Anno 1800 Production chains & buildings: How to build efficiently

In our guide to the production chains and building requirements in Anno 1800 you will learn:

• Which buildings and goods are in demand at which population level
• What the building requirements for certain goods look like
• How to perfectly coordinate the production of raw materials with the production of end products
• Tips and tricks for efficient production chains and production routes

With Anno 1800 (), the popular building simulation series from Germany is now entering its seventh round. Now that our Anno 1800 strategy guide and these Anno 1800 tips have helped you get started in the game, it's time to get down to business.

Besides warfare in Anno 1800 and extensive knowledge of diplomacy in Anno 1800, your island growth is of course essential. In order for your global empire to quickly transition from the agricultural to the industrial age, for the production of goods to run at full speed and for your subjects to gladly work for you, you should plan the production processes. Below we will tell you how to do that.

Guide for production chains & building requirements

In order to produce goods in Anno 1800, you need the appropriate raw materials, which you can produce or process in the corresponding manufacturing plants. Sometimes more than 10 different factories are involved in the production of a final product.

The problem: some raw materials take longer to produce than others, which can lead to bottlenecks in the production chain. To avoid this, you should make sure that there are always exactly enough raw materials to manufacture a product. This can be quite a balancing act - but we will provide you with the appropriate tools in the form of tables.

Read the tables as follows: The path to the final product is divided into numbered production steps. Step 2 should only be tackled once you have fulfilled the building requirements for step 1, and so on. Below the production steps you will find the buildings you need for this step as well as the optimal number of buildings and the production time.

If you want to produce steel, for example, you need an iron mine and a charcoal burning facility. However, since the charcoal mill takes twice as long to produce as the iron mine, you should run two charcoal mills per iron mine to produce steel. That way, you'll get exactly enough iron and coal to run two blast furnaces at the same time, which will then cook steel - and without bottlenecks or overproduction of coal and iron.

Tips: Remember to place houses that belong together near each other to keep the distances short. Paving paths also increases efficiency. And especially in the beginning it can be crucial if the logging huts are located in forest areas. You can find numerous construction plans on the net that will help you optimize your city layout and use the land as efficiently as possible.

Our production chain tables are organized by population level and by whether the final product is a basic need, a material, or a luxury good. Some farms can produce faster with an optional power connection - the tables are for production timing without a power connection only.

Farmers

Immediately after the start of the game, the production chains of the population group of farmers are available to you:

Workers

Once you have workers among your subjects, you can produce the following goods:

Craftsmen

Once artisans occupy your lands, you meet the building requirements to produce these goods:

Engineers

Nothing is too hard for the engineer - with this occupational group among your inhabitants, you have the opportunity to bring up the following heavy guns:

Investors

Your empire keeps growing and attracting investors? Then get ready to serve them the following high-quality products:

Fine dust? More like coarse dust!

Jornaleros

Far to the west of your homeland, you set up an outpost of your little empire. You can keep the Jornaleros, South American farmers, happy with the following products:

Obreros

The second level of population in the new world consists of the Obreros. Once you unlock them, you can - and should - produce the following goods:

Explorers

You wouldn't want to trade places with the explorers, after all, they are the first to spend the night with their tents in the bitterly cold Arctic of Anno 1800 - The Passage. To help them climb the ranks quickly, here are the production chains for their Arctic needs.

Technician

Technician is informed - The second population level of "The Passage" knows quite a bit about airships, but has some tricky needs in return.

Note: Online product calculators help with scaling up. You can find two of them from fans by nihoel and by schwubbe.

More helpful guides to Anno 1800

• Anno 1800: Expeditions and how they work
• Using influence in Anno 1800 correctly
• Anno 1800 - The Passage: The best tips & tricks for the Arctic
• Anno 1800 Electricity: How to set your island under power
• Anno 1800: Build a world exposition perfectly - here's how!

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