BDO Matchlock Guide: Recipes, Stats, Enhancement

BDO Hunting Matchlock List

Hunting Matchlock	Damage	+10 Enhancement Damage	Hunting Skill	Crafted	Crafted Matchlock Ingredients
Practice Matchlock	0	can’t enhance	Beginner 1	uncraftable	costs 2 Contribution Points to rent from: Daphne DelLucci (Balenos Forest) Guild Manager Laiano Pietro (Velia) General Goods vendor Hessenvale (Western Guard Camp)
Beginner Matchlock	750	2250	Beginner 1	Level 1 Tool Workshop	x1 Fir Timber x4 Steel x1 Bronze Ingot x1 Black Stone Powder
[Event] Beginner Hunter’s Matchlock	2100	can’t enhance	Beginner 1	Progression Pass	Complete 8 Hunting Life Skill tasks.
[Event] Bobble Bobble Matchlock	2100	can’t enhance	Beginner 1	Water Events	Water Events like “Mystical Ellie’s Water Festival” Quest: [Event] Matchlock Shooting Water? Give 10x Usable Scantling over 10 days.
Apprentice Matchlock	900	2700	Beginner 10	Level 2 Tool Workshop	x1 Fir Timber x4 Steel x1 Brass Ingot x3 Black Stone Powder
Skilled Matchlock	1050	3150	Apprentice 10	Level 2 Tool Workshop	x1 Fir Timber x5 Steel x1 Silver Ingot x5 Black Stone Powder
Professional Matchlock	1200	3600	Skilled 10	Level 3 Tool Workshop	x1 Fir Timber x5 Steel x1 Gold Ingot x5 Black Stone Powder
Artisan Matchlock	1350	4050	Professional 10	Level 3 Tool Workshop	x1 Fir Timber x5 Steel x1 Platinum Ingot x10 Black Stone Powder
[Hunting] Master Matchlock	1650	4650	Artisan 10	Level 4 Tool Workshop	x1 [+10 Hunting] Artisan Matchlock x100 Thornwood Plank x50 Nickel Ingot x200 Black Stone Powder x5 Breath of Narcion

Matchlock Enhancement Progression

To prevent wasting materials, the following is a good matchlock enhancement progression:

1. Practice Matchlock: rent for 2 cp. The practice matchlock cannot be repaired. It must be returned to the npc and rented again to replenish the durability. Recommended only for certain beginner quests.
2. [Event] Beginner Hunter’s Matchlock: Excellent beginner Matchlock that is almost equal to a +10 Beginner Matchlock, but can only be obtained by completing 8 objectives in Progression Pass. (Progression Passs is available after Season Graduation.)
3. Beginner Matchlock: If you don’t have [Event] Beginner Hunter’s Matchlock yet, this can be used at low levels. Get one for free at level 30 by completing the quest Chuck Laurie the Hunter (no other requirements).
4. Apprentice Matchlock (Beginner 10): During the hunting quest line you will reach Beginner 10, which will let you use this gun. I would recommend upgrading it to +3 or +4. This will give you a decent damage boost, and it will be cheap enough to not be a big hit to your budget. You will get one for free during the early stages of the Balenos Islands quest line from completing the quest Towards Marka Island. This quest line requires level 46+.
5. Skilled Matchlock (Apprentice 10): You will get a +3 Skilled Matchlock from the main hunting questline from Return, the Next Legend, and Prelude to Hunting. This quest is at the end of the Balenos Islands quest line. I recommend enhancement to +5 or +6. (you don’t need to enhance this very high because you will soon get a professional matchlock, if you continue the quest line.)
6. Professional Matchlock (Skilled 10): If you continue the hunting quest line that leads into Calpheon, after the Balenos Islands quest line, you will get a +5 Professional Matchlock from the quest Let’s Begin the Hunt. Enhance this to +10.
7. Artisan Matchlock (Professional 10): You will get this for free as an achievement for reaching Artisan. +10
8. Master Matchlock (Artisan 10): again +10

Matchlock Failstack Recommendation

Many players use a failstack close to the below recommendation. However, you may not like the risky approach and would like to use higher failstacks, or even force enhancement, to avoid frustrating failures.

• +1 use  6+ fail stacks (maximum of 13)
• +2 use  8+ fail stacks (maximum of 14)
• +3 use  11+ fail stacks (maximum of 15)
• +4 use  11+ fail stacks (maximum of 16)
• +5 use  11+ fail stacks (maximum of 18)
• +6 use  15+ fail stacks (maximum of 20)
• +7 use  15+ fail stacks (maximum of 25)
• +8 use 25+ fail stacks (with a 3.9% base Enhancement Chance, consider Force-Enhance instead)
• +9 Force-Enhance (90 Blackstones +50 Durability cost)
• +10 Force-Enhance (120 Blackstones +55 Durability cost)

Matchlock Enhancement Chances & Costs

Below is a chart showing the enhancement chances of all matchlocks that can be enhanced. (Most can.) Yellow grade has the same difficulty as a beginner matchlock.

*The damage shows the current top tier yellow grade matchlock. ([Hunting] Master Matchlock)

Obtaining Matchlocks

Matchlocks can be easily obtained via the Marketplace and crafted in a Tool Workshop.

You can also get them by doing Hunting quests, Progression Pass goals, and Challenges from leveling the Hunting Life Skill.

Daily hunting quests reward Hunter’s Tokens, which can be exchanged for matchlocks.