Greetings Adventurers,

Marni is great! And so are his inventions! Rumor has it that new Marni's Stones have been dropping from monsters around Valencia, Kamasylvia and Drieghan. These new Marni's Stone will grant special accessories when completed and will always grant a new Marni's Stone, so there is no excuse now to help Marni with his craziness!

On the other hand, Hands of Gold event is returning for one more year. Collect special coins and exchange them for items that will make even Midas jealous!

You can also read the rest of changes and fixes in this week's patch notes! Have fun!



[New Events]

Hands of Gold Returns event will begin. Event Period: May 8 (after maintenance) - June 5 (before maintenance) During the event period, collect [Event] Golden Troupe Coin and exchange for precious items including [Event] Shakatu's Luxury Box! Click <Here> to learn more about this golden event!

Golden rewards will be offered for the Loyal Attendance Rewards. Event Period: May 9 00:00 UTC - June 12 23:59 UTC This time, claim Gold Bars (from 1G to 100G) as attendance rewards during the event period.

Roses will bloom in the world of Black Desert. Event Period: May 8 after maintenance - June 5 before maintenance



[Ongoing Events]

2019 Spring Video Contest: April 24th – May 20th. If you missed Mystical Ellie’s Water Festival and Tulips, there will be roses freshly blooming in the world of Black Desert now!

Equestrians, Assemble!: April 30 (after maintenance) – May 15 (before maintenance).

Community Event: Create your own Easter Egg: May 3rd to May 17th (voting period).

[Ended Events]

Mystical Ellie’s Water Festival

[Content]

A new item, Marni's Research Box, has been added. You can get this item by defeating monsters in Valencia, Kamasylvia, or Drieghan at a low rate. There is a higher chance of getting the box when defeating a "Gatekeeper" monster in Valencia or a Kvariak in Drieghan. When you open the box, you will get a Great Marni's Stone.

A new type of Marni’s Stone, Great Marni’s Stone, has been added. Defeat monsters corresponding to the type of Great Marni's Stone you have to fill it up. Once the stone is full, you can hand it over to Wacky Toshi and get a Marni's Supply Box. You will also get the same type of Great Marni's Stone back but it will have been reset. Great Marni's Stone (Bashim) Great Marni's Stone (Cadry) Great Marni's Stone (Desert Naga) Great Marni's Stone (Desert Fogans) Great Marni's Stone (Gahaz Bandits) Great Marni's Stone (Crescent Shrine) Great Marni's Stone (Basilisk) Great Marni's Stone (Centaurus) Great Marni's Stone (Roud Sulfur Mine) Great Marni's Stone (Pila Ku) Great Marni's Stone (Manshaum) Great Marni's Stone (Fadus) Great Marni's Stone (Polly's Forest) Great Marni's Stone (Forest Ronaros) Great Marni's Stone (Tshira Ruins) Great Marni's Stone (Kagtum) Great Marni's Stone (Sherekhan - Day)

A new item, Marni's Supply Box, has been added. When you open the box, you will randomly get one of the following items. Tungrad Belt Tungrad Earring Ogre Ring Laytenn’s Power Stone Eye of the Ruins Ring Valtarra Eclipsed Belt Orkinrad's Belt Basilisk's Belt Narc Ear Accessory Ring of Crescent Guardian

A new knowledge category "Marni's Great Discovery" has been added, and new knowledge entries have been added for it. You will gain knowledge every time you get a new type of Great Marni's Stone. Great Marni's Stone (Bashim) Great Marni's Stone (Cadry) Great Marni's Stone (Desert Naga) Great Marni's Stone (Desert Fogan) Great Marni's Stone (Gahaz Bandits) Great Marni's Stone (Crescent Shrine) Great Marni's Stone (Basilisk) Great Marni's Stone (Centaurus) Great Marni's Stone (Roud Sulfur Mine) Great Marni's Stone (Pila Ku) Great Marni's Stone (Manshaum) Great Marni's Stone (Fadus) Great Marni's Stone (Polly's Forest) Great Marni's Stone (Forest Ronaros) Great Marni's Stone (Tshira Ruins) Great Marni's Stone (Kagtum) Great Marni's Stone (Sherekhan - Day)

The following titles have been added. You will gain a title every time you get a new type of Great Marni's Stone. Bashim Soul Harvester Desert Fogan Soul Harvester Desert Naga Soul Harvester Gahaz Bandits Soul Harvester Cadry Soul Harvester Crescent Shrine Soul Harvester Centaurus Soul Harvester Basilisk Soul Harvester Pila Ku Soul Harvester Roud Sulfur Mine Soul Harvester Polly's Forest Soul Harvester Fadus Soul Harvester Manshaum Soul Harvester Forest Ronaros Soul Harvester Tshira Ruins Soul Harvester Kagtum Soul Harvester Sherekhan Soul Harvester

Here are the steps for a clearer view regarding Great Marni’s Stones:

1. Get Marni’s Research Box by defeating and looting from monsters.

2. Open the Marni’s Research Box to obtain a Great Marni’s Stone.

3. Fill up the requirement of the Great Marni’s Stone (defeating a certain number of certain monsters).

4. Take the filled-up Great Marni’s Stone to Wacky Toshi, exchange it for a Marni’s Supply Box. You will also get your Great Marni’s Stone reset.

5. Open the Marni’s Supply Box to obtain a random reward!

You can now exchange 10 Shiny Golden Seal - [Imperial Delivery] items with the [Guild] Special Iron Ingot (Calpheon Workshop) item. Velia Imperial Delivery Manager Mathias Heidel Imperial Delivery Manager Radolf Hansen Calpheon Imperial Delivery Manager Lamiro Iadans Altinova Imperial Delivery Manager Woodrey Valencia Imperial Delivery Manager Damac

Life Skill Level has been expanded. While there are adventurers who have reached the Guru level in certain Life Skills, there are also certain Life Skills where adventurers are remaining at a relatively lower level. Last week, we adjusted the amount of EXP required for each Life Skill in order to adjust for the amount of effort put into each Life Skill. Also, in order to provide a target goal for adventurers who have already reached the top level, we have expanded all Life Skill levels up to "Guru 50". Due to the increase in Life Skill levels, you can now receive more benefits from the higher levels, and we will also continue to provide various updates to enhance the Life Skill content.

Some of the regions near Calpheon Shrine has been changed from Kamasylvian to Calpheonian territory.

[System]

The text which appears when you attempt to open up an item with a character of a gender which does not meet the gender condition of the item has been changed like the following: Before: There is no item. After: Class is restricted.

Fixed the issue where the camera rotation would occasionally be unnatural in windowed mode.

[Game World]

Fixed the issue where certain geographical features of the Valencia Waragon Nest would look unnatural.

Made improvements to the issue where it was difficult to get out of the Irrigation System at Valencia Castle and Mediah when an elephant dropped inside of it.

The seagulls will fly normally around the skies of Port Epheria.

Fixed the issue where certain geographical features would look abnormal in the World Map.

Fixed the issue where distant views of the game world would occasionally not be visible.

Mystical Ellie's Water Festival area's Pearl Mullets have all disappeared and have been replaced with the previous fish.

[NPC]

New NPC voice overs have been applied to the regions below. New: Drieghan Changed: Mediah and initial parts of the main quests



The conditions for activating the Trade button for the Trade Manager NPC's have been removed. You can now immediately check out the Trade system after a Family has been created.

Edited the dialogue which appears when you encounter Edan again at the Ancient Stone Chamber to be more natural.

Fixed the issue where you could not search for Yianaros's Field Node Manager in the Find NPC feature.

Fixed the issue where the Yianaros's Field Node Manager NPC would be displayed as a question mark in the minimap.

The locations of certain NPC's at Sand Grain Bazaar will now appear more natural.

When you greet NPC Dichzy Borne, the NPC's mustache will no longer disappear.

Fixed the text overlapping issue of the text for the DP and DP value in Mount Information UI.





[All Classes]

You can now auto-move while equipped with both the Matchlock and Trina Demolition Axe.

A common female voiceover has been added. Added the 13th voice when selecting a voice for a new female character.

Fixed the issue where the character would occasionally scoop up water multiple times at once when attempting to continuously scoop water.

Fixed the issue where you were able to move abnormally when gathering Lakiaro while equipped with Matchlock and Sniper Rifle items.

Fixed the issue where the increased reload speed effect from consuming food would not be applied when reloading Matchlock while moving.

Fixed the issue where the 2nd and 3rd shooting effect when shooting continuously while equipped with the [Event] Matchlock would look unnatural.

Fixed the issue where you were occasionally unable to reload when you received a debuff effect attack while you were using the Matchlock or reloading it while moving or on a mount.

The Matchlock reloading motion will now look more natural.

Item looting effect will now be properly displayed in the spot where the looting happens upon defeating a monster.

Only items you can actually loot will be displayed.

After you enter the game, when you click on the mouse button while the character is facing the screen, you will now immediately see the character's backside.

Fixed the issue where the auto-navigate would guide you to the incorrect NPC for the Workshop Refining Technique quest.

The navigation route at Calpheon Workshop has been changed so that the characters will not run into obstacles.

[By Class]

The effects of Charging Thrust have been improved.

Fixed the graphical issue with the chest when wearing Bern Armor.

Voltaic Pulse IV will now cast more quickly.

Fixed the issue where the Carver: Typhoon skill would not activate when acquiring the Absolute: Carver skill.

Fixed the graphical issue with the chest that occurred when wearing Le Vladian Underwear with Kibelius outfit or Kibelius Divinus outfit under certain character customization settings.

Added a description about the "pushes the target on hits" effect on the skill description for Backstab.

Divider III will no longer display abnormal motions when you press Q and E at the same time.

Changed the Shadow Strike skill effects.

Fixed the issue where the Obsidian Ashes and Shadow Strike skill would not activate when used in areas where the ceiling was low.

Fixed the graphical issue with the neck that occurred when toggling on the Head Gear Setting while wearing Garnier Troupe Garb (Costume).





When hitting a target with the Cymbidium skill, you can now properly combo to the Three Point Stipple skill by holding down LMB.

Additional visual effects to make the skills appear more dynamic have been added for the following skills: Absolute: Pendulum Kick I Absolute: PenSdulum Kick II Absolute: Salp'uri Purge Absolute: Blooming Nether Flower Absolute: Cymbidium



The knockdown effect for the Black Spirit: Full Bloom and Full Bloom skill will now only apply to PvE.

Additional visual effects to make the skills appear more dynamic have been added to the following Absolute skills. Absolute: Meteor Dive Absolute: Arrow Explosion Absolute: Bolt of Radiance Absolute: Storm of Light Absolute: Earth Shatter

Certain effects for Deadly Explosion has been changed.

Fixed the issue where the Sub-weapon would look abnormal when equipping the [Combat] Trina Matchlock.

The number of tokens required for an exchange for the Hunter's Token has been changed, and additional items available for exchange have been added.

*Items that can be exchanged with Hunter's Tokens. [Hunting] Beginner Matchlock: 4 [Hunting] Apprentice Matchlock: 5 [Hunting] Skilled Matchlock: 8 [Hunting] Professional Matchlock: 15 [Hunting] White Wolf Boss Subjugation Scroll: 45 [Hunting] King Brown Bear Boss Subjugation Scroll: 45 Spirit Pouch of Ferocious Beast: 25

The description related to summoning time for the Fat Catfishman Summon Scroll descriptions has been revised as follows: The boss will disappear after 5 minutes of idleness or in 30 minutes after being summoned.

Fixed the issue where items which should not be displayed on the Volatile Price Items of the Central Market was being displayed.

Main Weapon Exchange Coupon, Sub-Weapon Exchange Coupon, and Awakening Weapon Exchange Coupon will now have a purchase limit of 1 per Family. We wanted to make the process of re-rolling your class a bit easier, so we introduced the Main Weapon Exchange Coupon, Sub-Weapon Exchange Coupon, and Awakening Weapon Exchange Coupon. Unfortunately, it came to our attention that it was possible to abuse these in order to increase profit over the Central Market. As this was not the intention of the system, these coupons will now be restricted to a one-time purchase per Family. We will continue to monitor the Central Market and all other game mechanics to prevent unintended use of the systems. The one per family limit will be applied from 8th May 2019, allowing all adventurers to make a purchase from this date.

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

The Phnyl and Feather Wolf monsters located at Kamasylvia will no longer abnormally chase the adventurers.

Fixed the issue where you could not complete the "Do You See That? Right There!" quest.

[Quest]

Fixed the issue where you could not re-accept the quest Excavation Site if you had forfeited it.

A condition for interacting with the Unstable Crevice has been added to the quest summary for the Laila's Scattered Petals quest.

The icon for the Lonesome Jacob quest will be properly displayed.

Changed the icons of the Leaves of Grace and [Daily] Lanka and Kamasylve quests.

[Knowledge]

Fixed the issue where the Max Energy of some adventurers may have decreased by 1 due to the amount of knowledge entries under the Valencia Waragon knowledge category being increased from 5 to 6 knowledge entries. We have decreased the required amount of knowledge entries for this category back to 5 so that the players who lost 1 Energy will recover the Energy back.





Fixed the issue where the skill level would occasionally not update properly when a character would level up while on a mount.

The purchase window will no longer close after you make a purchase from the Central Market.

Fixed the issue where the window for setting up the number of participants would not disappear in a guild Final Battle.

Fixed the issue where the size of the icon used for an item link would be abnormal when an item link was used together with an emoji in the chat window.

The Black Spirit Quest completion notification will no longer be displayed if you do not have any Black Spirit quests completed.

Fixed the issue where the Inventory (I) size would occasionally be abnormal when opening it.

Certain cash buff icons will now be continuously displayed on the screen (Value Pack, Blessing of Kamasylve, Appearance Coupon, Merv's Palette).

Fixed the issue where there was an incorrect description being displayed for an item used in Courser Training.

Fixed the issue where the 'delete' button was displayed on the Saying of the Day within the Guild window (G) under certain conditions even when you were not the Guild Master or writer.

Fixed the issue where the arrow and prices would overlap for items on discount when the price of the items at the Pearl Shop (F3) would go over 10,000.

Fixed the issue where the Enhance button could be clicked on multiple times when there were network connectivity issues.

You can now chat while the Central Market's Buy/Sell window is opened.

The "Rent" button will no longer be displayed when you select a horse which is connected to a wagon at the Stable.

The text which is displayed when you plant a seed through the Place Mode while you are not located inside the garden has been improved like the following: You must plant it inside the fence.

Fixed the issue where the scrollbar in the Friend List would scroll outside of the actual scrolling area.

The skill guide widget will no longer be displayed when you are underwater.

Scrolling through the Cart will now work properly at the Pearl Shop.

Fixed the issue where you could not select the 'Boss Vision Range' button when the notification for obtaining better gear appeared.

Fixed the issue where the 'Boss Vision Range' button would not be visible when expanding the map in 3D map mode.

Fixed the issue where the extract button would be displayed on the Enhancement window even when you did not have the Blacksmith’s Secret Book item.

Improved the icon sizes and location of text in the Challenge window which appears when you first log in.

Added a feature which allows you to skip the Outfit Extraction animation.

Made improvements to the descriptions which appear when you press the Shift key in the World Map.



<Before> Press SHIFT: Share your location with a party member Press CTRL: Share your location with a guild member Press ALT + RMB: Set auto-navigation Press LMB: Share your location Double-click: Display a flag



<After> Press SHIFT+LMB: Ping location for party members Press CTRL+LMB: Ping location for guild members Press ALT + RMB: Set auto-run path Press SHIFT + Double-click: Pin Location for party members

Fixed the issue where the topography information would not refresh in the 3D minimap.

Removed buttons you cannot use for the Supply Depot Stable for Node War and Conquest War.

Fixed the issue where the "Price" text would overlap with the actual price when the price of a horse has increased at the Horse Market.

When you extract Black Stones, the information for the item you are extracting them from will now be displayed.

You can now assign a hotkey for the Black Spirit's Safe. Settings -> Interface -> UI Hotkeys

Fixed the issue where the text location for the guild declaring war and the guild being declared war against looked unnatural in the Guild window.

Fixed the issue where the scrollbar would drag outside of the windows in the Central Market.

Edited the reflection graphics on certain items in the Pearl Shop to appear more natural.

We resolved an issue where the Guild House bidding and Guild disbanding functions were intermittently unavailable. We apologize for the time it took to resolve this issue. The issue occurred for Guilds that was bidding on a Guild house before June 21, 2018 or did not collect the Silver from a failed bid before that date and has been disbanded and reformed by the same Guild Master since.



We are aware of the issue where the reward titles that should be given when reaching certain life levels were not given with the life skill EXP adjustment from last week. You can obtain any missing title by leveling up the affected Life Skill to the next level.



[Updated 09/05/2019]

We are aware of the issue where continuous Water scooping cannot be performed. This will be resolved shortly.

We are aware of the issue where the quest Torenandu's Declaration of War cannot be completed. This issue will be resolved in a future maintenance.

When the enhancement grades of the items you obtain while Special Deals are set up in a party are like the below, we are aware of an issue where the enhancement levels of the items were not properly registered at the Central Market. This issue will be resolved in a future maintenance.

Weapon Defense Gear +1 - +7 +1 - +5 +9 - +10 +7 - +9 +12 +11 - +12

[Updated 13/05/2019]

We are aware of an issue where the "Orders Completed" notification is not being displayed if you do not use the Central Market Warehouse at all after you make an order for an item.

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