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BDO Bartali Sailboat: Great Ocean Ship

Last updated Dec 31, 2019 at 11:41PM | Published on Dec 6, 2019 | Black Desert Online , Life Skills , Sailing & Barter | 0

BDO Bartali Sailboat was given new life with the Great Expedition update. It is no longer a temporary Great Ocean sailing ship. This is the first low tier ship that allows you to hunt sea monsters and use Sailors.

It’s greatest benefit is that it’s very easy to obtain via NPC vendor or quest. (But don’t expect it to out-perform higher tier ships like Epheria Sailboat.)

• can upgrade to Epheria Sailboat/Frigate (View our Bartali Sailboat Upgrade Guide )
• Slow Speed & Acceleration (80%)
• only 3 Inventory, but could be worse! 🙁
• you can use Sailors (10 Cabins)
• repairable at a <Wharf Manager> (Bartali Sailboat doesn’t have a Lifespan that expires.)
• Allows auto-path/Auto Loop (unlike Cog Ship)
• Can increase stats via ship parts (purchase at Falasi in Port Epheria. Enhance with Black Stones)

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Acceleration:  80%

Speed:  80%

Brake:  80%

Ration:  1,000,000 (repairable)

Durability:  700,000 (repairable)

Weight Limit: 2,000 LT

Buy price: 10,000,000 Silver

Can obtain via main Sailing quest also

Able to use Ship Skills and take advantage of Sail folding in bad weather.

Bartali Sailboat via NPC Vendor

Bartali Sailboat is very easy to obtain, if you can spare 10 million silver.

Visit  Proix  <Tavern Owner> in the Velia Inn.

Bartali Sailboat via Questing

You can obtain a Bartali Sailboat by completing the following quest:

This quest is at the end of the main Sailing quest line. This quest line will also give you other goodies like a Sailor, 5 Sailor slots, and a Cog Ship .

• Main Sailing Quest Requirement:  level 50+
• Look for a quest window heading called “[The Great Expedition] Oquilla’s Eye” under the Main tab of your quest window (O).
• To access the quest, speak to Black Spirit (,) and click on Quests > Main tab.

Bartali Sailboat vs. Cog Ship Comparison

The Bartali Sailboat is better suited for battle and barter/trade. But, it is also much slower than the Cog ship.

Cog Ship is very fast in good wind and somewhat easy to obtain, but it can’t be upgraded and it’s also temporary. It has a limited Lifespan, after which, you must sink it.

Cog Ship can’t use Sailors  or ship skills .

Cog ship is obtained via barter, crafting, and the main sailing quest.

View our Epheria Cog Ship Guide.

Cabins:  0 Sailor room

Acceleration:  140%

Speed:  140%

Turn:  115%

Brake:  115%

Durability:  100,100 (repairable)

Lifespan:  500,000 (not repairable)

Weight Limit: 1,080.00 LT

Upgrade? NO!

SOURCES & ADDITIONAL INFO

• Official BDO  The Launch of a Great Expedition
• Info searches on  bdocodex.com
• Great Expedition Guide  Google Doc
• Official BDO  The Great Expedition Update

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Ships are essential if you want to head out to the great ocean .   

The best of these ships available are called the Epheria Carracks .  

This guide will show you what you need to upgrade to an Epheria Carrack .  

Table of Contents

1. ship upgrades.

• 2. Bartali Sailboat
• 3. Epheria Sailboat/Frigate
• 4. Epheria Caravel/Galleass
• 5. Epheria Carrack
• 6.1. Epheria Caravel, Galleass Green Grade Equipment
• 6.2. Epheria Caravel, Galleass Blue Grade Equipment 
• 6.3. Epheria Carrack Green Grade Equipmen
• 6.4. Epheria Carrack Blue Grade Equipment
• 6.5. Epheria Carrack Blue Grade Equipment Enhancement

You will need to pick a Sailboat or a Frigate early on as it will give you different options of Epheria Carracks you can ultimately upgrade your ship to .  

The basic start er ship for most players is the Bartali Sailboat, however, you can opt to purchase a Sailboat or Frigate registration from the Central Market to skip this step.  

2. Bartali Sailboat  

▲ Bartali Sailboat

The Bartali Sailboat is the most basic of the large ships you can get. It can be purchased from Proix, the owner of the Dancing Marlin Tavern, for 10,000,000 Silver .   You could also go through the questline , that begins from the “Vigorous Velia” quest , with a Lv. 50 or higher character to get a Bartali Sailboat as a quest reward.   

( The actual quest that gives the ship as a reward is called “Jarette's Support .”)  

As mentioned before, you can begin with a Bartali Sailboat and upgrade it all the way up to an Epheria Sailboat or Frigate. However, you could also purchase the ship licenses of Epheria Sailboats and Frigates from the Central Market to skip this part of the process.  

3. Epheria Sailboat / Frigate

▲ Left ) Sailboat , Right ) Frigate  

The Epheria Sailboat and Frigate are on the second stage of the carrack upgrade path .   

As these two ships differ in which type of carracks they can upgrade to, it is an important decision to make.   Sailboats allows you to eventually make the “ Balance” carrack or the “Advance” carrack. The Balance carrack has stats evenly distributed while the Advance carrack is ideal for bartering as it can carry more weight .  

Frigates on the other hand allows you to make the “Valor” carrack or the “Volante” carrack. The Valor carrack is great for sea monster hunting and navy combat while the Volante carrack is the fastest of all the carracks .  

  You could make your own Epheria Sailboat or Frigate, however, it would save you a lot of time to simply purchase one from the Central Market .  

▲ Ship Licenses can be purchased from the Central Market

If you would like to make your own, follow the steps shown below.    

■ How to Upgrade

Register the ship you wish to upgrade at a wharf via the Wharf Manager. Then use the “Upgrade” menu and add all the materials required to upgrade the ship .   

However , you cannot upgrade your ship under the following circumstances :   

- A piece of equipment is not at max durability .   

- The ship has equipment equipped or has items in its Inventory .  

- A sailor is on board the ship.    

■ Upgrade Materials

The equipment required to upgrade the Bartali Sailboat to an Epheria Sailboat or Epheria Frigate can be purchased from Philaberto Falasi in Port Epheria. You can then use Black Stone (Armor) to enhance them . When you fail an enhancement attempt, the max durability of the equipment will decrease. You can purchase more of the equipment and use the copies to repair the original’s max durability to full .  

▲ Philaberto Falasi in Port Epheria

  Additionally, Sailboats and Frigates can both be improved . Once they are improved, you can use the skills Volley and FocusFire .   

Volley allows you to move the cannons on the left or right and fire them. While FocusFire allows you to fire multiple shots quickly at a location of your choice.  

There are certain upgrade materials that can be obtained by defeating sea monsters. So, having your ship improved will aid you in your endeavor to build a carrack.  

You can improve your ships at the Wharf Manager .  

    ※ However , improving your ship does not change the materials required to upgrade them to a Caravel or Galleass .  

■ Epheria Sailboat, Frigate Upgrade Materials

4. Epheria Caravel / Galleass    

Once you have obtained your Epheria Sailboat or Frigate, you can then work toward upgrading them to a Caravel or Galleass .

▲ Left ) Epheria Caravel , Right ) Epheria Galleass  

  Caravels have 30 slots and can carry 10,000LT. This makes them great trading and bartering ships .   

On the other hand, the Epheria Galleass has 4 cannons on each side, for a total of 8 cannons, which makes them great for naval combat.    

Both of them can be improved to use the sailing skill Volley while moving, or the  FocusFire skill to fire multiple shots quickly at a location of your choice for massive damage.  

There are certain upgrade materials that can be obtained by defeating sea monsters. So, having your ship improved will aid you in your efforts toward building a carrack.  

The materials required to upgrade your ship to a Caravel or Galleass are listed below .

■ Epheria Caravel, Galleass Upgrade Materials

■ Crow’s Nest and Ravinia    

You might not have heard of Crow’s Nest or Ravinia at this point in your adventure.  

Crow’s Nest is a small island located north of Tinberra Island .     Once you arrive in Crow’s Nest, you can talk to the NPC “ Ravinia .” She runs the Crow Coin Shop that sells items needed to upgrade large ships.

▲ “ Crow’s Nest” is the island covered in fog, north of Tinberra Island .  

Ravinia also gives the " Ravinia’s Ship Upgrade Log " quests. You can complete these quests to get the materials you need for upgrades.    

    The first quest you get is called “Ravinia’s Ship Upgrade Log I” and the last quest is “ Ravinia’s Ship Upgrade Log VII.” It will take 7 days to accept these quests in order. When you complete each of these quests, Ravinia will reward you with “ Ravinia's Wiggly Waggly Letter .” You use these letters to accept quests from Ravinia. The quests she gives provide upgrade materials required to upgrade Caravels and Galleass .     

The 4 pieces of equipment required to upgrade a Epheria Caravel or Epheria Galleass can be purchased from Philaberto Falasi in Port Epheria . The equipment can be enhanced using  “ Verdant Black Stones.” When using Verdant Black Stones to enhance ship equipment, you have a 100% chance to succeed at all levels. You will need Verdant Black Stone x55 to enhance a piece of equipment up to +10, a total of 220 Verdant Black Stones to enhance all four of them .   

You can obtain Verdant Black Stones as follows.

1. Ravinia’s sisters have anchored in Port Epheria (Ruvinia), Velia (Rovinia), and Iliya Island (Revinia). You can exchange Lv. 1 trade goods through Ruvinia, Rovinia, and Revinia for a Crow Merchants Guild's Barter Voucher.      2. Bring the Crow Merchants Guild's Barter Voucher obtained from one of the sisters to Ravinia at the Crow’s Nest to exchange it for Verdant Black Stones. Rumor has it that Morco in Velia will also take Crow Merchants Guild's Barter Vouchers and exchange them for Verdant Black Stones as well. 

5. Epheria Carrack(Balance, Advance, Volante, Valor)    

You can upgrade the Epheria Carrack into four different types, and each vessel bears a unique trait. You can choose to upgrade your Carrack into one that best suits your playstyle .

▲Epheria Carrack : Balance , Volante , Valor , Advance ( Starting Top-left and in clockwise direction )

Each carrack has a different trait.

◆ Epheria Carrack - Balance : A carrack with well-balanced stats .

◆ Epheria Carrack - Volante : An agile carrack with the fastest movement speed .

◆ Epheria Carrack - Valor : A combat-oriented carrack with the highest attack power .

◆ Epheria Carrack - Advance : A carrack with the highest storage capacity, making it most useful for content such as Bartering .

6. Ship Equipment  

You can install the Epheria Caravel and Galleass, along with the four different types of Carrack vessels with ship equipment such as cannon, figurehead, sail, and plating .  

Ship equipment starts at green grade and can be upgraded to blue grade equipment .  

Be sure to purchase and enhance the correct types of ship equipment for Caravels, Galleass, and Carracks.

■ Epheria Caravel and Galleass Green Grade Equipment

You can purchase green grade equipment for the Caravel and Galleass through Philaberto Falasi at Port Epheria with Silver .  

▲Make sure you purchase the right equipment suited for your type of ship.  

Blue grade equipment, which is the next grade of equipment, can be crafted at the Ship Part Workshop in Port Epheria 1-4, 2F .  

▲ Level up the Ship Part Workshop in Port Epheria 1-4, 2F to level 4 .

■ Epheria Caravel’s Blue Grade Equipment

■ Epheria Galleass’ Blue Grade Equipment

■ Epheria Carrack’s Green Grade Equipment

Green equipment for the carracks (Toro Cannon , Toro Figurehead , Toro Sail, and Toro Plating) can be purchased from Ravinia at Crow’s Nest by spending Crow Coins .  

▲ Spend Crow Coins via Ravinia to purchase green grade Toro equipment for carracks .

■ Epheria Carrack’s Blue Grade Equipment

You can make the following blue grade equipment for carracks: Chiro’s Sail , Chiro’s Figurehead , Chiro’s Cannon , and Chiro’s Black Plating. Details about how they are made are listed below.  

■ Epheria Carrack Blue Equipment (Chiro’s Equipment) Enhancement

Carrack blue grade equipment can be enhanced up to +10 using Sunset Black Stones .  

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Introduction

The Epheria Sailboat is a ship that can be upgraded into the Improved Epheria Sailboat or the Epheria Caravel, and finally the Carrack Advance/Balance ship. These ships have high max weight limit and inventory slots, making them the recommended ships for the Bartering Lifeskill .

The Epheria Frigate, Improved Epheria Frigate, Epheria Galleass, and Carrack Valor/Volante ships are the other types of Epheria ships, and are more focused on Naval Combat, with more cannons, better reload speed, and slightly faster speed/accel/turn/brake.

This guide covers everything related to the Epheria Sailboat, Improved Sailboat, and Epheria Caravel ships.

Links to our other ship guides:

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Epheria Sailboat > Improved Epheria Sailboat > Epheria Caravel > Epheria Carrack

Although you can upgrade an Epheria Sailboat to an Improved Epheria Sailboat, it is not really really recommended because the upgrade is a lot of extra materials for just a cannon upgrade and the ability to use the ship cannons from the wheel. I would recommend skipping that upgrade and going straight from the Epheria Sailboat to the Caravel.

How to obtain the Epheria Sailboat

There are currently 4 different ways to obtain the Epheria Sailboat:

• Purchase the Epheria Sailboat from the Central Market (approx 500 million silver)
• Craft the ship yourself at the Port Epheria Shipyard
• Upgrade the Bartali Sailboat into an Epheria Sailboat
• Exchange [Event] Radiant Shakatu’s Seal x20 for an Epheria Sailboat

In most cases, it is recommended to just purchase the Sailboat from the Central Market if possible, since 500 million silver is easier and faster to obtain than the materials needed to craft the ship.

To craft the ship yourself, you will need the Port Epheria Level 3 Shipyard (2nd Floor, Epheria 3-5).

You will need a minimum of 13 CP for the Shipyard and a single worker.

However, it is worth noting that you can send multiple workers to build your Epheria Sailboat, cutting down on the time it takes to craft the ship. Use as many goblin workers as you can to process the materials as quickly as possible.

Epheria Sailboat Gear

The Bartali Sailboat, Epheria Sailboat, Epheria Frigate, Improved Epheria Sailboat, and Improved Epheria Frigate all use the green-grade Old Ship set.

Each of the pieces can be purchased from Philaberto Falasi in Port Epheria for 3 – 4 million silver each.

You need an enhanced +10 of each piece to upgrade your ship into the Epheria Caravel/Galleass

Enhancing this ship gear is easy, since it is 100% chance and requires a set amount of Black Stones.

To enhance a single item, you will need 10 Tidal Blackstones, and for the full set, that is 40 Tidal Blackstones.

Improved Epheria Sailboat

The Improved Epheria Sailboat is a stepping stone from the Epheria Sailboat to the Epheria Caravel.

To upgrade the Epheria Sailboat into an Epheria Caravel:

• Check the Epheria Sailboat into a wharf at the wharf manager
• Select the upgrade option from the menu

However, in most cases, it is not really recommended to upgrade to the Improved version since it only upgrades the cannons and reload speed, which is not needed for Bartering.

You also still need the same amount of materials to upgrade to the Epheria Caravel, so it is better to just skip the Improved Epheria Sailboat and upgrade straight to the Caravel.

Upgrading to the Epheria Caravel

To upgrade the Epheria Sailboat or Improved Epheria Sailboat into an Epheria Caravel:

• Check the Epheria Sailboat/Improved Epheria Sailboat into a wharf at the wharf manager.

You will need the materials below to upgrade the ship into an Epheria Caravel.

You can get a good amount of the materials simply by completing Ravina’s Ship Upgrade Log. More information about this can be found in our Bartering guide .

This should give you:

• Graphite Ingot for Upgrade x50
• Timber for Upgrade x50
• Adhesive for Upgrade x50

Other daily quests you must do for the Caravel upgrade can be found on Oquilla’s Eye:

• Obtained from Ravikel on the west dock of Oquilla’s Eye
• Barter 5 times
• Reward: Deep Sea Memory Filled Glue x8 (you will need 4 of these for the Caravel and more for the Carrack)
• Obtained from Curio the Otter Merchant on the south beach of Oquilla’s Eye ( location )
• Give coral pieces x10 (you can just buy these from the central market)
• Reward: Seaweed Stalk x4

Epheria Caravel Gear

There are 2 different equipment sets for the Epheria Caravel.

• The green set can be bought from Philaberto Falasi in Port Epheria for 7 – 9 million silver each,
• The blue set needs to be crafted at the level 4 Ship Part Workshop in Epheria (2nd Floor, 1-4, Epheria).

The green set enhanced to +10 is required to craft the blue caravel set, and then to upgrade to the Carrack ship, you will need the blue grade gear enhanced to +10 .

Enhancing Caravel Gear

For the Epheria Caravel/Galleass, you use special black stones to enhance the ship gear:

Enhancing the green gear is not difficult and doesn’t really require any failstacks or low failstacks, for the recommended failstacks to use when enhancing the blue gear, use our failstack recommendations .

Caravel Blue-grade Gear Crafting and Stats

Total crafting materials required for the full blue set can be found below:

• Tide-Dyed Standardized Timber Square x180
• Cox Pirates’ Artifact (Combat) x120
• Moon Scale Plywood x400
• Bright Reef Piece x180
• Pure Pearl Crystal x45
• Cox Pirates’ Artifact (Parley Beginner) x60
• Ruddy Manganese Nodule x90
• Enhanced Island Tree Coated Plywood x300
• Seaweed Stalk x205
• Great Ocean Dark Iron x150
• Cox Pirates’ Artifact (Parley Expert) x30
• Luminous Cobalt Ingot x30
• +10: Epheria Caravel: Brass Prow x1
• +10: Epheria Caravel: White Wind Sail x1
• +10: Epheria Caravel: Enhanced Plating x1
• +10: Epheria Caravel: Verisha Cannon x1

Epheria Caravel: Black Dragon Prow

 Epheria Caravel: Upgraded Plating

 Epheria Caravel: Mayna Cannon

 Epheria Caravel: Stratus Wind Sail

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Ship Upgrade Permit: Epheria Frigate

Ship Upgrade Permit: Epheria Frigate is an item in Black Desert Online .

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Permit issued by Port Epheria which allows one to upgrade a Bartali Sailboat .

- Usage: Upgrade to Epheria Frigate - How to obtain: <Port Epheria> Philaberto Falasi

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It’s time to take to the high seas in style as new boats have made their way to Black Desert. Whether you’re looking for a quick island hopper or looking to carry enough firepower to fire a whole through a sea monster, there is a boat for you.

The Epheria Cog is a ship capable of high speeds across the high seas. The Cog has 1 inventory slot which is less than ideal for many who are looking to start trading across the open seas. It also lacks offensive options as it has no cannons on its deck. But where the boat shines is speed. The boat is able to zip across the water and get you from point A to point B faster than nearly any other ship in it’s class. The Epheria Cog is relatively easy to craft, however it does have a limited duration (much like Fishing boats, rafts and row boats).

But if you are looking to start your sea faring adventures with a boat that is more permanent, the Bartali Sailboat is an excellent option. While the boat has been in the game for a while, this update brings the ability to upgrade your boats, including a way to turn the Bartali Sailboat into either an Epheria Frigate or an Epheria Sailboat. If you’re looking for an excellent starting boat, the Bartali Sailboat can be purchased from Proix in Velia for 10,000,000 silver, which will give you access to a boat that can be repaired, boasts 3 inventory slots and also has a couple of player controlled cannons on board!

Player Controlled Cannons: A player must interact with a cannon in order to use it. This means that a captain would need to leave the wheel in order to fire their cannons.

Captain Controlled Cannons: Available on any of the upgraded ships after the Epheria Sailboat/Frigate allows the captain to control both the boats movement and the cannons at the same time.

While the Epheria Sailboat and the Epheria Frigate are known entities, they also have new upgrade paths to make your boats even better. The Improved Epheria Sailboat and the Improved Epheria Frigate are side upgrades that slightly improve your ship, and give access to Captain controlled cannons meaning one player can man a ship on their own if they wish. The improved versions of the Sailboat and Frigate are great ways to begin your bartering or sea monster hunting journeys as they boast more fire power and quicker reload speeds on the cannons. Both are also relatively easier to obtain than their bigger upgrades as they do not require special materials earned through bartering.

The Epheria Caravel is the big upgrade to the Epheria Sailboat. It has more weight, more cabins and most importantly, more Inventory slots than the Epheria Sailboat/Improved Epheria Sailboat. It is one of the best ships for bartering due to the weight and inventory slots, but also packs a punch as it has the same cannons as the Improved Epheria Sailboat. Upgrading to the Caravel can be tough, as it requires both items from sea monster hunting and a lot of level 2,3 and 4 bartering materials. You will also need to upgrade all the Epheria ship enhancements (Old Prow, Old Plating, Old Cannon, Old Wind Sail) to + 10, so getting the Caravel may take time.

The Epheria Galleass is the big upgrade to the Epheria Frigate. The boat is faster and easier to handle than the Caravel, but the down side to it is that it has less Inventory. It also packs an absolute massive punch with 4 captain controlled cannons (similar to the Improved Frigate), and has 30 cabins so you can have a much larger crew of sailors on board. This boat is perfect for those looking to go Sea Monster Hunting or pirateering across the high seas. Again, much like the Caravel, the Galeass requires you to sea monster hunt and barter in order to obtain the materials for the upgrade.

The Epheria Caravel can then be upgraded into the Carrack (Advance) or the Carrack (Balance) , and the Epheria Galleass can be upgraded into the Carrack (Volante) or the Carrack (Valor) . These ships require a considerable amount of resources from both sea monster hunting and bartering, but they are the highest tier of ships available at this time. All the Carracks boast 9 powerful cannons to lay siege to anything unfortunate enough to be in the line of fire. The Carrack (Advance) and Carrack (balance) offer huge holds capable of holding enough items for even the most complex of barter routes, and have massive weight limits. The Carrack (Volante) and Carrack (Valor) are massive war ships built more for speed, while also packing massive punches when it comes down to fighting your enemies.

With ships now having cabins, you can hire sailors to help manage your boat through your Voyage. Sailors add different benefits depending on their personality (Speed, Acceleration etc) and consume cabin space depending on their type.

In order to begin hiring sailors, you will need to complete the quest ‘ [The Great Expedition] Oquilla’s Eye ’ that can be found in your suggested quest tab. Through this quest you will earn Sailing EXP, but most importantly for sailors is that you will be given your first sailor contract. This will then give you the ability to purchase more contracts to offer to other sailors.

Unlike workers who need to be rolled through a worker manager, Sailors are independent contractors and you will need to first find the sailor, then offer him a contract. Sailors appear as normal NPC’s in the following locations:

Sailors are easily recognized as they have the sailor name that appears above their heads, as well as their characteristics. These characteristics will let you know ahead of time what kind of stats that particular sailor can offer. Once the sailor accepts the contract, he will make his way to your boat where he will begin his new life under your captainship. 

To hire a sailor, you will need to first purchase a contract for 3,000,000 silver, then talk to the sailor that you want to hire. Once the sailor accepts the contract, he will make his way to your boat where he will begin his new life under your captainship. 

Sailor Upkeep

Being at sea is a perilous life. Sickness is a very real possibility on the waves, and as captain it is up to you to make sure that your sailors are healthy and in working shape. Sailors have a meter called condition, which works very similar to the way you fed workers to keep working. Unlike workers, sailors need a healthy diet in order to not get sick. The prefered meal for sailors is Chowder, made through the following recipe:

This dish is enough to keep even the biggest of sailors healthy and in good condition. However if these resources are scare, Sailors can also eat Raisin Bread, available from Wharf Managers or Islin Bartali at the Lunar Halo Inn. While not as filling as the chowder, sailors will happily chow down loaves of Raisin Bread to keep their spirits up!

If a sailor’s condition reaches 0, they can get sick. While sick, any bonus that they apply to the ship will be deactivated, so it is imperative to keep them healthy. If a sailor does come down with sickness, there is no need to throw him off the ship in the middle of the Ross Sea. Luckily alchemists of Black Desert have developed the ‘Elixir of Regeneration’ which helps cure this sickness. Through simple alchemy, you can combine the following ingredients:

Once crafted, this elixir is enough to cure the sailing sickness which may plague your low condition workers!

Other Sailor Benefits

While you are out bartering and dealing with the NPC’s of each island, you can send out your Sailors to perform tasks. ' Supply ' option will restore some of the rations on board your ship while ' Explore ' sends the sailors off on the island to see what they can scavange. They can return with things like rations, repair or damage ships, or even find rare treasures. It does consume rations though, so it’s worth being smart about how to approach each individual island.

Remember that the May 27th Update for Black Desert Console will include new boats, the new life skill ‘Bartering’ and more! Make sure to check out the full update details once they are released.

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I'm pretty sure I do need a bigger boat, and that boat must be a Caravel, no less, because sea fight when I man the cannon and my ship cannot move/maneuver being a sitting duck for everyone to abuse - this mechanics is pure torture for a single player. And I'm pretty sure this quest fight is not anywhere near "balanced" because I did main quest line many times and all boss fights are pain, especially Cavalo in Cron Castle with his all-screen AoE that knockdown-locks my character literally every single time. I just dont trust the devs, their aim is to kill me and sink my boat, so I need to be prepared twice as much. And I'm pretty sure I do have perfect sanity check by declining to wait 3 years for an upgrade.

I can agree with you that this questline is not for me, just as all sea content. I'll just let this quest gather dust forever in my quest log and do something else, not necessarily in this game, because it obviously not friendly and not reasonable hard even at the beginner's level. There is no need to kill a player repeatedly few dozens of times before letting them to proceed with quest.

You won't get cannon controls until you upgrade either an Epheria Sailboat to a Caravel, or an Epheria Frigate to a Galleass.  So, you got a ways to go.

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You *can* also go the Improve Sailboat or Frigate route which is only useful if you do not want to do ANY sea content before you get captain cannon controls. These upgrades are costly, but if you are an established lifeskiller on land, you may already have many of the goods required for the upgrade, and may be faster than going straight to Galleas/Caravel.

I lifeskilled for about 2 years before I touched sea content, preferring the solo game, I made my boat into the improved version with very little effort and additonal investment and I was MUCH happier for doing so. You will want a Galleas/Caravel for the additional sailor slots/weight, but I made the boats for a Vell alt and getting into sailing and don't regret spending the silver. I ended up loving ocean content instead of getting turned away like it seems OP may be.

I now have a Carrack, close to my second and still don't regret my decision.

If you are NA, would you like help killing the sea monsters? Have boat, will travel.

You get to use the cannons from the wheel with an improved Epheria sailboat however it is more cost effective to make the caravel.

While the Bartali sailboat can be upgraded, the materials suggest it was never meant to be. IMO the best option is to buy either a Epheria sailboat or a frigate (based on what Carrack you have plans to get), upgrading an Epheria sailboat/frigate to an improved one requires nearly half the mats of what you need for a Bartali.

His point was he needs the Sailboat/Caravel/whatever else because it's in the "Suggested" section of the questline. And hunting down the 5 monsters for it (the questline) is absolutely out of the question with a Bartali's Bathtub. Also, asking a friend or a guildie to help is also out of the question. Even if said boat along with the next iteration on it  is designed to be used by a group not a solo player. It's a lot more unpleasant to handle both tasks of the Sailboat/Frigate, even if it was to shoot at the floating targets near the Velia Wharf.

Still, we're talking 1 Hungry Hekaru, 1 Young Ocean creature, 1 big boat that dies fast and 1 tiny boat that dies slow. In between, there are trips to islands, so opportunities to repair. Easy with a friend. Not so easy alone. +10 Bartali will suffice. 

So, best option, buy a friend. Put a PO on the CM. 2nd best option, learn patience. You'll need it either for the day you'll cruise the story alone on your +10 Bartali. Or down the line, as you slowly progress your boat like everyone else did, without footstomping for special treatment.

I'm on EU, sorry.

Nevertheless, thanks everybody for input. I set up 2 nodes for excavating and put 2 Humans to work, so far after almost a week, I have ~30 Traces of Earth. I will be a helluvalot long run, so I think its best to just let it go.

But I'm sure we all agree this is completely failed design. A person can grind 1 hour (or even less) and buy brand new boat, other person is blocked for 6+ months trying to play the game as it was intended by dev.

Oh bummer. :-(

Another thing I wanted to mention: Lianna's alchemy daily gives a trace box that gives you 50 of a random trace, one of which can be Trace of Earth.

And I think Dalishain's random alchemy quest procs you have a choice of Trace of Earth as your reward.

Pre-ordering from the MP can also help speed the process along.  Sure, there are a bunch of pre-orders, but they do actually fill.

Regarding the content, the whole Great Ocean update came out when grinding silver was A LOT lower. So much that people complained they were "forced" to barter because it was better money. PA just doesn't balance stuff across the entire game when they make changes to one thing, unfortunately.

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