Strategies To Reduce Pollution In Anno 1800

In the video game Anno 1800, pollution is a significant issue that players must tackle to ensure their city remains attractive to visitors and tourists. The game captures the challenges of the Industrial Age, where factories were a major source of pollution. To reduce pollution on your favourite island, players can relocate factories to separate dirty kitchen islands and ship the goods back to the main island. This involves colonizing a nearby island, building a Commuter Pier, and transferring the factories. Additionally, players can make use of Trade Union items to decrease pollution and improve attractiveness. While these strategies can reduce pollution on the main island, they shift the problem to the industrial island, leaving future generations to deal with the consequences.

Move factories to a separate island

One of the biggest contributors to pollution in Anno 1800 is factories. To reduce pollution on your favourite island, you can move your factories to a separate island. Here's a guide on how to do it:

Choose an Island

Select a nearby island that can accommodate all the factories you want to relocate from your main island. This island will become your industrial hub, so make sure it has enough space for all the necessary buildings.

Build a Commuter Pier

Construct a Commuter Pier on both your main island and the new industrial island. This building will allow you to transfer your workforce between the islands. The Commuter Pier becomes available once you reach the Engineer level.

Relocate the Factories

Use the Stamp tool to transfer all the factories to the new industrial island. Alternatively, you can demolish the factories on your main island and rebuild them on the new island. This step may be tedious, but it will help reduce pollution on your main island.

Set Up Trade Routes

Establish a trade route to transport all the goods produced on the industrial island back to your main island. This will require a significant number of ships to handle the volume of goods.

Manage the Pollution

While you have successfully reduced pollution on your main island, the industrial island will now bear the brunt of it. To manage this, you can invest in Trade Union items that help decrease pollution. Additionally, some players suggest that you may need to relocate again as your population grows and your industrial needs change.

Benefits of Relocating Factories

By moving your factories to a separate island, you not only reduce pollution on your main island but also create more space for city development and beautification. This strategy can also help improve the happiness of your population, as they will no longer be directly affected by the pollution caused by the factories.

Use the commuter pier

The Commuter Pier is a key building in Anno 1800 that allows players to address the issue of pollution and improve their city's attractiveness. Here are some detailed instructions on how to use the Commuter Pier effectively to reduce pollution:

Choose the Right Islands:

Select a nearby island that can accommodate all the factories you want to relocate from your main island. This island will become your industrial centre, so choose an island with enough space and resources to support your factories.

Build the Commuter Piers:

Construct a Commuter Pier on both your main island and the chosen industrial island. The Commuter Pier is a Harbour Building that enables the transfer of workforce between islands. Ensure that you have the required free coastline of 5x6 tiles in front of the pier and connect it to a warehouse or trading post by a road. Only one Commuter Pier can be built on each island, and they must be located in the Old World or Cape Trelawney.

Transfer Your Factories:

Use the Stamp tool to transfer all the factories from your main island to the industrial island. Alternatively, you can demolish the factories on the main island and rebuild them on the industrial island. This step will physically move your polluting industries away from your main island, reducing pollution there.

Set Up a Trade Route:

Establish a trade route between the industrial island and your main island to transport all the goods produced back to your main island. This step is crucial, as it ensures that your main island still receives the necessary industrial goods without actually producing them there, keeping it pristine and pollution-free.

Manage Your Workforce:

The Commuter Pier allows you to combine the workforce of multiple islands. Utilise the pier's menu to manage your workforce balance and ensure that you have enough workers on the industrial island to run the factories. You can transfer workforce between islands, allowing you to have residences on one island and use that workforce on another.

Address Riots and Unhappiness:

Using the Commuter Pier to transfer workers to a polluted island may lead to riots and unhappiness. To prevent this, consider adding well-placed police stations on the industrial island, similar to how you would handle unhappiness in residential areas. You can also upgrade these police stations to their Advanced version for greater effectiveness.

By following these steps and utilising the Commuter Pier effectively, you can significantly reduce pollution on your main island in Anno 1800. Remember that this process can be costly, so plan accordingly and ensure you have the necessary resources before implementing this strategy.

Set up a trade route

To reduce pollution in Anno 1800, players suggest moving polluting industries to a separate island. This strategy can be achieved by setting up a trade route and utilising the commuter pier, which becomes available at the engineer level.

To set up a trade route, follow these steps:

• Access the trade route menu by clicking on the routes button in the bottom left corner of the screen (identified by a ship symbol with arrows) or by using the keyboard shortcut "T".
• Click the "Create Route" button at the bottom of the menu, then select "Trade Route" as the route type.
• Click on the islands you want to include in the trade route on the region map. You can switch between regions using the buttons in the top left corner of the map.
• Select the goods to be loaded and unloaded at each island and adjust the quantities as needed.
• Choose the ships to be assigned to the route.
• Name the route and assign it to a group if desired.
• Finalise the route by clicking the "Accept" button.

When setting up a trade route, it is important to consider the number of cargo slots available on the assigned ships. Each cargo slot can only hold one type of good at a time, so ensure that the goods selected for loading and unloading match the number of cargo slots.

Additionally, there are special options that can be applied to each station on the route:

• "Wait for Goods": The ship will wait until it has loaded all goods at the current station.
• "Discard Cargo": Goods that cannot be unloaded will be thrown overboard to make space for new goods. This option cannot be used together with "Wait to Unload".
• "Wait to Unload": The ship will wait until it has completed all unload orders at the current station. This option cannot be used together with "Discard Cargo".

By setting up a trade route and moving polluting industries to a separate island, you can effectively manage your population's happiness and reduce the negative effects of pollution in Anno 1800.

Use Docklands Main Wharf

The Docklands Main Wharf is a modular Harbour and Administration Building that can be used to optimise trade and harbour logistics in Anno 1800. It is a great way to reduce pollution on your main island by moving polluting production chains to another island. Here are some tips on how to use the Docklands Main Wharf to reduce pollution:

• The Docklands Main Wharf requires the Docklands DLC and can only be built in the Old World (and Cape Trelawney). Only one Docklands can be built per island, and it requires a free harbour area with no obstacles in front.
• The Docklands Main Wharf can act as a Harbourmaster's Office, providing bonuses to other harbour buildings within its radius. It has a bigger radius and no influence cost. You can equip up to three items inside, and additional harbourmaster modules can be built to add more item slots.
• Additional modules can be built to improve the efficiency and functionality of the Docklands. There are six types of modules, each with a different function and cost. These include increasing storage capacity, adding extra ship slots, repairing nearby ships and buildings, and reducing loading times.
• The Docklands Main Wharf and its modules can enhance the island's attractiveness. To get the attractiveness bonus, the modules must be connected to the main wharf.
• When using the Docklands, consider the placement of your harbour. Look at the shipping traffic on your islands and place your wharf and piers on the sides where most ships are travelling. This will reduce the time ships spend travelling to and from the harbour.
• You can also use the commuter pier to move industries to another island once it is available. This can help reduce pollution on your main island by separating polluting industries from the population.

Use trade union items

Trade Union items can be used to reduce pollution in Anno 1800. These items can be equipped in the Trade Union and can provide various bonuses that help to mitigate the negative effects of pollution. Here are some strategies and specific items that can be used to reduce pollution using Trade Union items:

Strategies:

• Increase Attractiveness: Some Trade Union items can increase the attractiveness of certain buildings, which can help to offset the negative attractiveness of polluting buildings. For example, the "Award-Winning Brewer" item provides +3 attractiveness to breweries and schnapps distilleries.
• Relocate Polluting Buildings: While not a direct solution, relocating polluting buildings to another island can help reduce the concentration of pollution on your main island. This strategy can be combined with the use of Trade Union items to further reduce pollution.
• Use Specific Items: There are specific Trade Union items that are designed to reduce pollution. These items can provide bonuses such as reduced maintenance costs, increased productivity, and lower workforce requirements for polluting buildings.

Specific Items:

• Night and Day Pollution By-Law: This item reduces productivity by 20% and attractiveness by 60% for all ironworks and foundries, as well as some other heavy industries.
• Veterinary Antibiotics: This item increases productivity by 30% for all animal farms, helping to reduce the need for additional polluting buildings.
• Bureau of Worker-Owned Cooperatives: This item reduces maintenance costs by 20% for all production buildings, which can help to offset the costs of pollution control.
• Fire Prevention Directive: This item increases maintenance costs by 10% but reduces the chance of fire by 50% for all production buildings, helping to mitigate one of the negative effects of pollution.
• Double Iron Grillwork: This item increases attractiveness by 2 and reduces the chance of fire by 40% for all production buildings, providing a boost to attractiveness while reducing fire risk.
• Get Rich Quick Vol IX: Paid To Perform: This item provides a 75% productivity boost and a 10% workforce reduction for all assembly lines and artisan workshops. While it also increases maintenance costs and fire/illness/riot chances, it can be a powerful tool to increase output and reduce workforce needs.

These strategies and items can be used in combination to effectively reduce pollution in Anno 1800. It is important to note that completely eliminating unhappiness from pollution may require additional steps, such as relocating industries or using other game mechanics.

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