Black Desert Epheria Frigate Construction Guide

While some quests are difficult and require a lot of time, others are not. That’s especially true when building the Frigate ship – many of them are easy, but a few are more tedious. Want to know how to construct the Epheria Frigate ship when playing the black desert? Then this blog post is for you!

It’s not easy to build this ship, especially since you’ll be required to gain plenty of materials. Altogether, you must obtain the following:

• Jade Coral Ingots x 800
• Pine Coated Plywood x 1,600
• Standardized Timber Squares x 1,000
• Enhanced Flax Fabrics x 450
• Epheria Frigate Designs x 25

Want to know more about how you can gain them and work your way to constructing your Frigate? Read on to find out more!

Jade Coral Ingots

To obtain Jade Coral Ingots, your character must spend time at sea. The top location to do this is the water between Baesa Island and Modric Island. You’ll be able to find coral and other materials you’ll need here for building your ship.

Use t2 coral(Prairie Green Coral, Golden Sun Coral, Breezy White Coral, Twilight Red Coral, OR Daybreak Blue Coral x5) and Melted Titanium Shard x25 to make Jade Coral ingots.

Diving Equipment

It is recommended to buy a diving costume to complete the quest. Here are some that you’ll find beneficial:

• [Musa] Da-Dum Da-Dum Diving Hat: This will give you enough air to breathe beneath the water for 30 seconds per go
• Luck Shoes of Fortuna: The water boots allow airflow via crystals that are suitable for underwater use
• Agile Seal Elixir: This will increase your breathing abilities by an additional 15 seconds each time while in the sea. Use this every 8 minutes; it will come in handy since it’ll allow you to gain more materials.
• Balenos Meal: This will give you a better boost for gaining a higher speed
• Magic Hoe or Manos Hoe: This piece of equipment will aid you in collecting coral

Corals Needed

Next, you’ll take your plunge into the sea. All the different kinds of coral will provide you with coral materials you can obtain. Two of them are the Rainbow Corals and Red Corals. You’ll be able to find them at the Sea Fence too!

Just be aware that collecting coral can take a lot of time. It might be helpful to purchase some from the Central Market to build it more quickly. Whenever you do have the right amount you need, you can begin to convert them to Jade Coral Ingots. But coral isn’t all you’ll require – you’ll need gems too!

Gems Required

These are some of the gems that you’ll need:

• Emerald
• Ruby

You must obtain both Regular gems and Resplendent gems. You must ensure their colors match. For example, when you choose Red Coral, you’ll also want to select Resplendent Ruby gems since it’s red.

Melted Titanium Shards to Obtain

You can easily purchase Titanium materials from the marketplace. Try and get as many of them as possible- it will greatly help! Certain areas in Valencia should be your go-to when collecting Titanium outside the Central Market. This includes the South part, which lies beneath the desert.

When you’ve gathered all your materials, it’s time to heat and melt them. Here’s the amount of each you’ll need to do this:

• Coral Pieces x 10
• Gem x 1

This will give you Coral x 3. You take your total number of Corals, which is 15 here, and begin the heating process with Resplendent gems, for example. Remember, the gem must be the same color as the coral. Corals x 3 are required for every Resplendent gem x 1. The result is Twilight Red Coral x 5. Repeat the heating process now by combining your Twilight Red Corals with Melted Titanium Shards x 25. You’re then left with Jade Coral Ingots x 5.

Standardized Timber Squares

Trees are your source. Standardized Timber Squares are formed using logs. Just like with coral, you can find logs and collect them yourself. Alternatively, you can purchase them from the marketplace.

Pine Coated Plywood

Use 5x Pine plywood+ 50x coconut to make pine coated plywood.

For creating the Pine Coated Plywood, you must first obtain pine timber. The best location for this is likely Florin since it contains pine trees in plenty.

Also, you’ll need to convert pine timber into pine planks, using 5 and 10 pieces, respectively. The next step is to change pine planks into pine plywood x 5. Combine the plywood with coconuts x 50. Coconuts can be found at the Areha Palm Forest or Arehaza Town. Heat the coconuts together with your plywood. You’ll then receive your Pine Coated Plywood.

Enhanced Flax Fabric

To create Enhanced Flax Fabric, you combine 5x Shining Powder with 5x Flax Fabric using grinding. Requires Grinding: Skilled knowledge.

Flax Fabric can be made by collecting flax from Costa Farm or Moretti Plantation. Crush 10 of the flax into flax thread x 10, then to flax fabric x 5. There will be a lot of them and they all come cheap! Once more, the other way to obtain it is to purchase it straight from the Central Market.

Crush the flax fabric and shining powder together using grinding. Without the grinding skill, there’s no way to convert your materials into Enhanced Flax Fabric. To make shining powder, you must first perform alchemy. You can find out more about how to obtain it through the guide. Just note that if you’re a beginner, you might not be able to use this process as it’s only available at certain skill levels.

Alternative Ways to Obtain Pine-Coated Plywood and Enhanced Flax Fabric

You can gain the Pine Coated Plywood and Enhanced Flax Fabric by completing daily quests. You’ll be able to receive 3 materials for each one individually, giving you 18 in total for every day you play. Altogether, there are 6 that you can complete. Here’s what each quest entails:

• Quest 1: You’ll meet the stable keeper at Chronica. It’s quite easy and all you need to do to finish the quest is a carrot delivery.
• Quest 2: Travel to the library where you’ll be given a book. You’re assigned to find a character with whom you’ll have to return to the library.
• Quest 3: Purchase a bottle from the material vendor so that you start to purify some water. Collect the water using your bottle. Take the water back to the vendor who’ll then begin to purify the water. This completed the quest.
• Quest 4 requires you to obtain the Big Horned Wild Boar Intact Horn. It shouldn’t take long – it’s a very simple quest. Return the horn to the Villager and that’s you done!
• Quest 5: The A Tune for Spirit Quest is the 5th one. To partially complete the quest you must obtain a flute from the Blue Arnatte musician. To gain this, you must have 1 contribution. So, you must have one to use. Start playing the flute while ensuring that you don’t play any notes out of tune. You’ll only need to do this for 20 seconds. Quest Objective Accomplished!
• Quest 6: Take the flute to the musician to obtain your last quest. Arnatte’s Melody can be a little tedious and frustrating. You’re given three locations and must travel to one of them. If you’re brave enough, there is a shortcut down the side of a mountain. But then, you’ll need to swim, though it will save you time! Speak to the Musical Spirit once you arrive at the location. And that’s it!

How to Gain Epheria Ship Designs

You must go to the Philaberto Falasi family to obtain the ship designs. They’ll provide you with a quest to complete. Then, choose the Epheria Frigate design to help you construct the ship. Once you’ve done this, you’ll receive your Epheria Frigate Ship design. It’s the same one that must be finished for you to get access to the Epheria Sail Boat. You just need to pick up a box and deliver it to the Wharf. Ensure to do this two times for it to be completed.

Once you’ve done this a total of 25 times, you’ll receive the number of designs that are required. However, you can begin constructing whenever you’ve got at least some Frigates. At this stage, you can start constructing in Port Epheria 3-5. You’ll see the following options to choose from:

• Storage
• Lodging
• Shipyard
• Residence

Select Shipyard and then level it to level 3.

It will take fairly long for you to complete. Therefore, you’ll want to begin as soon as you can. Remember: you can begin when you’ve received some of the materials. You can have several workers building using the same material. Make sure you have the materials in the Port Epheria storage.

Epheria Frigate Design List

You can select your Epheria Frigate design. For example, let’s say you choose the Jade Coral Ingot.

That’s everything. So, now you can start constructing!

Sailing Quest

If you want to increase your skill levels before building your ship, you can begin first by completing the Sailing Quest. While this will add time for finally constructing the Epheria Frigate, it can be helpful, especially if you’re a newbie!

The main one here is the Great Expedition Quest. The green balls are required so that you can complete the quest and obtain the boat. Once you’ve done this, you’ll receive an additional 5 green balls to boost your sailing level to Skill Level 1. This is known as the Base Sailing Skill. It’s a very helpful skill to have as it can improve your speed while at sea and make you better at fishing too! But just know: it’s a very simple one at that!

At the Crow’s Nest, you can swap items, specifically Sequins. You can receive 100 balls in total here! If you repeat this for a week straight, you can gain what you need and gain the boat fast.

Otter Merchant Quests

Next, you should speak with the Otter Merchant Union guide. They’ll give you two quests to complete. You’ll need to pass him an:

• Iridescent Coral Piece
• 10 regular coral pieces

Regular corals can be obtained straight from the marketplace. Alternatively, you can find them from the sea. Iridescent Coral Pieces can also be farmed. Two events will follow:

• Chest Event
• Otter Merchant Event

There, you can swap your Iridescent Corals for other materials like seaweed. Only one Iridescent Coral will be needed to be given daily. Therefore, you’ll be fine if your Inventory contains at least a few – you don’t need loads to progress! In addition to seaweed, the guide will hand you Ruddy Manganese Nodules.

Other Quests Required for Sailing

Eight other quests help you with sailing. One of them is the Barter Quest. Your guide here will give you a quest to complete, which will involve you bartering several times. This will allow you to gain access to the next quest. Then, you’ll be asked by the next guide to complete a barter again. This might even increase from what was required the last time.

Select a single artifact to use. Completing these quests will give you Oquilla Eye coins in return, seaweed, and more! The guide can offer you materials such as the Enhanced Island Tree Coated Plywood at this stage.

Guide 3 will have you put some minute sea monsters to end. It doesn’t take up much time – you’re probably talking around 20 to 30 minutes. There will 3 quests in total for you to complete here.

Then, your next three quests are the final ones and you’ll have finished all the sailing quests. This will involve you killing the following:

• Nine Shark
• Black Rust
• Candy

For this, you’ll receive Moon Scale Plywoods x 10. These materials are needed then for the boat. Other rewards you’ll obtain here include:

• Deep Tide-Dyed Standardized Timber Squares
• Cox Pirates’ Artifacts
• Tide-Dyed Standardized Timber Square

Whenever you’ve completed all of these quests, you can start to work on constructing your Frigate ship!