Black Spirit in Black Desert. Combat system Where to get the essence of the black spirit

To increase the power of the character, you can inlay his equipment with special stones. How to do this and where to get stones read in this article.

Most items of equipment (except for jewelry and belts) have slots for inlay stones. You can find out the number of slots by the number of lines in the item description. In this example, in the screenshot, the item has 2 slots for stones.

The stones come in different grades and are designed for different types of equipment - stones for gloves, shoes, etc. For which item the stone is suitable is indicated in its description. Stones can fall out of equipment when a character dies - the lower the grade of the stone, the greater this probability. Ascending grades - Uncommon, Rare, Unique, and Epic.

To insert a stone into an item, summon the Black Spirit and select the inlay menu. Then select the item from the bag and the stone to insert. Only stones suitable for this item will be available for selection, so you cannot make a mistake here.

You can remove stones from an item by calling the same menu and clicking on them with RMB. In this case, the stone will disappear. To save the stone during extraction, you need an item from the game store - Essence of the Black Spirit.

If you have the essence, you can safely remove the stone from your equipment with the help of a blacksmith. Go to the blacksmith, select the extract menu and then the inlay stone extract menu. Place the preservation stone in the slot opposite the stone you want to save and click on the extract button on the right.

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Inlay stones can be obtained as loot from monsters, as a reward for some tasks and create them using alchemy. In addition, any stone can be crushed through the material processing menu (L) and obtained, the amount depends on your processing skill and stone grade.

Look full list existing in the game stones for inlay, you can use the menu on the right, by selecting the section you need.

Online guides the character throughout the game. You can consider all the quests from him - the main ones that need to be done in the first place due to their profitability. Up to level 50, the spirit will guide the character through the main hunting zones and introduce them to bosses. For killing each boss, he gives an inventory slot, so it is advisable to complete all his quests up to level 50. (it is not worth describing in detail, they are elementary simple).

- Quest for obtaining Fairies -

the quest will be given to you by a black spirit, and after passing the very first one, you will be able to take a repeatable quest. In repeatable, you only need 2 petals to get a new fairy. The fairy is your companion and can acquire very useful skills.

- 51. Black shadow over Mediah -

quest chain storyline... It should be done at least for the sake of an inlay stone in additional. a weapon worth 9 million and giving you +5 attack and +100 HP. In addition, you will receive a lot of knowledge (if this is the first character) and titles =) Easy quests

- 55. Valencia. The history of the kingdom of the sands -

long chain, description of quests under the spoiler.

After completing the quest, you will gain access to the mission for the boss Futurum.

The chain is very useful if you do not have open lands beyond Altinova - you will take a tour of the main nodes and hunting zones, discover Valencia and wander through the desert.You will also get a very good amount of influence points, knowledge and titles. Consider that you will need to run to the basilisks, you need protection for the character 180+. Level - 56, awakened. A camel or an elephant would also be helpful.

- Quests for knowledge and energy -

Throughout the game, you will receive quests from the black spirit related to the accumulation of knowledge and influence points. Quest rewards are pretty good:

Quests for knowledge and energy

Knowledge Rule the World II

Performance: accumulate 100 energy points

Reward: gold bar 1 g (100,000) * 5 pcs., Knowledge "Mysterious World II"

Knowledge Rule the World III

Performance: accumulate 140 energy points

Reward: gold bar 10 g (1,000,000), knowledge "Mysterious World III"

Knowledge Rule the World IV

Performance: accumulate 180 energy points

Reward: gold bar 10 g x 3 pcs. (3,000,000), Knowledge "Mysterious World IV"

Knowledge rules the world VIII

Performance: accumulate 340 energy points

Reward: gold bar 100 g (10,000,000), knowledge "Mysterious World VIII"

Influential Person III

Performance: accumulate 100 influence points

Reward: 10 g gold bar (1,000,000).

Influencer IV

Performance: accumulate 140 influence points

Reward: gold bar 10 g * 3 pcs (3,000,000).

Influencer V

Performance: accumulate 180 influence points

Reward: gold bar 10 g * 5 pcs (5,000,000).

Influential Personality VIII

Performance: accumulate 300 influence points

Reward: gold bar 10 g * 3 pcs (30,000,000).

- Strengthening Bastio -

quests under the spoiler

NPC - Black Spirit

A task: the black spirit will give a bastio weapon and 1 black stone to enhance the weapon. You need to sharpen your weapon and put it on.

Reward: influence points 50.

Extraction of the black stone

NPC - Black Spirit

A task: now you need to extract the black stone from the weapon of Basteau. Any blacksmith has a menu - extraction - black stone. Turn in the quest at the Delphe Knights Castle.

Reward: Bastio's Reach Weapon, Grenade 1 (Accuracy) x 2, Grenade 1 (Attack Power) X 2.

[Exchange] reinforced weapons

NPC - Black Spirit

A task: the black spirit invites you to exchange the weapon of the Bastio's limit, enhanced by +7, for a better weapon. It is necessary to sharpen the staff of the Bastio's limit to +7 and give it to the master Kanobas.

Reward: Weapon Pares +7, black stone (weapon) 5 pcs.

- Armor Boost # 1-4 -

several quests for obtaining armor of magical power - they are useful only for beginners, then it is worth buying something better. It is better to do the quest, otherwise the black spirit will constantly pester you. You can completely do it at level 56.

Do not discard your armor - only if it has already been reinforced to Magic Power. If you have lost the armor of the dull enchantment - you can take it from the NPC Grandos (an armor merchant near the warehouse) in Calpheon for 2 promise tokens (signs can be obtained by a quest from a black spirit in the territory of Calpheon)

NPC - Black Spirit

A task: Meet with Mabo Muranan in Altinova and exchange Dull Armor for Improved Armor.

Reward: armor of magical power / defense 60, accuracy 20, HP +50, 2 slots for stones /

- Reinforcement of lanyard # 1 and 2 -

several quests to obtain additional weapons of "magic power" - it is also only for beginners, then it is worth buying something better. It is better to do the quest, otherwise the black spirit will constantly pester you. You can completely do it at level 56.

Add. also do not throw away the weapon - only if it is already enhanced to "Magic Power". If you have lost a weapon of dim enchantment, you can take it from NPC Ronatsi in Calpheon for 2 promise tokens (signs can be obtained by a quest from a black spirit in the territory of Calpheon)

quests under the spoiler

NPC - Black Spirit

A task: meet with Saina at the forest outpost and exchange dull weapons for improved ones.

Reward: add. weapon of sealed enchantment. (2 slots)

- Lanyard Reinforcement # 3 -

NPC - Black Spirit

A task: give Date to Burudat the weapon of the sealed enchantment

Reward: add. a weapon of consistency.

Lanyard Reinforcement # 4 -

NPC - Black Spirit

A task: give Vartan Lanceau (on Tugu) the weapon of permanence

Reward: add. a weapon of magical power.

- Faith on the verge of madness -

A pointless quest.

NPC - Black Spirit

A task: to get knowledge about the layman Ellik, about the warrior-sectarian Ellik, about the follower of Ellik, about the magician - the sectarian Ellik.

Reward: skill points. by 56 lvl - 0.04.

- Blacksmith Altinova -

Available after awakening the character. Performed once per account. The reward is 2 black enchant stones (weapons) and simple stones for sharpening.

quests under the spoiler

Awakening - Altinova Blacksmith

NPC - Black Spirit

A task: Talk to Blacksmith Mabo Muranan in Altinova. Stands not far from the warehouse and the alchemist.

Reward: black stone weapon - 12 pcs.

Awakening - more strength!

A task: Upgrade Awakened Weapon to +11. I had a +10 weapon in my inventory, which was given for awakening, the quest was completed.

Reward: black stone weapon - 10 pcs., knowledge "Enhance awakened weapon".

Awakening - Maximum Durability

Altinova, NPC - Blacksmith Mabo Muranan

A task: talk to the gunsmith Tullem, who is 5 meters from the blacksmith.

Reward: black stone enchant / weapon / - 2 pcs.

NPC - Black Spirit

A task: talk to coach Abdul Chaum in Altinov.

Reward:

NPC - Black Spirit

A task: talk to Waratan Lanso at the Tugu camp.

Reward:

NPC - Black Spirit

A task: talk to Ansoba in the ruler's tomb.

The basis of the game's combat system is the character's skills, thanks to which you can inflict damage on hostile players and monsters. In addition, some of the hero's abilities allow you to get useful effects or even dodge enemy attacks. Consider distinctive features skills in the game Black desert.

• Learning skills

To master any ability, you need a sufficient number of skill points. To get them, you need to destroy monsters or complete certain tasks.

• There are two ways to learn skills:

1. Independent... You can open the skills menu anywhere game world via
keys "K" and select the ability you want to learn. You will spend 3 units on this.
energy.
2. With the help of a trainer... In almost any large settlement, you can contact an NPC
Trainer>, which will also help you learn skills, but it will not be wasted
energy. You can find such an NPC using a special icon on the global map
or through the search engine.

If all the relevant conditions are met for learning a skill, a special symbol in the form of a crossed ax and a sword will appear in the upper left corner of the screen. The number on the symbol shows the number of skills for which the learning conditions are satisfied.

In addition to a certain level and a sufficient number of skill points, to access the study of some skills, you also need to complete some story tasks.

• Skill types

All skills are classified into two main types: active and passive.

Passive skills give you additional parameters and are valid all the time from the moment of learning. Active skills can be used using special keys (combinations and keyboard shortcuts), which are indicated in the description of the ability, as well as using a special panel on which you can place the skill you are interested in.

It is worth considering that you can use some abilities only after you have previously applied other skills. Thus, a bunch of certain abilities forms combo moves. Skills like these cannot be dragged into the shortcut menu and can only be activated using the keys. How to use Ability Bundles is indicated in their descriptions.

Some techniques can be used while riding by equipping the horse with stirrups. Also, most of them have an additional effect, which is indicated in blue in the skill description.

• Skill Effects

The combat system of Black Desert provides several options for strengthening the basic attack. One of them is the use of special effects in battle, such as "Attack from the back", which deals additional damage.

The main combat effects are:

- Attack from the back: When attacking enemy heroes from behind, you will increase your base damage. When attacking
from the back you will deal more damage to monsters than to characters.
- Counterattack: Some abilities can interrupt the enemy's attack and deal increased damage.
- Down attack: Attacking a knocked down monster or enemy hero deals additional damage.
- Air attack: Your damage will increase if you attack an enemy that is thrown into the air.
- Speed ​​attack: A series of quick strikes that deal increased damage.

In addition, the game also has additional effects of skills that help create conditions for the activation of the main ones. These include:
- Knockdown: Knocks down an enemy for a few seconds, allowing them to deal additional damage.
- Rollover: Similar to a normal knockdown, but the target gets back on its feet almost immediately and
continues the battle.
- Stunning: Disorders the enemy, which makes them unable to
resist.
- Numbness: Causes the enemy to freeze for a short time.
- Tossing: Throws an enemy into the air, rendering them defenseless.
- Capture: Allows you to capture the enemy, after which you can throw him, inflicting
additional damage, or make it vulnerable to attacks from your allies.
- Knockdown Knockdown: Knocks back an enemy on the ground.
- Knockback while flying: When this effect is triggered, the enemy in
air will be thrown away.
- Reversal: Allows you to turn the enemy back to you to deal additional damage.
- Attraction: Pulls all affected opponents to the hero
skill.

• Tips for learning skills

It is recommended that you plan ahead to learn abilities. At the same time, you do not need to strive to learn all of them, spending precious skill points on skills that you will not use in either PvP or PvE battles. For example, if you decide to turn your archer into an exceptionally ranged fighter, then there is no need to spend money on pumping the melee skill tree. It would be more correct to accumulate skill points to learn new abilities, according to the chosen direction of development.

Awakening skills

In Black Desert there is a special system that allows you to enhance the abilities of characters, endowing them with any additional effect. Upon reaching level 48, contact the Black Spirit to begin your first awakening. After that, at each level, you can awaken one of your abilities. The effects of awakening can be either instantaneous or lasting over a period of time. For example, you can get HP regeneration when attacking or an increase in the amount of experience gained for a certain period. With this in mind, it is advisable to awaken commonly used skills in order to take full advantage of the benefits of awakening.

• Reset wake up

However, sometimes it may happen that the resulting effect will not suit you, and you want to change it to another. This will require the item "Reset Awakening Skill". To reset the awakening, summon the Black Spirit, press the “Awakening skills” button, and then go to the “Skills to reset” tab. Select the required ability and click the "Reset knowledge" button.

After that, the skill can be awakened again and, possibly, get a different effect.

Black Spirit's Wrath

Black Spirit's Wrath is an ability that you automatically acquire at level 30. Using it, you will significantly increase the damage of some spells, which may require 100 or 200% charge for their use.

The current level of anger can be found out thanks to a special indicator, which is located to the right of the character's status bars. The accumulation of charges occurs during the battle: one charge for the destruction of the enemy and two for taking damage.

Skills that can be fueled by the anger of the Black Spirit are strengthened after accumulating the required supply of rage, and the accumulated charge is consumed. Otherwise, the skill deals standard damage. The maximum amount of rage that one player can accumulate is 100%, and therefore the help of other players is needed to accumulate 200% of the charge. The charge can be transferred to another player in the same group with you using the 'X' button.

It should be borne in mind that when transferring 100% of the charge, the other player receives only 50%. Therefore, this function must be used twice to increase the charge from 100% to 200%.

Also, sometimes the charge can be absorbed by strengthening some skills. Press the 'Z' key to absorb.

Strengthening equipment

After the Black Spirit takes on the second form (after completing the quest "Traces of Edan"), you will have the opportunity to enhance the equipment with the energy of black stones, due to which its basic characteristics will significantly increase.

• Normal gain

To enhance weapons and armor, you need the appropriate types of black stones. Enhancement stones can be obtained for completing certain tasks, picking up from the carcass of a slain monster, and also creating using alchemy.

The amplification process is as follows:
1. We place the required piece of equipment in the inventory.
2. We call on the Black Spirit using the ‘/’ key, and in a conversation with him we press the “Strengthen” button,
to go to the equipment enhancement interface.
3. Next, right-click on the equipment that we want to strengthen, and the necessary stone to
move them to the gain window.
4. Click on the "Strengthen" button.

Thus, it is guaranteed to enhance equipment up to a certain limit (+7 for weapons and +5 for armor). With further strengthening, there is a chance of failure, and if this happens, the black stone will disappear, and the maximum durability of the item will decrease by 5 points. A kind of consolation in case of an unsuccessful enhancement is that you will receive an increased success rate for the next improvement (this bonus is reset after a successful enhancement). After a series of unsuccessful enhancements, it is recommended to restore the maximum durability of the item by repairing it.

• Accurate gain

After overcoming the guaranteed “barrier” for enhancing equipment, another way to improve it becomes available, which is called “Safe reinforcement”. The peculiarity here is that the item of equipment is enhanced with a 100% probability, however this action consumes a significant amount of black stones, and also reduces the maximum durability of the item. The higher the level of reinforcement, the more the item will lose its maximum durability.

• Enhancing Jewelry

The process of enhancing jewelry is different from enhancing other equipment. For this type of improvement, there is no need for black stones - another, completely similar decoration is used as a resource.
After enhancing the item, you can return all or part of the spent stones in order to use them again. To do this, contact the NPC. However, when you extract a point, the item itself, along with all the enhancements, disappears. It should be remembered that in the event of the death of your character, his equipment may lose one or several levels of enhancement.

Inlay

You will greatly enhance your equipment if you encrusted with gems that add new characteristics to it. This opportunity opens when the Black Spirit takes on its second form, after the quest "Traces of Edan".

• Inlay process

Inlaid stones will not cause you any difficulties. It is enough to find equipment with the required number of empty slots and a suitable stone (the type of equipment into which it can be inserted depends on the type of stone). After that, summon the Black Spirit (by default, the "/" key) and click on the "Inlay" button.

Choose an outfit with a free inlay slot and a matching crystal. A confirmation window will appear, in which you must confirm that you want to insert a stone into your equipment. After that, the crystal will immediately take its slot.

To delete precious stone from the equipment, you need to place it in the inlay field and right-click on it. In this case, the crystal will be destroyed, but you can save it using the appropriate service at the nearest blacksmith.

Important: do not forget that the crystal can be destroyed upon death.

Transfer buffs

IN game Black Desert with the help of a blacksmith, you can partially or completely restore resources spent on improving equipment. This can be used to transfer the buff to more powerful equipment.

• Extraction of black stones

Black stones are one of the most valuable resources in Black Desert, which is needed to improve equipment. However, it may happen that you need to get them back in order to enhance another item. To do this, contact the blacksmith, press the "Extract" button and select the "Black Stone" item. Next, a special window will open in which you need to place the improved equipment, and then click "Extract".

The extraction of black stones has a number of features:
- all stones spent on improvement are subject to return, if the level of enhancement is less or
equal to safe (+7 for weapons and +5 for armor);
- if the item is improved above a safe level, then you get only a part of the stones,
spent on strengthening;
- the object from which the black stones are extracted is destroyed.

• Extraction of inlaid stones

When extracting stones with the help of the Black Spirit, the stone is destroyed. To prevent this from happening, you can purchase the "Essence of the Black Spirit" item in the Premium Shop and use the help of a blacksmith.

Having addressed to the blacksmith, press the "Extract" button and select the "Inlay" item. Insert the item from which you want to extract the stone, and the essence of the black spirit (for this, right-click on their icons in the inventory). Then press the "Extract" button so that the item of equipment and the extracted stone are with you.

PvP

A dispute that cannot be resolved by negotiation can always be resolved by battle! It does not matter the reason for the battle: the capture of the castle during a siege, the conduct of guild wars, the battle in the arena for honor and glory, or simply the need to teach a player a lesson - only victory is important.
Upon reaching level 30, you can activate the PvP mode, which will allow you to attack other players. The only exception is the conduct of guild wars, in which all players participate, regardless of level.

• PvP mode activation

To be able to attack players, press the ‘Alt + C’ key combination or click on the special icon located near the bottom of the screen. The icon will change its appearance, allowing you to determine if you have PvP enabled. Also, during activation / deactivation of the mode, you will see a corresponding notification.

When a player attacks a player, a special icon (flag) will appear next to your name and surname, which shows other players your readiness for battle:

• PvP Penalties

If in open world If you kill another player without PvP enabled, he will lose experience, as well as, with a low probability, inlay stones. You, in turn, will lose a certain amount of karma. With a negative karma value, you are assigned the “PK” status, which makes you a desirable target for other players, because in case of death, you will incur additional losses, which are described in the corresponding manual.

Attention: in Black Desert, there are certain zones (for example, arenas) in which there are no penalties and negative karma for killing other players.

Death Penalties

The world of the game is full of dangers not only from monsters, but also from other heroes you meet on your adventure. Sometimes, if circumstances are stronger than you, then such clashes can end in death, which is fraught with certain penalties: loss of experience, destruction of inlay stones, a decrease in the level of enhancement of equipment, and much more.

It is worth remembering that most of the penalties are only relevant for the free world, and therefore in zones where death from other players is inevitable (for example, arenas or a siege zone), death penalties do not apply.

• Resurrection place

After death, you will be prompted to choose a spawn location. If you do not do this within one minute, then you will automatically respawn in the nearest city. In total, there are several options for resurrection:

Here and now
Immediate resurrection at the site of death with 20% HP. To use you need a special item - "Tears of Elion". It should be borne in mind that when using this option in dueling arenas, tears are not needed. In addition, you cannot use this resurrection option in siege zones.

Nearest town
Allows you to travel to the nearest city you've visited. It should be borne in mind that players with negative karma do not respawn directly in the city. Instead, they spawn close to him.

Nearest node
Allows you to move to the closest open node. If there are no explored nodes near the place of death, then this function will not be available to you, and you will be resurrected in the city.

Command post
This option is only available in the area of ​​the siege and allows you to move to your command post.

• Death Penalties

Losses due to the death of a character depend on the level of his karma, which decreases in the case of killing other players, horses or stealing items from an NPC.

• Losses

Depending on karma, upon death, you can lose experience, stones of inlay, as well as one or more levels of enhancement of the item. The lower the level of karma, the greater the losses the player will suffer in case of death. It is important to take into account that it is impossible to lose inlaid stones and the level of enhancement at the same time, but you always lose experience.

• Drop and destruction of objects

Depending on how low your karma is, you can lose one or more unattached items in case of death. However, you will have a chance to return the dropped items if you rush to the place of death and pick them up. You should be extremely careful with trade weights: they fall out or are destroyed regardless of the value of karma. In addition, smuggled goods are always destroyed.

• Resurrection

Characters with low karma do not respawn directly in the city. Instead, they spawn close to him.

• Guards

If you commit illegal actions, you must be prepared for the fact that you will be attacked by guards who guard large cities and settlements, and can also be met in border areas.

Arena

Arena- a place where players gather to fully enjoy the PvP component of the game, while not fearing penalties in the form of loss of experience, reduced durability and enhancement levels of items. You can find an arena under the walls of almost anyone big city... To start a battle, it is enough to agree with your opponent, and then go with him into the fenced area. Then you are free to do whatever you want!

Earning karma

Karma is one of the main characteristics of your character, which shows your attitude towards the inhabitants of the world of Black Desert. Your reputation will be tarnished if you kill peaceful heroes (who have not activated PvP mode), wild and tamed horses, as well as if you get caught stealing.

The player who attacked another player will receive a special status (flag), which indicates his readiness for battle. In this case, the model of his character will be colored red, and a special symbol in the form of crossed swords will appear next to his name.

Killing peaceful characters takes 60,000 karma units, but it should be borne in mind that this rule does not apply to self-defense, allowing you to repulse the offender even without turning on the PvP mode. The maximum value of karma is 300,000 units, which is accumulated by destroying monsters.

With a negative karma value, you are assigned a special status that frames the hero's model in red. Death in this case threatens you with additional fines, which you can read about here.