<p>If you are on land, you can build settlements separated by (at least) two roads.</p>

<p>If you want to go to another island, you should build a "road of" boats from a settlement. Until you reach land where you can build a settlement. From the settlement you can build roads again.</p>

<p>You can build boats along the coast as long as they start at a settlement.</p>

<p>You can not alternate between roads and boats without a settlement in between.</p>

<p>There is one exception. If you have two settlements and you build a road from one and a boat-road from the other, they can connect. </p>

<p>To summarize, </p>

<p><strong>you can build a boat on an edge if</strong>:</p>

<ul>
<li>nothing has been built on that edge</li>
<li>you have at least one boat in your stock</li>
<li>you pay a the build cost:

<ul>
<li>a sheep and a wood</li>
<li>or a card that enables you to build a ship</li>
</ul></li>
<li>at least one of the hexes is a water hex</li>
<li>either one of the nodes has a valid connector:

<ul>
<li>the node contains one of your settlements</li>
<li>the node contains one of your cities.</li>
<li>one of the other edges leading to the node contains one of your boats.</li>
<li>the node does not contain an enemy settlement</li>
<li>the node does not contain an enemy city</li>
</ul></li>
</ul>

<p><strong>you can build a road on an edge if</strong>:</p>

<ul>
<li>nothing has been built on that edge</li>
<li>you have at least one road in your stock</li>
<li>you pay a the build cost:

<ul>
<li>a wood and a clay </li>
<li>or a card that enables you to build a road</li>
</ul></li>
<li>at least one of the hexes is a land hex</li>
<li>either one of the nodes has a valid connector:

<ul>
<li>the node contains one of your settlements</li>
<li>the node contains one of your cities.</li>
<li>one of the other edges leading to the node contains one of your roads.</li>
<li>the node does not contain an enemy settlement</li>
<li>the node does not contain an enemy city</li>
</ul></li>
</ul>

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Toon Krijthe
<p>Does one have to travel by sea with boats to an island in order to build a settlement? Or can you build a settlement with road or with boat on any turn?</p>

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# Building settlements in Seafarer

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-01-15)

Does one have to travel by sea with boats to an island in order to build a settlement? Or can you build a settlement with road or with boat on any turn?

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> **username_1**: Welcome to BG.SE! I edited your question to remove the second question. SE is a Q&A site where each Question is just a single question. You can definitely ask a second, separate Question with your other inquiry - just click the "Ask Question" in the upper right.  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2018-01-15. Score: 3

If you are on land, you can build settlements separated by (at least) two roads.

If you want to go to another island, you should build a "road of" boats from a settlement. Until you reach land where you can build a settlement. From the settlement you can build roads again.

You can build boats along the coast as long as they start at a settlement.

You can not alternate between roads and boats without a settlement in between.

There is one exception. If you have two settlements and you build a road from one and a boat-road from the other, they can connect.

To summarize,

**you can build a boat on an edge if**:

* nothing has been built on that edge
* you have at least one boat in your stock
* you pay a the build cost:
  + a sheep and a wood
  + or a card that enables you to build a ship
* at least one of the hexes is a water hex
* either one of the nodes has a valid connector:
  + the node contains one of your settlements
  + the node contains one of your cities.
  + one of the other edges leading to the node contains one of your boats.
  + the node does not contain an enemy settlement
  + the node does not contain an enemy city

**you can build a road on an edge if**:

* nothing has been built on that edge
* you have at least one road in your stock
* you pay a the build cost:
  + a wood and a clay
  + or a card that enables you to build a road
* at least one of the hexes is a land hex
* either one of the nodes has a valid connector:
  + the node contains one of your settlements
  + the node contains one of your cities.
  + one of the other edges leading to the node contains one of your roads.
  + the node does not contain an enemy settlement
  + the node does not contain an enemy city


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