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Introduction
Energy is a game mechanic resource present in many games, just like it does on Black Desert. Your character uses energy to execute various in-game activities, such as trading, gathering, contract workers, etc.
During gameplay, the energy bar is located in the top left corner of your computer screen, adjacent to your level bar. Every player starts at a standard gauge, and it can be increased as you progress through the game and participate in certain quests or activities. Additionally, your energy bar also replenishes over time even if you fully deplete it. By standard mechanics, you will recover one energy point automatically every three minutes.
The energy gauge is located at the top left corner of your screen, and it is symbolized with a flexing arm icon. You can view your current energy out of your maximum energy.
The most common way to increase your energy gauge is to discover new Knowledge or obtain it through game progression. However, there are many other ways to increase your energy bar. Let’s show you the best ways to increase your energy in Black Desert Online!
Energy Basics
It is essential to understand that your maximum energy is shared across all of your characters in your account. Therefore, each player can perform a series of activities when you play.
You are able the execute activities through the use of energy:
How to Obtain Energy?
Energy is acquired through the Knowledge system in Black Desert, which can be quite hard to comprehend if you have no previous understanding. First of all, press your “H” key on your keyboard to open up the knowledge system in your account. It has a unique layout, which throws off many players.
There is a small bar on the bottom right corner of your screen, which displays various topics. Each topic is divided into further subcategories. As you progress through each cascading list, you will discover a list of options. This list showcases various character options, which involve talking to NPCs.
Once you have talked or interacted with all the NPCs present in that list, you will receive the energy reward depicted. For example, you may receive a 20-point energy reward if you talk with twenty specific NPCs or so, to earn it.
However, the reward is not solely based on interacting with NPCs. There are other tasks present in the topics bar that will allow you to receive energy. For instance, if you click on the “Sea” tab, you will be asked to visit islands to earn an energy reward. Thus, you can increase through many different activities.
The following tasks are options available in the topics bar that will enable you to earn energy points:
- Characters: It involves interacting and talking with NPCs
- Topography: The quests include exploring certain areas of the world of Black Desert, completing your region map, and filling in the missing regions.
- Sea: It revolves around discovering different locations in the ocean.
- Ecology: It centers on performing tasks associated with certain mobs, like the mob of Calpheon.
- Adventure Journal: You have to execute certain challenges or interact with certain NPCs to obtain their rewards.
- Academics: It involves visiting the various libraries available throughout the game and either reading certain books or talking to specific characters within them.
- Life skills: You acquire specific skills to earn their rewards.
How to Complete Certain Tasks within the Topics Bars?
Let’s say that you want to gain energy by performing tasks from the Characters Tab. You can hover your pointer over the NPC with all the questions, and a small hint will appear regarding the specific NPC you are looking for. For example, it can say “the Queen of Heidel Marker Street.” Thus, you must travel to the said market and try to find the Queen.
If you do not have any idea where to begin to search for certain NPCs, you may waste precious time talking to various characters to find it. However, there is a way for you to find these characters on the get-go. You can visit the BDO Codex website, where it displays all the topics practically within the Knowledge system. You can receive a detailed description of how to do them successfully or how to find specific NPCs. Here is the link to the BDO Codex website; https://bdocodex.com/us/knowledge/. Searching YouTube also works if you prefer to follow a video instead.
For example, if you are doing the “Upper Class of Heidel” task in the Characters tab, you can search the Codex website or Google and cascade the links until you find the Characters option. The tasks are displayed in the same order as the topics in the game. Therefore, your search for the character you are looking for and press the name.
A new window will open, and it will describe the specific location of the character. Some areas even have a game image, which showcases the character’s exact location during gameplay. Various players can also add screenshots if certain characters are missing or if they move during certain moments.
If you are unable to find a specific character within the Codex website, you can type the name of the character you are looking for in Google (the name of the character + BDO). Enter BD database website, and you will see a map with a red marker that displays the character’s location.
How is Energy Retrieved?
The energy reward is not acquired gradually as you complete talking to a specific NPC. To receive the reward, you must complete all the tasks. Once you have spoken to the last NPC in the to-do list or visited the last place in the list, a pop-up message will appear on your screen, and it will display the amount of energy you earned.
If you return to the Knowledge system and search for the task you have done, it will say “Obtained” next to the completed quest and the amount of energy earned.
