One of the very remarkable features of the popular MMORPG Black Desert today is that almost all items from the premium store (or pearl store, where in-game items (costumes, pets, etc.) can be purchased for real money) can be purchased at the in-game auction without investing any real money. It will be enough to accumulate a substantial amount of in-game currency - silver.

For example, a cat pet in Black Desert costs 450 and 500 rubles (pearls) in the premium store.

At the auction, prices vary somewhat, but on average, the joy of owning a feline helper will cost the player approximately 5.5 - 6 million silver. This is quite a lot of money.

In addition, buying premium items will be complicated by the fact that there are very, very many people like you who want to buy donated items for silver. This is why the Pearl auction tab is almost always gray, which means that all items have been sold out. In addition to items from the premium store, it is very problematic to buy at auction armor with a high level of prowess, and, for example, rare weapons, Liberto or Kzarka.

But there is no need to despair. Buying rare items at the Black Desert in-game auction is possible, you just need to apply some ingenuity and patience to this process.

To begin with, of course, you need to accumulate the required amount of silver. And focus not on the minimum, but on the maximum price of the item at auction. Let's say a player needs Grunil Armor [+15]. The chest must contain at least 14,300,000 silver.

After the financial issue is resolved, the most interesting and difficult thing remains - to “catch” an item at the Black Desert game auction.

The first thing to do is to set an alert about the registration of the required item for sale. This is done in the auction menu, in the lower right corner when selecting the item of interest. When you click on the "Enable Alert" button at the top of the screen, a notification will appear that you will now successfully receive messages as soon as the item is registered.

You don't have to worry about missing the appearance of the Armor.

Now you can calmly play (farming for the rest of the Grunil set), waiting for a message about the arrival of the coveted Armor at auction. An alert will appear in the lower right corner of the screen.

As soon as the alert has been noticed, you must begin to move towards the auctioneer if the player character was far away. Please note that you need to go to the auction of the city in whose warehouse the accumulated funds are located: the specifics of the game are such that each city has its own warehouse and, accordingly, its own treasury.

You don’t have to fly headlong, as many people do, and then get upset when they don’t see the item they want for sale. The fact is that a notification about the registration of an item is far from a sign that it can already be purchased. The game mechanics are designed in such a way that you cannot purchase an item immediately after it has been registered; it simply does not appear in the list of goods.

Usually, about 20 minutes pass after the registration of an item and its appearance on sale, that is, you can calmly walk to the auction and 10 minutes after the notification stand in the “guard of honor” - that is, you are already purposefully “catching” the coveted Kzarka, armor or cat.

Having opened the auction menu, you need to find the necessary thing, the purchase of which is about to happen, and open the list of items available for purchase. If everything goes according to plan, then the list should be empty, i.e. while what has already been registered has not yet appeared at the auction. The most crucial moment comes - “catching”.

First of all, you should prepare and check the box in the lower left corner of the window in advance so that the money for the purchase will be withdrawn immediately from the warehouse. Otherwise, you might miss the item in a hurry, because when the item goes on sale, you can’t waste a second - you’re not the only one smart. To a greater extent, haste in this matter is needed for premium items - costumes and pets, because the number of people wishing to get them is growing every day.

Your next tool for the next few minutes should be the “Update” button.

Press it constantly, with a short interval, because the Grunil Armor [+15] is about to appear.

And for motivation, imagine how your “competitors” throughout the gaming world, on all servers, are also excitedly pressing this button...

And finally, Armor appears in the list of available goods.

The “B” icon on a newly launched product is a recent innovation by the developers, apparently intended to protect itself from bots, which, according to rumors, are buying up all valuable goods at lightning speed. Its essence is to show that the item is expensive, has just been displayed and cannot be purchased immediately. After a while, when several (or one or no one) people try to buy it, it will become available for “standard” purchase.

In the world of Black Desert there are different types and sets of armor. True, almost all of them can be counted on one hand, and with time and understanding of what your character needs, the choice turns out to be very, very small... So it turned out that my character from level twenty to this day runs in the Grunil set.

It was very sad for me to look at this whole thing, and the situation had to be corrected somehow. As part of the quest line, I got my first costume, which fits in a special cell. It also gives a +2 bonus to running speed. But over time, his appearance became boring.

However, it turned out that in the world of Black Desert there are a lot of other costumes, for every taste, and even a special production workshop - a costume shop for sewing them. I was happy about this fact and, having scouted out the situation, decided to sew Jareth’s Clothes.

It must be said that crafting in Black Desert is a difficult process, requiring skills, organization, money and patience. So, before I started sewing, I needed to earn additional influence points to buy a house (for the production of this costume - specifically in Heidel). I already had local free hands, so the next step was to get materials for crafting.

The crafting of the costume itself was divided into three stages: making gold armor, making patterns for expensive clothes, and sewing the suit itself.

For the golden armor, I first needed to... steal a pattern from a specific NPC! At the same time, she practiced her zero theft skills. However, I managed to steal this particular pattern the first time. An auction helped me with gold and steel bars, as well as silk. The black stone powder was made by my workers in Velia, so the golden armor was made quite quickly.

Rubbing my hands, I moved on to the second stage - the pattern of expensive clothes. For her, I needed permission to produce the best women's clothing, which, of course... had to be stolen from the same NPC! The permit did not want to sneak around, but the vigilant guards very quickly came running after my soul every time the owner of the coveted recipe caught me by the hand. This is how I learned how to quickly ruin relationships with NPCs and drain positive karma. There were no other options for obtaining the pattern, so I had to learn to steal and not get caught, no matter how much my righteous soul protested against such a pastime in the game. What was there in the maid’s pockets? But after a bunch of unnecessary things and a stack of recipes for golden armor, I finally came across that same pattern. Rejoiced, I began to study the recipe further... well, thick leather of the highest quality, thin leather of the highest quality... The auction this time did not help me much, there was only one piece of thin leather in stock, the remaining two had to be obtained in another way.

I looked into the manufacturing recipe. I realized that for one piece of top quality leather I need to cut 100 pig skins. Upset. I decided to take a roundabout route, buying intermediate crafting results at an auction - high-quality leather and a softener. I started production... and nothing happened. It turns out that only a master can make such leather. Only his rank gives the corresponding knowledge about manufacturing. At my rate, I will probably only receive the master by the end of next year... I had to seek salvation again at an auction.

After a week of checking and stalking the coveted leather, I finally managed to buy it. Black Stone Powder was still available. And finally, my worker was able to make a pattern for expensive clothes.

The third stage, compared to the second, turned out to be quite easy - raise the level of the blacksmith’s friendship points using a mini-game to 500, buy a pattern of Jareth’s clothing for the dark knight, get a couple of rare opals (at auction) and also black stone powder... Start production...

And here it is, my coveted suit! Shines gold on the character. What is it - he took up all the slots of the armor, and not the suit?

So this can be easily solved - just buy a coupon for an outfit for 800 rubles in the game store and transfer the costume to the correct cells! Hands up.
A curtain.

Has its own quest system. If you want to learn the mechanics as quickly as possible, learn more about the game world, get additional influence points and useful things, then you will have to complete various quests. You can receive tasks either from the Black Spirit, who accompanies you throughout the game, or from numerous characters (NPCs).

Black Desert quest window

At any time during the game, click on the O key to open a window with completed and ongoing quests. There is a built-in filter here, and you can also study detailed descriptions of tasks here. You even have the opportunity to refuse to complete a particular task. Why do this? You will learn about this below. Finally, there is the most important function that greatly simplifies your task - automatic navigation to the next item. quest Black Desert.

There are several types of filters:

• Select a task according to its type - craft, research or combat.
• Selecting a quest depending on the series - history (plot), quests from the Black Spirit, etc.

If you open the global map, you can see a detailed description of the quest if you click on its symbol with the LMB. In this case, you will not know what reward awaits you. If you right-click on this symbol, your character will automatically begin to follow the desired location.

Right: window with quests

How to complete tasks, classification of quests in Black Desert

Any NPC you meet in the game gives out tasks. Some people do this right away, while other characters do this upon fulfilling a number of conditions, which include achieving a certain character level, friendship with this NPC, etc. Take a look at the map and see exclamation marks. They indicate those characters who are ready to give you a task.

But that’s not all, because exclamation marks come in one of three colors:

• A yellow exclamation point indicates that this NPC can give you a quest.
• A blue exclamation point indicates that the quest issued by this character is in progress.
• A red exclamation point indicates a character from whom you can collect a reward for completing a previously taken and completed quest.

Please note that the Black Spirit is not displayed on the map. To understand that you have completed his task or he has the next one for you, pay attention to the icon in the lower right part of the screen. It is she who will be highlighted at these moments.

Except quests in Black Desert from the Black Spirit and NPC you can complete missions received from the guild. These tasks can be activated by the head of the guild.

In total, you can complete quests from seven different categories, including the Black Spirit quest, story missions, general quests, research, trade and crafting quests. Finally, every day certain quests appear, which are called daily.

What is the reward for Black Desert quests?

Reward for completing Black Desert quests can be XP, influence points, energy, equipment, furniture, potions and other items. Other tasks will give you an additional reward that you can choose (for example, they will offer three items, but only one will go to you).

There is one important note: if you receive an item as a reward, make sure you have free space in your inventory before claiming your well-deserved trophy.

What to do if the task is not completed?

There are different situations when you are unable to complete one or another task. Let's list them:

• I took the same quest to gain knowledge from different characters on the same account.
• The fact is that if one of the heroes completes such a task, then information about this is saved in the memory of the surname. In order for another character to receive and complete the quest, you will have to first cancel it and then take it again.
• Quests related to the collection and transfer of objects to any character have certain features. First, you will have to find and extract a resource, and then transfer it to the quest giver by selecting a phrase in the dialog box. Please note that you need to extract this resource. If you get it in another way (for example, buy it), you will not be able to use it to complete the quest. Those resources that you, although you extracted, but did so before accepting the quest, will not be suitable either.

Why does the quest chain in Black Desert end?

Very often, storyline quests are interconnected and follow each other. But not always after completing the current quest you will be able to immediately receive the next one. In many situations, you will first have to wait for a certain amount of time to pass. But this pause will end not after, for example, a day, but when certain conditions are met. Either you will have to gain knowledge, or reach one or another level, etc.

Black Spirit Quests

The black spirit appears at the very beginning of the game and, looking ahead, remains with your hero forever. It is those quests that the Black Spirit gives that are plot-driven and tell the story of the game.

To summon the Black Spirit, you need to press the not quite familiar \ key. The Black Spirit can automatically appear when reaching a new level or completing its current quest. The quest name will appear on the right side of the screen.

When the task is completed, an inscription will appear on the screen indicating this. Summon the Black Spirit, turn in the current quest to him, collect the reward and take on a new task.

Quests in Black Desert from NPCs

Each character in the game gives your hero a quest if certain conditions are met. For example, when reaching a higher level or increasing friendship (intimacy) with this NPC.

To find a character who can offer you quest in Black Desert, pay attention to the map, where you will see a yellow exclamation mark.

In the lower right part there is a list of all the NPCs of the settlement in which you are located. Among all the characters listed, you will notice those who have quests for you. Just double-click on his name to see the hero.

It also happens that when you kill a particular mob, you can pick up an item with which you can activate a new quest.

Classification of quests from NPCs

The quests you can receive from NPCs come in several types. They are repeatable, mini-games, mob quests, trading, research, non-skill quests and special quests.

It is clear that repeatable quests in Black Desert are completed several times, with a certain time pause. They are taken from the same quest giver. For example, such quests include “Quest for a cat”, “Quest for goats”, etc.

Mini-games are understood as tasks that, in their structure and content, resemble, excuse the tautology, mini-games. To complete a task, you will usually have to acquire an additional item by spending cooperation points. For example, you may need a gun, a flute or a fishing rod. You will need to perform certain commands, which are the main part of these quests. Tasks of this type are “Shooting”, “Fisherman” and “Ratcatcher”.

Mob quests in most cases involve killing one monster or another. Often you need to kill either a certain number of certain creatures, or knock out the desired item from them. Often these tasks can be obtained from mercenaries located in taverns. The reward for completing the task is experience points and valuable coins, which you can exchange for good money from merchants.

More narrowly focused tasks involve accompanying NPCs from point “A” to point “B,” delivering some item, or exploring some area. Notably, completing trade quests rewards you with a wheel that expands your inventory. Of the special quests, as an example, we will give one that invites you to activate the PvP mode ahead of schedule.

Guild Quests

Guild Masters can choose various quests from the general list of missions in the guild. They can give these tasks to guild members.

To choose the task you want to complete, you will need to spend a certain amount. This parameter is called the “quest price”. You will also have to take into account the time it takes to complete the quest. But if such tasks can be completed, the guild will receive a decent reward, which may include guild points, experience points and various items, including sharpening stones and siege tents.

Quests from the guild are for ordinary mobs, for elite monsters, and for creating some kind of item.

Although tasks of the first type are related to killing simple mobs, usually the required quantity is off the charts - about 250 pieces. On the other hand, the quest is issued to the entire guild, so the total number of mobs killed by all its members is calculated. The higher the guild level, the more significant and difficult the quests will be, but the amount of reward received will also increase.

An example of completing a quest. Quest chain “Treasures of Valencia”

Before describing this chain, we note that to successfully complete the 21st task in this chain, you will need huge amounts of energy points, time and money.

In general, to complete the entire quest chain you will need:

• 3 bars, each worth 1 million gold.
• 520,000 gold to purchase all four books.
• Several shovels.
• A huge amount of OP.
• 5 glasses of beer.
• Consumable items - tea, water, cans for HP, MP and FP.

You can take the first task from NPC Aru-Aru. Look for it in the capital of Valencia. The character will ask you to communicate with various books. This is quite simple to do, but after that you will have to steal 3 items at once. Each attempt to steal costs you 12 EP. And the first time, in 3 attempts, you will hardly be able to steal exactly 3 items!

To successfully steal, you must sneak up behind the character, crouch down and press the F2 key. If this key does not work, then perhaps the F1 key is responsible for theft in your layout. When you steal everything, return to Aru-Aru and turn in the quest.

In order to take on the next task, you will need to purchase a dictionary from Aru-Aru. During completing Black Desert quests In this chain, you will need to purchase four books, each of which costs 130,000. The NPC, after you return to him with the stolen items, will ask you to distribute them to other characters. After this, you will need to dig up the King's grave.

Head to Valencia Castle and go down into the dungeon. Attention! No need to jump into the well! Interact with the device from your inventory that is used for excavation. This should be done in the place where the circles are depicted on the ground (in the center of the circles).

The Guardian should appear. You need to destroy it. Once you've done this, return to Aru-Aru for a new quest. You must dig up sand in the desert. Just follow the marker, chat with the target and dig up the desired item. By the way, it is advisable to purchase shovels in advance, because they will still be needed.

After this task you will need to deal with the NPC Giovanni. Aru-Aru will direct you to him after completing the task of digging up sand. To get the desired item from Giovanni, you will have to deal with two other tasks. Take the first quest - you need to kill fat mobs near the mines, next to the volcano. It's north of Valencia. For the second quest, you need to deal with the Fogans south of Valencia.

After completing the tasks, talk to Giovanni. For the item you need, he asks you to bring him an ingot worth 1 million. You'll have to do it! After this, another quest from Giovanni will begin. Move to one place and then return to talk to the man again. But he won't be here anymore. Chat with Giovanni's three partners. Only one of them is telling the truth. But who?

Take the task from the one who claims that Giovanni is digging sand in the desert. Follow the marker, find Giovanni and take the next quest.

You will need shovels again. Dig through the sand until you find the item you need. Apparently, the item can only be found in one place - southeast of Giovanni standing.

Return to the capital of Valencia and approach the new NPC, who is located on the pier. Chat and receive a task - to bring 5 glasses of beer. After purchasing it, give it to the character and receive the desired item. Open your inventory and uncheck the “auto sort” box. Place the chest and the key in the desired order - the chest first, and the key on the right. You will receive Toki's Diamond. Give it to the character at the indicated location.

Complete a few simple tasks until Aru-Aru again asks you to buy the book and steal the key from another NPC. It will be very difficult to steal this item. You can spend about 200-300 EP! When you have the key to the Rabam warehouse in your hands. Then you have to travel. Move to the northwest of the desert and talk to the NPC, who will ask you to give him 2 ingots worth 1 million each.

Having given these ingots, move to the indicated place where you need to destroy the monsters. And again you will have to go to the other end of the map. Don't forget to bring shovels with you to dig up the item.

Look around this place. Be careful, a piece of the object should flash. This is where you need to dig!

When you dig up 5 coins, the entire ruins will appear.

Return to Aru-Aru to complete the quest. This completes his quest.

Chat with the Black Spirit, who will speak to you first. Go to Giovanni, who will offer to rob Aru-Aru. Steal this key and take it to Arehaza. Give it to the black man and communicate with the spirit. You will receive the quest you really need, where you can choose a ring as a reward and an inlay stone.

Complete the task and chat with the Black Spirit. Give a ducat to Aru-Aru and Giovanni, for which you will receive 1000 influence points.