Anno 1404 【OFFICIAL – 2025】
While primarily an economic city-builder, Anno 1404 includes robust layers of diplomacy, espionage, and warfare.
This is your starting point. You begin with basic Peasants and must fulfill their needs to upgrade them through the social strata: Citizens, Patricians, and ultimately, Noblemen. Their demands grow from simple fish and cider to complex luxuries like leather jerkins, books, and fur coats. Anno 1404
The ultimate late-game goals are the massive monuments—the Imperial Cathedral in the Occident and the Sultan's Mosque in the Orient. These require thousands of Noblemen and Envoys, take hours of real-time to build across multiple phases, and consume mountains of high-end construction materials. 🎭 Expansion, War, and Diplomacy While primarily an economic city-builder, Anno 1404 includes
You cannot achieve a high-level Occident metropolis without resources from the Orient (such as spices and quartz), and your Oriental settlements rely on the Occident for materials like glass and iron. This necessitates a massive, finely-tuned network of automated shipping trade routes. ⚙️ Economy and Production Chains Their demands grow from simple fish and cider