Greetings, Adventurers.

 

Below you will find the Black Desert Global Lab patch notes for Sep. 12th, 2018.

In this update, new changes were added including New Extra Quests, Valencia Grave Robber Afuaru, and more.

Please read on for more details.

 

[Updates]

 

[Monsters]

● 'Afuaru' will appear right after he has finished grave robbing in all hunting ground in Valencia excluding Aakman Temple and Hystria Ruins.

- The message 'Grave Robber Afuaru has appeared nearby!’ will be displayed if Afuaru is nearby.

- When an adventurer approaches Afuaru, he will run away as he fears the items he stole will be taken from him.

- You’ll get the items Afuaru stole when you defeat him.

- Afuaru sometime uses smokescreens to escape. You can use a skill with a debuff effect to stop him from escaping. However, when he uses the smokescreen for the 3rd time, he cannot be stopped with those skills. Therefore, you must defeat him quickly.

- Afuaru is categorized as a named monster, so it will be easy to find him on your minimap.

- Afuaru disappears 1 minute after he appears.

- The items that Afuaru drops are not affected by increased item drop rates.

 

[Quests, Knowledge]

● The new extra quests have been added. They can be accepted while defeating monsters through an item.

- These quests are automatically accepted from the 'Black Energy' items dropped by monsters. 

- If you already have the maximum number of quests, then you cannot accept this quest.

- These quests can be completed through Black Spirit. You’ll gain Combat/Skill EXP increase buff as the reward.

- You’re able to repeat these quest immediately.

* Valencia

[Extra] Black Energy of Bashim

[Extra] Black Energy of Centaurus

[Extra] Black Energy of Basilisk

[Extra] Black Energy of Cadry

[Extra] Black Energy of Gahaz Bandits

[Extra] Black Energy of Desert Nagas

[Extra] Black Energy of Crescent Shrine

[Extra] Black Energy of Desert Fogans

[Extra] Black Energy of Roud Sulfur Mine

[Extra] Black Energy of Pila Ku

* Mediah

[Extra] Black Energy of Abandoned Iron Mine

[Extra] Black Energy of Manes

[Extra] Black Energy of Wandering Rogues

[Extra] Black Energy of Omar Lava Cave

[Extra] Black Energy of Marni's 2nd Lab

[Extra] Black Energy of Helms

[Extra] Black Energy of Elric Shrine

[Extra] Black Energy of Sausan Garrison

[Extra] Black Energy of the Dead

[Extra] Black Energy of Hasrah Ancient Ruins

[Extra] Black Energy of Wilderness Golems

[Extra] Black Energy of Pirate Island

[Extra] Black Energy of Shultz Guards

● A new questline was added and it deals with the detailed stories of the pirates, treasures, and ancient civilizations on the islands of Epheria Sea.

-These quests can only be accepted by a character that got the title 'The One to Bind Ties with Falasi'. It can only be completed once per family.

- Depending on the story you told Falasi, the quest you can accept will differ. You can accept the rest of the quests after you finish the initial quests.

- You can get the title 'The One to Bind Ties with Falasi' by completing the questline '[ADV] Calpheon Ocean Exploration' which can be found in 'Quests’ (O) in ‘Suggested’.

* If you’ve told the story of 'The Seas Where The Navy and Pirates Battle' you can accept the following quests.

-Falasi’s Navy

-Dangerous Looking Preparations

-Beyond the Ocean Where the Moonlight Sways

-Plunder the Grey Ship!

-Fossil of Blood that Cannot be Found

-Walk to the Grave

* If you’ve told the story of 'The Seas that Hold Bountiful Untold Treasures' you can accept the following quests.

-Falasi’s Expert Forager

-Meeting the Bluffer Again

-That Went Better Than I Thought

-Trade That’s Been Voided

-The Cave with the Strange Stench Coming Out of it

-The Man with the Black Hand

-Truth About the Treasure

-Judgment Getting Cloudy

* If you’ve told the story of 'The Seas that Rules the Sleeping Ancient Civilization' you can accept the following quests.

-Falasi’s Ancient Ruins Explorer

-The Old Letter that was Supposed to be Sent to Someone

-The One Who got Mixed Up with the Ancient Civilization’s Curse

-Silence of the Soul

-The Owner of the Letter

-Screams of the Hermit

-The People that were Ruled by Fear

-Redemption for Rest

-Regaining Peace and the Even Bigger Anxiety

● ‘The Moment of Glory’ was added in the Knowledge category ‘Northern Calpheon Adventure Journal’

 

[Fixes and Changes]

[Characters]

● Moving while prone has been changed and improved.

● The recovery motion while auto-swimming has been changed.

- Fixed the issue where small amounts of stamina was being consumed while using the stamina recovery motion.

- Fixed the issue where the character would not follow the navigation when starting to swim again after using the stamina recovery motion to get 1,000 or higher stamina.

- Fixed the issue where your character would stop swimming if you right clicked with your mouse while holding down the keys Shift + W to swimming faster.

● Changing directions while using the ‘Move to’ function has been changed to look more natural.

 - Fixed the issue where suddenly changing directions while running and following the navigation by pressing the (T) key  looked awkward.

 - Fixed the issue where suddenly changing directions while sprinting by pressing the Shift key while following the navigation by pressing the (T) key  looked awkward.

 

[Ranger]

● Fixed the issue so that the text ‘IMMUNE‘ will not be displayed when using the skill Spirit's Shackles.

 

[Berserker]

● The skill Rooting has been changed so that the debuff will only be applied once.

● Fixed the issue so that the text ‘IMMUNE‘ will not be displayed during the grapple hit motion of the following skills.

- Corpse Storm

- Rock Smash

- Undertaker

 

[Ninja]

● The effect of the skill Black Spirit: Beheading the Dead has been changed to match the actual range of the skill.

 

[Kunoichi]

● The effect of the skill Black Spirit: Flash Slash has been changed to match the actual range of the skill.

 

[Witch, Wizard]

● Added an action that would make the sprinting motion feel like its going faster.

 

[Dark Knight]

● The following skills have been changed to knock targets off their mounts when it’s used on adventurers riding mounts.

- Black Spirit: Spirit Legacy

- Black Spirit: Seed of Catastrophe

 

[Striker]

● Fixed the issue where the skill ‘Flow: Skull Hammer’ would not activate after the 'Please try again in a moment.' message was displayed when entering the commands for ‘Black Spirit: Skull Crusher’ when Black Spirit's Rage was between 25% - 50%.

● Fixed the issue where the following skills looked abnormal and the command keys were set incorrectly when using them in a combo with the skill Black Spirit: Skull Crusher.

- Endless Fight

- Ultimate Crush

- Fallout

- Ferocious Assault

● You are now able to use the skill Black Spirit: Ferocious Assault while using the skill Spiral Cannon in a combo.

● Fixed the issue where using the skill Black Spirit: Ferocious Assault would not put it on cooldown when it was used during the skill Spiral Cannon.

● Fixed the issue where the sound and effect was not being played when using the skill Black Spirit: Ferocious Assault while using the skill Spiral Cannon. 

● Fixed the issue where the character would stop abnormally when using the skill Black Spirit: Ferocious Assault in combination with the skill Spiral Cannon while the skill Black Spirit: Ferocious Assault was on cooldown.

● Changed the skill description of Ultimate Crush I-IV from ‘3 hits of the number of hits’ to ‘maximum number of hits’.

● Fixed the issue where WP would not be recovered with the 2nd hit of the skill Ultimate Crush III.

● Changed the amount of WP recovered with the skills Black Spirit: Ultimate Crush I-IV to be the same with the regular skill Ultimate Crush.

● Fixed the issue where WP was not recovered while using the skill Black Spirit: Ultimate Crush.

● The skill description of Black Spirit: Ultimate Crush has been changed to show 'Decrease Movement Speed by 20% for 10 seconds on a good hit’.

● The skill Black Spirit: Ultimate Crush has been changed to make it easier to activate.

● The Echo Spirit that appears when using the skill Black Spirit: Ultimate Crush has been changed to appear more naturally.

● Knockdown effect was added to the Black Spirit: Ultimate Crush.

● The text ‘HP Recovery' has been changed to 'HP Recovered when using the skill’ in the skill descriptions of Flow: Bite Off, Descent of Fury, and Ferocious Assault to make them clearer.

● The amount of time given for entering the skill commands of Black Spirit: Skull Crusher has been adjusted.

● The skill command for Black Spirit: Skull Crusher has been changed from 'Left Click while holding Shift + F' to 'Right Click while holding Shift + F'.

● Changed the movements of the skill Black Spirit: Skull Crusher I to flow more naturally. 

● Fixed the issue where the movements of the skill Black Spirit: Ferocious Assault appeared abnormal.

 

[Mystic]

● The damages in the skill description of Black Spirit: Rising Dragon has been changed to the following.

- Hit Damage 1560% x 19

- Last Hit Damage 709% x 6

● Fixed the skill Black Spirit: Hurricane Sweep so that it cannot be used when it’s on cooldown.

● Changed the skill Black Spirit: Hurricane Sweep to consume Stamina as intended.

● Fixed the issue where Martial Spirit Shard was not recovered when using the skill Flow: Sea Burial after using the skill Black Spirit: Sea Burial.

● Fixed the issue where the increased movement speed of Martial Spirit and increase of Critical Hit Rate effects were being applied when using the skill Flow: Sea Burial after using the skill Black Spirit: Sea Burial.

● The order of debuffs in the skill description of Black Spirit: Rising Dragon have been changed.

 - Stiffen while charging, Floating on good hit, Bound on good last hit

● The skill description of Black Spirit: Rising Dragon was changed from  'DP -15 for 10 seconds on good hit' to 'DP -15 for 10 seconds on good last hit'.

● The debuff of movement speed, attack speed, and casting speed in the skill description of Black Spirit: Wave Orb have been changed to match other skill descriptions.

● The number of hits are now shown more cleared in the skill description of Black Spirit: Wave Orb.

 

[Monsters]

● The world boss monster Giath has been changed to have increased DP when he sits down in place and focuses his mind.

● Vell will now appear regularly in Black Desert Global Lab.

[World Boss Appearance Times]

● The world boss monster Vell has been changed to share its HP across all the servers it appears on.

- Guild War and PVP have been changed to be not available starting from 10 minutes before Vell appears till Vell dies.

- The amount of damage needed to be dealt to get rewards after defeating Vell has been significantly decrease. Rewards were added so that you are able to get rewards even if you dealt very little damage.

- Vell has been changed to disappear naturally 30 minutes after it first appears. If Vell disappears naturally, you’ll get rewards a tier lower.

● Fixed the issue where the clones of Offin Tett would not disappear even though it mounted Mirumok Destroyer Offin.

● Sound of the dragon that Belmorn summons in the quest '[Co-op] Defeat the Weakened Belmorn!' was added.

[Items]

● The following items have been added to the list of items sold by the Global Lab exclusive Goods Vendor NPC Eiorah.

- Mamott

- Snowflake Reindeer

- Ferret

- Black Cloaked Dog

- Black Cloaked Cat

- Dim Tree Spirit

- Chimera

- Polar Bear

- Stoneback Crab

- Newborn Crimson Dragon

- Young Crimson Dragon

- Wizard Gosphy

 

[Quests, Knowledge]

● New Processing Knowledge was added and it can be learned by doing Simple Alchemy to make Boss White Wolf Lure Trap and Boss King Brown Bear Lure Trap.

● The NPC Cron Castle Ghost in the the ‘Blooming Flowers at the Ruins’ questline has been changed to only appear during the questline.

● Lanterns were replaced by Atanis Firefly from the following quest rewards.

- Why Did the Goblins Run Away?

- Treasure Hunter - The Last Piece

 

[Environment, NPC, Effects, Cutscenes]

● Fixed the issue where an abnormal camera angle was used when opening the Knowledge window (H) while the character is looking at the adventurer.

● Changed the location of the quest icon of the NPC Soldier near Biraghi Den.

● Fixed the abnormal camera angles that were used when interacting with certain NPC Villagers in Abun, Mediah.

● Black Desert Global Lab Goods Vendor Eiorah was added near the area where characters first appear after creation in Olvia.

● The crevices near the stone steps in Mirumok Ruins were removed to stop characters from getting stuck in them.

● Fixed the issue where characters couldn’t move normally in certain areas of Gorgo Rock Belt.

● The lights in certain regions were adjusted to decrease the glare.

-Gorgo Rock Belt

-Calpheon, Calpheon Shrine

● Readjusted the brightness of all regions to be more natural when Remastered/Ultra Mode is applied.

● Fixed the issue where the colors in lighting were shown abnormally in all display settings excluding Remastered/Ultra Mode.

● Fixed the issue where the skins of horses were reflecting light when Remastered/Ultra Mode was applied.

● Changed the location of the pier at Arehaza in the World Map to match its actual location.

● Fixed the issue where the puddle in Navarn Steppe appeared abnormal.

● The music was changed for the following cutscenes.

-Injured Edan

-Edan's Party Leaves

-Orwen Meets Gorgath

-Keplan Petrifying Disease Treatment Center

-Norma Leight and Relief Activities

-Shadow Knight's Plan

-Holy College

-Freharau's Advice

-An Uneasy Premonition

-Al Rhundi History

-Bobby Lauren, the Head of the Merchant Guild

-Old Friend

-Quarrel between Hunt and the Xians

-Bobby Lauren's Letter

-Orwen Visits Heidel

-Alchemist Alustin

-Buntt's Training

-Cliff and Red Nose

-Bothersome Instructor Croxus

-Diega and the Black Stone

-Kind Gray Biants

-Edan's Party and Igor Bartali

-Jarette's Request for an Investigation of the Stone Chamber

-Princess Jarette at the Western Guard Camp

-Lillia of Iliya Island

-Task Overseer and Santo Manzi

-Blacksmith Tranan Underfoe

-Lazy Wale

 

[Interface Changes]

● Fixed the issue where the debuffs of the opponent adventurer would overlap with their HP bar. 

● The notification widget that appears in the bottom right corner has been changed to the following.

- Gather, Assemble, [Party] Assembly, and Returning button were removed from the notification widget and moved to the left of the minimap.

- Weight and Durability were moved to be shown next to the minimap. 

- Pearl Shop, remaining time on PC Cafe Challenge, and Marketplace notification widget were moved to the bottom.

- Added a message window explaining the notification will appear in the bottom right corner when the notification widget newly appears.

- The notification message will close 1 minute after it appears or when you click X.

- Fixed the issue so that updates will happen as intended when the notification widget is closed.

- Changed the notification widget to show the number of activated notification widget types when the notification widget is closed. 

● Changed the Custom HP Bar to not overlap with skill points and energy icon regardless of the text size. 

● Guild Mission summary was changed to be fully displayed regardless of the text size. 

● Changed the remastered Level/Point Information widget to show the contribution EXP.

● Added the ‘Saying of the Day’ function in the Alliance Member Status window.

● Fixed the issue where the ‘Breeding Count Reset’ button would be displayed on a mount registered on the Horse Market.

● Changed the Learnable Skill window for fairies to be the only one to close when pressing the ‘ESC’ key.

● Fixed the issue where the quest widget covered the Knowledge window that opened when you clicked on the icon that notifies new knowledge was learned.

● Changed the effect that activates in combat when a counter attack is made to look more natural.

● Changed the main quest widget to not appear when there isn’t a main quest to do.

● Changed the Sniper screen UI.

● Changed the text for pearl items that said the item is non-refundable when the item is used.

● Fairy Information window was changed for it to be able to display the skill description normally regardless of the text size.

● The NPC dialogue during the quest 'My Little First Pony' was changed so that it doesn’t overlap with the UI.

● Fixed the issue where the ‘Occupation Benefit’ text would overlap with the Occupation Information in the World Map. 

● The Caphras Enhancement button in the Black Spirit’s Enhancement UI window was made bigger so that the text does not go outside the button.

● Changed the Remastered UI HP bar to have color mode applied when Color Vision Aid is activated.

● Fixed the issue where you couldn’t extract from the outfit in your pearl inventory when there was a locked item for the same slot in your regular inventory. 

● The message that is displayed when trying to repair a Fishing boat, Rowboat, and Raft has been changed to the following.

- Before: Power of machine-type mounts cannot be restored. Also, Durability increased by equipment cannot be restored. Restoring the Durability of your mount will cost XX Silver in total. Do you want to continue?

- After: The lifespan of machine-type mounts cannot be extended. Repairing the Durability of your mount will cost XX Silver in total. Do you want to continue?

● The message that is displayed when trying to repair a Sailboat, Frigate, and Galley has been changed to the following.

- Before: Power of machine-type mounts cannot be restored. Also, Durability increased by equipment cannot be restored. Restoring the Durability of your mount will cost XX Silver in total. Do you want to continue?

- After: Repairing the Durability of your mount will cost XX Silver in total. Do you want to continue?

 

[System]

● The Screen Saver function has been changed so that it would stay on when you press the ‘PrintScreen’ key to take a screenshot. 

● The Photo Filter recommendation setting in the game settings ‘Effect’ tab have been changed to the following.

- Recommended 1: NonContrast

- Recommended 2: Vibrance

● Fixed the issue where Atanis Firefly would flicker in certain areas.

● Characters will now swim up to the surface when their breath gauge is depleted while diving underwater in Junaid River.

 

[Contents]

● You can no longer able to change equipment while riding on the back seat of the [Guild] elephant.

● Power stats were added to certain prows equipments for the galley, sailboat, frigate.

- [Guild] Galley: Steller's Sea Eagle Prow

- Epheria Sailboat: Dragon Prow

- Epheria Sailboat: Sea Dragon Prow

- Epheria Frigate: Ocean Dragon Prow

- Epheria Frigate: Dragon Prow

● Power stats were added to certain sail equipments for the galley, sailboat, frigate.

- [Guild] Galley: Cloud Breeze Sail

- Epheria Sailboat: Black Breeze Sail

- Epheria Sailboat: Blue Wind Sail

- Epheria Frigate: Nor'easter Sail

- Epheria Frigate: Black Breeze Sail

● The item descriptions for [Guild] Galley equipment about who can use the equipment was changed from  "Guild Officer" to "Guild Officer or higher".

●  Fixed the issue where the number of rewards notified in the bottom right corner of the screen and in the Challenge window did not match the actual number of rewards.

[Resolved Issues]

● [Witch] Fixed the issue where the chest area of her standard outfit looked abnormal when she moved.

● [Witch] Fixed the issue where parts of her hairstyle was not displayed when changing it after equipping a Talis Helmet.

● [Wizard] Fixed the issue where the color of his neck and face looked significantly different.

● [Witch, Wizard] Fixed the issue where their skills could heal buildings and ships' HP when a boss monster appeared.

● [Witch, Wizard] Fixed the issue where the character would show a hit effect when they changed weapons while using the skill Spellbound Heart then recovered MP.

● [Witch, Wizard] Fixed the issue where the neck area looked abnormal when the character’s ’Body Shape’ was set to the largest size and wore the standard outfit. 

● [Musa] Fixed the following equipment to look the same on both sides.

- Liverto Blade

- Kzarka Blade

● Fixed the abnormal navigation for the quest 'What could the Unidentified Stone Case be?'.

● The location where you can interact with the Stone Tower NPC was moved to the dead center of the Stone Tower. This is the NPC that you complete the quest 'Nosy Black Spirit'.

● Fixed the issue where the Level/Point Information UI appears to overlap during the tutorial.

● Fixed the issue where the accept friend request icon was not visible.