Keep in mind that both Cooking & Alchemy will provide you with many different byproducts with each craft, which you can trade for lifeskill XP, silver, materials, and most importantly Contribution Point XP! How to Cook with Your Own Materials If you’d rather do something else AFK (like fishing, training, or not having the game open – why you play BDO again?), you can take advantage of the fast utensils, that will let you do a thousand crafts in a few minutes.Ĭompared to most lifeskills, making money by Cooking is quite straightforward, as you can pack a lot of meals into boxes, which you can sell to Imperial Delivery NPCs for a nice sum of money, or also craft meals that are in high-demand from players and sell them on the Central Market – you will have to look for the most profitable option based on the recipe. You can use cooking devices (known as utensils) that take a long time for each craft, but also have a lot of durability, therefore letting you AFK for even 6 hours. On the other hand, if you’re a lifeskill guy like me (you are going to do both anyway), then definitely go with Alchemy, as all the complexion it entails, rewards you with much more money.Ī great thing with both lifeskills, is that you can set your cooking schedule according to your own IRL schedule. If you’re not a lifeskill guy but still want to tap on the Cooking / Alchemy money, then definitely go with Cooking. Cooking is “easy”, and Alchemy is “hard”, as far as recipe complexion and material gathering / grinding are concerned. Both lifeskills function exactly the same way (with their own gear, buffs and recipes of course).Ĭhoosing in which one to invest, comes down to how much time you are looking to put in optimizing your money-making.