What does BDO have to offer?

In the beginning you have to go through some typical quests - you get your first gear through it, which you can and should continue to improve after the season.
(Info: Season does not mean that the character will be deleted after a season. The season is especially attractive for new players so that they can take their first steps into the world of Black Desert. These servers have a gear lock and a character lock. This means that only seasonal characters are allowed to enter these servers and only the Naru and Tuvala gear obtained during the main quest can be donned on these servers. (There are still a few exceptions, but Tuvala gear is the best gear within the season).

This is just a general overview of what BDO has to offer.
(This means that not every single possibility of the game is listed here.)

PvP

First at all there are Nodewars- where you fight for nodes against other guilds. Nodewars are available in 3 different levels, which has to do with equipment limits. With rank level 1, even people who have played through the season can gain their first experience. Of course, you will need a guild to help you with PvP training!

Siegewars are a level above Nodewars and takes place once a week on Saturday - where the big strong guilds fight against each other.

Then there is the Arena of Solaris. For this you need at least a character at level 60 or higher. The equipment is predetermined here. Each player has the same limited selection of items, so you can fight at the same level - at least as far as equipment is concerned. This arena is a 3vs3 PvP mode.

Guild League - where you fight as a guild against other guilds. Please note that not every guild participates and your own gear counts here, so this is not necessarily a place for beginners.

War of the Roses is still a long way off for you, as it is endgame content in terms of PvP. Here, players who have registered beforehand are divided into two teams and you try to capture bases.

Finally, a word about Open World PvP. This is not available on the beginner and normal season servers. On regular servers, you can be attacked outside the safe zone - but the attacker will collect negativ karma points. If you lose too many of these, you will be shown as a red player and can be attacked. There is also a death penalty, especially if you die against monsters.

The game has 3 PvP servers. If you kill another player here - you will not be penalized.

Season PvP - Due to the limitation of the season, you can meet players here who have the same equipment. However, there is no limit to buffs, crystals or artifacts that veterans can still use from their main characters, which is why there can still be a difference in damage here. (However, I cannot judge how active veterans really are on the season servers...)

Arsha PvP - Almost everything is allowed - just  not your own guild members and of course non PvP-capable characters. (characters under level 50)

Arsha Anonymous - "Strong Adventurer" is written above every head. Except for characters under level 50, anyone can be attacked here, even guild members! You can only find out who is standing in front of you via the general chat. (You can also join a group to attack people together with a friend and not hurt each other!)

PvE

The main content is of course the grinding of monsters. There are different monster zones for each equipment level. On the one hand there is of course the blunt killing of monsters to simply get silver, but there is also the possibility to go for treasure items.
Certain monster zones have items that are so rare that some adventures have spent over 1,000 hours to get them - and the player next door only 10 hours. That's the random factor. However, if you want to achieve these goals and use the power of the items - such as having another player port to you, no matter where they is. You will find the necessary incentive to do so.
(Of course, not every zone is simply sword out and stab - some of them also have certain mechanics to consider.)

Unfortunately, one point that still lack on some point is the group grind.

BUT here is the thing - Pearl Abyss is listening to the feedback us - the community - and planning more and more Group Content in the future!

Boss Blitz
This is a special mode where you don't just fight a boss. Here you have to follow a mechanic for each boss. Boss Blitz must first be unlocked through a series of quests. After that, each boss currently has 7 different difficulty levels. There is also a ranking list for each class and level. The damage calculation here has its very own calculation, which I will not go into for a general overview, but I will say that your own equipment only counts minimally here!

Dungeons
Black Desert has no instances as you know it from other MMOs. The dungeons here are open world, and you can only get 2 rewards per week per dungeon.
In addition to the series of quests in the dungeon, which you can do alone, a group of 5 people is always required. To the fact that there are 3 difficulty levels, each dungeon consists of different mechanics.

Lifeskill

The professions - in addition to the normal grinding of monsters, there are also professions. Gathering, fishing, hunting, cooking, alchemy, processing, training, trading (currently deactivated), cultivation, sailing and bartering.
At some point, everyone does something in one of these areas. However, there are also players who focus very strongly on this. Some of these professions can be done Afk or Semi-Afk to make some profit on the side.


And besides what I've written, there's also the option of completing things just for fun. There are people who want to have as many titles as possible. Collecting all the knowledge they can, pushing up the quest counter with as many characters as possible.
There are also people who rent a house and bring in the furniture, which also takes a lot of time to build. Of course, everything has to be decorated correctly. It need to look good.

The same applies to the character. Everything has to be just right. How about blonde hair or green? Ah - just green tips in the blonde hair!

FIVE HOURS IN THE CHARACTER EDITOR?!?!

Where has the time gone!?!?!

Hah, ONLY five hours in the character editor? ;D

This guide is really helpful, I hope new / prospect players will see this :)

very well written...comeone down new players find out what you've been missing!!

until they make the changes to the protections system then you can  leave

Streamlined Catch-Up Mechanics - Existed in quite a few ways This is still a KOREAN MMO.

Dynamic PvP Events - This also happens Some tourneyments and Aos and capped nw/siege exist

Enhanced Training Grounds- This Is just Ba

Progressive PvP Servers Tuvala arsha seasonal exist  Normal arsha people mostly just grind on it anyways

Cook up some more ideas