BDO Bartering Guide: Barter Life Skill

Bartering allows you to exchange materials to a Barter NPC located on an island or ocean object for profit.

Barter Highlights:

Barter by placing goods in your ship’s inventory and sailing close to the Barter NPC.
Ship Weight management is important as you plan Barter chains. Barter goods can weigh 100LT to 2kLT each.
Ships with greater Weight + Inventory will earn more silver. (Less travel time required.)
Available barter routes are manually refreshed by you up to 2 times each day (3 with a Value Pack).
- 2 hour limit between pressing the Barter Refresh button.
Barter is also limited by “Parley” points. (Parley is refilled after Barter Refresh or with an Item Collection Increase Scroll.)
Barter Refresh Points refill every day at 06:00 UTC.

Barter Basics

Barter Requirement: a Great Ocean Ship (Bartali Sailboat or higher tier ship… Epheria Sailboat, etc)

Barter Ship Upgrade Path:

Bartali Sailboat → Epheria Sailboat → Improved Epheria Sailboat → Epheria Caravel → Carrack Advance

Bartali Sailboat

→

Epheria Sailboat

→

Epheria Caravel

But I want a battleship too!

Battleships can be used for barter, but they are more difficult due to lower weight limits
Battleship Upgrade Path: Bartali Sailboat → Epheria Frigate → Improved Epheria Frigate → Epheria Galleass → Carrack Valor

View Barters:

Barter Routes are visible via the World Map. If there is a barter available, it will show over the island or NPC. But, it’s easiest to use the “Barter Information” button to get a detailed listing.

Menu (Esc) → Life (F6) → Barter Menu

Barter via World Map (M) > “Barter Information” button.

TIP: add Barter to your hotkeys. Search “Barter” in the Esc > Settings menu to change.

Barter Chains / Barter Routes

The Barter Search window will show you available Barter Chains or Barter Routes. You start with items you have gathered or prepared on land and transfer them to your ship’s inventory.

Land Goods are Required for Barter:

For your first Barter, you will want to look at the land goods required to obtain a [Level 1] Sea Trade Good.

The land goods can be obtained via nodes, processing, cooking, alchemy, gathering, etc.

View a full list of Land Goods & Quantities for Barter.

500 million silver Barter Chain:

Land Goods → [Level 1] → [Level 2] → [Level 3] → [Level 4] → [Level 5] → [Level 6] → [Level 7]

A completed level 7 barter chain rewards 500,000,000 silver.

Bartering Basics: Step by Step

Place your land goods at a <Storage Keeper> near a <Wharf Manager> or in your character inventory.
- Goods placed into city storage (Velia, Port Epheria, Olvia, Iliya, Ancado, Arehaza) can be transfered to your ship’s inventory via that city’s Wharf Manager.
- Goods can be transfered from your character’s inventory to your ship’s inventory via the Ship Info window, by pressing P while behind the wheel.
  - This only works for normal land goods and not Sea Trade Goods that have a Level 1-7 in their name.
Sail to the Barter NPC and stay engaged with the ship’s wheel.
A ship UI will appear.
Click “Anchor” button and then “Barter”.
At the Wharf Manager you can deposit your Level 1-7 goods into a city storage.
From the city storage keeper you can sell them or store them for future barters.

Load Cargo at Wharf Manager

Barter Refresh Options

Barter Refresh erases the current Barter List and randomly gives you a new one.

The amount of Barter routes you obtain is dependant upon your completed Barter count.

Barter Refresh is limited by 100 Barter Refresh Points. (150 with a Value Pack.)

Refresh Count	Refresh Points for Trade Material	Refresh Points for Ship Material
1 Time	20	10
2 Times	40	30
3 Times	50	N/A (You can only use the “Ship Material Refresh” function twice a day.)

5 Barter Refresh Options:

Trade Item Barter Refresh: Use 20/40/50 Barter Refresh Points to immediately refresh the list. Trade Item Barter Refresh has a mixed varitety of Lv 1 to 7 sea trade goods, Crow Coins, and a few ship upgrade mats. (2 hour Cooldown. Limited to 2 per day or 3 with VP)
Trade Item Barter Instant Refresh: Spend an additional 30 extra Barter Refresh Points to immediately refresh the list, when you are unable to Refresh due to the 2 hour Refresh Cooldown
Ship Material Refresh: Use 10 (1st use) or 30 (2nd use) Barter Refresh Points to immediately change all barters into ship material barters. These materials are used to upgrade to your next tier of ship. Each barter material has a required total barter count in order to have a chance to obtain barter routes for them. Ex. 3,000 total barters must be completed in order to start seeing barters for Brilliant mats. (There is a limit of two Ship Material Refreshes per day.)
Instant Ship Material Refresh: Spend an additional 30 extra Barter Refresh Points to bypass the Ship Material Refresh cooldown.
Reduce Refresh Cooldown: Use up to 50k Parley from one button press to reduce the Refresh Cooldown. (There is no option to choose how much Parley is consumed. You can press the button multiple times in a row, as long as you have enough Parley.)
- 10k Parley for 1 minute
- 50k Parley for 5 minutes. (1 button press)
- 30 minutes = 300k Parley (6 button presses)
- 60 minutes = 600k Parley (12 button presses)

If you have an active Value Pack, you can recover 50 extra barter refresh points.

Barter Refresh Points refill every day at 06:00 UTC.

Ship Material Refresh

You have a chance to obtain the following barters after using the Ship Material Refresh function if you have a certain accumulated barter count. (Source: Patch Notes)

Barter Count	Item Cost	Item Received
100	Level 3 sea trade good	Tidal Black Stone x3 (you can do this 3 times)
300	Level 4 sea trade good	Tidal Black Stone x6 (you can do this 3 times)
3,500	Level 5 sea trade good	Tidal Black Stone x20 (you can do this 1 time)
3,500	Gold Bar 100G x1	Tidal Black Stone x20 (you can do this 1 time)
3,500	Level 5 sea trade good	Tidal Black Stone x30 (you can do this 1 time)
3,500	Gold Bar 100G x2	Tidal Black Stone x30 (you can do this 1 time)
5,000	Level 5 sea trade good	Tidal Black Stone x50 (you can do this 1 time)

Rare Spawns From Ship Material Refresh

Barters exchanging Crow Coins for the following items appear at a low rate during ship material barter.
- Golden Galley Figurine (100,000,000 silver)
- Golden Turtle Shell ( 70,000,000 silver)
- Obsidian Crystal Bracelet (50,000,000 silver)
- Elaborate Pearl Necklace (30,000,000 silver)
- Gilded Coral (10,000,000 silver)

Crow Coins from Bartering

Barter Trade Item Refresh usually provides barters to obtain Crow Coins for level 4 barter goods.

Level 4 Barter goods can pay 80 to 600 Crow Coins. (Usually it’s around 150 Crow Coins.)
Shorter distance barters pay about 45 to 60 Crow Coins.

Crow Coin Islands

The short distance continental islands can pay 40 to 60 Crow Coins for a Level 4 Sea Trade Good.

The barter locations that are furthest from Velia, usually pay around 150 Crow Coins.

Al Halam Sea (N Valencia)

Barter Location	Crow Coins
Halmad Island	120 – 180
Kashuma Island	100 – 190
Derko Island	120 – 190

Ross Sea (NE of Tinberra)

Barter Location	Crow Coins
Crow’s Nest	300-650

Margoria’s Great Ocean

Barter Location	Crow Coins
Shipwrecked Haran’s Cargo Ship	175 – 325
Unfinished Adrift Vessel	175 – 325
Lantinia’s Combat Raft	90 – 200
Pakio’s Combat Raft	90 – 200
Crow Merchants’ Vessel	90 – 200
Shipwrecked Rickun’s Ship	90 – 200
Shipwrecked Cox Pirate Ship	90 – 200
Shipwrecked Marine Vessel	90 – 200
Old Moon Guild’s Carrack	120 – 200
Wandering Merchant’s Ship	120 – 200

Lucky Barter for Crow Coins

If you are lucky, you can even obtain a very large amount of Crow Coins during ship material refresh or from a rare Special Barter.

In the image below, most of the barters provided Crow Coins, even the green barter goods could be traded for them.

If you get lucky and obtain this, take careful note of the Parley cost vs reward.

crow coin ship material refresh rare barter

Barter Exchanges Limited by Sea Trade Good Level

Exchanges Left:

Note that you can perform the same Barter multiple times while you are at the Barter NPC. You will have to multiply your goods by the “Exchanges Left” amount. Be sure to hover over the items and add up their LT to make sure you don’t accidentally overburden your ship. Each ship has different weight and inventory limits. Carrack Advance is the best barter ship.

Barter exchange limits differ depending on the level of the barter goods.

Barter Good	Barter Limit	Barter Item Given → Barter Good Reward
Level 1	10	Land Goods → [Level 1] barter good x1
Level 2	10	Level 1 barter good x1 → Level 2 barter good x2–3
Level 3	10	Level 2 barter good x1 → Level 3 barter good x2–3
Level 4	10	Level 3 barter good x1 → Level 4 barter good x2
Level 5	6	Level 4 barter good x1 → Level 5 barter good x1
Level 6	5	Level 4 barter good x1 → Level 5 barter good x1
Level 7	5	Level 4 barter good x1 → Level 5 barter good x1

It is common to have some left over barter goods, if you do every available Barter.

Barter Goods to Keep

Certain Barter goods are used to obtain a better ship. You may want to keep these in Storage/Alts/Wagons, if your goal is to upgrade your ship. Then it’s a waiting game, to see when your desired barter route will appear, after pressing Ship Material Refresh.

Barter Good Storage Tips:

Level 1 and 2 barter items can’t be sold, so make sure you have enough storage space to store them.
Level 1 to 4 of the same goods do stack.
[Level 5] and higher goods do NOT stack, but you can sell extras at the <Wharf Manager> or <Storage Keeper> for silver.
- To sell at the Wharf Manager is a clunky pain as you have to transfer the extremely heavy trade item into your character inventory first then open his shop to sell the item.
- Sell at the Storage Keeper for a faster process.

Barter Goods to Keep Guide

WARNING: Remote Collection of a ship (or any mount) with level 1-7 Barter goods on it will destroy the goods and your ship HP/Durability. Any Sailors on board will get sick and will require a rare elixir to use again.
NOTE: You can no longer transport level 1-7 Barter Goods via Character Transport or Storage Keeper transport, or calling a horse to your boat.

Barter Weights & Silver Value

Barter Item Level	LT	Value
[Level 1]	100	can’t be sold
[Level 2]	400	can’t be sold
[Level 3]	900	1 million Silver
[Level 4]	1000	2 million Silver* Crow Coins (80 to 650)
[Level 5]	1000	7.5 million Silver
[Level 5]	1000	15 million Silver
[Level 6]	2000	50 million Silver
[Level 7]	2000	100 million Silver

Barter Weight (LT) and value is determined by the Barter item’s [Level]. The most value is obtained toward the end of a Barter Chain.

* For ship builders, it’s important that you hang on to your Crow Coins and NOT spend them on a whim. It may be tempting to buy a compass, for example. But some items for ships can only be purchased with thousands of Crow Coins. (Ex. Carrack Gear costs 10k Crow Coins each)

For a detailed guide and listing of available items you can purchase with Crow Coins, please view this Crow Coin Guide.

It’s easiest to sell heavy Sea Trade Goods at the Storage Keeper.

Sell Barter Sea Trade Goods Storage Keeper

Barter for Lost Trade Box

On Beiruwa and Barater islands, you can exchange Lv. 1 sea trade goods to obtain Lost Trade Box up to 4 times.

You can obtain any 1 of the Lv. 1-5 sea trade goods when opening Lost Trade Box, according to a set probability. (My luck has been pretty good. Usually I get something higher than a T1 sea trade good.)

Barter for Ships

Upgrade to a Caravel or Galleass by bartering for ship upgrade mats.

To start, you will need 40 Tidal Black Stones.

Tidal Black Stone is used for guaranteed enhancement of +1 to +10 on Old Figurehead, Old Plating, Old Cannon, and Old Wind Sail. These are required to upgrade your first ship.

However, if you complete Ravinia’s 7 day questline, you will only need 20 Tidal Black Stones to obtain your first T3 ship.

Obtaining Tidal Black Stone

Tidal Black Stone is obtained via barter, sailing quests, or sea monster hunting.

Spend Crow Coin x10 at the Crow Coin Shop
Barter with [Level 1 to 4] Sea Trade Goods
Sailing/Barter Quests:
- Great Expedition Main Sailing Questline (Kanilla Delcas)
- Ravinia’s 7 Day Quest Line
- Repeatable Sailing/Barter Quests
Hunt Sea Monsters – drops from Hekaru, Ocean Stalker, Sea of Silence, Young Candidum, Young Nineshark, Young Black Rust.
Regional Sea Monster Quests
Give Sea Trade Goods to Baori <Storage Keeper> at Iliya Island.
- [Level 2] Sea Trade Good = 2 Tidal Black Stones
- [Level 3] Sea Trade Good = 4 Tidal Black Stones

Weekly Nineshark Quest Tidal Black Stone Tear of the Ocean Crow Coin

Khan Guild Boss:

Level	Tidal Black Stones
0	50 guaranteed
1	60 guaranteed
2	80 guaranteed
3	100 guaranteed

Tidal Black Stone is sometimes offered in Trade Item Refresh and Ship Material Refresh, however these cost Parley.

Is Weight Limit Important in Barter?

You can transfer heavy sea trade goods from and to your character at the Wharf Manager.

Even being abe to hold a couple level 5 items in your inventory can be beneficial for transfering them to another Storage Keeper.

Seafood Cron Meal +250 LT
Draught +200 LT
Shai class: 600 LT base (additional when leveling up)
Zereth armor +50 LT
Hercules shoes, gloves, helmet set bonus (200 LT)
Crystals: +15 to +75 LT each (Ex. Gervish)
Asula Belt (+100 LT)
Root Treant Accessory 5-Set Effect (+100 LT)
Loyalty/Pearl weight upgrades
Some pets: 260 LT (ex. Polar Bear, Meowser, Young Crimson Dragon variation)

Weight Limit Gear Set Example

The following gear adds Weight Limit +1090 LT to your base LT.

+200 LT Weight Accessory Set:

Root Treant’s Leaf Earring
Root Treant’s Leaf Earring
Root Treant’s Stem Ring
Root Treant’s Stem Ring
Root Treant’s Petal Necklace
Asula’s Crimson Eye Belt

+250 LT Weight Gear Set

Helmet of Hercules’ Might
Zereth Armor
Gloves of Hercules’ Might
Shoes of Hercules’ Might

+490 LT Weight Crystal Set:

Cobelinus (limit 2)

WON Magic Crystal – Cobelinus x2

Hystria (limit 2)

BON Magic Crystal – Hystria x2

Unlimited

Ancient Magic Crystal – Hystria x4

Gervish (4 set buff limit)

HAN Magic Crystal – Gervish x 4

+150 LT Trained Lightstone Combo:

Lightstone of Wind: Feather x4

More Barter Routes with High Barter Count

Additional Barter Routes and materials are unlocked, after you complete a specific number of Barters. Opened Barter Routes aren’t available until after Barter Refresh.

Barter Count	Added Trade Route Examples
10	Kashuma Island – Crow Coin
30	Derko Island – Crow Coin
70	Crow’s Nest – Crow Coin
150	Margoria’s Star – Shipwrecked Haran’s Cargo Ship
300	Margoria’s Star – Unfinished Adrift Vessel
600	Margoria’s Star – Lantinia’s Combat Raft
1,200	Margoria’s Star – Pakio’s Combat Raft, Shipwrecked Ancient Relic Cargo Ship
1,500	Invernen Island, Marka Island – Brilliant Rock Salt Ingot, Brilliant Pearl Shard
2,500	Margoria’s Star – Crow Merchants’ Vessel
3,000	Margoria’s Star – Wandering Merchant’s Ship
5,000	Margoria’s Star – Shipwrecked Rickun’s Ship, Cholace Chico’s Pirate Union
10,000	Margoria’s Star – Shipwrecked Cox Pirate Ship
20,000	Margoria’s Star – Shipwrecked Marine Vessel

Barter Count	Max Trade Routes
0	3
10	3
30	4
70	5
150	6
300	7
600	8
1,200	9
2,500	10
5,000	11
10,000	12
20,000	12

Special Barter

Special Barter allows you to trade for a large amount of Crow Coins and rarely other valuable goods. View some of these in the table below. You have an RNG chance to obtain a Special Barter.

Player reports seem to be all over the place with RNG as to how often Special Barter spawns and which ones they get.

*As of patch 2/22/2023, Special Barter will now appear regardless of Barter Level or Barter Count.

Special Barter has a chance to spawn each time you complete a barter. You will get a golden message that splashes across the screen.

The island that has a Special Barter will display a gold badge on top of any normal barter on the World Map (M).

Value Pack Benefits

Special Barter with Value Pack:

You can see the item requirement and rewards for a Special Barter from the world map.
You can SKIP a Special Barter from far away.
- You may not want or need the Special Barter offered.
- Some Special Barters may be located far away in the Great Ocean and may not be worth the travel time.

Without a Value Pack, you can only see the items in the Special Barter exchange by going to the island Barter NPC where it is located.

Special Barters do NOT go away after Barter Refresh and stay until you complete the barter or skip it. (If you have a Value Pack activated, you can see the barter and skip it remotely.)

Forest Crystal via Special Barter

The Special Barter in the image required a 100G gold bar to obtain 1 Forest Crystal. (10 million silver.)

Forest Crystal is used to make a helpful barter crystal that gives +5% Life Exp.

Below are a few examples of some Special Barters. For a complete list, please visit Special Barters List

Special Barter Price		Special Barter Reward	Barter Reward Details
Gold Bar 1,000G 1 to 10pc.	→	Khan’s Concentrated Magic	Ingredient In: Khan’s Heart: Destruction Khan’s Heart: Life Khan’s Heart: Protection
Gold Bar 1,000G 1pc.	→	Devil’s Elixir	All AP +100 – Duration: 60 min. – Expiration: 30 days – Cooldown: 60 min.
Gold Bar 1,000G 1pc.	→	Mermaid’s Tear	All Damage Reduction +150 – Duration: 60 min. – Expiration: 30 days – Cooldown: 60 min.
Level 4 Sea Trade Good	→	Crow Coins up to 5k	Ravinia Crow Coin Shop Guide
Gold Bar 1G 1pc.	→	Golden Galley Figurine	Sell price: 100,000,000
Gold Bar 1,000G 1-5pc.	→	TRI Manos Accessories	Very rarely a TET.

Barter More with a Value Pack

[Event] Value Pack (30 Days)

Barter Buffs from an active Value Pack:

If you have an active Value Pack, you get 50 extra Barter Refresh Points. (Max 150 Barter Refresh Points instead of 100.)
Allows 1 extra Barter Trade Refresh each day (3 instead of 2)
Parley cost decreased by 10% for each Barter.
Remotely check or skip Special Barter via the Barter Search window, so that you don’t have to travel to the bartering location.
1 Item Collection Increase Scroll each day in your Challenge Rewards (Y) → Can convert this into 250k Parley scroll.

Barter Parley Points

We start with 1,000,000 Parley Points that are depleted upon each completed barter.

There is a Parley cost for all barters, except for lucky Special barters.
Parley cost is shown in the Barter Information window.
Even if the node shows an available barter, you must have the required Parley in order to complete the barter.
Parley fills up to 100% and is refreshed each time you press the Barter Refresh button.
Parley does NOT refill with the daily barter reset.
Parley cost decreases by 10% when you have a Value Pack active.
Parley Cost decreases as you gain levels in the Barter Life Skill. See Parley Chart below.

Barter Type	Parley Cost
Most Barters	14,286
Crow Coins	21,650

Reduce Parley Cost:

Value Pack – 10%
Barter Level – up to 25.2%
Special Barter Sailor Cleia- 10%

Rare Barter Sailor:

Cleia is obtained rarely via Special Barter.
Obtaining her pocketwatch allows you to begin a short questline to speak to Cleia in Heidel.
Cleia will need one empty sailor slot.

Parley Reduction Based Upon Barter Level

Level	Parley
Beginner 1	-0.0000%
Beginner 2	-2.7329%
Beginner 3	-3.8568%
Beginner 4	-4.7136%
Beginner 5	-5.4313%
Beginner 6	-6.0595%
Beginner 7	-6.6238%
Beginner 8	-7.1392%
Beginner 9	-7.6157%
Beginner 10	-8.0603%

Level	Parley
Apprentice 1	-8.4779%
Apprentice 2	-8.8723%
Apprentice 3	-9.2466%
Apprentice 4	-9.6030%
Apprentice 5	-9.9435%
Apprentice 6	-10.2697%
Apprentice 7	-10.5830%
Apprentice 8	-10.8843%
Apprentice 9	-11.1747%
Apprentice 10	-11.4550%

Level	Parley
Skilled 1	-11.7260%
Skilled 2	-11.9882%
Skilled 3	-12.2423%
Skilled 4	-12.4887%
Skilled 5	-12.7279%
Skilled 6	-12.9602%
Skilled 7	-13.1861%
Skilled 8	-13.4059%
Skilled 9	-13.6198%
Skilled 10	-13.8281%

Level	Parley
Professional 1	-14.0312%
Professional 2	-14.2291%
Professional 3	-14.4222%
Professional 4	-14.6105%
Professional 5	-14.7944%
Professional 6	-14.9739%
Professional 7	-15.1492%
Professional 8	-15.3205%
Professional 9	-15.4878%
Professional 10	-15.6514%

Level	Parley
Artisan 1	-15.8113%
Artisan 2	-15.9677%
Artisan 3	-16.1206%
Artisan 4	-16.2701%
Artisan 5	-16.4164%
Artisan 6	-16.5595%
Artisan 7	-16.6995%
Artisan 8	-16.8365%
Artisan 9	-16.9705%
Artisan 10	-17.1017%

Level	Parley
Master 1	-17.2300%
Master 2	-17.3556%
Master 3	-17.4785%
Master 4	-17.5988%
Master 5	-17.7165%
Master 6	-17.8316%
Master 7	-17.9443%
Master 8	-18.0546%
Master 9	-18.1624%
Master 10	-18.2679%

Level	Parley
Master 11	18.3711%
Master 12	18.4721%
Master 13	18.5708%
Master 14	18.6700%
Master 15	18.7700%
Master 16	18.8700%
Master 17	18.9700%
Master 18	19.0700%
Master 19	19.1700%
Master 20	19.2700%

Level	Parley
Master 21	19.3700%
Master 22	19.4700%
Master 23	19.5700%
Master 24	19.6700%
Master 25	19.7700%
Master 26	19.8700%
Master 27	19.9700%
Master 28	20.0700%
Master 29	20.1700%
Master 30	20.2700%

Level	Parley
Guru 1	20.3700%
Guru 2	20.4700%
Guru 3	20.5700%
Guru 4	20.6700%
Guru 5	20.7700%
Guru 6	20.8700%
Guru 7	20.9700%
Guru 8	21.0700%
Guru 9	21.1700%
Guru 10	21.2700%

Level	Parley
Guru 11	21.3700%
Guru 12	21.4700%
Guru 13	21.5700%
Guru 14	21.6700%
Guru 15	21.7700%
Guru 16	21.8700%
Guru 17	21.9700%
Guru 18	22.0700%
Guru 19	22.1700%
Guru 20	22.2700%

Level	Parley
Guru 21	22.3700%
Guru 22	22.4700%
Guru 23	22.5700%
Guru 24	22.6700%
Guru 25	22.7700%
Guru 26	22.8700%
Guru 27	22.9700%
Guru 28	23.0700%
Guru 29	23.1700%
Guru 30	23.2700%

Level	Parley
Guru 31	23.3700%
Guru 32	23.4700%
Guru 33	23.5700%
Guru 34	23.6700%
Guru 35	23.7700%
Guru 36	23.8700%
Guru 37	23.9700%
Guru 38	24.0700%
Guru 39	24.1700%
Guru 40	24.2700%

Level	Parley
Guru 41	24.3700%
Guru 42	24.4700%
Guru 43	24.5700%
Guru 44	24.6700%
Guru 45	24.7700%
Guru 46	24.8700%
Guru 47	24.9700%
Guru 48	25.0700%
Guru 49	25.1700%
Guru 50	25.2700%

Replenishing Parley Points

Crow’s Trade Voucher is the only way to restore Parley, if you can’t use “Barter Refresh”.

Craft it by using Item Collection Increase Scrolls obtained via the Pearl Shop, Node Wars, and Dark Rifts.

Processing (L) → Manufacture:

– Item Collection Increase Scroll

This will provide 1 Crow’s Trade Voucher. You can also Manufacture Crow’s Trade Voucher into an Item Collection Increase Scroll.

Crow’s Trade Voucher:

Adds 250,000 Parley
2 hour Cooldown
Using Crow’s Trade Voucher will not increase over the maximum allowed Parley of 1,000,000.
Remember that all Parley is filled after you press “Barter Refresh”.

Item Collection Scroll via Dark Spirit’s Greed

5 Dark Spirit’s Greed can be exchanged for 1 Item Collection Increase Scroll. (Item Collection Increase Scroll is used to craft Crow’s Trade Voucher.)

Dark Spirit’s Greed x5 → – Item Collection Increase Scroll

Item Collection Increase Scroll 60: Blue Loot Scroll

You obtain 5 Dark Spirit’s Greed for every Dark Rift boss you defeat.

Dark Spirit’s Greed Exchange UI:

Click the Manage Currency icon at the top right of the screen OR…
Menu (Esc) → Rewards (F3) → Manage Currency Menu

Dark Spirit’s Greed Reward	Limits
Gold Bar 10G x2		1
Mass of Pure Magic x10		1
Specter’s Energy	Yes	10
Supreme Alchemy Tool	Yes	10
Supreme Cooking Utensil	Yes	10
Black Spirit’s Claw Piece		15
Perfume of Courage	Yes	15
Laila’s Petal x10	Yes	2
Latent Boss Aura		2
Krogdalo’s Origin Stone	Yes	20
Old Moon Alchemy Catalyst x2	Yes	3
Advice of Valks (+100)	Yes	30
Ancient Magic Crystal of Nature – Adamantine		30
Ancient Magic Crystal of Nature – Fighting Spirit		30
Ancient Magic Crystal of Nature – Giant		30
Desperate Crystal of Origin	Yes	5
Gold Bar 100G		5
Item Collection Increase Scroll	Yes	5
Advice of Valks (+50)		50
Awakened Spirit’s Crystal	Yes	50
Black Spirit Crystal	Yes	50
Valtarra Spirit’s Crystal	Yes	50

Other Ways to Obtain Item Collection Increase Scrolls

Season Server: Exchange 200 Time-filled Fragments with Fughar in any major city.
Pit of the Undying: Exchange 40 Seals of Undying
PVP activities like Arena of Solare, Blue Battlefield, Node Wars
Dorin Morgrim’s Secret Journal rewards 27
Coupon Codes, Twitch Drops, and other events
Loyalties Shop frequently sells them

Item Collection Increase Scroll Via Pearl Shop

With a Value Pack active, you accumulate 1 Item Collection Increase Scroll per day as a Challenge Reward (Y).
Item Collection Increase Scrolls are commonly found with other Pearl Shop bundles and packs.

Barter Exp and Leveling

Barter became a Life Skill shortly after its release.

Barter Exp is earned each time you complete a Barter.
Special Barters do not give Barter Exp.
Barter Exp is only slightly higher for higher tier barters.
Increase Barter Exp by using any Life Skill Exp item or buff. For example, Life EXP Scroll from Challenges (Y)
Barter Level is seen in your Character Profile window (P)

Leveling Barter Life Skill

Since Barter is considered a Life Skill, we can use all the many Life Skill Exp items available to us. Many professions have clothing, but not for Barter. (Hopefully in the future. There is clothing for Sailing Exp however.)

For more details, please view my Life Exp Items guide.

Icon	Life EXP Item	EXP
	Time Elixirs or Verdure Draught (Alchemy)	10%, 15%, or 20%
	Perfume of Swiftness stacks with Time Elixir or Verdure (Alchemy)	20%
	[Villa] Turning Gates (180 min.) or [Camp] Life Buff	10%
	Sute Tea, Seafood Cron Meal, or Fresh Whale Meat Salad (Cooking)	8%, 10%, or 15%
	GM’s Blessing (1h) (event item)	5%, 10%, or 15%
	[Event] items like Turkey or Lara’s Tea	8-50%
	Value Pack (Pearl Shop)	30%
	Event, Olvia Server, or Season Server	30% to 100%
	Secret Book of Old Moon (Pearl Shop)	50%
	Event Cakes like Birthday Cake	100%
	Anniversary Celebration Cake	100%
	[Event] Giovan Grolin’s Support Scroll (Season Graduation reward)	20%
	Pearl Outfits Canape and Pavilla or Equipment Tailoring Coupon costumes	10% to 15%
	Treant’s Tear Level 60+ Season Character quest	30%
	Daily Challenge Reward (Y) Mercenary’s Life (60 min)	50% to 150%
	Royal Workshop Food: Tricolor Namul or Assorted Kimchi	150% or 250%
	Tool slot gear: Hunting Bag, Ladle, Fishing Chair, Flask, Sailing Log	up to 30%

Icon	Life EXP Item	EXP
	Lighstones & Lighstone Combo Effects	up to 44%
	Artifacts (Sethra’s or Margahan’s)	10%/15%
	Life Skill Mastery Accessories (NPC, recipe, marketplace)	up to 102%
	Secret Book of Florin (weekly quests)	20%
	Extra Life EXP Scroll or Book of Life	50%
	Krogdalo’s Donkey Gear (Hee Haw 3-set buff)	10%
	Energetic Hands (Passive Guild Skill)	100%
	Enhanced Guru’s Touch (Guild Skill)	75%
	Caphras Journal of Nature (Caphras Adventure Log)	10%
	Life Skill Clothes (workshop or marketplace)	up to 40%
	Life Skill Crystals	up to 80%
	Evergreen Orb	up to 90%
	All Pets have RNG +5% Life Skill Chance	Up to 25%
	Specific T4 pets with Life Exp Talent	4% to 46%
	Falasi’s Bookshelf with Knowledge on Excavation (2 different quest lines)	3%
	Black Spirit → Exchange	20%
	Pearl Shop Carrier Back Accessory	20%

Barter & Sailing Crystals

Life Skill crystals can be used to increase movement while sailing and help you level Sailing and Barter.

Life Crystal → Barter EXP +5% and Sailing EXP +5%
Vital Crystal → Sailing Mastery +10

“Forest Crystal” is used to obtain Life Skill crystals that buff +5% EXP or +10 Mastery. (Barter has no benefit from Life Mastery, however Sailing does.)

Obtaining Forest Crystal:

Sniper hunting in Land of the Morning Light – about 1 every 1.5 hours.
Send worker to Dokkebi Forest node – 1 every 2 to 3 weeks.
AFK Fishing in Land of the Morning Light – 1 every week.
Special Barter – is this real? Not in my experience, but I have proof it exists.
Exchange 1000 Sangpyeong Coin to Hyunyong in Moodle Village.

NOTE: Life Crystal and Vital Crystal do NOT have a crystal group and have no limit!

Life Skill Crystal for Sailing/Barter Exp

16 crystal slots:
+80% Exp or +160 Sailing Mastery

Barter Quests

Daily quests that require you to barter are primarily on Illiya Island and Velia.

Barter Pets

Besides pets like classic cats that give +1% Life Skill EXP each tier from a Talent, I find the following pet to be helpful.

Bos’n Jack Talent: parrot that gives big ships more Bartering LT.

Bos’n Jack

Pet Type: RARE
Talent: +50LT Big Ship Weight each Tier
Special Skill: Auto-Fishing Time Reduction
5x T4 Bos’n Jack = 1,000 LT
Increased Chances to Learn these Skills:
- Fishing Exp +5%
- Hunting Exp +5%
- Training Exp +5%
- Trading Exp +5%
- Karma Recovery +5%

Bos’n Jak could be useful for Hunting Life Skill also.
48% chance to learn +5% Hunting EXP

Class Choice for Barter

Corsairs get all the sailing love!

Corsair Passive Sailing Skills:
- All big ship stats +1%
- Underwater Breathing +20 seconds

Ocean, Barter NPC, & Sea Monster Map

This is an awesome map that shows the location of many important sailing NPCs.

Sea Monsters including Young and Hungry easy ones
- Hekaru
- Candidum
- Ocean Stalker
- Nineshark
- Black Rust
- Small Goldmont Battleship
- Medium Goldmont Battleship
- Large Goldmont Battleship
- Saltwater Crocodiles
- Lekrashan
Barter NPC

Thanks Map Creators! → created by gpw, sea currents and mapping by flockenburger, and Ceonsiune’s noice og map and color scheme

great ocean map sea route monsters barter npc

View more Barter, Sailing, and Sea Maps.

SOURCES & ADDITIONAL INFO

Great Expedition Guide Google Doc – Thank you to BDO family name: Airie (SEA), Akiri (Global-Lab), Discord: Kiri Airie#6217
Official BDO The Launch of a Great Expedition
Official BDO The Great Expedition Update
BDO Sailing/Vell Discord – talk and chat web app for everything Sailing