Ultimate Malthouse guide: producing Malt in Anno 1800

This is the Malthouse in Anno 1800. It takes grain from a Grain farm and converts it into malt.

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Description

This is the Malthouse in Anno 1800, a key factory that sits between the Grain Farm and the Brewery in the Beer production chain. To begin, you can only build the Malthouse in the Old World, and it provides one of the core ingredients needed to brew beer.

During production, the Malthouse in Anno 1800 converts one ton of grain into one ton of malt every 30 seconds. As a result, it produces two tons of malt per minute, keeping your breweries supplied and running efficiently.

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What is produced

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Improvements

In this section, we’ll look at several ways to improve the Malthouse in Anno 1800 and boost both productivity and efficiency. To begin, we’ll focus on the placement of the Malthouse and how positioning can influence its output.

Next, we’ll explore how adding the Malthouse to a Trade Union can provide powerful bonuses that enhance production even further.

Finally, we’ll examine the impact of electricity and the significant benefits it brings once your settlement reaches that stage of development.

Placement

Here, we’ll look at how to place the Malthouse in Anno 1800 to get the most out of it. In this layout, the Grain Farm sits directly beside the Malthouse, allowing grain to move quickly into production chain.

To support this setup, a Warehouse is placed nearby so the malt reaches your inventory faster and keeps your beer chain running smoothly.

Overall, this arrangement creates a short, efficient route from grain to malt, improving both productivity and flow.

Trade union

The Trade Union is a support building that boosts the productivity and efficiency of any production buildings within its influence range. To achieve this, you equip it with special items that provide powerful bonuses.

In most cases, you’ll obtain these items from expeditions or by purchasing them from NPCs, as these are the most reliable and efficient methods. However, there are other ways to acquire items as you progress, giving you even more flexibility in improving your production chains.

Here are some of the items that can affect the Malthouse in Anno 1800.

Item name	Effects	Rarity/notes
Moonshiner	+10% Productivity	Common Expedition bonus – +5 diplomacy +5 Medicine
Copper distiller	+30% Productivity, +40% Chance of Fire	Uncommon
Steam powered brewing machine	+40% Productivity, +20% Chance of Fire	Rare
Grandiloquent copper distiller	+50% Productivity , -25% Maintenance Cost	Epic

Electricity

When you reach the Engineer level, you unlock the ability to supply buildings with electricity. Once powered, the Malthouse in Anno 1800 immediately doubles its production speed, giving you a major boost in malt output.

However, doubling production also means the Malthouse will consume grain much faster. Because of this, you’ll need to increase the number of Grain Farms to keep the Malthouse fully supplied and running at maximum efficiency.

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Layouts

In this section, we’ll look at several layouts that can help the Malthouse in Anno 1800 run more efficiently. To start, each layout focuses on keeping grain delivery quick and ensuring malt moves smoothly into your storage.

By using these setups, you can maintain a steady production flow and support your breweries without interruptions.

Option 1

In this layout, we place the Malthouse in a position where it can stay fully supplied at all times. To achieve this, we add two Grain Farms nearby so the Malthouse receives a steady flow of grain.

In addition, a Warehouse is placed close to the Malthouse to ensure the produced malt enters your inventory as quickly as possible.

Overall, this setup keeps production efficient and prevents any slowdown in your beer chain.

This layout will produce two tons of malt per minute.

Option 2

In this layout, we boost production by adding a second Malthouse and two more Grain Farms. With this setup, each farm sends grain to whichever Malthouse is free, keeping both buildings supplied at all times.

After processing, the malt goes straight to the Warehouse, so it enters your inventory quickly and without delays.

Overall, this layout creates a smooth, efficient flow from grain to malt and gives your production a strong increase.

This layout will produce four tons of malt a minute.

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