BDO Obsidian Blackstar Upgrade for Defense Gear

Obsidian Blackstar is Blackstar defense gear that has been upgraded. To upgrade Blackstar armor, you will need to grind until you have all the ingredients to craft an “Obsidian Specter’s Energy.”

DUO to TET Obsidian Blackstar defense gear has 3 to 4 more Sheet DP than normal Blackstar defense gear.

PRI and PEN Obsidian Blackstar have no difference from normal Blackstar.

Additional Effects for Blackstar Armor, Helmet, Shoes, and Gloves:
- +1 to +2 Sheet Damage Reduction
- +2 Sheet Evasion
- +1 to +2 Hidden DR and Evasion
- Max HP +30 to +40
Obtain Obsidian Specter’s Energy by hunting in Elvia grinding spots and other locations.
Crystals, item brands, and item durability is not changed during upgrade.

Level	Obsidian Blackstar Buff
PRI (I)	none
DUO (II)	Evasion 2 (+2) Damage Reduction +1 Max HP +30
TRI (III)	Evasion 2 (+2) Damage Reduction +1 Max HP +30
TET (IV)	Evasion 2 (+2) Damage Reduction +2 (+2) Max HP +40
PEN (V)	none

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Upgrades are 100% Chance
PRI and PEN are excluded
Ingredients cannot be traded in Central Market.

Obsidian Blackstar Recipe

You need to craft 1 Obsidian Specter’s Energy via Simple Alchemy to upgrade to Obsidian Blackstar.

	Ingredients	Obsidian Blackstar Ingredient Recipe
Obsidian Specter’s Energy Simple Alchemy:	1x Passion of Valtarra	Simple Alchemy: 100 – Valtarra’s Flame 100 – Garmoth’s Scale
	1x Reason of Okiara	Simple Alchemy: 100 – Okiara’s Tide 100 – Oil of Void
	1x Courage of Narc	Simple Alchemy: 100 – Narc’s Lightning 10 – Fragment of All Creations 10 – Legacy of the Ancient
	1x Flower of Madness	Simple Alchemy: 100 – Seed of Void 10 – Concentrated Boss’s Aura
	1x Specter’s Energy	Dropped by mobs starting in Valencia. Specter’s Energy Guide Thornwood Forest in O’dyllita and Shultz Guard in Mediah have highest drop rates.

Obsidian Blackstar Grinding Spots

You will need to venture into Elvia. See the below chart for drop rates of the ingredients required to creat Obsidian Blackstar.

Elvia Loot	Vendor	Nm	Elvia Loot Notes	Imp	Fogan	Bandit	Naga	Cultist	Rebel	Orc
Narc’s Lightning	3,000,000	100	upgrade Blackstar Defense gear		0.2	8.1	7.5	7
Okiara’s Tide	3,000,000	100	upgrade Blackstar Defense gear	8.5	10.5		0.4
Valtarra’s Flame	3,000,000	100	upgrade Blackstar Defense gear						9.5	9.9
Shard of the Drained Night	100,000	100	Critical Hit Damage +3% to rings, +3AP to belt		0.3	7.3	5.7	3
Shard of the Tearful Night	100,000	100	125 HP to rings, +6DR to belt	11.6	7.7		0.4
Shard of the Furious Night	100,000	100	125 HP or +3% Crit Damage to rings, +6DR or +3AP to belt						3.8	2.7
Heart of the Arid Forest	100,000	100	150HP to necklace, +6DR or +3AP to belt						6.5	7.9
Seed of Void	10,000,000	100	upgrade Blackstar Defense gear	2.8	2	1.8	1.7	2	3.1	6
Revived Lunar Necklace	90,000,000	1	Accuracy Necklace			0.1	0.3	0.5
Revived River Necklace	50,000,000	1	DP Necklace	0.6	0.4

Predator’s Roots

Predator’s Roots can be exchanged for 4 of the ingredients needed to craft Obsidian Specter’s Energy which is used to upgrade Blackstar defense gear to Obsidian Blackstar.

To exchange, visit Lejenti, located in the basement of Glish.

Predator’s Root Exchange Requirements:

Level 60+
Black Spirit quest “[Elvia] Obsidian Ashes” (Recommended Quest tab)

Lejenti <Ahib Audrite Priest>
Location: Glish Basement

Predator’s Roots Exchange Rate

Elvia Loot	Predator’s Roots	Elvia Loot Notes
Narc’s Lightning	5	100 Narc’s Lighting is required to upgrade Blackstar
Okiara’s Tide	5	100 Okiara’s Tide is required to upgrade Blackstar
Seed of Void	20	100 Seed of Void is required to upgrade Blackstar
Valtarra’s Flame	5	100 Valtarra’s Flame is required to upgrade Blackstar
Elvia Weapon	50	Choose 1 of the following: – Burning Valtarra’s Weapon Box – Torrential Okiara’s Weapon Box – Thunderous Narc’s Weapon Box

Courage of Narc

1 Courage of Narc is required to craft an Obsidian Specter’s Energy to create Obsidian Blackstar.

Processing (L) > Simple Alchemy:

100 – Narc’s Lightning
10 – Fragment of All Creations
10 – Legacy of the Ancient

Legacy of the Ancient

Processing (L) > Heating on any of the following Magic Crystals to create 1 Legacy of the Ancient.

You will need 10 Magic Crystals in total.

	Magic Crystal	Drieghan Grining Spot Locations
	Combined Magic Crystal – Gervish	Blood Wolf Settlement, Sherekhan Necropolis
	Combined Magic Crystal – Macalod	Tshira Ruins, Sherekhan Necropolis
	Combined Magic Crystal – Hoom	Blood Wolf Settlement, Sherekhan Necropolis

Fragment of All Creations

10 Fragment of All Creations is needed to upgrade to Obsidian Blackstar.

Use Simple Alchemy on any of the following accessories to obtain 1.

Processing (L) > Simple Alchemy

	Accessory
	Serap’s Necklace
	Narc Ear Accessory
	Ethereal Earring
	Tungrade Necklace
	Deboreka Necklace
	Ogre Ring
	Cicil’s Necklace
	Tungrade Earring
	Black Distortion Earring
	Ring of Crescent Guardian

	Accessory
	Ring of Cadry Guardian
	Forest Ronaros Ring
	Eye of the Ruins Ring
	Tungrad Ring
	Ominous Ring
	Centaurus Belt
	Laytenn’s Power Stone
	Dawn Earring
	Tungrad Belt
	Okinrad’s Belt
	Basilisk’s Belt
	Turo’s Belt
	Valtarra Eclipsed Belt