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    Default How do Ports work?

    Whenever I build a port it seems to just sit there doing nothing, and generating no money, so how do the port profits work?

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    Default Re: How do Ports work?

    Ports require a cpl of things to generate income.

    Trade goods in the province.
    A merchant building of any type.
    An unbroken line of ships to another sea area with ports.

    The ports you connect to do not need to have trade goods, nor even a merchant. Your goods will flow to connected ports as long as you have a ship(s) in each sea region leading to the target. Ports with the same trade goods usually do not trade those goods.

    You cannot trade with anyone you are at war with. If a hostile fleet enters any sea area between your port and a trade port, the sea link is broken; this goes for armies, provinces, commanders and kings as well: sometimes explaining the: oops! Why is everything rebelling!!??? situation.
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    Default Re: How do Ports work?

    Ports that are hooked up to trade routes also get a small percentage of income as far as I know.
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    Quote Originally Posted by HopAlongBunny
    Ports require a cpl of things to generate income.

    Trade goods in the province.
    A merchant building of any type.
    An unbroken line of ships to another sea area with ports.

    The ports you connect to do not need to have trade goods, nor even a merchant. Your goods will flow to connected ports as long as you have a ship(s) in each sea region leading to the target. Ports with the same trade goods usually do not trade those goods.
    Correct, but the income from exports are shown on the information scroll of the merchant building. The income shown on the scroll of the port is derived from imports. If another faction has an active trade route to your province you will get 10 or 20% of what they make by exporting their trade goods (this works for them as well: if you export goods to another province, the faction that owns the province will get 10 or 20% as well).
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    Default Re: How do Ports work?

    Quote Originally Posted by Ludens
    Correct, but the income from exports are shown on the information scroll of the merchant building.
    Oh, so that's the way it works, eh? I have often wondered how you find this out. Thanks Luden!
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    Default Re: How do Ports work?

    Expanding the query to landlocked provinces...

    Am I correct in assuming that to trade with these, you need a trade building in your prov, plus be able to trace an unbrken line through your own, friendly, or neutral provinces/ports?

    For example, for my Italian province of Venice to trade with Switzerland I have to have a trade building in Venice, and can trace a line to switzerland through my HRC allies Tyrolian Prov to Switzerland. Correct?

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    Default Re: How do Ports work?

    Landlocked goods will trade within the province only. Still needs a merchant building of some sort. It generates income (observed on income scroll) just nowhere near as much as sea trade.
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