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Anno 117: Pax Romana – 9 Tips for the Perfect Start
This guide offers nine useful tips for beginners and experienced players of Anno 117: Pax Romana to ensure an optimal start to the game. It covers important settings, fleet selection, pirate customization, emperor selection, island settlement, and more.
These settings can be adjusted at any time in the game to customize your gaming experience.
Choose the emperor that suits your preferred playstyle.
1. ⚙️ Important Game Settings: Consumption Rate as the Basis of Your Economy
- ✅ The consumption rate determines how quickly your population consumes goods and is the most important factor for your economy.
- ⚠️ It cannot be changed after the game starts. So choose wisely!
- ✅ A lower rate gives you more time to breathe, while a higher rate presents a greater challenge.
| Consumption Rate | Impact |
|---|---|
| High | Citizens demand goods faster, higher need for warehouses and production chains. |
| Low | Slower scaling, more time to react. |
00:46 - 01:49
1. ⚙️ Important Game Settings: Consumption Rate as the Basis of Your Economy
- ✅ The consumption rate determines how quickly your population consumes goods and is the most important factor for your economy.
- ⚠️ It cannot be changed after the game starts. So choose wisely!
- ✅ A lower rate gives you more time to breathe, while a higher rate presents a greater challenge.
| Consumption Rate | Impact |
|---|---|
| High | Citizens demand goods faster, higher need for warehouses and production chains. |
| Low | Slower scaling, more time to react. |
01:50 - 03:53
2. 🛠️ Detailed Settings: Maintenance Costs, Incident Protection, City Status, and Research Speed
- ✅ Maintenance Costs: Affect the costs for buildings, ships, and roads, as well as the required workforce.
- ✅ Incident Protection: Can be set to 'Positive', '1k', or 'Off' to influence the occurrence of incidents like fires or diseases.
- ✅ City Status Effects: Determine how strongly population growth negatively affects satisfaction (fire, health, happiness).
- ✅ Research Speed: Regulates how quickly you progress in the technology tree.
These settings can be adjusted at any time in the game to customize your gaming experience.
03:58 - 04:45
3. 🚢 Start with Additional Ships and Choose Your Workforce
- ✅ Use the free additional ships at the start of the game to have more capacity for exploration, trade, and expansion.
- ✅ Choose a starting fleet that suits your playstyle (trade or military).
- ✅ Decide against a starting port to find the ideal island yourself.
- ✅ Adjust your starting workforce to have a buffer before you need to build houses.
04:48 - 05:12
4. 🏴☠️ Customize Pirates: Difficulty and Aggressiveness
- ✅ Pirates are highly customizable. You can disable them and activate them later when you're ready for a challenge.
- ✅ Adjust their aggressiveness and frequency of raids to suit your playstyle.
05:13 - 06:17
5. 🏛️ Emperor Choice: Kaladus (Military/Infrastructure) vs. Julia (Religion/Peace)
- ✅ The choice of emperor influences your bonuses and diplomacy.
- ✅ Kaladus: Focus on military and infrastructure, very Roman-oriented.
- ✅ Julia: Focus on religion and peace, benefits from culture and trade.
Choose the emperor that suits your preferred playstyle.
06:18 - 07:03
6. ⚔️ AI Opponents: Add Later for Flexible Gameplay
- ✅ You don't have to start with AI opponents. Add them later when you're ready.
- ✅ This allows you to learn the systems in peace or create specific scenarios (e.g., Romans vs. Celts).
07:04 - 07:54
7. 🌱 Island Fertility and Patron Gods: Utilize Synergies
- ✅ The fertility of an island is important for your patron god.
- ✅ Choose islands that match the bonuses of your god to maximize production efficiency.
- ✅ Example: Islands with flax and sea snails go well with Manurva (knowledge and toga production).
07:55 - 08:31
8. 🏝️ Island Settlement: Small Islands First to Save Costs
- ✅ Settle smaller islands first to save money.
- ✅ The cost of settlement depends on the island size, game progress, and your reputation with the emperor.
- ✅ Small islands offer enough space for the beginning and you get free workers.
08:32 - 09:05
9. 🏆 Hall of Fame: Bonuses and Advantages for the Start of the Game
- ✅ The Hall of Fame offers bonuses such as additional resources, technologies, specialists, and gods.
- ✅ Use the Hall of Fame to give yourself a head start.
- ✅ It is an optional system that you do not have to use.