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  "title": "Anno 117 Fertility Guide - Anno 117: Pax Romana Guide - IGN",
  "text_content": "Task Search\nChecklists\nGuides\nMarkers\nVideos\nSort and Filter\nNo Results\nChecklists\nNew Checklist\nAll Lists\nMy Checklists\nAll\nAll Lists\nMy Checklists\nHow creative can you get with your first free checklist?\nCreate a free account\nAnno 117 Fertility Guide\nBy\nTenkiei\n,\nJen Rothery\n,\n+2 more\nupdated\nNov 19, 2025\nFertilities determine the resources which are available to your city. Each island in Anno 117: Pax Romana has slightly different fertilities. This is further complicated by the fact that as your empire expands you begin needing goods that are not available in your region as some fertilities are unique to Latium or Albion.\nClick the links below to jump to:\nChecking an Island's Fertilities\nFertilities and Production Chains\nBest Fertilities to Progress Quickly\nChecking an Island's Fertilities\nYou can check your current island's fertilities at the bottom left, near your mini map. In the example below, the first island has\nMackerel\n,\nLavender\n,\nGrapes\n,\nOysters\nand\nIron\nwhereas the second has\nResin\n,\nOlives\n,\nFlax\n,\nIron\nand\nGold\n. In this case fertilities refer not only to crops that are grown but instead general resource availability.\nNote: You can also view the fertilities of any discovered island in the Province map.\nNot all resources require a fertility. For example, you can place as many\nOat\nor\nHemp farms\nas you want on any island. But if a resource does require a specific fertility you need to account for that by settling compatible islands, or trading for what you need. Lavender is a resource used in the Soap Production Chain which requires a fertility found on some islands in Latium. You can always check for fertility requirements on a building's tooltip.\nList of All Fertilities\nBoth Latium and Albion have their own unique fertilities, along with a small pool of fertilities which are shared between the two regions. Early on your citizens only require goods from their region. But as you advance, higher tier citizens have more exotic tastes. For example Patricians demand Bird Tongues in Aspic, Cloaks, Handmirrors, and Chariots from Albion. This means you should plan your economy with trade routes, and cities on multiple islands in both provinces in mind.\nFertility\nRegion\nUses\nMackerel\nLatium\nGarum\nLavender\nLatium\nSoap\nFlax\nLatium, Albion\nTogas, Wigs\nMurex Snail\nLatium\nTogas, Loungers\nIron\nLatium, Albion\nWeapons & Armor\nResin\nLatium, Albion\nAmphorae, Wigs\nOlives\nLatium\nOlive Oil\nSandarac\nLatium\nWriting Tablets, Loungers\nOyster\nLatium\nOysters with Caviar\nGold\nLatium\nNecklaces, Lyres\nMarble\nLatium\nMarble Blocks\nMinerals\nLatium\nFine Glass, Mosaics, Necklaces\nSturgeon\nLatium\nOysters with Caviar\nGrapes\nLatium\nWine\nPony\nAlbion\nChariots\nSea Shell\nAlbion\nHandmirrors\nSilver\nAlbion\nBrooches, Handmirrors\nTin\nAlbion\nDrinking Horns, Clan Shields\nGranite\nAlbion\nGranite Blocks\nHerbs\nAlbion\nSausages\nDye Plants\nAlbion\nTrousers, Cloaks\nCopper\nAlbion\nClan Shields, Cloaks\nSmall Birds\nAlbion\nBird Tongues in Aspic\nBarley\nAlbion\nBeer\nSaltwort\nAlbion\nRoast Beef, Beaver Hats\nBeaver\nAlbion\nBeaver Hats\nBest Fertilities to Progress Quickly\nAll islands can fully meet the needs of Liberti and Wader citizens, but as you begin attracting tier 2 and above citizenry, you may not find everything you need on one island. This means you need to colonize other islands and\nset up a trade-based supply chain\n, or purchase some goods from rivals if you want to provide everything. However, when providing for your Citizen's needs, you do not need to produce every type of good they desire to progress. This means some fertilities are more valuable than others, here are the best fertilities to progress quickly through the population tiers:\nTier 2:\nIron\nin Latium or Albion - If you want to build a military, expand your fleet or construct defenses you need to make Weapons and Armor. This requires\nIron\nmaking it a valuable fertility!\nResin and Olives\nin Latium or\nResin\nin Albion - These resources are needed to create household goods for Plebeians and Romanized Celt Mercators. In addition both have great bonuses, Amphorae provide Population/Fire Safety, whereas Olive Oil grants Population, Income, and Health.\nDye Plants and Copper\nin Albion - These allow you to meet the Fashion needs for Smiths, and Alderman while also shipping Cloaks back to Latium for your Patricians. As a bonus you can use these resources\nto make Clan Shields for your Smiths.\nTin\nin Albion - Needed to make Drinking Horns or Clan Shields for your Smiths.\nSilver\nin Albion - Used to make Brooches for your Mercators, and Handmirrors for your Nobles. Make extras to ship back to your Patricians in Latium.\nTier 3:\nGrapes\nin Latium - Wine is a great resource, which satisfies the food needs for your Equites in Latium and it can be exported to Albion to satisfy your Aldermen and Nobles. Though there is a small downside, you lose a bit of knowledge from households that partake.\nMarble\nin Latium - Needed to construct buildings like the Forum or Baths. If you are unable to secure a supply you may be able to trade with a rival like\nZara Nitu\nto obtain it.\nGranite\nin Albion - Required for many of the tier 3 buildings in Albion, you may be able to trade with a rival like\nAthr Lorgwyn\nto obtain it if you're unable to grab an island with the correct fertility.\nMinerals\nin Latium - Used to produce Fine Glass. This takes care of the household needs for your Equites in Latium along with both Aldermen and Lords in Albion. In addition it's used to create Mosaic which is required for some tier 4 buildings.\nLook for a supply of\nSea Shells\nso you can combine them with\nSilver\nto create\nHandmirrors\n. You need Romanized Nobles in Albion to harvest these which requires a significant investment into your settlement.\nNobles are particularly difficult to please as they require either\nWigs\nor\nTogas\nfor Fashion, this means you need\nMurex Snails\nand\nFlax\nto make\nTogas\nor\nFlax\nand\nAmber\nfor the long and involved process of making\nWigs.\nWith that said, meeting all of the needs of your nobles is not strictly required, so you can always skip this for now and pursue other resources in the short term, then return to this task later.\nOnce you reach Tier 4... ok this isn't really progression anymore but here are some useful fertilities!\nNote: If you are already producing Cloaks and Handmirrors the only Patrician needs left unfulfilled here are Food and Culture.\nTo feed your Patricians, produce Oysters with Caviar. This requires\nOysters\nand\nSturgeon\n, both found in the Latium region. This provides +3 Population, +3 Income, and +2 Health.\nBird Tongue in Aspic provides a high amount of Income / Prestige but imposes a happiness penalty. Only do this once you've solved happiness such as through the construction of an Ampitheatre. It requires\nSmall Birds\nwhich is an Albion exclusive fertility.\nPonies\nin Albion - Required to produce Chariots. These satisfy the Culture requirement for your Patricians, and have the added bonus of meeting the Household Goods category for your Aldermen, meaning you may not need to produce as much Fine glass, or ship it to Albion.\nGold in Latium - If you want to build an Amphitheatre you need Gold. This resource is difficult to produce in bulk, at least without late game technologies and high devotion to\nMercury-Lugus (who you can unlock in the Hall of Fame)\n.\nThis can also be used to produce both Necklaces and Lyres to satisfy your Patricians. But it's a good idea to have Cloaks and Chariots available as it's difficult to produce large amounts of gold.\nRemember, as your city grows you can meet more of your citizen's needs. Providing additional coverage means your citizens have more attributes per residence making your city far more productive. Therefore, it's a good idea to plan on obtaining every fertility (eventually) to meet your citizens' every need. For example once you obtain Sandrac wood you can begin producing Writing Tablets, making your Equites and Patricians more knowledgeable.\nUp Next:\nStarting City Layouts\nPrevious\nHall of Fame and Accolades Guide & Unlock Checklist\nNext\nStarting City Layouts\nTop Guide Sections\nAnno 117 Campaign Mission Checklist\nAnno 117 Production Ratio Guide\nAnno 117 Supply Chains Explained\nHall of Fame and Accolades Guide & Unlock Checklist\nWas this guide helpful?\nLeave feedback\nIn This Guide\nAnno 117: Pax Romana\nUbisoft\nNov 13, 2025\nLearn more\nGo to comments",
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        "Mackerel",
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        "Garum"
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        "Latium",
        "Marble Blocks"
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        "Latium",
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        "Granite Blocks"
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        "Sausages"
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        "Dye Plants",
        "Albion",
        "Trousers, Cloaks"
      ],
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        "Copper",
        "Albion",
        "Clan Shields, Cloaks"
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        "Small Birds",
        "Albion",
        "Bird Tongues in Aspic"
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        "Albion",
        "Beer"
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        "Albion",
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        "Albion",
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