Global Lab Updates – 10th January 2025

Duskwing Teaser

New T9 Horse – Voltarion

• When Voltarion, who has the power of lightning, broke through the time and space in which he was trapped, traces of him began to be discovered in the world.
  • Voltarion is a high-speed running and attacking fantasy horse that can quickly reach the ground with its fast leaping skills and lightning attacks based on its fast movement speed, and has a strong debuff effect.
  • If you collect traces of lightning, you can receive a quest from the Black Spirit to obtain Voltarion.

• Like Arduanatt, Diné, and Doom, Voltarion can learn the following skills:

Skill name	Skill effect
Courser’s Spirit	When an unmounted mount is on standby, HP and stamina are automatically restored to a certain amount.
Double jump	Can jump once more while jumping (can be used when learning high jump or continuous jump)
S: Charge	Can charge one more time while using the charge skill (can be used when learning the charge skill)

• Voltarion’s unique skills include:

Skill name	Skill information
cumulonimbus
	prior Skill	How to operate	Stamina consumption
	sprint	Automatically activated when sprinting	doesn’t exist
	Recovers endurance by converting the kinetic energy generated when sprinting into the power of Voltarion’s lightning. Continuously recovers 100 stamina when sprinting
lightning strike
	prior Skill	How to operate	Stamina consumption
	paw stamp	Automatically activated when striking the front foot or F in the air	Ground: 100 Air: 500
	Creates a lightning attack on the ground. When used in the air, it falls like lightning and inflicts a lightning attack on the surrounding area.
wall charge
	prior Skill	How to operate	Stamina consumption
	Charge, S: Charge, annihilating lightning strike	Automatically activated when using S: Charge Q in the air	200
	Rushes at high speed and inflicts a lightning attack on enemies it hits. When used in the air, it rushes at high speed and then falls like a lightning strike, inflicting a lightning attack on the surrounding area.
Instant Acceleration: Flash
	prior skill	How to operate	Stamina consumption
	Instant Accell	E on the move	200
	Instantly jumps and moves through space. When you hit an obstacle ahead while moving, you can move quickly by pressing the direction key to avoid the obstacle. Skill cooldown: 5 seconds
Drift: Flash
	prior skill	How to operate	Stamina consumption
	drift	Shfit + ← while running or running → + ↓	200
	Instantly jumps through space left and right to quickly change location.

• Voltarion’s natural skills include Courser’s Spirit, Double Leap, and Sprint, and his unique skills are Cumulonimbus Cloud and Destructive Lightning.
  • There is a chance to learn Wall Charge, Instant Acceleration: Flash, and Drift: Flash skills.

• Voltarion’s basic abilities are as follows:

• The ‘Lightning Trail’ item that allows you to obtain Voltarion has been added.
  • Lightning Trail can be obtained from the following content:

Lightning Trace Obtainable Content
War of the Roses Siege War Uncapped Node War Black Shrine (Donghae): Sangoon 10/9/8 level Black Shrine (Hwanghae Province): Deposed Crown Prince (Challenge)

War of the Roses

• When opening personal rewards obtained according to the results of the War of the Roses, you can obtain additional lightning traces from existing components.
  • Lightning traces cannot be obtained from existing items obtained before the official server update.

War results	Lord Guild	3rd Legion
Victory	25 lightning traces	2 lightning traces
Liberation	20 lightning traces	2 lightning traces
Defeat	15 lightning traces	2 lightning traces

Siege War

• When opening personal rewards obtained according to the results of the occupation war, you can obtain additional lightning traces from existing components.
  • Lightning traces cannot be obtained from existing items obtained before the official server update.

War results	Personal awards
Conquest War Victory (Destroy all castles or succeed on Mercury)	Glorious victory reward: 12 lightning traces
1st place guild through points system (Seongju guild selected through a points system)	10 lightning traces as a reward for victory that ignited fighting spirit
2nd to 3rd place guilds through a points system	Reward for inspiring fighting spirit (V): 4 lightning traces Reward for inspiring fighting spirit (IV): 3 lightning traces

Uncapped Node War

• When opening personal rewards obtained as a result of the progress of an uncapped node war with no stat limit set, additional lightning traces can be obtained from existing components.
  
  • Personal rewards can only be obtained when the individual reward acquisition conditions are met.
  • Lightning traces cannot be obtained from existing items obtained before the official server update.

War results	personal awards
Node War Victory	Victory reward for stages 1 to 5 that ignited passion: 2 lightning traces
Node War Defeat	Encouragement reward for igniting passion: 1 lightning trace

Black shrine

• When opening personal rewards obtained according to the results of Black Shrine: Hwanghae-do (party), additional lightning traces can be obtained from existing components.
  • Lightning traces cannot be obtained from existing items obtained before the official server update.

• When opening personal rewards obtained according to the results of Black Shrine: Donghae Island (Individual)  Sangoon 10/9/8 level progress, you can obtain additional lightning traces from existing components.
  • Lightning traces cannot be obtained from existing items obtained before the official server update.

• If you collect 300 Lightning Traces, you can accept a quest to obtain Voltarion from the Black Spirit. (quest type ‘General’)

Pre-Quest
– [Voltarion] Where lightning gathers (Receive an order from the Black Spirit when you have 300 Lightning Traces) – [Voltarion] Forgotten Illusion – [Voltarion] To Paradise – [Voltarion] Lightning struck – [Voltarion] Let the thunder roar
Voltarion Acquisition quest
Quest name	Quest Goal	Quest Completion Reward
[Voltarion] Companion of light (Receive order from Voltarion after completing the above prerequisite request)	To Voltarion Give 300 Lightning Traces	▼ Select one of the following – Horse: Voltarion (male) – Horse: Voltarion (female)

※ If you have collected 300 Lightning Traces again after completing the above quest, you can interact with Berti’s amniotic fluid and obtain the Voltarion crest through the repeat quest ‘[Repeat][Voltarion] Consecutive Lightning Strikes’.

• The knowledge acquisition conditions for talking to O’draxia’s NPC ‘Helen Julia’ encountered during the Voltarion acquisition quest have been changed.
  • Now, even if you do not possess the knowledge of ‘Viorencia Odor’, you can obtain the character’s knowledge when talking to ‘Helen Julia’.

Summon Scroll Changes

• To make the boss-killing quest proceed more smoothly, the following text has been added to the description of the relevant boss summoning document items.
  • ‘If you give up on a quest to kill the boss and want to accept it again, you must first discard the summoning scroll.’

• The issue where it was difficult to identify the item that should be handed over in the quest line for ‘[Music Log #2] Bubble Wrap’s Complaint’ has been improved.
• Changes have been made so that death penalties do not occur if you die from a specific monster while progressing through some content, including the main quest.
• During the Blackstar weapon production request, some lines about weapon types according to class were added.

• The door to the ‘Thumping, Thrashing, Thrashing Snowflake Field’ has opened. Enjoy the thrilling moments unfolding in the pure white snow fields.

※ You can experience the Crumbling Snowflake Field through the official server update.

Mount Changes

• The amount of increase in stats gained when leveling up a horse is adjusted upward.
  • Depending on the family training level, you can grow the mount into a mount with better stats.
  • Example of fantasy horse level-up standards for a level 26 character who is a master trainer
    • Before change: accel, speed, turn, braking growth possible values: 0.3 ~ 1.3
    • After changes: accel, speed, turn, braking growth possible values: 0.6 ~ 1.3

• The feature that allows you to check the abilities of horses, an essential mount in Black Desert in detail, will be updated.
  • This function can be checked through the ‘View detailed abilities’ button in the vehicle information (P) after taking out the mount.
    

• A feature has been added that allows you to immediately register a wild horse in an empty carriage.
  • The carriage must be empty.
    • Depending on the carriage, up to four horses can be registered in one carriage. (ex. Peridot Forest Trail Carriage)
  • Wild horses attached to a carriage are registered at the stable where the carriage was last stored, so free space is required in the stable where the carriage was last stored.

• The maximum level for 6th and 7th tier horses has been expanded to 100.
  
  • However, when growing above level 31, the horse’s stats do not increase.
    • Stats such as HP/Stamina/maximum weight and speed/acceleration/turn/braking do not increase, and skill acquisition is not possible.
    • However, you can gain training experience as your horse grows.
  • Horses that have grown to level 31 or higher can be registered in the horse market and breeding market as before, but there is no effect on the horse market/breeding market, imperial delivery, or sales price.
  • If the horse’s level is higher than the monster’s level, it will not be attacked.
    • This applies to all monsters that exist in field hunting grounds, but does not apply to monsters that appear due to events in each hunting ground.

• The amount of experience gained when moving a mount has been increased by 25% compared to before.

• The mount market/breeding market transaction price and imperial delivery price have increased by approximately 10% compared to before.

• New editor functions have been added to allow you to use Notepad more diversely.
  • To words in Notepad . Color , bold, italics, underline , strikethrough , and header functions have been added
  • Notepad’s save button has been removed.
    • Content written in Notepad is automatically saved when you press ESC or close Notepad.
      • Accordingly, the size of the notepad can be adjusted to be smaller, and improvements have been made so that empty space is not selected awkwardly even when transparent.
  • The text editing area in Notepad can be folded and expanded. The button is located at the right end of the text editing area.
  • The vertical size of the notepad title area has been improved to display thinner.
  • Improvements have been made so that the window size can be adjusted even when using Notepad in sticker mode.

• It has been improved so that when you right-click on the item list in the royal workshop’s workshop, you can check the crafting materials for the selected item.

• In the Game Settings – View category, a pet/fairy name view settings option has been added.

• The Traitor’s Grave world map icon has been added.

• The position where the mole’s name is displayed has been improved so that it is not displayed too high.
• The mole’s speech bubble output interval has been slightly longer.
• A description of how to turn off Do Not Show Again in the UI size optimization message window has been added.

• An issue where, when attempting to take out equipment in a transferred state from another character’s bag, the equipment would be moved if another equipment with the same name was in possession has been fixed.
• [Kunoichi, Ninja] The issue where the unique movements of the Blizzard costume were not displayed in certain situations has been fixed.
• [Dosa] The issue where the Nesser Line Sword could not be returned to Shakatu or Atui Balax after lending it to Sahajad Nesser has been fixed.
• [Dosa] The issue where the Blizzard costume’s unique motion was displayed when the Blizzard costume was equipped has been fixed.
• The names of some NPCs in the Tomb of Sleeping Thoughts have been modified to sound more natural.
• The issue where the Taoist class could not accept the quests ‘[Daily] Sealed Nouvellicant Armor’ and ‘Nouvermant’ has been fixed.
• The issue where the following quests could be accepted simultaneously while completing the quest ‘[Production] Black Star Sword’ with the Taoist class has been fixed.
  • ‘[Production] Blackstar Hwando’, ‘[Production] Blackstar Gombangdae’
• [Male Class] The issue of some hair appearing unnatural when wearing blizzard goggles has been fixed.
• When successfully enhancing a Dan (IX) level weapon to the X level, the weapon has been modified to remain in the enhancement window instead of being automatically deregistered.
• The issue where the grades of some items were not displayed in the item engraving window and improvement stone extraction window has been corrected.
• The issue where the appearance of the NPC was not visible when talking with the Crucio Domongatt NPC has been fixed.
• The knowledge of the following two guild households that cannot actually be acquired has been modified to not be displayed.
  • [Guild] Artisan’s special stuffed boar’s head, [Guild] Master’s special stuffed wild boar’s head
• The rotational force of the Galfury Leather Saddle’s equipment effect has been modified to match the description.
• Abyss One: The issue where the Dead Eye class’s live ammunition/Marnitan UI was displayed to other classes when entering Magnus has been fixed.
• The issue where unnecessary error logs were recorded when strengthening a group has been fixed.
• The issue where the effect that illuminates the surroundings would flicker when using certain skills such as Fairy’s Morning Star or Atanis’ Firefly has been fixed.
• The issue where the appearance change button was displayed when placing Dream Arduanatt received from the Dream Fantasy Horse selection box in the stable has been corrected.
• The issue where light harness items could be obtained through certain quests has been corrected.
  • If you own this harness item, it will be changed to a Gale Harness of the same enhancement level when the official server is updated.

Thank you to the adventurers who are always with us in Black Desert.

Class Changes

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