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v1.02, 16 February 2004
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Anno 1602 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ/Strategy Guide)
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CONTENTS

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1. Preface
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- 1.1 Notes
- 1.2 Credits and Legal
- 1.3 Version
- 1.4 Most Frequently Asked Questions
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2. Introduction
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- 2.1 What is Anno 1602?
- 2.2 Who developed Anno 1602?
- 2.3 What are the minimum requirements?
- 2.4 "Anno 1602" or "1602 AD"? What are NINA, the Gold Edition and
Konigsedition? How many different versions are there?
- 2.5 Where can I get demos and patches?
- 2.6 What expansions and addons are there?
- 2.7 Can I run the game on Linux?
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3. Gameplay
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3.1 Essential Concepts
- 3.1.1 How are resources revealed?
- 3.1.2 How is territory gained?
- 3.1.3 What limits how I develop colonies?
- 3.1.4 How does cashflow work? What costs are there?
- 3.1.5 Must I keep my people happy?
- 3.1.6 Is territory important?
- 3.1.7 How do service areas work?
- 3.1.8 How do roads and carts work?
- 3.1.9 How does production work?
3.2 Setup and Interface
- 3.2.1 Where is the manual?
- 3.2.2 What are the differences between continuous play difficulty settings?
- 3.2.3 How do I pause?
- 3.2.4 How does the game end?
- 3.2.5 Can you change the names of colonies and ships?
- 3.2.6 Is there an undo button?
- 3.2.7 How do I meet a 'balance' objective?
- 3.2.8 Can I see the objectives during play?
3.3 Resources
- 3.3.1 Where do I get Tools or Ore from? How do I mine?
- 3.3.2 Why does my mine not extract ore from a deposit?
- 3.3.3 Where did my gold or ore deposit go?
- 3.3.4 Where is the gold?
- 3.3.5 Can I have Aristocrats without Gold?
- 3.3.6 What are north and south islands?
- 3.3.7 How do islands vary is in size?
- 3.3.8 Why are my crops dying?
- 3.3.9 Why do wild animals die?
- 3.3.10 Are patchy green/brown areas of land less fertile?
- 3.3.11 Can I clear mountains or rocks?
3.4 Colony Buildings
- 3.4.1 How do can I build a ...?
- 3.4.2 How do I demolish buildings?
- 3.4.3 What do Gallows do?
- 3.4.4 How do I get a monument?
- 3.4.5 What do Palaces, Arches of Triumph and statues do?
- 3.4.6 Do I need Schools if I have Colleges, Chapels if I have Churches, and similar?
- 3.4.7 What are the advantages of stone roads and squares?
- 3.4.8 Why can I not build across a river?
- 3.4.9 How do I build Warehouses?
- 3.4.10 What do docks do?
3.5 Colony Development and Events
- 3.5.1 What does a question mark above a building mean?
- 3.5.2 Why aren't my houses developing?
- 3.5.3 Do I need housing on production islands?
- 3.5.4 How much of ... will my population need?
- 3.5.5 What can I do about plague?
- 3.5.6 Why do fire carts not come to put out fires?
- 3.5.7 Why do opponents not advance?
- 3.5.8 How much is buried treasure worth?
- 3.5.9 What triggers bankruptcy?
3.6 Trade and Diplomacy
- 3.6.1 How to set transport routes?
- 3.6.2 What does the 'check your trade routes' message mean?
- 3.6.3 What are wagons for?
- 3.6.4 How many market wagons can I have?
- 3.6.5 How do I trade with Free Traders?
- 3.6.6 What do Free Traders sell?
- 3.6.7 Can I trade more from a larger Warehouse?
- 3.6.8 Why are am I being attacked?
3.7 Pirates and Natives
- 3.7.1 Where do pirates come from?
- 3.7.2 How do you bribe pirates?
- 3.7.3 Can pirates steal ground units?
- 3.7.4 What do native curses do?
- 3.7.5 How do I trade with natives?
- 3.7.6 Is it normal for natives to walk around my town?
3.8 Ships
- 3.8.1 How can I order soldiers to get into and out of ships?
- 3.8.2 How do I build ships and supply shipyards?
- 3.8.3 Can I buy ships from other players?
- 3.8.4 Why does nobody buy the ships I sell?
- 3.8.5 How can I get more than 33 ships?
- 3.8.6 How do I repair ships?
- 3.8.7 How do I mount guns?
- 3.8.8 Can cargo be retrieved from sunken ships? Can I pirate or capture ships?
- 3.8.9 Can ships be sunk by sea-life?
- 3.8.10 Can I attack Free Traders?
- 3.8.11 How can I set a patrol around an island? Can I escort ships?
3.9 Combat
- 3.9.1 How can I order soldiers to get into and out of ships?
- 3.9.2 How do you build ground units?
- 3.9.3 Is there a limit on the number of ground units I may have?
- 3.9.4 How do you heal troops?
- 3.9.5 Why don't groups of troops work?
- 3.9.6 How do I retire soldiers?
- 3.9.7 Can I destroy trees?
- 3.9.8 Why don't my towers shoot?
- 3.9.9 How do I conquer enemies?
- 3.9.10 Why can't I delete old roads on an island I have conquered?
- 3.9.11 Why do I lose money when I take over another players' city?
- 3.9.12 How do I invade an enemy that keeps on rebuilding walls?
- 3.9.13 Can I garrison troops?
3.10 Multiplayer
- 3.10.1 How can I find online games?
- 3.10.2 Can different versions be used by different players in multiplayer games?
- 3.10.3 How do you load a multiplayer saved game?
- 3.10.4 How do you chat?
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4. Scenarios
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4.1 Tutorials
- 4.1.1 Overview
- 4.1.2 Explore
- 4.1.3 Settle
- 4.1.4 Trade and Diplomacy
- 4.1.5 Naval battle
- 4.1.6 Land battle
4.2 The End of a Long Trip
- 4.2.1 Objectives
- 4.2.2 Resources
- 4.2.3 Map
- 4.2.4 Strategy overview
- 4.2.5 New concepts
4.3 One Lone Settlement
- 4.3.1 Objectives
- 4.3.2 Resources
- 4.3.3 Map
- 4.3.4 Strategy overview
- 4.3.5 New concepts
- 4.3.6 Secondary colony
- 4.3.7 Florinz
4.4 The Search for Ore Deposits
- 4.4.1 Objectives
- 4.4.2 Resources
- 4.4.3 Map
- 4.4.4 Strategy overview
- 4.4.5 New concepts
- 4.4.6 The mission does not finish when using the Dutch version. Why?
4.5 Peaceful Reign
- 4.5.1 Objectives
- 4.5.2 Resources
- 4.5.3 Map
- 4.5.4 Strategy overview
- 4.5.5 New concepts
- 4.5.6 Mixed trading and colonization strategy
- 4.5.7 Minimal trading strategy
4.6 The Test (The Trial)
- 4.6.1 Objectives
- 4.6.2 Resources
- 4.6.3 Map
- 4.6.4 Strategy overview
- 4.6.5 New concepts
4.7 Little Land
- 4.7.1 Objectives
- 4.7.2 Resources
- 4.7.3 Map
- 4.7.4 Strategy overview
- 4.7.5 New concepts
4.8 New Discoveries
- 4.8.1 Objectives
- 4.8.2 Resources
- 4.8.3 Map
- 4.8.4 Strategy overview
- 4.8.5 New concepts
- 4.8.6 Land grab
- 4.8.7 How do I get a 500 trade balance?
- 4.8.8 One AI player does not settle. What happened?
4.9 Good Neigbors
- 4.9.1 Objectives
- 4.9.2 Resources
- 4.9.3 Map
- 4.9.4 Strategy overview
- 4.9.5 New concepts
- 4.9.6 I have enough money, goods and the right people, but the largest other island is stuck at 9xx inhabitants. What did I forget?
- 4.9.7 Does it matter which neighbour I help?
4.10 Dark Clouds on the Horizon
- 4.10.1 Objectives
- 4.10.2 Resources
- 4.10.3 Map
- 4.10.4 Strategy overview
- 4.10.5 Colony development
- 4.10.6 Early combat strategy
- 4.10.7 Trading strategy
4.11 Competition
- 4.11.1 Objectives
- 4.11.2 Resources
- 4.11.3 Map
- 4.11.4 Strategy overview
4.12 The Monopoly
- 4.12.1 Objectives
- 4.12.2 Resources
- 4.12.3 Map
- 4.12.4 Strategy overview
- 4.12.5 What is a trade balance?
- 4.12.6 Can I share an island with another player?
- 4.12.7 Why did I get deposed?
4.13 Cooperation
- 4.13.1 Objectives
- 4.13.2 Resources
- 4.13.3 Map
- 4.13.4 Strategy overview
4.14 The Alliance
- 4.14.1 Objectives
- 4.14.2 Resources
- 4.14.3 Map
- 4.14.4 Strategy overview
4.15 A Plague of Pirates

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