Black Desert console update 2.17 is now available to download on PS4 and Xbox One. According to the official Black Desert 2.17 patch notes, the latest update added the Winter Season Graduation, Character Reboot, and more. Apart from this, Black Desert Online version 2.17 also includes various stability fixes.
Recently, a big update was released which added Atoraxxion – Sycrakea dungeon, new Season+ servers, expanded Caphras levels, and more.
Unfortunately, players are still experiencing a number of issues when trying to play the game. Today’s Black Desert patch 2.17 will fix a few of these issues.
Check out more details below.
Black Desert Online Patch 2.17 – January 10, 2022
● Skills of classes will be reset during the January 10th maintence, as announced through the notice: Here.
– Due to the skill reset, GM Silver will appear near the Supply Manager NPC, Robb, at the Battle Arena, allowing characters regardless of where they currently are.
– Interact with GM Silver to conveniently use Learn Skill, Skill Add-on, and Preset functions.
| [GM] Silver Appearance Period |
| After the January 10thMaintenance ~ January 26thMaintenance |
 [Event] Secret Book of Old Moon (3 Days) x1
Coupon Code: US9M-O5GA-56IE-U6QU |
* Coupon and the mail the item comes in is available until January 26th.
* You cannot register the coupon once it expires. Please take note that the items stored in your Web Storage and Mail will also disappear once they expire.
* The coupon can be registered once per Family.
* Please take note that you will not be able to use the coupon for 1 hour when you enter the wrong coupon code 10 times in a row.
* You can only redeem this coupon with accounts which are linked to the Black Desert Console Website
How to Link Accounts
– Create an account on the console.playblackdesert.com website.
– In-game, go to Start>Character>My Info.
– Press the △/Y button to select ‘Link Account’.
– Enter the Email Address and password that you used to sign up to the official Website.
All Classes
● Added Unyielding Might, a passive skill you can learn once you reach Lv. 62.
● Added the “Class Damage Ratios” to the Adventurer’s Guide categories so that you can check the damage rate applied for each class when each class attacks its enemies.
* Increased the amount of damage applied by 34.09% when Shais attack Ninjas.
– We are planning to make constant updates when a new class is released so that you can now check the damage rate via the Adventurer’s Guide.
● Changed to apply an upper limit or a lower limit for the increase and decrease in Movement Speed, Attack Speed, and Casting Speed that can be applied all at once to your character (With the assumption that your character’s default speed is at 100%.)
– Changed to get up to a total of an extra 150% for Movement Speed, Attack Speed, and Casting Speed that increase with buffs, enhancement levels, and skill add-ons.
* Therefore, the maximum stats for your character’s Movement Speed, Attack Speed, and Casting Speed are 250%.
– Changed to apply a total of up to 50% for the stats for Movement Speed, Attack Speed, and Casting Speed that decrease due to debuffs.
* Therefore, the minimum stats for your character’s Movement Speed, Attack Speed, and Casting Speed are 50%.
– Changed to not apply Forward Guard when moving backward while your Guard Gauge is at 0.
– Changed to not apply Forward Guard during the guard break motion.
● Changed the rules for the AP applied to summons.
– Removed all summons’ AP and changed to now apply the summoner’s AP and extra AP to them instead. Therefore, the damage of the summons’ attack skills was adjusted.
– Changed to apply the exact Critical Hit Rate of the summoner’s to the summons.
● Reduced the CC points of Knockback skills from 1.0 point to 0.7 point.
●Improved attack decision effects to match differences in elevation when performing the following skills.
| Classes | Skills |
| Ranger | Fire an arrow after Evasive Explosion Shot Descending Current, Ultimate: Descending Current |
| Dark Knight | Black Spirit: Obsidian Ashes |
| Sage | Spatial Collapse |
Conquest War Pre-Season Ends
● Pre-season for Conquest War has ended.
– Therefore, all current Conquest regions have been reset.
● Fughar has begun helping Season+ characters graduate and adjust to the normal server with the Season+ Graduation.
| Graduation Period | January 5th 2022 After the Maintenance ~ March 2nd 2022 Maintenance |
| Requirements | – For Adventurers that did not purchase the Black Spirit Pass, complete and collect all the rewards from the Season Pass Challenges – For Adventurers that purchased the Black Spirit Pass, complete and collect all rewards from the Season/Black Spirit Pass Challenges – No longer in possession of the Fughar’s Timepiece |
– The path to graduating the Winter Season is as follows:
| Quest Name | Starting NPC | Objectives | Completion NPC |
| [Season Server Graduation] At the Crossroad | Leyla located by the Velia Workshop | Talk to Fughar after completing the quest ‘[Season] Fughar’s Special Timepiece’ | Fughar |
| [Season Server Graduation] Into the Big Wide World | Fughar | Use the Honorable Adventurer’s Certificate | Fughar |
– The season character will convert to a normal character when using the Honorable Adventurer’s Certificate.
– You can obtain the items [Season] Tuvala Conversion Stone Box, Gift Box Full of Memories, and Fughar’s Letter of Encouragement by completing the quests above.
– The item “Gift Box Full of Memories” contains the following items:
| Gift Box Full of Memories |
| [Season] Boss Gear Exchange Coupon x1 Graduation Cap x1Advice of Valks (+60) x1 Golden Graduation Gown x1 Cron Stone x100 [Event] Secret Book of Old Moon(7 Days) x1 [Event] Elion’s Tear x10 [Event] Item Collection Increase Scroll x5 [Event] Giovan Grolin’s Support Scroll x5 [Event] Tachros’ Spirit Stone x1 Blessed Message Scroll (100 min) x5 Premium Elixir Box x3 Finto’s Filling/Sweet/Fresh Juice x10 of each |
| ※ Graudation Precautions! NEW PLAYERS Those who have previously completed the Old Moon Guild’s Best Deal questline Other Notices TIP! The Fughar’s Timepiece is an incredibly powerful item that can be found in Seasons. While you can throw it away, it is advised that you make use of it if you are able to do so. ※ Want to find out more about Graduation? Check the notice here ‘LINK’ |
● The ‘[Season Special Gift] Dreaming Beyond Auroras’ has been added, which will reward you with special items.
| Quest Name | Starting NPC | Conditions | Objectives | Rewards |
| [Season Special Gift] Dreaming Beyond Auroras | Fughar | Character must be level 20 or higher and have completed the ‘[Season Server Graduation] Into the Big Wide World. | Talk to Fughar | Season Special Gift Exchange Coupon x1 Cron Stone x50 Fresh Orange Juice x10 Sweet Wild Berry Juice x10 Sour Green Grape Juice x10 |
– The item “Seasonal Special Gift Exchange Coupon” mentioned above can be exchanged for 1 of the 5 special reward groups available through the NPC Fughar.
* However, if you already obtained an item from a previous season, you cannot get another item from that season.
– The item “Seasonal Special Gift Exchange Coupon” can be used after Season+ ends to exchange it for a special reward.
– Adventurers that have yet to obtain some of the previous season special rewards can obtain them by completing a season server in the future.
Rewards Available with the Season Special Gift Exchange Coupon
| [Group A] |  PEN(V) Capotia Earring |  PEN(V) Capotia Ring |
| Select one of the above | ||
| [Group B] |  Perilla’s Star | |
| [Group C] |  PEN (V) Capotia Belt | |
| [Group D] |  Advice of Valks (+100) | |
| [Group E] |  PEN(V) Capotia Necklace | |
※ You can only receive rewards from each group once.
● You can exchange Tuvala Gear for Boss gear through the quests below once you have the ‘[Season] Boss Gear Exchange Coupon’.
– If you visit Fughar with the ‘[Season] Boss Gear Exchange Coupon’, you can proceed with the following quests. You cannot pick up another quest from Fughar until you have completed the quest.
| Quest Name |
| [Season] Even Sharper Weapon: Main Weapon [Season] Even Sharper Weapon: Sub-weapon [Season] Even Sharper Weapon: Awakening Weapon [Season] Even Sturdier Armor: Helmet [Season] Even Sturdier Armor: Armor [Season] Even Sturdier Armor: Shoes [Season] Even Sturdier Armor: Gloves |
Optimization + Stabilization
● Carried out optimization on the Party UI
● Modified memory usage when first loading the game to improve stability.
Character Changes
● When deleting characters below level 45, or Trial Characters, the waiting time has been reduced to 3 minutes.
Wizard, Witch
● Absolute: Blizzard – The snowstorm which is produced by the skill has been modified to appear more naturally.
● Resurrection is now able to be used.
Guardian
● The following skills have been modified to apply their intended status effects when used during mounted combat.
– Mutilation, Beast Demolisher, Avalanche Strike, Axe Throw, Black Blood Circle
● Fixed an issue where linking Prime: Boulder Crush with Fierce Disdain would hit more than intended.
● Improved the following skills to process hits better on uneven heights.
– Scornful Slash, Dragon’s Maw, Pulverization, Mutilation, Black Blood Slaughter
Main Weapon, Succession
● Made changes to the following skills:
| Skills | Before | After |
| Prime: Claw Reveal | – Hit Damage 816% x 3 | – Attack damage 1216% x 5 |
| Absolute: Omua’s Objurgation | – Hit Damage 705% x 8 | – Attack damage 1131% x 8 |
| Absolute: Black Blood’s Descent | – Hit Damage 801% x 5 | – Attack damage 1447% x 5 |
| Flow: Black Blood Eruption | – All damage applies Black Blood Circle damage x4 | – All damage applies Black Blood Circle damage x6 |
| Bone Freezing Wind | – Critical Hit Damage +11.5% | – Critical Attack damage +10% – All AP +12 |
| Chokeslam (I to Absolute) | – 8/8/7 sec cooldown | – 16/16/15 sec cooldown |
| Prime: Black Blood Circle | – Hit Damage 519/667/815/1107% x 10 – I to III: Damage -35% in PvP – IV: Damage -43.5% in PvP | – Attack damage 667/815/1107/1456% x 10 – I to III: Damage -44.75% in PvP – IV: Damage -52% in PvP |
| Prime: Savage Hack | – 1st, 2nd Hit Damage 741/906/1071% x3 – 3rd Hit Damage 741/906/1071% x4 – 4th Hit Damage 741/906/1071% x5 | – Attack 1, 2, and 3 damage 906/1071/1256% x5 – Last attack damage 906/1071/1256% x7 |
| Prime: Boulder Crush | – 1,2 Hit Damage 813/1045/1277/1509% x 1, Max 3 Hits – 3,4 Hit Damage 813/1045/1277/1509% x 1, Max 4 Hits – Damage -30% in PvP | – Attack 1 and 2 damage 813/1045/1277/1509% x4 – Attack 3 and 4 damage 813/1045/1277/1509% x6 – Damage -37% in PvP |
| Prime: Mountain Slam | – Hit Damage 508/653/798/1086% x 9 | – Attack damage 653/798/1086/1332% x9 |
| Prime: Avalanche Strike | – Hit Damage 748/914/1080% x 7 | – Attack damage 914/1080/1236% x9 |
| Omua’s Objurgation | – Damage -35% in PVP | – Damage -45% in PVP |
● Prime: Mutilation, Prime: Black Blood Slaughter – Changed to apply their max hits within the entire area of effect.
● Fierce Disdain – Improved to combo smoother into other skills when Fierce Disdain is used laterally.
● Mutilation, Black Blood Slaughter – Fixed the issue where comboing into Savage Hack after using these skills would activate Avalanche Strike first.
● Omua’s Objurgation – Improved to combo into other skills more moothly after using this skill.
● Omua’s Objurgation – Changed the falling speed to appear more natural when the skill is used on a slope.
● Juggernaut, Sturdy Step, Guard – Fixed the issue where trying to combo into Avalanche Strike, Boulder Crush, Savage Hack during the skills would activate Juggernaut: Smite.
● Sturdy Step – Improved to combo into other skills more smoothly after using it.
Awakening
● Made changes to the following skills:
| Skills | Before | After |
| Scornful Slash | – 1,2 Hit Damage 564/682/793/910% x 3 – Trail of fire Hit Damage 451/546/634/728% x 2, Max 4 Hits – Air Attack | – Removed attack 1 and 2 damage – Trail of fire attack damage 851/1013/1215/1431% x 5, max 2 hits – Changed so max hits apply for all attack ranges |
| Searing Fang | – 1st Hit Burn Damage 415/549/682% x2, Max 5 Hits – Trail of fire damage -30% in PvP | – Attack 1 trail of fire damage 518/686/852% x8 – Trail of fire damage -65% in PvP |
| Neck Impaler | – Cooldown 7 sec | – 15 sec cooldown |
| God Incinerator | – Hit Damage 593/751/909% x 14 | – Attack damage 751/909/1056% x 14 |
● Guard – Changed to be unavailable when the Guard Guage is 0.
● Searing Fang – Changed to apply its max hits in its entire area of effect.
● Searing Fang – Fixed the issue where comboing into Fierce Disdain during the skill activated Flow: Suppress.
● Searing Fang – Improved to combo into certain skills more smoothly after its attack 1 and 2.
● Flow: To Ashes – Improved to combo more smoothly into Glorious Advance after using it.
Hashashin
● Fixed an issue where after learning Core: Collapse, Aal’s Dominion would be activated before Silent Breach.
● Pilgrim of the Sands – Changed the effects gained at all levels of the skill.
| Before | After |
| Increase All Accuracy Rate +10% All Evasion Rate +5% | All AP +12 All Evasion Rate +10% |
● Aal’s Protection – Changed to be unavailable when Guard Guage is 0.
● Aal’s Mirage – Changed to not display the guard break motion when the Guard Gauge is depleted during the skill.
● Aal’s Mirage – Made the following changes:
– Improved to activate the skill immediately as a combo after using another skill, regardless of the hand that is holding the weapon.
* However, this excludes skills that it could not be comboed with previously like Aal’s Grace, Ensnaring Sands, Flow: Condemnation, and Flow: Voracity.
– Increased the skill cooldown from 13 sec to 18 sec.
● Dune Slash – Changed the damage and cooldown of the skill to the following:
| Skills | Before | After |
| Dune Slash I | Hit damage 695% x 4 Last hit damage 835% x 3 9 sec cooldown | Attack damage 928% x 4 Last attack damage 928% x 3 8 sec cooldown |
| Dune Slash II | Hit damage 695% x 4 Last hit damage 1075% x 3 8 sec cooldown | Attack damage 1194% x 4 Last attack damage 1194% x 3 7 sec cooldown |
| Dune Slash III | Hit damage 695% x 4 Last hit damage 1346% x 3 7 sec cooldown | Attack damage 1496% x 4 Last attack damage 1496% x 3 6 sec cooldown |
● Flow: Dune Strike – Improved to combo more smoothly into Collapse.
● Flow: Dune Strike – Made the following changes:
– Added the Down Smash effect.
– Added the Air Attack effect.
– Removed the cooldown.
– Removed the All Evasion Rate reduction effect.
– Adjusted the damge reduction in PvP from -50% to -40%.
● Collapse III – Adjusted the damage reduction in PvP from -54% to -45%.
● Collapse – Added the All Evasion Rate reduction effect.
● Collapse – Changed to apply to all targets regardless of the attack 1 range.
● Ensnaring Sands – Made the following changes:
– Increase the skill activation speed.
– Changed the pulling hits to apply damage. Therefore, the skill description was changed.
– Changed the Movement Speed reductions from -40% to -30% at level IV. Now, it will reduce Movement Speed, Attack Speed, and Casting Speed.
● Flow: Sand Warp – Changed to activate all the attacks of Retribution when comboing into it after using Flow: Sand Warp backward.
● Flow: Hourglass of Recall – Changed to apply “Invincibility → Super Armor” during the skill.
● Flow: Condemnation – Changed the damage reduced in PvP from -45% to -40%.
● Silent Breach – Made the following changes:
– Changed the command for the skill from “LS↑+LB/L2 during certain skills” to “A/X during other skills”.
* Therefore, Silent Breach will take priority in activating during all Awakening skills over Aal’s Dominion.
– Increased the attack range.
– Changed the damage to the following:
| Before | After |
| Hit damage 802% x 4 Damage -40% in PvP | Attack damage 1239% x 5 Damage -50% in PvP |
– Changed the “Floating on hits” effect to “Bound on hits (PvE Only)” effect.
– Added Forward Guard to apply during the skill.
– Added the Down Attack effect.
– Improved to combo more smoothly into other skills during the skill.
● Serpent’s Coil – Made the following changes:
– Removed the “reduce All Accuracy Rate on hits” effect.
– Changed to not consume Stamina while holding the skill.
– Changed to no longer be able to use repeatedly and adjusted the damage accordingly.
– Added the increase All Evade for 5 sec effect.
– Increased the area of effect.
● Flow: Voracity – Made the following changes:
– Improved to be able to activate quicker at the start of Serpenet’s Coil.
– Increased the area of effect.
– Change the damage to the following:
| Before | After |
| Hit damage 1477% x 8 Damage -55% in PvP | Attack Damage 1625% x 8 Damage -60% in PvP |
● Crown Kick – Made the following changes:
– Removed the “Bound on spin hits” effect.
– Added “increase Attack Speed when using skill” effect.
– Improved to recover MP per hit.
– Improved to attack while turning towards the direction of the camera.
– Improved to combo more smoothly into Crown Kick after using Flow: Sand Warp, Constriction, and Piercing Fang.
– Improved to combo more smoothly into other skills after using Crown Kick.
– Adjusted the damage, Critical Hit Rate, and PvP damage reduction to the following:
| Before | After |
| Spin hit damage 770% x 5 Last hit damage 770% x 2 Damage not reduced in PvP Critical Hit Rate +0% | Spin attack damage 1078% x 5 Last attack damage 1078% x 2 Damage -35% in PvP Critical Hit Rate +50% |
● Retribution – Adjusted the damage and damage reduction in PvP to the following:
| Before | After |
| Hit damage 811% x 7 Last hit damage 1201% x 1, Max 4 Hits Damage -20% in PvP | Attack damage 1014% x 7 Last attack damage 1441% x 1, max 4 hits Damage -37% in PvP |
● Aal’s Grace – Added All AP +20 for 30 sec, Critical Hit Damage +15% for 30 sec.
● Prime: Blade’s Pact – Added Critical Hit Rate +30% for 30 sec.
● Aal’s Breath, Prime: Aal’s Breath – Fixed the issue where all the damage dealt by the summon were being applied to double the hits.
Nova
● Quoratum’s Aura – Changed the effects gained at all levels of the skill.
– The other passive skill (Quoratum’s Adjuvant) and the effects that can be obtained by leveling the skill were folded into Quoratum’s Aura.
| Before | After |
| All DP +12 Max HP +200 | All DP +20 Max HP +300 |
● Absolute: Quoratum’s Protection – Changed to consume guard gauge faster.
– However, Succession: Quoratum’s Protection was not changed.
● Punishing Trap (I and Absolute) – Changed each of their cooldown from 20/15 sec to 25/20 sec.
● Quoratum’s Protection – Changed to be unavailable when guard gauge is 0.
● Removed the Critical Hit Rate of summons from the following skills in PvE as the Critical Hit Rate of the summoner will now apply to summons:
– Guards and Axian summoned from Passed Pawn, Prime: Passed Pawn, Prime: King of the Dead
● Passed Pawn, Prime: Passed Pawn, Prime: King of the Dead – Changed the damage reduced in PvP to the following:
| Skills | Before | After |
| Passed Pawn (I to Absolute) | Damage -48% in PvP | Damage -70% in PvP |
| Prime: Passed Pawn (I to III) | Damage -55% in PvP | Damage -65% in PvP |
| Prime: King of the Dead | Damage -60% in PvP | Damage -70% in PvP |
Awakening
● Accel: Royal Fencing: Fleche – Improved to be able to combo into Royal Fencing: Lunge during the skill.
● Changed the following skills:
| Skills | Before | After |
| Frozen Ring (I to IV) | Critical Hit Rate +25% (PvE Only) IV: Hit damage 876% x 2, Max 12 Hits * Damage -55% in PvP | Critical Hit Rate +50% (PvE Only) IV: attack damage 1051% x 2, max 12 hits * Therefore, adjusted damage -63.9% in PvP All DP -10 for 10 sec |
| Brutal Ring | Hit damage 1031% x 6 * Damage -60% in PvP Critical Hit Rate +50% 9 sec cooldown | Attack damage 1340% x 10 * Therefore, adjusted damage -80% in PvP Critical Hit Rate +100% 6 sec cooldown |
| Combust Life | Recover +50% Star’s Breath when using skill Consume 1000 HP when using skill | Recover +25% Star’s Breath when using skill Consume 500 HP when using skill |
● Quoratum’s Guard – Changed to be unavailable when Combust Life is learned.
● Combust Life – Added the Super Armor for 10 sec effect that used to be applied by using En Garde.
Sage
Main Weapon, Succession
● Ancients’ Wisdom – Changed the effects gained in all levels of the skill.
| Before | After |
| All Accuracy Rate +10% Casting Speed +5% All Special Attack damage +2% | All Accuracy Rate +5% Casting Speed +10% |
● Illusion Barrier – Change to be unavailable when Guard Gauge is 0.
● Realm of Anguish – Removed the Critical Hit Rate of summons from the skill in PvE as the Critical Hit Rate of the summoner will now apply to summons.
● Changed the PvE damage of the following skills, however, their PvP damage remains the same as before.
| Skills | Before | After |
| Form Shift (I to Absolute) | Hit damage 240% x 2, Max 7 Hits Hit damage 454% x 2, Max 7 Hits Hit damage 668% x 2, Max 7 Hits Hit damage 882% x 2, Max 7 Hits Hit damage 1176% x 2, Max 7 Hits | Attack damage 209% x 2, max 7 hits Attack damage 395% x 2, max 7 hits Attack damage 581% x 2, max 7 hits Attack damage 767% x 2, max 7 hits Attack damage 1023% x 2, max 7 hits |
| Prime: Form Shift (I to IV) | Hit damage 843% x 2, Max 7 Hits Hit damage 1013% x 2, Max 7 Hits Hit damage 1182% x 2, Max 7 Hits Hit damage 1352% x 2, Max 7 Hits | Attack damage 717% x 2, max 7 hits Attack damage 861% x 2, max 7 hits Attack damage 1005% x 2, max 7 hits Attack damage 1149% x 2, max 7 hits |
| Ator’s Fist (I to Absolute) | Hit damage 374% x 4, Max 4 Hits Hit damage 495% x 4, Max 4 Hits Hit damage 547% x 4, Max 4 Hits Hit damage 656% x 4, Max 4 Hits Hit damage 758% x 4, Max 4 Hits | Attack damage 318% x 3, max 4 hits Attack damage 421% x 3, max 4 hits Attack damage 465% x 3, max 4 hits Attack damage 558% x 3, max 4 hits Attack damage 664% x 3, max 4 hits |
| Prime: Ator’s Fist (I to III) | Hit damage 803% x 4, Max 4 Hits Hit damage 963% x 4, Max 4 Hits Hit damage 1156% x 4, Max 4 Hits | Attack damage 683% x 3, max 4 hits Attack damage 819% x 3, max 4 hits Attack damage 983% x 3, max 4 hits |
| Prime: Rift Storm | Hit damage 1221% x 3, 1221% x 8 | Attack damage 1099% x 3, 1099% x 8 |
| Illusion Expansion (I to Absolute) | Hit damage 335% x 4, Max 2 Hits Hit damage 426% x 4, Max 2 Hits Hit damage 527% x 4, Max 2 Hits Hit damage 651% x 4, Max 2 Hits Hit damage 768% x 4, Max 2 Hits Hit damage 1145% x 4, Max 2 Hits | Attack damage 302% x 4, max 2 hits Attack damage 383% x 4, max 2 hits Attack damage 474% x 4, max 2 hits Attack damage 586% x 4, max 2 hits Attack damage 691% x 4, max 2 hits Attack damage 1031% x 4, max 2 hits |
| Prime: Illusion Expansion | Hit damage 1291% x 4, Max 2 Hits | Attack damage 1162% x 4, max 2 hits |
● Prime: Overdrive – Made the following change:
– Reduce the cooldown of Reset by 5 sec instead of Prime: Optimization when Overdrive is stacked 10 times.
● Illusion Expansion, Prime: Illusion Expansion – Fixed the issue where the number of hits in the skill description did not match the actual number of hits of the skill.
Awakening
● Seize – Increased the cooldown from 13 sec to 20 sec.
● Enlightening Bolt III – Fixed the issue where casting the skill in a normal state would cause the Arkanon to apply the damage of Lv. II.
● Removed the Critical Hit Rate of summons from the following skills in PvE as the Critical Hit Rate of the summoner will now apply to summons:
– Enlightening Bolt, Flow: Aftershock, Radiant Annihilation
● Flow: Aftershock – Changed the damage reduction of Arkanon in PvP from -40% to -62%.
● Radiant Annihilation – Changed the damage reduction of Arkanon in PvP from -30% to -58%.
Corsair
● Fixed an issue where the skill description for the ‘Pirate’s Life For Me’ did not show the full skill effects.
● Sword Song – Changed the effects gained in all levels of the skill.
– The other passive skill (Cap’n on Deck) and the effects that can be obtained by leveling the skill were combined to Sword Song.
| Before | After |
| All AP +10 Critical Hit Damage +2% All Evasion Rate +4% | All AP +12 All Evasion Rate +10% |
● Changed the defensive effects when using the following Mareca skills so that Invincible is applied only when Corsair is underwater and Super Armor is applied in all of the other situations.
– Mareca: Jet Stream, Mareca: Whale Song, Mareca: Spiral Soak, Mareca: Spiral of Dreams, and Mareca: Sea of Dreams
● Mareca: Sea of Dreams – Changed the cooldown from 60 sec to 45 sec.
● Mareca: Spiral of Dreams – Changed the cooldown from 45 sec to 30 sec.
● Prime: Mareca: Spiral Soak – Changed the cooldown for the “No Guard Gauge recovery on hits” from 15 sec to 8 sec.
● Increased the damage in PvE and number of hits in PvE for the following skills. However, the damage and number of hits remain the same in PvP.
| Skill | Before | After |
| Prime: Mareca: Jet Stream | 1st Hit Damage 1239% x 8 (PvE Only) 2nd Hit Damage 1304% x 6 Last Hit Damage 1304% x 5 | Attack 1 damage 1239% x 13 (PvE only) Attack 2 damage 1568% x 6 Last attack damage 1568% x 5 |
| Prime: Mareca: Whale Song | 1st Hit Damage 1308% x 6 2nd HIt Damage 1308% x 10 | Attack 1 damage 1528% x 6 Attack 2 damage 1528% x 10 |
| Prime: Mareca: Spiral Soak | 1st Hit Damage 1402% x 1, Max 6 Hits 2nd Hit Damage 1402% x 10 | Attack 1 damage 1652% x 1, max 6 hits Attack 2 damage 1652% x 16 -6 last attack hits in PvP |
● Prime: Ocean’s Allure – Changed the first attack motion to where your character draws in her rope and leaps, and added a “Forward Guard before attack” effect.
● Prime: Ocean’s Allure – Improved to perform attacks in the direction of the camera angle when it rotates before moving to perform slash attacks.
Awakening
● Heart-catcher Patraca – Changed the cooldown from 15 sec to 17 sec.
● Removed the Critical Hit Rate applied in PvE to the summon of the following skill, due to the summoner’s Critical Hit Rate stats being applied to the summon.
– The Slippery Scallywags effect applied when casting an Awakening skill.
● Changed the Damage Reduction Rate in PvP from -40% to -60% for all the Slippery Scallywags that appear when casting an Awakening skill.
Item Changes
● Changed so that you cannot use the Item Copy and Single Copy functions with a character that has Karma below 0.
● Bring the Secret Scroll of Equilibrium to Alustin in Velia to exchange it for an [Event] Chest of Equilibrium.
– You can obtain the Secret Scroll of Equilibrium via Challenges (Y) when logging in from Dec 11, 2021 (Sat) at 00:00 to Feb 9, 2022 (Wed) before maintenance.
– The [Event] Chest of Equilibrium and the Secret Scroll of Pure Equilibrium obtained from opening the [Event] Chest of Equilibrium will be removed following the Mar 2, 2022 (Wed) maintenance.* However, the Strength EXP Exchange Coupon, Breath EXP Exchange Coupon, and Health EXP Exchange Coupon obtained from opening the [Event] Chest of Equilibrium will not be deleted
● Separated [Tamer] Daru Gloves from [Tamer] Daru Armor.
– Therefore, you’ll also get [Tamer] Daru Gloves when you open the outfit box containing the [Tamer] Daru Armor.
* Adventurers in possession of the [Tamer] Daru Armor will find [Tamer] Daru Gloves in their storage in Heidel.
● Changed Atoraxxion: Vahmalkea so Krahtenn now has a 100% chance to drop “Searing Heart Piece”.
NPC, Background and Sound Changes
● Changed so that the sound from Grace Lauren’s voiced dialog and base dialog wouldn’t overlap during the Atoraxxion main questline.
UI Changes
● Fixed an issue where the titles of the Season Pass objectives could exceed the UI.
● Fixed the issue where the Navigate function would activate even when selecting a completed objective.
● Fixed an issue where the ordering of the Chat Groups was incorrect.
● Fixed an issue where the character portaits in the Party window UI looked abnormal.
● Changed so that you can always press the Copy button when using the Item Copy UI.
– However, when you are not able to use the Item Copy function, you will get a notification on when you can use it.
* To use the Item Copy function, you must complete [Marni’s Suspicious Device] consecutive quests from the Black Spirit’s (,) Suggested quests with a Lv. 56 or higher character and the character you want to copy items from and the character you want to copy items to should be linked via the Tag Character function.
● Fixed an issue where icons could appear incorrectly when removing the slot from the Edit Ring Menu UI
● In the Pet Exchange UI, the skills that can be learned through the exchange will now display the odds of obtaining said skills.
Other Changes
● Fixed various issues with the area surrounding Trent village.
● Fixed an issue where character’s feet would sink under the floor when in the corridor of the 2ndfloor of Epheria 2-5 residence.
● The horse icons shown in the stables have been improved.
● Fixed an issue where the minimap would display incorrectly in certain locations of the Blood Wolf Settlement area.
● Fixed an issue where the Ranger’s ‘Sweet Dreams’ underwear would display differently compared to other classes
● Fixed the exposure of abnormal graphics which displayed with the Sweet Dreams outfit.
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 released on PS4 and Xbox One. Read the official Black Desert 2.17 patch notes.){kind=link}