A new update makes its way to Black Desert, bringing the Hashashin class, changes to damage calculations and various other changes.


Behind a curtain of red colored ash to the North of Valencia, a sentry stands tall. His curved Sashmir in one hand, the dual bladed Haladie in the other. Aryeli’s Gate is locked in a perpetual war against chaos. The Hashashin stands as one of the few dedicated enough to fight back the hellish monsters that frequently try to escape the area into the civilizations that lie to the south. With the blessing’s of Aal, the ability to control sandstorms is at his command.

The Hashashin is a class that is designed to be played easily, with combo’s that flow almost seamlessly. Yet in the hands of a player that knows the class thoroughly, the Hashashin will prove to be an incredibly formidable foe on the battlefield. Find out more in the GM notes: HERE
 

The Rich Merchants Ring feels like nothing more than a rumor, a whisper on the Valencian breeze. Yet it’s existence is in fact real, and it is an item that is currently obtainable within Black Desert. With its incredible scarcity, we are rolling out a new way to obtain pieces of this item once new regions make their way to Black Desert Console.

What is the Rich Merchant’s Ring
The rich merchants ring is a ring that gives you Market Silver Collection +5% (essentially tax reduction). It is the rarest of all treasure items in Black Desert, with its acquisition methods still up for debate.

Using the Rich Merchant’s Ring will apply an effect permanently onto your family, which will be visible in the Central Market Window. Once used, the item will remain even though the buff does not require it to be worn.
 
To obtain the Rich Merchant’s Ring pieces you need to decipher the following clues:

First Piece
Search the fingers of a specter wandering the forest of death where even spirits dare not tread.

Second Piece
Search the soul of a boss gone berserk after being possessed by the Black Spirit.

Third Piece
Search the gracious bounty of the goddess of the Great Ocean, Oquilla.

Fourth Piece
Search the valley filled with cries in an inaccessible and arid land.

Final Piece
A spotted pattern, currently undecipherable.

Gather Corals of seas long embraced by the sun and heavens. Ready stones of fiery passion and azure truth until they shine resplendent. Then all that remains is the finishing touch, the heart of the ring: The resplendent gemstone of resurrection.

The first piece can be acquired after Ash Forest releases.
The fourth piece can be acquired after the O’dylita region launches.

To give adventurers a taste of what is to come, the Old Moon Trade Pass has been added to the game. Take a Shimmering Piece of the Old Moon to an Old Moon manager and you will receive an Old Moon Trade Pass. Using this item will consume it, and you can see the effect on your central market window. The Old Moon Trade Pass does come with limitations, but it has the same effect as the Rich Merchant’s Ring.

- Old Moon Trade Pass effect can only be applied to one item, this includes cases where the same item is sold in a stack.
- Withdrawing listed items will negate the effect and it will be consumed.
-The effect will be applied even if you use the Partial Collect function.

This latest update has added Russian as a language for adventurers to play the game in. If you have your system set in the Russian Language, Black Desert will now open and show menus, quests and more in the Russian language.

We are reducing the frequency of Shai main and off-hand weapon drops in Tshira Ruins, Blood Wolf Settlement and Sherekhan Necropolis. We will be reducing the frequency of Shai equipment drops by around 50%, while increasing the drop rates of Dragon Scale Fossils by around 25%.



Over in Pila Ku, the Chief Warden has had a bit of a change of heart, so the quest ‘Frenzy-infested Jail is now a little easier than before:

Before: Take down Sordid Deportee x100
After: Take down Sordid Deportee x20

In Balenos, Daphne DelLucci of DelLucci Farm requires your help. Balenos Forest is overrun with bears, wolves and all kinds of other critters continually attack the DelLucci farm. Although she does not want to trouble great adventurers with killing these pests, she wants Hunter Seals to give to the local hunters to do that work for her. She is therefore offering great rewards in exchange for the seals.

-‘Hunter’s Seal’ Item description has been changed to include that you can take them to Daphne DelLucci to exchange them for Hard and Sharp Black Crystal Shards.
 
Other Quest Changes
 ● Awakening quests will now appear in the Main Quest window of the Black Spirit quest window once a character reaches level 56. (This change will also apply to Shai Talent quests).
● You will now be able to accept the quest ‘[Special III] Confronting Ancient Puturum (1/w)’ from the Black Spirit. Accept the quest after completing part one of the Valencia main quests and gain the knowledge of the ‘Reanimated Ancient Puturum’. To complete this quest, just talk to the Black Spirit and you will get the Ancient Puturum Summon Scroll x1 as the reward.
- You can gain knowledge of the ‘Reanimated Ancient Puturum’ through the quest [Special III] Divine Power (1/w). Once you have the knowledge, you can no longer accept ‘[Special III] Divine Power (1/W)’, but can accept [Special III] Confronting Ancient Puturum (1/W) instead.
● You can now talk to Freharau at Port Epheria after completing the Calpheon main quest ‘Looking for Adventurers’ to get the knowledge ‘Monarch of Darkness, Belmorn.’
● Added a conversation option to obtain knowledge of the following NPCs if you failed to do so after your first encounter with them:
Elinke Visamin, Ramlo, Lebyos, Marsella, Atui Balacs, Merrel, Arteedman.

[Item Changes]
 To entice more people to craft and sell craftable costumes, we have increased the max price of certain craftable costumes. These price increases apply to all class costumes of that type (i.e Lahn Garnier Troupe Garb has increased, as has the Musa Garnier Troupe Garb.)

We have also fixed the following issues:
● Fixed an issue where the Sailor renewal contract was available through the amity store. This item is no longer purchasable at this time. 
● Changed the tool tip for the ‘Golden Seal [Imperial Training]’ so it now correctly states it requires 5 seals to exchange for the Fine Horse Trainer’s Clothes
 

[UI Changes]
● The ship information window exterior slot icon will now show an appropriate icon for each type of boat.
● Items in stock at Trade Managers will now update immediately when goods are placed in the shopping cart.
● Added commas to separate the numbers in the prices on the trade menu Quotation Board
● The UI of the Altar of Blood relic damage gauge has been changed.
● Moved the name of the Altar of Blood relic to the bottom of its circular gauge.
● Fixed an issue where the Guild Auction window could not be opened after the auction was over.

One of the biggest changes in this update is the class-based damage ratio each class would have against others. Since we are overhauling these numbers, we will be revealing the damage ratio to each class, and how they have changed in this update. 
 
 These damage ratio numbers affect the end damage done to a different class, and by closing the variance of the damage ratios, we are evening out the battlefield while keeping class identities intact. We will continue to work on balance, and this is a necessary step along the way.
 
 There will be some hefty balance changes to the PvP damage in skills, but with the changes in the class damage ratio, these numbers will not be as impactful as they are at first glance.
 
We have also looked at all classes Black Spirit Rage skills. In particular, the 100% and 200% Black Spirit rage skills have been adjusted, either toning down the damage or increasing it to match the intended ‘lethality’ of the skills.
 

 [All Classes]
We have made some improvements to the Crowd Control and Debuff effects.

● Improved an issue where debuffs and crowd control effects were intermittently not applying as intended.
● Improved an issue where certain debuffs and crowd control effects were not displaying correctly.
● Improved an issue where characters who were under the effect of certain crowd control skills would not be where they were intended to be.

 ● Increased the Warrior’s damage ratio by around 3.1%  

 ● Increased the PvP damage of the following skills by approximately 10% 
 

• ● Black Spirit: Absolute: Ground Smash’s PvP damage increased by approximately 68%.
  ● Black Spirit: Absolute: Ground Smash skill description changed in relation to the skill’s damage and number of hits as follows:
  - However, the total amount of damage applied in PvE remains the same as before. 
  
  

 [Ranger]  
 ● Increased the Ranger’s damage ratio by around 8.6% 

 
 ● Increased the PvP damage of the following skills by approximately 5% 

 ● Absolute: Charging Wind has had an issue fixed where  PvE only knockdown effect was applied in PvP after charging the skill 4-5 times.

[Sorceress]  
 ● Decreased the Sorceress’ damage ratio by around 11.3%  

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   ● Increased the PvP damage of the following skills by approximately 16%
   

•  ● Dead Hunt I~IV PvP damage increased by approximately 25% 
•  ● Increased the PvP damage of the following skills by approximately 26%:
   Cartian’s Nightmare I~IV, Flow: Cry of Darkness I~III, Violation I~III.
•  ● Night Crow has been improved to make Black Wave activate more naturally.
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 [Berserker]  
 ● Increased the PvP damage of the following skills by approximately 15%

 ● Decreased the Witch’s damage ratio by around 14.6%  

•  ● Increased the PvP damage of the following skills by approximately 15%

 ● Increased the PvP damage of the following skills by approximately 25% 

 ● Titan Blow I~IV PvP damage increased by around 15%
 ● Flame Buster I~III PvP damage increased by around 36% 
 ● Devastation I~IV PvP damage increased by around 37% 
 ● Rock Smash has been improved to make it easier to combo into other skills. 
 ● Black Spirit: Absolute: Fearsome Tyrant’s PvP damage Increased by approximately 35%.
 ● Reduced the following skill’s PvP damage by approximately 34%.
 - Black Spirit: Raging Thunder I-VI
 - Black Spirit: Absolute: Raging Thunder

 
 ● Decreased the Tamer’s damage ratio by around 12.5%  

•  ● Increased the PvP damage of the following skills by approximately 15%

•  ● Increased the PvP damage of the following skills by approximately 30% 

•  ● Black Spirit: Allround Spinner I-IV’s PvP damage decreased by approximately 21%

• ● Improved the visual effects of Blizzard and Ultimate: Blizzard.  
• ● Fixed the issue of Magical Evasion ending prematurely when used on different surface levels.
• ● Fixed the issue where the Skill Add-On effects for Thunder Storm were not activating on every hit. 
• ● Increased the Witch’s damage ratio by around 8.6%  

• ● Reduced the following skill’s PvP damage by approximately 32%
   - Black Spirit: Meteor Shower I-III
   - Black Spirit: Absolute: Meteor Shower
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• ● Improved the visual effects of the following skills:

• ● Fixed the issue of Magical Evasion ending prematurely when used on different surface levels. 
• ● Increased the Wizard’s damage ratio by around 8.6% 

• ● Reduced the following skill’s PvP damage by approximately 32%
   - Black Spirit: Meteor Shower I-III
   - Black Spirit: Absolute: Meteor Shower
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• ● Increased the Valkyrie’s damage ratio by around 1.9%

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• ● Increased the PvP damage of the following skills by around 7%

• ● Increased the PvP damage of the following skills by around 5%

• ● Reduced the Musa’s damage ratio by around 1%  

• ● Increased the PvP damage of the following skills by around 8%

• ● Black Spirit: Absolute: Rising Storm’s PvP damage increased by approximately 40%
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• ● Increased the Maehwa’s damage ratio by around 2.3%

• ● Flow: Cloud Stab PvP damage increased by around 5%
• ● Increased the PvP damage of the following skills by around 8% 

• ● Increased the PvP damage of the following skills by around 10% 

• ● Shadow Slash – Fixed an issue where Ghost Greeting would activate first after certain skills. 
• ● Ghost Greeting – Changed the skill’s description text to accurately describe its activation.
• ● Increased the Ninja’s damage ratio by around 4.7%  

• ●  Increased the PvP damage of the following skills by around 5%

• ● Awakening: Narusawa’s Sura Katana – changed the skill’s forward fuard effect when standing in place to only occur when the Kunai sub-weapon is equipped. 

• ● Shadow Slash – Fixed an issue where Ghost Greeting would activate first after certain skills. 
• ● Ghost Greeting – Changed the skill’s description text to accurately describe its activation.
• ● Increased the Kunoichi’s damage ratio by around 6.9%  

• ● Increased the PvP damage of the following skills by around 5%

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• ● Increased the PvP damage of the following skills by around 7%

• ● Ninja Evasion – Improved the skill to activate easier when used in awakening.
• ● Black Spirit: Absolute: Shadow Clone’s PvP damage increased by approximately 43%
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• ● Reduced the Striker’s damage ratio by around 1.7%  

• ● Increased the PvP damage of the following skills by around 10%

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• ● Increased the PvP damage of the following skills by around 8%  

• ● Fist Fury – Fixed the issue of Martial Spirit Shards not being consumed when Comboing into Absolute: Taebaek Kick after the skill’s 4^th hit.
• ● Flash Step – Improved the skill to combo better into Spiral Cannon and Ferocious Assault. 
• ● Flow: Bite Off – Improved to flow better into other skills. 
• ● Skull Crusher – Changed the cooldown of the skill as follows: 

• ● Flow: Skull Hammer – changed the skill’s cooldown to 11 seconds. 
• ● Black Spirit: Absolute: Rage Hammer’s PvE and PvP damage increased by approximately 42%. 

• ● Flow: Skull Hammer – changed the skill’s cooldown to 11 seconds. 
• ● Black Spirit: Absolute: Rage Hammer’s PvE and PvP damage increased by approximately 42%. 

• ● Increased the PvP damage of the following skills by around 15%

• ● Increased the PvP damage of the following skills by around 8%

• ● Sea Burial I~III has been fixed so that the skill now combos smoother into other skills.

• ● Increased the Dark Knight’s damage ratio by around 11%  

• ● Increased the Archer's damage ratio by around 1.2%  

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• Increased the Lahn’s damage ratio by around 5%  

• Absolute: Salp’uri Purge – increased PvP damage by around 5.4% 
• Increased the PvP damage of the following skills by around 8%

• Soul Raid – Skill activation speed has been increased.
• Deadly Dance – Changed the skill to combo smoother into Tailspin and Furor. 
• Tailspin – Changed the skill to combo better into Flow: Vice. 
   

• Due to the Shai being a primarily support type character, her damage to different classes remains unchanged. 

Other Changes

• Fixed an awkward camera angle that occurs when talking to the villa guard at Kunid’s Villa.
• Fixed an issue where the quest, ‘Hunt and Cook’ did not direct you to a good location to complete its objective.
• [Xbox] Fixed an issue where using the voice chat function would cause a sound to be made every time you started talking.
• Fixed an issue where in certain circumstances, the Imperial Delivery window would not show the players list of available items to be traded.
• Fixed an issue where certain web-based windows would not work correctly.
• Fixed an issue where in certain situations, it was possible to have mount skill descriptions open after those menus had been closed.
• Fixed an issue where emergency supply figures on boats with equipment giving more food supplies would display incorrectly.
• Fixed certain issues with language data such as typos.
• Fixed an issue with certain terrain elements showing incorrectly.