Harbor at a lake (actually it IS a lake)

[gurkan]

Will a harbor act as a trade hub even if it was built on a lake's side? Yes, it was of course built at a sea coast but when I explore the territory, I found that it was a big lake in fact.

Will this harbor enable me to contact with other civs with harbors near this big lake, or will it work WorldWide?

Thanks.

 

[ybbor]

as long as it has sea squares you can build a harbor and trade across it. that is, assuming another civ builds a harbor omn that same lake

 

[Tomoyo]

Only if the lake is 21 tiles or bigger.

 

[Julius Caesar I]

the lake has to be 21 tiles or bigger for it to work world wide? thats interesting, I thought it had to be connected to the larger ocean to work.

 

[Tomoyo]

No, it has to be 21 tiles or bigger to be able to build a harbor on it. It only works lake-wide.

 

[Padma]

More exactly, a lake (fresh-water) encompasses fewer than 21 tiles. 21 tiles and larger makes it a (salt-water) sea.

 

[Tomoyo]

An inland sea.

 

[Padma]

Here is where it was verified by Firaxis.

 

[gurkan]

Thanks to you all, for the excellent information.

 

[Zild]

I read somewhere recently (either the PTW manual, or somewhere in-game) that the size for a sea was 22 tiles, not 21...

Any idea why there's a discrepency? Has it changed, or is it an error?

Just curious...

 

[Pounder]

I read somewhere recently (either the PTW manual, or somewhere in-game) that the size for a sea was 22 tiles, not 21...

Any idea why there's a discrepency? Has it changed, or is it an error?

Just curious...

If it was the manual, ignore it. The manual is full of wrong info.

 

[Bloodied66]

Inland lakes are fun! In my last game as the Americans, I had a nice sized inland lake, with a city on a landbridge to allow ships to pass to the real ocean. It was a natural Pearl Habour (of sorts), and allowed me to have 5-6 more 'coastal' cities than otherwise.