Black Desert console update 3.40 is available to download on PS4. According to the official Black Desert 3.40 patch notes, the latest update brings fixes and balance changes to several classes, including damage adjustments for Valkyrie and Musa’s improved skill transitions. Ninja and Wizard received critical bug fixes for skill activations, and Bihyung, a new boss, was introduced to Black Shrine – Hwanghae. Apart from this, Black Desert Online version 3.40 also includes stability fixes.
A big update was recently released, which added Atoraxxion – Sycrakea dungeon, new Season+ servers, expanded Caphras levels, and more. Unfortunately, players are still facing various bugs and issues in the game. Today’s Black Desert patch 3.40 will fix a few of these issues.
Check out more details below.
Black Desert Console Update 3.40 – November 28, 2024
New Additions and Improvements
Class Changes
Ranger
Succession
Prime: Extreme Charging Wind
- Fixed to reflect the actual damage and number of targets hit mentioned in the description.
Awakening
Breezy Blade
- Fixed the “recover MP per target on hit” effect description to match the actual effect.
- Fixed the issue where comboing from backwards Wind Step wouldn’t instantly recover Stamina.
- Fixed the issue where the “spin the target on hits” PvE effect wasn’t displayed in the skill demo.
- (I to II) Changed the damage reduced in PvP to match level III.
- Fixed the damage reduced for PvP to be properly applied during cooldown.
Sorceress
Awakening
Cartian’s Protection
- Fixed the issue where skill add-on effects would be applied an additional time on hits.
Berserker
Main, Succession
Prime: Predatory Hunt
- Fixed the issue where you couldn’t use the skill with low WP.
Fierce Strike
- Fixed the issue where Down Attack and Counter Attack debuffs weren’t being applied in Beast Form for the 1st/2nd and 3rd hits, respectively.
- Fixed the description to better reflect Beast Form’s effects on the skill.
Tamer
Awakening
Cloud Stomping
- Fixed the issue where the Critical Hit Rate wasn’t applied to last attack hits.
Royal Workshops
- Changed the wording in the Royal Workshop item descriptions from Production Node/Processing Node to Production/Processing.
- Added a description of the time needed for items with long production times in the production workshop.
- Improved the readability of the description for the Refresh button.
- Added color to some descriptions and improved clarity with line breaks.
- Improved the guide on item selection probabilities in the description for the Refresh button.
- Improved to allow for more intuitive viewing of the item probabilities, excluding the one currently selected and not appearing upon refresh.
Item
An emoji series featuring cute and witty emojis of the bosses from the Land of the Morning Light – Hwanghae Province is being added.
It can be found in the Pearl Shop or be exchanged with the Boss Blitz Tokens obtained by clearing Hard mode of Black Shrine – Hwanghae (Party). We hope these new emojis allow adventurers to enjoy a more diverse range of expressions.
- Added Boss emojis for Black Shrine: Hwanghae Province.
- In the Hard mode of Black Shrine: Hwanghae (Party), you can obtain the Boss’ emojis by exchanging 10 Boss Blitz Tokens of that Boss in the Manage Currency UI.
- For example, by defeating Uturi in the Hard mode of Black Shrine: Hwanghae (Party) and collecting 10 Boss Blitz Tokens – Uturi, you can exchange them for the Uturi emoji.
- Alternatively, you can purchase each Boss emoji through the Pearl Shop (F3).
- In the Hard mode of Black Shrine: Hwanghae (Party), you can obtain the Boss’ emojis by exchanging 10 Boss Blitz Tokens of that Boss in the Manage Currency UI.
| 10 Black Shrine: Hwanghae Province Boss Emojis | ||||
 Burning Love Jigwi (Love) |  Questioning Blue-clad Youth (Question) |  Lauded Uturi (Laud) |  Fuming Bulgasal (Fuming) |  Dancing Bihyung (Dance) |
 Weeping Sisters (Weep) |  Leaving Deposed Crown Prince (Leaving) |  Roaring Dark Bonghwang (Roar) |  Threatening Samsin (Threat) |  Running Chunhyang (Running) |
* Emojis for Janghwa and Hongryeon, Samsin, and Chunhyang, which have not yet been released as bosses in Black Shrine – Hwanghae (Party), will be added for exchange through Manage Currency once the respective bosses are released.
- J’s Hammer of Precision was removed from the game during the Nov 28 (Thu) maintenance.
- If you sold the item through the Central Market but did not collect the Silver, it was collected during the maintenance.
- If you had reserved the item for purchase through the Central Market, the order was canceled.
- Improved Sea Crystal icons so that the image shown appears shinier the greater the crystal’s stats.
- Added usage or acquisition information to the descriptions of items related to Sea Crystals.
- Improved the icons of items obtainable from Special Barter.
- Chiro’s Epheria Carrack Selection Box
- Improved the readability of the obtainable items description in the following items:
- [Event] Shakatu’s Luxury Box
- [Event] Shakatu’s Rarity Box
- [Event] Shakatu’s Luxury Box II
- [Event] Shakatu’s Shiny Box (Life)
- [Event] Shakatu’s Resplendent Box
- [Event] Shakatu’s Chest of Shinies
- [Event] Shakatu’s Chest of Rarities
- [Event] Shakatu’s Chest of Luxuries
- [Event] Hidden Shakatu’s Resplendent Box
- [Event] Shakatu’s Treasure Box
- [Event] Shakatu’s Secret Box
- Improved the Central Market price of PEN (V) Blackstar Weapon and PEN (V) Godr-Ayed Weapon to sync independently.
Dehkia’s Lantern
The consumption amount of Dehkia’s Lantern when activating Dehkia’s monster zones will be changed.
Originally, the high initial consumption was meant to prevent unintended PvE methods in some Dehkia monster zones, but it could be burdensome.
To address this, we have significantly decreased the initial amount of Dehkia’s Lantern and also made changes to the way monsters spawn in certain problematic monster zones.
Originally, the high initial consumption was meant to prevent unintended PvE methods in some Dehkia monster zones, but it could be burdensome.
To address this, we have significantly decreased the initial amount of Dehkia’s Lantern and also made changes to the way monsters spawn in certain problematic monster zones.
- Changed the durability consumption when activating Dehkia’s Lantern from 20 to 1.
- Following this change, in certain monster zones, the following monsters will initially appear for a set time when Dehkia’s Lantern is first used:
- Cyclops Land [Dehkia’s Lantern I]– Baby Gargoyle (Cyclops will appear after a certain time.)
- Olun’s Valley [Dehkia’s Lantern I]– Boulder Golem, Rock Golem, Indomitable Golem (Olun’s Golem will appear after a certain time.)
- Following this change, in certain monster zones, the following monsters will initially appear for a set time when Dehkia’s Lantern is first used:
- Reduced the Cadry Chief Gatekeeper’s patrol range in Cadry Ruins [Dehkia’s Lantern I] to prevent it from affecting nearby PvE activities.
- Fixed the issue where Node Investment Benefits were not applied to the Honglim Base and Dokkebi Forest monster zones.
- Fixed the issue in Honglim Base where Foxfire would occasionally not follow the adventurer, even when moving near it.
- Improved to display an additional message when Dark Bonghwang is affected by the Sun aura during combat.
- Changed the name of “Cheoyong,” encountered during combat in the Storybook – Hwanghae quests, to “Bihyung.”
Quest & Knowledge
- Changed the conditions for accepting simplified quests to allow characters from Families that have not completed the “[Pet] Bareeds’ Junaid” quest to immediately proceed with the simplified quests.
Node & Conquest War
- Fixed the following issues for Construction mode Node War.
- Increased the Durability of Node forts and annex buildings at all levels.
- Increased the damage dealt to Flame Tower, Hwacha, Enhanced Flame Tower, and Enhanced Hwacha when attacking with cannons.
- Fixed the issue where Node War would immediately end upon start in certain situations.
- Fixed the issue where the Indomitable Flag could not be installed at some Nodes.
- Fixed the issue where monsters would not disappear 15 min before the start on Node War servers.
- Fixed the issue where a fort could not be installed in the Node War area using “Remote Fort Installation Mode”.
- [Occupation Node War] Fixed the issue where a specific tier 3 neutral fort in the Balenos/Serendia Territory Group would not be created under the following conditions:
- When more than 6 guilds (alliances) participated in the Balenos Territory, when the Node War area was designated as Casta Farm or Terrmian Cliff
- When more than 6 guilds (alliances) participated in the Serendia Territory, a tier 3 fort is created, and when the Node War area was designated as the Bloody Monastery
- Fixed the issue where the Indomitable Flag and annex buildings were sometimes not destroyed despite having no Durability remaining.
- Fixed the issue where you could attack other adventurers at Velia Beach on a server where Node War is in progress.
- Changed Velia Beach to be a Safe Zone like Velia. You can move to a nearby region (such as the Coastal Cliff or Coastal Cave) to install campsites.
NPC, Background, Sound
- Changed to allow “Fisher” Danio in Valencia to be found using Find NPC. Additionally, you can now check his location through the World Map with an icon.
- Changed the name of Ginburrey Island’s “Barterer”, who shared the same name as “Fisher” Danio in Valencia, to Denio.
UI
- Fixed the response speed when pressing the Change Stance hotkey (‘).
- Improved the clarity of explanation messages in the following situations:
- When hovering over the Node War Participation Opportunities icon
- When hovering over the apply button in the Guild Member Status tab
- When clicking the Join Node War button
- Added the unavailable region (Great Desert) to the explanation text at the bottom of the Tag Character window.
- Added the [Go Enhance] section to the “How to Get Stronger” guide that appears when a new or returning adventurer’s character has died.
- This feature provides guidance on how to enhance your equipment.
Web
- Changed the Log Out function in Account Security Center – Log In Management to an All Log Out function.
- Improved the option to select whether to log out from all devices when changing the password.
- Improved the notification message related to registering a phone number.
Translation
- Changed and unified the following in English.
- Round Earring → Round Earrings
- Plum Earring → Plum Earrings
- Gold Pop Earring → Gold Pop Earrings
- Lollipop Earring → Lollipop Earrings
- [Event] Peek-a-Boo Black Spirit Cube Earring → [Event] Peek-a-Boo Black Spirit Cube Earrings
- Echidna Earring → Echidna Earrings
Modified or Changed
- [Dosa, Archer] Fixed the issue where logs wouldn’t appear or the splitting animation wouldn’t play during mass processing – Chopping.
- [Shai] Fixed the issue where the appearance of the Lil’ Otter Fishing Carrier was displayed when using Yippee! skill.
- [Mystic] Fixed the issue where the sound did not play during certain movements when using the Mass Destruction skill while in awakening.
- Fixed the issue where entering the Arena of Solare while wearing certain outfits exchanged with the Equipment Tailoring Coupon would increase DP by 1.
- Fixed the issue where the camera effects were applied when using the following Black Spirit’s Rage skills:
- [Berserker] Black Spirit: Prime: Raging Thunder
- [Maehwa] Black Spirit: Petal Drill
- [Mystic] Black Spirit: Wave Orb
- [Striker] Black Spirit: Rampaging Predator
- Fixed the issue where two mounts appeared to be selected when more than 10 mounts were stored in the stable.
- Fixed the issue where quickly equipping/unequipping mount gear on a mount taken out of the stable would display unnatural text.
- Fixed the issue where the underwear slot position would shift to the right when selecting Shai or non-awakening classes in View Inventory of other characters.
- Fixed the issue where the icon border size of goods in processing/production in the Royal Workshops was unnatural.
- Fixed the issue where the worn Lil’ Otter Fishing Carrier was displayed when the character was swimming.
- Fixed the issue where the worn Lil’ Otter Fishing Carrier was displayed in the Customization (F4) with the following classes:
- Ranger, Berserker, Sorceress, Warrior
- Improved the sequence subtitles to display correctly during the “[Calpheon] In Search of the Relic” quest.
- Fixed the issue where the cameras for NPCs Yeryeon and Doryeon in Hwasun Valley were swapped during the “[Bulgasal] The Remnants” quest.
- Fixed the issue where the Skill Guide was not displayed when boarding a ship.
- Fixed the issue where some quests skipped by progressing through the simplified Main quest were not shown in the Quest Complete list.
- Fixed the issue where Gyeongjae’s movement would block the camera during the “[Uturi] Preliminaries Begin” quest.
- Fixed the issue where Dolswe’s name was displayed as villager during some “[Uturi]” quests.
- Fixed the issue where Gyeongjae’s appearance would disappear during the “[Uturi] Finals Registration” quest.
- Fixed the issue where Seonbin and Chihong’s camera views were swapped during some “[Uturi]” quests.
- Fixed the issue where some NPC names and conversations in Unjongga Street were awkward.
- Fixed the issue where some NPCs were placed in abnormal locations in Dume Ridges.
- Fixed the issue where Bareeds III would not appear when selecting the “For Altinova” path during the Mediah Main questline, making the quest impossible to progress.
- Fixed the issue where it was impossible to transport a ship to Asparkan.
- Fixed the issue where the quest progression was unavailable in certain situations during the “Find Fluffy” quest, even after finding Fluffy.
- Fixed the issue where Barter Refresh Points were not reset until moving to the Character Selection screen or reconnecting after 6 AM.
- Fixed the issue where the icon for the backpack was exposed as armor in the Fashion Album and Photo Gallery.
- [Guardian] Fixed the issue where the appearance was unnatural with certain body shapes when wearing the Gloamwalker Outfit.
- [Archer] Fixed the issue where the appearance was unnatural when wearing the Gloamwalker Outfit and Nightwarden Shoes together.
- [Archer] Fixed the issue where the appearance was unnatural in certain poses when wearing the Gloamwalker Outfit.
- [Dark Knight Fixed the issue where the arm was unnatural when wearing a certain Pearl outfit and Secrua Vediant together.
- Fixed the issue where the AP/DP display at the top left of the screen did not refresh after equipping/unequipping equipment when using the Gamepad UI.
- Fixed the issue where Interest Knowledge Status was exposed when accepting a Bonus quest after selling a horse through Imperial Delivery.
- Fixed the issue where the font overlapped when pressing the Collect Wage button after promoting your guild.
- Fixed the issue where the Griffon’s Helmet and Urugon’s Shoes, obtained through a specific route in Dorin Morgrim’s Secrets – Volume 2, could not be handed over.
- Changed the completion NPC for the “[Balenos] Farewell, Grusha” quest.
- Fixed the issue where the “[King’s Key] Outing” quest could not be progressed.
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