[Game Play] BDO NEW PLAYER GUIDE 2020 (2024)

Last Edited on : Jul 17, 2020 (UTC+8)

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• Provided is a youtube link that gives an overview of every class in Black Desert. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHQ_ViMNxfs
• Method for choosing

1. What is your Playstyle :Support/Assassin/Tanker/Frontliner etc.
2. Female or male (There is Gender lock)
3. PVE or PVP oriented

• It is advisable to Choose your main class and stick with it especially because of the Suppressed boss gear you get from leveling up. Lvl 57:Suppressed kzarka(main weapon) Lvl58:(Suppressed dandelion(awakening weapon)Lvl 59: is Suppressed Kutum (sub weapon)

• The armor can be switched to any class. The weapon however is class specific.B) Entering the Game
• • Take note that the family name will be shared and displayed among all of your characters.
  • It is different from character names as well as it requires REAL money to change it. As shown in Fig. 1.0
  • Family Name (Account Bound) e.g. Rosewolfe
    Character Name (Character itself) e.g. Iriselle13

  

  
  
  • When you start the game, follow the Main Quest line which is usually located below the minimap on the top right corner of your screen. As shown in Fig. 1.1
  • You can just right click on the one encircled in red and it will automatically show you the location or black spirit of your quest.

  

  
  
  • To see the whole Main Quest Line, Press ‘O’. A pop up will appear. A shown in Fig. 1.2

  

  
  
  • Press the ‘Main’ tab encircled in red.

  

  • Fig. 1.3 shows the whole Main Quest Line. The goal is to finish the whole quest, however it is not advisable to finish the last quest which is “[Star’s End] The Lord of Star’s End”. New players will have difficulty in finishing it.
  
  
• *****START FROM THE TOP AND NOT THE BOTTOM****

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• Fig. 1.4. Shows the quest line to obtain the Dim Magical Armor. Don’t throw this armor away and do the questline to upgrade it to “Roaring magical armor”.
• Roaring magical armor = DUO:Grunil Armor (Green Level)
• The quest title is Magic armor exchange.
• • After obtaining the armor, you may stop doing the main quest line upon obtaining it.C) Grinding
  • • Follow the areas That have the level requirements until you reach level 56. As shown in Fig. 1.5

    

    
    
    • These locations encircled have level requirements to be able to grind unless your character already has gear.D) Getting your full set of gears
    • • With the money you have earned from doing your quests and grinding, purchase the full set of “Heve/Grunil/Rocaba” helmet, gloves and shoes. Try to enhance them using “black stone armors” and “Concentrated Magical Black Stone (Armor)” to get them to Pri/ Duo/ Tri. As shown in Fig. 1.6
      • As well as use the “+15 liverto” you receive upon reaching level 55. Press the ‘Y’ key to open rewards and enhance it to Pri or Duo.
      • And use your class Blue Grade awakening weapon (The 1mil+ ,not the Hughol weapon)
      • For your sub weapon use your class AP sub weapon.
      • There are 3 types of sub weapon AP/DP and Accuracy
      • If unsure of which is which, ask the officers for help.

      

      • Another option would be doing the quest line shown in Fig 1.7 under the ‘New Quest’ tab in order to get ‘Cliff weapons’

      

      • After obtaining all the weapons and armors, it is time to move onto getting your accessories. As shown in Fig. 1.6, accessories consist of 2 earrings, 2 rings, 1 belt and 1 necklace.
      • The accessories you should be obtaining is the ‘Asula set’ which can be obtained by grinding in the following areas.
      
      

      Asula Necklace Can be obtained by grinding in Abandoned Iron Mine.
      Asula Earring & Ring Obtained through grinding in Helms Post.
      Asula Belt Obtained through grinding in Elric Shrine.

      
      
      • You can do the quest at each area to get the accessories as well rather than waiting for them to be dropped by the mobs.
      • Upon getting the full accessories, your gear should look like Fig. 1.6
      • With the gear shown in the figure, you should be able to grind in the following locations. However you can only grind in the desert once you have reached level 57 because it is the minimum requirement for you to use Marni Stones.

      Sausans Garrison
      Bashims Base (requires lvl 57 to use Marni Stone
      Desert Naga Temple (requires lvl 57 to use Marni Stone)
      Titium Valley/ Fogans (requires lvl 57 to use Marni Stones)

      
      
      • To obtain Marni Stones, there are merchants around “<Marni’s Top Assistant>”. Marni stones can be bought and exchanged to obtain the EXP. As shown in Fig. 1.8
      
    
    Till next time adventurers ~ !