BDO Cog ship was introduced with the Great Expedition expansion. It’s a temporary boat that excels at speed, but lacks good inventory space and combat ability compared to higher tier ships. This is an easy to obtain ship via crafting or quest that is a good starter ship for beginners.
- Two unique appearances, but same ship stats
- Excellent Speed & Acceleration (140%)
- only 1 Inventory 🙁
- crafted in Port Epheria
- reward for main Sailing quest line
- can’t use Sailors or harpoons on ship
- Lifespan limits your use (can’t be repaired)
- Can’t auto-path/Auto Loop with Cog
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!
Cog Ship Recipes
Cog Ship has two different recipes, for two different Cog 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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25 – Standardized Timber Square | Processing > Chopping: Logs > Usable Scantling | Log (480) |
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50 – Zinc Ingot | Processing > Melting: Zinc Ore > Melted Zinc Shard | Zinc Ore (380) |
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60 – Flax Fabric | Processing > Heating: Flax. Grinding > Flax Thread | Flax (480) |
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50 – 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 |
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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:![]() |
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. This quest line will also give you other goodies like a Sailor and 5 Sailor slots. (Although the Cog can’t use Sailors.)
- Main Sailing Quest Requirement: level 50+
- Main Sailing Quest Line:
- The 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 Main tab of your quest window (O).
- To access the quest, speak to Black Spirit (,) and click on Quests > Main tab.

- Main Sailing Quest Line Start:
– 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 bddatabase.net
- Great Expedition Guide Google Doc
- Official BDO The Great Expedition Update