Black Desert Online: Tips and Starting Guide for Beginners

Getting Around

Black Desert Online is an MMORPG that eschews most known conventions of the genre. Focusing on more of an action style of gameplay, players can move about freely in the open world by running, jumping, and climbing on everything they see. This lends to the game feeling more open than most other titles in the genre.

Moving about is simple, with the WASD keys being used for walking and running about, while Tab switches between travel and combat ready stances. Going into combat ready will brandish your weapon and slow you down a bit, so keep that in mind.

You can also auto-run to a destination if you want. Open up your map and right-click on any location. Hit T to auto-run to that place.