Black Desert Online Patch Notes

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March 16th 2016

Link to source - http://forum.blackdesertonline.com/inde ... -march-16/

Greeting Adventurers,


Below you will find a detailed breakdown of our next set of patch notes to accompany the server downtime.


Date: March 16, 2016
Duration: Start End
UTC 09:00 14:00
CET 10:00 15:00
EDT 05:00 10:00
CDT 04:00 09:00
PDT 02:00 07:00


Event & System
• 3 new channels (Valencia 1,2,3) have been added to all servers for now, to handle the increased population and secure a stable gameplay experience
• Requesting a Chat Ban has changed as follows;
o Cost is now 15 Energy to request a Chat Ban.
o Chat Ban duration has been increased.
• A Roleplay chat channel has been added.
o This channel is off by default but can be enabled in settings.
o Talking in RP Chat will cost 1 Energy
• Ratio for horse breeding has been increased to produce more high tier horses.
Class
• Witch/Wizard
o Can no longer accidentally resurrect opponents.
o Damage to frozen opponents has been increased up to 20%.
Holiday Event
• Start: March 16th 09:00 UTC (After maintenance)
• End: March 21st 09:00 UTC (With maintenance)

o Event Title: Saint Patrick's Day
o Green Dye Bundle price reduced from 120 pearls to 80 pearls.
o Add a one-time purchase Green Dye for 1 Loyalty.

Items
• Cash Shop
o Added the “Splat Fisher’s Clothes” costume.
o Added the Shepherd dog pet.
o Added the Megaphone
o Added Family Name Change Ticket
 Limit 2 Per Account
 1,000 Pearls Each
• The following items have had their tool-tip corrected.
o Agerian Helmet
o Agerian Helmet of Iron Wall
o Agerian Helmet of Agility
o Agerian Helmet of Intimidation
o Agerian Helmet of Destruction
o Agerian Helmet of Sacrifice
o Ultimate Agerian Helmet
Monsters
• Added new Field Boss “Dastard Bheg”
• The following Field Boss mechanics have changed.
o Each Field Boss now has a fixed spawn location.
o All Field Bosses will not return to full heath if they leave combat.
o Field Bosses will now attack players who get too close to them with a ranged attack and are invincible when not in combat.
• Green Orc Skeleton Warrior has had an HP increase.
• Green Orc Elite Soldier population around Hexe Marie has been increased.
• Monster arrangement at Calpheon Shrine has been modified and population has been increased.
• Monster arrangement at Abandoned Monastery has been modified and population has been increased.
UI
• Changed the horse “Parking” notice to only appear above your horse.
Issues/Bugs
• Fixed the issue where characters would clip underground when sitting or crawling.
• Fixed the issue where characters would be under water when they logged in after logging out on a boat.
Ongoing
• Pet Breeding is disabled pending system changes.
ETC
• The standard on Channel Server Status has been changed.
o Example: The number of players need to change status from Crowded to Overrun.

Updated
Changed the wording for clarity.
Requesting a Chat Ban has changed as follows;
• Cost is now 15 Energy to request a Chat Ban.
• Chat Ban duration has been increased.
Edited 1 hour ago by CM_Jouska

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Updated to reflect change in Patch Notes

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March 23rd 2016

http://forum.blackdesertonline.com/inde ... arch-23rd/


EVENT & SYSTEM
Fixed the issue where certain actions were unavailable under specific situations
The Easter Event is commencing! You can earn five different types of Easter Eggs by; Hunting monsters, gathering, fishing and exploring the world.

Start: March 23th 10:00 UTC
End: April 6th 10:00 UTC

• Hunting Monsters: There is a low chance to get “Life Easter Egg”
• Gathering: There is a low chance to get “Easter Egg with Star Pattern”
o You can use your bare hands, Lumbering Axe, Sap Gathering Tool, Hoe, Butcher Knife, Tanning Knife, or Pickaxe.
• Fishing: There is a low chance to get “Raindrop Easter Egg”
• Exploration: You can get four types of Easter Eggs including “Rainbow Easter Egg”
o Eggs are hidden throughout the world. Find an Easter Egg by searching the world to randomly get 1-2 Life/Star Eggs, 1-3 Raindrop Eggs, or 1-5 Rainbow Eggs.

• Collected Eggs can be turned in for a special egg or furniture item.
• The Egg Quests can be received from the Priests in Velia, Heidel, and Calpheon
• The quest can be received from all three locations, you can only progress one at a time.
• You may only exchange your eggs for furniture one time per account.
• You may exchange your eggs as many times as you like for Black Spirit Easter Eggs.

All Dye Bundles will be on sale! Price 120 -> 80 Pearls
Start: March 23th 10:00 UTC
End: April 6th 10:00 UTC
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ITEM CHANGES
• Required level for Megaphone has been increased to 20.
• This has been done to hinder goldsellers from abusing this item.
• Required level for gifting has been increased to 20.
• Flare can now be registered on the Market Place.
• The flare will be craftable soon.
• Registration prices for Flashbang, Fireshot, and Poison Shot have been increased.
• Gold Bar has been added to drop list from Field Boss reward packages.
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MECHANIC CHANGES
• Pet exchange button was added.
o In order to exchange, the generation difference between the pets must be 1 or fewer.
• Skill effect window was added next to the pet list window. The skill effect window shows the total skill effect of all the accompanying pets, and if pets do not have any skills, the window will not appear. (You can check the total value of a pet’s skill from the pet info window.)

• When exchanging pets, the new pet can inherit one of its parent’s skills. You can choose to inherit or not.
o If the number of the inherited skills does not surpass the new pet’s skill capacity, the skill slots will be filled with extra random skills.
• Changes in Pet Skill
o Any EXP boost effect of the same type from a pet will be overlapped.
 IF three summoned pets each have an effect of Combat EXP +3%, the total bonus will give +9%.
 However, one pet cannot acquire the same type of duplicate skill.
o Bonuses from summoned pets are now cumulative.
o Pets will get a specific number of skills based on their tier.
 Tier 1-2: 1 skill, Tier 3: 2 skills, Tier 4: 3 skills
• Function to take out all the pets was added.
• Pet Categories and Skills: Pets are categorized into Domestic, Aves, Wild, and Monsters. Each pet has a high chance of learning main and common skills with an abysmal chance of learning different types of skills.
o Common: Combat EXP Increase, Karma Recovery Increase
o Domestic (Dog, Cat, etc.): Cooking/Alchemy/Processing/Farming EXP +
o Aves (Hawk, etc.): Fishing +1, Fishing/Hunting/Training/Trade EXP +
o Monster (Snowman, etc.): Gathering +1, Gathering EXP +
o EXP skills gained from exchanging pets will increase by 3%.
• Exp from fishing has been adjusted based on the grade of what is caught.
• The command /Rescue is disabled. This has been done to prevent players from using it as a way to escape combat and avoid death. Instead players can use the Rescue button found on the ESC Menu to escape being stuck in terrain.
• Chat Messages being overlapped in chat has been fixed.
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MONSTER CHANGES
• Fixed the location of the Gargoyle stuck between rocks in Long Leaf Forest.
• Number of reward packages from Field Bosses increased from 20ea to 40ea.
• Field Boss Red Nose has had his attack pattern changed, which is much more powerful than before.
• Attack rate for the following bosses(Quest Boss Only) has been decreased.
o Red Nose, Giath, Dastard Bheg, Al Rhundi, Titium, Muskan, Org, and Biraghi.
• Field Boss movement is now smoother.
• Monster alert animation is now smoother.
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QUEST CHANGED
• Recovery rate has increased for some of the Gathering Quests.
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INTERFACE CHANGES
• Save feature added to Key Viewer
o ESC >UI Settings>Key Viewer can now be seen, and its status (location, etc.) can be saved for later.
• The running Goblin from the loading screen is replaced by a running egg for the event period.
• Fixed the UI location when changing from Observer Mode.
• Visual effect has been added for down, speed, counter, air attack and critical.
• “R” button will now show as what it is set to for that hot key.
• “Cancel” from UI short key menu has been removed, you will not be able to rebind the ESC key.
• Some of the Guild UI for FR & DE has been updated.
• Hot key settings for UI have been fixed.
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KNOWN ISSUES
• Unnatural actions when using Grabing skill has been partially fixed.

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MARCH 30th

Official Link: http://forum.blackdesertonline.com/inde ... arch-30th/

• EVENT & SYSTEM
  • Cherry Blossom Event
  o During this event players will be able to obtain Cherry Blossom Seeds by gathering from the following resources with their bare hands; Dry Thicket, Wild Herb, and Desert Herb.
   Unwithering Cherry Blossom Petals give the following 30 minute buff when consumed: Attack/Movement/Cast Speed +1, Critical Hit +1, HP & MP +30.
  o Cherry Blossom Seeds can be cultivated in a garden, although they are a bit larger than most plants and require 2 grids of space to grow. Once the Cherry Blossom Tree is fully grown you will be able to harvest Unwithering Cherry Blossom Petals.
  o Unwithering Cherry Blossom Petals can be exchanged at seed vendors found in Heidel (NPC: Hunt) and Calpheon (NPC: Ahr).
  
   Exchange 10 for a Cherry Blossom Pot which gives 20 interior points when placed in your home.
   Exchange 30 for a cosmetic accessory, Cherry Blossom Earring.
  o Cherry Blossom Seeds and Unwithering Cherry Blossom Petals will disappear after the event has ended.
  o Cherry Blossom Seeds and Unwithering Cherry Blossom Petals can be sold for 10,000 silver to NPCs.
  o This event ends May 4th.
  
  CLASS CHANGES
  Ranger
  • Fixed the issue where left-click aerial shots did not work after using Wall Breaker I and II when Bow Skill was Lv. 6 or higher.
  • The damage amount for Will of Wind slightly increased.
  • The damage amount for Charging Wind I, II, III, and IV increased.
  • The damage amount for Dagger of Protection dramatically increased.
  • The damage amount for the aerial shots after Evasive Shot slightly decreased.
  • The damage amount for S:/EX: Charging Wind slightly decreased.
  • The damage amount for EX: Descending Current slightly decreased.
  
  Berserker
  • Undertaker damage increased
  • Fierce Strike damage increased
  • Fierce Strike 3rd hit damage increased
  • Frenzied Destroyer damage increased
  • Frenzied Destroyer two-hand damage increased
  • Ultimate: Frenzied Destroyer damage increased (including two-hand hit)
  • Beastly Wind Slash spinning damage increased
  • Beastly Wind Slash smash attack damage increased
  • Wrath of Beast roaring damage increased
  • Wrath of Beast roaring damage increased
  • Ire of Beast smash attack damage increased
  • Beast Roar smash attack damage increased
  • Command description of the skill Predatory Hunt changed from “Hold left-click or F key to initiate successive jumps” to “Hold left-click or ↓+F to initiate successive jumps.”
  
  ITEM CHANGES
  • New Item: Marking Reagent
  o Skilled 5 Alchemists will be able to craft the Marking Reagent which, when used against a player, will reveal their name for 5 minutes, preventing them from hiding it through any mechanic.
  o Production Materials
   1x Magic Crystal of Enchantment: Vision
   10x Oil of Storm
   10x Herbal Gunpowder
   10x Sticky Liquid
   10x Blackstone Powder
  • This is only one of the ways to produce the Marking Reagent, play with the recipe to find the golden ratio.
  o The higher your alchemy skill the more Marking Reagents you will produce with each craft.
  o To use the Marking Reagent you flag for PvP and launch the Marking Reagent at your target as you would a standard ranged attack.
  • Energy Potions are now available from Alustin in Velia. You can exchange 50 energy for a 10 energy potion.
  • Cooldowns were added to the Easter Egg items.
  o Life Easter Egg has a 6 second cooldown.
  o All other Easter Eggs have a 1 second cooldown.
  • A new type of equipment item has been added, Alchemy Stones.
  o Alchemy Stones give different buffs when activated with the U button depending on the type of stone.
  
  • Cash Shop Update
  Function
  • Mediah Storage 1/4/8 Slots
  
  
  Pets
  • Tabby Cat
  • Gray Thin Cat
  • Mediah Guard Dog
  • Brown Cream Puppy
  • Sky Hawk
  
  Mounts
  • Cavaro Horse Gear Set
  
  
  Furniture
  • Beige Stripe Wallpaper
  • Brown Fabric Floring
  • Golden Amethyst Chandelier
  • Khuruto-Style Furniture Set
  • Litsche Marble Floor
  • Pleasant Wall
  • Rhua Wood Flooring
  • Ruby-decorated Chandelier
  • Secret Garden Wall
  • Silk Diamond Wall
  
  Warrior
  • Kibelius Outfit Set A - Limited
  • Kibelius Outfit Set B - Limited
  • Cavaro Outfit Set
  Ranger
  • Cavero Underwear
  • Le Vladian
  • Cavaro Outfit Set
  • Kibelius Outfit Set B
  • Kibelius Outfit Set A
  
  Sorceress
  • Kibelius Outfit Set A - Limited
  • Kibelius Outfit Set B
  • Cavaro Outfit Set
  • Le Vladian Underwear
  
  
  Berserker
  • Kibelius Outfit Set A - Limited
  • Kibelius Outfit Set B
  • Cavaro Outfit Set
  
  Tamer
  • Kibelius Outfit Set A - Limited
  • Kibelius Outfit Set B
  • Cavaro Outfit Set R
  • Le Vladian Underwear
  • Le Vladian Underwear Set A
  
  Valkyrie
  • Kibelius Outfit Set A - Limited
  • Kibelius Outfit Set B
  • Cavaro Outfit Set
  • Le Vladian Underwear
  
  Wizard
  • Kibelius Outfit Set A - Limited
  • Kibelius Outfit Set B
  • Cavaro Outfit Set
  
  Witch
  • Kibelius Outfit Set A - Limited
  • Kibelius Outfit Set B
  • Le Vladian Underwear
  
  Loyalty
  • Mediah Storage Slot
  
  
  MECHANIC CHANGES
  • Mediah Region Unlocked
  o +1,000 New Quests.
  o Added new Guild Missions, including Guild Bosses.
  o New NPCs with knowledge and Amity Rewards.
  o New weapons and armor, including the Grunil Set.
  o New world boss, Kzarka, has been added.
  • Crimson Battlefield
  o The Crimson Battlefield is a special island where players are divided into two teams to fight for 20 minutes in a 40 vs 40 deathmatch.
   Players stats (ATK & DEF) will be adjusted to meet the minimum requirement if the player’s stats are below the threshold.
   All participants receive a +1,000 HP bonus while in the battlefield.
   If the sum of both teams score is over 200 and the difference in score between both teams is greater than 30% the losing side will receive an additional HP Buff of +500 (Total +1,500)
   Players can enter the Crimson Battlefield via their Black Spirit or once they have done that by hitting ESC and clicking the Crimson Battlefield button.
  o Players earn points by killing enemy players.
   Each player starts with 10 points.
   When you kill an enemy you gain ½ of their points.
   When you are killed by an enemy you lose ¼ of your points.
  • You cannot go below one point.
  • You will always earn at least one point for a kill.
   The Crimson Battlefield is available in all channels except the Siege Channels.
  o When the battle ends the winning side earns 6 Red Seals, while the losing side earns 2.
   150 Red Seals can be exchanged for a Red Essence at Ornella in Heidel.
   Heating Red Essence and Ancient Magic Crystal: Power can produce Red Battlefield Crystal: Power.
   Heating Red Essence and Ancient Magic Crystal: Adamantine can produce Red Battlefield Crystal: Adamantine
  o Battlefield exclusive potions can be purchased from the NPC Daz in the Battlefield.
   [Battlefield] HP/MP Instant Potion (XL)
   High-Concentrated Herbal Juice
   HP/MP Potion (XL)
  • Chat Filtering has been added.
  o Players will be able to access the new personal chat filter via the ESC menu. This menu will allow you to register words you want filtered from chat.
  o Filtered words can be up to 50 character long.
  o The chat filter is literal, not case sensitive and does not support wildcards.
  o Any chat entry containing the filtered word will not be displayed in your chat window.
  
  MONSTER CHANGES
  • Detection range for monsters adjusted.
  • The following monsters are no longer affected by Attack/Movement Speed debuffs;
  o Mutant Tree Spirit
  o Mutant Troll
  o Mutant Orge
  o Orge
  o Cyclops
  • The summoning location for Dim Tree Spirit has changed and its attack has increased.
  • The Field Bosses Red Nose and Bheg can no longer be repeatedly stunned with the Matchlock.
  
  INTERFACE CHANGES
  • The cash shop pop-up has been changed to a dropdown that appears when clicking a product to see the description.
  
  KNOWN ISSUES
  • Resolved
  • Fixed the issue where Warriors head texture was partly broken with specific hair styles.
  • Fixed the issue where the fur color of “Batian Dog” looked abnormal in dark places.
  • Fixed the issue where PvP Music played briefly if loading time was longer than 15 seconds when first logging in.
  • Fixed the issue where the Furniture Tab would always display in the Cash Shop.
  • Fixed the issue where the casting bar was not always displayed properly.
  • UI Scale should now support 4k resolution.
  • Ongoing
  • When trying to Report Spam via the chat window you will receive the message "There is no item". This is because you do not have the Deputy Item needed, this system is in development and more will be posted later.
  Update
  The Cherry Blossom Event ends May 4th.