Imperial Crafting Delivery Explained [BDO]

In BDO, imperial cooking and imperial alchemy are a special subset of trading, which requires either cooking or alchemy skill and processing skills to perform. Together, Imperial cooking and Imperial alchemy are called imperial crafting. The goal of imperial crafting is to create trade boxes that you can sell to an “Imperial Crafting Delivery Trader” NPC. Here I explain how imperial crafting and it’s delivery works.

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Imperial Crafting Delivery Traders

Imperial crafting delivery traders are special NPCs that are located in Olivia, Heidel, Calpheon City, Altinova, Valencia City, Grána, and Duvencrune. These traders will buy your imperial cooking and imperial alchemy boxes for 250% of the silver value of the box. This means that a pack with a price of 200.000 silver will be bought for 500.000 silver and there is no tax. Note that the NPC’s themselves have the actual price they pay for each box listed (which is 250% of the price on the trade item description).

There is, however, a limit on how many boxes an imperial crafting delivery NPC will buy of each tier and more importantly, another limit on how many crafting boxes you can personally sell each day. The NPC’s limit is in the hundreds and if you need to, you can bypass it by switching channels.

Your personal limit, however, is your contribution points divided by two. So if your contribution points are at 260, then your daily delivery amount is 130 boxes. There is no way to bypass this limit as far as I know. So you will need to work on gaining contribution points to increase it.

An image showing the imperial crafting delivery npc in Calpheon. This NPC accepts imperial cooking and imperial alchemy boxes.
Bech, the Imperial Crafting Delivery NPC in Calpheon. Located at the North entrance.

Location of the Imperial Crafting Delivery Managers

Shows the location of the Imperial Crafting Delivery Manager in Duvencrune.
Duvencrune

Making Imperial Cooking and Imperial Alchemy Boxes

There are six tiers of boxes you can make. Apprentice, skilled, professional, artisan, master and guru boxes. Imperial cooking boxes are made from cooking consumables (food) and imperial alchemy boxes are made from consumable alchemy items.

These tables here lists all the imperial crafting boxes you can make, the type and number of consumables needed for each specific box, the skill requirement and the reward you get for delivering each box. Be sure to bookmark it for future reference.

To start making the boxes you press on the “L” button to open the processing screen. In there you can select imperial cuisine (imperial cooking) or imperial alchemy from the symbols at the bottom of the screen. Next, you need to select the cooking or alchemy consumable you want to process into an imperial crafting box, have the necessary amount of consumables to make a least a single box in your inventory, and then press start. After a few seconds, you will get an imperial crafting box you can deliver to the appropriate NPC.

As a side note, at high enough processing level (master?) you start to get an occasional extra box when processing items into imperial alchemy or imperial cooking boxes. It’s not much but it’s nice.

Delivering Imperial Boxes

The final bit is simple enough. Just take the boxes you made, go to an imperial craft delivery trader and sell him the boxes like you would with any trade item. The silver you get for each box depends on its tier and is listed here.

Value of Imperial Alchemy and Imperial Cooking Boxes in BDO.

  • Apprentice: 130.000 silver
  • Skilled: 200.000 silver
  • Professional: 300.000 silver
  • Artisan: 400.000 silver
  • Master: 550.000 silver
  • Guru: 800.000 silver

The Effect of Mastery on Delivery Prices

It’s worth noting that your mastery skill for cooking and alchemy affects the value of each respective box. You can gain up to 144.9% bonus when delivering imperial cooking boxes from cooking mastery and up to 46% for alchemy boxes. So, at least for cooking, it’s worth investing in some life-skill mastery accessories and clothes to get a higher delivery bonus.

Is Imperial Crafting Profitable?

This is the big question. And it depends on a lot of factors. You could probably find some items on the central market that are selling cheap enough to leave you with a profit after you change then into imperial crafting boxes, but it won’t be a lot.

Personally, I find it’s worth pursuing imperial crafting since I do a lot of cooking. If you cook the consumables yourself then it can be really worth it. Items that barely make a profit selling on the central market due to taxes can have a good profit margin when turned into a box and delivered.

The actual profit depends on the items produced and the market value of the raw materials. You’ll need to calculate that for yourself as the profit margins are always shifting with changes in raw material prices. Though in general, I find that for BDO, imperial cooking is better than imperial alchemy.

So, there you have it, I hope this explained to you how imperial crafting delivery works and how to start earning silver from BDO’s imperial cooking and imperial alchemy. Now if you liked this guide then be sure to share it with your friends and allies and feel free to check out my other Black Desert Online guides.

EDIT: For PS4 Users.

Apparently, you guys are still using the old system. Here is my old system and the “old” tables that apply to that system. Why the game is different depending on the platform is beyond me.

My Method for Imperial Crafting Delivery

  1. Select which Imperial Box to make. Here you need to look at what ingredients you have, how much they cost, is your processing skill high enough and calculate if making the imperial boxes will give you any profit.
  2. Once selected, get a decent amount of materials for that item, preferably enough for 100 boxes.
  3. Check how many boxes the imperial Craft Delivery NPC is buying on your channel.
  4. Start your cooking/alchemy to make the items you intend to process into imperial boxes.
  5. Once you have enough items so you can make the same amount of boxes as the Imperial Craft Deliver NPC is buying, stop.
  6. Go to the Imperial Crafting Delivery NPC, start processing the items into Imperial Boxes and sell them to the vendor. Remember that you cannot be over your weight limit when selling your boxes.
  7. Once you have sold all your boxes or the NPC does not want to buy more, switch channels.
  8. In the new channel start from step 3. and repeat until you have completed all your materials.
Name of Imperial Cooking BoxFood item for box.Recipe for the Food ItemValue of Box
0. [Event] Beer Crate **50 Beer5 grains, 1 sugar, 2 leavening agents, 6 water.500.000
1. Apprentice's Five-Grain Chicken20 Five Grain Chicken Porridges2 Ground Bird Meat, 2 Mineral Water, 3 Grains181.125
1. Apprentice’s Boiled Egg20 Boiled Egg3 Eggs, 6 Mineral Water, 1 Salt, 1 Cooking Wine159.562
1. Apprentice’s Fried Fish20 Fried Fish1 Fish or 2 Dried Fish, 3 Flour, 2 Deep Frying Oil172.500
2. Skilled Cook's Soft Bread 20 Soft Bread6 Grain Dough, 2 Eggs, 2 Leavening Agent, 3 Milk221.375
2. Skilled Cook’s Fish Fillet Chip20 Fish Fillet Chip1 Fish or 2 Dried Fish, 3 White Sauce, 7 Flour, 2 Salt184.000
2. Skilled Cook’s Fruit Pudding 20 Fruit Pudding5 Fruits, 1 Cream, 3 Milk, 2 Sugar244.375
2. Skilled Cook’s Meat Stew 20 Meat Stew5 Meat, 2 Flour, 2 Cooking Wine, 3 Mineral Water224.250
3. Professional’s Fine Scent30 Tea with Fine Scent4 Flowers, 4 Fruits, 7 Mineral Water, 3 Cooking Honey250.125
3. Professional’s Meat Pie 30 Meat Pie(4 Meat, 6 Dough, 2 Sugar, 2 Olive Oil)241.500
3. Professional’s Omelet 40 Omelet5 Grains, 2 Olive Oil, 5 Egg, 2 Salt235.750
3. Professional’s Steak 20 Steak8 Meat, 2 Salt, 2 Garlic, 2 Red Sauce278.875
4. Artisan’s Cheese Grating 40 Cheese Grating1 Grilled Sausage, 5 Dough, 4 Vegetables, 3 Cheese, 3 Red Sauce333.500
4. Artisan’s Desert Dumpling 40 Desert Dumping(6 Reptile Meat, 6 Dough, 1 Cinnamon, 2 Olive Oil319.125
4. Artisan’s Honey Wine 50 Honey Wine3 Cooking Honey, 2 Essence of Liquor, 2 Sugar, 6 Mineral Water218.500
4. Artisan’s Honeycomb Cookie 40 Beehive Cookie4 Dough, 6 Cooking Honey, 2 Egg, 4 Milk416.875
4. Artisan’s Meat Croquette 40 Meat Croquette8 Meat, 5 Flour, 2 Egg, 2 Cheese, 4 Deep Frying Oil471.500
4. Artisan’s Seafood Pasta40 Seafood Pasta2 Seafood or 4 Dried Seafood, 5 Dough, 3 Cooking Wine, 3 Garlic)373.750
5. Master’s Dark Pudding60 Dark Pudding1 Oatmeal, 1 Pickled Vegetables, 5 Bird Meat, 7 blood543.375
5. Master’s Ham Sandwich50 Ham Sandwich2 Soft Bread, 2 Grilled Sausage, 5 Vegetables, 4 Egg661.250
5. Master’s Meat Sandwich40 Meat Sandwich1 Soft Bread, 7 Meat, 6 Vegetables, 3 Cheese552.000
5. Master’s Milk Tea 50 Milk Tea2 Tea with Fine Scent, 2 Flour, 3 Milk, 3 Cooking Honey503.125
5. Master’s Sute Tea 60 Sute Tea2 Tea with Fine Scent, 2 Butter, 3 Milk, 1 Salt543.375
Name of Alchemy BoxRequired Alchemy ItemsRecipe of Alchemy ItemsValue of Box
1. Apprentice’s Alchemy Box20 Clear Liquid Reagent

20 Pure Powder Reagent
1 Salt, 1 Purified Water, 1 Sunrise Herb, 1 Weed

1 Sugar, 1 Purified Water, 1 Silver Azalea, 1 Weed
180.000
1. Apprentice’s Elixir of Wings 10 Elixir of Wings2 Silver Azalea, 1 Ash Sap, 4 Troll Blood, 5 Purified Water234.000
2. Skilled Alchemist’s Elixir of Energy20 Elixir of Energy1 Pure Powder Reagent, 4 Fox Blood, 3 Purified Water, 2 MP Potion (Small)249.000
2. Skilled Alchemist’s Elixir of Mentality20 Elixir of Mentality1 Pure Liquid Reagent, x Ash Sap, 3 Purified Water, 3 MP Potion (Small)246.000
2. Skilled Alchemist’s Elixir of Seal10 Seal Elixir3 Dwarf Mushroom, 1 Birch Sap, 4 Wolf Blood, 5 Purified Water201.000
3. Professional’s Elixir of Amity 20 Elixir of Amity1 Legendary Beast’s Blood, 5 Fire Flake’s Flower, 6 Ash Sap, 3 Black Stone’s Powder306.000
3. Professional’s Elixir of Demihuman Hunt 25 Demihuman Hunting Elixir(1x Sinner’s Blood, 4 Arrow Mushroom, 4 Fir Sap, 3 Black Stone Powder378.000
3. Professional’s Secret Alchemy Box10 Elixir of Swiftness

10 Elixir of Wind
1 Legendary Beast’s Blood, 5 Arrow Mushroom, 5 Birch Sap, 2 Powder of Darkness

1 Wise Man’s Blood, 5 Fortune Teller’s Mushroom, 5 Pine Sap, 2 Powder of Darkness
318.000
3. Professional’s Sturdy Alchemy Box10 Worker’s Elixir

10 Fisher’s Elixir
1 Sinner’s Blood, 6 Silver Azalea, 4 Ash Sap, 2 Powder of Flame

Wise Man’s Blood, 6 Sunrise Herb, 3 Fir Sap, 2 Powder of Flame
303.000
4. Artisan's Precious Alchemy Box15 Elixir of Thorns

15 Elixir of Will
1 Tyrant’s Blood, 7 Dry Mane Grass, 5 Birch Sap, 4 Black Stone Powder

1 Pure Powder Reagent, 4 Sunrise Herb, 6 Wolf Blood, 3 Purified Water
450.000
4. Artisan’s Elixir of Carnage 25 Elixir of Carnage1 Oil of Corruption, 7 Pure Powder Reagent, 6 Tiger Mushroom, 3 Spirit’s Leaf, 3 Trace of the Earth630.000
4. Artisan’s Elixir of Sky Alchemy 15 Elixir of Sky1 Oil of Tranquility, 6 Pure Powder Reagent, 5 Emperor Mushroom, 3 Bloody Tree Knot, 3 Trace of Ascension660.000
4. Artisan’s Grim Reaper’s Elixir 15 Elixirs of Grim Reaper1 Oil of Fortitude, 6 Pure Powder Reagent, 4 Sky Mushroom, 3 Monk’s Branch, 3 Trace of Origin450.000
5. Master’s Elixir of Assassination25 Elixir of Assassination1 Oil of Regeneration, 5 Pure Powder Reagent, 4 Amanita Mushroom, 2 Trace of Memory, 2 Red Tree Lump606.000
5. Master’s Elixir of Death 35 Elixirs of Death1 Oil of Tranquility, 6 Clear Liquid Reagent, 2 Ancient Mushroom, 7 Ash Sap, 2 Trace of Death930.000
5. Master’s Elixir of Detection 20 Elixir of Detection1 Oil of Storms, 6 Pure Powder Reagent, 3 Truffle Mushroom, 2 Old Tree Bark, 3 Trace of Savagery846.000
5. Master’s Elixir of Frenzy 30 Elixir of Frenzy1 Oil of Regeneration, 5 Clear Liquid Reagent, 5 Cedar Sap, 3 Trace of Battle, 2 Ghost Mushroom672.000
5. Master’s Elixir of Golden Hand 50 Golden Hand Elixirs1 Oil of Storms, 4 Clear Liquid Reagent, 4 Fog Mushroom, 3 Trace of Hunting, 6 Fir Sap1.329.000
5. Master’s Elixir of Perforation25 Elixir of Perforation1 Oil of Corruption, 4 Clear Liquid Reagent, 5 Bluffer Mushroom, 5 Pine Sap, 2 Trace of Violence609.000

4 thoughts on “Imperial Crafting Delivery Explained [BDO]”

    • It doesn’t really matter all that much. But I guess the basic processing clothes could have some effect on processing time.

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  1. do you still have the old table you had up? since ps4 still has the “old system” of imperial trading, much appreciated! have a nice day )

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