Epheria Cog is a ship introduced with the Great Expedition expansion. It’s a temporary boat that excels at speed, but lacks good inventory and combat ability compared to higher tier ships.
The best part about Epheria Cog is the ease of obtaining one via crafting, quest, or loyalties.
It’s a fast starter ship for beginning sailors.
- Two unique appearances, but same ship stats
- Excellent Speed & Acceleration (140%)
- Only 1 Inventory Slot 🙁
- Crafted in Port Epheria
- Reward for main Sailing quest line
- Can’t use Sailors
- Can use a harpoon on ship
- Lifespan limits your use (can’t be repaired)
- Aan’t auto-path/auto-loop
Epheria Cog Stats:
Inventory: 1
Acceleration: 140%
Speed: 140%
Turn: 115%
Brake: 115%
Cabins: 0
Durability: 100,100 (repairable)
Lifespan: 500,000 (not repairable)
Weight Limit: 1,080.00 LT
Upgrade? NO!
Epheria Cog from Loyalties
You can purchase an Epheria Cog ship very easily with Loyalties in the Pearl Shop (F3).
Loyalties Cost: 1,000
You obtain 200 Loyalties each day for logging in. Therefore, it could take 5 days.
Epheria Cog Recipes
Epheria Cog has two different recipes, giving two different appearances. Both ships have the same speed and stats.
The recipe materials for one Cog Ship is obtained via Barter and a Sea Monster drop. The other Cog Boat requires 7 million Silver along with node materials easily obtained.
Ship License: Epheria Cog (Kalis-Certified)
The materials required to craft the Cog Ship (Kalis) are easy to obtain for most players. Gather them yourself or via worker nodes. If you don’t want to wait and have Silver, purchase them on the Marketplace.
| Cog Ship Recipe | Obtained By | Base Item Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
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25x Standardized Timber Square | Processing > Chopping: Logs > Usable Scantling |
Log (480) |
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50x Zinc Ingot | Processing > Melting: Zinc Ore > Melted Zinc Shard |
Zinc Ore (380) |
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60x Flax Fabric | Processing > Heating: Flax. Grinding > Flax Thread |
Flax (480) |
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50x Palm Plywood | Processing > Chopping: Palm Timber > Palm Plank |
Palm Timber (380) |
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Ship Building Permit: Epheria Cog Buy price: 7,000,000 |
Purchase from: Philaberto Falasi |
Ship License: Epheria Cog (Fallen Vell Pirates’ Legacy)
The other Cog Ship (Fallen) is obtained through Barter and Sea Monster Hunting.
| Cog Ship Recipe | Obtained By | Additional | |
|---|---|---|---|
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100 – Island Tree Coated Plywood | Barter Exchange any 1 of: [Level 2] Filtered Drinking Water [Level 2] Narvo Sea Cucumber [Level 2] Pirate Gold Coin |
1 pc. = 100 Plywood |
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100 – Rock Salt Ingot | Barter Exchange any 1 of: [Level 2] Conch Shell Ornament [Level 2] Balanced Stone Pagoda [Level 2] Urchin Spine |
1 pc. = 100 Ingot |
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Seaweed Stalk | [Daily] Precious Coral Piece or [Daily] Small Repayment from the Old Moon Guild I |
purchase at Crow Coin Shop or [Level 4] Barter item |
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2 – Tide-Dyed Standardized Timber Square | Processing > Chopping: 2x Wrecked Phantom Ship’s Debris |
dropped by Cox Pirates’ Shadow Ghost
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Cog Ship via Questing
You obtain a Cog Ship (Fallen Vell Pirates’ Legacy) by completing the following quest:
This quest is at the end of the main Sailing quest line. It will also give you other goodies like a Sailor and Sailor slots. (Although the Cog can’t use Sailors.)
- Main Sailing Quest Requirement: level 50+
- Main Sailing Quest Line:
- Cog Ship is a reward for completing the Black Spirit main quest line with the heading of “[The Great Expedition] Oquilla’s Eye” under the Suggested tab of your quest window (O).
- Start Quest:
– Vigorous Velia
Cog Ship is not meant for battle because of its low durability. It will will only hold one type of Barter item. You can use it for both, but it might be a bit frustrating or slow.
It’s a great ship for fast travel anywhere without much investment. But with its limitations, you may want to save your resources for the Bartali Sailboat. Bartali Sailboat is much slower, but better suited for Barter and battle.
Bartali Sailboat is purchased from Proix in the Velia Inn.
Cog Ship vs Bartali Sailboat
Bartali Sailboat Stats:
Inventory: 3
Cabins: 10
Acceleration: 80%
Speed: 80%
Turn: 80%
Brake: 80%
Ration: 1,000,000 (repairable)
Durability: 700,000 (repairable)
Weight Limit: 2,000 LT
Can upgrade to Epheria Sailboat/Frigate
Buy price: 10,000,000 Silver
Can obtain via main Sailing quest also
Sources & Additional Info
- Official BDO Cog Intro page
- Cog Info search on bdocodex.com
- Great Expedition Guide Google Doc
- Official BDO The Great Expedition Update
How do I process Philaberto Falasi into the ship building permit? Do I use heating, or simple alchemy?
Haha! He might not take kindly to that! 🙂 Try chatting with him instead. (Open his shop.) He sells the permits for 7 million silver each. Btw I updated the guide a bit to make this more clear. Thanks and have fun!
You CAN use harpoons to fish off the front half/middle of the Cog – where the rails are on the main deck. You cannot harpoon from the upper deck where the wheel is. In my opinion, this is the best boat for hotspot fishing and deep-sea harpoon fishing, if you have plenty of inventory space on your character, that is.
Hello 🙂 Thanks for the info! I’ll have to try that sometime soon. Happy fishing 🙂
Do you know how long the Epheria Cog Boat last? I am just going to use it to fish, explore, do quests that don’t include damaging the boat.
Hello 🙂 It lasts for quite a while. Hmmm not sure how to answer this in an exact manner though, since I haven’t done any distance tests with it. Maybe someone else has!