Greetings, Adventurers.

Below you will find the Black Desert Global Lab patch notes for Sep. 5th, 2018.

In today’s update Black Spirit Skill Expansion, New Hunting Quests, and more.

Please read on for more details.

[Updates]

[Dark Knight]

● Grip of Grudge, Spirit Hunt, Shattering Darkness are now Black Spirit’s Rage skills.

[Striker]

● Ferocious Assault, Ultimate Crush, Skull Crusher are now Black Spirit’s Rage skills.

[Mystic]

● Hurricane Sweep, Spiral Torpedo, Sea Burial are now Black Spirit’s Rage skills.

[Lahn]

● Eradication, Bleeding Hearts, Flow: Mangler are now Black Spirit’s Rage skills.

[Items]

● You can now craft the following costumes in the Costume Mill.

- [Lahn] Calpheon Noble Dress

- [Lahn] Garnier Troupe Garb

- [Lahn] Serendian Smith Garb

- [Lahn] Terrmian Casual Wear

- [Lahn] Delphe Knight Armor

- [Lahn] Orwen's Travel Wear

- [Lahn] Jarette's Armor

- [Lahn] Ahon Kirus's Armor

- [Lahn] Black Leopard Armor

- [Lahn] Shroud Knight Armor

● Leebur's Gloves have been added to Patrigio’s Night Shop.

[Contents]

● You’ll now get an additional reward called ‘Shining Medal of Honor’ when you participate in Node War.

● You can see how many members can participate in a Node War in the World Map.

● Nodes are divided into levels 1-4. Some of the nodes levels were changed during the node level rework.

[Quests, Knowledge]

● Quests related to Kamasylvia Weasels were added.

* To start this quest your character must have completed the Southwestern Calpheon main quest [Boss] Witch-Hunting, level 50 or higher, Hunting Skilled level 1 or higher.

- The Poacher’s Greedy Proposal

- [Repeat] Here’s a Carrot, Get Me a Fruit!

- [Repeat] Getting Dizzy with Weasels

* You can get 'The Poacher’s Greedy Proposal' quest from Jerrimo in Western Valtarra Mountains.

- This quest can be completed once per family. You’ll get a Stuffed Kamasylvia Weasel as a reward.

* You can get the '[Repeat] Here’s a Carrot, Get Me a Fruit!' and '[Repeat] Getting Dizzy with Weasels' quests from Mokassa at Acher Guard Post.

- You are able to hunt Kamasylvia Weasels through these quests.

- You have a chance of getting ‘Lustrous Leather’ when you butcher a Kamasylvia Weasel.

- You must have the ‘Sweet Smelling Fruit’ to accept the ‘[Repeat] Getting Dizzy with Weasels' quest.

● There is a special gift for Adventurers that have completed all the quests in the Rulupee’s 'Off To The Next Adventure' questline.

- Adventurers that has completed the ‘Back to the Daily Routine: The End’ quest can accept the ‘Gift of Memories’ quest to get an Edan's(Orwen’s) Travel Wear Box.

[System]

● Fairy Information’ window has been changed to display the skills the fairy can learn.

[Fixes and Changes]

[Characters]

● Your character will look at you at a more natural height when you first enter the game.

[Berserker]

● Fixed the issue where the thigh area when wearing the basic outfit in combat mode looked awkward.

[Ranger]

● Bow Skill I, II have been changed to applied its damage up to the 6th hit.

[Valkyrie]

● Fixed the issue where the scope of the adjustable hand size was different between the left and the right hand in Customization.

[Maehwa]

● It has been improved that the skill ‘Absolute: Stub’ could be used after Chase while locking Stub Arrow: Triple Shot.

● It has been changed that the skill ‘Absolute: Blooming’ could be used during cooldown of Chase I.

[Ninja]

● Skill descriptions of the followed skills have been changed to be more accurate:

- Black Spirit: Bloodthirst: Katana Shower

- Black Spirit: Blade Spin

- Black Spirit: Drastic Measure

● Black Spirit: Sudden Decapitation has been changed to no longer has the Bound effect on its Upward Slash.

● The HP recovery on a good hit effect in the skill ‘Black Spirit: Bloodthirst: Katana Shower’ has been adjusted to match its skill description.

● Fixed the issue where the Blade Hit Damage in the skill ‘Black Spirit: Serpent Ascension’ was not reduced for PVP.

● The area marked for the skill ‘Black Spirit: Beheading the Dead’ has been changed to match its actual area of effect.

[Ninja, Kunoichi]

● A sentence explaining that only Kunoichi can use Black Spirit Rage skills was added to the skill description of Shadow Clone.

[Witch]

● Black Spirit: Equilibrium Break has been changed to have the effect ‘Stiffness on a good hit'.

● The sentence 'Pushes the target on a good hit (PvE Only)' was added to the skill descriptions of Fissure Wave and Black Spirit: Fissure Wave.

● The skill description of Black Spirit: Fissure Wave IV has been changed to match the actual number of targets it can hit.

● The skill description of Black Spirit: Fissure Wave has been changed to display its maximum possible damage.

[Wizard]

● Fixed the issue where Godr Sphera is not displayed when the skill ‘Hellfire’ missed.

● Fixed the issue where the color of the character’s teeth would change depending on the expressions the character had when Remastered/Ultra mode was applied.

[Witch, Wizard]

● The skill description of Black Spirit: Meteor Shower has been changed to the following.

- Knockdown on a good hit → Knockdown on good Meteor Attack

● '(Damage reduced in PvP)' was removed from the skill description of Black Spirit: Meteor Shower I - III.

● Black Spirit: Meteor Shower has been changed to have a Knockdown effect on its last hit.

● The following has been added to the skill description of Black Spirit: Lightning I~V and Black Spirit: Absolute: Lightning.

- Pushes the target on a good hit (PvE Only)

[Dark Knight]

● The skill description of Pervasive Darkness has been changed to the following.

- Inflicts damage and causes stiffness → Inflicts damage and weakens the enemy

[Striker]

● The following skills now have super armor only during the skill motion.

- Ferocious Assault combo

- Ferocious Assault combo right after Spiral Cannon

● The falling animation will be displayed if Ferocious Assault is used with the Gardbrace above a certain height.

[Lahn]

● You can now use the skill Spring Breeze with quickslots.

● The skill Spring Breeze has been changed so that it can be used with the Crimson Glaives.

● Fixed the issue where the shoulder and wrist portion of the Calpheon Noble Dress would appear abnormal.

● Fixed the issue where the shoulder and wrist portion of the Calpheon Noble Dress would appear abnormal while lying down.

● Fixed the issue where dyes would disappear when going idle with the Crimson Glaives and the Calpheon Noble Dress equipped.

● Fixed the issue where the wrist portion of the Terrmian Casual Wear would appear abnormal.

[Items]

● Lure Traps sold by the Material Vendor was changed to an Elixir that has a subtle fragrance.

● The crafting method of the following items were changed from Manufacturing to Simple Alchemy.

- Boss White Wolf Lure Trap

- Boss King Brown Bear Lure Trap

● Atanis Firefly was added to the list of items sold by Jensen the General Goods Vendor in Behr.

● You can no longer extract Cron Stones/ Valks’ Cries from expirable items.

● The ‘Ancient Light’ icon background was changed to be transparent.

● The item descriptions and buff windows for the following items were changed to display Critical Hit Level Up’.  

• Coconut Fried Fish


• Crispy Coconut Fried Fish


• Fish Soup


• Meat Soup


• Special Fish Soup


• Special Meat Soup


• ButterRoasted Lobster


• Golden ButterRoasted Lobster


• Serendia Meal


• Special Serendia Meal


• Special Arehaza Meal


• Margoria Seafood Meal


• [Battlefield] Exquisite Cron Meal


• Simple Cron Meal


• Exquisite Cron Meal


• Energetic Cron Meal


• Beast’s Draught


• [Event] Beast’s Draught

[Content]

● Fixed the issue where the automated use of Alchemy Stones did not work occasionally when logging into the game with the Alchemy Stones set to ‘Activate Alc. Stone’.

● Fixed the issue where characters would get stuck in wooden fences occasionally during a Node/Conquest War.

● You can no longer use the auto-boarding function by clicking the ship icon located on the top left side of the screen when you encounter a Phantom Ship out at sea.

● Fixed the issue where a Fishing Boat turning in a stationary position would move forward while holding the ‘S’ key.

● Fixed the issue where a Fishing Boat would occasionally spin when changing directions while moving forward.

● The Fishing Boat has been reverted back to not being able to turn while moving backwards.

● Fixed the issue where Adventurers could board and take the Ship’s Wheel on Galleys, Epheria Sailboats/Frigates, and Old Bartali Sailboats while carrying Trade Items on their back.

●The following items are now available to be purchased in shops.

● The following items can now be sold to vendors.

[Mystic] Calpheon Noble Dress

[Mystic] Garnier Troupe

[Mystic] Serendian Blacksmith

[Mystic] Terrmian Casual

[Mystic] Delphe Knights

[Mystic] Orwen's Travel Wear

[Mystic] Jarette’s Armor

[Mystic] Ahon Kirus's Armor

[Mystic] Black Leopard Armor

[Mystic] Shroud Knights Armor

[Striker] Calpheon Noble Suit

[Striker] Garnier Troupe

[Striker] Delphe Knights

[Striker] Edan's Travel Wear

[Striker] Jordine's Casual

[Striker] Serendian Soldier

[Striker] Serendian Formal

[Striker] Valencian Travel Wear

[Striker] Shroud Knights Armor

[Striker] Serendian Blacksmith

[Sorceress] Black Leopard Armor

[Ranger] Black Leopard Armor

[Tamer] Black Leopard Armor

[Valkyrie] Black Leopard Armor

[Witch] Black Leopard Armor

[Kunoichi] Black Leopard Armor

[Maehwa] Black Leopard Armor

[Dark Knight] Black Leopard Armor

[Sorceress] Shroud Knights Armor

[Ranger] Shroud Knights Armor

[Tamer] Shroud Knights Armor

[Valkyrie] Shroud Knights Armor

[Witch] Shroud Knights Armor

[Kunoichi] Shroud Knights Armor

[Maehwa] Shroud Knights Armor

[Dark Knight] Shroud Knights Armor

[Warrior] Shroud Knights Armor

[Berserker] Shroud Knights Armor

[Musa] Shroud Knights Armor

[Wizard] Shroud Knights Armor

[Ninja] Shroud Knights Armor

[Sorceress] Terrmian Casual

[Tamer] Terrmian Casual

[Ranger] Terrmian Casual

[Valkyrie] Terrmian Casual

[Maehwa] Terrmian Casual

[Witch] Terrmian Casual

[Kunoichi] Terrmian Casual

[Warrior] Serendian Blacksmith

[Berserker] Serendian Blacksmith

[Musa] Serendian Blacksmith

[Wizard] Serendian Blacksmith

[Ninja] Serendian Blacksmith

[Dark Knight] Calpheon Noble Dress

[Dark Knight] Garnier Troupe

[Dark Knight] Serendian Blacksmith

[Dark Knight] Orwen's Travel Wear

[Dark Knight] Jarette's Armor

[Dark Knight] Delphe Knights Outfit

[Dark Knight] Terrmian Casual

[Monsters]

● The chance of acquiring a Black Stone (weapon) from the following monsters on Navarn Steppe was reduced by approximately 70% compared to their previous drop rate. The number of acquirable Griffon Beaks / Black Leopard Fangs was changed from the previous count of 4~5 beaks / 3~4 fangs to 1~2 beaks or fangs.

 - Griffon

 - King Griffon

 - Black Leopard

● Fixed the issue where Imps were fighting without weapons against the Guards at the Northeastern Entrance of the Western Guard Camp. They will now fight with weapons.

● The HP of the following Valencia Chief Gatekeeper Monsters was reduced by approximately 50% while their AP was increased by approximately 30%.

 - Desert Naga Chief Gatekeeper

 - Desert Fogan Chief Gatekeeper

 - Cadry Chief Gatekeeper

 - Crescent Chief Gatekeeper

 ● A warning and a party recommendation message will be displayed the moment users begin battle against the Valencia Chief Gatekeeper Monsters.

[Quests, Knowledge]

● The Blood Wolf Boss Summoning Scroll used in the weekly quest has been changed to be only usable by characters with level 58 or higher.

● The rewards for completing the quest ‘Tiny Light to Drive Out the Darkness’  has been changed from a Lantern to the Atanis Firefly.

● Lanterns were removed from the follow quest rewards.

- A Thief!

- Daybreak Raid

● Navigation for the Rulupee’s quests ‘Off To The Next Adventure’ have been changed.

● The way to craft lure traps have been changed, so the description on how to craft them in the following quests was also changed.

- [Daily] White Wolf Boss Subjugation

- [Daily] King Brown Bear Boss Subjugation

● Navigation for the following quests where changed.

- What's Wrong With That Guy?

- What's Wrong With That Adventurer?

- You Looked at Me First!

- Let's see who will win!

● Muskan will now attack characters when the cutscene ends during the quest '[Co-op] Muskan of Madness'.

● The camera angle and dialogue used in the 'Scenery at Western Guard Camp' during the quest 'Where Adventure Starts: Western Guard Camp' has been changed.

● The quest ‘Village of Foggy Lights: Glish' now ends at a different location.

[Environment, NPC, Effects, Cutscenes]

● Fixed the issue where some cutscenes would use strange camera angles occasionally in Remastered/Ultra mode.

● Fixed the issue where the ocean would appear too dark at dawn and too bright during the day in Remastered/Ultra mode.

● Fixed the issue where the item ‘[Jukebox] Spring of Balenos’ appeared too bright in Remastered/Ultra mode.

● Fixed the issue where shade effect of desert terrain would appear awkward in Remastered Mode or Ultra Mode.

● Fixed the issue where clouds would appear awkward in Remastered Mode or Ultra Mode.

● The motion-blur effect which was applied to add a dynamic feeling to horse riding was moderated.

● It has been fixed that you can now Gather certain items once at a time at maximum in Abandoned Land area.

● The lighting effect of the followed regions have been adjusted to solve the issue where it was too bright:

- Calpheon City

- Calpheon Shrine

- Omar Cave

- Gorgo Rock Belt

- Glutoni Cave

● It has been fixed so that the actual terrain of Terrmian Beach area would appear the same as what is shown on the World Map.

● Fixed the issue where character could move across through certain terrain of Hoom Highland in Drieghan.

● The red tone light of the Atanis Firefly has been readjusted to shine a white tone.

● Fixed the issue where the character got stuck and couldn’t escape after falling down from a spot near Grána 6.

● It has been fixed so that you can enter the followed Residences normally again:

- Chapel 3-5, 2F in Calpheon

- Market Street 4-4, 1F

- Market Street 2-3, 2F

- Altinova 10-3

[Interface Changes]

● Additional explanation about the benefit of occupying Calpheon Territory has been added to the Calpheon Territory icon of the World Map.

● New option has been added where you can directly purchase Merv’s Palette by clicking on the Merv’s Palette tab in the Dye(J) window.

● Fixed the issue where Breeding Reset button would appear with a Horse when Breeding is in progress.

● Fixed the issue where certain texts would appear clashed in Status of Alliance Members and Alliance Invitation of Guild window.

● Remove Others’ Lanterns option of Game Setting>Display Setting has been deleted as the Lantern item in the game has been removed.

● A new function has been added in the Edit UI mode where you can edit the Buff list.

● It has been edited so that the followed set changes will be applied when reconnecting after setting UI to be unseen:

- Info. on Level/Point

- Mini Map

- Menu Button

● Fixed the issue where 2 HP bars would appear when you died while you are in a platoon.

● It has been fixed that HP/Resource gauges will appear when explaining about them during tutorial, when ‘HP Bar’ option is not used.

● You can now switch to full screen during the intro cutscene that is played when you first finish creating your character if your game screen was in window mode.

● You can now click the maximize window button only when it is able to be switched to full screen.

● Fixed the issue where the character name and family name would overlap with the hours played displayed on the ‘My Information’ window (P).

● Fixed the issue where the character name and family name would overlap with the guild name in the Rankings window.

● It has been changed that an X mark will appear upon the icon showing the distance between the party members when you are too far away from your party members to gain the party benefits.

[System]

● Fixed the issue where the camera moved abnormally when riding on a horse with a matchlock equipped and ready to attack or used the skill ‘Sideways’.

● Fixed the navigation around the walls of Cron Castle.

● Fixed the issue that caused the client to crash occasionally while moving.

● You are able to control your character if it gets attacked while using ‘Extraction’ through the Blacksmith NPC.

● Fixed the issue that made it occasionally impossible to move your character when your internet disconnect while your World Map was open.

● Fixed the issue that caused frame rates to drop occasionally while inside Protty Cavern.

● The correct sound will be played when the courser awakening is successful or not.

● You can control your audio while standing in an area where street performers’ music can be heard, like Velia Marketplace and the fountain in Heidel.

● Fixed the issue where furniture would be displayed in the Dye window (J) if your character is in an area with furnitures.

● Fixed the issue that made the minimap disappear occasionally.

[Resolved Issues]

● [Berserker] Fixed the issue where you could walk underwater in the Hystria Ruins area.

● Fixed a typo in the skill description of [Sorceress] Turn-back Slash III.

● Fixed a typo in the skill description of [Kunoichi] Black Spirit: Shadow Clone.

●  Fixed the issue where the Black Spirit icon would be displayed for the next quest for 'Off To The Next Adventure I'.

● Hints for the following Knowledges are now properly displayed.

- Kubo’s Savior

- Maopan Regained Strength

- Rinta Mind has Cleared

- Seiri Made Friends

● The message displayed at night telling you to equip a lantern has been changed to tell you to equip the Atanis Firefly.

● Fixed the issue where items would flicker when you exit Observe Mode on your character.

● Fixed the issue where the Guild Emblem of Guilds that occupy the Node would not be displayed occasionally when a filter was being used in the World Map.