BDO Black Gem Guide for Life Mastery Gear Enhancement

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Black Gems were introduced into BDO with the Life Mastery patch on 9-4-19. They are used to enhance Life Mastery Accessories and Life Mastery Clothes. Note that Life Mastery Tools are enhanced by Black Stone (Weapon) and not Black Gems.

Black Gems are unique because they don’t use the traditional Failstack system.

Black Gem Fragment

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Black Gem Fragments are used to create Black Gems and then Concentrated Magical Black Gems.

Obtain By Gathering:

Mining
Barehanded Gathering (excludes Golem gathering)
Hoe Gathering
Fluid/Blood Collecting
Tanning (Skinning)
Butchering (Hunting with a Matchlock/Sniper Rifle and then butchering will provide Black Gem Fragments as well.)
Lumbering

NOTE: The rates of fragments from chopping/sapping trees and mining is lower than butchering/bleeding animals or gathering herbs.

Black Gem Fragment Simple Alchemy Recipes

Perform Simple Alchemy by pressing L key > Simple Alchemy. Each recipe creates one Black Gem Fragment.

Black Gem Fragment Recipe
10 – Green Crystal 250 – Powder of Earth 10 – Old Tree Bark 1 – Fire Horn 100 – Weasel Blood

Black Gem Fragment Recipe
10 – Red Crystal 250 – Powder of Crevice 10 – Monk’s Branch 1 – Fire Horn 100 – Pig Blood

Black Gem Fragment Recipe
10 – Mud Crystal 250 – Powder of Flame 10 – Spirit’s Leaf 1 – Fire Horn 100 – Fox Blood

Black Gem Fragment Recipe
10 – Translucent Crystal 250 – Powder of Darkness 10 – Bloody Tree Knot 1 – Fire Horn 100 – Deer Blood

Black Gem Fragment Recipe
10 – Polished Opal 10 – Black Crystal 250 – Powder of Time 1 – Fire Horn 100 – Wolf Blood

Black Gem Fragment Quests

	Black Fragment Quest	Region	Quest Rewards
	One Last Time	Kamasylvia	x2
	The Southern Wind	Kamasylvia	x2

Black Gem

Black Gems are crafted from Black Gem Fragments and are used in lower grade enhancement of Life Mastery gear.

Processing (L) > Simple Alchemy

Craft Black Gems by combining Black Gem Fragments with Black Stones in Simple Alchemy.

Black Gem x1 Recipe
1 – Black Gem Fragment 1 – Black Stone (Weapon) 1 – Black Stone (Armor)

Black Gem x10 Recipe
10 – Black Gem Fragment 10 – Black Stone (Weapon) 10 – Black Stone (Armor) 1 – Black Stone Powder

13 Balenos Island Daily Hunting Quests:
BDO Hunter's Token

65 Hunter’s Tokens
BDO Gold Bar

26 Gold Bars 1G (2.6 million silver)
BDO Contribution Points

1,950 Contribution Points
BDO Hunting XP

130,000 Hunting Skill XP

= 4.3 Black Gems each day

View our guide on Balenos Islands Hunter’s Tokens

Hunter’s Tokens for Black Gems

Balenos Island offers 13 daily Hunting quests that reward 65 Hunter’s Tokens. You can turn these in for 4.3 Black Gems every day.

Hunter’s Token Exchange to Igor Bartali:

x15 → – Black Gem

Concentrated Magical Black Gem

Concentrated Magical Black Gems are crafted from Black Gems and are used in higher level enhancement of Life Mastery gear.

Craft Concentrated Magical Black Gems by combining Black Gems with Shards in Simple Alchemy. (press L key > Simple Alchemy)

Concentrated Black Gem x1
1 – Hard Crystal Shard 1 – Sharp Crystal Shard 5 – Black Gem

Concentrated Black Gem x10
50 – Black Gem 10 – Sharp Crystal Shard 10 – Hard Crystal Shard 1 – Black Stone Powder

Hunter’s Token Exchange to Igor Bartali:
x120 → – Concentrated Magical Black Gem

Black Gems for Life Mastery Accessory Enhancement

Manos Accessories are extremely expensive to enhance compared to Geranoa and Loggia.
All Life Mastery Accessories are enhanced with Black Gems and both explode upon failure.

Life Mastery Accessories Black Gem Cost
Level	Loggia	Geranoa	Manos
PRI	Black Gem x1	Conc. Black Gem x1	Conc. Black Gem x10
DUO	Black Gem x2	Conc. Black Gem x2	Conc. Black Gem x11
TRI	Black Gem x3	Conc. Black Gem x3	Conc. Black Gem x13
TET	Black Gem x4	Conc. Black Gem x4	Conc. Black Gem x16
PEN	Black Gem x5	Conc. Black Gem x5	Conc. Black Gem x20

Black Gem Cost Per Enhancement Attempt

The amount of Black Gems required increases as you approach higher tiers.

Notice the wide gap in the Black Gem amount between Loggia and Manos.

Black Gem Enhancement Chance

Life Mastery Accessories do not use traditional Failstacks, or impact it in any way, because they use Black Gems.

Enhancement Chance is a set amount and will not increase or decrease upon enhancement failure or success.

Enhancement Chances on Life Mastery Accessories
Level	Loggia	Geranoa	Manos
PRI	70%	70%	75%
DUO	40%	45%	45%
TRI	30%	30%	30%
TET	20%	18%	15%
PEN	10%	8%	5%

Loggia Accessory Enhancement Cost Comparison

Thank you to Amygdalus for sharing the following data! View Source Spreadsheet.

Black Gem Value Assumptions:

Concentrated Black Gem: 10,000,000 Silver
Black Gem: 1,000,000 Silver

Loggia Accessory Enhancement Cost
Enhancement Level	Chance	Stones	#Stones	Cost	Full Set Mastery	Mastery / B$
Base	100%	0	0.00	1,000,000	26	4333.33
PRI	70%	1	1.43	2,857,143	52	3033.33
DUO	40%	2	8.57	12,142,857	100	1372.55
TRI	30%	3	38.57	50,476,190	152	501.89
TET	20%	4	212.86	272,380,952	208	127.27
PEN	10%	5	2178.57	2,773,809,524	320	19.23

Total PEN 6 Piece Set Cost: 16.7 billion silver

Geranoa Accessory Enhancement Cost
Enhancement Level	Chance	Stones	#Stones	Cost	Full Set Mastery	Mastery / B$
Base	100%	0	0.00	10,000,000	38	633.33
PRI	70%	1	1.43	28,571,429	76	443.33
DUO	45%	2	7.62	107,936,508	140	216.18
TRI	30%	3	35.40	459,788,360	234	84.82
TET	18%	4	218.87	2,776,601,999	360	21.61
PEN	8%	5	2798.39	35,332,524,985	600	2.83

Total PEN 6 Piece Set Cost: 212 billion silver

Manos Accessory Enhancement Cost
Enhancement Level	Chance	Stones	#Stones	Cost	Full Set Mastery	Mastery / B$
Base	100%	0	0.00	100,000,000	80	133.33
PRI	75%	10	13.33	266,666,667	160	100.00
DUO	45%	11	54.07	837,037,037	260	51.77
TRI	30%	13	223.58	3,223,456,790	410	21.20
TET	15%	16	1597.20	22,556,378,601	570	4.21
PEN	5%	20	32344.03	455,127,572,016	800	0.29

Total PEN 6 Piece Set Cost: 2,731 billion silver

Black Gems for Life Mastery Clothes Enhancement

Manos Life Mastery Clothes are very expensive to enhance compared to Geranoa and Loggia.
All Life Mastery Clothes are enhanced with Black Gems +1 to +15 and Concentrated Magical Black Gems for PRI to PEN.

Black Gem Cost Per Enhancement Attempt

Geranoa and Loggia have identical Black Gem quantity requirements per enhancement chance.

Manos has steeper Black Gem requirements.

Life Mastery Clothes Enhancement Materials
Level	Manos	Geranoa	Loggia
1-5	Black Gem x1	Black Gem x1	Black Gem x1
6	Black Gem x2	Black Gem x1	Black Gem x1
7	Black Gem x2	Black Gem x1	Black Gem x1
8	Black Gem x2	Black Gem x1	Black Gem x1
9	Black Gem x3	Black Gem x1	Black Gem x1
10	Black Gem x3	Black Gem x1	Black Gem x1
11	Black Gem x3	Black Gem x1	Black Gem x1
12	Black Gem x4	Black Gem x1	Black Gem x1
13	Black Gem x4	Black Gem x1	Black Gem x1
14	Black Gem x5	Black Gem x1	Black Gem x1
15	Black Gem x5	Black Gem x1	Black Gem x1
PRI	Conc. Black Gem x1	Conc. Black Gem x1	Conc. Black Gem x1
DUO	Conc. Black Gem x1	Conc. Black Gem x1	Conc. Black Gem x1
TRI	Conc. Black Gem x1	Conc. Black Gem x1	Conc. Black Gem x1
TET	Conc. Black Gem x1	Conc. Black Gem x1	Conc. Black Gem x1
PEN	Conc. Black Gem x1	Conc. Black Gem x1	Conc. Black Gem x1

Life Mastery Clothes Enhancement Chance
Level	Loggia	Geranoa	Manos
1	100%	100%	100%
2	100%	100%	100%
3	100%	100%	100%
4	100%	100%	100%
5	100%	100%	100%
6	90	90	90
7	80	80	80
8	70	70	70
9	60	60	60
10	50	50	50
11	45	45	40
12	40	40	30
13	35	35	20
14	30	30	15
15	20	20	10
PRI	50	35	30
DUO	40	30	25
TRI	30	25	20
TET	20	20	15
PEN	10	10	6

Enhancement Chance for Life Mastery Clothes

Life Mastery Clothes do not use traditional Failstacks, because they use Black Gems.

Enhancement Chance is a set amount and will not increase or decrease upon enhancement failure or success.

Life Mastery Clothes Enhancement Silver Cost

Thank you to Amygdalus for sharing the following data! View Source Spreadsheet.

Black Gem Value Assumptions:

Concentrated Black Gem: 10,000,000 Silver
Black Gem: 1,000,000 Silver
Memory Fragment: 2,000,000 Silver

Loggia Life Mastery Clothes Enhancement
Enhancement Level	Chance	Stones	#Stones	Repair Cost	Cost	Mastery	Mastery / B$
0		0	0.00	0	1,000,000	3	3000.00
1	100%	1	1.00	0	2,000,000	6	3000.00
2	100%	1	2.00	0	3,000,000	9	3000.00
3	100%	1	3.00	0	4,000,000	12	3000.00
4	100%	1	4.00	0	5,000,000	15	3000.00
5	100%	1	5.00	0	6,000,000	18	3000.00
6	90%	1	6.11	55,556	7,166,667	21	2930.23
7	80%	1	7.36	125,000	8,541,667	24	2809.76
8	70%	1	8.79	214,286	10,184,524	27	2651.08
9	60%	1	10.46	333,333	12,184,524	30	2462.14
10	50%	1	12.46	500,000	14,684,524	33	2247.26
11	45%	1	14.68	611,111	17,517,857	39	2226.30
12	40%	1	17.18	750,000	20,767,857	45	2166.81
13	35%	1	20.04	928,571	24,553,571	51	2077.09
14	30%	1	23.37	1,166,667	29,053,571	57	1961.89
15	20%	1	28.37	2,000,000	36,053,571	63	1747.40
PRI	50%	1	2.00	1,000,000	57,053,571	70	1226.92
DUO	40%	1	4.50	1,500,000	83,553,571	90	1077.15
TRI	30%	1	13.67	8,166,667	183,386,905	130	708.88
TET	20%	1	55.33	40,666,667	640,720,238	200	312.15
PEN	10%	1	440.33	384,000,000	4,874,720,238	280	57.44

1 Durability: 100,000

Geranoa Life Mastery Clothes Enhancement
Enhancement Level	Chance	Stones	#Stones	Repair Cost	Cost	Mastery	Mastery / B$
0		0	0.00	0	10,000,000	4	400.00
1	100%	1	1.00	0	11,000,000	8	727.27
2	100%	1	2.00	0	12,000,000	12	1000.00
3	100%	1	3.00	0	13,000,000	16	1230.77
4	100%	1	4.00	0	14,000,000	20	1428.57
5	100%	1	5.00	0	15,000,000	24	1600.00
6	90%	1	6.11	555,556	16,666,667	28	1680.00
7	80%	1	7.36	1,250,000	19,166,667	32	1669.57
8	70%	1	8.79	2,142,857	22,738,095	36	1583.25
9	60%	1	10.46	3,333,333	27,738,095	40	1442.06
10	50%	1	12.46	5,000,000	34,738,095	44	1266.62
11	45%	1	14.68	6,111,111	43,071,429	50	1160.86
12	40%	1	17.18	7,500,000	53,071,429	58	1092.87
13	35%	1	20.04	9,285,714	65,214,286	66	1012.05
14	30%	1	23.37	11,666,667	80,214,286	74	922.53
15	20%	1	28.37	20,000,000	105,214,286	80	760.35
PRI	35%	1	2.86	18,571,429	152,357,143	95	623.53
DUO	30%	1	6.19	23,333,333	209,023,810	125	598.02
TRI	25%	1	20.19	130,000,000	479,023,810	180	375.76
TET	20%	1	81.19	600,000,000	1,689,023,810	250	148.01
PEN	8%	1	795.19	7,130,000,000	15,959,023,810	330	20.68

1 Durability: 1,000,000

Manos Life Mastery Clothes Enhancement
Enhancement Level	Chance	Stones	#Stones	Repair Cost	Cost	Mastery	Mastery / B$
0		0	0.00	0	100,000,000	5	50.00
1	100%	1	1.00	0	101,000,000	10	99.01
2	100%	1	2.00	0	102,000,000	15	147.06
3	100%	1	3.00	0	103,000,000	20	194.17
4	100%	1	4.00	0	104,000,000	25	240.38
5	100%	1	5.00	0	105,000,000	30	285.71
6	90%	2	7.22	2,222,222	109,444,444	35	319.80
7	80%	2	9.72	5,000,000	116,944,444	40	342.04
8	70%	2	12.58	8,571,429	128,373,016	45	350.54
9	60%	3	17.58	20,000,000	153,373,016	50	326.00
10	50%	3	23.58	30,000,000	189,373,016	55	290.43
11	40%	3	31.08	45,000,000	241,873,016	60	248.06
12	30%	4	44.41	93,333,333	348,539,683	70	200.84
13	20%	4	64.41	160,000,000	528,539,683	80	151.36
14	15%	5	97.75	283,333,333	845,206,349	90	106.48
15	10%	5	147.75	450,000,000	1,345,206,349	100	74.34
PRI	30%	1	3.33	46,666,667	1,425,206,349	120	84.20
DUO	25%	1	7.33	60,000,000	1,525,206,349	160	104.90
TRI	20%	1	28.33	400,000,000	2,135,206,349	220	103.03
TET	15%	1	154.00	2,493,333,333	5,885,206,349	300	50.98
PEN	6%	1	2139.44	39,688,888,889	65,428,539,683	400	6.11

1 Durability: 2,000,000

BDO Black Gem Guide for Life Mastery Gear Enhancement

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