[Black Desert] Caphras Stone / Ancient Spirit Dust Guide for Beginners / New Players

[@thegasworks9269]

I just recently started playing BDO again and just wanted to say that your guides have been the most helpful of all! I felt so lost trying to get back into it but your videos have been an amazing resource. Thank you so much and keep up the great work

[@drewtillett8448]

I'm in the same boat @theGASworks best luck to the both of us👍thanks to this guy we aren't stupid.

[@melvinvaillant-perez9031]

As a week old player i have to agree these guides carried me to safe route in bdo

[@cragzuk]

As a new player to BDO, this seems to be the only guy that does easy to follow and in depth guides. All other tuber guides go about it like everyone knows most of what they are talking about. Cheers Evil.

[@lexeena]

I started bdo a week ago and I cannot stress how much your videos have helped me

[@5CHENTE]

Commenting for the cheeky algorithm. Godspeed you magnificient beast.

[@TheNotoriousBizz]

Godspeed Spider man

[@florinpopa7226]

I don't think i have found a video this helpful for BDO!!! It's crazy how some people explain some things in this game so poorly..... but with your videos have been insanely easy to understand and is so thoroughly explain that I finally feel like I understand the game ^^ You are an absolute legend and keep up with the amazing videos

[@BarrettsWorkouts]

"Instead of using the one that you tap for failstacks and makes you cry" - The perfect description of BDO upgrading system

[@jmhmikey]

Youre amazing as always! Ive avoided this subject for so long and i super appreciate the video!

[@RomanKrivocheev]

Thanks for the guide! Really like the fact you don't have tons of items on the inventory, and go over different concepts, so its really easy to follow you up. Keep it up! :)

[@ollyshuteye1982]

Ah...being BDO Jesus must truly be weighing on your soul.

[@radlad5999]

ikr that headband or whatever it is on his head makes it look like a crown of thorns.

[@bryanadams2683]

Thanks for posting this video. They are dropping on console soon only to level 5 but it's pretty exciting to see how it works.

[@13lckr]

I don't know what time zone you're in if you play on NA, but if you're scheduling videos to release at 6AM CST and you're awake to answer comments, I salute your sleep schedule. Good content as always, keep it up. :)

[@EvilDoUsHarm]

I schedule videos for middle of the day Europe. It's actually my biggest audience. But I am up right now, I have work lol

[@ackla861]

Thanks ! I returned to Bdo after 4 years, i was selling those because of lack of knowledge about what to do with them and market price. So now I know it's a good thing to keep them :)

[@KingJerbear]

Simply the best BDO channel on the internet. I stay spamming your channel name in Server chat when people have questions. It literally turned BDO from a game I felt clueless and gave up on, to feeling like I'm quite knowledgeable for a newer player. Appreciate everything you do. Keep it up! - Jeremy

[@eftheusempire]

Also look up bladeboques

[@nonope4072]

Definitely appreciate your videos. They have been helping me progress my characters exponentially faster.

[@firefly5677]

Simply the best bdo guides. Thanks for helping me get ready for caphras coming to console this month

[@joshscott7401]

I’ve been binging your stuff. It seems to be a trend to say how informative your stuff is. Your stuff is very informative. :)

[@haldir1991]

You're giving me 80s training videos vibes with your haircut today guuurl ! :P (I love all your videos and guides btw !) :)

[@purpletroy6372]

TY Again for the simplicity you bring to my BDO life.

[@kingtdot9136]

I played 4 years ago on xbox release im just coming back to the game and these videos help alot!

[@EvilDoUsHarm]

Glad they help!

[@justynh5447]

Thank you for all the guides and content!

[@rambot1669]

Even though i just started playing you’re videos helped my alot! Like first day i went from 17k to 200m and im almost done with seasonal push almost to endgame still need to mid max but you’ve earned a sub!

[@ManshiSoul]

Great video levi, can u make full guide of evila realm like what gear we need, what solo spots, mechanics, trash loot, what accs we get . Hopefully u consider doing it

[@DWoyster12]

Thanks again bud! You like an walking BDO library! :D Keep it up, I subscribed already awhile ago ^^

[@Sourballen]

Hello, thanks for the guide but i want to ask you something. This may be a stupid question to ask, but can you make a video or can you explain what to do in BDO with friends ?? I just started playing, and now im wondering about that question

[@Grokarr]

worth mentioning, that using cron stones while enhancing doesnt effect your caphras level when you upgrade and in failure, you get caphras xp.

[@SABER_Knight-King]

Hey man returning player here & I'm trying tto figurre the game again after over 3 years that I haven't played at all, can you plz explain what you mean when you say that you we can get caphras exp if we fail an enchant with cron stones?

[@juanc.lucena4062]

The BDO goat. Thanks so much for everything you do fam I'm a new player and thanks to you it's been a whole lot easier to understand this games mechanics instead of being confused by the overwhelming amount of stuff you can do. 😆 Love the game so far, just think it's very misleading and grimmy that you can't actually obtain the main outfit the characters wear when you're choosing them unless you buy it off the pearl shop or the marketplace if you're rich and lucky 😆

[@kaceydillin7367]

Console players get Caphras this month!! So not only is this helpful for new players, but a nice refresher for us that play on Console.

[@Kaspisify]

Love your videos, and your voice is just amazing. Can listen to you and impansy forever.

[@spartaragekick6202]

good vid i feel more like a not sooo noob player no more...haha...ur vids rlly help us noobs out BIG TIME...do a great job for the BDO community...keep up the good wrk....ur vids r simple & to the point...this game can be sooo overwhelming for a noob...these vids help break dwn that learning curve upgrading barrier....cuz when u have a game that requires soooo much resources to upgrad w/u no its gonna be competative & complicated...cuz devs designed it that way....2b sooo overwhelming....& u as a seasoned player...bring ur vast knowledge to the new BDO community w/its still growing new players out there....

[@Jab7kO]

Your videos are really good mate ;) Really helps!

[@OwlishGeorge]

Thanks again, these videos are always so helpful.

[@nathanpurss4582]

Thank god, I have about 300 caphras stones but had no idea wtf I use them for. Thanks :D

[@EvilDoUsHarm]

You can give them to me if you want

[@nathanpurss4582]

@@EvilDoUsHarm Nooo :( I love your videos man, I find myself watching ones I have no interest in (game-wise) just because of how you explain things

[@jeliarra]

Would love to know how to open the damn "equipment" window. Using a controller and it is giving me the blues. Maintenance today, taking time to learn as a new player. You know Levi, my brain HURTS! Too much! PLEASE Sir, if you've covered those of us that only wish to be BDO "Lifer's" would ya tell me the title of the video so I can watch? THANK YOU so much for these videos! HUGE help for this new player!

[@tribalwarfair3221]

No one ever mentions that you get capras levels in your gear from failed cron attempts, it's literaly one of the most unknown things in this game. So when you are using crons for TET attempts ALWAYS CHECK THE CAPHRAS EXTRACT!!!

[@GummyJeff]

whoa good catch! i was about to use some crons

[@tribalwarfair3221]

@@GummyJeff yea, you get 5% of crons spent, so if you use 1000 crons you'll get 50 caphras.

[@GummyJeff]

@@tribalwarfair3221 if i use 10 crons will i get 1 caphras back? for green gear TRI attempts.

[@tribalwarfair3221]

@@GummyJeff possibly, not to sure on that one. I usually use like 700 for PEN boss.

[@JoshTheFlyGuy]

Didn’t even watch the video yet but I love you anyways bro

[@bratniadusza480]

Thank you for the great info

[@NekoNeko88]

ty. you on of the best channels for this game for the english community.

[@So_Wan]

Praise the Black Spirit God that EvilDoUsHarm makes great videos !!! Was waiting this one ! 😂

[@guecemi2714]

if i spend caphras on a tet equip and then enchant it to pen do i keep the caphras level? or i lose them?

[@thomascriviera5779]

I have played BDO for just 88 hours (Lahn main, lvl 55) and I think over 60 percent of the game is too much for me to comprehend(I look it up, and it either works the way I read it, or it does not at all), yet I still like the game. But Carphas stones, does it only work for gear above TRI level? Or does it also work for +15 gear? And as for AP Brackets. Does that mean enemies scale with your AP? Or is that only related to upgrading weapons with Carphas stones? As I have a Liverto Crestent Pendulum (+15) and a Krea Noble Sword (+14) (Total AP 126(I have Gear that also increases AP stat) But I struggle to kill everything with an Optimal AP 80-100 and above. (Mainly when they magnetize towards me in large numbers, it might be the class that is not useful for crowd fighting(or me who is shyte), but as I said, I probably only understand 30 or 40% percent of the game.) Also, I am close to lvl 56. But I don't know what is better for Lahn, Awakening, or Succession. Do you have insight on what's better? I think I want to go with Awakening, but I have scrambled information about it, so I want to hold off to make the decision. Thank you very much for the info about the Carphas stones :) (it got me a little confused tbh, but that is not from your explanation, it is mainly the depth of the game and how little is actually explained while you're at it in-game. You need to find it on wiki's, Codex's and KZbin and that kinda puts me off of using that feature if I cannot find understandable information or if I think I do not need it without even looking into it because it is "another cog in a massive machine". I have PDD-NOS and being overwhelmed and underprepared by all those cogs, but being forced to use them isn't fun or encouraging(I dunno how others with the same issue as me work it out) oddly enough the fighting, living(without cooking etc) and base upgrading of gear is enjoyable.) To round my comment off: Do you have any tips for 'someone' like me? (Thank you in advance :)

[@EvilDoUsHarm]

I'm at work so hard to respond to all of this! But lahn info: discord.gg/nRBXMtW That's the lahn discord, it has answers to anything you could want about that class, as well as gear upgrades and guides.

[@bigmrd27]

For the AP you can do the main quest further until you reach lvl 56 and there's oasis event where you can get decent gear for almost free while the event last.. just find oasis vendor ellie NPC (usually near Stable).

[@jinhangtan6627]

Succ is better for pve(endgame spots) Awakening better for pvp since you get a ranged grab. If you struggle with killing things I suggest getting lv56 and getting oasis gear from the oasis vendor for a small boost as it isn’t worth using caphra stones until tet level gear. The other option is to make a seasonal character if you haven’t already and get a free pen capotia. For optimizing skill usage in pve check up on lahn discord. This channel has info on all the seasonal content if you need to look at it.

[@thomascriviera5779]

@@EvilDoUsHarm Thank you for your time and information! :)

[@thomascriviera5779]

@@jinhangtan6627 I do have Oasis boxes ready, and I have the complete set of Naru weapons and armor, but my above mentioned weapons are better then the Naru weapons atm. I have not played PVP yet and am not planning either😅 so I'll take your advice to hart. I will check out the discord. :) Thank you for your advice :)

[@dreamfar3399]

Good info for the upcoming caphras update for console

[@Pixiwish]

Thanks for this video! Very helpful

[@fenicitta11]

Thank you for all your pretty guides

[@ThePaulopineda]

Thank you, this helped the newbie me.

[@ItsQkaisen]

What settings are you using to make your game look so nice?

[@isacl1ment]

So often I wonder how in the world did people play this game before your guides... XD You always give me extra inventory room. I get stuff, I keep it because I know it's important for something (no idea what), I see one of your videos, use it... aha! more room for a ton of other crap I have no idea how to use and what for! XD

[@DCHasso]

You are so helpful! Thank you

[@carlbatac6705]

Can you do from nodes to workshop. You can get lumbers and directly to put it to workshop. Right? Like advance cooking and beds.

[@quickesttiger5603]

Heya Evil,why I cannot use caphras stone on Boss gear? I have already Dandelion awakened IV weapon(with III reforming stone) .. i want to improve it to higher stats,thanks for explanations

[@thrithgolden2748]

Do the Caphras journal, please! 🙏🤗😍

[@chrisjacobs6773]

So helpfully! Tysm :)

[@secretface6053]

i cant put them in my season awk boss gear dandelion tet, why ?

[@themrwoody1434]

So you the other day in O’Draxxia. Don’t see many celebs around. I’m working on c9 armors and c14 kutum so I need all the caphras please.

[@nochoise4041]

So for this, im just leaving it here... I am new to this game, started with the season, checked ur YT channel, very helpfull btw. But, after some days of playing i got the sense of to many restriction, for example, this is a paid game, i Paid for this game, so i expect to get content in it, i get the microtransaction for keeping and updating a game, WOW has its montly fine. I get to the point: Why are there so many appearence restrictions for example: Helmet not showing, not talking about skin, the normal 1, why are there so many armor with the same Skin? Why is there a restriction for not allwoing me to choose a Girl Warrior and many many more... last Question: Would u really recommend playing this game?

[@s1l3ntmagic]

Thanks for the guide

[@dezmon99]

Hey bro I can't find a single video on how too put caffers into my gear thanks for the info but not helpful too me

[@ornatehammer661]

The AP bracket gives the bonus if I only hit that bracked with the awakening ap but the pre-avakening ap are way behind? Like if I have 269 awk ap i will get the bonus for 269 AP bracket on the awakening ap?

[@humanoidtyphoon707]

Another one*dj khalid voice*, thanks g

[@itachi9786]

Why we can't upgrade black stars with caphras? What should we use instead?

[@Scp_1147_keter]

Is there a knowledge requirement to make caphras stones?

[@maximciprian4789]

very helpful,thanks.

[@belle4449]

Is there a map like Somethinglovely.net/bdo where you can input multiple items you need to see where you put workers on a node or it gives you areas to harvest and the site gives you the most efficient way to get the items/nodes for workers?

[@manneypeters2285]

Why no one make a video of locations of items? Sometimes we just need a simple short video of LOCATIONS!!!! When farming locations are important. So can you please put out a video of stone, plants and best fishing spots. Thank you😊.

[@thomashaynes9487]

very helpful thankyou

[@eftheusempire]

Personally i prefer incrementally progressing through the game rather than grabbing 4 piece grunil early on and farming the same things for soooooo long to get boss armor asap. People say its a waste and inefficient to make small upgrades but in a game like this where grinding is life you need to combat your burnout at the same time. So i prefer small upgrades that get me to the next higher area that I can grind. This also helps to build my s knowledge along the way so yeah people might be stronger than me but i have way more knowledge and in the end im gonna be at the highest levels with the highest knowledge getting hella good drops while people are going back to farm their knowledge up because they slept on how important that actually is. Imo

[@tarb1320]

Great Video!!

[@emptylibrito6787]

You can't use them on blackstar gear either, right?

[@EvilDoUsHarm]

Not on blackstar either, that is correct.

[@kanerider1690]

if I caphra a TET piece then PEN it does the caprha enchancements stay?

[@vantagremory3821]

why does this come at the perfekt moment... always

[@aaronclay4665]

does all this apply to the console version of the game? and also do you know where gift codes are for console? i see a bunch of ones but hey are always for pc not for console

[@EvilDoUsHarm]

This one should work on console, you got the caphras update roughly 8 months ago. garmoth.com/settings has all the codes, use that site and select C-NA for your region. It should show console relevant info then.

[@stereoNES]

good stuff!

[@tribalwarfair3221]

Don't forget that you receive 5% of cron's used for enhancment. So it's actually beneficial to dump caphras into TET as well as cronning it. Also don't forget to remove the caphras occasionally and sell them if you want another free pen attempt for every 5 attempts.

[@SABER_Knight-King]

Can you explain what you wrote in your reply in manner that even a beginner can understand for what are you talking about because I have the impression that you are saying something important here but my knowledge is very limited atm & I can't grasp the meaning of what you wrote :P

[@tribalwarfair3221]

@@SABER_Knight-King Cron stones protect your enhancement attempts. Caphras stones enhance the caphras level of gear. When you use CRON stones to protect the enhancement attempt on TET gear, like weapons or armor you get 5%of the cron stones used towards the items CAPHRAS level. So if the item required 1000 cron stones to protect it and it fails, that TET item will now have 50 caphras stones in it. You can remove caphras stones and re sell them and ultimately purchase more cron stones for more protected attempts. Also, if you succeed at the enhancement such as TET -> PEN you lose all caphras levels. In short. If you are using cron stones to protect your gear always always always remove the caphras stones if it fails or else you will waste them when you do succeed. Hope this helps.

[@SABER_Knight-King]

@@tribalwarfair3221 So you get 5% of the total crone stones you used in caphras stone only when your enchant fail? if your enchant succeed you get nothing at all?

[@tribalwarfair3221]

@@SABER_Knight-King only when you fail. If you succeed, well you get the next level item. Also note, when you have caphras stones in an item, let's say 100, you retain 10% of your total caphras into the next item. So a TET with 100 caphras stones will turn into a PEN with 10, this will not stack with the 5% cron mechanic TET attempt with 1000 crons used will not turn to a PEN with 5 caphras upon success. (5% of 1000 crons = 50 caphras 10% of 50 caphras = 5 caphras.)

[@SABER_Knight-King]

@@tribalwarfair3221 So in short best way of action is to always extract all your caphras stone before each attempt & to also do the same on each failed attempt with crone stones, right?

[@aaronx5929]

Thank you god bless

[@Jeepod]

Omfg. I've been selling caphras and dust on the market to get my silver count high while leveling my first character... almost 1B saved up at level 50. but no more stones xD

[@devils7495]

can you do a vid about the mass of pure magic

[@rista5230]

is there a resson I can't use caphras stones on my boss TET gear?

[@jeffrey778]

what happens to my cap levels if i go enhance a tet gear to pen? do i lose the levels?

[@firedropper797]

Ty every helpful

[@kenpachimuay5627]

the best way to go if u got tet armor and want to caph to be able to tank stronger mob are caph to lvl3 only will for me that is.

[@rmp0708]

You didn't hit on this but maybe you did that on purpose but what about when using cron stones during your enhancing? I think it reduces the loss of caphras as well when you succeed/fail

[@sokolshala485]

Always take caphras out before upgrading otherwise its just just dumb(we have all done it accidently)

[@rmp0708]

@@sokolshala485 I understand that but what about when upgrading with Cron Stones? Is the loss still that substantial or does it affect it at all?

[@EvilDoUsHarm]

Yes if it succeeds, you lose most of the caphras. If it fails you gain a few. It's still not worth doing, too much risk

[@ryanmichaelhaley]

I wish I had seen this before selling all of my caphras, black stones, and dust

[@rougedjabb7329]

is weapons that have been forged with Cahpras stones can be sold ?

[@EvilDoUsHarm]

You can remove the caphras then sell the weapon as outlined in this video

[@IJuniperI]

This guy should really ask for sponsor ship from bdo web sites lol, nice vid

[@EvilDoUsHarm]

I'm a strong independent youtuber who don't need no sponsor

[@agod7212]

thanks

[@mentormentat]

Ah you forgot to tell that if you attempt to enhance with Cron stones but fail, Caphras stones would be generated and applied to the gear you failed. So eg. you attempt PEN for TET gear with Crons but failed. Some Caphras would be applied to the gear piece and before you attempt again you want to extract Caphras (like for this example 29 or so Caphras would be extracted). It is a meme in the community that Crons are actually Caphras generators...

[@SABER_Knight-King]

Returning player here, thx a lot for your very helpful reply but I wanna ask you something, I understood very well what you said but since as you said when you fail an enchant a fixed number of caphras added to your gear why you suggest to extract them after each try before we do a new attempt to enchant our gear? can't we keep getting more & more caphras as long we keep using cron stones on each attempt & just extract them only if we decide to attemp without cron stones?

[@mentormentat]

@@SABER_Knight-King Because in the next try if you succeed, you will lose (if I remember correctly a percentage of) Caphras that you didn't extract. Also a small note, this doesn't apply to Black Star gear since you can not Caphras them.

[@Kharabish]

what is the gear item ??

[@artaizen1613]

3:39 I learned the hard way when trying to TRI my loggia gathering tool. frickin 40% but failed like 6 times, at one point I was... isn't it cheaper just to buy it.... oh no one is selling it lol... F

[@Cindercrown]

I didn't know this game had a Drop Information menu... Wow.

[@ethan-youtubetips8960]

Nice guide Evil. Thumbs up from a fellow creator 😅

[@nateg.6435]

I play this on xbox I have been watching some of your guides not as lost but still lost

[@jeffreyarena6199]

Lol now I wanna make a toon that actually looks like me.

[@douevendjent3125]

Console listen up! Thank you.

[@charlesulsurf3394]

I had nightmares of having fs of 400 and still failed to pen ;'(

[@bruced.1537]

I don't understand what he is trying to explain between the tri and the tet. Yes you gain 12 accuracy but would you not be able to get that 12 accuracy if you use your caphra stone on the tet?

[@bruced.1537]

Explain it to me like i am a 5 years old. Quite new at the game

[@aquariusnleo]

Works on PS4

[@DeathWolfSaint]

Levi! =D

[@Cykelmyggen_]

Black desert warlord

[@nabismith8023]

we don't have those at all on console. believe me i tried....

[@EvilDoUsHarm]

Your caphras update comes in a few weeks

[@AmIWrong213]

The tri being better at caph 19 is just because the tet was at caph 0 lol

[@Muphet]

that explains why i lost AP after i failed pen kzarka. facepalm