Dock (Age of Empires III)

This article is about the building in Age of Empires III. For the building in other games of the series, see Dock.

Dock
Building information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III
Type	Economic Military
Civilization	All
Age	Exploration Age
Use	Trains ships Researches ship technologies Repairs nearby ships (10 hit points per second, range 12)
Construction
Wood	200
Max. builders	8
Build time	20 seconds
Statistics
Hit points	2,500
Garrison	20 Fishing Boats
Line of Sight	34
XP build bounty	40
Anti-ship attack
Damage	15 (see below)
Multipliers	×0.5 vs. Siege unit
Range	22
Rate of Fire	3.0
Notes
Anti-ship attack only available when garrisoned by Fishing Boats

“	Builds and upgrades Fishing Boats and warships. Repairs nearby ships.	”
—In-game description

The Dock is an economic/military building in Age of Empires III. It trains ships, provide ship improvements, and repair nearby ships.

The Dock's ship repair ability works similarly to the Field Hospital for land units. However, the Dock will only repair a single ship at a time and ships with high hit points (e.g. Frigate) will obviously take longer.

Up to 20 Fishing Boats can garrison in each Dock to grant it a ranged attack and shelter from attacks. However, like the Town Center, only the first ten Fishing Boats affect the damage.

The African civilizations build the Port, which is identical in function with the Dock.

Tactics

The "Advanced Dock" Home City Card, available to all civilizations, doubles the healing effect and attack of Docks.

Attack

Note: The attack animation appears to be a rifle shot, thus ranged damage, however it is actually siege damage that ignores a ships ranged resistance.

The total attack of a Dock are calculated on the following formula:

$A=B*G$

Where A is the total attack, B is the Dock base attack, and G is the number of Fishing Boats garrisoned in the Dock.

With 10 Fishing Boats garrisoned, the Advanced Docks card and the Heated Shot improvement, the Dock will have 375 attack, and if the TEAM Coastal Defenses card is sent, it can deal 937.5 damage to ships when it is attacked by one, which is a significant investment that an enemy can merely ignore, or counter with longer range ships (e.g. Frigates or Tlaloc Canoes).

The Haudenosaunee can further boost the damage by +185% via Town Ceremony at the Community Plaza) to 2,671.875 damage. The Aztecs cannot research Heated Shot, but with Warrior Priests at the Plaza, Town Ceremony will increase the damage by +277%, allowing for 1,413.75 damage total.

Units

Age	Unit	Cost	Pop.	Limit	Civ.
	Fishing Boat	70 wood	1	99	All
	Caravel	300 wood, 100 coin	-	5	British Dutch French Germans Indians Portuguese Russians Spanish Swedes
	Galley				Ottomans
	Canoe	100 wood		20	Aztecs Haudenosaunee Lakota
	Fire Junk	100 wood, 100 coin		10	Chinese
	War Junk	300 wood, 100 coin		5
	Fune				Japanese
	Galleon	300 wood, 500 coin		3	British French Germans Indians Ottomans Portuguese Russians Spanish Swedes
	Fluyt	300 wood, 300 coin		4	Dutch
	Atakabune			3	Japanese
	Chincha Raft	200 wood, 150 coin		8	Incas
	Sloop	200 wood, 200 coin		5	United States Mexicans
	Frigate	500 wood, 500 coin		2	Europeans Indians United States Mexicans
	War Canoe	150 wood, 100 coin		10	Aztecs Haudenosaunee Lakota
	Fuchuan	450 wood, 750 coin		2	Chinese
	Tekkousen	500 wood, 500 coin			Japanese
	Steamer	250 wood, 650 coin		3	United States Mexicans
	Monitor	600 wood, 200 coin		2	Europeans Asians
	Tlaloc Canoe	400 wood, 100 coin		5	Aztecs
	Ironclad	500 wood, 600 coin		1	United States Mexicans

Technologies

Age	Technology	Cost	Effect	Civ.
	Gill Nets	90 wood, 90 coin	Fishing Boats, Caravels/Galleys/War Junks/Fune, Canoes, War Canoes, Tlaloc Canoes, and Marathan Catamarans gather 15% faster	All
	Totora Reeds	400 food, 500 wood, 300 coin	Ships 1 Fishing Boat and Chincha Raft for every 5 minutes the game have passed, up to 30 minutes	Incas
	Long Lines	200 wood, 200 coin	Fishing Boats, Caravels/Galleys/War Junks/Fune, Canoes, War Canoes, Tlaloc Canoes, and Marathan Catamarans gather 30% faster; requires Gill Nets	All
	Armor Plating	400 wood, 400 coin	Warships get +50% hit points
	Carronade	350 wood, 350 coin	Warships get +25% attack
	Rawhide Covers	400 food, 400 wood	Warships get +20% hit points	Haudenosaunee
	Flaming Arrows	400 wood, 200 coin	Warships get +25% attack	Lakota
	Percussion Lock	250 wood, 250 coin	Warships' Broadside Attack deal +50% damage; requires Carronade	Europeans Asians
	Cipactli Worship	2,000 food	Ships 4 Tlaloc Canoes	Aztecs
	Ship's Howitzers	400 wood, 400 coin	Monitors get +25% hit points and attack	Europeans Asians

Further statistics

Building strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Ships (when garrisoned)
Weak vs.	Everything, especially Artillery and Monitors
Improvements
Hit points	Flying Buttress (+20%)
Attack	Heated Shot (+1.5x multiplier vs. ships)
Sight	Gas Lighting (+4)
Construction cost	Cree Textile Craftsmanship (-25% wood) Tupi Forest Burning (-20% wood)
Other	Cherokee Basket Weaving (Gill Nets and Long Lines cost no wood)
Penalties	Code Napoleon (+50% cost, French only) Customized Merc Weapons (+30% cost, John Black's Mercenaries only)

Home City Cards

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Dock

Green: TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team All Card Description Age HC level Improved Buildings Buildings get +40% hit points 10 Advanced Dock Docks get +100% attack and heal ships 100% faster, and ship train time -33% 10 The Improved Buildings card is available at a level 1 Home City for the Lakota. The Indians have TEAM Improved Buildings instead of Improved Buildings. British Card Description Age HC level TEAM Cheap Docks Docks cost -25% and their improvements cost less wood 10 Indians Card Description Age HC level TEAM Improved Buildings Buildings get +25% hit points 10

Changelog

Age of Empires III

• The Dock anti-ship attack has a x1.0 multiplier against siege units.

Definitive Edition

• The Dock anti-ship attack has a x0.5 multiplier against siege units.

Trivia

• There are unused files for the Dock portrait in The WarChiefs (probably would be used by Native American civilizations).

History

“

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 Northeast section of the United States.

”

Gallery

A Dock in the Colonial Age

This in game stats icon reveals the ranged anti-ship attack of a garrisoned Dock. Note that garrisoning more Fishing Boats does not change the attack.

Unused Native American Dock portrait

Unused Japanese Dock portrait