BDO Character Tag & Item Copy: Set Up an Alt Without Wasting Fuel

Character Tag pairs two characters for switching and optional shared travel. Use Travel Together or Travel Alone to choose their movement behavior; changing that setting requires both characters in the same eligible town. Item Copy is a separate operation that creates linked copies of eligible gear.

You can be allowed to tag while still failing an Item Copy requirement, so troubleshoot them separately. Use both when you want to test an alt in the same content without buying another full eligible gear set.

For Item Copy, both characters must be level 56, have non-negative Karma, and complete Black Spirit's Gift (Marni's Suspicious Device). Tagging and untagging also require both characters together in an eligible town and meeting the current interface conditions.

If the button is unavailable, check both characters. Copy the exact red restriction text—it usually points to location, level, Karma, quest state, inventory, or another blocked condition.

Item Copy uses Marni's Unstable Fuel from Old Moon Managers. Do not trust an old fuel number; use the total calculated for the eligible gear on your screen.

Review the main's equipped items before paying. Copying gear you immediately replace burns fuel for no reason. For a class test, set the budget and checkpoint first, then decide whether a full copy is worth it.

Historical rotation: the 8 October update listed Musa and Maehwa for 1-Silver Item Copy through maintenance on 29 October 2026. The 29 October update changed the rotation to Ranger and Corsair through maintenance on 19 November 2026. Check the destination class and displayed price before buying fuel.

Not every item can be copied. The official guide lists exclusions that include ungraduated Tuvala or Naru gear, rented gear, quest gear, certain life-skill equipment such as fishing rods, floats, and hunting matchlocks, and Jetina gear that has not reached PEN. Restrictions can change, so the current Item Copy interface is the final authority for a specific item. Do not assume that one successful armor slot means weapons, accessories, life-skill equipment, or special progression items are all eligible. Resolve each excluded slot before judging whether the copied character is ready for the intended content.

Since the 3 September Life Skill integration, Life Skill equipment is shared across the Family through its own equipment interface. Affected copied Life Skill items were removed during that migration. Recheck the Life Skill tab rather than buying fuel to recreate them.

Repair the original gear to maximum durability before copying. Copied items stay linked to the originals, and changes to the main set can flow to the copied version under the system rules.

Big warning: Lightstones placed into copied Artifacts are lost when the characters are untagged. Before enhancing, reforming, selling, adding Lightstones, or untagging, check the copied state and read the exact warning in game.

Run this before you spend fuel to check requirements and costly interactions.

• Put both intended characters in the same eligible town and check current tag conditions.
• Confirm both characters are level 56, have non-negative Karma, and the required Black Spirit quest is complete.
• Repair the original equipped gear to maximum durability.
• Review every excluded or red slot and decide how the alternate character will fill it.
• Remove or deliberately account for Lightstones in copied Artifacts before untagging.
• Read the current Marni's Unstable Fuel total in game before buying fuel.
• Set a test checkpoint so the tag has a purpose beyond copying gear.

The 8 October level-system change reset unclaimed tagged Combat EXP. The new cap is level 75; the 15 October update warns when a transfer would discard excess EXP. Read the transfer confirmation before claiming.