BDO Epheria Frigate: Blueprint, Materials, Quest

Epheria Frigate is the best T2 ship for battle and sea monster hunting. It has more cannons, faster speed, and greater maneuverability than the other Tier 2 ship, the Epheria Sailboat.

Things to keep in mind about the Epheria Frigate:

• Epheria Frigate is more expensive to build and to buy on the marketplace. There are 3 materials that can be time consuming to obtain, and are often considered a bottleneck (or too expensive to buy vs gather yourself). (Logs, Shining Powder, corals)
• Epheria Frigate can be used for Barter and Trade, but keep in mind it has less Weight Limit and Inventory than the Epheria Sailboat. (1,000 less LT and about half the inventory slots.)
• Epheria Frigate can be upgraded to Improved Epheria Frigate (T3) or Epheria Galleass (T4). The Galleass can then be upgraded to the (T5) Valor/Volante Carrack.
• T3 ship materials from hunting sea monsters will be easier to obtain with an Epheria Frigate than an Epheria Sailboat.

For a detailed T2 ship comparison, view our Epheria Sailboat vs Frigate guide.

Epheria Frigate from Shakatu’s Seals

The easiest way to obtain an Epheria Frigate (besides buying at the marketplace) is by exchanging Shakatu’s Seals in Shakatu city.

[Event] Radiant Shakatu’s Seal x50 = 1x Ship License: Epheria Frigate

Requirement: Level 56+ to hand in Seals to Boss Shakatu

Shakatu’s Seals are obtained over a period of time via Attendance Rewards.

With 10 Shakatu Seals per month from “Loyal” Attendance Reward, it would take 5 months to obtain an Epheria Frigate.

This assumes you log in every day to obtain the Attendance Reward. (You can catch up on the weekends, Friday and Saturday after reset, if you get behind. Up to 2 Attendance Rewards per day.)

You can have more than one Attendance Reward tab, depending on your choices. For example, you can have one Attendance Reward for “Loyal”, one for “Returning”, and one for “Guild” all at the same time.

Special events can also give Shakatu Seals.

The old Shining Shakatu’s Seals were phased out.

Shipyard Contribution Cost:
You will need a total of 12 Contribution Points just to purchase the Shipyard House in Port Epheria.

• 5 pre-requisite buildings (9 CP)
• 1 Shipyard building: Port Epheria 3-5 2F (3 CP)
• Worker Lodgings (1+ CP)

Then you will need to spend CP on Lodging for your workers. You can assign multiple workers to build your Epheria Frigate to speed up the build. Every city gives one free lodging, but any additional must be purchased.

More workers = faster build time.

Workers can come from any town, as long as the nodes are connected to Port Epheria.

Nearby Calpheon City has very cheap lodging, often just 1 to 2 CP per worker, but the CP cost in the nodes from Calpheon City to Port Epheria alone is 8 CP for the cheapest route.

Each material takes 1 worker stamina to process. I sent a goblin worker and a human worker to process Blueprint: Epheria Frigate. The faster goblin had 4 stamina left, so I gave him 4 designs to process, while the slower human had 20 stamina so I sent him to process the rest of the designs. If I had more available goblin workers, I would have sent them instead of the human, because as you can see from the picture, the goblin processes its jobs a lot faster than the human.

WARNING:
If you cancel the entire build (by pressing the big CANCEL button in the top right), you will lose ALL the materials your workers already processed and all the progress you made towards the build!

Crafting the Epheria Frigate – Materials List

Most of the materials for crafting the Epheria Frigate in the shipyard can be obtained with the gathering life skill. (Except for the Blueprint: Epheria Frigate, which requires a daily quest.)

Epheria Frigate mats are available for purchase on the marketplace, but high demand items, like Logs (or its processed parts), may be out of stock.

NOTE: The base amounts listed in the recipe below, is only if you have high enough level of Processing, which differs for each recipe.

Frigate Materials from Worker Nodes

If you’re not in a hurry, many of the base materials needed to craft a Frigate can be collected from worker nodes over time. Find these nodes in game or with the help of BDOlytics interactive map.

• Pine Timber Nodes
  • Serendia Shrine – SE of Glish – Serendia Territory
  • Marie Cave –  E of Behr – Calpheon Territory
  • Khimut Lumber Camp – NE of Duvencrune – Drieghan Territory
  • Bomnae County – Land of Morning Light Territory
  • Honglim Base – Land of Morning Light Territory
• Flax Nodes
  • Costa Farm – S of Heidel – Serendia Territory
  • Moretti Plantation – S of Heidel – Serendia Territory
  • Kamasylve Temple – E of Heidel – Mediah Territory
• Coconut Nodes
  • Areha Palm Forest – E of Valencia City
    • Note: there is no way to gather coconut
• Titanium Ore Nodes
  • Gavinya Great Crater – N of Arehaza Valencia Territory
  • Gavinya Volcano Zone – N of Arehaza Valencia Territory
  • Crescent Shrine – SE of Sand Grain Bazaar – Valencia Territory
• Gems from “Some Miner’s Sack”, a rare proc from ore nodes
• Corals from “Some Fisherman’s Sack”, a rare proc from dried fish nodes

Obtaining Flax from Nodes

You will need approximately 1520 Flax to craft 225 Enhanced Flax Fabric for the Epheria Frigate.

Flax is easy to obtain usually since there are a few beginner friendly nodes for it.

Flax Worker Nodes:

• Costa Farm → Heidel – 3 CP
• Moretti Plantation → Heidel – 3 CP
• Kamasylve Temple →  Tarif – 6 CP

Standardized Timber Square

You will need 500 Standardized Timber Squares to craft an Epheria Frigate.

According to the BDOlytics calculator, you will need approximately 9,200 Logs to craft 500 Standardized Timber Squares.

Craft Standardized Timber Squares via Processing (L) → Chopping.

Chop Logs to get Usable Scantling, then chop Usable Scantling to get Standardized Timber Squares.

Processing (L) Chopping Logs
T1	→	T2	→	T3
Log	→	Usable Scantling	→	Standardized Timber Square

Gathering Logs for Epheria Frigate

Logs are often considered a bottleneck item, because they can’t be obtained via worker nodes. Usually they are obtained via gathering with a lumbering axe. Unless there is a special event or similar going on, you can expect these to be in low supply/high price.

Also, Standardized Timber Square is one of the least profitable items to process for silver, so only make them if you have to.

Time to equip an axe and get started gathering trees! (Pine trees may be your best option, since you will need Pine Plywood as well.)

Pine Coated Plywood

You will need 800 Pine Coated Plywood to craft an Epheria Frigate.

According to the BDOlytics calculator, you will need approximately 675 Pine Plywood and 6750 Coconuts to craft 800 Pine Coated Plywood.

Pine Coated Plywood Recipe:
Processing (L) → Heating Coconut with Pine Plywood.

Processing (L) Heating
Coconut	+	Pine Plywood

Pine Plywood
Processing (L) → Chopping Pine Timber all the way to tier 3.

Processing (L) Chopping Pine
T1	→	T2	→	T3
Pine Timber	→	Pine Plank	→	Pine Plywood

Pine Timber Worker Nodes

You will need approximately 5,400 Pine Timber to craft 800 Pine Coated Plywood.

Pine Timber is not as difficult to obtain as Logs, but it can be in high demand since the Pine Timber nodes can be tricky to purchase for new players. There are two very nice and cheap ones in Land of the Morning Light.

Pine Timber Worker Nodes:

• Honglim Base → Dalbeol Village – 2 CP
• Bomnae County → Nopsae’s Byeot County – 3 CP
• Serendia Shrine → Glish – 6 CP
• Marie Cave → Keplan – 8 CP
• Khimut Lumber Camp → Tarif – 8 CP

Gathering with a Specialized Gathering Pet

Hedgehog and Llama pets give a chance to obtain an extra gather. They also give Life Skill EXP +1-5%, depending on Tier.

Gathering Proc Chances:

• T1 and T2: 30% proc chance
• T3: 40% proc chance
• T4: 50% proc chance

Logging Minigame

You can use the Green Artisan gathering skill to gather more Pine Timber and Logs in a shorter amount of time.

Get this ability by reaching Artisan level gathering and obtaining Green Thumb knowledge in Land of the Morning Light.

Press SPACE when the yellow bar is within the blue target area.

Each successful strike, makes the target area smaller and more difficult to hit.

Sometimes the yellow bar moves faster than other times.

If you press SPACE outside the blue target too many times the minigame ends in failure.

My Gathering Minigame Gear Set

The images below show the minigame loot from a Season Character on a Season Server before the Life Skill changes on June 5, 2024. (Season Characters can now wear Life Mastery gear, however 100% Basic Resources was removed from Season Servers.)

• Low gathering skill – skilled to professional level
• Yawning Hedgehog Lightstone Combo
• T4 Hedgehog well fed and chubby with cuteness 🙂
• Season Server +100% more basic resources.
• Demihar gathering tool

Jade Coral Ingot

You will need 400 Jade Coral Ingots to craft an Epheria Frigate.

According to the BDOlytics calculator, you will need approximately 340 Tier 3 Corals and 1700 Melted Titanium Shards to craft 400 Jade Coral Ingots.

Jade Coral Ingot
Processing (L) → Heating T3 Corals with Melted Titanium Shards.

Processing (L) Heating
T3 Coral x5	+	Titanium Shard x25	=	Jade Coral Ingot x5 to 7

Melted Titanium Shards
Processing (L) → Heating Titanium Ore.

Processing (L) Heating Titanium
T1	→	T2
Titanium Ore	→	Titanium Shard

T3 Resplendent Gems

To make 340 tier 3 corals, you will also need 340 tier 3 Resplendent Gems.

Make them by Processing (L) → Grinding Rough Gems into T2 Gems, then grind T2 Gems into T3 Resplendent Gems.

T2 Corals

You will need 1020 tier 2 corals in order to make 340 tier 3 corals, which is needed to make 400 Jade Coral Ingots.

T2 Coral Recipe:
Processing (L) → Heating Coral Pieces with T2 Gems.

Processing (L) Heating
Coral Piece x10	+	T2 Gem x1

Gathering Corals with a Hoe

• Corals and Coral Pieces can be gathered with a hoe.
• Coral Pieces can be gathered on land at Protty Cave on Weita Island and on Oquilla Island. (See Sea Fan and Dead Coral.)
• Underwater Gathering of Coral:
  • You will need some underwater breathing and swimming gear for underwater coral gathering
  • Most widely used gear: Da-dum Da-dum diving suit set purchased from Pearl Shop.
  • Consumables like Hard-Boiled Shellfish.

See Also

• Repeatable quest [Weekly] Mangoo on the Rooftop = 30x Corals

Secret Caves

Rough Gems are frequently found in rare ore and gem nodes.

• Gem nodes are often hidden inside secret caves.
• For example, Glutoni Cave, located near Keplan, contains Rainbow Stone which gives various gems.

Node Strategy for Titanium and Coconut

If you’re in need of both Titanium Ore and Coconuts, the most CP cost effective way is to send workers from Valencia City, because worker lodging and storage in Arehaza is expensive and few.

• Arehaza House 1-2: 4 total CP for 1 Lodging
• Arehaza House 2-2: 5 total CP for 2 Lodging

Although every city gives one free lodging, it’s cheaper to buy in Valencia City if you need more.

Valencia City goes straight to Areha Palm Forest node for zero extra CP. See the highlighted node route on the map.

Blueprint: Epheria Frigate

You will need 25 Blueprint: Epheria Frigate in order to craft the Epheria Frigate.

You can obtain the amount you need in a day as long as you have enough Rough Gemstones.

Epheria Frigate Blueprint Quests:

• Step 1: Falasi Family’s Kindness from Philaberto Falasi – carry two boxes down to the the wharf.
• Step 2: [Repeat] Philaberto Falasi’s Request – give 10x Rough **gem**. You can complete this as many times as you like in one day as long as you have the materials.

Exchange Epheria Blueprints

Exchange an Epheria Sailboat Blueprint for an Epheria Frigate Blueprint or vice versa at Philaberto Falasi. Click his “Exchange” option.

If you need to see a man about a ship, Falasi is the man to sea–I mean SEE! He’s located in Port Epheria in Northern Calpheon Territory.

He sells green grade ship gear, ship upgrade permits, Sailor Contract Certificates, and offers daily repeatable ship building quests for the Epheria Sailboat and Frigate.

Enhanced Flax Fabric or Pine Coated Plywood

Repeatable Quests in Kamasylvia

Each of the quests below will give you 3 Enhanced Flax Fabric or 3 Pine Coated Plywood. They are Grana dailies, found under your Recurring tab. Look for the section called [Contribution] [Lv. 58] Kamasylvia 0/34. They are towards the bottom of the list.

[Repeat] A Tune for Spirit

[Repeat] Arnatte’s Melody

[Repeat] Carrot Delivery

[Repeat] Even the Smallest of Life

[Repeat] Master of Acting

[Repeat] Meet the Deadline

Enhanced Flax Fabric Quests

1. [Daily] Business with Falasi Family – Rewards 30
   1. Repeatable quest from Philaberto Falasi – details below
   2. Must choose 1 of 3 possible rewards
2. Looking for Nonexistent Traces – Rewards 20
   1. Part of the [Great Expedition] Calpheon Sea Islands tour – details below
3. Kicked Out Thrice  – Rewards 30
   1. Part of the [Great Expedition] Calpheon Sea Islands tour – details below
4. Curing Someone – Rewards 10
   1. Part of the Chronic Wound quest chain in Archer Guard Post in Kama
5. The City where the sun does not rise – Rewards 20
   1. Part of the Traces of Another Civilization, Gyfin Rhasia quest chain

Standardized Timber Square Quests

Logs are the most challenging material to acquire only because they take the most effort and game time in gathering from trees. In fact, if you gather your Logs from Pine trees, it’s highly likely you’ll never need to invest in a Pine Node at all. To top it off, there are very few quests that offer Standardized Timber Squares as rewards (not to mention logs and scantling).

1. Returning to Igor Bartali – Rewards 50
   1. Last quest in the [Great Expedition] Explore the Balenos Sea Islands quest chain
   2. Find the island-hopping quest chain in your Quest Log, under Suggested Tab
2. Island Full of Laughter – Rewards 20
   1. Part of the [Great Expedition] Calpheon Sea Islands tour – details below
3. Island Full of People – Rewards 30
   1. Part of the [Great Expedition] Calpheon Sea Islands tour – details below

Daily Quest for Epheria Frigate Materials

[Daily] Epheria’s Best Sailor

This daily quest chain has you sailing, fishing, harpooning, swimming and diving – so much in just 5 little quests! Quite a sea legs’ adventure. I admit this quest was quite challenging when I first attempted it. Maomao and Porgy hotspots were scarce, my harpoon was buggin out, and my antique fishing boat was soooo slooooooow. I started thinking, “Daily quest?? More like weekly quest!”

Thankfully, after a smart learning curve, a couple of server switcheroos, and some character and gear swapping –WHEW!– this quest chain became a lot easier, faster, and funner (yes, funner, I promise).  You really do become Epheria’s Best Sailor!! (please reference quest title).

Quest Chain Requirements:

• Falasi Family’s Kindness quest completed
• Fishing Professional 5+ to equip the harpoon
• A fishing pole and a harpoon (less than 10k silver to buy off Marketplace)
• Fishing boat or Cog boat (no other boat will work)
  • If you don’t have a fishing or cog boat and don’t want to craft one, Srulk, the Wharf Manager in Port Epheria, will sell you a fishing boat if your Amity with him is 300+.
  • If playing with a school of hangry piranha sounds better than playing the Amity game, try using this handy Amity Tool.

Epheria’s Best Sailor – Quest Chain

1. [Daily] Epheria’s Best Sailor

• Accept quest from Philaberto Falasi in Port Epheria.
• Sail north of Port Epheria to find the ship-wrecked Vov standing on a rock west of Randis Island.

2. [Daily] Small Worry of a Castaway

Catch 5 Maomao fish and hand them in to Vov.
Catch 3 Porgy and hand them in to Vov.

• Maomao are extremely difficult to catch near Vov by fishing. I only caught 1 in 6 hours of mostly AFK fishing!! Instead, head over to the NW corner of Tigris Island. See map. The bright green area in the middle has the best chance of Maomao catches. My fisher had Master 17 fishing, +5 to fishing speed, used a +10 Ash Float, and a +10 Balenos Fishing Rod. She catches 5+ Maomao mostly AFK in 1.5 to 2 hours.
• Maomao are easier to catch with harpoon near Vov if you don’t mind the mini-game.
• The best way to catch Porgy is by finding a Porgy Hotspot. See map for Porgy Hotspot locations north of Port Epheria. Keep in mind that not all hotspots with pink-ish fish are Porgy. Please use a map or don’t if you feel lucky.

3. [Daily] Big Worry of a Castaway

Use a Harpoon to Catch 1 Saw Shark and 1 Whale Shark and hand them in to Vov

• Equip the harpoon while on a fishing or cog boat and press Space Bar to begin searching the water for fish, press Space Bar again when the button flashes to begin the mini game (just like the fishing mini game). Please see pic as a reference or Youtube videos on BDO harpoon to get an even better idea of what it’s like.
• You get 1 minute to kill the fish with 15 harpoon throws or less (takes 10 hits to kill it). Harpoon has a bit of a cooldown after being thrown – fire again after the round harpoon meter at the bottom middle of your mini game turns back to white or when your character stops reloading.
• The fish’s health meter is at the top middle of the mini game. Damage slows the fish down so he’s easier to catch – evasive little buggers like to swim “off screen” where your harpoon can’t reach. Be patient, but aggressive – think lions and tigers, not bears! RAWR!

4. [Daily] Glittering Worry of a Castaway

Dive deep into the water west of Vov as indicated on the map and interact with a chest named Vov’s Box.

• The chest is fairly deep. Use items that increase swim speed and underwater breathing if possible.
• Try not to dive at night like me. Dark water is scary.

5. [Daily] Business with Falasi Family

Select 1 of 3 possible rewards:

• 10 Jade Coral Ingot
• 50 Pine Coated Plywood
• 30 Enhanced Flax Fabric

The Great Expedition – Explore the Calpheon Sea Islands quest chain rewards the following materials that can help you craft the Epheria Frigate:

• 50 Pine Coated Plywood
• 50 Enhanced Flax Fabric
• 50 Jade Coral Ingot
• 50 Standardized Timber Square

Find the entire quest chain listed under the Suggested Tab of your Quest Log (O).

Begin by accepting the quest Mysterious Request from the Black Spirit. He will send you to talk with Philaberto Falasi in Port Epheria.

This questline takes you on an island-hopping tour of the islands located North of Port Epheria. All you have to do is speak with the node manager on several islands. Finish up the tour by heading back to Port Epheria and speaking to Philaberto Falasi who will reward you with some other goodies – including Falasi’s Bookshelf, a housing decoration that casts a 3% Combat, Skill, or Life EXP buff.

Note: The [The Great Expedition] Explore the Calpheon Sea Islands quest line can only be completed once per family.

Falasi’s Marine Questline

Once this short, amusing quest chain is finished, Philaberto Falasi will offer you 2 other quest chains that reward Frigate materials.

1. Falasi’s Marine
2. Dangerous-looking Supplies
   1. Chat with <Farm Cook> Kanpacho, who is located slightly SE of Northern Wheat Plantation in Calpheon Territory to obtain Kanpacho’s Hard Liquor.
   2. Chat with <General Goods Vendor> Stella who is located in Florin to obtain Stella’s Strange Powder.
   3. Take these two items back to the Villager in the Sentry Tower at Port Epheria.
3. Across the Moonlit Sea
4. Plunder the Gray Fog!
   1. Climb the ship and chat with the Keeper of Keys. After knocking him out with Kanpacho’s Hard Liquor, steal his Gold key and use it on the Suspicious Chest sitting next to him – take the jornal and replace it with Stella’s Strange Powder.
      1. I was hoping to see the ship blow up – after I got off of course – but sadly no.
   2. Turn in quest to Black Spirit and accept the quest The Hidden Fossilized Blood. He has you chat with Delphad in Calpheon City.
5. The Hidden Fossilized Blood
6. Walk to the Grave

Falasi’s Herbalist

After completing Falasi’s Marine questline, Philaberto Falasi will offer you another quest chain which rewards 20 Jade Coral Ingots at quest #3.

1. Falasi’s Herbalist
2. Meeting the Bluffer Again
3. Easier Than It Looks
   1. Of the 3 possible locations of the ore, it’s the one east of the island. Look for the “Shiny Place” hidden in the grass.
   2. Rewards 20 Jade Coral Ingots
4. Nonnegotiable Trade
5. The Cave Reeking of Foul Stench
6. The Dark Handed Man
7. The Truth Behind the Treasure
8. Misguided Judgment
   1. Rewards 5 Moonlight Opal and  Blood Ruby

Falasi’s Ancient Ruins Explorer Questline

After completing the Falasi’s Marine questline, Philaberto Falasi will offer this questline. Quest #7 rewards 20 Jade Coral Ingots, but you may want to finish the quest chain for extra goodies. There are a couple Tier 4 gem rewards.

1. Falasi’s Ancient Ruins Explorer
2. An Old Letter for Someone
3. Swayed by the Curse of the Ancient Civilization
4. Silence of the Spirit
5. The One Who Wrote the Letter
6. The Hermit’s Cry
   1. Take the Letter to the spirit on Daton Island.
   2. Rewards choice of 10 Pure Iron, Silver, or Platinum Crystals
7. Those Gripped in Fear
   1. Rewards 20 Jade Coral Ingots.
8. Helping the Spirit Find Eternal Rest
   1. Take the Black Shard to the island’s north beach and interact with “Lonely Sea” to turn in the quest.
   2. Rewards 5 Gold Topaz and 5 Ocean Sapphire
9. Reclaimed Peace, and Uneasiness
   1. Rewards 5 Forest Emerald and  Star Diamond

Epheria Frigate Gear

Epheria Frigate has both green grade and blue grade ship gear available.

Epheria Old ship gear of green grade were introduced with The Great Expedition Update on 23 October 2019.

The green grade Epheria ship gear is important for one major reason:

• +10 Epheria Old ship parts are required to upgrade to a Caravel.

Ship Parts Increase Ship Stats:

• Cannon: Damage & Durability
• Plating: Weight Limit & Defense
• Figurehead: Speed & Defense
• Sail: Turn & Rations

The enhancement level does NOT drop and never fails.

You will need Memory Fragments or the same ship gear to repair Max Durability. If you want to save on silver cost, you can use an optional pearl shop item called Artisan’s Memory.

• Each same gear repairs 10 Max Durability or 50 Max Durability using Artisan’s Memory.
• Each Memory Fragment repairs 5 Max Durability or 25 Max Durability using Artisan’s Memory.

Max Durability cost for each enhancement level is always 10. Total Max Durability you will need to repair is 100 for each ship part.

Obtaining Tidal Black Stone

Tidal Black Stone is obtained via barter, sailing quests, or sea monster hunting.

• Spend Crow Coin x10 at the Crow Coin Shop
• Barter with [Level 1 to 4] Sea Trade Goods
• Repeatable Sailing/Barter Quests
• Hunt Sea Monsters – drops from Hekaru, Ocean Stalker, Sea of Silence, Young Candidum, Young Nineshark, Young Black Rust.
• Regional Sea Monster Quests
• Give Sea Trade Goods to Baori <Storage Keeper> at Iliya Island.
  • [Level 2] Sea Trade Good = 2 Tidal Black Stones
  • [Level 3] Sea Trade Good = 4 Tidal Black Stones

Crafting an Epheria Frigate requires careful planning and time, but it’s well worth the effort.

As the best T2 battle ship in Black Desert Online, the Epheria Frigate offers more speed and attack than the barter line of ships.

Epheria Frigate is a gateway ship to the most powereful fighting ships available.