BDO Blackstar Weapon Guide (Black Desert Online) (2024)

Black Desert Online introduced Star’s End, along with red grade Blackstar Weapons in a patch on 6-5-19.

Blackstar main-hand weapon rivals Kzarka and Offin Tett.

Obtaining Blackstar Weapon:

• Challenge Reward (Y) for reaching level 61.
• Blackstar Weapon questline.
• Purchase on the marketplace with silver.

The greatest benefit of the Blackstar Weapon lies in its Extra Monster AP.

Watch out mobbie baddies!!! 🙂

Blackstar Weapon Base Stats:

• AP: 22 – 28
• Accuracy: 20
• Extra Damage to All Species: +10
• Attack Speed: +3
• Critical Hit Damage: +2%

Blackstar Weapon Comparison

Is the Blackstar Weapon all that great? Does it beat other boss weapon favorites, Kzarka and Offin Tett?

Blackstar Weapon Benefits:

• 33 more Monster AP than Kzarka and Offin Tett.
• 1 more AP on the high range than Kzarka.
• 1 more Speed than Offin Tett
• 18 more Accuracy than Offin Tett

Blackstar Weapon Disadvantages:

• 2 less Extra Damage to All Species than Kzarka and Offin Tett.
• 1 less AP on the low end than Kzarka.
• 5 less AP on the low end than Offin Tett.
• 1 less AP on the high end than Offin Tett.
• 2 less Critical than Offin Tett

Blackstar’s greatest strength is it’s huge bonus to AP against monsters. This, coupled with very close stats to Kzarka and Tett, really makes the Blackstar a powerful choice for PVE. It has been called the Kutum equivalent for Mainhand.

Blackstar in PVP?
What about PVP with the Blackstar Weapon? Unfortunately, the additional AP to monsters isn’t going to have an impact on hostile players. However, it is still an excellent weapon and comparable to Kzarka and Offin Tett.

Blackstar Weapon Quest Requirements

• Knowledge “The Three Legendary Blacksmiths of Mediah”
• Level 56+
• Remnants of the Rift rare drop
• Calpheon and Mediah main quest lines completed
• 3x boss gear — awakening/main/sub-weapon or armor +0 only (Kzarka, Kutum, Nouver, Offin Tett, Dandelion, Dim Tree, Red Nose)
• Unlike Blackstar Armor, the Blackstar Weapon does NOT require the Specter’s Energy rare drop

NOTE: You can start earlier than Level 56 by completing the Calpheon and Mediah main story quests. You can also try to obtain boss gear via Night Vendor, Central Market, etc. View our boss gear guide.

Quick Step by Step Walk-through

The quested steps to obtain Blackstar Weapon are very similar to obtaining the Blackstar Armor, except you don’t need Specter’s Energy.

1. Complete Balenos → Serendia → Calpheon → Mediah main quest lines.
2. Obtain Knowledge “The Three Legendary Blacksmiths of Mediah”
3. Obtain rare drop, Remnants of the Rift.
   • Dark Rift chests
   • Use Golden Keys on Golden Treasure Chests hidden throughout the world.
   • Marketplace
4. Right click Remnants of the Rift.
5. Take Remnants of the Rift to Martha Kiyen at the Northern Wheat Plantation. (NE of Calpheon City)
6. At Martha Kiyen, choose the correct Blackstar gear quest. Blackstar Weapon quest line starts with [Blackstar Weapon] Remnants of the Rift.
7. You will obtain Eye of Anguish during the quest line.
8. Use Processing (L) → Heating on 3 boss awakening/sub/main weapons or armors to create 3x Concentrated Boss’s Aura – do not attempt this until after you have the quest. (Better safe than sorry.)
9. Processing (L) → Manufacture: Eye of Anguish and Concentrated Boss’s Aura x3
10. Give the manufactured item, Eye of Desolation, to the brazier at Star’s End and defeat the summoned boss, “Incarnation of Corruption”. (Option to do an easier version of the boss for those with low AP.)

Boss Gear List for Concentrated Boss’s Aura

The 3 boss gear you have to melt down, are transformed into Concentrated Boss Aura x3.

Only the base gear with +0 enhancements works.

Open the Processing window (L) then Heating on one of the following items to get Concentrated Boss’s Aura x1.

Boss Armor:

• Giath’s Helmet
• Bheg’s Gloves
• Griffon’s Helmet
• Leebur’s Gloves
• Red Nose’s Armor
• Muskan’s Shoes
• Dim Tree Spirit’s Armor
• Urugon’s Shoes

Boss Weapons:

• Kzarka
• Kutum
• Nouver
• Offin Tett
• Dandelion

Blackstar Enhancement

Enhancing Blackstar Gear requires a special item called Mass of Pure Magic for the higher tiers.

• +1 to +15: use Concentrated Magical Black Stone
• PRI to PEN: use character bound Flawless Magical Black Stone crafted from Mass of Pure Magic: obtain from daily quests, node investment, Life Skills, and grinding spots like Star’s End.

Blackstar Enhancement Example

Blackstar Enhancement values below reflect a Blackstar Axe for Berserker.

TET Blackstar Challenge for Level 61

After completing the Mediah main questline (or equivalent) and reaching level 61, open Challenge Rewards (Y) to obtain a TET Blackstar Weapon or Dim Origin of Dark Hunger if you already have Blackstar Weapons.

TET Blackstar Challenge Requirements:

• Reach level 61 with your season or normal character.
• Complete any of the following Main Quest Lines:
  • Serendia, Balenos, and Mediah main questlines – Apocalyptic Prophecy (Recommended for beginners.)
  • Main Questlines for Veteran Players:
    • Mountain of Eternal Winter – [Everfrost] Beyond the Doors of Alyaelli
    • Land of the Morning Light – [Koo Mihyun] Seungsan’s Secret
    • Simplified main questline – [Special Growth] Fughar’s Memorandum Chapter 11
• Limited to one time per family. (A second Season or level 61 character will not reward another Blackstar Weapon Challenge.)

You can choose from 3 different TET Blackstar Weapons.

1. Choose the Main Weapon if you use Succession Skills and Awakening Weapon if you use Awakening skills.
2. The Sub-Weapon is the third choice for those who already have TET Blackstar Main and Awakening Weapons.
3. [Event] Dim Origin of Dark Hunger is used during Devour and recommended for advanced players.

PLEASE NOTE:

• Season characters must wait until after they graduate to open the TET (IV) Blackstar weapon box.
• Shai class have buckets of sorrow and cry. Seriously, Shai class can’t open the TET (IV) Blackstar Awakening Box. 🙁
• TET (IV) Blackstar weapons obtained from the box cannot be registered on the Central Market, but they can be enhanced to PEN. (And we hope can be used for Fallen God Weapons in the future.)

Blackstar Weapon Patch Notes

All Patch Notes were copied from the official Black Desert Online News Page

Star’s End Lore

Here is a copy of the Star’s End Lore page that was available on the home page of the official site.

The story of Star’s End begins eight years ago when a meteorite made impact on the northwestern region of Calpheon.The meteorite came to be known as the “Blackstar.”

Not long after the Blackstar crashed, the Ashen Plague emerged.The plague rotted the minds and souls of the afflicted and made them violent.

Therefore, Calpheon decided to quarantine the entire region,effectively sealing it off from the outside world.

As the years passed the existence of the plagued landslowly began to fade away from the minds of the many…

Star’s End Screenshots (Official)

Here is a copy of the Star’s End Screenshot page that was available on the home page of the official site.

Sources & Additional Info

• Jannanomana’s Blackstar Weapon Guide on official forums
• Kimo’s Blackstar Enhancement video on Youtube
• deniros’ reddit share of Blackstar Weapon photos
• Inven’s BDO KR Patch Notes March 20th
• bdolytics.com entry for Blackstar Weapon
• Blackstar Weapon comparison by u/spah14