Ship (Age of Empires)

This article is about the ships in Age of Empires. For ships in other games of the series, see Ship.

Ships are units in Age of Empires that can move across water. They can also pass shallow water, but can never move on land. As water is a natural and impenetrable barrier for all units but ships, they are of crucial importance on maps with a lot of water, e.g. Islands or Coastal.

General information

All ships move quite fast and possess high hit points. Hence, almost all military ships are quite capable of battling land units on the shoreline for they can hit-and-run melee units and survive archer units with their tankiness. They fare worse against siege weapons and Priests.

All ships are trained at the Dock and most ships only cost wood, with the exception of the Fire Galley and the Catapult Trireme line, that also cost gold.

Classification

Ships can be classified into two sub-types:

• Civilian ship: Ships which produce or collect resources
• Military ship: Ships which are involved in combat or transportation

List of civilian ships

Ship	A	HP	LOS	Sp	Wood	Gold	TT	Ci
Fishing Boat		45	6	1.4	50	0	40	All
Fishing Ship		75	6	2.0	50	0	40	16
Trade Boat		120	4	2.0	75	60	50	All
Merchant Ship		200	4	2.5	75	60	50	All

List of military ships

Ship	A	HP	At	Ra	ROF	LOS	Sp	Wood	Gold	TT	Ci
Scout Ship		120	5	5	1.5	7	1.75	135	0	70	All
War Galley		160	8	6	1.7	9	1.75	135	0	70	All
Trireme		200	12	7	1.89	10	1.75	135	0	70	14
Fire Galley		200	24	1	1.0	8	2.0	115	40	60	8
Catapult Trireme		135	35	9	5.3	12	1.45	135	50	90	9
Juggernaut		200	35	10	5.3	13	1.45	135	50	90	7
Light Transport		150	-	-	-	4	1.4	150	0	75	All
Heavy Transport		200	-	-	-	5	1.75	150	0	75	All

Technologies

Listed below are all technologies that benefit ships. This list does not contain unit upgrades.

Technology	Researched at	Age	Civilizations	Effect
Woodworking	Market		All	Increases range of Scout Ship line by +1
Artisanship			All
Craftsmanship			13
Alchemy	Government Center		14	Increases attack of ranged ships by +1 and of Fire Galleys by +6
Ballistics	Government Center		All	Increases accuracy against moving targets
Engineering	Government Center		12	Increases range of Catapult Trireme line by +2; enables the Juggernaut upgrade

Civilization bonuses

The following civilizations have bonuses that benefit naval units:

• Carthaginians: Fire Galleys have +25% attack; transport ships move 25% faster.
• Greeks: Ships move 20% faster.
• Hittites: Scout Ships and War Galleys have +1/+2/+3 range in the Tool/Bronze/Iron Age.
• Macedonians: Ships are four times more resistant to conversion.
• Minoans: Ships cost -15%/-20%/-25%/-30% in the Stone/Tool/Bronze/Iron Age.
• Palmyrans: Trade ships return twice the gold.
• Persians: Scout Ship line fires 18%/25%/33% faster in the Tool/Bronze/Iron Age.
• Phoenicians: Catapult Trireme and Juggernaut fire 33% faster.
• Yamato: Ships have +10%/+15%/+20%/+25% HP in the Stone/Tool/Bronze/Iron Age.

Team bonuses

• Minoans: Docks are 20% cheaper.
• Palmyrans: Technologies that benefit ships are researched 30% faster.

Trivia

• The Hittites are the only civilization lacking a civilian ship, in this case, the Fishing Ship.
• The Macedonians and the Lac Viet are the only civilizations having access to the Catapult Trireme, but not the Juggernaut.
• All ships have 0/0 armor.
• Civilizations have exactly one of Fire Galley and Catapult Trireme, except for:
  • the Greeks which have both
  • the Choson which have neither

Gallery

All ships in the game, as seen in the Definitive Edition