Anno 1800 Optimization in the New World: How does the Hacienda work?
A DLC that changes everything. In the Season Pass 4 of Anno 1800 is the DLC „Germ of Hope“. And finally, after a long wait, the New World is also modernized. While the last DLCs were mainly focused on changes in the old world or brought new regions and areas into the game, the Germ of Hope is about creating more possibilities in the New World. New elements, new production chains and of course optimizations are planned and implemented. In this report, we would like to show you what changes have been implemented in Anno 1800 and how to build and make good use of the Hacienda in the New World.
Germ of Hope: What’s new?
While in the old world as well as at Cape Trelawney you can usually build and optimize large areas, the New World has always been a bit „shortchanged“ so far. The DLC Germ of Hope will now remedy this. The focus is therefore on the New World – especially in the form of the Hacienda, which can already be built in early game hours. This has the advantage that effects and optimizations resulting from it can be used very early in the game. At the same time, there is a feedback into the old world: optimizations and production chains (for example fertilizer) also have an effect on the old world and can be used there as well.
Building a Hacienda – this is how it works
The Hacienda is a beautiful, large and new building that not only brings a breath of fresh air to the oriental region, but also provides quite a lot of benefits. The Hacienda can be built as soon as you have placed the first Obrera house in the new world. In the lower area you will see a new menu. Here you can build the main building first. The Hacienda costs $13,000 and 60 boards and 50 bricks. At first glance, this sounds like a lot – but it’s not. Especially boards and bricks can be mined very well in the new world, so you will have collected the resources quite quickly.
Advantages of the Hacienda
Immediately after setting the Hacienda you can profit from the first advantages. First of all, make sure that you place the Hacienda as centrally as possible. It has a radius that increases with time. This increases the area of influence of the Hacienda (i.e. the positive effects) in the New World. This is similar to the effect of the palace in the Old World.
The radius around the main building can thus be extended. Therefore, look for a larger open area. As soon as the building is erected, you will see a corresponding building menu. At this point you can select new modules and place them docking to the Hacienda. We would like to introduce these modules now.
Modules of the Hacienda
Ornaments and streets
First of all, there are new paved roads that can be placed directly without construction costs. They are similar to the stone roads in the old world and provide a fast transport of goods and merchandise. Elements of the hacienda should be connected to the appropriate roads.
Accommodations for Journaleros and Obreras
At the same time you will find new modules in the form of new accommodations for your journaleros and your obreras. The houses look a bit different – different from typical houses you can build without the DLC. The advantage is that you don’t have to upgrade a Journalero house first, but you can build Obreras directly. This way, you’ll get new Obrera workers directly at this point, without first having to laboriously collect resources and fulfill requirements in order for a house to level up. However, the houses need a bit more space on the map. But they also have a larger floor plan and can accommodate more inhabitants.
Logically, if the houses are larger and more people are housed, then more goods must also be provided. So new needs arise. Liquor and chili sauce as well as atole are among the needs that must be met.
Attention: In total only 250 objects or houses can be built. We hope that this larger one will be expanded in the future, if necessary.
Producing new goods
A new brewery, which should be placed in the Hacienda’s sphere of influence, ensures that the new goods are conveniently produced. Rum, beer, atole, liquor and chili sauce can be selected as „recipes“ and will be produced accordingly to supply the inhabitants.
Hacienda storage space
You can increase the total storage space of the island by placing a Hacienda storage room. This will give you 50 tons of additional storage space per storeroom. The practical thing is that since the coastal regions are usually very limited, you can create additional storage space this way and store more goods on your island. Unfortunately, a building of this type does not yet exist in the old world. It would also be a good idea for the Arctic or Enbesa.
Hacienda farm
Hacienda farm is one of the most important modules of the building complex. The area of the farm is initially very small: 64 fields, so its use is already very space-saving. Through a menu you can choose the available crops, without paying attention to the resources of the island: Sugar cane, corn, coffee, rubber, cocoa, potatoes, spices or cereals: you just have to choose which product the respective farm should produce. Click on „Start production“ to start the production. As you can see, there are also new fertilities that have not been available in the new world before.
The farms can be managed normally: you can increase productivity even more with a tank farm and a tractor barn. In addition, you can equip the farms with the appropriate items (Horticulturist Hermann, Feras Alsarami, etc.). And also the change of the labor force has influence on the productivity on the farms.
New fertilizer silos
The set farms can also be influenced by setting fertilizer silos. Fertilizer silos are among the biggest and most effective changes in the Anno world. The area of farms has been massively modified. The only drawback is that farms must always be placed within the radius of the hacienda, while fields can be placed outside the radius.
Hacienda fertilizer plant
You can now build a fertilizer plant in the radius of the hacienda. However, the fertilizer plant’s own radius can be outside the hacienda. The fertilizer plant collects the manure from the farms within the radius and produces fertilizer from it. This fertilizer can consequently be delivered to fertilizer silos, increasing the productivity of the farms by another 100%. Disadvantage: The production of one ton of fertilizer takes a relatively long time, so you have to wait quite a long time until the first fertilizer units are available. Advantage: The fertilizer can also be used in the other Anno worlds and provide an increase in productivity there. The fertilizer plant can be optimized with appropriate items. For example, „Get rich quicker Volume IV: No manure“. In this way, ethanol can also be produced, which is particularly important for the chemical factory, for example. Tip: Try to reduce the working time so that the production of the fertilizer works faster and you can produce more units in less time. Currently it takes 5 minutes to produce one unit.
Hacienda Guidelines and Levels
The Hacienda works similarly to the Palace in the old world. Depending on the attractiveness level your island world has reached so far, you can select certain guidelines, which in turn have effects.
This way you can unlock certain achievements for the entire island:
- Moderate Food Initiative: Reduces the food consumption of the inhabitants.
- Lumberjack Training: Increases the efficiency of sawmills and lumberjacks.
- Weight and measure standard: Increases the island’s storage capacity: 450 points
- Local meetings: Hacienda future for Obreras generate influence: 1000 points
- Unloading Permits: Cargoes in the port are unloaded faster: 1750 points.
So the goal should be to keep the island as attractive as possible.
Hacienda ornaments
As already mentioned, you can set more ornaments in the Hacienda menu: Whether walls, gates, small wickets, colonnades or water basins – you can decorate your region very nicely. With flowerbeds and flowers you can make your island much more beautiful.
Conclusion
With the Hacienda you have a whole range of possibilities to improve optimization and increase productivity. At the same time, the buildings look very chic and the Hacienda can be placed very nicely in the middle of your center. Breweries, farms and warehouses are great to place in the sphere of influence, while the actual fields are outside the radius. Residential buildings in the center, around the Hacienda, make for a very nice overall look.