Concentrated Boss Crystal is an ingredient required to make Resplendent Boss Reform Stones used in Guaranteed PEN Boss Gear.

 

  • You can obtain 155 from a weekly quest and 2 to 12 from looting a boss.
  • 360 Concentrated Boss Crystals are used to create 5 Resplendent Boss Reform Stones to obtain 1 PEN Gear.
  • But don’t fret! You can start upgrading with 60 Concentrated Boss Crystal to make your first Resplendent Stone.
Concentrated Boss Crystal Jetina PEN Gear
Resplendent Boss Reform Stones Concentrated
Boss Crystal
Resplendent Boss Armor Reform Stone - BDOResplendent Boss Weapon Reform Stone I - BDO Resplendent Boss Reform Stone I 60
Resplendent Boss Armor Reform Stone - BDOResplendent Boss Weapon Reform Stone I - BDO Resplendent Boss Reform Stone II 60
Resplendent Boss Armor Reform Stone - BDOResplendent Boss Weapon Reform Stone I - BDO Resplendent Boss Reform Stone III 60
Resplendent Boss Armor Reform Stone - BDOResplendent Boss Weapon Reform Stone I - BDO Resplendent Boss Reform Stone IV 60
Resplendent Boss Armor Reform Stone - BDOResplendent Boss Weapon Reform Stone I - BDO Resplendent Boss Reform Stone V 120
Resplendent Boss Armor Reform Stone - BDOResplendent Boss Weapon Reform Stone I - BDO TOTAL 360

 

Both weapons and defense boss gear require the same Concentrated Boss Crystal.

Resplendent Boss Weapon Reform Stone I

Quest Requirements

  • Level 60+
  • Normal character or Season character that has graduated.
  • Short quest line talking to NPCs.
  1.  Old Moon Guild’s Trade Offer – given by Jetina
  2.  [PEN (V) Boss Gear] The Best Deal – Black Spirit (,) → Quests → Suggestions

Follow your quest progress in the quest UI:

Quests (O) → Suggested → [Combat] [Lv. 56] PEN (V) Gear – The Old Moon’s Best Deal

jetina pen boss gear questline

Latent Boss Aura

2 Latent Boss Aura are needed for the weekly quest that gives 155 Concentrated Boss Crystal.

You will exchange a total of 6 Latent Aura per gear piece to reach PEN level.

4 Latent Aura = 310 Concentrated Boss Crystal

Pick up the remaining 50 Concentrated Boss Crystal from looting a defeated boss or completing another weekly exchange.

 

Obtaining Latent Boss Aura:

  • World & Field boss
  • Dark Rift boss
  • Summon Scroll Boss
kzarka's latent aura

Boss Spawn Types

Defeat bosses to obtain  Latent Boss Aura and Concentrated Boss Crystal.

Aura
 Crystal
 Boss Spawn Type Boss
3-5 3-5 Empowered World Boss Nightmarish Kzarka, Bloodstorm  Nouver,  Thundercloud Kutum, Stormbringer Karanda
1-3 2-3 World Boss Kzarka, Nouver,  Kutum,  Karanda, Offin Tett
1-3 6-15 Field Boss Dim Tree Spirit, Red Nose, Dastard Bheg
1-2 1-2 Dark Rift Red Nose, Dastard Bheg, Muskan, Dim Tree Spirit, Ahib Griffon

 

Boss Scrolls No Longer Obtainable in Game

 

Boss Scrolls No Longer Obtainable in Game

You can still use these old scrolls, but the quests to obtain them have been removed.

Boss Spawn Type Boss
Normal Boss Summon Scroll [Special I] Confronting Bheg (1/D)
[Special I] Confronting Giath (1/D)
[Special I] Confronting the Red Nose (1/D)
Normal Boss Summon Scroll [Special II] Confronting Dim Tree Spirit (1/W)
[Special II] Confronting Muskan (1/W)
[Special V] Face Ahib Griffon (1/W)
[Special VI] Confronting Urugon (1/W)
[Special] Confronting Leebur (1/W)
Awakened Boss Summon Scroll [Special I] Confronting Bheg (1/D)
[Special I] Confronting Giath (1/D)
[Special I] Confronting the Red Nose (1/D)
Awakened Boss Summon Scroll [Special II] Confronting Dim Tree Spirit (1/W)
[Special II] Confronting Muskan (1/W)
[Special V] Face Ahib Griffon (1/W)
[Special VI] Confronting Urugon (1/W)
[Special] Confronting Leebur (1/W)
Darkened Boss Summon Scroll Red Nose, Giath, Bheg, Muskan, Dim Tree Spirit, Griffon, Urugon

Awakened Boss scrolls are created by arranging 3 to 5 awakened boss scroll pieces into a pattern.

Concentrated Boss Crystal Quest

2x Latent Boss Aura = 155x Concentrated Boss Crystal.

 

After completing the quest [PEN (V) Boss Gear] The Best Deal, Jetina will offer a quest that rewards 155 Concentrated Boss Crystal if you give her 2 Latent Boss Aura.

 

Concentrated Boss Crystal Quest:

 – [Weekly] Imperfect Beings

concentrated boss crystal karanda dandelion weapon
  • Each weekly quest rewards 155 Concentrated Boss Crystal.
  • Concentrated Boss Crystal quests are limited to one per family per week.
  • Quest resets every Thursday at midnight.
  • Concentrated Boss Crystal quests are shared with all characters. (You can pick it up with one character, switch to an Alt to exchange the Latent Aura, then switch back to the first character to finish the quest and obtain the Concentrated Boss Crystals.)

PEN Boss Materials from Dark Rifts

Solo bosses, called Dark Rifts, reward several materials needed to obtain PEN level.

  • 2 to 6 Memory Fragments.
  • 1 to 2 Concentrated Boss Crystal
  • 1 to 2 Latent Boss Aura
  • 4 to 12 Black Stones

Although the Memory Fragment amount is small, Dark Rifts are still worthwhile to do because of the other loot you obtain from doing them.

Example Dark Rift Loot:

Dark Rift Bheg Loot

Dark Rift Boss: Bheg
Difficulty: Very Difficult

BDO Dark Rift Griffon Loot

Dark Rift Boss: Ahib Griffon
Difficulty: Very Difficult

Dark Rift Loot from Dim Tree

Dark Rift Boss: Dim Tree
Difficulty: Difficult

Read more about Dark Rifts in our Dark Rift Guide.

Dark Rift Boss UI Button
Dark Rift Navigate to Boss

Time Cost

Guaranteed PEN Boss Gear is not meant to be quickly obtained in a week. (Although this may be possible via server hopping Field Boss spawns.)

Boss Crystals:
160/week (155 with weekly quest + 5 from boss drop)

 

1 Gear Piece:

  • 1 Week: Reform Level 2
  • 2 Weeks: Reform Level 4
  • 3 Weeks: PEN Level

You can obtain 1 Guaranteed Pen Boss Gear every 3 weeks from the weekly quest.

At this rate, a full set of gear (7 slots) can be obtained in about 5 months. (147 days)

Guaranteed Boss Crystal Quest

Boss Crystals via Boss Loot

Potentially, you could speed up the 3 week time by fighting bosses. You usually get 5 crystals per nightmare boss (aka empowered insta-death boss). You can get even more from the field bosses Dim Tree Spirit, Red Nose, and Dastard Bheg.

Karanda Example:

Karanda is a world boss spawn occurring 12 times in one week. Spawn times here.

In one to two weeks, you might get enough Boss Crystals to make an extra level 1 to 4 Reform Stone. (12 nightmare kills * 5 = 60 Crystals)

But look at some of those spawn times… Ummm sleep much anyone? Ha! No sleep for Karanda, means no sleep for good-doers like you either! 🙂

Note to Self: sleep is good. Uninterrupted sleep is even better!

 

Example Stormbringer Karanda:

Karanda Loot: Boss Crystal and Aura

Example Normal Karanda:

Normal Karanda Loot: Boss Crystal & Aura

Example Bloodstorm Nouver Loot:

Bloodstorm Nouver Boss Loot

Example Nightmare Kzarka Loot:

Kzarka Loot

Field Boss Discord Trains:

You get 6-15 Concentrated Boss Crystals and 1-3 Latent Boss Aura from Dim Tree Spirit, Red Nose, and Dastard Bheg. These Field Bosses spawn separately on each server, so they don’t share HP like world bosses do. This enables you to hop from server to server in order to hopefully find and kill more field bosses. You can perfect this strategy with the help of Boss Discord.

If you are lucky and take part in the Discord Field Boss train, you can kill 12 Field Bosses in about one hour.

For details, please see this guide posted in Boss Discord: https://goo.gl/KvusJi

Field Boss Discord

Example Red Nose Loot:

Red Nose Boss Loot Rares

Example Dastard Bheg Loot:

Bheg Boss Loot

Example Dim Tree Spirit Loot:

Dim Tree Spirit Boss Loot Rares

Sources & Additional Info