How to Play Anno 1800 | The Complete Beginners Guide 2022

[@ColonelDamneders]

Which location would you like to live in?

[@BobK58]

New World of course. Nice video. Thanks!

[@Themuffinwind]

Mount Doom

[@SkyLordPanglot]

Shrek's swamp

[@TheExiledTyrant]

A really well laid out Crown Falls

[@liamdillon9465]

I am building a gaming PC solely to play this game. I can't believe how intricate and engrossing it seems, I am so excited to sink some serious hours into it. Great tutorial, thanks for the effort!

[@jake3768]

did ya do it?

[@Janosik_Janosikowy]

How do you like it?

[@Moondarious]

Idk about him but I just got it 3 days ago and I have 24 hours on it already... had to restart like 4 times lol watch some tutorials save yourself some time lol

[@Wavetheory85]

@@Moondarious my warehouses and initial shipyard don't seem to be exporting anything and everything is full.. can't figure out how to export to dump these goods

[@jhtsurvival]

@@Wavetheory85 lol did you figure it out? You have to set the bar on the right after selecting the goods in your trading post. Took me a minute to figure it out on 1404

[@lostfan10000]

It's been a while since I played this game and I have to say, it still amazes me how absolutely beautiful this game looks.

[@ColonelDamneders]

The oven that is my pc agrees

[@LCTesla]

and sounds!!

[@ionplgr]

I love the Anno games, but once I get to the late game, I just lose interest in all the micro management. Not saying that the games are bad, they're amazing. I just don't seem to have the patience for it 😕 Great video btw

[@domagoj905]

IMO Anno 1404 lategame was fine, but 1800 is a nightmare... there is just so much stuff.

[@jamesshepard7544]

I've realized I can get to a certain point and expect some economic swings. Have enough money in the treasury to take small hits and not worry about micromanaging as much.

[@TheKetsa]

Exactly.

[@DeadlyShadow7]

one small thing: you never have to overproduce things like crazy (8:45) as after the ship went back to origin once, it will carry enough to supply its travel time (assuming you producing enough according to your statistics-menu) small tip: for the above reason, traveltime does not really matter at all, it just affects the time for things balancing itself out. also what I like to do if you need a ressource on both islands, set a minimum stock, and you can set the transfer amount to 50 all the time. it just needs a little longer to balance itself.

[@Shiftry87]

Travel time betwinn regions absolutly matters, maybe not as mutch in the very beginning as u can load up 200t on 1 clipper and its unlikly your gonna need that mutch of anything early on. lets say it takes 20min for a fully loaded 200t clipper to do a full trip that means that if your island is consuming more then 10t/min 200t/20min=10t/min it dosent matter if your producing enough the ship isent capable of making the round trip fast enough before the supply will run out. The ship cant go fast enough and u need another ship to help so travel time betwinn regions absolutly matters.

[@Shiftry87]

It intresting that u start with the hardest 2 star AI if u dont change any starting AI. If u dont ignore diplomacy its not that hard to avoid war with her but she for sure is the hardest 2 star AI by far. Also for new players there is a way to calculate how mutch of any resource u need on your ships when transporting betwinn regions to not run out. First setup a route and fill 1 full slot with cargo and let it run back and forth 1 or 2 times then open up your production menu (Ctrl or Shift Q) move over to the TRADE tab and find the route that is transporting the resource your looking for and look at the time differance betwinn each time they unload there cargo at the destination, thats how long time it takes in min per trip and then u take that number and multiply it with how mutch your island is using which u can find in the production tab (Ctrl or Shift Q) and is always displayed in consumption/min so its easy to compare. So if u need 2t/min of cotton fabrics and it takes lets say 20 min round trip u need 2*20=40 cotton fabrics on that ship as a minimum to not run out before your ship can drop off another load. Keep in mind the more u load up a ship the slower its gonna be so always transport abit more then u need just in case. U can do this in 1 region aswell but the travel time there are mutch shorter and easier to change on the fly. What many new players may forget is when this demand goes up the more u need u may have enough ships picking it up but your still running out becouse the island they are loading it from dosent have enough storage space to allow the ships to pick up a full load. Lets say u need 200 of a resource but the island storage is only 180 u are gonna run into problems with ships not being able to pick up what u set so u need to expand the islands total storage capacity.

[@tekguru7]

Very concise video for beginners of Anno 1800. Your layout with the chapters and time stamps are fantastic. Thank you for your time and effort. Like 👍🏼

[@vlkafenryka]

Was just thinking about picking it up, thanks for the vid!

[@ColonelDamneders]

I wholeheartedly recommend it. Honestly one of my favourite games right now to kick back and chill...or lean forward and swear depending on the situation

[@nassapa]

Something I think would be worth pointing out is that you are actually able to build up relations, take quests, and even trade with the pirates it can just be difficult. Trading with them can be beneficial though as they sell items you can't get anywhere else, mainly weapons, and they will also sell you ships that are significantly stronger than the ones you can construct normally.

[@ColonelDamneders]

Very true. I probably missed this since I tend to take them out to let me work in peace

[@jhtsurvival]

@@ColonelDamnedersI just make peace with them. Easier plus the special items and ships

[@creamage.]

i bought this game not fully know what I was getting into...a lot more complex than I thought

[@squidben5780]

Excellent video and details. Just starting out, will review couple of times for many tricks and hints!

[@andrewfeldmann7762]

I love the little nod to Frostpunk.

[@gr8witenorth61]

im keeping you close, you've given me new light on playing the game, even though ive been playing the same way but always end up turning my back and my second community has died, or my first community as died talk about annouying............. in need this............✊✊✊✊✊

[@manfredthegreat]

Anno, Civ and Total War are my favorite Games

[@spunx44]

This moves WAAAY too fast and too complex for a true beginner. I wanted some sort of step-by-step guide.

[@AstronautLion]

While I agree with you; I watched the video multiple times and it was easier to understand that way.

[@CardMan91]

To bad

[@LilBipper]

I thought I was the only one that was thinking that watching this video! 😮 Do not get me wrong, it’s a VERY good video… However, for some reason, it made me LESS excited to play the game! 😳 I had to stop the video and go play (poorly 😓) again, Just to remind myself that I actually DO like it😂😂

[@evenvicius]

Watch a gameplay instead. It helps

[@harrisoncoffee5210]

Yeah not really

[@vincent-rz1pr]

Wow, I can’t even understand the guide for this game.

[@theson22788]

The micromanaging of this game is insane

[@joshuaanderson4901]

I'm installing while watching this. I'm not sure how I missed this one, looks like a lot of depth. It looks like CIV, Banished and others all combined.

[@captaincumrag42069]

Id compare it more to Tropico than anything

[@Mo0shii]

haha the same, with tropico i love tropico, so the new world was a surprise for me :'D@@captaincumrag42069

[@adrianruiz5919]

That frostpunk reference was awesome

[@jamesmills109]

This game really needs a tutorial. you start out in the game not knowing absolutely anything on what the fuck you are supposed to be doing...

[@PaganMinn]

love this game, haven't played in a while so i just picked up the season 4 pass and im starting a new game tonight. can't wait for the airship combat and trade to be a thing. that'll be awesome to have war in both sea and air :D

[@MasterOfManyMuffins]

I respect that you don´t mention the purchase and support until the end of the video.

[@lignenox]

haha I appreciate the little reference to Frostpunk when you said "The city must survive" :)

[@visheshsux]

thank you! i played through a sandbox game and i feel like I am ready to understand this game better.

[@deepaknairneo]

One of the best city buildings management game....

[@flofian678]

There is one more important DLC: The Anarchist DLC, including an additional AI, a new propaganda feature and new quests and items.

[@NYCamper62]

Yes Dr Mercier is an interesting opponent. If you go to war with him be aware he heavily mines his harbors.

[@alexeizaraiov]

Nice reference to Frostpunk!

[@DMacDaddy]

Man... All the complexity really makes me just miss Anno 1602.

[@yannisspyrakis6098]

Oh my, didn’t know about this game, just downloaded it to my Xbox. Can you play in this game without fighting like Age of Empires? Thank you in advance so happy I found that!

[@_Sebastiaan]

So this is a 4X game, never knew this.. I might try it out

[@pineapplesmoovey7898]

I think games like these should be given in schools

[@lordakkarin1]

Thank you :)

[@lloydsimoesable]

Isnt there a campaign mode gameplay?

[@Asmoharg]

Very good video with a good overview of the game's different areas and intricacies. Insta subscription.

[@Charvin]

What ever happens, the city must survive. I know what you did there.

[@ColonelDamneders]

👉😎👉

[@middleagedwhitemanwhoenjoy8488]

Good video mate!

[@carsonsugden9807]

This isn't a beginner's guide

[@tashboy47]

I have a question, how can I select more buildings at once?

[@SuperJeffTheKiller]

Absolutely wonderful guide. Thanks!

[@ONEMANFORALL]

A thousand thanks for this Guide!.

[@londoeblack]

Two thumbs up! Great video. Thanks!

[@SirMord]

Hey man just wanted to say thanks for creating this your guide still is super easy to understand and follow , the has game finally came back to steam so I'm picking the y4 complete edition while its on sale so thanks again and have a happy holidays man.

[@michaelmonstar4276]

Thanks for this overview from March 2023. I can currently buy the Complete Edition of the game for about 43 Euros (and they throw in a free game on Connect), which is quite a lot for me to spend on a game (yea, I don't look at 60-70 Dollars/Euros as "normal" in the first place), but I'm willing to make an exception if there's a lot of content and it's one of those games that will get me hooked for dozens to hundreds of hours. - The thing is, I'm just not that sure. - This game seems like it can become convoluted. And that's not to say I just want a very dumb building-game or something, but if it has so many layers and intricacies, it might become exhausting and too time-consuming to get through. I mean, despite I said I'd hope a game would keep me playing for hundreds of hours, I meant for paying a rather hefty price (which 40+ Euros for a single game is to me), I also don't want it to be so complicated that I NEED to spends hundreds or like a thousand hours to complete things. - I don't know. But then I did hear that the depth builds up gradually, so perhaps they were considerate of getting the hang of the game as you play. Edit: Alright, the DLC-part actually convinced me. 😆 That kind of variety makes it a lot more interesting to me. And you know what this game actually makes me think of?... Like one of those model-building tables, you know. It doesn't look like a real world, it looks more abstract, almost like this tower-defense game called "Toy Soldiers" (though less abstract and more detailed than that), which is based on actual vintage toys or figures on a table coming to life. - Anyway, I bit the bullet for €43,20 for the Year 4 Complete Edition, plus 'The Last Friend' thrown in for free (unrelated, but that was the offer, they almost insisted). - Seems like it's one of the best deals on this game, now here's hoping I'll enjoy it. 😜 And... have time for it...

[@MrLazlo15]

Now I need a game called Anno 18xx set in the real world with aliens and giant mechs walking around

[@mastae55]

I've never player Anno 1800 before. Should I buy all season passes (as there is a special offer on steam). Or should I just buy the base game and buy new content as soon as I master the base game?

[@ColonelDamneders]

It's on sale fairly regularly since it's quite old. I believe the full edition with the season passes is worth it especially on sale since its some of the highest quality DLC you can get, but I'm not you so to be safe go with the base game and pickup DLC later if you feel like it. Still hours of game with just the base!

[@josephdonais4778]

Reminds me of ...what is the name, 1608 was it?

[@TruthDefender]

Thanks

[@All0Mighty0Power]

I can never get enough workers. How do you fix this? I'm only at artisans and I'm not production enough of anything and I don't have enough workers to increase my production, and then always at -2k money. Like economy in this game just seems broken and impossible to win.

[@kavehpzh]

Is it just me or this is too complicated for a beginner?

[@BADCompanySarge]

Comment for the algorithm

[@mediatemouse7915]

It worked... I'm here 🤣

[@michaelmonstar4276]

Why is it that shadows move when you move the camera??... Do developers think this is how it's supposed to go, because I've seen this problem in other games. - I'm not crazy to think that shadows don't magically change when you change position in the world, do they. The light-source (as in, THE SUN) would need to change position for the shadow-cast to change, so... I don't know what the deal is with that. - It just seems like they didn't bother to disconnect the virtual light-source from the virtual camera. Unless it's completely intention so that the lighting always looks consistent or something, but that's still not right.

[@ColonelDamneders]

I believe it’s intentional to have consistent lighting for the player

[@cbradley1391]

This game is like the dark souls of the grand strategy/city building genre. Really complicated with lots of elements going at once that will kick your ass and force some restarts before you finally start to get any kind of hang of it. The biggest challenge of the game is simply to git gud through trial and error till you gain even the most basic form of competence at it.

[@cherob1984]

I can’t even figure out how to send my ships out to trade!

[@asholegoogle985]

This game is so many things to do all at the same time

[@TheGreatBookofGrudges]

Good boy Damneders now try some Dating Sims

[@archiepedrola622]

looks very complicated game.

[@socrateez1380]

Not suitable for true beginners

[@hazardousgaming3565]

Bhai Minecraft a kibhabe lucky block Khelbo ta nia video den

[@mattthekiller9129]

looks sweet! but i would love if there were land combat and different factions like in civilization!

[@ColonelDamneders]

Tbh combat isn’t really the main focus but a version with a deeper system would be really interesting to see

[@nicholasalford1962]

“Looks sweet! But I would love it if it weren’t this game & instead was a different game!” That’s a weird way of going about the realization this game may not be for you.

[@mattthekiller9129]

@@nicholasalford1962 ?

[@davidmendoza2215]

Seems familiar to Age of Empire....

[@ckhenson]

One thing that hasn't been made clear about the population. Do farmers upgrade to workers when you upgrade their homes? Are you robbing Peter to pay Paul here?

[@ColonelDamneders]

Yes. When you upgrade to a worker residence you lose the 10 farmers to gain 10-20 workers so you need to build enough farm houses to cover the losses. It does end up being quite a snowballing effect needing more farmers all the time but you quickly get used to it

[@ckhenson]

@@ColonelDamneders Yes, I'm finding this out as I play. If you know where to look, all the information you need is displayed on the screen. Great job by the devs with the GUI.

[@IlluminatedPath316]

This video made me not want to play this game. Way too much stuff to keep track of to the point where you don’t get to enjoy your progress

[@xkernalsandersx]

Great video, but not a beginners guide...this seems like you should know some of the real basics before you watch. Definitely helpful still ♥️

[@3kokolina]

my thoughts exactly! I'm new to this game, and I have no idea whats going on in this guide. Maybe in time i will come back, but the title FOR BIGINNERS is misleading!

[@David-cs9zo]

As an Aoe player that connecting buildings together with roads threw me off.Why ruined the experience for causal players?

[@awm7353]

“Complete” beginners guide?

[@williamburroughs9686]

Game developer in a rush to get the game back on STEAM and make money fails to deliver playable game. I spend a day downloading the game due to the crummy service only to find out that I still can't play it. Then when I go and check out my Ubisoft account, I find that the game isn't even listed. I have been waiting for days and I still can't plan and not a word from the developer. What is going on? Did the game developer just steal from us or what? I want to play the game or I want my money back.

[@tigerclaw223gamer]

Just started the game in 2024

[@Jk_Playz-ec1ti]

Hello?

[@ColonelDamneders]

elloH?

[@Jk_Playz-ec1ti]

@@ColonelDamneders Nice vid btw

[@giggitygoo5623]

I hate this game because of how vast and complicated it is.

[@mitchisindo]

Comment for algorithm

[@TheGroo]

wtf did i buy haha

[@ColonelDamneders]

a great game if you're talking about Anno 1800!

[@sandychatterjee7457]

By far the worst explanation of a game

[@kittona8754]

I don't want to build massive civilisations. I just want to build a village. With a few houses & cottages, a town hall, and some shops. Maybe a couple of other villages and a market town nearby, and some farms. All the games I've come across like this assume that constant population increase and technological progress is the aim, but look at where that's got our real world, lol. Does anyone know of a quiet, beautiful game where I can wander the landscape, build a few houses and cottages, add some interesting people, and just cruise around? I don't care for capitalism :O

[@G-Man01]

0.75x speed

[@CardMan91]

Can't believe people paid 50 some dollars for this lol