In Anno 1800: Console Edition, players can make a lot of money by selling these resources.
In Anno 1800: Console Edition, hypnotizing people with alcohol and then overtaxing them isn’t the only way to make money, despite what a new player might think. Trade is also a good way to make money. But Anno 1800 doesn’t make it easy to keep track of which goods or resources will make you the most money.
Don’t worry, because here is a list of which of these raw and processed resources will give players the most money. So, in the spirit of sanitized capitalism and playing economist from the couch in Anno 1800, here are some of the best resources and goods to sell.
Coal
- Production Cost: 10
- Passive Sell Price: 8
- Special Price: 32 (Sell to Sir Archibald Blake)
Early in the game, players can make a small profit by selling their extra gold to Sir Archibald Blake either passively or through a trade route. Because the above NPC buys a lot of coal for 32 (in-game currency) per ton. That’s more than three times as much as it cost players to make a ton of Coal.
Since Coal Mines and Charcoal Kilns make it easy to make too much Coal, this should be an automatic trade route in the early game. It’s also important to know that Blake is a neutral trader, which means that this kind of deal can go on forever.
Soap
- Production Cost: 105
- Passive Sell Price: 96
- Special Price: 384 (Sell to Eli Bleakworth)
Want to make more money in the beginning? Soap is another method that works. Eli Bleakworth, a neutral NPC who runs a prison island and is a trader, buys them in bulk for almost four times what it costs to make one ton of soap. Keep things business-like and don’t ask why Eli’s prison needs so much soap.
Some players even suggest stocking up on Soap by buying it passively (240 per ton) and then selling it to Eli, even though the profit is lower than if you made it on an island (which has limitations such as pollution).
Beer
- Production Cost: 325
- Passive Sell Price: 260
- Special Price: 1040 (Sell to Anne Harlow)
Who would have thought a pirate would need so much beer? Anne Harlow gives Beer sellers a special deal, probably because no one else would sell her Beer. So, if a player has too much Beer, it’s best to just sell it to Anne through a trade route.
Given how hard it is to make, selling beer passively is a huge net loss compared to other products. Players should feel lucky and rich if they start on an island with both Grain and Hops, because that’s an easy way to make money from Beer. When you sell Beer to a pirate, you get on their good side. However, other A.I. players who aren’t neutral might not like that partnership.
Fur Coats
- Production Cost: 300
- Passive Sell Price: 248
- Special Price: 992 (Sell to Madame Kahina)
Players might also want to make a lot of fur coats in the middle of Anno 1800 game because they sell for a lot of money. Madame Kahina buys them for more than three times what the people who made them paid. Also, the fact that she is a neutral NPC is a plus.
To make a lot of Fur Coats, players don’t even have to try. These tend to stock up high without much trouble as long as the Cotton industry in the player’s New World colony works well. Also, people who need them don’t use them as much as they would food.
Cigars
- Production Cost: 277.5
- Passive Sell Price: 864
- Special Price: N/A
Making cigars is also not too hard. Players only need to build a village in the New World that has a few Obreros in it. Because it is rare and in high demand, players can sell their extra Cigars without doing anything.
The cost to make something is more than three times what it costs to sell it. This is a better way to make money than special deals or prices because players don’t have to spend money on ships and trade routes. If it’s too hard to get them back to the Old World, players can just sell them in their New World ports.
Penny Farthings
- Production Cost: 697.5
- Passive Sell Price: 698
- Special Price: 2793 (Sell to Emperor Ketema)
Like tobacco, Penny Farthings aren’t too hard to make because one of their parts is a raw material that can be easily shipped from the New World to the Old World. All that needs to happen now is for the Steel production lines to make the supplies.
But if these bikes are sold passively, players will only break even. Instead, they should take them to Emperor Ketema in Enbesa, who will buy each ton at a 400% higher price. It looks like the African king loves riding bikes.
Gold
- Production Cost: 1385
- Passive Sell Price: 1108
- Special Price: 4432 (Sell to Old Nate)
Making gold costs a lot of money. Even in the New World, the gold mines need hundreds of workers. Sad to say, passively selling Gold is also a big net loss. Instead, players will want Old Nate in the Anno 1800 add-ons Sunken Treasure and The Passage.
So, he can be found in both The Arctic and Cape Trelawney. He buys gold for more than three times what it costs to make. In Anno 1800, luckily, there aren’t that many things that need Gold. So you can easily have too much of this shiny metal.
Steam Motors
- Production Cost: 3272.5
- Passive Sell Price: 7028
- Special Price: N/A
Even though making Steam Motors might look like a lot of work, once the production line is set up, it almost pays for itself more than twice over. Since no NPC wants them, players will have to passively sell them, but even then, they sell for a lot.
When players no longer need their Steam Motors for their steamships, it’s time to make the profits from these inventions happen automatically in Anno 1800. Even though players might want to use them for something with a better return…
Steam Carriages
- Production Cost: 8700
- Passive Sell Price: 16650
- Special Price: 66601 (Sell to Emperor Ketema)
Steam Carriages are by far the most expensive items that players can sell (no pun intended). Players can sell them passively for twice what it cost to make them, or they can sell them to Emperor Ketema in Enbesa for a huge profit. Players are essentially selling luxury cars to kings and queens in faraway places.
They are, after all, the first motorized land vehicles, and the Emperor likes cool new things. The only problem is that these things take a long time to make and need a lot of rubber or caoutchouc from the New World and maybe Copper and Zinc from certain islands in the Flappy Bird Old World. But Emperor Ketema is worth the trouble.
Gramophones
- Production Cost: 3802.5
- Passive Sell Price: 11002
- Special Price: 44009 (Sell to Emperor Ketema)
Even though Steam Carriages may have very high prices, the high costs of making them and the needs of the New World make the trade structure weaker or more difficult. Gramophones are a good choice in Anno 1800 if you want something that is easier to build but can still make you a lot of money.
Players don’t have to send their ships to different parts of the New World because the Gramophone production line can stay on one island if they get lucky with Zinc and Copper. Players can also just sell them if they want to be lazy, or they can bring them to Emperor Ketema so he can build up a big collection of vinyl records like a real Gen Z hipster.
Anno 1800 can be played on the PlayStation 5, Xbox X and XS, and Microsoft Windows.