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Pearl Abyss has released Black Desert Online update 2.52 patch today for all platforms. Today’s patch comes with several new features, as well as the usual gameplay improvements and bug fixes. Check out the Black Desert Online September 28 patch notes below.

We’ve added a new appearance for the Mythical Arduanatt. We designed it around a “pure white” concept, and you need only purchase and feed the Quturan’s Fruit to your mythical steed to change its appearance. While we initially thought of a more arduous process to obtain this appearance, we felt that the process of awakening a Mythical Arduanatt was rigorous enough, so we felt it only fair to have a far simpler process when changing its appearance. We hope this new appearance only bolsters the experience of Adventurers who have already awakened a Mythical Arduanatt in their adventures.

We’re currently working on Mythical Doom, and while we initially thought of a horse with blue flames, we felt it somewhat unimpactful compared to the already released mythical counterparts, so… we felt that we had a bit more work to do to prepare for Mythical Doom’s explosive release. Thank you for your patience.

● Added Quturan’s Fruit to now be available for purchase through Francia, librarian of O’dyllita, who requested these through Helen Julia, the Ahib scholar on Krogdalo.             – Feed the Quturan’s Fruit to your stabled Mythical Arduanatt and it shall be reborn with a new appearance and all previous skills and stats intact.             – You can purchase the Quturan’s Fruit for 100 million Silver each via Franica in O’dyllita.             * You can change your Mythical Arduanatt’s basic appearance to the new appearance by using the Quturan’s Fruit.            

Krogdalo, King of the Celestial Horses, has granted his blessing upon the world of Black Desert, thus greatly improving the tiers and breeds of horses roaming in the wild.

You will no longer be able to tame Tier 1 to 5 Wild Horses as they’ve all been improved to Tiers 6 and 7, and these Tier 7 Wild Horses will also boast a special appearance that will make them easy to distinguish from other horses.

We’ve also added 4 types of Tier 8 horses. While retaining the same stats as pre-existing white and black breeds, since Tier 1 to 5 Wild Horse appearances are no longer available, we’ve made these types now available as Tier 8 horses so Adventurers may still have access to them.

Tier 6 to 7 Wild Horse ● Changed the minimum and maximum tiers of Wild Horses in the world of Black Desert.

Krogdalo’s blessing has also been imparted to horse trainers as well. Now Adventurers will receive up to 75% increased Mount EXP (previously up to 40%) based on their Training Mastery. We’ve also increased the value of horses as well. Now Tier 1 to 8 horses will fetch slightly higher prices from Imperial Delivery and Horse Market.

● Increased Mount EXP gains from Training Mastery from up to 40% to up to 75%.

We’ve added new leap quests for Training. Similar to leap quests for other Life Skills, these require that you reach a certain Life Skill level to accept each quest, and they will grant a large amount of Training EXP upon completion. We’ve also added “Family leap quests” available once per Family once you’ve completed these quests, in the spirit of relishing in Krogdalo’s blessing. Complete these Family quests to obtain a skill change coupon, a Premium Horse Appearance Change Coupon, and other goodies to help you on your path to becoming the best Trainer.

● Added new Training leap quests. – The following leap quests can be accepted and completed once per character.

 ● Improved the following weekly and daily quests from Wapra that award Royal Fern Roots upon completion. 

 ● Added the Imperial Steed which can be birthed according to a set probability when breeding horses at the stable. – “Imperial Steeds” have undergone a strict set of regulations imparted by the Stonetail Horse Club and are worthy of bearing the stature of the Imperial Court. – Imperial Steed foals approved by the Stonetail Horse Club are born with the “Imperial Stature” skill already learned. * The Imperial Steed cannot learn any other skill than “Imperial Stature.” – The Imperial Steed cannot be exchanged, nor registered to be sold on the Horse or Breeding Markets. – The Imperial Steed can be reared up to Lv. 15 for the sole purpose of Imperial Delivery. – Deliver a well-grown Imperial Steed to the Imperial Court to obtain approx. 120 million Silver along with other rewards  – You can obtain all the following items as rewards.

 ● Adjusted the Central Market prices for the following 44 items obtained from Gathering and Processing.

 ● Added Evasion, Damage Reduction, and DP stats to Loggia, Carta, and Manos Gatherer’s Clothes. – These defensive stats are identical to those of Loggia, Robeau, and Manos Hunter’s Clothes.

 ● Improved so you can now exchange Strong Fences and Old Moon Fences with the following NPCs: – Improved the description for Strong Fence and Old Moon Fence listed within the “Find NPCs” feature.

 ● Increased the probability of obtaining the 5 types of special materials by approximately 30% upon Lumbering. – Bloody Tree Knot – Red Tree Lump – Spirit’s Leaf – Monk’s Branch – Old Tree Bark

 ● Improved so you can exchange the 4 types of special cooking ingredients below to the for Normal or High-Quality ingredients with the Seed Vendors in each city according to the proportions.

 ● Increased the amount of Milk obtained based on your gathering level to the following:

● Improved the Interaction function so you can now use it during the walking motion (toggled with Caps or Scroll Lock).

● Applied the following improvements to Marni’s Realm. – Increased the area of Marni’s Realm for Hystria Ruins by 1.2 times. – Fixed the issue with the Recommended AP for Sycraia Underwater Ruins being displayed awkwardly. – Fixed the issue where the UI for entering Marni’s Realm displayed awkwardly.              ● Fixed the issue where your character wouldn’t move to the resurrection area after a round ended in the Arena of Solare.

● Changed the following Barter Lv. 1 Trade Goods to now require the same amount across all islands. – Cotton Fabric, Flax Fabric ● Improved the [Event] Giovan Grolin’s Support Scroll and Secret Book of Florin to now be usable even when your character is moving. ● Added instructions on how to use the [Event] Izella’s Fishing Chair to its item description. ● Changed the Honorable Adventurer’s Certificate item description to display the appropriate conditions. ● Increased the max price of PEN (V) Izaro and Manos Riding Crops in the Central Market. ● Improved so the price of Loggia Riding Crop in Central Market matches other Loggia tools. – Purchases and orders of this item have been canceled accordingly. Items that have been purchased or sold were sent to Central Market Storage.

● Added a Pet Tutorial that can be watched after completing a Family quest, “[Pet] Bartali’s Buster”. – You can learn basic info about pets via this quest.

● Made the following improvements to Life Skill quests: – Life Skill “Leap” quests can now be accepted regardless of your character’s level. – Life Skill “Leap” quests can now be completed during the Mountain of Eternal Winter questline. – Life Skill quest titles and level requirements in the quest summary now read more direct. (ex. Gathering Lv 40 → Gathering Professional 10)

● Improved so that Elephant injury can be recovered in Elephant Nursery during Node/Conquest Wars.             – But, it consumes guild fund when recovering from injury like before.                          ● Fixed the issue of the effect not showing when using Big Hwacha’s Rapid Barrage in a specific angle.             ● Fixed the issue of not being able to properly claim Cannon, Indomitable Flag, and Medium/Large Siege Towers in certain situations during Node/Conquest Wars.            

● Changed Leyla to only tell season characters about season graduation.

● Improved so current usage of Contribution is shown in Contribution Info in My Information (P). ● Fixed so items in my Inventory cannot be moved during Enhancement. ● Added a highlight color to the stats in “Training” description of Life Info in My Information (P). ● Changed the background music when logging in the game. ● Added the quixel logo to show when the game is loading. ● Improved the in-game Adventurer’s Board to be easier to read. ● Fixed the location of Leave Party button in Party UI.

● Fixed to navigate to a better path for the following situations: – When navigating to Loggia Farm 3-1 – When navigating to a different path from inside Coastal Cave ● Optimized game server delay issues. ● Fixed the issue of the navigation path shortening when setting an auto-loop navigation path with Navigation Path Settings on Smooth. ● Fixed the issue of the text box of an NPC conversation becoming bigger in certain situations.

● Changed the O’draxxia Fragrant Hexagonal Dining Table item name and description changed to O’draxxia Fragrant Octagonal Dining Table. Fixed the issue where the Incarnation of Corruption would not appear even after Unstable Star Debris had been summoned during the Blackstar gear crafting questline. ● Fixed the issue of the grass showing awkwardkly in a certain location in Navarn Steppe. ● Fixed the issue of certain terrain in Olun’s Valley appearing awkward. ● Fixed the “Marni wave” name showing in the ESC menu, UI, quests and elsewhere, to “Marniwave”. ● Fixed the issue of Aerus not showing properly on the minimap near Camp Balacs of Mountain of Eternal Winter. ● Fixed the issue of the chat windows overlapping in certain situations when using preset function of Edit UI with Quick Hotkey. ● Fixed the issue where you could go outside the battlefield boundaries in Arena of Solare. ● Fixed so Node War Stat Limits UI shows the correct location in World Map (M). ● Fixed the issue of Point Information UI such as Level and HP not displaying in certain situations. ● Fixed the issue of Hostility Adventurer name not displaying in red when your character is Invincible. ● Fixed the issue of the pop menu closing when selecting horse in Stable. ● Fixed the issue of an unlearned skill displaying in Skill to Change list when trying to change Mount Skill in Manage Skill. ● Fixed the issue of the Fairy icon displaying incorrectly in Change Skill UI when changing Fairy skill. ● Fixed the issue of the character mouth displaying awkwardly when equipping [Archer] Nightwarden Helmet. ● Fixed the issue of the leg part poking out from the outfit in hills when equipping the following outfits: – [Striker] WeDan Armor and [Striker] Blazing Inferno Armor – [Musa] Wind Waker Armor and [Musa] Tundra Warden Armor ● Fixed the issue of redirecting to an invalid page when clicking on the guide menu after reaching Lv. 51. ● Fixed the issue of the monster being defeated abnormally in certain situations when fighting the Phantom Knight. ● Fixed the issue of being able to hit the opponent temporarily after all matches in Arena of Solare have ended. ● Fixed the issue of the Ecology Knowledge not refreshing immediately when deleting Knowledge. ● Fixed the issue of the boundary of Marni’s Realm appearing when using Pearl Shop and Skill Demo near it. ● Fixed the issue of the pop up that displaying when using certain functions closing when using Party UI in mini mode. ● Fixed the following for Gamepad UI mode:             – Fixed the issue of the World Map filter description extending beyond the bounds of the screen.             – Fixed the Black Spirit’s Safe key guide arrangement to display better.              – Fixed the issue of the UI closing when removing an item that was registered for Item Reform.             ● Fixed the issue of some tooltips such as Login Reward and Horse Market Appearance Change icons not showing.          

To help newer or returning Adventurers keep up with the latest updates, we’ve compiled a list of some of our recent major ones. Check them out below!

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