December 6th, 2017 Patch

The following changes were made during the December 6 2017 patch. The patch note can also be read here.

End of Season 3
The Season 3 of Black Survival will conclude at 9:30 a.m. of December 6th, 2017 (KST, 12:30 a.m. of the same day in GMT).


 * After this patch, Black Survival will go through Pre-Season.
 * During Pre-Season, your records, rank points, or previous season rewards will not be reset.
 * Rewards for Season 3 will be given out with the start of Season 4, based on the highest rank achieved.

General Changes

 * Account Synchronization Fixes
 * Account will be copied instead of transferred.
 * One Black Survival account may be synchronized with one Google account, one iOS account, and one Steam account (total of 3 platforms).
 * Once synchronized, the account may not be de-synchronized from that platform.
 * The matchmaking algorithm has been fixed so that highest-ranking players do not need to wait as long anymore.
 * The Game Result screen at the end of a game has been remade.

General Combat Changes

 * Using a character’s skill will trigger a special sound effect or a signature line.
 * Some characters do not have their own skill sound.
 * Skill lines are not supported in English yet; a future patch will update them.
 * Announcement Fixes: Dr. Thomas will announcement area restriction after the fact.
 * The number of survivors will be displayed next to the area restriction timer in a match. This feature is disabled in the tutorial or in spectator mode.
 * The character skill tooltip box’s size has been expanded to make it easier to read the text.
 * The Run button has been removed in certain animations where it should not appear, such as during Counter Attack or Ambush
 * Status Effect “Slowed” Adjustment: 15 secs duration → 11 secs duration

Sua (New Character)

 * Dreaming Sua skin added
 * Limited New Character Package (Sua + Dreaming Sua) available until the next update
 * Four default Research Diaries added

Aya

 * Detective Aya skin added

Leon

 * Lovestruck Leon skin added

Lenox

 * Lenox’s Interview article added
 * Fishing channeling requirement: 5 secs → 3 secs

New Items

 * Mithril Helm
 * Quality: EPIC
 * Category: Head
 * Recipe: Chain Coif + Mithril
 * Armor: 45
 * Wizard’s Fishing Pole
 * Quality: RARE
 * Category: Special
 * Recipe: Spear Handle + Piano Wire
 * Skill: Sage’s Hook

New Item Skills

 * Sage’s Hook: After channeling for 3 secs, find a random fish (Wizard’s Fishing Pole is used up)
 * Items with effect: Wizard’s Fishing Pole
 * Shock Absorption: Damage taken by Blunt weapons -10%
 * Items with effect: Law of the Shield
 * Menacing Spikes: Inflict 2 additional skill dmg against enemies with Hand weapons
 * Items with effect: Rocker’s Jacket
 * Sacrosanct: Damage taken by Hand weapons -10%
 * Items with effect: Crusader Armor

Item Skill Adjustments

 * Veritas Lux Mea: Dmg taken -10% → Total Armor +20%
 * Optical Camouflage
 * Activation delay: 5 secs → 7 secs
 * Chance to Be Found reduction: 20% → 15%
 * Unsheathe: Activation conditions now include basic attack & combat skills that include basic attack

Other Changes

 * Golf Club
 * Damage: 38 → 36
 * Optical Camouflage Suit
 * Armor: 50 → 41
 * Spear Handle can no longer be crafted

Bug Fixes

 * Fixed a bug where changing the nickname recorded both the old nickname and the current nickname on the leaderboard
 * Fixed a bug where wild animals would spawn before 3 minutes
 * Fixed a bug where the player death action log and the kill announcement would repeat twice when someone was killed with Counter Attack
 * Fixed a bug where Sissela’s Agony-Bearer would not reset normally in certain circumstances
 * Fixed a bug where completing the combat practice counted as having played twice
 * Fixed a bug where winning as Nathapon did not play his victory line in Japanese
 * Fixed a bug where resurrecting during combat practice did not process sometimes
 * Fixed a bug where weapon destruction warning would repeat unlimitedly during combat practice
 * Fixed a bug where Game Start became untappable when playing in single player mode

December 8 Follow-Up Patch
The following changes were made on December 8 to address additional issues.


 * Fixed a bug where the game lagged on iOS devices sometimes
 * Fixed a bug where private games could not be entered on iOS devices sometimes
 * Fixed a bug where emojis would not display
 * Fixed a bug where attacking while being Ambushed caused an unintended behavior on PC