Ships, Flights and Cabs
At a glance
| Ellinia and Orbis boats | Every 15 minutes |
|---|---|
| Trains and flights | Every 10 minutes |
| Pilot Irvin, Ellinia to Orbis | 40,000 Vesos, 5 minutes |
| Crimson Balrog raid | 42% per departure on the Orbis boat |
Ships, Flights and Cabs covers the ways to travel between towns other than walking: the flights, the boat between Ellinia and Orbis, the cabs and taxis, and the smaller rides that town NPCs offer. A dash (—) in a table means that no fare, place or time is listed for that route.
Different from the original game There is no paid plane out of the Edelstein Temporary Airport any more. To get back to Victoria Island, talk to Ace there: the trip to Ellinia Station is free and instant.
The Regular Cab between Victoria Island towns, Spinel's overseas trips, the Dimensional Mirror and the flight to Changi Airport are covered on Travel.
Flying between towns
| Who | Where | Goes to | Fare (Vesos) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Irvin | Ellinia Station | Edelstein | 20,000 | Takes 2 minutes. |
| Pilot Irvin | Ellinia Station | Orbis | 40,000 | Takes 5 minutes. |
| Pilot Irvin | Orbis Station Entrance | Ellinia | 40,000 | Takes 5 minutes. |
| Pilot Irvin | Orbis Station Entrance | Ludibrium | 50,000 | |
| Pilot Irvin | Orbis Station Entrance | Leafre | 100,000 | Takes 30 seconds. |
| Ace | Edelstein Temporary Airport | Ellinia Station (Victoria Island) | Free | An instant trip with no flight. Choose Victoria Island. |
| Ace | Ludibrium Ticketing Place | Orbis | 6,000 | |
| Ace | Leafre Station Entrance | Orbis | 30,000 | |
| Agatha | — | Mu Lung | 1,500 | No ticket item is needed. |
| Agatha | — | Edelstein | 1,500 | No ticket item is needed. |
| Hak | Herb Town | Mu Lung | 500 | An instant warp with no flight scene, as in the original game. |
| Ericsson | Orbis Park, or the wolf chariot by the Ardentmill door in Orbis | Chryse | Free | Flies you to Chryse. |
Taking a cab or taxi
| Who | Where | Goes to | Fare (Vesos) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camel Cab | Outside the North Entrance of Ariant | Magatia | 1,500 | |
| Camel Cab | Sahel 1 | Ariant | 1,500 | Drops you in Ariant town itself, not at the North Entrance. |
| Dolphin Taxi | Aquarium | Pier on the Beach, Herb Town | 10,000 | |
| Dolphin Taxi | Pier on the Beach, Herb Town | Aquarium | 10,000 | |
| Dolphin Taxi | Aquarium or Pier on the Beach | The Sharp Unknown | 1,000 | A Dolphin Taxi Coupon can be used in its place. |
Boats, ferries and other rides
| Who | Where | Goes to | Fare (Vesos) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boat | Ellinia Station | Orbis | — | Runs on the 15-minute cycle. |
| Ereve sky ferry | — | Ereve | 1,000 (100 for Beginners) | Beginners get a 90% discount on this leg of the trip. |
| Shuri | Orbis | Florina Beach | — | 2,000 Vesos, or free with a VIP Ticket, which you keep. |
| Nara | Ludibrium | Florina Beach | — | Same as Shuri. |
| Pison | Florina Beach | The town you came from | — | |
| Jeff | Below El Nath | Sharp Cliff I | — | Takes players of level 50 and up. |
| Simon | Shalom Temple | Happyville | — | Ferries both ways. |
| Rooney | Henesys | Happyville | — | Offers the ride. See Happyville Quest Guide. |
| Rupi | Happyville | The town you came from | — | Asks whether you want to get out of Happyville. |
| Black Portal | Hidden Portal, off Road to the Mine 2 near Edelstein | Forest West of Henesys | — | Costs one Black Wings Token per trip. Harry Lion's quest The Secret Black Wing Portal gives you 5 tokens. |
| Konpei | Showa Town | The Hideout | — | His partner there returns you. |
| Temporal Gate | — | Versalvale | — | Then take the middle door of town into the Versalvale Conference Chambers, where Kyson waits. Lyra, Rex and the Audience Room work the same way. |
| Helios Tower elevator | Helios Tower | From floor 2 up to the top floor, 99F | — | Runs both ways, so it also takes you back down from 99F. |
| Travel agent | — | Neo Tokyo | — | A paid trip. |
| Hidden door | East end of Mushroom Shrine | Neo Tokyo | — | |
| New Leaf City door | New Leaf City | Sweet Cake Hill | — | The door that leads to MV's Lair also offers Sweet Cake Hill. Three doors up the hill lead to Sweet Cake Hill 1, 2 and 3. |
| Nautilus Warp Card machine | Navigation Room of The Nautilus | Omega Sector | — | Step onto the machine and press Up. The Warp Card is kept, and the same card brings you back. |
| Magic Spots | Orbis Tower: the Orbis Magic Spot (20th floor) and the El Nath Magic Spot (1st floor) | — | — | The Orbis Rock Scroll works on these spots and is used up. |
Timing your trip
Boats, trains and flights
The boats between Ellinia and Orbis run on a 15-minute cycle, and the trains and flights run on a 10-minute cycle. Both cycles are fixed to UTC time, not to the moment you reach the station.
The station clock shows your own local time. In whole-hour time zones its minutes match the departures. In time zones with a half-hour or quarter-hour offset, they drift apart.
The Crimson Balrog raid on the Orbis boat
Every departure of the Orbis boat has a 42% chance of a raid. Roughly a third of the way across, the music changes and a ship appears. Five seconds later, two Crimson Balrogs land on deck. Everyone on that boat faces the same raid, and it ends when the boat arrives.
Tip A raid is random. Ride four or five times before you decide something is wrong.
Common problems
- "The clock at the station doesn't match the boat times. Is it broken?" No. The clock shows your local time, while departures follow UTC. The minutes only match in whole-hour time zones.
- "I have ridden the Orbis boat and no Crimson Balrog came." Each departure is a separate 42% roll, so several trips without a raid can happen.
- "Shuri wants a fee to take me to Florina Beach." Shuri in Orbis and Nara in Ludibrium charge a fare (Shuri 2,000 Vesos, Nara 1,800 Vesos), or take you for free with a VIP Ticket, which you keep. Pison brings you back to the town you came from.
- "Hak's ride to Mu Lung had no flight." It is an instant warp with no flight scene, as in the original game.
- "The Camel Cab does nothing when I talk to it." Check where you are standing. Outside the North Entrance of Ariant it goes to Magatia. At Sahel 1 it takes you to Ariant town itself, not the North Entrance.
- "The Temporal Gate won't take me into the Conference Chambers." Ask the Temporal Gate to take you to Versalvale, then go through the middle door of the town. Kyson is waiting inside.
- "Where is Gold Beach?" Gold Beach is not in the game.
- "Can a Beginner afford the trip to Ereve?" Beginners pay 100 Vesos instead of 1,000 for the Ereve sky ferry leg.
- "The Hidden Portal near Edelstein won't let me through." It needs a Black Wings Token, and each trip uses one. Get 5 tokens from Harry Lion, who stands beside it, by finishing The Secret Black Wing Portal: bring him 100 Fragmented ore from Big Boulder Munchers (the quest needs level 35). The quest can be done once, so you get 5 trips. Without a token the portal answers: "This portal is for the Black Wing Bosses. Usually, no one else can use it."