It feels like we just got a massive update to Black Desert Online, but with the Summer Season upon us, of course there’s more! Here’s the Black Desert Online Summer Season Update: Full Patch Notes Listed for May 24.

Black Desert Online Summer Season Update: Full Patch Notes Listed (May 24)

With the Summer Season upon, and the new Expansion on the horizon, we’ve got a nice new update. There are plenty of quests, new adjustments to some fan favorite heroes (including Lahn, Archer, and Shai). But because these patch notes arelong, let’s cut right to the chase and get right into it.

Major Updates

Summer Season is about to begin. Following the Fishing theme of the Spring Season, this season will focus on Training. Notably, you will be able to obtain a Horse Emblem: Fine Horse Qualification from the Season Pass, which will allow you to get a horse mount to take you to the farthest reaches of the continent. When registered, it will grant you a Tier 8 female horse with S: Sideways, S: Instant Accel, Instant Accel at 100%. We hope it becomes a loyal companion for your upcoming adventures. Also, just like in the Spring Season, you’re able to catch the [Season] Coelacanth via Fishing and exchange materials required for Training. We hope you have fun throughout this season boosting both your character and your new loyal steed.

2023 Summer Season in Full Swing!

Crow Merchants Guild Training Certificate

Summer Season Daily Quest – Crow Merchants Guild’s Gift

Summer Season Weekly Quest – Crow Merchants Guild Training

Fine Horse Qualification – Tier 8 Mare

※ “S: Sideways” can be obtained after learning “Sideways.”

Summer Seals

[Season] Coelacanth

Tip! Need a Guide for Starting the Season?

  • Details regarding the Season server can be found in[Adventurer’s Guide – Season Server & Characters].

– You can find more information and guides through the table of contents located on the left side of the Adventurer’s Guide.

Tip! Any Life Skill Buffs from Previous (2022 Autumn, 2022 Winter, & 2023 Spring) Seasons?

  • The Life Skill buffs that began from 2022 Autumn Season which include Life EXP +30%, Increased Basic Resources from Gathering and Tuvala Enhancement Materials from Gathering will roll over to this season as well!

New Additions and Improvements

Class Changes

All Classes

Awakening Lahn has increased damage for some of her main skills such as Flow: Vice, Bridled Despair, Taunting Death, and Flow: Mangler. In addition, the damage of Earthly Pain, Blood Moon Twist, Eradication, and Taunting Death has been increased to fill the times when Furor is on cooldown while defeating monsters. The damage of Blood Moon Twist was significantly improved and made it possible to combo with more skills than before. When it is used with the newly improved Eradication, she will be able to combo with even more skills. With the increased damage of skills and the improvements made to skill combos, we hope to see a larger variety of skills used to defeat monsters.

Blood Moon Twist

Flailing Blades

Earthly Pain

Main Weapon

Flow: Verdure Clout

Hashashin recovered HP mainly by using Prime: Chosen Blade and Conversion. However, it was insufficient in the higher level monster zones. So, we added HP recovery effects to Aal’s Command and Flow: Voracity to improve his sustain. Additionally, we improved the damage of Crown Kick, Falling Collapse, and Flow: Dune Strike for Awakening Hashashin. These are typically used at the beginning of combos while defeating monsters and their efficiency was increased for longer session.

Main Weapon, Succession

Prime: Quicksand

Haladie Throw

Aal’s Command

Prime: Chosen Blade

Retribution

Flow: Voracity

Inquisition

Ensnaring Sands (I to IV)

Flow: Condemnation

Flow: Judgment

Adjusted weight limits of certain wagons.

In order to increase the efficiency of trading, we have adjusted the weight limits of certain wagons so that more goods can be stored.

Port Epheria Old Moon Furniture Workshop

Trading Activity

to engage in trading activities, certain node levels were necessary. This meant that players had to invest Contribution Points into each node and manage them consistently. If connecting nodes were ever disconnected, trade activity would be difficult as players would have to reinvest and reconnect these nodes. In order to solve this inconvenience, we have changed the condition for purchasing trade goods to be based on Trading Levels.

Changed the conditions for entering Season-1/ New Olvia (New Adventurer) servers

New feature: Character-to-Character item transfer

Now you can conveniently transfer items between characters using maids/butlers. We wanted to introduce this feature sooner, but since it involves moving items, it required rigorous testing and verification. Now that it’s ready, we hope adventurers will find it highly useful. We will also keep enhancing the UI for improved item management, including coin management, through ongoing updates and improvements.

※ The number and weight of items moved using this feature are subject to the same restrictions as the Storage Maid/Butler function.

※ Trade goods, guild items, character-bound items, treasure items, and Ornette’s/Odore’s Spirit Essence (including sub-items) are subject to the same restrictions as the Storage usage feature.

Introducing exciting changes for workers!Changes are coming for workers in Black Desert! We’re excited to introduce a series of enhancements to improve your worker management experience:Firstly, we’ve listened to the feedback of adventurers, and as a result, you may now automatically recover your workers’ stamina by storing food in your Family Inventory. This highly requested feature aims to reduce the manual task of providing food and allows you to focus on other aspects of gameplay.In addition to automatic stamina recovery, you now have the ability to specify where the harvested goods should be stored after your workers have completed their tasks. Previously, goods harvested by a worker from Velia at Finto Farm would be automatically stored in Velia’s storage. However, with the new update, you can designate a specific destination for the goods. This feature enables you to bring together goods from different production nodes into a single storage location, enhancing efficiency.We’re also raising the maximum level of workers from 30 to 40. Upon reaching level 40, your workers will unlock a passive skill called Delivery, which allows them to utilize the assigned delivery feature mentioned earlier. To ensure a smoother leveling experience, we have reduced the required EXP for levels 1 to 30. Furthermore, workers will learn new skills at level 35, providing you with more diverse options to utilize your workers effectively. The increase in maximum level also introduces an additional chance for Promotion, offering further progression opportunities. Please note that these updates will be implemented sequentially over the first and second weeks. ※ Lastly, we want to inform you that the ability of each worker will be adjusted due to the automatic stamina recovery and the introduction of new skills. Stay tuned for further details on these adjustments!

If you want to use the automatic recovery feature upon consuming all your workers’ stamina recovery items, please note the following:To reactivate the feature, you can either enable it again or use a recovery item at least once. This will initiate the automatic recovery process for the workers.※ Please note we are planning to implement further improvements to use the above feature without requiring the need for reactivation after the May 31st maintenance.

When trying to enhance equipment through Boss Gear enhancement content, adventurers were able to obtain crystals through weekly quests and reinforce lacking areas using Boss Summon Scrolls. We’ve increased the rate for obtaining both weekly quests and Boss Summon Scrolls, allowing adventurers to gather the required number of crystals more quickly than before. Additionally, we made a change regarding the crafting materials for Reform Stones. Previously, Opals were in high demand as they were an essential material not only for crafting reform stones, but also for other important content. To address this, we have replaced Opals with other types of crystals for crafting them.

Increase in the number of Concentrated Crystal from Jenita’s weekly quest

Increase in the number of Concentrated Crystal from daily/weekly Summon Scroll

Changes to the crafting materials for PEN(V) Boss Gear Reform Stone

Quest & Knowledge

Land of the Morning Light:

Explore a new abyssal pocket that has opened within the Magnus. This pocket episode unveils a new story about Yeonhwa and Wuju, whom you ventured with in the past. Upon completing it, a new abyssal vein will be activated, taking you to the well that leads you to the upcoming new region, the Land of the Morning Light. You can also pre-play this episode to clear the abyssal vein or dive in with the Land of the Morning Light updates.

※ This episode can be progressed through [Abyss One: The Magnus] questlines, and the story continues through Abyssal Altar in the Magnus.

※ Upon completing the quest [The Magnus] Morning’s Breeze, you can obtain the title [Wuju Even Miss Me?].

※ Upon completing the quset [The Magnus] Morning’s Breeze, the Abyssal Vein to the Land of the Morning Light in Magnus will be activated.

– This feature will not be available until the release of the Land of the Morning Light.

Translation

Modified or Changed

Big changes! And this stacks right on top of the even bigger patch notes we got just a few days ago. Check out those notes here:Black Desert Online Update: Full Patch Notes Listed (May 17).

Daphne Fama

A Staff Writer at Prima Games since 2022, Daphne Fama spends an inordinate amount playing games of all stripes but has a soft spot for horror, FPS, and RPGs. When she’s not gaming, she’s an author and member of the Horror Writers Association with a debut novel coming out in 2025. In a previous life, she was an attorney but found she preferred fiction to contracts and forms