu wouldn't display their icons correctly.

• Changed Naderr's Band where if you have 5 slots or more unlocked, then scrolling with your mouse or pressing the arrow buttons will switch between 4 slots at a time.

• Added a marker to display the page number when switching through your Naderr's Band slots.

• Added the "Only Display Red Battlefield Points" in Game Settings → Show/Hide.

  • This function will hide my character's name in the Red Battlefield and only display the score.

• Adjusted the Guild member roster to display Cannoneers ranked above Quartermasters.

• Fixed the issue where the Naive Worker appeared as if they had a Promotion Chance.

 

 

 

 

• Fixed the issue in the Customization (F4) window where using the Save Temporarily function could allow you to edit unchangeable files.

• Fixed a typo with Flawless Chaotic Black Stone.

• Fixed the graphical issue when equipping the [Striker] Shadow Chaser Hood.

• Fixed the graphical issue when equipping the [Striker] Vediras Hood.

• Fixed the graphical issue when equipping the [Valkyrie] Lahr Arcien Helmet (R).

• Returning adventurers will have their status immediately updated to Returning Adventurer even by logging into the Central Market.

• Fixed the issue where the Belle Epoque Hull would fill up with water when installed on the Rowboat.

• Fixed the graphical glitches with the Item Copy UI.

• Fixed the graphical issues with structure in certain locations of the following region(s).

  • Gorgo Rock Belt

• Fixed the graphical issues that occurred under certain circumstances when the following classes equipped the Cantabile Outfit.

  • [Valkyrie], [Maehwa], [Ranger], [Dark Knight]

• Fixed the issue where adventures who qualified for Returning Adventurer status would not obtain the benefits when logging in only via the Central Market on mobile.

  • Adventurers who weren't upgraded to Returning Adventurer status due to this issue will be awarded 30 days of Returning Adventurer status after maintenance on December 16 (Wed).

  • When adventurers who meet the conditions use the Central Market on mobile to either purchase/sell, register, and/or collect from orders, they will immediately gain Returning Adventurer status.

• Fixed the issue where ship repairs weren't available at the Guild Wharf under certain circumstances.

• Fixed the issue where recovering the durability of Guild Galleys wasn't available under certain circumstances.

• Fixed the issue where the Galley's durability was displayed as 0% after retrieving it from the Wharf.

• Fixed the issue where registering a Wild Horse while mounted on it would prevent your character from moving.

• Fixed the issue where you couldn't install furniture at the Velia 2-3 residence.

• Fixed the issue where the [Lahn] Tort Piercing icon was different from the item.

• Fixed an issue where accessing the web Central Market removed the Returning Adventurer status, thus preventing you from claiming Returning Attendance Rewards or participating in special in-game events prepared for Returning Adventurers (For example, the playtime challenge rewards held between December 9 and December 22). For those affected, the playtime challenge rewards will be sent via in-game mailbox (B) and their Returning Adventurer status will also be extended by 30 days on December 16th regular maintenance. We apologize for the confusion in the system change and ask for your understanding.

 

 

 

• We are aware of the issue where it does not snow intermittently in Fluffy Snowflake Village.

• We are aware of the issue where the items Rusty Morning Star and Old Quoratum equipped by Nova for Pre-Creation display irregular item descriptions.