This is the Weapons factory in Anno 1800. It enables the Weapons production chain.
To build
- Credits -$700
- Timber 8
- Bricks 10
- Steel beams 8
Details
- Unlocks at 300 Workers
- Area 5×7
- Region Old World
- Maintenance – $150
- Workforce -50 Workers
- Attractiveness -5
Description
This is the Weapons factory in Anno 1800. The Weapons factory is part of the Weapons production chain. This factory will take steel and convert that in to weapons. Once converted you can then use these weapons to build ships and base defence. The Weapons factory in Anno 1800 can only be built in the Old World. The Weapons factory will turn one ton of steel into one ton of weapons every 90 seconds.
What is produced
This factory produces weapons. Weapons are used for all miliary ships along with all of the base defence guns. The weapons are used for the production of military ships along with mounted guns and cannon tower along with others. For expeditions weapons will give you 15 points on naval power and 15 points to morale for every 50 tons of weapons.
Improvement
In this section we will look at what improvements can be made to the Weapons factory in Anno 1800. We will first look at the placement of the Weapons factory. Next we look at what items can added to the Trade union that can improve the Weapons factory in Anno 1800. In the final section we will explain what happens when we add electricity to the weapons factory.
Placement
When looking at the placement of the Weapons factory in Anno 1800, we will need to look at where to place this in correlation to the Furnace. The Weapons factory will need to be placed close to the Furnace.
This is not a production chain for creating weapons as you will need more Weapons factories to have a balanced Weapons production chain.
Trade union
Here we will look at what items can be added to the Trade union that can improve the Weapons factory in Anno 1800. These are some of the items that can be added.
| Item name | Effects | Rarity/notes |
|---|---|---|
| Welder | -30% Maintenance Cost | Common |
| Calciner | +40% Productivity, -3 Attractiveness, +50% Chance of Fire | Uncommon |
| Coal permit | +25% Productivity, +20% Attractiveness | Uncommon |
| Wrought Ironsmith | +20%Productivity | Uncommon Expedition bonus – +20 crafting |
| Heavy coal permit | +40%Productivity, +40%Attractiveness | Rare |
| Green’s Law to Postpone The Apocalypse | -30% Productivity, -80% Attractiveness | Epic |
| Master of the Forges | +40% Productivity, -25% Workforce Needed | Epic Expedition bonus – +40crafting +10 force |
| Henri Zanchi, Man of Steel | +50% Productivity, -50% Attractiveness, -75% Maintenance Cost, -25%Workforce Needed | Legendary Expedition crafting +80 Expedition force +15 |
These are some of the items available to the Weapons factory in Anno 1800.
Electricity
When you achieve Engineer level electricity becomes available. When you attach electricity to the weapons factory the output would double. This will also mean that you will need to increase the input into the factory. So ensure that you have enough furnaces to accommodate the increase.
Layout
In this section wee will look into what layouts we can use for the Weapons factory in Anno 1800.
Option 1
In this layout we will be placing the weapons factory next to the Furnace with a Warehouse close by. This layout is an efficient early build that can supply you with weapons. using a layout like this you will also have some steel left over that can go to other production chains.
This layout will produce 1 ton of weapons every 90 seconds.
Option 2
Here we can see the layout with three Weapons factories. This will triple the production of the of weapons. Here we can see three Weapons factories placed next to each other being supplied by a Furnace. Their is also a Warehouse close by to get the weapons into your inventory as quick as possible.
We can see in this layout that we have paired one Furnace with three Weapons factories. This will give balanced production and will produce one ton of weapons every 3 seconds.