Hello, Adventurers.

This is The MMORPG, Black Desert.

These are the updates made to Black Desert on December 11, 2019.

(Patch size: approx. 970 MB)

※ Please read below for details.

Events

● Reclaim your true power, Valkyrie & Tamer Succession!

Event 1. Valkyrie & Tamer Succession Celebration Level Up Challenge! - Event Period December 11, 2019 (Wed) after maintenance - January 1, 2020 (Wed) at 07:00

Event 2. Celebrate Succession, Let’s get Armstrong’s Skill Guide! - Event Period December 11, 2019 (Wed) after maintenance - March 1, 2020 (Sun) at 23:59 [Click here for more details]



● Enjoy this Christmas with Black Desert! Event 1. Shall we build a snowman together? ♬ - Event Period December 11, 2019 (Wed) after maintenance ~ December 17, 2019 (Tue) before maintenance

Event 2. You Better Not Cry~ ♬ - Event Period December 11, 2019 (Wed) after maintenance ~ December 17, 2019 (Thu) before maintenance

Event 3. Stand United as a Guild! - Event Period December 11, 2019 (Wed) after maintenance ~ December 24, 2019 (Tue) before maintenance

Event 4. Roll the dice! Black Spirit’s Adventure - Event Period December 11, 2019 (Wed) after maintenance ~ December 24, 2019 (Tue) before maintenance

**There’ll be a surprise event on December 25, 2019 (Wed), so please look forward to it. [Click here for more details]



● Get Pearl Items for Black Desert’s 5th Birthday Event 1. Get Pearl Items for Black Desert’s 5th Birthday! - Event Period: December 11, 2019 (Wed) after maintenance - December 31, 2019 at 23:59

Event 2. Black Desert’s 5th Birthday Celebration Quests! - Event Period: December 18, 2019 (Wed) at 00:00 ~ January 8, 2020 (Wed) at 23:59 [Click here for more details]



● Children moved by our Adventurers' heartfelt feelings have arrived to Black Desert. - Period: December 11, 2019 (Wed) after maintenance - December 17, 2019 (Tue) before maintenance - Find the 5 children near Lala in Heidel. One of these 5 children will be holding a gift of gratitude for our Adventurers. - Interact with the child holding the gift of gratitude and acquire a Luck +5 buff that lasts for 24 hours. Thank you to all our Adventurers for joining Black Desert in sharing your heartfelt warmth.

NEW & IMPROVEMENTS

CONTENTS

● Changed pets to learn 1 cute action every time they level. Pets will have the same number of actions as their level. *However, certain pets only have a limited number of cute actions or none at all. - Pets that cannot learn any cute actions: Tier 1: Hedgehog, Wizard Gosphy, Snowball Rosefinch, Snowflake Rosefinch Tier 1,2,3,4: Brown Guide Hawk, Scarlet Macaw, Sky Hawk, Cursed Looney, Carmadun Owl, Drifty Gosphy, Crow - Pets that can only learn the actions Happy/Eating/Angry/Tired/Jumping/Crying: Tier 1,2,3,4: Borrum Wolf, Sylvian Wolf, Shadow Wolf - Pets that can only learn the actions Happy/Angry/Jumping/Playing: Tier 1: Snowkid - Pets that can only learn the actions Angry/Jumping/Playing/Crouching: Tier 2,3,4: Snowkid ● Changed how Guild Boss Subjugation works. - The biggest change to Guild Boss Subjugation is that it will no longer use summoning scrolls. Guild bosses can now be located and summoned through the Guild Boss Subjugation tab in the Guild (G) window.



● As shown in the image above, "Scroll Pieces" are required to summon Guild Bosses.

Scroll Pieces can be obtained by completing Guild Boss subjugation missions. The UI will look like the image below when enough scroll pieces are gathered.



● This is what it looks like when the Guild Boss Giant Mudster is ready to be summoned. The "Find Location" and "Summon" buttons will appear when enough pieces are gathered. Click the "Find Location" button to move to where the Guild Boss can be summoned. The boss's difficulty can be selected once you arrive at the location. Select the difficulty that best fits the guild.



● There are restrictions for summoning Guild Bosses.

- Guild bosses in the Guild Boss Subjugation tab can only be summoned once a week. Each server also has a limited number of guild bosses that can be summoned on it as well.

You will be notified by a system message if the server has reached its limit on guild bosses. When you get the message, you can try again later or change servers.

- Changed the way Khan is summoned to match the changes to Guild Boss Subjugation.

Previously, the guild had to complete guild missions to collect [Guild] Cerulean Wave Crystals, defeat Cox Pirates' Shadow Ghost to collect summon scroll pieces, then exchange the pieces to Leanar's Celestial Map.

Now, the guild only needs to complete five guild missions for the Khan Summon Scroll Pieces to be able to summon Khan.

- The number of times the bosses were summoned and the number of scroll pieces will reset at 00:00 on the night between Sunday to Monday. So, don't forget to get together with your guild members to defeat guild boss raids before the weekend is over!

Additionally, guild boss items that Adventurers own can still be used the same way as before.

[ Developers' Comments ] The way Guild Bosses are summoned was changed in this update. The focus of this change was to make Guild Bosses more accessible. First off, the burden of someone needing to manage items was removed. The scroll pieces obtained from guild missions will be collected automatically. Additionally, everyone in the guild can see which guild bosses are available to be summoned and how many summons are available in the Guild window. However, guild boss summons will be limited to once per week. The difficulty setting of the Guild Boss was also reworked so that it is no longer limited by the size of the guild, and it can now be selected. Previously, “Small” guilds could only fight small bosses. Now, guilds can select the difficulty of the bosses regardless of their guild size. So, they can choose to fight stronger bosses for better rewards. You will be faced with extremely strong monsters if you raise the difficulty. For reference, “Tier 0” bosses are similar to the previous “Extra Large” bosses. The difficulty of these bosses will continue to get adjusted to be enjoyable to a variety of Adventurers. The summoning of Khan was also significantly simplified with the rework of how guild bosses are summoned. Its requirement of at least 80 guild missions was changed to a total of 5 missions instead.

● Added the items Breath of All Creations and Energy of All Creations. Breath of All Creations looks like its alive and breathing . Breathing it in will bring out incredible powers. The key ingredient to making this item is Energy of All Creations. As there are four kinds of Breath of All Creations, there are four kinds of Energy of All Creations. All four Energy of All Creations can be obtained by defeating the Guild Boss Lava Chief. Additionally, Energy of All Creations only lasts for 7 days. Once it expires, it cannot be used to synthesize. Be sure to make it into Breath of All Creations within 7 days of getting it.



● The item Breath of All Creations can be made through Simple Alchemy. The items required to make it are listed below: - Energy of All Creations x1 - Oil of Fortitude x20 - Mystical Spirit Powder x20





● The image is showing a Breath of All Creations that has the effects "Attack Speed +20% & Casting Speed +20%". Depending on the Breath of All Creations, it can have one of the following groups of effects: - All AP +70 - All Damage Reduction +300 - Attack/Casting Speed +20% - Movement Speed +20%, Jump +2m, Fall Damage -50% ● CAUTION - Take note of the following before using the item "Breath of All Creations". The effects from Breath of All Creations last for 10 minutes and is not lost even if the character dies during that time. Additionally, it has a 240 minute cooldown. All Breath of All Creations shares this cooldown. It is highly recommended that you only use this item when you need the effects.

Breath of All Creations is similar to the item Pure Black Stone. Please note that the effects from Pure Black Stone and Breath of All Creations do not stack. If these two items are used at the same time, then only the effects from Pure Black Stone will apply. Make sure not to use Breath of All Creations when Pure Black Stone is still in effect.

Breath of All Creations can expire like the Energy of All Creations. Breath of All Creations expires in 14 days and cannot be used once it expires.

● Added a new Adventure Log. - Herald's Journal This journal can be obtained from the Black Spirit if all chapters of Bartali's Adventure Log are completed. (Last modified: 12/11 20:25)

Lv. 56 or higher Adventurers with Knowledge of Rubin can accept the quest from Black Spirit.



● Changed the Refresh Barter Information window to appear when refresh is available. - When there are a number of refreshes available. - When refresh comes off cooldown.

TAMER ● Added Succession for Tamer. - You can accept the quest "[Tamer Succession] True Loyalty" from Black Spirit after completing the awakening quests. - You will learn the skill "Power of the Beast" through the succession quests. It enables you to be even more powerful with your Shortsword. - You cannot use the Celestial Bo Staff after completing Succession. - Added the "Succession" tab in the Skill window (K). - You can use all the skills in the "Main" tab and the skills in the "Succession" tab at the same time. - You cannot use skills in the "Succession" tab to learn Absolute skills. - You can use skills outside of the "Succession" tab to learn Absolute skills. - You must learn the Preceding Skills in the "Main" tab to learn the skills in the "Succession" tab. - You can change between Succession/Awakening by resetting your skills. - You can change from Succession to Awakening by resetting your skills to unlearn the skill "Power of the Beast". - You can change from Awakening to Succession by resetting your skills to learn the skill "Power of the Beast".



VALKYRIE ● Added Succession for Valkyrie. - You can accept the quest "[Valkyrie Succession] The Calling" from Black Spirit after completing the awakening quests. - You will learn the skill "Valkyrie's Vow" through the succession quests. It enables you to be even more powerful with your Longsword and Shield. - You cannot use the Lancia after completing Succession. - Added the "Succession" tab in the Skill window (K). - You can use all the skills in the "Main" tab and the skills in the "Succession" tab at the same time. - You cannot use skills in the "Succession" tab to learn Absolute skills. - You can use skills outside of the "Succession" tab to learn Absolute skills. - You must learn the Preceding Skills in the "Main" tab to learn the skills in the "Succession" tab. - You can change between Succession/Awakening by resetting your skills. - You can change from Succession to Awakening by resetting your skills to unlearn the skill "Valkyrie's Vow". - You can change from Awakening to Succession by resetting your skills to learn the skill "Valkyrie's Vow".



ITEM ● Added new crystals. - Magic Crystal of Infinity - Skill - Magic Crystal of Infinity can be made using an Alchemy Tool in your residence if the character has Alchemy Apprentice Lv.1 or higher. - Materials required to make the crystal are listed below: Fruit of Destruction x2, Magic Crystal of Crimson Flame - Power x1, Ruby x2, Everlasting Herb x6, Stone of Malice x1

**The material Stone of Malice can be obtained by defeating the guild boss Giant Mudster at random. The rest of the materials can be obtained by defeating monsters and gathering.

● Allowed the item Cerulean Wave Crystal to be sellable in the Guild Shop for 100,000 silver. ● Changed the item Crow's Trade Voucher so that it cannot expire. - The currently owned Crow's Trade Vouchers will be removed and the new vouchers will be sent by in-game mail. - Expired Crow's Trade Vouchers will also be removed and sent by in-game mail.



QUEST & KNOWLEDGE ● Increased the time limit for the quest "[Timed Quest] How Quick Can You Fish?" from 6 minutes to 10 minutes. (Last modified: 12/11 12:31) Changed the rewards for the quest "[Co-op] Defeat the Shipwrecked Cox Pirates' Ghost".

Before - [Guild] Celestial Map Piece – Oquilla's Eye

After Choose from: - Cox Pirates' Artifact (Parley Beginner) - Cox Pirates' Artifact (Parley Expert) - Cox Pirates' Artifact (Combat)

Changed the drop of the item "[Guild] Celestial Map Piece – Oquilla's Eye" and made it no longer obtainable from the following monsters: - Cox Pirates' Shadow Ghost - Cox Pirates' Ghost



UI ● Improved the Chat Group UI by expanding the BDO Wiki area so text can be more easily displayed. (Last modified: 12/11 10:31) ● Improved the Notepad so that a scroll bar would appear when ENTER is pressed. * Before, you had to click the text or change the size of the Notepad to make the scroll bar appear. ● Changed the "Exchange" button for Duncan to be displayed even if the character does not have the item "Shining Medal of Honor". ● Fixed the issue where it was difficult to enter numbers when attempting to enhance an item with low enhancement levels after closing the alert message. ● Fixed the issue where it was difficult to use the mouse wheel to move the scroll bar on the Exchange list of NPCs. ● Fixed the issue where set effects and description texts would spill out of the UI. ● Fixed the issue where the Quick Hotkey window, Maid List window, Attendance Reward window, and other UI could not be dragged by clicking on the top right corner of the UI.

CHANGES & FIXES ● Fixed the issue where the weapon effect didn't display properly from characters that disappear upon using a skill. ● Fixed the issue where Shais would get stuck between buildings near Eastern Gateway. ● Fixed the issue where certain areas of Marni Farm Ruins looked abnormal. ● Fixed the issue where gatherables were not being displayed in some parts of Hexe Sanctuary. ● Fixed the issue where the Oberin Villa Keeper's dialogue did not proceed properly. ● Fixed the issue where characters could move into trees in some areas around Lemoria Guard Post. ● Fixed the issue where NPC would abnormally near structures located on certain area of Valencia. ● Fixed the issue where the gathering icon erroneously appeared even though there were no gathering resources in certain areas of Desert Naga Temple. ● Fixed the issue where ships couldn't move due to the drop in frame rates caused by the 3D minimap and debris of broken boats. ● Fixed the issue where it was possible to gather abnormally in certain locations in Battle Arena. ● Fixed the issue where gatherables were displayed abnormally in certain locations in Battle Arena. ● Fixed the issue where you were unable to close the Overall Score window in the Altar of Blood. ● Improved the visuals of Improved Epheria Sailboat and Improved Epheria Frigate by making them change according to the items equipped. ● Changed the name of villager NPCs located in some parts of Kamasylvia Grána. ● Fixed the issue where characters can clip through walls in some parts of Grána. ● Fixed the issue where your character could not move normally on some rooftop in Duvencrune. ● Fixed the issue where certain structures appeared as if it was floating in air in Duvencrune Marak Farm. ● [Kunoichi] Fixed the issue where Tendon Cutter skill effect did not match the character's movement. ● Fixed the issue where coupons received through the Attendance Reward were sometimes not properly sent to the Coupon Book. ● Fixed the issue where your character would sometimes get abnormally stuck inside Fort, Command Post or Recovery Center when moving to a different server. ● [Wizard] Fixed the issue where the Wizard's neck appeared abnormally in certain situations. ● Fixed the issue where you were unable to repair through the repair window from the campsite. ● Fixed the issue where the description text would not disappear when you access Central Market through the Maid/Butler window. ● [Tamer] Fixed the issue where the lighting was abnormally bright on arms section when wearing the Treant Camouflage Armor. ● The size of the Black Spirit's text bubble that shows up on the Dark Rift icon has been readjusted for better fit. ● Fixed the issue where the mouse guide overlapped with the minigame UI when playing the Cow-Milking Minigame. ● Fixed the issue where you were unable to load supplies through the Load Cargo window and received the "The distance is too great" message even though you are near the ship at the wharf. ● Fixed the issue with Notepad where text longer than 30 lines did not display even after adjusting its size. ● Fixed the issue where interior item icon did not display correctly from the exchange list that shows up after you interact with NPCs. ● Fixed the issue where the My Information (P) window would stay behind the Ship Information window even if the My Information window was selected. ● Fixed the issue where the guild skill effect of Ample Storage did not apply on use. ● Changed the UI to come forward when pressing or dragging the top of the UI. ● Fixed the issue where the number of items displayed on the NPC shop sometimes appeared in grey. ● Fixed the issue where the buttons located on the bottom of the screen would sometimes get grouped together when switching to window mode while interacting with NPCs. ● Fixed the issue where items got transferred to the inventory instead when attempting to move items from the Ship Inventory to Horse Inventory. ● Fixed the issue where the navigate guidance arrow did not display correctly for the quest [Valkyrie] Ideology at the Tip of Lancia ● Fixed the issue where the navigate guidance arrow did not display correctly for the quest [Valkyrie] A Real Valkyrie ● Fixed the issue where the navigate guidance arrow did not display correctly for the quest [Valkyrie] Divine Power ● Fixed the issue where you were unable to play the game if you accessed the World Map from a Node Management from node you have not connected yet. ● Fixed the issue where the hair of the Shai NPC in Brellin Farm looked abnormal. ● Fixed the issue where the amount of progress displayed during Processing would look abnormal when Inventory is opened while processing. ● Fixed the issue where the key guide would keep displaying when repeatedly using Honey Wine in the Grow Fairy window. ● [Valkyrie] Fixed the typo in the description for the Treant Camouflage Set.



We hope you enjoy your time in Black Desert,

Thank you.