<p>You should reveal the hex tile when you first build a ship that reaches it; you don't wait until you are building a settlement.</p>

<p>From <a href="http://www.catan.com/en/download/?Seafarers_rv_Rules_091907.pdf" rel="noreferrer">the rules</a>:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>When a ship (or a road) is connected to an unexplored
  area, a new tile will be discovered! If you place a ship or road
  that connects to the intersection of an unexplored hex, you
  must immediately draw the top tile from the pile and place it
  face up in the empty space.</p>
</blockquote>

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2019-01-23T22:32:09.570Z
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GendoIkari
<p>Scenario: I am placing my ships out into the unknown and at the end of my "road" I decide to build a settlement. When the new hex is flipped it is a water tile and now a settlement cannot be built. Must I replace it with a boat and play the appropriate cards instead? </p>

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2019-01-23T21:35:10.660Z
I think you should flip a tile first.
Toon Krijthe
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Seafarers of Catan fog scenario question
Michael J Rogers
# Seafarers of Catan fog scenario question

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-01-23)

Scenario: I am placing my ships out into the unknown and at the end of my "road" I decide to build a settlement. When the new hex is flipped it is a water tile and now a settlement cannot be built. Must I replace it with a boat and play the appropriate cards instead?

**Tags:** catan, catan-seafarers

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: I think you should flip a tile first.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2019-01-23. Score: 7

You should reveal the hex tile when you first build a ship that reaches it; you don't wait until you are building a settlement.

From [the rules](http://www.catan.com/en/download/?Seafarers_rv_Rules_091907.pdf):

> When a ship (or a road) is connected to an unexplored
> area, a new tile will be discovered! If you place a ship or road
> that connects to the intersection of an unexplored hex, you
> must immediately draw the top tile from the pile and place it
> face up in the empty space.


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