Shipwright is a University technology. Ships cost -20% wood and build +50% faster.
- Building: University
- Age: Imperial Age
- Cost: 1,000 food, 300 gold
- Research time: 60 seconds
- Available to: 27 of 56 civilizations: Aztecs, Bengalis, Berbers, Britons, Byzantines, Celts, Chinese, Danes, Dravidians, Ethiopians, Goths, Gurjaras, Incas, Italians, Japanese, Koreans, Magyars, Malay, Mayans, Mongols, Romans, Saxons, Shu, Sicilians, Spanish, Turks, Varangians.
Cheaper and faster ship production. Important in long water games where many ships are lost and replaced.
Figures from the game data for Update 185872 (September 2026), at the time of publishing.