Deploying ships to wonder ports enables you to gain access to new wonders and rise higher on the wonder tracks. You must have the required resources to deploy to a wonder port.

1. Place a drop ship on a wonder port (culture ( ), scenic ( ), or adventure ( ) wonders).

1. Cost Pay the required combination by discarding tapstones and tourists from anywhere on your player mat. Costs are always shown on a dark gray background.

2. Captain token benefit

3. Immediate Bonus! Gain the bonus when you receive the card. In this example, advance 2 times on the culture ( ) wonder track and 1 time on the adventure ( ) wonder track.

2. Pay the required combination of tapstones and tourists shown on the left side of the topmost wonder card by discarding them from anywhere on your player mat.

3. If the drop ship has a crewmate, gain the benefit shown on the right side of the port.

4. If the wonder port contains fame tokens (placed there by an event), return the fame tokens to the token supply and gain that many fame.

5. Gain the wonder card, and place it into your itinerary on the right side of your player mat. Place it so that it covers any previous wonder cards except for the symbols on the top row. These symbols can score you fame during the game and at game end.

6. Gain the instant benefits ( ) as shown in the lower center of the wonder card. This typically involves advancing on the wonder tracks (see The Wonder Tracks and Objectives) and/or gaining fame.

7. The newly gained wonder card is now active. As long as its benefit remains exposed, it provides either an ongoing benefit or a possible captain token benefit ( ) during recall turns, as depicted on the bottom of the card (see Recalling Drop Ships to Activate Outfittings). The benefit on your starting wonder card is positioned so it is always exposed.

Your itinerary consists of your collected wonder cards. The top-most (starting wonder card) and the bottom-most card are the active cards. They each provide unique benefits. You will want to strategically collect wonder symbols.