Overview

The Black Bear Gas Mask is a piece of Headgear in Crimson Desert. It offers 3 DEF along with a Brimstone Immunity special effect, which protects the wearer from brimstone-based environmental hazards and enemy attacks. Additionally, the mask functions as a Black Bear disguise, changing the player's appearance when worn.
Stats
Stat | Value |
|---|---|
Type | |
Defense 3 | |
Attack | 0 |
Attack Speed Lv. 0 | |
Movement Speed Lv. 0 | |
Critical Rate Lv. 0 | |
Special Effect | Brimstone Immunity |
Disguise | |
None in the pickup guide; maximum capacity unverified |
How to Obtain
Merchant Behind the Camp is mission 21 in Tales of the Crimson Desert Merchants, under Crimson Desert Request. Talk to the merchant who watched the Goldenscale Bandits being defeated; the reward record lists one Black Bear Gas Mask, one Medium Bag and Tashkalpan Contribution +200. The mission number alone does not establish a requirement to complete all preceding entries. The mask record lists Kliff and Oongka, Defense 3 at +0 to 16 at +10, Brimstone Immunity, Black Bear Disguise and Jackal Disguise. The pickup guide lists Kliff with Defense 3 and no installed gear; that listing is not a complete maximum-slot or current-wearer census. Exact hostile-group reactions and immunity to every physical attack are not established by those effect names.
The Black Bear Gas Mask has documented drop/world-loot routes and a separate quest reward. First, it drops as loot from defeating Black Bears. This drop is not guaranteed, so players may need to defeat multiple Black Bears before the mask appears.
Second, the Black Bear Gas Mask has a chance to appear as world loot in various locations across Pywel. Most open-world loot in Crimson Desert is randomized, so finding it this way requires exploration and a bit of luck.
Usage Notes
The Brimstone Immunity effect is the primary draw of this headgear. The record explicitly grants immunity to harmful brimstone effects. Equip it from the headgear Quick Slot. Earlier notes instead described a Masks overlay over other equipped headgear; that layered-equipment behavior is not established by the headgear-slot instruction.
The pickup guide displays 3 DEF and no installed Abyss Gear, rather than independently proving zero maximum socket capacity. Its value includes Brimstone Immunity and disguise effects; compare its actual refinement level before using the older defensive ranking for regular combat.