Workers are NPC’s which can be deployed to a node in order to gain resources. Every node has a different resource that can be harvested for that region. For example, one farm may give potatoes and chicken, another may give wood or copper ore. Workers will continue to work on a node as long as you are logged in. 

Hiring workers

Workers can be hired at the Worker Supervisor NPC located in towns and cities across the Black Desert world. By talking to this NPC and selecting the ‘Hire Worker’ option, you will be presented with the following menu.

By spending energy, you can check which workers are available that the supervisor is currently renting out. To hire the worker, you need to pay a small silver fee to the supervisor. To refresh the search, you can spend more energy to find another posting. 

By default, you can hire one worker per town or city. This number can be increased by purchasing the lodging housing in that city (more details can be found in housing). 

To send a worker to a node, you will need to visit the Node Manager of the node you wish to work from. Once you have invested contribution in the resource that you want to collect, you can assign a worker to work on that node. They will continue to work on that node until their cycle is done, they run out of stamina, or until you remove contribution from the node. 

After a worker has completed an action once, you can press RT + X/R2 + □ to repeat that workers task. It will repeat the work 4999 times, but you can always cancel if you need to assign the worker to another task.

Worker Skills

Workers have their own skills which can improve their effectiveness. It can range from luck, which will give you benefits to what they gather, to improved crafting times. You can check this information through the ring menu setting- Worker information.

Worker Stamina

Workers have their own stamina bar. The more actions a worker completes, the more this bar depletes. To refill the stamina bar, you can give your workers beer or other items from the map menu. If a stamina bar depletes, the worker will stop working until it has been replenished. 

Worker Rank and promotion

Workers come in 5 different ranks. These ranks are indicated by the color of the worker's name. 

Naive Workers

Basic Workers

Skilled Workers

Professional Workers

Artisan Workers

The grades indicate the different effectiveness of the worker. 

At levels 10, 20 and 30 a worker can attempt a promotion exam to move up a grade. Your worker will then enter a vigorous exam for 24 hours and will be unable to work during that time. If the worker passes the test, they will return to you at a higher grade. 

Sending Workers to Work 

To send your workers to start collecting materials, you must first invest in the production of a node. You can do this buy finding the node that you have previously invested in, go to Node Management and scroll down to the production nodes. This will allow you to then send a worker to the node.

Workers must reside in the nearest town to be sent to work in a node. To send a worker, go to the node and press A. Then select the pick-ax icon to open the worker menu. You can then select which worker you want to go to the node, then press X to start work. If you wish to make them continue working, press Y and enter a number of times for the worker to repeat the task.