Greetings Adventurers,

This week is the turn of the Musa and the Maehwa to receive their succession! The two masters of the good old blade are back together, and they are ready to slice their enemies!

On top of the new succession skills, this new update brings you a price increase of some junk items that will you get richer if you love to defeat monsters.

More updates to discover about this week's patch notes below:

Please note maintenance next week will be held on Tuesday, December 24th. 2019.

[New Events]

Succession of Events, Part 3 Event 1. Celebrate Musa & Maehwa Succession! Period: December 17, 2019 (after maintenance)–January 8, 2020 (09:00 UTC) Adventurers who reach a certain level with their Musa and Maehwa characters during the event period can obtain rewards below via the Challenge tab (Y)! Click <Here> for full details!



Grandpa Cron's Surprise Event 1: Grandpa Cron’s Present Period: December 17 (after maintenance)–December 31 (23:59 UTC). Grandpa Cron's sleigh will fly through the sky and drop Cron's Gift Boxes over Velia, Heidel, Calpheon City, Valencia City, and Altinova. Event 2: Patrigio’s Gift Shop Patrigio is in a festive mood and will open up his Cron Gift Shop for this special time of the year! You can find him from 10:00 PM–07:00 AM in-game time, between the following server times. NA: Dec. 24 21:00 PST–Dec. 25 23:59 PST EU: Dec. 25 00:00 CET–Dec. 26 01:59 CET Event 3: Cron Stones Grow on Trees? Period: December 17 (after maintenance)–December 31 (23:59 UTC) Complete special quests to get an [Event] Snowflake Seed and grow your own Cron Stones. [Updated 12/18] We are aware of the issue where the quest [Event] Let's Have Fun Together! can be completed up to two times per day instead of the suggested once per day and that you can claim an additional [Event] Snowflake Seed. This is a known issue that will be fixed with December 24th maintenance. Until then, please feel free to claim up to 2 [Event] Snowflake Seed items. If you were not aware of this issue and have claimed only 1 [Event] Snowflake Seed between Dec. 17 (after maintenance)–Dec. 24 (before maintenance), you will receive the additional [Event] Snowflake Seeds that you did not claim (for number of days you did not do the quest again) via in-game mail. Event 4: It’s Time for Crystal Shards Period: December 17 (after maintenance)–December 31 (23:59 UTC) Enjoy the Fever Time drop rate boost on Sharp Black Crystal Shards and Hard Black Crystal Shards during the entire event period! Click <Here> for full details!

On December 25, 2019, a surprise event will proceed so please stay tuned! You will only have one day, December 25th (00: 00UTC–23:59 UTC) to participate so don’t miss this opportunity!



[Ongoing Events]

Holiday of Fortunes: Event 1: Daily Fortunes - Special Attendance Rewards: December 11 (after maintenance)–December 31 (23:59 UTC) Event 2: Lessons on True Wealth - Special Event Quests: December 18, 2019 (00:00 UTC)–January 8, 2020 (before maintenance)

Succession of Events, Part 2 Event 1. Celebrate Valkyrie & Tamer Succession!: December 11, 2019 (after maintenance)–January 1, 2020 (09:00 UTC) Event 2. Succession: Armstrong's Skill Guide Give Away!: December 11, 2019 (after maintenance)–March 1, 2020 (09:00 UTC)

Deck the Halls: December 11 (after maintenance)–December 17 (before maintenance)

Succession of Events, Part 1 Event 1. Celebrate Warrior & Ranger Succession! (for Warrior and Ranger): December 4 (after maintenance)–December 24 (before maintenance) Event 2. Dual EXP Share Event (Extended until Dec. 24th maintenance)

Finding the Mysterious Knight: November 27 (after maintenance)–until future notice

Succession Slow-Mo Contest Duration: December 6–January 12, 2020at 11:59pm PST Community Voting: January 15–January 19 Winner’s Announcement: January 20 Rules are now updated to include the following classes to participate: Musa and Maehwa! Click <Here> to see how you can participate to win Succession outfits and more!



[Ended Events]

[Reward Distribution]

Arsha Leaderboard - Short Clip Contest Winners posted <HERE> All rewards have been distributed via in-game mailbox (B). Congratulations to all winners again!



[Content]

Junk Items you can obtain from certain Monster Zones will now be sold at higher prices at the shops.

Monster Zone Junk Item Price (Increase Rate) Desert Naga Temple Desert Naga's Webfoot 1,000 → 1,750 (75%) Bashim Base Bashim Mane 1,100 → 1,925 (75%) Titium Valley Desert Fogan's Helmet Shard 1,040 → 1,820 (75%) Crescent Shrine Token of Crescent 1,080 → 1,890 (75%) Tshira Ruins Swamp Leaves 1,160 → 2,030 (75%) Gahaz Bandit's Lair Gahaz Seal 1,600 → 2,400 (50%) Cadry Ruins Cadry's Token 1,200 → 2,100 (75%) Fadus Habitat Fadus Armor Fragment 1,200 → 2,100 (75%) Polly's Forest Mushroom Hypha 1,700 → 1,955 (15%) Waragon Nest Stone Waragon Hide 1,800 → 3,150 (75%) Blood Wolf Settlement Blood Wolf Mane 1,430 → 2,120 (48%) Basilisk Den Basilisk Scale 2,000 → 3,000 (50%) Centaurus Herd Centaurus Mane 2,160 → 3,240 (50%) Pila Ku Jail Warder's Token Piece 2,400 → 3,600 (50%) Roud Sulfur Mine Sulfur Fragment 2,000 → 3,000 (50%) Sherekhan Necropolis Bravery Token 2,650 → 3,445 (30%) Sherekhan Necropolis (at night) Medal of Bravery 50,000 → 65,000 (30%) Forest Ronaros Hoof of Forest Ronaros 3,600 → 4,320 (20%) Manshaum Forest Narc Magic Mark 8,000 → 8,800 (10%)

※ Silver based on the number and price of the Junk Items (e.g. in your Inventory, Mount Inventory, Town Storage, Campsite) you had previously obtained has

been sent to your in-game mailbox.



Silver price for Pearl Shop items listed to the Central Market has been adjusted. Please check <Here> for the full announcement.







[By Class]

Fixed a text issue with the skill description of Prime: Heavy Strike.

Holding the directional key when using the Prime: Evasive Explosion Shot skill will now activate extra hit.

Fixed the issue where the Prime: Descending Current skill didn't work normally during combat standby mode when having used this skill before in a Horseback Combat.

Fixed the issue where switching to any other motion while using the Dream of Doom skill caused the skill effects to remain for a long time.

Added the "Succession" content. After Awakening the Musa, accept the quest "[Musa Succession] Understanding Haeam" from the Black Spirit to start the Succession quest series. You will learn the skill "Succession: Musa's Resolve" which will allow you to learn more powerful Blade and Horn Bow skills. You will no longer be able to use your Crescent Blade 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: Musa's Resolve," 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: Musa's Resolve." To go from using Awakening to Succession skills, you need to reset your skills and relearn "Succession: Musa's Resolve."



Added the "Succession" content. After Awakening the Maehwa, accept the quest "[Maehwa Succession] Know Oneself" from the Black Spirit to start the Succession quest series. You will learn the skill "Succession: Maehwa's Conviction" which will allow you to learn more powerful Blade and Horn Bow skills. You will no longer be able to use your Kerispear 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: Maehwa's Conviction," 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: Maehwa's Conviction." To go from using Awakening to Succession skills, you need to reset your skills and relearn "Succession: Maehwa's Conviction."



Fixed the issue where the motion description for the Black Spirit: Shadow Clone skills didn't match the actual skill motion.

Added a description about the Super Armor effect of the Flash Slash I, Flash Slash II, Flash Slash III, and Absolute: Flash Slash skills to their skill descriptions.

Added a description about the "Air Attack on blade hits" and "Down Attack on slash" effects of the Tendon Cutter and Absolute: Tendon Cutter skills to their skill descriptions.

Fixed the intermittent issue where using the Exhale skill rapidly after having used the Glide skill with Greatbow didn't allow you to use the basic attacks.

Added Item Collection Increase Scroll: Advanced (60 min) Item Drop Rate +100% Item Drop Amount +100%

You can use Heating in the Processing window (L) on Item Collection Increase Scroll (60 min) x2 to get Item Collection Increase Scroll: Advanced (60 min) x1. The same Processing can be applied on [Event] Item Collection Increase Scroll (60 min), and using Heating on Item Collection Increase Scroll: Advanced (60 min) will result in Item Collection Increase Scroll (60 min) x2.



The tooltip of the Item Collection Increase Scroll (60 min) has been updated to the following: Item Drop Rate +100% Item Drop Amount +50% Please note the item’s original effects have been added to the tooltip and that the effects of the item remains unchanged.

The Item Drop Amount effect is only applied to Junk Items that drop 1 or more at a time.

The number of the Junk Item "Hystria Ruins Fragment" you can obtain by defeating Elten of Hystria Ruins has increased from 1–3 to 1–4.

The number of Shining Medal of Honors needed to exchange them for an Item Collection Increase Scroll (60 min) has decreased from 25 to 20.

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

Changed the rewards you get from hunting Blue Whale and Khalk as follows.

Monster Item Name Change Blue Whale Hunting Skill Experience Increased by 300% Sharp Black Crystal Shard Max 1 → Max 2 Hard Black Crystal Shard Max 1 → Max 2 Black Stone (Weapon) Max 1 → Max 3 Black Stone (Armor) 1–4 → 2–5 Gold Bar 10G Item drop rate increased by 200% Gold Bar 100G Item drop rate increased by 560% Concentrated Magical Black Gem Max 1 → Max 2 Black Gem Fragment Max 1 → Max 2 Black Gem Max 1 → Max 2 Blue Whale Oil Max 2 → Max 3 Item drop rate increased by 140% Blue Whale Tendon 1–3 → 2–5 Blue Whale Meat 1–2 → 2–5 Added Caphras Stone and Ancient Spirit Dust as rewards for looting Blue Whale Khalk Hunting Skill Experience Increased by 300% Sharp Black Crystal Shard Max 1 → Max 2 Hard Black Crystal Shard Max 1 → Max 2 Black Stone (Weapon) Max 1 → Max 3 Black Stone (Armor) 1–4 → 2–5 Gold Bar 10G Item drop rate increased by 200% Gold Bar 100G Item drop rate increased by 560% Concentrated Magical Black Gem Max 1 → Max 2 Black Gem Fragment Max 1 → Max 2 Black Gem Max 1 → Max 2 Fugitive Khalk's Skin Max 1 → Max 3 Item drop rate increased by 120% Fugitive Khalk's Horn 1–2 → 3–5 Added Caphras Stone and Ancient Spirit Dust as rewards for looting Khalk

Fixed the issue where having another guild summoning Khan at the time you can get the rewards after defeating Khan, the <Eye of the Great Ocean>, disrupted you from getting the rewards.

[Quest]

Updated quest reward items.

We had two goals in our minds when we updated the main quest rewards.

Firstly, to let beginners get the necessary rewards at the required moments, and secondly, to adjust the effects of the main quest reward items based on the game's present standards to make these items actually more helpful.

In Black Desert, you can get gear, consumables, and other items through different methods, and be aided by these items until you get used to the game. However, because a significant amount of rewards were given through sub-quests whose requirements, quest flows, and acceptance times were all different, beginners couldn't get the necessary items at the required moments.

Hence we did this update, which will allow beginners to obtain helpful gear through very approachable main quests.

Now, any player can complete the main quests and get gear that will help the player to grow his or her character at the appropriate time.

We have also updated the effects of the quest reward gear which were released a long time ago.

These effects have been increased so that the character in growth could actually be aided by the reward gear based on the character's growth speed and Monster Zone balance. Particularly, you will be able to get these gear earlier than before and therefore equip the new items before exploring a new region.

Moreover, these items can be enhanced. For accessories, changes were made so that you can easily try accessory enhancement, since failing to enhance an accessory doesn't destroy it but decreases its Max Durability only. You can obtain the materials needed for enhancing or recovering the Max Durability of an item continuously from repeatable quests of each region's Monster Zone.

You can now obtain the reward gear you could obtain by completing the ADV Support quests from the Suggested quests tab in the Quest List (O) through main quests. However, those quest reward gear whose names don't match the main quest were substituted by new items that have the same stats as the existing quest reward gear, and consequently some quest names and dialogues have been changed.



Region Before Changes Items Removed From Sub-Quest Rewards Region After Changes Items Obtainable From Main Quest Mediah Beia's Black Magic Gloves Valencia Honorary Combatant's Gloves Mediah Derek's Light Leather Shoes Valencia Valiant Katan's Boots Mediah Mediah Merchants Union Helm Mediah Rugged Valley Helmet Mediah Black Abyssal Main Weapon Mediah Black Abyssal Main Weapon

You can obtain the main quest rewards in the following sections.

Item Name Region Main Quest Honorary Combatant's Gloves Valencia Torrenandu's Declaration of War Valiant Katan's Boots Valencia Bashims' Answer Rugged Valley Helmet Mediah Successful Metal Casting (Crossroad 1) The Bautt Talisman (Crossroad 2) Black Abyssal Main Weapon Mediah [Boss] The Overlord of Omar Lava Cave

You can no longer see the following ADV Support quests from the Suggested quests tab in the Quests List (O). [Lv. 51 ADV Support] Mediah: Beia's Black Magic Gloves [Lv. 53 ADV Support] Mediah: Derek's Light Leather Shoes [Lv. 54 ADV Support] Mediah: Mediah Merchants Union Helm [Lv. 55 ADV Support] Mediah: Black Abyssal Main Weapon

The items removed from sub-quest rewards have been substituted as follows.

Items Removed From Sub-Quest Rewards Items Added as Sub-Quest Rewards Beia's Black Magic Gloves Pure Magical Black Stone x2 Derek's Light Leather Shoes Pure Magical Black Stone x2 Mediah Merchants Union Helm Pure Magical Black Stone x2 Black Abyssal Main Weapon Gold Bar 100G x4

New accessories have been added to Valencia, Kamasylvia, and Drieghan Main Quests and you can no longer get the accessories you used to get as rewards.

Region Items Removed From Sub-Quest Rewards Items Obtainable From Main Quest Valencia Sahazad's Ring of Monarch Barhan's Ring of Conquest Manmehan's Ring of Gold Saya's Ring of Eternity Red Sand Crystal Ring Kamasylvia Anbelif Earring Grána Oath Earring Grána Guardian Necklace Grána Harmony Ring Forest's Eye Earring Drieghan – Rock Heart Belt

You can obtain the main quest rewards in the following sections.

Item Region Where to Receive the Main Quest Red Sand Crystal Ring Valencia Don't Need a Paper to Prove It! Sahazad's Worth Barhan's Authority Manmehan's Passion Saya's Interest (Choose 1 of these 4 quests) Forest's Eye Earring Kamasylvia Scouting Support Heart of Kamasylve Rock Heart Belt Drieghan To Duvencrune

The following accessories can be enhanced to TRI (III), and are affected by enhancement chance: Red Sand Crystal Ring, Forest's Eye Earring, Rock Heart Belt.

Item Name Enhancement Level AP Accuracy Max HP Extra AP against Monsters Forest's Eye Earring 0 1 2 3 8 9 10 11 4 5 6 7 25 25 25 25 0 1 1 2 Red Sand Crystal Ring 0 1 2 3 7 8 9 10 4 5 6 7 25 25 25 25 0 1 1 2

Item Name Enhancement Level AP Accuracy Weight Limit Extra AP against Monsters Rock Heart Belt 0 1 2 3 6 8 10 12 2 4 6 8 80 80 80 80 0 0 0 0

You can use the following new items to enhance or repair the new accessories you can get from the main quests. Freed Magical Black Stone Freed Magical Shard

You can obtain Freed Magical Black Stone and Freed Magical Shard from Valencia, Kamasylvia, and Drieghan Main Quests or Monster Zone Daily Quests. Failing to enhance the accessory using Freed Magical Black Stone will not destroy the accessory, but reduce its Max Durability by 10, while repairing the accessory using Freed Magical Shard will recover the Max Durability by 20 each time. Use Freed Magical Shard x1 and Artisan's Memory x1 to recover the Max Durability by 80 each time. It is impossible to recover the Durability of a new accessory by using Artisan's Memory.

You can obtain Freed Magical Black Stone and Freed Magical Shard from the following daily quests, which can be found under Freed Magical Materials in the Quest List (O) - Recurring quests tab.

Monster Zone Quest Name Valencia Bashim Base [Daily] Hostile Tribe Taphtar Plain [Daily] Redeeming Our Land Waragon Nest [Daily] Moria's Fervor for Research Basilisk Den [Daily] Unsubdued Grudge Cadry Ruins [Daily] You Wanna Tango? Gahaz Bandit's Lair [Daily] Subduing the Force Crescent Shrine [Daily] Fuming Frenzy Desert Naga Temple [Daily] Disruption Titium Valley [Daily] Deep Grudge Kamasylvia Tooth Fairy Woods [Repeat] Raging Guardian of the Forest Loopy Tree Forest [Repeat] Full-Scale War Manshaum Forest [Repeat] Struggle for the Forest Drieghan Tshira Ruins [Repeat] Bronks Closing In Blood Wolf Settlement [Repeat] Defeat Main Forces [Repeat] Wipe out the Blood Wolf

It is now impossible to accept the following quests of the Calpheon City [EXC] Necklace of Sealed Magical Power [EXC] Necklace of Concentrated Magical Power [EXC] Necklace of Dim Magical Power [EXC] Earring of Sealed Magical Power Exchange [EXC] Ring of Sealed Magical Power Exchange [EXC] Earring of Concentrated Magical Power Exchange [EXC] Ring of Concentrated Magical Power Exchange [EXC] Earring of Dim Magical Power Exchange [EXC] Ring of Dim Magical Power Exchange Investigate Hexe Sanctuary Identifying Shadow Nature

Changed the rewards you can get from the sub-quest "False Rest" in Valencia as follows. Ring of Power → Gold Bar 10G x8

We will send a weapon, a defense gear, and an accessory per family for those Adventurers who have completed the new stages for obtaining main quest rewards and still cannot obtain these rewards because they haven't completed the existing stages for obtaining main quest rewards.

Added the quest "[ADV Support] Fairy, Mysterious Companion." You can see this quest from the Suggested quests tab in the Quests List (O). After completing all these quests, find the Fairy Queen Theiah to receive and complete the quest "[Repeat] Mysterious Companion" to get a fairy.

Quests in which you are accompanied by a fairy have been added to the Suggested quests list. After completing all these quests, find the Fairy Queen Theiah to receive and complete the quest "[Repeat] Mysterious Companion" to get a fairy.



A pop-up banner that leads to an item on the Pearl Shop (F3) has been added to the lower right-hand corner of the game screen.

The material description from Courser Training (Dream Horse Awakening) window will now appear on the left and right sides of the window.

Added an error message which will appear when you have no gears to extract in the Extract window.

The Energy UI will now appear close to the Fishing minigame UI when fishing.

Updated the following UI. Start Game window Character Selection window Server Selection window

Updated the Alchemy Stone window.

The Ship Info window will not close anymore when closing the Inventory (I) window.

Added "Auto Arrange Items" feature to the Other Character's Inventory window.

Added text bubble description to the Other Character's Inventory button in the Disconnect (End Game) window.

The text bubble description of an item in the Other Character's Inventory window will now appear fixed on the right side.

Fixed a text issue with the quest description of Elixir with Knowledge. Before: Skyblue Flower Now: Sky Blue Flower

Fixed the issue where your character acted abnormally at a certain area of the Golden Toad Inn in Heidel.

Fixed the issue where you could perform abnormal gathering in certain areas of Desert Naga Temple.

Fixed the issue where the minimap looked too dark when you were at the Al Halam Sea or Gavinya Coastal Cliff.

Fixed the issue where the icon for gathering appeared at Oquilla's Eye even when there were no gatherable resources.

Fixed the issue where the ground appeared to be floating in certain areas of Desert Naga Temple.

Fixed the issue where you could see through some of the structures around the Kiernak Falls.

Fixed the issue where the bodies of the monsters you defeated at Manshaum Forest did not disappear promptly.

You can now exchange a Vitclari of Sealed Magical Power for Seal of Promise x10 via NPC Dobart.

Fixed the issue where you could enter a certain building in Calpheon City abnormally.

Fixed the issue where the question mark icon would not disappear from the Fairy Information and Potion Setting windows even a potion was selected for the fairy to use.

Fixed the issue where guild bosses would not disappear 30 minutes after they were summoned.

Fixed the issue where the navigation button that appears when your ship's durability is too low overlapped with the Ocean Current and Wind UI.

Fixed the issue where the mouse-over tooltips for your pet's extra motions did not appear in the Pet Information window of the Pet List.

Fixed the issue where the structures that were summoned along with the boss when you used an Ancient Relic Crystal Summon Scroll, Cartian Spell, or Pila Fe Scroll did not disappear when the boss disappeared after because it was not killed fast enough.

Fixed the issue where the navigation button that appears when your ship's durability is too low navigated to you a stable keeper.

Fixed the intermittent issue where the appearance of the Black Spirit would reset or not change.

Fixed the issue where the skill guide that appears when you are in combat zones did not disappear even when you entered a safe zone.

[Tamer] Fixed the issue where effects of the Moonlight Faerie Shortsword was appearing as red.

Fixed the issue where the explanatory text for the Challenge rewards did not fit the UI.

Fixed the issue where the AP and Accuracy indicated in the item description did not apply correctly when equipping Basteer Shuriken or Kunai.

Added a text which is displayed in the message window when Item Collection Increase Scroll is used.

Fixed the intermittent issue where the scroll bar of the Challenge Reward tab from My Information window would stick out of the UI.

Fixed the issue where you could accept but not complete a consecutive quest you had already completed.

Fixed the issue where you couldn't close the Pearl Shop (F3) by pressing ESC when you opened the pearl box purchased from the Pearl Shop.

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