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Pearl Abyss has released Black Desert Online update 2.53 patch today for all platforms. Today’s patch comes with several new features, as well as several gameplay improvements and bug fixes. Check out the Black Desert Online October 12 patch notes below.
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● Fixed the issue where the “Invincibility” defensive effect would sometimes be unintendedly applied when your character was slowed (either with a speed reduction debuff or as the result of being overweight), or was using another defensive effect.
● Some people have been throwing glass bottles into the rivers and seas in secret. – You can catch “Discarded Glass Bottle” by Fishing and exchange it for the following items from NPC Crio.
– Crio’s Sturdy Fishing Chair will have the following effects and cannot be registered on the Central Market. * Durability 200, Fishing Mastery +100, Auto-Fishing Time -5%
● Changed so the following items obtained via Fishing cannot be obtained anymore. – Broken Bottle Fragment, Fertilizer Sack, Seaweed, Tattered Boots, Fish Bones, Broken Fish Hook, Snapped Rope, Torn Sail Piece, Rusty Anchor, Washed-Up Laundry, Torn Net – Even though you cannot obtain the items above, you can obtain “Discarded Glass Bottle” via Fishing according to a set probability. ● Since the items above cannot be obtained anymore, the quest requirements, description related to this items or quest name have changed accordingly. – [Manor] River Cleaner, Driftboot, Fresh Seaweed Dishes, [Fishing] Those Who Contaminate the River, [Fishing] Fishing at the Bandits’ Lair, [Fishing] Recycling Snapped Ropes, [Fishing] Clean the Environment, Seaweed for Health, [Fishing] Catching Seaweed, [Fishing] Island Alone, Save the Earth, [Daily] Muna’s Message
● Adjusted the difficulty of Fishing Leap objectives. – Changed the completion NPC for [Fishing Leap Beginner 10] Bartering to Crio.
● Added new Fishing Leap Quests. – The following Leap quests can be accepted and completed only once per Family.
● Doubled the selling price of fish above blue grade – The adjusted fish types are the following: (122 fish types higher than blue grade)
● Implemented the following improvements related to the Peridot Forest Path Wagon. – The crafting duration for “Wagon Registration: Forest Path Wagon” in the Wagon Workshop has been reduced by 4.5 times. * If you were crafting this item in a Workshop, the in-progress worker task has been completed and any related scheduled tasks were reset. – Prices of: Forest Path Wagon Wheel, Flag, Badge, and Cover have been increased by 2 times in the Central Market. – Improved so that you always obtain exactly 150 “Piece of Image” items upon performing Simple Alchemy on Piece of Image crafting materials.
● Adjusted the price of the following 89 items that can be obtained through Life-Skill related activities.
● Changed the following Pearl Inventory items to no longer be “bound to character”:
– Craft 1: Green-grade Elixir x3+ Blue Reagent x1
– Craft 10: Green-grade Elixir x30+ Blue Reagent x10 + Ibellab’s Essence x1
● Changed the [Event] Pet Appearance Change Coupon to no longer be “bound to character.”
● Added the following appearance method of the Gatekeeper monster in the Valencia region.
– Changed so only one player who participated in defeating the Gatekeeper monster obtains a reward.
● Changed the quest objectives for “[Farming] Horse’s Favorite Fodder.”
– Quest Objective: Farm Stonetail Fodder → Show Stonetail Fodder
● Fixed the layout of wagon covers and appearance item slots in the Dye (J) window.
● Proceeded with the optimization of data related to the quest objectives.
● [Witch] Fixed the issue where upon equipping the following crafted Silver Embroidered outfits, certain parts of the outfit appeared differently within classes. – Silver Embroidered Fishers, Trader, Gatherer Trainer, Alchemists, Craftman’s Clothes
● Fixed the issue where the notice text regarding guilds appeared abnormally upon joining one.
● Fixed the issue where the UI status only updated the kill count for one quest when having multiple specific subjugation quests accepted.
● Fixed the text on subjugation rewards which can be checked in the Guild (G) window.
● Fixed the issue where Alliance Chat messages weren’t visible for War Heroes if they were on different servers.
● Fixed the issue where while playing Marni’s instrument, the imagery remained on the screen upon switching to the gamepad mode UI.
● Fixed the issue where certain regions of the Minimap appeared in black and white.
● Fixed so you cannot adjust the screen size when the screen filter is set in the “NonContrast” mode.
● Fixed the issue where the tooltip would not display properly when moving your cursor over UI buttons and icons quickly.
● Fixed so the description for Fruit Pie and Sweet Fruit Pie items are the same.
● Fixed typos for the below Items and Knowledge:
– Item: [Event] Magical Celerity Draught, Cox Pirates’ Artifact (Combat)
● Fixed the issue where you could still accept the “[Event] Terrmian, Ho!” quest upon completing “[Event] To Terrmian” outside the event period. ● Fixed the issue of the right-side widget not refreshing when doing a normal quest after completing all main quests. ● [Sage, Sorceress] Fixed the issue of certain parts of the Salanar weapon appearance being dyed abnormally darker than intended. ● Fixed the following items’ description text to match the actual outfit. – [Witch, Sorceress, Wizard, Sage] Salanar Shoes, Salanar Classic Set/Premium/Awakening Set, Salanar Outfit Set – [Shai] Salanar Shoes, Salanar Classic Set, Salanar Outfit Set
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