[Update] July 27, 2022 (Wed) Update Details

Hello, Adventurers.

Here are the updates made to Black Desert on July 27, 2022.

(Patch size: approx. 1.12 GB)
- Please note that the update for Steam may be larger than the size listed above.

※ Please read below for details.

Contents

1. 1. EVENT
2. 2. Drakania Awakening
3. 3. Season: Dawn of Dragons
4. 4. Marniwave
5. 5. Family Fame Improvements
6. 6. NEW & IMPROVEMENTS
7. 7. CHANGES & FIXES
8. 8. Recent Major Updates

Event

Event 1. Ash Dragon’s Roar

Event Period

- July 27, 2022 (Wed) after maintenance - August 10, 2022 (Wed) before maintenance

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Event 2. Unmissable Benefits for New and Returning Adventurers

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Event 3. Dawn of Dragons Level-up Perks

Event Period

- July 27, 2022 (Wed) after maintenance - September 28, 2022 (Wed) before maintenance

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Event 4. Dawn of Dragons Season Pass

Event Period

- July 27, 2022 (Wed) after maintenance - September 28, 2022 (Wed) before maintenance

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Event 5. 100 Loyalties Shop for Dawn of Dragons

Event Period

- July 27, 2022 (Wed) after maintenance - August 24, 2022 (Wed) before maintenance

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Event 6. Dragons of Black Desert World

Event Period

-  July 27, 2022 (Wed) after maintenance - August 3, 2022 (Wed) before maintenance

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Event 7. Reach Lv. 50 for a FREE Game Pass!

Event Period

- July 27, 2022 (Wed) after maintenance – August 10 (Wed) 23:59

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Event 8. The Dragon Appreciation Society is Looking for Talent

Event Period

- July 27, 2022 (Wed) - August 23, 2022 (Tue)

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MAJOR UPDATES - Drakania Awakening

● Ashen wings which incinerate fear itself take flight. Drakania's Awakening has been released.
- The awakened Drakania wields two spears known as the "Trion" (Drakanic for "spear").
- The awakened Drakania can shift between "Hexeblood" and "Dragonblood" forms.
* In "Hexeblood" form, Drakania will fight in her Human form, swiftly wielding her two spears to cut down her foes into shreds.
* In "Dragonblood" form, Drakania will fight in her Dragon form, fully embracing her Dragon heritage.

Drakania’s Awakening is finally released for all regions on July 27, 2022.

Unlike other classes, we began developing her Awakening after her Succession. This was rather a bold and new decision on our end, and we are finally glad to be able to reveal the news of her release to all of our Adventurers who’ve waited with great anticipation. We hope you enjoy her Awakening form.

To go into greater detail regarding her development process, our primary focus was to introduce new combat mechanics that allow Drakania to perform quite differently in Awakening compared to her Succession. Since she is dual-wielding spears, we wanted her movements to feel more primal, and we focused on a “stance dancing” mechanic that emphasized manual control of the class with precise timing of skills.

Drakania’s Hexeblood form is focused on swift and relentless attacks that chain together to overwhelm opponents, while Dragonblood is a more heavy-hitting form. You may initially feel slightly overwhelmed by the different variations of certain skills available in both forms. The basic animations for the skills are similar, so we felt that once Adventurers grow accustomed to these differences. Along with the “stance dancing” mechanic (which can also automatically activate after certain skills), we will see more and more Drakania Adventurers maneuver between forms with relative ease. (Of course, since her Awakening was designed to be so conceptually different from previous classes, we do expect it will take some time for Adventurers to get used to as it may appear very complex at first glance. We hope you’ll take the time to see her true ability shine.)

Thank you.

Drakania Awakening – Primary Skills

● Aerial Burst - Flow: Obliterate
- Unleash the might of Dragons to crush all those nearby, then obliterate them by slamming down your trion.

● Doombringer
- Channel the winds into your trion’s left spear, ascend, then come crashing down to the ground.

● Tectonic Slam (Hexeblood)
- Combine both spears to channel the winds, then charge toward the enemy.

● Tectonic Slam (Dragonblood)
- Combine both spears, then unleash the winds forward to push back the enemy.

● Sundering Roar (Hexeblood)
- Channel the winds into your trion’s left spear, then unleash them forward. Set your right spear aflame, then leave a burning claw mark on the ground.

● Sundering Roar (Dragonblood)
- Channel the winds into your trion’s left spear, then call upon the might of Dragons to unleash an earthshattering roar forward. Your destructive Dragon breath decimates all enemies ahead.

▲ Preview Drakania's Awakening

[Go to Drakania's Wallpaper]

MAJOR UPDATES - Season: Dawn of Dragons

● The new Season: Dawn of Dragons has begun.
- You gain EXP boost when playing on a season server, where you can equip "Tuvala gear" to quickly level up your season character while completing the season pass.
- Select "Season Character" in the Character Creation menu when creating a new character to access the season servers.
- Season characters can access both season servers and normal servers. Normal characters cannot access the season servers.
- Season characters can only equip seasonal gear issued by completing the main questline and cannot mount up on Dream Horses.
* For more information, please refer to the Adventurer's Guide - [Season Servers & Characters].
- Season Server is back as Season: Dawn of Dragons has begun.

● Applied the following changes to Season: Dawn of Dragons:
- Changed so New Adventurers must create a season character as their first character during a season.
- "[Season] Brimbolt Dragon Coin" and "[Season] Rift's Haze" can be obtained from Season: Dawn of Dragons.

● The "Dawn of Dragons" Season Pass is here!

[Go to Dawn of Dragons Season Pass]

Tip! A guide for New Adventurers!
※ For more information, please refer to the [Adventurer's Guide - Season Server Guide].
- The contents on the left-hand side of the Adventurer's Guide are there to help you better navigate through the guide.

MAJOR UPDATES - Marniwave

Mad Scientist Marni's latest invention is already making waves, literally. Introducing, the "Marniwave!"

The Marniwave is our answer to all the feedback we received requesting for music to listen to while mounted. Now Adventurers will be able to turn on the Marniwave while riding most mounts (including ships) and choose from a variety of music to best match your tastes. You can also set the Marniwave to turn on automatically each time you mount up as well. The music channels of the Marniwave include Adventurer-favorite ""horse music"" along with several new additions. We plan on adding more and more songs to these channels in future updates.

While adventuring out in the world of Black Desert, you will come across a diverse range of locations that can be wonderous or frightening, warm or freezing cold. At times, thunder and lightning strikes, warning of the imminent rain soon to come. We hope that the addition of the Marniwave will compliment those unique moments so they can be better savored by our Adventurers. Thank you.

● Added the Marniwave, a music player for listening to a variety of background music in Black Desert.

My fame shall reach far and wide like the unrelenting tide!

● Wacky Toshi is apparently handing out Marni's latest invention.
- Witness the very sounds of the cosmos through the Mad Scientist Marni's latest invention, the "Marniwave!"

Marniwave
● You can choose from a variety of themed music channels to listen to via the Marniwave.
- You can make the Marniwave play automatically whenever you mount up via its settings.
- You can adjust the size of its UI with the minimize button.
- The following channels are available via the Marniwave.

Relevant Questline
● You can begin the questline to obtain your very own Marniwave by speaking to Wacky Toshi from Lv. 50.
- Added the questline to obtain the Marniwave.
* [Marniwave] Marni's Invention, [Marniwave] Making Waves
(Make sure to toggle Other quests on in the Quests (O) window under Quest Types.)
- Once you complete the questline, you can access the Marniwave via Menu (ESC) - Adventure.

MAJOR UPDATES - Family Fame Improvements

Family Fame constitutes of a daily Silver reward that grows as you continue your adventure in the world of Black Desert by increasing your combat prowess, life skills, knowledge (energy), and contribution points.
Thanks to the past update where we increased the Item Drop Rate buff granted by your Family Fame, a greater number of Adventurers showed interest in Family Fame. Considering the current state of game balance, we decided to increase the funds rewarded by Family Fame, particularly to increase in greater numbers in lower levels.

● Increased the amount of Silver obtained daily via in-game mail from your Family Fame.

Combat Fame

※ Combat Fame factors in the total sum of the combat levels of all characters in your Family. Characters from Lv. 56 will count for double, from Lv. 60 quintuple the fame.

Life Fame

※ Life Fame factors in the total sum of the life skill levels of all characters in your Family. Life skill levels from Guru 1 will count for double the fame.

Special Fame

※ Special Fame factors in your Knowledge and Contribution Points.

NEW & IMPROVEMENTS

ALL CLASSES

● Increased the max number of character slots from 27 to 28.
- There are no plans to expand beyond 28 slots at this time.

| TAMER
● Evasion
- Fixed the issue where you could maintain the Invincibility effect of other skills by comboing with the skill laterally.

| MUSA, MAEHWA
● Musa Spirit (I to Absolute)
- Fixed the issue where the key guide wasn't being highlighted.

| MAEHWA
Succession
● Succession: Maehwa's Conviction
- Fixed skill description so it's easier to read.
- Added the following to the skill description.
* "(Unavailable with Tiger Blade drawn)"

● Prime: Decapitation (I to IV)
- Fixed skill description so it's easier to read.
- Added the following to the skill description.
* "Red Blade refreshes if the skill is used while Red Blade is active."

● Succession: Maehwa's Will
- Changed so that the skill doesn't display on the Skill Cooldown window.
(Can be used the same as before when registering Absolute: Maehwa's Will for a Skill Cooldown Slot.)
- Changed so that Absolute: Maehwa's Will is activated instead of the Succession version when used via command key inputs.
(However, it applies the same effect as in the skill description.)

● Decapitation (I to Absolute)
- Fixed the issue of the skill's additional hit damage being applied abnormally.

Awakening
● Coldsnap
- Improved so that you can combo from Red Moon with your kerispear.

| WITCH, WIZARD
Succession
● Prime: Earth Arrow (I to II)
- Fixed so that effects display smoothly when using the skill after Succession: Magical Evasion.

| WIZARD
● Flame's Calling
- Changed to now cause your summoned minion to disappear if you switch to equip a matchlock after using the skill.

| WITCH
Succession
● Prime: Earth Arrow (I to III)
- Fixed the issue where the skill wasn't applying debuffs and missing 2 hits when comboed from Succession: Magical Evasion.
- Fixed the issue of the skill activating one additional time when comboed from Succession: Magical Evasion.
- Fixed the issue of the skill activating after using Succession: Magical Evasion in certain situations.

Awakening
● Earth's Calling
- Changed to now cause your summoned minion to disappear if you switch to equip a matchlock after using the skill.

| MYSTIC
● Prime: Somersault
- Fixed the attacks to now target the same area as the effect.

| GUARDIAN
● Fierce Disdain
- Improved to now activate before the skill animation begins when used via command keys with your jordun while guarding.
● Fireborne Rupture
- Fixed to now activate the Black Spirit version of the skill when comboed from God Incinerator.

| DRAKANIA
Succession/Awakening
● With the release of Awakening, Drakania's Succession and Awakening damage ratios have been changed as follows.
- Succession AP now consists of 70% main weapon AP and 30% awakening weapon AP.
- Awakening AP now consists of 70% awakening weapon AP and 30% main weapon AP.

Main Weapon
● Markthanan's Heart
- Changed the skill's recovery effects during non-Succession main weapon skills as follows:
* Recovery effects applied to: Markthanan's Scale, Black Spirit: Markthanan's Flourish, Black Spirit: Blazing Strike
* Recovery effects removed: Brimbolt Strike, Markthanan's Flourish, Eviscerate
- Separated details regarding the Succession version of the skill.
※ Recovery effects applies the same as before during Succession.

● Markthanan's Scale
- Changed so you can now learn the I version of the skill at Lv. 20.
- Changed the cooldown for the skills II to Absolute versions as follows.
* Before: 1 min 15 sec / 1 min 10 sec / 1 min 5 sec / 1 min / 50 sec
* After: 1 min 20 sec
※ The Prime version's cooldown remains the same as before.

ITEM

● Changed the following Honor outfit appearances:

● Added a recipe to mass process Cron and Marvelous Meals if you are at least Cooking Skilled 1.
- Nadia Rowen, who learned how to cook directly from David Finto himself, has been sending cooking vendors across the continent her special sauce.
- Cooking vendors in town will now sell "Nadia Rowen's Special Sauce" from their wares.
- Use Simple Cooking with 10 times the normal ingredients to cook Cron or Marvelous Meals with Nadia Rowen's Special Sauce to obtain 10 meals worth of food.

● The following pet feed EXP gains have been doubled:
- Good Feed
- Organic Feed
- Balanced Feed
- Brady's Nutritious Feed
- Kanpacho's Organic Feed
- Nutritious Feed
- [Event] Kanpacho's Organic Feed
- [Event] Nutritious Feed
- [Event] Brady's Nutritious Supplement
* Hunger recovery effect remains the same when the pets have the above feed/supplement.

● Changed the item descriptions for Fiery and Frosted Black Stones to now mention that they can be used to upgrade Caravel and Galleass vessels.

● Changed details of exchanging "Silver Key" x100 to "Gold Key" x1 from Morco of Crow Merchants Guild as follows:
- Before: Exchange Silver Key x100 for Gold Key x1 through Recurring Quests
- After: Exchange Silver Key x100 for Gold Key x1 through Exchange.
● Improved so that the location of Morco of Crow Merchants Guild in Mediah, Valencia, Drieghan, O'dyllita, Mountain of Eternal Winter can be seen when Finding NPC by pressing RMB on a Silver Key.

● With the release of Drakania's Awakening, Marni's Pocket Watch items have been changed as follows.
- Fiery Marni's Pocket Watch: Item has been removed. Inverted Heart of Garmoth x1 and any transfused crystals have been moved to your storage in Heidel.
- Storm Devoured Marni's Pocket Watch: Item has been removed. Heart of Karanda x1 and any transfused crystals have been moved to your storage in Heidel.
- Marni's Watch: Item has been removed.

MONSTER

● Changed Centaurus Axeman to detect Adventurers in certain parts of Taphtar Plain correctly.

QUEST & KNOWLEDGE

We seek to change how you can obtain Mythical Feathers. First off, we will be removing the complicated means of obtaining them from the Old Moon Grand Prix and adding a new weekly quest to obtain them instead. We also increased the amount of Royal Fern Roots, which are used to craft Mythical Powders, obtained through daily quests as well.
Mythical Arduanatt and Mythical Diné were originally designed as slightly difficult and challenging content not everyone could attempt at once. While most Adventurers were understanding of this intention, we've still received much feedback regarding the higher level of difficulty. We admit that we took a bit of time to find the right response, but we promise to keep looking for additional ways for our Adventurers to better obtain all relevant materials (including Royal Fern Roots).● Added the following weekly quests where you can get Stonetail Horse Ranch essentials from Wapra at Stonetail Horse Ranch.
- You can only choose 1 of the following weekly quests which reset every Thursday at 00:00.

- The required number of Carrot Confit per training level upon accepting the "Hand over Carrot Confit to Wapra" quest are as follows:

● Adjusted the maximum price of Mythical Feathers on the Central Market.
- 20 million Silver → 40 million Silver

▲ A Mythical Feather used for Mythical Horse Awakening.

● Removed the weekly quest "[Weekly] Old Moon Grand Prix, Rider of Honor" available via the Black Spirit (/) where you could exchange 40 Old Moon Grand Prix Coins for 1 Mythical Feather.
● Changed the amount of Royal Fern Roots rewarded for completing the following daily quests to tame wild horses.

▲ Royal Fern Root used for Mythical Horse Awakening.

Thanks to the persistent requests of some of our Adventurers, you can now earn the once season-exclusive title "Island Hopper." We've added a tale of Lorenzo Murray's unrequited love. We hope this questline helps cool down the warm summer heat, as it will take you through the refreshing views along the waters of the coast.● Added a new questline to obtain the "Island Hopper" title once exclusively awarded by completing "[Season] Great Pioneer's Footsteps."
- Croix, the wharf manager of Velia, seeks to aid Lorenzo Murray with his unrequited love.
- You will need to have learned the "An Epic Romance" Knowledge entry, you must activate the "Other' Quest Type in order to accept and proceed with this questline.
- Once you complete this questline, you will be able to bump into Lorenzo Murray and Clorince in another location at a certain time of day.
- Once you complete this questline, certain customers at the Dancing Marlin Tavern will mention juicy details regarding Lorenzo Murray and Clorince's date.
- Baulo has set up a lantern to stand at the location where his confession was made. Proceed with this quest to find clues hinting at the exact location.

How to Learn "An Epic Romance" Knowledge
- You can proceed with the "Oh, My Melissa" quest when your Amity with Heidel's Stablekeeper Izaro is at least 10.
- "An Epic Romance" knowledge can be obtained by interacting with Izaro after completing the "Oh, My Melissa" quest.

● Added a way to obtain "Herman Feresion, Kalis Chairman" knowledge:
- This knowledge can be obtained by talking to Herman Feresio without losing energy even when the knowledge requirements have been completed.
● Added a way to obtain "The Phantom Knight of Bartali III" knowledge:
- This knowledge can be obtained after completing "[Balenos] [Boss] Summoned by Royal Blood, the Phantom Knight" questline and defeating Phantom Knight.

● Improved so that navigation info does not appear when completing the following questline:
- The Minstrel of Altinova
- Play in My Stead
- Missing from Performance
- Hang in There! It's Time for the Encore!

● Improved so that navigation info does not appear when accepting the following quests:
- Why the Kitten Cries
- Grapes of Wrath
- What Do You Propose?
- [Crossroad] He'll Do Fine
- [Crossroad] Cupid Is My Name

● Added more information to the notification that appears when you press the ESC key during the opening tutorial.
● Added the "Footsteps of Wind" movement buff to be rewarded upon completing quests during the Mediah and Valencia questlines.

● Added an additional means to learn the "Basilisk Statue" knowledge:
- "Basilisk Statue" knowledge can now also be obtained by talking to Rahim, the Basilisk Den Node Manager.

UI

We have added a Location Snapshot function to the World Map to make it more convenient for adventurers who frequently reference certain locations on their map. In particular, it can be useful when browsing information displayed on the World Map outside of major cities such as Bartering or Node Management sites. We hope this minor improvement will make a meaningful impact on your experience.● Added a function which you can snapshot your favorite locations on the World Map and easily pan the camera to them.
- You can save your current world map view by pressing ALT + key number.
- Return to the snapshotted location by entering the key number.

● Fixed the warning text that is displayed on the Select Server and Change Server screens to now account for the Elvia Calpheon Server when entering an Elvia Server.
● Fixed some species descriptions that appeared differently in Fish Guide and Knowledge. Fixed species are the following:

● Improved so that the node info does not activate when "Node" info is turned off from the World Map (M) even when the World Map is reopened.
● Added an animation to the character that appears when selecting Awakened or Ascended from the Skills window.
● Adjusted so the Repair Settings button does not overlap with Repair button.
● Added tabs to sort main and awakening weapon skills in the Skill Add-on UI.

● Fixed the issue where the Quest alert widget's background appeared abnormal after you changed the font size.
● Changed the background when selecting your starting zone after creating your character and completing the opening tutorial to appear a shade darker.

WEB

● Fixed the issue where the font size and line breaks did not appear properly for certain languages in the Crafting Notes.
● Fixed the issue where some sections of the notices on the Adventurer's Board did not appear properly.
● Fixed the issue where the Open/Minimize function in Adventurer's Board posts appeared abnormal.
● Changed the rules to prevent duplicate views of the Photo Gallery.
● Added Drakania's Awakening to the Class Introduction page.
● Fixed part of the image being cut off depending on the size when uploading an image to the Forum.
● Added a function to sort GM Notes comments by Order or Latest.
● Improved so that the previous video stops when playing the next Youtube video in Downloads.
● Fixed the issue of having no results in certain situations when searching the website Photo Gallery.
● Fixed the issue of the filter style not showing when visiting another Adventurer's gallery in Photo Gallery of the website.
● Fixed the issue where the Like button appeared larger than normal when viewed via a Firefox browser.
● Improved the Community page so you can now drag and drop images to upload them in your posts.
● Fixed the issue where empty posts were displayed when viewing the Forum in-game.
● Improved the tablet view UI for certain pages in the official website.

Translation

● Changed and unified the following terms in Indonesian:
- Pabrik Jamur → Pabrik Pengolahan Jamur
- Pabrik Kayu, Wood Workbench → Pabrik Pengolahan Kayu
- Pabrik Mineral → Pabrik Pengolahan Mineral
- Pabrik Hasil Panen → Pabrik Pengolahan Hasil Panen
- Pabrik Ikan → Pabrik Pengolahan Ikan
- Pabrik Produk Khas → Pabrik Pengolahan Produk Khas
- Grain Sack, Karung Padi, Kantong Gandum → Karung Biji-bijian
- Heavy Grain Sack → Karung Biji-bijian Berat
- Iliya Coral → Terumbu Karang Illiya
- Pearl Necklace → Kalung Mutiara
- Rovant's Self-Protection Amulet → Jimat Perlindungan Diri Rovant
- PEN (V) Ogre Ring → PEN (V) Ogre Necklace
- [Maehwa Awakening] Menghabiskan Bowl → [Maehwa Awakening] Mengosongkan Diri
- [Maehwa Awakening] Kualifikasi Maehwa, Seni Bela Diri → [Maehwa Awakening] Kualifikasi Maehwa, Bela Diri
- [Maehwa Awakening] Mengisi Mangkuk → [Maehwa Awakening] Menempa Diri

CHANGES & FIXES

● Fixed the issue where the dye did not apply on certain parts in the [Dark Knight] Violetta outfit.
* [Dark Knight] Violetta Kriegsmesser part 2, [Dark Knight] Violetta Kriegsmesser part 8
● Fixed the issue where sometimes you could not access the My Documents folder when using the Setting Archive.
● Fixed the issue where some Pearl Shop outfit displayed a different outfit when viewing through the Fashion Album. Fixed the issue where a different outfit appeared when viewing certain Pearl Shop outfit from the Fashion Album.
● Fixed the issue where images or videos on the loading screen sometimes did not display properly.
● Fixed the issue where you could not cross the bridge at the Derelict Trade Post while on a wagon.
● Fixed the issue where the Mini Coconut Tree could not be installed in certain areas within your Residence.
● Fixed the issue where effects did not appear during the unique idle motion for the following outfits when equipped:
- Sage: Contular Armor (7 Days), Contular Armor (Cannot be registered on the Central Market), Contular Kyve (7 Days), Contular Kyve (Cannot be registered on the Central Market)
- Corsair: Maretakant Armor (7 Days), Maretakant Armor (Cannot be registered on the Central Market)
● Fixed the issue of obtaining Griffon's feed item when accepting "[Pet] Becoming the Alpha" quest.
● Fixed the issue of the arm part showing awkwardly when equipping [Warrior] El Pento Summer Outfit in awakening combat stance.
● Fixed the issue of the feet part showing awkwardly when equipping [Ranger] or [Sorceress] Oblivion Outfit Set shoes.
● Fixed the issue of the back hair showing awkwardly when equipping [Berserker] Lahr Arcien Helmet.
● Fixed the issue of the underwear and tattoos displaying awkwardly when having [Tamer] Epheria Marine Clothes equipped.
● Fixed the issue of the lower garments displaying awkwardly during Imperial Cuisine when having [Valkyrie] Solaria Armor equipped.
● Fixed the issue of the lower garments displaying awkwardly during combat stance after equipping [Striker] Rakshasa Outfit Set.
● Fixed the issue of shoes displaying awkwardly when equipping another outfit's shoes while having [Mystic] Banha Armor equipped.
● Fixed the issue of the chest part displaying awkwardly when equipping [Kunoichi] Envi Bikini and [Kunoichi] Sicarios Armor.
● Fixed the issue of the back neck part displaying awkwardly when equipping [Witch] Ivies Hat.
● Fixed the issue of [Shai] Lovely Pink Underwear chest part displaying awkwardly.
● Fixed the issue of the left shoulder displaying awkwardly when equipping [Guardian] Mueburus Armor.
● Fixed some text in Valks' Cry item description.
● Issued out titles which are obtainable, based on the amount of Crow Coins in possession or number of Yar! wins achieved, to Adventurers who previously could not obtain them.
- Crow Coin Title: A Single Coin / One Coin, Two Coins, One Hundred Coins / Feeling Coin-y / You Gave Me Coin / Full of Coins / The Ocean Market is Your Oyster
- Yar Title: Gettin' Yar Feet Wet / Looking for Yar Players / Yar-mageddon / Yar Incarnate /Welcome to Yar / Heart of Yar Cards / Yar Outta Time / Yar Arena Master