Black Desert Online – 26.09.2019 Patch Notes | Season of the Hunt

[New Events]

• Season of the Hunt
  • Week 1 of Season of the Hunt is comprised of 5 events all geared toward helping you hunt down monsters and gain on your EXP and previous loot!
    • Event 1: Trina Knights First Support Kit
      • September 25 (after maintenance)–October 23 (before maintenance)
      • Trina Knights First Captains Support Kit (7-days) will be given to adventurers of certain levels!
      • Trina Knights First Captain’s Support Kit (7 Days) Challenge will be deleted from the Challenges tab (Y) during the October 23rd maintenance.
    • Event 2: Fever Time Boost
      • September 25 (after maintenance)–October 8 (before maintenance)
      • Enjoy up to Combat EXP +300% and Skill EXP +30% during Fever Time.
    • Event 3: Special Challenges
      • September 26 00:00 UTC–October 9 23:59 UTC
      • Get rewarded for playing 30 min., 60 min., 90 min., and 120 min. for some of the best rewards including [Event] Item Collection Increase Scroll (60 min).
    • Event 4: World Boss Drop Rate Boost
      • September 25 (after maintenance)–October 8 (before maintenance)
      • Chance to receive certain loot items from world bosses will double.
    • Event 5: Complete Marni’s Stones
      • September 25 (after maintenance)–October 8 (before maintenance)
      • Fill up the target number of monster kills for Marni’s Stones and get rewarded for Marni’s Stones completed.
• Fall Festival
  • Period: September 25 (after maintenance)–October 16 (before maintenance)
  • Log in daily or reach certain levels and depending on your status!
    • For new adventurers: Reach certain levels to get rewards.
    • For returning adventurers: Log in for certain number of days to get rewards.
    • For all adventurers: Reach certain levels to get rewards.
• Loyal Attendance Rewards Refreshed
  • Period: September 26 00:00 UTC–October 30 23:59 UTC
  • Check attendance daily to get huge rewards including Fine Accessory Box and Black Gems, and Concentrated Magical Black Gems!

[Ended Events]

• Altar of Blood event.
  • The rewards offered for completing stages will return to normal, but the lowered difficulty of the stages will remain.
  • Monsters in the Altar of Blood will no longer grow stronger during the night.
  • Your score and rankings for participating in Altar of Blood does not get recorded.
• Book of Training Event
• Life Skill Mastery Events
• Dark Rift Special Monster Event
• Gold Rush II
  • Ends September 25 23:59 UTC

[Content]

• Expanded the character level on which you can complete the Combat Rewards from Level 56 to Level 59.

[Combat Reward] Faster and Stronger I

• Requirement: For Lv. 15 and up, Combat Fame 300 and below
  • Rewards: [Fame] Combat EXP +20% (60 min.), [Fame] Skill EXP +20% (60 min.)

​​​​​[Combat Reward] Faster and Stronger I]

• Requirement: For Lv. 15 and up, Combat Fame between 301 and 600
  • Rewards: [Fame] Combat EXP +40% (60 min.), [Fame] Skill EXP +20% (60 min.)

[Combat Reward] Faster and Stronger III

• Requirement: For Lv. 15 and up, Combat Fame between 601 and 900
  • Reward: [Fame] Combat EXP +60% (60 min.), [Fame] Skill EXP +20% (60 min.)

[Combat Reward] Faster and Stronger IV]

• Requirement: For Lv. 15 and up, Combat Fame between 901 and 1200
  • Rewards: [Fame] Combat EXP +80% (60 min.), [Fame] Skill EXP +30% (60 min.)

[Combat Reward] Faster and Stronger V

• Requirement: For Lv. 15 and up, Combat Fame between 1201 and 1500
  • Rewards: [Fame] Combat EXP +100% (60 min.), [Fame] Skill EXP +30% (60 min.)

[Combat Reward] Faster and Stronger VI

• Requirement: For Lv. 15 and up, Combat Fame 1501 and up
  • Rewards: [Fame] Combat EXP +100% (60 min.), [Fame] Skill EXP +30% (60 min.)

• New Manos-grade Mastery equipment and items have been added.
  • Manos Trainer’s Clothes
  • Manos Hunter’s Clothes
  • Manos Sailor’s Clothes
  • Manos Cook’s Clothes
  • Manos Alchemist’s Clothes
  • Manos Fisher’s Clothes
  • Manos Gatherer’s Clothes
  • Manos Craftsman’s Clothes
  • Manos Necklace
  • Manos Earring
  • Manos Ring
  • Manos Belt
  • Manos Processing Stone – Lake
  • Manos Processing Stone – Vitality
  • Manos Processing Stone – Energy
  • Manos Processing Stone – Sun
  • Manos Processing Stone – Wind
  • Manos Processing Stone – Lava
  • Manos Riding Crop
  • Manos Lumbering Axe
  • Manos Fluid Collector
  • Manos Tanning Knife
  • Manos Butcher Knife
  • Manos Pickaxe
• Below is the table of required materials per enhancement level for Manos clothes.

• Below is the table of required materials per enhancement level for Manos necklace and belt

• Below is the table of required materials per enhancement level for Manos Ring and Earring

• Manos items can be Manufactured with the below items.

• Crafting the above items will grant you their knowledge.
• New repeat quests were added where you can acquire the Manos Cooking item “Fundamentals of Cooking”.
  • You can repeat the quest after completing it on a character from level 15 above.
  • The quests are available from the below NPCs and will give you the Fundamentals of Cooking by handing in a Professional’s Satisfying Dinner Meal.

• Professional’s Satisfying Dinner Meal can be acquired by processing and Imperial Cuisine Packing Meat Pie x30, Steak x20, and Tea With Fine Scent x30.
  • Sunset Dyed Wool can be acquired as reward from Heidel General Goods Vendor Lara’s daily quest or by exchanging Shiny Golden Seal – [Imperial Cuisine] x100.
  • Scorched Fragment can be acquired as reward from Heidel General Goods Vendor Lara’s daily quest or by exchanging Shiny Golden Seal – [Imperial Alchemy] x100.
  • Enlightened One’s Cotton Fabric can be acquired through Simple Alchemy with EXP Elixir x50 and Cotton Fabric x50.
  • Dusk Laden Cotton Fabric can be acquired through Processing – Grinding with Oil of Fortitude x50 and Cotton Fabric x50.Dawn Fallen Silk can be acquired through Processing – Grinding with Oil of Storms x50 and Silk x50.
  • A new repeat quest was added where you can acquire the Manos Fishing item “Tear of the Great Ocean”.

• Manos Stone was added to items available for purchase to the below jewelry vendors.
  • Marsella
  • Corin
  • Dora Fonti
  • Bianstimi
  • Ardan
  • Belgar
  • Thyshelle Arms
  • Yara
  • Binvane
  • Gagaru
  • Greco Gorda
• The below knowledge can be acquired by interacting with the NPCs listed below each of the knowledge.
  • [Knowledge] Manos Gatherer’s Clothes
    • Zaaira
    • Flaviano
    • Kara
    • Lashir
    • Geranoa
  • [Knowledge] Manos Fisher’s Clothes
    • Abelin
  • [Knowledge] Manos Processing Stone – Lake
    • Tranan Underfoe
  • [Knowledge] Manos Processing Stone – Energy
    • Mevo Muranan
  • [Knowledge] Manos Processing Stone – Sun
    • Colodu
  • [Knowledge] Manos Processing Stone – Wind
    • Colodu
  • [Knowledge] Manos Processing Stone – Vitality
    • Dobart
  • [Knowledge] Manos Processing Stone – Lava
    • Dobart

[System]

• Improved the sound quality issue that occurred when using the Guild Voice Chat.
• Improved some of the sound effects played when the character performs an action in areas with water.

[Game World]

• Removed abnormal resources from the Velia Wharf.

[NPC]

• Ornella will no longer receive the item “Origin of Wind” as a gift.
• The button to exchange High-Quality Wine with Constante, the Golden Toad Inn’s Manager, was moved under the dialogue button.
• Fixed the issue where searching a Material Vendor with the Find NPC function in certain areas of Helms Post and other locations gave you the wrong direction.

[By Class]

• The character’s body will now spread red energy when using the Awakening Executioner skill.
• Changed the commands and the descriptions of Flow: Ravage Rake and Absolute Skill as follows.
  • S + LMB + RMB while using Ravage Rake
  • LMB + RMB after the last attack of Ravage Rake
• Horse mount action for Shai was improved to be more natural.
  • Mounting from the left or right was changed to her using her hands to lift herself up.
• You can now use the High-Quality Carrot when polishing the Alchemy Stone of Life.
• Fixed the Acceleration, Speed, Turn, and Break stats in the item description of “Wagon Registration: Forest Path Wagon” to match the wagon’s actual stats.
• Fixed the issue where you couldn’t gain Processing EXP when processing the .
• Fixed the issue where the instrument’s appearance was not displayed when using the Talent Skill after equipping the item in the Trial Character Server.
• Sailboat and Frigate Sailor Contracts were combined into the new Epheria Sailor Contract.
  • Epheria Sailor Contract can be used for both Epheria Sailboat and Epheria Frigate.
  • Frigate Sailor Contracts and Frigate Sailor Renewal Contracts can be exchanged to Epheria Sailor Contracts and Epheria Sailor Renewal Contracts with Falasi. Adventurers with the quest to upgrade their Frigate Sailor Contract can complete the quest after exchanging the contract to the Epheria Sailor Contract.
• Fixed the issue where the HP of the following monsters at the Bashim Base was displayed when attacking them while not having the relevant knowledge.
  • Terruda Infantryman
  • Terruda Thrower
  • Terruda Reinforced Infantryman
  • Terruda Bandsman
• Fixed the Giant Treant that wanders around the Treant Forest to not be displayed in the Minimap.
• The Crystal Alligator, which was believed to have gone extinct, was found in the Shady Tree Forest of Kamasylvia.
  • Karma will be reduced by 50 when killing a Crystal Alligator.
• You can now obtain the “Upgraded Compass Parts,” which are the same as the ones you can obtain from Elten, at a certain rate by killing the following monster of Hystria Ruins.
  • Tukar Balten

[Quest]

• Fixed the issue where you couldn’t reaccept the quest “[Repeat] Sacrifice for Aal” when having already completed it. Also, you will now have the navigation arrows displayed for the quest.
• Increased the speed of the Goblin whom you have to bring during the quest “Why Did the Goblins Run Away?” and changed the dialogue that appears when you take the goblin to Santo Manzi.
• Fixed the issue where the location of the completion NPC of the quest “Through the Rough Tides: Velia” differed from his/her actual location.
• Fixed the issue where you couldn’t accept the quest “[Combat Promotion] Mediah Trio” or the quest “[Awakening Weapon] Artisans in Mediah..” with Lahn, Archer or Shai.
• Fixed the issue where you could receive an abnormal item through the quest “A Gift for You.” You will be able to accept this quest after today’s patch.
  • The abnormal item you had received through this quest has been removed during September 25 (Wed) maintenance.
• Changed the quest name of “[Co-op] Story on Cron Castle” to “Story of Cron Castle” and lowered the recommended level for the quest.
  • The recommended level for Cron Castle at the moment of the quest development was high, but now that this region has become a Monster Zone of the game’s beginning stage, the quest name and the recommended level have been changed.

[Knowledge]

• Changed the requirement for making the button that allows you to obtain the Tinberra Island knowledge and node from Shanjo, the Node Manager of Tinberra Island, appear.
• A new event banner was added to the bottom right of the game screen.
  • This event banner only pops up once a day.
  • Clicking this banner will open up the event page of the official website.
• Selecting another product after having selected and pressed the Buy button for a product at Pearl Shop (F3) will now cancel your purchase of the latter and close the Purchase window.
• You can now see the full skill description displayed as a text bubble when you put your mouse cursor over the text abbreviation mark for a very long skill description in the Fairy’s “View Learnable Skills” window.
• Changed the term “Equipment Info” to “Appearance Info” in the Mount Information window.
• Added Item Grade sort function to the Central Market.
  • This sort function will be displayed on the right side of the Back button when entering the market after having selected an equipment that can be enhanced.
• You can now view the Wagon’s appearance more comfortably at the Pearl Shop (F3).
• Added descriptions displayed as text bubbles to Preset 1, Preset 2, Preset 3, Combat Focus mode, and Adventure mode buttons in the UI Edit mode.
• Fixed the issue where you couldn’t see the Quick Hotkey Settings window when trying to assign quick hotkeys in the UI Edit mode.
• Fixed the issue where the Shop window opened when closing the Imperial Delivery window by pressing ESC while on a Fishing Delivery.
• Fixed the lag issue that occurred when using Trade by talking to a Trade Manager NPC.
• Fixed the issue where the registered item’s text bubble showed the wrong description when opening the Processing window from the Storage.
• Fixed the issue where the “Sale Complete” and the “Purchase Complete” texts in the Marketplace Notifications window were cut because they were too long.
• Fixed the issue where the Difficulty icon was not updated normally in the Dark Rift list.
• Fixed the Camera Perspective to gradually exit the Observe mode by pressing ESC while on a Boat, a Sky Balloon or at a Viewpoint.
• [Warrior] Fixed the issue where wrong Preceding Skill levels were displayed in the skill descriptions of “Shield Assault,” “Absolute: Charging Slash” and “Absolute: Shield Strike.”
• [Warrior] Fixed the issue where the effect of knocking back enemies was missing in the skill description of Forward Slash.
• Fixed the issue where a structure’s wall had a hole in certain region of Hystria Ruins.
• Changed the Black Spirit’s dialogue that appears when the Dark Rift opens to be more natural.
• You will now get the correct error message whenever an error occurs while using a pet-related function.
• Fixed the issue where the UI texts with abbreviation marks looked intermittently abnormal.
• Fixed the issue where the Event text and EXP image were displayed in the Character’s Tag Setting window even when the event had ended.
• Fixed the issue where the quest “Secret Duty” was displayed in Shai’s World Map even though Shai cannot accept this quest.
• [Lahn] Fixed the issue where Lahn could use the following elixirs.
  • [Party] Elixir of Energy
  • [Party] Surging Energy Elixir
  • [Party] Elixir of Mentality
  • [Party] Elixir of Clear Mentality
  • Elixir of Energy
  • Surging Energy Elixir
  • Elixir of Mentality
  • Elixir of Clear Mentality
• We are aware of the issue where you cannot exchange expired Epheria Frigate Sailor Contract to an Epheria Sailor Contract.
  • We recommend you exchange your Epheria Frigate Sailor Contract before they expire. This issue will be resolved with next week’s maintenance.
• We are aware of the text issue where [Event] Rookie Adventure Pack in the Pearl Shop (F3) states that the item is sold until September 25. This item is sold until October 16 and we will fix the text issue with next week’s maintenance.

[Updated 26/09]

• We are aware of the issue where Marni’s Stones cannot be exchanged with Wacky Toshi for characters of Lv. 64 and above. This issue will be resolved with next week’s maintenance. We apologize for the inconvenience.
• We are aware of the issue where after performing the Talent skill ‘Do it Better!’ Shai character becomes immobile for a few seconds. We are looking into resolving this.
• We are aware of the issue where certain quests that give out Origin of Wind and Breezy Crystal as completion rewards are not giving them out properly. This will be resolved with next maintenance and any Origin of Wind and Breezy Crystal items unrewarded for completing the relevant quests will be sent out via in-game mail (B).