Greetings, Adventurers.

Below you will find the Black Desert Global Lab patch notes for Aug. 16th. 2018.

With today's update, new changes are added including Remastered Audio, Improved UI, Increased Level cap of Combat EXP, and more.

Please read on for more details.

[New Updates]

[Berserker]

● Devastation, Titan Blow, Flow: Slugfest are now Black Spirit’s Rage skills.

[Ranger]

● Waltz of Wind, Elven Rage, Regeneration are now Black Spirit’s Rage skills.

#  Increasing the number of Black Spirit’s Rage skills

- You can use these skills differently depending on situations by consuming 10%, 25%, 50% of Black Spirit’s Rage.

- You can use them by pressing "F" ,"LB" , "RB" in addition to their regular skill commands. This should allow you to use even more dynamic controls.

[Sorceress]

● Violation, Turn-back Slash, Grim Reaper's Judgment are now Black Spirit’s Rage skills.

[Quests, Knowledge]

● New story and quests are now available at Old Wisdom Tree in Kamasylvia Territory

* After completing the main quests in Kamasylvia, go to Lumen the storage keeper in Old Wisdom Tree to accept the quest.

* The following quests can be completed once per character.

- Curious Lumen

- A Letter That’s Sealed A Bit

- A Careful Encounter

- Curiosity Turning into Suspicion

- Her Secretive Work

- One More Time

- Acher Secret Inspector

- The Broken Promise

- The Letter with The Secret

- Badly Covered-up Mistake

- Wind Blowing from the South

※ The contents of the quests will differ depending on the Black Spirit’s recommended quests you accept after you’ve accepted the ‘A Letter That’s Sealed A Bit’ quest.

● The ‘Rulupee’s Adventure’ quests that brings you across Balenos, Serendia, and Calpheon have been added.

* You can accept the quests from Rulupee in Golden Toad Inn at Heidel with a character that is level 30 or higher.

* You can accepted the quests for the next region the day after you’ve completed the quests in one region.

- Leaving on Another Journey I

- The Most Tranquil Town: Olvia

- From the Roof of the World: Olvia Mountains

- The Wall that Connects to the Other World: Olvia Coast

- The Place Where Adventures Begin: Western Guard Camp

- An Old Couple’s Place of Rest: Toscani Farm

- Where Nightmares are From: Bartali Farm

- Back to the Golden Toad Inn I

- Leaving on Another Journey II

- A Merry Inn for Adventurers: Valley Lily Inn

- The Golden Field: Moretti Farm

- The Farm Where Peace Grows: Costa

- Foggy Town: Glish

- The Line Drawn by The Red Threat: Southwestern Gateway

- The Tough Leader: Muskan in Bloody Monastery

- Back to the Golden Toad Inn II

- Leaving on Another Journey III

- The Town of Mysterious Herbs: Florin

- The Center of Maritime Trade: Port Epheria

- The Living, Breathing Tree: Trent

- The Node of the Legendary Hunter: Behr

- The Cost of Greed: Kaplan

- Where Unconditional Love is Found: Northern Wheat Plantation

- Battlefield: Anti-Troll Fortification

- The Gathering of the Brave: The Army in front of Parliament

- Returning to Our Routine: The End

● Knowledge you can learn from completing the ‘Rulupee’s Adventure’ quest have been added.

* You will not gain additional Energy.

- Records of the Journey - Balenos

- Records of the Journey - Serendia

- Records of the Journey - Calpheon

[Fixes and Changes]

[Characters]

● Combat EXP obtainable in the field for defeating monsters in the following Level cap has been increased:

Lv. 56 ~ Lv.61: Increased by x1.2

Above Lv.61: Increased by x2

● Damage of basic attacks of all Characters has been increased.

[Berserker]

● Fixed the graphical issue where the neck part looked awkward when wearing Splat Fisher Costume when beard was removed.

[Ranger]

● A description on key command and skill damage has been added to the skill description of Evasive Explosion Shot.

[Witch, Wizard]

● The following skills have their damage buffed.

[Contents]

● Combat EXP obtainable in the following contents been increased:

• Marni's Stone


• Savage Rift


• Quests related with obtaining Combat EXP


• Book of Training


• Red Battlefield


• Team Battle

[Item Changes]

● The following items’ grades have been changed to match the equipment grade they enhance.

 -Stabilized Magic Black Stone

 -Cleansed Magic Black Stone

 -Flawless Magic Black Stone

● The Sniper Rifle’s shooting distance has been nearly doubled.

[Monsters]

● The drop rate of the following items have been increased nearly 4 times from the World Bosses Nouver, Ancient Kutum, Mirumok Destroyer Offin. You can now obtain up to 2 of each of these items.

 - Stabilized Magic Black Stone

 - Cleansed Magic Black Stone

 - Flawless Magic Black Stone

● The following junk items’ weight found in Sycraia Underwater Ruins have been decreased from 0.3LT to 0.1LT.

 - Ancient Weapon Power Stone Under the Ocean

 - Ancient Ruins Fragment with Moss

 - Damaged Ancient Weapon Power Stone

● The abnormal movement that Sycrak, the one summoned by Sycreeth, did when its target got far away was fixed.

● Sycraia Regeneration Tower will heal monsters in the area only when Adventurers are nearby.

[Quests, Knowledge]

● The issue you couldn’t accept the 'Desire for Power' quest after the Dark Knight discards the Basteer Kriegsmesser has been fixed.

● The way to learn the knowledge 'Mark of a Secret Organization' has been added. After learning about the monsters listed below, talk to Marzana and a button to learn this knowledge will be displayed.

- Aakman Flamen

- Aakman Airbender

- Aakman Punisher

- Aakman Watcher

● The way to learn the knowledge 'Bluish Sulfur' has been added. After learning about the monsters listed below, talk to Marzana and a button to learn this knowledge will be displayed.

- Lava Tukar

- Lava Searcher

- Lava Faolun

- Lava Taolun

● The way to learn the knowledge 'Lost Piece of a Forbidden Book' has been added. After learning about the monsters listed below, talk to Marzana and a button to learn this knowledge will be displayed.

- Sordid Deportee

- Frenzied Executioner

- Executioner

- Iron Fist Warder

[UI]

● The UI in the bottom right corner of the screen have been upgraded to the following:

- Hunting

- Gather

- Node Summon

- Party Summon

- Return of an Archaeologist

- DC Coupon

- Skills to Learn

- New Critical Knowledge

- New General Knowledge

- Mail

- Challenge

- PC Cafe Challenge

- New Friend Requests

- Black Spirit

- Weight Limit Exceeded

- Durability Warning - Character

- Durability Warning - Horse, Wagon, Ship

- Better Equipment Alert

● The Minimap has been improved.

● The Quick Slot UI has been improved.

● The Character Selection screen UI has been improved.

● The Game Start screen and Server Select screen has been improved.

● The UI icons in the top left corner of the in-game screen have been improved.

● The Character's information visible in the top left corner of the in-game screen has been improved.

- Character HP, Black Spirit, Class-specific Resources information have been combined together as Character Information.

● The HP bar that displays when you have no Knowledge of the monster or boss monster your fighting against has been changed.

● Certain buttons icons in the Guild Wharf have been changed to an image of a ship.

● The hotkey (R) can no longer be used for exchanging items while talking to an NPC.

[Others]

● The time when the next Guild Bonus is available is no longer displayed.

● Default setting was removed for Settings > Audio Setting > Sound > Combat Music.

[Environment, NPC, Effects, Cutscenes]

● Hunting and movement in Sycraia Underwater Ruins has been improved to feel more natural.

● If you have the ‘[Event] Serbianca's Voucher’ item, then the exchange button will now display when you talk to the NPC Serbianca.

●  Fixed the issue where bright colored hair looked dark in dark places when using the Remastered Mode setting.

● Fixed the issue where sweat on a character looked unnatural when using Remastered Mode.

● Fixed the issue where the clouds looked unnatural while the screen moved when using Remastered Mode.

● Fixed the issue where the object looks abnormally rough when shadows were cast under lighting in the Highest (Remastered Mode).

● Fixed the issue where clouds move fast in certain areas when graphics quality was set as Highest or higher.

● Remastered Audio has been added.

All new remastered NPC voice [KR version] that has been completely reworked as a whole will be unveiled for the very first time, in Black Desert Global Lab.

Check out the some 130 NPCs’ voice including Edan, Orwen, Jordine, and more and enjoy the tasteful voice acting!

● Sound effect of ‘Mudster’ the boss monster has been newly improved.

● Sound effect of ‘Belmorn’ the boss monster has been newly improved.

[Resolved Issues]

● Changes have been made so that key command can only be applied maximum 60 times a second.

- The change has been made to fix the issue where frame per second (hereafter FPS) would affect skill combo mechanism, which lead to a situation where abnormally fast key commands were available with certain PC environment.

- Please note that some skill combos that were used with certain PC environment can be unavailable with this change. We intend to make further improvements so that all skill combos can be used regardless of PC environment.

- We are going to have this change thoroughly tested in Global Lab (Test Server) before actually implementing to the live service.

※ The issue where FPS affects some of the minigames, such as milking cows, will be fixed after fixing the skill combo issues.

● Fixed the issue where Bound effect would be applied on the opponent who is grappled when using Grapple skills.

● Fixed the issue where Awakening Weapon effect would show, while not carrying Awakening Weapon, when loading repeatedly at the same location.

● [Warrior] Fixed the issue where white light effect would follow Character after using Flow: Slashing the Dead skill.

● [Berserker] Fixed the issue where certain striking sound was different from others when using the skill Feral Rage.

● [Wizard] Fixed the issue where your character would be paused upon using the skill Commune: Calling.

● Fixed the issue where you could not obtain items from Sycreeth intermittently.

● The reward items that you can choose from completing ‘Craving Knowledge’ quest have been changed to Lump of Raw Sugar and Capturing Rope.

● Fixed the issue where certain monsters would not attack back when battling with NPCs.

● Fixed the issue where you could not learn Knowledge from Wacky Toshi in Weita Island and Illiya Island area.

● Changes have been made so that Sniping mode will be off when attacked by Grapple skills during Sniper mode where you are equipped with Sniper Rifle.

● Fixed the issue where Guild Mount was invisible when formed an Alliance.

● Fixed the issue where Guild Mount was not repairable when formed an Alliance.

● Fixed the issue where you could not pass the dough as you perform the ‘Lara’s Great Discovery and Bread’ quest.'

● Fixed the issue where you could not obtain ‘Mind-cleared Rinta’ Knowledge after completing ‘Fidgeting Rinta’ quest.'

- The above Knowledge can be learned when completing ‘Mind-cleared Rinta’ quest.

● Fixed the wrong information of the item description of Gazelle Meat.