Tranan Underfoe, the blacksmith of Velia, has a strange tale for you of an island somewhere in the Great Ocean. Many brave sailors have searched for the Crow's Nest, yet failed to return. That is if they were lucky enough to return at all. Now, you have a chance to search for this misty island shrouded in mystery on your own. Chase after that tale and you will get to meet the owner and founder of the Crow Merchants Guild, the First Crow, and gaze upon a display of some of his most valued treasures in the Hall of Heroes. You will also be able to participate in the Pit of the Undying, a battle arena steeped in secrets.

Why did the "natives" of Oquilla's Eye hoard crow coins? What is the purpose behind the secretive headquarters of the Crow Merchants Guild? And what is really the Pit of the Undying?

The quest [Crow's Nest] A Strange Tale from the Great Ocean, given by the Black Spirit once you've above Lv. 56, will begin the [The Great Expedition] Crow's Nest, Misty Island of Mystery questline.

Finishing the questline will grant you access to the Pit of the Undying, a PvE a 1 vs 1 fighting arena.

Once you complete the [Papua Crinea] An Amazing Gift Just for You quest, the Lamute Gang's Adventure Journal, consisting 5 parts, will be unlocked.
This adventure log is divided into Grándiha, Papu, and Otter chapters. As you complete the chapters in order, you will be rewarded transformation scrolls for either papus or otters.

During the completion of the first questline, [The Great Expedition] Finding Papua Crinea of the Thousand Year War, you will need to complete the first book of the Lamute Gang's Adventure Journal. Unless it is completed, you will not be able to progress with the questline, or unlock the other two.

Once you have reached Papua Crinea through the quests, you will soon realize you must transform into either an otter or papu to interact, obtain knowledge, and do quests there. If not, you won't be able to even talk to them.

Progressing through the Papua Crinea questlines will reward you with a 1 day use transformation scroll.

The papus and otters of Papua Crinea have been fighting each other for generations in the Thousand Year War.

Once you arrive at the island, you will be able to take a side.
If you choose to fight for the papus, you will be able to befriend Empress Papuraora, but will alienate the otters. Conversely, if you choose to fight for the otters, you will get close to General Crioniak, but get on bad terms with the papus.
If your amity with Empress Papuraora or General Crioniak falls below -2500, you will not be able to talk with papus or otters (depending on which authority figure you are on bad terms with), even if you are transformed into one of them. For example, if you have low amity with Empress Papuraora, even if you are transformed into a papu you will not be able to converse with other papus.

Unlike the papus and otters you may have encountered throughout the continent, those on Papua Crinea were so isolated from the mainland that they do not know how to communicate with you in your language, so you will need to transform into one of them to interact with both sides.

You can receive the [For the Thousand Year War] Stoneback Crab Training questline from Benns Moanna (Papu) or Benns Morio (Otter) at Bloodshed Beach as you progress through the Papua Crinea quests.

These quests consist of the following:

You can purchase the following items from Rebinia's shop. Remember that you can only purchase the special, limited boxes containing the items below from Rebinia on Lema Island.

Ships in the world of Black Desert are differentiated into small and large.

- Small ships include: rowboats, fishing boats, and Epheria cogs (Epheria Cog: Kalis-Certified & Epheria Cog: Fallen Vell Pirates' Legacy).
- Large ships include: Guild galleys, Bartali sailboats, Epheria sailboats, Epheria frigates, Epheria caravels, Epheria galleasses, and Epheria carracks (Advance, Balance, Volante, and Valor).

This section will only tackle the Epheria cog and the awarded Epheria galleon. For information regarding how to obtain and upgrade all large ships starting with the Bartali sailboat, please check the [Ship Upgrading] page. Likewise, for information on the guild galley, please check the [Guild Mounts] page.

Its default sailing speed is high, but its durability is low, making it vulnerable to the sea monsters' attacks. Commonly used to travel between the islands near the mainland, it is not recommended to use it to sail the high seas beyond the Ross Sea.

It can use the Breezy Sail skill by default, which will help you reach your objective quickly, and more importantly, battle going against strong currents and wind.

When its lifespan ends, its sailing speed will decrease significantly and you will not be able to use the ship.

You can build the Epheria Cog in one of the following two ways. The first one is crafted with materials obtained in the mainland, while the second one is crafted with materials obtained with activities related to The Great Expedition.

The necessary materials to upgrade the equipment pieces for green grade old ship equipment can be forcefully enhanced from any enhancement level.
These equipment pieces use Tidal Black Stones to be enhanced, and these can be obtained by exchanging Lv. 1 barter trade goods with any of Ravinia's sisters.

Ravinia and her sisters are located in the following locations:

- Crow's Nest: Ravinia
- Iliya Island: Revinia
- Epheria: Ruvinia
- Velia: Rovinia

You can purchase green grade equipment for Epheria caravel and Epheria galleass from Philaberto Falasi in Port Epheria.

You can enhance these ship equipment pieces with Tidal Black Stone available via bartering, quests, or the crow coin shop.

Green grade equipment for the Epheria carracks can be bought in the crow coin shop via Ravinia or Rebinia. They're named:

- Epheria Carrack: Toro Sail
- Epheria Carrack: Toro Figurehead
- Epheria Carrack: Toro Cannon
- Epheria Carrack: Toro Plating

This equipment is enhanced with Tidal Black Stone.

Blue grade equipment for the carracks can be crafted at Chiro's ship part workshop located at the house at Iliya Island 3.
At this workshop you can craft the 16 blue grade Epheria carrack ship parts, as well as the Tidal Black Stone which is needed to enhance them.

Please note that the type of ship parts must match the type of Epheria carrack you own.

For a more detailed account on the different types of ship equipment pieces for all these types of ships and how to obtain them, please check the Ship Upgrading page linked above.

A fearsome guild boss, said to be related to the world boss Vell, is rumored to appear in the center of Oquilla's Eye. Some say its concentrated magic can be employed by skilled alchemists to craft powerful alchemy stones that are useful both in combat and outside of it.

➤ Please read more about it in the [Guild Boss] page.

The Sea of Silence, pictured above, confuses even the most thorough investigator.
With the strange events happening at the Al Halam Sea near Orisha Island, the people of Altinova now refer to the area as the "Sea of Silence." It is an area where sea currents and wind have died, and survivors of vessels that have crossed it speak of hostile, derelict ships appearing out of nowhere.

There is a high chance of phantom ships appearing here. You will receive rewards you can sell to merchants in towns when you defeat them.

Cox Pirates' Shadow Ghost is an encounter you can come across in various areas of the coastal seas, and has a low chance to drop summon scroll pieces.
Combine 5 of these scroll pieces to craft a summon scroll to make the Cox Pirates' Ghost appear.

The reward for facing and defeating the Cox Pirates' Ghost is a choice between the different types of Cox Pirates' artifacts (parley beginner, parley expert, or combat).

• There are both 1 day and permanent versions of transformation scrolls.
  • You can get permanent transformation scrolls of the following through the quest line.
    • Brave Pine Blader, Gallant Conch Blader
    • Immortal Persimmon Knight, Undefeated Crab Knight
• If you lose the permanent transformation scrolls for the above papus and otters, you can go to NPC Benns Moanna or Benns Morio (depending on the race you want to transform into) and pay them two Benns coins. This only works if you have already received the scrolls via the relevant Adventure Log quests and need a replacement.
• 1 day use transformation scrolls can be obtained as rewards from [For the Thousand Year War] quests during the Papua Crinea questlines.
• Panipani Villager and Queekity Thumpity Moon Villager transformation scrolls can be purchased from Benns Moanna and Benns Morio at 100,000 silver each after completing the quests [Papua Crinea] Moanna, Papu's Friend and [Papua Crinea] Morio, Otter's Friend.
• To talk to NPCs, obtain knowledge entries, and progress quests on both Papuraora Island and Crioniak Island, you must be transformed into one of the 6 types of otter or papu mentioned above.
• All papu and otter types have different skill sets, which can be seen at the bottom right once you transform into them.
• Transformation scrolls can only be used in certain places where you cannot be seen by otters or papus. Right click a scroll at a designated location to transform.
• Heading over to the opposing island will result in you getting attacked by guards and canceling the transformation. And you cannot talk to opposing island NPCs.

On Papua Crinea, you will encounter rare creatures which are hardly found on the main continent, and difficult to discern.

- Lazy Rock Spirit
- Lazy Cloudy Rain Mushroom

These two monsters do not attack you first, and are well disguised, which makes it hard to find them. You cannot attack them with a normal character. Only a papu or an otter will be able to.

There are 3 types of coins available related to Papua Crinea.
You can obtain the following with Rainbow Petal Coins or Rainbow Fish Bone Coins.

Items You Can Exchange Rainbow Petal Coins for:

- Papu's Beloved Flower, from Chief Benitu of the Panipani Village.
- Holy Date Priest Transformation Scroll (Permanent) and Dreamy Bubble Shaman Transformation Scroll (Permanent) from Benns Moanna of the Lamute Gang.

Items You Can Exchange Rainbow Fish Bone Coins for:

- Otter's Beloved Dried Fish from Jabuo of the Ardal Fish Market.
- Holy Sea Cucumber Priest Transformation Scroll (Permanent) and Ruinous Puffer Shaman Transformation Scroll (Permanent) from Benns Morio of the Lamute Gang.

Hollow Maretta, the Siren of the Ocean, will appear in the distant Great Ocean while singing a mysterious melody. If while navigating the Great Ocean you suddenly hear a mysterious melody accompanied by a beautiful voice, this means that Hollow Maretta is somewhere nearby. With a school of Hekaru she "siren-aded" herself, Hollow Maretta lays waiting, luring unsuspecting seafarers to their watery graves.

You can find Hollow Maretta not only by her singing, but also by following the blue sea spirits.

Defeat Hollow Maretta, the Siren of the Ocean, to obtain the following items according to a set probability.