Plank

Plank
Details
A water-proofed plank
Require:	Shipyard or Dealing
Source:	shipyard, merchant, salvage
Usage:	construction, crafting, research
Category:	Inventory, Resources

A water-proofed plank from a shipyard

Planks are used for construction, crafting and for research.

• Your available Plank is listed, in an inventory, after you get some.

Access

• Plank appears, in your inventory, after you:
  • construct a Shipyard, on Buildings; or
  • research Deals and buy some from the Merchant, at Market.

Access requirements:
Construct	Requirement	Resource cost
Shipyard	build on Buildings	Wood	20 000
		Structure	50
or
Technology	Requirement	Research cost
Deals	invest 7600 Knowledge in Economy	Gold	100
		Coin	1 500
		Knowledge	1 200

• You can also get Plank when you salvage ships.

Production

• Active Shipyards, on Buildings, produce 0.05 Planks per second.

Plank produced:
Producer	Rate
Shipyard	0.05 per second

• Other factors increment production.

Uses

• Plank is used, to:
  • craft, on Crafting;
  • construct ships, at the Dock;
  • research, on Technologies; and
  • construct, on Buildings.

Use of planks:
Use	Item	Amount
craft	Supplies	5
craft	Chest	100
research	Sailing	100
research	Cache	500
research	Galleon	1 000
research	Expansion	2 000
research	Careening	1 000
research	Sea captain	3 000
research	Windward	10 000
construct	Galley	200
construct	Galleon	1 500
construct	Fireship	1 000
construct	Caravel	1 000
construct	Docks	50 × 1.3n
where 'n' is the number of the item

Other

• There is a chance the Merchant, will offer you Planks.

• A variable amount of Plank is returned if ships are salvaged or destroyed in combat. 

Plank returned:
Ship	Salvage	Destroyed
Galley	10 → 20	0 → 100
Galleon	300 → 600	0 → 500
Fireship	200 → 500	0 → 200
Caravel	200 → 500	0 → 200

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