This has been asked a lot so thought I would address it: you do NOT have to use others' layouts when planning your city or production lines. Personally, I prefer to design them myself. I added them to the video because many people are not aware of the extensive and helpful wiki! What's most important is that you enjoy playing the way YOU want to! Have fun!
Then why didn't you put the links to the Wiki? Would be much easier to support if you put the links. Thanks in advance and thank you for the great video. Loved it.
The best tip I can give is build in sets of 80 houses and max out their gold output. Settle as many islands early on as possible so you can rush to buy shares on your opponent's islands. Pick the most expensive share first. Over time this will boost your economy so fast.
I'm not surprised at the quality and usefulness of a KoS tutorial like this. This video was ALOT of help for me. Your recent video on anno inspired me to pick this up and it's great :D
The Where house tip is a good one. If you find you're in the red early game check your maintenance costs and the likely culprit are the upgraded wherehouses at $50 a piece
They should have hired you to make a tutorial. The game barely explains anything even when you have the "Extra Information" option enabled for your campaign. I got a much better understanding of how Anno 1800 works now. Thanks!
While I agree, this is my first Anno and I worked all of this out. It is all in an oft-ignored part of the game called "text" though. As a software developer myself, I do know better than to put instructions in "text" since people have to rely on unreliable legacy wetware to "read" :P
Excellent Tips :) One small note about Over-Producing to sell for gold: don't get too carried away with it. You still have to pay maintenance cost even if the NPCs are not buying all your excess goods. I find the costs of having excess industry is usually more than the income you make from the goods, so I just go by "make just a little more than you use" with the bonus gold from selling excess being just a nice way to balance your production. The exception of course being constructing Ships and selling them to the Crown Rep npc. Surprisingly lucrative, without a cap as far as I've seen.
I decided to get it on epic store since I hate the ubisoft store. Now I hate both of them. Anno 1800 is great so far though, can't wait to play with my buddies once I can convince them to cough up the 60 euros to buy it :)
This randomly came up in my recommendations. I mostly know all of these by now (120 hours in) but damn this is a really really good video. Wish I saw this when I first started.
quick tips. don't over produce early game goods from farmers or workers to sell at your Wearhouse expect soap. with soap fill up a ship and sell it to the npc (can't remember name) with the prison island. he gives bonus money for soap. you can do the same with potatoes but the money isn't really worth it. later you can do the same with the artisan good fur coats which can be easy to over produce and be sold to the female npc island in the old world (not the pirate). Beer can also be sold later for a large profit to the pirates in both the old and new world once you get trade access with them. another tip is to find and settle any old world island that has potatoes, hops and wheat. these islands will have all you need to satisfy every need for both workers and farmer so you can cover the islands in massive worker cities that provide a decent profit and provide you with workforce and materials needed for the late game. for example: when you unlock engineers you'll get access to a type of pier that allows you to transfer workforce from one island to another so you don't have to keep adding farmer and worker houses to your main island.
Awesome tips thank you! This is my first ANNO game and I'm already doing MUCH better on my first island thanks to your tips. I've moved a bunch of stuff around and reorganized and I'm making money again and started a new island for farming and farmers. Thanks!
@@KatherineOfSky I definitely am. I'm still in story but I took that starter island and I now control most islands in the area and I'm over 1.2 Million with a large income. Your tips really helped me get some things figured out and out of the red.
You are my first female gamer that I decided to subscribe on, not to offend anyone but I don’t see many female creators in gaming area do well on introducing games. you give information concisely and in a clear manner. Most male creators provide energy in their speech but yours are calming and informative. This vid adds a lot on my gaming experience. Thanks for the vid and keep up the good work!
Strong disagree on 6:30, don't overproduce anything! Basically all items cost more to produce than you can sell them for, so with your tip, you're actually just burning money. A few items (such as steel beams) actually are cheaper to buy from others than to produce yourself - and you don't pollute your island by buying it from others. Besides that, great video for beginners.
Tilmann Giese it's ridiculous how cheap goods are and how good the sell price is on ships. Just build ships and sell for game breaking money. That's coming off the back of about 10 hours of play
I was prepared to argue with you on this...thinking "my god, this can't be true! WHy would they design the game to have you producing goods at a loss?" but then I found this docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_ceIThYBpAQbd2VvJtm3MPZG9-aR1LVWXjHZeHTsv9s/edit#gid=1101430916 and now I know why I am lucky to have 1k/minute profit...it's because I overproduce and sell the excess at a loss. That and I have a full steel beam/weapons production, and a good amount of pig farms/soap production operating at a loss. Seems kind of arbitrary and stupid, but I suppose they wanted to simulate how countries import goods from other countries because it is cheaper.
I love your videos, you are so good at presenting the game! I try to do something similar just a bit more scripted in shorter form, but I enjoy your pickup style!
thank you SO much, have been enjoying the game on my own but getting frustrated, there isn't a proper tutorial so it's been hard for me to work it all out. You've explained, very quickly, a lot of things I didn't know. Very helpful :D
Wonderful video! I am finding the game so complex (and the built-in tutorials so sparse) I am asking myself if this was developed by Paradox Studios! Again, thank you.
What seed did you play? I know the video is already 2 years old, but maybe you remember? Great explanation. I barely use the pro layouts. Only for some things like the wood production. I also like more the “real” looking cites but it’s good, to see other options. Thank you. Greetings from Austria 🇦🇹
Great video! Alot of useful info! Never thought about checking wiki for layouts to min/max basically all I needed to know to make more efficient layouts thanks for the resource plug! Lol
You provide fabulous tutorials! I’m new to pc gaming but you’ve taught me so much! Especially Factorio! Can’t wait to play this game when it goes live and watch your vids!
a good tip is buying staff for the trade union, i found a person that allowed you to skip the flour portion of making bread. So you simply turned gain into bread.
Excellent video, thank you! I must admit, I'm very new to Anno 1800 and finding it difficult to produce a city that doesn't eventually go bankrupt. I noticed in your video you have many other islands visible ... when I start a new "Normal" game I have no other Islands visible and I can't figure out how to "explore" the Anno "cloud" which I assume is needed in order to sell products ... there is no "explore" button for my single ship so I'm assuming it doesn't matter what "sell" levels I set at my Trading Post because I'm not going to be trading with anyone. So how do I get to the point where I can explore the cloud Anno world?
@@KatherineOfSky Thank you, yes I finally figured it out ... I was making it more complex that it really was. Your tips are working wonders, thank you!
I needed this. I failed the campaign before I made it to the New World. RIP. Is there anyway in-game to get a more detailed breakdown of what is costing you money? More than just the totals for 'Maintenance Cost' or 'Ship Upkeep', etc.
i've built the warehouse directly NEXT to the the sawmill, but it persists "no warehouse in range" ....read the forums issues and the answers do not resolve my problem, like i said it's nothing to do with range, i've built the small warehouse directly next to the sawmill.....please someone must have something else the regular and obvious advice solves nothing, cheers
I bought this game and played it on normal level for the first time yesterday. Game really needs a tutorial to explain all the options within the menus. Was going to ditch the game, but i'll give it another try after watching this. Thanks for the site suggestion 👍
Had a really fun few hours on the game today (in between work calls). I came to a bit of a brick wall at Artisan happiness because my lands were not fertile for hops or peppers. I would really appreciate your insight into how to efficiently expand to other islands specifically to get stuff you cant access on your homeland. Because you need workers and artisans to run the beer and canned food sites I ended up having to build up a whole second city. Am I doing it wrong? Felt crazily over the top just to get what I was missing. I tried buying the missing goods by setting purchase orders at my port but nothing came in. It makes sense for trade to be the answer but I'm a bit of a "build it myself" person. Is there an efficient way to build small outpost cities?
Now I'm thinking about it I should have only had the farms on the second island and not the factories. Then shipped the raw produce back over. But id still like to know your take on outpost cities for running farms and mines.
why doesnt anyone in any of these tutorials ever tell you which buttons to press, ive been trying to play anno 1404...yes i know its an old one but i just wanted to try it out to see if i liked this type of game.. please will someone tell me which button i need to press? thank you for showing off the new game really enjoyed the vid xxx... oh merry christmas
Great Guide, though as far as I tested it in the open beta, upgrading a warehouse does actually add 2 loading ramps. It's still more efficient to build a second warehouse, but when space is an issue upgrading can be better.
Quick question does using the layouts make the game less fun? My first anno game so I kinda want to use the layouts but seems like that's part of learning the game.
I feel they make the game less fun. I LOVE doing the layouts myself, just like I do my own setups in Factorio. (Some people aren't good at layouts, so that's why I mention that it exists.)
@@KatherineOfSky ok awesome. Like I said I wasn't sure if that was only way to play. I like learning and how to build better citys. I constantly restarted my city over because it just looked jumbled and blah, then I discovered the relocation tool. After that I stop listening to the tutorial and built more then one lumber yard but love you videos got a new sub.
Thank you so much for explaining every think i need to know. before i was watching this video i was clueless will playing Anno 1800 as i have never played any Anno games. hope you make more videos of anno 1800
Two questions. What kind of mouse are you using? How do you tell the game to show the influence radius (green lines for connectivity)? I am seeing nothing on my game. Thanks for every-bodies help.
I use 3 different mice at present. The influence lines appear when you select a building, (click on it), or when you are building a new building and hover it near a road.
This will sound like a stupid question, but how are bridges constructed? I'm at the Artisan stage and I can't find any option to build a bridge. 2/3rds of my main island is unusable because of 2 little creeks. Can anyone help?
@@generalrendar7290 Yes, materials. IIRC it costs quite a lot of wood. Hmmm, itäs been a while since I played, but it should be as easy as dragging across a river. Make sure youäre not running into a rock or something on the other side.
Thanks for the video :) very good for new players. Btw the city layout you ve chosen i ve seen it too but it does not have Pubs... i will probably swap the police stations for pubs myself ;)
my city keeps going bankrupt after instilling engineers tier, even though i am major pork supplier to the biggest region. Mine maintenance keeps hitting up to 12K.
Hahaha, This video was literally gold for me! I had totally missed how the trading of overstock. I went from 300.000 gold to 600.000 under five minutes!
this video is awesome wish i saw it much much earlier cos then i wouldn't have been scratching my head about restarting the campaign mode that was meant to teach u things.
One thing I hate about the game is you need influence to create ships and cannon defenses.. I have 15Milion gold, with 24k income, conquered 90% of the islands in the old world, 100% of the islands in the new world.. but I cant create anymore ships because my influence is at -200.. How do I farm more influence beside increasing population.??
Not sure if someone will reply to my comment here but recently picked up Anoo 1800 on sale via Uplay and so far loving it but I think I maybe overbuilding my farmers a bit, is there a way to gauage how much farmers I need to create in order to balance my income and maintenance costs? Playing on Advanced Difficulty (I'm not sure if this'll affect any of the things I said before if I was playing on Normal difficulty)
I assume you are speaking about the social class Farmers: you want to create a bit of surplus workforce for upgrading into the next level. Farmers are not big income generators, so you are going to want to add the next social class (Workers) ASAP. If you are speaking about actual farms... then you can use various calculators to calculate production chain needs. Here is one: suhrmann.github.io/Anno-1800-Calculator/#/demands. Overbuilding production will increase the running costs, (which is more punishing on Advanced Difficulty since the income is less).
@@KatherineOfSky OH GOD! thank you T_T I've been scouring a bunch of sites with regards about this since I'm extremely new to the genre from Frostpunk straight to Anno 1800 thank you so much! this definitely helps out my playthrougsh
At roughly 75 hours in, I still look like a total noob. I've planned, Implemented and produced like crazy, standing on 7.5m gold but only 15k income per minute. Ive seen people on 500m and 150 to 500k per minute income.
Hey, new to anno, and i can't figure out the balance. It wont stay stable for me. Goes up and down so much i cant make money besides selling ships to the queen. Is there any tips on controlling your balance?
I haven't played this version yet, but thumb rule for all anno games is: build as many facilities as you need to cover their needs not more(calculators are useful for that), build more houses, upgrade them, then build more facilities for their needs. it's a delicate balance. Simplest exaggerated example: if you have only 10 houses don't build ten fisheries. If you are not on minus in any product in the warehouse do not build a new facility for said product. First build the houses then see what needs you have to cover. always pay attention, and be patient, it takes time and you will be off balance a lot in the middle. Also do not build new facilities if the one you have is not 100% productivity, fill up that first then go to the next.
But serious unplayable bugs... then again I have never played any of the other Anno games. So maybe that's a feature? Bought it after a year thinking okay, this gives these rotten developers who constantly push out unfinished work, to get feedback and fix shit. Nope. They fix lots of stuff, so says their updates. But then several other errors either their fixes caused them or something else in their unstable programming.. of which they take great pains to prevent modders from fixing for them. Frustrated... yes... I a fucking am. Out 50ish bucks and a game that's bullshit already uninstalled and installed... with no avail. Shit game.
The city layouts are tightly packed which is going to result in more fires. Also they lack any ornamental variety which is going to reduce the attractiveness of your city. The attractiveness of your city will impact your ability to make money down the road. Hopefully as more people play the game we'll get better layouts that reflect these factors. Thanks for doing the video.
Indeed, which is why I mentioned that there will be more in the future! I think those layouts were from one of the Betas where people didn't get to experience the frequency of fires, etc.
@@KatherineOfSky Yes that could certainly be. The reason I know all of this is that I tried using one of them :). Also you probably know that if you upgrade your warehouse you can store more stuff, which is important later in the game.
@@KatherineOfSky it could also be that those layouts are made by people who have played the previous games where attractiveness wasn't a thing, and having as many houses packed was the goal ;)
@@harukaru84 Indeed! Also, cities that are not the main city don't really need ornamentation, since the negative items on the island will create such a large negative that there will be no chance for tourists to visit.
While I like the work put in to get the city layouts available, I prefer to go the trial and error mode. The relocation feature will be huge for that. Using "guides" just makes it to me a paint by numbers game. I'd rather decipher and learn the hard way. Then maybe after I pull hair out I'll got the layout guide route :) Anyways, thanks for these uploads! Really appreciate them!
@@KatherineOfSky Oh yeah I watch you :) Didn't mean to come off like you saying we should play that way. This info is great to have for when I get cart jam ups :) Just a few more hours then Go Time!!
This has been asked a lot so thought I would address it: you do NOT have to use others' layouts when planning your city or production lines. Personally, I prefer to design them myself. I added them to the video because many people are not aware of the extensive and helpful wiki! What's most important is that you enjoy playing the way YOU want to! Have fun!
Then why didn't you put the links to the Wiki? Would be much easier to support if you put the links. Thanks in advance and thank you for the great video. Loved it.
8:08 hot damn. Been playing for 50hours+ already but never noticed the timer on the production and figuring out ratios from there. Really solid tip.
That indeed was a pro tip. Thanks!
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@@scooter80 No need for a comment like that from a person who can't even spell
also usefull when you're low on space the charcoal burner and lumberjacks can be build with overlapping working areas and stil get 100% efficiency
If you upgrade your streets the range of the buildings increases too.
didn't know that
So expensive though :(
Todestelzer The more you know… thanks!
One of the best tips.
The best tip I can give is build in sets of 80 houses and max out their gold output. Settle as many islands early on as possible so you can rush to buy shares on your opponent's islands. Pick the most expensive share first. Over time this will boost your economy so fast.
I've watched about a dozen of these guides for the game and yours is the best for quick-start and tips! Thank you!
Thanks so much Phil, I appreciate the kind words! :-)
I'm not surprised at the quality and usefulness of a KoS tutorial like this. This video was ALOT of help for me. Your recent video on anno inspired me to pick this up and it's great :D
Glad it helped! I hope you enjoy the game as much as I do! It's my absolute favorite of the Anno series!
The Where house tip is a good one. If you find you're in the red early game check your maintenance costs and the likely culprit are the upgraded wherehouses at $50 a piece
Great tips, great voice, great video! Just testing this game during a "freeweekend" and I'm really liking it! Thanks for the guide!
They should have hired you to make a tutorial. The game barely explains anything even when you have the "Extra Information" option enabled for your campaign. I got a much better understanding of how Anno 1800 works now. Thanks!
Thank you so much!
While I agree, this is my first Anno and I worked all of this out. It is all in an oft-ignored part of the game called "text" though. As a software developer myself, I do know better than to put instructions in "text" since people have to rely on unreliable legacy wetware to "read" :P
@@sethryclaus Wetware is the worst kind of ware
@@TheSystemaSystem Yeah if you want to ware something you don't want it to be wet
Excellent Tips :)
One small note about Over-Producing to sell for gold: don't get too carried away with it. You still have to pay maintenance cost even if the NPCs are not buying all your excess goods. I find the costs of having excess industry is usually more than the income you make from the goods, so I just go by "make just a little more than you use" with the bonus gold from selling excess being just a nice way to balance your production.
The exception of course being constructing Ships and selling them to the Crown Rep npc. Surprisingly lucrative, without a cap as far as I've seen.
I just recently bought it on the Ubisoft store, I got to say it's super amazing and thank you for these tips and tricks!:)
I decided to get it on epic store since I hate the ubisoft store. Now I hate both of them. Anno 1800 is great so far though, can't wait to play with my buddies once I can convince them to cough up the 60 euros to buy it :)
This randomly came up in my recommendations. I mostly know all of these by now (120 hours in) but damn this is a really really good video. Wish I saw this when I first started.
Thanks so much Quel!
quick tips. don't over produce early game goods from farmers or workers to sell at your Wearhouse expect soap. with soap fill up a ship and sell it to the npc (can't remember name) with the prison island. he gives bonus money for soap. you can do the same with potatoes but the money isn't really worth it. later you can do the same with the artisan good fur coats which can be easy to over produce and be sold to the female npc island in the old world (not the pirate). Beer can also be sold later for a large profit to the pirates in both the old and new world once you get trade access with them. another tip is to find and settle any old world island that has potatoes, hops and wheat. these islands will have all you need to satisfy every need for both workers and farmer so you can cover the islands in massive worker cities that provide a decent profit and provide you with workforce and materials needed for the late game. for example: when you unlock engineers you'll get access to a type of pier that allows you to transfer workforce from one island to another so you don't have to keep adding farmer and worker houses to your main island.
Nice guide, worth a mention that stone roads will increase the distance your services reach
This kind of made me want to get the game :o Great little guide, you sound super professional when doing something like this!
Awesome tips thank you! This is my first ANNO game and I'm already doing MUCH better on my first island thanks to your tips. I've moved a bunch of stuff around and reorganized and I'm making money again and started a new island for farming and farmers. Thanks!
Have fun!
@@KatherineOfSky I definitely am. I'm still in story but I took that starter island and I now control most islands in the area and I'm over 1.2 Million with a large income. Your tips really helped me get some things figured out and out of the red.
I've got 26 hours in this so far and this video was still incredibly helpful. Thank you :)
You are my first female gamer that I decided to subscribe on, not to offend anyone but I don’t see many female creators in gaming area do well on introducing games. you give information concisely and in a clear manner. Most male creators provide energy in their speech but yours are calming and informative. This vid adds a lot on my gaming experience. Thanks for the vid and keep up the good work!
Great guide! I like the balance of tips and video length. I learned a lot. Thank you!!
Strong disagree on 6:30, don't overproduce anything! Basically all items cost more to produce than you can sell them for, so with your tip, you're actually just burning money.
A few items (such as steel beams) actually are cheaper to buy from others than to produce yourself - and you don't pollute your island by buying it from others.
Besides that, great video for beginners.
Tilmann Giese it's ridiculous how cheap goods are and how good the sell price is on ships. Just build ships and sell for game breaking money.
That's coming off the back of about 10 hours of play
Year later is that still viable or have there been balance patches?
I was prepared to argue with you on this...thinking "my god, this can't be true! WHy would they design the game to have you producing goods at a loss?" but then I found this docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_ceIThYBpAQbd2VvJtm3MPZG9-aR1LVWXjHZeHTsv9s/edit#gid=1101430916 and now I know why I am lucky to have 1k/minute profit...it's because I overproduce and sell the excess at a loss. That and I have a full steel beam/weapons production, and a good amount of pig farms/soap production operating at a loss. Seems kind of arbitrary and stupid, but I suppose they wanted to simulate how countries import goods from other countries because it is cheaper.
I didn’t know about the wiki and I’ve been playing the game for a week now. Got it on Uplay and the table helps SO much. Thank you for this video!
I love your videos, you are so good at presenting the game! I try to do something similar just a bit more scripted in shorter form, but I enjoy your pickup style!
0:40 I like the way you say potatoes.
Thanks.
Love ya work, you always seem to have the information for the games I choose to play.
Glad to help!
I found this very useful, thank you. I probably won't use the layouts, but the information about ratios especially helps a lot.
I agree. The calculator is something I might use, but preset layouts kinda ruin the purpose of the game imo...
thank you SO much, have been enjoying the game on my own but getting frustrated, there isn't a proper tutorial so it's been hard for me to work it all out. You've explained, very quickly, a lot of things I didn't know. Very helpful :D
Thanks for the kind words Yvonne! Glad the video was helpful!
Wonderful video! I am finding the game so complex (and the built-in tutorials so sparse) I am asking myself if this was developed by Paradox Studios! Again, thank you.
1 year later, but this is still the best quick start guide!
What seed did you play? I know the video is already 2 years old, but maybe you remember? Great explanation. I barely use the pro layouts. Only for some things like the wood production. I also like more the “real” looking cites but it’s good, to see other options. Thank you. Greetings from Austria 🇦🇹
I don't remember, sorrry.
Great video! Alot of useful info! Never thought about checking wiki for layouts to min/max basically all I needed to know to make more efficient layouts thanks for the resource plug! Lol
I played the open beta I am so glad to have an Anno game that feels like an Anno game.
You provide fabulous tutorials! I’m new to pc gaming but you’ve taught me so much! Especially Factorio! Can’t wait to play this game when it goes live and watch your vids!
a good tip is buying staff for the trade union, i found a person that allowed you to skip the flour portion of making bread. So you simply turned gain into bread.
Yep, I'm always on the lookout for good employees.
Keep up the great work... just bought this game today and came across your tutorial... thanks a bunch, because I am totally new to Anno
Enjoy the game! It's so much fun!
Thank you so much :D i didin't know about selling goods. i'm new at the series.
That was such a great and informative video! All the little thing i didn't know which make me love this game even more. Thanks again!
baught the game yesterday, thanks for sharing this video. really helpful!
Awesome stuff, needed this help as a new player. Been wanting this game for a while, downloading now and used your creator code ;)
You absolutely saved my game. I could not for the love of avocado, figure out the ratios and how to earn money. Thank you!
this tips like, i playing anno 1404 again, didnt play 1800, but now ill look in to it
SO GOOD TO SEE YOU UNCLE
Basically an Anno 1800 beginners guide and asmr video at the same time. Consider yourself subbed
Great video, answered all the questions I had about Anno 1800, subbed.
Just found your channel and have to say, awesome work, keep it up!
Thank you so much Nick! Enjoy the content!
Excellent video, thank you! I must admit, I'm very new to Anno 1800 and finding it difficult to produce a city that doesn't eventually go bankrupt. I noticed in your video you have many other islands visible ... when I start a new "Normal" game I have no other Islands visible and I can't figure out how to "explore" the Anno "cloud" which I assume is needed in order to sell products ... there is no "explore" button for my single ship so I'm assuming it doesn't matter what "sell" levels I set at my Trading Post because I'm not going to be trading with anyone. So how do I get to the point where I can explore the cloud Anno world?
You select your ship and right click it around the map to move and explore. If you want the map revealed on start, you can choose that in the options.
@@KatherineOfSky Thank you, yes I finally figured it out ... I was making it more complex that it really was. Your tips are working wonders, thank you!
I needed this. I failed the campaign before I made it to the New World. RIP. Is there anyway in-game to get a more detailed breakdown of what is costing you money? More than just the totals for 'Maintenance Cost' or 'Ship Upkeep', etc.
Very useful guide for anybody new to Anno 1800, thank you.
great info for the starters indeed, looking forward to the release tomorrow, going back to the roots!
okay this is 2 games I play your making vids for so I've sub'd up
keep it up
i've built the warehouse directly NEXT to the the sawmill, but it persists "no warehouse in range" ....read the forums issues and the answers do not resolve my problem, like i said it's nothing to do with range, i've built the small warehouse directly next to the sawmill.....please someone must have something else the regular and obvious advice solves nothing, cheers
I'm quickly running out of money..what am I'm doing wrong?? Should I paused the factory's?
Don't overbuild your factories: only build what you need. (Low level goods are not profitable to sell).
I bought this game and played it on normal level for the first time yesterday. Game really needs a tutorial to explain all the options within the menus. Was going to ditch the game, but i'll give it another try after watching this. Thanks for the site suggestion 👍
Had a really fun few hours on the game today (in between work calls). I came to a bit of a brick wall at Artisan happiness because my lands were not fertile for hops or peppers. I would really appreciate your insight into how to efficiently expand to other islands specifically to get stuff you cant access on your homeland. Because you need workers and artisans to run the beer and canned food sites I ended up having to build up a whole second city. Am I doing it wrong? Felt crazily over the top just to get what I was missing. I tried buying the missing goods by setting purchase orders at my port but nothing came in. It makes sense for trade to be the answer but I'm a bit of a "build it myself" person. Is there an efficient way to build small outpost cities?
Now I'm thinking about it I should have only had the farms on the second island and not the factories. Then shipped the raw produce back over. But id still like to know your take on outpost cities for running farms and mines.
A beautiful looking game. Is there DRM free version?
why doesnt anyone in any of these tutorials ever tell you which buttons to press, ive been trying to play anno 1404...yes i know its an old one but i just wanted to try it out to see if i liked this type of game.. please will someone tell me which button i need to press? thank you for showing off the new game really enjoyed the vid xxx... oh merry christmas
Great Guide, though as far as I tested it in the open beta, upgrading a warehouse does actually add 2 loading ramps. It's still more efficient to build a second warehouse, but when space is an issue upgrading can be better.
This is footage from the release version of the game. It's only adding 1, unfortunately.
Quick question does using the layouts make the game less fun? My first anno game so I kinda want to use the layouts but seems like that's part of learning the game.
I feel they make the game less fun. I LOVE doing the layouts myself, just like I do my own setups in Factorio. (Some people aren't good at layouts, so that's why I mention that it exists.)
@@KatherineOfSky ok awesome. Like I said I wasn't sure if that was only way to play. I like learning and how to build better citys. I constantly restarted my city over because it just looked jumbled and blah, then I discovered the relocation tool. After that I stop listening to the tutorial and built more then one lumber yard but love you videos got a new sub.
Very nice guide, thank you very much and I hope you continue enjoying the game
thanks for the info really useful for people when starting the game, keep up the good work
Thank you so much for explaining every think i need to know. before i was watching this video i was clueless will playing Anno 1800 as i have never played any Anno games. hope you make more videos of anno 1800
Very informative and straight to the point earned a like and sub!!
Legit informative and useful guide, thank you for the pro work.
Great Guide! I enjoyed the previous Anno game.
I'm sad that 1800 will not be available on Steam after the 16th :(
Well... another *EPIC* BS move from the UbiSoft...
Imo the game is too good to pass. Bought it on uplay. Would have prefered Steam tho
Just bought it for £10 less than RRP from a trusted third party retailer. Zero schitts given about the launch platform, it doesn't change the game.
Bought it from Ubisoft directly so I don't have to pick sides in a war that doesn't benefit me.
you have to use uplay anyway so might aswell buy it on uplay
Ok ok, you convinced me. Bought the game through your link. Wish you all the best. More content soon please :)
Nice video, this is the most relaxing game series ever for me, just love it :)
Thanks! Glad you're enjoying it!
Two questions. What kind of mouse are you using? How do you tell the game to show the influence radius (green lines for connectivity)? I am seeing nothing on my game. Thanks for every-bodies help.
I use 3 different mice at present. The influence lines appear when you select a building, (click on it), or when you are building a new building and hover it near a road.
@@KatherineOfSky Thank you
perfect take on how to start a masterpiece game! Thank you!
Amazing video and you seem like a very genuine person, so I give you a sub :)
Thanks Javi! Enjoy the content!
Finally a good Anno guide! Thank you!!!
Loving this game thank you
This will sound like a stupid question, but how are bridges constructed? I'm at the Artisan stage and I can't find any option to build a bridge. 2/3rds of my main island is unusable because of 2 little creeks. Can anyone help?
You just drag a road across the water. THe cost is high, so make sure you have enough mats
@@KatherineOfSky I tried that and it says that the construction area is blocked. What are mats? Is that materials?
@@generalrendar7290 Yes, materials. IIRC it costs quite a lot of wood. Hmmm, itäs been a while since I played, but it should be as easy as dragging across a river. Make sure youäre not running into a rock or something on the other side.
@@KatherineOfSky I ended up deleting the roads that were near the bridge and then it worked fine. Thanks for the help!
Thank you so much for explaining ratio. Feel a but dumb haha but i looked everywhere, exept at the time ;)
Thank you so much. I never knew the ratios
So I can sell excess items with no hassle. Items that aren't required for building etc?
Yep!
Thanks for the video :) very good for new players. Btw the city layout you ve chosen i ve seen it too but it does not have Pubs... i will probably swap the police stations for pubs myself ;)
I noticed that. I can only assume it was a mistake on the planner's part. Easy enough to substitute though :-)
@@KatherineOfSky hehe yeap :) i never had protest on my main island anyway, never needes the police :)
The late game stuff is harder, electricity, bank and members club.
Thank you for these tips! Loving this game...my first Anno 😁
You are just at the beginning of a glorious journey! Have fun! :D
my city keeps going bankrupt after instilling engineers tier, even though i am major pork supplier to the biggest region. Mine maintenance keeps hitting up to 12K.
Good video, now if I could solve the issue with the game crashing after about 15 minutes of game play
Hahaha, This video was literally gold for me! I had totally missed how the trading of overstock. I went from 300.000 gold to 600.000 under five minutes!
Woohoo!
this video is awesome wish i saw it much much earlier cos then i wouldn't have been scratching my head about restarting the campaign mode that was meant to teach u things.
One thing I hate about the game is you need influence to create ships and cannon defenses.. I have 15Milion gold, with 24k income, conquered 90% of the islands in the old world, 100% of the islands in the new world.. but I cant create anymore ships because my influence is at -200.. How do I farm more influence beside increasing population.??
Thanks for the info !
Do you have the seed number for this map? =)
Where are the links to production calculators?
Google.
Very well done! Nice video.
Not sure if someone will reply to my comment here but recently picked up Anoo 1800 on sale via Uplay and so far loving it but I think I maybe overbuilding my farmers a bit, is there a way to gauage how much farmers I need to create in order to balance my income and maintenance costs?
Playing on Advanced Difficulty (I'm not sure if this'll affect any of the things I said before if I was playing on Normal difficulty)
I assume you are speaking about the social class Farmers: you want to create a bit of surplus workforce for upgrading into the next level. Farmers are not big income generators, so you are going to want to add the next social class (Workers) ASAP. If you are speaking about actual farms... then you can use various calculators to calculate production chain needs. Here is one: suhrmann.github.io/Anno-1800-Calculator/#/demands. Overbuilding production will increase the running costs, (which is more punishing on Advanced Difficulty since the income is less).
@@KatherineOfSky OH GOD! thank you T_T I've been scouring a bunch of sites with regards about this since I'm extremely new to the genre from Frostpunk straight to Anno 1800
thank you so much! this definitely helps out my playthrougsh
Have fun!
Very well explained-especally when the developers couldn't be bothered to make a manual!
Thanks! Have you played the Campaign? That functions as a tutorial :-)
At roughly 75 hours in, I still look like a total noob. I've planned, Implemented and produced like crazy, standing on 7.5m gold but only 15k income per minute. Ive seen people on 500m and 150 to 500k per minute income.
Can you do an Anno 1800 play through?
I have one already on my channel, and am preparing for a continuation with the latest DLCs!
@@KatherineOfSky I am checking it and I will make sure to to follow to check the DLC when it comes out!
Very helpful
You managed to clear out some stuff in a simple way
tyvm
Hey, new to anno, and i can't figure out the balance. It wont stay stable for me. Goes up and down so much i cant make money besides selling ships to the queen. Is there any tips on controlling your balance?
I haven't played this version yet, but thumb rule for all anno games is:
build as many facilities as you need to cover their needs not more(calculators are useful for that), build more houses, upgrade them, then build more facilities for their needs. it's a delicate balance. Simplest exaggerated example: if you have only 10 houses don't build ten fisheries. If you are not on minus in any product in the warehouse do not build a new facility for said product. First build the houses then see what needs you have to cover. always pay attention, and be patient, it takes time and you will be off balance a lot in the middle. Also do not build new facilities if the one you have is not 100% productivity, fill up that first then go to the next.
The Ratio on Iron/Coal>Steel>Weapons/Steel Beams was (is) a little brain destroying!
Fertilities are back ?! Finally a true Anno game !
But serious unplayable bugs... then again I have never played any of the other Anno games. So maybe that's a feature?
Bought it after a year thinking okay, this gives these rotten developers who constantly push out unfinished work, to get feedback and fix shit.
Nope. They fix lots of stuff, so says their updates. But then several other errors either their fixes caused them or something else in their unstable programming.. of which they take great pains to prevent modders from fixing for them.
Frustrated... yes... I a fucking am. Out 50ish bucks and a game that's bullshit already uninstalled and installed... with no avail.
Shit game.
@@jmitterii2 What Bugs did you encounter? I only have about 60h in it as I only play here and there and I never had any bugs.
Liked and shared so that more ppl can see it. Thank u for the great Vid.
Thanks so much Simon!
The city layouts are tightly packed which is going to result in more fires. Also they lack any ornamental variety which is going to reduce the attractiveness of your city. The attractiveness of your city will impact your ability to make money down the road. Hopefully as more people play the game we'll get better layouts that reflect these factors. Thanks for doing the video.
Indeed, which is why I mentioned that there will be more in the future! I think those layouts were from one of the Betas where people didn't get to experience the frequency of fires, etc.
@@KatherineOfSky Yes that could certainly be. The reason I know all of this is that I tried using one of them :). Also you probably know that if you upgrade your warehouse you can store more stuff, which is important later in the game.
@@KatherineOfSky it could also be that those layouts are made by people who have played the previous games where attractiveness wasn't a thing, and having as many houses packed was the goal ;)
@@harukaru84 Indeed! Also, cities that are not the main city don't really need ornamentation, since the negative items on the island will create such a large negative that there will be no chance for tourists to visit.
Solid tips thank you so much
Thank you very much for this veryhelpful guide
Great tips! Do you have any more?
I'm working on some more videos :-)
@@KatherineOfSky Woot! Out of the handful of tips and tricks videos I've seen yours are more informative.
While I like the work put in to get the city layouts available, I prefer to
go the trial and error mode. The relocation feature will be huge for that.
Using "guides" just makes it to me a paint by numbers game. I'd rather decipher and learn the hard way.
Then maybe after I pull hair out I'll got the layout guide route :)
Anyways, thanks for these uploads! Really appreciate them!
That's the way I prefer to play: on the fly building. I just mention it for people who are interested :-)
@@KatherineOfSky Oh yeah I watch you :)
Didn't mean to come off like you saying we should play that way. This info is great to have for when I get cart jam ups :)
Just a few more hours then Go Time!!