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Character Balancing

"PVE is one of the largest and most important elements of Black Desert Online. Therefore, we're always looking for the most optimal way to balance the different classes. The changes that we've made to Witch and Wizard is a step that we're taking to get closer to the ultimate goal of giving every class an equal opportunity to challenge the different areas of the BDO universe. We'll continue to monitor and study the performance of these two classes. We promise that we'll also monitor the other classes and balance them in the coming updates."

Witch

● Toxic Flood will receive the following changes.
- Toxic Flood will now decrease its targets' magic DP when the skill lands successfully.

●Voltaic Pulse will no longer apply a movement speed debuff on its targets. Instead, it'll apply an evasion debuff. 

●Yoke of Ordeal will receive the following changes.

●Perfect Sign no longer has a cooldown, and it will cast automatically whenever you cast Fissure Wave. (Locking Perfect Sign will keep the skill from being cast.)

●Thunder Storm and Black Spirit: Thunder Storm will receive the following changes.

●Fissure Wave will receive the following changes only when the skill is off cooldown.

●Black Spirit: Fissure Wave will receive the following changes. (Number of hits will remain the same.)

● Black Spirit: Equilibrium Break and Equilibrium Break will now apply an AP debuff on its targets if it lands successfully.
● Black Spirit: Equilibrium Break and Equilibrium Break will now have a 50% increased critical hit chance in PVE.
● While in Aad Sphera form, casting Magical Evasion will briefly increase your casting speed.
● Magic Lighthouse will attract more targets. It will recognize more mobs now, from 7 to 10.
● Black Spirit: Meteor Shower's animation has been adjusted to look more natural. 

Wizard

● Lava Field will receive the following changes.
- Lava Field will now decrease its targets' magic DP when the skill lands successfully. 

●Chilling Wave will receive the following changes.
- Chilling Wave's casting speed has been increased. 

●Cataclysm will receive the following changes. 

● Aqua Jail Explosion will receive the following changes.
- Aqua Jail Explosion will no longer apply a movement speed debuff on its targets. Instead, it'll apply an evasion debuff. 

●Black Spirit: Aqua Jail Explosion will receive the following changes.

● Hellfire will receive the following changes.
- Casting Hellfire (and Black Spirit: Hellfire) will briefly increase your magic AP.

● Bolide of Destruction will receive the following changes. 

● While in Godr Sphera form, casting Magical Evasion will briefly increase your casting speed.
● Magic Lighthouse will attract more targets. It will recognize more mobs now, from 7 to 10.
● Black Spirit: Meteor Shower's animation has been adjusted to look more natural. 

Mystic

● Fixed an issue where Grapple Resistance lingered after pressing LMB to explode immediately while casting Infinite Fortitude.
● Fixed an issue where Wolf's Frenzy granted invincibility even when the character is visible.

All Characters

● When picking up a high-tier item, and your character cheers in joy, you were invincible during the cheering animation. You'll now only be invincible during this animation in PVE. 
"A lot of players were taking advantage of this animation by exploiting it in PVP. We made it so it's only a thing in PVE."

Shakatu's Seal

● A new type of Shakatu Seal, '[Event] Glistening Shakatu's Seal' has been added.
- The previous seals, '[Event] Shakatu's Seal' can be exchanged for items through an NPC, a servant of Shakatu.
- The new seals can be exchanged for items through another servant of Shakatu. 
- Both servants are located near Shakatu.

● A new event challenge called 'The end of Shakatu's Seal Season 1' has been added. 
- You can now exchange 1 Shakatu's Seal for 5 Cron Stones.

Events

● Burning Hot Time Event 
* From May 30th to July 3rd.
* Hot Times
- Weekdays: Monday 8 PM ~ Thursday 2 AM (6 Hours Each Day)
- Weekends: Friday 4 PM ~ Monday 2 AM (58 Hours Total)

*Hot Time Bonuses

Items

● A method to restore Upgraded Compass Parts and Map of Unknown Piece

● Marni's Stone(Stone Waragon) and Marni's Stone II(Stone Waragon) has been added. 
- You can purchase the stones from Wacky Toshi.

Quests

● A new daily quest has been added at the Waragon Nest in Valencia. 
 - [Daily] Moria's Experimental Spirit
● Requirements to start 'Deve's Encyclopedia' have changed.
- Level 56
- A family that has finished an awakening quest at least once. 
- Family fame of at least 601.
● The quest to receive Garnier Guitar will no longer be limited to family. All characters will now be able to take on the quest. 

System

● You now have the option to hide other adventurers' tents.
- However, if a player is lying inside his or her tent, it won't be hidden. 
● You can now purchase buffs from your tent with silver straight from your character's inventory. 
● You can now claim items from your received mails even while in a combat zone. 
● Olvia server chat will now only reach other players in the Olvia server.
● Leveling up or upgrading gear will no longer notify your guildmates while in privacy mode. 
● You will no longer take fall damage in 'Red Battlefield'.

Mounts

● Courser horses: you can no longer delete or exchange courser skills.
● When purchasing a T8 Courser from the market, the horse's gathered experience on skills, stamina, and elegance will reset. 

Background

● 9 new loading screen videos have been added to commemorate the transition.