BDO Swimming & Underwater Gathering: Maps, Items, Gear

Underwater Gathering Highlights:

• Requires a hoe (Magical Hoe or Manos Hoe is best, depending on Gathering Mastery level)
• Underwater objects can be tricky to gather from. Making the gather UI bubble pop up is part of the challenge. Some corals are better gathered from the top or one side. For example, the gather UI of Tridana Giant Clam is located on one side only. If you’ll approach it from the other side or from the top, it can’t be gathered. Try checking all sides, if a gather UI doesn’t immediately appear.

Underwater Gathering for Ship Materials and Sailing Gear

The following loot is obtainable via gathering underwater. These gathered materials are used for crafting blue grade Epheria Sailboat gear, Epheria Frigate, and and other ship related gear, like glue and sailing clothes.

 

	Underwater Item	Underwater Item Details
	Iridescent Coral Piece	Used in a daily sailing exp quest on Oquilla’s Eye. Exchange to Otter Merchants for Iridescent Coral.
	Iridescent Coral	Used to buy ship materials at Otter Merchants.
	Coral Piece	Gather 1 to 2 from any type of coral. (also from Dead Coral, Sea Fan ) Used for: Silver Embroidered Sailor’s Clothes, Coral Belt, Colored Corals. Need 10 for a daily sailing exp quest on Oquilla’s Eye.
	Lobster	Gathered from most coral, except Dead Coral (20% chance from Rounded Purple Coral, Blue and Green Coral) 50% chance from Giant Pearl Oyster. Used for: Glue, Ship Repair Kit, Epheria Sailboat: Black Breeze Sail, Epheria Sailboat: Blue Wind Sail, Epheria Sailboat: Enhanced Black Plating, Epheria Sailboat: Lightweight Black Plating and Butter-Roasted Lobster. (And similar Frigate Accessories)
	Giant Pearl Oyster	Gathered from: Giant Pearl Oyster Used for: Golden Pearl (drying), Dried Pearl Oyster Flesh, and [Guild] Crude Decoration.
	Golden Pearl	Gathered from: Giant Pearl Oyster (after drying it), Tridana Giant Clam, Margoria Phantoms (Drop) Used for: Epheria Sailboat: Sea Dragon Figurehead and Epheria Sailboat: Dragon Figurehead. (And similar Frigate Accessories)
	Cone Snail	Gathered from: Agar, Brown Seaweed, Kelp, Seaweed, Water Thyme. (1). Used for: [Guild] Crude Decoration

Underwater Gathering Tools

+5 Gathering rank helps to speed up all gathering. There are also items that take off seconds to each gather.

 

	Underwater Item	Underwater Item Details
	Silver Embroidered Gatherer’s Clothes	+2 Enhancement: Movement Speed+2 Level Gathering Ability +2 Level Gathering EXP +15%
	Magic Tool	A gathering tool used to gather resources. With a luck increase when gathering. Steel: -8 seconds Shining Steel: -10 seconds Magic: -11 seconds
	Lucky Steel Tool
	Lucky Shining Steel Tool
	Shining Steel Tool	-10 seconds gathering. No luck bonus.
	Life Mastery Hoe	Loggia Hoe / Dostter Steel Hoe / Manos Hoe Use Magic/Lucky until about 600 Gathering Mastery
	Special Balenos Meal	Movement Speed Rank +2 Fishing Speed Rank +2 Gathering Speed Rank +2
	Skilled Worker’s Elixir	Gathering +3
	Hard-Boiled Shellfish Big Hard-Boiled Shellfish	Gathering +2 Underwater Breathing +10 sec. Duration: 60/75 min.
	Grain Soup Pickled Vegetables	Gathering +1 Duration: 30/60 min.

Underwater Gathering Item Drop Rate Increase

There are a few items that give an increase in the amount of items you can gather.

 

	Underwater Item	Underwater Item Details
	Sweet Fig Pie	Gathering Item Drop Rate +3% Cooking Recipe: Fig x5 + Wheat Dough x3 + Sugar x3 + Olive Oil x2 Duration: 60/75 min.
	____ Stone of Life	Gathering Item Drop Rate up to +25% on yellow grade life stones. Create via Alchemy or dropped by certain mobs. View them on bdocodex.com

 

 

Blessing of Kamasylve

Blessing of Kamasylve costs 1000 Loyalties (10 days of logging in for one hour) or 1,250 Pearls. ($12.50).

Buffs from Blessing of Kamasylve:
Energy Recovery +2
Item Drop Rate +20%

 

Underwater Breathing & Swim Speed Gear

There are a few items you can obtain that will help you stay under the water longer by increasing Underwater Breathing and Swim Speed.

	Underwater Breathing Item Details
	Splash Swimming Goggles (Appearance Head Slot) Equip Effect Underwater Breathing +20 sec. – potential for +4/6/8 piece set effects Crafted in a Level 2 Costume Mill. – Crafting Recipe: 10– Translucent Crystal 10– Silk 5– Iron Ingot 10– Trace of Nature 35– Black Stone Powder
		[Event] Seahorse Diving Hat (from Water Events) or… Vadabin Diving Mask from Margoria (Port Ratt) quest: Sibyl’s Blessing Equip Effect Underwater Breathing +15 sec. – Outfit Slot Equip Effect (4 Parts): Combat EXP +10% – Outfit Slot Equip Effect (6 Parts): Skill EXP +10% – Outfit Slot Equip Effect (8 Parts): Weapon Durability Consumption, Death Penalty -10%
	Magic Crystal of Infinity – Submergence Equip x 2 in Luck Shoes of Fortuna. +15 sec Underwater Breathing each. Alchemy Recipe: Skilled Lv. 1+ Alchemy. Alchemy Tool Ingredients: Green Crystals x2 + Clown’s Blood x2 + Sapphire x2 + Essence of Nature x2
	Luck Helmet of Fortuna		3-Piece Set Effect: Movement Speed +3 points Movement speed affects speed underwater.
	Luck Armor of Fortuna
	Luck Shoes of Fortuna
		Agile Seal Elixir [Party] Agile Seal Elixir	Underwater Breathing +15 sec. 8/15 min.
		Hard-Boiled Shellfish Big Hard-Boiled Shellfish	Gathering +2 Underwater Breathing +10 sec. Duration: 60/75 min.

Underwater Breathing with the Fairy

The Fairy has an RNG chance to obtain up to +30 seconds of Underwater Breathing. The Level of skill depends upon her Tier. Only Tier 4 Radiant Fairy can obtain the highest levels of 4 or 5 in Tingling Breath. A Tier 3 Fairy can only learn up to Level 3 of the skill, etc.

 

Fairy Skill	Level	Underwater Breathing
– Tingling Breath V (5%)	1	Underwater Breathing +5 sec.
	2	Underwater Breathing +10 sec.
	3	Underwater Breathing +15 sec.
	4	Underwater Breathing +20 sec.
	5	Underwater Breathing +30 sec.

Swim Speed & Underwater Breathing with Pearl Items

There are costume sets in the Pearl Shop that offer +149% Swimming Speed buff. One gives Underwater Breathing as well.

• Splat Fisher’s Clothes Set
• Da-Dum Da-Dum Diving Suit Set
• El Pento Set? (need more info/verification)
• Coco Set? (need more info/verification)

NOTE: Da-Dum Da-Dum Diving Suit Set is the only Pearl Costume that provides +30 seconds to Underwater Breathing.

 

Da-Dum Da-Dum Diving Suit Set (2200 Pearls)
Da-Dum Da-Dum Diving Suit Set Contains 2 Pieces:
	Da-Dum Da-Dum Diving Hat	Underwater Breathing +30 sec.
	Da-Dum Da-Dum Diving Suit	Swimming Speed Increase & Stamina Cost Reduction when Swimming

Da-Dum Da-Dum Diving Suit Set

Splat Fisher’s Clothes

Underwater Gathering Maps

There are many gathering locations underwater. The location maps below show some of the best spots to gather. Maps and ratings taken from Halkeides old sailing guide.  

		Lema Island Rotation Good spot if you are nearby Deepness Falseness (fake coral) Coral Pieces Lobster Giant Pearl Oyster
		Dunde Island Rotation Rotation made by Rahanei 🙂 Deepness Falseness (fake coral) Coral Pieces Lobster Giant Pearl Oyster
		Oben Island North Spot There are some fake corals but it’s worth it overall. Combine it with the previous rotation. Deepness Falseness (fake coral) Coral Pieces Lobster Giant Pearl Oyster
		Narvo Island Spot Deepness Falseness (fake coral) Coral Pieces Lobster Giant Pearl Oyster

	Northern Kuit Islands Spot Small spot that you can visit when travelling to Port Patt. Deepness Falseness (fake coral) Coral Pieces Lobster Giant Pearl Oyster
	Northern Kuit Island Spot 2 Small spot that you can visit when travelling to port ratt. Deepness Falseness (fake coral) Coral Pieces Lobster Giant Pearl Oyster
	Al-Naha Spot Most of the corals are fake but it is a good spot for giant pearl oysters (The second pic). Deepness Falseness (fake coral) Coral Pieces Lobster Giant Pearl Oyster

Swimming Mechanics & Tips

I frequently find myself hopping into the water and missing the land or a dock I’m trying to get to! Do you have the same troubles? Remember that there are key presses to swim up or down.

E = SWIM STRAIGHT UP
Q = SWIM DOWN
F = RECOVER STAMINA

TIP: When you use the Q key you dive straight down. If you need more of a diagonal downward direction, then use your W key. Q+W will not work.