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"The Gunboat provides fire support and battlefield supplies to your troops. It can also relay movement orders with Flares. Upgrade your Headquarters to access new Gunboat abilities, and upgrade the Gunboat to increase its Energy capacity."

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Level 1 Level 2-3 Level 4-5 Level 6-7 Level 8-9 Level 10-14
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Level 15-16 Level 17 Level 18-20 Level 21 Level 22-24

Summary

  • The Gunboat fires Artillery shells and other useful aids to your troops in battle as support.
  • Different weaponry have different energy costs. Your Gunboat begins with a set amount of energy (depends on Gunboat level and Statues), and you gain three energy per building destroyed on the battlefield.
  • In the beginning of the game, the Artillery, and later, the Barrage, are important in battles for destroying key Defensive Buildings.
  • The Gunboat can also support troops with Flares, Medkits, Shock Bombs, Smoke Screens, and Critters, launching them onto the battlefield.
  • Hero Abilities, as well as deploying certain troops like Tanks and Scorchers, also cost Gunboat Energy. They also increase in energy cost with every use.
  • There is a scheduled time when Temporary Gunboat Abilities are available to use.
  • Starting at Gunboat level 10, the Gunboat allows you to save different troop loadouts, by clicking on the rightmost button. You may also name said loadouts. Gunboat level 10 allows you to save 2 different troop loadouts, and more are unlocked at Gunboat levels 13, 16, 19 and 21.


Upgrade Differences

  • Initially, the Gunboat is a small blue-and-white ship with a wooden deck. There is a turret at the bow and a conning tower in the middle. A small blue fin-like propeller is seen. Under the bow, an anchor can be seen.
  • At level 2, a rope is added connecting the top of the conning tower to the stern. The conning tower is enlarged, and the entire boat is lengthened. The rails on top of the tower turn white. The top post turns yellow. The turret gains a slight redesign.
  • At level 4, a turret is added to the stern. The conning tower is reinforced and further expanded. The rope connecting the conning tower to the stern is removed. The entire boat also gets wider. The top of the post turns blue-gray. A ladder is added just behind the cabin. The propeller is removed.
  • At level 6, the conning tower is further enlarged and heightened. The rear turret is enlarged. The boat also gets slightly larger. Ladder-like rungs are added on the back of the tower.
  • At level 8, the wooden deck is replaced by a metal plated deck. The conning tower is enlarged again, and an balcony is added to the back. The forward turret gains another barrel and is redesigned again. The ladder on the back is replaced with a window and a balcony.
  • At level 10, two dual-barrel rocket launchers are added to the back of the conning tower. The rope connecting the top of the conning tower to the stern returns. The balcony's rails become blue. The post's top gains a slight red tint.
  • At level 15, the conning tower is entirely covered in steel plate armor, with the windows becoming light blue. The deck is replaced with smooth metal. The sides of the boat are changed to unpainted metal armor. The rear turret gains another barrel. The rope connecting the conning tower to the stern is removed. The boat also gets slightly larger. The post becomes gray. The window and balcony are removed. Also, the anchor is slightly enlarged.
  • At level 17, a secondary tower is added between the rocket launchers, which are replaced by blue, rectangular, six-barrel launchers resembling level 6 Rocket Launchers. A rope connects the two towers.
  • At level 18, a radar dish, similar to the level 9 and above Radar, is added to the top of the conning tower. The muzzles of the rocket launchers are painted yellow. The top of the posts on both towers become bright red.
  • At level 21, the Gunboat gains a new dark blue hull as well as a revamped exterior appearance, and its turrets and rocket launchers become larger and gray. The rope is removed.
  • At level 22, the barrels of the turrets are fused into a single large one. Yellow markings appear on the turrets.

Weaponry

  • There are seven different types of weaponry that your Gunboat can fire.
  • Find more information about each type of weaponry in the Gunboat Weaponry pages.
Weaponry Brief Description Requirement
Artillery
Artillery new
A single shot that damages enemy Buildings and triggers Mines HQ level 1
Flare
Flare
Once one lands temporarily on the battlefield, Troops move towards it but cannot attack while doing so. If it hits a building, troops will walk to it until they are in range to attack it. HQ level 3
Medkit
Medkit
Creates a temporary ring of healing that restores the health of Troops within its area of effect HQ level 4
Shock Bomb
Shock Bomb
Temporarily prevents enemy Defensive Buildings within its area of effect from firing, but does nothing to Mines HQ level 7
Barrage
Barrage
A volley of 15 smaller shots that damage enemy Buildings and trigger Mines in a small area HQ level 10
Smoke Screen
SmokeScreen
Troops within its area of effect cannot be attacked by enemy Defensive Buildings but cannot attack either HQ level 14
Critters
Critters
A cluster of small blue robots that can distract enemy Defensive Buildings and trigger Mines HQ level 19

Trivia

  • It takes anywhere from less than a second to three seconds for the various weaponry to reach their designated location depending on how far the Gunboat is from the target.
  • Barring any Tribe boosts, the maximum possible amount of energy a player can have at the start of an attack is 301. They would have to have a level 24 Gunboat, the best Gunboat Energy Masterpiece, and 11 Guardians boosted with Power Powder.
    • Under the same conditions except without any boosted statues, the maximum possible energy is 166.
  • Although the Landing Crafts are used to load troops, saving and loading troop loadouts require tapping the Gunboat rather than a Landing Craft.
  • At Gunboat levels 1-3, you can see the word "REEF" on its stern, which may be the Gunboat's name.

Statistics

HQ Level 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Number Available 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Level
Level
Energy Capacity
Gunboat
Upgrade Cost Upgrade Time
Time
Instant
Diamonds
Headquarters Level Required
Headquarters
XP Gain
Xp
Wood
Wood
Stone
Stone
Iron
Iron
1 12 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 1 N/A
2 14 180 N/A N/A 2m 3 1 1
3 16 1,240 N/A N/A 30m 20 2 7
4 18 4,500 N/A N/A 1h 45m 54 3 13
5 20 10,000 N/A N/A 3h 85 4 17
6 22 19,800 N/A N/A 3h 45m 116 5 19
7 24 26,400 4,600 N/A 4h 147 6 20
8 26 40,000 7,900 N/A 5h 190 7 22
9 28 66,000 14,600 N/A 6h 253 8 26
10 30 105,000 24,900 6,600 8h 365 9 28
11 32 166,000 42,000 13,400 10h 483 10 34
12 34 228,000 82,000 23,800 12h 630 11 37
13 36 350,000 163,000 43,000 14h 845 12 40
14 38 490,000 297,000 84,000 18h 1,143 13 46
15 40 690,000 600,000 166,000 20h 1,560 14 54
16 42 1,200,000 910,000 330,000 1d 2,184 15 64
17 44 1,710,000 1,530,000 670,000 1d 4h 3,008 16 73
18 46 2,450,000 2,020,000 1,280,000 1d 8h 3,940 17 77
19 48 3,030,000 2,760,000 1,810,000 1d 12h 4,799 18 81
20 50 3,400,000 3,300,000 2,630,000 1d 20h 5,592 19 83
21 51 4,470,000 4,300,000 4,130,000 1d 22h 7,008 21 85
22 52 5,100,000 4,900,000 4,700,000 2d 7,682 22 87
23 53 5,810,000 5,590,000 5,360,000 2d 2h 8,436 24 89
24 54 6,630,000 6,370,000 6,110,000 2d 4h 9,254 25 91

Warships

Rank
Level
Level
Level
Build Count
Build
Upgrade Tokens
Upgrade Token
Tech Level
Tech Point
1 11 1 N/A 5
2 15 1 54,000 10
3 18 1 71,500 15
4 20 1 87,000 20
5 22 1 105,000 25
Total 317,500 75

Visit the individual Gunboat Weapon pages to view their statistics.

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