Ship Gear is equipped to improve ship stats to make sailing, barter, and sea monster hunting better.
Ship Parts Increase Ship Stats:
- Cannon: Damage & Durability
- Plating: Weight Limit & Defense
- Figurehead: Speed & Defense
- Sail: Turn & Rations
IMPORTANT: +10 Epheria Ship Gear from Port Epheria is required to upgrade an Epheria Sailboat or Epheria Frigate to a Caravel or Galleass.
Old Epheria Ship Gear of green grade were introduced with The Great Expedition Update on 23 October 2019 and have received several improvements since.
Damage Reduction: 30
Weight Limit: +100 LT
Max Rations: +300
Movement Speed: +3%
Max Durability: +3,000
Turn: +1.5%
Brake: none 🙁
Sea Monster Damage: +6,000 x1 hit
Enemy Ship Damage: +3,425 x1 hits
Purchase Epheria Ship Gear from Philaberto Falasi in Port Epheria.
Price ranges from 3 to 4 million silver for each part.
Enhancement is fairly easy, although they do require special Black Stones called Tidal Black Stones.
| Epheria Ship Parts (Green Grade) +10 Enhancement |
|||
|---|---|---|---|
 Old Figurehead |
 Old Plating |
 Epheria Old Cannon |
 Old Wind Sail |
| Defense (DP): 15 Damage Reduction: 15 Movement Speed +3% |
Defense (DP): 15 Damage Reduction: 15 Weight Limit +100LT |
Max Durability +3000 Sea Monster Damage +6000 x1 hit Ships Damage +3425 x1 hits |
Max Rations +300 Turn +1.5% |
Epheria Ship Gear Enhancement
Enhancement for Epheria Ship Gear is straight forward. There is no RNG. Enhancement is 100% chance to succeed at all enhancement levels.
If you would like to upgrade to a Galleass or Caravel ship, you will need 20 Tidal Black Stones, after obtaining 20 from Ravinia’s quest line.
10x Tidal Black Stone is used to enhance each Epheria Old Ship Gear to +10.
+10 Epheria Old Figurehead/Cannon/Plating/Sail is required for upgrading a Sailboat/Frigate to a Caravel/Galleass.
| Black Stone | Enhancement | Durability Cost | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Tidal Black Stone | +1 to +10 | 10 |
The enhancement level does NOT drop and never fails.
| Enhancement (100% Chance) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Lv | Durability Cost | Black Stone |
| +1 | 10 | 1 |
| +2 | 10 | 1 |
| +3 | 10 | 1 |
| +4 | 10 | 1 |
| +5 | 10 | 1 |
| +6 | 10 | 1 |
| +7 | 10 | 1 |
| +8 | 10 | 1 |
| +9 | 10 | 1 |
| +10 | 10 | 1 |
| 100 | 10 | |
If you would like to upgrade to a Galleass or Caravel ship, you will need a total of 40 Tidal Black Stones.
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.
Which Ship Gear to Upgrade First?
IMHO upgrade the Plating first.
Plating is the primary way to increase both bartering weight capacity and defense of the ship for sea monster battles.
My Upgrade Priority:
- Plating: Weight Limit & Defense
- Cannon: Damage & Durability
- Sail: Turn & Rations
- Figurehead: Speed & Defense
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
- Sailing/Barter Quests:
- Great Expedition Main Sailing Questline (Kanilla Delcas)
- Ravinia’s 7 Day Quest Line
- 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
Khan Guild Boss:
| Level | Tidal Black Stones |
|---|---|
| 0 | 50 guaranteed |
| 1 | 60 guaranteed |
| 2 | 80 guaranteed |
| 3 | 100 guaranteed |
Tidal Black Stone is sometimes offered in Special Barter, Trade Item Refresh, and Ship Material Refresh.
Example Sea Monsters that Drop Tidal Black Stone
Tidal Black Stone is a rare drop from hunting sea monsters.
Young and Hungry Sea Monsters are easier than the adults, but also have lower drop rates.
Obtain Tidal Black Stones Via Quests
Complete the main sailing questline not only for the Tidal Black Stones. (Many sailing goodies are obtained via the main sailing quest line.)
There is a one time quest that is near the end of the main sailing quest line. (Kanilla Delcas) You have the option between choosing 5 Tidal Black Stones or 50 Sea Monster Ooze.
Ravinia’s Quest Line days 1 and 4 will provide 10 Tidal Black Stone each for a total of 20 Tidal Black Stones.
Epheria Old Figurehead
Figurehead is the ship part primarily used to increase ship Speed. You will need to enhance this to +10 to upgrade to a Galleass or Caravel.
Silver Cost: 3,500,000
Tidal Black Stones Required: 10
Defense (DP): 5
Damage Reduction: 5
Movement Speed +0.5%
Defense (DP): 15
Damage Reduction: 15
Movement Speed +3%
Epheria Old Figurehead Stats per Enhancement Level
| DP/DR | Ship Part Stat | |
|---|---|---|
| +0 | 5 | Movement Speed +0.5% |
| +1 | 6 | Movement Speed +0.75% |
| +2 | 7 | Movement Speed +1% |
| +3 | 8 | Movement Speed +1.25% |
| +4 | 9 | Movement Speed +1.5% |
| +5 | 10 | Movement Speed +1.75% |
| +6 | 11 | Movement Speed +2% |
| +7 | 12 | Movement Speed +2.25% |
| +8 | 13 | Movement Speed +2.5% |
| +9 | 14 | Movement Speed +2.75% |
| +10 | 15 | Movement Speed +3% |
Epheria Old Plating
Silver Cost: 4,000,000
Tidal Black Stones Required: 10
Defense (DP): 5
Damage Reduction: 5
Weight Limit +50LT
Defense (DP): 15
Damage Reduction: 15
Weight Limit +100LT
Epheria Old Plating Stats per Enhancement Level
| Lv. | DP/DR | Ship Part Stat |
|---|---|---|
| +0 | 5 | Weight Limit +50LT |
| +1 | 6 | Weight Limit +55LT |
| +2 | 7 | Weight Limit +60LT |
| +3 | 8 | Weight Limit +65LT |
| +4 | 9 | Weight Limit +70LT |
| +5 | 10 | Weight Limit +75LT |
| +6 | 11 | Weight Limit +80LT |
| +7 | 12 | Weight Limit +85LT |
| +8 | 13 | Weight Limit +90LT |
| +9 | 14 | Weight Limit +95LT |
| +10 | 15 | Weight Limit +100LT |
Epheria Old Cannon
Silver Cost: 3,500,000
Tidal Black Stones Required: 10
Max Durability +500
Sea Monsters Damage +150 x1 hit
Ships Damage +50 x1 hits
Max Durability +3000
Sea Monster Damage+6000 x1 hit
Ships Damage +3425 x1 hits
Epheria Old Cannon Stats per Enhancement Level
| Lv. | Ship Part Stat |
|---|---|
| 0 | Max Durability +500 Extra Damage against Sea Monsters +150 x1 hit Extra damage against ships +50 x1 hits |
| 1 | Max Durability +750 Extra Damage against Sea Monsters +550 x1 hit Extra damage against ships +180 x1 hits |
| 2 | Max Durability +1000 Extra Damage against Sea Monsters +950 x1 hit Extra damage against ships +330 x1 hits |
| 3 | Max Durability +1250 Extra Damage against Sea Monsters +1350 x1 hit Extra damage against ships +510 x1 hits |
| 4 | Max Durability +1500 Extra Damage against Sea Monsters +1750 x1 hit Extra damage against ships +715 x1 hits |
| 5 | Max Durability +1750 Extra Damage against Sea Monsters +2150 x1 hit Extra damage against ships +935 x1 hits |
| 6 | Max Durability +2000 Extra Damage against Sea Monsters +2750 x1 hit Extra damage against ships +1250 x1 hits |
| 7 | Max Durability +2250 Extra Damage against Sea Monsters +3500 x1 hit Extra damage against ships +1680 x1 hits |
| 8 | Max Durability +2500 Extra Damage against Sea Monsters +4250 x1 hit Extra damage against ships +2125 x1 hits |
| 9 | Max Durability +2750 Extra Damage against Sea Monsters +5000 x1 hit Extra damage against ships +2590 x1 hits |
| 10 | Max Durability +3000 Extra Damage against Sea Monsters +6000 x1 hit Extra damage against ships +3425 x1 hits |
Epheria Old Wind Sail
Sail is the ship part primarily used to increase ship Turn.
Silver Cost: 3,000,000
Tidal Black Stones Required: 10
Max Rations +100
Turn 0.5%
Max Rations +300
Turn +1.5%
Epheria Old Wind Sail Stats per Enhancement Level
| Lv. | Ship Part Stat |
|---|---|
| 0 | Max Rations +100 Turn +0.5% |
| +1 | Max Rations +120 Turn +0.6% |
| +2 | Max Rations +140 Turn +0.7% |
| +3 | Max Rations +160 Turn +0.8% |
| +4 | Max Rations +180 Turn +0.9% |
| Lv. | Ship Part Stat |
|---|---|
| +5 | Max Rations +200 Turn +1.0% |
| +6 | Max Rations +220 Turn +1.1% |
| +7 | Max Rations +240 Turn +1.2% |
| +8 | Max Rations +260 Turn +1.3% |
| +9 | Max Rations +280 Turn +1.4% |
| +10 | Max Rations +300 Turn +1.5% |
SOURCES & ADDITIONAL INFO
- Info searches on bdocodex.com and bdolytics.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
Please do not use memory fragments to repair this gear. Instead, buy two more base versions from Falasi and use artisan’s memories, it will be much, much cheaper that way.
Thank you very much. Most people don’t realize this and end up spending much more than they need to.
how much does each base version repair?
Every same gear repair gives you 10 Durability recovered, using an Artisan’s Memory will multiply it by 5. So, you know the drill.
Dont use 4/3 Hercules use 3/3 😀 as for Armor go with Zereth Armor cuz it gives 50LT as Item Effect 🙂
A flawed, anger-inducing system. No matter how much weight limit you have, it still takes a ton of clicks to do any sensible management. Revina should count all the white barter items that are in the local storage or onboard your ship and exchange for scrolls accordingly… too sensible, right?