Dock

The Dock features in Age of Empires and Age of Empires II. It is an important building as it is the only one which produces naval vessels and upgrades for them. It is used to build ships, research naval technologies, trade with other civilisations and is where fishing ships deposit food.

=Trade= Trade in Age of Empires involved sending vessels with goods to other docks (either 20 food, wood or stone) to return with gold. You lose all of the resources you are trading but the amount of gold you receive depends on the length of the trade route and the value of the goods.

In Age of Empires II, when establishing a trade route, vessels will leave for any dock (ally, neutral or enemy) carrying goods and will return with gold after selling them. The amount of gold it returns with depends on the length of the trade route and the amount of gold available at the selling dock.

=Age of Empires= =Age of Empires II=
 * Units
 * Fishing Boat, Fishing Ship
 * Trade Boat, Merchant Ship
 * Light Transport, Heavy Transport
 * Scout Ship, War Galley, Trireme
 * Catapult Trireme, Juggernaught
 * Fire Galley
 * Units
 * Fishing Ship
 * Transport Ship
 * Galley, War Galley, Galleon
 * Trade Cog
 * Fire Ship, Fast Fire Ship
 * Demolition Ship, Heavy Demo Ship
 * Cannon Galleon, Elite Cannon Galleon
 * Turtle Ship, Elite Turtle Ship
 * Longboat, Elite Longboat
 * Technologies
 * Careening, Dry Dock
 * Shipwright