October 18, 2023 (Wed) Update Details
Updates
Oct 18, 2023, 13:00 (UTC+8)
Hello, Adventurers.
Here are the updates made to Black Desert on October 18, 2023.
(Patch size: approx. 1.95 GB)
- Please note that the update for Steam may be larger than the size listed above.
※ Please read below for details.
Event
- Event 1. Spooky Halloween Comes to Black Desert!
- Event Period : Oct 18, 2023 (Wed) after maintenance - Nov 8, 2023 (Wed) before maintenance
- Event 2. How Dare You Disturb Our Halloween
- Event Period : Oct 18, 2023 (Wed) after maintenance - Nov 8, 2023 (Wed) before maintenance
- Event 3. What Rewards Await You Today?
- Event Period : Oct 18, 2023 (Wed) after maintenance - Dec 13, 2023 (Wed) before maintenance
- Event 4. Spooky, Scary, Halloween Login Rewards!
- Event Period : Oct 19, 2023 (Thurs) 00:00 - Nov 7, 2023 (Tues) 23:59
- Event 5. [Halloween] Halloween Loyalty Shop is Open!
- Event Period : Oct 18, 2023 (Wed) after maintenance - Nov 8, 2023 (Wed) before maintenance
- Event 6. [The Magnus Anniversary] Magnus Toll 50% Off!
- Event Period : Oct 18, 2023 (Wed) after maintenance - Nov 1, 2023 (Wed) before maintenance
- Event 7. What are our gifts this month?
- Event Period : Oct 19, 2023 (Thu) 00:00 - Nov 22, 2023 (Wed) 23:59
NEW & IMPROVEMENTS
CLASS CHANGES
CLASS CHANGES
To aid adventurers in their neverending quest to be the very best, we decided to make some improvements to the drill sergeants located within the Battle Arena. These drill sergeants will now offer training at beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels, which will affect how quickly they recover from debuffs such as from Knockdown - they might quickly stand up or even counter with a debuff of their own after recovery. We hope this aids our adventurers in testing out their own unique combos in the arena.Common
Battle Arena Drill Sergeants
- Drill sergeants of the battle arena are now better equipped to help adventurers train their combat prowess.
Hit Detection Effects
- Improved the drill sergeants of the battle arena to help practice combos by visibly displaying attack decision effects.
- Practicing with drill sergeants will now display hit detection effects such as Down Attack, Back Attack, Critical Hits, etc.,
Training Levels
- Added beginner, intermediate, and advanced training levels to the drill sergeants.
- You will find drill sergeants with the appropriate training level in their titles.
| Beginner | Intermediate | Advanced |
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| Stands up slower than normal after a Knockdown debuff. | Gets up quicker after a Knockdown debuff. | Gets up quicker after a Knockdown debuff, and counters with a debuff of their own. (Stun → Knockback) |
Character Fixes & Changes
- [Dark Knight] Dark Shadow - Fixed the issue where the All DP increase buff didn't refresh and would fade while maintaining the skill with your vediant.
- [Guardian] Prime: Savage Hack - Fixed the issue where you would perform the skill's attack 1 when comboing from a continuous Prime: Boulder Crush.
- [Shai] Sun, Moon, Stars, Time to Shine!, Shout to the Sky, Summer Rain - Fixed the issue where the skill effects would not refresh for Shais in the same party or platoon.
- The Shai equipped with the higher-enhanced Sol will overwrite the buffs of other Shais by performing these skills.
CONTENTS
Otterworldy Threat of the Vellonia Merchants - Khan, Oquilla's Eye (Khan's Heart)
Khan, Oquilla's Eye, is one of the guild raid bosses that require much teamwork and cooperation to take down. To make such guild activities bear more meaning, we decided to add a special questline. Now when you tackle on this guild raid boss each week, we hope these quests will help foster further growth between you and your fellow guildies.- Curio, head of the Vellonia Otter Merchants Union, is said to be troubled by the damage wrought by Khan of Oquilla's Eye.
- Apparently Curio and the Vellonia Otter Merchants have been researching "Khan's Dim Magic" from a non-alchemic approach for quite some time now.
- Khan's Dim Magic."
※ Collect all 3 Khan's Dim Magic rewarded from completing the "Otterly-concerned Vellonia Merchants (I to III)" quests, then use them as a replacement for 1 Khan's Concentrated Magic for crafting one Khan's Heart: Destruction/Protection/Life.
| Quest | Objective | Reward |
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[Crossroad] [Difficulty 0 to 3]
Otterly-concerned Vellonia Merchants I (Once per Family) |
Defeat Khan of the appropriate difficulty |
 Khan's Dim Magic x1
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[Crossroad] [Difficulty 0 to 3]
Otterly-concerned Vellonia Merchants II (Once per Family) |
Defeat Khan of the appropriate difficulty |
Khan's Dim Magic x1
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[Crossroad] [Difficulty 0 to 3]
Otterly-concerned Vellonia Merchants III (Once per Family) |
Defeat Khan of the appropriate difficulty |
Khan's Dim Magic x1
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※ You must defeat the Khan matching the accepted quest's difficulty level.
- You cannot change the difficulty once the guild boss has been summoned.
- You cannot change the difficulty once the guild boss has been summoned.
※ You cannot proceed with all "Otterly-concerned Vellonia Merchants (I to III)" quests at the same time, nor can you complete them out of order.
- Added new recipes to craft Khan's Heart (Destruction/Protection/Life) with Khan's Dim Magic.
- You can craft Khan's Heart (Destruction/Protection/Life) with 3 Khan's Dim Magic via Simple Alchemy (L).
 Khan's Heart: Destruction
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 Khan's Heart: Protection
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 Khan's Heart: Life
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| [Current Recipe] Khan's Concentrated Magic x1
Alchemy Stone Shard x400 Magical Shard x200 Trace of Chaos x100 [Added Recipe] Khan's Dim Magic x3 Alchemy Stone Shard x400 Magical Shard x200 Trace of Chaos x100 |
[Current Recipe]
Khan's Concentrated Magic x1
Alchemy Stone Shard x400 Magical Shard x200 Trace of Despair x100 [Added Recipe] Khan's Dim Magic x3
Alchemy Stone Shard x400 Magical Shard x200 Trace of Despair x100 |
[Current Recipe]
Khan's Concentrated Magic x1
Alchemy Stone Shard x400 Magical Shard x200 Trace of Forest x100 [Added Recipe] Khan's Dim Magic x3
Alchemy Stone Shard x400 Magical Shard x200 Trace of Forest x100 |
Mount Recovery (Repair) Item Cooldown
- Reduced the cooldown for using mount recovery (repair) items: 5 min → 1 min
| Horse, Donkey, Miniature Elephant | - Carrot, High-Quality Carrot, Special Carrot, Carrot Confit, [Oasis] Carrot |
| Camel | - Dried Briar, Acacia Leaf, High-Quality Acacia Leaf, Special Acacia Leaf |
| Wagon | - Wagon Repair Kit, High-Quality Wagon Repair Kit |
When fishing while seated in a fisher's chair, you couldn't use certain consumable items, such as box-type item or moving fish from Shim Cheong's Miraculous Fish Tank. We decided to remedy that.- Improved fishing while seated in a fisher's chair so you can now use certain consumable items including Shim Cheong's Miraculous Fish Tank.
Abyss One: The Magnus
- Wuju, overseer of the Magnus, has prepared a little something to celebrate its 1 year anniversary in meeting with the Adventurer.
- Traveling through the Abyssal Veins between regions will now cost 50% less Silver during the time mentioned below.
| 50% cost reduction | Oct 18, 2023 (Wed) after maintenance - Nov 1, 2023 (Wed) before maintenance |
MONSTER
[Elvia] Primal Giant Post
- Fixed the issue where some monsters of [Elvia] Primal Giant Post were spawned inside walls.
Mirumok Destroyer Offin
- Fixed the issue where if Mirumok Destroyer Offin was defeated faster than Watcher Offin Tett, Watcher Offin Tett did not disappear.
MOUNT
When riding on your boat to go barter or sail, your navigation would end up displaying irregularly and would force you to reset it. We decided to fix that.- Fixed the issue where riding your boat after setting up your navigation to a target in the sea or an isle wouldn't update your navigation correctly.
QUEST & KNOWLEDGE
- Changed the objective of the [Weekly] Trophy: Offin quest.
- Defeat Watcher Offin Tett → Defeat Mirumok Destroyer Offin
- Changed the ingredients required to craft the [Sage Awakening] Wholly Resurrected quest item.
| Before | After |
| Origenus Fragments x1 Powder of Flame x49 Melted Iron Shard x49 Black Stone Powder x100 Elder Tree Plank x100 |
Origenus Fragments x1 Melted Iron Shard x49 Black Stone Powder x100 |
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- Removed Powder of Flame and Elder Tree Plank from the quest item description.
NODE/CONQUEST WAR
- Fixed the issue where attempting to remove an indomitable flag would display "Remove Fort/Command Post."
- Changed certain node information due to the 2023 Asia Node War Championship.
| Region/Node | Schedule | Player Limit | Node Tier |
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Calpheon
Quint Hill |
Fri → Sun | 85 → 100 | - |
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Kamasylvia
Navarn Steppe |
Wed → Sun | 30 → 100 | 1 → 5 |
※ Changes made to the Quint Hill and Navarn Steppe nodes during the Oct 18, 2023 (Wed) maintenance will be reverted during the Nov 1, 2023 (Wed) maintenance after the Asia Node War Championship is over.
- As mentioned in the "Node War Info Reset" notice, occupation info of all nodes were reset during the Oct 18 (Wed) maintenance due to the 2023 Asia Node War Championship.
- If a guild had won the Node War and gained the participation chance for Conquest War prior to the node war occupation info reset, said guild will be able to participate in Conquest Wars without needing to occupy additional nodes after the reset.
- Any forts constructed for participating in the upcoming Node War prior to the Node War occupation info reset have been removed and had the any Guild Funds used for the purchase refunded.
- Guilds/alliances who were occupying nodes during the Oct 18 (Wed) maintenance have been issued the following items via in-game Mail (B).
- 3 billion Silver (Guild Funds) (split according to ratio for alliances)
- Premium Elixir Box x3
- High-Quality Draught Box x3
- Supreme Old Moon Box x1
NPC, BACKGROUND, SOUND
Kukao and Garmoth's Nest
We decided to change the layout of the stairs leading to the altar at Garmoth's Nest. This will help adventurers who've recently defeated the Crimson Dragon easily hand in their quest to Kukao, the brave Otter busily toiling away to paint every fierce battle.- Wanting to paint the Crimson Dragon Garmoth from a closer distance, Kukao decided to make the brave (?) decision and relocated his painting easel.
- To help the brave adventurers turn in their quests after defeating Garmoth, the soldiers of Night Crow and Morning Fog Posts teamed up and changed the layout of the stone stairways at the altar in Garmoth's Nest.
- No longer will you need to maneuver around the ominous altar but find Kukao relocated to a more easily accessible spot.
| Stairway to the Altar & Kukao's new spot |
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Finding the Nearest Silver Buff NPC
Many adventurers who sought to purchase "Church buffs" would have to search for the name of specific NPCs in town each time. We implemented an entry to the "Find NPC" (magnifying glass icon) function so you can find the nearest Silver buff NPC with the press of a button.- Added a button to find the nearest Silver buff NPC via the Find NPC function.
- Click the magnifying glass icon located on the upper right portion of your screen labeled "Find NPC" where you will find the "Silver (Church) Buffs" button. Press it to navigate to the closest NPC offering Silver buffs.
- Click the magnifying glass icon located on the upper right portion of your screen labeled "Find NPC" where you will find the "Silver (Church) Buffs" button. Press it to navigate to the closest NPC offering Silver buffs.
UI
- Improved the layout of the guild invite window to now include a button to switch between multiple guild invites.
- Changed so you can now use the SPACE and ENTER hotkeys when confirming your selection for bundle items.
SYSTEM
- Removed the function and settings option of LED Animation Effect from General Settings - Misc.
- Fixed the issue where attempting to log into a random server from the server selection window would cause you to connect to a different region's server.
WEB
- Added single-lined reviews to the bottom of the Overview - Game Features page.
- Improved the game launcher to automatically reload banners and the social media section if failing to load them initially.
TRANSLATION
- Changed and unified the following terms in Indonesian:
- [Event] Life Clothes Coupon, [Event] Silver Embroidered Clothes Coupon → [Event] Silver Embroidered Life Clothes Exchange Coupon
- [Event] Puppy Balloon, [Event] Twippy Balloon → [Event] Twippy Balloon
- Saunil Steel Weapon → Senjata Besi Saunil
- Falres' Leather Boots → Boots Kulit Falres
- Corn Leaf Mat → Tikar Daun Jagung
- Mempelajari Skill Processing Lebih Tingggi → [Processing] Mempelajari Skill Processing Tingkat Tinggi
CHANGES & FIXES
- [Sorceress, Ranger] Fixed the issue where wearing the Fallen Garzar Armor wouldn't display the dark aura visual effect for the wings.
- [Corsair] Fixed the issue where the character's face was frowning when performing the exclusive action for the Selaine Armor.
- Fixed the issue where the search result item's name and the take out UI overlapped.
- Fixed the description of Item Collection Increase Scrolls to have a more natural linebreak.
- Fixed the description of Mark of Hadum received from Seed Vendor Urahr during the [Elvia] The Fate of Glish quest.
- Fixed the issue where the screen sometimes shook during the milking minigame from interacting with cows at the Duvencrune Farmland.
- Fixed the issue where Wild Herb spawned inside a boulder in a certain part of the Asula Highlands.
- Fixed the navigation for when you search for the nearest storage keeper in the Terrmian Beach area.
- Fixed the incorrect production node information shown on the World Map (M) for Lema Island.
- Fixed the unnatural navigation route in parts of Altinova and Atessahra.
- Fixed the issue where the character sometimes fell through the Junaid bridge when crossing over to Ulukita.
- Fixed the unnatural background of the following residences.
- Heidel 8-1, Rm. 3: entrance
- Calpheon East Gate 8, 1F: floor
- Velia 3-1: indoor entrance ceiling, outdoor roofing
- Fixed the issue where installment selection was sometimes canceled in certain situations during the Place Mode in residences.
- Fixed the unnatural background of a certain fountain in Calpheon City.
- [Woosa, Maegu] Fixed the issue where wearing the Marnist Outfit displayed portions of the outfit abnormally.
- Fixed the issue where you couldn't repair Fughar's Fishing Rod.
- Fixed the issue where untaggable characters appeared to be taggable in the Character Tag window.
- Fixed the issue where certain Solare Hall of Fame statues appeared abnormal in the Battle Arena.
- Fixed the issue where purchasing furniture from the Pearl Shop (F3) while your Inventory was open wouldn't refresh your Pearls displayed in your Inventory window.
- Fixed the Pearl Shop (F3) to no longer display the contents of a selectable bundle item while viewing the selections.
- Fixed the issue where using parenthesis while searching in the ESC Menu would prevent any search.
- Fixed the following issues for gamepad UI mode.
- Dream Horse Diné's "Protection of Okiara" skill displayed the wrong key guide.
- Transition between standard and trial characters via the Character Selection screen was abnormal.
- Selecting a carrot in your inventory would end up consuming it if your mount inventory was opened while mounted.
- The "Auto-move to Storage" function didn't work for storage in other towns after talking to a storage keeper NPC.
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