Labreska Helmet Guide

Introduction

The Labreska Helmet is the best-in-slot helmet in BDO and arrived with the Mountain of Eternal Winter region. The helmet was the second piece to be released in the “Ancient” gear set, with the Fallen God Armor arriving first in the O’Dyllita region, the Dahn’s Gloves arriving with the Land of the Morning Light, and finally Ator’s Shoes arriving with Ulukita.

The helmet piece has similar base stats as a Griffon/Giath helmet with Caphras level 10. However, the Labreska helmet can be enhanced from base to PEN for higher stats.

Base stats:

• DP: 90
• Evasion: 33 (+66)
• Damage Reduction: 57 (+27)

Item Effect:

• +5% to all resistances
• Max HP +210
• Monster Damage Reduction +10

3 Set Boss Gear Effect:

• Max Stamina +200

4 Set Boss Gear Effect:

• Attack Speed +1 Level
• Casting Speed +1 Level

• Max HP +100
• Monster Damage Reduction +10

3 Set Ancient Gear Effect:

• Max HP +300
• Extra AP Against Monsters +7

4 Set Ancient Gear Effect:

• Max HP +150

How to Obtain Labreska Helmet

• Obtained from Floki, the node manager at Jade Starlight Forest, in the Mountain of Eternal Winter region
• Must be completed on a character Lv. 56 or higher
• Must have already completed the Mountain of Eternal Winter questline on the same character

You will then unlock the ability to create the helmet through one of these 3 options:

	Quest Name	Requirements
Option 1	[Crafting] Labreska’s Helm – Blackstar Helm	PEN: Blackstar Helmet  Flame of Frost x1
Option 2	[Crafting] Labreska’s Helm – Griffon’s Helm (recommended)	PEN: Griffon’s Helmet (Caphras Lv. 10)  Flame of Frost x1
Option 3	[Crafting] Labreska’s Helm – Giath’s Helm (recommended)	PEN: Giath’s Helmet (Caphras Lv. 10)  Flame of Frost x1

It doesn’t really matter if you use the Griffon’s or Giath’s Helmet, but in most cases, players choose the Griffon’s helmet because it scales better than Giath’s. The PEN Blackstar is not recommended because of how difficult it is to obtain. It is much easier to get a PEN boss helmet, then upgrade the helmet with caphras. Most players choose to obtain their PEN Griffon’s Helmet from the Magnus questline.

The number of Caphras Stones needed for Griffon/Giath Helmet:

Flame of Frost

You can craft a Flame of Frost by Processing > Heating 100 Embers of Frost.

Both the Embers and Flame of Frost have a low chance of dropping from monsters at the Jade Starlight Forest and Sherekhan Abandoned Iron Mine.

Approx grind time for 100 Embers appears to be around 70 hours. You can also buy the embers from the central market.

Jade Starlight Forest Grinding Spot

• Recommended AP: 280
• Recommended DP: 350

• Trash Price: 20,140 silver
• Approx Silver per hour: 200 – 300 mil
• Other drops: Starlit Jade’s Breath, Starlit Jade Powder, Black Stone, Caphras Stones, Ancient Spirit Dust, Dragon Scale Fossil, Forgotten Witch’s Token, Marsh’s Artifact (Extra Monster AP), Lesha’s Artifact (Monster DR)

Below is an image of the monster groups and possible rotations:

Sherekhan Abandoned Iron Mine Grinding Spot

The entrance to Mrowek’s Labyrinth can be found in the Abandoned Iron Mine of Sherekhan node. The Labyrinth is a very unique grind spot and you will find that almost all of the embers come from the Crystals, which you exchange at the end of the grind “session”.

• Recommended AP: 280
• Recommended DP: 350

The concept to the Labyrinth is very unique to BDO.

• There are 6 rooms that can be entered through the portal entrance
• Only 6 players can enter the Labyrinth (one per room) before the grind spot is full, new players will not be able to use the portal to get inside until someone leaves
• Monsters will continiously spawn and attack, so it’s not possible to AFK inside the room
• A boss can spawn (approx one per 60 – 90 minutes, based on 6 players grinding), all 6 players are teleported into the boss room to defeat the boss together
• The boss drops loot for all 6 players.
• Once the boss dies, all 6 players must leave the grind spot and can re-enter through the portal to begin grinding again. This means that if anyone is waiting to enter, they can join during that time.
• PVP is possible inside the boss room, meaning you may need to party up with war targets, since realistically you will need to work together to defeat the boss

Loot information:

• Average silver per hour: 250 – 320 mil

How to Enhance

Just like the Fallen God Armor, Dahn’s Gloves, and Ator’s Shoes, the Labreska Helmet is tricky to enhance.

The Labreska helmet will have the same stats as a PEN Blackstar helmet but can be enhanced from base to PEN. The % chance of success is very low.

Due to how difficult the item is to enhance, most players enhance to DUO and then come back to the item at a later date with cron stones to do TRI attempts with a high stack.

Each attempt requires a Flawless Chaotic Black Stone and a failed attempt reduces 30 max durability. You can use Cron stones but it is very costly and there is no Caphras levels or force enhance option for this item.

To create a Flawless Chaotic Black Stone you will need:













You can also use Black Stone Powder x1 with either recipe to make x10 at once

Labreska Helmet is displayed with a PEN (V) icon at all enhancement levels and has a special name to differentiate each enhancement level.

Failstack Chart

Labreska has the same failstack % chance as Fallen God Armor, so you can refer to the image below for optimal failstacks and cron stone cost.
(Image credit to Primm)

Agris Essence Required

Agris Essence is gained every time you fail to enhance a piece of gear. Fallen God Armor, Labreska Helmet, Dahn’s Gloves, and Ator’s Shoes share Agris Essence, and once you reach a certain amount of Agris Essence you can enhance the gear with 100% success chance. The table below shows the amount of Agris Essence you need for each enhancement level.

• For example, to enhance a DUO Labreska Helmet to TRI, you would need 20 Agris Essence, which means you would need to fail to enhance DUO > TRI 20 times.