Step 1: Install the game via Lutris

(Use steam if you bought it via steam)

  • Click the + sign, search Black Desert and install the first one
  • Choose the installation path (default is fine)
  • Do not create any shortcuts during any point of the installation
  • Do not run BDO after installation

Step 2: Add the game to your steam library

Why? Because via Lutris’ wine version the camera doesn’t work properly

  • On steam go to Games > Add non-steam game on the top right
  • Find the BlackDesertLauncher.exe in the instalaltion path. Should be /install/path/drive_c/PearlAbyss/BlackDesert/BlackDesertLauncher.exe
  • Right click the game on your library and go to properties > force compatibility layer > proton experimental

Step 3: Run the game via Steam

If at first it doesn’t run just close it and open it again. The Black Spirit’s Adventure, the Adventurer’s board, and the guild daily message doesn’t display properly (you can still use them however if you remember the buttons by memory), everything else works perfectly fine.

Note: if you have it, SELinux tries to block it, you can dismiss the reports and it should work fine, otherwise you may need to set policies or disable SELinux. I will look into this further