Greetings Adventurers, 

Succession skills arrive for the Striker and the Mystic! This time the masters of the Echo Spirits and the Sea Dragon will recover their forgotten powers. Crush your enemies with the fiercest of punches and kicks!

Also, last week we started the celebrations of our 4th anniversary which we are continuing with our pre-anniversary celebrations. Can you believe it? It's been almost four years already, and we will continue celebrating this milestone with new events and special rewards!

To celebrate the official launch date of Black Desert Online for North America and Europe, we will be holding our regular maintenance next week on Tuesday March 3rd, 2020.

Thank you for playing Black Desert Online and for your continuous support!

Continue reading for details of the changes, fixes, and events including in this patch:

 

 

[New Events]

• Pre-Anniversary Celebration

  • Event 1: Super Fever Time

    • Period: February 26 (after maintenance)–March 18 (before maintenance)

    • During the event period of 3 weeks, enjoy Combat EXP +200%, Skill EXP +30%, Life EXP +20% (excluding Trading and Bartering), and Item Drop Rate boost +50% in every server including Olvia and Arsha servers. No matter where you take your adventures in, you will be able to enjoy the same EXP boosts!

  • Event 2: Rebellion of Bosses

    • Period: February 26 (after maintenance)–March 11 (before maintenance)

    • Vell will spawn 2 extra Saturdays (on February 29th and March 7) in the same location and same time as its regular spawn:

      • Saturday 14:00 PST/Saturday 16:00 CET 

    • During the event period, Kzarka, Nouver, Kutum, and Karanda will drop [Event] Shiny Ring that can be exchanged for Belongings of an Adventurer.

  • Event 3: Lara’s Four Requests

    • Period: February 26 (after maintenance)–March 11 (before maintenance)

    • Lara at Heidel has four requests that you can complete for rewards including Black Gem, Memory Fragment, and [Event] Rare Tungrad Accessory Box.

• Succession of Events: Striker and Mystic

  • Period: February 26 (after maintenance)–March 18 (before maintenance)

  • Adventurers who reach a certain level with their Striker and Mystic characters during the event period can obtain rewards via the Challenge tab (Y)!

  • Click <Here> for full details!

 

[Ongoing Events]

• [Fourth Anniversary Special!] Thank You for Four Years: Feb. 19–Mar. 11

• Festival of Horses: Feb. 19–Mar. 11

• [February Update] Black Spirit's Adventure: UPGRADED: Feb.19–Until further notice

• Succession of Events: Lahn: Feb. 19–Mar. 11

• Succession of Events: Witch and Wizard: Feb. 12–Mar. 4 (09:00 UTC)

 

[Ended Events]

• Valentine's Day Adventure Log

• Fairy's Faves

• Guardian Awakening Events

• Valentine's Day Events: Will end Feb.26 (23:59 UTC)

 

[Reward Distribution]

• Charity Event: Join us to aid Victims of Australia's Fires and Turkey's Earthquakes

  • Please note titles given as rewards in this event have been sent directly to your My Information (P) > Title section.

  • Thank you once again for taking part in the good cause.

 

[Content]

• Major Update - Gyfin Rhasia Temple Monster Zone Update

  • The conflict between the Ganelle and the Ahib has aggravated, increasing the security level of the Gyfin Rhasia Temple.

  • The majority of Gyfin Rhasia Statues of Earth switched to combat standby mode, and they have become combat monsters.

  • The Gyfin Rhasia Temple was updated to be a Monster Zone with a Recommended AP of 270.

  • The stats of Gyfin Rhasia Temple's monsters increased.

    • HP increased by 180%, AP increased by 7%, DP increased by 8%.

  • The time that it takes for a Gyfin Rhasia Temple's monster to find an enemy and enter combat mode decreased by 30%.

  • The Combat EXP that can be obtained from defeating Gyfin Rhasia Temple's monsters decreased by 50%, and the Skill EXP for this increased by 100%.

• The number of Junk Items you can obtain by defeating the following monsters in the Gyfin Rhasia Temple increased.

Monster	Before	After
Gyfin Rhasia Decimator	x1–3	x2–3
Gyfin Rhasia Flamen	x1–3	x2–3
Gyfin Rhasia Crusher	x1–3	x2–3
Gyfin Rhasia Statue of Earth	x1	x1–2
Gyfin Rhasia Tower of Transfusion	x1	x1–2

 

Together with Kamasylvia Part 2, Gyfin Rhasia Temple was the first Monster Zone to be released in Black Desert that required 5 players to cooperate.

At the time of its release, it required very high combat skills, with a Recommended AP of 240, and its befitting highly compensating reward, Tungrad Belt, motivated the adventurers to jump into this monster zone.

However, the rough topography, the large distance between monsters, and the inconvenient flow for defeating monsters didn't allow the players to get the most of this monster zone before they could get used to it.

Moreover, as Mirumok Ruins was updated to be a monster zone for a party of 3 and became more approachable, players who visited Gyfin Rhasia started to decrease.

Gyfin Rhasia Temple has now become a monster zone that requires even higher combat skills than before, with a Recommended AP of 270.

Its monsters are now stronger and their number has increased. Instead, we have adjusted the placement of the monsters and the flow to defeat them so that the players could enjoy their party play without necessarily having an experienced party member.

The number of monsters per area has increased significantly, the time that it takes for a monster to reappear has decreased, and the reaction speed of the monsters has increased, therefore decreasing the flow length and the fatigue caused for defeating monsters. The number of the majority of the Junk Items obtainable from these monsters has increased too.

Nevertheless, given that the Combat EXP gain per defeated Gyfin Rhasia Temple monster was the highest among all Black Desert monsters, the increase in the number of Gyfin Rhasia Temple monsters was balanced with a decrease in the Combat EXP gain, and the comparably low Skill EXP gain has increased.

Additionally, we expect the application of the Item Collection Increase Scroll effect will make this monster zone more enjoyable.

 

• You can now exchange Level 4 trade goods for Sea Coins in certain islands.

• Adjusted the Parley that is consumed when bartering in the Margoria region with floating objects or the Valencian island.

• The rate at which you can exchange Island Tree Coated Plywood at the Netnume Island increased.
   

We are making preparations to present you more varied and special goods with the Sea Coin Shop.

Our plan is to add Sea Coin acquisition locations so that there are other ways available for you to obtain the Sea Coins, apart from bartering. So you can now exchange Level 4 trade goods for Sea Coins. Instead, the parley consumption in certain regions was adjusted to keep the overall balance.

We will keep paying attention to all your opinions and continue doing our best to create a more enjoyable game.
 

• Fixed the issue where succession skill add-ons did not reset when using EXP Transfer Coupons.

 

[System]

• With the optimization of some features, the game client's memory was also optimized.

• Fixed the issue where the skill acquisition message appeared to the nearby players when a player learned the two-seater skill.

 

[By Class]

 

• Fixed the issue where casting speed increase effect was applied to the target when using Prime: Crow Flare in certain situations.

 

• Fixed the issue where bound effect was applied in PvP when activating instantly Prime: Earthquake: Evade.

• Fixed the issue where you couldn't activate a combo with RMB during Prime: Residual Lightning's cooldown when using Prime: Lightning.

• Fixed the issue where damage was not being applied during Prime: Earthquake: Evade's cooldown.

 

• Fixed the issue where bound effect was applied in PvP when activating instantly Prime: Earthquake: Evade.

• Fixed the issue where you couldn't activate a combo with RMB during Prime: Residual Lightning's cooldown when using Prime: Lightning.

• Fixed the issue during Succession, where the next succession skill couldn't be instantly activated when using Teleport while having pressed the Move Forward key.

• Fixed the issue where the preceding skill that would activate Ultimate: Teleport as a separate skill was not Elemental Flow but Burning Pulse.

 

• Added the "Succession" content.
  • After Awakening the Striker, accept the quest "[Striker Succession] Discussing Effort" from the Black Spirit to start the Succession quest series.

  • You will learn the skill "Succession: Striker's Vigor" which will allow you to learn more powerful Gauntlet skills.

  • You will no longer be able to use your Gardbrace skills.

  • Added the "Succession" tab to the Skill window. The skills in this tab are affected by the AP of both Main and Awakening Weapons.

  • You will be able to learn and use skills in both the "Main" and "Succession" tabs. However, if there is both an "Absolute" and "Succession" versions of the same skill, you must choose as you cannot use both versions of the skill.

  • To learn certain Succession skills, you will first need to learn the preceding skills from the "Main" tab first.

  • After completing the Succession quests and learning the skill "Succession: Striker's Vigor," you can go back and forth between Succession and Awakening skills by resetting your skills.

  • To go from using Succession to Awakening skills, you need to reset your skills to unlearn "Succession: Striker's Vigor."

  • To go from using Awakening to Succession skills, you need to reset your skills and relearn "Succession: Striker's Vigor."

 

• Added the "Succession" content.

  • After Awakening the Mystic, accept the quest "[Mystic Succession] Discussing Endurance" from the Black Spirit to start the Succession quest series.

  • You will learn the skill "Succession: Mystic's Force" which will allow you to learn more powerful Gauntlet skills.

  • You will no longer be able to use your Cestus skills.

  • Added the "Succession" tab to the Skill window. The skills in this tab are affected by the AP of both Main and Awakening Weapons.

  • You will be able to learn and use skills in both the "Main" and "Succession" tabs. However, if there is both an "Absolute" and "Succession" versions of the same skill, you must choose as you cannot use both versions of the skill.

  • To learn certain Succession skills, you will first need to learn the preceding skills from the "Main" tab first.

  • After completing the Succession quests and learning the skill "Succession: Mystic's Force," you can go back and forth between Succession and Awakening skills by resetting your skills.

  • To go from using Succession to Awakening skills, you need to reset your skills to unlearn "Succession: Mystic's Force."

  • To go from using Awakening to Succession skills, you need to reset your skills and relearn "Succession: Mystic's Force."

 

Once she achieves Succession, the Mystic can perform combo attacks by which one attack is connected to the other most fluently and deal a power strike using the charged Fighting Spirit.

At the beginning, she has to perform a combo with several skills until she can charge the Fighting Spirit, but once the combo persists for a certain level, she will recover the Fighting Spirit in tremendous amounts. The Mystic then cannot only perform combo attacks more easily but also deal Fighting Spirit-consuming strikes relentlessly.
 

• Major Update - Lahn succession update

  • The PvP damage of Prime: Blooming Nether Flower increased by 36%.

  • The PvP damage of Prime: Salp'uri Purge increased by 21%.

  • Changing the camera perspective during Prime: Furious Chase's Striding Slash 1st hit will now change the movement direction of your character too.

  • Among the attack range that is applied to each hit for Prime: Bleeding Hearts, the range to which max hits are applied increased.

  • The fall damage reduction and movement speed increase buffs of Nimbus Stride that is used as a combo after Prime: Spring Breeze or a glide will now be applied normally.

  • You will now be able to use the skills that are used as combos after using Prime: Primrose Sprint more rapidly.

  • The speed at which Stamina is consumed during a glide that is used as a combo after Prime: Spring Breeze or Prime: Primrose Sprint doubled.

 

Lahn succession focuses on combo attacks, based on mobility and stability. However, we concluded that, in order to firm up such a characteristic, it was necessary to adjust the damage of some skills first.

Firstly, we increased the PvP damage of Prime: Blooming Nether Flower and Prime: Salp'uri Purge.

Prime: Bleeding Hearts was changed from being a forward-moving attack to a focused attack. Hence the attack range decreased, but the damage dealt to the point of attack increased.

 

• Fixed the description about HP Recovery from Flow: Black Blood Eruption's skill description to match the actual skill effect.

  • HP Recovery +50 on good hits → HP Recovery +50 per every good hit

• The visual effect of the normal right attack now looks natural.

• Fixed the issue where the bound effect of Rockslide III would sometimes be applied as stiffness effect.

• Fixed the issue where even after putting back your weapon while moving with the battle axe, the weapon would sometimes be taken out again.

• Fixed the issue where Down Attack was being applied to Infernal Nemesis, but it was missing from the skill description.

• You can now use the following item with the Guardian.

  • [Event] Classic Outfit Box

  • Please note [Guardian] Ynixtra will be available via Premium Outfit Box with March 11 maintenance.

 

• The Burn Damage of the Flame Cannonball increased.

Before	After
30 Burn Damage per 3 sec for 45 sec	100 Burn Damage per 3 sec for 45 sec

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

 

• Fixed the issue where buff would be applied when being hit by a certain attack of an Org that is summoned from the Ancient Relic Crystal.

• Item Collection Increase Scroll effect will now be applied when defeating monsters in the following regions.

  • Mirumok Ruins

  • Gyfin Rhasia Temple

※ Partially adjusted the High Quality Item Drop Rate of these monster zones.

• The drop rate of the items obtainable from the following monsters doubled.

Monster	Obtainable Items
Candidum	Brilliant Rock Salt Ingot Brilliant Pearl Shard
Black Rust	Brilliant Rock Salt Ingot
Nineshark	Brilliant Pearl Shard
Hekaru Ocean Stalker Young Nineshark Young Candidum Young Black Rust	Pure Pearl Crystal Bright Reef Piece Enhanced Island Tree Coated Plywood Luminous Cobalt Ingot Great Ocean Dark Iron
		Young Hekaru	Cobalt Ingot
		Young Ocean Stalker	Deep Sea Memory Filled Glue

 

[Quest]

• Fixed the location of the quest NPC icon for "How to Face the Sun."

 

[Knowledge]

• A text stating that you cannot obtain the Elixir of Thorn using alchemy was added to the item's Knowledge Description.

• The scroll length of the Item Restore window will no longer get shorter than a certain size.

• The item description will no longer cover the item list in the Black Spirit's Safe window.

• Adjusted the blank spaces at the left and the right sides of the Item List window that appears when obtaining an item to be the same.

• The War Installation Info UI will no longer appear when switching to Installation Mode by interacting with the Indomitable Flag.

• Adjusted the Carefully/Boldly button sizes for the Bargaining minigame.

• You can no longer use the Processing window while the Fairy window is open.

• Character icon will now be displayed together with the character's portrait in the Disconnect (End Game) window.

• The portrait in My Information (P) window will now be displayed in the appropriate aspect ratio.

• You can now adjust the number of Artisan's Memory you want to quickly purchase with + and - icons in the Max Durability Repair window.

• Auto-fishing-related UI will no longer appear in the Harpoon Fishing UI.

• The NPC Shop UI and the Wharf UI will no longer open together.

• Fixed the issue where the Ocean Current and Wind UI appeared when saving UI settings or opening the character selection window while not holding the ship's wheel after boarding the ship.

• Time information will now be displayed in the Quest UI during a Timed Quest.

• Fixed the issue where the Kill Notification was not being updated when the number of notification went above 10 during Final Battle.

• Improved the way in which sales period is displayed in the Pearl Item tooltip.

• Fixed the issue where Place Mode's Installation menu did not appear normally when adjusting the UI size.

 

• [Valkyrie, Kunoichi, Dark Knight, Lahn, Guardian] Fixed the unnatural motion that the character adopted when sprinting after mounting the horse.

• Fixed the issue where the following outfits looked unnaturally when equipping them in certain situations.

  • [Witch] Queen Heart Underwear

  • [Sorceress] Dahlia Nocturna

  • [Mystic] Queen Heart Underwear

  • [Shai] Crayodel Soldier Uniform

  • [Archer] Gorca Swimsuit

• [Berserker] Fixed the typo in Prime: Beast Form's skill description.

• [Shai] Fixed the issue where using Sprinkle-Sparkle caused the screen to flash.

• [Shai] Fixed the issue where visual effects were not being displayed sometimes when using Sprinkle-Sparkle.

• Fixed the issue where the quest completion NPC for "Leader of the Ahib" would be flickering.

• Fixed the issue where certain structures in the following regions were located at awkward places.

  • Balenos Mountains

  • Calpheon Castle Site

  • South Kaia Mountain

  • North Kaia Mountain

  • Cyclops Land

  • Grána

  • Iliya Island

• The chat type will no longer reset when participating in a Chat Group.

• Fixed the typo in the Imperial Training Delivery exchange button.

• We are aware of the issue where the following limited pets on [4th Anniversary] Limited Pet 2+2 Bundle show wrong availability periods:

  • Drifty Gosphy

  • Emperor Hawk

  • Lost Penguin

  • Snowflake Reindeer

  • Snowball Rosefinch

  • Snowflake Rosefinch

These wrong lines will be removed with March 3rd regular maintenance. Please note [4th Anniversary] Limited Pet 2+2 Bundle and permanent pets included are sold until March 11 (before maintenance). We apologize for the confusion and inconvenience.