Season: Summer 2023 Guide
Season Server is a temporary server that gives additional leveling and character growth benefits not available on normal servers. In order to enter a Season Server, you must first create a Season Character.
Season Benefits:
- Season Server Buffs: Combat EXP +300%, Skill Exp +100%
- Life Rewards: Life EXP +30% (excludes Trading) and +100% basic resources
- Fughar’s Timepiece: obtain 2 characters by leveling 1
- Tuvala Gear: special gear for Season Characters
- get plentiful enhancement items for Tuvala Gear
- shows higher enhancement chances
- Tuvala Gear Exchange for Boss Gear
- Notable Season Rewards:
- Inventory Slots
- Season Pass Rewards:
- Choose 1 pet
- 140 Failstack
- Challenge Rewards:
- Level 59: PEN Tuvala Ring
- Level 60: PEN Tuvala Earring
- Special Season Gift:
- PEN Capotia Accessory
Season Server Restrictions:
- Season Server is temporary, lasting 2 to 3 months.
- At the end of Season, players graduate, converting their Season Gear to family bound gear.
- Graduated Season Characters can no longer enter Season Servers.
- Season Servers can be crowded, especially in the first few weeks.
Season Character Restrictions:
- Only select gear can be worn like:
- Naru Gear
- Tuvala Gear
- Main quest line gear
- Asula Accessories
- Life Mastery gear can NOT be worn.
- Only 1 Season Character per family is allowed.
- Use Fughar’s Timepiece to transfer Season Character status, EXP, and gear.
- Can’t access T9 Dream Horses at the Stable
- Can’t use Combat/Skill EXP exchange coupons
Season Dates
Season 12 (Summer Season) started May 24, 2023.
Season start to end is approximately 2 to 3 months.
You can take advantage of Season Server the entire time, or graduate early when it becomes available. (usually one month after start.)
Season Start
May 24, 2023 after maintenance –→
Season End
July 26, 2023 (before maintenance)
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.
- Season Characters are restricted to wearing certain gear like Naru, Tuvala, Asula, and main quest line gear.
- In order to obtain Season drops, you will need to enter a Season Server with a Season Character.
- Season Characters can’t flag for PVP, but can enter a Season PVP Server with a +50% drop rate.
- Season Characters can’t obtain a T9 Dream Horse from the Stable Keeper.
- Season Characters frequently get leveling buffs and free items, but can otherwise level, fight, loot, and play normally.
Season Character Creation
Your first step is to create a Season Character.
If you are a brand new player, you will have no choice but to create a Season Character, if a Season is currently active. (since patch July 27, 2022)
You must have one open character slot. (Character Slot Expansion Coupon = 10k Loyalties or 600 Pearls)
Click the button to make a new character.
Next you will be able to customize the appearance of your character.
When you’re finished, make sure of the following:
- select the option “Season Character”
- click “Create Season Character”
Season Character Worth It?
yes. Even if you are a fully geared veteran, playing a Season Character gives you advantages besides good gear, items, and faster levels.
- Experience new content, usually alongside discovering a new class.
- Super fast leveling with 24/7 Combat and Skill EXP buffs
- Optionally choose a Season PVP Server (+50% drops) knowing no one is packing full PEN boss gear.
- Great way to inexpensively gear up Alts to camp boss spawn spots.
- Obtain enhancement items that you can use on normal gear later.
- Exchange Season enhancement stones for Advice of Valks and Valks’ Cry
- Season Server only drops to exchange for goodies
- Season only events for extra buffs and even more goodies!
Tuvala Gear: Season Character Armor, Weapons, & Accessories
Tuvala gear is only wearable by Season Characters, until it is converted after the character graduates from Season Servers. The enhancement materials for Tuvala drop from monsters on Season Servers.
Tuvala Gear Benefits:
- you can trade PEN weapon/armor for TET boss weapon/armor.
- Boss gear will be account bound
- Boss Accessories not included
- Details in our Guaranteed PEN Boss gear guide.
- Tuvala Gear shows easier enhancement chances than normal gear. TET and PEN is the biggest challenge.
- Tuvala Gear after Season Server ends:
- Tuvala gear is converted by the game after Season Server ends, unless it is manually converted by you in early graduation.
- Right click the conversion gems to convert a full Tuvala gear set to be family-bound.
- Converted Tuvala gear can be used by all of your Alts.
How to Get Tuvala Gear
Method | Requirement | Obtained By |
---|---|---|
1 |
Enhance the Naru Gear you obtain from the main questline to PEN (V) enhancement level. |
Exchange PEN (V) Naru Gear for PRI (I) Tuvala Gear. Exchange Naru Guide |
2 |
Collect Tuvala Ore that is obtainable from defeating monsters in Valencia, Kamasylvia, Drieghan, and O’dyllita. |
① Bring the Tuvala Ore to a Blacksmith in a major town/city. ② Exchange for your desired Tuvala Gear. |
Exchange Naru Gear
PEN Naru armor and weapons can be exchanged for PRI Tuvala.
Learn more in our Naru Exchange Guide
Exchange Tuvala Ore
Tuvala Gear is purchased with Tuvala Ore, exchanged to blacksmiths like Tranan in Velia.
Tuvala GearTuvala Ore
Armors 1x
Weapons 1x
Accessories 5x
How to Obtain Tuvala Ore:
- Season Server monster drops
- Region kill quest (auto accepted upon entering zone)
- Season Pass reward
- Weekly Season kill quest
- Rifts Echo
- Daily Season quest for Red Battlefield
- Exchange 10 Time-Filled Black Stones
Tuvala Ore Monster Drop Locations:
- Valencia, Kamasylvia, Drieghan, and O’dyllita monster zones
BDO Season Pass: Rewards, Goals, & Tips
Season Pass is a series of challenges available to Season Characters during a Season.
Complete each goal and click the reward to receive it.
You must complete the previous objective of each Challenge to activate and claim the rewards for the next Challenge.
Goals that require killing mobs can NOT be completed ahead of time.
View Season Pass:
- Click the Season Pass icon on the top right of the screen
- Click the reward, after finishing the goal.
- Rewards can only be recieved in consecutive order
Season Pass Rewards
Having Trouble with Season Pass?
A tool tip is displayed when you interact with a Season goal. Also, some have navigation buttons you can click to take you where you need to go.
Is Season Pass Worth It?
I believe it to be worthwhile, although I must admit it is a challenge this year!
The most difficult part will be completing all the various questlines, for those who haven’t done that yet. Could be time consuming.
For quests that require you to defeat monsters and for Rifts Echo, find a group to speed things up. Esc → Community → Find Party/Platoon function works well and it should help quickly fill a party.
Season Pass Top Rewards
- Frozen Tides Black Stone: 100% Enhancement for TET to PEN on Tuvala Gear – save hundreds of Cron Stones.
- Boiling Tides Black Stone: 100% Enhancement for TET to PEN on Tuvala Accessory
- [Season] Summer Seal x80 without a Pearl purchase (see details below)
- Advice of Valks (+140)
- Mount Skill Selecton Coupon (3100 Pearls)
- Choose Your Pet Box:
- Flondor Duck (900 Pearls)
- Shaggy Dog (900 Pearls)
- Phoniel Squirrel (900 Pearls)
- Otter (Premium pet – 1100 Pearls)
- Lost Penguin (Rare pet – 1100 Pearls?)
- Fluffy (900 Pearls)
- +6 Inventory
- Advice of Valks (give Failstacks of +30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80)
- Crow Merchants Guild Training Certificate (7 daily chests and goodies from Fughar.)
- 7 Daily quests “[Season] Crow Merchants Guild’s Gift” to obtain Crow Courser Training Box, Item Collection Increase Scroll, and Advice of Valks (+20).
- [Season] Crow Courser Training Box
- Cron Stone x50
- Courser’s Aura
- [Event] Extra Mount EXP Scroll (10 Hours)
- Fruit of Yianaros x10
- Mysterious Blue Conch x10
- Brilliant Crimson Fire Flower x10
Season Pass Cost with Black Spirit Pass
Black Spirit Pass gives an additional reward for each Season Pass goal completed. It can only be obtained via the Pearl Shop.
Normal price, without sales or coupons, is 3,000 Pearls.
Notable Rewards:
- 1x Storage Maid + x1 Transaction Maid (1,200 Pearls each)
- Classic Outfit (2,900 Pearls)
- +8 Inventory (800 Pearls)
- Trainer’s Flute – Permanent (1,500 Pearls)
- 12x Mount Skill Change Coupons (2750 Pearls)
- 300 Cron Stones
- Select 1:
Fruit of Yianaros x100
Mysterious Blue Conch x100
Brilliant Crimson Fire Flower x100
[Season] Summer Seal:
- Extra [Season] Summer Seal from Black Spirit Pass: 40
- [Season] Summer Seal from regular Season Pass: 80
- TOTAL for all: 120
[Season] Summer Seal can be exchanged to Pulvio in Veila for Pearl goodies like a pet.