Class Reboots

Hello, this is Black Desert Studio.

Through the Black Desert Research Lab last week, the first reboot of characters was applied. A lot of adventurers who enjoy each class are giving a lot of feedback.
Thank you very much.

Although the first stage of each character has been made, I think there are still many shortcomings. Now, over the next few weeks, I will do my best to develop it so that more people can repay the affection they have for their character by focusing on the end without being shaken. (We patch every week, but it is difficult to include everything in one week. Even if it is not enough, we will continue to patch every week, so we would appreciate your feedback.)

Additionally, as mentioned at the outset, we are seeing and hearing a lot of feedback as we work on this reboot. Many of these opinions are related to the following topics, and there are many things that need to be judged carefully.

• Overbalance of grab and guards
• Balance the number of defense judgments per class and the effects of crowd control
• PvE difference in classes and pet damage
• 3 minute buff and basic passive effect
• Resistances

Through this character reboot, we are improving and upgrading the performance of the existing classes, the so-called ‘old character’.

We would like to provide additional guidance on the future direction of the above content.

However, this content is not from the Black Desert Lab,
Please note that information will be provided through the official website of each country.

We will do our best until the end to achieve better results. thank you.

The class reboots will be released on the live servers once they are completed for all the classes.
Before using the skills of rebooted classes on the Black Desert Global Lab, please make sure to reset your character’s skills to minimize any possible issues.
Patch notes related to the class reboot on the Black Desert Global Lab will be translated to other languages and released afterward.

All Classes

• The bug that the falling motion was displayed while using the movement skill has been fixed.
  

Ranger

• Succession: Call from Sky has been changed to activate faster.

Sorceress

• Prime: Black Wave skill has been changed as follows.
  
  • A front guard effect has been added while using the skill.
    
  • The floating effect when the first hit of the skill is successful has been removed.
    
  • The down smash effect that was applied when using the skill has been changed to apply only to the last hit.

 

• The phenomenon in which the awakening skill was not activated intermittently when using the Soul Harvest skill in a pre-awakening state has been corrected.

Berserker

• • It has been changed so that it is no longer a skill that grabs opponents.
  • It has been changed to a skill that can be activated while using the Smack Down and Rock Smash skills.
  • It has been changed so that it cannot be activated by skill slots.
  • The cooldown based on Absolute skill has been changed from 23 seconds to 20 seconds.
  • Skill damage and hit rate has been adjusted.
    

• Feral Stampede skills have been changed as follows.
  • Charging has been removed.
  • The critical hit rate has been changed to apply in PvP.
  • Cooldown changed from 11 seconds to 8 seconds.
  • Flow after using the skill: It has been improved to smoothly link with the Flow: Windstorm, Shake Off, and Headbutt skills.
• Changes have been made so that the collision does not apply when using the Beastly Wind Slash skill in the state of the beast.
• It has been changed so that it does not push the enemy back when using the Beastly Wind Slash skill while in a beast state.
• Prime: Unstoppable beast skill has been changed so that you can immediately get the effect of increasing the critical strike chance.
• Every time you get the effect of running wild, it has been changed so that you can acquire the effect of increasing the critical strike chance of the Prime: Unstoppable Beast skill.
• The bug in which the Giant Leap skill was activated more than twice when used as a retreating leap has been corrected.
• FIt has been changed to return to the standby posture of the Flame Buster skill even after using the Flow: Ancient Power skill.
• The cooldown has been changed so that the cooldown time is applied after the first fire of the Flame Buster skill. If the cooldown of the Flame Buster skill is returned during continuous activation, the normal Flame Buster fire is fired.

 

Awakening

• Fixed the issue where damage was not applied when hitting the Black Spirit: Echo Pierce skill.
• Fixed the issue where you could not get the resonance effect of the Core: Legendary Beast Dance skill when you acquire the four directions.

Musa

• Steel Gale skill has been changed as follows.
  
  • After using the skill, It has been improved so that it can be linked with the Rising Storm: Blaze skill.
    
  • Skill cooldown has been changed from 20 seconds to 15 seconds.
• Stub Arrow skill has been changed as follows.
  
  • The length of time that can be maintained for a crafted battle has been increased from 30 seconds to 1 minute.
    
  • Changed so that the number of squadrons possessed decreases after firing the squadron.
    
  • The Stub Arrow skill has been changed so that it does not activate when left-clicking is pressed.
• A Projection summon has been added to the Inferno Slash skill
  
• When using the Chase skill, it has been changed so that it is not affected by the increase or decrease of movement speed.
• The bug that the PvP damage reduction rate of the Projection III skill Summon Hit Damage was incorrectly displayed and has been corrected.

Maehwa

• When left-clicking after the Chaos: Red Moon skill is maintained, Chaos: Red Moon skill has been improved to activate.
• Chaos: Crimson Gust skill has been changed as follows.

Before change	after change
20 seconds cooldown air attack float	15 seconds cooldown down attack down smash

• • Absolute: Blooming after using Chaos: Crimson Gust skill, It has been improved to be smoothly linked with Prime: Sticky Snowflake skill.
• Roundhouse Kick, Sweep Kick, Blind Thrust skill has been changed to activate after all attacks are applied.
• The phenomenon in which the Arrow Grapple skill did not activate after the Roundhouse Kick, Sweep Kick skill has been corrected.
• Stub Arrow skill has been changed as follows.
  • The length of time that can be maintained for a crafted battle has been increased from 30 seconds to 1 minute.
  • Changed so that the number of squadrons possessed decreases after firing the squadron.
  • The Stub Arrow skill has been changed so that it does not activate when left-clicking is pressed.
• When using the Chase skill, it has been changed so that it is not affected by the increase or decrease of movement speed.
• The attack speed increase effect of the Reverse Scale skill has been deleted, and the attack speed increase effect has been added to the Moonrise skill.
• The attack range has been changed to increase when collecting is completed when using the Petal Bloom skill.
• The attack range of Flow: Moonlight Dash has been increased.
• The phenomenon that some skills were not linked to Chase skills after some skills has been fixed.
• When using the skill Flow: Frostflower, if there is an enemy right in front of it, it has been changed to attack immediately.
• Moonrise III ~ IV skill damage has been adjusted.

Valkyrie

• The cooldown and hit rate of the Verdict: Lancia Iustitiae I ~ IV skills have been changed.

Before change	after change
20/18/16/14 seconds cooldown Hit Rate +3% 3 levels of skill specialization	15/13/11/9 seconds cooldown Hit Chance +3/5/6/8% 2nd stage of skill specialization

Before change	after change
11 seconds cooldown 2nd stage of skill specialization	12 seconds cooldown 3 levels of skill specialization

Awakening

• It has been changed to activate as an additional hit when the Moon Storm skills are linked while using the skills below.
  
  • Sah Spree of Sonan, Delighted Blast, Lunar Dash
    
• The Lethal Spin Spree skill has been changed as follows.
  • The skill description has been modified so that all hits are triggered even if the skill does not hold the Shift + Left-click keystrokes.
  • Changes have been made to enable linkage to some other skills while using skills.

Before change	after change
Shift + left click Additional rotation attack while holding left click Hit Damage 1169% x 12 Extra Hit Damage 1169% x 8	Shift + left click Hit Damage 1169% x 20

• The Lunar Dash skill has been changed as follows.
  • The Suicide Fall skill has been modified so that it can be activated whilst in the forward motion of Lunar Dash, even during the skill’s cooldown.
  • The hitting command has been changed from right-click to left-click, and it has been changed to enable linkage with hitting motion while moving.
  • The sense of speed for the attack action of the skill has been improved.
• Chain Crash: Sah Chakram skill has been changed as follows.
  • The speed of skill attacks and the speed of linking to other skills after using the skill has been increased.
  • Skill cooldown and stamina consumption have been reduced as follows.

Before change	after change
15 seconds cooldown 250 stamina cost	12 seconds cooldown 200 stamina consumption

• Lunatic Discus skill has been changed as follows.
  • The critical strike chance applied only to monsters of the skill has been increased from 40% to 100%.
  • It has been changed to allow recovery of stamina while using skills.
  • The attack range has been changed so that the maximum damage is applied to all ranges the skill hits, and the description of the number of hits has been changed as follows.

Before change	after change
1382% x 1 for knockback hit damage, up to 3 hits Spinning Strike Damage 1382% x 11	Hit Damage 1382% x 14

Before change	after change
Forward guard before attack Knockback on successful hit (applies to player only)	Forward guard while using skill

• The cooldown time of the Danse Macabre skill has been reduced from 15 seconds to 9 seconds, and the resource consumption of the skill has been changed as follows.

Before change	after change
Requires Fighting 40	Requires Endurance 150

• The number of hits and resources consumed by Halo skill have been changed as follows.

Before change	after change
Requires Endurance 200 Hit Damage 1204% x 2 1204% x 3 when using skills while in Crimson Sword	50 demands Hit Damage 1204% x 4

Striker

• Flow: Stalking Wolf skill has been changed as follows.
  • The ability to instantly approach the opponent with one hit of the skill has been added.
  • The floating effect on one hit of the skill has been removed.
  • After using Taeback Kick skill: It has been improved to link the Flow: Stalking Wolf skill.

Mystic

• The amount of damage and number of hits of the dragonizze effects on Rising Dragon, Sea Burial and Wave Orb skills have been changed.
  
• The phenomenon that the Elvia: Severed Fate skill did not work has been fixed.
  
• Fixed the issue where the damage reduction value was abnormally exposed during PvP in the description of the Black Spirit: Rising Dragon skill.
  
• Fixed the issue where the damage reduction mark was not exposed during PvP in the Sea Burial skill.

 

Shai

• Even in the talent state, Ya-ho! has been improved to be able to use the skill.
  
• Fixed the issue where the buff effect of the Outta My Way! skill did not apply to allies when you have 2 or more Florin Leaves

Other Class Changes

 

 

Guild Changes

• [Guild] Drilling reward has been changed.
  • [Guild] The rewards obtained when the driller completes drilling have been changed as follows.

Before change	after change
Faded Trader’s Chest x 1 Fossil Fragment with Traces of Time x 2 Relic of the Nameless Warrior x 1 [Guild] Covenant of Blood x 10	Faded Trader’s Chest x 1 Fossil Fragment with Traces of Time x 4 Relic of the Nameless Warrior x 1 Secret Treasure Chest x 1 [Guild] Covenant of Blood x 20 [Guild] Red Magical Crystals x 2

• • [Guild] The reward obtained when the drilling machine is destroyed without completing drilling has been changed as follows.

Before change	after change
Faded Trader’s Chest x 1 Fossil Fragment with Traces of Time x 1 Relic of the Nameless Warrior x 1 [Guild] Covenant of Blood x 6	Faded Trader’s Chest x 1 Fossil Fragment with Traces of Time x 2 Relic of the Nameless Warrior x 1 Secret Treasure Chest x 1 [Guild] Covenant of Blood x 10 [Guild] Red Magical Crystal x 1

• • [Guild] Red Magical Crystal can be crafted to make ‘[Guild] Ancient Tank Shell’.

How to make	material item	result item
Machining (L) – Machining	[Guild] Red Magical Crystal x 1 Melted Iron Shards x 15 Powder of Flame x 10 Black Stone Powder x 15	[Guild] Ancient Tank Shell

• [Guild] drawings that can be obtained when completing the guild mission: The number of drilling items acquired has been changed from 3 to 4.

Siege/Node War Changes

• The function to display the occupation area has been added.
  • The display of the base installation area in the upper right corner of the game screen has been changed to the display of the Node War/Conquest War installation area.
  • If the display of the Node War/Conquest War installation area is enabled, the area where the Node War/Conquest War is in progress is visually displayed.
• In the World Map (M) window, a function has been added to display the areas where you can build a fortress/command post/field command post before occupation.
  • World Map (M) – Node War/Conquest War Information Filter – You can check by clicking the Conquest War Territory button.

• In the World Map (M) window during the Conquest War, a display indicating the status of the outer and inner gates of Calpheon, Mediah, and Valencia castles has been added.
  • If the castle gate is destroyed, it will be marked as destroyed.
• The Castle Guild/Alliance occupying the territory has been changed so that it can participate in the Node War of another territory.
  • ※ However, you cannot participate in the Node Wars in the Balenos/Serendia Territories, which are the tier 1 bases, and in the occupied territory.
  • The castle guild/confederation can participate in the Node War, but cannot occupy the Node.
  • * Therefore, if you win the Node War you participated in, the Node will be freed .
  • The conditions for victory in the Node War are the same as before, and apply when there is one last guild’s fortress remaining at the participating base.
  • When the Guild/Alliance participates in a Node War, they can acquire a brilliant medal of honor appropriate to the Node War Tier they participated in according to the victory/liberation/defeat results.
  • If the Guild/Alliance wins the Node War, they cannot occupy the Node, but they can use the loot shop that matches the Node War Tier they participated in.
• The date of participation in the base for each territory has been changed.

UI Changes

 

• When using the pad-only UI, the following items have been added and modified so that the growth pass can be used more smoothly.
  • A shortcut banner for growth path has been added to the right side of the menu window.
  • A notification has been added so that you can check the growth pass icon at the top right of the game screen when you use the growth pass content for the first time and when there is a reward for completing a goal.
  • When starting the growth pass for the first time, snapping has been fixed to be placed on the ‘Start’ button.
• When using the pad-only UI, the design has been changed to more intuitively use the automatic character movement, vehicle sprint, and rapid cruise automatic use function UI.
• A legend has been added in the Server Selection UI to show what each icon representing the status and characteristics of the server means.
• When the season character usable item guide UI is exposed, the guide UI has been changed to disappear when the bag is closed.

Other Changes

Content

• [Wizard] The exclusive action that is displayed when wearing the Sleepless Sun costume has been changed.
  
• [Striker] The exclusive action displayed when wearing the Fiery Boy costume has been changed.
• A typo in the description at the bottom of the fairy growth window has been corrected.
• When storing Marni’s Stone in the warehouse, the phenomenon that the icon of the item was displayed abnormally has been corrected.
• Fixed the issue where unnatural vegetation was exposed in Glish 3 and the Hermit Forest area.
• The phenomenon that certain collections were unnaturally exposed in the uneven rocky area has been corrected.