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Table of Contents �1 Introduction [1.01] Introduction [1.02] Version History �2 Basics of Anno 1404 [2.01] Goals of the Game [2.02] Game Basics [2.03] Playing the Game �3 Characters [3.01] Lord Northburgh [3.02] Grand Vizier Al Zahir [3.03] Hassan ben Sahid [3.04] Rivals [A] Contact Information [B] Credits [C] Webmaster Information [D] Copyright Notice *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Now, Let the Guide Begin~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* [1.01] Introduction Welcome to my 54th guide, these guides are starting to rack up into a big rolling ball. This is for the game Anno 1404, Dawn of Discovery, where you are a budding ruler, building up an empire on a chain of islands. This is an interesting game, mainly because it is by itself in terms of historical period and it's genre, empire building with a dash of real time strategy involved. As a side note, with the manual as pathetic as it is, and don't bother suing me, because it is, and I have no money, you should play the campaign, by yourself, to learn the basics, you can pick up many things there that you don't need me to go over. I will assume that you have played the campaign and grasp the general basics of the game, because if you don't and email me, I will get every angry, and no one wants that. Anyway, without further nonsense rambling from me, let us begin. And the ASCII is the best I could do with the title screen. *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* [1.02] Version History Version 0.0 [30/8/09] Setted up the template, started the guide. Version 0.1 [28/9/08] After canning a project and finishing another, I've finally got time to start on this guide. Finally. *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* [2.01] Goals of the Game Mildly put, this game is one where you need to build an empire, well, sort of, a bunch of cities on a string of islands. You need to build housing for your citizens, and then you need to build up a massive supply chain to supply your citizens with resources. You build a city, and then you supply the citizens in it with some resources. They develop into wealthier citizens, and the cycles goes on. Basically, it is making money and keeping people happy. How, besides the many resources you have, there are two main resources that are used universally. Gold, and Honour. Gold is well, the currency you get paid in, the currency you purchase things in, etc. Honour is the currency you use to purchase special items and abililties. Now, for those who have played the previous game, Anno 1701, you will remember that there were two types of islands, the Northern and the Southern islands. These islands are important, certain resources can only grow in the Northern islands, and certain resources only grow in the Southern. It is the same in this game, there are Occidential and Oriential islands. Now, what is the whole aim of the game? It does have a small goal, you need to wipe out all your competitors. You will have access to an army late in the game, but the smart way of winning to end an enemy is to defeat them using a powerful navy. More on that later. However, once you have beaten them, the game can still go on. Basically, it is free play, you set your own goals, everything. At the start of the game, you can set the conditions for all the perimeters of the game. But that is pretty self-explanatory, and would be in the manual, if the manual was any good, which it isn't. *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* [2.02] Game Basics First, you need to get to understand the basics. Seeing I hate going through campaigns, ?I won't make an exception here, but there should be enough that you can win the campaign without too much drama. Basically, there is campaign, scenarios and continious game. Campaign is basically, well, a campaign. You get the idea. Scenarios are one off missions, you complete it, everyone is happy. Continious play is a bit more different. It is where you will choose what you want in the game. When you customise it, your first screen will allow you to choose who you want to fight. They will have their difficulty listed, to make it easier to choose. You will also get to choose what relationship you have with the Corsairs, and your relationship with the AI players. Next is the map itself. You get to choose what size map you want, the size of the islands, how many fertilities, that is, growable resources are available on an island. You also get to pick the difficulty of the islands, that is, how much room you have to build on the island. You need to pick the amount of raw materials, which you will need for production, and finally, you will need to pick neutral powers, more on that later. You can create a random map with those features with that little button on the bottom. Next is the environment of the island. The first is when you destroy a building, how much is refunded. Nothing, half or all. Next are the disasters that cna hit your island. You can choose whether you want the plague, a thunderstorm, fires, tornados and sandstorms enabled. Of course, enabling those will cause more work. Finally, you need to choose how often you will get quests. Page 4 is the start conditions of your game. What you start out with. It will also allow you to choose how much money and honour you will start off with, special items, and whether or not the map is fully revealed for you or not. Finally, Page 5 are the victory conditions. You can have a continious free play game without needing to achieve any objectives, or you can set objectives for you to complete. Those are up to you. *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* [2.03] Playing the Game Now we get onto playing the actual game, rather than setting it up. This is quite easy, it is basically build and plop, and provided that you have enough material, the game will build it for you. Basically, the menu that you want will be on the bottom right hand corner of your screen. From there, you can choose a variety of options that will allow you to play the game. The House Button will the most important, mainly because it is your build menu. The Pickaxe will be your demolishing button. The Group button is your Diplomacy button, Star is for your trade routes, Medals is for your honour attainments and Gears is the central menu. In the central menu, you get even more confusing buttons. From here, you can access the quest log, play around with the lists of all your cities, ships and warehouses, and your standard menu allowing you to load ans save, etc. For this is actually in the manual. Surprising, something in the manual... *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* [3.01] Lord Northburgh Simply put, this guy is your boss. He will be the one on the central island all the time, and basically the main source of trade income, both buying and selling. He is your line of contact to the Emperor, so basically, you need to be following what he says. He will give quests, helpful advice, and you will always be at peace with him. With more honour, you can access more and more items and trade goods with Northburgh. But that isn't all that you can do with him. You can also trade money and honour with him. You can demand honour in exchange for money, or you can loan money from him (without the need to repay) for the cost of some honour. You can also call for an auxillary fleet, in which you can ask to have some combat ships for a small fee. This is useful in a pinch if you need some strength to fight the enemy or some pirates. This guy is important, he will trade you items, for the cost of honour, that will increase your reputation with the Grand Vizier, which is very important and I shall explain later on. Needless to say, you are always at peace with him. *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* [3.02] Grand Vizier Al Zahir This guy is basically the Lord Northburgh counterpart for the Orient. However, there is a reputation that you can have with this guy, that is improved by doing some quests, but mainly through the items that you can purchase from Northburgh and give it to the Grand Vizier. This is important because it is used to unlock new buildings to build in the Orient. As you have found out no doubt throughout the game, buildings in the Northern Islands are unlocked when you reach a certain population level, but in the Orient, it all depends on your reputation with the Grand Vizier. So it is advised that with the honour that you receive early on in the game, you use it to improve your repuation. Again, like Northburgh, you can trade money for honour, and likewise, honour for money. Also, you will have the aiblity to call an auxillary fleet, but this time, it will be oriential warships that will be sent, and they have their own perks. Again, you will always be at peace with him, and for someone who can tell you what to build or not, it isn't a good idea to take him on. *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* [3.03] Hassan ben Sahid Unlike the previous two guys, this is one character that will you will encounter in games that have corsairs. Hassan is the leader of the Corsairs, and they are basically a bunch of pirates. They will start off at peace or at war with you, more often than not, at war. To stop this war, you can find their home island and ask for peace, and it will come at a cost, it normally amounts of 10% of your total gold reserves that you are holding. It isn't cheap, to say the least. However, the only action that you can perform diplomatically is to cancel the treaty and declare war. However, if you do stay friends with him, he will, after a while, ask for more money, and it is up to you to decide whether you have a large enough navy to take him on and defeat him. But bear in mind, while you are at peace with him, he will send his ships to trade with you, which is very useful if you need a trade partner, and at his lair, you will be able to purchase ships off him, and sell ships to him for gold. Useful if you don't want to build a fleet yourself. *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* [3.04] Rivals Your rivals are the ones that you have to watch out for. These guys can be your friends, or your enemies, it is up to you which one want to be at. Basically, there are 4 states that you can be at with your rivals. You can be at peace, which is obviously, at peace, so no attacking on either side. A higher level would be trade alliance, they will be at peace with you, and they will trade with you at your ports, likewise at theirs. The highest state of peace will be alliance, they will trade and not attack you, and attack your enemies. Which is useful. Or you can be at war, where you basically shoot and take out their ships with relative impunity, as long as they don't sink your ships first. It is at this stage when all punches are pulled, kiddy gloves off, and all that. 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