These are Steam Carriages in Anno 1800. They are a consumer good that is used by the Investor class of citizens. It is produced using Chassis and Steam Motors and it is produced at the rate of two tons per minute.
Who needs Steam Carriages
Steam Carriages are a basic need for the investor class of your citizens. Lets now take a look at how that works.
| Tier | 1 ton supplies | Extra to Residence | Income |
|---|---|---|---|
| Investors | 150 Residences or 7500 Investors | 4 | +187.5/+168.75/+150 |
As you can see from the table above supplying your Investors with Steam Carriages will increase the population of your Residences and also supply a huge amount of income.
Trading Steam Carriages
In this section we will be looking at Trading Steam Carriages in your Anno 1800.
| Trading Type | Buying/Selling Rate | Where from |
|---|---|---|
| Passive Selling | $16650 Credits per ton | Traders to your harbour |
| Passive Buying | $41626 Credits per ton | Traders to your harbour |
| Active Selling | $66601 Credits per ton | Sell to Emperor Katema |
When we look at this table we can see that when a trader comes to your harbour and purchases Steam Carriages from you they will pay you $16650 Credits per ton. On the other hand when a trader comes to your harbour and sells you Steam Carriages you will have to pay $41626 Credits per ton. We can also see from this table that there is also active selling. This means that you can sell Steam Carriages to Emperor Katema for $66601 Credits per ton.
How to set up trading
As we can see from the table above there are two options for trading Steam Carriages. 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.
Taking Steam Carriages on Expeditions
Their are many items that you can take on expeditions. When you take these items they can give you benefits depending on what items you take. When we take Steam Carriages on expeditions they will give you 30 bonus points to Force and also 30 bonus points to Morale per 50 tons taken.
How to make Steam Carriages
Lets look at how to make Steam Carriages.
Steam Carriages
This is the Steam Carriages Production Chain in Anno 1800.
This is the Steam Carriages Production Chain in Anno 1800. As we can see this is a very complicated layout that requires buildings in both the Old World and the New World. So lets take this a step at a time.
The first step is to place down an Iron Mine and a Coal Mine. These mines will produce Coal and Iron that will go to the Furnace that will produce Steel for the Motor Assembly Line for the production of Steam Motors. For the production of Steam Motors, the Motor Assembly Line will also require Brass. This is obtained by two Copper Mines and two Zinc Mines that will supply the Brass Smeltery. The Brass Smeltery will then produce the Brass for the Motor Assembly Line.
Once the Motor Assembly Line has these items it will then send the Steam Motors to the Cab Assembly Line. On the bottom half of the layout we can see that we require Wood from a Lumberjacks Hut and also Caoutchouc from a Caoutchouc Plantation that can only be placed in the New World. This means that the Caoutchouc will have to transported from the New World to the Old World. Once you have this it will go to the Coachmakers for the production of Chassis that will then go to the Cab Assembly Line for the final production of Steam Carriages. This layout will produce four tons of Steam Carriages per minute.