Greetings Adventurers, this is the Black Desert Console Service Team.

We're informing you of the latest update applied after the scheduled maintenance on Jan 10 (Wed).

Today's update brings a season update, removal of accessory combination materials, and more.
We hope these help you embark on better adventures in game, Adventurers!

Season Character Ticket

• Issued 1 Season Character Ticket to all adventurers.
  
  • Season servers are special servers designed with novice Adventurers in mind. Leveling is also faster compared to normal servers.
    
    • You'll find the Season Character Ticket counter displayed in the Character Selection window after logging in.
    • You can hold up to 5 Season Character Tickets at a time.

Season-exclusive Enhancement Materials Unified: Time-filled Black Stone

• Unified all 3 previous season enhancement material items into the "Time-filled Black Stone".

• Increased the drop rate of Time-filled Black Stone by 60% in each monster zone with the consolidation of items needed for Tuvala gear enhancement.

• Changed the Refined Magical Black Stone and Tuvala Ore, which could be obtained from Weekly/Region Quests, Season Pass, and box items to Time-filled Black Stone.
  
  • The items owned by each adventurer in the ongoing season have been converted as follows and delivered to the Heidel storage:
    
    • Refined Magical Black Stone x1 → Time-filled Black Stone x2
    • Tuvala Ore x1 → Time-filled Black Stone x2
    • For the ongoing evergreen Season, any season-related items you own will be deleted upon graduation. Therefore, the converted items can only be used during the season in which you are currently participating.

• Changed the exchange of gear/accessories and max durability recovery due to the removal of Tuvala Ore and Refined Magical Black Stone as follows:
  
  • Exchange for Tuvala gear with Time-filled Black Stone x2
  • Exchange for Tuvala accessories with Time-filled Black Stone x10
  • Recover 5 max durability for Tuvala gear with Time-filled Black Stone x1

• Changed the amount of items acquired from Heating Tuvala gear and accessories as below:

Tuvala Equipment Guaranteed Enhancements

• Changed enhancement of PRI (I), DUO (II), and TRI (III) Tuvala gear with Time-filled Black Stone to be guaranteed.
  
  • Amount of items and reduction in max durability for each enhancement level are as follows:

Guaranteed enhancement using Time-filled Black Stones on PRI (I), DUO (II), TRI (III) Tuvala gear has a 100% success rate, regardless of the enhancement chance stack you have (and will not consume said stack.)

• Changed so that enhancement level no longer drops when you enhance DUO (II), TRI (III), or TET (IV) Tuvala gear.
  
  • As such, Cron Stone use for TRI (III) and TET (IV) enhancement was removed.

Lv. 56 Challenge: Vell's Heart

As previously mentioned at the Calpheon Ball, all adventurers will be given Vell's heart.

Imbued with the power of the great ocean, Vell's Heart is one of the most powerful alchemy stones in Black Desert.

If at least one of your characters within the Family is Lv.56 on Black Desert Console, you can immediately obtain Vell's Heart via Challenge.
We would like to thank all console adventurers for their patience, and hope that you continue to make great memories together with the power of Vell's Heart.

• Added a Challenge where you can obtain Vell's Heart and Mystical Spirit Powder x300 when a character in your Family reaches Lv. 56.
  
  • This Challenge reward can be obtained once per Family.
  • Vell's Heart obtained through this Challenge cannot be registered on the Central Market.

Vell's Heart

AP: 3-3 - Effects All AP +8 All Accuracy +10 Ignore All Resistance +5% Attack Speed +5% Casting Speed +5%

• Added a new challenge available once per Family that supports your Family to grow, upon reaching Lv. 61 with your character.

• You can claim either 1 TET (IV) Blackstar weapon (main/awakening/sub-weapon) or 10 [Event] Dim Origin of Dark Hunger once you achieve the requirements above.

▼ 4 Choices (Choose 1) ▼
TET (IV) Blackstar Main Weapon Box	TET (IV) Blackstar Awakening Weapon Box	TET (IV) Blackstar Sub-weapon Box	[Event] Dim Origin of Dark Hunger x10
TET (IV) Blackstar Main Weapon Box	TET (IV) Blackstar Awakening Weapon Box	TET (IV) Blackstar Sub-weapon Box	[Event] Dim Origin of Dark Hunger x10 ※ For veteran adventurers who do not require TET Blackstar weapons.

• • Open the TET (IV) Blackstar Main/Awakening/Sub-weapon Box to obtain a weapon suitable for your class.
    
    • Shai cannot open the TET (IV) Blackstar Awakening Box.
  • TET (IV) Blackstar weapons obtained from the box cannot be registered on the Central Market.
  • Only normal characters can open the TET (IV) Blackstar weapon box and equip the claimed weapon.
  • TET (IV) Blackstar gear obtained through the above method bears the following traits:
    
    • Can be enhanced, but cannot be registered on the Central Market (even if you enhance it to PEN (V) enhancement level)
  • A method to exchange a TET (IV) Blackstar gear obtained through the above method for a Godr-Ayed weapon of equivalent value will be added later.

New Additions and Improvements

Berserker

In today's update, Succession Berserker has been improved to deal powerful damage when using the "Prime: Devastation" and "Ultimate: Frenzied Destroyer," which applies extra attack damage from "Frenzied Destroyer," in combo. And considering the long cooldown of "Prime: Fearsome Tyrant," its damage has been increased.

Main Weapon, Succession

• Changed the PvE damage of the following skills.

Skill Name	Before	After
Prime: Frenzied Destroyer (I to IV) - Extra attack	Extra attack damage 1572/1791/1976/2094% x4 Extra attack damage -51.5% in PvP only	Extra attack damage 1808/2060/2272/2408% x4 Extra attack damage -57.8% in PvP only
	※ Damage during cooldown remains the same as before.
Prime: Beastly Wind Slash (I to IV)	Attack damage 712/895/1144/1469% x6 Last attack damage 712/895/1144/1469% x5 Damage -77.8% in PvP only	Attack damage 854/1074/1373/1763% x6 Last attack damage 854/1074/1373/1763% x5 Damage -81.6% in PvP only
	※ Damage during cooldown remains the same as before.
Prime: Devastation	Attack damage 1563% x10 Damage -57.1% in PvP only	Attack damage 2345% x10 Damage -71.4% in PvP only
Prime: Fearsome Tyrant (I to III)	Attack damage 1561/1953/2539% x14 Last attack damage 1249/1562/2031% x6 Mounted attack damage 1249/1562/2031 x14 Damage -74.1% in PvP only	Attack damage 1561/1953/2539% x14 Last attack damage 1561/1953/2539% x6 Mounted attack damage 1561/1953/2539% x14 Damage -79.2% in PvP only

Witch

Awakening Witch has a combat style that involves using the high-damage, short-cooldown "Fissure Wave" during the cooldown periods of other skills and incorporating additional skills in between. To address Witch's perceived lack of attack damage, we have increased the damage of skills other than "Fissure Wave".

Awakening

• Changed the PvE damage of the following skills.

Skill Name	Before	After
Equilibrium Break (I to IV)	Attack damage 1105/1229/1354/1520% x9 Damage -57.1% in PvP only	Attack damage 1315/1463/1611/1809% x9 Damage -64% in PvP only
Detonative Flow (I to III)	Attack damage 840/903/1158% x5 Damage -26.3%/26.4%/38.6% in PvP only	Attack damage 1243/1336/1714% x5 Damage -58.5% in PvP only
Thunder Storm (I to III)	Attack damage 868/1148/1405% x8 Damage -57% in PvP only	Attack damage 1163/1538/1883% x8 Damage -67.9% in PvP only
Barrage of Lightning	Attack damage 1677% x10 Damage -50% in PvP only Backward attack damage 1677% x10 Damage -61.4% in PvP only	Attack damage 1929% x10 Damage -56.5% in PvP only Backward attack damage 1929% x10 Damage -66.4% in PvP only
Voltaic Pulse (I to IV)	Attack damage 954/1098/1242/1456% x7 Damage -33.5% in PvP only	Attack damage 1135/1307/1478/1733% x7 Damage -44.1% in PvP only
Lightning Blast	Attack 1 damage 1089% x5 Attack 2 damage 1089% x5 Damage -30% in PvP only	Attack 1 damage 1612% x5 Attack 2 damage 1612% x5 Damage -52.7% in PvP only
Yoke of Ordeal (I to III)	Attack 1 damage 866/1152/1403% x1, max 6 hits Attack 2 damage 866/1152/1403% x1, max 6 hits Damage -63.6% in PvP only	Attack 1 damage 1083/1440/1754% x1, max 6 hits Attack 2 damage 1083/1440/1754% x1, max 6 hits Damage -70.9% in PvP only

(Updated: 01/15/2024 05:58 UTC)

Archer

Archers have been using the ""Ensnare,"" which has low damage and a long casting time, to acquire the Critical Hit Rate Increase buff.
So we resolved this by moving the Critical Hit Rate Increase buff to the easy-to-use ""Gaping Darkness,"" making it easier to acquire the buff than before. Additionally, when Archer engaged in PvE, the majority of the damage came from the Crossbow skills ""Covering Fire,"" ""Earth Shatter,"" and ""Sunfall."" However, the damage of ""Arrow Explosion,"" ""Bolt of Radiance,"" and Greatbow skills has been increased so that you can deal considerable damage during combat.

Main Weapon, Ascension

 

Ensnare (I to III), Gaping Darkness

• Moved the Critical Hit Rate +30% (for 10 sec) effect of Ensnare to Absolute: Gaping Darkness.
  
  • Removed the Critical Hit Rate increase effect from Ensnare (I to III).
  • Added the Critical Hit Rate +20/22/24/26/30% (for 10 sec) effect to Gaping Darkness (I to Absolute).

Piercing Cry

• Fixed the issue where the skill was not comboed from Gaping Darkness.

• Changed the PvE damage of the following skills.

Skill Name	Before	After
Radiant Explosion IV	Attack damage 1888% x8 Damage -65.9% in PvP only	Attack damage 2152% x8 Damage -70.1% in PvP only
Full Bloom III	Melee attack damage 2213% x5, max 2 hits Damage -65.2% in PvP only	Melee attack damage 2434% x5, max 2 hits Damage -68.4% in PvP only
Marked Bloom	Attack damage 2440% x6 Damage -48.3% in PvP only	Attack damage 2684% x6 Damage -53% in PvP only
Spear of Sylvia (III to IV)	Attack damage 1415/2349% x6 Damage -52.6% in PvP only	Attack damage 1557/2584% x6 Damage -56.9% in PvP only
Uproot III	Area attack damage 1573% x4 1573% x3 Extra attack damage 1573% x4, max 1 hit Damage -46.5% in PvP only	Area attack damage 1730% x4 1730% x3 Extra attack damage 1730% x4, max 1 hit Damage -51.3% in PvP only
Righteous Smite	Attack damage 2548% x10 Damage -54.5% in PvP only	Attack damage 2803% x10 Damage -58.6% in PvP only
Luthraghon's Call (III to IV)	Attack damage 1518/2021% x5 while charging, max 3 hits Attack damage 1518/2021% x6 after charging, max 4 hits Damage -66.2% in PvP only	Attack damage 1655/2203% x5 while charging, max 3 hits Attack damage 1655/2203% x6 after charging, max 4 hits Damage -69% in PvP only
Glissade	Attack 1 damage 1238% x2 Attack 2 damage 1858% x2 Attack 3 damage 1858% x4 Damage -66.6% in PvP only	Attack 1 damage 1548% x2 Attack 2 damage 1858% x2 Attack 3 damage 1858% x4 Damage -68.1% in PvP only
Absolute: Bolt of Radiance	Attack damage 2233% x6 Damage -59% in PvP only	Attack damage 2456% x6 Damage -62.7% in PvP only
Absolute: Arrow Explosion	Attack damage 1883% x8 Damage -71.5% in PvP only	Attack damage 2071% x8 Damage -74.1% in PvP only

Guardian

We have improved Succession Guardian's main combo skills such as "Mountain Slam," "Avalanche Strike," and "Black Blood Circle," by increasing their damage. This allows for higher efficiency in various Monster Zones than before. Additionally, the damage of the "Claw Reveal," which served to fill the gaps between skills, has also been partially supplemented to ensure stable PvE when using various combos.

Succession

• Changed the PvE damage of the following skills.

Skill Name	Before	After
Prime: Mountain Slam (I to IV)	Attack damage 1060/1296/1764/2164% x9 Damage -67.9% in PvP only	Attack damage 1272/1555/2117/2597% x9 Damage -73.2% in PvP only
Prime: Avalanche Strike (I to III)	Attack damage 1487/1755/2008% x7 Damage -63% in PvP only	Attack damage 1859/2194/2510% x7 Damage -70.4% in PvP only
Prime: Black Blood Circle (I to IV)	Attack damage 867/1059/1439/1892% x10 Damage -63% in PvP only	Attack damage 1084/1324/1799/2365% x10 Damage -70.4% in PvP only
Prime: Claw Reveal	Attack damage 1216% x5 Damage -30% in PvP only	Attack damage 1459% x5 Damage -41.7% in PvP only

Maegu

Before the Skill Add-on Update, Succession Maegu, with its main skills with Tier 3 skill add-ons such as "Spirit Swirl" and "Bristling Sparks", could easily apply the Tier 3 add-on effect and engage in PvE.
However, now all classes have been improved to receive high add-on effects without much difference. And the overall PvE balance adjustments are active. As a result, the damage of Succession Maegu has become insufficient, so we have increase it with the "Spirit Swirl", "Bristling Sparks", "Heavenward Dance", and "Nukduri Dance".

Main Weapon, Succession

• Changed the PvE damage of the following skills.

Skill Name	Before	After
Prime: Spirit Swirl (I to III)	Attack 1 damage 866/1084/1207% x1, max 22 hits Attack 2 damage 866/1084/1207% x6 Damage -58.2% in PvP only	Attack 1 damage 953/1192/1328% x1, max 22 hits Attack 2 damage 953/1192/1328% x6 Damage -62% in PvP only
Prime: Bristling Sparks (I to IV) (Same damage for I and II in PvE)	Attack 1 damage 956/1115/1157/1285% x1 Attack 2 damage 956/1115/1157/1285% x1, max 14 hits Attack 3 damage 956/1115/1157/1285% x5 Damage -58.2% in PvP only	Attack 1 damage 956/1115/1273/1413% x1 Attack 2 damage 956/1115/1273/1413% x1, max 14 hits Attack 3 damage 956/1115/1273/1413% x5 Damage -62% in PvP only
Prime: Heavenward Dance	Attack 1 damage 1132% x1, max 10 hits Attack 2 damage 1132% x6 Damage -46.4% in PvP only	Attack 1 damage 1415% x1, max 10 hits Attack 2 damage 1415% x6 Damage -57.1% in PvP only
Prime: Nukduri Dance	Attack damage 1269% x10 Damage -41.1% in PvP only	Attack damage 1459% x10 Damage -48.8% in PvP only

Aakman Temple, Hystria Ruins - Ancient Ruins Entrance

• Somewhere in the Great Desert of Valencia, where the Black Desert and the Red Desert meet, a massive sandstorm swept across the desert once.
  • After it passed, a mysterious entrance revealed itself, leading to an unknown destination.
  • Sameh, the manager of the Ibellab Oasis who discovered this, is cautioning adventurers crossing the desert that it is clearly the entrance to an ancient civilization's ruins.
• Since the entrance of Hystria Ruins was discovered, one exit leading to its entrance has been removed.

Aakman Temple	Hystria Ruins

• Improved the icons of Metal Solvent, Manos Trainer's and Gatherer's Clothes.

Changed Icons
Metal Solvent	Manos Trainer's Clothes	Manos Gatherer's Clothes

Materials for Combined (Craftable) Accessories

• Removed certain materials used to craft accessories.

• Changed the drop rates of certain accessories due to the aforementioned change as follows.

• Added "Tungrad Earring" to the loot table for defeating monsters in Hystria Ruins.
  
  • Tungrad Earring's drop rate is 1.25 times Ancient Power - Black Shard's drop rate.

• Replaced Jewel of Illusion with Deboreka Earring in the Black Shrine Blitz Reward.
  
  • Added the Jewel of Illusion's probability to Deboreka's Earring's probability for Black Shrine Blitz Rewards which already contained Deboreka Earrings.
• Changed "Jewel of Illusion" to "Deboreka Earring" as the result for the following recipes.
  
  • Tear of Illusion x20, Embers of Hongik x400, Magical Shard x40, Yona's Fragment x100
• Changed "Ancient Seal - Red Shard" to "Tungrad Ring" obtained from opening Traces of the Ancient Seal.
• Changed the completion items for the quest "Normalized Currents" from "Ancient Seal - Red Shard" and "Ancient Seal - Black Shard" to "Tungrad Ring".

• Added Extra AP Against Monsters +7 to the Slumbering Origin Armor 3-set effect.

• Added the following item as an obtainable reward upon defeating "Skittish" Afuaru.
  
  • Time-filled Blackstone x3-5
• Increased the number of Time-filled Black Stones obtainable by threefold from defeating monsters in Rift's Echo.
• Changed nearby enemy detection range after the appearance of the Cursed Pirate Ship in the Sea of Silence, so that before re-entering the sea, detection range is doubled.
• Changed Golem's Left Arm in Olun's Valley to not have Back Attack applied. (Updated: 01/15/2024 05:58 UTC) 
• Decreased the max HP of Golem's Left Arm in Olun's Valley by 33%. (Updated: 01/15/2024 05:58 UTC)
• Changed the Agris Fever effect so that it no longer applies to the [Ruinous] Butcher of Gyfin Rhasia. (Updated: 01/15/2024 05:58 UTC) 

Improvements has been made so that sailing can be enjoyed comfortably with the combination of BreezySail and Power Accel. skills, which are useful when departing on a ship.

• Improved the usability of Big Ships so that the BreezySail and Power Accel. skills can be used in succession.
  
  • Changed the required stamina needed for Power Accel. skill from 65 to 10.
  • The types of Big Ship are detailed below.
    
    • BreezySail is a skill available from Sailing Skilled 1.

• Changed the location of [Black Market] Patrigio in some towns.
• Changed to allow the use of Greet to [Black Market] Patrigio in some towns.

• Improved the item confirmation text input UI that pops up when using Vipiko's Dreaming Horse.
• Improved the button's text at the bottom of the Mail UI.

• Improved the intermittent game termination in the World Map when using 4K option.

• [Lahn] Fixed the issue where the unique idle animation was not displayed for the Everwaltz Blossom Armor version that cannot be registered on the Central Market.
• [Dark Knight] Fixed the issue where the arm appearance was unnatural when wearing the Secrua Vediant and Sin Terrna Gloves while in awakening mode.
• [Sorceress, Dark Knight] Fixed the issue where the hair length changed when equipped with the Grandpa Cron's Helper Helmet.

• Removed a specific design aspect of the Agris costume.
• Fixed the issue where the wallpaper and floor installed in the following residence were not visible:
  
  • Wallpaper and floor on the 1st floor of Calpheon Merchant Lane 3-5, wallpaper on the 2nd floor of Calpheon Merchant Lane 3-5.

• Fixed the issue where the weather effects that first appeared on the World Map upon logging in-game didn't reflect the actual weather conditions around you.
• Changed the design of certain icons and banners.
• Changed the design of the following UI elements:
  
  • [Valkyrie] Absolute: Punishment skill icon
  • Junk collection counter icon
  • Other UI elements

• Fixed the issue where the character could not move when setting game options while riding on a large ship cannon or mast.
• Fixed the issue where Gulgak would appear in the air midbattle with Apex Changui during the Tale of the Apex Changui questline.
• Removed Instrument Vendor from Find NPCs in the World Map.
• Fixed the issue where the Black Shrine UI would appear as if you could claim a blitz reward.
• Fixed the issue where trade goods weren't greyed out from the local storage accessed with your maid.
• Fixed the issue where the message to confirm switching to Succession/Awakening would incorrectly display the same contents as before.
• Fixed the issue that when purchasing goods from the Trade Manager, character Inventory could not be switched to whilst mount Inventory was open.
• Improved so that when selecting an available coupon in the Pearl Shop purchase UI, you'll be automatically directed to the coupon list.
• Fixed the issue where the cooldown was sometimes not displayed in the skill command guide when using a skill with the weapon put away.
• Fixed the issue where transparent objects appeared around Junaid River.
• Fixed the issue with abnormal topography around Mediah Castle.
• Fixed the issue where some NPCs in the Battle Arena were located on abnormal terrain.
• [Shai] Fixed the issue where the you could fall into the water at a certain location at the Swamp Fogan Habitat.
• Fixed the issue where unachievable quests were displayed in the Quests UI.
• Fixed the issue where the obtainable locations in the item description of some Carrack upgrade materials are incorrect.