Global Lab Updates – 27th October 2023

Alchemy Lifeskill Changes

• As more adventurers take on the challenge of alchemy research, a mysterious energy gathers in the Black Desert world, creating more ‘Mysterious catalysts’.
  • The probability of obtaining ‘Mysterious Catalyst’, a by-product that can be obtained randomly during alchemy, has been increased to about 3.7 times compared to before.

Excavation Node Changes

• Miscellaneous items obtained from the following 10 excavation production bases have been deleted,
  
  • The following items have been added to be obtained from the corresponding production base according to the specified probability.

Lumbering Gathering and Node Changes

• The probability of obtaining the following items that can be obtained from lumbering production nodes in the following areas has been increased.
  • Blood-colored tree knot, spirit leaf, monk’s branch, red tree lump, old tree bark

Spirit’s Leaf	Monk’s Branch	old tree bark
Goblin Cave: Approximately 1.9 times increased compared to before Balenos Forest: Approximately 1.9 times increase compared to before Logging camp rest area: Approximately 1.12 times more than before Bari Forest: Approximately 1.12 times increase compared to before	Forest of Seclusion: Approximately 1.42 times increase compared to before Serendia Temple: Approximately 1.31 times increase compared to before Oze Pass: Approximately 1.11 times increased compared to before High Hill Guard Post: Approximately 4.85 times increased compared to before	Northern Mediah Plateau: Approximately 1.3 times increase compared to before Beombawigol: Approximately 1.15 times increase compared to before
bloody tree knot	red tree lump	–
Elric Temple: Approximately 2.9 times increase compared to before Stonetail Wasteland: Increased by approximately 1.45 times compared to before. Treant Forest: Increased by approximately 1.12 times compared to before.	Northern Plains of Serendia: Approximately 1.73 times increase compared to before Quint Hill: Approximately 1.12 times increased compared to before Old Dandelion: Approximately 1.12 times increase compared to before	–

• The number of special collectibles that can be obtained through logging activities has been increased.

Spirit’s Leaf	monk’s branch	old tree bark
Number of acquisitions increased by 2.2 times compared to before	Number of acquisitions increased by 2.2 times compared to before	Number of acquisitions increased by 2.2 times compared to before
bloody tree knot	red tree lump	–
Number of acquisitions increased by 6.6 times compared to before	Number of acquisitions increased by 6.6 times compared to before	–

• After getting scolded by adventurers for collecting sap indiscriminately, Afuaru began to turn his attention to logging as well.
  • If you collect wood from a tree, you can find hidden Afuaru.
  • If you scold Afuaru for gathering raw wood indiscriminately, you can take away the special collections that Afuaru collected (spirit leaves, monk’s branches, old tree bark, blood-red tree knots, and red tree knots).

Farming Lifeskill Changes

The chance of encountering special moles, such as sloth moles and giant moles, has been increased during cultivation.

• The probability of Sloth Mole appearing has been increased by 1.2 times compared to before.
• The probability of the plump mole appearing has been doubled compared to before.
• The probability of a giant mole appearing has been doubled compared to before.
• After the appearance of the giant mole, the probability of Shushu appearing has increased by 2.5 times compared to before.
• Due to the frequent appearance of various moles, the appearance probability of cowardly regular moles has been reduced by about 33% compared to before.

Guild Changes

• It has been improved to obtain additional juice items that can be used to gain training experience through guild missions by joining a guild.
  • Regardless of the size, upon completing a guild mission, you will receive 10 each of 3 types of juice that gain training experience.
    • [Guild] Refreshing orange juice
    • [Guild] Sweet raspberry juice
    • [Guild] Sour green grape juice

Manor Furniture Changes and New Items

• It has been added that some [Manor] furniture, which had to be manufactured and acquired by hand, can be traded through the Central Market
  • The following [Manor] furniture items have been added to be registered and traded on the Central Market
  • However, some [Manor] furniture purchased through NPC stores or acquired through quests, events, etc. are excluded.

• 14 types of furniture exclusive to the manor, featuring Grana’s whiteness and fairy energy, have been added.
  
  • It can be produced through level 3 or higher furniture workshops located in Heidel, Calpheon, and Grana.
  • The 14 types of furniture produced can be purchased/sold through the Central Market

• Grana pure white Oddria flower decoration, Grana pure white Oddria flower decoration (small), Grana fairy trumpet fountain

[Manor] Grana pure white Oddria flower decoration [Manor] Grana pure white Oddria flower decoration (small) [Manor] Grana Fairy Trumpet Fountain

• Kamasylve Rest of the Fairies

Kamasylve Rest of the Fairies

• [Manor] Pure white goat decorated table, [Manor] Pure white goat decorated chair

[Manor] Pure white goat decorated table, [Manor] Pure white goat decorated chair

• [Manor] Kamasylvia Peace Elf Stone Statue

[Manor] Kamasylvia Peace Elf Stone Statue

• [Manor] Grana pure white marble flower bed

[Manor] Grana pure white marble flower bed

• [Manor] Pure white lotus drinking fountain, [Manor] Fairy’s blue silver cup

[Manor] Pure white lotus drinking fountain	[Manor] Fairy’s Blue Silver Cup

• [Manor] Lamp containing fairy light, [Manor] Pure white tree trunk lamp, [Manor] Pure white tree fence, [Manor] Pure white tree fence (small)

[Manor] Lamp containing fairy light, [Manor] Pure white tree trunk lamp, [Manor] Pure white tree fence, [Manor] Pure white tree fence (small)

Rawr-Rawr Hunting Boss Improvements

• The cries of <Grass Rhino King> Rawr-Rawr, who has received Naxion’s life energy, are spreading even further.
  • <Grass Rhino King> An appearance notification message has been added to the top of the screen that appears 15 minutes and 5 minutes before Lau Lau’s appearance.

• <Grass Rhinoceros King> As Rawr-Rawr becomes more majestic, the probability and number of trophies obtained has increased.

Rawr-Rawr’s Heart

The probability of acquiring Rawr-Rawr’s Heart has been increased four times compared to before.

Red Earth Bloodstone

– When defeating <Grass Rhino King> Rawr-Rawr, you can now obtain at least 1 to maximum 3 Red Earth Bloodstones at a certain probability. – The probability of obtaining Red Earth Bloodstone for adventurers ranked 1 to 40 with high kill contribution has been increased three times compared to before. – The probability of obtaining Red Earth Bloodstone for adventurers ranked 41 to 80 with high kill contribution has been doubled compared to before.

• The price limit for Rawr-Rawr’s Heart and Honest Rawr-Rawr’s Heart on the Central Market has been adjusted as follows.

Item name	change price
Rawr-Rawr’s Heart	500 million silver coins → 1.5 billion silver coins
Rawr-Rawr’s honest heart	500 million silver coins → 1.5 billion silver coins

Bartering Exchange Quest Improvements

• As trade items are no longer acquired through gathering, the content of Liana’s daily gathering quests has been improved in the recommended daily quests section.
• The following items have been modified and changed during the Ulukita region’s main quest ‘[Ulukita] Toward the Center of Ulukita’.
  • The number of monsters that appear in Great Steps (cutscene) has been reduced, and an issue where progress was intermittently impossible has been fixed.

Ship Improvements

• The ‘Boarding’ function widget has been improved to display when there is a ship nearby, allowing you to board the ship right away .
  • You can also use the same function as before to move to your ship by left-clicking the anchor-shaped icon in the upper left corner of the screen near the ship (distance 0-30).
  • Go to the ship using the boarding button and press the button again to board the ship and take the helm.

• The calling distance of large ships has been doubled compared to before.

• Types of large ships include:
  • Old Batali sailing ship, Batali sailing ship
  • (Improved) Epheria Sailboat, (Improved) Epheria Frigate
  • Epheria Trade Ship, Epheria Destroyer
  • Epheria Carrack: Progression/Balance/Emergency/Valiance
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  • Epheria Giant

TIP! If you right-click the anchor-shaped icon at the top left of the screen near the ship (distance 0-80) you can call a ship to your location

TIP!  If you left-click the anchor-shaped icon at the top left corner of the screen near a ship (distance 0-30) you can move to the helm seat or board (hold the helm) of your ship

Other Changes

Item Changes

• Information on how to create has been added to the description of the Shape Sculpture item.
• The description of the excavation production base has been improved in the description of trace items.

• [Ranger] The issue where some parts of the costume looked unnatural when wearing the Marinaola armor and some shoe costumes together has been fixed.
• The issue where items in the warehouse were displayed abnormally when checking the pet UI while the warehouse’s automatic sorting function was turned off has been fixed.
• The quest summary for the ‘Hario’s Test’ quest has been modified.
• The issue where sound effects were heard repeatedly near the energy of Ataraxia during the ‘Aura of Ataraxia’ quest has been fixed.
• The navigation for the Plum Blossom Awakening quest ‘Fill the Bowl’ has been modified.
• The issue where some of the following knowledge was not displayed has been fixed.
  
  • Muzgar Village, Dark Follower’s Bedroom, Barhan Camp
• The issue where some cameras appeared unnatural during the Ulukita main quest has been fixed.
• The issue where the river around Ale Village was not displayed on the world map (M) has been fixed.
• The issue where summons for some skills did not appear during the War of the Roses has been fixed.
• During the hoe gathering minigame through the Green Craftsman, the phenomenon of successfully completing the minigame even though the conditions were not met has been corrected.
  • The Hoe Gathering minigame is successful if the conditions of the soil and roots displayed before starting are all identical.
• During the main quest in the Ulukita region, the subtitles of some illustrations have been corrected.
• The issue where the character was stuck on a rock at a specific location in the Ash Forest, making it difficult to move has been fixed.
• An issue where the description of the number of items extracted and acquired was displayed unnaturally when extracting a costume has been fixed.
• The issue where traces of death were obtained instead of traces of savagery when acquiring trace items through skinning has been corrected.
• An issue where the quest ‘[Season] [Introduction to Life]’ could not be completed after the regular season started, regardless of season graduation, has been fixed.
• When using the pad-only UI, the following has been modified.
  • The issue where the gap in darkness indicator did not disappear on the world map (M) has been fixed.
  • The issue where the character knowledge category for Endless Winter Mountain was not displayed has been fixed.
• The issue where the positions of some NPCs in Ulukita Muzgar Village were unnatural has been fixed.
• ‘I saw it clearly with these two eyes’ in the Land of Morning region has been corrected. The issue where Jinsa Choi appeared as two people when completing the quest

Class Changes

• When using the Shard Absorption skill, all attack power increase effects depending on the number of Fragments of Darkness have been changed from 8/14/20 → 10/20/30.

• The health recovery effect upon a successful hit of the Prime: Bloody Calamity skill has been changed from 92 → 150.

• The description of the floating effect in the description of the Prime: Turn-back Slash skill has been modified to reflect the actual effect.

• The damage of the following skills has been changed.

Awakening

• The health recovery effect upon successful Dead Hunt skill attack has been changed from 45/50/55/60 to 60/70/80/90.

• A +100 health recovery effect upon successful hit has been added to the Soul Harvest skill.

• An issue where, in the description of the Turn-back Slash skill, a description was displayed that the attack range increased even though the attack range was the same at all levels, has been fixed.
• An issue where the description of the Turn-back Slash skill was not displayed indicating that all evasion rate reduction effects do not apply during cooldown has been corrected.
  
  

• The cooldown of Cartian’s Nightmare I~IV skills has been changed from 32/28/24/18 seconds to 27/24/20/15 seconds.

• The life recovery effect upon a successful hit of the Prime: Decapitation skill has been changed from 15 → 60.

• The life recovery effect upon a successful hit of Prime: Carver skill has been changed from 30 → 50.

• A 20/30/45 health recovery effect has been added depending on the skill level upon a successful hit to the Prime: Red Moon skill.

• The vitality recovery effect upon a successful hit of the Prime: Whirlwind Cut skill has been changed to apply even when the skill is not in the state of a deadly sword.
• The life recovery effect upon a successful hit of the Prime: Whirlwind Cut skill has been changed from 12 → 55.
  • Accordingly, the effect has been changed to not be applied during cooldown.

• When using Shield Chase II, III, and IV skills left, right, and backward and then holding Shift + ←/↓/→(A/S/D) key input, the defensive posture has been changed so that it does not cancel.
  • Accordingly, after using the shield chase skill to the left, right, or backward, the defensive stance is always maintained unless the defensive stance is locked.

• The cooldown of the Prime: Purificatione skill has been reduced from 8 seconds to 6 seconds.
  • Accordingly, all defense reduction effects upon a successful hit with Prime: Purificatione have been changed so that they are not applied during the cooldown.

• The issue where the text about critical hit probability was not displayed in the description of the skill Prime: Celestial Spear has been fixed.

• An issue where text regarding the critical strike probability and hit rate for Prime: Judgment of Light II and III were displayed repeatedly has been corrected.
  
  • Skills that borrow damage from other skills will have their damage, critical chance, and hit rate applied based on the skill’s level.

• The cooldown of Purificatione III skill has been changed from 7 seconds to 6 seconds.
• The health recovery effect upon a successful hit for Purificatione I~III skills has been changed from 55/55/55 → 55/65/80.

• The issue where the mark hit damage for Sanctitas de Enslar II and III skills was applied at level I has been corrected.

• The text about reducing the number of hits in PvP situations for the skill Flow: Lucem Fluxum has been removed, and the number of hits for the skill has been adjusted accordingly.
  • For more details, please refer to the damage change section below.

Ankle Cutter I~Absolute

• The attack range of the Ankle Cutter I~Absolute skill has been changed to be applied the same regardless of skill level.
• The attack range has been changed so that when using the Ankle Cutter I~Absolute skill during the cooldown, the attack range does not decrease.

• The amount of life recovered upon a successful hit with the Prime: Fox Claw skill has been changed from 50 → 75.
• The issue where the effect of Prime: Shadow Brand did not activate when using the Prime: Fox Claw skill on horseback has been fixed.

• The vitality recovery effect upon a ninjutsu explosion has been removed from the Prime: Danse Macabre skill, and the vitality recovery effect of 60 upon a successful hit has been added to the Prime: Tendon Cutter skill.

• When activating the Prime: Wheel of Wrath skill with Ninjutsu Explosion, the life recovery effect upon a successful hit has been changed from 60 → 100.

• The health recovery effect upon a successful hit of the Prime: Shadow Clone skill has been changed from 50 → 80.

• The issue where the number of hits for the Prime: Flash Slash skill on horseback was halved has been corrected.
• The issue of a down attack occurring on the last hit when using the Prime: Flash Slash skill has been fixed.

• The vitality recovery effect upon a successful hit of the Prime: Fox Claw skill has been changed from 60 → 80.

• The vitality recovery effect upon a successful hit of the skill Prime: Red Rain has been changed from 40 → 70.

• The life recovery effect upon a successful hit of the Prime: Shuriken Flight skill has been changed to apply to all hits.
• The life recovery effect upon a successful hit of the Prime: Shuriken Flight skill has been changed from 40 → 85.
• Fixed an issue where the PvP damage reduction rate for a shuriken strike was displayed as an incorrect value in the Prime: Shuriken Flight skill.

• An issue where the character’s movements momentarily slowed down when hitting the target with an additional blow from the Succession: Ankle Cutter skill has been alleviated.

• The issue where the PvP damage reduction rate for the Black Spirit: Dead Man Beheading I and Black Spirit: Prime: Dead Man Beheading I skills was displayed as an incorrect value has been fixed.

• The issue where a small number of hits were applied when combining the Prime: Beheading the Dead skill with another skill such as Prime: Shadow Slash has been fixed.
• The issue where the poison damage of the Prime: Beheading the Dead skill was not applied to the first hit has been fixed.

• In the description of the Prime: Red Rain skill, the phrase increasing attack range, which is an effect that does not apply, has been deleted.

• The description of the down smash of the Ninjutsu: Blade Spin, Prime: Blade Spin skill has been changed to down smash on an additional hit to be more realistic.

• The phrase reducing the number of hits in PvP situations for the following skills has been removed, and the number of hits for the skills has been adjusted accordingly.
  • Prime: Black Moonlight, Prime: Beheading the Dead, Prime: Blade Spin, Prime: Dark Frenzy, Prime: Red Rain, Prime: Shuriken Flight
    • For more details, please refer to the damage change section below.

• The health recovery effect upon a successful hit of the Bloodthirst: Katana Shower skill has been changed from 40 → 70.

• The health recovery effect upon a successful hit of the Sura ChaoSpree skill has been changed from 50 → 100.

• Changed the strike of the Flow: Sea Burial skill to be applied equally within the attack range.
  • Accordingly, the expression for maximum hit has been removed.
• The description of the hit rate of the Flow: Sea Burial skill has been corrected.
  • For skills that take damage from other skills, the damage, critical chance, and hit rate of that skill are applied according to the level of the skill.

• The attack of the Dragon effect in the Sea Burial skill has been changed to be applied equally within the attack range.
  • Accordingly, the description for maximum hit has been removed.

• The health recovery effect upon a successful hit of the Earth Splitter skill has been changed from 30 → 50.

• The effect of increasing magic attack power when using the skill in the Prime: Spear Bolt skill has been deleted, and all attack power increase effects in the Prime: Illusion Expansion skill has been changed from 20 → 36.

• The life recovery effect upon successful hit according to the skill level of Gravity Rift I~Absolute has been changed from 50/50/50/60/70 → 50/70/90/100/130.

• The casting motion for the Realm of Anguish skill has been removed.
  • As the casting motion has been deleted, the forward guard effect during the casting motion has been deleted.

• The activation speed of the Ator’s Palm skill has been increased.
• The life recovery effect upon a successful hit of the Ator’s Palm skill has been changed from 50 → 90.

• The life recovery effect upon a successful hit of the Lightning Prison skill has been changed from 25 → 70.

• A health recovery effect of 80 upon a successful hit has been added to the Spear Bolt skill.

• 100 HP recovery effect upon successful hit has been added to the Flow: Aftershock skill.

• The activation speed of the skill Flow: Interrogate has been increased.

• The health recovery effect upon a successful hit of the Core: Close Quarters: Suppress skill has been changed from 30/40/50/60 to 40/50/60/80 depending on the skill level.

• A health recovery effect of 80 has been added when a successful hit is made to the Close Quarters: Charge skill.

• A +80 health recovery effect has been added to the Ocean’s Allure skill upon a successful hit.

• The Slippery Scallywags has been added to appear when using the Entangling Vortex skill.

※ After the Black Desert Global Lab Update on Friday, October 20th, we will inform you of corrections and changes in the Global Lab Server.

• Prime: Ravage Rake I~II skills have also been improved to be able to link with Succession: Flow: Ravage Rake
• In the Succession: Flow: Ravage Rake description, the Ravage Rake combo description has been changed to Prime: Ravage Rake combo description.
• The number of hits for the Flow: Ravage Rake, Absolute: Flow: Ravage Rake, Succession: Flow: Ravage Rake skill has been changed to 3 hits as hit damage and 3 additional hit damage as before.
• Prime: Kamasylvia Slash PVP damage reduction rate has been changed to 58.6%.
  
  

• The issue where 5% additional guard damage was applied to the skill Prime: Wave Pout has been fixed.
• The issue where the grab resistance increase effect was applied twice when using the skill Prime: Mareca: Jet Stream has been corrected.
• Fixed the issue where the monster knockdown effect of the Prime: Mareca: Spiral Soak skill was applied to 1 hit.
• The PVP damage reduction rate for the Prime: Mareca: Spiral Soak skill has been changed to 69%.