Best Ship for expeditions

[dondeem]

What is the best ship type to send on expeditions?

[danibw0i]

Depends what the expedition requires. Generally the more slots it has the more u can fill it with to cover the challenges you might face on the expedition. Pick the ship with the highest base morale for the given mission then add goods/items in the slots to cover the possible challenges. Mouse over goods and items to see which category they cover.

[Martian]

Steam cargo ship because of the 6 + 2 slots for any non-naval exp. And then just Ship of the line, better stats and lesser costs to Battle cruiser or Monitor.

[Tankfriend]

Actually, the battle cruiser is better than the ship of the line at expeditions. It has a higher naval power stat bonus (+20), more item slots (+1), and it's a steam ship, which can be an advantage over sailing ships in some expedition events.

[Dracon]

I prefer battle ship or steam trading ship, superior amount of cargo slots help a lot.

[Chompman]

Originally posted by Tankfriend:

Actually, the battle cruiser is better than the ship of the line at expeditions. It has a higher naval power stat bonus (+20), more item slots (+1), and it's a steam ship, which can be an advantage over sailing ships in some expedition events.

The issue is the cargo ship has an extra space of 8 over the battleships 7 and navel power is really not an issue with the amount of items you can add to it at this point in game usually.

Plus anything fits in the goods slot unlike ship item slots so it tends to be much easier fitting out a cargo ship because of that plus leaving a space or two for the extra loot you get.

[Zephyr]

I believe the best one is Extravaganza Steamer, with 6 cargo slot and 3 item slot. But a little difficult to get.
And the second is normal cargo ship, cargo slot is far more useful than item slot in expeditions. At least, in the late game.

BTW, there is a hidden ship called Great Eastern with 6/6 slot and 50 navy power and 50 navigation, but no one knows how to get it in a normal game without cheating.

[ColdCell]

Originally posted by CHNZephyr:

I believe the best one is Extravaganza Steamer, with 6 cargo slot and 3 item slot. But a little difficult to get.
And the second is normal cargo ship, cargo slot is far more useful than item slot in expeditions. At least, in the late game.

BTW, there is a hidden ship called Great Eastern with 6/6 slot and 50 navy power and 50 navigation, but no one knows how to get it in a normal game without cheating.

is there a way to get it by cheating? please share

[Chompman]

Originally posted by ColdCell:

Originally posted by CHNZephyr:

I believe the best one is Extravaganza Steamer, with 6 cargo slot and 3 item slot. But a little difficult to get.
And the second is normal cargo ship, cargo slot is far more useful than item slot in expeditions. At least, in the late game.

BTW, there is a hidden ship called Great Eastern with 6/6 slot and 50 navy power and 50 navigation, but no one knows how to get it in a normal game without cheating.

is there a way to get it by cheating? please share

https://anno1800.fandom.com/wiki/Great_Eastern

There is a npc you need to get for the ability to craft it.

It's really overkill though for it's upkeep as you can do t3 expeditions with normal steam cargo ships while leaving 2 good slots open with a decent layout and still have no issues with the quests that pop up in most cases.