Boats

**Boats** are watercraft that the four races use for a variety of purposes after building a port. There are three types of boats. Each of these types have their unique use, and each race has their own versions of these three core types. While boats are usually the main form of transportation between separate landmasses, any unit can still swim to their destination, although they usually won't. Even though they are inanimate vehicles, boats are considered as creatures in the game and can be 'killed' (their 'death" is a small explosion that doesn't cause any damage).

Boats can be favorited, and their names can be changed. They can be blessed. They are instantly killed if they are inflicted with madness, and can be damaged by aggressive quatic creatures. They are automatically destroyed if the village that owns them is destroyed.

## How They Are Built

Boats are spawned from docks. They can be researched by any culture and built on any village with access to a coast. Boats currently cannot be pillaged. They also can't be taken by an enemy kingdom by boarding it, and are instead captured along with the village they are a part of. Boat advancements vary for different races. Elves and humans seem to be able to reach the battleship stage the fastest while Dwarves lack slightly behind and Orcs even further behind. All races however get fishing boats at around the same time. (Years 2-4)

## Boat Types

There are three types of boats that a race could build, each being utilized for a different purpose.

### Fishing Boat

The fishing boat is usually the first boat to be built and is a small boat that is universal among the races. The fishing boat will casually sail close to their original kingdom and throw a net over to the side to catch fish. After that, it will sail back to its home port and deposit the fish, then go back out to sea. Unlike the other two types, these boats don't appear as boats on the mini map. This type of boat has 500 health.

### Trading Boat

The second boat is a slightly bigger boat that will sail between ports for trading. They generate gold and transport resources between villages. They will only sail to villages with ports that their kingdom is not actively at war with. Each race has its own version of this boat. This type of boat has 1000 health.

### Battleship/Transport Boat

The last and biggest ship. This type of boat will usually stay stationed near their villages dock. However, when a war begins, they will be used for transporting military units with the purpose of invading other kingdom. They may also send settlers to colonize suitable unsettled locations. The ship will leave port, then stop next to the shore where it will pick up units from its respective kingdom. These ships will then travel to their destination and drop off the passengers. This ship is also occasionally used by civilians to move from one island/continent to another if there is no land-based travel from the island/continent they are on to move to their destination. Each race also has its own version of this boat. This type of boat has 1500 health points.

## Trivia

* Boats are actually creatures so they can have their traits.
	+ However, you cannot use trait editor on them because they cannot attack.
		- In the future, it is possible that battle boats can get cannons so they can attack other enemy boats. (Not true, just a prediction)
* Boats have their own trait, however it has no name and the description is “It’s a boat.”
	+ You cannot apply their trait with the trait editor to creatures.
		- If it can be applied, it might just turn the creature to a boat.
			* However that feature might be buggy so it will never be added to the game.
* Docks will not show the boats inside them, just like houses.
* Battle boats are known to rescue people if they are stranded on places that do not allow them to return home by foot.
* Boats only have two frames.
* Boats can get the Blessed trait if you use the Blessing power on them, which only affects their health. This is most likely a bug

## Gallery

Fishing boatA human trading boatPeople entering a battleshipAn overcrowded boatFan concept for a Ghost Ship