How to get different outfits in Black Desert?

While the majority of outfits are obtained in the Pearl Shop, there are some that can be acquired within the game. Of these, many are normal equipment that can be transformed into an outfit by using a tailoring coupon .

Is Black Desert online free?

Black Desert Online uses a free-to-play model in Korea, Japan and Russia, while in Taiwan, South East Asia, Europe, North America and South America the game uses a buy-to-play model .

Can you choose gender in Black Desert?

To change the gender of your character, go to the Loadouts window and select a loadout you wish to modify the gender for .

Can you only have one seasonal character in Black Desert?

You can only have one season character at any given time . Upon graduating your season character, it will turn into a normal character, and then you can create a new season character as long as you have season character tickets available.

How many people are playing Black Desert Online?

Played by over 20 million Adventurers - Black Desert Online is an open-world, action MMORPG. Experience intense, action-packed combat, battle massive world bosses, fight alongside friends to siege and conquer castles, and train in professions such as fishing, trading, crafting, cooking, and more!

How do I redeem a code on Black Desert Online?

To redeem BDO codes, you need to do one of the following: If you have BDO open, press Esc, click on Adventurer Support, and select “Use Coupon” to bring up the code redemption screen .

How do I claim Black Desert for free?

Since Black Desert is free to play in some regions, if you already have the game but want to claim the in-game items, login the game first. From there, press ESC to bring up the in-game menu. Choose Adventurer Support, then click Redeem Coupon Code. Enter the 16-digit code and that's it!

How do you get a fairy in Black Desert Online?

The first quest is Fairy Queen Theiah, given by the Black Spirit. Once you've completed the questline, you'll receive your first sealed fairy wings as a reward. Use the item to obtain your own Fairy Laila.

Can you change appearance in Black Desert?

Even after the character has been created, you can find Appearance Change Coupons in the Pearl Shop (hotkey: F3) to change its look .

How to get outfit box bdo?

- Description: A mysterious outfit box from someone. Depending on the angle from which you view the box, you can see emblems of a horse, lion, or an eagle on it. Talk to the Black Spirit to receive the gift .

How to make costumes in BDO?

In order to craft the outfit, you'll need the Costume Mill in Altinova, and the materials will need to be in the storage there too . The items are really easy to grab from the Central Marketplace, you should be able to gather them all pretty quick.

How do you upgrade gear in Black Desert?

In order to upgrade gear you need to push Down on the D-pad and scroll over to enhancement . You'll need a Black stone (armor or weapon) and an item to upgrade. Important to note that the first 5 upgrades for armor and the first 7 upgrade for weapons have a 100% chance.

[Adventurer's Guide] Outfits & Costumes | Black Desert NA/EU (2024)

In Black Desert, alongside normal equipment, there are outfits and costumes that change the visual appearance of your characters and may grant you additional benefits.

When looking at your character’s equipment window (hotkey: I), you can see that the equipment slots (outer circle) and the appearance slots (inner circle) are separate.
When you equip an outfit or a costume, and you also have a normal equipment piece equipped for the same body part slot, only the outfit or costume will be visible by default.

1. Outfit? Costume?
2. Costume Exchange
3. Black Spirit’s Claw

Outfit? Costume?

Both outfits and costumes can be equipped in your equipment’s appearance slots. While they may offer special effects, they’re mostly decorative and a great tool to visually distinguish your characters from those of other Adventurers.

An outfit is generally obtained in the Pearl Shop, though you may also receive them from events and gifts. All of them share individual item special effects that depend on the type of body slot they’re for, and a set effect. The more outfit pieces you wear, the greater the benefits of the set effect. You do not need to wear all pieces from the same outfit set to receive the set effects.
Outfits can also be extracted at a blacksmith in a town. From the extraction, you can choose to obtain either Valks’ cry or Cron stones.
Additionally, outfit armor pieces can be enhanced with a black spirit’s claw to create a magic crystal socket on them, unlocking an additional magic crystal slot.

➤ For outfits obtained outside the Pearl Shop, please check the [Special Outfits] page.

As for costumes, there are two types. Those you can obtain from the Pearl Shop, called functional costumes, and those you can craft yourself, called non-functional costumes.

The ones in the Pearl Shop, such as the treant camouflage set or the canape set, grant you useful special effects when worn. For example, a splat fisher’s clothes set will allow you to swim faster, and give you a small bonus for fishing. A da-dum da-dum diving suit set lets you dive for longer. The canape and pavilla costume sets allow you to perform cooking and alchemy at a faster rate.

Meanwhile, the ones you can craft yourself can only be obtained via a process described in the section Costume Exchange below.

They give less special effects, cannot be extracted for Valks’ cry or Cron stones, and cannot be sold once obtained. On the other hand, they can be heated to obtain special ancient spirit’s crystals which can then be infused with the magic crystal slot socket you unlock for an outfit armor piece.

Costume Exchange

Unlike costumes and outfits, generally obtained from the Pearl Shop, crafted equipment usually goes into normal equipment slots. However, some of these can be turned into costumes that can be equipped in appearance slots. Make sure to check the tooltip of these crafted pieces of equipment to see if they can be turned into costumes or not! If you find a piece of armor that you would like to turn into a costume, you will need an equipment tailoring coupon. These can be obtained in the Pearl Shop, the Central Market, or from events.

Right click an equipment tailoring coupon in your pearl inventory, and select the armor you want to turn into a costume.
Please keep in mind that only a select number of equipment pieces can be turned into costumes. You can find the list in the equipment tailoring coupon tooltip.

The costume made using the coupon keeps the original item effects the crafted armor had. In addition, the costume gains a new item effect. These can also be found in the equipment tailoring coupon tooltip.

Black Spirit’s Claw

You can create a magic crystal socket to infuse a crystal in when enhancing the armor worn in the armor appearance slot with a black spirit's claw. Wearing an outfit with this crystal socket unlocks the middle slot in Transfusion UI.
This way, you can receive additional beneficial effects from magic crystals, and choose more diverse and strategically the crystals to be equipped in general equipment slots.

◈ Making Black Spirit's Claws

To craft this item, you need three black spirit's claw pieces. These in turn can be obtained by defeating monsters in several monster zones, such as Wandering Rogue Den in Mediah, Gahaz Bandits’ Lair, Roud Sulfur Mine, and Pila Ku Jail in Valencia, and Padix Island at sea off the coast of Calpheon. Alternatively, you can purchase them from the Central Market if there are any on sale.

If you have obtained three pieces of a black spirit's claw, uncheck the auto-arrange function at the top of your inventory window and then move the items in the bag in a 'ㅡ' shape. Once this is done, a '+' shape is displayed in the first of the items in the row.
If you click the '+' shape, the three pieces will disappear and a black spirit's claw will be created.

◈ Creating a Socket

A magic crystal socket is created by enhancing a non-functional outfit with a black spirit’s claw.
Summon the black spirit (hotkey: , ), and select the Enhancement option.

This enhancement has a 100% success rate, and even if it succeeds, the accumulated enhancement chance won’t be consumed.

◈ Create Crystals to Equip

Not all crystals can be equipped in the outfit crystal slot you’ve now unlocked.

You need to go through a special process to craft an ancient spirit’s crystal to infuse in this slot.

First, you need a non-functional costume, such as a Calpheon noble suit or dress. These can be purchased at the Central Market as normal armor equipment in the Crafted Clothes section, or can be made using workers at a town’s costume mill.

If you want to craft it yourself, the costume mill must be at least level 2, and you will require a design blueprint. You can purchase the design from Calpheon’s famed tailor, Merv, when your amity with her is 400 or higher.

➤ You can read more about town workshops in the [Crafting] page.

Once you have a Calpheon noble suit or dress ready, you can use an equipment tailoring coupon to exchange the armor piece for a costume. As said in the previous section, these coupons can be obtained from the Pearl Shop, the Central Market, or from events.

Right click the coupon in your pearl inventory, and select the Calpheon noble dress to exchange it for its costume iteration.
Please note that when exchanging equipment this way, the existing clothes in the normal inventory will disappear, and a new Calpheon noble costume will be created in the pearl inventory.

Finally, if you heat the Calpheon noble costume through processing (hotkey: L), you will obtain an ancient spirit's crystal - swiftness. This, when infused, will increase your movement speed by +2.

Note that other costumes may give you different crystals, depending on each costume’s special effect. For example, a shroud knight armor (costume), when heated, will be turned into an ancient spirit's crystal - viper, which when infused will grant you +1 attack speed & casting speed.

◈ Infusing Crystals

First, open your inventory (hotkey: I) and press the Crystals button at the bottom. Right click the ancient spirit’s crystal you’ve obtained, and add it to your crystal inventory.
Then, equip the outfit with the socket, which unlocks the outfit crystal slot.
After this, summon the Black Spirit (hotkey: , ), and select the Transfusion option.
Press the empty crystal slot in the middle, and select the ancient spirit’s crystal from the list. All other options will be grayed out.

Once this is done, your outfit magic crystal has been infused.

Please remember that unequipping the outfit piece with the crystal socket will gray out the outfit crystal slot, and you will lose its effects until you equip an outfit piece with the socket unlocked once again.

➤ You can read more about this feature in the [Magic Crystals] page.

* The content of the game guide may differ from the actual game content, depending on the update and content changes.

[Adventurer's Guide] Outfits & Costumes | Black Desert NA/EU (2024)

Contents

Outfit? Costume?

Costume Exchange

Black Spirit’s Claw

FAQs

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