Anno 1800: How to earn money

In Anno 1800, money is one of the most important resources. To make sure you have enough of it on hand, you can find out here:

• Which values are important for money
• How to earn money with the population
• How to trade correctly

Is your island in the dark? Then read our guide to electricity in Anno 1800 here.

Money in Anno 1800: These values are important

There are three factors that are important to your bottom line in Anno 1800. You can see them all next to your character image in the top left corner:

• Balance: shows how much money you have at your disposal. The value changes permanently with your income and expenses.
• Balance: This is where all income and expenses are offset. Make sure that you have a positive balance if possible, otherwise you will quickly go bankrupt.
• Population: Here you can see the number of your inhabitants. Since they pay taxes to you, the more inhabitants live on your island, the higher your income.

You can see your income and expenses in the upper left corner.

The best source of income: Population

Every inhabited house on your island pays taxes, and these go directly into your coffers as fixed income. If you click on a building, you will get all relevant information. There you can see, among other things, the number of inhabitants in the four walls, but much more important are their basic and luxury needs.

If you fulfill both needs, your tax revenue will increase. In the case of the farmers, it looks like this: For the basic need you need, among other things, work clothes and fish. The house will bring you four coins at a medium income setting. If you now satisfy the luxury needs, you increase the satisfaction of the house inhabitants and you get a total of eight coins - a good deal.

But be careful not to overproduce. This will only cause unnecessary costs. Therefore, concentrate only on what your population really needs.

Only satisfied residents are happy to pay taxes.

If a house is fully occupied and all basic needs are satisfied, you can upgrade and reach the next population level. In this way, farmers become hard and honest workers and then later craftsmen.

This causes the inhabitants to develop more needs. They keep their previous needs. So new needs mean even higher tax revenues. If you satisfy these needs, you can already earn eleven gold coins from the house. Later, you can even earn up to 1000 gold coins.

You can see the exact levels and effects here:

But not only because of the higher taxes you should upgrade the houses. If you have exceeded the limit of 1000 farmers, you will have to pay royal taxes. And that can quickly lead to a minus business.

Earn money with trade

Of course, there are other options to keep the treasury ringing. Another good source of income is trading your goods. But for this you need trade rights, which you earn through diplomacy. The quickest way to get them is to find a fellow player on the map who is sympathetic to you.

Once you have found someone and received the trading rights, you can visit his island and offer him your goods for sale. In your account you can see all your goods and decide which ones to sell, how many to sell and how many to keep. Keep in mind that the other player only buys the goods he needs. Therefore, sales may be modest.

However, if you need money urgently, you can offer one of your ships to the other player. Sail to the buyer's island with the object of sale and select it in his harbor. By clicking on the dollar symbol you will get an offer for your ship. This is usually worth it.

You can manage your trade goods in the Kontor

More guides to Anno 1800:

• Anno 1800: Diplomacy - the best tips & tricks
• Use influence in Anno 1800 correctly
• Anno 1800: Waging war - the best tactics
• Anno 1800: Innovations compared to the predecessors
• Anno 1800: Expeditions and how they work

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