“ | Small boat. | ” |
—In-game description |
The Dinghy is a unit in Age of Empires III that's not trainable in either skirmish or campaign. It is seen in the campaign in several cinematics, but is seen in the scenarios A Pirate's Help and Last Stand of the Boneguard. This unit is also available in the Scenario Editor under the Units category, as "SPC Dinghy". It is used for fishing for food and can also whale for unlimited amount of coin.
Each player has a Dinghy as a starting unit on the maps Corsica and Sardinia, Scotland and Danish Straits.
History[]
“ | Dinghies and other small boats are part of the equipment maintained by seafaring ships for a variety of purposes. They are stored on deck, along the sides, or even towed behind if too big to store on the ship. In the era of tall ships, boats were used as landing vessels, to transport crew between ships in a fleet, to fetch supplies from shore, and to maintain a ship at sea. | ” |