This is Clay in Anno 1800. It is a raw material that is used in the production of Bricks. Clay is obtained by placing a Clay Pit on top of a Clay deposit that are located on islands. The Clay Pit that you place on these deposits will produce one ton of Clay per minute. The island that you are placing the Clay Pit on must have Clay fertility.
Who needs Clay
Clay is a Lifestyle need for the Artisan tier in Anno 1800.
| Tier | Extra to residences | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Artisans | 1 | +9.375/+8.4375/+7.5 |
As we can see from the table above Clay is a good source of income when we supply the Artisans with Clay. It will also help to enable the maximum capacity of the Artisans residences.
Trading Clay
In this section we will look at trading Clay in Anno 1800.
| Trading type | Buying/Selling rate | Where from |
|---|---|---|
| Passive Selling | $4 Credits per ton | Traders to your Harbour |
| Passive Buying | $10 Credits per ton | Traders to your Harbour |
When we look at this table we can see that when a trader comes to your harbour and purchases Clay from you they will pay you $4 Credits per ton. On the other hand when a trader comes to your harbour and sells you Clay it you will have to pay $10 Credits per ton.
How to set up trading
As we can see from the table above there are two options for trading Clay. These are both for passive trading. Lets take a look at these options now.
Passive trading
Passive trading is where a trader comes to your Trade post and trades with you. To allow passive trading to work you will first have to set it up. The first thing that you will need to do is to select your Trade post on your island and you will be faced with a screen where you can select the item for trading. Once you have selected the item a new menu will open up that will show a screen showing a menu with a slider on it. Move this slider to set the minimum amount of stock to hold on this island. You will also notice that there are four buttons on this screen for the type of trade to do.
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These are the buttons that you will be faced with on the trade type menu. They are No Trade, Buy and Sell, Sell or Buy. You can select these depending on what you wish to do for trade at this island. Once you have set these up traders will then trade with your island.
Taking Clay on Expeditions
Many items in Anno 1800 will give you benefits when you take them on expeditions. Different items will give you different benefits when taking them. Clay is one of those items that can be taken and will give you 10 bonus points to Hunting and 10 bonus points to Morale for every 50 tons taken.
Products that are made of clay
This is the Brick Production Chain in Anno 1800.
As we can see from this Tech Tree we produce bricks from clay. To produce the bricks you will need one Clay pit and pair this with two brick factories for the production of two tons of bricks per minute.