How To Make Money Farming Bdo

Many know Black Desert Online is a harsh game, though it can be generous for anyone with spare time or dedication. One of the most precious resources in the game is silver. It's abundant enough, but the value is a little too low, so players will want to make sure they're raking in tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of silver every day. This is because silver pretty much dictates how well you can do in Black Desert Online's endgame, which is the gear upgrade roulette.

In order to get silver, players will need to be more creative or industrious with what the game allows. There are many methods of earning silver but only some of them are efficient and can yield the aforementioned results. Some of them involve hands-free AFK operations while others require more active player participation. Either way, there's a method for everyone here.

10 AFK Fishing

This is by far the simplest borderline-free method of earning silver in the game. Players don't even need special equipment for it but a good fishing rod (Balenos Fishing Rod), a high fishing skill, and maybe costumes that give bonuses, as they can help a lot.

Players only need to find a fishing spot (it doesn't matter how much fish it gives) and start auto-fishing. They mostly need to be on the lookout for Ancient Relic Crystal Shards. These fetch a price on the Marketplace for several hundred silver each.

9 NPC Trading

Trading requires a lot of setup and high life skills in order to get good returns, but once you've placed your investments, you'll never be poor again in Black Desert Online. Trading means going to the Trade Managers in the game, procuring whatever is in-demand in their lists. They'll buy those and you'll get tons of silver.

This can be anything from crates of sunflower to food. The trick is to bring the goods from far away, since the farther you've traveled to bring them, the higher their price will be, just like in real life. For this, you need a wagon and some good horses along with all the life skills involved with whatever product you decide to bring.

8 Horse Breeding

Speaking of horses, they're also quite profitable in Black Desert Online. Horses are up there in the luxury and necessity list of players. The rarer the horse, the more useful it is as the benefits are not just aesthetics.

Catching horses won't cut it though, as the income from selling horses that can be caught is a bit mediocre. Players have to take some risks and breed them instead to get higher quality horses that can only be obtained through breeding.

7 Worker Empires

Worker empires by themselves don't exactly bring in raw profit. Instead, consider them an investment. Your worker empire network is a basic framework of what you need to rake in millions. They can get tedious to set up, so it's best to start early.

Workers bring in raw materials or they process them. The stuff they bring is needed for improving your life skills or crafting your own goods. Of course, you can also sell those raw materials they produce, but they won't fetch as much unless they're rare or in-demand.

6 Marketplace Flipping

This one's rather risky and requires advanced player knowledge and foresight. Marketplace prices vary depending on player demand or item supply. Events such as those that give relics or black crystal shards tend to lower the prices of these things on the Marketplace.

What you can do is purchase them in bulk while the cost is low. After certain events that lowered their price are gone, their value will increase due to the lower supply. This is where players can make a profit. It will take more patience and discipline, but that's the key to earning silver in Black Desert Online.

5 Bartering

Bartering is a relatively new addition to the money-making schemes in Black Desert Online and it requires a sailboat at the very least. Those can be a chore to make and might even take millions of silver as well, but the returns are decent.

Bartering is simple enough, you just need to bring certain items to certain ports. The amount you get depends on how heavy the items to barter are, so it pays better to have a bigger boat or ship.

4 Farming

Farming is a tried and tested way to get a good and semi-effortless amount of black crystal shards, whether sharp or hard. Harvesting each plant or even cleaning them can yield these crystal shards from time to time. It can't be done AFK though.

All players have to do is set up a farm, plant some crops, and attend to them. After a while, they'll get some crystal shards. It's based on luck, but it can be consistent. Thereafter, players can decide if they want to sell those shards or use them for upgrades.

3 Alchemy

Brewing up stuff that people need is another sure way to earn reliable income in Black Desert Online. Potions come to mind when it comes to brewing. The market can get rather saturated, so it pays to be smart about which items you craft through alchemy.

Crafting Alchemy Stones, especially the rare ones with an offensive stat boost, can sell well. These tend to be rarem and the higher their tier, the less competition there is in the market. By then, you can grab the highest price offered by bidders.

2 Cooking

Like Alchemy, cooking is another life skill that can bring in tons of silver while also being a fun activity. Cooking also tends to be low-investment since the materials can be readily available from your worker empire.

Raise your cooking life skill high enough and you'll be able to make Imperial Cuisine packages. You can sell these packages to NPCs for some hefty sums. If not, then players can make tons of in-demand food buffs they can sell on the Marketplace to other players.

1 Killing Mobs

If you want a more active way to earn silver with the highest silver-per-hour ratio, there isn't much that can beat killing enemies over and over again. Going to grinding spots and setting up a rotation (which is easy enough) and then sticking to that for a few hours can net hundreds of millions of silver.

That, however, depends on the grinding spot and your character's gear. Hot grinding spots include Kamasylvia or Pirates. Beware, though, as players tend to be territorial with grinding spots. Such is the case with this MMORPG, unlike others.

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