BDO Life Exp Buffs & Equipment for Faster Leveling

Life Exp buffs reduce the time required to level Life Skills.

Life Exp buffs come in a variety of ways:

• Life Exp items like scrolls, food, and elixirs
• Events that reward Life Exp buffs
• Special mechanics that reward a Life Exp buff

Life Exp improves the leveling time of any of the 11 available Life Skills under Profile (P) → Life Info.

Most Life Skill Exp items stack.

Some event items have unique stacking rules. Read descriptions.

When you stack life experience buffs, it can be the difference between +10% and +500%.

It means time Life Skill leveling can be greatly reduced with some smart planning!

Mercenary’s Life Exp Scroll

A Life Exp scroll called “Mercenary’s Life” can be collected daily via your Challenge Reward.

Life Exp: +50%
Duration: 1 hour
Cooldown: 1 hour

PLEASE NOTE: these scrolls have a special use in Simple Alchemy!

• You can get up to 150% Life Exp by combining 3 of them!

Obtain via Challenge Rewards:

Press Y key or
Esc → Reward → Challenge

This is one of the most important acts you can do every single day!

DON’T FORGET LIKE I DID!!!!

If you forget to collect your Mercenary’s Scroll, all hope is lost…. Seriously!

They do not stack in Challenges like most Challenges do. If you forget, they will not stack. Capeesh?

Extra Life Exp Scroll +50%

Life Exp: +50%
Duration: 1 hour
Cooldown: 1 hour

The easiest Life EXP item to obtain in game is the Extra Life Exp Scroll.

These do NOT stack with the Book of Life.

Life Skill EXP from Pets

With 5 Pets:

Life Exp from Pet Skills:  up to +25% (all pets RNG chance)
Life Exp from Talents:  up to +21% (some pets)
Duration: continuous, must be out of stable

Pets have a random chance to obtain +5% EXP of a specific Life Skill, in the form of Gathering Exp, Hunting Exp, etc.

Pets get a random skill when they gain tiers after pet breeding. (3 Skills at tier 4, plus 1 Talent)

With the maximum allowed pets of 5, you could have up to +25% Gathering EXP as an example, just from pet skills. (Life Exp Talents give 4% per pet at Tier 4.)

Pets with Life Skill Exp Talents:

Choppy, Hedgehog, Llama, Penguin, Marmot, Shadow Wolf, Little Lamb, Otter, Ferret, Flondor Duck, Panda (not red), Jojo, Newborn Crimson Dragon, Newborn Golden Dragon, Phoniel Squirrel, most cat pets, etc (900+ Pearls)

• 1% Life EXP per Tier (up to +20% for 5 pets)
• all pets have RNG chance to learn +5% *specific life skill type* EXP buff (up to +25% for 5 pets)
• T5 pets have special talent rules.

Life Skill EXP Calculation from Pets

The maxium Life Skill Exp you can obtain from pets is +46%.

Life Skill Pet Examples:

• 1x Tier 4 Cat = 4% Life EXP
• 5x T4 Cats = 20% Life Exp
• 5x T4 Cats all with 5% Processing Exp Skill = 45% Processing Exp
• 4x T4 and 1x T5 Cat all with 5% Processing Exp Skill = 46% Processing Exp

 Bos’n Jack

• Pet Type: RARE
• Talent: +50LT Big Ship Weight each Tier
• Special Skill: Auto-Fishing Time Reduction
• 5x T4 Bos’n Jack = 1,000 LT
• Increased Chances to Learn these Skills:
  • Fishing Exp +5%
  • Hunting Exp +5%
  • Training Exp +5%
  • Trading Exp +5%
  • Karma Recovery +5%

 Jojo

• Pet Type: RARE
• Talent: +1% Life EXP each tier
• Special Skill: Hostility Detection
• Increased Chances to Learn these Skills:
  • Fishing Exp +5%
  • Hunting Exp +5%
  • Training Exp +5%
  • Trading Exp +5%
  • Karma Recovery +5%

Obtaining Life Skill Pets

Pets can be found in two seperate categories. Be sure to look in both.

• Pearl Shop (F3) → Pet
• Pearl Shop (F3) → Hot & New

Pet Costs:

• Classic Pet: 900 Pearls
• Premium Pet: 1100 Pearls
• Rare Pet: 900 to 1650 Pearls

Sales and Packs can decrease the cost by up to 50%.

Some pets can be more difficult to obtain and you will have to patiently wait for them to become available. For example, Bos’n Jak is a rare pet type and is only available during a limited time.

Secret Book of Old Moon: +50% Life Exp

• Life EXP +50%
• Combat EXP +100%
• Skill EXP +50%
• Reset (enhanced) skills freely
• Change skill add-ons freely
• Change Skill Preset in Safe Zone (Cooldown: 10 min)
• Buy villa scrolls via your campsite without having a villa invitation
• Stable slot +1 (for all regions)
• Wharf slot +1 (for all regions)

Pearl Cost: 1250 (15 Day Duration)
Loyalties: 3000 (1 Day Duration)

Secret Book of Old Moon is a great item to have on at all times because of the bonus buffs to Combat, Skill, etc.

Life EXP with Tent Villa Buff

Villa Turning Gates → +10% Life Exp
There are six Villas in Valencia Territory that will sell you a buff with +10% Life Exp.

• KARASHU’S VILLA – E of Altinova location map (Easiest location. No desert.)
• SHAKATU’S VILLA – W of Shakatu City location map
• MUNA’S VILLA – inside Valencia City location map
• KIYAK’S VILLA – NW of Valencia City location map
• MARZANA’S VILLA and TALIA’S VILLA – located just outside Ancado Inner Harbor

TIP: Players that have tents, can purchase buffs at their campsite as long as they have a Villa Invitation or Secret Book of Old Moon.

Camping Tent for Villa Buffs

If you purchased a Naphart Camping Tent from the Pearl Shop, you can use your Villa Invitation or Secret Book of Old Moon to remotely purchase buffs instead of having to go to the Villa itself in Valencia.

Buying Villa Invitations

Villa Invitations are purchased from the Villa Manger at a Villa in Valencia Territory.

• Villa Invitations cost 10,000,000 silver and last for 7 days.
• You can purchase more than 1 Villa Invitation to get more buffs.
• See chart below for a list of the Villa Buffs, price, effects, and which Villa offers the buffs.

Life Exp: +50%
Duration: 24 hours
Cooldown: 1 hour
Days: 1 to 30

How to Obtain Book of Life:

• event periods from the Loyalty shop
• free gifts via Login/Challenge rewards
• Gathering quest line
• hidden in Pearl Shop packs

Challenge (Y) Rewards: 

Esc → Reward → Challenge

	[New Adventurer] Reached Lv. 45!!
	[New Adventurer] Reached Lv. 53!!
	[Returning Adventurer] 18 Hrs Playtime!!

Life Skill Exp +40% via Clothing

Life Skill Clothes give up to +40% Life Skill EXP and other helpful life skill buffs.

Silver Embroidered Clothes are crafted in workshops or purchased on the marketplace.

Trading and Farming are the only Life Skills that have Silver Embroidered clothing. (Other Life Skills use Life Mastery Clothes like Loggia/Geranoa/Manos.)

Silver Embroidered Life Skill Clothing:

• up to +40% Experience gain for +5 Enhancement
  • +1: 10% EXP
  • +2: 15% EXP
  • +3: 20% EXP
  • +4: 25% EXP
  • +5: 40% EXP
• worn in your armor slots, and CAN’T be converted into a Costume worn in the Appearance slots.
  • can be paired with Luxury Vendor clothes that have been converted.
    • How to Convert Luxury Clothes: Pearl Shop (F3) > Equipment Tailoring Coupon (1500 Pearls)

Life Exp Event Items

During holidays and events we can look for special items that reward Life Exp.

• GM’s Blessing 1, 2, or 3:  5%, 10%, or 15% Life XP
• GM’s Care 1, 2, or 3: +10% Life XP
• [Event] Lara’s Warm Black Tea: +30% Life Exp
• [Event] Wise Housekeeper +20% Life Exp
• [Event] Ellie’s Magical Elixir +30% Life Exp
• [Event] Fughar’s Magical Elixir +30% Life Exp
• [Event] Giovan Grolin’s Support Scroll +20% Life Exp
• [Event] Pinchos: +20% Life Exp (Termian Event)
• [Event] Steamed Red Seabream: +20% Life Exp (Termian Event)
• [Event] Special Coonut Juice: +10% Life XP
• [Event] Six-Leaf Clover: +8% Life Exp
• [Event] Hearty Grilled Turkey: +10% Life Exp (Thanksgiving Event)
• [Event] Crispy Roast Turkey: +30% Life Exp (Thanksgiving Event)
• [Event] Warm Sweater: +10% Life Exp (Christmas Event)
• [Event] All We Need Is Love (Life) +50% Life Exp (Valentine’s Event)
• [Event] Delicious Japchae: +30% Life Exp
• [Event] Crio’s Seedling Pot: +50% Life Exp
• [Event] Special Life Tome +30% Life Exp (Whimsical Shai event)
• [Event] 3333-Day Cake +33% Life Exp
• [Event] Dragon King’s Hyangon Wine +30% Life Exp
• [Event] Heartwarming Spring Draught +20% Life Exp
• [Event] Energy of Happiness +30% Life Exp

Complete Perfection:

Life Exp: +20%
Learning Cost: 20 Guild Points
Cool Down: 4 hours
Duration: 2 hours
[Guild] Pledge of the Blood: 300

This Guild Skill requires learning the previous skill, Experienced Cry.

Guru’s Touch:

Life Exp: +40%
Learning Cost: 50 Guild Points
Cool Down: 4 hours
Duration: 2 hours
[Guild] Pledge of the Blood: 2000

This Guild Skill requires learning the previous 2 skills.

Since patch March 6, 2024 [Guild] Covenant of Blood from a Guild Drill is no longer required for this skill.

Life Skill Exp Item from Season

[Event] Giovan Grolin’s Support Scroll

Life Exp: +20%
Life Skill Mastery: +100
Duration: 1 hour
Cooldown: 1 hour

How to Obtain Scroll:

• graduate from Season and open Gift Box Full of Memories
• temporary events, give-aways.

Life Exp Elixirs & Draughts

Use Alchemy to craft or purchase on the marketplace.

• [Mix] Time-Training Elixir: 15% Life EXP, 10% Mount EXP, 8 min duration
• Elixir of Time: 10% Life EXP, 10 min duration
• Elixir of Flowing Tme: 15% Life EXP, 15 min duration
• Verdure Draught: 20% Life EXP, 15 to 60 min duration
• Perfume of Swiftness: 20% life EXP, 20 min duration (stacks with verdure or time elixir)

TIP: 2x Verdure Draught + [Event] Magical Elixer = 1 hour duration

Specialized Pots

• Celerity Draught: Sailing EXP +20%, Mount EXP +15%, Training EXP +20%, 180 min duration
• Unbridaled Celerity Draught: Sailing EXP +20%, Mount EXP +15%,Training EXP +20%, 360 min duration
• Fiery Celerity Draught: Mount EXP +30%, Training EXP +30%, 600 min duration

Assorted Kimchi

– Effects:
Life EXP +250%
Weight Limit +100LT

– Duration: 3 hr
– Cooldown: 3 hr

• Cannot be used in tandem with Tricolor Namul.
• Producing this good at the Royal Workshops with 150 worker speed takes approx. 1 day and 5 hours.

Reference: https://bdolytics.com/en/NA/db/item/821140

Black Spirit Exchange

You can exchange Energy for buffs with Black Spirit.

Life Exp: +20%
Duration: 180 minutes
Cost: 100 Energy
Level Requirement: 50+

Black Spirit (,) → “Exchange”

• You can have the Combat EXP buff and the Life Skill EXP buff going at the same time for an additional 100 Energy.

Life Skill Exp Crystals

Crystals can be equipped to increase Life Exp and/or Life Mastery. (Inventory (I) > Transfusion)

• Life Crystal → Life EXP +5%
• Dawn Crystal (Preonne Required) → Life EXP 4%/8%/15%
• Dim Magic Crystal → Life EXP 3%
• Crystal of Breathing Verdure → Life EXP 7% and Life Mastery +15
• Vital Crystal → Life Mastery +10

NOTE: Life Crystal and Vital Crystal do NOT have a crystal group and have no limit!

Forest Crystal

1 Forest Crystal is used to craft 1 Life Skill crystal that buffs +5% Life EXP or +10 Life Mastery.

Obtain Forest Crystal:

• Sniper hunting in Land of the Morning Light – about 1 every 1.5 hours.
• Send worker to Dokkebi Forest node – 1 every 2 to 3 weeks.
• AFK Fishing in Land of the Morning Light – 1 every week.
• Special Barter – is this real? Not in my experience, but I have proof it exists.
• Exchange 1000 Sangpyeong Coin to Hyunyong in Moodle Village.

Magical Lightstone Crystal

100 Magical Lightstone Crystal is also required to craft a Life Exp or Mastery Crystal.

Obtain Magical Lightstone Crystal:

• Exchange Imperfect Lightstones or Lightstones you no longer need to Dalishain the Wandering Alchemist.

Treant’s Tear Alchemy Stone

Treant’s Tear can be obtained by level 60+ Season Characters.

Treant’s Tear Effects:

• Life EXP +30%
• Cooking/Alchemy Time -1 sec
• Processing Success Rate +10%
• Weight Limit +50
• Gathering/Fishing +2
• Gathering Item Drop Rate +10%

How to Use: Press RMB to equip the item in your Inventory, and press (U) to use. You can use it along with Alchemy/Spirit Stone of Life.

Duration: 10 min
Cooldown: 10 min
Durability: 150
Fuel: Mystical Spirit Powder

Pearl Shop Carrier

A Carrier can be equipped in the Back Accessory slot.

Carriers are bound to family and can be moved to different Alts.

Pearl Cost: 1500 Pearls