Shore Fish

Template:Wildlife Shore Fish are a special kind of aquatic creatures, featured in Age of Empires and Age of Empires II.

Overview

In the games they are featured, Shore Fish can be found, as their namesake suggests, to shores in maps that feature at least some water; even mostly landlocked maps, such as Cenotes and Ghost Lake can feature them.

They yield 200 food (250 food in the first game) and are only found close to the shore so Villagers can gather food from them. They can also be fished from Fishing Ships, though these gather Shore Fish slower than deep water fish, even with Gillnets researched.

In the Rise of the Rajas expansion, a similar animal was introduced, known as Box Turtles. These appear on Southeast Asian maps with tropical/subtropical setting, such as Water Nomad and Indonesia, but are otherwise identical.

Civilizations and Shore Fish

Age of Empires

• Palmyrans: Villagers have +25% working speed and have +1 armor but are 50% more expensive.

Age of Empires II

• Japanese: Fishing ships have +100% HP, +2 piercing armor and work 5% faster in Dark Age, 10% Feudal Age, 15% Castle Age, 20% Imperial Age
• Indians: Fishermen work 15% faster and carry +15 food

Gallery

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Some Villagers, tasked to catch some Shore Fish, note the Mill, it is the drop-off building.

Shore Fish aren't available in Age of Empires III, outside of mods. This is a fishing pond, available in the King's Return mod, that technically reintroduces a sort of shore fishing.

A small strip of land, on whose tip lie some Shore Fish.

Trivia

• Originally, Worker units in Age of Mythology were able to fish. The feature was dropped, most likely due to issues of how far away fishing spots spawned in random maps, and due to the fish's large obstruction radius.
  • Settlers were also allowed to fish in Age of Empires III but the feature was also removed, for unknown reasons.