Black Desert Online [BDO] Bartering Guide (valid 2022)

[@Boom923]

Nice guide! As someone who has over 21k barter exchanges, I have some suggestion. 1. Having multiple alts and ship is a key to success. 1 in Hakoven, 1 in Crow Merchant in Magoria, 1 in Port Ratt, and 1 in Oquilla's Eye to accept/turn in dailies. A quick 5 min log in is worth so much more than 40min afk sailing. 2. The only trade around Valencia trade that is worth time is Hakoven. It'll save you much much time if you have an alt there just for Hakoven 3. When trading for materials, ONLY go for the multiple ones. Ex: 1 for 3 or 1 for 2. The 1 for 1 trade is never worth it.

[@dko3242]

Can you make a video on this? As a newer player it's a bit unclear to me how you transfer over things to your alt in Hakoven, Magoria, etc.

[@SoFasT99]

@@dko3242 use transport

[@catherineliu3413]

How do you transport the items out into margoria? Your alt won’t be able to receive the items since there’s no storage out there

[@shepard77]

@@catherineliu3413 Magnus quest line, finish it and storages are shared.

[@Eli_Aura]

This is hands down the best bartering guide on KZbin. Finally everything is explained clearly. Thank you!

[@imPansy]

Thanks Shiro, glad I could help :) Feel free to reach out here or on discord if you have any questions!

[@Vermagus]

I agree

[@imPansy]

2021 update: The only thing that changed after releasing this video is the Barter Refresh mechanic explained here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bYWbpaN-iM10mMk Time Stamps: 0:00 Start 00:57 : Section 1: Introduction to Bartering 02:13 : Section 2: The Great Expedition Questline 03:28 : Section 3: Bartali Sailboat - How to Upgrade To Epheria Sailboat/Frigate - How to Upgrade Epheria's to Improved Epheria 07:06 : Section 4: Bartering Basics 13:14 : Section 5: Caravel & Galleass - Crow's Nest Dailies - Materials Required for Caravel and How to get them! - Materials Required for Galleass and How to get them! 16:17 : How to get Verdant Blackstones 20:50 : Section 6: Sailors - How to hire a Sailor. - The best Sailors to use. 23:49 : Section 7: Bartering after Upgrade - How to Enhance Caravel/Galleass Gears! - How I like to choose my Bartering Routes. - How you make money by bartering. 34:58 : Section 8: Illiya & Ancado Harbor - Storage for your Bartering goods. - The Best way to do Crow Coin run's to Havoken Island / Ancado Harbor Area. 39:07 : Section 9: Remember Your Dailies - Why you should do your Oquilla's Eye Dailies. 40:07 : Section 10: Tips & Tricks - Useful Tips & Tricks!

[@225lilmarkie]

Wow they sure did make us have to do a lot for a a ship upgrade lol. I see the why they did it for the base version but for the upgrade too lol. They really reaching at this point 😂

[@Tomekeeper]

What an excellent guide, and fresh even. Very much appreciated! Clear the whole way through how to get upgraded and bartering.

[@imPansy]

Glad you enjoyed it, Tome!

[@amylongfield9650]

I started bartering the other day after making my improved epheria sailboat and I'm so excited to get my caravel. Loving this chill lifeskill and this video helped me learn how to convert it into money!

[@imPansy]

I’m glad to hear. It keeps getting better as you upgrade your ship/ ship gear. Good luck!

[@rohanphilip665]

This was a phenomenal guide, my friend! I'm new to BDO and absolutely love all the life-skilling. I've wanted to get into bartering, but it seemed a bit overwhelming initially, but you did such a great job of breaking it all down! I've subscribed and I look forward to when you get your carrack!

[@imPansy]

thanks Rohan! Im glad I could help :) I was in the same boat, there were other guides which were decent but I kept getting overwhelmed as well so I really wanted to break it down. Best of luck in your bartering career, feel free to reach out if you have any questions!

[@rohanphilip665]

@@imPansy Thank you! I will certainly let you know how my bartering adventure goes! First stop is doing the questline!

[@napolinguyen6395]

'Explore' Whenever you can! You get quests for ship material and chance at rare items that can be sold for 50M!

[@Chiefmummy]

Thanks you absolute legend, i just got into sailing and this is extremely useful

[@ArchangelHornet]

Wow, just wow. Such a well made video, thank you very much for this. Shared it in our guild's discord.

[@imPansy]

Thanks man, I appreciate it. Glad I could help!

[@MrCorvou]

Hands down the best bartering guide I've seen so far. And quite honestly one of the best BDO guides I've ever seen on KZbin. Keep up the good work man.

[@goodgameiraklasopgg6728]

I already make about 1 bill per day from bartering but this was a great guide! Thumbs up

[@imPansy]

Thanks man! I appreciate it

[@MrLazyleader]

How do you make 1b a day? Even with 4 resets you get only like 4k crow coins a day.

[@imPansy]

@@MrLazyleader 1b comes is possible when you have a carrack. I don't know if you can do it with just a caravel.

[@AlmostFlyable]

One of the best explained guides out there. Subbed!

[@Raumplestomp]

Thank for being open and honest about your verbal stutter. Many people suffer from that issue. I am one of them. I appreciate when people admit something they struggle with to the wider audience. It's very powerful testimonial that helps people like me have hope that these issues are able to be over come. Also it's a lesson for me. I both make stuttering mistakes and also have the nerve to correct other people when they "mispronounce" words or names. You gentle showed me that I was being hypocritical. I'm working on becoming more self aware and more accountable for my behavior. People need support, not criticism. Thanks for providing such a relaxing experience. The presentation quality of your videos is just adds to the great quality tutorial. Great learning environment. What if we had this type of entertaining education and holistic coverage of topics that actually help improve people's quality of life. Your style makes learning fun.

[@bae_velvet]

This is really the best guide I’ve seen for any life skill in bdo, much appreciated! I’ll totally push through the slow and boring beginning phase thanks to you

[@imPansy]

You’re too kind! Thank you :)

[@bae_velvet]

@@imPansy Wanted to come back and say that after 2 weeks, I'm finally doing 400m a day :) thank you!

[@destroyerb3rf]

Amazing video. I've been bartering for about a month and I didn't even know half the stuff mentioned. Thank you!

[@MrLazyleader]

You can disable the scrolling tips in the bottom left corner by hiding them in the Edit UI option.

[@imPansy]

Thanks!

[@crazypoki]

One like button is not enough for such an awesome guide. This is a pleasure to watch, not to mention the educational value. This guide helped me a lot. THANK YOU!

[@imPansy]

Thanks man, glad I could help! I appreciate it.

[@MrCilliman]

People may say that making that much in a day isnt possible, but i can confirm that it is. at MINIMUM you can make ~100mil a refresh of bartering. It also depends if you have a value pack or not and are efficient in weight management.

[@ericvandersteen6647]

I have had days where i made 500 mil. in total. From barter and from imperial.

[@alpersabuncu7915]

This is the best guide i've ever seen. Thanks for all effort!

[@imPansy]

Thanks :)

[@StellyRichard]

Thanks dude, u make it easier since Im a Singer and Playing BDO ^_^ VERY RECOMMENDED VIDEO GUIDE !!! GOD Bless You !!!

[@imPansy]

Thanks Stelly, I'm glad you like it!

[@takisdelijohn2098]

with the new corsair class i finally getting into bartening and this helped me thanks!

[@WhynotAnimereal]

Wow ultimate barter guide thank a lots for your help Mr. Pansy

[@adamjames5077]

One of the best voices for guides I've ever heard, I could literally listen to your voice all day long xD. Don't worry about pronouncing words bro, you're awesome Pansy.

[@corbindrollinger1948]

thank you for this easy to understand step by step guide to getting the ships and bartering

[@imPansy]

Glad you like it Corbin!

[@May-wl3wj]

Great Guide mate really BIG THANKS just get back to game starting sailing ,was watching many guides about it THIS one is the BEST cheers take care

[@mikhaelmukhlasein]

Without question, this is the best barter guide I ever seen. Thank you so much! You tips improved my bartering experience greatly!

[@imPansy]

Thank you Mikhael, I'm glad I could help!

[@SoFasT99]

Deffo the best guide to bartering out there. Thanks alot for the time and effort you put in this video. You rock man!

[@shockZ146]

Thank you. For making such a clean and clear guide. People don't undestand how much information this game has and they just dish everything out and makes everything much more complicated and confusing. I was trying to learn how to upgrade to caravel and this was just perfect. Thank you so much again and keep up the good work. Liked and subbed.

[@Pineapple_Pizza1]

Thank you. Your input has made me thought about how to make my route efficient

[@AlwaysEast]

Bartering really needs an update, cause it's a fantastic concept but the payout is, to put it politely, utterly inadequate. I look forward to this guide being relevant again, cheers.

[@imPansy]

Yeah, it fell behind. Back in 2020 it was a good income but now we out earn it in 30 min of grinding lol

[@rickyrodriguez13]

yoooo I'm new to bartering/the game this was mad helpful, i was able to get most of my caravel items within a couple days because i knew exactly what to look out for

[@imPansy]

That's awesome man, im glad!

[@CR1SWELL]

I appreciate your pacing and consistent tone of your voice. Easy to listen to while playing, even if I miss a lot of information :D

[@imPansy]

Thanks man! Glad you like it.

[@galiharya4501]

In depth and beginner friendly. Hand down the best guide dude. Thank you so much.

[@imPansy]

Thanks Galih, I appreciate it :)

[@nerdacus724]

I have two Ephera and one Batali Sailboat and finally, I got off my lazy ass and I had tons of silver and just upgraded to Improve now I did the questline and going to do the other sea quest then I will start bartering thanks for making this guide I am a casual player but now my goal is for the Advance Carrack.

[@imPansy]

Nice, good luck man

[@ShadeCaBr]

really good guide, well effort and gj with the time stamps, helped so much. this guy deserves it. + do your barthering while listening to it will help alot, even in the long process of traveling thru the sea.

[@ronlydianproductions]

Well done, another great guide, keep up the good work👍

[@Nocz2]

because of u i hit softcap in 3 month's with afk bartering and all the other stuff from ya guide's ty imPansy ♥

[@imPansy]

DUDE that's awesome! Glad I could help :) And welcome to the three month club haha

[@awaisaamir899]

Hey, I am going for the same thing. Did you use a caravel, or a carrackt o get that?

[@syrenet]

Nice, only if there were Database/wiki for this game that has this much effort put in it :d

[@imPansy]

Haha right? It was so daunting getting into bartering, I had to find a friend to hold my hand and teach me T_T

[@ankomessa7293]

Best bartering guide we can find. Complet and well builded. Nice job.

[@imPansy]

Thanks Anko!

[@Mekose]

Excellent video, very informative and well put together, great editing, soothing commentary and music. Over all very pleasant to sit back and soak in information this way.

[@imPansy]

Hello Mekose. I'll try to answer as best as I can. 1. It's worth it if you don't have good PVE gear for grinding or not interested in grinding. Also if you're home all day then it works out for you. I personally just afk my way throughout the day so the money adds up for me. If you're into grinding, you can make more doing that but it's ofcourse a lot more hands on work. The money comes from NPCing level 5 items and converting crow coins into cash. This seems slow at the start but adds up very quick. 2. The routes can be a bit tricky, but you can take it step by step. There's not cut and dry method on the routes so you start off doing all the routes from Level 1 item to level 5/crow coins. Later on as you unlock new routes, you'll understand roughly how long it'll take you to sail around. At that point you can start picking and choosing what you want to do or not. You'll also get an idea on when to start a route from the middle instead of the entire thing. This is really subjective to you because it would depend on how many items you have stockpiled. It was confusing for me too in the beginning but it falls into place as you go along. 3. So the biggest thing to get started is getting a Caravel or Galleass. Once you obtain one of these ships, the big money can start coming in. If you go the Galleass route, it's slightly slower income than Caravel because of the weight but you make all your money back soon. It is an investment of a weeks time to get started but then for the foreseeable future you can have a low-effort method to make money which is not dependent on other players or the market :) yay no tax. As for PVP - you can use a character which is under lvl 50 (like I do) as your barter alt. I forgot to mention it :( RIP. But the downside is it can't fire cannons. I use my main for sea monster hunting when I need to. I hope this helps. Lmk if you have anymore questions!

[@Mekose]

@@imPansy Thank you for the thoughtful response. Something I neglected to realize was the quantity of items you barter. It's not always 1 to 1 so if you take every barter it seems like you'd be left with extras quite often. So it's not like you're only left with 1 item worth 5M at the end of your route; meaning each subsequent route has more options because of the left-overs. i also really like the idea of income separated from the economy. This is probably the only content I can think of that generates true silver as you're not relying on lifeskill materials or rare accessory drops which fluctuate in price.

[@rainproductions8909]

great video man, kinda gettin into barter and collecting mats for improved epheria

[@imPansy]

Thanks man. Let me know if you have any questions or run into any issues.

[@dailychillvibe6012]

You can set your own autopath when you sail Port Epheria by holding alt key and RMB. since those rocks in Epheria are not visible in the map, so I stuck there a lot of times lol.

[@imPansy]

Nice tip, Kyle!

[@KaviroGaming]

Nice guide I'll share it on my guild since we are a few starting with bartering ! Tyvm

[@jaseseperta6258]

you should combine Farming with Bartering, Bartering is active farming, farming is passive, you can do both at once and easily hit over 600 million a day

[@Dorchares]

i'am artisan 3 farmer and there is no way you can earn that much from farming i guess

[@fearusmanor9220]

Really a great piece of work. Well done!

[@tungprotv123]

I still listening to this every time I meditate

[@Kizzaru03]

this is VERY Helpful thank you soooo muchh!!

[@caharin3094]

This is the best guide of BDO content full stop! Super helpful and very well structured! Got a like and sub from me!

[@user-bv1tv9ef9y]

Anyone else finds it funny how he says gaylass?😂 Great video,very helpful

[@soccernerd200]

Well done, great guide. I finally understand bartering now thanks

[@TonyCash323]

Very detailed and professional video my bro! I love it

[@imPansy]

Thanks Tony!

[@ericvandersteen6647]

Nice vid. Well done. If you want to go for the carrack then dont spend ur crow coins. Save them all untill you are at the end of your carrack dailies so you have enough to buy any pieces of material you do not have yet or do not have enough of.

[@dunc.macleod]

been waiting for this one

[@imPansy]

Sorry it took so long haha.

[@WuxiaNovelsAudiobookHD]

It breaks my heart a little when I saw you using red tree lump to barter 12:40 There are currently 400,000 preorder for that item and I needed 5k for upgrade! 😂 I just came back to the game after 1 year away and now trying my hand on bartering. Thank you for the vid, I learned a lot! :)

[@imPansy]

Wow that's crazy! Here on NA, there's always a surplus of red tree lumps on market. Welcome back & glad I could help :) Feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions. Discord is the best way to find me!

[@WuxiaNovelsAudiobookHD]

Thank you! I play in BDO SEA and all boat mats here are on hundreds of thousand of preorder 😁 I joined your discord, your videos are helping me a lot getting back into the game, thank you :)

[@Rompelsteelskin]

Again, awesomw video with awesome explanation! Thumbs up!

[@imPansy]

Thanks Adam!

[@tukangphacul285]

Thanks man, its helping me so much

[@imPansy]

Happy to help

[@Defaign]

looks like a solid video and so far everything feels very well explained. Now if only i had made more than 300 mil in my life and maybe played more than a month or so D: oh well maybe i'll return to this later when i'm not financially challenged to every aspect of the game.

[@imPansy]

Haha thanks. If you're on NA doing relic scrolls is pretty good money during early game if you're interested.

[@Defaign]

@@imPansy Not NA but i followed your guide on scrolls, farming and imperial cooking right after this video and asked for help in your discord so i'm moving forward for now thanks for the vids and great community man :)

[@DrAnmar-zo8yf]

The best bartering guid on KZbin! Thank you very much u made it very easy for me everything is well explained.. thanks

[@imPansy]

Thanks Dr.Anmar! I'm glad I could help :)

[@xRumvley]

for real good fucking job u covered up everything bro good job.

[@imPansy]

Thanks man!

[@lealtad4636]

Thank you very much. Finally a guide that explains how to pick routes. Best barter guide.

[@imPansy]

Thanks! Glad I could help

[@RedHmong]

Very good Guide, for starting out but if you want to go for your carrack . I wouldn't spend my crow coins on caphra and manos, better to save it up for the materials and you should always trade for every T1 item. As it is the fastest way to get your barter trade rout up to 10 that's when you will unlock barter for your carrack materials.

[@imPansy]

Yea for sure. I had to cover the ways to convert coins -> money for the people who just want to make money now. I'm definitely saving up for Carrack though

[@lancejohnson9454]

First of all thanks so much for this!! Secondly, your mystic is gorgeous XD.

[@lancejohnson9454]

She looks like my Exs mom

[@imPansy]

@@lancejohnson9454 POG lol

[@mushious]

Very helpful guide, thank you very much.

[@imPansy]

My pleasure, Mushious!

[@loupja]

very good video! thank you for collecting all the information!

[@imPansy]

My pleasure! Glad I could help.

[@LilyanGames]

Thank you so much for the guide, it´s very helfull and i love it ^^

[@imPansy]

glad you liked it!

[@alphawolf5657]

Truly incredible guide. Will share this with my mates for sure!

[@imPansy]

Thanks Alpha!

[@daniels11241]

thanks for a such comprehensive guide!! really helped! saved me from many mistakes! thank you!

[@imPansy]

Glad to help, Lu! If you have any questions you can catch me in my discord.

[@RavenousSix]

Very good guide, thank you!

[@fatman6444]

liked and subbed! very helpful beginner guides

[@imPansy]

Awesome, thank you!

[@officialcroxplays]

Hands down, hands up then hands down again! All hail! Waiting for you to have a carrack video the soonest! Keep it up.

[@imPansy]

Thanks CROX! I'll need a couple months for the carrack lol but eventually!

[@blaznflip]

Bravo sir, well done!

[@imPansy]

Thanks AJ!

[@matasmaminskas]

Thanks for guide

[@billjames8036]

That costume is awesome great work on that.... and the video was very helpful as well ;-)

[@imPansy]

Thanks Bill!

[@hawkjiang3361]

I would reconmmend Explore over supply, it does lower the dur sometimes but its worth it, it sometimes gives you material you need and alot of useful stuff.

[@mrityumara]

Great guide, but better off going to sailboat//Carraval route as higher weight capacity means less barter run u need to do as u can do multiple barter chain simultinously , i made 1b/ day when im using carraval ,did not keep in track when i got my Carrack

[@Artameful]

very well structured video,

[@apoo.1611]

The guide we've all been waiting for!

[@ltclaudiu4563]

Nice , even more pre orders on the sap now without supply xD gj

[@imPansy]

I feel your pain. I manually gathered Acacia Sap and Elder Tree Sap with next to no master and a couple of freshly made Shais haha

[@AlexMac_TV]

great guide man, gg

[@jonathanowen8175]

thanks sir for the guide, just back to bdo and i love lifeskilling, this one i go back for bdo xD..

[@thomascoggin9408]

Seriously, Thanks imPanzy. This guide has helped so much.

[@imPansy]

Glad to help!

[@danielsutherland488]

Really helpful guide, thanks for putting this together!

[@johhnybabes9899]

Thank you for the tips! Saves me alot of time!

[@joelong6731]

I've seen a few of your videos. I'm currently only lvl 21. Just afk fishing while I try to learn about the game on here. Do you have a playlist/video that recommends in what order to focus different things?

[@danhduong9729]

For a 1.44k your editing, content and description surpass a few 1m youtubers

[@imPansy]

You're too kind, Danh. I appreciate it, thank you.

[@vizid7726]

💓this guy

[@jamesjams4440]

So firstly this guide is so well done. God job. Secondly I’m assuming this isn’t on ps4 yet? I don’t know I’ll check when I’m home. I’ve been looking for a way to make money and this seems like something I’d like to do.

[@imPansy]

Hey James, I believe it's still a way off from coming out on console.

[@xBaristaPaul]

Subbed!

[@imPansy]

Thanks Paul. I appreciate it!

[@Accavanero0]

Thank you for the hard work put in the video! I’m definitely waiting for the continuation of the guide and the commentary on your bartering journey :) At the moment I’m in the preparation process for starting this life skill but I’m wondering about the necessity of having alts. I suppose you’re using an alt for money making and keep your main character on the continent, right? If I followed the tips at the end of the video that was recommending having 2(wow) alts (1 for dailies and 1 at the avocado harbour) with their own sailboats/frigate, then I would end up with 1 main bartering alt and two additional ones and having in total 3 expensive boats? XD Did I get it right? It seems like quite an investment and use of the character slots as well Still, I think that these things only are still a bit confusing to me and besides that your guide was very helpful!

[@suwi3649]

this video is amazing af thank you so much ♥

[@mou9669]

Gl to all newbies on their journey of getting a carrack :) Almost done with this ebola, getting my valor in 10 days

[@imPansy]

Nice! Grats in advance haha

[@nerdacus724]

I also forgot to say you can get an Epheria Sailboat if you save 30 Shinning Shakatu's Seal from the daily attendance awards.

[@imPansy]

pretty sure they revamped the rewards with the seals. might be different amount now

[@nerdacus724]

@@imPansy It used to be 50 for the Epheria Sailboat but now it's only 30 and you can get the black sails and others with the coins from Shakatu for the same amount.

[@iTwigzy]

benefits of the sailboat vs frigate?

[@imPansy]

Sailboat has more weight to carry more barter goods. Frigate has more cannons and speed. When you upgrade to the later versions the sailboat/caravel will earn you more money. The frigate/galleass is for endgame sea pvp.

[@Rhyhmx]

Approximately how much money can you make/day if you rush the 500mil sail boat? I'm thinking about going this route since ships and fighting on sea seems cool but as a new player I don't have alot of resources to replenish the money I spend. Amazing video though! You fit alot in such a short time period.

[@rssiya2601]

thanks for the guide

[@RaIsRaziel]

"Do you want to save time, or do you want to save money?" Time!!

[@Antonin1738]

Thank you! I started on a seasonal server, is it worth doing bartering?

[@marcelolinhares2465]

Newbie question: What's the point of overstacking a tagged character? So I swap to him when nearby a barter by can I barter straight from my character inventory? Dont I need to be in a wharf to move goods from character inventory to cargo storage?

[@Vaelastrasz1]

Thank you for the guide! I am just start gathering material for my first Eph boat (very casual player so slow progress...). I have some questions if you able to help. For my first one is it better to get frigate or sailboat? I want to do trade but is sailboat strong enough since will need to hunt sea monster to upgrade? So if I use below level 50 character that has not activate the PVP will it be safe from other people's attack in the sea? Will lower level means harder to kill sea monster or to kill sea monster it just depend on the sailors and ship gear and not about our character own gears? Also I think you mentioned green goblins are better than blue one for sailor. So is it reverse of workers for gathering nodes where green is lower than blue? Thank you!!

[@imPansy]

Hey Zyara, 1. Sailboat is better for making money, Frigate is for pvp. Don't worry about sea monsters, you can kill them with the improved sailboar/caravel just fine. 2. A character below level 50 does make you safe, however you can not fire cannons with it. You have to be 50 or higher to use cannons so you won't be able to hunt sea monsters with that character. 3. Im not sure about the color but the innocent goblins have a potential for high max speed. I'll have to look into the newer sailors though

[@Vaelastrasz1]

@@imPansy Ok I will make sailboat and try hunt sea monsters to gather the upgrade mats. I see, so below 50 you can sail and barter and not get attacked PVP wise but monster can still attack you and you cant fire cannons.

[@gregmuchia4706]

This is probably outdated. For caravel upgrade collect every T2 not just those 6 listed, when you do ship mats refresh you can get exchanges for all types of T2 --> 50 rock salt ingot or Island Tree Coated Plywood. If only someone told me...

[@imPansy]

We didn't have ship material refresh back then.

[@gregmuchia4706]

@@imPansy Exactly. No hate, just stating that it is outdated in terms of Rock Salt Ingot and Island Tree Coated Plywood in case others are trying to get caravel as well. Great guide.

[@valimoldovan9109]

Good video and really helpfull and well put together, the only thing i hate about it is that u forgot to give the creds for the reddit post you copy-pasted the tips and tricks. I know u probably knew all those but the original autor may appreciate it. Good guide anyway and thanks for it in the name of ppl that look to barter. I wish I had such a good guide when i started :D

[@imPansy]

Ahh thanks, I mentioned their name in the vid I'll add it back to the description. I had it initially with a link but one of the notable tip was outdated so didn't want people following the list word for word. I also didn't use all of them so removed it for the time being.

[@valimoldovan9109]

@@imPansy I skipped some parts, might have missed it when u mentioned it, mb:D Anyway, amazing guide:D

[@imPansy]

@@valimoldovan9109 all good Vali, thanks!