Epheria Caravel became part of Black Desert Online in The Great Expedition Update on 23 October 2019. Caravel is an upgrade from Epheria Sailboat and takes considerable planning and time to obtain. You must already own an Epheria Sailboat to upgrade to a Caravel.
Caravel Strengths:
- Captain cannons (see details below)
- Twice as much LT (an additional 5,000 LT)
- 5 more Inventory and 20 more Cabins
| T2 | T3 | T4 | T5 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ship Stat | Epheria Sailboat | Improved Sailboat | Epheria Caravel | Carrack (Advance) | Carrack (Balance) |
| HP | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 | 1,350,000 | 1,300,000 |
| Rations | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 | 1,100,000 | 1,300,000 | 1,400,000 |
| Base LT | 5,000 | 5,000 | 10,000 | 16,500 | 15,000 |
| Speed | 100% | 100% | 100% | 110% | 115% |
| Accel | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Turn | 110% | 110% | 110% | 115% | 115% |
| Brake | 110% | 110% | 110% | 115% | 115% |
| Inventory | 25 slots | 25 slots | 30 slots | 40 slots | 35 slots |
| Cabins | 10 | 10 | 30 | 100 | 100 |
| Cannon per Side | 1 (player) | 2 (captain) | 2 (captain) | 9 (captain) | 9 (captain) |
| Reload | 17s | 13s | 13s | 13s | 12s |
Caravel Cannons – Greater Attack
The Caravel brings great improvement in fire power. The cannons are considered “Captain” controlled. This means you can press RMB or LMB to fire the right/left side cannons.
Lower tier ships, like the Epheria Sailboat have “Player” controlled cannons requiring you to stop the ship to fire them, unless you have a friend on the ship.
With the Caravel’s captain cannons you can move and turn the ship, while firing at the enemy all at the same time.
You also have the ability to enter into FocusFire mode by pressing Q or E keys. (Ship/Sailing Skills Guide)
The Caravel cannons are solo friendly. Unfortunately, this also means your passengers have nothing to do if you take them along for sea monster hunting.
Caravel: Best in Barter & Trade
Caravel is the best ship for barter, earning the top stats in weight limit and inventory.
- 2,000 more weight limit than T4 Galleass
- 15 more Inventory slots than T4 Galleass
The Caravel allows you to pick up 20 more [Level 1] Barter goods, without returning to land for storage.
This is important because you only have to make one trip for two full loads, and obtain the maximum exchanges, instead of two seperate trips back and forth to storage. A Galleass would have to make two trips back and forth to storage, in order to obtain the maximum exchanges for two [Level 1] Barter Routes.
After you upgrade the Caravel to a Carrack, the Carrack created will also be a ship that is superior for barter purposes.
| Epheria Caravel vs Epheria Galleass | ||
|---|---|---|
| Barter ——T4 —— Battle | ||
| Ship Stat | Epheria Caravel | Epheria Galleass |
| HP | 1,000,000 | 1,200,000 |
| Rations | 1,100,000 | 1,200,000 |
| Weight Limit | 10,000 | 8,000 |
| Speed | 100% | 110% |
| Accel | 100% | 110% |
| Turn | 110% | 120% |
| Brake | 110% | 120% |
| Inventory | 30 slots | 15 slots |
| Cabins | 30 | 30 |
| Cannon per Side | 2 (captain) | 4 (captain) |
| Reload | 13s | 13s |
Epheria Caravel Materials
Epheria Caravel requires materials that can be obtained via Barter, sailing quests, and sea monster hunting.
Obtaining Epheria Caravel Materials:
- Sea Monster Hunting: obtain Caravel mats from Hekaru, Ocean Stalker, Young Hekaru, Young Ocean Stalker, Sea of Silence Young Candidum, Young Nineshark, and Young Black Rust
- Rare procs from gathering or worker nodes (various tree saps)
- Regional Sea Monster Quests
- Spend Crow Coin at the Crow Coin Shop
- Barter with [Level 2 to 5] Sea Trade Goods and use Ship Material Refresh
- Sailing/Barter Quests:
- Great Expedition Main Sailing Questline (Vigorous Velia)
- Ravinia’s 7 Day Quest Line
- Repeatable Sailing/Barter Quests
With just a glance, you can see it may take days to obtain everything you need. Depending upon your luck, it could be many weeks.
Total Materials for Caravel
You will need all of the following materials in order to upgrade an Epheria Sailboat to an Epheria Caravel.
| Â | Galleass Material | Qty |
|---|---|---|
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Epheria: Old Cannon | 1 |
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Epheria: Old Plating | 1 |
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Epheria: Old Figurehead | 1 |
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Epheria: Old Wind Sail | 1 |
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Tidal Black Stone for +10 Ship Gear Enhancement Level | 40 |
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Ship Upgrade Permit: Epheria Caravel | 1 |
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Island Tree Coated Plywood | 100 |
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Deep Sea Memory Filled Glue | 4 |
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Seaweed Stalk | 4 |
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Rock Salt Ingot | 100 |
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Acacia Sap – for Adhesive for Upgrade White Cedar Sap – for Adhesive for Upgrade Elder Tree Sap – for Adhesive for Upgrade To craft Adhesive for Upgrade: Process 100 of each sap with 1 Ooze OR process 300 of one sap with 1 Ooze. |
30,000 |
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Red Tree Lump  – for Timber for Upgrade | 10,000 |
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Old Tree Bark  – for Timber for Upgrade | 10,000 |
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Zinc Ingot – for Graphite Ingot for Upgrade | 10,000 |
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Sea Monster’s Ooze – for all Upgrade parts | 300 |
Caravel Materials (Detailed List)
NOTE: The material costs below assume best level of Processing. (2.5 average yield per process recipe completion)
NOTE #2: Quantities below are the FULL cost, excluding Ravinia’s quest line, which yields half of many materials.
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Epheria Caravel Materials |
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|---|---|---|
| Ship Mats | Additional Info | |
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Graphite Ingot for Upgrade x100 |
Processing > Heating:
Ravinia Quest Line Days 1 & 4 (x50 total) |
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Timber for Upgrade x100 |
Processing > Chopping:
Ravinia Quest Line Days 1 & 4 (x50 total) |
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Adhesive for Upgrade x100 |
Processing > Heating:
To craft 1 Adhesive for Upgrade: Process 100 of each sap with 1 Ooze OR process 300 of one sap with 1 Ooze. Ravinia Quest Line Days 1 & 4 (x50 total) |
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Ship Upgrade Permit: Epheria Caravel x1 | Sold by Philaberto Falasi  in Port Epheria $400,000,000 |
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Island Tree Coated Plywood x100 |
Barter 1x Sea Trade Good for x100 Plywood
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Rock Salt Ingot x100 |
Drops from Hungry and Young sea monster habitats. Barter 1x Sea Trade Good for x50 Ingot
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Deep Sea Memory Filled Glue x4 |
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Seaweed Stalk x4 |
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Epheria: Old Figurehead enhanced to +10 | Read our guide on Epheria Old Ship Gear. |
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Epheria: Old Plating enhanced to +10 | |
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Epheria: Old Cannon enhanced to +10 | |
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Epheria: Old Wind Sail enhanced to +10 | |
 [Level 2] Islanders’ Lunchbox
 [Level 2] Balanced Stone Pagoda
[Level 2] Cron Castle Gold Coin
[Level 3] Torn Pirate Treasure Map
[Level 3] Gooey Monster Blood
 [Level 3] Rare Herb Pile
 [Level 3] Blue Candle Bundle
 [Level 4] Stolen Pirate Dagger
 [Level 4] Pirate’s Key
 [Level 4] Bronze CandlestickCaravel Materials Needed if Completing Ravina’s Questline
ATTENTION! –> Completing days 1 and 4 of Ravinia’s Quest Line gives 50 each of Graphite Ingot for Upgrade, Timber for Upgrade, and Adhesive for Upgrade. This will halve the amount of each you will need to craft yourself.
The materials list below shows the refigured amounts you need to gather to process 50 Ingots, Timbers, and Adhesives instead of 100.
- Â Sea Monster’s Ooze x150
- Loot from <Hungry> Hekaru, <Diseased> Hekaru, and <Hungry> Ocean Stalker.
- Obtain 100 each for two different sailing regional quests.
- Gathering or Worker Node Rare Procs (low supply currently on MP)
- Â Old Tree Bark x5,000
- Â Red Tree Lump x5000
- Acacia Sap , Elder Tree Sap ,White Cedar Sap x15,000
- Zinc Ingot x5,000
- or 37,040 Zinc Ore melted with Master Processing
Zinc Ingot Processing
You will need 10,000 Zinc Ingots in order to obtain 100 Graphite Ingot for Upgrade.
To determine the base amount of Zinc Ore you need for processing, please visit bdolytics.com Zinc Processing Calculator.
With a Processing level of Master 1 you need about 74,080 Zinc Ore.
How to Upgrade to Caravel
To upgrade your Epheria Sailboat to the Caravel, vist the <Wharf Manager> in Veila, Port Epheria, or Illya Island.
Please Note: Illya Island and Port Epheria don’t have access to the Warehouse.
Remove any ship gear that is currently being worn by your ship. All Old Epheria ship gear must be fully repaired in Durability and Max Durability.
Put your naked ship back into the wharf storage and select Upgrade Ship.
All repaired ship gear and upgrade materials must be in your inventory. Click the Upgrade Button and wait a few seconds for the upgrade to complete.
CONGRATULATIONS!! You are now the proud owner of a baby Caravel with 10k LT. Be sure to feed it rations before you head out onto open waters.
What Next??
Now you’ll want to dress your baby Caravel. Purchase green-grade Caravel gear from Philaberto Falasi in Port Epheria and enhance it to +10 for increased stats. See this guide on enhancing green-grade Caravel gear.
SOURCES & ADDITIONAL INFO
- GrumpyG’s guide to upgrading a Frigate to Epheria Galleass
- Great Expedition Guide Google Doc – Thank you to BDO family name: Airie (SEA), Akiri (Global-Lab), Discord: Kiri Airie#6217
- Official BDOÂ The Launch of a Great Expedition
- Official BDOÂ The Great Expedition Update
- BDO Sailing/Vell Discord – talk and chat web app for everything Sailing
Ok, so there’s a few small changes to how things work with the upgrade, and atleast one major inaccuracy in the use of memory frags when making old epheria parts.
Even just using old epheria parts to fix the enchanted ones, you’re saving 80% of the cost, and that’s without touching artisans memories.
As to small changes, verdant stones and rock salt ingots can be obtained in young/hungry sea monster habitats in smaller numbers. Saves you a few resets and some land goods from being traded
Thanks for the info! I updated the guide.
Barter goods for Island Tree Coated Plywood are mostly Filtered Drinking water and Islander Lunchbox, and for Rock Salt Ingot are Balanced Stone Pagoda and Cron Castle Gold Coin. There are three other barter goods but with much lower possibility to appear.
Thanks for the update!