These are Pearls in Anno 1800. They are an Animal product and can only be obtained in the New World. The Pearl farm will produce 0.67 tons of Pearls per minute. The island that you place the Pearl farm will have to have Pearl fertility.
Trading Pearls
In this section we will be looking at trading Pearls in Anno 1800.
| Trading Type | Buying/Selling Rate | Where from |
|---|---|---|
| Passive Selling | $30 Credits per ton | Traders to your harbour |
| Passive Buying | $76 Credits per ton | Traders to your harbour |
| Active Selling | $121 Credits per ton | Sell to Old Nate |
| Active Buying | $76 Credits per ton | Buy from Madame Kahina or Isabel Sarmento |
When we look at this table we can see that when a trader comes to your harbour and purchases Pearls from you they will pay you $30 Credits per ton. On the other hand when a trader comes to your harbour and sells you Pearls you will have to pay $76 Credits per ton. We can also see that there are option for active trading. The first on is for active selling. This means that you will be able to sell Pearls to Old Nate for the price of $121 Credits per ton. The second active trading option is for active buying. This means that you will be able from Madame Kahina or Isabel Sarmento for the price of $76 Credit per ton.
How to set up trading
As we can see from the table above there are two options for trading Pearls. These are passive trading and also active trading. You will notice that there are two options for passive trading and also two options 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.
What products are made of Pearls
Here we will look at what products are made from Pearls.
Jewellery
This is the Jewellery Production Chain in Anno 1800

Here we can see the Jewellery layout in Anno 1800. As you can see from this layout you will require Gold Ore that can only be got from the New World. You will need 10 Gold Mines to supply the four Goldsmiths. The four Goldsmiths will also require a Coal Mine to supply it Coal. Once the Gold is produced this will then go to the Jewellers. Also in the New World you will have to use six Pearl Farms, these Pearls will then have to shipped back to the Old World and sent to the Jewellers. Once the Jewellers have these items they will start making Jewellery. This layout will produce four tons of jewellery every minute.



