In Black Desert Online, a compass and map are handy for helping you navigate the world faster.
Because of the compass and map’s usefulness in the game, people often wonder how to get them and many other things to do with the compass and map. With that said, let us get into it. This guide will go over what the compass and map do and how to get all the pieces required for making them. You will also learn about bonus items you can get after finishing the pieces.
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Portal Defining Quest
There is a simple quest that starts at Sand Grain Bazaar. This quest is a one-time per family questline and is a very simple quest.
After you finish this quest, you can now easily spot which portal it is, helping you define which one is Hystria and which is Aakman.
If there is a yellow circle around the portal, then it is a Hystria portal.
If there is no yellow circle, then it is an Aakman portal.
Lafi Bedmountain’s Upgraded Compass
The compass allows you to call a party member, allowing them to teleport to you instantly.
This compass allows you to call your friends (if you’re at a party) nearby to you. This compass also has a ten-hour cooldown, and every character has their own cooldown.
So because every character has their cooldown with this compass, you can use it for more than one character. As you can see, this is a very useful item in Black Desert Online, but you may wonder where it drops. Here is a list of where the pieces drop:
-Piece N.1 (called the Elten Piece)
Drops from the Hystria Ruins
Mob Name: Tukar Balten or Elten
-Piece N.2 (called the Vodkhan Piece)
Drops in the Hystria Ruins
Mob Name: Vodkhan
-Piece N.3 (called the Aakman Piece)
Drops in the Aakman temple.
Mob name: Aakman Elite Guardian
You also need an ocean sapphire, a blood ruby, and a gold topaz.
Go to Ain Greed to exchange the upgraded compass parts.
Description and other useful things about a compass:
Details:
The effect sends an invitation to a friend to join a party.
This only works if they are on the same server as you are.
You can’t be offline to use it.
Teleport won’t be available after using a command,
It won’t work if the person you invited logged out or changed servers.
If you are a Platoon member, this can’t be used.
This cannot be used if you are making Node/Conquest Wars. The same can be said if you are on the red battlefield or in jail.
You cannot summon people to your party if they are on a Mount other than a camel, horse, or donkey.
This also means you can’t do this if you are on a Mount and either you or the Mount are holding Trade Items.
Items Required
-Vodkhan Piece x1
-Elten Piece x1
-Aakman Piece x1
-Ocean Sapphire x1
-Blood Ruby x1
-Gold Topaz x1
Furniture and Title Reward
After completing your compass, you can get an exclusive Title reward and furniture item!
You HAVE to have beaten the Crow’s Nest Questline and meet Patrigio.
You have to have the compass in your inventory.
See Patrigio at the Crow’s Nest.
Show Patrigio the compass to complete.
Archeologist Map
What does it do?
The Archeologist’s map can help you teleport to a nearby town. And then help you travel back to your original location.
You can only teleport back to a location within 30 minutes. You can teleport back to any safe zone. You do not need to be in the same town that you teleported.
Even if you disconnect from the game or change characters, you’ll still have 30 minutes to teleport back. It countdowns even if you are not the same character.
The archeologist map cannot be used during a Front war or siege.
The archeologist map cannot be used if you are in jail or doing the red battlefield.
An archeologist’s map has a cooldown of six hours.
2 Pieces drop from Roud Sulphur Mine
Mob name: Lave Tukar and Lava Devourer
2 Pieces drop from Pila Ku Jail
Mob name: Iron Fist Warder and Sordid Deportee
Details
Description:
“A special map can help you find your way to town and back.”
Effect:
Teleports you to any town, but you must be within a certain distance of the town.
“The return of an Archeologist” button is on the right side of your screen to return to your location.
You must teleport back to your original location in 30 minutes if you teleported to a town, or it won’t work after.
You must be in a safe zone to return to your original location.
The Archeologist’s map cannot be used in Node/Conquest War Fronts if you are in jail or doing the red battlefield.
The cooldown is six hours.
Items Required
Lava Tukar Piece x1
Lava Devourer x1
Iron Fist Warder x1
Sordid Deportee x1
Blood Ruby x1
Ocean Sapphire x1
Gold Topaz x1
Forest Emerald x1
Caphras Cave
After acquiring all four pieces, you need to go to caphras cave and exchange the map pieces.
Furniture and Title Reward
After completing your Archeologist’s map, you can get an exclusive Title reward and furniture item!
You HAVE to have beaten the Crow’s Nest Questline and meet Patrigio.
You have to have the Archeologist’s map in your inventory.
See Patrigio at the Crow’s Nest.
Show Patrigio the Archeoligst’s Map to complete.
Conclusion
We discussed two of the most important items in the game: the Archeologist’s map and Lafi Badmountain’s Upgraded Compass. We learned that Lafi Badmountain’s Upgraded Compass is an important tool to play with other players. We also learned that the Archeologist’s Map is important if you want to teleport to the nearest town or fast travel.
We discussed where you can get the items and how to make the items, too. We reviewed some rewards you can get for getting both items via a quest. We also talked about some of the details for each of these items! We hope this guide helped you with getting these items!