The B’Chor is a grade 4 Rare Klingon survey ship, the Empire’s dedicated crystal miner. It unlocks at Shipyard level 41 and exists to pull crystal fast: its Crystal Mining Laser raises your crystal mining rate by 120% at level 1 and up to 500% at level 60. If you run a Klingon economy and want protected cargo plus a strong crystal boost, the B’Chor pays for its dock.
This STFC B’Chor guide (you may also see it written B Chor or Bchor) covers blueprints and the build, the mining ability, the Automated Defenses and Mark II refits, stats, a crystal mining crew, every tier’s upgrade cost and the XP to reach level 60.
How to get the B’Chor
The B’Chor needs 150 blueprints. These blueprints have appeared in the Klingon faction store, where you buy them with faction credits once you reach Respected reputation with the Klingons. Building it also requires the grade 4 ship research and a Shipyard at level 41.
The build cost is 17,500,000 Tritanium, 1,400,000 Dilithium, 2,100 4★ Common Refined Gas, and 6,000 4★ Common Refined Crystal. Construction takes 85 days, so start it early and let it run in the background while you play.
A second blueprint source sits in the Ascension research tree: Ship Commission: B’Chor rewards B’Chor blueprints. It is also one of three commissions, with the U.S.S. Hydra and Vorta Vor, that unlocks the Ship Commission: Enterprise NX-01.
B’Chor ability
The ship’s passive ability is Crystal Mining Laser. It increases your crystal mining rate by 120% at ship level 1 and scales up to 500% at level 60. Ship abilities are always active, so the bonus applies the moment you send the B’Chor to a crystal node. On a strong crystal moon this cuts a mining trip that would take an ordinary hauler most of an hour down to a fraction of the time, which is the whole reason to build it.
| Ship level | Crystal mining rate bonus |
|---|---|
| 1 | 120% |
| 10 | 150% |
| 25 | 215% |
| 30 | 240% |
| 40 | 300% |
| 60 | 500% |
The bonus climbs slowly until level 30 and then speeds up: the last 20 levels add 200 percentage points. For where to use it, see the Crystal mining guide.
B’Chor active ability
The B’Chor also has a player-triggered ability called Automated Defenses. When it is active, the ship’s combat effectiveness rises sharply while it is attached to a mining node. You turn it on yourself, and it runs on a cooldown that shortens as the ship tiers up. It does not make the B’Chor a warship, but it gives a miner some teeth if a raider jumps you mid-node, buying time for backup or a getaway.
Automated Defenses is unlocked with the B’Chor Auto Defense refit (120 shards) and has its own research project, Automated Defenses (B’Chor).
Stats and tiers
These are base values; research, buffs, and officers raise them in play. The table shows the three anchor tiers.
| Tier | Warp (speed / range) | Impulse | Cargo (protected) | Shield HP | Hull HP | Health (displayed) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 / 75 | 68 | 800,000 (8,200) | 12,620 | 25,820 | 19,220 |
| 6 | 3.8 / 125 | 68 | 1,140,000 (16,500) | 38,510 | 78,800 | 58,655 |
| 12 | 4.8 / 230 | 68 | 1,750,000 (45,000) | 146,920 | 300,580 | 223,750 |
Note the protected cargo: at tier 12 the B’Chor shields 45,000 units of your haul, which a raider cannot take. That is a small slice of a 1,750,000 hold, so protected-cargo officers still matter if you mine in contested space. Base mining speed rises from 12 at tier 1 to 19.5 at tier 6 and 33 at tier 12.
Weapons and firing pattern
Warm-up is the round a weapon first fires; cool-down is how many rounds pass between shots after that. As a survey ship the B’Chor carries a single energy weapon for self-defense, not for hunting.
| Weapon | Type | Shots | Warm-up | Cool-down | Damage | Crit chance | Crit damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Light Disrupter | Energy | 1 | 1 | 1 | 33,004–40,338 | 10% | 150% |
Crew slots and officer bonus
The B’Chor opens officer seats as it levels up.
| Ship level | Officer slots |
|---|---|
| 5 | 1 |
| 10 | 2 |
| 20 | 3 |
| 35 | 4 |
| 55 | 5 |
The ship also boosts your officers’ stats as it progresses. On the B’Chor the attack, defense, and health bonuses are identical at every step, climbing the ladder below.
| Amount | Bonus (attack / defense / health) |
|---|---|
| 600 | 35% |
| 1,200 | 70% |
| 1,950 | 105% |
| 2,700 | 140% |
| 3,600 | 175% |
| 4,800 | 210% |
| 6,600 | 245% |
| 9,000 | 280% |
| 12,000 | 315% |
| 18,000 | 350% |
B’Chor refits
The B’Chor has two refits you unlock with shards.
| Refit | What it does |
|---|---|
| B’Chor Mark II | Raises the B’Chor’s gas mining rate by 200%. Costs 80 shards to unlock. |
| B’Chor Auto Defense | Unlocks the Automated Defenses ability. While it is active, the survey gains a large jump in combat power against other players while sitting on a mining node. Costs 120 shards to unlock. |
B’Chor Mark II adds a gas bonus on top of the crystal laser, so the same hull can work gas nodes when your economy needs raw gas more than crystal.
Crew for the B’Chor
Crew a miner for what a miner does, not for combat. The seats want officers who raise mining speed, add protected cargo, or reduce mining protection so a raid takes less from you; a captain whose ability leans into mining yield or node safety fits best. Because the strongest picks shift with the meta and with which officers you have leveled, check the Officer Tier List for current mining crews rather than locking into one setup. Crews change as new officers arrive.
Best crew for mining with the B’Chor
Captain: Barot
Officer: Elea Makinen
Officer: Raphael DuPont
Great crew for mining Crystal with the B’Chor.
Barot’s captain maneuver raises the crystal mining rate, which stacks with Crystal Mining Laser, and Elea Makinen’s captain maneuver (base mining speed) is the alternative if Barot is busy elsewhere. Raphael DuPont earns his seat through his officer ability, which adds protected cargo.
The B’Chor in Star Trek
The B’Chor is a game-original Klingon design; it does not appear in any Star Trek film or series. In the game’s own story the Empire built it to guard its mining operations as tensions rose, dismissing what it called Federation trickery and Romulan cowardice. The ship is described as a gargantuan vessel with fourteen compartmentalized cargo holds, each wrapped in a seven-inch Tritanium hull, meant to keep mining while lesser ships flee at the first sign of danger. It fits the Klingon theme of turning even an economic tool into something built to stand and fight.
B’Chor build cost by tier
Build and repair costs for every tier, with the base cargo and protected cargo each tier brings.
| Tier | Build cost | Repair cost | Build time | Repair time | Cargo | Protected cargo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 | 17,500,000 Tritanium 1,400,000 Dilithium 2,100 4★ Common Gas 6,000 4★ Common Crystal |
11,600,000 Tritanium 348,000 Dilithium |
85d 0h 0m | 7h 56m 58s | 800,000 | 8,200 |
| Tier 2 | 480,000,000 Tritanium 19,300,000 Dilithium 5,720 4★ Common Gas 9,770 4★ Common Crystal 22,685 4★ Common Survey Parts |
29,995,000 Tritanium 896,000 Dilithium |
10d 22h 30m | 1d 3h 14m 46s | 850,000 | 9,200 |
| Tier 3 | 1,293,700,000 Tritanium 70,900,000 Dilithium 7,325 4★ Common Gas 2,215 4★ Uncommon Gas 18,160 4★ Common Crystal 4,730 4★ Uncommon Crystal 47,005 4★ Common Survey Parts 13,480 4★ Uncommon Survey Parts |
47,362,000 Tritanium 1,939,000 Dilithium |
21d 21h | 1d 4h 36m 19s | 910,000 | 10,500 |
| Tier 4 | 2,970,000,000 Tritanium 158,100,000 Dilithium 4,315 4★ Uncommon Gas 29,530 4★ Common Crystal 8,600 4★ Uncommon Crystal 80,305 4★ Common Survey Parts 22,395 4★ Uncommon Survey Parts |
111,391,000 Tritanium 4,210,500 Dilithium |
36d 11h | 1d 6h 11m 31s | 990,000 | 12,000 |
| Tier 5 | 7,298,800,000 Tritanium 311,700,000 Dilithium 6,090 4★ Uncommon Gas 47,385 4★ Common Crystal 13,690 4★ Uncommon Crystal 126,895 4★ Common Survey Parts 34,875 4★ Uncommon Survey Parts |
176,599,500 Tritanium 5,348,000 Dilithium |
54d 16h 30m | 1d 7h 33m 53s | 1,060,000 | 14,000 |
| Tier 6 | 15,473,200,000 Tritanium 597,300,000 Dilithium 8,855 4★ Uncommon Gas 75,025 4★ Common Crystal 21,555 4★ Uncommon Crystal 191,820 4★ Common Survey Parts 52,225 4★ Uncommon Survey Parts |
253,099,000 Tritanium 6,513,500 Dilithium |
72d 22h | 1d 9h 13m 45s | 1,140,000 | 16,500 |
| Tier 7 | 29,082,000,000 Tritanium 1,048,900,000 Dilithium 8,750 4★ Rare Gas 31,170 4★ Uncommon Crystal 11,550 4★ Rare Crystal 281,905 4★ Common Survey Parts 76,285 4★ Uncommon Survey Parts |
349,282,500 Tritanium 8,400,000 Dilithium |
91d 3h 30m | 1d 10h 37m 10s | 1,220,000 | 19,500 |
| Tier 8 | 57,196,000,000 Tritanium 1,967,100,000 Dilithium 10,205 4★ Rare Gas 46,040 4★ Uncommon Crystal 15,720 4★ Rare Crystal 406,875 4★ Common Survey Parts 109,645 4★ Uncommon Survey Parts |
482,506,500 Tritanium 11,063,500 Dilithium |
118d 11h 45m | 1d 17h 6m 36s | 1,300,000 | 23,500 |
| Tier 9 | 98,212,300,000 Tritanium 4,099,700,000 Dilithium 12,115 4★ Rare Gas 65,500 4★ Uncommon Crystal 21,170 4★ Rare Crystal 580,070 4★ Common Survey Parts 155,845 4★ Uncommon Survey Parts |
730,317,000 Tritanium 20,324,500 Dilithium |
145d 20h | 1d 13h 46m 52s | 1,400,000 | 28,000 |
| Tier 10 | 174,220,000,000 Tritanium 7,579,700,000 Dilithium 8,290 4★ Epic Gas 27,770 4★ Rare Crystal 11,905 4★ Epic Crystal 820,260 4★ Common Survey Parts 51,770 4★ Rare Survey Parts |
1,051,470,000 Tritanium 30,495,500 Dilithium |
182d 7h | 1d 15h 40m 37s | 1,500,000 | 33,000 |
| Tier 11 | 241,547,700,000 Tritanium 10,508,700,000 Dilithium 9,330 4★ Epic Gas 38,020 4★ Rare Crystal 14,865 4★ Epic Crystal 1,137,255 4★ Common Survey Parts 63,650 4★ Rare Survey Parts |
1,131,025,000 Tritanium 32,803,750 Dilithium |
236d 23h 30m | 1d 17h 6m 22s | 1,620,000 | 38,000 |
| Tier 12 | 417,893,700,000 Tritanium 17,624,300,000 Dilithium 10,680 4★ Epic Gas 51,425 4★ Rare Crystal 18,715 4★ Epic Crystal 1,552,020 4★ Common Survey Parts 79,170 4★ Rare Survey Parts |
1,317,235,500 Tritanium 37,037,000 Dilithium |
328d 3h 0m | 1d 18h 32m 7s | 1,750,000 | 45,000 |
Tier 12 alone takes 328 days of build time at base, so research and speed-ups decide how soon a B’Chor reaches the top.
B’Chor ship XP needed by level
Experience required to reach each level.
Tier 1
Level 2: 8,000
Level 3: 12,000
Level 4: 20,000
Level 5: 29,000
Tier 2
Level 6: 41,000
Level 7: 59,000
Level 8: 78,000
Level 9: 100,000
Level 10: 130,000
Tier 3
Level 11: 158,000
Level 12: 190,000
Level 13: 235,000
Level 14: 275,000
Level 15: 318,000
Tier 4
Level 16: 378,000
Level 17: 430,000
Level 18: 483,000
Level 19: 565,000
Level 20: 628,000
Tier 5
Level 21: 695,000
Level 22: 798,000
Level 23: 875,000
Level 24: 955,000
Level 25: 1,083,000
Tier 6
Level 26: 1,175,000
Level 27: 1,270,000
Level 28: 1,423,000
Level 29: 1,530,000
Level 30: 1,640,000
Tier 7
Level 31: 1,825,000
Level 32: 1,948,000
Level 33: 2,075,000
Level 34: 2,293,000
Level 35: 2,433,000
Tier 8
Level 36: 2,578,000
Level 37: 2,830,000
Level 38: 2,990,000
Level 39: 3,153,000
Level 40: 3,445,000
Tier 9
Level 41: 3,623,000
Level 42: 3,805,000
Level 43: 4,140,000
Level 44: 4,340,000
Level 45: 4,543,000
Tier 10
Level 46: 4,923,000
Level 47: 5,143,000
Level 48: 5,370,000
Level 49: 5,798,000
Level 50: 6,040,000
Tier 11
Level 51: 6,290,000
Level 52: 6,770,000
Level 53: 7,038,000
Level 54: 7,310,000
Level 55: 7,848,000
Tier 12
Level 56: 8,143,000
Level 57: 8,440,000
Level 58: 9,038,000
Level 59: 9,355,000
Level 60: 10,000,000
Resources to max out a B’Chor
- 1,045,684,900,000 Tritanium
- 43,987,100,000 Dilithium
- 15,145 4★ Common Gas
- 21,475 4★ Uncommon Gas
- 31,070 4★ Rare Gas
- 28,300 4★ Epic Gas
- 185,870 4★ Common Crystal
- 191,285 4★ Uncommon Crystal
- 165,655 4★ Rare Crystal
- 45,485 4★ Epic Crystal
- 5,247,095 4★ Common Survey Parts
- 464,750 4★ Uncommon Survey Parts
- 194,590 4★ Rare Survey Parts
Total Experience: 169,108,000
B’Chor video
Is the B’Chor worth it?
For a Klingon-aligned player at Shipyard 41 and up, yes. It is the Empire’s crystal specialist, and the Crystal Mining Laser plus a healthy protected-cargo pool make it a reliable crystal engine through the grade 4 band. It becomes scrappable from Operations level 53, so once you outgrow it you can break it down for parts rather than leaving it idle. Skip it only if you have no need for crystal or you are not building toward Klingon reputation.
