How to Unlock Shipbuilding and Build Ships in Crimson Desert

Crimson Desert was already a massive world at its launch, and now Pearl Abyss is significantly expanding the game’s map with Charting the Unknown DLC. The new DLC takes players across Pywel’s shores, and you’ll need a trusty ship to sail into uncharted territory. Learn how to unlock the shipbuilding questline and start building ships in Crimson Desert: Charting the Unknown DLC.

How to Unlock Shipbuilding in Crimson Desert

Shipbuilding was finally introduced in Crimson Desert: Charting the Unknown DLC. However, it isn’t available from the get-go, and players must unlock shipbuilding by completing a new questline in the game.

So, here is how to unlock shipbuilding in Crimson Desert: Charting the Unknown DLC:

• First, set up the Greymane camp in Howling Hill, which you will automatically do upon completing Chapter 3 of the game.
• Under the Faction Quests, keep progressing the Greymane Faction Quest until you complete the Expanding the Camp quest.
• If you have already done all that in the base game, the Charting the Unknown questline becomes available in the Faction Quest tab.
• Start the A Call from Beyond the Horizon quest under the Wider World questline in Crimson Desert.
• Now all you need to do is meet three of your comrades at the Greymane camp.
• Have a conversation with them, and the shipbuilding skill unlocks automatically at the end of the conversation.

How to Build Ships in Crimson Desert

Once you have completed the A Call from Beyond the Horizon quest in Crimson Desert and unlocked shipbuilding, here is how to begin building ships in Crimson Desert: Charting the Unknown DLC:

• Head to any one of the ports you have freed.
• Then open the menu and check the Dispatch missions tab.
• Under this tab, you can see the Small Shipbuilding mission.
• Start the mission, and then dispatch at least five comrades to begin the building work.
• In addition, you need to shell out 10,000 camp funds and a few other materials.
• The shipbuilding job takes 12 hours to complete.
• So you can sleep in a nearby bed, and your ship will be ready when you come back.

After you unlock a ship, you are now free to sail across the Great Ocean of Pywel. If you don’t wish to send your men to build a ship, then you can buy one from a Fleet Office manager. Here are the different ships you can buy and the total amount of Camp Funds required:

That said, have you unlocked shipbuilding in Crimson Desert? Let us know in the comments below.