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Welcome!

Jarette Domongatt here, today I'll be guiding you about Node War - Preparations & Placements.



Previous Guide:



Note: 10 - 20 minutes read.

If the guide needs improvements, please feel free to correct / add by commenting on this post. I will update it with proper credits.

This guide will be in a form of Summary & FAQS.

More Node War Guides will be posted as part of the Series.

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Table of Content

🡆 What you need to do

🡆 Planning ahead

🡆 Items to bring

🡆 Fort Placements

What you need to do

1. Prepare your guild.

2. You need at least 10 members in your guild in order to participate Node War.

3. At least minimum of 50,000,000 Guild Funds.

For starters, when you are going to participate in Node War, we need to know what is node war.

Nodewar is a major pvp content of Black Desert online where your guild will battle against another guild to take over a small part of the territory.

When successful, you will receive "Silver" for your guild fund. This reward will vary according to the Node you are fighting for.



There are 4 categories & rules for node war.

1. Tier1

2. Tier2

3. Tier3

4. Tier4



The Basic rules for each category.

1. If you are participating in Tier1 and your guild is holding a Tier1 node, then your guild is not allowed to join Tier2, Tier3 & Tier4.

2. If your guild has / owned Tier2 node, you are allowed to participate in Tier3 & Tier4.

3. If your guild has / owned Tier3 you can join in Tier4 & Tier2.

4. If your guild has / owned Tier4 you can join in Tier3 & Tier2.

Note: Tier3 & Tier4 node owners can participate in Siege War (or Castle Siege) every Saturday.

Basic Structure of how to Node War

Planning Ahead

As a new player or a new guild master of a small guild, plan ahead which node you will take.

If you want to place in Valencia Territory, that is the safest bet to get a node without fighting any other guild as it is very far.

And veterans call this "sniping". Its an act of "sniping" a node without fighting for it.



In addition, if you have active members of 25-55 and is willing to do Node War, talk to the guild and setup a schedule for your Node Wars.



And do Tier 1 node wars Only.



Why Tier 1?

🡆 Tier 1 has AP & DP Cap. This cap includes Evasion & Damage Reduction.

Meaning, if your current Node for War is cap at 250 AP / 290 DP. You cannot go beyond it. Even if you stack with "Elixirs".

🡆 Therefore, you are very safe from those "top tier guilds" join your Tier in node war as in that area every one is on the same stats.

🡆 Tier 1 node war is reliant for Elephants, this is why the first guide of this series is about elephant.

To learn more, follow this link.





Tip: If you have doom horse or knows how to shoot using cannons, they are best in Tier 1.

Tip: Tier 1 node is divided in 3 sub category. Easy, Medium & Hard. Usually, the easy is approx 25 max. And in this node, those Guild with "better gear" will out match you since you are new. But if you can max out 25 participants, you can go toe-to-toe with them without problems.

Tip: Also talk to other guilds if there are more than 2 forts built in the node you are participating. Create a temporary alliance if possible to out match the guild with better attendance or has better strategical stand.

Items to bring

[For Officers & Guild Masters]

🡆 x1 [Node] Square Fort

🡆 x2 [Guild] Supply Depot (1 back up)

🡆 x2 [Guild] Flame Tower

🡆 x1 [Guild] Wooden Fence Gate

🡆 x2 [Guild] Recovery Center

🡆 x5 [Guild] Barricade

[Optional]

🡆 x1 [Guild] Elephant Nusery (If you can afford, do so. If not, this depends on the situation.)

🡆 x1 [Guild] Cannon Observatory



[For General Members]

🡆 x3 [Guild] Stun Trap or more

🡆 x2 [Guild] Elephant Trap



[For Everyone Participating]

🡆 BRING YOUR HORSES SPECIALLY THOSE HORSES WITH CHARGE SKILLS!

Note: Each participating members can only plant 3 traps (stun, poison, flame) & 3 elephant traps. Note: Tier1 node has limited amount of annexes slots. Therefore, the list above is the essential.

Fort Placements

Placing your forts will determine your ability in planning ahead & strategy.





Tip: Always put this as priority

🡆 Do not place your forts near safe zone. This will be used against you. Enemies can Group UP in the safe zone.

🡆 Do not place your forts behind a wall or cliff. You want to use the wall as your advantage but no, that will not work. Do not do that.

Example: This spot looks pleasing, right?



Common Base Structure



This is the most common setup.

Supply Depot is placed behind the fort and guarded by 2 Flame Tower on each side. Then protected by Barricades (x3).

Fill in the gaps with other annexes such as Recovery Center, Elephant Nursery or Cannon Observator.

References:

https://www.sea.playblackdesert.com/News/Notice/Detail?boardNo=112&boardType=4

Inven Global - KR Patch Notes





I hope you like this guide and good luck to your adventure!



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2019-09-23