[Update] 05/27 Patch Notes Part 1

Updates [Update] 05/27 Patch Notes Part 1

Black Desert 2020-05-27 11:30

Adventurers,

This update brings a whole host of changes to the PvE aspects of many classes in Black Desert. The update also brings an NPC search function, an optimization update for Node Wars and more! Check out the details below.

Finding specific NPC’s has been a difficulty for some time. We have added an ‘NPC finder’ option that allows you to find specific NPC’s across the map. This could be NPC’s such as ‘Wacky Toshi’ who appears in multiple locations but can sometimes be difficult to track down. To access this function, you will need to add the ‘NPC Finder’ menu to a ring menu slot, and then select it. Once opened, you can select either a generic NPC (i.e Stable Keeper) or scroll down to the search function and type in the name of an NPC. This addition should make it easier to find NPC’s when you need to.

The number of deliveries possible in one day with Imperial Delivery has been changed from 33% of your total contribution points to 50%. This will allow those who engage with the Imperial Delivery systems to fill more orders per day than previously.

As part of our continued efforts to improve performance, we have made a few changes that should alleviate some of the issues that occur when a large number of players are condensed into one place. This change is intended to help modes which have large groups of numbers, and we will be monitoring how these changes perform incredibly carefully.

We have also added another option that will allow adventurers to change characters to the basic appearance of that class in certain situations. To activate this option, you will need to go to settings>Performance and turn the option on. Note, this feature will work differently depending on the device's performance and the current situation.

The target completion of certain quests has been moved from Schultz Guard to Sausan Garrison. This change is intended to make it slightly easier for weaker characters to be able to progress through quests. We have also modified multiple entries in the simple cooking menu so that incorrect entries are no longer visible.

We have also added new Guild Quests for guilds to enjoy. The following quests have been added:

Quest Name	Size	Objective	Rewards
[Gathering] Guild Supply Mission	Small	Gather Wild Grass x1600	Guild Skill EXP(10,000) Silver(4,000,000)
	Medium	Gather Wild Grass x3200	Guild Skill EXP(15,000) Silver(7,000,000)
	Large	Gather Wild Grass x3600 Gather Silver Azalea x240 Gather Sunrise Herbs x240	Guild Skill EXP(25,000) Silver(12,000,000)
	Extra Large	Gather Wild Grass x5600 Gather Silver Azalea x420 Gather Sunrise Herbs x420	Guild Skill EXP(35,000) Silver(15,000,000)
[Subjugation] Protect the Villagers	Small	Defeat Forest Ronaros in Tooth Fairy Forest x1000	Guild Skill EXP(30,000) Silver (8,750,000) Essence of Fury x1
	Medium	Defeat Forest Ronaros in Tooth Fairy Forest x2000	Guild Skill EXP(40,000) Silver(12,750,000) Essence of Fury x1
	Large	Defeat Forest Ronaros in Tooth Fairy Forest x3000	Guild Skill EXP(75,000) Silver(16,750,000) Essence of Fury x1
	Extra Large	Defeat Forest Ronaros in Tooth Fairy Forest x4000	Guild Skill EXP(120,000) Silver(20,000,000) Essence of Fury x1
	Small	Defeat the Ancient civilization Followers in Aakman Temple x1000	Guild Skill EXP(40,000) Silver(10,500,000) Essence of Fury x1
	Medium	Defeat the Ancient civilization Followers in Aakman Temple x1500	Guild Skill EXP(60,000) Silver(15,300,000) Essence of Fury x1
	Large	Defeat the Ancient civilization Followers in Aakman Temple x2200	Guild Skill EXP(90,000) Silver(20,100,000) Essence of Fury x1
	Extra Large	Defeat the Ancient civilization Followers in Aakman Temple x3000	Guild Skill EXP(140,000) Silver(24,000,000) Essence of Fury x1
	Small	Defeat the Ancient Weapons in Hystria Ruins x700	Guild Skill EXP(40,000) Silver(10,500,000) Essence of Fury x1
	Medium	Defeat the Ancient Weapons in Hystria Ruins x1050	Guild Skill EXP(60,000) Silver(15,300,000) Essence of Fury x1
	Large	Defeat the Ancient Weapons in Hystria Ruins x1540	Guild Skill EXP(90,000) Silver(20,100,000) Essence of Fury x1
	Extra Large	Defeat the Ancient Weapons in Hystria Ruins x2100	Guild Skill EXP(140,000) Silver(24,000,000) Essence of Fury x1

Although not all of these are UI, they do relate to the User Experience (UX) and have been listed under this category.

Certain settings have been changed so that they will now upload onto the servers instead of saving solely to the local device storage. This should help correct the issue where only the last characters settings were saved when connecting from multiple devices. After the update, the settings should remain the same for all characters regardless of if you access on multiple devices.

We have also added an option to turn off notifications when items are picked up. This option will remove the notifications that show which items have been picked up by your pets. Although the notifications will not show, you can still see what was picked up in the system message tab, and items will continue to be added to your inventory. To activate this option, you will need to go to Settings>General Settings>Alert.

Other UI Changes
● Fixed an issue where the time remaining to switch back to a character after transporting it was not displayed correctly.
● Fixed an issue where Alchemy Stone settings were reset upon reconnecting to the game.
● Fixed an issue where interacting with the skill Instructor while on a mount other than horses/ donkeys would cause the UI to disappear.
● Fixed an issue where the Dim Magical re-acquisition quests weren’t able to be obtained by Witches.
● Improved the NPC conversation topics by abbreviating/shortening the dialogue options if they are too long.
● Fixed the issue where the Inventory and Storage balance from NPC Repair menu > Equipment window overlapped with the relevant category's description text.

● The usage effect and descriptions of the following items have been added:

Item Name	Item Effect
Stun Trap, [Guild] Stun Trap	Inflict your enemies with Stun for 10 secs.
Flame Trap, [Guild] Flame Trap	Inflict your enemies with Explosive Damage and De-mount/Knockdown
Venom Trap, [Guild] Venom Trap	Inflict your enemies with Poison Damage -100 per 2 sec. for 20 sec.
Ankle Trap, [Guild] Ankle Trap	Inflict your enemies with Movement Speed -40% for 10 sec.

● The positioning of items in Tranan Underfoe’s (Velia Blacksmith) Inventory has been modified so that Reblath gear is at the top.

This update brings a large amount of balance changes that affect most of the classes. These changes are mostly focussed primarily on improving PvE for many of the classes. Check out how your class will be changed below.

● Apprehend: Added preceding skills to the skill description.

● Heavy Strike III: Added preceding skills to the skill description of the skill.

● Regeneration: PvE damage has been changed as follows

Skill Name	Before	After
Regeneration	Hit Damage 1087% x7	Hit Damage 1250% x7

● Flow: Tempest cooldown has been reduced from 18 to 15 seconds.

● Flow: Tempest – Added a Down Attack effect to the skill.

● Turn-Back Slash: PvE Damage of the first hit has been increased

- The amount of damage dealt when the skill is on cooldown remains unchanged.

● Violation: PvE damage of Violation has been changed as follows

Skill Name	Before	After
Violation I	Spin Hit Damage 696% x8 Chop Hit Damage 800% x4	Spin Hit Damage 745% x8 Chop HIt Damage 856% x4
Violation II	Spin Hit Damage 792% x8 Chop Hit Damage 910% x4	Spin Hit Damage 847% x8 Chop Hit Damage 973% x4
Violation III	Spin Hit Damage 887% x8 Chop Hit Damage 1020% x4	Spin Hit Damage 949% x8 Chop Hit Damage 1091% x4

● Grim Reaper’s Judgment: HP Recovery per hit has been added if the skill uses Shards of Darkness to activate the Grim Reaper Extra Charged hit damage.

● Ground Lifting: A critical hit buff has been added in PvE.

● Ground Lifting: PvE damage has been changed as follows

Skill Name	Before	After
Ground Lifting I	Hit Damage 823% x2 Extra Hit Damage 1175% x3	Hit Damage 1175% x2 Extra Hit Damage 1175% x3
Ground Lifting II	Hit Damage 949% x2 Extra Hit Damage 1355% x3	Hit Damage 1355% x2 Extra Hit Damage 1355% x3
Ground Lifting III	Hit Damage 1093% x2 Extra Hit Damage 1562% x3	Hit Damage 1562% x2 Extra Hit Damage 1562% x3

● Flow: Slugfest: The skills Critical Hit Rate has been increased to 50% for PvE only.

● Flow: Slugfest: Removed the “Stiffness applied to surrounding if final fit doesn’t activate (PvE only)” effect from the skill description.

● Flow: Slugfest: The last hit of the skill will now activate automatically.

● Flow: Slugfest: PvE damage has been changed as follows

Skill Name

Before

After

Flow: Slugfest

Hit Damage 693% x10

Last Hit Damage 832% x3

Hit Damage 1210% x10

Last Hit Damage 1563% x3

●Devastation: Critical Hit rate of the skill has been changed for PvE only

Skill Name	Before	After
Devastation I	10%	20%
Devastation II	13%	30%
Devastation III	16%	40%
Devastation IV	20%	100%

● Flow: Earth Dividing: Text has been changed to easier describe the effects of the skill.

● Bolt wave: Attack range has been increased.

● Jolt Wave: Attack range has been increased.

● Absolute Whiplash: PvE damage has been changed as follows

Skill Name	Before	After
Absolute: Whiplash	Hit Damage 975% x3, Max 6 Hits	Hit Damage 1023% x3, Max 6 Hits

● Leaves Dropping: Increased movement range when using the skill to the left and right.

● Flow: Gust: Increased movement range when using the skill to the left and right.

● Beast Rampage: The following changes have been made to the skill.

- The attack range of the first to third hits of Beast Rampage will now include all surrounding enemies.

- Increase the number of hits by 2, and hit indication will now match the skill actions.

- The Critical Hit Rate of all levels of Beast Rampage is now 50%

- Beast Rampage PvE damage has been changed as follows

Skill Name

Before

After

Beast Rampage I

Hit Damage 391% x7

Additional Hit Damage 633% x3

Hit Damage 696% x3, Max 3 hits

Additional Hit Damage 696% x3

Beast Rampage II

Hit Damage 424% x7

Additional Hit Damage 783% x3

Hit Damage 861% x3, Max 3 hits

Additional Hit Damage 861% x3

Beast Rampage III

Hit Damage 451% x7

Additional Hit Damage 933% x3

Hit Damage 1026% x3, Max 3 hits

Additional Hit Damage 1026% x3

Beast Rampage IV

Hit Damage 488% x7

Additional Hit Damage 1084% x3

Hit Damage 1192% x3, Max 3 hits

Additional Hit Damage 1192% x3

※ Damage dealt while the skill is on cooldown does not increase.

● Garuda: PvE Damage has changed as follows

Skill Name	Before	After
Garuda I	Hit Damage 872% x2 Extra Hit Damage 581% x2	Hit Damage 959% x2 Extra Hit Damage 639% x2
Garuda II	Hit Damage 1071% x2 Extra Hit Damage 714% x2	Hit Damage 1178% x2 Extra Hit Damage 785% x2
Garuda III	Hit Damage 1271% x2 Extra Hit Damage 847% x2	Hit Damage 1397% x2 Extra Hit Damage 931% x2

● Allround Spinner: PvE Damage has changed as follows

Skill Name

Before

After

Allround Spinner I

Hit Damage 484% x7

Extra Hit Damage 484% x4

Hit Damage 726% x7

Extra Hit Damage 726% x4

Allround Spinner II

Hit Damage 537% x7

Extra Hit Damage 537% x4

Hit Damage 805% x7

Extra Hit Damage 805% x4

Allround Spinner III

Hit Damage 602% x7

Extra Hit Damage 602% x4

Hit Damage 903% x7

Extra Hit Damage 903% x4

Allround Spinner IV

Hit Damage 723% x7

Extra Hit Damage 723% x4

Hit Damage 1084% x7

Extra Hit Damage 1084% x4

● Legendary Beast Dance: PvE Damage has changed as follows

Skill Name

Before

After

Legendary Beast Dance I