Greetings Adventurers,

The Guardian awakens this week and gets access to Jordun, a massive polearm that will crush all her enemies! And to accompany this awakening, we have a lot of events for you!

Talking about events, Valentine’s Day is almost here, which means it’s time for love and chocolate related events as well!

That’s not all, keep reading the patch notes to learn more about Cliff’s weapon quests for new and returning players, the charity event, Theia’s Orb, class balance and more.

[Table of Contents]

Event & System

Content

System

Class

Item

Monster

Quests & Knowledge

UI

Resolved Issue

Known Issue





[New Events]

Guardian Awakening Events Event 1: Level up your Guardian, Part 2 Feb. 5 (after maintenance)–Feb. 26 (before maintenance) Level up your Guardian to Lv.58, 59, 60, and 61 and claim your rewards via Challenges tab (Y). Event 2: Accessories for Syrmin Feb. 5 (after maintenance)–Feb. 19 (before maintenance) Complete the event quest to get Item Collection Increase Scrolls. Event 3: Ynix Seed’s Power Feb. 5 (after maintenance)–Feb. 19 (before maintenance) Interact with Ynix Seed to enjoy Combat EXP, Skill EXP, and Item Drop Rate boosts. Event 4: Unstable Ember Feb. 6 (00:00 UTC)–Feb. 19 (before maintenance) Obtain materials and combine to exchange for Cron Stones. Click <Here> for full details.

Charity Event: Join us to aid Victims of Australia’s Fires and Turkey’s Earthquakes Period: February 5 (After Maintenance)–February 19 (Before Maintenance) We want to show our sincere sympathies to the victims of the global catastrophes from the Australia’s fires and Turkey’s earthquakes together with our adventurers. All serviced regions of Black Desert Online and Black Desert Mobile will take part in this charity event. Click <Here> to see how you can help.

Valentine’s Day Events Event 1: Chocolate Fun Feb. 5 (after maintenance)–Feb. 26 (before maintenance) Defeat monsters or gather [Event] Cacao which can be processed and combined with other ingredients to make [Event] Cacao Chocolate. Event 2: Love in a Bottle Feb. 5 (after maintenance)–Feb. 26 (before maintenance) Fish to get [Event] Message in a Bottle which you can right-click to open to receive various quests to complete for rewards or items that can be sold at NPC shops. Event 3: Letter to a Fellow Adventurer Feb. 6 (00:00 UTC)–Feb. 26 (23:59 UTC) Play an hour a day to complete the special Challenge and receive the reward [Event] Sweet Gift Letter via Challenges tab (Y) Please make sure to enter the Character Name (Not Family Name) of the receiver of your gift letter! Click <Here> for the full details.

Get Cliff’s Weapons A permanent addition. Special quests to obtain Cliff's Main/Sub/Awakening Weapon (+15) Box are available for New and Returning adventurers. Click <Here> for the full event details.



[Ended Events]

Guardian Launch Events

Toshi's Request

Succession of Events: Dark Knight

Black Spirit's Adventure: UPGRADED

Finding Mysterious Knight

[Reward Distribution]

Guardian Pre-creation Event: Create & Win! Congratulations to the winners! Please check your in-game mailbox (B) for your rewards.



[Content]

All existing gear currently equipped by or in the Inventory of your Trial Characters will be deleted. Please note the gear sold from <Vendor for Trial Characters> Haz will be simplified. This deletion includes gear for characters already deleted and characters pending for deletion.

Changed the minimum level at which you can reset all skills, from Lv. 55 to Lv. 56. Given this change, the requirement for using Armstrong’s Skill Guide was changed to Lv. 57 and the relevant description was fixed accordingly.



[System]

Increased the max EXP you can obtain within Olvia server as below.

Before Now Up to Lv.58 99% Up to Lv.60 99%

Fixed the issue where you could not load saved settings to the Setting Archive even when there are files you can import.

Optimized certain functions of the game to decrease the amount of memory used.





[All Classes]

Unified the staggering action that all classes do when Emergency Escape (V) ends.

[By Class]

Fixed the issue where the dyeing of the cape looked awkward when dyeing the Bolyn armor.

Fixed the graphical issue where the cape looked awkward when equipping the Lephria outfit.

The Down Attack effect was removed from Prime: Ultimate: Blasting Gust.

Changed the following skill's number of hits.

Skill Before Now Prime: Ultimate: Blasting Gust 754% x5, Max 6 Hits 754% x3, Max 6 Hits Prime: Ultimate: Descending Current Descending Current's damage x5, Max 4 Hits Descending Current's damage x4, Max 4 Hits

The cooldown times for Prime: Charging Wind I, II, and III were changed to 7 sec, 6 sec, and 5 sec.

The Super Armor effect will no longer be applied when charging during Prime: Charging Wind's cooldown.

PvP damage reduction will now be applied to Prime: Charging Wind I, II, and III's cumulative damage.

Fixed the issue where the Trilby Hat was covered by the outfit when equipping the Trilby Hat and the Khilath armor at the same time.

Fixed the issue where a certain part of the hair looked unnatural when equipping the Cartian Helmet.

Fixed the graphical issue with the Glorious Shudad outfit's pants.

Given that the PvP damage of when instantly activating Prime: Abyssal Flame in certain situations was changed from cumulative damage to normal damage, the relevant damage decreased by 35% compared to before.

The PvP damage of Prime: Bloody Calamity decreased by 39%.

The PvP damage of Prime: Dark Flame decreased by 28%. Accordingly, the PvP damage of Succession: Ultimate: Dark Flame also decreased.

The number of hits decreased by 1 hit for when instantly activating the last hit of Prime: Black Wave by consuming a shard, during PvP.

Improvements were made for Berserker A successive attack with Smack Down can now be rapidly used in combos while using Prime: Tackling Rock when Flow: Beastly Instincts is learned. The movement speed while using Prime: Raging Thunder is now faster. A successive attack with Beastly Wind Slash, Fierce Strike, or Frenzied Destroyer can now be rapidly used in combos after using the Rock Smash Succession skill. The PVP damage of Prime: Frenzied Destroyer's last hit was increased by 25%. The PVP damage of Prime: Fierce Strike's regular hit was increased by 15% and the PVP damage of its additional hit was increased by 20%. The PVP damage of Prime: Beastly Wind Slash's hit was increased by 20%. Fixed the issue where the hit damage dealt with Ultimate: Beastly Wind Slash, when Extreme: Beastly Wind Slash was learned, was too low. The number of hits described when using Lava Piercer I, II now equals the actual number of hits. Fixed the issue where you could use Prime: Frenzied Destroyer's Double Smash consecutively even when you had insufficient WP. Fixed the issue where Claw Scar's recovery effect was not applied during cooldown when using Prime: Fierce Strike. Fixed the issue where the WP was abnormally recovered when attacking with Prime: Fierce Strike while Claw Scar was learned. Added a text that explains it is not possible to recover the WP during cooldown to Prime: Fierce Strike's skill description. Fixed the issue where damage could not be inflicted when using Beastly Wind Slash after taking the Beast Form while Prime: Beastly Wind Slash was not learned. Fixed the issue where damage proportional to Max WP was not applied when using Fierce Strike with insufficient WP after learning Ultimate: Elastic Force. Claw Scar's recovery effect will now be applied to every hit when using Fierce Strike. Tackling Rock will now be activated first when pressing W + F after using Storming Beast or Fierce Strike. Fixed the typo in Prime: Storming Beast's skill description. Fixed the issue where the damage dealt with Raging Thunder IV, V, VI, or Absolute: Raging Thunder while mounted was too low. Fixed the issue where the last hit's knockback effect was not applied when using Raging Thunder I or II while mounted. Fixed the issue where the last hit's knockdown effect was not applied when using Raging Thunder III, IV, V, VI, or Absolute: Raging Thunder while mounted. Fixed the issue where the max number of Raging Thunder that can be dealt while mounted did not match the skill description. Added a description of Raging Thunder and Prime: Raging Thunder's mounted hit. Fixed the issue where the number of hits applied was less than what's specified in the skill description when using Fearsome Tyrant I, II, III, or Absolute: Fearsome Tyrant while mounted. Claw Scar's recovery effect will now be applied to every hit when using Prime: Fierce Strike while mounted. Fixed the issue where the WP was not consumed during cooldown when using Prime: Fierce Strike while mounted. Fixed the issue where your character became briefly invisible when entering the water while on Prime: Beast Form.



In order to improve the way in which Berserker's attacks couldn't be connected smoothly in combos, we changed the connecting actions to look more natural. The PvP damage of certain skills was also changed.

We will continue with our balance adjustments. Any opinion on these issues will be greatly appreciated.

Fixed the issue where the dyeing of the Khaled Axe looked unnatural.

Fixed the issue where the dyeing of the Rabbit Underwear looked awkward.





Fixed the issue where the graphics on the chest area would appear broken when equipping the Atanis Armor and the Lahr Arcien Underwear A together.

The PvP damage for the Ultimate: Divine Power skill, which is used as a combo after using the Prime: Divine Power skill, was reduced by approximately 64%.

Fixed the issue where the character's movement would be unnatural when holding in Shift + Q + W after using Shield Chase.

Fixed the issue where the text about PvP reduction effect was missing in the following skill descriptions. Flow: Gorr Roll Flow: Gorr Launch Flow: Voltaic Tett Flow: Rage Tett



Fixed the issue where the text about PvP reduction effect was missing in the following skill descriptions. Flow: Arne’s Guidance Flow: Arne’s Stream Flow: Fire Fist Marg Flow: Fire Breath Marg

Fixed the issue where the 1st hit's range differed from the other hits' ranges when using Cataclysm II.

You can now use the Teleport skill in succession after using the Hellfire skill.

The MP/WP/SP Reduction effect that used to affect the target when using Prime: Blooming will now be activated only on good first hit rather than on good extra hit.

The PvP damage of Prime: Blooming was reduced by 23%.

Fixed the issue where the waist area would appear as if there were a hole when wearing the Ladybell clothes.

Fixed the issue where the hair area would appear empty when wearing the Te'enah Headpiece.

Kunoichi and Ninja's basic faces are now more attractive than before. Changed the appearance of Kunoichi and Ninja's 4th faces. Each will be applied as each class's basic face. Given the changes in Kunoichi and Ninja's basic faces, all adventurers who have connected to the game more than once between Jan 5, 2019 (00:00 UTC)–Feb 5, 2020 (09:00 UTC) will be given an Appearance Change Coupon (1 Time). Please claim the item from your in-game mailbox (B) before Mar 4, 2020 (09:00 UTC) or the coupon will disappear.

The cooldown for the Prime: Shuriken Malice IV and Prime: Evasive Shuriken Malice skill was increased by 1 second.

The Accuracy Rate adjustment effect for Prime: Blade Spin I, II, and III was changed like the following.

Skill Before Now Prime: Blade Spin I, II, III 20%, 25%, 30% applied per level 5% applied for all levels

The air attack damage was removed for Prime: Black Moonlight and Prime: Beheading the Dead, and the Accuracy Rate adjustment effect was also removed for these skills.

The Accuracy Rate adjustment effect was removed for Prime: Shuriken Flight and Prime: Fatal Blow.

Upon Succession, the Shadow Clone skill will activate first instead of the Smokescreen skill when pressing the spacebar after using the Shadow Stomp skill.

Kunoichi and Ninja's basic faces are now more attractive than before. Changed the appearance of Kunoichi and Ninja's 4th faces. Each will be applied as each class's basic face. Given the changes in Kunoichi and Ninja's basic faces, all adventurers who have connected to the game more than once between Jan 5, 2019 (00:00 UTC)–Feb 5, 2020 (09:00 UTC) will be given an Appearance Change Coupon (1 Time). Please claim the item from your in-game mailbox (B) before Mar 4, 2020 (09:00 UTC) or the coupon will disappear.

Fixed the issue where some parts of the hair would appear cut under certain situations when equipped with the Ayo Helmet.

Fixed the issue where MP would be consumed when using the Unveiled Dagger skill during cooldown.

Fixed the issue where hair 15 would appear graphically broken for the Dark Knight.

Fixed the issue where a certain part of the Ataraxia Clothes would be cut off when simultaneously equipped with Ataraxia Clothes and Purnado Shoes.

Fixed the issue where HP Recovery would not be applied when using the Prime: Lunacy of Vedir skill on a mount.

Fixed the issue where using the Succession: Imperious Command skill while on a mount would result in using the Imperious Command skill.

Fixed the issue where the graphics would appear broken when simultaneously equipped with the Crayodel Soldier Uniform and Glorious Shudad Ra'ghon.

Fixed the typo for the skill descriptions for Rage Absorption (Innate).

Slayer of the Light, Guardian Awakening is now available. Accept the quest "[Guardian Awakening] Storm of Oblivion" from the Black Spirit and complete the consecutive quests with a Guardian of Lv. 56 or higher to awaken the Guardian. Upon completing the awakening quest for Guardian, the title ‘Slayer of the Light’ will be given.

Fixed the issue where the character would look awkward in certain situations when equipped with the following outfits. Da-Dum Da-Dum Diving Suit Venecil Dress Desert Camouflage

Fixed the issue where the shield for the Treant Camouflage would look unnatural in the Dye (J) window.

Fixed the issue where the Critical Hit Rate increase effect for Flame of the Calling would not be applied when using the jump attack for Frost Strike.

Fixed the issue where the WP recovery effect would not be applied when attacking enemies on the right side while using the Fierce Disdain skill.

Fixed the issue where the reduced speed effect (Movement, Attack, Casting Speeds) for Flame of the Calling would not be applied on targets hit with the Merciless Kick skill.

Fixed the issue where the increased speed effect would not be applied when sprinting after on Guard, while the Juggernaut I skill was already learned.

Fixed the issue where the increased Critical Hit Rate effect for Flame of the Calling would not be applied on the headbutt attack which is activated when pressing F or RMB while using the Chokeslam skill.

Fixed the issue where the charge effect would not be applied on monsters when using the Black Blood Circle I skill.

Fixed the issue where occasionally the incorrect animation effects would be displayed when switching weapons.

Descriptions about the Bound effect for the 4th hit for Frost Strike was added to the skill description.

Frost Strike was added to the list of dual-hand attack skills in the skill description for Dragon's Calling.

Fixed the issue where the HP Recovery effect of Flame of the Calling would be applied to the 3rd forward hit for Frost Strike.

The skill recovery effect (excluding the HP Recovery effect of Flame of the Calling) will now be properly applied on the 2nd hit of Boulder Crush.

Fixed the issue where the recovery effect of Flame of the Calling would be applied when successfully landing the 2nd hit during cooldown of Boulder Crush.

The reduced speed levels (for Movement, Attack, Casting Speeds) will now properly reflect as it is written in the skill descriptions for Axe Throw I, II, III.

The Bound effect when hitting targets with the Black Blood's Descent skill will now be applied properly.

The number of hits for Black Blood's Descent III and Absolute: Black Blood's Descent will now match the number of hits written in the skill descriptions.

The recovery effect for the Flow: Black Blood Eruption skill will now be applied upon the number of hits as written on the skill description.

The knockdown description was added for successful hits on the Black Spirit: Black Blood Circle skill description.

The damage for the final hit and the DP reduction effect will be applied properly according to the level as written in the description for the Savage Hack skill.

Jump attacks and the Foretold Encounter skill will now properly be activated even when used on a slightly elevated location.

The skill lock feature for the Rockslide I skill was removed, and it is now applied to the Rockslide II and III skills.

Added a description about the Forward Guard effect not being applied during the cooldown of the Claw Reveal skill.

You can now use Item Branding Scroll -> Item Brand Spell Stone on tool items which can be repaired such as the Manos Lumbering Axe.

Added the item information of Forest Path Wagon Wheel, Forest Path Wagon Cover, Forest Path Wagon Flag, Forest Path Wagon Badge, and Krogdalo's Origin Stone on the Crafting Notes (F2) list.

Increased the chances of obtaining the Brilliant Fairy Wings from the Sealed Fairy Wings by 2 times.

Reduced the required EXP per level for Brilliant Fairy Laila by 15%. Therefore, adventurers who already have Brilliant Fairy Laila may see EXP exceeding 100% in the Fairy window depending on how much EXP you had. If the EXP indicates more than 100%, then you can go up to the next level by using Grow Fairy through the use of Honey Wine or green grade equipment.

The amount of Durability recovered for Artisan's Memory will be properly displayed on the item descriptions for Forest's Eye Earring, Red Sand Crystal Ring, and Rock Heart Belt.

The description for [Guardian] Loranne Bikini was added to the description for the [Event] Loranne Bikini Box.

Fixed the issue where using the [Event] Traces of a Festival would cancel Emergency Escape.

Added the new item, Theiah's Orb, which allows you to change fairy skills. You can change the skills learned in the Fairy Information window by using Theiah's Orb. The number of Theiah's Orbs needed depends on the number of skills the Fairy has. Theiah’s Orb is currently available as a Pearl item sold under the in-game Pearl Shop (F3).



Number of Fairy Skills Number of required Theiah’s Orbs x1 x1 x2 x2 x3 x3 x4 x4

Simplified the goods sold by NPC Haz.

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

[Updated Feb. 6]

Family Name Change Coupon's purchase limit has been removed.

Increased the damage received when mounts (cannons and ships) enter Oquilla's Eye during guild subjugation against Khan by 670%. Damage from entering Oquilla's Eye during guild subjugation against Khan affects all players, not only the guild members participating, so please be careful not to enter the area during this period.

The Black Crystal Cannon from defeating Black Crystal Seaweeds summoned by Khan can now only be obtained by the player who inflicted the most damage.

Decreased the chance to receive Rumbling Earth Shard from Manshaum Forest and Forest Ronaros areas by 50%.

Monsters in Star's End do not drop Ancient Magic Crystal of Nature - Adamantine anymore.

More monsters were added to the outskirts of the Blood Wolf Settlement.

Fixed the issue where Sensitive Giant Elks in Balenos' Sniper Rifle Hunting Zone could be hunted at once regardless of their striking part.

[Quest]

Added "Recover 200 Energy" to the reward of the Savage Rift quest "[Repeat] Face the Endless Army." "[Repeat] Face the Endless Army" is a daily repeat quest you can get from Juana Teron in the Savage Rift. Monsters in the Savage Rift cannot be damaged easily with ordinary attacks. Purchase and use Matchlocks or Flame Towers available in the Savage Rift. You can receive the quest again after 00:00 UTC.

Fixed the issue where the quest completion NPC for the "Leader of the Ahib" quest was at an abnormal location.

Fixed the issue where the Buff UI sometimes disappeared.

Changed the UI for very hard bosses from Expanded Dark Rifts so they will now be easier to differentiate.

You can now properly sell mount related items to shops while on mounts.

Added a pop up description to the barter information button in the Load Cargo UI.

Updated the following UIs. Setting Archive Edit UI

Changed the location of the buttons at the bottom of the Processing window.

Items from the Camping Containers can now only be moved to your inventory by pressing RMB.

Fixed the issue where the Camping Container did not open when the Inventory (I) was set as a Sticker UI.

Fixed the issue where the level numbers in the image for Dark Rifts overlapped.

Fixed the issue where the local tax settings changed in the Lord Information UI when logging into the game.

Updated the following UIs. Manage Furniture Crop Management War Installation

RMB on the following items will now open the Fairy Information UI. Fairy Queen's Might Sweet Honey Wine Ornette's Dark Honey Wine Theiah's Orb

Fixed the message displayed when you try to change to a character repairing or resting in their residence to display the correct content depending on the situation.

Fixed the issue where mouse cursor scroll did not work in the NPC dialogue UI if there are too many lines in the quest, guide, and chat list.

Messages for when you obtain, learn, accept, forfeit, contract, and perform will now be displayed in front of other UI elements.

Fixed the icons in the Lord menu's Tax Rate tab.

Fixed the issue where the description of promotions in the Manage Workers UI did not fit in the window.

Fixed the unnatural location of keys displayed during the Fishing minigame.

Fixed the issue where all search results during ESC menu search had the NEW mark them.

Fixed the issue where the effects did not fit the window when you change the size of the Skill Guide UI.

Fixed the issue where the minimap disappeared when you set the minimap to 3D and level up after level 7.

Fixed the issue where you could not click other UI elements when you click quickly in the Trade Bargain minigame.

Fixed the issue where random appearance did not apply when you select a certain appearance during pet exchange.

You can now continue with enhancement with the same Black Stone using the following Black Stones even after a successful enhancement. Stabilized Magical Black Stone Cleansed Magical Black Stone Pure Magical Black Stone

Fixed the issue where the War Installation Info window showed up abnormally when installing a War Installation through an allied guild during Node/Conquest War.

Fixed the issue where the effect appeared abnormal when adding in the same material repeatedly in Cooking or Alchemy windows.

Removed the quests in progress that appear on the bottom of the Disconnect (End Game) window. Now a maximum of 2 most recently completed quests will be shown.

Fixed the issue where the numbers did not appear correctly in the Disconnect (End Game) window when a character's Enhancement Chance was greater than 100.

Fixed the issue where Serendia Territory's Local Tax section would sometimes become invisible in the Adjust Rate tab from the Lord menu.

[Sorceress] Fixed the typo in the skill description for Black Spirit: Prime: Bloody Calamity.

Attempting to activate Forced PvP mode in Olvia servers will now display a message saying you cannot activate the mode.

Fixed the abnormal navigation route to Altinova's Black Spirit's Training NPC Jamey Drucker.

Fixed the issue where Activate Alc. Stone buff did not apply when you changed to a different type of Alchemy Stone.

Fixed the issue where the trajectory for the Ballista and Hwacha used in Node Wars and Conquest Wars did not properly show.

Fixed the issue where you could create a Guild Alliance after building a fort and then changing servers. Fixed the issue where allied guilds could not see the status of enemy forts or damage them due to the above issue.

Fixed the issue where the name of <Iliyan Vigilante> Juana Teron's name was not displayed.

Fixed Crafting Notes to not mention wrong NPCs.

Fixed the issue where some trees were floating in parts of Garmoth's lair.

Fixed Hotkeys to not work when searching within the Help UI.

Fixed the issue where the pop up description for the pet exchange button did not show the correct information.

Fixed the villa buff window to close when you retrieve your campsite.

Fixed the typo in the description of the Fairy skill Tingling Breath III.

Fixed the issue where Change Appearance did not work properly for the Emperor Hawk pet. Appearance change for the Emperor Hawk will be properly applied when Appearance Coupon is used or tier change via exchange is done after today's maintenance.

Fixed the issue where a Tier 3 or 4 Emperor Hawk pet sat on a character’s shoulder.

Fixed the issue where activating the altar in the Altar of Blood caused the screen to flash.

[Updated 10/02]

Fixed an issue where the time for automatic resurrection at the closest town was being applied when dying in locations where Node/Conquest War was not in-progress.

Fixed an issue where the time for automatic resurrection at the closest town was not being applied when a character died during Node/Conquest War.

We are aware of the issue where trying to perform continuous processing on an item that cannot be stacked in the same slot of your inventory does not work properly. Please note that this issue will be fixed by the next maintenance.

We are aware of the issue where the “About” button in the Fairy Skill Change window is not being displayed properly. Please note that this issue will be fixed by the next maintenance.

We are aware of the issue where the “Close” string is not being displayed properly while in Place Mode. Please note that this issue will be fixed by the next maintenance.

We are aware that the 10% Discount Coupon that's included in the [Event] Master Trainer Haetae, [Event] Valentine's Day Horse Pack, and

[Event] Horse Charming in Shining Armor package items cannot be redeemed. This will be fixed as soon as possible.

[ Updated 2/11 ] We are aware that certain monsters are appearing in unintended locations around Velia and other parts of the world. While we are investigating the situation, please remain aware of your surroundings

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