Contribution Points (CP) Guide

Introduction

Contribution points are a family-wide stat and can be used to invest in nodes, housing/workshops, and rentable items.

You can see your current/total Contribution points in the top left along with your Skill points and Energy.

In the image below for example, we can see that I have 50 contribution points spare, and a total of 380 contribution points.
Hovering over your contribution points will show you more information about how your points are invested.

How to Increase Contribution Points

Contribution Points are gained by earning Contribution Points EXP. This can be earned through completing quests, or by exchanging lifeskill byproducts.

Your current % towards the next contribution point can be found next to your total contribution points.

Daily Quests

Almost all quests in BDO will reward Contribution EXP, but each region has dedicated daily quests which are repeatable and offer high Contribution EXP.

These quests can be found in the quest log (O) under the “Recurring” tab.

We also have guides that walk you through the contribution point quests with an efficient route:

Calpheon CP Daily Quests
Valencia CP Daily Quests
Duvencrune CP Daily Quests

Weekly Quests

There are also weekly Contribution quests that reward a large amount of contribution EXP.

The requirements for the weekly Contribution Quests are:

Subjugation quest: Available from Lv. 56 or higher.
Gathering/Training/Farming/Bartering/Sailing/Hunting quest: Available from Lv. 49 and higher.
Must be between 220 CP and 349 CP

The amount of EXP you gain depends on your current max CP:

220 – 224 CP: Contribution points increase by approximately 1 CP (Contribution EXP approximately 950)
225 – 249 CP: Contribution points increase by approximately 1 CP (Contribution EXP approximately 1000)
250 – 274 CP: Contribution points increase by approximately 1 CP (Contribution EXP approximately 1500)
275 – 299 CP: Contribution points increase by approximately 1 CP (Contribution EXP approximately 4,350)
300 – 324 CP: Contribution points increase by approximately 1 CP (Contribution EXP approximately 7,350)
325 – 349 CP: Contribution points increase by approximately 1 CP (Contribution EXP approximately 14,650)
350 CP or higher: Unavailable to accept the quests

You can only accept and complete one of the quests listed below.
Weekly quests reset on Thursday at 00:00 UTC.
The Contribution EXP Increase effect of Caphras – Journal of Glory and Elion – Tome of the Sun is not applied to these quests.

Quest Name	Quest Objective
[Select One] [Weekly Subjugation] Subjugation Request for the Villagers	Defeat 3,000 monsters (any monsters)
[Select One] [Weekly Gathering] About the Mysterious Fairy’s Breath	Get Fairy’s Breath x30 and talk to Liana. Obtained randomly when Gathering
[Select One] [Weekly Training] Complete Imperial Horse Delivery	Complete Imperial Horse Delivery once
[Select One] [Weekly Farming] About the Mysterious Blush Leaf	Obtain 50 Blush Leaves and talk to Liana Obtained randomly when Farming
[Select One] [Weekly Barter] Barter	Barter 50 times (Bartering Lifeskill)
[Select One] [Weekly Sailing] Subjugation Request of the Hungry Sea Monsters	Eliminate 3 Hungry Hekarus or Hungry Ocean Stalkers
[Select One] [Weekly Hunting] About the Mysterious Wildspark	Obtain 30 Wildspark and talk to Liana. Obtained randomly when Hunting

In addition to one of the quests listed above, you can also complete both of the following weekly quests:

Quest Name	Quest NPC Location	Quest Objective
[Weekly Contribution] Cadries Under a Dark Influence	Anne Laker (Cadry Ruins Node Manager)	Defeat the Cadries x3000
[Weekly Contribution] The Haunting of Shultz	Narava Rakum (Sarma Outpost Node Manager)	Teach the Shultz Guard x3000 a lesson

Lifeskill Byproducts

Most life skills offer a byproduct item that can be obtained from the activity. All byproduct items can be exchanged for materials related to the life skill, or for 900 Contribution EXP and EXP towards the life skill.

The easiest byproduct to obtain is the Witch’s Delicacy (cooking byproduct), since there are easy recipes to cook such as Cook Essence of Liquor, Vinegar, or Grilled Bird Meat.

Item Name	How to obtain	Exchange NPC
Mysterious Catalyst	Obtained from the Alchemy Lifeskill when using an Alchemy Tool	Dalishain (any city), Bofin (Olvia)
Witch’s Delicay	Obtained from the Cooking Lifeskill when using a Cooking Utensil	Liana, (any city), Nadia Rowen (Olvia)
Fairy’s Breath	Obtained from the Gathering Lifeskill when Lumbering, Skinning, Fluid Collecting, Gathering using a Hoe, Mining, Water Scooping, or Butchering.	Dalishain (any city)
Discarded Glass Bottle	Obtained from the Fishing Lifeskill when fishing using any fishing rod	Liana (any city), Crio (Velia)
Wildspark	Obtained from the Hunting Lifeskill when defeating [King of the Grass Rhinos] Rawr-rawr, or butchering hunters monsters with Hunting Mastery 250+	Liana (any city)
Blush Leaf	Obtained from the Farming Lifeskill when breeding seeds	Liana (any city), Camelia Loggia (Loggia Farm)
Stained Silk	Obtained from the Trading Lifeskill when selling trade goods	Liana (any city)
Grand Prix Participant Certificate	Obtained from the Old Moon Grand Prix (Horse Racing) reward boxes	Jetina (any city)

CP	Byproducts needed per CP	Byproducts needed for CP bracket	Total Byproducts needed
0-50	1.1	55	55 Byproducts = 50 CP
50-75	2.6	65	120 Byproducts = 75 CP
75-100	3.7	93	213 Byproducts = 100 CP
100-125	4.8	120	333 Byproducts = 125 CP
125-150	5.8	145	478 Byproducts = 150 CP
150-175	6.9	173	650 Byproducts = 175 CP
175-200	7.9	198	848 Byproducts = 200 CP
200-225	9	225	1,073 Byproducts = 225 CP
225-250	10.6	265	1,338 Byproducts = 250 CP
250-275	15.8	395	1,733 Byproducts = 275 CP
275-300	47.5	1,188	2,920 Byproducts = 300 CP
300-325	81	2,025	4,945 Byproducts = 325 CP
325-350	162	4,050	8,995 Byproducts = 350 CP
350-375	432	10,800	19,795 Byproducts = 375 CP
375-400	518.4	12,960	32,755 Byproducts = 400 CP
400-425	1360.8	34,020	66,775 Byproducts = 425 CP
425-450	2916	72,900	139,675 Byproducts = 450 CP
450-475	5248.8	131,220	270,895 Byproducts = 475 CP
475-500	5773.7	144,343	415,238 Byproducts = 500 CP
500-501	6351	6,351	421,589 Byproducts = 501 CP
501-509	436571.8	3,492,574	3,914,163 Byproducts = 509 CP

Contribution Points Uses

There are different ways to use your Contribution Points in BDO. However, you can always get your Contribution Points back if you would like to reinvest them in other ways.

Hovering over your CP will give you information about how your points are allocated, to help you work out where your missing points are.

Node Investment

Nodes are different locations on the map. You can invest your CP into a node to connect it to a city/town.

This is done by going to the node manager at each location, which you can find by right-clicking the node icon.

If you have a value pack active, you can also invest in the node directly from the map.

Once the nodes are connected, a yellow line appears between them.

Invested nodes can be leveled using Energy, giving you a bonus item drop rate % increase if the area is a grind zone, or you can further invest CP into the resource nodes and send workers there to gather materials.

You also need to have nodes connected to earn more silver when Trading.

To cancel the connection between nodes you can open the map at any time, click on the node icon, then click “Withdraw”. If you withdraw Contribution points from a node, the node will no longer be connected but will keep its node level, allowing you to invest and level up multiple nodes as needed for grinding.

Sometimes you can also get an error when trying to withdraw contribution points from a node. “You Cannot retrieve Contributions Points from the Node while the Worker is working” will show if you have a worker currently at the Resource node. It can also appear if you have a worker from another town/city that must pass through the connected node. So for example, if you are sending a worker from Velia to Heidel, you must have Velia and Heidel connected in your worker empire and cannot disconnect a node that is linking the two until that worker has stopped working. If you receive the error, you will need to follow your node connections from the node you want to withdraw from and see if there are any workers who must pass through the node.

Housing/Workshops

Housing and Workshops are available in towns/cities, as well as some other nodes. There are different types of workshops available at different levels, but all Housing/Workshops require CP investment and a small silver cost.

Property Uses:

craft items using workers
increase your storage space in the town/city
increase your horse stable space in the town/city
increase your worker lodging at the town/city
as a residence you can decorate with furniture

Click on the Town/City icon to show all the properties available at that location:

You can then click one of the blue house icons to purchase a property. This will open a window similar to the one in the image below.

Under the “Required Contribution Points”, we see that the cost of this property is 5 CP.

When you purchase a workshop, the house icon will turn white. You can withdraw your CP by clicking the white house icon and selling the property.

Mansion

The Blue Maned Lion’s Manor is a player house available in Serendia. This is known as a Mansion/Manor and works differently from the property housing and workshops. The mansion is purely for decoration and allows you to decorate both the inside and outside space, with unique furniture that can only be placed inside a Mansion.

Unlike normal housing, you must first unlock the ability to buy the mansion by completing a quest line. The questline can be found in your quest log (O) under “Suggestions” in the category “[Blue Maned Lion’s Manor] New Master of the Manor”.
The first quest in the questline is called [Manor] Crucio Domongatt’s Summon and can be obtained from your Black Spirit after completing the Main Story questline up to Mediah.

After completing the quest line, you can interact with the outside gate of the mansion to buy the mansion. Buying the mansion requires:

5 Contribution Points
Daily Silver Cost

Rentable Items

There are various items you can rent in BDO from NPCs. These items cost contribution points to rent.

Rented items cannot be deleted, and you must return the item to the NPC to return your contribution points.

The most common rented items are:

Fences for the Farming Lifeskill
Gear such as Nesser Gear
Storage Containers

To rent items, go to the correct NPC for the item, then use the “Chat” option to rent the item.

Item Name	Can be rented from the following NPCs	Contribution Points Cost
Container	Ernill, Basquean Ljurik, Rinta, Amerigo, Deve, Ramanit, Vipiko, Delorence	10
Small Fence	Martina Finto, Enzo, Mael Costa, Difry Hussey	3
Plain Fence	Paola Toscani, Norma Leight, Goolie Gianin, Mayeri, Mercianne Moretti, Finlin, Finlin	6
Strong Fence	Zaaira, Geranoa, Derjeen, Flaviano, Lashir, Purajin, Kara, Jorjua, Tulga	10
Old Moon Fence	Klau, Lajee, Taya, Stee, Jak, Sahin, Zya, Mene, Ploux	10
Kaia Mainhand Weapons	Kanobas	50
Kaia Armor	Dobart	50
Kaia Gloves	Dobart	50
Kaia Helmet	Dobart	50
Kaia Shoes	Dobart	50
Leight’s Butcher Knife	Norma Leight	50
Leight’s Fluid Collector	Norma Leight	50
Leight’s Hoe	Norma Leight	50
Leight’s Lumbering Axe	Norma Leight	50
Leight’s Pickaxe	Norma Leight	50
Leight’s Tanning Knife	Norma Leight	50
Nesser Mainhand Weapons	Sahazad Nesser	50
Nesser Awakening Weapons	Sahazad Nesser	50
Nesser Offhand Weapons	Sahazad Nesser	50
Nesser Sol	Sahazad Nesser	50
Nesser Armor	Sahazad Nesser	50
Nesser Gloves	Sahazad Nesser	50
Nesser Helmet	Sahazad Nesser	50
Nesser Shoes	Sahazad Nesser	50
Practice Matchlock	Villager, Daphne DelLucci, Hessenvale, Laiano Pietro, Merio, Villager, Dernyl, Dikzipo
Flute	Pulvio, Lillia, Kafu, Villager, Villager, Rubin, Shurd, Dalian, Jensen, Puia, Kanna, Bleu Arnatte
Small Drum	Villager, Villager, Villager
Licensed Adventurer’s Seal	Igor Bartali
Acknowledged Adventurer’s Seal	Jordine Ducas
Outstanding Adventurer’s Seal	Basquean Ljurik