Your population is divided into five tiers. As you meet their growing demands, they will upgrade their homes, paying more taxes and increasing your revenue:
: This high-tier chain requires massive fertile land blocks on your southern colonies. Advanced Layout Tips for Maximum Efficiency
1 Deep Sea Fisherman : 1 Whale Oil Refinery : 1 Weaver’s Hut Patrician Level Production Chains anno 1701 production chains
A toggleable visual mode that draws translucent "flow lines" between buildings in a chain. Green lines show a healthy flow of goods.
As your population grows into Citizens, their demands become more complex, requiring multi-stage processing. Tobacco Products : 2 Tobacco Plantations →right arrow 1 Tobacco Processing Plant. Your population is divided into five tiers
Patricians represent the high-wealth tier of Anno 1701 . Their production chains require deep capital investment and highly managed supply chains. Chocolate (Cocoa & Honey)
Both gold and gem nodes are rare and typically found on heavily defended or distant islands. Prioritize military escort ships for the trade routes carrying these raw materials. Colonial Goods (Exotic Imports) Green lines show a healthy flow of goods
Anno 1701 , a real-time strategy and city-building game by Related Designs and Sunflowers Interactive, is distinguished by its intricate production chain mechanics. Unlike simpler city-builders where a single building produces a good, Anno 1701 requires multi-step vertical and horizontal integration of raw materials, intermediate processing, and final goods distribution. This paper dissects the core production chains of the game, categorizing them by resource type, analyzing their efficiency ratios, and discussing their strategic implications for settlement growth from pioneers to aristocrats.
You cannot produce everything on one island. Anno 1701 demands that you build trade routes to transport raw materials from specialized islands to your main industrial hubs.
Never rely on traders for in the long run. Establishing your own Tool production chain is the most important milestone in the early game. Once you control your iron and tools, you truly control your destiny.