Greetings Adventurers,

2018 Halloween Escapade is here! Enjoy new scenery, items, and fight the terrifying boss, Spook!

Lauren’s Family Gift event also returns. Stock up on those gift boxes for glamorous rewards.

All those and more in the patch notes so read on and find out for yourself!

[Event]

Click < Here > to see how you can collect [Event] Lauren Family Coin to exchange for [Event] Lauren Family Gift Box!

Lauren Family Gift Boxes are back! Don’t miss your chance to claim prestigious rewards once a day from the exquisite gift box!

Many more Halloween-themed Quests and Challenges via Challenge tab (Y) are available so don’t forget to enjoy the spooky times to the fullest.

Isabella the Black Witch from last Halloween is making a welcome return and this time, you'll know when to face her!

A new event boss Spook will appear in front of adventurers during this spoopy Halloween season. No matter what level you are, you will be able to face Spook so have courage and step up to the challenge!

Happy Halloween! As Halloween is near, the Halloween-themed background will fill up the world of Black Desert Online.

[Ongoing Events]

[Ended Events]

Please keep in mind any new accounts created before maintenance today (10/17) still have 7 days to complete the event. For example accounts created at 06:59 UTC, 10/17 will have until 06:59 UTC, 10/24 to complete the event and receive their reward.

[Event Reward Distribution]

Exclusive Titles have been sent to winners

Rewards for winners have been announced here and in-game rewards have been sent via in-game mailbox (B).

Exclusive Titles have been sent to winners.

Trailers with Top 50 Views have been decided and rewards have been sent via in-game mailbox (B).

Top 10 (from NA & EU combined) winners have been decided. Rewards will be sent shortly.

Please check official forum post for the announcement of the winners.

Top 20 NA/EU winners for the event has been decided and in-game rewards have been sent via in-game mailbox (B).

Top 1 NA & EU winners have been decided. Rewards will be sent shortly.

[Content]

It has been changed that information of Conquest Status can now be checked even on servers where Conquest War is not occurring.

The probability to catch Grunt, Moray, and Sea Eel (of Big Fish) has increased.

Probability in catching Fish in fishing points at Velia has been changed.

The following Hunting Monsters will follow the previous rules.

This rule applies only to Hunting Monsters that can be Gathered from after death.

You cannot Interact (R) without Gathering rights.

Looting methods depend on Contribution of self or to the Party.

Gathering is now possible for most of the Hunting Monsters except for those listed below.

[System]

The improvement is focused on passing fast through heavily-populated areas filled with other adventurers and NPCs.

Graphical generation of NPCs in heavily-populated areas has been improved.

Halloween-themed music will be playing at night in Velia, Heidel, Calpheon, Altinova, Valencia, and Grána.

[Game World]

Fixed the issue where flowers and grass placed in the garden in Calpheon would not be displayed intermittently.

Fixed the issue where crashing would occur along the roads of Heidel, Calpheon, Epheria, and Tarif.

[NPC]

Fixed the awkward camera vision when interacting with certain Villager NPCs in Altinova.

Fixed the text error in the Quest Summary of the Awakening Quest of the Witch, “Awakening: Aad Sphera of Deneve.”

Fixed the issue where the appearance and race did not match in some of NPCs of Altinova.

The skill icon and skill description that appears on the UI of the Skill Guide upon using Horse skills have been improved.

[All Classes]

Fixed the graphical glitch in the top of the head when having the Snowflake Hat equipped for female classes.

Fixed the issue where the character would stop (freeze in motion) intermittently.

It has been changed that upon using Rage Absorption when Black Spirit’s Rage is below 100%, the motion of Rage Absorption will not come out.

Fixed the typo in the Rage Absorption effect icon.

Fixed the issue where skill lock was not being implemented for Rage Absorption (Innate).

Fixed the awkward motion when going up obstacles in non-Awakening combat mode.

Fixed the issue where Karma would not be decreased when hitting another Adventurer for the first time in PvP mode.

[By Class]

The skill tooltip of the skill Spirit Healing has been fixed to be more accurate.

Performing the combo into Blasting Gust after using Ultimate: Evasive Shot to the right side has now been made more natural.

The text description regarding Rage Absorption effects has been revised to sound clearer upon using Rage Absorption.

Fixed the awkwardness in the landing motion after jumping forward in main weapon combat mode.

The Heilang’s HP compared to other Summoned creatures was set considerably lower initially which made it hard to utilize Heilang in some of the Danger Zones. We have implemented this change to bring up Heilang’s HP to a stat. Similar to the other Summoned creatures.

The Heilang’s HP has been increased by 10000% compared to before (or x100) in all levels.

It has now been made easier to perform the skill Stretch Kick of Surging Tide after using Jolt Stab.

Fixed the graphical glitch in the neck part when customizing the Valkyrie.

The motion of Barehanded Gathering for Musa will now be the same as other characters.

Fixed the graphical glitch where the ornament in the front of the Order of the Apricot Helmet would appear to be penetrating through the hair at a certain angle.

Fixed the awkward graphics in the inner thigh part of the Ninja when having the Warhawk outfit equipped.

Fixed the graphical issue where the skirt part of the Eunyoo outfit would appear to be cut off when having a certain Shoes equipped.

An exclusive motion for wearing Bloody Outfit has been added.

An exclusive motion for wearing Bloody Outfit has been added.

An exclusive motion for wearing Bloody Outfit has been added.

Fixed the awkwardness in the character’s expression when performing a leaning motion.

An exclusive motion for wearing Bloody Outfit has been added.

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Fixed the issue where the certain Fish appeared in Crafting Notes when it shouldn’t.

It has been fixed that Item Exchange button for Mutant Enhancer will not be displayed anymore when interacting with Gorgath without having Mutant Enhancer in possession.

Any Archaeologist's Map and Lafi Bedmountain's Upgraded Compass items stored with your Mount has been moved to Storage in Heidel.

Archaeologist's Map and Lafi Bedmountain's Upgraded Compass items have been now changed to be Family-bound.

The mistake in describing Enhancement effect on item tooltip of the following weapons has been fixed:

Old Moon Anticorrosive item has been changed so that it can now be sold in NPC shops.

Firecracker item has been changed so that it can now be sold in NPC shops.

The Fireball graphical effect of the boss monster Giath has been improved.

The damage of continuous smashing attack of the Dastard Bheg in the quest ‘[Boss] Frenzied Altar Imp Captain’ has been decreased by 60%.

The maximum distance that the Gray Wolf would chase you after has been decreased by 50%.

After the event is over, you would need to inflict over 5 to 6 hits in order loot rewards individually/in a Party/in a Platoon.

[Quest]

The probability to catch the completion target Fish in the following quests has increased.

Fixed the issue where ‘Show a Seagull Feather’ button would be activated when interacting with NPC Crio while having Seagull Feather in possession.

Fixed the issue where the preceding skill on the skill description of a Mount would not be displayed.

Fixed the issue where placing an instalment using certain skills would not activate Placement Mode.

Fixed the issue where unnecessary Processes (under Task Manager of your PC) would be activated when entering Guild window.

Fixed the issue where Mount information would not be updated when Repairing Ship harboured in Wharf.

Fixed the issue where the desert background appeared awkward in Remastered Mode or Ultra Mode.

Fixed the issue where the skin tone and shades of the character or horse appeared unnaturally in a certain distance.

It has been changed that Reward button in Guild Member Status window under Guild (G) menu will not be activated if there is no participation reward for Node War.

Fixed the issue where the tooltip showed a discrepancy of the grade in certain Fish Species.

The following text has been added to the system message that appears when applying to participate in Node War. “You can only register to participate on the server your Guild’s fort was constructed in. You can still register after the Node War starts.”