Black Desert Online Update 2.87 Out This August 9 for Some New Content

Black Desert Online Update 2.87

Pearl Abyss has released Black Desert Online update 2.87 this August 9 to implement some changes to the game. The update in question is available now on all platforms. Check out the Black Desert Online patch notes down below.

Black Desert Online Update 2.87 Patch Notes | Black Desert Online August 9 Patch Notes:

Pearl Abyss did not share proper patch notes for this update yet, but some small details and known issues have been listed. You can check out the details down below.

Major Update Details

  • Added Marni’s Realm to some monster zones
  • Added Dehkia’s Lantern monster zones
    • Tunkuta (Party of 2 recommended)
    • Dehkia’s Lantern – Thornwood Forest
  • Changed world boss Garmoth’s HP
  • Increased Node/Conquest War rewards
  • Improved Narchillan gear quests
  • Added skip feature to Atoraxxion Threads
  • Removed the ocean current system

Land of the Morning Light

  • Temporarily prevented entry into the Shimnidae Forest battlefield in the Arena of Solare for optimization.
  • During Fox’s Gift II, the Woosa and Maegu Awakening quest, it has been confirmed that the cutscene restarted instead of moving to the quest location, Shinhyang, when there was not enough space in the inventory.
    • If this issue occurs, please secure at least 4 or more empty slots in your inventory so that you can proceed with the Awakening quest properly.
  • [Maegu, Woosa] To ensure smooth progress through the Awakening questlines, a temporary measure has been put in place to prevent the accidental disposal of the Canon Foxtail Fans and the Canon Soul Tome.
    • Adventurers who have previously discarded these items will find them restored and placed in their first inventory slot.
  • During the “”Energy and Energy”” Tale of Imoogi vignette quest, if you move to the directed location while riding a mount, the quest may not proceed smoothly.
    • To meet the quest target, Old Lady Birigongdeok, you need to dismount and return to the path you came from in order to proceed normally.
  • Certain NPCs that are in the cutscenes in the Land of the Morning Light get displayed abnormally after the cutscene ends.
  • We have identified an issue where the battle with Sangoon is not functioning properly during the progress of the LoML main quest [Sangoon] In Defying the Decree of Ahshi, which is available from characters Lv. 56 and up. As a temporary measure, the quest will be immediately completed upon accepting it.
    • We would like to inform you that if you start your adventure in the Morning Light or engage in battles with Sangoon in the Black Shrine, the battle with Sangoon will proceed normally.

Current Known Issues

  • Some world boss notifications displayed on the bottom right of the screen have times different from their actual spawn times.
    • The precise spawn time of world bosses can be viewed in [Adventurer’s Guide – World Bosses] and by pressing the world boss notification button.
  • The weekly Black Shrine rewards may sporadically be claimed more than once. 
    * If you accidentally claim the weekly Black Shrine rewards more than once, we ask that you do not use the additionally obtained items as they will be removed during the following maintenance.
  • Arena of Solare’s Voice Chat function may unintentionally place Adventurers from different teams or matches in the same voice chat group.
  • Millennial Wild Ginseng’s buff effect stays active in the Arena of Solare when it should not be.
  • Resurrection fails intermittently during the Event Red Battlefield, “Sand Castle Shore-Down.”
  • The European God of Fishing statue is not visible. 
    * You can still interact with the statue to get the “God of Fishing’s Blessing” buff.
  • Pressing the command key input for Flower Shroud with your foxtail fans performs Emberclaw Crush instead.
  • When players immediately convert to Tuvala gear without equipping the PEN (V) Naru Main Weapon, the option to Chat (W) with the Black Spirit to complete the Season Pass quest “Equipping Naru Adventure Gear 6” is not displayed in certain situations.
  • The character’s voice abnormally sets to a lower tone. (The slider gets set to “Deep”).
  • Subtitles in some cutscenes are displayed abnormally during Woosa’s Awakening questline.
  • There is a known issue with incorrect messages appearing when entering the Season-1 (New Adventurer) Server for Families with a total character level exceeding 200.
    • The Season-1 (New Adventurer) Server is only accessible to Families with a total level of 200 or below, and we would like to inform you that this condition is being correctly enforced.
  • There is currently an issue where the Ship Gear durability does not decrease while Sailing.
  • Tier 4 Pets with names that included inappropriate words cannot be trained to Tier 5
    • If you experience this issue, please contact us via Support Center with the following information to receive assistance.
      • Pet Type:
      • Pet Name:
      • New Name:
  • Equipping an outfit (Desert Camouflage, etc.) that takes four slots (including headpiece) causes the headpiece outfit’s dye to sporadically not be visible when the headpiece equipment’s durability drops.
  • Processing (L) an Artifact item with “Ancient Power – Red Shard” and “Ancient Seal – Black Shard” while using the “Process all identical items” option selected causes the “Ancient Power – Red Shard” and “Ancient Seal – Black Shard” to only be part of the Simple Alchemy processing for the first time and not for the subsequent times.
    • After the first time, only the Artifact item will be processed via Simple Alchemy. If you wish to include the “Ancient Power – Red Shard” and “Ancient Seal – Black Shard” as well, please deactivate the “Process all identical items” option.
  • NPC Patrigio’s (Velia, Calpheon, and Grána) dialogue for the materials to craft the Bonfire of Dreams does not match the actual materials.
  • Trying to log in to Black Desert+ with Steam causes an error message to appear under certain circumstances.
  • Sometimes unable to log in to Black Desert+ when using an OTP.
  • Unable to use Private/Personal Trade when using the gamepad UI.
  • AP is not properly decreased when it rains or snows.
  • Being disconnected from the internet while waiting in the Arena of Arsha causes you to be stuck on the loading screen when trying to re-access the Arena of Arsha from the ESC menu → Arena of Arsha.
  • [Warrior, Ranger, Sorceress, Berserker, Ninja, Kunoichi] Uncompletable Succession questline appears in an unaccepted state in the Quest window (O) for characters that completed the Succession quests before the Awakening & Succession questlines were combined.
  • Unable to level up by receiving EXP as a quest reward at level 59 99.99%.
  • Interacting with an NPC that starts a cutscene while on a mount causes characters to be repeatedly interrupted when moving.
  • Unable to scroll down when checking the items list in the Processing (F2) window after setting the client language as English.
  • Background terrain appears abnormal when the direction of the camera changes.

We will update this post as soon as we can if proper patch notes are revealed.

Source: Play Black Desert

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