However, if there are also other harbour buildings on the island, attacking a trading post and destroying it will not immediately result in the takeover. If the trading post is the only harbour building of the island, destroying it allows the attacker to takeover the island, or claim all of the island's shares.

It provides the island with a decent defence against single ships or small weak fleets in the early stages of the game. Warehouses that are connected to the trading post can serve as a source of the connection for other buildings.Įach trading post is equipped with a cannon with the same damage per second and attack range as cannon towers. Such a connection can rely on a road connecting a building directly to the trading post, or can rely on a road leading to warehouses. Many buildings, such as residences, need to be connected to the trading post. In addition to coins and construction materials, building trading posts requires specific amount of influence, depending on the size of the island (and depending on how many influence points are still available within the free limit for islands in the expansion category). When the ship is close to the coastline a transparent trading post appears on the coast, clicking on it and then confirming the construction places the trading post and claims the ownership of the island. 5.2 Items that affect all harbour buildingsĪ trading post can be constructed by sailing to a free coastline of an unoccupied island with a ship which has enough construction materials on board.

Anno 1404 small trading ship