BDO Boss Gear is considered the end game gear or BIS (Best In Slot) gear available in Black Desert Online.
The image shows a boss gear set with Softcap AP/DP.
+TET: Griffon’s Helmet
+TET: Dim Tree Spirit’s Armor
+3: Tungrad Earring
+3: Tungrad Earring
+3: Tungrad Ring
+3: Tungrad Ring
+TET: Urugon’s Shoes
+TET: Bheg’s Gloves
+3: Basilisk’s Belt
+3: Ogre Ring
+TET: Kzarka Crossbow
+TET: Nouver Ra’ghon
+TET: Dandelion Greatbow
Gear Softcap is full Tet boss gear with Tri yellow accessories
Rough gear stats: 251/253/294
So how difficult is this boss gear to obtain? Lets take a look!

Obtaining Boss Gear & BIS Gear
This is a quick summary of the different ways to obtain boss gear. More details below!
- Central Market
- [Event] Shining Shakatu’s Seals (Shining Shakatu’s Seals Guide)
- Yona’s Fragments for Accessories (RNG drop from Valencia mobs)
- Spend 50 energy at the “Night Vendor” (RNG roll for a chance at spending silver for boss gear with Patrigio, the <Black Market> vendor in Heidel, Velia, and other major cities) Prices range from 50% to 300% Marketplace price.
- Shining Medal of Honor (participation in Node Wars)
- Daily & Weekly Boss Scrolls from Black Spirit
- Bheg:
[Special I] Possessed Giants (1/D) (gives knowledge on Bheg)
[Special I] Confronting Bheg (1/D) (after gaining knowledge on Bheg) - Muskan:
[Special II] Kzarka Shrine (1/W)
[Special II] Confronting Muskan (1/W) (after gaining knowledge on Muskan) - Dim Tree:
Special II] A Scheme under the Monastery (1/W) (gives Dim Tree knowledge)
Special II] Confronting Dim Tree Spirit (1/W) (after gaining knowledge on Dim Tree) - Giath:
[Special I] Stop the Rite (1/D) (gives knowledge on Giath)
[Special I] Confronting Giath (1/D) (after gaining knowledge on Giath) - Leebur:
[Special] Confronting Leebur (1/W)
Requirements: Level 58+ Finished quest: Leebur’s Hiding Spot
- Bheg:
- Attend the following world and field bosses:
- Dastard Bheg for Bheg’s Gloves (1.5% drop rate)
- Hebetate Tree Spirit for Dim Tree Spirit’s Armor (0.6% drop rate)
- Kzarka for Kzarka Main Weapon (4% drop rate)
- Karanda for Dandelion Awakening Weapon (2.8% drop rate)
Boss Gear List
Note that Evasion gear are for evasion builds and are NOT normally used/recommended.
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![]() Kzarka |
Kzarka, The Lord of Corruption
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![]() Blackstar |
Blackstar Quest Line with other requirements. Blackstar Weapon Guide |
![]() Offin Tett |
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Awakening Weapon | |
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Subweapon | |
Kutum (PVE) |
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Nouver (PVP) |
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Gloves | |
Leebur’s Gloves (Evasion) |
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Shoes | |
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Muskan’s Shoes (Evasion) |
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Armor | |
![]() Dim Tree Spirit’s Armor |
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Requires quest line and certain items and knowledge. View our Blackstar Armor Guide |
Helmets | |
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Matchlock Hunting:
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Accessories | |
Capotia |
Achievement or Crafted:
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Belts | |
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rare drop from Basilisk mobs around Basilisk Den, Valencia. |
Rings | |
![]() Tungrad Ring |
Protty Cave drops a shard that can be used to create a Tungrad Ring. Sycraia Ruins drops the Tungrad Rings and both shards to craft one. |
Necklaces | |
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rare drop from Ogres near Mansha Forest, SW Calpheon territory |
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Laytenn <Ancient Weapon> |
Earrings | |
![]() Tungrad Earring |
rare drops from Aakman dungeon mobs: line up Ancient Power – Red Fragment and Ancient Power – Black Fragment (Pattern 97). |
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low drop chance from mobs at Stars End |
Boss Gear Progression
Obtain and enhance Boss Gear in order of importance, depending upon the increase in power.
However, Boss Gear is not always easy to purchase. If you do get lucky, it’s ok to go out of order, but you might want to wait on enhancing the helmet, since it’s not that big of a difference and would be costly to upgrade.
Accessories are the most expensive to enhance. You may even consider enhancement of blue grade accessories first, since upgrading 1 yellow grade accessory will cost billions of silver. Blue grade are much cheaper, but aren’t BIS. They make good backups though when yellow grade accessories fail enhancement.
Boss Gear by Order of Importance:
- Kzarka Mainhand Weapon (normally the easiest boss item to obtain) or Offin Tett’s (slightly more AP, but less Attack Speed and Accuracy) or Blackstar Weapon (a quested red grade weapon with massive PVE Monster AP.)
- Dandelion Awakened Weapon
- Sub-weapons: Kutum (PVE) / Nouver (PVP)
- Bheg’s Gloves or Leebur’s Gloves (Evasion)
- Urugon’s Shoes or Muskan’s Shoes (Evasion)
- Dim Tree Spirit’s Armor or Blackstar Armor
- Griffon’s Helmet or Giath’s Helmet
- Yelow grade accessories
You may decide to focus on Dande before Kzarka to reach the AP brackets. For example, most softcap players will hit the 261 Awakening AP bracket if they get their Dande pen, which gives another 18 AP (non-sheet). If you are a player that focuses on Awakening combat, then Dande may also be your first choice.
Boss Gear from Boss Spawns
Boss Gear has a very rare chance of dropping from a world or field boss that spawns at predictable times.
Boss Types:
- World Bosses: spawn at set times (Kzarka, Karanda, Kutum, Nouver, Vell, Offin-Tett, Muraka, Quint, Garmoth, Vell)
- Field Bosses: spawn randomly, but within a window if they are trained. (Bheg, Mudster, RedNose, Dim Tree, Katzvariak) Respawn timers are based on when the boss was last all-cleared. World Boss Discord helps keep track of this. Post-maintenance timers are different from respawn timers.

Kzarka, The Lord of Corruption
<Boss>
Boss Spawn Times
For additional help knowing when world or field bosses might spawn and which channels they are currently alive on, visit the World Boss Discord.
BDO Boss Spawn Times for NA:
BDO Boss Spawn Times for EU:
Boss Spawn Location Screenshots and somethinglovely.net boss map.
Boss Fight Tips & Tricks
- Boss health is shared across all channels.
- Bosses despawn 15 minutes from spawn time regardless of health or engagement
- Loot mechanics
- Double loot chances: available when the boss is killed.
- 3 different loot groups depending upon damage dealt – better loot chances for the top damage dealers
- Try to spread out across channels for better loot chances.
- Loot drops at a lower rate for a boss that despawns.
- Bosses do not spawn on Olvia, Arsha, or Channels at War
- Boss HP bar color will change, depending on its HP, even when you don’t have boss Knowledge yet.
- 100 – 75% Yellow
- 75 – 50% Purple
- 50 – 25% Red
- 25 – 10% Green
- 10 – 5% Light Green
- 5 – 0% Gray
Boss Gear via [Event] Shining Shakatu’s Seals
[Event] Shining Shakatu’s Seals are obtained as an event reward and exchanged for high-end game goodies. Normally, they are obtained through Attendance Rewards.
The amount has been 10 Shining Shakatu’s Seals per month for the normal “Loyal” Attendance Reward tab.
Depending upon your status and game events, you can have more than one Attendance Reward tab. For example, one tab for “Returning” and one for “Loyal” and one for “Guild”
You must be level 56+ to turn in Shakatu Seals.
Shakatu Seal Rewards:
Exchange List for Boss Accessories:
- 30 = PRI: Ogre Ring
- 100 = TRI: Tungrad Earring
- 100 = TRI: Tungrad Ring
- 120 = TRI: Tungrad Belt
- 120 = TRI: Tungrad Necklace
Read more details in our Shining Shakatu’s Seals Guide
Boss Gear Accessories via Yona’s Fragments
Most hunting zones in Valencia drop Yona’s Fragment, which will allow you to create your own yellow grade accessories.
There are also quests to obtain Yona’s Fragments.
These allow you to craft yellow grade accessories like Basilisk Belt and Capotia Accessories.
For details, please see our Yona’s Fragment Guide.
Capotia Accessory & Enhancement Stats
Capotia Belt (Level 63+)
- Basic: AP 14 Accuracy 8
- PRI: AP 14 Accuracy 9
- DUO: AP 15 Accuracy 9
- TRI: AP 15 Accuracy 10
- TET: AP 16 Accuracy 10
- PEN: AP 17 Accuracy 10
Capotia Necklace (Level 64+)
- Basic: AP 25 Accuracy 16
- PRI: AP 26 Accuracy 16
- DUO: AP 27 Accuracy 17
- TRI: AP 28 Accuracy 18
- TET: AP 29 Accuracy 19
- PEN: AP 30 Accuracy 20
Capotia Ring (Level 61+)
- Basic: AP 14 Accuracy 8
- PRI: AP 14 Accuracy 9
- DUO: AP 15 Accuracy 9
- TRI: AP 15 Accuracy 10
- TET: AP 16 Accuracy 10
- PEN: AP 17 Accuracy 10
Capotia Earring (Level 62+)
- Basic: AP 13 Accuracy 8
- PRI: AP 13 Accuracy 9
- DUO: AP 13 Accuracy 10 DP 1
- TRI: AP 13 Accuracy 11 DP 2
- TET: AP 13 Accuracy 12 DP 3
- PEN: AP 13 Accuracy 12 DP 4
Boss Gear via Shining Medal of Honor
Shining Medal of Honor is earned from participating in a Node War.
Exchange Shining Medal of Honor for Nouver, Dandelion, and Kzarka boss weapons.
You can also try your luck with a boss accessory box.
Shining Medal of Honor Pay Outs:
- Loosing guild members still get 1 Shining Medal of Honor
- Level 4 wins pay out 24 Shining Medal of Honor
Shining Medal of Honor Payouts from Node War | ||||
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Node Level | Win | Lose | Liberated | Additional Medals for Winners (Top 5% of Adventurers) |
Level 1 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
Level 2 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
Level 3 | 20 | 1 | 8 | 2 |
Level 4 | 24 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
- Select the Participation Reward in the guild window after Node War ends.
- If you achieve the top 5% of the winners, then you will be awarded extra. However, you will not be awarded additional medals, if there is a tie. For example, if 1st-5th place all have 5 points, then no one will get the 1st place reward.
- Exchange Shining Medal of Honor with a <Guild Military Supply Manager>.
Boss Gear Shining Medal Price List:
4 → – Nouver’s Latent Aura
4 → – Karanda’s Latent Aura
4 → – Kzarka’s Latent Aura
300 → – Fine Accessory Box
300 → – Nouver’s Sealed Sub-weapon Box
300 → – Kzarka’s Sealed Weapon Box
300 → – Dandelion Weapon Box
Temporary 7-day Accessories:
Note that you cannot enhance.
30 → – Crimson Baron’s Necklace (7 Days) 25AP/16Acc
30 → – Crimson Baron’s Belt (7 Days) 14AP/8Acc/80LT
30 → – Crimson Baron’s Earring (7 Days) 13AP/8Acc
30 → – Crimson Baron’s Ring (7 Days) 14AP/8Acc
Sources & Additional Info
- bdocodex.com data searches