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This article is about the unit in Age of Empires IV. For other uses, see Transport Ship. |
| “ | Large oared vessel able to transport land units across water. | ” |
| —Age of Empires IV description | ||
The Transport Ship is a ship available at the Dock in Age of Empires IV. It is a large oared vessel able to transport land units across water. It has no combat ability and thus must be well protected. The Transport Ship uses the Line of Sight of units inside it.
Tactics[]
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Further Statistics[]
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| Armor |  Copper Plating (+2 fire/ranged,  Japanese)
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| Creation speed |  Military Academy (+33%); Improved: (+53%,  Mongols)
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| Aura and ability enhancements | |
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| Armor |  Defense Arrow (+2 melee and ranged for 5/10/12 seconds, depending on Whistling Arrows, Mongols) Mehter Melee Armor Drums (+2 melee/fire,  Ottomans) Mehter Ranged Armor Drums (+1 ranged, Ottomans)
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| Line of Sight |  Set up Camp (+30%,  English)
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 Movement speed
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 Nehan Conversion (+25% for 20 seconds, Japanese) Coastal Navigtion (+15%,  Malians) Yam Aura (+15%, requires Yam Network, Mongols) Maneuver Arrow (+33% for 5/10/12 seconds, depending on Whistling Arrows, Mongols)
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| Resource cost |  Consecrate (-25%, requires Ordinance Company  Jeanne d'Arc)
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| Creation speed |  Golden Age Tier 3 (+20%,  Abbasid Dynasty and  Ayyubids)  Conscriptio Influence (+20% per Cistern water level,  Byzantines) Garrisoned Scholar (+20% per Scholar,  Delhi Sultanate) Yorishiro Bonus (+200% Japanese) Military Festival (+100% for 90 seconds, Malians) Blacksmith/University Influence (+20%/30%/40% per Age, +100% with Istanbul Observatory, Ottomans)
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 Hit points
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Mongols (+50%)
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| Additional projectiles | Malians (Each garrisoned unit grants one additional javelin projectile)
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| Armor | Byzantines (+1 melee and ranged armor per garrisoned Varangian Guard)
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| Movement speed
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Mongols (+15%) Ottomans (+10%)
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| Resource cost | English (-10%) Zhu Xi's Legacy (-10% in  Yuan Dynasty)
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| Creation speed |  Chinese and Zhu Xi's Legacy (+10%)
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| Ability |  Rus (Lodya Transport Ships can transform into any other type of ship)
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| Other | Byzantines (Garrisoned units gain +50% speed for 12 seconds when unloading)
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Note: Malian Transport Ships are not affected by ranged attack upgrades from the Blacksmith
Dialogue lines[]
- Abbasid Dynasty and Ayyubids: /Abbasid Dynasty dialogue lines
- Byzantine: /Byzantine dialogue lines
- Chinese and Zhu Xi's Legacy: /Chinese dialogue lines
- Delhi Sultanate: /Delhi Sultanate dialogue lines
- English and House of Lancaster: /English dialogue lines
- French, Jeanne d'Arc, and Knights Templar: /French dialogue lines
- Holy Roman Empire and Order of the Dragon: /Holy Roman Empire dialogue lines
- Japanese: /Japanese dialogue lines
- Malians: /Malians dialogue lines
- Mongols: /Mongols dialogue lines
- Ottomans: /Ottomans dialogue lines
- Rus: /Rus dialogue lines
Changelog[]
- With Update 8324 Lodya Transport Ships now incur a 50% movement speed penalty while switching roles.
- Originally, Transport Ships had 600 hit points. With the Season Three Update, they have 400 hit points.
Gallery[]
Abbasid and Delhi Transport Ship
Byzantine, English, French, HRE and Ottoman Transport Ship
Chinese and Mongol Transport Ship
Japanese Transport Ships
Malian Transport firing at a Dock
Rus Lodya Transport Ship
Varangian Guards building a Transport Ship
In-game art of Transport Ships
