Fishing Ship (Age of Empires)

This article is about the unit in Age of Empires. For other uses of the term, see Fishing Ship.

Fishing Ship
Unit information
Introduced in	Age of Empires
Type	Fishing Boat
Civilization	All except Hittites
Age	Bronze Age
Training
Trained at	Dock
Wood	50
Training time	40 seconds (base) 23 seconds 20 seconds
Statistics
Hit points	75
Melee armor	0
Pierce armor	0
Speed	2.0
Line of Sight	6
Upgraded from
Upgraded from	Fishing Boat

• Return
• Original

“	Gathers food from fish.	”
—In-game description

“	Provides food by gathering fish and depositing them at the Dock. The Fishing Ship has more hit points and is faster than the Fishing Boat.	”
—In-game description

The Fishing Ship is an economic unit in Age of Empires that gathers food from fishing spots. It is an upgrade of Fishing Boat and has more hit points, speed and can carry 5 more fish (for a total of 20). It can be upgraded at the Dock in the Bronze Age.

Boats are twice as resistant to conversion as regular units. Minoan naval units are much cheaper, while Yamato have more HP. The Hittites do not have access to Fishing Ships.

Civilization bonuses

• Greeks: Fishing Ships have +20% speed.
• Macedonians: Fishing Ships have +2 Line of Sight and are four times more resistant to conversion.
• Minoans: Fishing Ships cost -25%/-30% in the Bronze/Iron Age.
• Yamato: Fishing Ships have +20%/+25% hit points in the Bronze/Iron Age and work 20% faster.

Team bonuses

• Palmyrans: Researching technologies that benefit Fishing Ships is 30% faster.

Changelog

Age of Empires

• Minoans: Fishing Ships cost -30%.
• Yamato: Fishing Ships have +33% hit points.

Definitive Edition

• Yamato: Upon release, Fishing Ships have +25% hit points. With update 38862, they have +20% hit points.

Return of Rome

• Minoans: With update 99311, Fishing Ships cost -25%/-30% in the Bronze/Iron Age.
• Palmyrans (team bonus): Technologies benefiting Fishing Ships researched 30% faster.
• Yamato: Fishing Ships work 20% faster. With update 99311, Fishing Ships have +20%/+25% hit points in the Bronze/Iron Age.

History

“	The never-ending quest for food eventually enticed humans out onto lakes, rivers, and oceans in search of fish. Fish of greater size and variety and in greater quantity were often found in deeper offshore waters. Fishing ships, larger than small canoes, were developed to control larger nets. Fishing ships were able to hold greater quantities of processed fish (cleaned and salted at sea) before return to land was required.	”
—Age of Empires manual

Gallery

Fishing Ships in Return of Rome

A group of Fishings Ships, facing all possible directions.