Runabout

Special buildings Fishing area

A pricier but more powerful sibling of the motorboat, and once you can afford it, upgrading pays off all the way to the highest level available.

Quick overview

Farm	Fishing area
Category	Special buildings
Size	2 × 7
Max level	6
Price	105 000 Dollars
Build time	6 min
Priority	Worth maxing out

What it's for

Smaller than the motorboat, but equipped with a larger cargo area, the runabout is a great all round vessel for high speed adventures.

Produces

Cod

The motorized barge is a somewhat larger fishing vessel measuring 2x7 which, according to its in-game description, is smaller than the motorboat but has more cargo space. For a single corn it turns out a wider batch of fish at once, 23 of each species in the recipe already at level 1. It's the logical next step for players who have outgrown the basic motorboat in the Fishing area and want more volume without putting up more small buildings. Both the price and the space it takes are higher, so it suits a farm that is already up and running rather than a complete beginner.

When to build it

You can buy it in the shop from player level 0, but with a price of 105,000 dollars for the first level it makes more sense once you have a few cheaper buildings behind you and a steady dollar income. Given the 2x7 footprint, plan its spot in the Fishing area in advance. One barge is usually enough, because the recipes cover several fish species at once.

Is it worth upgrading

Upgrading pays off here even more than with the motorboat, the yield jumps from 23 to 75 per batch, more than triple, while the production time stays practically the same, around nine hours. The price does climb to 8,469,000 dollars at the top level and the unlocks are tied to player levels 34 to 54, but the output-to-time ratio only gets better with every level.

Tip from a veteran player Because the production time barely changes with level and only the yield grows, it's better to invest in upgrading a single barge to a higher level than to build more cheap boats that just eat up space for a worse ratio.

Most common mistake The most common mistake is being put off by the high entry price and never building the barge at all, or leaving it at a low level and relying on several cheap motorboats instead, which works out worse on the same area.

Building levels

Level	Price	Build time	From level
1	105 000 Dollars	6 min	—
2	160 000 Dollars	30 min	34
3	336 000 Dollars	54 min	39
4	899 000 Dollars	1 h 18 min	44
5	2 701 000 Dollars	1 h 42 min	49
6	8 469 000 Dollars	2 h 6 min	54

Production at level 1

Output	Ingredients	Time	Cost	XP
Oysters × 23 Clam × 23 Shrimp × 23	Corn × 1	8 h 39 min	—	—
Herring × 23 Tuna × 23	Corn × 1	8 h 59 min	—	—
Lobster × 23	Corn × 1	8 h 59 min	—	—
Cod × 23 Salmon × 23 Swordfish × 23	Corn × 1	8 h 59 min	—	—

Yield by level – Oysters

Level	Amount	Time
1	23	8 h 39 min
2	33	8 h 42 min
3	43	8 h 45 min
4	53	8 h 48 min
5	64	8 h 51 min
6	75	8 h 54 min

Game data, version 8052 (14. 8. 2026).

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