BDO Energy: The Definitive Guide | Top Tips To Get More Max Energy

This BDO guide will explain what Energy is, why you need it, how much you need and how to get more of it quickly. Links below.
Websites shown in this video:
bdocodex.com/us/knowledge/
bddatabase.net/us/knowledge/
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Summary:
Energy is a resource that refills over time. The character that is logged on refills 1 Energy point every 3 minutes. There are buffs that make your Energy refill faster, such as the Blessing of Kamasylve and Turning Gates. Characters that are logged out only gain 1 energy per hour.
Overflowing Energy is a waste of silver.
The 5 most important uses of Energy are:
1) Lifeskills: Gathering, Hunting, Farming.
2) Hiring new workers at a Work Supervisor NPC costs 5 Energy every roll. A professional worker costs more than 300 Energy on average, while an Artisan almost costs 2000 on average.
3) Nodes: You can use Energy to activate and deactivate nodes remotely if you are running a value pack. And you can invest Energy into node levels.
4) Amity: Getting amity with an NPC also requires Energy, regardless of whether you’re doing an amity minigame or waving at them.
5) The most basic way of getting value out of your Energy is by exchanging 200 of it for Energy Potions XL at Alustin the Alchemist. It recovers 50 energy points with a 10 minutes cooldown. If you don’t need it, you can sell it for passive income in BDO.
Everyone should have at least 210 Energy to manifest Energy Potions XL. The 10 extra on top of the 200 are a buffer.
If you do Gathering, you probably want to have more than 210 Energy. 300 Energy (with buffs) lets you gather most things for about 1 hour. 300-400 Energy is comfortable.
You can calculate the ideal amount of maximum Energy for you. Let’s say the longest time that you’re not at the PC is 10 hours. If you’re not running any buffs, you refill 20 Energy per hour. 10 hours times 20 Energy per hour is equal to 200 Energy. Add a buffer, and 210 what your maximum Energy pool should be. Do this calculation for your buffs and afk time.
Let’s look at how you can increase your maximum Energy. Press H ingame. This opens the Knowledge window.
The Character category requires you to meet NPCs ingame. Topography is about discovering new places. Sea is just like Topography, but you discover islands. Ecology is about killing monsters. Adventure Journal is a mix of quests, dialogues, amity games and interaction with objects. Academics is mostly amity. Lifeskill, Learning the ropes of Black Desert and Trade don’t reward any Energy.
Character and Topography are the easiest. You should focus on them at the start. Ecology is the next-best option. You can do some Ecology topics while travelling around and speaking to NPCs for Character and Topography.
Same-place topics like Red Orcs are easy. At first, you just kill any monster you see. After a while, see what’s missing. Microtarget these mobs. Target function can highlight the right monsters on your minimap. With spread-apart topics like Beasts, do some travel time optimization.
There are several knowledge gain modifiers: Simple Cron Meal, Surging Weenie Elixir, Reliable Looney Elixir. Eye and Ear Accessories from the Pearl Shop. Certain Pets from the Pearl Shop.
Some mobs might follow special rules. Make a habit of reading the comment section on BDO Codex and BDO Database to learn about these details. Swap servers for mobs with long respawn timers.
There is one hidden subcategory of Ecology topics called Fish Species. You don’t complete it by killing mobs but by talking to the Otters Holio, Thulo and Jiro around Demi River for +2 maximum Energy.
The next-best thing is probably Sea. Get your own boat or ask a friend or guildie with a boat to take you.
Then you can do Adventure Journal and Academics if you still want more energy. For Amity games, I recommend transferring a fast horse from your main character to one alt character after the other. Then, you can do an Academics session once every two weeks with a lot of Energy.
About the Adventure Journals, some of the topics will be completed anyway from the main quest. Keep track of which crossroad quests you pick. Make sure you have all Quest types active so you don’t miss any knowledge quests.
The BDO Energy Guide features 3 bonus tips:
1) Use 2x “Magic Crystals of Infinity - Energy” on idle alts for +20 Max Energy.
2) Use (Fresh) Whale Meat Salad for a temporary +10 - +20 Max Energy.
3) Read a Pearl Book Furniture to semi-afk your knowledge grind. You get 1 piece of knowledge per hour. However, you can’t swap channels unless you remove your alts from the bookshelf.
For Europe and North America, get Black Desert Online here:
www.naeu.playblackdesert.com​

[@Penemue]

⬇️ Click "Read more" below ⬇️ Websites shown in this video: bdocodex.com/us/knowledge/​ bddatabase.net/us/knowledge/ If you want to send the BDO Energy Guide to a friend (even ingame!) or post it on your guild Discord, you can use this link: bit.ly/bdo-energy-guide Useful additions from other players: - You can get extra Energy from having a lot of titles. But there are less titles than you can theoretically get to reach max Energy from titles. This explains why the cap at 629 right now (thank you Koa). - You can Gather from gatherable animal corpses, which will give you an extra chance to drop their knowledge after killing them (thank you kuki). This might also interest you: BDO: The Open Secret About Beer Nobody Is Telling You: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGGxpGeeppaSsMk BDO Gathering: "Beginner to 2000 Mastery" Guide : kzbin.info/www/bejne/bYm1ZWOddsiXsJY My BDO Daily Routine - Guru Lifeskills & Quests - 600 mil Silver / Day: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nn_GpWSQeadlZrc Update: I launched my Patreon page. Please consider supporting me so I can keep up quality & frequency: www.patreon.com/heavencleanse

[@unlmtdx]

Hello heaven, do the alt characters stop reading books after 1 hour?

[@Penemue]

@@unlmtdx yup, you'll see notifications of getting knowledge. but you still have to detach them from the books if you want to swap channels again

[@unlmtdx]

@@Penemue Thank you for answering, really helpful

[@Ash13337]

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[@primusro]

When he first mentioned Ecology I got a shiver down my spine. The game designer that concocted that part of the game should be trialed for crimes against humanity. He’s one sick bastard. Excellent guide my friend!

[@arenkai]

When I understood some knowledge would give me 3-4 energy points at once, my life changed

[@loltje]

Tip for the monster knowledge: some mobs you can use a gathering skill on after its been killed. Like getting meat/blood out of it. It will also count for getting the knowledge. Basicly double the proc.

[@gerczen1647]

You are doing an amazing job with those tutorials!

[@ivanjurisic481]

Thank you ! Your guides are extremely detailed and helpful, I hope you get the recognition you deserve, keep making these amazing videos !

[@Penemue]

Thank you, my main concern at the moment is keeping up quality and frequency. I work full-time, so it isn’t very easy. I hope this will become sustainable at some point

[@mikehyoh]

I need help in recovering my actual real life energy. Anyway, amazing content, man. Very direct and clear explanation of how things work. Keep it up

[@TheNeith92]

Thank u! Continue doing this great job!

[@jaidchenBdo]

It's insane how much better your Black Desert guides are compared to the average. Your videos are from heaven, literally.

[@alexandreleblanc9582]

criminally underliked comment

[@Qbsdkebdndnfbffbnfkdöwb]

Wow thx a lot i really needed this video 👍

[@niimmo]

Nice video! Great job Heaven :)

[@Stengerling]

I'm struggling a lot to get my energy-pool higher. This helps a lot to improve it. Thank you! :)

[@tristern394]

Great guides! Keep up the good work!

[@chielzzmew]

Ty for this great video. You leave me no choice but to sub :) Started BDO a week ago and learning a lot from your videos!

[@grayfarron5077]

Ive watched a bit of energy guides but this one is extremely well done. I think its time to go past 250!

[@poop-yi1lj]

forreal i was stuck at 200 didnt know what to do how to raise it

[@fredyyochu9408]

Hey, so much perfect guides, thank you. Regarding this one, I personally do spend a lot of time in libraries. Like literally. I mean when you discover new city or place, if there is a library, just click all shelves (and spend some energy) to get some knowledge. It is really nice imho since all are gathered in one place. Cheers !

[@kaceydillin7367]

Heaven Guide is too quality. Thanks for making such fine content ❤️

[@mickeykehoe150]

The guide it too quality, however don't overlook the description of the video. WOW ! i think i have never seen such detail in a description before. Great job heaven and thanks for giving us all these very detailed tips!

[@Penemue]

@@mickeykehoe150 if i make a script for the video, i usually upload a short version of it into the description and provide relevant links. if you've watched the video attentively, it's usually not necessary to read the full description unless there is something you want to double-check or review. do watch out for the links in the description though, please!

[@lst9701]

GREAT BDO guides AND a Lain profile pic. top tier my dude

[@Penemue]

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[@PandaPowerable]

I just started playing and man this game is deep! I think your guides are really gonna help 👍

[@Penemue]

Doing the pve efficiently has a learning curve to it ;)

[@worst1409]

Incredible! Thank you for help! I’m going to have to start sending you unreasonable amounts of PayPal! 😂

[@Conduitgene]

Awesome video I do these techniques now and I and growing much faster In BDO now

[@christophermalone6313]

Jeez. I have been playing this game since launch in my region and I never knew about the targeting feature. Haha, I always wished I could do it. Thank you.

[@ScumbagKuki]

You forgot to mention that butchering, tanning, mining, etc can give u 2nd "kill" 2nd oportunity to obtain knowledge on a monster it can be usefull on mobs that are rare or limited on the map like some beasts.

[@Penemue]

thank you, featured in the pinned comment

[@layreshv8097]

love your videos! waiting for some tamer-related video, there is nothing fresh with good quality on youtube :D

[@sempiterno3243]

Red Battlefield daily quest recovers 200 energy, if you win claim the rewards but if you keep loosing have to do 5 times Red Battlefield for 200 energy

[@TheTirty]

Wrong 1 win or 3 losses, not 5

[@Penemue]

this video is mostly about max energy. i will make a separate video on how to refill energy. i only mentioned kama blessing and turning gates because they are common buffs that have to do with the maximum energy calculation. thanks for sharing nonetheless!

[@sempiterno3243]

@@TheTirty Hahah, I thought it was like 5, because it takes for ever for me when I lose

[@ImRoosevelt]

Time to step up my Energy game

[@SuperCruzel]

@2:54 His Charname is so relatable.

[@Jaibie123]

After playing since launch and returned late last year after Hiatus since kama part 1 came out, Im glad to see that node investment affects monsters drops now. It was always rumored but nothing to back that theory up. Such a relief all that energy investment wasnt in vain :)

[@golgo6377]

Hello Heaven nice video again ! You should try adding a background music to smooth out the video. I reckon something like instrumental jazzy type of music.

[@Penemue]

i'm really bad at finding ncs music and kinda afraid that the copyright situation could change and i have to take down videos. but if you do have any artist / title suggestions, please let me know

[@MeisterWind]

great vid man! helped me a lot! but there are new cities like o'dillia or something ^^ i went there, i see the "?" on minimap but noone wants to talk to me

[@GamePois0n]

old wisdom tree is simply bugged and because so many people already rolled their workers by the time the devs noticed the bug, the devs decided to just keep it as it is.

[@JustinCrediblename]

at 6 minutes 11 seconds. that was a good one. lol =)

[@piggycrew]

5:11 Top Tips To Get More Max Energy

[@Kero282]

nice, just what i was looking for. however i was missing timestamps, other than that tho great and very helpful vid.

[@Penemue]

It didn’t fit due to character limit afaik

[@katharinasei.1807]

I am almost 100% certain that we pissed of the worker guy in Odraxxia and getting much lower rates on pro and artisan dwarfs than we get on goblins elsewhere. :)

[@cixtos]

Old Wisdom Tree has a high chance at artisan workers but you’ll need to buy lodging with pearls. At the very least consider getting 1 worker at Old Wisdom Tree. If you are low on CP there is some Noc Ore at Lake Flondor. Note that you will need the resources in the storage at Old Wisdom Tree even if you have the worker making tools in Heidel

[@cixtos]

Noc Ore can be used made into Noc Ingots which have use for alchemy stones of destruction

[@mickeykehoe150]

Thanks for another awesome video with such great detail and explanation! Do you have a discord channel? Also do you have any tips for efficient method to get pets T4 with gathering exp ?

[@Penemue]

discord.gg/jBtVNuZ my discord quite inactive, i took a youtube break in 2018 where i still played a different game and i have not relaunched it since. but you can join it already and wait for the changes i am planning to make :) for pets, it's generally a good idea to have a lot of t2 and t3 pets before you attempt t4. i don't recommend attempts any success chance that isn't exactly 100% (don't gamble and don't "overpay") if you get gathering or another skill is random. if you don't get gathering on your t4, you can still mesh another t1 pet of the same category into it, choose the appearance of your t4 and hope for the best. sometimes they sell otters, marmots and artic foxes in RNG bundles. during these sales you can preorder the pets and there is a decent chance of buying them from the central marketplace instead of spending real money. but it may take a few weeks - months before we see such a bundle again. my pets are t4 already so i do not watch it very closely

[@mickeykehoe150]

@@Penemue thanks for the explanation. I had a t4 hedgehog that didn't have gathering % I didn't know I can hit it again with a t1. Will give it a shot !! Thanks a billion

[@alisieasuki327]

went from 80 energy to 457 energy in a month, took alot of my time but I say it's worth it! also aiming to get 629 energy!

[@alisieasuki327]

anyone done "Mediah Merchants Guild" Quest? I'm trying to get "Shen Merchant Guild knowledge. Have 700+ amity with Neruda Shen and the Knowledge: Threat of the Savages Owned but it didn't unlock "Shen Merchant Guild Knowledge". Please help thank you!

[@TheTirty]

I got pissed off once that I have only like 310 energy after playing for months and went on a rampage for energy. I really need your ecology guide, I got so tired I didn't manage to do Kama/Valencia, stuck at 528, I'm happy with it but thinking about pushing it again to 600 an d never do it again Great video nonetheless!

[@Penemue]

My ecology guide will be about C - S ranks, why to go for 8k ecology and some general tips. Your problem sounds like you just need to go to Kama and Valencia and apply what I told in this video! Good luck :)

[@themrwoody1434]

Do you happen to have a 30k quest guide? I am about to start that grind, primarily for the stacks, but I really don’t quite know where to start.

[@Penemue]

not yet and it isn't a very high priority topic for me in the near future

[@koat1877]

You can get up to +8 energy from amount of titles owned. Cap should be 631. Base of 30, 593 from knowledge, and 8 from titles.

[@Penemue]

thank you for this useful reminder, i completely forgot about titles in the video. note that you can't get all titles though (some are event exclusive and the total number of attainable titles right now makes 629 the max energy afaik)

[@Penemue]

featured in the pinned comment

[@aldoard]

To my understanding. I have to either dedicate my time towards this instead of lvling to reach maax energy, or or, settle for 200-300 after a couple days of character and geographic exploration and just play the game until you run out of things to do hehe

[@Mouhaamin]

Hi! I have a question. I require a horse a bit fast relatively to the one you are using to explore faster. What do you recommend I look for when buying one. I don't require double-seat for example but do require the acceleration skill on it ect. What would you as a vet player recommend as skills and must haves in a horse ?

[@Penemue]

I’m inactive in bdo, maybe someone else can answer

[@Platzhalterxy]

451 contribution points... damn

[@sirenia755]

I'm playing a shai, I would like to know, is Heidel City, the best, is there any vacant houses in the city !.

[@paulbryan2006]

Trying the bookshelves trick again. I thought the function to switch characters while reading was removed..

[@Penemue]

if you notice that anything changed, let us know

[@paulbryan2006]

ok it still works. looks like I've been doing it wrong before. For those who didn't know, when your alt interacted with the bookshelve, swap chars like the "transporting" method. You should see a prompt that the character will read.

[@kapotjino99]

It also requires energy to perform the Lakiaro minigame, which might not be the best way to spend it - but it is possible :)

[@kapotjino99]

Also great video - being able to learn something new as an old bdo player is always much appriciated. Looking forward to your next vid!

[@Denver3D]

Knowledge on monsters should it be S or any rank is good ?

[@neverhavingfun]

6:15 Ah yes, never hurt your spouse to know more about them, the more you know 💫

[@Musaddique_MMALI]

I am done with all the characters, sea and topography but I am stuck in 1 topography. Can't find the first quest in the quest chain 😔

[@Penemue]

I hope you find it soon

[@aldoard]

Your mount is super fast! I want one how

[@acceptt7]

Nice video , any chance you can share your tamer's template?

[@Penemue]

i'm not comfortable with the idea of seeing potentially exact clones of my character running around :D glad you like her, tho

[@acceptt7]

@@Penemue np , keep up the good work !!

[@yannaedc5934]

That thumbnail hurt a little. I started a day ago and I have 31 Energy ;-;

[@jayblueneon180]

6:10 make me laugh my ass off

[@avenoctiu9795]

Please heaven tell these nublets to buy out the advanced cooking utensil market

[@Penemue]

Its not my intention to make videos that manipulate the market

[@LaggySkills]

How you get the book shelf?

[@Penemue]

Pearl shop, events or attendance. If you want to get it from the pearl shop, note that you can buy the book separately (select it below the set)

[@deenn376]

If there is one thing I hate about this game, it has to be the creators wanting me to have my PC on constantly. I mean, who does this? The exploitation of my computer is not worth it to have my workers work at all times or my energy to regenerate faster.... Especially leaving the game running when I am at work or sleeping. And I do not criticize people who do this, I just think this system could be different. Your video was helpful btw xd

[@Penemue]

If I was a publisher, I’d want to keep a stable playerbase. But inflating the population through afk mechanics and conditioning players into leaving the game on at all times isn’t the way

[@shoryuken3305]

so by your thumbnail , more energy = better costume? lol

[@PaandaP]

wait... u have 451 cp??

[@ato_6668]

Hello i want interesting about oufit ur Tamer. Sry my english is bad. Hola me interesó la ropa de tu tamer, What skin she use ? Cual skin ella tiene puesta?

[@Penemue]

se llama Cavaro (R) en ingles. lo he comprado en el mercado (gran suerte), no ha sido en el Pearl Shop por 2(?) años. no sé por que PA ya no lo venden

[@ato_6668]

@@Penemue ahhh Cavaro hahahaha okis thanks

[@Angael2011]

If you have turning gates running it won't last 10h, as you say, max duration is 3h so your calculations are a little bit off

[@Penemue]

What do you mean? I do not provide any calculation for turning gates in the video.

[@Angael2011]

@@Penemue i'm so sorry, i messed up, for some reason in example 2 i thought you were talking about kama buff AND turning gates, my bad. Will improve my listening skills in the future 🙂

[@kamiinari99]

should i make a shai or tamer for gathering ?

[@Penemue]

you shouldn't make any character specifically for gathering. you should gather on the character that's logged in the most

[@kamiinari99]

@@Penemue thank you

[@rydz1323]

Too much to take in my head popped

[@lmaocetong]

You forgot about Bonfire tool which Shai can create. Usefull to get some extra energy when you are cooking or doing processing.

[@Penemue]

Does this affect max energy?

[@lmaocetong]

@@Penemue no, only energy regen, +1 for 30 minutes.

[@Penemue]

​@@lmaocetong this video is mostly about maximum energy, i only mentioned the kama blessing and the turning gates because they are commonly used and affect how much maximum energy you should go for together with your afk time

[@lmaocetong]

@@Penemue i commonly use bonfire :P It's nice to mention, that's all.

[@chowjappa6470]

@@lmaocetong u said its 30mins??? How do u use that afk???

[@hagiym]

I feel like im too stupid for this game because i still dont understand anyting

[@Penemue]

d'aww :( i don't think i can explain it more easily than in the video

[@BriiqhtStarZ]

Wait u have 451 cp? Insane.. Did u exchange all ur byproducts for cp? Oo

[@Penemue]

no, i once misclicked and got milk

[@anirbanghosh3292]

Our guild leader has 700

[@starbucksceo2771]

Cooking video when?

[@Penemue]

i got a series about valencia meals planned, but it's quality over quantity, so please subscribe and be patient ;)

[@Rankus5150]

lol 6:11

[@NolalanD]

All it takes is to look at one hour profit from grinding (any spot ) vs beer to know you’re wasting you’re time .

[@sussy_61]

wait, so you need to turn on your PC to wait for energy to rise up??????!! what the actual fuck, i give up, I QUIT !!!!!!

[@Penemue]

Haha send this to the devs

[@sussy_61]

@@Penemue i didnt quit actually, somehow youtubers didnt tell that you can buy energy in pearl shop using loyalties

[@Penemue]

Because nobody does that unless they want to giga powerlevel Don’t know how that’s any better than leaving the pc on but you do you

[@puffpuffpanda4383]

No life people ? How tf you can play all this ch ? I not evene active in one 🗿🗿🗿

[@Penemue]

Yes life people ! Why not tf you should grind all this ch ? I quit game 2021 kk 🧚‍♂🧚‍♂🧚‍♂

[@hellorin]

12:57 P2w? 22 characters

[@eftheusempire]

Thumbnail shows 629 energy but he doesnt even have that lol

[@Penemue]

It shows 629 because it’s the current hardcap

[@chowjappa6470]

If u watch whole vid u realize 30 is starting and 629 is current cap.... awkward

[@Alapaap520]

Video too long. Tsk

[@Penemue]

Comment too rude. Tsk

[@gundarvarr1024]

OR juz buy a character who got 350+ Energy, 350 cp, 10+ character slot for $30 complete with p2w tent...lol safe my time in real life

[@aletondaX]

yeah, also don't even bother playing the game... just pay some slave to play for you, lol

[@c2xx]

Where the hell are you finding that for 30 dollars