BDO Otter Merchants are underwater NPC vendors that sell ship upgrade materials.

Otter Merchants only stay for about 5 minutes. Bring your quickest Movement Speed gear and Underwater Breathing items. *Whew!*

Otter Shop items cost Iridescent Coral, which is obtained from exchange, after gathering certain coral underwater.

Otter Merchant Highlights:

  • Otter Merchants spawn on an underwater shelf inside Oquilla’s Eye (RNG about every hour)
  • Gather Iridescent Coral Pieces with a hoe, then exchange Iridescent Coral Pieces for Iridescent Coral at Otter Merchants
  • Each Otter Merchant sells the same items, but with different pricing
  • Girio <Otter Merchant> has the cheapest pricing and best exchange rates

Otter Merchant Appeared Nearby!

A message, “An Otter Merchant appeared nearby!” will be displayed, when an Otter Merchant spawns.

Otter Merchant Spawn Time – Ack!

Otter Merchants have an RNG chance to spawn. According to player reports, the spawn window is only 10 minutes after 1 hour of the last spawn. With these chances, you may want to use the Sailing Discord’s “otter-spawn-na” channel. This channel is for players to report the last Otter Merchant spawn time they saw. It doesn’t look like the channel is too popular yet, but maybe you will start a trend and help your fellow Barterer out! Visit Sailing Discord.

Otter Merchant Location Map

Thank you to bdocodex.com for the following location map! View Source.

 

Otter Merchants Cost Iridescent Coral

Otter Merchants will only accept Iridescent Coral Pieces or Iridescent Coral.

Otter Merchant Currency Obtained By
Iridescent Coral Otter Exchange
Iridescent Coral Piece Gathering underwater

 

Obtained By Gathering (Hoe):

  • Sea Fan
  • Spotted Coral (100%)
  • Trumpet Coral (100%)
  • Mystical Pearl Oysters

If you gather near Oquilla’s Eye, you may be able to catch the treasure chest event that happens there about every 3 hours.

Iridescent Coral Pieces can come from the chests on Oquilla’s Eye.

For more info:

Iridescent Coral Piece Exchange: To obtain items, you first have to turn in 70 to 130 pieces for 1 Iridescent Coral.

1x Iridescent Coral Cost

Iridescent
Coral
Pieces		 Otter
Merchant
130
 Pucio
120
 Hecio
110
 Ricio
100
 Churio
90
 Turio
80
 Bolio
70
 Girio

 

Spotted Coral Image & Location for Iridescent Coral Piece

Spotted Coral, shown in the image below, is a large round coral that’s has green and purple circles on it. It gives Iridescent Coral Piece.

The gather point of Spotted Coral can be a bit tricky to find. Try coming at it from the top down, instead of the sides.

The image here shows one Spotted Coral location that is at the southern coast of Oquilla’s Eye. (You can also see one Trumpet Coral nearby.)

 

Trumpet Coral Image & Location

Trumpet Coral, shown in the image below, is a tall coral that is colored sea green. It gives Iridescent Coral Piece.

The gather bubble of Trumpet Coral is easy to find from the side.

The image here shows one Trumpet Coral location that is at the southern coast of Oquilla’s Eye. (Next to some Spotted Coral.)

NOTE: It has recently been reported by a player that these corals do not drop Iridescent Coral at 100% chance. I’m unsure of the drop rate atm.

 

Otter Merchant Items

Otter Merchants sell the same three items, just at different prices. The most rare item you can obtain is the Tear of the Ocean.

All of the items at the Otter Merchant Shop are also available via Oquilla’s Eye Treasure Chests. This method would be highly RNG and cost Silver Keys.

Seaweed Stalk

Otter Merchants sell 1x Seaweed Stalk for 20 to 80 Iridescent Coral.

icon Seaweed Stalk is a ship material used in crafting:

  • Epheria Cog
  • Epheria Caravel
  • Black Dragon Figurehead
  • Stratus Wind Sail

Seaweed Stalk is normally obtained via exchanging [Level 4] Barter items, Ravinia’s Crow Coin Shop (600 Crow Coins) and Oquilla’s Eye Daily Sailing Quests:

[Daily] Precious Coral Piece  (Bring Curio 10 coral pieces)

[Daily] Small Repayment from the Old Moon Guild I (exchange 150 Oquilla Coins to Herrad Romsen)

 

Iridescent Coral Cost for Seaweed Stalk

1x Seaweed Stalk Price
Iridescent
Coral
 Otter
Merchant
80
 Pucio
70
 Hecio
60
 Ricio
50
 Churio
40
 Turio
30
 Bolio
20
 Girio

 

Ruddy Manganese Nodule

Otter Merchants sell 1x Ruddy Manganese Nodule for 60 to 120 Iredescent Coral.

icon Ruddy Manganese Nodule is a ship part material used in:

  • Black Dragon Figurehead
  • Stratus Wind Sail

Ruddy Manganese Nodule is more challenging to obtain than Seaweed Stalk. It can be obtained via exchanging 1 specific [Level 4] Barter item, Ravinia’s Crow Coin Shop (1500 Crow Coins) and Oquilla’s Eye Daily Sailing Quests:

[Daily] For the Young Otter Merchants  (Bring Curio an Iridescent Coral Piece)

[Daily] Small Repayment from the Old Moon Guild I (exchange 150 Oquilla Coins to Herrad Romsen)

Iridescent Coral Cost for 1x Ruddy Manganese Nodule

1x Ruddy Manganese Nodule Price
Iridescent
Coral
 Otter
Merchant
120
 Pucio
110
 Hecio
100
 Ricio
90
 Churio
80
 Turio
70
 Bolio
60
 Girio

 

Tear of the Ocean

Otter Merchants sell 1x Tear of the Ocean for 180 to 240 Iridescent Coral.

icon Tear of the Ocean – ingredient in Epheria Carrack

Tear of the Ocean can be obtained in other ways as well:

 

 

Iridescent Coral Cost for 1x Tear of the Ocean

1x Tear of the Ocean Price
Iridescent
Coral
 Otter
Merchant
240
 Pucio
230
 Hecio
220
 Ricio
210
 Churio
200
 Turio
190
 Bolio
180
 Girio

 

Otter Merchant Cost Comparison

Girio has the cheapest Iridescent Coral prices and the best exchange rate to trade in your pieces.

 

NPC Iridescent Coral Type # Ship Material #
Pucio Iridescent Coral 80 Seaweed Stalk 1
Iridescent Coral 120 Ruddy Manganese Nodule 1
Iridescent Coral 240 Tear of the Ocean 1
Iridescent Coral Piece 130 Iridescent Coral 1
Hecio Iridescent Coral 70 Seaweed Stalk 1
Iridescent Coral 110 Ruddy Manganese Nodule 1
Iridescent Coral 230 Tear of the Ocean 1
Iridescent Coral Piece 120 Iridescent Coral 1
Ricio Iridescent Coral 60 Seaweed Stalk 1
Iridescent Coral 100 Ruddy Manganese Nodule 1
Iridescent Coral 220 Tear of the Ocean 1
Iridescent Coral Piece 110 Iridescent Coral 1
Churio Iridescent Coral 50 Seaweed Stalk 1
Iridescent Coral 90 Ruddy Manganese Nodule 1
Iridescent Coral 210 Tear of the Ocean 1
Iridescent Coral Piece 100 Iridescent Coral 1
Turio Iridescent Coral 40 Seaweed Stalk 1
Iridescent Coral 80 Ruddy Manganese Nodule 1
Iridescent Coral 200 Tear of the Ocean 1
Iridescent Coral Piece 90 Iridescent Coral 1
Bolio Iridescent Coral 30 Seaweed Stalk 1
Iridescent Coral 70 Ruddy Manganese Nodule 1
Iridescent Coral 190 Tear of the Ocean 1
Iridescent Coral Piece 80 Iridescent Coral 1
Girio Iridescent Coral 20 Seaweed Stalk 1
Iridescent Coral 60 Ruddy Manganese Nodule 1
Iridescent Coral 180 Tear of the Ocean 1
Iridescent Coral Piece 70 Iridescent Coral 1

Player Made Otter Merchant Video

Thank you to MrRapolas, who shows the spawn location of the Otter Merchants.

 

Sources & Additional Info

  • Info searches on bdocodex.com
  • 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