Warship Wharf

Overview

Warships are Egypt's answer to hostile river craft. Each Warship Wharf owns one combat ship that can hunt enemies in range, patrol around a hold point, ram transports, and return home for rest or repair. Timber is consumed at the Shipwright when the hull is built — the wharf itself does not store weapons or timber in the original game.

Mechanics

Ship order

Each month, a staffed Warship Wharf with open water access and no live boat in its boat slot raises a city-wide warship request. The Shipwright polls those requests and builds a warship hull when timber and labor allow. When the finished ship is created it is linked to the wharf (BUILDING_SLOT_BOAT) and sails to the docking points.

If the ship figure dies or is no longer a warship, the wharf clears the slot and will request a replacement on a later month.

Labor & coverage

The wharf belongs to the Military labor category and needs 15 workers. It sends a labor seeker when nearby house coverage is below the threshold (min_houses_coverage: 50 — matching original Pharaoh, which generates a seeker when houses_covered < 51). Without road access the seeker cannot spawn and the wharf will not stay staffed.

Moored look

While a warship is waiting or docked at the wharf, the building switches to the moored “wait” ambient animations for its facing. When the ship is away, the working water animations play instead.

Info window

Right-clicking the wharf opens the Military advisor as the first linked advisor. The description comes from language text group 175 (entry 1) when the building has road access; otherwise the generic “no road access” string is shown — matching original draw_wharf.

vs. Transport Wharf

Placement

The planner requires shoreline, water access, and a route to open water (same sea-access check as docks). An inland lake with no river entry fails with #inland_lake_has_no_sea_access. Orientation is relative to the water edge. A city may have at most six Warship Wharves; attempting a seventh shows #full_complement_of_warship_wharves.

Road access is mandatory for labor. Pair the wharf with a Shipwright that has timber. When selected, the game highlights the two water-access / docking tiles in green.

Tips

• One wharf = one warship. Need a fleet? Build more wharves (up to six) and enough Shipwright capacity.
• If a wharf stays empty, check staffing, open water access, Shipwright timber, and whether another request is already queued.
• Issue hunt / patrol / repair orders from the Military advisor or the warship figure window.
• Demolishing or undoing a wharf clears its boat link; any orphaned ship will need a new home wharf.

building_warship_wharf = {
  building_size : 3,
  meta : { text_id: 175, help_link:"message_building_warship_wharf" },
  needs : { water_access : true, shoreline : true },
  labor_category : LABOR_CATEGORY_MILITARY,
  min_houses_coverage : 50,
  cost: [ 120, 150, 200, 300, 400 ],
  laborers:[15]
}
// can_place / finalize_check refuse when count >= 6