Ship & Sailing Guide

Introduction

Sailing is utilized for more than just traveling from port to port or visiting remote islands in the sea. Improve your ship, obtain a crew to make them ready for dangerous waters and sailing cooperative events that await you daily. Let's find out how it can be done!

Ship Setting Overview

The first thing you see when you enter the Ocean is your ship, crew and various settings you can interact with, here is what they do:

Option Select

1. Active Crew

2. Ship Selection

3. Crew List

4. Ship options

5. Ship Name & Level

6. Ship Skills

7. Ship Stats

8. Hazardous water resistance

9. Docking options

• 1. Active Crew
• 2. Ship Selection
• 3. Crew List
• 4. Ship options
• 5. Ship Name & Level
• 6. Ship Skills
• 7. Ship Stats
• 8. Hazardous water resistance
• 9. Docking options

This is where your active crew is displayed, right click any slot to open the crew list and select a member to use! Alternatively you can click on the Crew List button in the bottom center of the screen to access this window.

Here you can select the ship you want to use. Each ship has its own strengths, weaknesses and sailors unique to only them, letting you customize for more speed, resistances or durability.

All available crew members are displayed here. Right-click your desired ones to add or remove them from your Active Crew.

Your ship durability is displayed here, as well as various options for customizing your ship. These include:

• Skin List - If you own a skin, you can select and equip it onto your current ship.
• Change Sail - Lets you change the color and design of your sails.
• Crew List - Opens the crew list window.
• Repair Ship - Lets you repair your ship for a Silver cost whenever docked at a port or marina.

Clicking on the pencil lets you rename your ship. Additionally you can see the level of your currently equipped ship and the required materials for raising its level by clicking on "Upgrade".

All ships are equipped with the same skills, these are mainly used for sailing co-op events:

• Treasure Salvaging
• Harpoon Throw
• Stun Harpoon Throw
• Dragnet

Detailed information about your ship's base speed, fast sailing speed(space boost), boost duration, recovery and durability consumption can be found in this window.

This window displays your resistances for various Hazardous Water levels. You can inspect different levels by clicking on the left and right arrow buttons. It's important to come prepared and keep track of these resistances when partaking in events with high level hazardous waters, as otherwise your ship will break faster than you can count to three. There are 6 different water resistances one can obtain:

• Kelp Beds - These patches of grass slow you down, but don't lower the durability of your ship.
• Sandstorm Seas - Damages you and induces a blinding effect when your Hazard Meter fills up.
• Siren Seas - Damages you and stuns you shortly when your Hazard Meter fills up.
• Cold Snap Seas - Damages and inflicts a stacking slow debuff when your Hazard Meter fills up.
• Tempest Seas - Damages and will prevent you from using skills when your Hazard Meter fills up.
• Dead Waters - Damages, slows and will prevent you from using skills when your Hazard Meter fills up.

You've got several options here:

• Dock - is used when you want to enter the harbor of the continent you're currently visiting.
• Triport - can be used to instantly teleport to any triport within the continent, bypassing the harbor.
• Set Sail - press this button to set sail to the ocean, or press ESC for the same effect.

Upgrade Your Ship

If you want higher resistances, durability, more sail speed and additional crew slots, then consider upgrading the level of your ship. To do so, a few things are required: Basic Timber, Normal and Uncommon Ship Parts Material and various types of ship Materials. You will require higher rarity versions of these materials for higher ship levels.

• Timber can be purchased from Merchant Ships in all harbors or Trade Merchants in your Stronghold.
• Part Materials are crafted at a Processor NPC found in major cities or bought from the Auction House.
• Additional Materials can be bought from Merchant Ships in all harbors for sailing coins.

Required Materials Per Level

Choose Ship

Estoque

White Wind

Sturmbrecher

Eurus

Brahms

Tragon

Astray

Eibern's Wound

• Estoque
• White Wind
• Sturmbrecher
• Eurus
• Brahms
• Tragon
• Astray
• Eibern's Wound

Level/Material
1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2	30	N/A	7	25
3	30	10	7	25
4	50	20	13	46
5	70	30	20	70
6	90	50	29	102
7	100	62	41	137
8	110	74	25	172
9	120	96	31	214
10	130	128	38	263
11	163	161	48	329

Level/Material
1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2	30	N/A	7	25
3	30	10	7	25
4	50	20	13	46
5	70	30	20	70
6	90	50	29	102
7	100	62	41	137
8	110	74	25	172
9	120	96	31	214
10	130	128	38	263
11	163	161	48	329

Level/Material
1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2	30	N/A	7	25
3	30	10	7	25
4	50	20	13	46
5	70	30	20	70
6	90	50	29	102
7	100	62	41	137
8	110	74	25	172
9	120	96	31	214
10	130	128	38	263
11	163	161	48	329

Level/Material
1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2	30	N/A	7	25
3	30	10	7	25
4	50	20	13	46
5	70	30	20	70
6	90	50	29	102
7	100	62	41	137
8	110	74	25	172
9	120	96	31	214
10	130	128	38	263
11	163	161	48	329

Level/Material
1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2	30	N/A	7	25
3	30	10	7	25
4	50	20	13	46
5	70	30	20	70
6	90	50	29	102
7	100	62	41	137
8	110	74	25	172
9	120	96	31	214
10	130	128	38	263
11	163	161	48	329

Level/Material
1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2	30	N/A	7	25
3	30	10	7	25
4	50	20	13	46
5	70	30	20	70
6	90	50	29	102
7	100	62	41	137
8	110	74	25	172
9	120	96	31	214
10	130	128	38	263
11	163	161	48	329

Level/Material
1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2	30	N/A	7	25
3	30	10	7	25
4	50	20	13	46
5	70	30	20	70
6	90	50	29	102
7	100	62	41	137
8	110	74	25	172
9	120	96	31	214
10	130	128	38	263
11	163	161	48	329

Level/Material
1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2	30	N/A	7	25
3	30	10	7	25
4	50	20	13	46
5	70	30	20	70
6	90	50	29	102
7	100	62	41	137
8	110	74	25	172
9	120	96	31	214
10	130	128	38	263
11	163	161	48	329

The total amount of materials required to reach the maximum level(11) of any ship are as follows:

Timber

• 180x Basic Timber (45,000 Pirate Coins)
• 190x Uncommon Timber (71,250 Pirate Coins)
• 230x Steel Plate (115,000 Pirate Coins)
• 130x Special Steel Plate (81,250 Pirate Coins)
• 163x Essence of the Ocean (122,250 Pirate Coins)
• Total cost: 444,750 Pirate Coins

Ship Parts

• 1383x Normal Ship Parts Material
• 117x Uncommon Ship Parts Material
• 94x Rare Ship Parts Material
• 48x Epic Ship Parts Material

Materials

• 60x Uncommon Material (1,500 Gienah's Coin)
• 112x Rare Material (2,800 Sceptrum's Coin)
• 170x Epic Material (4,250 Arcturus's Coin)
• 128x Legendary Material (3,200 Ancient Coin)
• 161x Legendary Material (4,025 Sun Coin)

Ship Resistance Per Level

Ships in Lost Ark are strong in some Hazardous Waters while weaker in others. The Estoque and Astray are the exceptions because they provide balanced resistances across all Hazardous Waters. This is not always a good thing because if you're looking to optimize for specific areas of the sea, you might want to invest into a ship which has resistances and a crew providing good bonuses for it.

Choose Ship

Estoque

White Wind

Sturmbrecher

Eurus

Brahms

Tragon

Astray

Eibern's Wound

• Estoque
• White Wind
• Sturmbrecher
• Eurus
• Brahms
• Tragon
• Astray
• Eibern's Wound

Level/Resistance	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2
1	12	12	12	12	12	12
2	14	14	14	14	14	14
3	16	16	16	16	16	16
4	18	18	18	18	18	18
5	20	20	20	20	20	20
6	22	22	22	22	22	22
7	24	24	24	24	24	24
8	26	26	26	26	26	26
9	28	28	28	28	28	28
10	30	30	30	30	30	30
11	32	32	32	32	32	32

Level/Resistance	+1	+4	+1	+1	+1	+1
1	6	14	11	3	3	3
2	7	18	12	4	4	4
3	8	22	13	5	5	5
4	9	26	14	6	6	6
5	10	30	15	7	7	7
6	11	34	17	8	8	8
7	12	38	19	9	9	9
8	13	42	21	10	10	10
9	14	46	23	11	11	11
10	15	50	25	12	12	12
11	16	54	26	13	13	13

Level/Resistance	+1	+1	+1	+4	+1	+1
1	11	3	3	14	3	6
2	12	4	4	18	4	7
3	13	5	5	22	5	8
4	14	6	6	26	6	9
5	15	7	7	30	7	10
6	17	8	8	34	8	11
7	19	9	9	38	9	12
8	21	10	10	42	10	13
9	23	11	11	46	11	14
10	25	12	12	50	12	15
11	26	13	13	54	13	16

Level/Resistance	+4	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1
1	14	3	3	6	11	3
2	18	4	4	7	12	4
3	22	5	5	8	13	5
4	26	6	6	9	14	6
5	30	7	7	10	15	7
6	34	8	8	11	17	8
7	38	9	9	12	19	9
8	42	10	10	13	21	10
9	46	11	11	14	23	11
10	50	12	12	15	25	12
11	54	13	13	16	26	13

Level/Resistance	+1	+1	+4	+1	+1	+1
1	3	6	14	3	3	11
2	4	7	18	4	4	12
3	5	8	22	5	5	13
4	6	9	26	6	6	14
5	7	10	30	7	7	15
6	8	11	34	8	8	17
7	9	12	38	9	9	19
8	10	13	42	10	10	21
9	11	14	46	11	11	23
10	12	15	50	12	12	25
11	13	16	54	13	13	26

Level/Resistance	+1	+1	+1	+1	+4	+1
1	6	11	3	3	14	3
2	7	12	4	4	18	4
3	8	13	5	5	22	5
4	9	14	6	6	26	6
5	10	15	7	7	30	7
6	11	17	8	8	34	8
7	12	19	9	9	38	9
8	13	21	10	10	42	10
9	14	23	11	11	46	11
10	15	25	12	12	50	12
11	16	26	3	13	54	13

Level/Resistance	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1
1	9	9	9	9	9	9
2	10	10	10	10	10	10
3	11	11	11	11	11	11
4	12	12	12	12	12	12
5	13	13	13	13	13	13
6	14	14	14	14	14	14
7	15	15	15	15	15	15
8	16	16	16	16	16	16
9	17	17	17	17	17	17
10	18	18	18	18	18	18
11	19	19	19	19	19	19

Level/Resistance	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+4
1	3	3	3	11	6	14
2	4	4	4	12	7	18
3	5	5	5	13	8	22
4	6	6	6	14	9	26
5	7	7	7	15	10	30
6	8	8	8	17	11	34
7	9	9	9	19	12	38
8	10	10	10	21	13	42
9	11	11	11	23	14	46
10	12	12	12	25	15	50
11	13	13	13	26	16	54

Crew Members

Sailors you've obtained from your Main Story quests won't get you far. You can acquire additional crew members by exchanging Pirate Coins or sailing coins such as: , , and Sun Coins with Merchant Ships in all continent harbors. Prices for sailors vary depending on their rarity.

Other sources for crew members include:

• Stronghold Trade Merchants
• Rapport Rewards
• Collectible Rewards
• Treasure Map Reward

Sailing Co-op Event

Sailing Co-op takes place three times a day, this can be tracked in the calendar or the alarm window on the top left of the screen. These events have set starting locations depending on the continent they take place in, seen in the picture below. When participating in them make sure you're on time and in a well populated channel as the highest rewards are obtained for the quickest completion. After a 3 minute setup period the initial event will begin. When completed, it will spawn the next event somewhere nearby. There are a total of 4 events for each Sailing Co-op. Participating in them grants you sailing coins and a chance to obtain extra keys like: , , , Key of Guidance. These are used to gain access to special Gate events.

Sailing Co-op Event Types

Choose The Event

Harvest Floating Souls

Catch Jellyfish

Catch Blue Marlin

Barrel Roll

Treasure Salvage Point

Clean Up Oil Spill

Save The Whales

Buoy Race

Drifting Passengers

• Harvest Floating Souls
• Catch Jellyfish
• Catch Blue Marlin
• Barrel Roll
• Treasure Salvage Point
• Clean Up Oil Spill
• Save The Whales
• Buoy Race
• Drifting Passengers

This event takes place in Dead Water areas and revolves around interacting with floating objects in the sea. Harvest as many floating souls as you can during the given time period to succeed as a team. Watch out for orbs that spawn after harvesting the souls as they transform into ghosts that swallow your ship and spit it out uncontrollably somewhere further away. At least weak resistance is required for an event like this to stand a chance at survival.

This is the most rewarding event during your Sailing Co-op missions. Your objective is to shoot jellyfish with your harpoon throw (W and S buttons). The faster your channel completes the event, the fewer opportunities you'll have to kill purple jellyfish, meaning less sailing coins. Because of this avoid killing too many green jellyfish.

• Form a party! Jellyfish tagged by your teammates reward you loot.
• Attack mostly purple jellyfish, as they reward 6x Sailing coins per kill, green jellyfish only reward 1x.
• Tag jellyfish only a single time. Let other people finish the job for you.
• Don't attack jellyfish your party members have already tagged.
• Pickup any loot remaining in the ocean after the event ends to not miss out on sailing coins.

This event only takes place in theCold Snap Waters. Use your harpoon throw (W & S) to eliminate the 5 marlin fish that spawn. To deal damage, use "W" and use "S" in coordination with others to inflict a stun that lasts for 4.5 seconds to easier kill them. This event ends when all marlin are killed.

In this event the channel will be automatically divided into two teams: Yellow & Blue. Gather as many green or yellow barrels depending on which team you've been placed in to win! Pay attention to the minimap as on the outer edges red barrels can appear, these provide a lot of extra sailing coins so be sure to grab them. Once a barrel is picked up, the opposing color barrel will spawn. The best strategy is to trail behind an enemy and pickup the alternating barrels he leaves behind.

The most basic sailing co-op event there is. Sail into the circle area and press your treasure salvage button(Q). Repeat this until the event is over. You'll have a chance to get a golden box which rewards 7x sailing coins, there is no way to influence this, so believe in your sailing powers captain!

This event can be utilized to complete the Una's Task "She Drifts, Sea Gifts" which rewards the Astray Construction Blueprint needed to build the Astray Ship. Arthetine & Yorn sailing co-op events begin with a treasure salvage event. Attend them to complete this daily easily, or use a Una's Tasks Instant Completion Pass. Note that the Una's Task has to be completed once normally to be able to skip it with a completion pass.

An event that only takes place in Sandstorm Seas. Activate your dragnet(E) and swim on top of the oil spills to obtain coins. Doing so gives a buff that gradually repairs your ship's durability letting you stay in this event even though your resistances might not be suited for it. Try to find a place with a few spills next to each other and rotate between them.

This event can only spawn in the Siren Seas. Attack hammerhead sharks(W & S) and gain contribution. For you to get full rewards, only the minimum contribution is required, which is 7%. After the event is over do not leave! Collect the 3 different color buoy. These are part of an achievement, collect 77 of them for the "Whale" title. They also give you various buffs like space boost recovery, ship speed and heal your durability slightly.

The fastest boat wins! Position yourself for the race before the timer hits zero and try to win. Interact with the buoy's with the G button when going past them and get yourself a speed boost. If you see barrels laying in your pathway, pick them up to refresh your space boost. Take the 1st buoy at the finish line, giving you additional sailing coins if you are leading the race.

Two docking stations are available when the event begins. Rescue as many drifting sailors as possible. Each sailor you carry slows down your ship and at 5x it becomes overloaded. Bring them to the docking station to remove this debuff and resume the process again. Complete the event fast enough for maximum rewards.

Gate Events

These are special sailing events that take place three times a week on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. If you've obtained a key from the regular sailing co-op events, then you're eligible for entry. Make sure you have the corresponding key for the event you're attending, otherwise you won't be able to enter. You can check how many keys you've got from your inventory Storage (I) on the bottom of the Sailing Material tab. Arrive early! Being late might put you in a channel with not enough players to complete the task.

When the event begins all players are automatically divided into two teams. A stream of fish will begin to come from two directions. Your objective is to kill as many as possible with the help of your harpoon throw (W & S). The team that defeats the most fish wins! If your ship durability reaches zero, you can swim to one of the green cross signs on the sides and replenish your durability. Different types of fish grant more or less points:

• Small fish: 5 Points
• Medium fish: 30 Points
• Small Golden fish: 50 Points
• Big Golden fish: 350 Points

Because of this, put your main priority on the small and big golden fish that occasionally swim by instead of pursuing the basic ones. You can also steal the opponent's fish by killing them over the barrier that divides both teams.

Bonus Loot

When the event ends, a chest will appear in the middle of the arena. Use your sailing co-op keys and open this chest to get sailing coins and a chance for a Treasure Map. Just like regular secret maps, you can visit its marked location and gain rewards. These include: Gold, Card XP, Sailing Crew members and a chance for a Masterpiece. Note that these treasure maps are 1 player only and cannot be shared with others, unlike land maps.

For ways to expend your hard-earned sailing coins other than buying new crew members you can check out the Masterpiece, Giant's Heart and Sea Bounty Collectible guides.

Summary

• Choose the ship and crew depending on the events you're attending.
• Upgrade your ship if you're lacking resistances, durability, additional crew slots or sailing speed.
• Purchase additional crew members for your ships in continent harbors.
• Participate in Sailing Co-op events to earn sailing coins and Gate Event keys.
• Attend Gate Events whenever possible to have a chance for Treasure Maps.

Credits

Written by Choilicious
Reviewed by Starlast