Update 2.56 for Black Desert Online has arrived, and here is the complete list of patch notes, including all the changes coming to the game. The massive list of patch notes with update 2.56 for Black Desert Online is bringing a metric ton of content and changes to the game, which will probably be great for fans. The patch notes for update 2.56 for Black Desert Online launched today and should be available to everyone soon. Here is the complete list of patch notes for update 2.56 for Black Desert Online.
Black Desert Online Update 2.56 Patch Notes
The hedgehog’s special skill “Gathering Item Quantity Increase,” is not affected by Agris Fever effects.
Scooping water, shoveling, and milking cows are not affected by Agris Fever effects.
Agris Fever only affects basic resources and does not apply to items such as Truffle Mushrooms, Dead Tree Essence, and other rare resources.
Installed the Solare Hall of Fame at the Battle Arena.
The adventurers finishing at the top of their class in the Arena of Solare will now have their likenesses displayed as statues in the hall of flame.
These “Solare Knight” statues will be displayed in the order the classes were released, and you can interact and exchange 20 Energy with them to gain the “Blessing of a Great Knight” buff.
This boon will grant you Breathing EXP +10% for 10 hours.
Agris Fever for Gathering
Applied effects of Agris Fever to Gathering with the following Life Skill tools.
When gathering with Agris Fever toggled on, you will consume the following points per attempt.
When gathering with Agris Fever toggled on, you will consume the following points per attempt.
Basic gathered amount: 2 to 4
With Agris Fever effects applied (Item Drop Amount +150%): 5 to 10
With at least 2,000 Gathering Mastery (Basic Resources Quantity +400%): 10 to 20
With at least 2,000 Gathering Mastery (Basic Resources Quantity +400%) and Agris Fever effects applied (Item Drop Amount +150%): 13 to 26
Gatherable Resources Affected by Agris Fever
Items Affected by Agris Fever upon Gathering Resources
Solare Hall of Fame
The adventurers finishing at the top of their class in the Arena of Solare will now have their likenesses displayed as statues in the hall of flame.
These “Solare Knight” statues will be displayed in the order the classes were released, and you can interact and exchange 20 Energy with them to gain the “Blessing of a Great Knight” buff.
This boon will grant you Breathing EXP +10% for 10 hours.
Improved residences so you can purchase them at the highest level all at once.
Now you can set the max level of a storage, horse gear workshops, refineries, costume mills, crop factories, workshops, etc., you wish to purchase with Contribution Points.
The cost and time required to complete your purchase will display the combined total of purchasing up to the desired level.
Changed the Balenos Abyssal Vein exit from the Magnus to be activated when the Serendia Abyssal Vein exit is activated.
This Abyssal Vein will be activated after completing [The Magnus] By Mountain’s Breeze.
For Adventurers who have already completed the above quest, it can be activated upon obtaining [Knowledge] Abyssal Veins: Balenos via the Black Spirit (/) – Talk (W).
Adjusted the difficulty of the taming wild horse minigame Training content.
Pressing the SPACE bar will now increase your taming gauge at greater increments than before.
Not pressing the SPACE bar will decrease the gauge in fewer increments.
You will now only need to feed a wild horse 1 lump of raw sugar to tame it successfully.
Fixed the issue where if you forfeited the [The Magnus] Golden Lion of Serendia quest, you couldn’t complete the abyssal pocket.
The structure and dialogue for [The Magnus] Golden Lion of Serendia has been changed and adjusted accordingly.
Separated [Berserker] Bractus Gloves and Shoes from the [Berserker] Bractus Armor.
Bractus Shoes and Gloves of outfits that could not be registered on the Central Market will also not be registerable.
Added [Berserker] Bractus Gloves and Shoes to the outfit boxes that contain the [Berserker] Bractus Armor.
Adventurers who had the [Berserker] Bractus Armor in their possession will find the [Berserker] Bractus Gloves and Shoes in their storage in Heidel.
Improved so the following items can be registered for Fairy’s Continuous Care Auto-use Items:
[Party] Elixir of Skill and [Party] Elixir of Infinite Skill
[Party] Elixir of Mastery and [Party] Elixir of Improved Mastery
[Party] Elixir of Labor and [Party] Elixir of Rough Labor
[Party] Elixir of Armor and [Party] Elixir of Corrupted Armor
Added the “Ode to Heroes of Yore” item that can be obtained from defeating Field Bosses.
This item will expire in 5 hours upon receiving.
Upon use, you will obtain “Item Drop Rate +10% will be applied for 5 hours.”
You can stack this buff with other Item Drop Rate increase buffs.
You can store this item in your Family Inventory.
Improved the following Field Bosses to now spawn successive bosses when defeated.
Dastard Bheg → Red Nose → Dim Tree Spirit
Giant Mudster → Katzvariak
Tired of the endless hordes of Adventurers who seek out their ruin, Red Nose, Dastard Bheg, and Dim Tree Spirit have decided to band forces and unleash havok together all over the Balenos Territory.
The Secret Guards have returned to the Valley Lily Inn to continue their expedition in “Atoraxxion: Yolunakea,” the third biome of the fortress to defeat the Dark Invaders.
The Secret Guards have gathered once more at the inn to continue into the third biome. Adventurers will be able to take on the quest that precedes Atoraxxion: Yolunakea at the Valley Lily Inn.
To accept this preceding quest, you will need to have completed the main questlines of Atoraxxion: Vahmalkea and Sycrakea. After that, you can start the preceding quest by accepting [Atoraxxion] Ruined Plans from the Black Spirit.
This quest preceding Atoraxxion: Yolunakea will connect to the Yolunakea’s main questline, which will become available once Atoraxxion: Yolunakea is released.
Season Graduation requirements for fall 2022 are as follows:
Season characters can be converted into normal characters upon using the Honorable Adventurer’s Certificate.
Upon completing the above quest, you can obtain Tuvala Conversion Stone Box, Gift Box Full of Memories, and Fughar’s Letter of Encouragement.
Items contained in the Gift Box Full of Memories are as follows:
Added quest “Season Special Gift” on the autumn 2022 season server.
You can exchange Tuvala gear for boss gear with the Boss Gear Exchange Coupon via the following quests.
Talk to Fughar with the “[Season] Boss Gear Exchange Coupon” in your inventory to accept the following quests. You can only proceed with one of the following quests at a time.
Atoraxxion: Yolunakea Preceding Quest
The Secret Guards have gathered once more at the inn to continue into the third biome. Adventurers will be able to take on the quest that precedes Atoraxxion: Yolunakea at the Valley Lily Inn.
To accept this preceding quest, you will need to have completed the main questlines of Atoraxxion: Vahmalkea and Sycrakea. After that, you can start the preceding quest by accepting [Atoraxxion] Ruined Plans from the Black Spirit.
This quest preceding Atoraxxion: Yolunakea will connect to the Yolunakea’s main questline, which will become available once Atoraxxion: Yolunakea is released.
To accept this preceding quest, you will need to have completed the main questlines of Atoraxxion: Vahmalkea and Sycrakea. After that, you can start the preceding quest by accepting [Atoraxxion] Ruined Plans from the Black Spirit.
This quest preceding Atoraxxion: Yolunakea will connect to the Yolunakea’s main questline, which will become available once Atoraxxion: Yolunakea is released.
2022 Autumn Season Graduation Commences!
- Fughar, the Crow Merchants Guild Chief Manager, is lending a hand in Winter Season graduation so that you can convert your season character who has completed the 2022 Autumn Season into a normal character.
– If you are using the [Event] Black Spirit Pass, you must accept all Black Spirit Pass rewards.
– You can exchange the Season Special Gift Exchange Coupon obtained from the quest above for one of the following special rewards from Fughar.
- Talk to Fughar with the “[Season] Boss Gear Exchange Coupon” in your inventory to accept the following quests. You can only proceed with one of the following quests at a time.
New Additions and Improvements
Ranger
Twisting Wind
- Changed to now be registerable in a Skill Cooldown Slot.
Berserker
Boulder
Changed the skill’s attack range, and the description of its damage has been changed accordingly.
Attack Damage 1351% x5, max 2 hits → Attack damage 1351% x10
Attack Damage 1351% x5, max 2 hits → Attack damage 1351% x10
Weakling Hunt
- Fixed the issue of the sound effect not playing when using the skill on cooldown during Beast Form.
Awakening
Blasting
- Added Melee AP +16 for 10 sec effect during the skill.
- Changed Knockback on attack 3 to Stiffness on attack 1.
- Fixed the issue where additional WP was consumed upon using the skill during cooldown.
- Changed the skill motions and damage amount.
Flow: Earth Dividing
- Changed the cooldown from 12 to 10 sec.
Flow: Split Shot
Changed the number of hits from 4 to 5 hits.
Changed from -1 to -2 hits in PvP only.
Changed from -1 to -2 hits in PvP only.
Flow: Ancient Wave
Changed the number of hits from 7 to 9 hits.
Changed the damage reduction from -45% to -57.2% in PvP only.
Changed the damage reduction from -45% to -57.2% in PvP only.
Kunoichi
Lunatic Discus
- Improved so you can combo into Danse Macabre while using the skill.
- Changed so you can combo into Danse Macabre, Moon Storm, Sah Spree of Sonan, Lethal Spin Spree, Sah Chakram after using the skill
Moon Storm
- Improved, so Kunoichi reappears more naturally after disappearing while using the skill.
Wizard, Witch
Prime: Lightning Storm: High Voltage/Strike
- Changed the description to match the skill’s actual effect.
Prime: Residual Lightning: Combo/High Voltage
- Changed the control description to match the skill’s actual effect.
Wizard
- Fixed the issue where Skill Cooldown Slot would appear to be on cooldown even when it wasn’t.
Striker
Sweeping Kick
- Improved to now apply the Martial Spirit effect even when used via Quick Slot.
Flow: Crosswind
- Fixed the issue where Martial Spirit Shards wouldn’t be consumed when comboed from Twisted Collision with 3 Martial Spirit Shards.
Archer
Shadebound Beam, Marked Bloom
- Fixed the issue where the skills wouldn’t remove hidden names and/or the concealed state of your hit opponents.
Hashashin
Prime: Aal’s Breath
Fixed the issue where your character’s accessories would still be visible even when you were concealed after using the skill.
Now you can set the max level of a storage, horse gear workshops, refineries, costume mills, crop factories, workshops, etc., you wish to purchase with Contribution Points.
The cost and time required to complete your purchase will display the combined total of purchasing up to the desired level.
This Abyssal Vein will be activated after completing [The Magnus] By Mountain’s Breeze.
For Adventurers who have already completed the above quest, it can be activated upon obtaining [Knowledge] Abyssal Veins: Balenos via the Black Spirit (/) – Talk (W).
For Adventurers who have already completed the above quest, it can be activated upon obtaining [Knowledge] Abyssal Veins: Balenos via the Black Spirit (/) – Talk (W).
Pressing the SPACE bar will now increase your taming gauge at greater increments than before.
Not pressing the SPACE bar will decrease the gauge in fewer increments.
You will now only need to feed a wild horse 1 lump of raw sugar to tame it successfully.
The structure and dialogue for [The Magnus] Golden Lion of Serendia has been changed and adjusted accordingly.
Bractus Shoes and Gloves of outfits that could not be registered on the Central Market will also not be registerable.
Added [Berserker] Bractus Gloves and Shoes to the outfit boxes that contain the [Berserker] Bractus Armor.
Adventurers who had the [Berserker] Bractus Armor in their possession will find the [Berserker] Bractus Gloves and Shoes in their storage in Heidel.
Adventurers who had the [Berserker] Bractus Armor in their possession will find the [Berserker] Bractus Gloves and Shoes in their storage in Heidel.
[Party] Elixir of Skill and [Party] Elixir of Infinite Skill
[Party] Elixir of Mastery and [Party] Elixir of Improved Mastery
[Party] Elixir of Labor and [Party] Elixir of Rough Labor
[Party] Elixir of Armor and [Party] Elixir of Corrupted Armor
Monster
This item will expire in 5 hours upon receiving.
Upon use, you will obtain “Item Drop Rate +10% will be applied for 5 hours.”
You can stack this buff with other Item Drop Rate increase buffs.
You can store this item in your Family Inventory.
You can stack this buff with other Item Drop Rate increase buffs.
Dastard Bheg → Red Nose → Dim Tree Spirit
Giant Mudster → Katzvariak
Balenos Territory Field Bosses
Dastard Bheg will first appear in Balenos Forest, attacking any adventurers who travel through Heidel Pass.
Once you take down Dastard Bheg, Red Nose will appear at Agris Steppe near the Western Guard Camp to threaten Adventurers and soldiers alike.
Once Red Nose is defeated, the Dim Tree Spirit will awaken, shaking the very foundations of the Forest of Seclusion.
Changed so the following field bosses will disappear 1 hour after they spawn.
Red Nose
Dastard Bheg
Dim Tree Spirit
Mudster
Katzvariak
Added further divisions to how boss loot is distributed based on contributed damage to ensure a greater number of adventurers get rewarded as follows:
Improved the Recommended Service that pops up when you’ve entered another service region.
Changed the location of page navigation that pops up on the Read Forum Posts page.
Changed and unified the following terms in German:
Seltene Überraschung: Magiekristall → Überraschung: Magiekristall
Fixed the issue of not being able to travel to certain areas in Northwestern Calpheon.
Removed Opal that could be gathered from abnormal locations along the Mediah Shore.
Fixed the issue of not being able to escape when moving your character into a specific location within the Sherekhan Iron Mine.
Fixed the issue of the pillar not showing within Serendia Shrine of Elvia Realm.
Improved the cutscene and quest progression for some tutorial quests, [Everfrost] The Ynix, and [Everfrost] The Flame that Consumes Gods.
Fixed the following issues when equipping [Sorceress] Millen Fedora Clothes:
Fixed the issue of your outfit’s hands displaying abnormally when equipped with other amulet outfit pieces.
Fixed the issue of the dye not being applied to some parts when the armor durability is low.
Fixed the issue of the enhancement level not displaying for enhanced gear in the Processing (L) window.
Fixed the issue of “Quick” Grass Hedgehog not displaying properly.
Fixed the issue of [Special challenges for New Adventurers!] not getting completed in certain situations.
Extended the event period to Dec 7, 2022 (Wed) before maintenance for Adventurers who couldn’t claim the rewards due to this issue.
Fixed the issue of “Summer Season Enhancement Aid!” reward among 2020 Season Challenge showing to some Adventurers.
Please note that this challenge reward couldn’t be claimed.
Fixed the issue of not being able to proceed when the party member has the Skills (K) window open when the party leader uses the Boss Summon Scroll.
Fixed the issue of Boss Vision being maintained when exiting Atoraxxion content after applying changes to Boss Vision.
Fixed the issue of the cutscene replaying when the Adventurer was in the middle of the following quest and on a certain location in Terrmian Beach.
When not proceeding with “[Event] Clash of the Furr-some Papus and Otters” after completing “[Event] Welcome to Terrmian!”
[Tamer] Fixed the issue of the message and scores not displaying properly when defeating the opponent while riding Heilang in Red Battlefield.
Fixed the issue of the item name arrangement order being different when using “Auto Arrange” in Inventory or Storage.
Fixed so an item name linebreaks automatically when reform stones are extracted if it is too long.
Fixed the issue of the list not sorting by scores when checking the guild tab in Residence List.
Fixed the issue of the mission starting right after the cutscene when entering with Drakania during [The Magnus] Into the Fire.
Fixed the following alchemy stones’ item descriptions to match their actual effects.
Khan’s Heart: Protection → All Resistance effect
Treant’s Tear → Life Exp increase effect
Once you take down Dastard Bheg, Red Nose will appear at Agris Steppe near the Western Guard Camp to threaten Adventurers and soldiers alike.
Once Red Nose is defeated, the Dim Tree Spirit will awaken, shaking the very foundations of the Forest of Seclusion.
Once Red Nose is defeated, the Dim Tree Spirit will awaken, shaking the very foundations of the Forest of Seclusion.
Serendia and Driegan Territory Ruins Bosses
While fighting the Giant Mudster, the Mudster will flee then reappear in another location.
Decreased the number of times the Giant Mudster flees from twice to once with the above change.
Changed so Katzvariak of Tshira Ruins appears 5 min after defeating the Giant Mudster.
Decreased the number of times the Giant Mudster flees from twice to once with the above change.
Adjustments in Field Boss Rewards and Drop Rate Probability
- Increased the probability of obtain looting upon defeating the following field bosses.
What’s Boss’s Latent Aura?
Changed field boss loot reward
Removed and added loot rewards that can be obtained after defeating field bosses.
Red Nose
Dastard Bheg
Dim Tree Spirit
Mudster
Katzvariak
Changed so Recommendations for New Adventurers shows for New Adventurers in the Pearl Shop banner on the bottom right corner.
Seltene Überraschung: Magiekristall → Überraschung: Magiekristall
Changed and unified the following terms in Spanish:
Loco por la Agricultura → Loco por el Cultivo
[Evento] Caja de Nueva Aventura → [Evento] Caja de Nueva Travesía
Loco por la Agricultura → Loco por el Cultivo
[Evento] Caja de Nueva Aventura → [Evento] Caja de Nueva Travesía
Changed and unified the following terms in French:
Équipement de Tuvala renforcé → Équipement de Tuvala plus puissant
Équipement de Tuvala renforcé → Équipement de Tuvala plus puissant
Modified or Changed
The following items were modified or changed in Black Desert Online:
Fixed the issue of your outfit’s hands displaying abnormally when equipped with other amulet outfit pieces.
Fixed the issue of the dye not being applied to some parts when the armor durability is low.
Extended the event period to Dec 7, 2022 (Wed) before maintenance for Adventurers who couldn’t claim the rewards due to this issue.
Please note that this challenge reward couldn’t be claimed.
When not proceeding with “[Event] Clash of the Furr-some Papus and Otters” after completing “[Event] Welcome to Terrmian!”
Khan’s Heart: Protection → All Resistance effect
Treant’s Tear → Life Exp increase effect
Recent Major Updates
To help newer or returning Adventurers of Black Desert Online keep up with the latest updates, we’ve compiled a list of some of our recent major ones. Check them out below!
Progression:
For Combat-focused Adventurers:
For Amusement-seeking Adventurers:
The patch notes for update 2.56 for Black Desert Online are available to everyone on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series S|X, and PC. Black Desert Online Players will definitely have a lot to get used to with the massive list of patch notes with update 2.56. For more detailed patch notes for update 2.56 for Black Desert Online and future information, head over to the official website here.
