Cargo Ship Dock

[sakrist]

What is for "Cargo Ship Dock"?

I cost 10k. And no info what the benefits it for me...

Does anybody can say something about it?

Thanks

[MXP50 · Accepted solution]

I just started using it today. The way it works is as follows:

The ship arrives at dock and you can load it with goods that are needed at a certain location. It seems the value you get for the items you sell is better than what you get at Global HQ. It gives you time to produce the goods if you don't have them made already. (it gave me 11 hours)

After the ship leaves you get a key. If you click on the dock again it tells you how long before it comes back (5 hours in my case) and what items it will be looking to pick up, although it doesnt specify how many.

That's it in a nutshell. Im currently at level 10 so I don't know if those numbers I gave will change as you level up.

[NZBlueChicken]

When ships arrive you fill them with cargo for coins and golden keys.

[Freggi-Liz]

I'll definitely use the cargo transport, because it's important for each city.. ^^

[etsab13]

Thanks for answering. Hope it's a huge amount of money because I am always low in money! Just 6 hours to have my harbour completed!

[Keithustus]

So.....how much money? You've had it a few days now. How does it work? Quantity or quality, etc.?

[MXP50 · Accepted solution]

I just started using it today. The way it works is as follows:

The ship arrives at dock and you can load it with goods that are needed at a certain location. It seems the value you get for the items you sell is better than what you get at Global HQ. It gives you time to produce the goods if you don't have them made already. (it gave me 11 hours)

After the ship leaves you get a key. If you click on the dock again it tells you how long before it comes back (5 hours in my case) and what items it will be looking to pick up, although it doesnt specify how many.

That's it in a nutshell. Im currently at level 10 so I don't know if those numbers I gave will change as you level up.

[Keithustus]

Awesome, MXP. Thanks for the great explanation. Time to spend that 10k.

[DTAC]

And so far the item count is really low, (like 2 or 3 items to fill a pack) so you could get a gold key every 6 hours without much trouble, (immeditately fill and wait 6 hours for the next one). Just set a 6 hour timer.

[john16309]

Once you unlock the Disaster building, the cargo dock becomes less important; I find that the prices gives for loading the items on the ship are less than I can sell for in global, and you will need many of the same items to rebuild the buildings destroyed in the Disaster missions. You also get a lot more keys from the Disaster missions, and you can start a new one as soon as you finish rebuilding the buildings destroyed in the last mission. 

However it is still well worth the $10,000 investment if you aren't agressively selling in the global market, or if you are camping at a level below 90,000 population and want to get the education or trasnportation buildings. They offer a big boost in population, and the gold kay you get from each cargo ship filled will be needed to purrchase schools or transport buildings.

[DTAC]

The coins you get from the Cargo Ship are pretty irrelevant. It's the Golden Keys that's the reason.

How many items in general do you need to complete a Disaster Mission?