Fughar’s Timepiece is used if you want to carry on your season on another class. However season characters that use the Fughar’s Timepiece will be converted to regular characters, denying them access to the Season Servers.
Using Fughar’s Timepiece does not mean that season server graduation is approaching, and we ask that you wait for further announcements on the end of the Season and Graduation.

Season Characters can only wear gear that displays the Season symbol(). This gear is mostly non-marketable gear such as Naru, Tuvala, main quest accessories, Asula accessories etc.

This means that items such as boss gear (Kzarka weapon, Dim Tree Spirit Armor, Crescent Ring etc) cannot be equipped by a Season Character. Remember to look for the season symbol on the top left corner of items for items that can be equipped.

If you are a new player, we strongly recommend creating a Season Character.

If you do create a season character, the Season Pass provides a structured list of objectives for you to follow to find your footing.

The Black Desert world is unified, meaning you can switch between servers with no penalties freely.
There are a few servers that do have requirements to enter (Olvia for new/returning players, season servers), but characters that can access these servers are also free to move to other servers.

Abyss One: The Magnus is an adventure inside a gap between worlds. Joined by various Black Desert characters and the Guardian of the Abyss, you’ll undertake various tasks and puzzles in order to discover the mysteries of the Magnus.
Completing all the quests within the Magnus, will allow you to easily travel to different parts of the Black Desert world, and also allow you to access different storages from anywhere on the Black Desert world.
You’ll also be granted a free piece of PEN (V) boss gear, which is a great boost to any Adventurer.
For more information, please refer to the Abyss One: The Magnus guide!

Party: Parties allow you to create groups up to 5 other Adventurers.

* You can find listings for parties in the Menu (ESC) - Community (F9) - Find Party/Platoon menu.

Advantages of a Party/Platoon

1. For example, on the season server there is a weekly quest that requires a large amount of monsters to be defeated in order to reach the objective. If you are in a party or platoon, monsters specified in the quest will be counted regardless of who kills them within your party, so you’ll be able to complete these quests even quicker.
 
2. You can easily find the location of party and platoon members from the world map and the minimap.

Differences between Party and Platoons.
1. In parties, you will be sharing EXP earned from defeating monsters with other Adventurers in your party that are in range.
This is not the case for Platoons, as EXP is not shared while in a platoon.
 
2. For Seasons, Rift Echo’s can be completed in a party and rewards will be shared between all members of the party. With Platoons, you will not receive rewards from this party content.

Using an ‘Item Collection Increase Scroll’ (obtained through events, season pass, pearl shop etc) will automatically open up the Item Collection Increase Gauge allowing you to activate effects that increase item drop amount as well as your item drop chance.
Depending on the level on the Item Collection Increase Gauge that you activate, you will get varying different effects for your item drop amount (the amount of vendor loot you obtain), while the item drop rate effect (for treasure items, accessories etc) will remain at +100%.

Effects from each level

Level 1 gauge: Item Drop Rate +100%, Item drop amount +50%

Level 2 gauge: Item Drop Rate +100%, Item drop amount +100%

* Level 2 gauge will deduct two seconds of accumulated time for every 1 second of time that passes.

If you are a season character who arrived to the desert in Black Desert, you will probably have earned a sealed compass (120 min) from the Season Pass.
 
In the desert, your current location is difficult to map out and therefore is not marked on the world map or minimap. One method of navigating the desert is to aim yourself in the rough direction while in an area where you can see your location, and then try to maintain that course until you reach your destination.
 
Using a sealed compass will allow you to find your location on the world map while in the desert. Sealed compass’ can also be created by combining three ‘Part for Explorer’s Compass` in a [-] shape within your. This compass will have the same effect as the sealed compass.
* Tip: To combine items in your inventory, turn off the Auto-sort function in your inventory, then drap the items in the desired shape and then click the item with a ‘+’ symbol on it.

Sealed Compass (120 min)

• Allows you to figure out your location on the World Map and Minimap for 120 minutes in areas where your location is normally hidden such as the Great Ocean and Desert.

The desert is a dangerous place. You can get desert sicknesses during the night (hypothermia) or during the day (heatstroke). These diseases are a continuous tick, and if you health reaches 0, your character will die.
 
You can use items to temporarily cure the illnesses your character suffers from. You can use Purified Water to cure heatstroke, and Star Anise Tea to cure hypothermia, both of which can be crafted or purchased from the central market.

Contribution: Contribution is mainly used when investing in houses and nodes. You can also rent special equipment such as life skill gear, matchlocks and flutes. In general, you earn contribution experience through questing and certain exchanges.

For more information, please refer to the contribution guide.

Energy: Energy is used to interact with NPCs, and certain life skill contents like gathering, fishing and mining. You can obtain max energy increases by increasing your Knowledge in-game (H).

Learn more about energy from the Energy and Knowledge guide.

There are a total of 9 world bosses, and they will appear in their set locations on all servers minus Olvia, Season – Arsha and Arsha servers.
Anyone who can get to the location of the World Boss spawn can participate.

However it is strongly recommended to take on these behemoth bosses when you have a decent level of defense power and attack power so that you don’t die often, and can deal enough damage to earn rewards.

Hovering your mouse over the chat window, you can find the chat settings option where you can change what is displayed in certain chat windows.

If you have been hard at work laying waste to your enemies, you will need to repair your gear.

If you want to find the nearest reapir NPC, click the arrow next to your minimap and select the magnifying glass. From there, select the repair icon to navigate to the nearest repair NPC!

Failing enhancement attempts will consume maximum durability.

In this case, you will need to head to a Blacksmith, and use either memory fragments or copies of the item to restore the maximum durability.

If you are enhancing Tuvala gear and this happens to you, you can restore the maximum durability of Tuvala Gear using Tuvala Ore.

You are free to stop proceeding through the main quest whenever you wish, but there are certain items that will greatly aid you in your travels.
With Abyss One: The Magnus though, it is strongly recommended to complete at least the Calpheon Main Quest, as this is an essential condition for complete the Magnus questline.