Global Lab Changes this week!

Character Swap/Tag Changes

• New features have been added to the character tag system. Characters A and B can be connected through ‘Marni’s Suspicious Device’ and now share equipment with each other.
  
  • If you complete the Black Spirit’s recommended questline with a character at level 56 or higher, you can unlock the ‘Item Transfer’ function that allows you to transfer the equipment of character A to character B through Marni’s suspicious device.
    
  • ‘Marni’s Unstable Fuel’ is required for item transfer, and can be purchased with silver at the NPC store.
  • The amount of Marni’s unstable fuel needed is determined by calculating approximately 3% of the total central market price of the three weapons + the Caphras enhancement level.
    
  • The “Item Transfer” basically creates a copy of your current gear (including accessories, weapons and armor) on your tagged character. Items transferred to character B can be equipped, but some functions such as central market registration and placing the items in storage are not available.
  • If you disconnect the characters, the copied transferred items also disappear. If you connect character A with another character again, you will need to use the item transfer again, and Marni’s unstable fuel is consumed.
  • Seasonal characters and Shai’s ‘Sol’ items can not use item transfer.
    
  • For easier testing, Black Desert Global Lab can use the item transfer function using 2 billion silver instead of using Marni’s unstable fuel. In addition, the number of fuel required is subject to change based on feedback.
    

Item transfer function has been added to character tagging that allows you to share equipment. Now you can connect your favourite character and the next favorite character for more variety and enjoyable play.
Black Desert is a game with 20 different classes, each with a distinctive and attractive skills, appearance, and narrative. However, we are always regretting that in Black Desert you are limited to  playing just one character seriously, and we have been looking for ways to improve that. One of the methods was to add ‘weapon exchange coupons’, which are not readily available now and are still in demand. This time, ‘Marni’s Suspicious Device’ is the content that we hope will improve that.
‘Marni’s Suspicious Device’ is content created with the desire to bring fresh stimulus to your adventure through the opportunity to play new characters more easily. Therefore, in the future, the balance and fun elements of each character will also be steadily improved and will not be neglected. In addition, some restrictions are under consideration, such as not being able to use this feature in node wars or siege wars to prevent overuse of this feature for ‘efficient play’. Marni’s suspicious device will not be introduced to the official server right away, and we’ll continue to refine it and get your feedback through Black Desert Lab until it is brought to live servers

New Ship Crystals

• An item ‘Sea Stone’ has been added that can be equipped on large ships
  

• The higher the grade of “Sea Stone”, the better stats are applied to the ship.
  • You can obtain miscellaneous items that can be sold for various gemstones and crow coins by defeating Rekrashan sea monsters
  • When using the gemstone item, you can obtain 1 type of Sea Stone of the same grade

• Equipping a Ship Crystal will increase one of the 8 types of ship stats
  
  • Movement Speed
  • Acceleration
  • Turning
  • Brake
  • Maximum Weight
  • Maximum Durability
  • Increased damage to sea monsters
  • Increased damage to other ships
• You can obtain higher grade gemstones using simple alchemy

• Livinia, Lavinia’s cousin, has arrived at Port Ratt across the ocean. You can purchase a variety of ocean-related items through Livinia.
  • If you take the certificate of exchange for the top of the crow to Livinia, it can be exchanged for a Verdant Black Stone.
• You can purchase Oquilla Green, Aqua, Golden Freshwater, and Void Liberation Stone through Livinia’s Crow Coin Shop at Port Ratt.

Tier 10 Arduanatt Changes

• The ‘dream’ system, which is a method of acquiring dream arduanat, has been improved
  • To attempt a dream, you first need one male and one female arduanatt. Then use ‘Kturan’s fruit’ to attempt the dream process.
    
  • ‘Kturan’s Fruit’ can be acquired through rewards for horse imperial delivery, horse racing, daily quest rewards, etc., and cannot be bought from the Central Market.
  • Two arduanatts that have succeeded in dreaming are reborn and exchanged for one dream arduanatt. The horse is born with all the skills born in Arduanatt and those born in dreams. Birth skills do not disappear when you reset growth.
    
  • Two Arduanatts who have failed in their dreams can be recovered at any time. Also, you can retry your dreams by using ‘Kturan’s Fruit’ again at any time.

In addition to the dream-born skills, we wanted to make Arduanatt learn more cool exclusive skills (including normal and dream-only), or some dream-like Arduanatts that have been reborn with awesome new appearances. We are constntly looking for a variety of ways to meet players expectations. In particular, we are looking for a direciton that can become a new or small goal for those who enjoy the training life skill as their main content. The options of our “Trainer” players are very important and we will continue to receive relevant feedback and ideas to improve the process as much as possible until the update is brought to official servers.

Red Battlefield Changes

• The location of the entrance to the Black Desert/Red Desert Army on the base map of the Red Battlefield has been changed so that you can enjoy the battle on the Red Battlefield under the same conditions
  

• The new area of ​​the Red Battlefield ‘Garmoth’s Nest’ has been changed as follows.
  • On Garmoth’s Nest battlefield, Garmoth randomly attacks adventurers, using fire attacks whilst flying and fire-breathing attacks.
  • The ‘Garmoth Statue of Disaster’ in the middle of the battlefield has been removed.
  • 5 minutes after starting, the size of the pots located throughout the battlefield has been changed to increase, and the effect has been improved to make it more visible.
  • The jump power increase buff that could interfere with the battle when acquired has been removed.
  • Red battlefield NPCs and pots for obtaining buffs have been added to three places that can be resurrected for each team in Garmoth’s Nest battlefield.

Sea Monster Changes

• The Old Moon Rescue Corps have reported that the Goldmont Pirates are expanding their forces to the seas of Vadabin near the Port of Ratt and attacking the trade ships in and out of Port Ratt. The Port of Ratt Marine Guard is recruiting skilled navigators to clear the Goldmont Pirates.
  
  • When you defeat the <Outlaws in the Sea>  Goldmont Pirates, there is a chance that the Goldmont Pirates will issue a warning. When the alert falls, a Goldmont battle commander appears nearby. The Goldmont battle command ship receives support from nearby pirate ships depending on the battle situation.
    
  • If you defeat the <Outlaws in the Sea> Goldmont Pirates, there is a chance to obtain Epheria Caravel/Galleass equipment crafting items and Epheria Carrack enhancement items as loot
    
  • When you defeat the <Outlaws in the Sea> Goldmont Pirates, you can get more sailor experience points than the existing Goldmont Pirates.

• When you defeat Rekrashan, <Black Wave Pursuer> Black Rust, and <Black Wave Pursuer> Nineshark have a chance of appearing. You can obtain various items that can be sold as sea stones and crow coins.
  

Other Changes

Content

• Racehorse Horse racing has been changed as follows. (Deleted from Official Patch Notes)
  
  • The distance and speed that are pushed when using drift has been changed to increase in proportion to the distance when driving.
  • The instantaneous acceleration speed used after drifting has been changed to be proportional to the speed of the previous driving.
  • The acceleration at low speed has been increased, and the acceleration at high speed has been reduced.
• Shakatu, the head of Shakatu, hired <Exchange Director> Langka in his territory.
• Calpheon’s Xian Merchants and Velia’s Bartali Family have begun providing housing for adventurers.
  • You can proceed with the quests below for residential support
    • Velia Halo Inn Islyn Bartali – ‘[Support] Adventurer on an Endless Journey’
    • Heidel Golden Toad Inn Constante – ‘[Support] An adventurer on an endless journey’
  • Each of the above quests can be performed only once per family, and through the quest, you can increase the number of possible residences up to seven.
• Rumors are spreading throughout Grana that Marni’s stones were sold and rumored to be seen in some hunting grounds in Kamasylvia.
  • Polly’s Forest
  • Navarn Steppe
    
  • Manshaum Forest

Quest/Knowledge

• Rumors have been heard that a suspicious box containing the secrets of residents (?) is being discovered in the Balenos area. As a result, the residents of Balenos are trembling with anxiety about their secrets being revealed, and are looking for adventurers who can correct someone’s pranks.
  • If you open the box to obtain a note and then bring it to the residents related to the message, you can acquire the secret knowledge.
  • For some messages, you can choose whether to bring it to the rumored protagonist or to their rivals or related people. It can be said that the fate of the villagers is at stake depending on the adventurer’s choice.
  • When you complete the quests associated with all messages, you can proceed with the hidden quest to find the criminal who is spreading the secrets.
  • It is said that special rewards and titles can also be obtained by completing hidden quests and finally finding the culprit, so it is recommended to take a close look at the surroundings when passing through the Balenos area.
• Rumors have been heard that Fughar is distributing a book containing his secrets for adventurers who finish their journey on the season server and start a new adventure on the regular server.
  • If you go to Fughar with a character who has graduated from the season server and converted to a regular character, you can receive an order for'[Graduation Support] Fughar’s Secret to Success’ quest. When you complete this quest, you will receive a book containing Fughar’s secret.
  • This quest can only be performed once per family.
  • If you use a book containing Fughar’s secret, you can automatically receive a quest. In addition, you can receive a book containing the following secrets by completing the quest that was automatically ordered.
  • If you accidentally lose a book, you can get it back from Fughar.

User Interface

• A view by family/character name has been added to Settings → View.
  • Using this setting, the names displayed in the following UI are displayed as the family name or character name depending on the setting.
    • Party/Platoon Chat, Guild Notice, Arsha Notice, Obtained Items, Obtaining hidden recipes, obtaining rewards through mini-game, obtaining rewards by combining items, enhancement success/failure, death message
• When using a whisper, it has been changed to send the default family name.
• A button to directly enter the minimum and maximum amount in the guild contract has been added.
• Linkage guide has been added at the bottom of the Skill guide widget.
  • Linked guides show only those that can be used depending on the skills you have learned.
  • Since only one guide is visible at a time, if there are multiple guides, they will be sequentially exposed over time.

System

• When playing the game for the first time, it has been changed to run in the current monitor’s set resolution and full window screen mode.
• The phrase abnormally exposed in the game end confirmation window has been corrected.
  

Class Changes

• Improvements have been made so that the character rotates faster when changing direction while sprinting.

Sorceress

• As the number of PvE hits for Turn-back Slash III and Soul Harvest Skill increases, a phrase to reduce the number of hits during PvP has been added to the description.

• The number of PvE hits of the following skills has been increased by 1 hit.
  • 1st and 2nd hits of Dead Hunt IV skill
  • General and charging hits of Grim Reaper’s Judgment IV skill
  • Absolute: Shadow Eruption
  • As the number of PvE hits increases, a phrase for reducing the number of hits during PvP has been added to the description.
• The following skills have been improved so that the linkage is activated faster
  • Dark Blade Skill after using the Shadow Leap and Soul Harvest Skills
  • Dead Hunt Skill after using the Soul Harvest Skill
  • Violation after Scythe Training lateral moving hits, Shadow Leap and Soul Harvest Skills
  • Other skills after using the Grim Reaper’s Judgment Skill
• The bug where the number of hits of Violation was applied differently depending on the attack direction has been corrected.
• The bug of not consuming shards, even though there are 10 or more shards of darkness, when using the sShadow Leap skill among the Violation skills has been corrected.
• The attack range of Cartian’s Nightmare Skill has been increased and the damage has been changed to be more accurate
• The activation speed of Cartian’s Nightmare has been increased.
• The cooldown of Cartian’s Nightmare IV Skill has been reduced from 45 seconds to 25 seconds.
• When using the Grim Reaper’s Judgment skill, if there is a Shard of Darkness, it has been improved to use Shards of Darkness to perform additional Charged Hits immediately

Tamer

Main weapon

• The PvE damage of the following Skills has been increased.

Awakening

• The PvE damage of the following Skills has been increased.
  

• As the number of PvE hits for Flow: Full Moon increases, a phrase to reduce the number of hits during PvP has been added to the skill description

Succession

• The PvE damage amount of Prime: Bolt Wave IV Skill has been changed as follows.

• The attack range of the following Skills has been changed to be more accurate.
  • An additonal hit of Prime: Lightning of Earth
  • An additonal hit of Prime: Jolt Wave
  • An additonal hit of Prime: Heilang: Whiplash
• The activation speed of the following Skills has been increased.
  • An additonal hit of Prime: Lightning of Earth
  • An additonal hit of Prime: Jolt Wave
  • An additonal hit of Prime: Heilang: Upward Claw
• The number of hits applied in the charging action when using Prime: Jolt Wave, has been changed to be applied in all attack actions.
• The attack range of the additional hit of Prime: Jolt Wave has been increased.

Musa

• The effect of reducing the number of hits during the cooldown time has been removed from the Twister Skill.
• The number of PvE hits for Crust Crusher IV Skill has been added.
  • As the number of PvE hits increases, a phrase for reducing the number of hits during PvP has been added to the description.
• After using the Skills Flow: Backflow, One Step Back, Below the Belt, and Counter Assassination , it has been changed to trigger a series of other actions
  
• The cooldown time of the Flow: Extra Credit Skill has been reduced from 22 seconds to 12 seconds.
• The summon attack range of the Projection skill and Flow: Extra Credit has been increased.
• After using the Flow: Dash Slash skill, it has been improved so that it can be linked more quickly with the Twister Skill.

Valkyrie

• The last hit damage of the Hastiludium Skill has been increased.

• The PvE damage of the Sacrum Ferit IV Skill has been increased.

• The number of hits per hit of the Sacrum Ferit Skill has been increased to 3 hits.
• The monster pushing effect has been removed when hitting the Sacrum Ferit Skill.
• Critical hit probability has been added to PvE targets in Sacrum Ferit Skill.
  
• The attack range of Shield Throw I, II and Absolute Skill has been increased.
  
• The activation speed of the Divine Power skill has been increased.
  
• When holding the F key after using the Divine Power skill, Ultimate: Divine Power skill has been improved to activate.
• When using the F key or right-click after using Ultimate: Sword of Judgment, Ultimate: Divine Power skill has been improved to activate.
  
• After using the Ulitmate: Divine Power skill, the activation speed of the Shield Throw skill has been increased.
  
• Fixed the bug where the Glaring Slash I ~ V, Absolute: Glaring Slash Skills was not exposed to the skill log when linking in certain situations.

Kunoichi

• The number of hits of Lunatic Discus Skill has been changed as follows.

• The movement speed of the Flow: Wrath Skill before attack has been increased.
• The attack speed of the Lunar Dash Skill has been increased.
  
• After using Lethal Spin Spree, the speed of linking to Flow: Wrath Skill has increased.
  
• After using Lunar Dash Skill, The speed of linking to the Flow: Chakram Rise skill has increased.
  
• The bug where the attack animation is unnaturally linked during the use of Lunatic Discus Skill has been corrected.

Ninja

• The speed of the pre-attack action of the following Skills has been increased.
  • Flow Execution
  • Sura ChaoSpree
    
• When using the Sudden Decapitation Skill in the transition stance, the attack speed of the Skill has been increased.
  
• The attack speed of Serpent Ascension skill has been increased.
  
• After using Serpent Ascension Skill, The speed of linking to the Flow: Execution Skill has increased.
  
• The speed of linking Drastic Measure to other Skills has been improved after using both ends of the Skill.
  
• The description of the front guard during charging of Drastic Measure has been changed to match the actual effect.
  
  • Front guard during charging → Super armor during sharging

Witch/Wizard

• The PvE damage of the following Skills has been increased.

Wizard

• The attack range that was different for each hit of the Hellfire Skill has been unified to the largest range.
  
• After using the Hellfire Skill, it has been improved to smoothly link when using the Bolide of Destruction Skill.

Witch

• The attack range that was different for each hit of the Equilibrium Break Skill has been unified to the largest range.
  
• The activation speed of the Thunder Storm Skill has been increased.
  
• It has been improved to smoothly connect when using the Thunder Storm Skill after using the Voltaic Pulse Skill.

Dark Knight

• Flow: Spirit Blaze Skill has been changed so that it can be used as a skill slot even in awakening state.
  
• The attack speed of the following Skills has been increased.
  
  • Flow: Bombardment
  • Flow: Root of Catastrophe
• The speed of linking the following Skills has been increased.
  
  • Activate Spirit Hunt skill after using Flow: Bombardment Skill
    
  • Activate Twilight Dash skill after using Flow: Bombardment Skill
  • After using Seed of Catastrophe Skill, activation of Flow: Root of Catastrophe skill
  • Activate other skills after attacking Trap of Vedir skill

Mystic

Succession

• The PvE damage of the following Skills has been increased.

• The number of PvE hits for Prime: Roaring Tiger has been added to the damage applied when consuming Martial Spirit Shards.
  
• The number of PvE hits for Prime: Rage Hammer has been added to the damage applied when consuming Martial Spirit Shards.

Archer

Guardian

Hashashin

• The description of the pain damage in the description of the Mirage Skill has been changed to match the actual effect.
  
• In the description of the Hourglass of Defiance I ~ III, a description has been added to the description of the content in which the Super Armor effect is not applied during the return operation.
  
• When using the Ensnaring Sands Skill, the damage has been changed so that the damage enters more quickly after placing the main sword in the ground.