Best Anno 1800 City Layouts

In this Anno 1800 City Layouts guide we'll be going over the best ways to build and organize your city. Having the most optimal Anno 1800 City layout is going to be crucial in order to maximize the efficiency of all your buildings and production.
Other Anno 1800 Guides
- Ultimate Anno 1800 Starter Guide
- How to get Electricity, Oil and Trains
- In-depth Island Shares and War Guide
- Dealing with natural disasters and diseases in Anno 1800
- New World Guide, Tips and Tricks
- Trade Routes, Items and Expeditions Guide
- Managing Island Items Inventory and Harbor
- How to Advance Population Tiers, Deal with Needs and Happiness
- Production Chains and In-Depth Population Guide
Top Old World City Layouts
City Layout 1

Each residence in this layout is close enough to all dependent buildings to get the maximum number of housing available. Though, this layout is less modular than the second one and you wont have any space for ornamental buildings.
Cost of construction:
22000 - Loans
640 - Timber
90 - Bricks
36 - Steel beams
40 - Windows
Service Cost: 390
Maximum Total population available in this city layout: 5440
City Layout 2

The Tier III is fully autonomous and modular, with almost complete service coverage. The maximum total population implies that all residential premises have been upgraded to level 3.
Cost of construction:
19500 - Loans
76 - Timber
65 - Bricks
36 - Steel beams
40 - Windows
Service Cost: 340
Maximum total population available with this city layout: 2880
Lumberjack And Sawmill Positioning


The first image shows the production layout for basic lumber and the second one for refined lumber.
Soap Production Building Layout

This production layout is relatively simple and will provide you with Soap production.
Bread Production Building Layout

This Bread building production layout will provide you with Bread even without a fully upgraded warehouse.
Canned Food Production Building Layout
A relatively easy layout for producing Canned Food, which you will definitely need in your Anno 1800 playthrough.

Beer Production Building Layout

If you're planning on producing Beer, this layout features a full production cycle that is not missing anything.
Sail Production Layout

Lastly, you'll definitely need to produce some Sails. This is currently the best Sail Production layout that features buildings in a very organised way.
Credits to - Captain Iglo as some images are from his layout guide.