Grow herbs in the herb garden and optimize Anno 1800 production.
With the expansion of the New World in Anno 1800 through the DLC „Rise of the New World“ you have the possibility to plant herb gardens on your islands. Herbs are needed to produce products such as the drink Mezcal or Jalea. These are goods that are required by your artistas very early in the game. It’s important to know that herbs are especially convincing because of their very high consumption. So, in order to run larger production chains, you should optimize the herb garden placement. Also keep in mind that herbs, the final product of the herb garden, are needed by several final productions. Demand is therefore very high, so you should make sure early on that there is always a surplus so that existing productions do not come to a standstill. In this article, we will show you how to optimize the production of herbs using herb gardens on Manola and get the highest possible yield.
Set herb garden
The production of herbs tends to be very simple, as you simply have to create fields once you have set up a herb garden. The corresponding fertility is available on Manola – as well as on some other new islands in the New World. The fertility can also be adjusted by a breakthrough development with the help of the research institute in the Old World. The herb garden costs only $500 and requires 6 tons of wood to establish. It also incurs only $5 in maintenance costs and requires only 10 journaleros‘ labor – so it’s a very cheap production chain. One ton of „herbs“ is produced every 30 seconds.
Electricity and hacienda at herb gardens?
The construction of the dam ensures that Manola is caused with electricity. Although the construction is completed after 1.5 hours, insofar as all resources are available, it has no effect on the herb garden. Also with the help of the Hacienda such a production can not be started, because it is not a farm. So you can neither use electricity nor save space by using a Hacienda module. When using herb gardens, you (unfortunately) have to concentrate on on-board resources in Anno 1800. However, these can easily quadruple production.
Tractor barns and tank farm indispensable
First, you should set an oil port and lay rails. The extracted oil should now be brought to a tank farm, which is placed near the herb gardens. Now place a tractor barn in the immediate vicinity of each herb garden. Note: Each barn requires 10 tons of steam engines, which you should import from the Old World in time. This increases the production enormously – by 200%.
Adjust workload
If you want even more „power“, set the workload for herb gardens to 50%. This will give you another boost in production, further reducing the time it takes to make herbs.
Items to increase productivity
Items are rare in herb gardens. Feras Alsarami is one of the most powerful items in Anno 1800, as it can be used almost anywhere. It gives you another 50% boost and even reduces the labor needed by 10%. The only important thing is that you place it in a chamber of commerce, preferably in the middle of your herb gardens. Otherwise, take a look at the research institute, if you have already researched a large part of the items. Especially on the topic of agricultural improvement you will find something here and can use one or the other item to increase your production even more.
Attention: At the gates of your AI opponents you can of course roll the dice to get better items – but there is hardly anything for the herb garden. Our recommendation: Keep it at the 400% you can reach with on-board resources and, if in doubt, place one more production near your chamber of commerce. With this alone you should be able to supply thousands of artistas and even build up a stock.
Conclusion
Basically, it is always important to have an abundance of basic resources. Not only building resources and basic food, but also input goods, which are important for further productions. So that the production of Jalea and Mezcal doesn’t come to a standstill, you should make sure you have plenty of herbs in time. With our quadrupling, you can optimize the production chain as much as possible, and with two more places in the chamber of commerce, you even have some room to „add on“ with researched items.