BDO Season Guide: Server, Character, & Rewards

Season Character vs Normal

A Season Character is just like a normal character except for a few key differences.

• Season Characters can enter both Season and normal servers.
• Only 1 active Season character is allowed at a time.
• Season Characters are restricted to wearing certain gear like Tuvala, Asula, and main quest line gear.
• In order to obtain Season drops like Time-filled Fragments, you will need to enter a Season Server with a Season Character.
• Season Characters frequently get leveling buffs and free items, but can otherwise level, fight, loot, and play normally.
• Season Characters can’t use Combat/Skill EXP exchange coupons.
• Season Characters can’t be tagged in the Tag Character function to copy Exp and gear.

Season Character Creation

Your first step is to create a Season Character. After selecting an empty character slot, create new character, then select Create Season Character button.

If you are a brand new player, you will have no choice but to create a Season Character. (since patch July 27, 2022)

Requirements:

• 1 open character slot (Character Slot Expansion Coupon = 1,500 Loyalties or 600 Pearls)
• 1 Season Character Ticket:
  • 2 Season Character Tickets will be available to you at start.
  • Purchase extra Season Character tickets via the Pearl Shop with 3,000 Loyalties or 990 Pearls.
  • You’ll find the Season Character Ticket counter displayed in the Character Selection window after logging in.
  • You can hold a maximum of 5 Season Character Tickets at a time.

Season Character Graduation

You can graduate any time after you have completed the Season Pass for that Season Character:

• You have accomplished all of the objectives in the pass – in order.
• You have claimed all of the rewards in the pass.
• You have claimed all of the rewards in the Black Spirit Pass if you purchased one and applied it to your current Season pass.
• You have used up all the Time-filled Fragments on your account.

After hitting the graduate option in the Season pass, you will be relogged. One Season ticket will be consumed upon graduating.

You will become a regular character, losing access to the Season servers. You are free to make another Season character right away as long as you have an available Season Ticket.

IMPORTANT
Your graduation cap is necessary to start the Fughar’s Aid questline, a series of quests that rewards Atanis element & enhancement materials to upgrade your gear after graduation.

Graduation Caveats

Deleting Your Season Character:

If you delete your Season character without graduating, you will NOT consume a Season character ticket, and the Season Pass will NOT be reset.

Your next Season character will continue the Season Pass where the deleted Season character left off.

Special Inactive Account Graduation Rules:

If your Family hasn’t logged in for 180 days or more, your season character will be automatically graduated.

• All unclaimed Season Pass rewards will be forfeited.
• Season graduation gift box will be sent to your Mailbox.

Force Quitting without Graduating:

If you want to quit the season without completing the Season pass, but still keep your character, you can force quit. There’s a link in the text at the bottom of the Season Pass window that allows you to do so.

Be aware that this WILL consume the Season Character ticket, unlike deleting your Season character. You will be converted to a ‘normal’ character and won’t be able to return to Season Servers or collect any further Season Pass rewards with that character.

A new Season pass will begin when you create a new Season character.

Season Specific Currencies

Season servers & Season Pass come with a couple of unique currencies: Time-filled Fragments and [Season] Adventure Tokens.

[Season] Adventure Token are rewarded for completing certain objectives in the Season Pass. Once claimed, the tokens are held in the Manage Currency UI. They can be spent right away on things like pets and maids, or they can be saved up and spent later, even after graduation.

[Season] Adventure Token from Season Pass: 150
[Season] Adventure Token from Black Spirit Pass: 100
Total Tokens Possible: 250

Season Character Gear

Season Characters can only equip items that have a special Season icon on them:

• Tuvala armor, weapons, and accessories
• Quested armor, weapons, and accessories
• Life clothes, accessories, and tools – including fishing rods
• Spirit stones (excluding Stella’s), riding crops, tomes, artifacts, crystals

Tuvala gear has the same stats as Yellow-grade boss gear (Kzarka, Kutum, Dim Tree). It’s enhanced with Black Stones from +1 to +15 and Concentrated Magical Black Stones from PRI to PEN.

See this guide on Tuvala gear.

Season Pass often rewards Tuvala gear already enhanced. You collect these and other pass rewards by completing certain objectives. The current Season pass rewards a PEN Tuvala mainhand weapon at character level 40 and a full set of PEN Tuvala gear and accessories by the time you’re level 59.

Tuvala gear is not limited to Season characters anymore. Anyone in your family can enhance and wear Tuvala. Buy extra Tuvala gear and accessories at Blacksmiths in major cities like Velia (Tranan Underfoe).

Season Grinding Spots

Grinding spots on Season Servers are identical to normal servers, with a few important differences.

Season Grinding Spots:

• Mobs drop Time-filled Fragments
• Earn 1000% Combat EXP (after lvl 50) and 100% more Skill EXP
• Can enjoy the hunt without concern of PVP, unless you enter a special PVP Season Arsha Server that gives a bonus +50% Item Drop Rate buff.

Crowd favorite location: Polly’s Forest, near Grana, in Kamasylvia. It has above average Combat/Skill EXP, mobs are condensed in large groups and die easily.

Leveling Quicker

Leveling speed can be increased even further via Combat EXP items like scrolls, foods, event items, draughts, and elixirs.

One notable scroll is the 530% Combat/Skill Exp Scroll purchased for cheap:

• Pearl Shop (F3) → Loyalties & Silver items → [Event] Combat & Skill EXP 530% Scroll (60 min)

There are too many Combat EXP items to list here. Please see my guide on Increasing Combat Exp for faster leveling.

Rift’s Echo & Rift’s Fragment

In case you aren’t aquiring enough Time-filled Fragments, you can get a group together to summon special Season bosses that drop them.

Requirements:

Level 50+
Season Server
Only party leader can use the Rift’s Echo to summon boss

Rift’s fragments can also drop from mobs and gathering. Use Processing (L) > Simple Alchemy on Rift’s Fragment x5 to create a Rift’s Echo.

Regional Quests

As you are happily defeating baddies, you may stumble upon Regional Monster Zone Quests that will automatically be given to you if you are the correct level. The UI will appear next to your mini-map.

• These quests are sometimes called instant quests because you instantly obtain them and don’t have to get them from an NPC.
• To obtain regional quests, just enter the grinding spot on your Season Character and an alert window will show next to the mini map.
• Please note that normal regional Subjugation quests may take precedence. When you finish these, you will then see the Season regional quests.

Season Ancient Weapon Event

Kill a certain amount of mobs and there is a chance an Ancient Weapon Invasion Event may start.

• Spawn Locations: Mediah and Valencia monster zones
• When the ancient weapon invasion starts, the area will darken, a warning message will appear, and 30 seconds later, a horde of ancient weapons will show up.
• The more adventurers there are nearby, the more will spawn.
• Expect an event boss to spawn.

Ancient Weapon – Final Boss Subjugation Rewards

• Time-filled Black Stone
• Specter’s Energy
• Sharp Spirit Stone of Destruction
• Sharp Spirit Stone of Protection
• Tuvala Accessory Box
• Can obtain Tuvala Accessory enhanced up to DUO (II).
• Artifacts (Marsh’s, Kehelle’s, and Lesha’s)
• Purified Lightstones of Fire, Earth, and Wind
• Enchanted Scroll (+20)
• Enchanted Scroll (+30)
• Enchanted Scroll (+40)
• Gold Bar 1G
• Gold Bar 10G
• Gold Bar 100G
• Soiled Ogre Ring