Black Lion Earring

Overview

Black Lion Earring is a earring accessory in Crimson Desert. It is classified as Legendary (Tier 5) equipment.

An earring crafted from a black lion's fangs. It carries the ferocious aura of a beast. Its rough, minimally processed form is a trophy, proving the strength of the one who subdued a black lion.

Beyond its base stats, this earring provides Movement Speed Lv.0 (max Lv.4), Health: +0.2 per second.

Stats

Refinement

The Black Lion Earring can be refined to increase its stats. Each refinement level requires specific materials and Silver. The table below shows the stats and material costs at each refinement level.

Usage and Tips

Earrings focus on defensive stats and sustainability. The Black Lion Earring provides Defense alongside secondary bonuses that improve survivability in prolonged fights.

The Health regeneration effect on this accessory helps sustain your character between fights or during longer encounters. This is particularly valuable for players who prefer a tankier build or engage in PvE content where healing resources may be limited.

Refinement is available up to +10, which improves both the base stats and any bonus effects. Consider investing refinement materials if you plan to keep this accessory equipped for an extended period.

Legendary Hunter Quest Chain to Unlock

The Black Lion Earring is gated behind one of the longest prerequisite chains in the game. It begins in the Hernand region, passes through two bounty targets, and finally funnels into the Legendary Hunter side quest line that leads to the Black Lion hunt itself. Each step unlocks the next, so you cannot skip ahead by approaching the hunt location directly.

Step 1: Free Velkom Outpost

Travel to Velkom Outpost in the Hernand region. The outpost looks neutral or even friendly at first glance, but the garrison is actually hostile. Clear out the defenders and finish the liberation objective to officially mark the outpost as freed. This flag is required before the next quest will trigger.

Step 2: Sleep at Hernand to Trigger the Bounty Flyer

Return to the main settlement in Hernand and sleep in a bed at any safe location. When you wake up, walk around the village and look on boards, walls, or in hand for a new bounty flyer for a target named Haldin. The flyer reveals his hideout on the world map, which is the cue to leave and hunt him down.

Step 3: Defeat Haldin

Travel to the marked location and defeat Haldin. He can be taken down in a straight fight if your gear is tuned for the current chapter. Completing the Haldin bounty unlocks the next quest in the chain, which targets another bounty-grade opponent.

Step 4: Defeat Gwen

The follow-up quest tasks you with defeating Gwen. Finish the Gwen encounter, which can be more demanding than the Haldin fight depending on your build. Completing Gwen is the soft trigger that finally opens up the Legendary Hunter chain at Lioncrest Manor.

Step 5: Start the Legendary Hunter Chain at Lioncrest Manor

Head to the entrance of Lioncrest Manor. A quest-giver NPC is waiting at the front of the manor to begin the Legendary Hunter quest chain, which is the narrative thread that leads directly to the Black Lion hunt. Accept the quest to move to the next stage.

Step 6: Earn the First Hunter's Trust with Leather

The Legendary Hunter chain asks you to find and speak with a hunter NPC. To unlock his location information, you need to reach maximum trust with him first. He is trivially easy to satisfy: hand him two pieces of leather through the gift interaction and his trust jumps straight to 100. Once his trust bar is maxed, he shares the information needed to progress.

Step 7: Earn the Second Hunter's Trust with Wine

The next hunter in the chain uses the same gift-based trust system. This one wants two wine bottles to reach 100 trust. Bring the wine with you before initiating the dialogue so you do not have to backtrack. After his trust is maxed, he reveals the exact whereabouts of the Black Lion on the world map.

Step 8: Track and Defeat the Black Lion

Travel to the marked location and examine the bodies scattered around the area. Pull out your lantern to pick up the scent trail and track the beast to its current position. The fight itself pits Kliff against the Black Lion and a group of companion wolves. Depending on your gear, this can be a tough encounter, so bring food and a weapon suited to fast-moving targets. Once the lion is down, interact with its corpse to skin it and collect the Black Lion Earring.

Role in Foundation Accessory Builds

At maximum refinement, the Black Lion Earring grants +4 Movement Speed and passive Health Regeneration. Because earring stats apply globally to Kliff rather than only when a specific weapon is equipped, this earring becomes a permanent foundation piece that never needs to be replaced. Paired with the Witch's Earring, which also caps at +4 Movement Speed, the two earrings together provide 8 baseline Movement Speed, the maximum reliable value Kliff can reach from the earring slots alone. Combine this pair with the Witch's Ring and Mark of Darkness for 8 baseline Attack Speed, and a Necklace of Lightning for the +4 Crit and spirit regen slot, to complete the foundation accessory set recommended in the Best Accessories Guide and the Boss Slayer Build Guide.

See Also

• Accessories - Complete list of all accessories in Crimson Desert

• Equipment - Overview of all gear types

• Combat - Combat mechanics and strategies

How to Obtain

The Black Lion Earring is obtained through the House Celest questline titled "Legendary Animals." Reaching this quest requires completing an extensive chain of prerequisite quests spanning multiple houses and factions across Pywel. The full chain is one of the longest in the game and touches nearly every major faction.

Prerequisite Quest Chain

The following quests must be completed in order before the Legendary Animals quest becomes available. Some quests have their own prerequisites noted in parentheses.

1. House Celest: Outlaws in Hernand (start with bounty 3 of 9)

2. House Roberts: Estate in Dismay (rewards the gold vein map and the Mining Knuckle Drill)

3. House Roberts: Continuing Concern

4. House Roberts: Border from the Sky (requires completing Grounds of the Sunrise: Embers of Return)

5. House Seki: Lord of the Mist Ruins

6. House Alfonso: House of Spears and On the Speartip Once Again

7. House Alfonso: Transcendent Structure

8. House Seki: Flame Melting the Chains

9. Secret of the Last Seal

10. Silent Anvil

11. Who Should the Wind (a horse race)

12. House Celest: Queen of the Silk Spun Citadel

13. Hernandian House of Solomon: Where Land Meets Sky

14. Missing Relic

15. House Celest: Howl Hands

16. Veluha Fisherman's Guild: Beyond the Silent Waves

17. The Girl Lost in the Mists

18. House Celest: Abandoned Factory

19. Legendary Wolf (fast travel to Hernand to begin)

20. House Felix: Family Concerns

21. Shackle Breaking Hammer (unlocks the Beggar's Alliance faction)

22. Complete all 9 Outlaws in Hernand bounties (the 9th bounty requires clearing the Volcom Outpost)

23. House Seki: The Nemesis Demise

24. Goldleaf Merchant Guild: Extinguishing the Last Flames

25. Scholar's Stone Institute (requires reaching Chapter 4 or later)

26. Pororin Forest Guardians: Toll of Powerwell, Trembling Wood, and Children of the Woods

27. Beggar's Alliance

28. Plague Over the Wall

29. House Grace: Drifting and Polygraph Apparition

30. Wagon in the Skies

31. The Owner of Glenbright Manor (puzzle: collect keys, go upstairs, open the wardrobe, spin the dial so sunlight hits the statue, take the daggers, and place them in the bedroom)

32. Kharonso Troll Alliance: The Sleeping Heart (restore the barrier stone by placing 4 artifacts from right to left)

33. House Celest: The Frozen Elder Tree

Starting the Legendary Animals Quest

After completing The Frozen Elder Tree, fast travel to Hernand and make your way to Lioncrest Manor. Speak with the NPC called The Wandering Freesword to begin the Legendary Animals quest.

Tracking and Defeating the Black Lion

Before heading out, prepare two items: hide (thin or thick, obtainable from hunting animals) and wine (purchased from the vendor Delia in Hernand). The hide is given to an NPC named Gareth, who provides a map to the Legendary Hunter's location. The wine is given to the Legendary Hunter to earn his trust; once trust is established, he reveals the location of the Black Lion.

Use a lantern to track the Black Lion's blood trail through the wilderness. Upon reaching the end of the trail, the Black Lion attacks alongside a group of female lionesses. Defeat and skin the Black Lion to obtain the Black Lion Earring.

Stats

At maximum enhancement, the Black Lion Earring provides the following bonuses: