In case you didn't know you can also build Occidental buildings (like the Small market building) in the Orient.

Thus, you don't need an Oriental Market place for the spice farms. A Small market building is sufficient to serve all four spice farms with the benefit that it has lower upkeep cost (10 vs 25 money per unit of time).


I think this would not work for the Rose production, since it needs to serve 6 farms instead of four and there is some longer distance to travel for the Market carts. But not sure, though.

I have a few layouts that I have discovered myself. It will be nice if I can share them with you Zedd and add them here.

From my experience, you can't have a Megametropolis in smaller maps without the exploit, and even in big maps, without most of a product on one island, it can be a logistical nightmare

I took some of then from the Wiki, and didn't mean to claime those where my own design. I do know the Noria Exploit but even for Anno that feels kinda too much gamey for me. I try to have actual roads connections to everything for flavor.

Some of them seems to be inspired of the wiki.
Still, do you know of the noria exploit? More expensive, but more efficient, and rly usefull if you want to make 40 wheat farms within a small space for a mega-metropolis :P

Thanks ! It's a good guide.

You have to use the temporary farm exploit. Place a field where you want it to be using an additional farm. Delete that farm and place a new one where it is shown in the diagram. If half of the field is in range of the farm, the field will be attached to the farm.

I don't get the bread-chain to work... whatever I try, I can't get the fields in line like showed in the picture... and when I change mill with a farm i'm "wasting" space / tiles...
Can someone help please?

How can I make a diagram?

The beer production chain could be improved to 26x20 if you place temporary grain farms.