The Grand Shipbuilding Project Event.

 First we need to talk to the port official and select the button for 'To Small Port Town' then talk to Meymey. 

After talking to Meymey you need to head to a town that corresponds to your nation and speak with the NPC listed below, then we speak with the Shipbuilding Researcher. 

Once speaking with the Shipbuilding Researcher we need to deliver 200 of a random trade good.
The trade goods that will be required randomly are:
Black-mud, Sand, Sulfur, Bronze, Coal, Iron, Copper, Steel, Logs, Lumber, Aluminum Alloy, Stainless Steel, Cast Iron, Heavy Oil, Jute, Flax, Raw Silk, Fur, Leather, Coconut Fiber, Sisal, Linin Fabric, Silk Fabric, Cotton Fabric, Woollen Fabric, Cannon, Cannon Shot, Leather Cord, Bronze Statue, Marble Statue.

Quick tip. When your nation is in IR(Industrial Revolution) status you can use a stockpile feature to buy most of the IR trade goods required for the Shipbuilding Researcher, instead of having find/buy all the ingredients. Use the Blast Furnace and select a recipe you need.

Part 1 of the event is delivering 200 of a random trade good mentioned above, that will be known to you once talking to the Shipbuilding Researcher. This can be done once per day and offers 10 points in the event, that's it, pretty simple.

Part 2, Submit Ocean Survey Reports will be talking to NPCs in certain towns depending on your own nation.
Start by talking to the named NPCs in your event towns(Liza, Baltazar etc), then speak to the Shipbuidling Researcher and choose the task of Ocean Survey Reports, then travel to the towns listed below according to your nation.

Spain: Santo Domingo; at the Shipyard.
Portugal: Inhambane; at the Shipyard.
Venice: Aden; at the Shipyard.
France: Havana; Tavern.
Netherlands: Cape Town; Near the Town Official.
England: Tamatave; Tavern.
Ottoman: Goa, India. Just West of the Shipyard.

Each report awards 10 points and is once per day.

Part 3, Report Battle Results(Novice Raider) involves defeating a fleet named Pirate Crew(name may differ slightly) at numerous locations around Europe, Caribbean and S/N America. These fleets are comprised of very weak ships and the more convenient fleets are located at NW of Gijon, NE of Edinburgh, SE of Syracuse and NW of Casablanca.

Very simple and awards 20 points and is once per day.

Part 4 has 2 options, Report Battle Results(Master Raider) and Gather a Token of Appreciation.

Report Battle Results(Master Raider) involves defeating Elite Pirate Crew(name may differ) and are located at:
India, West Coast, SW of Goa.
South Indian Ocean, coords 3525, 4582
Bay of Bengal, S of Calcutta.
Central Indian Ocean, NE of Diego Garcia farm.

We need to defeat these fleets 10 times per day and sinking the admiral quickly will suffice, no need to sink all ships in the fleets. 

We earn 300 points and this is once per day. Please note: There is some confusion on Maris that this part is repeatable without a limit. There is a limit! See below for the method that does not have a limit.

Gather a Token of Appreciation: This part has no limit that I'm aware of!
I will expand on the trade goods needed for this part below. But first I will just list off what is needed. Like Part 1 we deliver trade goods to (I assume) is the Shipbuilding Researcher again. The goods are:

Sturgeon x20, Herb Oil x20, Herb Salt x20, Rare Books x20, Milk Wine x2, Peacock Feathers x1, Chinese Paintings x5, Cedar x20, Garam Masala x20.

Delivering a randomized request from the NPC awards 40 poionts and has no limit, can be done multiple times per day.

Onto the rewards and what to use our points for!

I recomend we only use our points to purchase Gift Box (No.4) at the Shipbuilding Secretary.

The Gift Box (No.4) thats costs 100 points to purchase, and will be available to purchase in Part 4 starting May 20th 2026, has a chance to give us a national reinforced hull, not to be confused with Official Hulls we already have ingame. These new hulls we acquire from this time limited event can build incredible, player built ships. For every 3,000 points earned during this event, you can acquire an item from the Shipbuilding Secretary such as a national flag decoration, national crest, National Marshal Unifrom or the National Reinforced Hull to build the great new ships.

Ottoman Galleass II.
Can be used as a trading rowship.
Quite low lvls, as with all of these event ships.
Without the minimum crew needed to sail shown I can't know for sure the exact cargo it can have, but it will around 1,236 cargo at +25% max hold/cargo.
In teak panel stats, 4x 41/41-1 sails, 2x 24v Spankers it will have 602v/607h sail speeds.

If modded for battle, an impressive 1,886 dura in national military panel stats (+41% dura) and 393 crew.
These stats are at G6 max modded. The ship is built with Red Pine panel as default,

Atlantica II.
1,453 cargo at G6 max modded. Nanban Trade Preference as optional skill, no EA though.
Good sail speeds, pretty low levels needed.
Can be used as alt or aide ship though with those good sail speeds will work as lead ship.
Great turn/WR/Armour base stats.
I would even consider going SU123 on grades, Steam Engine as Original skill to use as lead ship and forgetting about EA inherit. Or EA inherit, SU12 for grades.
In Teak Paneling the Atlantica II with 3x 41/41-1 sails, 2x24v Spankers, the ship will be 645v/692h assuming the grade limits on sails are +165v/h at G6. The ship is built in Oak panel as default. The Atlantica II should perform almost identically in terms of top speed, acceleration, turning etc to the City of Adelaide, however the Atlantica II needs significantly less levels needed to sail it but remember it does not have Emergency Acceleration.

San Felipe II.
1,904 dura with national military stats (+41% dura) and 351 crew at G6 max modded, very impressive. It has an odd but good set off of skills available including Emergency Acceleration, this has some OK sail speeds so maybe something you might want.
Comes in Iron panel as default.

Golden Hind II.
Not to be confused with the original FS Golden Hind, this iteration is purely set as an Adventure ship.
Decent sail speeds with useful skills for adventuring including Reference Room and Hauling Assistance and Emergency Acceleration.
The ship is built in Iron paneling as default but with a Teak Paneling and using
3x 41/41-1 sails and 2x 24v Spankers it will be 651v/650h on sail speeds(assuming the grade limits on sails is +165v/h) at G6 max modded, and it will accelerate well making it a great ship for adventure tasks including for shipwrecks with Hauling Assistance and 223 crew as default after a refit.
Reference Room I'm told is a good and sought after skill for adventurers(I'm an Adv noob).

Neapolitan Galleass II.
At G6 max modded in Teak Paneling the sails speed with 3x 41/41-1 sails and 2x 24v Spankers is 609v/508h.
At +25% it will have around 1,222 cargo making it a fast row trader.

If modded for battle, in a National Military Panel(+41% dura) it will have 1,869 dura at G6 max modded and it can have an impressive 410 crew. Its built in Iron Paneling.

La Belle II.
With a Teak Paneling and G6 max modded
with 2x 41/41-1 sails, 2x 24v Spankers it will have 652v/614h.
It's rather generic and nothing really stands out, including the skills, but its still a very quick and agile ship for getting around.
It has 199 crew as default after a refit (and before grades and mods) making it useful for raising shipwrecks. It is built in Oak Paneling by default.

Prins Willem II.
With a Teak Paneling and G6 max modded
with 3x 41/41-1 sails, 2x 24v Spankers it will have 624v/613h.
Without knowing the minimum crew needed to sail I can't work out the exact cargo but it will be around 1,400.
Prins Willem II does have useful skills including Nanban Trade Preference, Emergency Acceleration and Quality Luxury Goods Storage. The ship is built in Beech Paneling by default.

These new ships have more skills than their older counterparts so check https://uwo.papayaplay.com/uwo.do?tp=news.view&postid=4030 for their skills.

I know a few players wanting the Golden Hind II for the Reference Room skill for example.

Part 4 Trade goods.

There are 9 trade goods you will need, all are listed below and how to acquire or craft.

Sturgeon.

There are a few locations for Sturgeon but I found this location right outside of Black Sea East Coast to be the best and it's safe.

I haven't found any reliable info on what rank of fishing is needed, but you'll want highest possible fishing rank using any boosters, and also equipping Field Activities 1 and 2 Oxford skills, as well as Fisher's Skills 1 and 2 Boston skills if you have them available.

Herb Oil.

Herb Salt.

Garam Masala.

Rare Books.

Milk Wine.

Milk Wine is most efficiently acquired from the Shipwreck Route Map from reading Geography at Naples Archives, and it has to show 'off the coast of the Canary Islands.' or it's not the map you need. You can acquire 1 map from reading Geo, pass the map to your alt and repeat to acquire many copies of the map. Since we only need 2x Milk Wine per donation when requested, you don't need many maps. Maybe as low as 3 maps will see you through Part 4 per characater.

Peacock Feathers.

Peacock Feathers are pretty simple and we only need 1xPeacock Feathers per request.
Collection rank 5 or above at
West Indian Coast.
Use Field Activities 1 and 2 Oxford skills, as well as Fisher's Skills 1 and 2 Boston skills if you have them available.

Cedar.

Cedar is another simple task to acquire.
Head to Jaffa, then leave to Southeast Jaffa and use Collection rank 4 or above. 
Use Field Activities 1 and 2 Oxford skills, as well as Fisher's Skills 1 and 2 Boston skills if you have them available.

Chinese Paintings.
Not be confused with Chinese Calligraphywork the nanban trade good.
This has 2 methods of acquiring. The first I'll mention is from Leshan Giant Buddha dungeon. Upper, middle or lower floors all drop Chinese Paintings from chests.

The second method is from another Shipwreck Route Map from reading Geography at the Istanbul archives but requires Recognition/Unlock rank 9 but the map does reward a good amount of Chinese Paintings, and I recomend farming atleast 10+ maps before heading to India South Coast (Around 3630 , 4440 coords, credit to Nekos). It can take 1-3 Headache Meds to acquire just 1 map for Chinese Paintings, its stubborn to drop.

This is probably the most difficult trade good for some players to acquire, so if you're unable to acquire the Chinese Paintings then I suggest buying them from players or ask your company for help.

Additional Information:

For every 3,000 points we spend at the Shipbuilding Secretary, we will be awarded a bonus gift from the Shipbuilding Secretary and I suggest choosing the National Reinforced Hull.
If crafting/gathering trade goods is not your thing, you can just defeat the Elite Fleet in Part 4 to earn 3,000 points which is enough for 1 hull.

Scaramouche did work out the points we can acquire from this event from which parts. Thank you Scaramouche.

Part 1. 540 points

Part 2. 400 points

Part 3. 520 points

Part 4a. 3,600 points from deteating the event fleets (I think this might actually be 3,300?)

Part 4b. 174 donations of the above mentioned trade goods to end up at the limit of 12,000 points.

Doing all the tasks for all 4 parts at least once will grant you a 1-time free *Insert your nation* Gift Box (No.4) from your national named NPC which has a chance to drop the reinforced hull.

Epic Sea Feud Bundle Give Away

  Hiya guys, so it's been a long time since I made a new post, and there will be more to come.

I decided to make ESF bundle to give away to help players enjoy ESF as well as gain rewards, click the thumbnail below on details but I will talk about here what went into the bundles (it was an 'epic' project, pun intended).

So the project included:

40 Gunboats, 20 Rearguard Bombardas for light ships.

12 Battle Heavy Caravel, 9 Commander Sambuk, 15 Commander Corvette, 26 Commander Heavy Cavarel for standard ship.

All ship are iron paneled, most did not need an iron panel as they could have been produced in iron as base. Also all ships are modded 3 or 4 times, all have 2 optional skills and 1 original skill, and all ships are graded to G3, so it was quite an endeavour.

Luckily I am a rare item plunderer, so the Famous Admiral's staffs needed for Commander Hulls and Heavily Armoured Sterncastles were acquirable for me in bulk. I did intend on plundering Scatterguns, but after around 10 plundered I realised they were time costly and the rare fleet was unreliable as it would de-spawn.

For ship parts, I had to produce 780 Set of Repair Tools, 600 for Grand Cannons and 180 for the Ganador platings. Luckily I saved Broken Cannon/Broken Armour dropped from Ganador which was needed to produce it all. The Heavily Armoured Sterncastles came from plundering and the Garuda were easy to produce. 

Again thanks to rare plundering I was able to plunder Mode Design v7 and produce Captain Equipment in bulk. 

I started out wanting to do this project alone, I didn't want to burden anyone with their time producing items they would get nothing from their time, HOWEVER, the company I am in is FUBB, took it upon themselves to help, and they helped massively. I didn't ask them for help, but they did anyway :D

Without their help I would still been producing FS parts, buying SSIPs etc for weeks longer. They donated SSIPs, ESBRs, FS parts etc on a massive scale, as well as mod some ships themselves, so I can't thank them enough.

The Bundles are 100% free designed to help players experience ESF that would normally not have the funds or the means to produce their ships, cannons etc, and are not intended for players to sell.

If you feel like the ships no longer serve you, or you manage to produce/buy better ships, then please give the ships away for free to company members or other ESF newcomers.

Many thanks, hope you have fun in ESF!

Stay tuned for video guides upcoming on running dungeons in Maris with today's buffs/bonuses you can get ingame for dungeons, and Ganador battle skill grinds(quests are dead for grinding now).

Plundering Rare Item - The Tutorial and Map

Plundering rare items is enjoyable and very rewarding but it does take some patience.
Below is a video tutorial on the basics of plundering with a battle, tips and a description of the rare fleets.
Click the video thumbnail to start the video.



Below is a link to a world plunder map (still a work in progress until I can confirm a few items, fleets etc)
Click the map for an enlarged world plunder map.

I doubt I would have been able to start rare item plundering without the help of Akasan's blog.
Most of the information here is from Akasan's blog with little updates from myself and others.

Link to Akasan's blog: http://akasan-uwo.blogspot.jp/

I hope this helps, you can find the guide on the OGP forum, Guides and Tips section and will be checking for comments and questions so I can help as best I can. Thanks, MarcoS

Plundering Rare Items - Recipe Books

Recipe Books

Dyeing Admiral's uniform

NPC Name	Cebard Pirate
Spawn Area	Argentine Basin (Falkland Islands)
Fleet Formation	Vasseau x1, Heavy Galleon x3
Money	4640
Trade goods	Chili(es), Mate tea
Item	Dyeing admiral's uniform
Tips	rare fleet, very hard cannon and melee

Mode design collection -v5

NPC Name	Venetian Merchant Fleet
Spawn Area	Balearic Islands, Adriatic Sea, Ionia Sea, Tyrrhenian Sea
Fleet Formation	Heavy Galley x3, Transport Galley x1
Money	1920
Trade goods	Dried Apricot, Damasuk Fabric
Item	Navy Dispatch Request, Blue Georgette Dress
Tips	Fire Cannon, Not use melee skill, Nationality fleet (Venice)

NPC Name	Venetian Merchant Fleet
Spawn Area	Balearic Islands, Adriatic Sea, Ionia Sea, Tyrrhenian Sea
Fleet Formation	Heavy Galley x3, Transport Galley x1
Money	2560
Trade goods	Gold Works , Pepper
Item	Navy Dispatch Request, Swiss guard's cotehardie
Tips	Fire Cannon, Not use melee skill, Nationality fleet (Venice)

 

NPC Name	Venetian Merchant Fleet
Spawn Area	Balearic Islands, Adriatic Sea, Ionia Sea, Tyrrhenian Sea
Fleet Formation	Heavy Galley x3, Transport Galley x1
Money	960
Trade goods	Merble Statue, Apricot
Item	Category 2, Mode design collection -v5
Tips	Fire Cannon, Not use melee skill, Nationality fleet (Venice)

Mode design collection -v8

NPC Name	Regional Privateers
Spawn Area	South Australian Basin
Fleet Formation	Heavy Galleon x3
Money	8000
Trade goods	Brandy, Cannon
Item	Rolled iron plate, Mode design collection -v8
Tips	rare fleet

Mode design collection -v7

NPC Name	Conqueror
Spawn Area	East Caroline Basin, north of Samarai
Fleet Formation	Vasseau x3
Money	8000
Trade goods	wine, pearl
Item	Rolled iron plate, Mode design collection -v7
Tips	rare fleet hard melee

Making improved rope
 

NPC Name	Buggies Assault Fleet
Spawn Area	Celebes Sea, south of Jolo
Fleet Formation	Battle Galleon x4
Money	4400
Trade goods	Salt, Tortoiseshell
Item	Seal of sorcery, Making improved rope
Tips	rare fleet

Making processed lumber

NPC Name	Maroona
Spawn Area	Antiles Open Sea
Fleet Formation	Large Galleon x4
Money	4400
Trade goods	Tequila
Item	Seal of condemnation, Making processed lumber
Tips	rare fleet Purple sails

Firearms enhancement
 

NPC Name	Patagonian Pirates
Spawn Area	Argentine Sea Basin
Fleet Formation	Heavy Galley
Money	1840
Trade goods	Sweet Potatoes, Chillies
Item	Seal of Gnome, Firearms enhancement
Tips	Surprise Attack only, under total level of 30

Spear training -secrets

NPC Name	North Sea Armed Merchant Fleet
Spawn Area	North Sea
Fleet Formation	Battle Pinnace x2, Trading Pinnace x1
Money	1760
Trade goods	Fine furniture, jewelly
Item	Master's Demi-Culverin, Spear training - secrets
Tips	rare fleet

Sword training - secrets

2 identical fleets in San Juan waters.

NPC Name	Spanish Escort Fleet
Spawn Area	San Juan Waters
Fleet Formation	Battle Galleon x3, Trading Large Galleon x1
Money	4800
Trade goods	Letherworks, Silver
Item	Sword training -secrets
Tips	rare fleet - Nationality fleet (Spain)

NPC Name	Spanish Escort Fleet
Spawn Area	San Juan Waters
Fleet Formation	Battle Galleon x3, Trading Large Galleon x1
Money	4800
Trade goods	Gold dust, Woolen Fablic
Item	Hidden treasure map (Naples, Search R11, Unlock R11)
Tips	rare fleet - Nationality fleet (Spain)

Shamshir training- secrets

There are identical Islamic Merchant Fleets, 
look for Oil and Ruby as a hint to the correct fleet.

NPC Name	Islamic Merchant Fleet
Spawn Area	India West coast
Fleet Formation	Armed Xebec x1, Trading Xebec x1, Xebec x1
Money	2560
Trade goods	Oil, Ruby
Item	Shamshir training- secrets
Tips	rare fleet

Staff training - secrets

NPC Name	Arabian Armed Merchant Fleet
Spawn Area	India West coast
Fleet Formation	Armed Xebec x3, Trading Xebec x1
Money	3200
Trade goods	Aventurine, Persian Carpet
Item	Scimitar, Staff training - secrets
Tips	rare fleet

Ultimate - spear training

NPC Name	Viking
Spawn Area	Gulf of Bothnia (Northern most point of the Baltic Sea)
Fleet Formation	Large Galleon x1, Battle Galleon x3
Money	2960
Trade goods	Gold, Vodka
Item	Gunnery Guide, Ultimate - spear training
Tips	rare fleet, Black sail with the Great Viking crest

Ultimate - Shamshir training

NPC Name	Islamic Dynasty Fleet
Spawn Area	The Persian Bay
Fleet Formation	Galleass x1, Heavy Galley x2, Arabian Galley x1
Money	3600
Trade goods	Black tea, Gold
Item	Miracle frankincense, Ultimate - Shamshir training
Tips	rare fleet

Ultimate - sword training
  
2 identical fleets exist, details are as below.

NPC Name	Spanish Fleet
Spawn Area	Southern Caribbean Sea
Fleet Formation	Vasseau x2, Battle Galleon x2
Money	5280
Trade goods	Muscket (12), Cannon (6)
Item	Cannoneers's note, Ultimate - sword training
Tips	rare fleet - Nationality fleet (Spain)

NPC Name	Spanish Fleet
Spawn Area	Southern Caribbean Sea
Fleet Formation	Vasseau x2, Battle Galleon x2
Money	5280
Trade goods	Muscket (11), Cannon (11)
Item	Cannoneers's note, Copper Armour
Tips	rare fleet - Nationality fleet (Spain)

Ultimate - staff training

NPC Name	Ottoman Navy
Spawn Area	Red sea
Fleet Formation	Galleass x1, Heavy Galley x3
Money	3720
Trade goods	Oil
Item	Hell fire torch, Ultimate - staff training
Tips	rare fleet - Nationality fleet (Ottoman)

Fine armour - ornamenting

NPC Name	Portuguese Merchant Fleet
Spawn Area	North Sea, South British Isles
Fleet Formation	Battle Carrack x3, Trade Carrack x1
Money	2080
Trade goods	Ceramics, Jewelry
Item	Hanseatic League seal, Fine armour - ornamenting
Tips	Nationality ship (Portugal)