Eh i'd just keep going and get to post-game, then take a trip through the Everfall. A good lvl to actually kill some stuff in BBI is lvl 60+. Thats for most of the weaker enemies. 100+ if you do t want to feel underpowered. Its easier than it seems to get to than it sounds, once your post game you can level up to 100 really quick farming a certain offline boss, and the boss drops a good Dagger/Sword to use for BBI.

You can clear some stuff in BBI much earlier w/ Throwblasts, grt some gear by running passer all the enemies, but its not nearly as efficient as actually being able to kill stuff.

Fighting the boss around lvl 30-50 is fun. Its one of the best boss fights in any game. Being too high a lvl w/ better gear than you'd normally have can kinda cheapen the experience.

For some good gear you can get before Post-game, theres Chilling Razors (daggers), Almace (sword), and and upgrade a Rusty Bow for BBI (extremely useful for slowing down large enemies).

Otherwise killing the boss will actually give you a good set of weapons, depending on whtv vocation you are. (So as an Assassins, if your using Daggers/Bow, you'll get a Dagger and Bow.). It'll also Dragonforgr all the gear you have equipped, so you can use it to upgrade some stuff. Like the rusted bow (you can equip it right before you get the kill).

Good armor is Ancient Circlet (one of the most populary helmets, its got good status resistance once upgraded, and as soon as you meet the merchant in BBI you can upgrade it to "Gold" tier because he sells all the materials. (Basically another level of enhancing stuff, only for Dragonforged stuff. )

Evening Tights, Work Pants, Iron Bandings, Brigandine Jerkin etc are all great clothing to have/upgrade. Or just whtv you like the look of best.

The best way is the repeatedly farm daimon while opening the two chests that can contain BBW3 along the way.

First is in the bloodless stockade behind the waterfall cover hole in a grate. Its chest

12 on this map.

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Second is in the Fallen city on one of the rooftops. Chest

19 on this map.

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Both these are low drop rates so just be sure to open them and you might get lucky. I wouldn't advise godsbaning them.

Then finally once you beat Daimon, the first chest on the left has a high chance to contain BBW3. Walk upto it and save. Then open it and if you get a BBW3.. Great! If you don't, godsbane and open it again and again until you get your BBW3. Usually 1-2 times will net you a weapon.

**The 3rd chest on the left has a high chance for a BBA3 so godsbane that one too =)

Big monsters sometimes drop BBW3 but the wiki only lists Daimon, Death and Firedrakes as possible enemies that drop them.

Want to farm the Bitterblack Isle Armor to fight off the monsters in Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen? Use this location guide to find all armor items.

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Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen throws players into its biggest challenge with the dungeon of Bitterblack Isle. The monsters here are terrifyingly strong and will smash through your armor with ease. To give yourself a fighting chance, you'll need to purify the dungeon's Cursed items.

If you want to bolster your defenses (and get some of the coolest-looking outfits in the game), this guide has the exact locations of all the best Bitterblack Armor.

Retrying And Rift Crystals

Many of the drops covered in this guide will rarely appear, with the chances of getting them from the specified chests being in the 5-15% range. If you want to acquire them, you should be prepared to die, reload, and retry, no matter how many times it takes you to get them to drop. The Godsbane item is the quickest and easiest way to do this, but you can also throw yourself off a high cliff or exit to the main menu (without saving!) and then retry/reload.

You will also need to acquire a significant quantity of Rift Crystals to be able to Purify all the Cursed Armors you farm. Bitterblack Armor Lv.1 will cost 4,200 Rift Crystals to Purify, with the cost more than doubling for each level as you go higher. So, you'll need to farm RC from the monsters and chests of the Isle to build up a stock. Alternatively, if other Arisen rent out your main pawn, you can gain a great deal of RC very quickly.

Below are the locations of all Cursed Bitterblack Armor items Pre-Daimon, i.e., before you beat the boss of the dungeon for the first time. Some chests will change their drops after this point.

Vault Of Defiled Truth

There are two chests here that can both contain Bitterblack Armor Lv.1. These are actually the same chests that can contain Bitterblack Weapon Lv.1, but the Armor is much more likely to appear.

Gutter Of Misery

A chest here in the flooded sewer area can contain Bitterblack Armor Lv.1.

Fortress Of Remembrance

There are two chests on the Third Level Underground that can contain Bitterblack Armor Lv.1. One is on the outside ledge of the tower, and the other is inside.

A chest containing Bitterblack Armor Lv.2 is located at the bottom of the tower, in a room only accessible by climbing out of the tower's upper floors and jumping down to open the side gate.

Tower Of Treasons Repaid

A chest here in the room across the bridge over the befouled water can contain either a Bitterblack Armor Lv.1 or a Bitterblack Armor Lv.2.

Forsaken Cathedral

There is a Bitterblack Armor Lv.2 on the right of the two chests before the Gold and Silver Knights (Image 1).

The final chest here (Image 2), containing a Bitterblack Armor Lv.2, is accessible from within the Cathedral, where you fight the Fallen Bishop and his Dragon. To reach it, you must climb up the pillars at the entrance to the arena and then follow the narrow corridors above.

Rotwood Depository

There are three chests containing Armor on this floor — two chests containing Bitterblack Armor Lv.1 at the further ends of the level.

Near the entrance, up a ladder in a room with a large Saurian, is a Bitterblack Armor Lv.2.

The Forgotten Hall

There are two chests here that are only reachable by jumping or levitating from the balconies on the upper level. Both can contain Bitterblack Armor Lv.2.

The Bloodless Stockade

There are two chests here that can contain Bitterblack Armor Lv.2. The first is in an area near the entrance that is swarming with Corrupted Pawns.

The second is in the flooded sewers. This is a dangerous area that will probably drench your lantern and is full of Leapworms. This chest can drop both Armor and Weapon Lv.2.

Sparyard of Scant Mercy

There is a chest here that can contain Bitterblack Armor Lv.2, round the corner from the steps leading down from the entrance.

Fallen City

There is a chest containing Bitterblack Armor Lv.2 located in a courtyard in the city's center.

There is also a chest on a roof that can contain Bitterblack Armor Lv.3. This is a very rare drop, but it is the only place you can find Level 3 Armor before defeating the boss of Bitterblack Isle, so can be worth repeatedly resetting for.