Halkeides’s BDO Boat, Sailing, & Underwater Gathering Guide (Black Desert Online)

ATTENTION:
The Great Expedition update made many changes to sailing and ship systems. The good news is you can find updated Sailing guides under the Sailing category.

For up to date Sailing Guides:

• Sailing category The newest guides are listed at the top.
• BDO Bartali Sailboat: Great Ocean Ship a beginner sailboat costing 10 million silver.
• BDO Sailing Guide: Ship Rations, Durability, Repair & UI a basic look at Sailing and what to expect.

This guide was originally written by Halkeides (u/Halkeides), who generously published a Margoria & Sailing Guide in “Margoria & Ships Content“. It was published with with Halkeides’ permission and added to/edited by me. With all the recent Sailing changes, I have started weeding out the errors and putting the changed info into new guides. Please see above links for current Sailing guides. (Halkeides is currently taking a break from Black Desert Online.)

Margoria Sea Monsters & Their Drops

When you are in the Great Ocean, you will encounter various deadly sea monsters. These monsters can’t be killed by traditional means and must be hunted with large Epheria Sailboat/Frigate or Guild Galley, which have cannons that can be manned by players. The player steering the boat can also do damage by ramming the monster, using the Ram Skill (Q).

The rewards of hunting sea monsters
Although challenging, battling sea monsters provides several benefits. They drop items that are used to craft ship gear, which improves ship stats like movement speed, turn, stamina, etc. Killing sea monsters also helps to provide guild funds and guild XP. You will be unable to promote your sailors in quests like: [Boatman Promotion] The Man and the Sea I, if you do not hunt sea monsters.

BDO Sea Monster List: Loot & Knowledge
		Hekaru: Sihuram gives sea monster knowledge. Drops: [Guild] Amethyst Hekaru Spike 1.5% [Guild] Hekaru’s Spike 100% [Guild] Sea Monster’s Neidan 100% Friendly unless attacked
		Ocean Stalker: Bindo gives sea monster knowledge Drops: [Guild] Ocean Stalker Whisker 1.5% [Guild] Ocean Stalker’s Skin 100% [Guild] Sea Monster’s Neidan 100% Friendly unless attacked
		Candidum: Gintabam gives sea monster knowledge Drops: [Guild] Steel Candidum Shell 8% [Guild] Candidum Shell 100% [Guild] Sea Monster’s Neidan 100%
		Nineshark: Moran gives sea monster knowledge Drops: [Guild] Nineshark’s Fin 8% [Guild] Nineshark’s Horn Fragment 100% [Guild] Sea Monster’s Neidan 100% Hard to outrun
		Black Rust: Siyunchae gives sea monster knowledge Drops: [Guild] Black Rust Tongue 8% [Guild] Black Rust Jawbone 100% [Guild] Sea Monster’s Neidan 100%
		Goldmont Small Battleship: Sihuram gives sea monster knowledge Drops: [Guild] Goldmont Pirate Golden Goblet 1% [Guild] Goldmont Pirate Golden Coin 100%
		Goldmont Medium Battleship: Haeran gives sea monster knowledge. Drops: [Guild] Goldmont Pirate Golden Goblet 3% [Guild] Goldmont Pirate Golden Coin 100%
		Goldmont Large Battleship: Moran gives sea monster knowledge Drops: [Guild] Goldmont Pirate Golden Goblet 5% [Guild] Goldmont Pirate Golden Coin 100%

	[Guild] Sea Monster’s Neidan	Used for:  [Guild] Origin of Wind, Guild Funds, [Boatman Promotion] The Man and the Sea I
	[Guild] Goldmont Pirate Golden Coin	Used for: [Boatman Promotion] The Man and the Sea I, Guild Funds

Patch 15th May 2019 reduced Weight Limits on Sea Monster Drops

Sea Monster Item Drop	Weight
Young Sea Monster’s Neidan	0.10 LT
Young Candidum’s Shell	0.10 LT
Young Black Rust Jawbone	0.19 LT
Young Nineshark’s Horn Fragment	0.10 LT
[Guild] Candidum Shell	0.10 LT
[Guild] Hekaru’s Spike	0.09 LT
[Guild] Black Rust Jawbone	0.19 LT
[Guild] Nineshark’s Horn Fragment	0.10 LT
[Guild] Ocean Stalker’s Skin	0.12 LT
[Guild] Steel Candidum Shell	325.50 LT
[Guild] Amethyst Hekaru Spike	320.60 LT
[Guild] Black Rust Tongue	342.30 LT
[Guild] Nineshark’s Fin	323.40 LT
[Guild] Ocean Stalker Whisker	341.60 LT
[Guild] Sea Monster’s Neidan	2.10 LT

Sea Monster Location Map

The following picture shows where Sea Monsters spawn in Margoria and Ross Seas.

Red Area	Hekaru spawn location
Blue Area	Ocean Stalker spawn location
Darker Blue Area	Black Rust spawn location
Grey Area	NineShark, Candidum, Goldmont Pirate Battleship spawn locations (except for the one inside Black Rust spawn, there may be only Nineshark and Candidum)

Patch Notes – 20th June 2018:

• Young Nineshark, Young Candidum, and Young Black Rust have been added around the border area of Ross Sea and Margoria Sea.

  • Upon defeating Young Nineshark, Young Candidum, and Young Black Rust, you can obtain Young Sea Monster’s Neidan, Young Candidum’s Shell, Young Black Rust Jawbone, or Young Nineshark’s Fragment.

  • Sailing Skill EXP can be obtained upon defeating Young Nineshark, Young Candidum, and Young Black Rust. However, Life EXP boost will not be applied here.

  • Perform Heating on green-grade Young Candidum’s Shell x10, Young Black Rust Jawbone x10, or Young Nineshark’s Horn Fragment x10 respectively to obtain blue-grade [Guild] Candidum Shell x1, [Guild] Black Rust Jawbone x1, or [Guild] Nineshark’s Horn Fragment x1.

  • Perform Heating on Young Sea Monster’s Neidan x10 to obtain [Guild] Sea Monster’s Neidan x1.

Great Ocean Events

While you are in Ross Sea or Margoria Sea, you may encounter events which will harm your ship if you are travelling afk.

	Hurricanes/Tornadoes Tornadoes only occur when you are at the wheel of the ship and moving. They damage your ship and may cause you to lose trade items from cargo. Lightning Your fishing will be interrupted when struck by lightning. This causes your AFK fishing session to stop.
	Margoria Phantom Ship It can spawn with stormy weather and will force you out of the helm, stopping your boat. You can kill it with cannon fire. It can occur when you are at the wheel of your ship, whether you are moving or not. If you don’t want to fight it, return to your ship’s wheel and sail away. The Phantom Ship will disappear after it is a certain distance away from you.

Margoria Lost Item

Margoria Lost Item spawns randomly on sunken ship remains

You can loot it with a Silver Key It’s a little confusing, but I think you randomly obtain items from Furious Sea Spirit Fragment loot table shown on bdocodex.com.

• Faded / Plain / Beautiful / Resplendent Margoria Treasure
• Sealed Golden Treasure Chest
• Bottle with a Note
• 1G / 10G / 100G Gold Bar

Vell will spawn every Sunday at 14:00 PDT for NA and 16:00 CEST for EU, north of Lema island:

Since April 30th 2019, Vell now appears in all servers. Vell’s overall HP was adjusted to match the global spawn system. They also fixed the issue where you could not control your Ship if Vell was killed while performing the jump and dive attack that caused tidal waves.

30 minutes before Vell  breaks free, there will be an alert message for all servers

• World Boss Vell’s HP is shared among different servers.
• You can use [Hunting] Matchlock for killing Lopters 
• There will be no penalty for being killed by Vell.
• Vell will now despawn naturally after 30 minutess. When Vell despawns naturally, you will receive loots of a grade less.
• The damage standard you have to meet in order to receive certain loot for defeating Vell has been lowered. Also, the reward to obtain for inflicting even a small amount of damage to Vell has been added
  • Vell will drop loot for players who inflict damage even once with a cannon.
• PvP: 10 minutes before Vell appears up until Vell dies, Guild Wars or PvP will now be blocked off.

Vell Item Drops

Thank you bdocodex.com for the following Vell drop rates:

Vell Drops
	Vell’s Heart	0.01%
	Vell’s Concentrated Magic	1%
	Rainbow Coral Ring	5%
	Vell’s Fine Powder	75%

1.2%	7.5%	75%	75%	100%	100%	100%	100%

Shipyard Locations for Boat Crafting

Here are the locations of all of the shipyards in BDO. Shipyards allow you to craft ships, when you have gathered the required crafting materials and one worker in that shipyard’s city. Requires Contribution to purchase the shipyard and one or more workers to craft the boat.

Scroll past this Shipyard section for boat recipes and stats.

Velia Shipyard (1 Level)
	Ship License: Rowboat		Ship License: Raft
Heidel Shipyard (1 Level)
	Ship License: Rowboat		Ship License: Raft
Calpheon Shipyard (1 Level)
	Ship License: Calpheon Rowboat		Ship License: Raft
Epheria Shipyard (3 Level)
	Ship License: Calpheon Rowboat		Ship License: Fishing Boat
	Ship License: Epheria Sailboat		Ship License: Epheria Frigate
Tarif Shipyard (1 Level)
	Ship License: Mediah Rowboat
Altinova Shipyard (2 Level)
	Ship License: Mediah Rowboat		Ship License: Fishing Boat
Ancado Inner Harbor Shipyard (2 Level)
	Ship License: Rowboat		Ship License: Raft
	Ship License: Fishing Boat
Iliya Island Shipyard (2 Level)
	Ship License: Rowboat		Ship License: Raft
	Ship License: Fishing Boat
Arehaza Shipyard (2 Level)
	Ship License: Rowboat		Ship License: Raft
	Ship License: Fishing Boat

Boat Types & Boat List (Small Boats)

The following boat types, I have labeled small, because they are inferior to the Margoria, Great Ocean type of boats that should be used in Margoria (Great Ocean) waters. However, these smaller boats are perfect for the waters surrounding the main land. Good for fishing and exploring inside safer waters. They are also much easier to obtain and build. One only requires 10k silver from a vendor. Of course, cheaper price means lower boat stats. These ships are not recommended for Great Ocean waters. Be extremely careful and patient, if you decide to take these boats into Ross/Margoria seas.

Raft: Vendor & Recipe

SHIP LICENSE: RAFT Inventory: 4 Acceleration: 100% Speed: 100% Turn: 100% Brake: 100% Weight limit: 180 LT or purchase for 10k at Wharf Manager Lvl 8+

Srulk’s Humble Fishing Boat: Amity

Srulk: Humble Fishing Boat Vendor (300 Amity)

SHIP LICENSE: SRULK’S HUMBLE FISHING BOAT Inventory: 1 Acceleration: 100% Speed: 100% Turn: 100% Brake: 100% Weight limit: 40 LT You need to have at least 300 Amity points with Srulk, the Port Epheria Wharf Manager, to access the Amity Shop. Upon purchase of Ship License: Srulk’s Humble Fishing Boat, Amity Points will decrease by 300.

Rowboat: Recipe

SHIP LICENSE: ROWBOAT Inventory: 8 Acceleration: 100% Speed: 105% Turn: 100% Brake: 100% Weight limit: 360 LT

Calpheon Rowboat: Recipe

SHIP LICENSE: CALPHEON ROWBOAT Inventory: 10 Acceleration: 100% Speed: 105% Turn: 105% Brake: 105% Weight limit: 450 LT

Mediah Rowboat: Recipe

SHIP LICENSE: MEDIAH ROWBOAT Inventory: 8 Acceleration: 100% Speed: 110% Turn: 100% Brake: 100% Weight limit: 360 LT

Fishing Boat: Recipe

SHIP LICENSE: FISHING BOAT Inventory: 12 Acceleration: 100% Speed: 100% Turn: 100% Brake: 100% Weight limit: 540 LT

Palm Raft: Boat Quest Reward

Quest Reward

SHIP LICENSE: PALM RAFT Inventory: 4 Acceleration: 150% Speed: 150% Turn: 150% Brake: 150% Weight limit: 180 LT ship is rewarded from 2 seperate quests: JUST LIKE IN HIS NOVEL or.. PROCURING MEDIAH ROWBOAT

Roroju’s Rescue Raft: Boat Quest Reward

Quest Reward

SHIP LICENSE: ROROJU’S RESCUE RAFT Inventory: 4 Acceleration: 150% Speed: 150% Turn: 150% Brake: 150% Weight limit: 180 LT ship is rewarded from 1 Daily quest: Daily] If You Need a Boat buy 1 Dark Beer from Haeran down the dock

BDO Ship Part Workshop: Levels 1-4

	Level 1 Ship Part Workshop:   Rowboat Figurehead   Rowboat Decoration
	Level 2 Ship Part Workshop:   Rowboat Cargo Container   Calpheon Rowboat Figurehead   Altinova Rowboat Figurehead   Valencia Rowboat Figurehead   Calpheon Rowboat Decoration   Altinova Rowboat Decoration   Valencia Rowboat Decoration
	Level 3 Ship Part Workshop:   Calpheon Rowboat Cargo Container   Altinova Rowboat Cargo Container   Fishing Boat Cargo Container   Valencia Rowboat Cargo Container   Fishing Boat Figurehead   Fishing Boat Decoration
	Level 4 Ship Part Workshop:   Origin of Wind x5   Ship Repair Kit   Epheria Sailboat: Dragon Figurehead   Epheria Sailboat: Enhanced Black Plating   Epheria Sailboat: Elena Cannon   Epheria Sailboat: Black Breeze Sail   Kaia Fishing Boat Cargo Container   Kaia Rowboat Cargo Container   Kaia Fishing Boat Figurehead   Kaia Rowboat Figurehead   Kaia Fishing Boat Decoration   Kaia Rowboat Decoration

(Kaia) Blue Boat Gear

The following ship parts are blue-grade boat gear, that require a Level 4 Ship Part Workshop.

Kaia Rowboat Gear

	Equip Effect: Movement Speed +5% DP +20 3-Set Effect: Acceleration +3% Movement Speed +4% Brake +5%
	Equip Effect: DP +40 3-Set Effect: Acceleration +3% Movement Speed +4% Brake +5%
	Equip Effect: DP +30 Weight Limit +200LT 3-Set Effect: Acceleration +3% Movement Speed +4% Brake +5%

Kaia Fishing Boat Gear

	Equip Effect: Movement Speed +4% DP +20 3-Set Effect: Acceleration +3% Movement Speed +4% Brake +5%
	Equip Effect: DP +40 3-Set Effect: Acceleration +3% Movement Speed +4% Brake +5%
	Equip Effect: DP +30 Weight Limit +200LT 3-Set Effect: Acceleration +3% Movement Speed +4% Brake +5%

BDO Guild Ship

Galley: Obtained by Quest & Crafting

Quest + Guild Missions for a Guild Galley
You can obtain a galley through the quest [Guild] I Have a Dream, which requires getting 150 Old Moon Combat Seal and 150 Old Moon Life Seal. To get Old Moon Seals, your guild will need to do combat and life Guild Missions, which give 1 to 4 Old Moon Seals, depending upon the difficulty.

Then you can exchange them for a [Guild] Ship License: Galley.

Guild Mission Old Moon Seal Rewards
Small	1 Old Moon Life/Combat Seal
Medium	1/2 Old Moon Life/Combat Seal
Large	2/3 Old Moon Life/Combat Seal
Extra large	3/4 Old Moon Life/Combat Seal

Yan, the Guild Manager in Valencia City, gives the quest, [Guild] I Have a Dream.

Crafting a Galley
If you want more galleys, your Guild will need to learn the following Guild Skills:

In order to build a Galley, you need to win a Guild House auction for Olvia, Velia, or Altinova:

Guild Shipyard in Guild House, Olvia
Guild Shipyard in Guild House, Velia
Guild Shipyard in Guild House, Altinova

To craft a Guild Galley in your Guild Shipyard, you will need many different materials:

Description:  Proof of ownership of a Galley. You can check out the boat in the guild wharfs. Inventory: 5  Acceleration: 100% Speed: 100% Turn: 110% Brake: 110%

Patch Notes – 20th June 2018 – Guild Crafting system has been revamped:

• You can access the Guild Crafting window from Guild (G) > Guild Crafting.

  • In the Guild Crafting window, select “Select Product” and then the item and quantity you want to produce.

  • After you press “Start Crafting,” a menu will appear where you can input the crafting materials.

  • You can input the required materials from your personal inventory.

  • Please note that you can not retrieve items you have inputted.

  • Once all the materials have been inputted, crafting can begin.

  • Once crafting begins, the expected work time until completion will appear, as well as a button to “Complete Now.”

  • The completed product will automatically be stored in your Guild Storage.

  • Instead of using workers, Guild members can now input items from their personal Inventories for Guild Crafting.

  • However, you need to input all of the necessary materials to start crafting.

    • (Therefore, we believe that it would be helpful to gather all the necessary materials before bidding on a Guild House.)

  • The crafting time for each item you can Guild Craft is set. You can use Guild Funds to use the “Complete Guild Crafting Now” function and finish crafting an item immediately.

    • It will cost 10,000 Silver per second left of the estimated work time to “Complete Now.”

  • You cannot choose multiples of the same item for Guild Crafting.

  • There is a daily limit for each craftable item through Guild Crafting.

  • Each craftable item through Guild Crafting can be crafted one at a time..

  • The completed product will automatically be stored in your Guild Storage.

  • Guild Activity will not rise for Guild Crafting.

• Guild Crafting specs:
• Patch Notes – 15th August 2018: It has been changed that items produced from Guild Crafting can be stacked in Inventory. If you have the relevant items in the Inventory separately in Inventory, you can store them in Storage and retrieve again to have them stacked in Inventory.

Guild Crafting Items	Cost to “Complete Now” (Silver)	Crafting Time	Daily Production Limit
[Guild] Ship License: Galley	864,000,000	24 Hours	1
[Guild] Galley: Steller’s Sea Eagle Figurehead	432,000,000	12 Hours	1
[Guild] Galley: Enhanced Blue Plating	432,000,000	12 Hours	1
[Guild] Galley: Sophia Cannon	720,000,000	20 Hours	1
[Guild] Galley: Cloud Breeze Sail	720,000,000	20 Hours	1
[Guild] Origin of Wind	864,000,000	24 Hours	1
[Guild] Registration: Valencia Elephant	864,000,000	24 Hours	1
[Guild] Registration: Cadria Elephant	864,000,000	24 Hours	1
[Guild] Bountiful Basket	864,000,000	24 Hours	1
[Guild] Capotia Golden Elephant Mask	432,000,000	12 Hours	2
[Guild] Capotia Golden Elephant Armor	432,000,000	12 Hours	2
[Guild] Capotia Silk Saddle	432,000,000	12 Hours	2
[Guild] Capotia Silk Stirrups	432,000,000	12 Hours	2
[Guild] Steel Armor for Combat	432,000,000	12 Hours	2
[Guild] Steel Mask for Combat	432,000,000	12 Hours	2
[Guild] Silk Saddle for Combat	432,000,000	12 Hours	2
[Guild] Silk Stirrups for Combat	432,000,000	12 Hours	2

Here is a screenshot of the basic Guild Galley:

Green Galley Gear

In order to obtain green grade Galley gear, you have to buy them from a Guild Wharf Manager NPC. It is impossible to craft them.

Guild Wharf Managers
Anthony	Altinova Wharf
Chadwick	Olvia Wharf
Hemsworth	Lema Wharf
Jeremy	Ancado Wharf
Leslie	Arehaza Wharf
Robert	Velia Wharf
Sebastian	Olvia Wharf
Sihuram	Port Ratt Wharf

	[Guild] Galley: Bronze Figurehead Base stats: Movement Speed +1% DP +10 Buy price: 7,000,000
	[Guild] Galley: High Wind Sail Base stats: Max Power +1000 Turn +1%
	[Guild] Galley: Maria Cannon Base stats: AP +11 Max Stamina +1000 Buy price: 8,000,000
	[Guild] Galley: Enhanced Shield Base stats: DP: +10 DR: +10 Weight Limit +300 LT Buy price: 8,500,000

Here is an example of Guild Galley with green grade gear set:

Blue Galley Gear

In order to craft blue grade Galley ship parts, you need one of the Guild houses mentioned before by winning a Guild House auction for Olvia, Velia, or Altinova, and purchasing the second level of its Guild Shipyard.

	[Guild] Galley: Steller’s Sea Eagle Figurehead Base stats: Max Power +50000 Movement Speed +2% Damage Reduction: 20 DP +20
	[Guild] Galley: Sophia Cannon Base stats: AP +21 Max Stamina +5000
	[Guild] Galley: Enhanced Blue Plating Base stats: DP +20 Damage Reduction: 20 Weight Limit +450 LT
	[Guild] Galley: Cloud Breeze Sail Base stats: Max Power +50000 Turn +2%

Here is an example of the Guild Galley with blue grade ship gear set:

Great Ocean Epheria Boats

Is it worth it to acquire specialized Great Ocean boats? When you are in the Great Ocean, you will encounter various deadly sea monsters. These monsters can’t be killed by traditional means and must be hunted with large Epheria Sailboat/Frigate or Guild Galley, which have cannons that can be manned by players. The player steering the boat can also do damage by ramming the monster, using the Ram Skill (Q).

The rewards of hunting sea monsters
Although challenging, battling sea monsters provides several benefits. They drop items that are used to craft ship gear, which improves ship stats like movement speed, turn, stamina, etc. Killing sea monsters also helps to provide guild funds and guild XP. You will need to hunt sea monsters, if you would like to promote your sailors in quests like: [Boatman Promotion] The Man and the Sea I.

Epheria Sailboat vs Epheria Frigate

The Epheria Sailboat is a nice personal boat, best used for trading purposes, but does have 2 cannons for sea monster hunting. This sailboat is the least expensive Epheria boat to build and costs half as much to equip with blue grade sailboat gear. It has over twice as much storage as the Epheria Frigate, but suffers a 10% penalty to Acceleration, Turn, Brake, and Speed. The Epheria Sailboat also helps traders by having 1,000LT more weight limit.

Epheria Sailboat vs Epheria Frigate
Ship License: Epheria Sailboat: Description: Proof of ownership of an Epheria Sailboat. Go to the wharfs to check out the boat. Storage: 25 Acceleration: 100% Speed: 100% Turn: 110% Brake: 110% Cannons: 2 Blue Gear: 50% less cost Weight Limit: 5,000 LT	Ship License: Epheria Frigate: Description: Proof of ownership of an Epheria Frigate. Go to the wharfs to check out the boat. Storage: 12 Acceleration: 110% Speed: 110% Turn: 120% Brake: 120% Cannons: 4 Blue Gear: 50% more cost Weight Limit: 4,000 LT

• So which Epheria ship is best?
——— Quick Frigate and Sailboat Comparison ———
• Epheria Sailboat: 25 storage slots. 5,000LT weight limit. 10% lower Speed, Brake, Accel, Turn. 2 cannons. Blue boat gear requires 50% less materials.
• Epheria Frigate: 12 storage slots. 4,000LT weight limit. 10% higher Speed, Brake, Accel, Turn. 4 cannons. Blue gear requires 50% more mats.
• TLDR: Epheria Sailboat excels at trading. Epheria Frigate excels at hunting Sea Monsters

Detailed Epheria Sailboat and Frigate Ship Guides: Ready to learn more details about these Great Ocean ships and how to obtain them? Visit our Epheria Sailboat Guide or Epheria Frigate Guide

Sailor / Boatman

Sailor & Boatman Basics

Guild Galley and Epheria Sailboat/Epheria Frigate can be equipped with 1 Sailor or Boatman, depending upon which type of boat. Boatmen are used on Epheria ships and [Guild] X Sailors on Guild Galleys. These NPCs provide different passive buffs to your ship, depending upon which race you choose. You can hold multiple different workers in your inventory and switch them out as needed. In order to fill a boat’s sailor/boatman slot, you have to buy (hire) a sailor from an NPC. You can improve boatman/sailor buffs by doing certain quests, when your Sailing skill reaches a certain level (Skilled/Professional). Sailors/Boatmen are treated like an inventory item and not like normal workers.

Sailors for Guild Ships (Galley)
In order to obtain sailors for your Guild Galley, you have to buy them with silver from a Guild Wharf Manager NPC. They cost 2.5 million silver and can only be equipped by Guild Officers.

Guild Wharf Managers
Anthony	Altinova Wharf
Chadwick	Olvia Wharf
Hemsworth	Lema Wharf
Jeremy	Ancado Wharf
Leslie	Arehaza Wharf
Robert	Velia Wharf
Sebastian	Olvia Wharf
Sihuram	Port Ratt Wharf

Boatman for Epheria Sailboats/Frigates
In order to obtain a boatman for your Epheria Ships, you have to buy them with 1 million silver and get 500 Amity with one of 4 different NPCs, depending upon which boatman and buffs you want. (Or you can purchase any 4 boatmen from the <Work Supervisor> Lilvayne in Calpheon City.) All Boatmen of the same race have the same stats, no matter if they are for Frigates or Sailboats. In other words, Frigate boatmen have the same stats as Sailboat boatmen. They just have a little different name, depending upon the Epheria boat type: such as “Frigate Sailor Contract: Boatman Bravant” instead of “Sailboat Sailor Contract: Boatman Bravant”.

Boatman Location Map & Boatman Stats

Where to find Boatmen and their stats:

RACE [Guild] Sailor	Epheria Boatman NPC	Sailor/Boatman Buff
Dwarf [Guild] Dwarf Sailor	Khaora	Turn +1% Max Stamina +5000
Human [Guild] Human Sailor	Tarte	Acceleration +1% DP: +5
Goblin [Guild] Goblin Sailor	Bravant	Speed +1% Max Power +500
Giant [Guild] Giant Sailor	Bercchio	Brake +1% +50LT

Sailor / Boatman Promotion Quests & Grades

Once you have a basic sailor or boatman in your inventory, you can improve his grade up to Artisan level, depending upon your sailing skill. Skilled Sailing skill will allow you to command a Skilled sailor. Professional Sailing skill will let you use a Professional sailor. Artisan skill, an Artisan sailor. You will also need 1000 Amity with the right NPC: Dichzy Borne for [Guild] sailor promotion and Philaberto Falasi for Boatman upgrades.

Boatman & Sailor Tiers/Grades

• Skilled: +3% Speed, Accel, Turn, Brake
• Professional: +6% Speed, Accel, Turn, Brake
• Artisan: +10% Speed, Accel, Turn, Brake

The following npc’s give you the quest that lets you promote your sailor / boatman:

Sailor & Boatman Promotion Quest Givers
Galley Promotions	Amity Mini-game
[Guild] Promotion NPC: Dichzy Borne Required Sailing: Skilled 1 Required Amity: 1000 Amity Game: Tranan Underfoe Alfredo Eileen Bahar Sealus
Epheria Ship Promotions	Amity Mini-game
Boatman Promotion NPC: Philaberto Falasi Required Sailing: Skilled 1 Required Amity: 1000 Amity Game: Marco Faust Hamir Tina Eldas Ivan DeRose

Boatman Promotion Screenshots:

Sailor & Boatman Contract Renewals

The first sailor you obtain after upgrading is good for 7 days. You must then purchase contract renewals that last 1 day and cost 150k+. Right-click the Contract Renewal to open up the UI to renew the contract.

Boatman (Epheria Sailboat & Epheria Frigate)
Contract Renewal: Skilled/Professional Boatman (for Epheria Sailboat and Epheria Frigate) costs 500 Amity from Tirol at Dias Farm, Calpheon. Amity Points will decrease by 500. You can buy multiple when the window is open and you don’t have to repeat the amity game unless you close out the window. Contract renewals can be placed in Storage and used between characters on the same account. It’s possible to access a Boatman contract renewal in your storage with a Storage Maid at sea. The contract renewal will extend the contracted period by 24 hours, and Boatmen contracts can be renewed up to 7 times.

Sailor ([Guild] Galley)
[Guild] Skilled Sailor Contract Renewal for Galley sailors cost 300k+ from any Guild Wharf Manager. Guild items cannot be stored in personal storages.

The following table gives a snap shot of the cost for each contract renewal and the associated increase in buff.

Epheria Sailboat (Boatman) 500 Amity with Tirol	Galley ([Guild] Sailor)	Buff %
[Guild] Skilled Sailor Contract Renewal Buy price: 300,000	3%
Contract Renewal: Professional Boatman Buy price: 600,000	[Guild] Professional Sailor Contract Renewal Buy price: 1,200,000	6%
Contract Renewal: Artisan Boatman Buy price: 2,400,000	[Guild] Artisan Sailor Contract Renewal Buy price: 4,800,000	10%

Sailing Quests: Through the Rough Tides

Through the Rough Tides has 4 different options…

• Through the Rough Tides: Epheria
• Through the Rough Tides: Velia
• Through the Rough Tides: Altinova
• Through the Rough Tides: Ancado

To start the quest, you need to make your way to Port Ratt. If you have Port Ratt discovered already, you can use a Traveler’s Map from Ross sea and it will take you all the way there (eliminating a very long sail time). Current Marketplace price is 700k.

• Ship Remote Collect: You can “Remote Collect” your ship at the nearest Wharf Manager. But only if the ship has no items in its storage! If your ship is carrying any items, then it will be teleported to the nearest Wharf Manager and probably loose what it’s carrying… grrr.
• Checked-in Ship Transport:
  • Talk to the Wharf Manager NPC
  • If your mount has items in its inventory, the ship cannot be transported.
  • Ship transport costs 100k Silver, and it takes 10 minutes to complete.

Once you’re there you’ll want to talk to Sihuram, the Guild Wharf Manager.

She will give you the option to go to one of 4 locations for the daily. The list is in order of least xp to most xp. Think of it as, the farther you have to travel the more sailing xp you get from the quest.

After you accept the quest to go to one of those locations, make sure you grab the Old Moon Trade Item. If you do not grab the trade item you cannot finish the quest.

The Ancado quest gives the most xp by far, but I should warn you that it’s a terrible idea to sail all the way there. It will be much faster to sail to land and then run your horse to the desert to turn in the trade item.

The Rough Tides: Ancado sailing daily is a long process where you have to cross the entire ocean twice. Unless you enoy sailing or have another reason to go to Port Ratt, you might want to think twice before spending 2 hours on this one quest.

Boat & Cannon Emotes

Press the following command keys to have your character perform the special actions/emotes while on certain boats or cannons:

<Galley, Frigate, Sailboat>

• Z : All aboard!

• X : Portside, fire!

• C : Starboard, fire!

• V: Let’s feed them to the fish!

<Cannons of Galley, Frigate, Sailboat>

• Z : Harpoon ready to fire!

• X : Set sail!

• C : Fire in the hole!

• V : We need ammunition!

HAPPY Sailing!!