6 Helpful Things To Do When Starting Black Desert in 2026

Top 6 tips for starting Black Desert in 2026, covering class choice, settings, season characters, guilds, and worker setup.

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Key Takeaways

Choosing the right class is crucial for long-term enjoyment and progression.
Season characters provide a smoother learning curve and better XP gains for new players.
Customizing settings improves gameplay experience by minimizing distractions.
Guild membership enhances social engagement and offers progression advantages.
Early investment in worker and node management yields passive income and resource benefits.

What the video covers

Find a class you enjoy playing for long-term motivation and to avoid burnout.
Start on a season character to benefit from catch-up mechanics and balanced progression.
Adjust game settings early, especially notifications and quality of life options, to reduce screen clutter.
Join a guild for social interaction, event participation, and progression benefits.
Set up workers and nodes early to passively gather materials and earn in-game currency.
Take advantage of the game's catch-up mechanics and gear rewards for new players in 2026.

Chapters

Why should I choose a class I enjoy in Black Desert?

Choosing a class you enjoy helps maintain motivation for long-term progression and prevents burnout from frequent balance changes.

What are the benefits of starting on a season character?

Season characters offer catch-up mechanics, better XP gains, and balanced gear progression, making it easier for new players to reach mid-game.

How can adjusting settings improve my gameplay experience?

Turning off unnecessary notifications and customizing quality of life settings reduces screen clutter and distractions, enhancing focus and enjoyment.

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What is going on, everyone, and welcome back to another Black Desert video. So today, I want to talk about five things to do when you first start out Black Desert or you're a returning player because there's a lot of things that I want to talk about, and I thought I'd pick out some of

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the more important ones for part one. And number one would be finding a class you enjoy playing the most because this game is meant for long-term progression. And there's about I would say almost 40 classes in the game and it's probably going to be very difficult to try to find something you

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the more important ones for part one. And number one would be finding a class you enjoy playing the most because this game is meant for long-term progression. And there's about, I would say, almost

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enjoy playing. And so, I think that's a good thing to do. But also, picking a class that you enjoy for long term is going to help keep you motivated and not burn you out like every, you know, couple of months when they do balance changes and everything. So, I think it's a good

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40 classes in the game, and it's probably going to be very difficult to try to find something you like. So when you're making a character, there's another tab on the right of it called the trial

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the right direction and tell you what to do. But, whether that's fun or not is a little bit different. So, yeah, one thing, try to find a character you enjoy. If you need help with that, just tell me your play style and I can help narrow the choices down to like a few things or you could

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characters. That means you could try different characters out with a decent amount of gear, but you're limited to what you can do. So, you could just kind of get the hang of a class you

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your settings. So, when you're first in the game, you're probably going to see a bunch of pop-ups like at the top of your screen, like this item has been sold or this item has been enhanced. As a new

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enjoy playing. And so, I think that's a good thing to do. But also, picking a class that you enjoy for long term is going to help keep you motivated and not burn you out like every, you know,

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you think you need to turn them on again. So, you know, all the notifications you're seeing at the top of your screen, no one needs to see that. I can guarantee you, whether you're a beginner all the way to endame, you just don't need to see it. The less clutter on your screen, the better. So,

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couple of months when they do balance changes and everything. So, I think it's a good thing to find something you want to play long term just because you're a lot of the

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long, but it goes over every single setting I use. But for new players, at least just go into general and then like quality of life and show hide and alerts. Make sure to just adjust those as highest priority. After that, it's just performance settings and everything. So,

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time you're going to be playing and grinding and doing all this stuff on one character. So, if you're just trying to chase the meta and play the most overpowered thing, I can point you in

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to do is make that character on a season server or just a seasonal character. What does that mean? Your character will have an icon over here that says season character. Basically, it's like the tutorial server or like the tutorial of the game. It'll help get you caught up to like mid and

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the right direction and tell you what to do. But whether that's fun or not is a little bit different. So, yeah, one thing, try to find a character you enjoy. If you need help with that, just tell me your play style and I can help narrow the choices down to like a few things, or you could

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from seasons, that's when you get to the mid game and then you basically go get different gear from there. So the way you know you're on season is well one, there'll be like a season token when you're creating a character and there's just like a check box that says do you want to play

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just join the Discord and all that stuff. So, always happy to help. But that is probably going to be the number one thing for starting this game is finding something you enjoy. Number two,

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they on a season character. Plus, the gear is cap for new players. So, like you're learning at the same pace and then it's not that you can't play on all the other ones, it's just generally during non-event times. Um, these will just give you more XP than the other ones. So, it helps you

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once you are finally in the game, the first thing I would recommend is changing and adjusting all your settings. So, when you're first in the game, you're probably going to see a bunch of pop-ups

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beginner tips, and everything. But if you just want to play that on your own time, getting to 60 probably take you, if you're like a new new player, I would say maybe a week or so. But if you're like a veteran player, you can do that in a couple hours. So, starting on season character,

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like at the top of your screen, like this item has been sold or this item has been enhanced. As a new player, you have no idea what that even means. So, adjusting your settings outside of just your basic graphics and everything, what I would do is go to general settings and basically all

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yeah, this game surprisingly going into 2026 has a lot of catchup mechanics and gear that they give you for new players. So, it's actually a lot easier than it used to be and I think it's really nice. So, that's my recommendations for newer players and or even if you've played the game

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to show hide. Adjust all these to your liking. Alerts. Make sure to turn all these off until

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thing I want to set or say for this one is finding a guild. Now, I know BDO is about like 95% solo play, whatever you're doing, but being in a guild is always important and there's a lot of different

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you think you need to turn them on again. So, you know, all the notifications you're seeing at the

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guild rankings and then basically all this it'll say like this guild does what? Like some guilds are PvP, PvE. Just find a guild that works for you. But the main reason for being in a guild, aside from the whole social aspect and you know like meeting new friends and everything is you

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top of your screen, no one needs to see that. I can guarantee you, whether you're a beginner all

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quicker and just generally events in the guild will you know help you progress. So you should always be in one no matter what you do. Just find the guild that works for you. And usually I understand when people are like oh I'm just a solo player and that's why I started the game. Being in

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the way to endgame, you just don't need to see it. The less clutter on your screen, the better. So,

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but I would recommend joining a guild just, you know, social aspect. That's why you're playing, you know, an online game, right? An MMO to meet new people and everything. That's always good. And number was that five is setting up your workers and nodes early. Now, this is something

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turn all these off. It's under alerts. And when you think you might need to see it, then you

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here is a node, right? And then you could put workers on the nodes to collect materials and then bring it back to a town. So let's see, how do I explain this without making it overly confusing for new players? You start at a town. The green ones are like cities, main towns, and everything.

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could turn it on. But they're on by default. Why? I have no idea, but they shouldn't be. So, yeah,

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a sub node in there. And then they'll bring back materials to the main town that you set it on.

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that's kind of one of the big things. I have an entire settings and UI video that's, it's kind of

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materials which you can sell. So it's basically free money while you're playing the game. And over time it does add up. So, I'd recommend starting that early on in the game rather than later just because, you know, you're just getting like ahead of people who don't have it. So, it's always a

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long, but it goes over every single setting I use. But for new players, at least just go

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of other things like life skills. You might think if you've ever played another MMO or RPG in your life, you're like, "Oh, fishing, cooking, alchemy, all the stuff you've seen in other games." It's kind of like that, but more intricate. It goes into more detail. And then it also has like

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into general and then like quality of life and show hide and alerts. Make sure to just adjust

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they give you money the same way you would be playing it with like grinding circles. And that's your ultimate goal. No matter what you do, find something you like, try different life skills, and hopefully it'll help. And it actually is more complicated than, you know, oh, just go cook

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those as highest priority. After that, it's just performance settings and everything. So,

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Also, fishing. Everyone likes fishing. Even in other games, it's fun. And there's actually a lot of different things. It it may sound very basic, but there's a whole like ocean in here and everything is, you know, complicated. Well, not really complicated, but like there's a lot

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yeah, I'll leave a link in the description if you care to watch it. If not, cool. Just, uh, do your

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try exploring different life skills, see which one works for you, which one's fun. as a new player, I know you've probably just heard from your friends that, oh, it's a grindy game. It is, but there's a lot of way different ways of grinding in a way. So, it's not just one thing,

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own thing. And this kind of goes into the next thing, season characters and the Olvia Academy. So,

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returning players to do. So, for the sake of not making the video super long, that was it. If you enjoyed this video, drop a quick like and maybe we'll do a part two in the future because I have

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when I talked about playing a character you enjoyed, the first thing you're going to want

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Getting close to 80,000 subscribers, always a cool milestone. And we got a bunch of videos coming out in the near future with various topics and then new events coming out in the future. So, hope to keep you guys updated on all that stuff and I'll see you guys tomorrow. Peace.

Topics:Black DesertBlack Desert Online 2026BDO beginner tipsBDO season characterBDO guildsBDO settingsBDO workers and nodesMMORPG tipsBDO class selectionBDO catch-up mechanics

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