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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
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.
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| 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 |
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| Black Gem x10 Recipe |
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10 – Black Gem Fragment 10 – Black Stone (Weapon) 10 – Black Stone (Armor) 1 – Black Stone Powder |
65 Hunter’s Tokens
26 Gold Bars 1G (2.6 million silver)
1,950 Contribution Points
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 |
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1 – | Concentrated Black Gem x10 |
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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
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