Item Drop Rate Buff List

Item Drop Rate VS Item Drop Amount

Item Drop Rate buffs increase your chances of obtaining items when grinding (not lifeskills):

Scrolls Written in Ancient Language
Tungrad Earrings
Caphras Stones
Ancient Spirit Dust
Black Stones
Treasure Items
Artifacts
Sealed Black Magic Crystals
etc.

Item Drop Amount increases the amount of trash loot that drops. It can only be increased by:

using Agris Fever
- (+50% Item Drop Amount)
using the Item Collection Increase Scrolls/Gauge
- (+50% or +100% Item Drop Amount)
using [Event] Golden Blessing of Agris
- (+100% Item Drop Amount)

Item Collection Increase Scrolls/Gauge

The Item Collection Gauge is a UI element that is used to turn ON/OFF your Item Collection Increase Scrolls.

Item Collection Increase Scrolls will increase your Item Drop Rate and Item Drop Amount.

You can open the UI by going to the ESC Menu > Adventure (F5) > Item Collection Increase Gauge.

Click the “+” symbol to add a scroll. Adding scrolls will increase the time you can use the Gauge for. You can add up to a maximum of 10 hours.

Item Collection Increase Scroll (green)
- adds 30 minutes to time remaining
Item Collection Increase Scroll (blue)
- adds 60 minutes to time remaining
Item Collection Increase Scroll (yellow)
- adds 120 minutes to time remaining

Item Drop Rate Buff List

Level 0 – This means the gauge is turned OFF
Level 1 – This gives you a +50% Item Drop Amount and +100% Item Drop Rate buff
- Time remaining is reduced by 1 second every second.
Level 2 – This gives you a +100% Item Drop Amount and +100% Item Drop Rate buff
- Time remaining is reduced by 2 seconds every second.

Item Drop Rate Buff List

Switching between the different gauge levels has a cooldown of 5 minutes. Going to town or swapping character will pause the gauge as well.

Item Drop Rate Buff List

Before the Item Collection Increase Gauge was introduced, players had to pop the scrolls manually (like other buffs) and couldn’t pause them. Back then the scrolls were separated, so the “blue scrolls” worked the same as using Gauge Level 1, and the “yellow scrolls” worked the same as using Gauge Level 2 now. Old players still often refer to using “blue” or “yellow” scrolls, but they are really referring to Level 1 or Level 2.

Item Drop Rate Cap

Item Drop Rate is capped at a maximum of 300%. Any item Drop Rate buffs that go over the total cap will not be applied.

There are four buffs that are not affected by the cap:

Arsha Server 50% Item Drop Rate is not included in the cap
Node Investment (up to) 10% Item Drop Rate is not included in the cap
Territory Occupation (Castle Buff) 50% Item Drop Rate is not included in the cap
Blessing of the Thriving Earth (Black Shrine Buff) 20% Item Drop Rate is not included in the cap

However, there is an additional hard cap at 400%, so even if you have all 4 of these buffs at once, the maximum you can obtain is Item Drop Rate +400%.

You can check your current applied Item Drop Rate % in your Character Profile window (P), or by hovering over the Item Collection Increase Gauge UI.

Item Drop Rate Buff List

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Name of Buff	Drop Rate %	How to obtain
Item Collection Increase Gauge/Scrolls	Item Drop Rate +100%	Use the Item Collection Increase Gauge (explained above) Both Level 1 and Level 2 give a +100% Item Drop Rate
Supreme Old Moon Scroll	Item Drop Rate +50%	Obtained through events Duration: 60 minutes Expires 14 days upon receiving	Choose one Does not stack
Scroll of the Glorious Battlefield	Item Drop Rate +100%	Obtained as a reward for winning a siege war Duration: 60 minutes Expires 15 days upon receiving
J’s Special Scroll	Item Drop Rate +100%	Obtained through events Duration: 60 minutes Expires 30 days upon receiving
[Camp] Adventurer’s Luck (Tent Buff)	Item Drop Rate +10% to %50%	Obtained by buying the buff from your campsite. Only the highest Drop Rate buff will be applied. Adventurer’s Luck I – Item Drop Rate +10% costs 10 million Adventurer’s Luck II – Item Drop Rate +20% costs 20 million Adventurer’s Luck III – Item Drop Rate +30% costs 30 million Adventurer’s Luck IV – Item Drop Rate +40% costs 40 million Adventurer’s Luck V – Item Drop Rate +50% costs 50 million
Blessing of Kamasylve	Item Drop Rate +20%	Pearl Store (F3) >Travel Aid > 1,250 Pearls (15 day buff) Pearl Store (F3) > Loyalties > 2,000 Loyalties (1 day buff) Also obtained through some events
Girin’s Tear	Item Drop Rate +10%	Expensive Crystal that can be obtained through crafting, central market, or Black Shrine reward
Lightstone Combinations	Up to Item Drop Rate +30%	Eg. using the [Choice & Focus] combo gives Item Drop Rate +30% Lightstone of Fire: Rush Lightstone of Wind: Feather Lightstone of Wind: Fortune Lightstone of Wind: Fortune (Lightstone Combo List)
Certain Pets	Item Drop Rate +1% per tier	The Arctic Fox and Prestige Black Panther have a unique Talent skill that gives Item Drop Rate depending on the tier of the pet Pets guide
Ecology	Up to Item Drop Rate +30%	Obtain C to S knowledge of monsters under the Knowledge (H) > Ecology category. Earning knowledge grades will give points, and gaining a higher amount of points gives a passive Item Drop Rate buff
Luck	Up to Item Drop Rate +12.5%	Under your character profile (P) > Ability > Luck stat Each level increases the Item Drop Rate by +2.5% Increase up to level 5 for a passive +12.5% Item Drop Rate buff
Old Moon Treaty Token	Item Drop Rate +5%	Passive buff awarded to your account for setting up additional security settings (2-Factor Authentication) on your BDO Account. Go to the Official website > Log in > Account Settings > Account Security Center > OTP Settings
Sweet Luck	Item Drop Rate +2%	Guild skill – requires x200 Pledge of Blood Duration: 60 minutes Cooldown: 5 hours
Blessing of Fortuna	Item Drop Rate +10%	Guild skill – requires x300 Covenant of Blood From Guild Drilling system Duration: 60 minutes Cooldown: 1 hour 40 minutes
Night Time Buff	Item Drop Rate +10%	Automatically active between 10pm – 7am ingame time
Ode to Heroes of Yore Buff	Item Drop Rate +10%	Obtained when defeating a Field Boss Duration: 5 hours
GM’s Blessing	Item Drop Rate +2.5%	Obtained through events or compensation only
Various Event Items	N/A	Obtained through events only
Family Fame	Item Drop Rate +10%	Increase your total Family Fame to 7,000 or higher for this passive buff
Castle Buff	Item Drop Rate +50%	Your guild must hold a castle (siege wars). The drop rate only applies to certain areas: Calpheon Castle – Calpheon and Kamaslyvia drop rate bonus Mediah Castle – Mediah and Dreighan drop rate bonus Valencia Castle – Valencia drop rate bonus
Node Level	Up to Item Drop Rate +10%	Investing Contribution Points into a node will level the node up. Level 20 gives a +10% Item Drop Rate when fighting monsters at that particular grind spot.
Item Drop Rate Events	Item Drop Rate +50%	Only available during certain events (server-wide buff)
Arsha Server	Item Drop Rate +50%	Passive buff on the Arsha PVP Server
Blessing of the Thriving Earth	Item Drop Rate +20%	Channel-wide buff applied to all players Obtained for your channel when a player defeats Gumiho, Duoksini, Sangoon, or Imoogi Black Shrine boss on Calamity Level 7 difficulty

Content Unaffected by Drop Rate Buffs

The loot obtained through the following content is NOT affected by any drop rate buffs.

Type	Details
World Boss Loot	Kzarka, Karanda, Nouver, Kutum, Muraka, Quint, Offin, Garmoth, Vell, etc.
Items obtainable throughout the Black Desert world from certain events	Golden Dagger, Golden Backpack, Golden Coelacanth, etc
Field Boss Loot	Red Nose, Dastard Bheg, Giant Mudster, Dim Tree Spirit, Katzvariak, etc.
Boss Summon Scroll	Awakened Goblin Chief Summon Scroll, Awakened Altar Imp Captain Summon Scroll, Ancient Relic Crystal Summon Scroll, Pila Fe Scroll, Ibedor’s Scroll, Rift’s Echo, etc.
Summoned Guild Boss	Khan, Ancient Puturum, Ferrid, Afuaru’s Treasure Chest, etc.
Erethea’s Limbo Loot	All loot that is obtainable from Erethea’s Limbo
Dark Rift Loot	All loot that is obtainable from the Dark Rift
Pit of the Undying Loot	All loot that is obtainable from the Pit of the Undying
Event Monster Loot	Turkey, Targargo, Belmorn, etc.
Gatekeeper Monster Loot	Cadry Chief Gatekeeper, Crescent Chief Gatekeeper, etc.
Party Monster Zone	Basilisk Den (3 Adventurers)
Monster Zone	Sycraia Underwater Ruins (Upper Zone), Winter Tree Fossil (Normal/Difficult)
Loot obtained by Gathering from a defeated monster * This loot is affected by Gathering Mastery effects.
Loot obtained from [Graverobber] Afuaru, [Suspicious] Poacher in Monster Zones, and [Dreadwinter Guardian] Erebjork
Items obtained by opening chance-driven boxes and bundles

Drop Rate & Party Grind Spots

I see a lot of players asking whether drop rate affects party grind zones. There is no official information about this and it would be difficult to test and know for sure due to the RNG involved, but as far as we know, Item Drop Rate buffs only affect the player who uses them.

That being said, there are certain party zones (like Tunkuta/Turos for example) that have an event monster spawn. The trigger for the spawn is a hidden item that drops for a player in your party, and this event monster drops loot for all players who defeat them. Therefore, since the spawn trigger is an item, higher item drop rate will increase the chance of those spawns and benefit everyone in your party.

2 Comments

nixal says:

17th Jan 2024 at 9:57 AM

Missing one easy to get buff from field bosses, 10% for 5h Ode to Heroes of Yore https://bdocodex.com/us/item/768495/

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- Tansie says:
  
  31st Jan 2024 at 2:11 PM
  
  The buff has been added! Thank you for sharing <3
  
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