※ Translator’s Note: The term “Absolute”  used in this post is a temporary translation and is subject to change when the associated update goes live in the NA/EU server. The Korean word is 진(pronounced as Jin), and can be translated to Truth, Absolute, or Nature. Other terms/names used in this post are also subject to change.

[Event]

Black Friday Sale event has been extended to Dec 7th.

New Event: End-of-the-year exp boost event

New Event: New Attendance rewards for new and returning players

[Characters]

The characters will now appear as they are wearing their main-hand weapons in the character selection screen, even when they are wearing Fishing Rods, Matchlocks, etc.

The animation that comes after the “drinking” animation when the characters use [Event] Cold Beer and [Event] Cold Dark Beer has been removed.

Fixed an issue where the following characters’ off-hand weapons looked unnatural during Black Spirit’s Training (afk leveling).
  -  Musa, Maehwa, Ninja, Kunoichi

Graphical error fixes for the following characters’ Anemos costume.
  -  Kunoichi, Tamer

Fixed an issue where there was an empty space below the skill descriptions of passive skills

[Warrior]

Using Absolute: Ground Smash will become more smooth.

[Ranger]

Fixed an issue where the Ranger became invincible in PvE while using left/right basic attacks in awakening mode.

Fixed an issue where the Ranger could not use evasive movements properly after being knocked down in awakening mode.

Fixed an issue where the speed of Wind Step to the left and Wind Step to the right were different from each other when Wind Step was used while using Blasting Gust.

Fixed an issue where Absolute: Dash Kick could not be used in pre-awakening non-combat stance.

[Berserker]

Graphical error fixes with the Deathrone costume.

Graphical error fixes with Tantu Iron Buster.

[Tamer]

Fixed an issue where the Tamer was still in combat mode after switching to non-combat mode while moving forward.

Fixed an issue where the Tamer could not use Absolute: Trample with key commands after using Rabam skills.

Fixed an issue where the Tamer could not use Absolute: Tree Climb from non-combat awakening stance.

The Tamer can now switch to non-awakening mode by using Absolute: Tree Climb in non-combat awakening stance.

The number of hits for Absolute: Upward Claw with Black Spirit’s Rage has decreased by 2. (PvP only)

Heilang: Upward Claw I to V will now have Critical Hit chance +20%

Absolute: Upward Claw can now hit 10 targets at max.

[Musa and Maehwa]

Fixed an issue where the graphical effects of Musa’s Spirit and General Apricot did not disappear when you install Fences/Command Posts/Forts after using the skills.

You can now use Absolute: Blooming with quick slots.

The description “no preceding animation when used with commands” has been removed from Absolute: Blooming.

[Musa]

Fixed an issue where damage was not properly applied after switching from awakening to pre-awakening when you have learned Absolute: Slice.

Fixed an issue where you were still in awakening mode after using Blooming in awakening mode.

Fixed the skill sound error for Flow: Nemesis Slash.

[Maehwa]

Graphical errors in the customization screen have been fixed.

[Valkyrie]

Graphical errors in the customization screen have been fixed.

[Wizard and Witch]

You can now use Absolute: Blizzard more smoothly during mounted combat.

[Witch]

Graphical errors with the Epheria Marine costume have been fixed.

[Wizard]

Fixed an issue where the buffs from Controlled Madness were not applied when you use Lava Field immediately after Controlled Madness while sprinting.

Graphical errors with the Inquirer’s Destiny Hat have been fixed.

[Ninja and Kunoichi]

A bug where the message “in order to move more easily, press the tab key and change into a non-combat stance” did not appear while sprinting/moving forward in non-awakening mode.

[Ninja]

Graphical errors with Lemoria Armor have been fixed.

[Dark Knight]

The upgraded main skills, the “Absolute” skills, have been added.
  -  The Absolute rank for main skills is available after completing the Awakening Weapon Quests at Level 56.
  -  You need the maximum rank of each main skill to learn the Absolute rank of that skill.
  -  The Absolute skills have higher damage and higher number of hits than the regular skills do.
  -  Absolute: Kriegsmesser Training
  -  Absolute: Scarring Slash
  -  Absolute: Sudden Attack
  -  Absolute: Unveiled Dagger
  -  Absolute: Hidden Strike
  -  Absolute: Shadow Bullet
  -  Absolute: Darkness Burst
  -  Absolute: Air Strike
  -  Absolute: Lunacy of Vedir
  -  Absolute: Slanted Balance
  -  Absolute: Pervasive Darkness
  -  Absolute: Ravage Rake
  -  Absolute: Flow Ravage Rake
  -  Absolute: Repeated Annihilation
  -  Absolute: Enforcement
  -  Absolute: Split Second
  -  Absolute: Kamasylvia Slash
  -  Absolute: Wheel of Fortune
  -  Absolute: Obsidian Ashes
  -  Absolute: Corrupt Ground
  -  Absolute: Nocturne

Skill description of Flow: Termination has been edited.
  -  All damage equals Enforcement’s damage *3 > All damage applies Enforcement’s damage, +1 hits more than Enforcement
  -  Damage reduced during cooldown/effects not applied > Removed

[Striker and Mystic]

Fixed an issue where Forward Guard was applied while the Striker/Mystic is in the air after using Twisted Collision during the skill’s cooldown.

[Striker]

The upgraded main skills, the “Absolute” skills, have been added.
  -  The Absolute rank for main skills is available after completing the Awakening Weapon Quests at Level 56.
  -  You need the maximum rank of each main skill to learn the Absolute rank of that skill.
  -  The Absolute skills have higher damage and a higher number of hits than the regular skills do.
  -  Absolute: Heavy Fist
  -  Absolute: Fist of True Strength
  -  Absolute: Triple Flying Kick
  -  Absolute: Adamantine
  -  Absolute: Mass Destruction
  -  Absolute: Ankle Hook
  -  Absolute: Deva King
  -  Absolute: Taeback Kick
  -  Absolute: Hidden Claw
  -  Absolute: Rage Hammer
  -  Absolute: Wolf’s Fang
  -  Absolute: Somersault
  -  Absolute: Massive Suppression
  -  Absolute: Twisted Collision
  -  Absolute: Knee Hammer
  -  Absolute: Rock Smash
  -  Absolute: Tornado Kick
  -  Absolute: Sweeping Kick
  -  Absolute: Roaring Tiger
  -  Absolute: Fist Fury
  -  Absolute: Wolf’s Hunger
  -  Absolute: Crimson Fang
  -  Absolute: Bloody Fang
  -  Absolute: Explosive Blow
  -  Absolute: Stalking Wolf

Skill description regarding Down Attack has been added for Rage Hammer.

Fixed an issue where the damage of Flow: Rock Smash did not increase when the skill was used with Martial Spirit Shards.

Fixed an issue where you were not able to switch to non-combat stance while moving.

Skill description for Heavy Strike has been edited.
  -  WP recovery on every good fast standing attack > WP recovery on the 1st hit of fast standing attack.

Fist of True Strength will now recover WP/

Fixed an issue where jump attack damage was not applied in Level 56 and after learning Gardbrace Training I.

Extra hits in Fist of True Strength (used in pre-awakening mode) will now push/knock back targets.

Graphical errors with Blazing Inferno costume have been fixed.

Graphical errors with Serendian Formal have been fixed.

[Mystic]

The upgraded main skills, the “Absolute” skills, have been added.
  -  The Absolute rank for main skills is available after completing the Awakening Weapon Quests at Level 56.
  -  You need the maximum rank of each main skill to learn the Absolute rank of that skill.
  -  The Absolute skills have higher damage and higher number of hits than the regular skills do.
  -  Absolute: Heavy Fist
  -  Absolute: Fist of True Strength
  -  Absolute: Triple Flying Kick
  -  Absolute: Adamantine
  -  Absolute: Sweeping Kick
  -  Absolute: Septuple Kick
  -  Absolute: Ankle Hook
  -  Absolute: Deva King
  -  Absolute: Hidden Claw
  -  Absolute: Rapid Stroke (Mystic Exclusive Skill)
  -  Absolute: Burn (Mystic Exclusive Skill)
  -  Absolute: Bolt Strike (Mystic Exclusive Skill)
  -  Absolute: Rib Kick (Mystic Exclusive Skill) 
  -  Absolute: Tornado Kick
  -  Absolute: Somersault
  -  Absolute: Twisted Collision
  -  Absolute: Roaring Tiger
  -  Absolute: Rage Hammer
  -  Absolute: Fist Fury
  -  Absolute: Mass Destruction
  -  Absolute: Restriction (Mystic Exclusive Skill)

Skill description for Fist Fury’s last hit has been edited.
  -  Last hit damage *4 > Last hit damage *1, max 4 hits
  -  The actual damage won’t change.

Fixed an issue where Roaring Tiger could not knock targets down when used during mounted combat.

Skill description for Hidden Claw has been edited.
  -  Added a sentence “Critical hit not applied when used during cooldown.”

Skill description for Flow: Mass Destruction has been edited.
  -  Added a sentence “Accuracy buff not applied when used during cooldown.”

Added a sentence “Pushes targets on good hits in PvE” for Adamantine and Flow: Burn (Mystic exclusive skill).

(Mystic skill names are tentative and subject to change)

[Items]

Lara the general goods vendor in Heidel will sell Lanterns.

Item descriptions for the following items have been edited to include the information on Dream Horses.
  -  Stonetail Fodder, Spirit Pouch of Ferocious Beast, Rainbow Gem Fruit, Breezy Conch Seaweed
  -  Purpose: Courser Training (Skill) > Purpose: Courser Training - Skill (Arduanatt)
  -  Purpose: Courser Training (Elegance) > Purpose: Courser Training - Elegance (Dine)

Item descriptions for “Trace of X” items have changed.
  -  Locations on where to get the item have been added.
  -  “Obtainable through excavation” has been removed from Trace of Death.
  -  “Details can be found in Crafting Notes” has been added.

New item, “Badge of a Hunter” has been added.
  -  Obtainable via new daily hunting quests.
  -  Can be exchanged with Matchlocks.

Attacks using Trina Demolition Axe have been improved.
  -  The last (3rd) hit of a left click attack will deal 3x more damage.
  -  The 1st hit of a right click attack will have forward guard.
  -  You can now switch to right click attacks more quickly while using the 1st and 2nd hit of a left click attack.

Panacea of The Beast (new elixir; only available in KR now) will have an additional buff: damage from monsters -10%

Selling prices for Magical Seed/Hypha have been adjusted.

[Content]

The cycle of gaining exp during Black Spirit’s Training (afk leveling) has changed to 3 minutes.
  -  The total exp you can gain will remain unchanged.

The time it takes to produce Siege Towers has decreased.
  -  Medium Siege Tower: 20 min > 15 min
  -  Large Siege Tower: 40 min > 30 min

Auto-pathing within the Sand Grain Bazaar has been improved.

You will now gain combat/skill exp from the Red BattleField.

Even when pets follow the character, they will prioritize picking up loot.

If the pet is too far away in terms of height, it will teleport next to the character. For example if you jump off the cliff of Sausan Garrison, your pet will teleport next to you after you land.

A new function where you can change the “pet behaviour” of multiple pets at the same time has been added.

The spectator in Arena of Arsha will not be affected by the “HP decrease over time” rule anymore.

Fixed an issue where you still remained in a party after entering Arena of Arsha.

You can now get Fairy’s Powder when gathering from Insectivore Plant.

Fixed an issue where you could not use Guild Storage in Tooth Fairy’s Cabin.

[Savage Rift Changes]

A new system that measures your level of contribution has been added.
  -  You can gain contribution score by killing monsters or installing objects. (1 from killing monsters, 2 from upgrading Barricades, and 3 from installing objects)
  -  You can check your contribution score at the end of Savage Rift.
  -  Your contribution score will not affect your rewards.

A new system where you can report a player has been added.
  -  You can report a player at the contribution score window at the end of Savage Rift.
  -  You will receive a warning if you are reported by more than half of the players that played Savage Rift with you.
  -  If you receive warnings too many times from Savage Rift, you will be banned from Savage Rift for 6 hours (min) to a week (max).
  -  1 Warning : no penalty
  -  2 Warnings: banned for 6 hours
  -  3 Warnings: banned for 1 day
  -  4 Warnings: banned for 3 days
  -  more than 5 Warnings: banned for 7 days

The rewards for Savage Rift will now be sent to you via mailbox.
  -  You can now get the rewards when your weight/inventory are full.

[Monsters]

New Guild Raid boss, Muskan of Madness, has been added.
  -  You can get a summon scroll for Muskan of Madness by turning in 15 Essence of Rage (newly added; obtainable via subjugation quests) to Guild Managers or to NPC Hakkon.
  -  There are two types of summon scrolls: [Guild] Awakened Muskan of Madness Summon Scroll, and [Guild] Muskan of Madness Summon Scroll.
  -  Using another summon scroll when the boss is already summoned will not summon another boss. The second boss will be summoned when the first boss’ HP is very low or when the first boss is killed.
  -  NPC Hakkon will be summoned with Muskan. Hakkon’s attacks will stun Muskan for a moment.
  -  Hakkon’s attacks will be canceled if he is hit by Muskan, so you have to protect him.
  -  Muskan of Madness will drop rare items including JIN/WON/BON Hystria Crystals and Muskan’s Shoes. Awakened Muskan will have a higher chance of dropping rare items.
  -  Muskan of Madness is an extremely powerful boss. Large numbers of players are required to kill Muskan of Madness.

Fixed an issue where guild raid boss Ancient Puturum was affected by Attack Speed debuff during certain actions.

The Hystria Power Engine Tower that Ancient Puturum summons will not take Back Attack damage anymore.

Fixed an issue where Catfishman Fish Hunter did not drop Combat/Skill exp 3% buff.

Fixed an issue where Manshaum Great Warrior occasionally teleported.

Manshaum Great Warrior will not take crowd control anymore.

Manshaum Great Warrior will be invincible while using jump attacks.

Monsters at Desert Naga Temple and Titium Valley will look more natural when they are not aggravated.

You can now get Fairy’s Powder by gathering from the monsters at Polly Forest

Pet buff from Hedgehog pets will be applied when you are gathering from the monsters at Polly’s Forest.

Monsters in Bashim Base have been redistributed so you can safely auto-path in the area.

Mutant Ogre will drop Shattered Necklace instead of Shattered Ring.

Huntable Monsters have been added in the Duch, Eveto, Louruve, and Narvo Islands.

Maximum combat exp you can get from Huntable monsters has increased by 500%.

Recommended AP for the following grind spots in Calpheon has been set.
  -  Lake Kaia : 60 to 80
  -  Mansha Forest : 60 to 80
  -  Rhutum Outstation : 60 to 80
  -  Treant Forest : 60 to 80
  -  Abandoned Monastery : 65 to 85
  -  Hexe Sanctuary : 65 to 85

HP and DP of the monsters in Balenos to Calpheon region have changed.
  -  HP has decreased drastically, and DP has increased.

[Quest and Knowledge]

Fixed an issue where you could not interact with Bautt Lithograph during the Mediah main quests.

Fixed an issue where a character who has completed Kamasylvia Part 2 main quests could not accept the “Decision of Kamasylve” quest.

Essence of Rage has been added as a new reward for [Subjugation] guild missions.
You can exchange 15 Essence of Rage with a Muskan of Madness Summon Scroll.

Fixed an issue where you could accept Jewelry Thieves and To Rob, or Not to Rob at the same time.

When you are going to Ibellab Oasis after accepting “Unchained Curiosity”, a temporary guidance NPC that will help you to find your way in the desert will appear.
  -  You can navigate to Ibellab Oasis by interacting with the NPC. The NPC will disappear upon completing the quest.

New [Daily] Hunting quests have been added in Balenos Islands. (14 quests in total)
  -  The quests will give you the Badge of a Hunter, which can be exchanged with Hunting Matchlocks.

Conditions to accept the following quests have changed.
  -  To the Red Battlefield!
  -  Secrets of the Fisherman in Velia
  -  You can accept the quests after completing [Co-op] Awakened Black Spirit.

Conditions to talk to Shakatu about “the very first Element” have changed.
  -  When your Amity with Shakatu is below 500, and you do not have the associated knowledge

[Graphics and NPC]

NPC name errors have been fixed.

Normal NPC horses will appear next to the stables in each town.

Fixed an issue where there were too many seagulls flying in the sky of Velia.

Graphical errors of Soldier NPCs have been fixed.

The name of a certain region in the coast of Velia has changed to Velia Village Coast.

Fixed the water flooding issue in Basilisk Den and Grana

Winter is coming to the world of Black Desert Online.

[UI]

Only one buff icon will appear for the buffs from Alchemy Stone and GM’s Apology.

Locations for world bosses will appear on the World map.

Descriptions regarding prerequisite skills have been added in the mount info window.

Graphics/Text errors’ Enhancement UI have been fixed.

When you decline a quest, the screen will go back to the the first screen instead of being turned off.

Graphical errors in Gardening have been fixed.

Fixed an issue where the icon for Imperial Delivery was not visible.

A sentence that says “unavailable while you are in the Ocean” has been added in the skill description for Processing-Dry.

Buttons where you can buy maids and find the nearest Marketplace NPC have been added in the Marketplace menu in the main menu.

The order of the icons at the bottom of the Marketplace window has changed.

Additional slots for skill cooldowns have been added.
  -  A new function where you can customize skill cooldown slots has been added. You can add a maximum of 10 skills to the new skill cooldown slots.
  -  You can change the location of the skill cooldown slots in the Edit UI menu.
  -  Details can be found here.

“Reset Skills” button has been simplified.

You can now turn off the icon for skill cooldown in the Edit UI menu.

[System]

Fixed an issue where the game froze for a moment when you click on the “Find NPC” button.

A system message that says “you have failed to enter the horse race” will appear when you try to enter the horse race during combat.

A system message indicating the type of NPC you are navigating to will appear when you choose an NPC using the “Find NPC” function.

Wrong labels for certain areas during the Node War have been fixed.

Fixed the flickering cursor in the customization menu.

You can no longer take portraits by pressing the spacebar while the Beauty Album window or load templates window is open.

Fixed an issue where the game crashed under certain situations including house placement mode and reading mode.

[New Costumes]

Lussirian for Valkyrie: https://www.invenglobal.com/blackdesertonline/articles/3656/the-charming-point-is-the-unicorn-design-valkyrie-lussirian-set-revealed

Puff Mini for Mystic: https://www.invenglobal.com/articles/3658/the-charming-violet-flower-mystic-puff-mini-set-revealed

[Details on the new skill cooldown UI]

https://www.invenglobal.com/blackdesertonline/articles/3660/the-cleaner-ui-with-the-cooldown-setting-slots-in-black-desert-online