Genre: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Black Desert
Steam Free Play Week – Enjoy Black Desert free!
The perfect chance to begin your adventure with Black Desert! Black Desert Steam Free Play Week will be available for only a week.
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You can play Black Desert for free during this period!
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* After the free play period, purchase the game pass to continue playing.
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Event Period
Sep 12, 2022 (Mon) 17:00 UTC – Sep 19 2022 (Mon) 17:00 UTC
You can play Black Desert for free during this period!
Check the Steam store page now!
※ After the free play period, purchase the game pass to continue playing.
We look forward to having you be a part of our adventures.
[NA/EU] Patch Notes Summary - September 7, 2022
Greetings Adventurers,
Here are the latest update details for Black Desert Online on September 7, 2022 (Wed).
Traveler's Horse
With this update, we added the "Traveler's Horse," a time-limited rideable horse we previous introduced as the "Untamed Horse." If you don't have a horse taken out and/or have checked in your horse in the stable, you will be able to borrow the Traveler’s Horse by talking to a Stable Keeper NPC in town. This horse has the Start Accel, Sprint, Drift, and Instant Accel skills, and you won't have to return the horse as it will return by itself to the nearest stable when you dismount. We hope that all of our Adventurers, both veteran and new, will find this newly added mount useful in their travels.
● The Old Moon Guild, who manages all the stables in Black Desert, has added the "Traveler's Horse" to the Stable Keepers in town for the sake of Adventurers' ease of travel.
● You can borrow a Traveler's Horse by talking to the following Stable Keepers: ● Traveler's Horse has the following skills: - Start Accel, Sprint, Drift, Instant Accel (Skill Training 100%) ● Only one Traveler's Horse can be borrowed and no additional horse can be borrowed while another horse is taken out. ● Please note that Traveler's Horse will return to the nearest Stable after 5 minutes of being dismounted. ● The Traveler's Horse cannot equip horse gear, but it can still Sprint without a saddle. ● Traveler's Horse cannot use Stable Recovery / Remote Collection / Horse Market / Imperial Delivery / Sell function (but the Mount Information window can be checked). ● Traveler's Horse will return to a Stable when clicking on Disconnect, Character Selection, or Change Character.
Class Changes
We've improved on the damage, effects, and combos for Kunai Stab in Succession. Now the Fatal Blow - Flow: Fatal Blow Combo - Kunai Stab combo will be more efficient thanks to the added Stamina recovery effect, making it more viable in PvE. In addition, we added command inputs to Prime: Shackles, making it easier to combo into the skill.
Succession ● Prime: Shadow Explosion - Changed the damage penalties for multiple targets to now only apply in PvP. - Improved to combo more smoothly into Shadow Clone.
● Kunai Stab - Changed so Fatal Blow's damage will be applied to the skill damage, along with the following: * Fatal Blow's attack damage and critical hit rate * Fatal Blow's maximum number of targets * Fatal Blow's Skill Add-ons (Skill no longer has Skill Add-ons) - Improved to combo more smoothly into other skills.
● Prime: Shackles - Changed the skill's motions, along with the following: * Unified the skill's attack area to the widest area. * Changed so the distance at which the skills attacks are applied has been narrowed so that all attacks are applied faster. - Improved so you can press SHIFT + C in idle stance to activate the skill. - Improved to combo more smoothly into Shadow Explosion and Shadow Clone. - Improved to combo more smoothly after Prime: Ankle Cutter, Prime: Fox Claw, Prime: Shadow Explosion, or Prime: Shadow Clone.
● Prime: Shadow Brand - Added the Assassin's Mark effect to the following skills: * Prime: Fox Claw (I to III) * Prime: Shackles
Just as Awakening Drakania's uniqueness becomes more apparent the better you become at utilizing the correct skill at the right moment, we decided to implement both big and small improvements to her combos. Also, to reduce some of her clunkiness, we increased the activation speed and attack area of certain Dragonblood skills.
Succession ● Prime: Dragon's Fury - Fixed the skill description.
● Prime: Dragonborn Constitution and Ceaseless Vengeance - Fixed the skill descriptions.
Awakening ● Storm Maul - Improved attack 1 to now combo more smoothly into Doombringer. - Improved attack 1 to now combo into Impale - Added "Recover 40 WP on hits.
● Hexeblood: Sundering Roar - Improved so the character attacks in the direction the camera is facing when comboing with another skill.
● Legacy - Slightly increased the skill's attack speed. - Improved so Legacy activates faster when using the following skills: * Flow: Cloud's Strife, Flow: Extinction, Savage Decree (in Dragonblood) attack 2, Flow: Obliterate
● Dragonblood: Crackling Flame - Changed "Stiffness on hits" to "Knockdown on hits."
● Flow: Dragon Flight - Changed Stamina cost from 250 to 100 and consumes 150 Stamina (up to 450) when continuing the skill. * With these changes, it will cost the same amount of Stamina as before to travel the maximum distance with the skill, but will cost less Stamina if you stop before you hit the max distance.
● Dragonblood: Tip of the Scale - Slightly increased attack 2's attack area.
● Dragonblood: Storm Piercer - Slightly increased the attack areas of attacks 1 and 3.
● Flow: Obliterate - Improved to now combo more smoothly into Doombringer.
● Hexeblood: Tip of the Scale - Changed attack 3 to activate faster when continuing the skill.
● Hexeblood: Tectonic Slam - Fixed so the skill activates when comboing into Doombringer during the Core version of the skill in Hexeblood.
● Dragonblood: Savage Decree - Improved so your character will now combo in the same direction as the camera.
● Improved the following skill motions to activate more smoothly: - Dragonblood: Spiteful Soul - Dragonblood: Tectonic Slam - Dragonblood: Crackling Flame - Dragonblood: Tip of the Scale - Dragonblood: Storm Piercer
● Legacy: Fixed the issue of the skill not activating after switching to your trion.
Contents
● Applied the following improvements to Arena of Solare. - Fixed the issue where your character would fall through certain structures in the Ruins of Tzol. - Fixed the issue where player hits weren't registering in certain terrain of the Jade Starlight Forest. - Slightly moved the Black Sun team's starting position to the center of the hill at the Jade Starlight Forest battlefield. - Changed so your party won't be disbanded even after leaving your Practice Mode match. - Fixed the issue where only the three most recent matches were appearing in the Arena of Solare Rankings window.
● Extended the following events to Sep 21, 2022 (Wed): - It’s Time to Push the Limit for a +230 Stack - Vanquish the Aberrant Dark Rifts - Patrigio’s Night Market Madness
Item
● Added the following items to the item list that can be automatically used via Radiant Fairy's Continuous Care.
UI
'We decided to clean up the buff icon UI by unifying certain buffs, like "church buffs" which displayed 2 or more buff icons, in a similar manner as we did with campsite buffs. We will continue looking at ways to improve the buff icon UI, particularly the feedback given to us by many Adventurers on unifying buffs that grant similar effects. Additionally, we improved the buff icons of buffs, like the one for "Book of Combat", to be more intuitive.
● Improved buffs that took up 2 or more icons to now only take up 1. - Added new buff icons and tooltip descriptions. - Improved the buff description and changed the buff icon that can be obtained by using Book of Combat/Book of Life to an item icon.
● Improved the auto-navigation (T) UI to now display a button you can press to toggle auto-Sprint. - You can press this button to turn the auto-use Sprint feature ON/OFF while using auto-navigation. - The following UI is displayed when auto-using Sprint during auto-navigation:
Additional Notice - Items listed without a quantity are all 1 quantity. - Unreceived login rewards due to missed logins during the event period cannot be recovered. - You must log in with a level 7 or higher character to receive login rewards. - Login rewards can only be collected once per Family. - You can collect a second login reward when you play for an hour (or more) on Saturday and Sunday. This only applies to Adventurers that have less than the maximum number of stamps available and have not collected all the login rewards during the event period. - Pearl Abyss reserves the right to change or cancel the event depending on mitigating circumstances. If changes are made, they can be found on this event page. - Event items may have restrictions (sale/trade) and/or different binding settings/expiration dates. Due to this reason, these items cannot be transferred or restored. - For details such as whether the item is bound, please refer to the in-game item description. - Items and/or rewards that were used normally cannot be recovered. - Participating in the event using inappropriate methods may result in a cancellation/retrieval of your reward(s) and/or restriction from the game. - For any questions or concerns regarding the event, please contact us via [Support]. - Any content not mentioned on this page is subject to the [Black Desert Event Rules].
Autumn Festival · Can’t forget about Hot Time!
Additional Notices - This event applies to all Black Desert servers including Olvia and Season servers. However, all the other sources of Combat EXP boosts in Olvia and Season server will not stack with the event buffs. - The event buffs will not affect Combat and Skill XP acquired from completing quests. - The event’s Combat XP buff will not apply to level 50 or below characters. However, the Skill XP buff will still apply. - The event EXP buffs will stack from other EXP buff sources such as scrolls, elixirs, and the Value Pack. - This events Hot Time benefits do not stack with other Hot Times, and this Hot Time event has priority over any other Hot Time event. - Accessing the game before this Hot Time begins, the UI indicator for Hot Time will not show up, however the effects will still be applied as written in this notice. The UI element will show once you reconnect to the game. - The duration of the Book of Training does not pause when disconnecting or switching characters, and will continue until the effects of the book expire. - The contents and duration of the event may be changed, modified, or cancelled at any time due to unforeseen circumstances. Any changes made will be announced in this Event page. - If you participate in the event in an inappropriate way, you will lose access the event, items obtained during the event will be retrieved, and your account will be restricted. - For any questions or concerns regarding the event, please contact us via [Support]. - Any content not mentioned on this page is subject to the [Black Desert Event Rules].
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* Additional Notes - Only 1 Item will be distributed for those items without a quantity listed. - Coupon codes are no longer redeemable after the expiration date, and any redeemed items stored in the Web Storage or in-game mail (B) will also disappear after the expiration date. - Each coupon can be redeemed once per Family. - Entering a coupon code incorrectly 10 times in a row will restrict your coupon use for 1 hour. - Coupons can be redeemed from the in-game Menu (ESC) → Adventurer Support (F11) → [Use Coupon] menu, and redeemed rewards will be sent to your in-game mailbox (B). - Pearl Abyss reserves the right to change or cancel the event depending on mitigating circumstances. If changes are made, they can be found on this event page. - Event items may have restrictions (sale/trade) and/or different binding settings/expiration dates. Due to this reason, these items cannot be transferred or restored. - For details such as whether the item is bound, please refer to the in-game item description. - Items and/or rewards that were used normally cannot be recovered. - Participating in the event using inappropriate methods may result in a cancellation/retrieval of your reward(s) and/or restriction from the game. - For any questions or concerns regarding the event, please contact us via [Support]. - Any content not mentioned on this page is subject to the [Black Desert Event Rules].
[NA/EU] Patch Notes Summary - August 31, 2022
Greetings Adventurers,
Here are the latest update details for Black Desert Online on August 31, 2022 (Wed).
Marni's Realm is now available for both Hystria Ruins and Aakman Temple. Both monster zones require a slightly different method of entry, as you cannot navigate in the desert. Therefore, you will first have to find your way into these monster zones and go to the designated location to enter "Marni's Realm." (We have designated the two most preferred locations in both monster zones as the point of entry. Please refer to the screenshot below.)
● Applied the following changes to Marni's Realm: - "Aakman Temple" and "Hystria Ruins" have been added as Marni's Realm-supported monster zones.
Marni's Realm - Aakman Temple
Marni's Realm - Hystria Ruins
Node/Conquest War Improvements
This update brings about quality of life improvements and balancing to building siege weapons and annexes during Node and Conquest Wars. First off, you'll be able to change the highlight color of other guild names, thus making it easier to discern between friend or foe. In addition, for more convenient installation of forts or annexes, we reduced the construction time to 1 second and adjusted the types of terrain required for construction as well. With the remote construction function added prior, we hope this update's additions also serve to be useful for our Node and Conquest War engineers. Last but not least, we made Node and Conquest War forts, command posts, and annexes a bit sturdier, making them slightly more impervious to normal attacks so these buildings wouldn't be destroyed too quickly. However, we also increased the damage of elephants and the ballista to retain the destructive power of siege weapons as well.
● Added the function to designate the highlighted color of guilds in Node and Conquest Wars. - The button to designate guild colors can be found in the Guild window under the Occupying Area tab. - You will need to be of Guild Officer rank or higher to change these colors once a Node/Conquest War has begun. - For Node Wars, a temporary name will be displayed in the Set Node/Conquest War Guild Colors UI. Once you discover a fort in-game, the participating guild's name will be displayed. - A system and chat alert will display the name of the guild member when they change the color settings. - There is a 1-minute cooldown to change these colors. - All guilds under one alliance will be designated under a single color.
● Changed so the number of installed forts on the World Map (M) are now displayed an hour before Node/Conquest War begins. ● Improved so you can use hotkeys (1 to 0) to install annexes with the construction tools during Node/Conquest War. ● Improved so you can check War Installation Info when using annex construction tools in the Node/Conquest War. ● Changed the installation time for Fort/Command Post/Field HQ and all annex buildings from 15 to 1 second while Node/Conquest War is not underway. - Installation time still remains 15 seconds when a Node/Conquest War is underway.
● Adjusted the terrain requirements for installing Fort/Command Post/Field HQ and all annex buildings for Node/Conquest Wars. - You can now install structures even on terrain with a slight incline. Terrain that are too steep are still excluded from installation. ※ The bottom portion of structures will appear differently based on the installed terrain. [IMAGE]
● Changed the maximum durability of forts and command posts for Node/Conquest War. - Fort (Tiers 1 to 4): durability +20% - [Conquest] Command Post: durability +20%
● Changed the maximum durability and DP of recovery centers for Node/Conquest War. - Recovery Center (Tier 1): durability +10% - Recovery Center (Tier 2): durability +10%, DP +25% - Recovery Center (Tier 3): durability +10%, DP +16.7% - Recovery Center (Tier 4): durability +10%, DP +14.2% - Recovery Center (Conquest): durability +10%, DP +28.5%
● Changed the maximum durability of supply depots for Node/Conquest War. - Supply Depot (Tier 1): durability +15% - Supply Depot (Tier 2): durability +15% - Supply Depot (Tier 3): durability +15% - Supply Depot (Tier 4): durability +15% - Supply Depot (Conquest): durability +15%
● Changed the maximum durability and DP of elephant nurseries for Node/Conquest War. - Elephant Nursery (Tier 1): durability +10% - Elephant Nursery (Tier 2): durability +10%, DP +25% - Elephant Nursery (Tier 3): durability +10%, DP +16.7% - Elephant Nursery (Tier 4): durability +10%, DP +14.2% - Elephant Nursery (Conquest): durability +10%, DP +28.5%
● Changed the damage of normal and big hwachas for Node/Conquest War. - Hwacha and Big Hwacha: damage against players +10% for all tiers of Node War and Conquest War - Hwacha and Big Hwacha: damage against horses and elephants +5% for all tiers of Node War and Conquest War
● Applied the following changes to elephants and Cadria elephants usable during Node/Conquest War. - Spear thrower (in passenger seat) damage +50% - Basic and charging attack damage +50% - Horn Attack and Fore Chop damage +37.5% - Damage against players +15% - Max HP +100%
● Increased Ballista Workshop's DP +300% for Conquest War.
● Applied the following changes to the ballista: - You can now attack Wooden Fences, Wooden Fence Gates, and Barricades with the Ballista. - Damage against Recovery Centers, Supply Depots and other annex buildings +1000% - Damage against players +7.7% - Damage against Castle Gates +50% - [Guild] Old Ballista Arrows can now be used in a Ballista. * [Guild] Old Ballista Arrows can be purchased from the Supply Depot.
Arena of Solare
● Added the party queue feature for Arena of Solare's Practice Mode. - You can now queue up for Practice Mode in a party of 2 or 3 members. - Only the party leader can queue up to find a match for all party members. - Any party member can cancel the queue. - All party members must be on the same server to queue up for a match. * Your party cannot queue up for a match if any of your party members are restricted from queuing. - If any party member changes servers, moves to Character Selection, switches characters, or disconnects while in queue, your party will be removed from the queue. - You cannot change the party leader, invite new party members, or kick them while in queue.
● Changed how the MVP and ACE are determined once a match ends. * Removed the condition of the MVP/ACE being determined by dealing a certain amount of damage. * The MVP/ACE will now also factor in number of kills and debuffs as well as total damage dealt. - The Adventurer whose Family achieves rank 1 in the Solare Incarnate (V) tier will now receive an exclusive badge:
System
Improvements on the Auto-run feature showcased through Global Lab will be applied. Previously, players were guided in the safest route possible to ensure no significant threats occurred on their adventure, and this sometimes meant the long way around was taken. To minimize these aspects, players will now be taken to a more efficient route. The issue of obstacles not being detected, and players simply being guided in a straight line, has also been improved.
Here are the latest update details for Black Desert Online on August 23, 2022 (Tue).
Season: Dawn of Dragons Graduation Commences
● Fughar, the Crow Merchants Guild Chief Manager, is lending a hand in Season: Dawn of Dragons graduation so that you can convert your season character who has completed the Season: Dawn of Dragons into a normal character.
- Details for the Season: Dawn of Dragons graduation are as follows:
- You can accept "[Season] For the Future" quest from Fughar with a Season Character. - Upon using the Honorable Adventurer's Certificate, your season character will be converted to a normal character. - Complete the quests listed above to obtain Tuvala Conversion Stone Box, Gift Box Full of Memories, and Fughar's Letter of Encouragement. - The contents of the Gift Box Full of Memories are as follows:
※ Notes on Graduation - You can use the Boss Gear Exchange Coupon obtained from the previous season. - You can exchange your PEN (V) Tuvala gear for a TET (IV) Boss gear unavailable for transaction via the [PEN (V) Boss Gear]: The Best Deal quest. - Use items and accept all rewards obtained by completing the 'Season, Black Spirit Pass Challenges' if you have purchased the [Event] Black Spirit Pass since you cannot use the items after graduating. - You cannot graduate while you have Fughar's Timepiece. - You can use the 'Honorable Adventurer's Certificate' item obtained from a graduation quest on a normal server. Tip! Fughar's Timepiece is a very special item you can obtain during the Season: Dawn of Dragons. You can use the item before graduating if necessary instead of deleting it to graduate. ▶ Go to [What Is Fughar's Timepiece?] * Go to [Adventurer's Guide] -> [Season Graduation] if you want to check out more details on the Season: Dawn of Dragons graduation!
● Added a "Season Special Gift" quest that you can accept and complete via the 2022 Season: Dawn of Dragons graduation.
- You can exchange the Season Special Gift Exchange Coupon obtained from the aforementioned quest for one of the following six special rewards from Fughar. * However, if you've already received the special season reward, you cannot receive the reward for that particular season again. - You can exchange the Season Special Gift Exchange Coupon for special rewards after graduating from the Season: Dawn of Dragons. - Adventurers who have not received any of the season special rewards can obtain the rewards from the previous season through the next Season.
● You can exchange Tuvala gear for boss gear with the Boss Gear Exchange Coupon via the following quests. - Talk to Fughar with the Boss Gear Exchange Coupon in your inventory to accept the following quests. You can only proceed with one of the following quests at a time.
New Additions and Improvements
Class Changes
This week's update contains numerous changes to multiple classes. You can find more information about all the changes by checking out the >Full Patch Notes<
Contents
● Terrmian Beach has reverted back to its former self since the Sand Castle Crasher event is now over. - "Terrmian Coin Exchange" Benns Lamute and "Sherbet Exchange" Panipani Villager and Queekity Thumpity Moon Villager will linger about in Velia. * You can exchange Terrmian Coins with Benns Lamute in Velia before the maintenance on Sep 7. * You can exchange Sweet n' Savory Starfish Sherbet and Sweet n' Sour Strawberry Banana Sherbet with the Panipani Villager and the Queekity Thumpity Moon Villager before the maintenance on Sep 14.
● Changed Terrmian Beach into a Safe Zone. - Any installed fences or planted crops in the area will be retrieved and stored in your storage in Heidel.
● Changed the criteria on how points for the following high-ranked tier are deduced in the Arena of Solare if you haven't matched for a certain period of time. * Solare Incarnate V: -30 points per day after 3 days of no matches → -30 points per day after 5 days of no matches
● Improved so you can now enter the Red Battlefield even when your character is under the effects of the following debuffs. - Krogdalo: Roar Restricted, Reminiscence of the Elvia Spirits, Satiated, and Diné: Earth of Life Restricted
Item
● Changed so [Female class] Shell Belle Armor can be exchanged for the following outfit from Tranan Underfoe in Velia after the maintenance on Aug 24 (Wed), 2022. - You must unequip the [Female Class] Shell Belle Armor into your Inventory (I) to make the exchange. - Check notices below for more details regarding the exchange. [Female class] Shell Belle Outfit Exchange
Monster
We moved the location of Dim Tree Spirit to appear closer to the forest path so as to not interfere with the main quest pathing. You can see its new location on the World Map (M) by activating “Detailed Surroundings.”
● Changed the spawning location of Dim Tree Spirit, field boss.
NPC, Background, Sound
● Improved factors that were blocking your way within Kamasylvia.
Lake Flondor - Removed obstacles that were blocking your way.
Okiara River - Widened the stone bridge.
Viv Foretta Hamlet - Widened the road.
- Fixed the part of stairs that was sticking out.
● Changed so tutorials can be skipped now. - All characters within the Family can skip the tutorial upon completing "[Tutorial] Black Spirit's Behest" from the Black Spirit with a character from Lv. 10 that has completed the tutorial. ※ For Adventurers that have watched the tutorial, select "No" to skip the tutorial.
Need some time to polish your PvP skills? Then start warming up in practice mode!
▲ Select Ranked or Practice Mode
In practice mode, you can queue up by yourself or party queue with others and practice with friends or guild mates.
(Party queue for practice mode will be added in a future update!)
Otherwise, if you feel confident in your skills, you can jump right into Ranked mode!
Know Thy Self, Know Thy Enemy
▲ Click the Magnifying Glass button to find out more!
▲ You can see if they are playing Succession or Awakening, and what Skill Add-ons they are using!
Want to see what gear load out someone else is using? You can check out the gear of opponents after a match, and you can also see the Skill Add-ons and stats of each class!
Class-based Top 20 Rankings
▲ Top 20 Rankings for Each Class
With 24 classes in Black Desert, you might be wondering who are the best Adventurers playing each class.
Now you can see the ranking of the top 20 Adventurers for each class and aim for the top!
