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Just like this cute little BDO baby, we all have to start somewhere. Playing Black Desert Online for the first time can sometimes be overwhelming for newbies. There is so much to learn, but also so many new sights and adventures to discover! My sissy and I have created this Beginners Guide to help those just starting BDO, and for MMORPG fans considering a purchase of Black Desert Online.
Here you will find beginner tips we wish we knew before starting Black Desert Online together. I hope they help you along the way.HAPPY journeying!!
If you're looking for a humble opinion on the good and bad of Black Desert, please read my Black Desert Online Gameplay & Review. But if you want tips that are mostly non-opinionated, read below. 🙂
Best Beginner Class
Choosing the right class for you is a very personal decision. Do you like complexity or simple? Speed or slow and heavy hitting? What's important to someone else, you may not even think about. Ultimately, you will end up playing the class you enjoy the most, no matter what this guide tells you.
Is Witch/Wizard Class right for me?
For beginners to BDO, looking for the easiest class to play, many recommend Witch or Wizard. There are several reasons for this:
- Easy key combos: you can Chain Lighting all the way to level 50. (Hold Shift + Right button)
- High & Cheap Sustainability: Beginners have to worry less about using up precious inventory and weight limits on buying and carrying Mana and HP potions. (Pots are very heavy.) They are more free to focus on obtaining loot and using silver for gear. They have several spells that almost instantly regenerate health and mana.
- Magic Lighthouse: a spell that turns a monster's attention away from you and reduces their defense. This can help beginners, who probably have lower gear scores and need to save money on repair bills and pots.
Another bonus for beginners who choose this class, is that it has a good reputation for being strong in both PVE and large scale PVP. Some people hate this class because they say it's boring, and others love it. I suggest you play a class that looks fun to you at least until level 56. At level 56, all classes change by getting a new set of combat skills after their Awakening. If you don't want to go through the leveling process to 56, you can test out a level 60 of that class with a Trial Character. Read more about this below.
For more info on available classes, with an overview of their rankings, strengths, and weaknesses, visit BDO Class and Character Creation Guide.
Trial Characters
Testing Out a Class
Trial Characters allow you to try out a class to see if you will like it near end game.
- Max 3 Trial Character slots. (This is separate from the Standard slots.)
- All Trial Characters are level 60
- 4,000 Skill Points.
- Trial Characters can only enter a PVE cooperative tower defence mode called Savage Rift or specific PVP areas: Battle Arena, Red Battlefield, Arena of Arsha. No Savage Rift rewards.
- NPC Haz in Battle Arena sells Trial Gear for 1 Silver. (You are given 100k to spend.)
- Arsha's Chest (powerful gear set gives 255 AP, 305 DP)
- [Battlefield] Instant HP or MP Potion (XL)
- Buffs that can't be used in Arena of Arsha
- [Battlefield] Exquisite Cron Meal
- [Battlefield] Giant's Draught
- [Battlefield] Perfume of Courage
- [Battlefield] Body Enhancement
- Trial Character Limitations: Can't impact Family Fame. Can't do normal activities like Attendance Rewards, In-game Mail, Challenges (Y), Node investment, and Guild Bonuses.
BDO Family Name
Family Name
Character Name
All the characters that you create on your account will have the same Family name. This Family name will be visible text above your head to players who run into you. It will also be visible in chat. No matter how many different characters you make, you will always have this name. In BDO, you can't role play and experiment with having different characters in different guilds. Each character is tied to the Family name, which you can't hide. (Unless you purchase and put on Pearl Shop outfits called Treant/Desert Camouflage.) When you join a guild, all your alts join as well.
Players can switch between viewing Family or Character names in chat, by clicking the gear icon on the chat tab.
To hide other players family names and the text and icons above their heads, press Escape key > Settings > General > Show/Hide
This only shows/hides names in your User Interface. Other players will still be able to see your names, title, and guild if they have this setting turned on.
Rookie Attendance Rewards
Attendance Rewards are game items you obtain every day just for logging into the game. View them through the Escape Menu.
You also get another reward for logging in for one hour, called "Loyalties". Loyalties are used to purchase Cash Shop items (F3). For more info about playing F2P with the BDO Loyalty Shop, visit our Free to Play and Price Guide.Typical Beginner "Rookie" Attendance Rewards:
- Value Packs to last one month.
- Tier 5 Horse
- +6 Inventory Slots
- Kuku Bird pet
- Enhancement Goodies (Keep these)
Collect your Attendance Reward goodies via the "Safe" icon located at the bottom right of your screen.
Sometimes Guild and other special event Attendance Reward tabs open up. Returning players (who have not logged into their account for 30 days) also get a special tab.
Notice that Attendance Rewards are only available for a limited time. "Loyal" Attendance Rewards normally only have a short monthly window. "Guild", "Rookie", and "Returning" player tabs usually have a broader time frame to collect.
Olvia Servers
Olvia Servers are only available to New and Returning players for a 30 day window. These servers give 100% more Combat Exp and 20% more Combat Skill Exp. A character can obtain up to 99% of level 60. (Leveling is very fast in this game, until level 56.)
- New players can access Olvia servers for 30 days. New players are players logging in within 30 days (720 hours) of having first created their Family Name after their first log in.
- Returning players can use Olvia servers only if they have been absent from the game for more than 30 days. (720 hours)
- Oliva server is optional. You still have access to all other servers.
- Certain content is not available in Olvia, such as Node War, Conquest War, Red Battlefield, and Horse Racing.
There is an Olvia server icon which is displayed for new and returning players.
- When you bring the mouse cursor over the icon, the time left for Olvia servers is displayed.
- The icon is located where the Value Pack icon appears.
BDO Alerts and Notifications
The UI can alert you to many different things that occur in the game. These include Trade notifications and other things like when other players fail or succeed at enhancements.
You can customize the messages that are shown. Press Escape key > Settings > General > Alerts
Chat Filters & Censors
BDO has two separate settings for "Chat Filter". Although they are called the same, they are completely different and have unique chat filtering behaviors.
Chat Filter with *** Replacement
BDO has a very strong offensive language censor, that often filters out terms it shouldn't. For example, it will show "so****ing" for the word "something" and "good ***ht" for the words "good night". You can turn off their offensive language censors by going to Esc > Community > Language. There isn't a way to fine tune this. It's either on or off, and the developers decide which terms are offensive.
Press Esc > Community > Language.
Chat Filter with Complete Removal
BDO has a separate option, in which you can input your own term, and it will completely remove the entire chat. This can work together or separately from their native censoring. Chat Filters you add in here do not replace the word with ***. It completely removes the player's entire message, as if they never sent a chat in the first place.
Press Esc > Community > Chat Filters.
Like all MMORPG games, BDO has its share of people advertising this or that. With Chat Filters, you can completely remove those types of ads. But you have to remember, if you put ".com" in this Chat Filter, you will have to delete the term to ever get a website recommendation from a friend, for example.
- Filtered words can be up to 50 characters long.
- The chat filter is literal, not case sensitive and does not support wildcards.
- Any chat containing the filtered word will be completely removed.
The following gets rid of many gold sellers as well as people spamming chat with memes, annoyances, etc.
Thanks to bdoparadise.blogspot.com for sharing this chat filter example!
trump alienware .com .c0m ,com . c o m .uk .cn .ru www. w w w w.w.w www WvVw VG0LDS VVVVVV 3vv 4bdgold bikinipanda cash cheap fast cheap gold daum cash dotcom fast delivery f$st delivery goldceo g0ldceo goldah goldaa g0ld g o l d a h lgfans mmook okaygoods powerleveling powerlevel powerlevl powerlvl powerlvel panda p a n d a pvegolds pvpbank wellmmo \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / B1|<1N1P@N|)@ DOT (0M |)@UM C@$H 50 0/0 0FF | ) @ / $ fa ggot fa git wwwww ccoomm ocomo gwf
Pearl Shop BasicsTo purchase Pearl Shop (F3) items, you must first buy Kakao Cash via the official Black Desert Online website. Use the Kakao Cash to buy a box of Pearls at the Pearl Shop in game. The Pearl box will go into your Pearl Inventory. Access the Pearl Inventory by clicking on the Pearl button at the top of your main Inventory window (I). Right click the box to collect your Pearls. Now you can buy items from Pearl Shop with Pearls.
$100 American dollars buys 10,000 Kakao Cash. 10,000 Kakao Cash can buy a Pearl box with 11,500 Pearls (10,000 base pearls + 1,500 extra)
A limited number of Pearl outfits, pets, and horse gear can be sold at the Marketplace. Always double check that the Pearl item has a Marketplace Value if you plan on purchasing Pearl items to sell on the Marketplace.
Please visit our Pearl Shop & P2W Guide for more details on the P2W gear you can purchase to make the game easier.
Pearl Shop Gifting
You used to be able to give Pearls and Pearl items to friends, but this was removed. BDO takes serious effort into quelling the actions of gold/account/power leveling sellers, but their ads are still visible in chat. You can filter out .com in chat to block them.
Giving Money (Silver) & Game Items Away
The main game currency is silver, and it can't be given to another player. Player to player trade is very limited in Black Desert Online. Most things like gear and accessories cannot be given or traded directly to another player and must be sold at the Central Market. Some exceptions are Health and Mana Potions and some foods and drinks. Also, once those items are traded, they become bound and can't be re-traded or sold.
Energy is another type of currency in the game and has many uses, such as allowing you to use Life Skills like Gathering and Farming. Maximum Energy is increased when any character you play completes Knowledge topics. Your Energy and Knowledge gained is shared across all your characters (Family).
The easiest Knowledge topic to complete is the Character type, in which you have to talk to the NPC to gain their Knowledge. Talk to every NPC with a question mark on your mini map to discover them and gain Knowledge. Press the H key to see a breakdown of all the Knowledge to be gained. For a more detailed guide on Energy, please read our Energy Guide. There is also a Knowledge Guide and a Knowledge Locator to help you find the nearest Knowledge to your location.
|Passive Energy Restoration
|Energy Restoration Rate
|While logged in
|1 energy every 3 minutes (20 energy per hour)
|While logged in and sleeping on a crafted bed
|2 energy every 3 minutes (40 energy per hour)
|While logged in and sleeping on a Pearl Shop bed
|3 energy every 3 minutes (60 energy per hour)
|While logged out
|1 energy every 1 hour (24 energy/day)
|Alts logged out
|1 energy every 1 hour (24 energy/day)
Energy can be actively restored through quest rewards. Energy can also be increased with potions and buffs; most notable is Blessing of Kamasylve, which increases Energy regeneration by 2. It costs 1000 Loyalties (10 days of logging in for one hour) or 1,250 Pearls. ($12.50). Small energy tonics cost 100 Loyalties.
Your Contribution pool is shared across all of your characters (Family). Each character adds Contribution exp to the pool by completing quests. To gain more Contribution Points, finish as many quests as you can that award Contribution. (Most do.) As you gain knowledge and amity with NPCs, more quests will open up to you. You can also obtain Contribution through Alchemy and Cooking, which provide a byproduct that you turn in to an NPC. (You get about 1 byproduct every 5 crafts.)
Contribution has 2 main uses in BDO. Most people spend their Contribution on purchasing Nodes and building their "Worker Empire". It takes Contribution Points to buy lodging for workers. Any kind of workshop housing will cost you CP as well. Renting weapons, armor, and storage space is another option for spending Contribution, for players that don't like crafting or world building.
Combat Skills
Beginners have until level 57 to freely test out their class and change skills. Skill Points can be put into any skill to level those skills up and increase their strength. Spending Skill Points is limited by level, available Skill Points, and sometimes skill pre-requisites. The majority of Skill Points will be obtained via fighting monsters. There are some quests that give them as well.
Experiment While You Can!
Once you reach level 57, you will need a Pearl Shop item to reset your Skill Points. These cost at minimum 500 Pearls or 2000 Loyalties. You do get one for free after Awakening, via a one time only quest called "[Event] Gift of Skill Reset" from the Black Spirit. (Must be level 57+)
Beginner Mounts & Navigation
Beginner Travel Tips
Right clicking anywhere on the World Map (M) or the mini-map will draw a path to that point. Right clicking a node icon will take you to the Node Manager. Press your T key to have the game auto-run a path for you. Auto-path will follow the safety of roads as much as possible. Be careful when doing this outside of roadways, as your character can get stuck on trees and other objects. Not all roads are safe and sometimes auto-path takes overly long routes, so be watchful auto-pathing in areas you're unfamiliar with.
To find merchants and other NPCs, click on the NPC icon in the upper right of your screen.
In the Search field of the "Nearby NPC" window, you can search using an NPC's name or their title. Sometimes certain helpful words are included in the title. For example, the search term "fence" will give you all the NPCs that will exchange fences for Contribution Points, so you can start the Farming profession.
NOTE: This NPC finder tool will only show NPCs you have spoken to already. That's another reason to speak to each and every person when you arrive in a new place. The category buttons in the NPC Finder are the exception. (For example, Stable will take you to the nearest <Stable Keeper>, even if it's your first time near the city.)
Beginner Mounts
Mounts are now easier to obtain for Beginners. There are usually quests or Attendance Rewards for them. If, however, you find yourself too long without one, visit the <Stable Keeper>, where you can purchase a Horse from any <Stable Keeper>, like Lorenzo Murray, in Velia. Horse Emblem: Beginner's Horse is available in his shop for 15k, but he also gives you access to a player Horse Market. You can find much better horses at the Horse Market.
<Stable Keepers> with a shop and Horse Market are available in most major cities.
You will notice that Horse Market prices for low level horses of up to Tier 4 are fairly cheap. Perfect for beginners. Tier 5 is a bit expensive, but maybe you will get lucky with some AFK fishing overnight. 🙂 Keep checking if you don't see any low level horses at first.
You can also find and tame a wild horse with ropes and sugar lumps. Complete the mini-games to get up to a Tier 5 horse.
Don't be fooled by the Donkey, unless you choose the Shai class. 🙂 Donkeys are adorable and so lovable, but harder to turn. Horses are easier to handle and most important, just as cute! (Some players have been known to defend their donkey's prowess to the death... beware of such players, as they are deluded.)
If you bought the Traveler's Package or Explorer's Package, a horse is included. Claim your horse by logging into your account at the Black Desert Online website
While you are at the <Stable Keeper>, you may want to purchase food for your horse (carrots) and pets (Cheap Feed). Horse Health and Stamina (Power) can be recovered for 500 Silver per 1% by any <Stable Keeper>.
If you lose your mount or forget where you left him (poor guy), you can locate him by right clicking on your horse icon in the upper left of your screen. A path will be drawn to your horse. Left clicking on the horse icon will call your mount to you, but if he is too far away, it won't work. You can also retrieve your mount by remote collection at the <Stable Keeper> if he is not stabled in another city. If you left him at Toscani Farm, but you are near Heidel, go to the Heidel Stable Keeper and choose "Remote Collection". If you do this, your horse will lose its health and you will have to pay silver or give him carrots to recover him.
ALERT! Don't learn the hard way and drown your horse like I did! 🙂 Your mount does take damage! He will loose health from monsters hitting him and from drowning and falling off high places. If your mount dies, recover him at the <Stable Keeper>.
You can only have one mount/wagon out of the Stable for each character.
For a more detailed guide about getting around BDO, pease visit the guide, Fast Travel.
Pets for Beginning PlayersYou can have up to 5 pets out at the same time. Pets are bought at the Pearl Shop or given as Attendance/Challenge Rewards. Pets pick up your loot for you. Pets have a max of 4 tiers and each tier has up to 10 levels. The higher your pet's level and/or tier, the faster it will loot. Pets gain higher Tiers after they are Exchanged. They are given 1 Special Ability, 1 Talent, and up to 3 Skills. Pets level up after being fed. To level your pets faster, switch them to Agile mode so your pet's hunger gauge decreases faster. If your pet's hunger level reaches 0%, it will no longer loot or use its special ability. It's skills, however, will still work.
Pet Exchange (aka Pet Breeding) is used to produce a higher Tier pet, which is faster and is able to acquire more skills. Unfortunately, exchanging pets actually kills the parent pets. On the bright side, Bddatabase shows loot speeds that are about 2 times as fast.
Cheap Feed can be bought at the <Stable Keeper> for 3,000 silver and restores 12 hunger. Better pet food can be cooked or bought at the Marketplace.
|Pet Special Ability
|Pet Talent
|detect gatherable resources
|Life XP
|detect gatherable resources
|item durability
|Little Lamb
|detect PVP players
|Life XP
|Young Griffon
|detect PVP players
|item durability
|detect PVP players
|Combat Skill XP
|detect rare mobs
Polar Bear
|afk fish time decrease
(Polar Bear: +20LT & +10 LT/tier)
|Life XP
|taunts monsters (draws a mob to you)
|Combat Skill XP
|Desert Fox
|resistance to desert heatstroke/hypothermia (up to 35%)
|item durability
|extra gathered resources
(averages about 3x the gathered items of someone that doesn't have this pet)
|Life XP
Pet Talents & Special Abilities
This Pet Talent and Special Ability table is just a small list of available pets. To view all of them please visit our BDO Pet Guide. Pet Talents and Special Abilities for T1 pets like dogs and birds are good for grinding. Other pets, like cats and Hedgehog, are good for Life Skills. Pandas currently have a strange mechanic, so you may want to avoid them, unless you think they are too adorable to pass up! (Which they are.) Their aggravate ability only works on one mob every 10 to 4 seconds and it has been reported that this animation takes priority over the pet's animation to pick up loot. (You can turn Special Abilities off.) If this has been fixed, please let me know!
Best Pets for Beginners?
Many players say the Hedgehog is the best pet in BDO. With my own testing, I discovered I gathered 3x less than my sister who had a Hedgehog. This makes a big difference in the amount of time it will take to gather logs for ship building, for example. But Hedgehogs aren't good for players who don't gather and craft. Both the Hedgehog and the Polar Bear have limited availability. You can obtain these pets after purchasing a Gift Package for yourself or a friend and having that account level to 30. Gifting yourself another account might sound strange, but it has been OK'd by a GM on the official forum. According to their game gifting buy page: "The only restriction will be that you will need to own the game yourself and have purchased it before the first of this month." This means, as a new player, you would have to probably wait until next month to gift someone in order to obtain the Hedgehog or Polar Bear. Currently, you can buy the BDO Gift Package here for $9.99. There are a few other ways to obtain these limited pets. To learn more about how, please visit our Hedgehog Guide.
For more detailed information about pets, their buffs, and how to breed, manage, and obtain them, please visit our BDO Pet Guide.
Is BDO Free to Play?
There is no subscription fee for playing Black Desert Online. Many people consider this model free to play. It also has a 7 day free trial. However, you do have to initially make a purchase of at least $10 to continue playing BDO. This will give you the basic game without any extras. Some also consider the Value Pack a type of subscription fee. It lasts 30 days and gives 30% back after a 35% tax on Marketplace sales. It also gives good buffs to weight, inventory, and experience.
Is Black Desert Online P2W? (Pay to Win)
This is a hotly debated topic, because everyone has their own definition of what Pay to Win means. But most people agree that you do have to spend more than $10 to make the game enjoyable.
Pets are a good example of what many consider P2W. They aren't required to pick up loot, but if you don't buy them, you will have to repeatedly mash the same pick-up button over and over again after every mob group that you defeat. Mob groups are usually 5+ so that's 5x pressing the R button to do something that quickly gets boring and routine.... (So it's basically, R + Wait for pickup animation... R + Wait for pickup animation... R + Wait for Pickup animation... Not very exciting.)
Even with the maximum of 5 pets, you may have to wait for pets to pick up loot, depending upon how fast you can kill monsters and what Tier and Level your pets are. In order to raise a pet's Tier, you have to buy another pet and combine two pets into one, so that doubles the price.
Tier 1 pet costs:
- 1 pet: 1100 Pearls ($11)
- 2 pets: 2200 Pearls ($22)
- 3 pets: 3300 Pearls ($33)
- 4 pets: 4400 Pearls ($44)
- 5 pets: 5500 Pearls ($55)
Note: BDO has been giving players a free pet Kuku bird through Attendance Rewards. Beginners to BDO will get the "Rookie" Attendance Reward. At the moment of this writing, that included one free Kuku pet that is Level 1 and Tier 1. Penguins have been given in the distant past and are more rare. A limited amount of free pets can be obtained via Quest/Attendance/Challenge Rewards.
You will notice that two Kuku pets can't be used at the same time. You can, however, Exchange 2 Kuku pets to create a higher Tier Kuku that has faster loot speed and better buffs.
Please visit our BDO Free & Price Guide for more info on ways you can use Loyalties to F2P. We also have a Pearl Shop & P2W Guide covering all the ways you can Pay to Win.
Beginner Quest TipsIf you enjoy questing, be sure to select All quests at level 20, so you won't miss out on any extra quests and rewards. Certain types of quests, like Life Skill quests, will not even show up at the NPC if it is not turned on in your Quest window. Press the O key to open the Quest window.
Quests are important for beginners to BDO, especially the main story quest that is provided by the Black Spirit. It will give you a nice chest piece, Inventory expansions, 3 pets, and other goodies helpful to Beginners.
Main Story Final Chest Piece (Level 56+)
The main story will lead to this upgraded version of Dim Magical Armor. Dim Magical Armor is upgraded 4 times via quests from the Black Spirit. The first of which is called, Magic Armor Exchange I and is given at level 53. There are also Roaring sub-weapons and accessories.
Another reason to complete the main storyline is it's required in order to obtain a Fairy, which provides a large variety of special buffs you can't obtain any other way, like instant resurrection without death penalty and auto-consumption of health potions.
Crossroad Quest in Heidel, SerendiaAfter you complete the quest, 'Paying Off Debts,' to take money to Bobby Lauren in Heidel, you will have a window appear where you can select a Crossroad quest line of your choice. The window will not disappear until you make a selection of a Crossroad quest line. The Crossroad quest lines don't impact the main Black Spirit quest line rewards. So you will still get the same inventory slots and Beginner gear, no matter which quest line you choose. They do have differing rewards for Skill Points and optional items like gold bars, Black Stones, etc.
You can choose and play through 1 among 3 dividing quest lines at Serendia. The quest you choose at Serendia will eventually join into one quest at Calpheon.
Each dividing quest line has its own story, and each has its own path of Monster Zones to go through.
① Crossroad I quest line starts with [Crossroad] The Lamenting Head of the League of Merchants. This gives a balance of quest amount, goodies, and combat.
② Crossroad II quest line starts with [Crossroad] Silence, We're Done Here!. This choice is for players who don't like questing, but still want the major main quest line rewards, like pets, bag slots, etc.
③ Crossroad III quest line starts with [Crossroad] Each of Their Reasons. This quest line is for the quest lover that doesn't mind spending time doing lots of errands and gain more goodies.
Black Desert Online Storage
For hoarders like myself, it will not take long for you to discover Black Desert Online storage can be a real issue. That is, unless your plan is to buy Pearls with real cash to increase Storage. When you are first starting out, it's not as bad. But expect to get much more loot after you hit level 51 and arrive in Mediah.
Most Life Skills require lots of storage. You may want to choose one Life Skill to focus on. For example, you might want to store Cooking ingredients only and sell Alchemy ingredients to make more room. Cooking is much easier for a BDO Beginner to get started with.
Most small towns and cities have a default storage of 16 slots each. This is where workers from that town or city will place goods they have gathered from Nodes. Storage is shared with all of your characters, enabling you to give gear and other items to alts.How to obtain more storage in Black Desert Online:
- Alts: Turn your alternate character's inventories into storage.
- Obtain 33 additional Inventory Slots on each character through questing. View all Inventory Expansion Quests
- Storage Housing: Purchase a House > Storage with Contribution Points
- Cheapest Storage for Velia: Toscani Farm after purchasing Lodging for more workers (House 6-2 gives 12 storage for 3 Contribution Points)
- Cheapest Storage for Heidel: every house on block 4 except 4-5
- Transport: Some items can be held in Transport via the <Storage Keeper>
- Wagons: Leave items on a wagon and stack your wagons at the <Stable Keeper>. Farm Wagons are sold by the <Stable Keeper> for 180,000 silver and have 14 inventory slots. This is a
great way to store items that are not used often. (Stable slots can be increased after purchasing a Horse Ranch with CP). Note: if you Remote Collect Wagons or Mounts via the <Stable Keeper>, Trade Goods will be destroyed and if it's a non-Trade Good item, the mount will be transferred to the nearest <Stable Keeper>
- Central Market: Leave items in your Central Market Warehouse. Some items that can't be stacked normally, like Ancient Relic Crystal Shards, can be stacked inside this special storage. Visit the Marketplace or Storage NPC to do this. Click on the "Warehouse" button. (This is seperate from the city "Storage".)
- Loyalty Storage: Storage can be purchased with 500 Loyalty. (Would take 5 days of staying logged in for one hour each day.) Loyalty Storage gives 1 Extra slot for 2 city storages, in one territory. The Serendia Storage includes 1 extra Storage Space for Heidel and Glish. Calpheon is the only one that offers 3 cities instead of 2.
Storage Bugs Anyone?
Make sure you always leave one empty space in the city Storage, or your workers will get severely confused and not work anymore until you free up a space. This occurs even if they are harvesting something that is already stacked inside that city's storage. Poor workers! 🙁 To me, this seems like more of a game bug. Similar weird things can happen when your character has a full inventory. So, if you are getting weird errors, when trying to hire a worker, for example, always check to see if your inventory is full! They like to sit in your pockets? LOL! Funny, but true.
Inventory Quests & Expansion Coupons
You begin with 24 Inventory slots, but you can raise that by 33 with quests for a total of 57 slots. To increase your inventory beyond 57, you will have to obtain inventory with Rookie Attendance Rewards, Loyalties, or Pearls. You receive 100 Loyalties each day you log in, allowing you to buy 1 inventory slot every 10 days. Or you can buy 8 slots for 800 Pearls ($8 or 16 slots for $14.50). 8 slots via Loyalties will cost you 2.6 months of waiting.
Maximum inventory is 192 per character, so you can probably purchase up to 120 Inventory slots safely for each character, and still leave room for the free quest slots later.
The most recent "Rookie" Attendance Reward gives you 6 slots. (This could change at any time.) Normally, Attendance Rewards don't give Inventory increases. "Rookie" is only available to new players, once per account.
Main Quest Line Inventory: As you progress through the Main quest line, you will begin to get quests from the Black Spirit for inventory space. Frequently check with him, especially after you defeat any boss in the story line. The navigation for this is a bit wonky, just check the Back button after you complete any [Boss] quest. He will give you another quest for the Inventory. (View your Main Story line by pressing O key and Main tab.)
Note: The inventory quests below will not increase your inventory if you have already purchased the maximum inventory slots of 192.
Obtained via Black Spirit main story.
Press O key then Main tab.
- Black Spirit's Gift #1 Inventory +2 Expansion
- Black Spirit's Gift #2 Inventory +1 Expansion
- Black Spirit's Gift #3 Inventory +1 Expansion
- Black Spirit's Gift #4 Inventory +2 Expansion
- Black Spirit's Gift #5 Inventory +1 Expansion
- Black Spirit's Gift #6 Inventory +2 Expansion
- Black Spirit's Gift #7 Inventory +1 Expansion
- Black Spirit's Gift #8 Inventory +1 Expansion
- Black Spirit's Gift #9 Inventory +1 Expansion
- Black Spirit's Gift #10 Inventory +1 Expansion
- Black Spirit's Gift #11 Inventory +1 Expansion
- Black Spirit's Gift #12 Inventory +1 Expansion
- Black Spirit's Gift #13 Inventory +1 Expansion
- Black Spirit's Gift #14 Inventory +1 Expansion
- Black Spirit's Gift #15 Inventory +1 Expansion
- Black Spirit's Gift #16 Inventory +1 Expansion
- Black Spirit's Gift #17 Inventory +1 Expansion
- Black Spirit's Gift #18 Inventory +1 Expansion
- Black Spirit's Gift #19 Inventory +1 Expansion
- Black Spirit's Gift #20 Inventory +1 Expansion
Total Black Spirit's Gift Inventory: 23
+ 10 quests from "Suggested" Inventory quest tab
= 33 Extra Inventory Slots
Suggested Inventory Quests:
The Inventory quests below are seperate from the Main quest line. They will often have level or other requirements. (Press O key then Suggested tab)
|Suggested Inventory Quests
|Inventory Quest
|Tips and Hints
|Claus Can't Contain!
|Western Guard Camp
|Bag space +1
|Eileen's Request
|SW Velia
|Bag space +1
|Crio and Sandfish
|Velia (docks)
|Bag space +2
|Have Fishing Quests turned on! Pre-requisite quest: Basic Fishing - A Fishing Rod. Make sure you don't have Throw away junk checked.
|Techthon and Quality Iron
|Bag space +1
|Glazed Naga Oil
|Bag space +1
|Gift for Happiness
|Soon-to-be Bride
|NE Calpheon City (behind Skill Instructor)
|Bag space +1
|Uncheck auto-arrange:
(Veil > Wine > Glass).
Noble doesn't appear at night!
|Trent Worker Experience?
|Spotty Troll
|Bag space +1
|Requires: Gathering: Beginner 2
Have knowledge on Chopping: Beginner
|I Want to Be Like Father!
|Bag space +2
|Requires Drieghan Main quest completion, level 58, and the following:
Inventory of Alts:
You can view the inventory of your alt characters. The bag button in the End Game menu shows you the contents of their inventory. Press Esc > Disconnect > Hover Over Portrait > Bag Icon
Item Rarity & Colors in BDOMany item names and icon borders in BDO are color coded to help you determine how rare something is. Workers, Life Skill levels, and items are all colored by grade/rarity. (They have a colored name/title.) Lowest is gray. Gray items are considered trash for the most part and most can be sold at the vendor.
Some items can be exchanged for more than vendor price, if you have a large quantity of them and exchange them to a certain NPC that wants them. This type of exchangable loot has been removed from the majority of beginner grinding areas, but keep a watchful eye in later levels. Right click the exchangable item to draw a path to the closest exchange NPC.
Some items like Memory Fragments are colored wrongly, so be sure to ask before discarding items you're unfamiliar with.
|Gray > White > Green > Blue > Gold > Orange
Workers have grades as well:
- Artisan
- Professional
- Skilled
- Normal
- Naive
Color grades reflected in Life Skill levels:
- Guru
- Master
- Artisan
- Professional
- Skilled
- Apprentice
- Beginner
Beginner Gear BasicsBDO is a gear powered game and with the right gear, you can defeat enemies much higher level than you. Armor, weapons, and accessories can be enhanced to increase Defense Points (DP), Attack Points (AP), and many other stats. There are no level restrictions to enhanced gear. Even a level 1 character can wear the best PEN (V) gear.
Gear enhancements, in order of the best and most rare is:
- +15 to +1
Armor Basics:
The main benefit to armor is that it offers DP (Defense Points). But many armor pieces include extra stats like Evasion, Weight Limit increases, Damage Reduction, and Health Points. Armor can be shared between all your characters by putting them into storage at the Storage Keeper located in most major cities. You could also transfer gear to an Alt via a Farm Wagon (Mounts that have gear on them can only be Remote Collected to their nearest <Stable Keeper>.)
Weapon Basics:
Weapons and Sub-weapons (aka Secondary Weapons) are class specific. Some weapons can be shared with more than one class. The main-hand weapon of Staff, for example, is used by Witches and Wizards. The sub-weapon Steel Dagger is shared between Witch, Wizard, and Ranger. Awakening weapons can only be equipped by characters level 56+ who have completed their class specific Awakened quest line. (Archer is the exception to this rule and he is limited to the beginner Archer Awakening Weapon until level 56.) Awakening weapons cannot be shared with a different class.
As a beginner, you can survive on quested gear until around level 55. But you will eventually want enhanced gear. Enhancing is expensive and RNG heavy. You may be able to find good enhanced gear for a fair price on the Marketplace. (Always keep in mind that if there is allot of something up for sale, and it's not selling well, it may be over-priced or not a good gear option.)
For a more detailed guide on BDO Gear, please visit our Gear Progression Guide.
BDO Leveling Guide
For details on the best leveling spots, Combat EXP buffs, and more, please visit our BDO Leveling Guide.
There is no level cap in BDO. However, there is what people call a "soft cap", where it gets to be nearly impossible to obtain a certain level. You see this reflected in the image I obtained of one of graphs available on Smite Datamining, which shows the amount of xp needed per level. As you can see, the xp needed for level 63 is much more than the amount needed for level 56. Getting to level 56 is fairly quick, but after level 62, leveling gets extremely difficult.
Making Money In BDO
Attendance and Event rewards can help offset the costs of upgrading or purchasing armor and weapons. There was a recent change to the beginner zones so that less junk and even green grade loot does not drop. Instead, Beginners should expect higher Black Stone drop rates than previously and higher value junk loot that they can sell at a vendor NPC. This should save you from having to buy pets immediately, but you will still need them for loot pickup after entering Mediah at around level 52.
What Should You Keep?
Don't sell any items that are used in weapon/armor enhancement: Ex. Black Stones, Shards. If you see something on the Central Market that sells frequently and there are zero to few available for sale, it's a good indication to hang on to it.
Example Enhancement Items to Keep:
- Black Stone (Weapon): Enhance attack gear up to +15. Used to make Concentrated Stones for PRI+ Enhancement.
- Black Stone (Armor): Enhance defense gear up to +15. Used to make Concentrated Stones for PRI+ Enhancement.
- Memory Fragment: Repair Max Durability on more expensive gear
- Sharp Black Crystal Shard: Enhance a Weapon past +15 (Heat Sharp Black Crystal Shard x1 and Black Stones (Weapon) x2)
- Hard Black Crystal Shard: Enhance armor past +15 (Heat Hard Black Crystal Shard x1 and Black Stones (Armor) x2)
- Cron Stones: prevents the enhancement level from dropping if enhancement fails for DUO+
- Concentrated Magical Black Stone (Armor): Enhance armor past 15+ (Heat Hard Black Crystal Shard x1 and Black Stones (Armor) x2)
- Concentrated Magical Black Stone (Weapon): Enhance a Weapon past 15+ (Heat Sharp Black Crystal Shard x1 and Black Stones (Weapon) x2)
Black Spirit's Adventure
Don't forget to roll your dice every day to earn free rewards. Press Esc key to access this.
Central Market
Central Market allows you to buy and sell items from/to players. There are Developer Min and Max caps that prevent free trade.
For an in-depth look into using the Central Market, please visit our Marketplace Guide.
AFK Fishing
The easiest and cheapest way beginners can make money right away is with AFK fishing. Equip a fishing rod, walk towards the water, press your space bar. That is all you have to do to AFK fish. Set this up over-night and you will get Ancient Relic Crystal Shards, which sell for 1+ million Silver. Current selling price for Ancient Relic Crystal Shards is 1.4 million silver. (Price varies with supply and demand.)
The <Fish Vendor> Crio, sells fishing rods with 30 durability for 500 silver each. Better fishing rods can be crafted and sold on Central Market, but it will be hard for new players to get them. Many fishing rods have a skill level requirement. Read the fine print!
Like many things in BDO, fish have different quality levels. White is the lowest quality and worth the least amount, followed by green, then blue, and lastly gold.
Fresh fish steadily decreases in value the older it gets. After 24 hours, your fish will be valued at only 30%. If your fish is almost expired and worthless, dry it. Open the processing window (L key) and select the fish icon that represents the drying process. Insert fish, dry, and you'll have your fish forever. Dried fish can be sold at the Marketplace and used in cooking. One fresh fish = 2 dried fish in recipes.
Beginner Fishing Hot Spot
West of Veila, along the beach, you will find a small group of players fishing all together. This fishing spot is well known for catching higher quality fish (gold and blue grade fish).
Karon, the <Imperial Fishing Delivery> NPC on the dock in front of the <Storage Keeper> in Veila, will buy blue and gold quality fish at 250% of their base value, but he only buys a certain number of each type of fish during a set period. After his fish quota is filled, he will no longer buy your fish. Always try to sell your fish to him first, then sell what is left over to the <Trade Manager> Bahar. Use the NPC finder to locate him.
For more detailed about AFK Fishing, please see our AFK Fishing Guide.
Nodes & Hand Gathering
Selling raw produce from nodes and hand gathering can net you a good amount, but processed materials are inherently worth more. (Most of the time.) Study the Central Market under the Materials tab and discover what products sell the most and the price they sell for. Items in BDO have a hidden price range determined by the game developers, unless you know what to look for. Player supply and demand also makes pricing fluctuate. Each item has a base price visible on the item. Central Market allows you to order/buy/sell at 10% above or below this base price.
Some crafted items like Beer, a worker Stamina regeneration food, and Good Pet Feed will be in high demand. They have always been profitable, but that could change. You can also find items in which too many crafters have flooded Central Market and the price has dropped. Keep in mind that many items are not profitable to make! You can actually loose money crafting vs selling the raw goods after processing them. And even processing raw goods can make you loose money. Do your research before getting into any Life Skill. Many aren't meant for beginners to persue.
Rulupee Travels & Her Goody Bag
After you reach level 30, you will be able to talk to Rulupee (Southern Heidel Inn), who will give you a series of quests. Each of her quest series has a goodie bag at the end, which is very nice. For more details, view our Rulupee Travel Guide. Here is the end reward bag for the first two quest series.
*** Rulupee's Lightweight Adventure Bag ***
This daypack contains items handy for first time adventurers.
Right-click to obtain:
- Black Stone (Weapon) x5
- Black Stone (Armor) x5
- Memory Fragment x5
- Sharp Black Crystal Shard x3
- Hard Black Crystal Shard x3
Beginner Grinding for Silver
You will often hear players say that grinding is the best money per hour. Keep in mind that silver per hour is heavily dependent upon how fast your pets can pick up loot. For beginners, they made the loot system very simplified, where hardly any loot drops like it used to, but expect much more loot drops after reaching Mediah at around level 51. Inventory and weight does limit loot pickup, although less so for beginners because of recent changes to beginner hunting zone drops.
You will probably start making good money from grinding by fighting Saunils around level 36.
Hunting for Money Tip: I found that the Giants hunting ground is even better for loot than Saunils. So migrate there as soon as you can. (In my own experience. That was before they changed loot in the beginner zones though.) Somethinglovely.com recommends level 44 for Giants, but do try it at earlier levels if you're feeling adventurous! 🙂
Buying Silver with Real $$$
For super fast money, you can always sell a limited number of Pearl Shop items (like Outfits, Value Packs, and Pets) at the Central Market. Double check in the lower left window of the Pearl item you are considering. Hover over their icons on the bottom to make sure they have a Price. If they don't have a Price, they can't be sold on the Central Market and will be bound to you once purchased.
You can register 5 to 35 Pearl items each week for sale, depending upon your Family Fame. Family Fame is a sort of measure of your account's growth, factoring in all of your Family achievements for Combat, Life Skills, Questing, and Knowledge.
- Registration count resets weekly. (Monday, UTC 00:00)
- Default Pearl item registration limit is 5.
The limitations for the additional amount you can register change according to Family Fame.
- Family Fame of 0 - 500 : 0 additional items
- Family Fame of 501 - 1000 : 5 additional items
- Family Fame of 1001 - 1500 : 10 additional items
- Family Fame of 1501 - 2000 : 15 additional items
- Family Fame of 2001 - 2500 : 20 additional items
- Family Fame of 2501 - 9999 : 30 additional items
PVP & PVE Death Penalties
Characters of level 49 and under are safe from PVP, but player versus player combat can't be avoided at level 50 and beyond (You can run, but you can't hide.) After you complete the quest that lets you move past level 49, another player can "flag up" and attack you at any time, except in safe areas like cities and towns. The Black Spirit quest, [To Level 50!] Breaking New Ground, must be completed in order to level up from Lv. 49 to Lv. 50.
Unwanted PVP occurs most often because of hunting territory squabbles. If you don't like PVP, stay away from other player's "rotations" for popular grind spots. You will still get PVP'd while grinding, when someone wants to take your leveling spot, but it's not an every day occurance, if you choose grinding spots that are less poplular. Switch channels when grind spots are full.
PVP flagged characters have glowing red names above their heads.
Some players just enjoy playing the bad guy and killing others for sport. These players enjoy having negative Karma (aka red Karma). Negative Karma occurs when you "flag up" and keep killing players that aren't flagged for PVP (that don't have a red name) and your Karma points sink below 0.PVP & PVE Death Penalties Depend Upon Karma:
- PvE Death (you have 0+ Karma): Chance to lose crystals + guaranteed exp loss
- PvE Death (you have negative Karma) Guaranteed exp/crystal loss + chance to lose 1 gear Enhancment level.
- PvP Death (you have 0+ Karma): nothing happens
- PvP Death (you have negative Karma): Guaranteed loss of crystals (usually 5 max) + guaranteed XP loss (more than Elion's Tear can recover) + chance to lose 1 gear Enhancment level
- PVP Death in Desert (you have negative Karma): Jail time only: sentenced according to Karma (30/50/60 minutes) Desert area is in Valencia whenever you can't view yourself on the World Map. You will see a desert icon on your minimap.
Negative Karma players will be attacked by NPC guards, except in the criminal's town inside Valencia. Having extremely negative Karma can even destory the gear you are wearing upon death.PVP penalties do not apply during node war, RBF (Red Battlefield), guild war declarations, duels, or arena.
PVE Penalties don't apply for some boss deaths. (Dark Rift bosses have no death penalty. World bosses do give death penalty.)
Arsha is a special PVP server that removes any Karma penalties, and also increases loot drops for level 50+ players.
Guild BenefitsJoining a guild has tangible benefits besides socializing and group activities. Guilds can earn points though guild quests and player advancement that they can spend on passive buffs to stats like Gathering, Fishing, and AP. There is also a daily contract payout amount that starts low and increases with time.
At one time, joining a medium or larger guild gave an extra daily attendance reward. This may happen again in the future.
NOTE: Guild pay outs coupled with active sea monster hunting was recently nerfed, but is still a popular way to earn silver for guilds that work together in vanquishing the terrors of the sea!
Summary of Life Skills
Pressing your P key will bring up a window with your character's information, including a list of Professions (Life Skills) under "Life Skill". There are 7 ranks for each Life Skill and 10 levels in each rank. Master has 30 levels and the highest rank of Guru has 50 levels.
We see color grades reflected in Life Skill levels:
- Guru
- Master
- Artisan
- Professional
- Skilled
- Apprentice
- Beginner
Vist our Life Skill Levels guide for a more detailed guide on Life Skill Levels and the Life Fame benefit.
You can read Life Skill summaries below. For more detailed Life Skill guides, follow the links:
- Gathering - using an axe, hoe, tanning knife, butcher knife, fluid collector, pickaxe, empty bottle, shabby shovel, bare handed
- Processing - AFK chop, heat, dry, filter, shake, and grind resources into processed materials
- Cooking - AFK cook gathered material inside your residence on a Cooking Utensil
- Alchemy - AFK brew gathered material inside your residence on an Alchemy Tool
- Training - taming wild horses, AFK running horses on a loop, horse breeding
- Fishing - AFK fishing or active fishing via mini game
- Hunting - active hunting with a Matchlock and butchering the corpse with a Butcher Knife
- Trading - active or semi-AFK trading by buying or making trade goods and delivering them far away.
- Farming - planting seed in a rented fence and tending the crops
- Sailing - sailing quests, hunting sea monsters
- Barter - trade collected land goods to Barter NPC's located on islands and ocean objects.
Gathering is a profitable activity that lets you gather all kinds of crafting materials used in other Life Skills and worker workshops. In many quest lines, it's a requirement that opens up other Life Skill quests. Each gatherable resource requires it's own tool to gather. Buy gathering tools at a <Material Vendor> or on the Marketplace. Or purchase a Tool Workshop and have your worker craft them for you.
|Gathering Tools
|Use on trees to chop wood
|Use on vegetation to gather herbs, weeds, seeds, and flowers (Barehanded gathering without a tool will mostly reward weeds which are used in alchemy)
|Tanning Knife
|Use on animal corpes to gather hides and feathers
|Butcher Knife
|Use on animal corpses to gather meat (Also used in the Hunting Profession to gather multiple materials and Hunting XP)
|Fluid Collector
|Use on corpses to gather blood or trees to gather sap (which are used in Alchemy)
|Use on rocks, ore, and gem nodes to gather rough stone, ores, and gems
|Empty Bottle
|Use to gather river and sea water
|Shabby Shovel
|Use in the desert of Valencia to gather muddy water, vanadium and titanium ore and shards, blue and violet crystals
All gathering methods have a chance to proc the very valuable Hard and Sharp Black Crystal Shards which are used in enhancing gear. Lucky and Magic Tools increase luck while gathering. There is debate on how much, if any, Luck plays in gathering Shards.
If you would like to increase your Life Skills, I recommend leveling up your Gathering Skill to at least Beginner 7 ASAP. This is easily done via Empty Bottle gathering at the fountain in Heidel. Purchase 34 Empty Bottles at the Material Vendor near the fountain. Or you can use any river/lake for gathering water. I like Heidel because the Material Vendor is only a couple steps away from the water source.
Shai is the only class that begins with Professional 1 Gathering. (And also Professional 1 Alchemy.)
Gathering level Apprentice 4 is a little more challenging to obtain. You will need about 274 Empty Bottles filled. If you do skip the prerequisite quest chain for processing, then you will miss out on the Shabby Fence and some housing furniture, as well as additional Gathering/Processing XP.
ProcessingPress L to open the processing window. No tools are needed to process materials. Processed materials are inherently worth more than raw materials at the Marketplace (but this does not always mean they will sell well, if at all, on the Marketplace. Look at supply and demand before processing anything!). Processing, like fishing, is usually a good AFK way to generate extra income, after it is leveled up to Artisan level. (Always check Marketplace demand.) There is a questline to complete before you can process at higher levels. See our guide for the Beginner Processing Knowledge Questline.
|Processing Examples
|raw material
sturdy plywood
melted shard
pure crystal
CookingCooking is one of the first Lifeskills you will most likely level early on as you need to make Beer to feed your workers. Check out this Beer making guide, which also goes into greater detail on how to begin cooking. Cooking requires a Cooking Utensil installed in your residence. Purchase a Cooking Utensil from chefs or innkeepers. Utensils can sometimes be sniped on the Marketplace, or have your worker craft one in a Tool Workshop.
The image below shows the location of all the Velia grain/cereal nodes you can purchase to make beer. ( I obtained the map's background from somethinglovely.net Thanks Fam! )
TrainingTaming wild horses and riding your mount increases Training skill. You need ropes from a Stable Keeper to capture a horse in the wild. Read a more detailed guide about training in our Training Guide.
FishingWhen I first started BDO, AFK fishing over night was the easiest way to earn money and it probably still is. To AFK fish, press Space Bar, and let it go. You will automatically loot the fish after 3 minutes. Catching rare fish levels your fishing skill faster. With better fishing skill, you can use better fishing rods. Active fishing takes more keyboard warrior skill. To actively fish, approach water, equip a fishing rod, and press Space Bar to begin fishing. After you get a bite, press Space Bar to reel it in. You must successfully complete 2 mini-games to loot the fish. If you fail either one, the fish gets away. Read more about fishing in our AFK Fishing Guide.
HuntingYou need a matchlock to hunt. To level your hunting skill, you need to butcher <Wild> animals with a butcher knife or do hunting quests. To get started with Hunting, you should know about the Hunting quest line detailed in this Hunting guide.
FarmingYou need a fence and seeds to begin Farming. Pruning, killing pests, breeding, and harvesting crops increases Farming Skill.
Farming for Grain:
Farming is another profession you can do as a beginner that will help you get grain for making worker food. There is a low level quest line which will give you a free fence, or you can spend 3 CP on a Small Fence.
Finding Seeds:
Seeds can be acquired through gathering vegetation, the Marketplace, and seed vendors. A Withered Seed, sold by vendors, is the lowest quality seed, which will not yield very good results. But the good news is that you can breed them and there is a chance to obtain better seeds, which produce better crops. The next tier after Withered Wheat is the normal white grade Wheat Seed, which after about 5 hours from planting, will yield an average of 70 wheat.
Fence Locations:
To find all the NPCs that will rent you a Fence, please visit our Fence Types & Locations Guide.
Trading is the act of obtaining one Trade Good and selling it to a <Trade Manager>, (for, hopefully, a profit). Trading is often touted as a profitable profession in the game, but you can actually loose money doing it, if you're not careful. Before getting into trade, be sure to read up on it. It is not usually recommended for beginners.
Alchemy creates potions (most have a shorter buff than foods), magic crystals, and reagents for Skilled Processing (Plywood Hardener, Metal Solvent, Gem Polisher). Alchemy requires an Alchemy tool installed in your residence. Purchase an Alchemy tool from a General Vendor, or on the Markeplace, or have your worker craft one in a Tool Workshop. Alchemy isn't as passive as Cooking can be. All Alchemy recipes require rare materials that you have to gather yourself or rarely obtain through nodes and grinding. This profession takes time to level up, but helps boost your character's power in many ways.
The Shai class is the only class that begins with Professional 1 Alchemy. (And also Professional 1 Gathering.)
Sailing & BarterA beginner sailing boat can be purchased at the Wharf Master for 10k silver. You can sail at low levels to find fishing hotspots and other adventures, but it's not recommended to go too far out by yourself (Ross & Margoria Seas), until you have an Epheria Boat. Sailing is very slow and the waters that are far out have sea monsters that quickly destroy a slow and weak boat. Building a good boat takes time and effort. Read more about Sailing and the ship UI in our Beginner Sailing Guide. Barter is an expensive Life Skill to get your ship to a point in which you make good silver. For this reason, it's not recommended for beginners.
BDO Hotkeys (Default)
The image below shows the default Hotkeys or Keyboard Shortcuts for different commands in BDO. The one you will use the most will be the Escape key. Through this, you can pretty much do anything you want, including accessing a helpful crafting knowledge database (F2) with recipes and item drop locations.
One very handy tool in the Escape Menu is the Central Market button. You can make purchases away from town, as long as you have Silver in your Warehouse.
Links to Helpful BDO Sites
BDO has a great community of people. Many of whom have created websites and tools to help us in our adventures:
- bddatabase.net and bdocodex.com - almost identical websites, databases for everything Black Desert Online. Huge help to me!
- blackdesertfoundry.com - beautiful Black Desert Online guides. Lots of great content.
- dulfy.net - older guides, but can still be helpful.
- Forums - I find allot of good info puttering around in the following forums:
- community.blackdesertonline.com - current official forum for bdo, active and helpful community
- reddit.com - has a helpful Black Desert Online forum
- forum.blackdesertonline.com - old official forum for bdo, still some helpful info there
- somethinglovely.net - my goto BDO Map site when I get lost, used to look up not only nodes, but crate (trading) calculations and horse breeding calculations. Also has leveling/hunting zones with recommended AP/DP. Lots of goodies here!
- Incendar Gaming Videos - I enjoy listening to Incendar, who has a gaming channel and lots of videos with BDO Tips. (and runs incendar.com)
- invenglobal.com - helpful guides here. One benefit of this site is that they often have insight into what's currently happening on Korean servers, which undergo patches before we do.
- bdotools.com - Amity calculator that works good for most NPC's
- bdoplanner.com - BDOPlanner: awesome gear calculator. Plan and share gear builds.
- bdodae.com - has a very detailed node caclulator and alchemy/cooking recipe calculators
- blackdesertanalytics.netlify.com - helpful articles about Life Skills and Making Money
- urzasarchives.com - guides on World Bosses and spawn info.
- violetastray.com - wonderful guides on horse taming/training, clothing, and housing
- Gear Enhancement/Upgrades:
- Enhancement Guide - basic and advanced Enhancement
- Failstack Charts - Enhancment Success Percentages
- Discord Channels: (live chat and talk web app that is a good source of info, help, and current events)
- Class Discords:
- BDO Life Skills Discords:
- Lifeskill Chat - for all Professions/Life Skills.
- BDO Horse Community - horse breeding, training, T9 horses, and racing.
- Sailing & Barter - Find groups for sailing dailies and ocean bosses.
- BDO Traders - Trading, resets, and leveling discussion for the trade lifeskill.
- MaoMaoPrince Fishing Community - helpful fishing chat.
- Other Discords:
- Bellcord Global - Discord times and bot for per-server and per-channel EXP Golden Bell status. (+100% XP)
- BDO JP International Community - English-speaking community for BDO Japan.
- Black Desert Xbox - for the Xbox One/X edition of BDO
- BDO NA Bosses - for World Boss HP percents and timers
- IHA EU International Hunters Association - for World Boss HP percents and timers, hunting groups (EU)
- IHA MENA International Hunters Association - for World Boss HP percents and timers, hunting groups (MENA)


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Sometimes we need a booster shot of faith, don't we? I love reading the story of Job when I feel a bit weak in the knees. Chapters 38-41 inspire me to a level of faith I simply can't keep to myself. Two points surface: 1) God is big, and 2) we are small. Ya, I know…simplistic. But sometimes that's exactly what we need…down to earth, practical, applicable wisdom.
How Big is God
- I laid the foundations of the earth. I marked off its dimensions. I stretched a measuring line across it. I set the footings and laid its cornerstone.
- I shut the sea behind doors. I made the clouds its garment and wrapped it in darkness. I fixed limits for it and set the doors and bars in place.
- Who cut a channel for the rain or a path for the thunderstorm? Who father's the drop of dew?
- From whose womb comes the ice? Who gives birth to the frost?
- Who endowed the heart with wisdom or gave understanding to the mind?
How Small We Are
- Have you given orders to the morning or shown the dawn its place?
- Have you journeyed to the springs of the sea or walked in the recesses of the deep?
- Have you seen the gates of death?
- Have you comprehended the expanse of the earth?
- Do you know where darkness resides?
- Have you entered the storehouses of snow or hail?
- How do you get to the place where lightening is dispersed or where the winds are scattered over the earth?
- Can you bind Pleiades? Can you bring forth constellations in their seasons?
- Can you raise your voice to the clouds and cover yourself with water? Do you send lightning bolts on their way? Do they report to you?
- Do you hunt prey for the lioness or provide food for the raven?
- Do you know when the animals give birth or when the young grow and thrive?
- Is the wild ox content to serve you?
- Does the eagle soar at your command?
You can read the rest for yourself. As for me, I am in awe of God's power and presence over everyday life. Not one question to Job can be answered favorably by him…or by me. Not one single question.
And so...if God laid the foundations of the earth, and we cannot know one single thing about which he asks, can't we have faith that he'll move our mountains?


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What is happening here? Obviously a bloodthirsty rockabilly chick is fighting back against a tentacled sea monster using a trident. You know you want more of this bad craziness.
In El Monstro del Mar, a group of luscious, retro-styled assassins are hiding out in a tiny seaside town. Unfortunately, they don't listen to the old salt who tells them not to go into the water - and they awaken THE BEAST. One with tentacles to penetrate you with. According to Undead Backbrain:
El Monstro del Mar will be premiering at a gala event hosted by Lost Art Films at the Astor Theatre, St Kilda, Australia, on 9 April.
Lucky Aussies with their awesome sea monster assassin Bette Page movies.
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Xenopus tropicalis: A new multicellular chassis
Establishment of a new chassis
So far, synthetic biology has mostly focused on bacteria, since they are simple to engineer. iGEM teams and laboratories have worked on unicellular organisms in order to understand the underlying biology and have developed an impressive database of molecular parts. Some work has also been done on engineering mammalian cells and a few iGEM teams have followed this trend. Synthetic biologists are now imagining the rational design of multicellular organisms with numerous applications ranging from gene therapy or drug production to environmental monitoring. This year, our team would like to be part of that challenge.
The arrival of Xenopus as a chassis in synthetic biology requires the creation of new standards and protocols that the community will be able to build on. We provided the registry with such tools that allow rapid construction and characterization of devices in vivo, and include debugging tools. We think they will be very useful for later iGEM teams and synthetic biologists who wish to work with Xenopus for building multicellular systems.
This year, the Evry iGEM team is going to be the one of the first iGEM team to work on a vertebrate. Our work is focused both on developing a system for intercellular and intertissue communication, and creating the tools for the iGEM community to easily express genes in specific tissues. We believe the tadpole is a chassis of choice for iGEM on multicellular organisms, as experiments can be conducted in one week using microinjection methods. We hope to demonstrate the feasibility of engineering Xenopus in one summer for an iGEM project, and to create a great tool for multicellular synthetic biology: An orthogonal hormonal system.
The simple molecular strategy to build eukaryotic plasmid ready to use:
Xenopus tropicalis representes a challenge as it is not only a vertebrate, but also a new chassis in the iGEM competition. To make sure we meet iGEM's expectations on time, we have had to develop a new biobrick plasmid backbone compatible with Xenopus tropicalis (but also others vertebrate and fish). The plasmid is produced in bacteria then purified and injected into Xenopus's eggs, the plasmid can not replicate in eukaryotic cells.
- Kozac : The Kozak consensus sequence is essential for the initiation of the translation process in eukaryotes. The sequence is the following (gcc)gccRccAUGG, where upper case letters are highly-conserved bases, and lower case letter can vary,
- Promoter : The promoter of a gene is located upstream of this gene and initiate its transcription. The promoter is surrounded by the enzyme restriction sites SalI and HindIII in order to be able to switch more easily to other promoters,
- 5'UTR and 3'UTR : UTRs are Untranslated Region. The B-globin 5' UTR is located upstream of the coding sequence and is involved in 5'RNA capping. The 3'UTR is located downstream of the coding sequence and may contain sequences for the regulation of translation efficiency, mRNA stability, and polyadenylation signals,
- SV40 PolyA signal : The simian virus 40 polyadenylation signal is involved in the maturation of the mRNA for translation and is composed of a succession of adenine bases,
- Antibiotic resistance genes : This sequence is necessary for the selection of transformed bacteria exposed to the antibiotic,
- Origin of replication : This origin of replication is bacterial, this sequence initiates the replication of DNA,
- Biobrick prefix and suffix : The BioBrick prefix contains the restriction sites for EcoRI and XbaI and the BioBrick suffix for SpeI and PstI.
- With a CMV promoter for an ubiquitous expression : (BBa_K812000),
- With a Hsp70 promoter for an inducible expression : (BBa_K812300),
- With a Elastase promoter for a tissue specific expression : (BBa_K812200).
By putting all the parts necessary for expression in eukaryotes, we have made plasmids where any coding biobrick (but it is better to add a Kozak sequence in front of the start codon) can be cloned in directly without having to transfert each parts individually. These plasmids can be used to rapidly test genetic constructs in Xenopus tropicalis after a single cloning.
It is possible to easily change promoter with the restriction sites SalI and HindIII.
The plasmid also contains tools to calibrate the system in combination with a model. For instance, it contains sites for in vitro transcription (sp6 sites) of genes to make RNA that can then be injected directly in the embryo, allowing a much finer control of the ratio between levels of different genes during construct testing.
The way we test it in Xenopus tropicalis is by injecting 2.3 nL of plasmids at 100 ng.uL-1 straight into the embryo at the first stage when there is only one cell. For a plasmid of 4kb it represents approximately 45 million of plasmids per injection. As the cell divides, the plasmids are shared between cells but not replicated so a high concentration of DNA is necessary to ensure there will be DNA in most of the organism. Once the transcription machinery turns on during the development, plasmids are transcribed and translated. Since the tadpole stage starts after a few days, we can work on a whole vertebrate with most organs formed within a week. With different tissues it is possible to diversify the type of expression with different promoters.
So far we have made 3 new plasmid backbones with different promoters :
Our goal was to provide the tools which would allow to rapidly build and characterize constructs in the embryos (along with a synthetic hormone to make them communicate), with the tools for debugging (by injecting mRNA) and with ubiquitous, inducible and tissue specific promoters.
Example of GFP expression in Xenopus
The injection tutorial explains very simply with diagram how we did injection and how take care about your embryos and tadpole. The experiment carries on 5 days, from the unfertilized egg to a swimming tadpole at stage 48-50. The GFP (or other fluorescent protein) is expressed few hours after the fertilization to the end of the week (see below).
Plasmid injected: pCS2+ with CMV promoter and GFP-aid reporter
pCS2+ GFP-aid: this plasmid contains the constitutive and ubiquitous promoter CMV and the aid sequenced of the aid system fusionned to GFP (Green Fluorescent Protein)(Nishimura et al., 2009), this Biobrick created by our team is BBa_K812010, and it was integrated into our Eucaryotic plasmid BBa_K812000.We injected about 3.78E+7 plasmids.
GFP-aid expression from the embryo at stage 20 (one day after injection )to a tadpole at stage ~46 (four days after injection). For this tadpole the expression is localized in the skin.We characterize the promoter CMV and elastase, not yet for the inducible promoter HSP70. Reporters characterized: sfGFP, mCitrine, mCFP and GFP-aid.
The characterization of all reporter and promoters is here.
We showed that our constructions express our reporters with the CMV promoter. These parts are considered characterized. Nevertheless we expected a more uniform expression of the reporters with the CMV promoter. Spectral variants of fluorescent proteins could be expressed in different tissues. Within one tadpole the fluorescent proteins were observed in one to four different tissues, and tissues were different between tadpoles.
Explanation: The plasmid DNA does not diffuse in the egg and stay in the same area around the injection site. This means that depending on the injection site, the plasmid will be inherited by a given set of cells within the tadpole. This question was raised in our model. Another reason could be that the metabolism of each differentiated cell is different and changes during the tadpole's development.
Moreover the expression of reporters decreases during time, because plasmid DNA is subjected to a catabolic activity during development but also plasmid DNA gets diluted as cells proliferate and the quantity of plasmid DNA decreases for each cell.
- Inducible control of tissue-specific transgene expression in Xenopus tropicalis transgenic lines., Chae J., Zimmerman L.B., Grainger R.M., Mechanisms of development 117:1-2, 2002
- Xenopus: a prince among models for pronephric kidney development., Jones E., JASN 16:2, 2005


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Monrovia –The Local Government Act, along with several other bills, has lingered in the corridors of the Legislature for a long while now with hope that one day they will be passed into law by members of the legislature. The Local Government Act is aimed at decentralizing the Liberian government's operations. The passage of the act is being challenged by the some Senators, who called on Thursday, May 3, for the version sent in by members of the Lower House to be amended. The House of Representatives is calling for superintendents, commissioners and town chiefs to be elected.
According to Senator Gble-Gbo Brown of Maryland County, in keeping with plans, the leadership of the Senate met and agreed to act on the Local Government Act submitted to that body by the Executive Branch. "The government needs to balance what we are doing. Today's presentation and discussions by the Internal Affairs Committee, was to bring some of the lawmakers, who have not participated in discussions surrounding the Act up to speed with it. "The Local Government Act was submitted in 2016 by the Executive Branch of government. Members of the House of Representatives in September of the same year passed it and forwarded the Bill to the Senate with amendment (removing) the section calling for the elections of superintendents and commissioners," Sen. Brown said. In keeping with legislative practices, the Senate Plenary forwarded the version from the House of Representatives to the Internal Affairs Committee headed by Senator Brown of Maryland. In 2017 between June and July, the committee, in collaboration with the Internal Affairs Ministry, engaged in regional consultation beginning with Bassa, Nimba and Bomi counties. Speaking with reporters, Sen. Brown said that it is the view of the committee that decentralizing government will strengthen government's own resolve for peace and give power to the people.
Since 1847, the governance system of Liberia has been heavily centralized where every major decision is handed down from Monrovia to the local officials for implementation. "The Act if passed, will give power to our people to make them participatory at the county level where citizens will decide how they run the county. This will also allowed every county from chief to the clan chief level to feel involved in decision making, breeding ownership which could serve as a guarantee for sustainable peace. "The act will promote economic development where local officials will collect taxes for operations. In a nutshell, one of the things that will happened if this bill is passed is the harmonization, rationalization of our local structures.
"The law as proposed is not perfect but it is a starting point. Some of my colleagues are recommending the elections of local officials (Superintendent, Commissioner and Town Chief). These people control resources, they should be elected to give them that independence and job security. There are fears in some quarters that superintendents if elected will rival lawmakers but the laws determine term of operations for elected officials. "We need to set standards for cities, town, township and once those standards are not set regardless of the county involved those standards must be upheld.


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With more than 30 years of experience in the financial industry, Ric Edelman has heard and seen it all, and there's one topic he's sick of: annuities.
"Annuity products are a very common sales pitch because they generate big commissions for the guys who sell them to you, but they're not in your best interest at all," said Edelman, founder and executive chairman of Edelman Financial Services, one of the nation's leading financial advising firms, and author of the new book "The Truth About Your Future: The Money Guide You Need Now, Later, and Much Later."
Annuities are detailed and varied, but they're basically a type of retirement fund held at an insurance company. You build up the fund either through small payments over a long period of time or as a lump sum. That money is invested and grows tax-deferred until you want to start receiving regular payouts of a set amount, at which point investment gains are taxed as income.
"[Marketers] promise that you're not going to lose any money, there's no stock market risk, and they guarantee income for life — sounds pretty good, what's not to love? Well, there are a couple of things not to love," Edelman told Business Insider in a recent Facebook Live interview.
Insurers make money from high management fees on your annuities. And as they invest your money, they're able to keep any money beyond the established payments you're set to receive. In other words, annuities seem safe and reliable because you'll never end up with less than your principal investment.
But Edelman explains a few reasons why you should still be wary of annuities:
"No. 1, the interest rate is so low, it's not going to compound your growth sufficiently for you to be able to achieve the goals that you have.
"No. 2, the income that they promise you is dependent on the insurance company's ability to pay it. If that insurance company goes broke, your annuity goes broke.
"Third, taxes. You're paying taxes at a maximum level. If you take the money prior to 59 and a half, you're not only paying taxes, you're also paying a 10% IRS penalty."
Bottom line: As with any other financial decision, be sure you understand the scope of your investment before getting into it.
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Casey Anthony apparently has some of her personal belongings up for sale on the internet. A controversial website is currently selling over a dozen items belonging to her.
The site, serialkillersink.net, has a whole host of items belonging to Anthony for sale. These items include clothing and purses which were sold at a garage sale the Anthony's did back in 2013.
The items seem to be worth a lot, and each one will set the buyer back around $800.
The owner of the website selling the items, Eric Holler, told WESH 2 News: "I'm catering to supply and demand." He says he bought seven pairs of pants and six purses from Christina Werner, who herself purchased them from the garage sale.
The woman who bought the items secretly filmed the event, as she was upset the Anthony's were selling things which had previously belonged to their dead granddaughter Caylee. Apparently Werner wanted to "wash her hands of the situation," following the sale of the items to Holler.
Holler continued to speak about the fact he plans to make a tidy profit on the Casey Anthony items: "Of course I'm trying to profit, I'm running a business here. I'm not in the business of losing money."
The site specializes in serial killers, and has sold items from killers such as Charles Manson, John Wayne Gacy and David Berkowitz. They even have a special section dedicated to Casey Anthony.
The site introduces the items with the caption: "Casey Anthony is here! Own items from the infamous Anthony garage sale." Although Holler seems to have at least some scruples. He said that he refused to sell items which belonged to Caylee as, in his opinion, that would: "cross the line."
He defended his sale of the killer's personal belongings saying: "I'm in this business to make a profit, like any other entrepreneur. I know there is a demand for items I sell."
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Now is not the time for hasty, hyper emotional reactions. If we're thinking about a breakup, we need to remain calm and in-touch with our emotions.
Don't be rash when deciding on ending a relationship. I get emails from people who don't know whether or not to move on from their current relationship, and it's usually because they get caught up in endless quibbles and pointless fighting. When you and your boyfriend are fighting, it can be easy to forget the reasons why your relationship works in the first place.
A lot of people break up over minor things. It really happens a lot more often than you might think. I got an email from one woman who was fighting with her boyfriend and was desperate to know if they should break up. She was torn, because they had been a couple for over two years, and she was even thinking of marrying the guy. The cause of their fight? He liked to leave his dirty clothes on the floor.
My jaw dropped. They had been together for 3 years, and their relationship was so weak that something so trivial threatened to tear them apart? I was gobsmacked. But, then again, I see this pattern all too often. I advised her to come up with a plan to solve the problem, rather than running away by threatening to breakup. All too often I see couples with no plan as to what to do once fighting breaks out.
Fights are natural with couples. I've never met a couple that got along and agreed about everything. Some people are neat and some people are sloppy. Some people like to go to dance clubs and others like a quiet night at home with a scrabble board. To each his own, I always say, because these differences make relationships fulfilling. But differences can also cause conflict.
The main thing I always tell people, whenever someone asks me about getting in a fight, is that in many ways they can be healthy. You can get out frustration by knowing how to deal with conflict. Asserting yourself next time you fight with your boyfriend will give you much needed self respect.
The thing is to not think that "good couples" don't fight. In fact, the healthiest couples I've seen, the ones that go on to get married and grow old and gray together, It's the couples that hold everything in and don't actually let out their feelings that end in pain. Don't be like that. Learn all about my principles of assertiveness that you can glean by reading through this website.
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Hurley Williams & Cook and Ball & Treger LLP have joined together to become the Hearthstone CPA Group.
Both of our CPA firms have enjoyed many years of providing high-quality professional services to businesses and individuals in Kitsap County and the greater Puget Sound area. We value the personal relationships that we have with our clients.
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Does your doctor often prescribe costly, big brand medicines? The decision may have to do with his training.
The kind of medicines (cheaper or costly) a doctor prescribes is influenced by the prescriptions made by senior physicians who supervised them during the training, says a study.
The results represent an opportunity for improvement in graduate medical education at a time when in India the government is emphasising on physicians prescribing generic medicines instead of brand names to make healthcare more affordable for the masses.
The study, published online in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, found that physicians-in-training are twice as likely to order a costly brand-name statin (used to lower blood cholesterol levels) when supervised by senior physicians who prefer those medications in their own practice.
These results document a link between low-value prescribing and graduate medical training, which physicians undergo after completing medical school but before they can practice independently.
The study found that the probability of a resident prescribing a costly brand-name statin increased from 22.6 percent when residents were supervised by attending physicians who mostly prescribed cheaper generic statins, to 41.6 percent when they were supervised by an attending who mostly prescribed expensive brand name statins.
The linkage was strongest for the most junior resident physicians in training.
"These results provide early empirical evidence that low-value practices among physicians are transferred from teachers to trainees, highlighting the importance of re-design of graduate medical education," said Kira Ryskina, a general internal medicine fellow at University of Pennsylvania.
"We observed considerable variation in the prescribing practices of both attending physicians and residents, suggesting room to improve cost-effectiveness," Ryskina said.
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Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a disease affecting an estimated 1 million Americans. The cause of CFS remains unknown and is possibly a common endpoint of disease resulting from multiple causes. CFS is characterized by prolonged fatigue accompanied by a combination of symptoms, including musculo-skeletal pain, cognitive impairment, headaches, and sleep disturbances.
Acupuncture can effectively treat the various symptoms associated with fatigue and can strengthen a weakened immune system, enhance vital energy, nourish blood, and increase lymph circulation. Typically, a series of weekly treatments for 4 to 8 weeks, followed by progress assessment, should be expected. In order to balance the immune system, reduce fatigue levels and increase functional capacity we need to give the body time to shift and transform how it is functioning. Specific Chinese herbal remedies and dietary modification may likely be recommended to help accelerate the recovery process.
Weight loss and management
Everything you hear about commitment to nutrition, exercise and life-style changes is true; without them, any quick and easy weight loss "solution" is temporary at best. But if you are eating mindfully and exercising while trying to lose weight and are having difficulty, acupuncture can be a valuable adjunct therapy to your weight loss program.
How does Acupuncture Help?
It is important to address both the physiological and psychological aspects of weight loss. Since Acupuncture and Chinese herbs treat the physical, mental and emotional components to any illness, there are several ways that they can benefit you while you are trying to lose weight.
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The number of acupuncture treatments necessary depends on the patient's goals for losing weight, the speed at which they want to lose, and their commitment to a new, healthier lifestyle. In general, in the beginning it is important to come for consistent weekly or bi-weekly treatments to help get you started. Once you are feeling comfortable with your new weight loss plan, the number of treatments will decrease anywhere from one to two visits a month.
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