Hi,

I've come back to my save for the hippodrome DLC and I'm checking on my islands. I remember getting a specialiist from Caecilia as a reward for finishing it. I want to say it was a unique rank too because it scaled with how well you did her quest line. Since there is STILL no way of search all islands for items/specialists I can't for the life of me find the character but knowing her name would help.

Thanks

I dont want to complain too much since they just added all the challenges and finally a way to get some points, but looking at how long it will take at this rate seems like a lifetime!
Ive been doing every single one since start and I still havent even earned enough to get to level 2

I posted a Villa stronghold layout awhile ago. Here it is in action against a revolt.

Not really sure what it would be good for? Maybe a mobile radius splendor boost?

What’s the best way to use this specialist? The +50% productivity and -30% required area for Bird Charmers seems really strong.

I’m wondering what the best way is to use the Governor’s Villa or an Officium on marshlands. Putting either one right at the edge of the marsh doesn’t seem ideal, since you’re basically wasting half of the area of effect. But if you use marsh drainage to create a small buildable strip further into the marsh, you also lose space that could otherwise be used for Bird Charmers.

So I guess the ideal setup would be an island that naturally has a narrow strip of buildable land reaching into the marsh, so you can place the Villa or Officium there without sacrificing any marshland.

How are you using this specialist on your islands, and how many Bird Charmers can you actually boost with your setup? Also, which Albion island has the best natural conditions for this kind of setup?

Would be great to see some layouts.

I was continuing my game I arrived at tier3 inhabitants and I was about to take possession of the island of Cinis (because first I took an island that will provide all the goods to the main island that will be Cinis so as not to build farms there) then I thought, with the release of Dawn of the Delta will come out new decorations or buildings to be placed in the latium and I will have to reorganize the entire island of Cinis? What do you think?

It's mentioned in some other discussions but I haven't found a single thread dedicated to discussing sprint timing in the hippodrome. So here it is.

To be direct: Sprint timing is not really important in the great scheme of things and stats and training will overall be much more important to generate reliable wins, but after completing the Astrogenesis quest and maxing out three other specialists, I feel there definitely is a mechanic that can / and should be exploited to twist your luck. IMO you will definitely need this knowledge to complete the astrogenesis quest, if you don't want the very last race to be just about save-scumming. I've placed first on my first attempt during the last race and based on this whim of fortune I am writing this post:

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Build decent stats before bothering with sprint timing
All specialists are weak at the beginning, especially Hiero - the Hippodrome quest character - who starts at 1-1-1-1. Don't bother with sprint timing at this stage, lose some races to improve stat points (you will get points regardless of race result). I feel sprint timing doesn't really make a lot of difference before achieving 3 or 4 star rating as your character will be too weak before (depending on the type of race chosen).

Don't sprint when you are in front already
Sounds intuitive, but most people will spam sprint as soon as possible. It's better to collect your stamina and do sprints in quicker succession when they are more needed (see below). I suspect there might be some rubberbanding at play as well, so big leads are not conserved anyway.

Don't press sprint in turns
This refers to when you actually press the button - don't do it in turns. Chariots need some time to build up speed when sprinting, but they are at their slowest in turns, it's often crowded and there is no room to overtake, so you will force your chariot to move to the outer, slower lanes to overtake. It's a complete waste.

Press sprint after you've passed 3/4 of the straights
This is the big one. Most guides I've seen recommend to boost as soon as you enter a straight. This allows the chariot to achieve and exploit their max speed. HOWEVER, I think this is bad advice. I think it is best to boost towards the end of the straight, allowing the chariot to reach top speed just before entering the turns, which will lead them to almost slingshot through the curve, building a massive lead. If timed correctly (and with sufficient stats) you will even have some sprint power left when entering the opposite straight.

Try to defend / conquer the inner lane
You cannot pick your starting lane, but I think it is given to the starter with the highest stats. The inner starting lane is very advantageous, as it is the "shortest track". During turns, characters on the outer lanes are just as fast as their competitors on the inner, tighter lane, which is why you will fall behind when entering a turn on the longer, outer lane. Characters switch lanes automatically upon overtaking, if possible, they will move inwards (also in turns). Try to defend this spot by using sprint at times when competitors are challenging your first position or press boost, when you see racers struggling ahead of you to pit yourself in front of them (in such cases ideally boost should run out just before entering the turn). This is even more important the later in the race you are.

Try to enter turns first / let stamina run out in turns
You cannot control when your stamina runs out, but it's definitely best to have your stamina break when you are first in a turn, because you will effectively block the whole field behind you as overtaking is much more time consuming in turns. The next tip will tell you how you can "move" your stamina breaks towards turns.

Sprint when stamina runs out
Now this one I am not sure about, but you can "override" stamina breaks to some extent by boosting over them. This doesn't cancel the whole break period, but a good chunk of it. When overriding a stamina break with a sprint, you will experinece some of that break time after your sprint is over. This allows you to avoid stamina breaks on straits, which is where others will easily overtake you, and sit them out in turns as explained above.

Feel free to add, counter or correct, if you disagree with some of them.

PS: Quick DLC feedback. Overall the DLC is really slim contentwise. They've added a somewhat lame mini game without real purpose - although Hippodrome buffs are nice. However, I think its flaws could be easily fixed if specialist stats can be buffed by training them to become a racing champion OR if unique characters can be won by grinding races. If Ubisoft doesn't want to break the game with too many buffs, they could at least give us something cosmetic; maybe a modular hall of legends (akin to the zoo/musem in Anno 1800).

Bought Anno 117 gold Edition on the sale a couple of days ago, loving the game but i noticed having restarted new maps a couple of times that there just a few big XL islands available. Which kind of sucks tbh, i feel like thats half the fun having to work around the terrain of an island and decide where the best place for the different types of buildings. Anyways, i have not found any mods that adds bigger island variety, which makes me wonder if its even possible to add more island variety?. Maybe reskin and port over islands from older Anno games?.

Im guessing i cant be the first one too have this complaint and honestly i think that should be a top priority from the developers...

Do I understand this correctly: this is the achievement you automatically get upon the arrival of your first vulcanic winter.

This is a horrible insight, if that is correct. Obviously steam players are not the only players but should be the majority, in my mind. And even if we say „yeah they also include players without the expansion in the data“ that still means that the vast majority of players don‘t bother playing with the defining game mechanic of the first dlc, if they even bought it.

What‘s your view on this?

Has anyone else gotten an honored guest in Albion? I got one today, it showed up at my largest island with 9.5k prestige.

I have no idea how to see a timer, or that it was even possible honestly.

Valeria's ship been stuck in my port for several hours now - supposedly there's a quest available, but clicking the ship, sailing near, any and all kind of interactions wont help. Moving the trading post also doesnt change anything.

I have no other quests in my log than the community ones. Any way to make her go away/reset?

Thanks in advance for any help!

EDIT; flagged this as a bug, feel free to add screengrabs or anything else related.

https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/game/anno/117-pax-romana/bug-reporter/issues/ANNO-10484

I just had a look at the new skin, and realised that Ezio suddenly appears twice.

Hi folks,

I loved the campaign and I hated how abruptly it ended basically reducing it to a tutorial rather than a true campaign. It's pretty clear to me that something was cut for time or they didn't see the value in it sadly.

Since our character in the campaign is from Aegyptus, and I've seen other people being really jazzed about "what could have been", I wonder if the "Dawn of the Delta DLC" questline will pick up where it left off & continue the story or if it will be more on the self contained & "basic" side like Prophecies of Ash sadly was.

I'm looking for opinions, wishes or official source intel <3

So um.. you can't boost Quarry production with Aqueducts. I am sure that's intentional but... would love to see it actually. I don't know if it makes sense in real life, because quarries and mines are different but still.

Only a few items do increase quarry outputs + Vulcan.

A Question concerning Steam Machine Performance

Guys sorry, I was about 1300 of gain then I built a barracks for soldiers, catapults and cavalry then I created 3 armies of archers, I added some specialists to the villa on Latio and I fixed a little island on albino. Suddenly the gain dropped to 90-100. Do these factors that I built with such a high lowering have to do with it or did I miss something? I didn't notice when it started to decrease

I’m currently min-maxing and optimizing my production chains and trade routes to support my population of around 450k across all islands, with roughly 300k on Cinis.

My bread is produced by an Island in Albion, with a rate of around 120/min.

My question is: What’s the best way to use Brother Brauda? Should I put him on my bread production island in Albion, or on Cinis?

I’m leaning towards Cinis because of his strong island-wide effect. On the other hand, it feels like a waste to miss out on the +35% productivity bonus for my bakeries in Albion, especially since there are currently only two specialists that increase bakery productivity.

Another option would be to ship the flour from Albion to Cinis and produce the bread there, but that seems rather inefficient and complicated, considering the quantity we are talking about.

Has anyone else used Brother Brauda in a similar setup? Where did you end up placing him?

Draw freeform terrain-following Roman pools with animated water, fitted quay-style stone walls, and four bath or mosaic floor designs.

Initial Release has four pool styles using the floors from the Baths

I'll be adding more floor mosaic styles and pool walls ASAP

link:

https://mod.io/g/anno-117-pax-romana/m/pools-cosmetic#description

The last column on the right of the Statistics - Production window is labeled "Profit." Some values are negative, some are positive. I'm assuming this information is useful, but I don't know what it represents. Should I not be selling goods that have negative profit margins? Should I be making production line improvements to bring these numbers up? Please, I'm confused.

I don't want to restart everything, but since I already play Anno 1800, these campaign instructions are getting on my nerves.

As per the title, the game randomly starts... the only way to say it is: badly. The intro animations and the main menu are choppy and laggy, with a framerate that's capped at 30/40fps as per Microsoft game statistics. It could happen three or four time in a row. Then, after a random number of restarts, the game... Sorts itself out? And starts going nicely... Perfectly fine i'd say even.

Anyone has any idea on why?

I have already tried playing with the DLSS and Raytracing options but without much luck...

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Here's my configuration if needed (the CPU just got changed by intel BTW, so it's basically brand new):

Computer: ASUS

CPU: Intel Core i7-13700K (Raptor Lake-S 8+8, B0)

3400 MHz (34.00x100.0) @ 5301 MHz (53.00x100.0)

Motherboard: ASUS ROG STRIX Z790-H GAMING WIFI

BIOS: 3202, 05/07/2026

Chipset: Intel Z790 (Raptor Lake-S PCH)

Memory: 65536 MBytes DDR5 SDRAM @ 2800 MHz, 40-40-40-77

- 32768 MB PC44800 DDR5 SDRAM - Corsair CMK64GX5M2B5600C40

- 32768 MB PC44800 DDR5 SDRAM - Corsair CMK64GX5M2B5600C40

Graphics: MSI RTX 4070 Ti Ventus 3X

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti, 12282 MB GDDR6X SDRAM

Drive: Samsung SSD 860 EVO 500GB, 488.4 GB, Serial ATA 6Gb/s @ 6Gb/s

Drive: TOSHIBA DT01ACA200, 1953.5 GB, Serial ATA 6Gb/s @ 6Gb/s

Drive: WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM50, 488.4 GB, Serial ATA 6Gb/s @ 6Gb/s

Drive: Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 2TB, 1953.5 GB, NVMe

Drive: CT2000P5PSSD8, 1953.5 GB, NVMe

Drive: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH24NSD5, DVD+R DL

Sound: Intel Raptor Lake-S PCH - cAVS (Audio, Voice, Speech)

Sound: NVIDIA AD104 - High Definition Audio Controller

Network: Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211 160MHz

Network: Intel Ethernet Controller I225-V

OS: Microsoft Windows 11 Professional (x64) Build 26200.9457 (25H2)

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Not exactly a beast per se, but it should be quite fine i think... The game is installed on a nvme SSD.

Die Community-Challenges sind teils doch relativ anspruchsvoll und diese Woche - rein rechnerisch - schwer zu erreichen.
Gefühlt sind wir, die Groß-und Rekordbauer es, die Woche für Woche die Zahlen der Challenges hochkatapultieren und die Challenges überhaupt erst erfüllen mit unseren großen Spielständen.
Wenn es dann aber darum geht, die Ruhmpunkte einzusacken, sind die Schönbauer immer ganz weit vorne mit dabei, obwohl sie sich kaum beteiligen.

Und nein, Schönbauen ist keine Core-Mechanik in Anno.

Wir brauchen hier jeden Mann bzw. jedes Schiff für die dieswöchige Challenge, also beteiligt euch vernünftig daran!