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title: "Special Servers - Harbor and Deep Water"
description: "Special Servers - Harbor and Deep Water"
url: https://support.travian.com/en/articles/24-special-servers-harbor-and-deep-water
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updated: 2026-10-11
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# Special Servers - Harbor and Deep Water

Special Servers - Harbor and Deep Water

The **Harbor** is a special building that lets you **build and use ships** for transporting **resources** and **troops**. Ships travel quickly across **deep water**, making them ideal for movement and trade between coastal villages.

This feature is **only available on specific special servers**, first introduced in _Travian: Shores of War (2023 Annual Special)_.

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## Abandoned Shore

You can build a **Harbor** only in villages that are **directly next to a deep water tile**.  
These locations are marked as **“abandoned shore”** on the map (instead of “abandoned valley”).

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## Deep Water

Not all water tiles support ship movement — only **dark blue “deep water” tiles** count.

-   Sea tiles and major rivers are deep water.
    
-   Some large lakes are deep water.
    
-   Small, randomly generated lakes are not and appear lighter blue.
    

**Tip:** Click on a water tile in the map view. If it says **“Deep water”**, ships can use it. Otherwise, they cannot.

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## Ships

Once your village has a Harbor, you can build ships. There are **four types**:

-   **1 trade ship** type for sending resources.
    
-   **3 warship** types for transporting armies.
    

\> [Ships and Naval Movement](https://support.travian.com/articles/25)

### Ship Capacity and Limits

-   The number of ships you can own depends on your **Harbor level**.
    
-   Starts at **1 ship (level 1)** and increases up to **210 ships (level 20)**.
    
-   All ship types count toward this limit, no matter where they currently are.
    
-   If you lower the Harbor’s level and exceed the limit, existing ships stay but you **can’t build new ones** until below the cap.
    
-   Ships can be **manually destroyed** in the Harbor.
    
-   Ships lost in combat are also destroyed if their entire army is defeated.
    

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## Harbor Destruction

If your **Harbor is destroyed** (via the Main Building or by catapults):

-   All ships **currently in the village** are destroyed immediately.
    
-   Ships **away from the village** will survive temporarily, but if you don’t **rebuild the Harbor before they return**, they are lost as well.
    
-   Any **ships in production** continue to build normally, similar to how unit training works.