Returning after years, questions + when is the season ending ?

[Bakudan]

Hi there, so i've played around 800hours of BDO years ago, maybe like 4-5 years at least, i didn't trasfert my old Kakao account so i'm back with 0 characters and microtransaction sadly but i really want to try the game again.

Loved the gameplay, trading, outfits.

But now there is seasonal servers, for what i understand its best for me to fresh start on one of those since it give a lot of decent bonus.
But i saw the last season started mid December 2023 right ? i guess its 3-4 months seasons ?
So does the seasons ends soon and its better for me to start in a few days, or can i start right now ?
Also what happens to character safter a season ends, they get transfered to a random regular server with years of economy on them ? AL the fresh start got merge in a new one ?

Thanks in advance

[Skeleton]

Originally posted by Bakudan:

But i saw the last season started mid December 2023 right ? i guess its 3-4 months seasons ?

There is no season end date anymore.
Your Season character remains Seasonal until you complete all of the tasks on your Season Pass (a list of tasks/achievements like "reach Lv 60" and "defeat 300 monsters in an area").

Once you complete your season pass, you accept and complete a Graduation quest which turns your season character into a normal one.

Originally posted by Bakudan:

So does the seasons ends soon and its better for me to start in a few days, or can i start right now ?

Start now.
No point waiting since seasons aren't time-restricted anymore.

Originally posted by Bakudan:

Also what happens to character safter a season ends, they get transfered to a random regular server with years of economy on them ? AL the fresh start got merge in a new one ?

Seasons no longer end so you don't have to worry about that. You can take as long as you need to complete your Pass.

Keep in mind that you can only have one Season character at a time though. If you end up taking years to complete your Season Pass and graduate, you can't make any new Season characters in that time.

Also, characters aren't locked to a single server. The market is also shared across servers. You can even log into the normal Kamasylvia/Mediah/Calpheon/etc. servers with your season character.

[Bakudan]

Originally posted by Skeleton:

Originally posted by Bakudan:

But i saw the last season started mid December 2023 right ? i guess its 3-4 months seasons ?

There is no season end date anymore.
Your Season character remains Seasonal until you complete all of the tasks on your Season Pass (a list of tasks/achievements like "reach Lv 60" and "defeat 300 monsters in an area").

Once you complete your season pass, you accept and complete a Graduation quest which turns your season character into a normal one.

Originally posted by Bakudan:

So does the seasons ends soon and its better for me to start in a few days, or can i start right now ?

Start now.
No point waiting since seasons aren't time-restricted anymore.

Originally posted by Bakudan:

Also what happens to character safter a season ends, they get transfered to a random regular server with years of economy on them ? AL the fresh start got merge in a new one ?

Seasons no longer end so you don't have to worry about that. You can take as long as you need to complete your Pass.

Keep in mind that you can only have one Season character at a time though. If you end up taking years to complete your Season Pass and graduate, you can't make any new Season characters in that time.

Also, characters aren't locked to a single server. The market is also shared across servers. You can even log into the normal Kamasylvia/Mediah/Calpheon/etc. servers with your season character.

@Skeleton

Ho this is amazing, thanks a lot, i tried to return last year, was 2weeks before the season was ending so i felt sad, and forget 2weeks later to try again ^^'.

Also i don't remember exactly but are most of the progression character bound or account bound ? (like unlocking the animals books/knowledge, inventory expensaion and purchases, items)

For example i loved progressing with the labourers/workers gathering ressources accross the map, is this done per character, per account ? Or server bound ?
Because if i'm trying to setup labourers roads and collecting on the Fresh Start server and it got reset after graduating and changing to a "regular server" it feels a bit useless ^^''

Thanks in advance

[Skeleton]

Originally posted by Bakudan:

Also i don't remember exactly but are most of the progression character bound or account bound ?"

Weight and inventory slots are character-bound. Many pearl items like character costumes and calling horns are also character-bound.

Knowledge, adventure logs, and pets are account-wide. Workers and nodes are account-wide.

Nothing gets reset when you graduate. All that changes is what your character is allowed to do.

[Bakudan]

Thanks a lot, nice if at least pets and workers/nodes are shared.

Costumes, correct me if i'm wrong but the "premium costums boxes" are family bound no ? only character bound when you actually open the box no ?

Also i'm confused about the BAttles Passes.
I understand the "1 month new server Occult Spirit pass", you get reward as you progress.

But there is a second Pass, a Daily/ 2weeks pack really expensive, which cost 35euros but you only have 14days of validations, not even a complete month for this price ?
I do see there is a premium costum value in it, but thats it ?

[Skeleton]

Originally posted by Bakudan:

Costumes, correct me if i'm wrong but the "premium costums boxes" are family bound no ? only character bound when you actually open the box no ?

The Boxes are either family-bound or not bound at all (i.e. can be sold on the CM). It depends on where you got the box from.

When you open a box, you get a costume for the class who opened the box.

And when you equip the costume, it becomes bound to that character.

Originally posted by Bakudan:

But there is a second Pass, a Daily/ 2weeks pack really expensive, which cost 35euros but you only have 14days of validations, not even a complete month for this price ?
I do see there is a premium costum value in it, but thats it ?

Just from looking at it, you get two costume boxes, artisan memories, cron stones, and a pet box from the current paid pass. So I'd say that the pass is only valuable if your method of playing is to enhance and sell endgame gear for profit.

Don't worry about those until you learn the game more, then you can decide if the extra items in those passes are worth the price they probably aren't.