BDO Outfits & Costumes: Fashion & Set Buffs

Outfits vs Costumes vs Clothes

There are many different types of apparel in BDO that make you look beautiful, but also have beneficial buffs.

Apparel Categories:

• Pearl Shop Outfits: have Outfit set effects of Combat Exp, etc
• Functional Pearl Shop Costumes: helpful functions of Life Skill buffs and Camouflage
• Luxury Clothes: Life Skill buffs. Buy from a <Luxury Vendor> NPC or Challenge Reward or quest
• Crafted in a Costume Mill:
  • Silver Embroidered Clothes (Life Skill Clothes giving up to +40% Life Exp)
  • Crafted Costumes giving 1 of the following Stat Increases:
    • +2 Movement Speed
    • +1 Critical Hit
    • +1 Attack/Casting Speed
    • +15% Amity

Functional Costumes at the Pearl Shop

These costumes have a separate function than normal Pearl Outfits, so they are often called, “Functional Costumes.”

Find them under Pearl Shop (F3) → Apparel → Costumes

They also have unique restrictions:

• Can’t be sold on the marketplace
• Can’t be converted into Cron Stones or Valk’s Cry
• Can’t use a Black Spirit’s Claw to insert a crystal

• Desert Camouflage:
  • Hides character, guild, and family name and replaces it with “Unknown Adventurer”
  • Hypothermia and Heatstroke Resistance +50%
  • +100 Stamina
  • Main and/or Awakening Weapon Durability Consumption -10%
• Treant Camouflage:
  • Hides character, guild, and family name and replaces it with “Unknown Adventurer”
  • +1 Gathering
  • +100 Stamina
  • Main and/or Awakening Weapon Durability Consumption -10%
• Processing Costume: Venecil Dress / Karki Suit
  • +3% Processing success rate
  • Process items from your Storage and put them into your Inventory. (Limited by your Weight))
• Alchemy Costume: Pavilla Costume
  • Alchemy EXP +15%
  • Alchemy Time -2 sec
• Fishing Costume: Splat Fisher’s Clothes
  • Fishing+ 1
  • Swimming Speed +90%
  • -10% Stamina Consumed while swimming
  • Swimming Speed +59%
  • Jump Height +0.8m
• Swimming Costume: Da-Dum Da-Dum Diving Suit
  • Underwater Breathing +30 secs
  • -10% Stamina Consumed while swimming
  • Swimming Speed +90%
  • Swimming Speed +59%
• Horse Costume: Venia Riding Attire
  • +20% mount Exp
• Cooking Costume: Canape
  • Cooking EXP +15%
  • Cooking Time -2 sec

Pearl Shop Functional Costumes
Treant Camouflage / Desert Camouflage / Splat Fishers / Da-Dum Diving / Venecil Dress / Venia Riding Attire

All Pearl Functional Costumes, except the Canape Cooking costume, do not qualify for the normal combat Outfit Set Buffs.

Costumes excluded from Set Buffs:

• Vendor Costume: Costumes purchased at the Luxury Vendor or given as quest or challenge rewards.
• Crafted Costume: Costumes crafted in a Costume Mill type housing
• PVP / Desert Costume: Desert / Treant Camouflage
• Processing Costume: Venecil Dress / Karki Suit
• Alchemy Costume: Pavilla Costume (Set Effect: Alchemy EXP +15%, Alchemy Time -2 sec)
• Fishing Costume: Splat Fisher’s Clothes
• Swimming Costume: Da-Dum Da-Dum Diving Suit
• Horse Costume: Venia Riding Attire

NOTE: The Cooking Costume (Canape) is considered very valuable by many players because it is the only Functional Costume that allows the combat Outfit set bonuses. So you get outfit buffs as well as some nice Cooking buffs. The Canape Costume Set gives both Outfit Slot Equip Effect and the original Canape Set Effect of Cooking EXP +15%, Cooking Time -2 sec.

Outfit Buffs by Sets

• Premium Outfit Set: 7 slots – 3400 Pearls
  • 8 Piece Set Effect (needs underwear: 700 Pearls): -10% Weapon Durability Consumption & -10% Death Penalty
  • 6 Piece Set Effect: Combat Skill Exp +10%
  • 4 Piece Set Effect: Combat Exp +10%
• Classic Outfit Set: 6 slots – 2900 Pearls
  • 6 Piece Set Effect: Combat Skill Exp +10%
  • 4 Piece Set Effect: Combat Exp +10%
• Outfit Set: 4 slots – 2200 Pearls
  • 4 Piece Set Effect: Combat Exp +10%

Outfit Buffs for Each Seperate Piece

Besides set effects, outfits also provide 1 buff for each separate piece. You do not have to wear a set to get these buffs.

Individual Equip Effects:

• Helmet: Vision +10 meters
• Top: Death Penalty -10%
• Gloves: Amity +10%
• Shoes: Jump Height +0.5 meters
• Main Weapon: Weapon’s Durability Consumption -10%
• Awakening Weapon: Awakening Weapon’s Durability Consumption -10%
• Sub-Weapon: Max Stamina +100
• Underwear: Luck +1

Sometimes the outfit pieces are melded together, but you will not lose the buffs. Often, you will see this in the top and hands being joined to cover two slots. You will not lose set effects when outfit pieces come joined. One joined piece is counted as two.

Crafted Costumes

Crafted Costumes are created by Workers in a Costume Mill type housing. They add some nice buffs, depending upon which one you make. (+15% Amity, +2 Movement Speed, +1 Critical, or +1 Casting/Attack Speed)

Replaces armor, unless you use an Equipment Tailoring Coupon

Craftable Costumes Guide List

Critical Hit +1
	Ahon Kirus Armor (female only)	Altinova Costumes Guide
	Delphe Knight Armor (both genders)	Calpheon Costumes Guide
	Serendian Solder Armor (male only)	Lv 1 Costumes Guide
	Serendian Smith Garb (both genders)	Lv 1 Costumes Guide
	Florin Herb Gatherer Clothes (Shai only)	Lv 1 Costumes Guide
Casting & Attack Speed +1
	Black Leopard Armor (female only)	Altinova Costumes Guide
	Shroud Knight Armor (both genders)	Altinova Costumes Guide
	Jarette’s Armor (female only)	Heidel Costume Guide
	Jordine’s Casual Wear (male only)	Heidel Costume Guide
	Descendant of Sherekhan Outfit (Shai only)	Lv 1 Costumes Guide
Amity +15%
	Calpeon Noble Suit (male only)	Calpheon Costumes Guide
	Calpheon Noble Dress (female only)	Calpheon Costumes Guide
Movement Speed +2
	Garnier Troupe Garb (both genders)	Calpheon Costumes Guide
	Terrmian Casual Wear (female only)	Lv 1 Costumes Guide
	Serendian Formal Suit (male only)	Heidel Costume Guide
	Valencian Travel Wear (male only)	Altinova Costumes Guide
	Orwen’s Travel Wear (female only)	Heidel Costume Guide
	Edan’s Travel Wear (male only)	Heidel Costume Guide
	Kanna’s Naga Disguise (Shai only)	Lv 1 Costumes Guide
	Florin Cook’s Clothes (Shai only)	Lv 1 Costumes Guide

Using Tailoring Coupons on Life Skill Clothes

● Equipment Tailoring Coupons can NOT be used on the crafted clothes called “Silver Embroidered”. These are available on the Market, usually.

● Equipment Tailoring Coupons CAN be used on Life Skill clothing available from the Luxury Vendor. George Fusto is a Luxury Vendor in Heidel.

Additional Effect after Tailoring:

– Amity +15%
Serendian Smith Garb
Serendian Soldier Armor
Jordine’s Casual Wear
Jarette’s Armor
Orwen’s Travel Wear
Edan’s Travel Wear
Garnier Troupe Garb
Serendian Formal Wear
Valencian Travel Wear
Ahon Kirus Armor
Delphe Knight Armor
The Shroud Knights Armor
Black Leopard Armor
Florin Herb Gatherer Clothes
Florin Cook’s Clothes
Kanna’s Naga Disguise
Terrmian Casual Wear

– Movement Speed +2
Calpheon Noble Suit/Dress

Costume Heating for Pearl Outfit Magic Crystal

You can heat certain crafted costumes to create special Pearl Outfit crystals.

The craftable costumes need to be transformed into a Pearl Costume via an Equipment Tailoring Coupon

Pearl Outfit Crystals: can be fused into Pearl Top (Appearance) sockets.

• Ancient Spirit’s Crystal – Valor – Item Effect: Critical Hit +1
• Ancient Spirit’s Crystal – Swiftness – Item Effect: Movement Speed +2
• Ancient Spirit’s Crystal – Viper – Item Effect: Attack Speed & Casting Speed +1

These special Pearl crystals only fit inside a Pearl Outfit that has been given a socket by a Black Spirit’s Claw.

Installing a Socket on a Pearl Outfit

Pearl Outfits do not come with sockets in them.

You can install 1 socket into the Top Armor piece of the Pearl Outfit with a Black Spirit’s Claw.

Only outfits from the “Pearl Outfits” category can have sockets in them. (For example, Premium or Classic Outfit tops.)

Functional Life Skill Costumes and all craftable costumes can’t have sockets put in them. Pearl Functional Costumes can’t have a socket either. (Example: Camouflage, Fishing, Diving, Cooking Costumes, etc.)

Black Spirit’s Claw Piece

If there are none on the Marketplace, you may want to grind for Black Spirit’s Claw Pieces yourself. They are a rare drop from certain mobs.

Black Spirit’s Claw Piece Locations:

• Biraghi Den: (Level 24+): Bandits
• Wandering Rogue Den (Level 51+): Rogues
• Gahaz Bandits Lair (175 AP): Bandits
• Kuit Islands (Level 56+): Pirates
• Roud Sulfur Mine (220 AP): Lavas
• Pila Ku Jail (230 AP): Criminals

Icon	Monster	Chance	Claw Drop Location
	Caphras’s Follower	0.025%	Pila Ku, Valencia
	Iron Fist Warder	0.025%	Pila Ku, Valencia
	Lava Fafalun	0.025%	Sulfur Mines, Valencia
	Sandstorm Elite	0.025%	Gahaz Bandits, Valencia
	Wandering Rogue Fighter	0.025%	Wandering Rogues, Mediah
	Crazy Jack	0.015%	Pirate Islands Pirates location
	Elite Sentinel	0.015%	Pirate Islands Pirates location
	Iron Combatant	0.015%	Pirate Islands Pirates location
	Bandit Defense Captain	0.01%	Bandits, Serendia location
	Bandit Raid Captain	0.01%	Bandits, Serendia location
	Frenzied Executioner	0.01%	Pila Ku, Valencia
	Giant Bandit	0.01%	Bandits, Serendia location
	Lava Searcher	0.005%	Sulfur Mines, Valencia

Ancient Spirit’s Crystal – Viper

• Crystal Effect: Attack/Casting Speed +1

● STEP 1: Combine Pearl Equipment Tailoring Coupon with one of…

• Jordine’s Casual Wear
• Jarette’s Armor
• Shroud Knights Armor
• Black Leopard Armor
• Drieghanese Winter Clothes (Costume)

● STEP 2: Processing » Heat the Crafted Costume to obtain Ancient Spirit’s Crystal – Viper

● STEP 3: line up 3x Black Spirit’s Claw Piece to create Black Spirit’s Claw

● STEP 4: Claw opens 1 socket in the top slot of any non-functional Pearl outfit. (Excludes camouflage, cooking, processing, horse, shark, fish, etc)