[Black Desert] Gear Progression Overview and Guide 2023/2024

[@fadhil4008]

Man I swear this man has dedicated his life for BDO ever since I played several years ago especially during quarantine this man always the only guy who helps significantly in my journey. Though I already stopped playing

[@materwelone6026]

this is my third time getting back into the game and hes essentually black desert jesus

[@mariokhoe8851]

He used to have long hair. He is getting more handsome haha he aged well. ❤

[@jajer7450]

this and chris poli channel haha

[@derspielmann4158]

Love the Content! Looked at various other Gear Progression guides, but none explained it so detailed step by step like you did. Fantastic Job!

[@Zoro22thegod]

Levi just puts out another Banger, great video that I wish I had on the beggining. Keep it up bro!

[@stephenschroeder6567]

Thank you, Levi. This is another classic help guide. Your dedication is second to none. PA should place you on salary.

[@Bizzleberry]

Really helpful as a returning player! Thanks!!

[@AliceEvermore-bc4wj]

I'm a newbie in BDO as DK. Your video guides helped me a lot. tysm❤

[@homerocepeda7263]

Your ability to articulate yourself, build a roadmap with each video that’s both informative and easy to understand. You got my subscription and like. It would be fantastic if you had a discord I could join to be able to connect with!

[@jamesp1389]

Fresh cut dude, binge watching all your bdo lifeskilling guides! Keep up the good work.

[@House-Raviel]

Thank you for this down to earth gear progression guide! Too many others out there are just nothing burgers.

[@AlluringKeys]

Your amazing as always evil ❤ loves your content stay awesome 😊

[@techwildlife1]

I love how his character looks like him. Thank you for the awesome videos

[@mlspencer25]

Thank you! Much appreciated!

[@YourKrazyKing]

Thanks for the guide m8.

[@vorg858]

Man, you are a relief for new players i swear to god

[@socratesnotis]

You’re the man bro!!

[@cryze0965]

Really good gear guide. Only thing I would not recommend is going evasion before 700+gs. You will be better off going dr on every single class before that point. And with artors shoes it will be really easy to swap between evasion and dr later on.

[@MrReese]

7:44 the way it is right now you get that coupon to get the Fughar gift at level 10 on the season char already, so you don't even have to play that season char a whole lot. Regarding the guaranteed Jetina armor upgrades, you really should check Central Market prices for the respective parts and full items to see if it's worth doing the upgrade yourself or just buying them instead. It also needs to be said that you cannot sell the Jetina upgrades items on the CM until you make them C10 and into the Slumbering Armor (aka Fallen God) item parts. For many it might be better to just grind some silver and buy the items since the full item is cheaper than the sum of the parts needed to make them yourself.

[@arnes3418]

Do you have any info on this? Would be nice to see the numbers behind buying/making the slumbering armor gear

[@sixmonkeys4796]

Why wait so long to go Godr/Blackstar on the awakening wep tho? Even if you're Succ, the extra monster dmg applies at 100%.

[@lukas8665]

14:06 "the first upgrade isn't too bad" me looking at my 66 tries between base and pri to hit duo (the other 2 weren't so bad, but the helmet was pain)

[@EvilDoUsHarm]

RIP

[@LvnaXBL]

I accidentally used a 150 Advice of Valk on helmet. 🥲

[@Inugamiz]

I been struggling to get a main for months and last night I start a Tamer since I never touch it before... been grinding with her to 61 and didn't got bored like before.

[@pershingdoughboy]

Anyone know where to get the helm, gloves, and sub weapon mentioned after graduation?

[@stellasvartur4547]

How exactly do you make Vell's Heart exalted? Could find nothing on the net.

[@alexj835]

Great guide BUT I would not recommend c-10ing 3 pieces of armor until 285 ap. Definitely do one, but you’re going to be at Orcs, Kratuga, underwater, Centaurs for a long time and you need to hit those ap caps for max efficiency.

[@valhallagalex]

Thank you for the video, and I know this is wildly off-topic, but is there any chance you can share the Drakania preset from the last chapter of the video? She looks cute!

[@sayseriously]

Never known a KZbinr to have so many different haircuts.

[@dfred5159]

I just hate getting caphras stones.. the armors need so manyyy!

[@Scholar90]

tbh going for awakening godr duo weapon gonna be better then pen dande, since duo godr has higher stats and also more moster AP

[@AmeliaRomanov]

I'm personally going for full blackstar since I can afford to do up to 3 a day I have ample black stone mats for a full tri run on all of my 24 characters

[@Cilantr00]

In the Pen boss reward what do you recommend that we get?

[@TheSonSet]

Im scared to graduate my character cuz I worked hard to get him to level 61 but I want the tet bs for my main who’s only level 60. I also don’t know what to do with my gear cuz … it’s pen Tuvala but idk 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@kyroz..]

Why do you recommend other Fallen God armors first over Ator's shoes? Since the shoe is new and most expensive fallen god piece, wouldn't it be the best to upgrade it first to Reform 5 and then get it with Urugons C10? I'm new that's why asking. Edit: nvm, he said it wasn't out in NA at that time.

[@noanswers8409]

Thank you for the guide! QQ: are Tuvala accessories all about buying it for stones and spamming enchant until pen? Is it the only source of obtaining it? In current season rewards i see only one stone tet->pen...

[@EvilDoUsHarm]

yes, spamming them is the main method... you can skip them if you want to make a few season characters instead as they have worse stats than the pen capotia accessories you get from graduation and afk fishing

[@noanswers8409]

@@EvilDoUsHarm thanks for the clarification!

[@HeavenRoadV]

That 62 quest gives TRI not PEN no?

[@gundarvarr1024]

How to Reform Kutum to R4?

[@XAquilaLOLLOSA]

just a question, regardless of choosing DR over EVA and the like, isn't it better to go for as much ap as possible, while still giving a little something to dp, in order to hit those spots that are more rewarding?

[@mikebytheway]

yes

[@falsie.]

If you want to stay on a certain spot. Go with DP then if you want to move to another spot go with AP. I just notice this ap doesnt matter in a certain spot but dp does.

[@Berniz123]

fughar doesn't have the quests when I get tuvala to TRI anymore :/

[@thecursedcometh5499]

When you complete seasons after the first one (I just graduated a second time), are you unable to exchange tuvala for boss gear with jetina again? If so, am I just stuck with pen tuvala on that character until I can grind silver?

[@EvilDoUsHarm]

Only one exchange with Jetina yes... however you can use the gear tag function to create a copy of the gear whenever you want on any other character

[@thecursedcometh5499]

@@EvilDoUsHarm gotcha, thank you

[@Abyss_Odessy]

Yoo how you get hair like that on the game

[@jandenzelvicta9724]

Hi, somewhat new to midgame player here, so a DP beyond 400 is not that beneficial anymore and not worth getting? Just want to clarify?

[@mikebytheway]

401 is the highest cap, so after that you're not getting any more of the % damage reduction, but you are still getting the benefit from the additional DP. Going above 401 is much smaller gains, but you still are getting benefits.

[@jandenzelvicta9724]

@@mikebytheway my guildies also said the same thing, so beyond 401, which should I focus then?

[@aviv123654]

Hey, how can I donate to you? your guides help me so much I want to give something back!

[@Thequietkid209]

when did rngjesus cut his hair?

[@MrEntertainment22]

Is the game still worth it? Im comming from console ps5 but its dead and performance sck. 680 gs is it worth to start all over on PC?

[@EvilDoUsHarm]

PC is so much better than console, but 680 gs is probably going to take you several months to a year to re-aquire depending on how hardcore of a player you are.

[@Slavikqt]

Aaaaand there is no reason to graduation before u farm all items for jetina quests and some money for real gs upgrade, cos u still will farm something like centaurs and other low ap spots, but also time filled black stones - free fale stacks Donno, why does nobody say this in any guide after season change to permanent

[@iHelderScrolls]

Wondering the exact same thing, also don't we have higher XP/Drop rates % on Season servers? That would give us more money even on those low AP zones

[@MadBlod07]

which quest line give the Billions of $$$???

[@96Dooder]

Ikr

[@angeluslul2118]

Someone told me its not worth it to reform more than one item to pen? is that true? this guide is saying something else now ..im confused.

[@captainbruno8273]

I was also told this, but you can always do the math, second reform costs more than the first it may or may not be worth it. The cost of the boss gear might be different in some servers

[@nightangel6868]

You should always reform 1 weapon and 1 armor. The 2nd one depends heavily on the market. Also keep in mind that over a period of several years, the vendor items will stay at same price, while everything else in BDO is affected by inflation.

[@angeluslul2118]

@@nightangel6868 Im just really confused cause he reformed them all

[@nightangel6868]

@@angeluslul2118 You cant see the reform level anywhere. He used caphras stone levels, not Jetina reforming. All the items he mentioned you can buy straight from market, but the cheapest way is to use the quests he mentioned.

[@angeluslul2118]

@@nightangel6868 okay, im gonna reform one with the quest and i buy the rest straight out of the market, i guess thats the cheapest.

[@LoneKuroRaifu]

Hey. Just wanna say thanks for making all these guides. Each time I come back to this game Im lost as all hell but your literally my first stop to see where I can start up again. Also just restarted on console. Anything generally different I should worry about when switching over?

[@falsie.]

You should probably go play in PC version much better than console. But PA just recently notice console and giving love into it. But i recommend playing in PC

[@LoneKuroRaifu]

@@falsie. I would but for some reason PA stopped me from using the Pearl shop for some reason so now they ask for very personal info I have no interest in giving, so its why I switched over to console. Thanks for the suggestion though

[@a_mega_pint1792]

Its really weird, i have totally different stats, actually far lower AP than you have in the respective stage of your garmoth showcase, despite being OMEGA lucky on my first BS weapons that went PEN after 3 taps. I have the same accessories and even vells heart before you recommend it and still i have lower stats than you do. I dont understand 🤔

[@seline9857]

You lost me at 20b gear . Dunno what you guys do that but I can’t see how you get that amount of silver on console ( btw new player at 550 score) . Progress feels really slow after graduation

[@EvilDoUsHarm]

Ahh, console is a few years behind the PC version of the game. At this point 2 years ago, 20 billion was quite the grind... on PC that's about 40 hours (or less...) of grinding now.

[@seline9857]

@@EvilDoUsHarm That really makes sense then . I fixed a bit my rotations and buffs during farming but all I did was to boost my silver per hour at 350m ( mines ) . Btw I see some people loot x3 . I’m using loot scroll ( the blue one 100% ) but I only get x2 . Am I doing something wrong ? ( I have 5 pets 2 - lvl 3 and 3 - lvl 1)

[@epictcg4424]

Wish he talk a bit more about the soft cap. But since he is talking about straight buying it from marketplace so its fine. Also the higher ap and dp youre at you make more silver. You can honestly make 1b in hour if you include everything. Cause you can get 500m to 700m grinding. And your other things add up such as daily log in and the dice 🎲 board etc. Your workers too. So honestly I reccomend 2 hour a day on the game to gurantee 1 billion silver. Its much easier than you think 😂 and of course if you grind for more hours than you get gear faster.

[@HAayahHi]

This actually helped me a lot thank you. My only question is where are the grind spots to get that much silver for non-season chars?? I’m on console so it’s obvi going to be much less but it’s still hard to find the info anywhere without having to binge watch tutorials that might not talk about it

[@epictcg4424]

@@HAayahHi Honestly, I dont know how far the content for console has got but I know that if you're low ap and dp, and you want 700m-800m you can do agris grind on Histria, Aakman, Centuarus, Kratuga, Jade star light forest, or Sycria underground with no agris but Yellow loot scroll. And if you're strong enough then about all elvia grind are good but Orcs and Primal giants are the best. And Orcs elvia is where most people are stuck at because its simply the best grind spot until you can do the end game grind.

[@SomeGuy-x5x]

I swaer love the channel, but I hate how easy he makes it sound... technically wat he said is correct, but in practice. Well it's a completely different story....

[@ArishaOfficialMe]

First

[@holdonL]

boss weapons are trash for pve as well as reforming them to lvl5. reform only 1 armor piece and not the weapons. just buy godr or bs weapons im playing the game for a couple of months and seeing you recommend those things is wild for me. youre are a veteran man wtf...

[@seththornton7320]

Na market place is like the real market everything so over fucken price for no reason

[@Anomalyy666]

Why is market soo shitty? Plus a lot of things are out of stock

[@kylevanderwolf4446]

Must find a way to get silver. Grinding doesn’t net me like anything lol

[@captainbruno8273]

Not hating, but the 761 build is not realistic, you won't be getting PEN fallen god gear and why do you still have a capotia ring on that build

[@manofthesuperchat5238]

If you mean the "761" from 17:32, that's not 761, it's 701. You can see he didn't actually click on the "nuclear option" and instead clicked on the build #6. The actual nuclear option is shown at 18:28.

[@morrisseyisgodfact]

to much

[@Tory-JJ]

All these guides never mention how many hour's of grinding and where to grind They just talk about gear Oh just get a peb blackstar with 300 stacks Oh just get duo fallen god and tet disto and pen jetina armor and acessory. Not one guide talks about the literal thousands of hours. This game has zero respect.for youe time.

[@WonderfulWino]

Let me paint this scenario for you. New player makes season char and instead of learning how the game works is just given loads of shit endlessly. Same new player doesnt very much like the season class they played so makes a new class. A non-season class. Enjoys the 2nd class and turns in that gear for the free narch gear. Same new player now makes a 3rd alt, gets to 56 and now has absolutely no gear besides the garbage naru shit. And not one youtube video adresses this shit. WHERE THE FUCK DOES A NONSEASON CHAR GET GEAR?! No one fucking addresses this.

[@Butcherbg]

I actually came up with a comment... And it is a ~negative one (people don`t hire me because of the negativity of my reality... except when it is expected to be negative, than it becomes positive, because two negatives do positive, but it`s still not their expectations so I still don`t get hired anyway... and soon that will become ~the real scary and unpleasant for me... ah dear life...) But at least in this video I don`t think Stones will fall of the sky over me or something... stones will not fall of the sky over me ~right? Anyways >the negative comment< is >negative< towards what the video >Depicts< and not you or how it`s made (those I like... in a completely straight male way) I >do not< like how my 6 years in BDO can be done >betterlowereveryone< (that can do it) an for those that can`t... well I hate to announce it since it harms me a lot... but it`s natural >selection< for a reason... it have to separate "elements" to those that ~continue forward (wherever forward is) and those that ~"stay behind" (as in do not go forward where the rest are...)

[@mikebytheway]

need some cheese to go with all this whine ?

[@Angina272]

I dont really understand who picks one of the most complex game/sandbox on market and at the same time asking for gear progression guide. or asking for powerlevel/leech from lvl 10 to 56. or asking most simple questions all the time in global chat, where answers are on item descriptions or takes 2 seconds to google. or (and this one i can see like 100 times per day) "where to grind at 2xx ap" where there is literally simple interface ingame telling the grind zone info. or this one, which i love the most, asking other people "which class should i play". what is the point ... Dont get me wrong, from time to time, i ask questions too (and i play since EU/NA start), but only after i am unable to find answers anywhere else, game can be pretty complex oin some areas. But come on, gear progression guide ? There is not really much stats on gear and prices can be seen on central market ...

[@nightangel6868]

People don't know how to get those items and don't know how much silver you get in what areas. Even if you know how much ap you need for a specific zone, there are so many zones that you get choice paralysis. So they want to know which is best to farm for most silver. Also it depends on your class because some specific zones are very good for specific classes, while other zones are very bad for your specific class. The complexity of this game and the skill cap is huge compared to the majority of other games.