Speedrunning Anno 1800 Campaign Mode, Is It Possible?

Jokes on me, I can tell you as much that if you play the campaign it is hard to speed run this game in just 2 hours and an impossible mission. However, in some game modes, speed running the game is very much possible.

I spent countless hours fixating on trying to reach “Engineers” in just under 2 hours with campaign more but it’s all just failed attempts.

Rather than trying to speedrun it, I think there are a few items worth considering as a milestone when you play anno1800.

I reached my 100 Hours playtime recently…

As if that’s something to be proud of but I am kind of proud of that. As much as I often spend hours on it, these days 2 hours is my limit in playing that game. In that 100 hours I’ve reached the engineer stage and have explored many other islands in the new world.

Having to repeat the 2 hours goal and mark, I ended up knowing that there is a limit that one can do within that time especially when they play campaign mode. So, these are some of the personal marks and milestones that you should achieve at least within 2 hours of playtime.

✅ 200+ Artisans
✅ 350+ workers
✅Basic trade routes
✅Unlock the new world
✅A positive balance

Usually during the 1st hour mark you can get a lot of money from quests. They are great extra income to be utilized to build necessary items in the main island and also the small supporting island. In this game, it is best to also build a supporting island where they can supply various necessities without having to upgrade a lot of the houses.

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All that icon above only needs farmers as the workers, so they would leave a lot less strain on the main island as you would have to expand the settlement and advance the society. It is not recommended to only build on one island as you know, you probably don’t really have some resources.

The challenging part is that once the 1 hour mark hits and nearing the 2nd hour, you will have to get into some type of war with the pirates. They can destroy ships and that is always best to add gunboats and schooners. You can also use frigates to trade but they are honestly best for explorations.

As you can see from the screenshot below, this is what I achieved in just 2 hours of playtime. It sucks 😂 and that was because I ended up expanding too much.

This game certainly requires a lot of focus and even your attention. One wrong move, it can get quite overwhelming and honestly, playing more than 2 hours isn’t something I personally recommend. Your brain will start as if it is melting slowly 😆

I forgot to mention that when you do quest, sometimes you can get some cool items that can be equipped in your ships. They are really helpful during some attacks just as you see on the bar above. Sometimes it's not item but people who are also keeping the ships more efficiently running. So, do the quests even when you're trying the mission impossible like me, speedrunning the game.

In that game above, I failed to unlock the new world because I skipped an important mission twice to do something else. So, if you really want to speed run it, never ever skip any important mission in the game and prioritize them.

Anyway, that's all my update on Anno1800.. see you around when I have something more to say on this game.