Dock

In the game's words

How to use it

Docks can only be built along the shoreline. They train Fishing Boats, Canoes (if you are allied with Native Americans), Caravels, Junks, and a number of tougher ships of the like as they become available. If your Fishing Boats come under attack and you can't fight your enemy off, you can hide your fishing fleet in the Dock. Fishing Boats garrisoned in a Dock cannot fish, but they give the Dock the ability to fire on enemy units - so not only are your boats safe, they can defend themselves as well.

History

The world’s first shipyard is believed to have been constructed around 2500 BCE, in the ancient coastal city of Lothal of the Harappan civilization, in what is now the Indian state of Gujarat. Craft built in these dockyards most likely traded with the ancient Middle Eastern kingdom of Mesopotamia. Docks provide places for ships to load and unload passengers and goods. A group of docks is referred to as a dockyard. Towns often grow up around docks because they provide a convenient means of trade. This trend is evident in the northeastern section of the United States.

From the game's History encyclopedia (Buildings).

Attacks

Trains and researches

Every unit and technology the game lists at this building; each civilization sees only its own.

Marathan CatamaranWokou JunkIroncladPrivateerFishing BoatCaravelGalleonGalleassFrigateMonitorFire ShipFluytCanoeWar CanoeTlaloc CanoeWar JunkGalleyFire JunkFuchuanFuneAtakebuneTekkousenBattleshipWhaling ShipXebecWar Dhow

Exalted TekkousenExalted FuchuanImperial Men-o'-WarImperial MonitorsImperial MonitorsGill NetsLong LinesFlaming ArrowsRawhide CoversCipactli WorshipArmor PlatingCarronadePercussion LockShip's HowitzersTotora ReedsRiver RaidsImproved CordageLegendary War Boats

Cards and technologies that change it

Advanced Dockdamage +100%, heal rate +85%

Advanced Dockheal rate +85%, damage +100%

Bayajidda EpicBuilding: XP for building set to 0

Branicki ArchitectureBuilding: hit points +5%

Byzantine LegacyBuilding: hit points +15%

Camp MovementsBuilding: build time −25%

Chipotle TacticsBuilding: resources back when killed set to 0.2; Dock: resources back when killed set to 0.4

Code NapoleonBuilding: Coin cost +25%, Wood cost +25%, Food cost +25%

Cree Textile CraftsmanshipBuilding: build time −25%, Wood cost −10%, Coin cost −10%, Food cost −10%

End RelationsBuilding: line of sight −7

End RelationsBuilding: Food cost +15%, Wood cost +15%

Flying ButtressBuilding: hit points +20%

Gas LightingBuilding: line of sight +4

Gondarine ArchitectureBuilding: hit points +25%

Heated ShotBuilding: damage bonus against Ship +50%

Huanka SupportBuilding: build time −15%

Improved BuildingsBuilding: hit points +40%

Improved BuildingsBuilding: hit points +40%

Industrial AgeBuilding: line of sight +4

Land ReformsBuilding: XP for building +100%

Land ReformsBuilding: XP for building +100%

LantakasBuilding: damage +15%

Maya ArchitectureBuilding: hit points +30%

Mazepa ArchitectureBuilding: hit points +25%

Monumental ArchitectureBuilding: hit points +30%

Mughal ArchitectureBuilding: Wood cost −20%, build time −30%

Ottoman AlliesBuilding: line of sight +7

Portuguese AlliesBuilding: Wood cost −15%, Food cost −15%

Radvila ArchitectureBuilding: hit points +25%

State ConstitutionsBuilding: hit points +25%

TEAM Coastal DefensesBuilding: damage bonus against Ship +0.8

TEAM Improved BuildingsBuilding: hit points +25%

Torii GatesBuilding: XP for building +60%

Torii GatesBuilding: XP for building +60%

Torii GatesBuilding: XP for building +60%

Torii GatesBuilding: XP for building +60%

Tupi Forest BurningBuilding: Wood cost −20%

WampumBuilding: XP for building +35%

Winter CountsBuilding: XP for building +20%

Zamojski ArchitectureBuilding: hit points +15%

…and 3 more that change every Dock.