Life Skill crystals buff +5% Life EXP or +10 Life Mastery. More poweful crystals became available with Land of the Morning Light on June 14 2023 and have seen several improvements since.
- Life Crystal → Life EXP +5%
- Vital Crystal → Life Mastery +10
Life Skill crystals are obtained via the marketplace, quest, and crafting.
NOTE: Life Crystal and Vital Crystal do NOT have a crystal group and have no limit!
Life Skill Crystal
16 crystal slots:
+80% Life Exp or +160 Life Mastery
Life Skill EXP or Mastery Crystals
You can obtain Life Skill crystals for +5% Life EXP or +10 Life Mastery.
| Life Skill Crystal | Life Skill’s that Benefit from Life Exp or Life Mastery |
|---|---|
 Life Crystal |
Life EXP +5% Gathering / Fishing / Hunting / Cooking / Alchemy / Processing / Training / Trade / Sailing / Farming / Trading / Barter |
 Vital Crystal |
Life Mastery + 10 Gathering / Fishing / Hunting / Cooking / Alchemy / Processing / Training / Sailing |
NOTE: Barter, Trading, and Farming do not have a Life Mastery benefit.
Vital Crystal Materials
Vital Crystal that gives Life Mastery +10 can be crafted by processing Forest Crystal with 4 other materials.
Processing (L) → Simple Alchemy:
– Magical Lightstone Crystal x 100
– Magical Shard x 50
– Trace of Nature x 50
– Forest Crystal x 1
– Bloody Tree Knot x10
Life Crystal Materials
Life Crystal that gives Life EXP +5% can be crafted by processing Forest Crystal with 4 other materials.
Processing (L) → Simple Alchemy:
- – Magical Lightstone Crystal x 100
- – Magical Shard x 50
- – Trace of Nature x 50
- – Forest Crystal x 1
– Spirit’s Leaf x10
Life Skill Crystal Quest
Obtain for free 1 Life Exp and 1 Life Mastery crystal via LoML main questline.
Get 2 Free Life Skill Crystals from Quests:
[LoML] Chorong Merchant Guild’s Gift from Black Spirit (,)- Life Crystal from Hyunyong.
- Vital Crystal from Hyunyong.
Hyunyon <Chorong Merchant Guild>
Location: Nampo’s Moodle Village
(east side of the city)
Obtaining Forest Crystal
Each Life Exp or Life Mastery crystal requires 1 Forest Crystal to craft.
Forest Crystal is going to be the most challenging item to obtain from all of the materials.
You can’t purchase this on the marketplace, so it will take some time to get.
Obtaining 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.
Forest Crystal via Special Barter
After completing a barter, there is a chance you will obtain a Special Barter.
The Special Barter in the image required a 100G gold bar to obtain 1 Forest Crystal. (10 million silver.)
This Special Barter seems very rare and for me has not been a reliable way to farm Forest Crystal.
Forest Crystal Node
Dokkebi Forest node in Land of the Morning Light has a very low rate of giving Forest Crystal.
Hire a Dokkebi Worker in Dalbeol or Nampo’s Moodle Village and send them to Dokkebi Forest excavation node.
This is a slow but predictable way to obtain Forest Crystal. The drop rate is very low.
- In my experience it takes about 2 weeks to obtain 1 Forest Crystal.
Dokkebi Forest CP
Contribution Point costs for nodes, workshops, and worker lodging are low in Land of the Morning Light.
- CP Costs:
- Node chain from Dalbeol Village: 2 CP
- Node chain from Nampo’s Moodle Village: 3 CP
Dokkebi Forest Worker
NOTE: Dolswe and Shellfolk can’t work in the Dokkebi Forest. (Lore that King Duoksini doesn’t allow it.)
- Dokkebi Forest node only allows Dokkebi Workers.
Dokkebi Workers can be hired at Nampo’s Moodle Village or Dalbeol.
- Dalbeol is closer to the node.
Dokkebi Spawn Rates:
- It may have just been bad luck, but I had a hard time rolling Dokkebi workers in Dalbeol. I was able to get a few Skilled ones I could promote. However, Nampo’s Moodle Village seems to have an abundance of them. Dokkebi luck anyone?
Forest Crystal Sniper Hunting
Use a sniper rifle to hunt Sensitive Boar, Bear, and Tiger in Land of the Morning Light then butcher the corpses with a butcher knife.
Forest Crystal drop rate is about 0.6 per hour. (Source: Hunting Spreadsheet – Thanks gpw!)
Sniper Hunting Region
Look for a Boar icon NW of Dalbeol on the world map.
Forest Crystal via Sangpyeong Coin
Exchange 1000 Sangpyeong Coin to Hyunyong in Moodle Village.
Obtain Sangpyeong Coins via daily quests in Moodle Village that also reward Contribution Exp.
Unlock 2 Crystal Slots
You can unlock 2 crystal slots by completing the main quest line for Land of the Morning Light.
| Item Name | LoML Main Quest | Effect |
|---|---|---|
 Kkebiwater |
Obtained by completing “[LoML] Strange and Beautiful Dokkebi Chest (Tale of Duoksini)“ | Unlocks bottom left crystal slot. |
 Kkebiwater |
Obtained by completing “[LoML] Ruler of Taebaek“ | Unlocks bottom right crystal slot. |
Dim Magic Crystal
The alternative to LoML crystals is Dim Magic Crystal: Life, which are much cheaper.
Dim Magic Crystal: Life give a +3% Life Exp buff and can be stacked 6 times for a potential +18% exp.
These are rewarded after reaching certain levels in a specific Life Skill.
How to Access Challenge Rewards:
Press Y key or
Esc → Reward → Challenge
Sometimes you can find these on the marketplace as well.
Weight Limit Crystals
| Crystal | Effect | Group |
|---|---|---|
| Black Magic Crystal – Cobelinus | Max HP +100 Weight Limit +20LT All Damage Reduction +2 |
Cobelinus |
| BON Magic Crystal – Cobelinus | Max HP +150 Weight Limit +20 LT All Damage Reduction +3 |
Cobelinus |
| JIN Magic Crystal – Cobelinus | Max HP +100 Weight Limit +20 LT All Damage Reduction +5 |
Cobelinus |
| WON Magic Crystal – Cobelinus | Max HP +100 Weight Limit +50 LT All Damage Reduction +3 |
Cobelinus |
| Combined Magic Crystal – Gervish |
– 2 crystal set effect: – 4 crystal set effect: |
Gervish |
| HAN Combined Magic Crystal – Gervish |
Combat/Skill EXP +1% – 2 crystal set effect: – 4 crystal set effect: |
Gervish |
| Black Magic Crystal – Hystria | Weight Limit +20LT Movement Speed +1 Max Stamina +275 |
Hystria |
| BON Magic Crystal – Hystria | Weight Limit +50 LT Movement Speed +1 Max Stamina +275 |
Hystria |
| JIN Magic Crystal – Hystria | Weight Limit +30 LT Movement Speed +1 Max Stamina +300 |
Hystria |
| WON Magic Crystal – Hystria | Weight Limit +20 LT Movement Speed +2 Max Stamina +275 |
Hystria |
| Ancient Magic Crystal – Cobelinus | Max HP +100 Weight Limit +20LT |
No Group |
| Ancient Magic Crystal – Hystria | Weight Limit +20LT Movement Speed +1 |
No Group |
| Red Battlefield Crystal: Cobelinus | Max HP +100 Weight Limit +20LT Extra Damage to Humans +5 |
Red Battlefield I |
| Red Battlefield Crystal: Hystria | Weight Limit +20LT Movement Speed +1 Extra Damage to Humans +7 |
Red Battlefield II |
| Ultimate Combined Magic Crystal – Gervish |
Combat/Skill EXP +10% – 4 crystal set effect |
Ultimate Gervish – 4 |
Sources & Additional Info
- Official Patch Notes
- GM Notes
- BDO Life Skill Discord – talk and chat web app for everything Life Skill related.
- bdfoundry.com Land of Morning Light Guide and Korean notes translations. Thanks Tansie! 🙂
- Tutorial video by Summer. Great job!
- GrumpyG’s Land of the Morning Light Guides
Dev Commentary from youtube.com:
New crystals will be added. Adventurers can unlock two additional crystal slots as they venture through the Land of the Morning Light.
You’ll be able to equip existing crystals or the new Morning Light crystals in these slots. Various crystals with diverse effects will be added, including the previously introduced “Bonghwang’s Tear.”
With a wider variety of crystal types available, you can now use Crystal Presets for various setups.
These life crystals can be obtained through quests or crafted using different materials.
Crystal Deletion:
Specific Life Skill crystals were deleted in the great crystal purge of January 31, 2024.
Bartering for Forest Crystal confirmation here. You may put it in your post if you want to 🙂
Grats and thanks for the confirmation pic! 🙂