Trailers: every barge and wooden tank
A trailer is a barge or wooden tank towed astern of your ship, on a rope. Trailers are not ships: they need no sailors, and a captain may tow up to two at once. Trade barges add cargo space. Battle trailers (wooden tanks with no turret) add extra cannon, mines, flame and missiles; in a fight you can cut one loose, and she keeps firing while you run, then comes back spent until you put in at a port. Towing costs speed: every trailer trims your top speed, acceleration and turning (the figures below are multipliers; 1.00 is no change). They are bought from shipwrights' yards. The Olympian trailers are sold only at the Dabloom Resort.
All trailers at a glance
| Trailer | Kind | Level | Cargo | Extra guns | Length | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Covered Punt | Trade | 1 | 120 | - | 12 m | 800 gold |
Skiff Barge | Trade | 10 | 350 | - | 16 m | 4,200 gold |
Coast Barge | Trade | 20 | 700 | - | 22 m | 14,000 gold |
Hold Barge | Trade | 32 | 1,200 | - | 32 m | 36,000 gold |
Warehouse Barge | Trade | 45 | 1,800 | - | 44 m | 90,000 gold |
Deep Barge | Trade | 58 | 2,400 | - | 56 m | 170,000 gold |
Grand Trade Barge | Trade | 72 | 3,000 | - | 72 m | 320,000 gold |
Gun Lighter | Battle | 60 | - | 90 | 22 m | 95,000 gold |
Bomb Ketch | Battle | 75 | - | 260 | 38 m | 200,000 gold |
Siege Wagon | Battle | 90 | - | 650 | 62 m | 420,000 gold |
Olympian Trade Lighter | Trade | 200 | 12,000 | - | 54 m | 5,000,000,000 gold |
Olympian War Raft | Battle | 200 | - | 1,400 | 46 m | 5,000,000,000 gold |
Olympian Ore Smelter | Trade | 200 | 9,000 | - | 50 m | 5,000,000,000 gold |
Olympian Log Mill | Trade | 200 | 9,000 | - | 50 m | 5,000,000,000 gold |
Olympian Cold Hold | Trade | 200 | 7,000 | - | 44 m | 5,000,000,000 gold |
Olympian Support Raft | Battle | 200 | - | 500 | 40 m | 5,000,000,000 gold |
Trojan Horse of War | Battle | 200 | - | 2,600 | 52 m | 12,000,000,000 gold |
Trade barges
Covered Punt
A small floating covered wagon: a wagon bed on a float under a hooped canvas canopy. She trims a little speed back. Cargo only, no sailors.
| Kind | Trade barge |
| Level to buy and tow | Trade 1 |
| Price | 800 gold |
| Where to buy | Any shipwright with a yard |
| Length | 12 m |
| Cargo added | 120 |
| Effect on your ship | speed x0.97 · acceleration x0.95 · turning x0.96 |
Skiff Barge
A short covered wagon on a float under a hooped canvas canopy. Cargo only. No crew.
| Kind | Trade barge |
| Level to buy and tow | Trade 10 |
| Price | 4,200 gold |
| Where to buy | Shipwright yards that stock ships worth 18,000 gold or more |
| Length | 16 m |
| Cargo added | 350 |
| Effect on your ship | speed x0.94 · acceleration x0.91 · turning x0.93 |
Coast Barge
A coastal covered wagon under a long hooped canopy with upswept ends. Cargo only.
| Kind | Trade barge |
| Level to buy and tow | Trade 20 |
| Price | 14,000 gold |
| Where to buy | Shipwright yards that stock ships worth 48,000 gold or more |
| Length | 22 m |
| Cargo added | 700 |
| Effect on your ship | speed x0.91 · acceleration x0.86 · turning x0.89 |
Hold Barge
A long covered wagon under a deep ribbed canopy. Carries cargo and nothing else. No crew.
| Kind | Trade barge |
| Level to buy and tow | Trade 32 |
| Price | 36,000 gold |
| Where to buy | Shipwright yards that stock ships worth 98,000 gold or more |
| Length | 32 m |
| Cargo added | 1,200 |
| Effect on your ship | speed x0.87 · acceleration x0.80 · turning x0.84 |
Warehouse Barge
A big covered wagon under a high ribbed canopy, wide and deep. Cargo only. She ships no sailors.
| Kind | Trade barge |
| Level to buy and tow | Trade 45 |
| Price | 90,000 gold |
| Where to buy | Shipwright yards that stock ships worth 130,000 gold or more |
| Length | 44 m |
| Cargo added | 1,800 |
| Effect on your ship | speed x0.83 · acceleration x0.75 · turning x0.79 |
Deep Barge
A heavy covered wagon for a serious trade run, under a tall ribbed canopy. Hold space only. No crew.
| Kind | Trade barge |
| Level to buy and tow | Trade 58 |
| Price | 170,000 gold |
| Where to buy | Shipwright yards that stock ships worth 220,000 gold or more |
| Length | 56 m |
| Cargo added | 2,400 |
| Effect on your ship | speed x0.80 · acceleration x0.70 · turning x0.74 |
Grand Trade Barge
The finest covered wagon afloat: 3000 cargo under a vaulted canopy with upswept ends. No sailors.
| Kind | Trade barge |
| Level to buy and tow | Trade 72 |
| Price | 320,000 gold |
| Where to buy | Shipwright yards that stock ships worth 340,000 gold or more |
| Length | 72 m |
| Cargo added | 3,000 |
| Effect on your ship | speed x0.76 · acceleration x0.64 · turning x0.70 |
Olympian Trade Lighter
The merchant prince's barge: amphora stacks under a sky-blue silk awning, a marble gazebo with a gilded dome amidships, and two Zeus lightning cannons astern that blast any ship on your tail. While she is hitched the sea leaves you alone: no fire, leaks, rats, scurvy, squalls or cracked masts. Ring of lift bags: let them go and she slips under the sea; sail over her golden buoy and press Retrieve to float her back up. Cargo only. Maritime 200.
| Kind | Trade barge |
| Level to buy and tow | Trade 200 |
| Price | 5,000,000,000 gold |
| Where to buy | The Olympian shipwright at the Dabloom Resort (Captain's Subscribers only) |
| Length | 54 m |
| Cargo added | 12,000 |
| Effect on your ship | speed x0.97 · acceleration x0.95 · turning x0.95 |
What she does
- 2 Zeus lightning cannons astern: 450 damage a bolt every five seconds, 150 m, at any hostile ship chasing you
- Sea-peril immunity while hitched: no fire, leaks, rats, scurvy, squalls or cracked masts
- Lift bags: release them and she sinks out of harm's way (a golden buoy marks her); sail over it and press Retrieve to raise her
Olympian Ore Smelter
A gilded barge with a marble bunker of ore and a great glowing furnace amidships. While you sail she smelts the iron ore in your hold into bronze ingots, a few units every half minute, so you reach port with the dearer cargo. Lift bags to sink her out of harm's way. Trade 200.
| Kind | Trade barge |
| Level to buy and tow | Trade 200 |
| Price | 5,000,000,000 gold |
| Where to buy | The Olympian shipwright at the Dabloom Resort (Captain's Subscribers only) |
| Length | 50 m |
| Cargo added | 9,000 |
| Effect on your ship | speed x0.96 · acceleration x0.94 · turning x0.94 |
What she does
- Furnace: smelts iron ore into bronze ingots in your hold while you sail
- Lift bags: release them and she sinks out of harm's way (a golden buoy marks her); sail over it and press Retrieve to raise her
Olympian Log Mill
Stacked logs on a gilded barge and a water-wheel mill on her deck. While you sail she saws the timber in your hold into fine ancient timber, a few units every half minute. Lift bags to sink her out of harm's way. Trade 200.
| Kind | Trade barge |
| Level to buy and tow | Trade 200 |
| Price | 5,000,000,000 gold |
| Where to buy | The Olympian shipwright at the Dabloom Resort (Captain's Subscribers only) |
| Length | 50 m |
| Cargo added | 9,000 |
| Effect on your ship | speed x0.96 · acceleration x0.94 · turning x0.94 |
What she does
- Mill: saws timber into ancient timber in your hold while you sail
- Lift bags: release them and she sinks out of harm's way (a golden buoy marks her); sail over it and press Retrieve to raise her
Olympian Cold Hold
A marble ice-house with frost vents and cooling coils: fish, fruit, wine, oil and furs ride in it as fresh as the day they were loaded, and no rats, leak or squall can spoil a single crate of your cargo while she is hitched. Lift bags to sink her out of harm's way. Trade 200.
| Kind | Trade barge |
| Level to buy and tow | Trade 200 |
| Price | 5,000,000,000 gold |
| Where to buy | The Olympian shipwright at the Dabloom Resort (Captain's Subscribers only) |
| Length | 44 m |
| Cargo added | 7,000 |
| Effect on your ship | speed x0.97 · acceleration x0.95 · turning x0.95 |
What she does
- Refrigerated: no crate of your cargo can spoil while she is hitched
- Lift bags: release them and she sinks out of harm's way (a golden buoy marks her); sail over it and press Retrieve to raise her
Battle trailers (wooden tanks)
Gun Lighter
A small wooden tank with no turret. Ninety extra cannon, a longer reach, and one blast mine she lobs like a mortar. A short flame jet now and then. No cargo and no sailors. Maritime 60.
| Kind | Battle trailer |
| Level to buy and tow | Maritime 60 |
| Price | 95,000 gold |
| Where to buy | Shipwright yards that stock ships worth 220,000 gold or more |
| Length | 22 m |
| Cargo added | none |
| Effect on your ship | speed x0.88 · acceleration x0.82 · turning x0.80 |
What she does
- 90 extra cannon on your broadside, reaching 18 m further
- Mines: Blast mine (lobbed like a mortar: 1 at a time, every 20 s, up to 36 m)
- Flame jets: 90 damage every 11 s, reach 26 m
Bomb Ketch
A wooden tank with no turret. 260 extra cannon with a longer reach. She lobs three mines, throws flame, and now and then a missile. No cargo. No sailors.
| Kind | Battle trailer |
| Level to buy and tow | Maritime 75 |
| Price | 200,000 gold |
| Where to buy | Shipwright yards that stock ships worth 340,000 gold or more |
| Length | 38 m |
| Cargo added | none |
| Effect on your ship | speed x0.82 · acceleration x0.74 · turning x0.74 |
What she does
- 260 extra cannon on your broadside, reaching 40 m further
- Mines: Blast mine, Leak mine (lobbed like a mortar: 3 at a time, every 14 s, up to 52 m)
- Flame jets: 200 damage every 7 s, reach 38 m
- Missiles: 260 damage every 12 s, reach 200 m
Siege Wagon
The end-game wooden tank. 650 extra cannon, the longest reach, five mines lobbed at random like a mortar, jets of flame, and missiles. No cargo and no sailors.
| Kind | Battle trailer |
| Level to buy and tow | Maritime 90 |
| Price | 420,000 gold |
| Where to buy | Shipwright yards that stock ships worth 600,000 gold or more |
| Length | 62 m |
| Cargo added | none |
| Effect on your ship | speed x0.74 · acceleration x0.62 · turning x0.66 |
What she does
- 650 extra cannon on your broadside, reaching 72 m further
- Mines: Leak mine, Confusion mine, Blast mine (lobbed like a mortar: 5 at a time, every 10 s, up to 78 m)
- Flame jets: 380 damage every 4.5 s, reach 52 m
- Missiles: 520 damage every 6.5 s, reach 300 m
Olympian War Raft
A gilded Greek war raft behind a marble shield wall: 1,400 extra cannon, ballistae, jets of flame, a rack of mines lobbed like mortars and thunder-missiles, and lift bags to sink her out of harm's way and raise her again. No cargo and no sailors. Maritime 200.
| Kind | Battle trailer |
| Level to buy and tow | Maritime 200 |
| Price | 5,000,000,000 gold |
| Where to buy | The Olympian shipwright at the Dabloom Resort (Captain's Subscribers only) |
| Length | 46 m |
| Cargo added | none |
| Effect on your ship | speed x0.90 · acceleration x0.85 · turning x0.85 |
What she does
- 1,400 extra cannon on your broadside, reaching 110 m further
- Mines: Blast mine, Leak mine, Confusion mine (lobbed like a mortar: 8 at a time, every 7 s, up to 110 m)
- Flame jets: 600 damage every 3.5 s, reach 70 m
- Missiles: 900 damage every 4.5 s, reach 380 m
- Lift bags: release them and she sinks out of harm's way (a golden buoy marks her); sail over it and press Retrieve to raise her
Olympian Support Raft
A gilded raft of marble shields: ranks of crimson-crested hoplites with bronze spears, braziers and a command pavilion. They go over the rail with you: +40% to your boarding power, 500 extra cannon and a lobbed leak mine. No cargo. Maritime 200.
| Kind | Battle trailer |
| Level to buy and tow | Maritime 200 |
| Price | 5,000,000,000 gold |
| Where to buy | The Olympian shipwright at the Dabloom Resort (Captain's Subscribers only) |
| Length | 40 m |
| Cargo added | none |
| Effect on your ship | speed x0.93 · acceleration x0.90 · turning x0.90 |
What she does
- 500 extra cannon on your broadside, reaching 40 m further
- Mines: Leak mine (lobbed like a mortar: 1 at a time, every 12 s, up to 70 m)
- +40% boarding power (soldiers go over the rail with your crew)
- Lift bags: release them and she sinks out of harm's way (a golden buoy marks her); sail over it and press Retrieve to raise her
Trojan Horse of War
A colossal gilded wooden horse on a wheeled platform, gun-ports in its flanks and a trap-hatch under its belly. 2,600 extra cannon, jets of flame, a rack of mines and missiles, and a crowd of hoplites hidden inside: +75% boarding power when a ship comes alongside. Lift bags to sink her out of harm's way. Maritime 200.
| Kind | Battle trailer |
| Level to buy and tow | Maritime 200 |
| Price | 12,000,000,000 gold |
| Where to buy | The Olympian shipwright at the Dabloom Resort (Captain's Subscribers only) |
| Length | 52 m |
| Cargo added | none |
| Effect on your ship | speed x0.88 · acceleration x0.82 · turning x0.82 |
What she does
- 2,600 extra cannon on your broadside, reaching 130 m further
- Mines: Blast mine, Leak mine, Confusion mine (lobbed like a mortar: 10 at a time, every 6 s, up to 120 m)
- Flame jets: 800 damage every 3 s, reach 80 m
- Missiles: 1,200 damage every 4 s, reach 420 m
- +75% boarding power (soldiers go over the rail with your crew)
- Lift bags: release them and she sinks out of harm's way (a golden buoy marks her); sail over it and press Retrieve to raise her
Covered Punt
Skiff Barge
Coast Barge
Hold Barge
Warehouse Barge
Deep Barge
Grand Trade Barge
Gun Lighter
Bomb Ketch
Siege Wagon
Olympian Trade Lighter
Olympian War Raft
Olympian Ore Smelter
Olympian Log Mill
Olympian Cold Hold
Olympian Support Raft
Trojan Horse of War















