Are scam boxes a scam? Valuing Shakatu's Resplendent Box in Black Desert Online.

Hey guys in this video we'll go over the value of Shakatu's Resplendent Box, also known as "scam boxes" in BDO. We'll also look into its sub-boxes, including Shakatu's Chest of Shinies, Shakatu's Chest of Rarities, and Shakatu's Chest of Luxuries.

[@FreerunningGamer]

Shards and Harps are my favorite thing to determine prices with :P

[@Kashira25398]

They are quite tasty

[@thenightingale7405]

I'll take the free ones, but I'd never actually pay or go out of my way to get one.

[@Kashira25398]

Yep thats fair, you arent missing out on much!

[@liahfox5840]

If they're not called "legit" boxes for a reason...😆

[@Kashira25398]

Next box for sure

[@xbighansonx]

I hope we will get the event to buy 10x each week soon again 😊

[@Kashira25398]

That would be crazy considering how low things are right now, but ill take it!

[@rynke94]

My friend actually got the 30k caphras after like 2 months of playing the game and skyrocketed his progression, just carried

[@Kashira25398]

Thats juiced! Gratz to your friend haha

[@itrow9526]

Good content.

[@Kashira25398]

Thanks!

[@brownishtint]

Cron stone x1 incoming.

[@Kashira25398]

Big gains

[@damagedlykin]

tldr: lose a bit of money for the chance to get splendid

[@Kashira25398]

Yeah, sadly that chance is so small... we pray for alchemy stone rework though.

[@zachary5576]

I got the shinies box from old daily/returning adventurer maybe. Then rolled the garmy heart :o Then got the drop from garmoth a week later haha...

[@Kashira25398]

Hey thats still huge for silver

[@TheKingkazama]

there is reason why they called scam box XD

[@Kashira25398]

Yeah, fun though!

[@arturohiramatsu4857]

I dont need to see this video, rng boxes in black desert are a scam specially if you buy one with pearls.. If you cant buy what you want by just paying for it then dont buy.

[@Kashira25398]

That is a fair opinion to have!

[@gigabased4]

Short answer: No, gambling is fun and it's way too easy to make money nowadays.

[@Kashira25398]

Fair enough, 99% of gamblers quit before hitting big

[@bakisu252]

Ur math didn't make sense, you value the box based on total avg value of all item while u get only 1xlowest value item most of the time

[@Kashira25398]

I didn't use the average of all the items, I multiply the value by the rate of getting the item first, before adding all the values together. Since its more common to get the lowest items, as you said, the rate or "weight" is higher, so it affects the total value a lot more, versus more rare items. The average is not taken.

[@bakisu252]

​@@Kashira25398that what I mean, you sum up everything in the box based on the % given while u only get 300m or worst 30m item most of the time. Alot people making video opening the box and losing silver. Its like you making a specific value out of a loterry ticket that you have no idea what it will give you.

[@Kashira25398]

@@bakisu252 you will get the low priced items most of the time, but the low chance of getting a high value item still adds to the value of the box. The calculations done in the video isn't the exact silver you get from opening one box, its the average silver you will get if you open "infinite" boxes.