BDO Costumes: Fashion & Set Buffs (Black Desert 2019)

BDO Costumes bring more than just cheer to the fashion elite. Costumes come in a wide variety of styles and help us look our best. For 2200 to 4100 Pearls, BDO Outfits can offer useful buffs and some unexpected bonuses. If you have the determination, you can even craft your own for free.

Let’s browse our way into the wonderful world of BDO Fashion!

HAPPY Costume Making!!

View and purchase Pearl Costumes in the Pearl Shop by pressing F3.

BDO Costume Set Pieces are sold separately, so you can mix and match from different sets.

BDO Apparel: Costume, Functional, & Crafted

The “Apparel” tab shows “Outfit”, “Costume”, “Underwear”, and “Accessory”.

“Outfit” includes all the outfits that have 4+ set effects of Combat Exp and other buffs.

“Costume” in the Pearl Shop is dedicated to the Pearl Costumes that they consider “Functional”. Here is where you will find all the Life Skill Costumes and two Camouflage Costumes.

Underwear allows you to obtain the 8 piece set effect and an additional Luck +1.

Accessories often give buffs to Knowledge gain chance.

Functional Life Skill Pearl Costumes:

• PVP / Desert Costume: Desert / Treant Camouflage
  (Set Effect: hides character name, Desert: -50% Desert Sickness, Treant: +1 Gathering)
• Processing Costume: Venecil Dress / Karki Suit
  (Set Effect: +3% Processing success rate. Process items from your Storage and put them into your Inventory. (Limited by your Weight))
• Alchemy Costume: Pavilla Costume
  (Set Effect: Alchemy EXP +15%, Alchemy Time -2 sec)
• Fishing Costume: Splat Fisher’s Clothes
  (Fishing+ 1, Swimming Speed +90%, -Endurance while swimming, Set Effect: Swimming Speed +59%, Jump Height +80cm)
• Swimming Costume: Da-Dum Da-Dum Diving Suit
  (Underwater Breathing +30 secs, -Endurance while swimming, Swimming Speed +90%, Set Effect: Swimming Speed +59%)
• Horse Costume: Venia Riding Attire
  (Set Effect: +20% mount Exp)
• Cooking Costume: Canape
  (Set Effect: Cooking EXP +15%, Cooking Time -2 sec)

Equipment Tailoring Coupon can be used on:

• Crafted Costume: Costumes crafted in a Costume Mill type housing
  (+15% Amity, +2 Movement Speed, +1 Critical, or +1 Casting/Attack Speed) – Excludes all Silver Embroidered crafted costumes.
• Luxury NPC Life Skill Costume: Costumes purchased from an NPC Luxury Vendor or obtained via Challenge Reward or questing.
  (+Life Skill Exp, +ranks in Life Skill)

BDO Costume Set Buffs

Most Pearl Costumes have a Costume Set Effect when 4/6/8 pieces of an outfit are worn. The outfit pieces can be mixed and matched from different sets. The 8 piece set effect requires Underwear to be worn, which brings the total Pearl cost to 4100 Pearls for full Costume Set buffs.

Costume Set Total Buffs with 8 Piece Set Effect:

• Vision +10 meters
• Death Penalty:-10%
• Amity +10%
• Jump Height +0.5 meters
• Weapon’s Durability Consumption -20%
• Awakening Weapon’s Durability Consumption -20%
• Max Stamina +100
• Luck +1
• Combat Skill Exp +10%
• Combat Exp +10%

All Pearl Functional Costumes, except the Canape Cooking costume, do not qualify for the normal combat Outfit Set Buffs. To view these functional Life Skill costumes press F3 > Apparel > Costumes.

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.

Cooking (Canape) Costume

2200 2900

+15% Cooking EXP, -2 seconds Cooking Time Potential to give all 8 piece set buffs. (Includes max 5 slots. Must purchase other costume pieces to make an 8 set – sold separately.)

Costume Tiers & Their Set Effects:

• Premium Costume Set: 7 slots – 3400 Pearls
  • 8 Piece Set Effect (must purchase additional 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 Costume Set: 6 slots – 2900 Pearls
  • 6 Piece Set Effect: Combat Skill Exp +10%
  • 4 Piece Set Effect: Combat Exp +10%
• Outfit Costume Set: 4 slots – 2200 Pearls
  • 4 Piece Set Effect: Combat Exp +10%

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

Breakdown of Individual Costume Piece 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 loose the buffs. Often, you will see this in the top and hands being joined to cover two slots. You will not loose set effects when Costume 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)

● Crafted Clothes: (Current Marketplace Price: 800k to 4 mil.)
● Clothes crafted with Level 2 Costume Mill housing
Heidel City: (3 Homes) No. 7-4 2F, 3-4, and 2-3 2F
Calpheon City: (2 Homes) No. 1-6 Noble Quarter or Merchant Lane 2-5 1F
● Replaces armor, unless you use an Equipment Tailoring Coupon

Pearl Costume Coupon: Equipment Tailoring Coupon

Crafted functional costumes are wearable on: Armor, Gloves, Shoes, Helmet. They have nice buffs on them that increase Amity, Atack/Casting Speed, Critical Strike, or Movement Speed. However, they take up normal armor slots and don’t allow you to wear your normal grinding gear.

Life Skill Clothes also fill the same gear slots.

You can convert certain crafted costumes and certain Life Skill clothes into Pearl Costumes. This allows you to keep the Appearance and buffs of your functional costume and still wear your armor.

● Use Pearl Equipment Tailoring Coupon: 1500 Pearls ($15) – very rarely at Marketplace (Current Price: 72.5 mil.)

The Equipment Tailoring Coupon turns a functional costume into an outfit that can be placed into the Pearl Appearance Slots. Covered Appearance slots include Top, Head, and Hands.

NOTE: Crafted costumes do not allow you to obtain Outfit Set bonuses. However, if you melt them, you can keep their buff and put it into a Pearl Costume’s socket. Read how below.

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.

Available Crafted Costumes for Equipment Tailoring Coupon

Calpheon Noble Suit, 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 Suit, Valencian Travel Wear, Ahon Kirus’s Armor, Shroud Knight Armor, Black Leopard Armor

Additional Effect after Tailoring:

Calpheon Noble Suit/Dress: Movement Speed +2
Serendian Smith Garb: Amity +15%
Serendian Soldier Armor: Amity +15%
Jordine’s Casual Wear: Amity +15%
Jarette’s Armor: Amity +15%
Orwen’s Travel Wear: Amity +15%
Edan’s Travel Wear: Amity +15%
Garnier Troupe Garb: Amity +15%
Serendian Formal Wear: Amity +15%
Valencian Travel Wear: Amity +15%
Ahon Kirus’s Armor: Amity +15%
Shroud Knight Armor: Amity +15%
Black Leopard Armor: Amity +15%

Costume Heating for Pearl Socket Magic Crystal

You can heat certain crafted outfits to create special Pearl Costume crystals.

The outfits have to have already been transformed into a Pearl Costume via an Equipment Tailoring Coupon

Pearl Costume 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 Costume that has been given a socket by a Black Spirit’s Claw.

Installing a Socket on a Pearl Costume

Pearl Costumes do not come with sockets in them.

You can install a socket into the Top (Appearance) Pearl Costume piece with a Black Spirit’s Claw.

Functional Costumes can’t have sockets put in them. Only Pearl outfits can be altered. Excludes Pearl Functional Costumes also. (Example: Camoflouge, Fishing, Diving, Cooking, etc.)

Black Spirit’s Claw Piece

At a cost of 5.3 mil, 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+): Bandits
• 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

Pearl Costume Crystal: Ancient Spirit’s Crystal – Swiftness

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

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

● STEP 4: Claw opens a socket in the top slot of any non-functional Pearl outfit. (for example, excludes Pearl crafted costumes, camouflage, cooking, processing, horse, shark, fish, etc)

Pearl Costume Crystal: Ancient Spirit’s Crystal – Valor

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

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

● STEP 4: Claw opens a socket in the top slot of any non-functional Pearl outfit. (for example, excludes Pearl crafted costumes, camouflage, cooking, processing, horse, shark, fish, etc)

Pearl Costume Crystal: Ancient Spirit’s Crystal – Viper

● STEP 2: Processing » Heat the Crafted Outfit 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 a socket in the top slot of any non-functional Pearl outfit. (for example, excludes Pearl crafted costumes, camouflage, cooking, processing, horse, shark, fish, etc)