Trading port

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Trading port
Function
Loading cargo ships
Requirements
None
Resources needed

The port is your gateway to the world. Here you can hire trade ships and ready them for long journeys. You can also receive precious goods from places far away.

Larger trading ports can load ships faster, but the size of the trading port does not determine how many cargo ships you can purchase. The more you upgrade your trading port, the more resources people can pillage from you each time they attack you. Because upgrading only speeds things up, it is rarely worth the risk of losing more to attacks.

See Trading for more information.

See also Common Ship Questions.

[edit] Unit training

Cargo Ship

Trade ships are the most important support for your island empire. No matter whether they have to transport goods, units or news: your seamen will make sure that everything arrives at its destination quick and safely.

[edit] Expansion Details

Please Note:

• There are some researches that help to reduce the building materials needed to build this building and they are cumulative: Pulley research reduces them by 2%, Geometry another 4% or 6% total and Spirit Level another 8% or 14% reduction bonus from the normal amount of wood and marble, sulphur, crystal glass, or wine required to build the buildings.
• The research bonuses are not shown directly in the following chart.
  These bonuses are shown by hovering your mouse over the individual resource numbers in the chart ( Pulley = 2% total, Geometry = 6% total and Spirit Level = 14% total).

If the chart below does not match your ingame chart and you don't want to mouseover the numbers to see how much the next level is going to take then click on one of the following researches should be the highest level you have researched to see the requirements for that research:
Pulley chart   •   Geometry chart   •   Spirit Level chart

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Level	Resources needed to build			Loading speed units per minute	Pillaging
					Max Loot per Battle	Max Ships per Battle
0	-	-	-	3	60	1
1	18 P 17 G 16 S 15	-	10m 48s	10	200	1
2	31 P 30 G 29 S 26	-	24m 29s	30	600	2
3	44 P 43 G 41 S 37	-	50m 24s	58	1,160	4
4	87 P 85 G 81 S 74	33 P 32 G 31 S 28	1h 26m	92	1,840	7
5	156 P 152 G 146 S 134	48 P 47 G 45 S 41	2h 18m	131	2,620	9
6	266 P 260 G 250 S 228	93 P 91 G 87 S 79	2h 58m	176	3,520	12
7	425 P 416 G 399 S 365	126 P 123 G 118 S 108	3h 41m	225	4,500	15
8	653 P 639 G 613 S 561	215 P 210 G 202 S 184	4h 52m	279	5,580	19
9	963 P 943 G 905 S 828	344 P 337 G 323 S 295	5h 37m	336	6,720	23
10	1,381 P 1,353 G 1,298 S 1,187	529 P 518 G 497 S 454	7h 6m	398	7,960	27
11	1,915 P 1,876 G 1,800 S 1,646	777 P 761 G 730 S 668	7h 48m	464	9,280	31
12	2,604 P 2,551 G 2,447 S 2,239	1,100 P 1,078 G 1,034 S 946	9h 30m	533	10,660	36
13	3,790 P 3,714 G 3,562 S 3,259	1,731 P 1,696 G 1,627 S 1,488	10h 36m	606	12,120	41
14	5,349 P 5,242 G 5,028 S 4,600	2,301 P 2,254 G 2,162 S 1,978	11h 53m	682	13,640	46
15	7,333 P 7,186 G 6,893 S 6,306	3,017 P 2,956 G 2,835 S 2,594	11h 59m	762	15,240	51
16	9,808 P 9,611 G 9,219 S 8,434	4,265 P 4,179 G 4,009 S 3,667	13h 56m	844	16,880	57
17 [1]	39,232 P 38,447 G 36,878 S 33,739	17,060 P 16,718 G 16,036 S 14,671	2D 7h	931	18,620	63
18 [1]	78,464 P 76,894 G 73,756 S 67,479	34,120 P 33,437 G 32,072 S 29,343	4D 15h	1,020	20,400	68
19 [1]	156,928 P 153,789 G 147,512 S 134,958	68,240 P 66,875 G 64,145 S 58,686	9D 7h	1,112	22,240	75
20 [1]	318,856 P 312,478 G 299,724 S 274,216	136,480 P 133,750 G 128,291 S 117,372	18D 14h	1,207	24,140	81
21 [1]	627,712 P 615,157 G 590,049 S 539,832	272,960 P 267,500 G 256,582 S 234,745	37D 4h	1,305	26,100	87
22 [1]	1,255,424 P 1,230,315 G 1,180,098 S 1,079,664	545,920 P 535,001 G 513,164 S 469,491	74D 8h	1,406	28,120	94
23 [1]	2,510,848 P 2,460,631 G 2,360,197 S 2,159,329	1,091,840 P 1,070,003 G 1,026,329 S 938,982	148D 17h	1,509	30,180	101
24 [1]	5,021,696 P 4,921,262 G 4,720,394 S 4,318,658	2,183,680 P 2,140,006 G 2,052,659 S 1,877,964	297D 11h	1,616	32,320	108
Level				Loading speed units per minute	Max Loot per Battle	Max Ships per Battle
	Resources needed to build				Pillaging

Extra Notes:

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7} Levels 17 through 24 do not show up on the in-game Help pages anymore due to the Soft cap that Gameforge enacted in v.0.2.5!
   As of v.0.2.0 the information in this chart was 100% accurate.

[edit] Tips

Do not upgrade your trading port too much; this would speed up your loading time, but it may also attract more players to pillage you. A good tip is to keep your trading port at or below level 3 to avoid large losses.

If you have strong troops and a large warehouse, you could keep your trading port larger; however, it is not recommended.

[edit] Other Buildings

Ikariam Buildings (In-game) and buildings (coming soon)
In-game	• Academy • Barracks • Embassy • Governor's Residence • Hideout • Museum • Palace • Shipyard • Tavern • Town hall • Town wall • Trading port • Trading post • Warehouse • Workshop •
Coming Soon	• Alchemist • Architect • Carpentering • Fireworker • Forester • Glassblowing • Optician • Stonemason • Vineyard • Winegrower •
Resources	• Saw Mill • Sulfur/Sulphur Pit • Crystal Mine • Vineyard • Marble Quarry •
Ikariam Buildings (In-game) and buildings (coming soon)