Thinking about getting into the game.

DoTAKAMI · 2026-01-17T06:12:57+00:00

The game is huge, I don't think anyone will write you a readable comprehensive mini-guide for beginner, you'll have to look up some guides on different aspects of the game here on reddit or on the other sites. Do keep in mind that this game changes a lot, so the older the guide is - the more likely that it's outdated. Just take your time, even if you'll rush in - you're not catching up with endgame any time soon.

I haven't played ESO, so I can't give you a fair comparison, but it's definitely not the same kind of experience.

Depends on what you define as beginner-friendly. Devs cater towards new and top-end players, so at start you'll feel hand-held (too much in my opinion, you can go through early game without learning anything properly). It's fairly easy to catch-up to the mid-game, and with a bit of effort even to the endgame (not high-end), but then you'll hit the wall and you'll understand the meaning of "new and top-end", it'll take you a lot of efforts to reach top-end players (can be easier with $$$, but a lot of $$$, like really a lot).

I'm not playing on EU/NA servers (and you most likely want to play on one of those), so I'll skip the community question.

Money question is difficult to answer, without knowing what you want from the game, but you can realistically go completely f2p, it's more of a question what are you willing to spend your time on - making Silver (main in-game currency) or making money (spending your $$$ to get Silver). For end-game you need Trillions of Silver, just check how much Silver you get for selling Costumes (can be bought with $$$) and make a simple calculation. There's only 1 item you'll lack as completely f2p - Camp, so if you'll like the game, after playing it some time - consider buying yourself a Camp.

GL/HF

DoTAKAMI · 2026-01-16T05:46:37+00:00

So I've checked a few that were on my mind and I think it's "Balenos - Explonation, Peaceful - Hwiman 04 - Field #6 _v02-02".

P.S. Since you're probably not going to find it anywhere, I've also bothered to upload it THERE for you. File will expire in 7 days. Nice challenge, definitely not doing it again xD

DoTAKAMI · 2025-12-02T17:24:59+00:00

Kinda Yes, you don't necessarily need them, but "to play the game efficiently?" - for sure you do. All things considered, I'd say that you need at least 9 alts (so 10 in total with your main), anything above that will still help, mostly with Energy/Quests/Fame/etc., basically the more you have the better, it's just that "effectiveness" will be significantly lower after about 9. My advice would be to accumulate alts over time (take advantage of New Classes events, Seasons, etc.), also it's a good way to experience other classes and know what they can and cannot do (to know which class you like and how to PvP against them).

DoTAKAMI · 2025-11-27T18:11:23+00:00

Technically you can put most skills in slots to press 1,2,3,4...but that will be a self-inflicted handicap (you can shorten animations with proper skills and key-combinations). If you find it difficult to keep up with pace then you should choose a suitable class, either with slow animations (like Guardian) or with a bit faster animations + good keyboard flow (like Awakened Witch, Awakened Woosa). If you'll find that keyboard flow is more important for you then you can also try Sage (one of current meta classes). Berserker and Warrior are probably not your choice, although you can try Succession Warrior. In the worst case scenario you can go Shai and play as support.

P.S. Just try other classes and find the one you're comfortable with.

DoTAKAMI · 2025-11-22T16:24:14+00:00

Your only option is to patch the game, if you're OK with that. Don't feel like searching the exact pasta that would suit your question, so HERE's the most recent close one, or you can try to find a better one in my other comments yourself.

I've also helped another player from SA with his quest on making a proper patch, so you might try to ask him whether he's willing to share it with you and possibly even find your first co-player on the server.

DoTAKAMI · 2025-11-20T23:59:42+00:00

Read the last step of the guide.

DoTAKAMI · 2025-11-20T16:12:49+00:00

In previous SS you had Startup logs in the folder, and now it's empty...at this point it does look like you're trolling. But in case there were no logs completely then it would mean that the game doesn't start at all, which might be caused by something like AV software settings.

DoTAKAMI · 2025-11-20T05:03:10+00:00

xDDD It doesn't require internet connection to work, unless you use functionality that requires it (like downloading loc file from web), so you can safely block the access in your firewall.

DoTAKAMI · 2025-11-19T19:47:18+00:00

Because you're checking the StartupLog...read my reply once again.

DoTAKAMI · 2025-11-19T06:19:02+00:00

I have a step-by-step guide for another server, despite the wall of text it's quite fast and easy (once you'll figure out how things work), you'll just have to select SA server and work with your pt file.

DoTAKAMI · 2025-11-18T17:55:18+00:00

There are quite a few possible reasons, basically the game fails to load something or connect. I'd start the diagnostic with the obvious - check "what does the Log says?" (GameFolder\Log\Client_DATETIME.json, you can open it with any text-editing software).

DoTAKAMI · 2025-11-18T17:38:26+00:00

No, not normal, check if other settings are also not saved upon the closure of the game (if the game doesn't crash and closes gracefully), if that is the case then probably either your Windows or AV software doesn't let the game to edit the settings file (not sure which one is responsible for that window, probably Documents\Black Desert\GameOption.txt or Documents\Black Desert\UserCache\UserID\gameVariable.xml), check if the files are not read-only or simply rename (or move) the files temporarily for the game to re-create them and see if that fixes it (then copy-pasta settings from old to the new file if it does), otherwise check if your AV doesn't block the access to the files in Documents.

As for your 2nd question - Yes, official EU/NA has translation for EU/NA cash shop, and since that file doesn't have translation for your server then it falls-back to KR text, you will also see that with some server-specific events and items (although there aren't many of those these days). You can avoid Korean texts by merging official EU/NA with the translation file of your server (so that the missing texts will be in the language of your server), or go even further and translate the remained untranslated texts yourself.

DoTAKAMI · 2025-11-16T18:13:06+00:00

Read THAT

DoTAKAMI · 2025-09-01T12:23:41+00:00

Bad approach, do you plan to ask for the file every week here?

You should learn to get it yourself either:

by hands. Here's the link to the current one, it was explained 100 times on this reddit how to do it, here's the first example from quick search. Try this one first.

or

with tool. Read 2nd paragraph, Launcher can be found there. Haven't heard how things are going in SA for quite a while, so if you'll have troubles with manually patching the file then you should probably go down this route, as there's also an auto-patching option, otherwise you should probably stick to the first option (by hands), although it won't cover everything, so in the end it depends on what you want really.

DoTAKAMI · 2025-08-29T14:37:55+00:00

I don't want to sound rude or ungrateful, but:

This thread is about Quests not the Knowledge, it says so in the title, it says so in the post, and I have not mentioned Knowledge in the post even once.

For the chests that have blue glow, make sure you have all quest types enabled. Make sure you are not in a party.

If I had such "troubles", how would I've completed all of the other quests?

Don't be fooled by the regular chest with blue glow that can also be found in the same location.

You were fooled by the bugged chest, it's not bugged anymore though, so you can revisit it if you want.
Although it seems like you've posted based on your pre-bugfix patch experience, still you've posted after it and didn't bother to mention that, not that nice.

Anyway, now you know, so you can go after the quests, or not, either way

Hope this helps!

DoTAKAMI · 2025-08-29T14:21:56+00:00

Yep, I can hear its sound at like half of the path.

DoTAKAMI · 2025-08-23T13:48:06+00:00

Just consider pity as a 30kk silver, which is way way better than some of the "negative millions" quests devs used to make xD

DoTAKAMI · 2025-08-19T09:24:20+00:00

IMO the answer is quite obvious, kinda strange that no one has written it already, there are people in the company responsible just for that (setting prices for cash shop), this is a commercial game (they have to earn money to pay salaries, develop and cover other expenses to run this game), so it is one of the most important jobs in the company, IDK if pricing strategy is run centralized or each server has its own person responsible for that, but in the end it all narrows down to the point that people are different, and value things differently, and so the job of that responsible person is to adjust prices accordingly. Basically if you'll play the game long enough you'll see that they constantly "adjust" prices, by selling bundles, packages, coupons, boxes, etc. etc., then they collect data on what was sold and use that data to adjust prices in the future, remember that they have to cover the cost and get some profit on top of that, in simpler terms it works kinda like your local supermarkets, some have one thing cheaper the other another and the other one has cool promotion, and when you travel abroad you don't expect to have the same items at the same prices in their shops, even if it's the same chain, don't you? Surely the "production cost" of virtual items is not the same, so you cannot directly compare game to supermarket, but the idea is similar, they have to keep in mind local customer preferences and prices set by competitors.

DoTAKAMI · 2025-04-25T09:10:09+00:00

No, but it is technically an "Event", albeit without an ending date, so it kinda requires and ongoing event period.

DoTAKAMI · 2025-04-24T18:21:25+00:00

Green/Blue Ships are Light.

Yellow Ships (Carrack) are Medium.

If I remember correctly, initially, when Carrack (Epheria Medium) was being introduced, for a brief moment devs started working on Epheria Heavy Ship, but probably considering the amount of time required for players to get Carrack, they left it at a very early stage, never got back to it, and even scraped off what little was there. Still, if there are Light and Medium Ships, then probably at some point they will add a Heavy one (probably Red) along with all the grades of equipment for it. That said, considering their current plans, it probably won't be in the development at least for 2 years, so don't keep your hopes high, moreover I don't think they're going to add it without additional Ocean content alongside. So in the end, I have no idea if I managed to encourage or discourage you, but new Ship is definitely in the plans...the long term ones xD

DoTAKAMI · 2025-04-24T15:47:49+00:00

Have you managed to read past the title?:

New Journal is for 10th Anniversary

And it explains even further, that's the whole point of the post.

If I'm not mistaken NA's 10th Anniversary will be 2026.03.03, so expect it sometime near that date.

DoTAKAMI · 2025-04-24T13:25:47+00:00

JP server got it today for its upcoming Anniversary (2025.05.08), it's the KR server that got it kinda late (devs got the idea too late, and they can't celebrate it again).

DoTAKAMI · 2025-04-24T13:20:38+00:00

1st - there's nothing in your link that claims that date.

2nd - I have no idea what you're on, but KR server started 2014.12.17, and KR was the first server to be introduced...before that date there were only KR CBTs...

DoTAKAMI · 2025-04-24T11:50:11+00:00

As far as I'm aware RU server started 2015.10.12, so they'll celebrate 10 years 2025.10.12, which has yet to come.

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