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All buildings in Anno 117 | Buildings database

Q: What do buildings need charcoal, aqueduct or silo for in Anno 117?

Coal is required as fuel by some buildings. Aqueduct and Silo are optional and increase productivity. The goods calculator shows you by how much.

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Anno 117 Buildings Overview: Costs, upkeep, unlocking & bonuses

In Anno 117: Pax Romana your buildings determine how well your provinces run. My database lists all Buildings from Latium, Albion and the other regions, plus buildings from all DLCs such as “Prophecies of Ash” and “The Hippodrome”. For every building you will find the construction costs, upkeep, unlocking, requirements, processing time, dimensions, attributes, area effects and which Goods they require or produce. With the filters you can then filter and sort the list by your desired criteria.

Construction costs and upkeep in Anno 117

Every building has one-off construction costs, mostly building materials such as timber, tiles or concrete and, for larger buildings, denarii. On top of that come the ongoing upkeep. It applies to production buildings and public services and consists of denarii and workforce of various civilisation levels. Because large cities quickly incur high expenses, it is worth looking at the upkeep before you build a building often.

Unlocking and requirements

Most buildings you unlock via the population level : you need a certain number of inhabitants of a certain civilisation level. Other buildings additionally require a Discovery in the research tree (e.g. latrines) or Belief for a deity (e.g. shrines). Common requirements also include a Harbour Area, a Mountain Slot, a River Slot or a specific terrain (meadow, forest area, swampland). All buildings require a road connection. Production buildings also need workforce and a warehouse in range. A trading post on the coast counts as a warehouse.

Fertilities, deposits and optional bonuses

Many production buildings only work if the island has the matching Fertility (for farms and fisheries) or the matching Deposit (for mines). Each island has only a limited number of certain resources (mountain sites, river sites). Farms place their fields as modules on free areas as long as they are connected to the main building. Some buildings require Charcoal as fuel, others can optionally be connected to a Aqueduct or a Silo to increase their productivity. Which ones these are, you can see in this database.

Attributes and area effects

Buildings influence the attributes of your island, above all through Area Effects on buildings in the radius. A bakery, for example, gives +2 income but lowers fire safety by 2. Identical effects do not stack, and they only work as long as the building is operating. You can find all the details in our Attributes database.

Improving buildings: specialists, god bonuses and research

There are improvements for almost every building. In our database all buildings are linked with matching specialist items, with discoveries from the research tree and with religious god bonuses. For planning entire production chains, use my Goods Calculator, which takes all these bonuses into account.

Frequently asked questions about the buildings in Anno 117

How do I unlock buildings in Anno 117?

Mostly via the population level, sometimes additionally via discoveries in the research tree or via belief in a deity. The condition is listed in the “Requirements” section of each card.

What requirements do buildings have in Anno 117?

Besides unlocking, many buildings need a specific location (harbour area, mountain site, river site, meadow, forest area or swampland) or a fertility or deposit on the island. All buildings require a road connection.

What are fertilities and deposits in Anno 117?

These are resources that every island has in limited numbers. Farms and fisheries need a fertility, mines need a deposit and a free mountain site. Without the matching resource the building cannot produce.

What do buildings need charcoal, aqueduct or silo for in Anno 117?

Charcoal is needed as fuel by some buildings. Aqueduct and silo are optional and increase productivity. In the Goods Calculator you can see how much.

How do I improve buildings in Anno 117?

With specialist items, religious god bonuses and discoveries in the research tree. You will find the links for each building. These are then improved in very different ways. Some increase productivity, others give additional area effects – the list of effect types is very extensive and is expanded with every DLC. You can find a current list in the Specialist database.

How do area effects of buildings work in Anno 117?

Many buildings increase or decrease the attributes of other buildings in their radius. Identical effects do not stack, and they only work for operational buildings.

Why is my building not producing in Anno 117?

Check the following:

Does the building have a road connection?
Is there enough workforce available to operate it?
Is there a warehouse (or trading post) in range so that produced goods can be transported away?
Is the island storage already completely full of the produced good?
Does your island have the fertility or deposit the building requires?
Does the building receive the required input goods to produce its output goods?
Is the building damaged or paused?