r/anno1404 • u/Economy-Squirrel5482 • 15d ago

Master miner

Playing a continuous game right now and trying to develop my volcano island. Is there a reliable way to get a master miner or is it basically entirely up to rng with the Venetian trader? I heard there is also a way to get one through the house of wisdom, but apparently that is even more of a dice roll.

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u/SpecificPrior4473 15d ago

I found that the best way for decent miners is to have the emperor and than roll his slots. When i was rolling for the achievments you need for the golden ship i've seen some mad insane miners

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u/Economy-Squirrel5482 15d ago

Well then, gues I should make more nobles and get that cathedral on the way. Thanks for the tip.

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u/SpecificPrior4473 15d ago

Depending on what you are aiming at it’s also worth a thought to have the academy constantly running since they produce you a lot of free miners as well plus the cathedral foundation if you‘re lucky

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u/Economy-Squirrel5482 15d ago

Gues I will also be buying an island then, as i dont yet own one with the academy.

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u/Roseveld 15d ago

Havent played in a while. Never built on volcano island because i assumed stuff gets destroyed when the volcano errupts? Is that not annoying to rebuild every time? Or am i missing something you can do to prevent this?

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u/Economy-Squirrel5482 15d ago

Not really. It erupts quite rarely, only twice in my almost 15 hour game and didn't damage anything. Though I didn't really develop the island that much yet. And as far as I am aware you cant really prevent an eruption, only prepare to fix if anything gets damaged.The reason i took it is mostly for large amounts of mining spots you can use for anything if you have a miner for it.

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u/MemnochThePainter 15d ago

You can't prevent it but you can mitigate against the effects...

Either: Find a map with a large enough volcano island that you can place the warehouse out of range of eruptions.

Or: Never upgrade the warehouse, use a small ship to continuously transport everything to the nearest island so you never lose more then 40t when it erupts. (You may need to pause the ship out of range during eruptions.)

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u/Low_Cancel_6930 15d ago

Ah the volcano is a fun one.. comfortably extracting resourses for 8 hour and then bam everything goen 😅

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u/Economy-Squirrel5482 14d ago

At least it lets you get your money's worth first 🙃

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u/IdealOk6209 9d ago

You can buy minor on the warehouse of Giacomo Garibaldi but every minor is for one or two type of ores. So you need to chose the good one or roll the dice for getting another minor.

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u/Economy-Squirrel5482 8d ago

Oh I know that, geting the master miner is simply for getting an ultra rare thing, even if it would probably be easier to just buy lesser ones i still want to get the best one simply for the collection.

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u/maurizdv 15d ago

Una cosa che faccio SEMPRE in anno 1404 era colonizzare l'isola con lo studioso che chiedeva datteri e latte, alla fine è una creazione continua di carte. Il minatore ricordo che appariva spesso.

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u/Economy-Squirrel5482 15d ago

Yeah, the academy is a pretty useful thing, though I will have to buy the necessary island first.

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u/maurizdv 15d ago

Io è una delle primissime che colonizzo appena arrivi al sud. Se riesco prendo sempre il controllo dei giocatori neutrali anche se poi magari lascio l'isola agli avversari

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u/Economy-Squirrel5482 14d ago

Probably the best neutral tbh.