Lecture Summary: Top Ten Specialists in Anno 1800

Introduction

• Video overview of top ten specialists essential for gaming setup in Anno 1800.
• Most specialists can be found at Eli Bleekworth's Harbor.
• Warning on spending: Re-rolling can quickly deplete finances.
• Alternative sources if Eli is disabled: quest rewards, expeditions, public mooring.

Top Specialists

1. The Actor

• Type: Rare quality, Town Hall item.
• Benefits:
  • Increases happiness by +3.
  • Supplies residents with free rum and canned food via variety theater.
  • Saves on resources and space for canneries and distilleries.

2. Cola Mola Mola Machine

• Type: Legendary item, Trade Union.
• Requirements: Crafted in the Arctic (requires Passage DLC).
• Benefits:
  • 25% production bonus.
  • Produces coffee every tenth cycle of rum/champagne.

3. Costume Designer

• Type: Rare quality, Trade Union item.
• Benefits:
  • Replaces cotton with wool for fur coats.
  • Simplifies production, saving space and workforce.

4. Mr. Garak

• Type: Epic quality, Town Hall item.
• Benefits:
  • Provides +5 coins per engineer/investor residence with bank access.
  • Supplies pocket watches and jewelry.

5. Gordon the Master Grocer

• Type: Epic quality, Town Hall item.
• Benefits:
  • Supplies beer to residences in the New World.
  • Increases happiness by +5.

6. Toreador Lucia

• Type: Epic quality, Trade Union item.
• Benefits:
  • Replaces need for wood veneers with timber in cigar production.
  • Increases production by 40%.

7. Chef Michael

• Type: Favorite item.
• Benefits:
  • Replaces artisanal kitchen chain with pigs for canned food.
  • Produces sausage as a bonus.

8. Bursary Patron Merchants

• Type: Epic quality, Town Hall item.
• Benefits:
  • Supplies sausages, bread, beer, and church access.
  • Applicable only to worker residences.

9. Professor Rahm Debbie

• Type: Legendary specialist.
• Benefits:
  • Provides electricity to factories, improving productivity by 50%.
  • Produces various goods like watches, glasses, etc.

10. Suzanna the Steam Engineer

• Type: Epic quality, Trade Union specialist.
• Benefits:
  • Replaces steam motors with filaments in carriage production.
  • Produces light bulbs.

Conclusion

• Personal top ten must-have specialists for Anno 1800.
• Encouragement to share other must-have specialists in comments.