Disclaimer: This article includes the latest patch notes and new Pearl Shop items of BDO's official KR website. Certain names and terms may not match with the official translation.

Characters

The maximum number of character slots has been increased from 13 to 14.
- The number of slots given for free are still the same at 7.
- If you have more characters than your expanded slots, you have to create an empty slot by deleting a character to create a new one.

The bug that made the following skills disappear upon the caster’s death has been fixed.
- Projection [including when Black Spirit’s Rage is triggered], Wave of Light, Cartian’s Protection, and Delighted Blast

The animation for alchemy has been changed.

All characters’ PvP defense has been increased.
- We will continue to make patches addressing character balance.

The adjustment value in character customization has been changed to not exceed 100.

Warrior

Unnecessary letters in the tooltip for Pulverize have been deleted.

Sorceress

The tooltip for Dark Flame has been edited, from “damage reduced in PvP” to “damage reduced in PvP, excluding damage from additional magic attacks’

[Sorceress] Le Vladian Underwear (no stockings) has been fixed to not show stockings.

Berserker

The graphics have been fixed to seem more natural when fighting with Iron Buster in the Anemos costume.

Musa & Maehwa

The bug that caused the character’s voice to change randomly while using the Tiger Blade skill has been fixed.

Wizard

The error that prevented customization of certain parts when the player chose face type 7 [young face] has been fixed.

The error in which part 7 of the Anemos Armor could not be dyed has been fixed.

Witch

The skill animation for Crevice Protection has been improved.

Dark Knight

The “EP -20 per sec” effect of Vedir’s Dogma still remained when the character reconnected while the skill was active. This bug has been fixed.

Items

Attack efficiency for enhanced naval cannons has been improved.
- You will feel the effect more when you attack other ships than when you attack sea monsters.

The Galley and Epheria Sailboat now inflict reduced damage to forts and command posts.
The problem in which certain chandelier items were not properly counted for interior points has been fixed.

The text in the tooltips for Ancient Spirit’s Crystal - Viper, Swiftness, and Valor has been edited to include more information about how to get them.

You can now grind Dim Magic Crystal - Sail through processing.

The chance of getting a Sharp Black Crystal Shard and Hard Black Crystal Shard through farming has been increased.

Playable contents

The bug in which an Elephant Trap did not work on the Cadria Elephant has been fixed.

You can now choose how your pets pick up loot.
- The default setting for this is now labeled as “ordinary.”
- Your pets’ looting mechanics change as you click on the “give orders” icon.
- The “Swift” setting will allow your pets to loot faster, but also drains more satiety.
- The “Cautious” setting will make your pets loot slower, but it drains less satiety.

During the minigame you play when you catch a wild horse, the Space key icon now pops up only when the horse lifts its forelegs. The Space icon has also been graphically improved to be easier to spot.

The rope in your character’s hands will now properly disappear once you mount the wild horse you just caught.

You are now unable to move to Arsha’s Spear, Red Battlefield, and the Free Arena if there are trade goods in your inventory.

Face guards for helms are now shut by default in the Pearl Shop.

Monsters

Guild members that land attacks on Poplar Tree Watcher Opin can now all receive rewards.

A stronger version of Poplar Tree Watcher Opin has been added.
- Opin appears in a standstill state.
- In order to activate Opin and kill it, the guild has to receive the quest “[Boss Subjugation] Poplar Tree Watcher Opin” and interact with Opin.
- Small and medium-sized guilds can only fight against the previous Opin, while big and colossal guilds can only fight against the new Opin.
- Only members of the guild that activated Opin can attack it.

If they get stuck in between objects, mutant trolls and ogres will now be relocated to the spot they first spawned. This, however, does not replenish their HP.

Quint and Muraka’s DP has been increased.

Quests & Knowledge

The Waragon subjugation quest has been deleted from guild quests.

Guild trade quests will now more clearly specify the required trade level.

The quest “[Boss Subjugation] Poplar Tree Watcher Opin” has now been changed to a first-come-first-serve quest.

The quest “A Prophet of Altinova” has been deleted from the main quests. You can now carry on your main quests by accepting “Bridle of Destiny” after completing “While Preparing for Mediah.”

A new quest chain in Calpheon, “Encarotia’s past,” has been added. You can accept the quest by talking to Rubin as a level 46 or higher character. You get “Calpheon Travel Diary 2” as an reward.

The NPC for the quest “By putting everyone’s dream together” has been changed from Valencia guild manager Yan to the apprentice right next to him.

You will no longer gain contribution points for repeating certain daily quests.
- The required conditions to activate daily quests are scheduled to be changed so that the players can handle them more easily.

You will now properly attain the knowledge when you catch jellyfish.

Background, NPC, Effects, and Cutscenes

Tulips have bloomed in different parts of Black Desert’s world.

The problem of Valencia’s NPC Osa Dilla not showing up in the search has been fixed.

You will now be autopathed to Valentine after you talk to Izella in Florin for the first time.

User Interface

The server selection screen and loading screen are now replaced with the “best screenshots”, chosen from among the user screenshots uploaded on BDO’s official Korean website.

The issue of certain UIs moving to the center of the screen when the game’s resolution changes has been fixed.

A gamepad’s down arrow button now works as the Enter key.

You can now adjust the size of the UI from 50% to 200%.

If you decrease the game’s resolution to a certain extent when the size of your UI is set at 140% or higher, the UI also automatically shrinks according to the resolution.

The bug that prevented interaction through the R key in exploration quests has been fixed.

System

In the party finder window, recruitment posts from other servers will now show the “change server” button instead of “apply.”

The search engine for party finder will not neglect the space in between words.

Even if the party leader’s level is 61 or higher, he/she cannot set the minimum required level higher than 60.

You can now change the size of the window when the game is running in windowed mode.
- The mouse cursor changes its shape once you place it in the corner of the game’s window. You can then drag the mouse to adjust the size of the window.
- You cannot, however, adjust the size in the loading screen, cutscenes, and in the world map.

You can now save and load the game’s settings.
- Click the “presets archive” button to upload and download your game’s settings.
- The preset saves all the settings, UI, and skill slot positions of your family’s characters.
- The game screen can load itself again from the beginning during the process in which you download your presets.
- The game now runs normally with Windows 10 Creators Update.

New Pearl Shop release

"The Outlaw of Pila Fe" costume has been added for Sorceress, Tamer, Musa, Valkyrie, Kunoichi, and Ninja.