These are Light Bulbs in Anno 1800. They are a consumer good and supply Engineers, Investors and Artistas. Light Bulbs are produced in the Light Bulb Factory at the rate of one ton a minute.
Who needs Light Bulbs
Light Bulbs are Basic need of both Engineers and also Investors. They are also a Lifestyle need of Artistas.
In this section we will be looking at what population needs Light Bulbs and the effect it has on your population growth and also the income generated.
Basic need
| Tier | 1 ton supplies | Extra to Residences | Income |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engineers | 80 Residences or 3200 Engineers | 2 | +35/+31.5/+28 |
| Investors | 53.33 Residences or 2666.67 Investors | 8 | +87.5/+78.75/+70 |
Lifestyle need
| Tier | Extra to Residences | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Artistas | 4 | +6/+5.4/+4.8 |
As we can see her Light Bulbs are a great addition to production chains. They will a good amount of income and will also increase the residents at your Residences.
Trading Light Bulbs
In this section we will be looking at Trading Light Bulbs in your Anno 1800.
| Trading Type | Buying/Selling Rate | Where from |
|---|---|---|
| Passive Selling | $1768 Credits per ton | Traders to your harbour |
| Passive Buying | $4420 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 Light Bulbs from you they will pay you $1768 Credits per ton. On the other hand when a trader comes to your harbour and sells you Light Bulbs you will have to pay $4420 Credits per ton.
How to set up trading
As we can see from the table above there are two options for trading Light Bulbs. 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 Light Bulbs on Expeditions
Many items in Anno 1800 can be taken on Expeditions. When we take items on Expeditions they will give you extra benefits for the Expedition. When we take Light Bulbs they will give you 5 bonus points to Crafting and also 5 bonus points to Morale per 50 tons taken.
How to make Light Bulbs
In this section we will be looking at how we make Light bulbs.
Light Bulbs
This is the Light Bulb Production Chain in Anno 1800
This is the Light Bulbs layout in Anno 1800. If we first at the top half of the layout we will require a Coal Mine to produce the Coal that will then go to the four Filament Factories for the production of Filaments. The Filaments will then go to the Light Bulb Factory. On the bottom half of the layout we can see that we require two Sand Mines for the production of Sand. This Sand can then go to the two Glassmakers for the production of Glass. This Glass will then go to the four Light Bulb Factories. This layout will produce four tons of Light Bulbs per minute.