Ships are built in the shipyard using parts produced by the naval engineer and captains bought from the ruby shop under the Tavern category. The Lighthouse limits how many ships you can have active at the same time.
Buildings and requirements[]
There are several things necessary before you could build your own ships.
Total population[]
Your main limitation will come from unlocking buildings based on your total population and how many Vassals, Merchants and Imperials you have. It also unlocks the different tiered captains in the ruby shop (under the Tavern tab).
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Shipyard[]
The Shipyard is where you actually build the ships, once you have the necessary building materials and a suitable captain for your ship. Once built, the ship will be in your inventory [1]. Go to the island you want it anchored [2] to and apply it there, it will then sail out to where the lighthouse is [3].
- ↑ They will not cost you any upkeep nor will they count towards your ship-limit while they sit in your inventory.
- ↑ Anchoring a ship to an island means that if you ever abandon the island, for example in favour of a better one, all the ships anchored to that island will be lost.
- ↑ Or where it would be if you don't have a lighthouse on the island you're anchoring it at. The spot is slightly down to your right from the harbourmaster's office.
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The naval engineer building can produce the necessary ship's planks and sailcloth as well as their improved variants. You can also build upgrades for your ships.
Lighthouse[]
Each ship will take up one slot of the maximum number of ships your Lighthouse can maintain. All ships have the same requirement of a single slot, be that a small, medium or large ship. Upgrading the lighthouse will increase the number of ships you can actively maintain.
Captains[]
Part of the requirement to build a ship is to hire an appropriate ship's captain to commandeer your ship. Which type of captain you'll use will depend on what type of ship you're building and how well you want the ship to perform. Certain captains have tiers where each tier will improve the quality of their work (like treasure hunters or sailors), while others are single tier captains that are simply required to do what they do (like the mate and the merchant).
As of July 9th 2013, the captains are part of the building process and necessary as you build the ship in the shipyard [1].
- ↑ Previously you built the ship as a stand-alone hull and then used the captains as upgrades on the ship itself, to make it useful. This is no longer the case.
Ship types[]
Ships come in various types each for a specific purpose based on which captain you selected to commandeer the vessel. Some of the types can be built in various sizes, increasing different aspects of their purpose.
Treasure hunter ships[]
Treasure hunt ships come in three tiers and three sizes. See treasure hunting for more details.
Size / Tier | Inexperienced treasure hunter Inexperienced | Experienced treasure hunter Experienced | Lucky treasure hunter Lucky |
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Small ship | Delicate treasure ship | Humble treasure ship | Remarkable treasure ship |
Medium ship | Standard treasure ship | Ordinary treasure ship | Impressive treasure ship |
Large ship | Improved treasure ship | Decent treasure ship | Magnificent treasure ship |
Discovery ships[]
Discovery hunt ships come in three tiers and three sizes. See discovery for more details.
Size / Tier | Sailor | Capable sailor | Experienced sailor |
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Small ship | Delicate discovery ship | Humble discovery ship | Remarkable discovery ship |
Medium ship | Standard discovery ship | Ordinary discovery ship | Impressive discovery ship |
Large ship | Improved discovery ship | Decent discovery ship | Magnificent discovery ship |
Colonisation ships[]
There is currently only one type of ship to colonise other islands. The colonisation ship is used up when the island is colonised.
This class of ships doesn't exist anymore ; islands are colonised directly.
Size | Captain | Ship | Travel time |
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Small ship | Loadsman | Small colonisation ship | 5 hours |
Transport ships[]
Transports come in three sizes. They load/unload goods at docks.
Size | Captain | Ship | Capacity/Item slots | Travel time |
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Small ship | Mate Mate | Small transport ship | 40 / 1 | 15m 0s |
Medium ship | Mate Mate | Medium transport ship | 70 / 2 | 15m 0s |
Large ship | Mate Mate | Large transport ship | 130 / 3 | 15m 0s |
Trade ships[]
Trade ships come in three sizes and can double as transport ships as well. For trading, they utilise trade storehouses.