Beginner Black Stones improve Naru Gear by increasing its enhancement level.
Should I Keep my Beginner Black Stones?
YES!!! If you are starting a new character and don’t already have TET boss gear, keep them and use them!
NOTE: Beginner Black Stones are bound to character and can’t be removed from inventory. Frequently pause and attempt Enhancement by right-clicking the Beginner Black Stone.
If you have already enhanced all your Naru to PEN level, you can sell the Beginner Black Stones to the vendor for some silver.
Beginner Gear Progression (Normal Servers)
- Beginner Black Stones are used to enhance Naru Gear to PEN level.
- View how to exchange Naru Gear. (Must be PEN level.)
Beginner Gear Progression (Season Servers)
PEN Naru > PRI Tuvala > TET Boss
- PEN Naru gear is exchanged for PRI Tuvala Gear. View how to exchange Naru Gear. (Requires Season Character)
- One PEN Tuvala gear can be exchanged for one TET boss gear each season.
Beginner Black Stone (Armor)
Enhance to PEN:
- Naru Helmet
- Naru Shoes
- Naru Gloves
- Naru Armor
PEN Naru Helmet, Shoes, Armor, and Gloves can be exchanged to Fughar for PRI Tuvala Helmet, Shoes, Armor, and Gloves, on a Season Character.
On normal characters, PEN Naru is exchanged for Narchillan Gear.
+1 to +5: 100% Enhancement Chance
+6 to PEN: 90% to 35% Enhancement Chance
Beginner Black Stone (Weapon)
Enhance to PEN:
- Naru Weapon (Main)
- Naru Sub-Weapon
PEN Naru main weapon and sub-weapon can be exchanged to Fughar for PRI Tuvala main and sub-weapon, on a Season Character.
On normal characters, PEN Naru is exchanged for Narchillan Gear.
+1 to +7: 100% Enhancement Chance
+8 to PEN: 90% to 35% Enhancement Chance
How to Obtain Beginner Black Stones
Beginner Black Stones are very easy to obtain with any low level character. You can quest for them or grind for them.
Be sure to check out the BDO Coupons page. (At the time of this writing, there is a coupon for 2,000 Beginner Black Stones.)
Obtain Beginner Black Stones Via Quest
Follow the main quest line!
- Press O key then Main tab to view your progress and Beginner Black Stone rewards.
- After you complete the main quest line for Mediah, you will have more than enough to fully enhance all of your Naru weapons and armor.
Obtain Beginner Black Stones Via Processing
Hate questing? Grind for normal Black Stones, which can be processed.
Processing (L) > Heating can be performed on normal Black Stones to create Beginner Black Stones.
| Result | Beginner Black Stone | Recipe: Processing > Heating |
|---|---|---|
 x1 |
Beginner Black Stone (Armor) |
 x3 Black Stone (Armor) |
|
x10 |
Beginner Black Stone (Armor) |
x30 Black Stone (Armor) x1 Black Stone Powder |
 x1 |
Beginner Black Stone (Weapon) |
 x3 Black Stone (Weapon) |
|
x10 |
Beginner Black Stone (Weapon) |
x30 Black Stone (Weapon) x1 Black Stone Powder |
Beginner Black Stones for Naru Enhancement
- Beginner Black Stones give much higher than normal Enhancement Chances.
- PEN enhancement chance is 35% for weapons/armor (compare to .30% for normal gear)
- Lower than normal Enhancement cost
- only loose 2 Max Durability on enhancement failure (compare to 20 for PEN Blackstar Weapon)
- costs only 3 Cron Stones for Pen (compare to 3,670 Crons for PEN Blackstar Weapon)
- Beginner Black Stones are required to enhance Naru Accessories as well.
- Naru accessories can be enhanced to TRI.
- Enhance your weapons and armors first!!!
- Accessories cost 5 Beginner Black Stones each
- You can skip the Naru accessories if you like and focus on obtaining Asula Accessories, which are much better.
Beginner Black Stone Costs & Enhancement Levels
TOTAL Beginner Black Stone (Armor) Required for PEN Naru Armor:
110 (minimum required, without enhancment failure)
| Lvl | Enchancement Chance | Defense | Evasion | H-evasion | DR | H-DR | Cron Cost | Item Effect | Black Stone Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 100.00 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 4 | 1 | Max HP+200 | 1 | |
| +1 | 100.00 | 9 | 4 | 20 | 5 | 1 | Max HP+200 | 1 | |
| +2 | 100.00 | 10 | 5 | 22 | 5 | 1 | Max HP+200 | 1 | |
| +3 | 100.00 | 11 | 5 | 24 | 6 | 1 | Max HP+200 | 1 | |
| +4 | 100.00 | 12 | 6 | 26 | 6 | 1 | Max HP+200 | 1 | |
| +5 | 90.00 | 13 | 6 | 28 | 7 | 2 | Max HP+200 | 3 | |
| +6 | 87.00 | 15 | 7 | 30 | 8 | 2 | Max HP+200 | 3 | |
| +7 | 84.00 | 17 | 8 | 33 | 9 | 2 | Max HP+200 | 3 | |
| +8 | 81.00 | 19 | 9 | 36 | 10 | 2 | Max HP+200 | 3 | |
| +9 | 78.00 | 21 | 10 | 39 | 11 | 2 | Max HP+200 | 3 | |
| +10 | 75.00 | 23 | 11 | 42 | 12 | 3 | Max HP+200 | 5 | |
| +11 | 72.00 | 25 | 12 | 45 | 13 | 3 | Max HP+200 | 5 | |
| +12 | 70.00 | 27 | 13 | 48 | 14 | 3 | Max HP+200 | 5 | |
| +13 | 65.00 | 29 | 14 | 51 | 15 | 3 | Max HP+200 | 5 | |
| +14 | 60.00 | 33 | 16 | 54 | 17 | 3 | Max HP+200 | 5 | |
| +15 | 55.00 | 37 | 18 | 57 | 19 | 4 | Max HP+200 | 10 | |
| PRI | 50.00 | 41 | 20 | 62 | 21 | 4 | Max HP+200 | 10 | |
| DUO | 45.00 | 45 | 22 | 67 | 23 | 4 | 1 | Max HP+200 | 15 |
| TRI | 40.00 | 49 | 24 | 72 | 25 | 6 | 2 | Max HP+200 | 15 |
| TET | 35.00 | 53 | 26 | 78 | 27 | 8 | 3 | Max HP+200 | 15 |
| PEN | – | 57 | 28 | 84 | 29 | 10 | – | Max HP+200 | – |
Exchange Beginner Black Stones
You can exchange Beginner Black Stones to Fughar for any Naru Gear.
Fughar is usually located next to <Stable Keepers> in cities.
Fughar
<Crow Merchants Guild Chief Manager>
| Naru Gear | Price | Beginner Black Stone Requirements | |
|---|---|---|---|
 |
Naru Main Weapon Box | x1 |
Have item: and Finished Serendia Main Quest Line:
————- main quest details ———- |
|
Naru Sub-weapon Box | ||
 |
Naru Armor | x1 |
|
 |
Naru Gloves | ||
 |
Naru Helmet | ||
 |
Naru Shoes | ||
 |
Naru Belt |
or
|
Have item: and finished Calpheon Main quest line: Quest: Looking for Adventurers |
 |
Naru Earring | ||
 |
Naru Necklace | ||
 |
Naru Ring |
Exchange Naru Gear for Tuvala Gear
PEN Naru armor/weapons can be exchanged to Fughar for even better gear.
For full details on how to exchange Naru for PRI Tuvala or Narchillan, please see our Naru Exchange Guide.
How do you get/make a different subweapon for a character like the the Kunoichi or the Ninja? After changing the skills, the naru and tuvala box Fughar supplies always provides the same subweapon.
What I’ve found is, an off season character can take the Tuvala, and have a weapon made for their class, including subweapon and awakening.
That, and the Ninja always seemed to get a shuriken when exchanging tuvala, while the Kunoichi always gets a kunai.
Then you can exchange those tuvala weapons.
This is as long as you have an empty character slot for another character to try this.
Question now is, is there any value in trying to make a second subweapon, or just stick to one?
Kunoi always gets the kunai and Ninja always gets the shuriken (or it’s the other way around the the idea is the same)
I dont have the [Season] Beyond the Limits in the spirit for some reason
Hey. I got a lot of these beginner stones and i dont know what to do whit. Im alredy wearing tuvala items. What to do with the left beginner black stones?
what if i don’t play season character should i sell them?
So I’m done with Calpheon and nowhere NEAR getting PEN on all my gear. How do I grind a lot of beginner black stones?
I scrapped all the naru stuff on my main character including the beginner stones because I thought I’d never need them,
Now I’m doing the quests on my seasonal and I’m only getting 1 to 4 stones instead of the hundreds I got on my main.
Is that just for seasonal or is the big rewards once per family?
Hello 🙂 If you are having trouble with getting enough Beginner Black Stones on Season, there are hundreds given after opening your Leveling Aid boxes that you get from Season Pass. Have fun!