Ultimate Tobacco Plantation guide: tobacco in Anno 1800

This is the Tobacco Plantation in Anno 1800. It is used for the production of Tobacco that is then turned into Cigars.

Tobacco Plantation in Anno 1800

To build

  • Credits -$7000
  • Timber 10

Details

  • Unlocks at 1000 Obreros
  • Area 3×4
  • Fields 192
  • Region New World
  • Maintenance Cost $25
  • Workforce 10 Obreros
  • Requires Tobacco Fertility

Description

This is the Tobacco Plantation in Anno 1800. It is used for the production of Tobacco in Anno 1800. The Tobacco Plantation can only be built in the New World so any products will have to shipped to other regions that need them. The Tobacco Plantation sits at the start of the Cigars production chain. The Plantation will require a large area for the placement of the fields that it needs. This plantation will produce one ton of Tobacco every 120 seconds or half a ton per minute.


What it produces

Tobacco is a plant product that an only be produced in the New World. Tobacco is a core item that you will need for the production of cigars. When taking on expeditions it will grant you 10 bonus points to Medicine and 20 bonus points to Morale per 50 tons taken.

Tobacco in Anno 1800

Improvements

Here we will look at what improvements we can do to the Tobacco Plantation to increase its productivity and efficiency. The First thing that we will look at is the placement of the Tobacco Plantation. This is a core thing to look at as it will ensure that the Tobacco enters your inventory as quickly as possible. The final thing that we will look at is the Trade union items that can be added to it to increase its productivity and efficiency.

Placement

Here we will look at the placement of the Tobacco Plantation. The first placement we will look at will be to ensure that the plantation is easy to copy and move around your islands. We will then look at a simple layout that will enable the production of Cigars.

Tobacco Plantation simple placement.

Here we can see that we have created a rectangle layout for easy copying and moving is easier.

Simple Tobacco Plantation placement in Anno 1800

In this placement we can see that their is now a Cigar Factory placed next to the Tobacco Plantation. This will mean that the Tobacco can go directly into the Cigar Factory for production of Cigars.

Trade union

In this section we will look at what items we can add to the Trade union that can increase its productivity and efficiency of the Tobacco Plantation. These items can obtained from going on expeditions, quests and rewards also from third party traders. You may also get them from the Worlds Fair and the Research Institute.

Item nameEffectRarity/Notes
Harvester+7% ProductivityCommon
Expedition bonus –
+10 Crafting
Lecter+10% ProductivityCommon
Expedition bonus –
+10 Crafting
Agriculturalist+12% ProductivityUncommon
Expedition bonus –
+20 Crafting
Furrow Plough+25% ProductivityUncommon
Soil Sampler+15% ProductivityUncommon
Tobacco Seeds-15% Productivity
Provides Tobacco Fertility
Uncommon
Wood Ash+30% Productivity
+15% No of Modules
Uncommon
Balance Plough+35% ProductivityRare
Chemical Fertiliser+50 Productivity
+25% No of Modules
Rare
Pedologist+15% Productivity
Extra Goods
Occasionally produces extra  Cocoa
Rare
Expedition bonus –
+30 Crafting
Quality Tobacco SeedsProvides Tobacco FertilityRare
Hybrid Tobacco Seeds+25% Productivity
Provides Tobacco Fertility
Epic
Miraculous Steel Plough+50% Productivity
-50% Maintenance Costs
-50% Workforce
Epic
Mrs. Brown the Cultivator+20% Productivity
Extra Goods
Occasionally produces extra Cocoa Cocoa
Occasionally produces extra Caoutchouc
Occasionally produces extra Cotton Cotton
Epic
Expedition bonus –
+40 Crafting
Patent Steel Seed Drill+40% Productivity
-50% Workforce
Epic
Superphosphate Fertiliser+70% Productivity
+35% No of Modules
Epic
Dr. Ali Al-Zahir, the Botanical Director+30% Productivity
+7 Attractiveness
Extra Goods
Occasionally produces extra  Red Peppers
Occasionally produces extra  Potatoes
Occasionally produces extra  Grapes
Occasionally produces extra  Grain
Occasionally produces extra  Hops
Legendary
Expedition bonus –
+50 Crafting

These are the items for the Tobacco Plantation that can be added to the Trade union.


Layouts

In this section we will be looking at what layouts we can use for the Tobacco Plantation. We use layouts so that we can have structured layouts and get items that are being produced in to your inventory in a quick and efficient manner. Lets take a look at some of these layouts now.

Option 1

Here we can see a layout for a Tobacco Plantation. This is a large layout that contains eight Tobacco Plantations. The reason that their is so many in a simple layout is because we will require a vast amount of Tobacco to supply the Cigar production chain.

Simple Tobacco Plantation in Anno 1800.