Black Desert Online Patch Notes (4th June 2026)
124 updates land in today's Black Desert Online patch, headlined by a sweeping crop growth rework that should finally stop farmers from babysitting their fields.

Farming in Black Desert Online has always had a babysitting problem, and Pearl Abyss is tackling it head-on in today's June 4 patch notes. Crop growth times have been pushed out to 20-22 hours depending on temperature, standardised across all crop types, and yields have been bumped significantly to compensate, guaranteed harvest items are up fivefold, with chance-drop rates and quantities also increased. It's the same philosophy they applied to fish storage recently, and honestly it's the right call. Nobody should be logging in at 3am to check their onions.
On the class side, Sorceress gets a fix to Nightmare that was causing awkward movement and a "Please try again" error when using RMB to attack behind opponents. Wizard sees an unnatural motion loop corrected, and Hashashin's Retribution now properly updates its visual effect when pressing LMB after learning Aal's Mirage. None of these are earth-shattering, but animation jank on core skills is the sort of thing that quietly erodes confidence in a class.
The update also kicks off several new events, including the Remnant of Distortion: Final Chapter and a cooking contest running until June 23. The crop changes are the ones to dig into first.
Full Patch Notes
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Greetings Adventurers,
Here are the latest update details for Black Desert Online on May 28, 2026 (Thu). Today’s patch contains 124 updates and is approximately 1.01 GB.
Table of Contents
Events
- Remnant of Distortion: Final Chapter - [More Details]
- June 4, 2026 (Thu) after maintenance - June 18, 2026 (Thu) before maintenance
- Inland Node War Support: To Battle! - [More Details]
- June 4, 2026 (Thu) after maintenance - July 2, 2026 (Thu) before maintenance
- [Global Self-Publishing 4th Anniversary] Special Login Rewards - [More Details]
- June 5, 2026 (Fri) 00:00 - July 22, 2026 (Wed) 23:59
- [Cooking Contest] The Best Dish for the Ball! - [More Details]
- June 4, 2026 (Thu) after maintenance - June 23, 2026 (Tue) 23:59 (UTC)
New Additions and Improvements Class Changes
- [Sorceress] Nightmare - Mitigated the issue where the character moved awkwardly and the message "Please try again in a few moments." appeared when using RMB to move behind an opponent and attack.
- As a result, the character will now land faster when airborne during the attack animation, and a falling animation will trigger if the character is above a certain height.
- [Wizard] Fixed the issue where certain motions repeated unnaturally when moving the character via RMB.
- [Hashashin] Retribution - Fixed the issue where the effect did not change when pressing LMB during the skill, even after learning Aal's Mirage.
Contents

Crop Growth Time Changes
Crop growth times have been significantly increased, and yields from harvesting or breeding have been increased accordingly.
Similar to the previous update that extended fish storage periods, this change aims to reduce the pressure of having to check on your crops at set intervals. Additionally, growth times, which previously varied by crop, have now been standardized.
- Changed the growth time required for crops to be 20 to 22 hours depending on the temperature.
| Example: Onion Growth Time | ||
| Temperature | Before | After |
| Highly Unsuitable | 6 hr 56 min | 22 hr |
| Unsuitable | 5 hr 20 min | 21 hr |
| Suitable | 4 hr 37 min | 20 hr |
- Increased the amount of items obtained from harvesting and plant breeding according to the adjusted crop growth times.
- Guaranteed Items: x5 increase
- Example: Amount of Special Garlic obtained when harvesting Magical Garlic
- Guaranteed Items: x5 increase
| Pepper Seed | Garlic Seed | Onion Seed |
| Strawberry Seed | Hot Pepper Seed | Pumpkin Seed |
| Carrot Seed | Flax Seed | Delotia Seed |
| Citron Seed | Grape Seed | Sunflower Seed |
| Olive Seed | Tomato Seed | Paprika Seed |
| Seed Potato | Barley Seed | Wheat Seed |
| Corn Seed | Seed Sweet Potato | Sunrise Herb Seed |
| Silver Azalea Seed | Fire Flake Flower Seed | Dry Mane Grass Seed |
| Silk Honey Grass Seed | Fortune Teller Mushroom Hypha | Arrow Mushroom Hypha |
| Dwarf Mushroom Hypha | Cloud Mushroom Hypha | Sky Mushroom Hypha |
| Tiger Mushroom Hypha | Emperor Mushroom Hypha | Ghost Mushroom Hypha |
| Fog Mushroom Hypha | Hump Mushroom Hypha | Bluffer Mushroom Hypha |
| Ancient Mushroom Hypha | Amanita Mushroom Hypha | Withered Wheat Seed |
| Withered Grape Seed | Withered Sunrise Herb Seed | Nolina Seed |
| Penestraria Seed | Dalvenia Alrea Seed | Bouquet Mushroom Hypha |
| Leccinum Hypha | Purple Mushroom Hypha | Pie Mushroom Hypha |
| Withered Acacia Seed | Acacia Seed | Haystack |
| Chicken Feed | Chanterelle Hypha | Red-spotted Amanita Hypha |
| Mesima Hypha | Dictyophora Hypha | Napa Cabbage Seed |
| Radish Seed | Perilla Seed | Rice Seed |
| High-quality Strawberry Seed | High-quality Pepper Seed | High-quality Garlic Seed |
| High-quality Onion Seed | High-quality Hot Pepper Seed | High-quality Pumpkin Seed |
| High-quality Carrot Seed | High-quality Delotia Seed | High-quality Citron Seed |
| High-quality Grape Seed | High-quality Sunflower Seed | High-quality Olive Seed |
| High-quality Tomato Seed | High-quality Paprika Seed | High-quality Seed Potato |
| High-quality Barley Seed | High-quality Wheat Seed | High-quality Corn Seed |
| High-quality Seed Sweet Potato | High-quality Nolina Seed | High-quality Penestraria Seed |
| High-quality Dalvenia Alrea Seed | High-quality Bouquet Mushroom Hypha | High-quality Leccinum Mushroom Hypha |
| High-quality Purple Mushroom Hypha | High-quality Pie Mushroom Hypha | High-quality Sunrise Herb Seed |
| High-quality Silver Azalea Seed | High-quality Fire Flake Flower Seed | High-quality Dry Mane Grass Seed |
| High-quality Silk Honey Grass Seed | High-quality Fortune Teller Mushroom Hypha | High-quality Arrow Mushroom Hypha |
| High-quality Dwarf Mushroom Hypha | High-quality Cloud Mushroom Hypha | High-quality Sky Mushroom Hypha |
| High-quality Tiger Mushroom Hypha | High-quality Emperor Mushroom Hypha | High-quality Ghost Mushroom Hypha |
| High-quality Fog Mushroom Hypha | High-quality Hump Mushroom Hypha | High-quality Bluffer Mushroom Hypha |
| High-quality Ancient Mushroom Hypha | High-quality Amanita Mushroom Hypha | High-quality Acacia Seed |
| High-quality Haystack | Good Chicken Feed | High-quality Chanterelle Hypha |
| High-quality Red-spotted Amanita Hypha | High-quality Mesima Hypha | High-quality Dictyophora Hypha |
| High-quality Napa Cabbage Seed | High-quality Radish Seed | High-quality Perilla Seed |
| High-quality Rice Seed | Special Strawberry Seed | Special Pepper Seed |
| Special Garlic Seed | Special Onion Seed | Special Hot Pepper Seed |
| Special Pumpkin Seed | Special Carrot Seed | Special Delotia Seed |
| Special Citron Seed | Special Grape Seed | Special Sunflower Seed |
| Special Olive Seed | Special Tomato Seed | Special Paprika Seed |
| Special Seed Potato | Special Barley Seed | Special Wheat Seed |
| Special Corn Seed | Special Seed Sweet Potato | Special Sunrise Herb Seed |
| Special Silver Azalea Seed | Special Fire Flake Flower Seed | Special Dry Mane Grass Seed |
| Special Silk Honey Grass Seed | Special Fortune Teller Mushroom Hypha | Special Arrow Mushroom Hypha |
| Special Dwarf Mushroom Hypha | Special Cloud Mushroom Hypha | Special Sky Mushroom Hypha |
| Special Tiger Mushroom Hypha | Special Emperor Mushroom Hypha | Special Ghost Mushroom Hypha |
| Special Fog Mushroom Hypha | Special Hump Mushroom Hypha | Special Bluffer Mushroom Hypha |
| Special Ancient Mushroom Hypha | Special Amanita Mushroom Hypha | Special Nolina Seed |
| Special Penestraria Seed | Special Dalvenia Alrea Seed | Special Bouquet Mushroom Hypha |
| Special Leccinum Hypha | Special Purple Mushroom Hypha | Special Pie Mushroom Hypha |
| Special Acacia Seed | Special Haystack | Special Chicken Feed |
| Special Chanterelle Hypha | Special Red-spotted Amanita Hypha | Special Mesima Hypha |
| Special Dictyophora Hypha | Special Napa Cabbage Seed | Special Radish Seed |
| Special Perilla Seed | Special Rice Seed | Magical Delotia Seed |
| Magical Citron Seed | Magical Pepper Seed | Magical Garlic Seed |
| Magical Onion Seed | Magical Hot Pepper Seed | Magical Pumpkin Seed |
| Magical Carrot Seed | Magical Strawberry Seed | Magical Grape Seed |
| Magical Sunflower Seed | Magical Olive Seed | Magical Tomato Seed |
| Magical Paprika Seed | Magical Seed Potato | Magical Barley Seed |
| Magical Wheat Seed | Magical Corn Seed | Magical Seed Sweet Potato |
| Magical Sunrise Herb Seed | Magical Silver Azalea Seed | Magical Fire Flake Flower Seed |
| Magical Dry Mane Grass Seed | Magical Silk Honey Grass Seed | Magical Fortune Teller Mushroom Hypha |
| Magical Arrow Mushroom Hypha | Magical Dwarf Mushroom Hypha | Magical Cloud Mushroom Hypha |
| Magical Sky Mushroom Hypha | Magical Tiger Mushroom Hypha | Magical Emperor Mushroom Hypha |
| Magical Ghost Mushroom Hypha | Magical Fog Mushroom Hypha | Magical Hump Mushroom Hypha |
| Magical Bluffer Mushroom Hypha | Magical Ancient Mushroom Hypha | Magical Amanita Mushroom Hypha |
| Magical Nolina Seed | Magical Penestraria Seed | Magical Dalvenia Alrea Seed |
| Magical Bouquet Mushroom Hypha | Magical Leccinum Hypha | Magical Purple Mushroom Hypha |
| Magical Pie Mushroom Hypha | Magical Acacia Seed | Magical Chicken Feed |
| Magical Haystack | Magical Chanterelle Hypha | Magical Red-spotted Amanita Hypha |
| Magical Mesima Hypha | Magical Dictyophora Hypha | Magical Napa Cabbage Seed |
| Magical Radish Seed | Magical Perilla Seed | Magical Rice Seed |
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- Items Obtained at Chance: Drop rate x2, amount x2.5
- Example: Mysterious Seed obtained from harvesting or plant breeding
- Blush Leaf Obtained From Plant Breeding: Drop rate x2, amount x2.5
- Crops obtained from harvesting Mysterious Seeds, Truffle Mushrooms obtained from Truffle Mushroom Hyphae, and Strange and Beautiful Rice Seeds: x3 increase
- Items Obtained at Chance: Drop rate x2, amount x2.5
| Mysterious Delotia Seed | Mysterious Citron Seed | Mysterious Pepper Seed |
| Mysterious Garlic Seed | Mysterious Onion Seed | Mysterious Hot Pepper Seed |
| Mysterious Pumpkin Seed | Mysterious Carrot Seed | Mysterious Strawberry Seed |
| Mysterious Grape Seed | Mysterious Sunflower Seed | Mysterious Olive Seed |
| Mysterious Tomato Seed | Mysterious Paprika Seed | Mysterious Seed Potato |
| Mysterious Barley Seed | Mysterious Wheat Seed | Mysterious Corn Seed |
| Mysterious Seed Sweet Potato | Mysterious Sunrise Herb Seed | Mysterious Silver Azalea Seed |
| Mysterious Fire Flake Flower Seed | Mysterious Dry Mane Grass Seed | Mysterious Silk Honey Grass Seed |
| Mysterious Fortune Teller Mushroom Hypha | Mysterious Arrow Mushroom Hypha | Mysterious Dwarf Mushroom Hypha |
| Mysterious Cloud Mushroom Hypha | Mysterious Sky Mushroom Hypha | Mysterious Tiger Mushroom Hypha |
| Mysterious Emperor Mushroom Hypha | Mysterious Ghost Mushroom Hypha | Mysterious Fog Mushroom Hypha |
| Mysterious Hump Mushroom Hypha | Mysterious Bluffer Mushroom Hypha | Mysterious Ancient Mushroom Hypha |
| Mysterious Amanita Mushroom Hypha | Mysterious Nolina Seed | Mysterious Penestraria Seed |
| Mysterious Dalvenia Alrea Seed | Mysterious Bouqet Mushroom Hypha | Mysterious Leccinum Hypha |
| Mysterious Purple Mushroom Hypha | Mysterious Pie Mushroom Hypha | Mysterious Acacia Seed |
| Mysterious Chanterelle Hypha | Mysterious Red-spotted Amanita Hypha | Mysterious Mesima Hypha |
| Mysterious Dictyophora Hypha | Mysterious Napa Cabbage Seed | Mysterious Radish Seed |
| Mysterious Perilla Seed | Mysterious Rice Seed | Strange and Beautiful Rice Seed |
| Truffle Mushroom Hypha |
- Removed fertilizer items that reduced crop growth time:
- Inorganic Fertilizer
- Byproduct Fertilizer
- Organic Fertilizer
* Accordingly, the information on fertilizer exchange has been removed from Blush Leaf's item description.
- The knowledges of Inorganic Fertilizer, Organic Fertilizer, and Byproduct Fertilizer can be obtained from [Seed Vendor] Camellia Loggia in Loggia Farm.
- Changed the following on moles that appear during farming and plant breeding, according to the adjusted growth times:
- Doubled the spawn rate of Moles while farming.
- Increased the drop rate of the following items obtained alongside Mole's Feed:
- Sethra's Artifact - Life EXP, Life Skill Mastery, Farming EXP
- Imperfect Lightstone of Flora
- Fertile Oil-Rich Soil
- Blush Leaf
- Increased the amount of Blush Leaves obtained from defeating Slowpoke Mole, Pudgy Mole, and Giant Mole by 5 times.
- Doubled the spawn rate of Moles and increased Blush Leaf drops by 5 times upon defeat, allowing you to obtain more Blush Leaves than before.
- Standardized the spawn rates of Moles, Slowpoke Moles, Pudgy Moles, and Giant Moles.
- As the spawn rate of Giant Moles has increased by 2.5x, the spawn rate of Pit-A-Pat Moles has been adjusted to remain similar to before.
- Reduced crop dehydration rate to 1/5.
- Changed the inactivity period required for fences to be dismantled.
- Before: No farming activities for 14 days
- After: No farming activities for 28 days
- Changed the requirements and details of the following quests to reflect the changes to Farming.
- Any of these quests in progress were forfeited during the June 4 (Thu) maintenance.
| Quest Type | Quest Name | Changes |
| Olvia Academy | [Farming Course] Build Your Fence | Removed Hot Pepper Seed from rewards. Changed Vilentia's quest completion dialogue. |
| [Farming Course] Seed Time! | Changed the quest name to "[Farming Course] Basic Crop Lecture!". Changed the objective to listening to an explanation about crops. Removed Hot Pepper Seed from rewards. Changed some quest dialogue. |
|
| [Farming Course] Hypha Time! | Changed the quest name to '[Farming Course] Chase Away the Mole!'. Changed the objective to listening to an explanation about moles. Removed Garlic Seed from rewards. Changed some quest dialogue. |
|
| [Farming Course] What Slow Your Crops | Changed the objective to listening to an explanation about killing pests and pruning. Changed some quest dialogue. |
|
| [Farming Course] Breed for Better Crops! | Added Special Garlic Seed x3 to rewards. | |
| [Farming Course] Harvest Special Crops! | Changed the quest name to "[Farming Course] More Lessons, Leap Quest!". Changed the objective to listening to an explanation about Leap Quests. Added Special Garlic Seed x3 to rewards. Changed some quest dialogue. |
|
| [Farming Course] Mysterious Seed | Removed "Obtain Fruit of Nature x30" from the objectives. Added Special Garlic Seed x4 to rewards. Changed some quest dialogue. |
|
| [Farming Course] Proof: Blush Leaf | Changed the objective to "Obtain Blush Leaf x300". | |
| [Farming Course] Breed for Better Crops! | Changed the reward for "[Farming Course] Material Support I" (available from NPC Zaaira) to Special Garlic Seed x5. | |
| Leap Quest | [Farming Leap Apprentice 5] Moretti's Wheat Harvesting | Removed the objective to craft Inorganic Fertilizer. |
| [Farming Leap Skilled 10] The Best Wheat Farm | Removed the objective to craft Inorganic Fertilizer and Organic Fertilizer. | |
| General | [Processing Skilled 8] Cornfield Help I | Changed the objective to craft and hand over Inorganic Fertilizer x5 to Corn Flour x5. |
| [Processing Skilled 9] Cornfield Help II | Changed the objective to craft and hand over Byproduct Fertilizer x2 to Corn Dough x2. | |
| [Processing Artisan 9] Strength to a Cursed Land... | Changed the quest name to "[Processing Artisan 9] Wind Blowing over the Cursed Land". Changed the objective to craft and hand over Organic Fertilizer x2 to Cotton Fabric x2. |
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| [Farming] My Own Little Farm | Changed the objective to use Inorganic Fertilizer to Purified Water. | |
| [Farming] Making Fertilizer | Changed the quest name to "[Farming] Making Purified Water". Changed the objective to craft Organic Fertilizer to Purified Water. |
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| [Daily] Flowers and Plants Feed On Love | Changed the objective to hand over Organic Fertilizer to Purified Water. | |
| Spirit Saplings Grow With Devotion | Removed the objective to craft Organic Fertilizer. | |
| Miss Myo's Fertilizer! | Changed the objective from crafting Organic Fertilizer to handing over Rice x1. | |
| Very Precious Fertilizer | Changed the quest name to "Very Precious Firewood". Changed the objective to hand over Inorganic Fertilizer x5 to Log x5. |
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| The Storage Keeper's Errand | Changed the objective to hand over Organic Fertilizer to Egg. | |
| What's the Secret? | Changed some NPC dialogue within the quest. | |
| Bring Greens to a Wasteland | Changed the objective from crafting Inorganic Fertilizer and Byproduct Fertilizer to handing over Old Tree Bark x1. |
- Removed Inorganic Fertilizer, Byproduct Fertilizer, and Organic Fertilizer from the rewards of the following quests:
- Masterpiece of a Lifetime
- [Farming] How to Gather Even More Potatoes
- [Farming] My Own Little Farm
Klau's Old Moon Seed Pouch Quality-of-Life Update
In the May 29 (Fri) Global Lab update, we announced plans to allow planting seeds directly from Klau's Old Moon Seed Pouch in your garden.This feature was developed alongside the crop growth time changes to improve Adventurers' quality of life.
During final preparations for the live servers, we identified areas that needed more improvements.
As a result, the planned changes to where seeds obtained through Plant Breeding are stored, as well as the planned icon improvements, have also been delayed.
We will update you further on these features through the Global Lab or the live server patch notes.
We apologize for delivering this disappointing news to those who were eagerly anticipating these updates.
We were just as excited to bring you these quality-of-life improvements.
We will continue to look for ways to make farming more enjoyable. T
hank you for your continued interest and valuable feedback.
Reduced Contribution Costs for Residence and Node Investments
To help Adventurers utilize more nodes, the Contribution Points (CP) required to rent residences and invest in certain nodes have been reduced. We considered increasing CP acquisition or reducing the EXP required at higher CP levels. However, we decided that reducing existing CP costs would be more convenient and less burdensome for Adventurers at this time. We hope you will invest the extra Contribution Points freed up by today's update into more appealing nodes and discover new enjoyment in your adventures.- Reduced the Contribution Points required to purchase Residences across the world.
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