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{{trope}}
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{{quote|"Hey, where am I?"
"[[Incoming Ham|You wanna know where you are?]] Hahaha! ''In Port Royal!"''|Intro to "Port Royal" by '''[[Running Wild (
Usually coupled with an island and much larger than the [[First Town]], this is usually just where the characters are going to [[Get
Often the
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* The titular Port Town from ''[[F-Zero]]'', servicing as a port for space travel on Earth.
* [[Pokémon Red and Blue
* In the ''[[
** Lianport in ''[[
** Portoga in ''[[
** Havre Léon and Porthtrunnel in ''[[
** Littlehaven (admittedly, not much of a "town", but the first place you take a boat to a new continent) and Lodestar Harbour in ''[[
** Port Haven in ''[[
** Fishbel (which is also the [[First Town]]) in ''[[
** Port Prospect in ''[[
** Port Llaffan and Bloomingdale in ''[[
* Summers in ''[[
* Izoold and Palmacosta in ''[[
* Venezia in ''[[
* Capua Nor in ''[[
* Kalay and Tolbi in ''[[
** Those two are just inland cities that own ports. For REAL port towns, check Lalivero, Alhafra, and Champa.
** And in ''[[Golden Sun: Dark Dawn
* Pravoka in ''[[
* South Figaro (pictured), Nikeah, and Albrook in ''[[
* Port Junon and Costa Del Sol in ''[[
* A few in ''[[
* Lindblum in ''[[
* Luca in ''[[
* Selbina and Mhaura in ''[[
* Balfonheim in ''[[
* Port Sarim, Rellekka and Catherby in ''[[
* Saith in ''[[Lunar:
* Mactan Base, Cádiz Base and Planet Toledo from ''[[Freelancer]]'' are like staging areas within missions.
* Highcliff in ''[[Neverwinter Nights 2]]''.
* Cyrum kingdom in ''[[
* Saraband in ''[[Shining Force]] III'', the whole town is actually a boat.
* Port Zala and (to a lesser extent) Kolton from ''[[Infinite Undiscovery]]''.
* About eight different towns in ''[[World of Warcraft]]'', including one of the Alliance capital cities. The port area of the island Darnassus is treated as a separate zone, but since it's built around a teleporter that takes you straight into the city the division is somewhat arbitrary.
* Talos Island, Independence Port and Striga Island in ''[[City of Heroes]]''. Port Oakes in ''[[City of Villains]]''.
* Solde in ''[[Valkyrie Profile: Silmeria]]''.
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** The ''Conquest'' version of ''[[Fire Emblem: Fates]]'' is an siege level that tasks the player with defending the port town of Dia from an invading country.
* Bloodstone in ''[[Fable II (Video Game)|Fable II]]''.▼
* ''All of them'' in ''[[Skies of Arcadia]]''.
* Rogueport, which is also the [[Hub Level]] of ''[[Paper Mario the Thousand Year Door (Video Game)|Paper Mario the Thousand Year Door]]''.▼
▲* Rogueport, which is also the [[Hub Level]] of ''[[Paper Mario:
* Larapool of ''[[Quest 64]]''.
* Rhappala in ''[[Breath of Fire III]]''. {{spoiler|You don't get a boat on your first visit, though}}.
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* Beloveno from ''[[Albion]]'' is the largest settlement in the entire game. The large port takes up 25% of the map. The rest is a maze of buildings. If you didn't use the map for instant travel in the first town, you will use it here.
* One in each ''[[Guild Wars]]'' campaign: Lion's Arch in ''Prophecies'', Kaineng Center in ''Factions'', and Kamadan in ''Nightfall''. If you purchase more than one campaign, you can travel between them using these cities.
* Jolly Roger's Lagoon from ''[[Banjo-Kazooie|Banjo-Tooie]]'' is definitely this.
* ''[[The Elder Scrolls IV
* Brimloch Roon in ''[[Wizards and Warriors]]''.
* In ''[[Ragnarok Online]]'', there's Izlude, Alberta and Hugel. Izlude and Hugel have your normal seaports as well as airship ports.
* Kirkwall in ''[[
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120624130553/http://www.terraearth.com/wp-terraearth/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/South-Cape.png South Cape] from ''[[Illusion of Gaia]]''. The hometown of the [[Kid Hero]], it's where the game first starts. Ironically, you end up going north and travelling by land when you leave, instead of taking a boat.
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