This is Saltpetre in Anno 1800. Saltpetre is a Raw material that is used for the production of Advanced Weapons. Saltpetre is produced by the Saltpetre Works that will need to be placed in your harbour. The Saltpetre Works will produce 0.5 tons per minute. You must ensure that the island that you are placing it on has Saltpetre fertility.
Trading Saltpetre
In this section we will be looking at trading Saltpetre in Anno 1800.
| Trading Type | Buying/Selling Rate | Where from |
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| Passive Selling | $800 Credits per ton | Traders to your harbour |
| Passive Buying | $2000 Credits per ton | Traders to your harbour |
| Active Buying | $2000 Credits per ton | Buy from Old Nate |
When we look at this table we can see that when a trader comes to your harbour and purchases Saltpetre from you they will pay you $800 Credits per ton. On the other hand when a trader comes to your harbour and sells you Saltpetre you will have to pay $2000 Credits per ton. As e can see from the bottom row of the table there is also the option to active buy. This means that you will be able to buy Saltpetre from Old Nate for the price of $2000 Credits per ton.
How to set up trading
As we can see from the table above there are two options for trading Saltpetre. These are passive trading and also active trading. You will notice that there are two options for passive trading and also one option for active 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.
Active trading
As we can see the bottom two options on this table are for active trading. Active trading is where you will manually trade with NPC’s islands. There are two ways to carry out manual trading. The first one is to select one of your ships and then select the harbour that you wish it to go to. When the ship arrives you can then select the Trade post that you wish to trade with. Once you do this you will be faced with this screen.
Here we can see that on the left is our ship and on the right is Sir Archibald Blake’s island. To trade here all you have to do is select the goods on the right hand side and they will then go to the bottom centre section buying. The cost will also be displayed at the bottom. When the goods have been selected you can then trade them on to your ship. You can then send the ship back to one of your islands and transfer the goods from your ship.
The next way to active trade is to set up a trade route. Lets take a look at this now. When setting up a trade route you will first need to select a ship that you wish to go on to the trade route. When you select the ship you will need to locate the button that is two arrows in a circle. This will then open up the trade screen where you can select the islands that you wish your ship to move between. Once you have selected these you will then move on to the screen to set up the trade.
As we can see from the screenshot above we will load fifty tons of Steel Beams on to the ship whenever the ship arrives at High Clarence Hall. The ship will then move to Osthoven to unload. The ship will continue on this trade route until you cancel it.
Products that are made of Saltpetre
In this section we will look at what products are made with Saltpetre. Lets look at these now.
Advanced Weapons.
This is the Advanced Weapons Production Chain in Anno 1800.
These are Advanced Weapons in Anno 1800.Advanced Weapons are a construction material that is used in the production of other items. Advanced Weapons are produced at the Heavy Weapons Factory and these weapons can be used for the production of Big Betty and also ships that are produced in the Steam Shipyard. As you can see we have the Pigs going to the Rendering Works for the production of Tallow this Tallow along with Saltpetre is then sent to the Dynamite Factory and the Dynamite is then sent to the Heavy Weapons Factory, On the other side of the layout we have Iron and Coal that goes for the production of Steel, this Steel is then sent to the Heavy Weapons Factory. The Heavy Weapons Factory will take one minute to produce on ton of Advanced Weapons. This layout produces four tons of of Advanced Weapons per minute.