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Attribute Overview for Anno 117 | Boost needs through goods, buildings, items & more

Q: Why do my attributes keep dropping in Anno 117?

When your island grows, the city status rises too: with every tier, happiness, health and fire safety decrease, while belief, knowledge and prestige increase. In addition, negative area effects (for example, a bakery lowers fire safety in its surroundings), unmet needs and goods such as wine (lowers knowledge) pull your values down. Compensate with fire stations, doctors and theatres, fulfil your residents' needs and use the filters above to find suitable goods, buildings, specialists and research for the affected attribute.

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How do attributes work in Anno 117?

Attributes are at the heart of resident satisfaction in Anno 117: Pax Romana. They arise mainly in the residences: the more needs of your residents are met, the more attributes a house provides. Higher-value needs, especially for later civilisation levels, yield higher values. In addition, buildings, specialists, research and religious bonuses change your attributes. For example, the aqueduct, which is unlocked in Latium at the third civilisation level, gives a massive bonus to the fire safety attribute if you place your cistern in the middle of the city and its area effect hits many buildings.

Island attributes and global attributes

Not every attribute applies equally everywhere. Happiness, health and fire safety are island values and influence incidents on the respective island. Population and income apply globally to your province. A high population unlocks new buildings and needs, and income determines how much money you earn per hour.

The eight attributes at a glance:

Income: Increases your tax revenue.
Population: Unlocks new buildings and needs.
Knowledge: Drives your research. The more knowledge, the faster the discoveries in the research tree. In addition, every inspiration node is only unlocked from a certain amount of knowledge.
Belief: Builds devotion and strengthens the Effects of your patron deity.
Prestige: Shows how prestigious your island is. The list above shows which goods and buildings increase it.
Happiness, health and fire safety: They determine how often unrest, diseases or fires occur on your island. With negative values, incidents occur more frequently.

Area effects: buffs and debuffs from buildings

Many Buildings affect their surroundings. A bakery, for example, gives all buildings in its radius +2 income, but lowers fire safety by -2. Public services such as the fire station in turn increase fire safety in their surroundings. Such buffs only work as long as the building is operating, i.e. not damaged, destroyed or paused. The radius is shown to you when placing. Important: identical buffs do not stack. Several hatters in range give the income bonus only once.

How to increase an attribute in a targeted way:

Meet needs: Supply your residents with goods and public services. They provide the most attribute points.
Place buildings correctly: Use area effects and watch out for debuffs such as the fire hazard of bakeries.
Specialists and items: Some specialists increase attributes or strengthen area effects.
Research and gods: Discoveries in the research tree and religious effects change attributes, above all knowledge and belief.

With the filter function above you will find suitable Goods, buildings, specialists and research for every attribute. Always pay attention to negative values too: wine, for example, increases belief but lowers knowledge.

City status: the malus for large cities in Anno 117

The bigger your island gets, the higher the city status (the Roman numeral at the top of the screen next to the island name) rises. It is based on the number of inhabitants, not on the workforce. City status is a blessing and a curse at the same time: with each level, belief, knowledge and prestigeincrease, while happiness, health and fire safetydecrease. Levels 1 and 2 have no effect yet. From level 3, bonus and malus take effect, and both grow with each further level. The size of the maluses also depends on the difficulty level set.

How to offset the malus: You have to absorb the maluses with countermeasures. For fire safety, fire stations (Vigiles) and wells help; for health, doctors (Medici) and aqueducts; and for happiness, theatres and Custodes. Make sure your services cover the whole island, not just a part. In addition, you can use goods, specialists and research from the list above that increase exactly these attributes. If you settle several islands, your inhabitants are spread out, which keeps the city status of the individual islands lower.

Frequently asked questions about attributes in Anno 117

Which attributes are there in Anno 117?

There are eight: income, population, knowledge, belief, prestige, happiness, health and fire safety.

How do I increase attributes in Anno 117?

Mainly by meeting the needs of your residents. In addition there are area effects from buildings, specialists, research and religious bonuses. The filter function of the attributes database shows you all the options.

What are area effects in Anno 117?

These are buffs and debuffs that a building exerts on other buildings in its radius. They only work if the building is operational and are not stackable.

What do I need knowledge for in Anno 117?

Knowledge determines the speed of your research and unlocks inspiration nodes. It is best to plan your discoveries with the Research Tree Planner.

Why do my attributes keep dropping in Anno 117?

As your island grows, the city status: with each level, happiness, health and fire safety drop while belief, knowledge and prestige rise. In addition, negative area effects (for example, a bakery lowers fire safety in its surroundings), unmet needs and goods such as wine (lowers knowledge) drag down your values. Offset this with fire stations, doctors and theatres, meet your residents' needs and use the filters above to find suitable goods, buildings, specialists and research for the affected attribute.

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