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'''Black Desert/Home''' is the starting point for the ''[[Black Desert]]'' pages, which cover the world of the franchise, the two games set in it and the systems a player actually uses.

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= Start here =

[[Black Desert]] is the franchise article, covering both games, their release history and how they relate to one another. [[Black Desert Online]] is the original title and the one most of these pages describe. It is a sandbox game on PC and console, built around action combat, a very large map and an economy that players run themselves.

Anyone new to the setting should read those two first. Everything below assumes the world they describe.

= The world =

[[Black Desert/Regions|Regions]] is the index of the map, and the individual region articles run from the gentle coast of [[Black Desert/Balenos|Balenos]] through to the end-game country of [[Black Desert/Ulukita|Ulukita]]. The conflict the setting turns on — the [[Black Desert/Calpheon|Republic of Calpheon]] against the [[Black Desert/Valencia|Kingdom of Valencia]], over the black stones buried in the [[Black Desert/Great Valencian Desert|Great Valencian Desert]] — runs through nearly all of them.

For the story behind the map rather than the map itself, [[Black Desert/Lore|Lore]], [[Black Desert/Timeline|Timeline]], [[Black Desert/Factions|Factions]] and [[Black Desert/Characters|Characters]] are the places to look.

= Playing =

Combat is covered by [[Black Desert/Combat|Combat]], [[Black Desert/Classes|Classes]], [[Black Desert/Gear|Gear]] and [[Black Desert/Enhancement|Enhancement]], and the fighting between players by [[Black Desert/Node War|Node War]] and the arena modes.

The other half of the game has nothing to do with fighting at all. [[Black Desert/Life Skills|Life Skills]] indexes the ten trades a character can take to the top without ever drawing a weapon, from [[Black Desert/Gathering|gathering]] and [[Black Desert/Cooking|cooking]] to [[Black Desert/Sailing|sailing]] and [[Black Desert/Horse Training|horse training]].

Underneath both sits the economy. [[Black Desert/Node|Nodes]], [[Black Desert/Workers|workers]] and the [[Black Desert/Central Market|Central Market]] are what connect a gatherer in one region to a fighter in another.

= These pages =

This is a work in progress rather than a finished reference. The regions and the life skills are written; much of the rest is still an outline, and a link that leads nowhere is a page not yet started rather than a mistake.

= See also =

* [[Black Desert]]
* [[Black Desert Online]]
* [[Black Desert/Regions|Regions]]
* [[Black Desert/Life Skills|Life Skills]]
* [[Pearl Abyss]]

= Further reading =

* [https://www.naeu.playblackdesert.com/ Black Desert — official site (NA/EU)]
* [https://www.pearlabyss.com/en-US Pearl Abyss — official site]
* [https://blackdesertonline.fandom.com/wiki/Black_Desert_Wiki Black Desert Wiki (Fandom)]

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padding-bottom: 6px;">![[Black_Desert_Imperial_Alchemy_icon.webp|40px]]</div><div style="color: #c9b27a; font-size: 0.72em; line-height: 1.25;">Imperial Alchemy</div></div> <div style="width: 74px; text-align: center;"><div style="line-height: 0; padding-bottom: 6px;">![[Black_Desert_Manufacture_icon.webp|40px]]</div><div style="color: #c9b27a; font-size: 0.72em; line-height: 1.25;">Manufacture</div></div> </div></div> </div> |} = Start here = [[Black Desert]] is the franchise article, covering both games, their release history and how they relate to one another. [[Black Desert Online]] is the original title and the one most of these pages describe. It is a sandbox game on PC and console, built around action combat, a very large map and an economy that players run themselves. Anyone new to the setting should read those two first. Everything below assumes the world they describe. = The world = [[Black Desert/Regions|Regions]] is the index of the map, and the individual region articles run from the gentle coast of [[Black Desert/Balenos|Balenos]] through to the end-game country of [[Black Desert/Ulukita|Ulukita]]. The conflict the setting turns on — the [[Black Desert/Calpheon|Republic of Calpheon]] against the [[Black Desert/Valencia|Kingdom of Valencia]], over the black stones buried in the [[Black Desert/Great Valencian Desert|Great Valencian Desert]] — runs through nearly all of them. For the story behind the map rather than the map itself, [[Black Desert/Lore|Lore]], [[Black Desert/Timeline|Timeline]], [[Black Desert/Factions|Factions]] and [[Black Desert/Characters|Characters]] are the places to look. = Playing = Combat is covered by [[Black Desert/Combat|Combat]], [[Black Desert/Classes|Classes]], [[Black Desert/Gear|Gear]] and [[Black Desert/Enhancement|Enhancement]], and the fighting between players by [[Black Desert/Node War|Node War]] and the arena modes. The other half of the game has nothing to do with fighting at all. [[Black Desert/Life Skills|Life Skills]] indexes the ten trades a character can take to the top without ever drawing a weapon, from [[Black Desert/Gathering|gathering]] and [[Black Desert/Cooking|cooking]] to [[Black Desert/Sailing|sailing]] and [[Black Desert/Horse Training|horse training]]. Underneath both sits the economy. [[Black Desert/Node|Nodes]], [[Black Desert/Workers|workers]] and the [[Black Desert/Central Market|Central Market]] are what connect a gatherer in one region to a fighter in another. = These pages = This is a work in progress rather than a finished reference. The regions and the life skills are written; much of the rest is still an outline, and a link that leads nowhere is a page not yet started rather than a mistake. = See also = * [[Black Desert]] * [[Black Desert Online]] * [[Black Desert/Regions|Regions]] * [[Black Desert/Life Skills|Life Skills]] * [[Pearl Abyss]] = Further reading = * [https://www.naeu.playblackdesert.com/ Black Desert — official site (NA/EU)] * [https://www.pearlabyss.com/en-US Pearl Abyss — official site] * [https://blackdesertonline.fandom.com/wiki/Black_Desert_Wiki Black Desert Wiki (Fandom)]