Greetings Adventurers,

This week, we are finally introducing the long-awaited, Star’s End! Battle fierce monsters and challenge yourself to obtain the powerful Blackstar weapons!

Also, join the ultimate hunt to find the 100 Black Spirit Marks spread all over the world of Black Desert, and don’t forget to get your dice ready for the Black Spirit’s Adventure 1 making a comeback.

Please read below to learn more about this week's Patch Notes.

[New Events]

Click < Here > to learn how you can track down the Black Spirit in detail.

New logs where you need to track down the traces of the Black Spirit has been added to Adventure Log! Find 100 Black Spirit Marks spread all over the world of Black Desert for awesome rewards!

[Ongoing Events]

Call of the Ocean: May 22 after maintenance - June 19 before maintenance.

[Ended Events]

[Reward Distribution]

Winners that won offline prizes will receive them at a later date. Please check your email inbox for our official email.

In-game title “Lights, Camera, Action!” and relevant items to the winners of 2019 Spring Video Contest has been sent out. Please check your in-game mailbox (B) for the rewards.

[Content]

There is a rumor spreading about a ghost in the Ash Forest.

For more on Star’s End and Blackstar weapons, please check the official announcement < Here >!

You can get this item via the Star's End main quests. Although this item cannot be listed on the Central Market, it can be sold at a high price to NPC vendors.

A new item for the residence, Garden of a Fallen God (Landscape Painting), has been added.

Use Simple Alchemy in the Processing window (L) to combine Clear Blackstar Crystal x1, Magic Crystal of Infinity - Critical Hit x1, and Forest Fury x3 into Corrupted Magic Crystal.

It can be transfused into sub-weapons, and there will be an additional effect when multiple Corrupted Magic Crystals are equipped.

Mass of Pure Magic cannot be listed on the Central Market.

You can get Destructive Illusion via several daily quests near Star's End.

You can exchange Destructive Illusion x15 for Mass of Pure Magic x1 via O'Arma, an Ahib who can be found at Star's End.

It drops when defeating monsters and gathering, at a low rate (exceptions: water scooping, digging in the desert, and milking cows).

Giant Mudster, Dim Tree Spirit, Red Nose, Dastard Bheg, Katzvariak, Khalk, and Blue Whale will drop Mass of Pure Magic at a certain rate.

Mass of Pure Magic can be obtained through various ways, such as excavating at the Star's End node, grinding Black Stone (Weapon) or Black Stone (Armor), looting from the monsters of Star's End, gathering, defeating field bosses, and hunting Khalks/whales.

Use Heating in the Processing window (L) to combine Sharp Black Crystal Shard x1, Hard Black Crystal Shard x1, and Mass of Pure Magic x1 into a Pure Magical Black Stone.

Pure Magical Black Stone, which can be used to enhance Blackstar main weapons, has been added.

Eye of Anguish can be obtained via the [Blackstar Weapon] quests.

Use Heating in the Processing window (L) on one of the following types of weapons to get Concentrated Boss's Aura.

Use Manufacture in the Processing window (L) to combine Eye of Anguish x1 and Concentrated Boss's Aura x3 into Eye of Desolation.

Eye of Desolation can be used to summon the Incarnation of Corruption.

Eye of Desolation, which is needed for crafting Blackstar main weapons, has been added.

During the quests, you will be able to choose between battling the boss at its full strength, or fighting a weakened version of the boss.

The [Blackstar Weapon] quests can only be completed once per character.

You can obtain the knowledge of "The Three Legendary Blacksmiths of Mediah" by obtaining and completing "The Three Blacksmiths" quest from Tulem, after you complete the renewed Mediah Main quests once you reach Lv. 56 or higher. Adventurers who have already completed these quests can obtain it by talking to Tulem.

The Remnants of the Rift can be obtained at a low chance by defeating a boss from the Dark Rift.

To start this quest, you need to have the "Remnants of the Rift" item and the knowledge of "The Three Legendary Blacksmiths of Mediah."

You can immerse yourself into the Star's End region by accepting the [Drawn by Fate] quest from the Black Spirit with a character who has completed the [A Gift for a Hero] quest, which is a Drieghan Main Quest.

A Star's End main quest which allows you, along with the Comitia of Tantinis, to unravel the secrets of the restricted area of Star's End has been added.

Caphras enhancement is not available for Blackstar weapons.

Blackstar main weapons can only be crafted through quests.

You can receive a quest which allows you to craft the Blackstar weapon from the Legendary Blacksmith Dorin Morgrim by completing the [Blackstar Weapon Piece] quest. Once you complete the quest you receive from Dorin Morgrim, you can obtain a Blackstar weapon.

The Blackstar weapons are a new challenge for future updates to come.

However, we designed the new Blackstar weapons in a way that still preserves the values of weapons which already existed in the game. You can achieve growth by either enhancing your old weapons through Caphras enhancements, or by obtaining and enhancing the new Blackstar weapons.

All adventurers, new and old, will have a chance to obtain the Blackstar weapons.

The Blackstar weapons are higher in grade than the previous weapons.

The new Blackstar Weapons have been added.

The monsters of Star's End have a slightly higher chance of dropping the Mass of Pure Magic item compared to monsters of different regions.

The Unstable Star Debris is placed around Star's End. When destroyed, nearby monsters will momentarily collapse. There will also be a small chance for these nearby monsters to immediately disappear.

The Apostle of Malevolence is more powerful than other regular monsters. It will disappear if you cannot defeat it within 5 minutes after it spawns.

When the Apostle of Immorality dies, there's a certain chance for it to absorb dark energies from Star's End and turn into an Apostle of Malevolence.

The Remnants of Corruption deal attacks which reduce your DP, so it's recommended that you take care of them first in order to thrive in combat.

The recommended AP for the Star's End Monster Zone is 260.

The overlords of Star's End have finally been unveiled.

New nodes and NPC's have been added to the Star's End area, and new relevant knowledge topics have been added as well.

This area is located in the area covered by fog on the west of Calpheon City. You must be careful here, since powerful monsters roam the area.

A new area in western Calpheon, Star's End, has been added.

[System]

Fixed the issue where the camera movement would be unnatural when closing up to the face in the Customization (F4) window.

When leveling up a Life Skill or enhancing an equipment while in Privacy Mode, notification messages will no longer be sent to guild members.

However, the Campsites will not be hidden when adventurers are lying down on the Campsites.

Added a feature which allows you to hide Campsites which belong to other adventurers.

You can now collect enclosed items and silver from the Mailbox (B) even when in combat areas.

[Game World]

Fixed the issue where shadow effect would not show or the light effect would be excessively bright in some areas.

Fixed the issue where characters could not get out of certain areas of Manshaum Forest.

Fixed the geographical features of certain areas inside the sea near the port of Arehaza.

Fixed the issue where islands which do not exist would be displayed in certain areas of the World Map (M).

[NPC]

While you are going through the quest, another Crio will not appear.

The completion NPC for the [Returning] Crio's Welcome quest (for returning adventurers) will now be from the same Crio NPC you accept the quest from, instead of another Crio near the beach. This is to avoid confusion.

You can now search for Furniture Dealer Vatputa of Valencia City by using the Search NPC feature.

Fixed the issue where NPC around the Great Library of Calpheon would disappear when greeted by a lord character.

Shakatu is too busy now, so you can now exchange the [Event] Shakatu's Seal through NPC Dellus, who is Shakatu's right-hand man.

The skill, elegance and strength stats (which are needed for to awaken a courser) of a Tier 8 courser will now reset when it is bought from a horse market.

You can no longer delete or change courser skills from a courser horse (i.e. the skills that make that horse a courser).

Because of this, when you take out your mount from the stable in Heidel now the mount will appear closer to the road than the stable.

Fixed the issue where using the Transport function to move a character on a wagon to Heidel would get the wagon stuck at the stable there.

[All Classes]

Fall damage will no longer apply in the Red Battlefield.

The invincible effect that is applied when your character makes a cheering motion after getting a high-grade item will now only apply for PvE, and not for PvP.

A key guide will now appear when your character is using a ladder.

A key guide will now appear when your character is using a Fortress Gate Lever.

[By Class]

Fixed the issue where Yianaros Headpiece would be worn awkwardly.

Fixed the graphical issue with the Epheria Marine Helmet that occurred with certain customizations.

The number of PvE targets the skill Magic Lighthouse registers has been increased from 7 to 10.

The casting speed for a skill after the skill Evasion is used in Aad Sphera mode has been increased.

Hits of Equilibrium Break skills and Black Spirit: Equilibrium Break skills will now have a Critical Hit Rate +50% effect in PvE.

Hits of Equilibrium Break skills and Black Spirit: Equilibrium Break skills will now have an AP reduction effect.

The PvE damage for Black Spirit: Fissure Wave skills has increased as follows. (The number of hits has not changed.)

The PvE damage for Fissure Wave skills, when not in cooldown, has been increased as follows.

The PvE damage for Thunder Storm skills and Black Spirit: Thunder Storm skills has increased as follows.

The skill Flow: Perfect Sign will now always be performed after Fissure Wave skills, unless Flow: Perfect Sign is locked.

The cooldown for the skill Flow: Perfect Sign has been removed.

The damage for Yoke of Ordeal skills has increased as follows.

The movement speed reduction effect of Voltaic Pulse skills has been replaced with an evasion rate reduction effect.

Hits of the skill Toxic Flood will now have a magic DP reduction effect.

The PvE damage for the skill Toxic Flood has increased as follows.

The last movement of the skill Black Spirit: Meteor Shower has been made to look more natural.

The graphical effects of the skill Aad Sphera Training have been improved.

The number of PvE targets the skill Magic Lighthouse registers has been increased from 7 to 10.

The casting speed for a skill after the skill Evasion is used in Godr Sphera mode has been increased.

The PVE damage for Bolide of Destruction skills has increased as follows.

The PVE damage for Hellfire skills has increased as follows.

Hellfire skills and Black Spirit: Hellfire skills will now have an magic AP increase effect.

The PVE damage for Black Spirit: Aqua Jail Explosion skills has increased as follows.

The PVE damage for Aqua Jail Explosion skills has increased as follows.

The movement speed reduction effect of Aqua Jail Explosion skills has been replaced with an evasion rate reduction effect.

The PVE damage for Cataclysm skills has increased as follows.

The damage for Chilling Wave skills has increased as follows.

The casting speed for Chilling Wave skills has been increased.

Hits of the skill Lava Field will now have a magic DP reduction effect.

The PVE damage for the skill Lava Field has increased as follows.

The last movement of the skill Black Spirit: Meteor Shower has been made to look more natural.

Fixed the graphical issue with the arms that occurred when equipped with Backflow Gardbrace or Dandelion Gardbrace.

Fixed the issue where equipping Leebur's Gloves would make it overlap with gauntlets.

Fixed the issue where the invincible effects for the skills Wolf's Frenzy and Enhance: Wolf's Frenzy were applied even when the character was visible.

Fixed the issue where pressing LMB to cause an instant explosion during the skill Infinite Fortitude did not cause the skill's grapple resistance buff to cancel.

Information about the amount of skill points needed to learn Earthly Pain I has been removed from its skill description, because it can be learned during the awakening quests.

Fixed the issue where the position of the Kibelius Crimson Glaives was awkward in standby mode.

Fixed the issue where galloping at full speed on horseback while in combat mode made the camera move awkwardly.

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

You can obtain 5 Mass of Pure Magic by Manufacturing 1 Remnants of the Rift and 1 Black Spirit's Claw.

You will have a low chance to obtain it through harvesting the crops when they are at 100% or higher growth.

You can now obtain the Mass of Pure Magic when harvesting crops which grow from planting Magical Seeds and Mysterious Seeds in the garden.

The Remnants of the Rift can now be obtained from the Golden Treasure Chest, which randomly appears in Black Desert.

Fixed the issue where the game would occasionally shut down when equipping mount equipment.

Added the missing "Luck +1" text to the item descriptions for the following items.

Silver Embroidered items now have descriptions which explain how to enhance.

Just like the Marni's Stones from before, you can exchange them from Wacky Toshi with EXP after defeating monsters.

These items can be purchased from Wacky Toshi.

Fixed the issue where the hair would occasionally appear abnormal when equipping and unequipping equipment which has hair on it.

A caution message has been added to the item description for the Reset Mount Growth item.

The items which are successfully restored can be mixed and combined with the original items.

When restoration is successful, the icons for each item will change.

You can restore them through a ‘great NPC’ and an ‘old book’ located somewhere in the Black Desert world.

Added a feature which restores the Upgraded Compass Parts and Map of Unknown Piece to their original states.

Fixed the issue where certain parts of the Coral Wardrobe did not look natural.

[Quest]

They will be displayed in the [Lv.58] Call of the Ocean: Journey to the Deep Sea group within the Recommended tab when you are Lv. 58 or higher.

Quests related to Protty Cave and Sycraia Underwater Ruins will now be displayed within the Recommended tab of the Quest (O) window.

Added a button which explains the usage of Balenos Defense Token when interacting with Cliff after completing the Complement of a Veteran quest.

Complete The Compliment of a Veteran quest or have at least 1 Balenos Defense Token

The conditions for the button for obtaining Contribution EXP being displayed for exchanging the Balenos Defense Token from Cliff at Western Guard Camp has been changed like the following.

The dialogue for the Examine the Ancient Artifact quest has been changed to better suit the background of the quest.

Revised the information related to when the White Wolf boss disappears, which is displayed in the quest summary for the "Do or Die" quest.

The quest name “To be the Best Huntsman!” has been changed to “True Hunter”.

Fixed the issue where the button to hand over Special Wheat Crate to Norma Leight during the quest [Farming Lv. 30] The Best Wheat Farm looked like a button to gain knowledge.

Fixed the issue where it was sometimes impossible to return back to your original location after being transported during the main questline to the Ancient Stone Chamber in Balenos.

The villagers of Valencia need help with all the Stone Waragons that became de-petrified.

The following daily quest has been added to the Waragon Nest region in Valencia.

The Node Management button will no longer be displayed in certain situations when selling Trade items through interacting with Trade NPC's.

Fixed the issue where the hotkey for the Acquire All button would not reflect changes made to the Acquire All (R) button in the Get Item window.

Fixed the issue where the success range would appear abnormal when playing minigames like ‘Capture Horse’ and ‘Working Bellows’ in Florin.

The Pearl Shop (F3) shortcut button on the bottom right side of the screen, and the Pearl Shop icon in the ESC menu has been changed to represent the Pearl Shop better.

When a worker cannot be recovered, the explanation describing the status will now be properly displayed like the following: The Worker's stamina is already at max.

Fixed the issue where the descriptions for main quests and the quest widget would remain on the screen when you move to the Customization (F4) window.

The Guild Mark and Guild Name will no longer overlap when changing the size of the chat window after using the Promote Guild feature.

Fixed the error message which is displayed when you take out a mount in certain situations.

When using the Villa Scroll at a Campsite, you can now select Silver from either the Inventory or from the Storage.

Fixed the issue where the Acquire All button would be marked as "R" from the Get Item window even after changing the interaction key from the game settings.

The Item Count window, which appears when you right-click a countable item from your Inventory, will no longer change positions when you adjust the game screen size.

The Sell Trade Item button in the Trade window has been improved.

Fixed the issue where the Customization window would not close when using Toggle UI from the Customization(F4) window.

When you press the BDO Wiki button in the Crafting Notes menu (F2), the BDO Wiki window will now be placed on top of the Crafting Notes window.

Added 9 new background loading screens (3 of which are played while you are waiting to be connected).

You can now check the Recent Price, Recent Transaction, and Total Trades in the Central Market's purchase and sell windows.

The Remnants of the Rift item has been added to the list of obtainable items seen in the Dark Rift window.