If this is your first time dealing with them, finding active ones is easy enough: Towns always act as active Nodes. You cannot activate a Node unless it's next to one that's already activated. Activating Nodes in Black Desert Online Step 1: Locate an Active Node I won't be going over workers, the second part of the whole Node system, but this guide will go over how to activate and connect them so you can get started in Black Desert Online. Nodes are going to be your primary source of a number of resources so it's important to dive into the them early on.