# Black Desert [December 4th] Justin Bartali Needs YOUR Help! New Events at a Glance! - Product: Black Desert (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/black-desert) - Vendor: Pearl Abyss - Date: 2025-12-04 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/582660/view/503969476816929264 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/black-desert/releases/2025-12-04-december-4th-justin-bartali-needs-your-help-new-e What's New is an index, not a publisher: every entry below links to the vendor's own release notes, which are the authoritative source. Entries are labelled where they are hand-curated sample data, pre-releases, or drawn from a secondary source such as a developer blog. Reuse: the summaries, labels and curation here are © What's New. Quote freely with attribution and a link back; wholesale republication of the corpus is not permitted — terms: https://whatsnew.fyi/terms. The vendors' own release notes remain their publishers'. --- - **added** — Olvia Academy event where players can donate through Justin Bartali to help construct a new academy for new adventurers, running from December 4 to December 18, 2025 - **added** — Players can purchase Academy Donation Tickets from Justin Bartali for 3,000,000,000 Silver and exchange them via Emma for Academy Donation Certificates - **added** — Donating adventurers receive special rewards including two titles ('I Built This School' and 'Olvia Academy Patron'), a digital plaque with family name engraving, and a commemorative Olvia Academy Plaque - **added** — New quest 'Justin's Extraordinary Discovery' available via Black Spirit that rewards 300 Cron Stones and other special items upon completion - **added** — Shakatu and Patrigio collaboration event with halved energy cost (25 instead of 50) for accessing Patrigio's Secret Shop, running from December 4 to December 18, 2025 - **changed** — Patrigio's Secret Shop now allows using energy from other characters in your family to browse and purchase items ##### [**Check out this week's new events!**](https://www.naeu.playblackdesert.com/News/Detail?groupContentNo=5119 style=button) _"Will you steady a first step?"_ ##### Olvia Academy Has at Last Broken Ground ##### Lend Your Hand to Its Rising! > The Olvia Academy is rising—a haven for budding adventurers in need of spreading their wings of growth. It will offer hands-on training with Black Desert’s core systems. Will you lend your heart to the completion of Olvia Academy, and help guide new adventurers as they find their place in the vast world of Black Desert? > *** This event is connected to a real-world charity, aiding in the rebuilding and recovery of schools affected by disasters such as earthquakes and landslides.** - Dec 4, 2025 (Thu) after maintenance - Dec 18, 2025 (Thu) before maintenance ##### *** The workers are bustling to welcome new adventurers *** ##### Visit the Olvia Academy Construction Site. **▲ The Academy is still under construction—how will it look once it’s finished?** [th colspan="2"]How to Help the Olvia Academy Construction! ##### **STEP 1** Complete the quest with Justin Bartali and earn a heartfelt reward! ##### **STEP 2** Purchase a “Donation Ticket” via Justin Bartali, then exchange it for a “Donation Certificate” via Emma ##### Accept Justin’s Extraordinary Discovery via the Black Spirit (,) and meet Justin Bartali, the chief overseer at the construction area. Completion Reward Cron Stone x300 and other special items! Dustcaked Box *** You can find this quest in Quests (O) - New, available once per Family.** > NPC Justin Bartali will not appear during the " Justin's Extraordinary Discovery" quest if you are currently progressing through [Justin's Return] or [Olvia Project] quests. Justin Bartali will only appear after you have completed all quests up to "[Olvia Project] How Fares the Construction?" via the Black Spirit (,). > *** A haven for Adventurers with a diverse curriculum *** ##### Help Complete the Olvia Academy. ① STEP 1 ② STEP 2 Purchase **'“Academy Donation Ticket” via Justin Bartali** Academy Donation Ticket * Purchase Price: 3,000,000,000 Silver Exchange the ticket via Emma to receive **“Academy Donation Certificate”!** Academy Donation Certificate *** There is no limit to the number of Donation Tickets you can purchase, and you can resell them for the same amount of Silver. * You must hand your purchased ticket to NPC Emma and receive the “Academy Donation Certificate” for your donation to be finalized. * Acquired “Academy Donation Certificates” cannot be sold for Silver or exchanged back for Donation Tickets.** ##### [For All Donors] ##### Special rewards for all adventurers who participate! *** Rewards will be distributed after Olvia Academy is fully built and opens.** ##### ✅ ① Two special titles: “I Built This School” and “Olvia Academy Patron" ##### ✅ ② Your Family Name will be engraved on a digital plaque, revealed when you interact with a special statue * Similar to the ending credits upon completing the Land of the Morning Light Main Questline, your Family Name will be displayed on a digital plaque. However, if your Family Name violates Black Desert’s operational policies, it may be changed or excluded at our discretion. *** Family Names engraved on the digital plaque are sorted by donated amount, then ranked by number of Academy Donation Certificates exchanged. If quantities are equal, names are sorted alphabetically.** ##### ✅ ③ A commemorative plaque for Adventurers who helped found Olvia Academy. Olvia Academy Plaque *** Olvia Academy Plaque is a special token of gratitude personally written by Justin Bartali to sincerely thank adventurers for their donations. Right-click to check the content.** ##### In addition, we’d like to carry on the goodwill of our adventurers by extending a helping hand toward rebuilding schools in the real world. > *** In September 2025, SDN 01 Cieuksa Elementary School in Bogor, Indonesi _[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/582660/view/503969476816929264]_