Anno 1800: Optimal use of manure, fertilizer and silos

Increase production through fertilizer in the New and Old World – here’s how.

The DLC „Germ of Hope“ provides a real production boost in the New World, which can also affect the Old World and Cape Trelawney, because: Through the Hacienda, which can now be built, manure and fertilizer can be converted, which in turn provides for increased production of all farms, etc.. In other words: more efficiency and more effectiveness on the already very limited space in the Anno 1800 world. We have already described the advantages of the Hacienda and its construction, including modules and functions, in detail. In this article we would like to explicitly show you how to optimally combine manure, fertilizer and silos to get an increase in production in all worlds. The prerequisite for this is, of course, that the Hacienda is already set in the New World and certain colors are put into operation there.

Procedure: Extraction of manure

Basically, in order to be able to produce fertilizer in the first place, you need the appropriate manure. This waste product is created by operating farms. This means: The more farms you operate and the more active and faster they work, the more units of manure will be produced. Please note that dung can only be produced by alpaca and cattle farms as additional goods at 1/3 each. Dung cannot be produced independently. Other crop farms do not produce additional manure either, but we recommend using the buildings that are selectable by the Hacienda.

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Set Hacienda Farms

First, you should set appropriate farms in the sphere of influence of your hacienda. It is important to know that the main buildings of the farms should always be within the Hacienda’s sphere of influence. The fields can also be outside of it. Hacienda farms basically work with fewer fields than normal farms in the new world. However, they can be expanded by adding a tractor barn or a fertilizer silo, so that productivity is increased and more fields can be placed.

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Farms produce manure

Dung is produced, unfortunately at present still relatively unclearly, always if cattle and alpaca farms produce a unit of the appropriate goods. To 1/3 or with every third, created ton a unit of the raw material dung is produced. Consequently, the faster the production, the more dung will be produced. Dung is, even if the name does not suggest it, an incredibly important commodity in the Anno 1800 world and ensures that you can process it into fertilizer. Fertilizer that is needed to further increase the productivity of all farms – similar to wheat-powered silos in the Old World, through the Agricultural Improvement DLC.

Set manure plant

When you produce enough manure, it will accumulate in your warehouse. It is now waiting to be processed into fertilizer. To do this, you set a fertilizer plant, but it takes 5 minutes to produce one unit of fertilizer from manure. With the appropriate Hacienda items, which can be bought in the Old World as well as in the New World, you can reduce the production time a bit. We admit, however, that it is a very long way to produce fertilizer from manure. However, it is worth it, because you can significantly improve productivity. Try to strike as good a balance as possible between farms and fertilizer plants. Since the processing time of the raw material manure takes quite a long time, it is advisable to set several fertilizer plants right at the beginning.

Linking fertilizer silos to farms

In the further course you can upgrade your farms in the New World and in the Old World in such a way that a fertilizer silo is cultivated. If there is a warehouse nearby, the fertilizer silo will be stocked with the fertilizer that has now been created, doubling the original production at that location. Manure is a real energy supplier for your farms and provides relief especially when you are in a very tight space, as in the New World.

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Shipping surpluses to the old world

If manure surpluses accumulate, feel free to ship these resources to the Old World or Cape Trelawney to increase production there as well. Fortunately, this resource can be used in all Anno worlds and provides a significant agricultural improvement.

Shorten production time

Unfortunately, the production time can only be shortened a little by using suitable items. We hope that in one of the next updates more options will be added to make fertilizer production even faster. For the time being, it helps to set more fertilizer plants, if the corresponding manure is available as a basic resource. It is not advisable to put fertilizer or manure on the sales list, as these resources are incredibly useful and should ideally be processed completely.

Conclusion

Hacienda farms, the hacienda itself, and practical fertilizer plants allow you to process waste products from cattle and alpaca farms and boost production. Especially in the New World, where most of the islands are difficult to cultivate and are separated by island parts by rivers, this way you have the possibility to make improvements in a very small space. But also for the Old World, fertilizer is a good option to work even more efficiently and free up space that can be used for industry, for example, but also for housing.

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