If this is your first time to Black Desert, you’ve probably created a “season character.”
On the Server Select window, choose to enter a “Season” server, then complete the objectives in the season pass which will serve as guidelines to help your character grow.

CP: Contribution points, or “CP” for short, are points used mainly to invest in nodes or purchase residences. You can also use these points to rent special gear such as hunting rifles and flutes.

The basic way to acquire Contribution EXP is by completing quests.

Energy: Used to interact with NPCs and Life skill content such as Gathering, Fishing, Mining, etc.

Learn Knowledge to increase your max amount of Energy.

World bosses spawn on all servers except for Olvia, and Arsha servers.

World bosses spawn in specific locations and everyone is welcome to join in the raid.

However, we do recommend your character has enough DP, to withstand the powerful blows of world bosses, and AP, to deal enough damage, before rising to the challenge.

Whether it be Hunting or proceeding with quests, you might find your bags suddenly filled with items which, you’ve no idea of their specific usage but, are preventing you from claiming quest rewards or monster loot!

Here’s a little tip!
Use the Central Market Warehouse!

Central Market NPCs can be found in every town.
They will grant you access to the warehouse where you can store items you won’t be using anytime soon.

You can store as many items as the warehouse weight limit allows for (which is a lot), and this is something you’ll be doing throughout your stay in Black Desert!

Items that cannot be stored in the warehouse can be stored in your local storage via storage keeper NPCs. They’ll hold onto such items until you need them again!

TIP: Items that mention “Vendors would buy this item at a fair price” in their description are typically regarded as “junk” loot. It’s better to sell these to NPC vendors and free up their inventory slots as soon as you can!

If your mount ends up meeting an unfortunate fate, you can always seek out the stable keeper NPC to recover them.
As long as your mount has no trade items in its inventory, you can recover them from the nearest stable and take them out from there.

If your mount has trade items, you will need to head over to the territory’s main stable keeper to recover your mount.

This will move your mount to the current stable immediately.
However, you may have to recover your mount’s health before taking them out, so don’t forget!