Epheria Galleass and Improved Epheria Frigate were introduced in the The Great Expedition Update on 23 October 2019. Both ships are upgrades from Epheria Frigate and require an Epheria Frigate to craft.
Upgrade Benefits of Galleass and Improved Frigate:
- cannon reload is 4 seconds faster
- cannons are “Captain” controlled (You control the cannon fire by RMB or LMB)
- cannon number is doubled for increased damage
Upgrading an Epheria Frigate is a huge improvement because of the change in cannon mechanics. Captains cannons mean you can sail and steer your ship and fire cannons at the same time.
Epheria Frigate owners have to stop the ship in order to use their cannons, making solo sea monster hunting with cannons more difficult.
| Epheria Frigate Upgrade Comparison Chart | |||
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| T2 | T3 | T4 | |
| Ship Stat | Epheria Frigate | Improved Frigate | Epheria Galleass |
| HP | 1,200,000 | 1,200,000 | 1,200,000 |
| Rations | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 | 1,200,000 |
| Base LT | 4,000 | 4,000 | 8,000 |
| Speed | 110% | 110% | 110% |
| Accel | 110% | 110% | 110% |
| Turn | 120% | 120% | 120% |
| Brake | 120% | 120% | 120% |
| Inventory | 12 slots | 12 slots | 15 slots |
| Cabins | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Cannon per Side | 2 (player) | 4 (captain) | 4 (captain) |
| Reload | 17s | 13s | 13s |
Upgrade to Improved Epheria Frigate:
- no improvements to ship stats besides improved cannons
- less time cost than Galleass (materials are more easily obtainable via worker nodes and processing.)
Upgrade to Epheria Galleass:
- 4,000 more Weight Limit (has twice as much LT)
- 20 more Cabins (3x the Cabin room for more Sailors)
- 3 more Inventory
- 200,000 more Max Rations
- greater time cost than Improved Frigate (requires more planning and gathering of rare materials from Barter and Sea Monster drops)
Epheria Galleass & Improved Frigate: Best in Battle
This guide covers the battle ship line of upgrades. Battle ships have less Inventory and Weight Limit, but more damage and Speed/Accel/Turn/Brake.
The upgrade ships from Epheria Frigate are NOT considered best for barter or trade. They are considered best for manuverability and fighting enemies. Galleas & Improved Frigate have 2 more cannons on each side, when compared to the trader line of ships (Epheria Sailboat and its upgrades).
Cannon number is the same for the next tier, Carracks, but cannon reload timer of Carrack: Valor is the best.
For a detailed comparison of all ship stats:
| Epheria Galleass vs Epheria Caravel | ||
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| Barter ——T4 —— Battle | ||
| Ship Stat | Epheria Caravel | Epheria Galleass |
| HP | 1,000,000 | 1,200,000 |
| Rations | 1,100,000 | 1,200,000 |
| Base LT | 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 |
Improved Epheria Frigate vs Epheria Galleass: Materials
The materials for the Galleass require bartered goods and sea monster drops.
The Improved Epheria Frigate is easier to build. Chances are, you already have a lot of the materials for the Improved Epheria Frigate through nodes, gathering, and quests.
Which Ship Should I Upgrade To First?
Upgrade to Improved Epheria Frigate, if you don’t have a friend that can help you with sea monster hunting. It’s more difficult to hunt sea monsters solo with a lower tier ship. An Improved Epheria Frigate helps in fighting the sea monsters that drop the parts needed for the Galleass.
Upgrade directly to an Epheria Galleass if you have a friend that can help you with sea monsters. It will save you some time and cost, if you can skip the Improved Frigate and upgrade directly to Epheria Galleass.
NOTE: The material costs below assume Artisan 2 level of Processing. (2.5 average yield per process recipe completion) It also assumes 2.5 rate from Alchemy.
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Improved Epheria Frigate Materials |
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| Ship Mats | Additional Info | |
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Standardized Timber Square x250 |
Base Amounts:
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Steel x200 |
Base Amounts:
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Pine Plywood x500 |
Base Amounts:
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Flax Fabric x100 |
Base Amounts:
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Hard Pillar x30 |
Base Amounts:
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Ultimate Weapon Reform Stone x10 |
Base Amounts:
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Epheria: Old Prow x1 | Read our guide on Old Epheria Ship Parts. |
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Epheria: Old Plating x1 | |
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Epheria: Old Cannon x1 | |
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Epheria: Old Wind Sail x1 | |
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Epheria Galleass Materials |
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| Ship Mats | Additional Info | |
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Graphite Ingot for Upgrade x100 |
Base Amounts: Process > Heating
Ravinia Quest Line Days 1 & 4 (x50 total) |
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Timber for Upgrade x100 |
Base Amounts: Process > Chopping
Ravinia Quest Line Days 1 & 4 (x50 total) |
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Adhesive for Upgrade x100 |
Base Amounts: Process > Heating
Ravinia Quest Line Days 1 & 4 (x50 total) |
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Ship Upgrade Permit: Epheria Galleass x1 | Sold by Philaberto Falasi in Port Epheria $600,000,000 |
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Island Tree Coated Plywood x100 | Barter 1x Sea Trade Good for Plywood x100 [Level 2] Filtered Drinking Water [Level 2] Narvo Sea Cucumber [Level 2] Pirate Gold Coin |
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Tide-Dyed Standardized Timber Square x6 |
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Cobalt Ingot x2 |
Crow Coin Shop: 300 Crow Coins Barter 1x Sea Trade Good for 2x Cobalt |
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Moon Scale Plywood x10 |
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Epheria: Old Prow enhanced to +10 |
Read our guide on Old Epheria Ship Parts. |
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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 | |
How to Upgrade Epheria Frigate
To upgrade Epheria Frigate to the Improved Epheria Frigate or Epheria Galleass, vist the <Wharf Manager> in Veila, Port Epheria, or Illya Island. Check out your Frigate and remove any gear currently equipped, then check the ship back inside the wharf.
Be sure to have all the materials for the upgrade in your inventory, then simply click the Upgrade button. It only takes about a minute to complete the upgrade process.
SOURCES & ADDITIONAL INFO
- Info searches on bddatabase.net
- Great Expedition Guide Google Doc – Thank you to BDO family name: Airie (SEA), Akiri (Global-Lab), Discord: Kiri Airie#6217
- Official BDO The Launch of a Great Expedition
- Official BDO The Great Expedition Update
- BDO Sailing/Vell Discord – talk and chat web app for everything Sailing
- https://www.bdodae.com/ – excellent source for recipes and determining how many materials you need
They forgot to mention the amount of cannon balls they ships have because they don’t fall under rations. Improved frigate only have 150 cannonballs (same as epheria frigate) and the galleas has 600 cannonballs in total.