**Updated Nodes For Silver Guide - 522 Contribution Points | Black Desert — Transcript & Summary | SozAI**
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Updated Black Desert node guide covering new contribution points, node changes, and resource priorities for cooking, alchemy, and gathering.

## Key Takeaways

- Node contribution costs have increased, so prioritize nodes based on your specific crafting and gathering needs.
- Focus on securing high-value resource nodes early, especially for alchemy and cooking materials.
- Some nodes require additional energy investment beyond contribution points.
- Regional differences affect node value; plan your node investments according to your gameplay style and goals.
- Utilize workers efficiently by feeding them with resources like grilled bird meat to maximize productivity.

## What the video covers

- The video updates a previous Black Desert node and worker mini map guide reflecting recent changes in node contribution points and resource values.
- Pearl Abyss increased node costs and altered production materials, requiring players to adapt their node investments.
- The guide recommends focusing on nodes that are bottlenecks for your preferred activities like cooking, alchemy, or gathering.
- Important nodes include those producing chicken meat, eggs, wheat, potatoes, spirit leaves, ores like iron and copper, and expensive saps.
- The presenter breaks down node importance region by region, including Velia, Serendia, Keppan, and connections to Calpheon.
- Some nodes require investing contribution points and energy, with advice to secure key nodes early to avoid future shortages.
- High-value nodes for alchemy materials such as trace of nature and platinum excavation are highlighted.
- The guide emphasizes personal preference but suggests prioritizing nodes that supply materials you frequently use or find costly on the market.
- The video also touches on worker feeding strategies using grilled bird meat and the value of unique nodes like cooking honey in Serendia.
- Links to official patch notes are provided for further details on the changes.

## Chapters

1. 00:00 Introduction and Overview of Node Update
2. 01:45 Node Selection Recommendations for Cooking and Alchemy
3. 03:43 High-Value Nodes: Meat, Eggs, and Crops
4. 05:46 Timbers, Saps, and Ores in Serendia Region
5. 07:55 Unique Nodes and Resource Priorities in Keppan and Calpheon
6. 09:35 Gathering Spots and Node Connections Overview
7. 11:25 Important Nodes for Bartering and Alchemy Materials
8. 15:35 Summary and Final Tips on Node Investment and Worker Management

Answers

## Questions about this video

What are the main changes to nodes in the latest Black Desert update?

Pearl Abyss increased the contribution point costs for nodes and changed the production materials available, requiring players to adjust their node investments accordingly.

Which nodes should I prioritize for alchemy in Black Desert?

Focus on nodes that provide ores like iron and copper, expensive saps such as birch sap, spirit leaves, and trace of nature, as these materials are essential for alchemy.

How can I manage worker feeding efficiently according to the video?

You can feed your workers grilled bird meat, which is easy to produce from chicken meat, ensuring they remain productive without excessive resource gathering.

## Full Transcript — Download SRT & Markdown

00:01

Speaker A

What is going on, everyone, and welcome back to another Black Desert video. So today, we are going to be updating one of our older videos, the node and workers whole mini map. I'm going to be talking about all the different nodes that I changed and what's new. So, originally I was like,

00:19

Speaker A

"Oh, I'm not going to make any more videos of this for a while because, you know, after like 500, you just kind of run out of things until a major change happens, which that happened." And if you have no idea, basically last week, Polish changed the node values. for example, some

00:38

Speaker A

"Oh, I'm not going to make any more videos of this for a while because, you know, after like 500, you just kind of run out of things until a major change happens, which that happened." And if you have no idea, basically last week, Pearl Abyss changed the node values. For example, some

00:57

Speaker A

what's changed. and I've changed a few things around. So yeah, we have 522 contribution points.

01:06

Speaker A

nodes cost more CP contribution points, and they lowered that number. They also changed some of the production and materials you get on various nodes. So I'll leave a link in the description to the patch notes from the NA server, and I assume they are all live on every server now, but you can see

01:16

Speaker A

so like originally if you you see this map, you're probably overwhelmed, especially as a new player.

01:23

Speaker A

what's changed. And I've changed a few things around. So yeah, we have 522 contribution points. I'll try to make this easy if I can, but it's going to be a lot of information, especially if you're a new player. But I just want to talk about some like notable things to change.

01:45

Speaker A

recommendations for all of you is get the nodes that you think will be a bottleneck for your, you know, let's say cooking, alchemy, and whatever you're doing. So you could copy someone else's, but it's probably better to focus on what you enjoy doing and what you need to make. So anyway,

02:05

Speaker A

So like originally if you see this map, you're probably overwhelmed, especially as a new player. So the way I could try to make this easier is we're going to look at it like this. Hopefully it doesn't look as overwhelming. And ah, that's cool. It actually shows you all these now. So anyway, we're going to go region by region, and I'm just going to talk about some of the notable things. My

02:27

Speaker A

meat because you could just turn it into grilled bird meat, feed your workers and everything.

02:31

Speaker A

recommendations for all of you is get the nodes that you think will be a bottleneck for your, you know, let's say cooking, alchemy, and whatever you're doing. So you could copy someone else's, but it's probably better to focus on what you enjoy doing and what you need to make. So anyway,

02:49

Speaker A

are important are the iron, ores, and copper. You may not think you need it because you're probably like, "Oh, there's I have millions of them." If you ever decide to go for alchemy stones in the future, you do need the ingots and everything. Admittedly, it's not that many, like 2,000 a

03:08

Speaker A

if you are only interested in silver, let's talk about it. So saps went up with the whole gathering thing last month. So saps are generally higher. Timbers probably a little bit, but generally things that I think are important to increase your contribution point total are things like chicken

03:33

Speaker A

expensive ones. If you do a lot of alchemy you're probably using spirit leaves and everything and a lot of the stuff that you don't really want to gather yourself. You want to have it on nodes.

03:43

Speaker A

meat because you could just turn it into grilled bird meat, feed your workers and everything. You'll need that infinitely until the end of BDO. So, chicken meat, eggs, very high value nodes. There's another one over here. And then like potatoes and everything, wheat always good, too. Same thing, but you know, different items. In Velia, a lot of the materials that I think

04:04

Speaker A

of them are very important. Okay, going down into Serendia, we have a lot of timbers. And so if you look at it, there's a lot of trees and, you know, different ores and everything. There's water. So, generally the important nodes I would pick are probably what the few things that people probably

04:26

Speaker A

are important are the iron ores and copper. You may not think you need it because you're probably like, "Oh, I have millions of them." If you ever decide to go for alchemy stones in the future, you do need the ingots and everything. Admittedly, it's not that many, like 2,000 a

04:37

Speaker A

And if you're looking at it and you're like, "Oh, I don't see it." All you have to do is invest in a node and then there are some where you had to talk to the NPC and invest some energy into it. I don't

04:48

Speaker A

week, but you know, it does add up, and you'd rather have it now than later. So, yeah, ores, chicken meat, eggs, various timbers. I found that personally like if you are looking at timbers and everything, usually the things that give, you know, like saps along with it are the more expensive ones. If you do a lot of alchemy, you're probably using spirit leaves and everything and a

05:09

Speaker A

of darkness is very nice. The unique one for Serendia is probably the cooking honey. It's not as valuable as it used to be, but you know, you probably will still use it and if you do any sort of cooking. Aside from that, it's just like wheats and pumpkins if you do any cooking. Otherwise,

05:28

Speaker A

lot of the stuff that you don't really want to gather yourself. You want to have it on nodes. So over here, the ores, more ores, and these are personal for alchemy. Recently, I invested into these two because ash sap is very expensive. They're generally always sold out, and they're at max price, which, you know, the price from 21,000 to 50,000 nowadays is a huge jump, and you need two

05:46

Speaker A

them. So, it's like three to connect it and then each of these two nodes are five. I remember that because I was like, oo, is is this worth it? And now they lowered it. So, birch, sap, timbers, and planks are always high value. Pine is a little bit less value, but if you need it,

06:01

Speaker A

of them, which are very important. Okay, going down into Serendia, we have a lot of timbers. And so if you look at it, there's a lot of trees and, you know, different ores and everything. There's water. So, generally the important nodes I would pick are probably what the few things that people probably

06:25

Speaker A

of gets changed a lot depending on if I need contribution points. I'll take things out of here because it's like they're nice to have, but they're not super important. But down in Keppan, we have the connection all the way to the cave right here, Luton Cave, because I value coal a

06:44

Speaker A

won't see by default. So, if you look at this one, you'll see an excavation node where it's like gold trace of nature. Trace of nature will forever be used by every alchemist. And if you're looking at it and you're like, "Oh, I don't see it," all you have to do is invest in a node, and then there are some where you had to talk to the NPC and invest some energy into it. I don't

06:58

Speaker A

I never have to think about it again. So, Keppin to Gluton Cave and then to Marne's Lab over here for a spirit leaf. More ores and more coal. So, this one's a coal node over here and same with

07:11

Speaker A

know if it's still the same because I've done this years ago, but essentially, you just invest in a node nowadays. And maybe some of the older nodes still have that, and the newer ones don't, but trace of nature is always an expensive one. More ores generally for that one, and powder

07:31

Speaker A

high value node. um more ores, timbers, and just like various things I personally use over here for the excavation of platinum and trace of nature. Very high node. then connecting to Calpheon, I just have Quint Hill for lead and birch timber. So that's cool over there. Now, this

07:55

Speaker A

of darkness is very nice. The unique one for Serendia is probably the cooking honey. It's not as valuable as it used to be, but you know, you probably will still use it if you do any sort of cooking. Aside from that, it's just like wheats and pumpkins if you do any cooking. Otherwise,

08:01

Speaker A

this is because I kind of ran out of things to get, which you know, I could change it. But for anyone who is an OG player and you know what to do with these like dried fish, I believe these

08:13

Speaker A

these are not really particularly high value. But if you value your contribution points, then you'll probably use a lot of these. So, going down into Glish, this one got changed recently because these used to be a five contribution point connection for each of

08:24

Speaker A

So, yeah, these are high value in my opinion and they're only one contribution point each. However, the cycle from like the nodes is like four or 5 hours or something pretty insane. So, in terms of silver, it's not really that great, but these are used for a lot of stuff if you know what you're

08:42

Speaker A

them. So, it's like three to connect it, and then each of these two nodes are five. I remember that because I was like, "Ooh, is this worth it?" And now they lowered it. So, birch sap,

08:54

Speaker A

but I generally like the good feed over here. I generally just make a bunch of these and then, you know, stock up for a couple months and I'm good and I do it again. Organic feed is a little

09:06

Speaker A

timbers, and planks are always high value. Pine is a little bit less value, but if you need it, you need it. Going down in here, just more timbers. Excavation node over here. Make sure to get that one. Platinum ore is very valuable. More ores if you need it. And yeah, that's really about

09:28

Speaker A

for gathering because there's a lot of trees. There's a lot of This is basically a good spot for all gathering types, lumbering, saps, meats. there's some for herb gathering, but there's better spots for that. Okay, so bear connection. I have Well, actually, they're all connected to

09:48

Speaker A

it. So, basically a lot of ores in this area. Going down into the Calpheon area. This one kind of gets changed a lot depending on if I need contribution points. I'll take things out of here because it's like they're nice to have, but they're not super important. But down in Keplan,

09:54

Speaker A

Cedar timber is very high value. Cedar sap is one of those things that people don't enjoy gathering, so it's good to have it on a node. more cedar timbers, leaves, fur timbers, bloody tree knots. These are like high value timbers in my opinion. And then down connecting here, we have

10:15

Speaker A

we have the connection all the way to the cave right here, Luton Cave, because I value coal a lot. And it's one of those things where the only real way to get it is by nodes. You can go more or less gather, but it's kind of annoying. So, I'd rather just have a node connecting it and then

10:27

Speaker A

is always pretty expensive. Um, always get the excavation if you can. Just trace of nature is always very expensive across the board. All right, going down into Kasilia region and Grana. So, these are new. they changed the materials you can add for loony cabin and weenie cabin.

10:47

Speaker A

I never have to think about it again. So, Keplan to Luton Cave and then to Marni's Lab over here for a spirit leaf. More ores and more coal. So, this one's a coal node over here and same with

11:07

Speaker A

so like basically we have three excavations over here. Uh another excavation in Tooth Fairy Forest and then going up into Stars End. I personally have another excavation and then copper. So yeah, these are I would say these are kind of optional because it is a very high investment just

11:25

Speaker A

this one. Connecting, connecting from Northern Wheat Plantation. Down here we have Dor's Pass for the cedar timber and monk's branch. Anyone that does alchemy or even sailing and bartering, like the bartering part, monk's branch is very expensive, always sold out. So this is a very

11:38

Speaker A

you're at that point it might be worth investing into regardless. So, Grana has five connections to excavation nodes, and I have it up to Starzen for the grind and node investment. going down into Odraia, I don't think anything really changed in this one. So, as we talked about before,

12:00

Speaker A

high value node. More ores, timbers, and just like various things I personally use over here for the excavation of platinum and trace of nature. Very high node. Then connecting to Calpheon, I just have Quint Hill for lead and birch timber. So that's cool over there. Now, this

12:21

Speaker A

chicken meat, double eggs. We talked about that from the Balinos region. Olen's Valley, nickel, and my pretty high value or nodes. I'm convinced the Myithil thing in this node is like it's not as high as the others. So, it's probably still worth investing into. It's just like you don't

12:42

Speaker A

one over here is connected to Port Epheria. And you're probably like, why are these important? This is because I kind of ran out of things to get, which, you know, I could change it. But for anyone who is an OG player and you know what to do with these like dried fish, I believe these

13:01

Speaker A

from Ojaxia Duvenrun. We have a we have an interesting connection. We have a few changes, but this one we have double my nodes of zinc and knock ore for, you know, alchemy stones. It's just nice to have. And then up here we have more knock ore. Optional one in my opinion. These two are kind of

13:21

Speaker A

dried fish actually went up in price with the change like a month ago. So, for all of you who have just been collecting all these for the years, these are actually worth a lot more now. So, yeah, these are high value in my opinion, and they're only one contribution point each. However,

13:37

Speaker A

work compared to the Odraxxia one. So yeah, if you need it, it's over here. A bunch of dua cuz that one's annoying to get and go does no one ever want to gather that one. So it's good to have

13:50

Speaker A

the cycle from like the nodes is like four or five hours or something pretty insane. So, in terms of silver, it's not really that great, but these are used for a lot of stuff if you know what you're doing with it. I personally use it to make good feed for your feeding my pets over time. And

14:11

Speaker A

here. Duja sap timbers. I think mostly you need the saps, but you know, every these aren't like low value nodes either, but these are very high. So, I have three of them connected. okay. So, going down into Illin, Mountain of Eternal Winter. Nothing changed here from last time. Invest in

14:34

Speaker A

well, you could just buy it off the market. Let me just see. You could buy it off the NPC as well, but I generally like the good feed over here. I generally just make a bunch of these and then, you know, stock up for a couple mo

14:51

Speaker A

This is a good midame grind spot as well. So, I invested this one uh into level 20 as well. Monks branch, if you need it, you need it. Excavation node always good. All right, going down into nothing really changed here. So, basically what we have is more iron, copper, nodes,

15:18

Speaker A

and some crystals. We'll talk about that once we get to Morning Light. And then Tungrad Ruins has a double excavation. You know how we're picking a lot of excavations. These are high value, by the way. down in Eerede Highlands and the wilds over here down by Velander. This one is birch sap,

15:40

Speaker A

which I personally use, but I don't think this is an important one. Eer Heat Highland has cedar sap and then white cedar sap. And these timbers are pretty high value. So that's about it. Nothing changed here from last time. All right, going down into tariff. Let me show you how I split

15:58

Speaker A

this. So this is Tariff. This is Alan Nova. You see this line right here going down from like Omar Cave and all the way down. I'm pretty sure everything left of this is connected to Tariff and then anything right of this one is connected to Alanova. I'm pretty sure. so with that said,

16:20

Speaker A

a lot of these nodes are personal picks because I use the materials, but not all of them are super important. So, with that said, kind of like this one, how tiger mushrooms, it's literally for my alchemy stuff that I need. Not important at all. The important ones I would

16:38

Speaker A

recommend for you guys are probably up in here. for white cedar timber and maple sap and all this stuff. The saps and timbers are always nice, but these are high value connection nodes from tariff.

16:51

Speaker A

Everything else excavation over here. this one's a high value one for zinc and more crystals.

16:59

Speaker A

And then Omar cave is more ores and then just more stuff that I personally have. So either way, excavation, timbers, saffs from here. Connecting to Alteneova, we have zinc and iron. High value.

17:13

Speaker A

and right now we have double trace of nature from PFA. I believe these are new from this week's patch. And aside from that, we just have a lot of elder tree stuff I use for crates. Uh, if you don't care about trading, you don't need them. But let me see. Yes, like I have 1.1 million

17:36

Speaker A

elder tree timbers. These aren't like they're not the worst, but if you were trying to push a grew 50 processing, um that's one way. And I'm almost there. 49. But yeah, it's one of those things where I used to have like 4 million timbers and then I kind of processed them over like the course

17:56

Speaker A

of a month casually and now we're at 1.1 million. So, there's that. Important one to note is PLFA, which is a new one. Well, once again, when I say new, I mean they just changed it as of last

18:10

Speaker A

week's batch. Uh, connecting from Sandra Grand Bazaar is I have copper and opal because these are ones that I just don't like gathering myself. down in Pilgrim's Haven, we have more iron, powder of darkness, and rough black crystals. So yeah, we just have those connected.

18:34

Speaker A

Valencia and Arihaza. So Valencia City, I have date palm and those freaka things. Um once again, if you need it, you need it. If you don't, it's not worth it for you. Down here we have silk thread and more date bombs. So, it's one of those where it's not the highest value,

18:57

Speaker A

but if you need it is the exclusive thing we should get. Silk thread is pretty important.

19:02

Speaker A

I personally use that, and we'll talk about why in a few minutes. All right, so Arihaza, I have a connection all the way up into basically near sulfur. I had this connected when I was going for the archaeologist map and then I took out a few cuz I figured there's only a certain thing.

19:19

Speaker A

mostly I want titanium ore and venadium ore. Bunch of crystals as well. Same with this one. All the different crystals. And so if you look at this, this is what it looks like. So if you don't know what all these do, these make monos accessories. That has more uses than that. But back in the day

19:38

Speaker A

when monos accessories were, you know, high value, it was cheaper to make them yourself than to buy it off the market. And that's what I was doing. And nowadays, like looking at the price of them, they're still pretty decently valued. It's just like I personally value some of these other things

19:56

Speaker A

instead. They're still decent value. All right, so I think I covered everything on the mainland.

20:03

Speaker A

next we're going to talk about stuff that I think is important over here in Morning Light. So, the way we're going to break it up is into Morning Light one and part two. So basically, if you've been playing for a while, you know down from the village over here. So if you basically take a

20:20

Speaker A

line from here, everything on the right of this is land in the morning light one. This is land in the morning light part two according to Pearl Abyss. Anyway, so how do we do this in the village? This

20:34

Speaker A

is where I just have all the crystals and stuff. you you want to invest in basically all the nodes that can give you like forest crystals, decimation crystals, maybe some bitterness, but that's more of an endgame thing. and then all the harmony crystals if you are a newer player

20:49

Speaker A

investing into the homes and macalods. Those are very good. So, you might want to get these early on as soon as possible.these are the nodes. If you just look at them, they're like excavation. These are just high value nodes. Not really. You don't get the crystals as commonly,

21:08

Speaker A

but like you get a bunch of other goodies as well. So, I personally think outside of, you know, anything that gives like these crystals of darkness, bitterness, and everything, um, a lot of these are kind of personal preference. So, that's about it. excavation down here.

21:34

Speaker A

Let's see. All right. So, let's talk about why I think all the crystals that we were talking about are important. So, if you've ever done royal workshops, let me just show you how they work. You see them? This is what you need. Let me explain this as

21:49

Speaker A

quick as possible. You take outside materials like the crystals and various whatever they require, right? And then you get you put those on the green workers, right? like the green offices. You take your materials from the green ones. You can get exclusive ones like these. And then you use the

22:10

Speaker A

exclusive materials plus outside materials. And then you put them on yellow, which gives the ones you could do for trading and turn ins for silver. is it that important? Not particularly, but I mean it's like something to have on every now and then. So I'll show you how it works. Like you see

22:27

Speaker A

the outside materials is the powder of rifts and then in in like exclusive is that one. So then let's say you want to do that one. You change your workshop to this one. You pick the fan. You have the materials. You hit start work. let me start work. There we go. And then you set it and

22:45

Speaker A

you just forget about it for a couple months. So why is the crystals important? I have a bunch of these over here because these are what we call the outside materials, the things you can buy off the central market. And then you just use kind of all of these to turn it into the exclusive materials,

23:01

Speaker A

which are these that you can only get through the royal workshops and a bunch of all the crystals that we'll use probably eventually. And then once they make the final product, you get these things like the packages which have a silver value and then you could do trading and then turn that in

23:17

Speaker A

for silver if it's all connected and everything. It's not a lot of silver. It's kind of one of those things where you just set it and then check back 6 months later and you're like, "Oo, a free bu like couple billion silver." And you're like, "It's a nice nice little payout every like twice

23:32

Speaker A

a year every time you look at it." So either way, um, here in Morning Light part two, this is where all the notable nodes are. Basically any ores that are good, timbers that are high value, more zinc ore, very important. High value timbers over here, bunch of saps and trace of nature excavations. And

23:57

Speaker A

then everything on here is personal preference for crystals in a way. So that's about it.

24:04

Speaker A

going down into Adonia. So this is Adonia part one. We're probably Calfon or not Calfon, H Highle Ball coming in July. We're probably going to get region two. Part two is down here. We can already see some stuff, right? Yeah, that's this is part two. Let's wait till next month. All right. So,

24:26

Speaker A

a lot of these are not really that important. And the ones that I think are important, ancient ruins over here, because it gives capest tree timber and capest tree sap. These are exclusive to Adonia and these are the only nodes that give, you know, something unique. So,

24:41

Speaker A

I'd recommend doing that one over here. I also have a extra connection to this one. It's not really important. And then another connection over here for an excavation for more crystals and trace of nature. And then it's about it. So, if you don't have a lot of contribution points,

24:59

Speaker A

uh, you could I would probably just go ancient ruins and that's about it. I also have great red spot as this is the group grind spot to floodlands and every now and then I grind with friends there. That's why I have invested otherwise it's completely useless node has nothing

25:17

Speaker A

here. Most of these aren't useless. Ancient ruins is probably the only one. And with part two if they add another town or something that's not the sanctuary in like part two it'll probably be an easier connection to do it from part two. But we'll we just have to see and wait until then. So,

25:34

Speaker A

I believe that is all my nodes set up for every region. Basically, TLDR timbers that are high value, saps are high value, things that increase your contribution points like chicken meat, wheat, pumpkin, barley, whatever, all those things. And then excavation nodes,

25:55

Speaker A

you should get as many as you can. One thing I would recommend, this one is going to cost me about 10 contribution points. Connecting from Valencia all the way to Pilgrim Sanctum Obedience.

26:06

Speaker A

This one has, I believe, two excavation nodes right here. I just need the points to connect it from here, here, here, and going up into it. That's like 10 points, which I probably could mess around with that, but like getting contribution points is just a matter of time. So, um, yep,

26:24

Speaker A

that's about it. That's my next goal. connecting to obedience and then getting two more traces. So, when I'm like 532, that's I should probably have those done. Aside from that, the next time I'll do an update for this is whenever Prolabus makes a notable change like adds more various nodes or

26:43

Speaker A

Adia part two. we'll probably bring some more nodes and we'll take a look at that when that happens. So, with that said, thanks so much for watching. Hope you guys have a fantastic day.

26:53

Speaker A

If you're new to your channel, hit that subscribe button. would love to see you guys come back. Got a bunch of cool things to talk about next week with the upcoming patch. We got some new grind spots that are getting revamped and um yeah, bunch of cool stuff. So, I will see you tomorrow. Peace.

Topics: Black Desert node guide contribution points alchemy materials cooking resources gathering nodes worker management resource farming game update Pearl Abyss patch


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