Steam Community :: Guide :: Anno in-depth: Ecobalance

Store Page

Anno 2070

All Discussions Screenshots Artwork Broadcasts Videos News Guides Reviews

Anno 2070 > Guides > Glyphis's Guides

62 ratings

Anno in-depth: Ecobalance

By Glyphis

Everything there is to know about maintaining a healthy ecobalance. The following buildings will be discussed:

Eco faction:
- Weather control center
- Monitoring station
- Ozone maker station
- River sewage treatment plant
- Guardian 1.0

Tycoon faction:
- Waste compactor
- Deacidfication station
- CO2 reservoir

Tech faction:
- Keeper 1.0

Besides these induvidual sheets, I have also created a comparison table to compare the different options considering reducing the negative influences of your ecobalance.

Award

Created by

Glyphis
Offline

Category: Gameplay Basics

Languages: English

Posted

Updated

2 Jul, 2013 @ 5:41am

25 Jul, 2015 @ 3:10am

5,929	Unique Visitors
75	Current Favorites

Guide Index

Overview

Weather control center

Monitoring station

Ozone maker station

River sewage treatment plant

Guardian 1.0

Waste compactor

Deacidfication station

CO2 reservoir

Keeper 1.0

Comparison table

External influences

Other useful guides

Comments

Weather control center

Name

Weather control center

Faction

Eco

Building costs

400 credits
3 ton building modules
3 ton tools
2 ton wood

Maintenance costs

-20 balance

Energy consumption

-2

Ecobalance output

Hitpoints

1000

Size

3 x 3 tiles

Influence radius

30 tiles

Unlock

360 Eco employees

Notes

First building available for the Eco faction to improve the ecobalance: low costs, low output.
Only a few of these can be placed on any island, due to its huge influence radius.
Upgrades for a smaller influence radius and lower maintenance costs can be researched in your Academy.

[/tr][/table]

Monitoring station

Name

Monitoring station

Faction

Eco

Building costs

1000 credits
6 ton building modules
10 ton tools
10 ton wood
10 ton glass

Maintenance costs

-40 balance

Energy consumption

-25

Ecobalance output

Hitpoints

1000

Size

1 mine site

Influence radius

N/A

Unlock

1200 Eco engineers

Notes

Comes in handy when you have an unused mining site.
Only a few of these can be placed on any island, due to limited mining sites on each island.
Upgrades for lower energy consumption and lower maintenance costs can be researched in your Academy.

[/tr][/table]

Ozone maker station

Name

Ozone maker station

Faction

Eco

Building costs

3000 credits
20 ton building modules
30 ton tools
12 ton wood
20 ton glass

Maintenance costs

-120 balance

Energy consumption

-60

Ecobalance output

100

Hitpoints

3000

Size

4 x 7 tiles

Influence radius

12 tiles

Unlock

1 Eco executive

Notes

Greatly improves your ecobalance, however it's quite pricy to build/maintain.
You can build quite a lot of these on a single island, due to its small influence radius.
Upgrades for a smaller influence radius and lower energy consumption can be researched in your Academy.

[/tr][/table]

River sewage treatment plant

Name

River sewage treatment plant

Faction

Eco

Building costs

10000 credits
40 ton tools
20 ton wood
25 ton glass

Maintenance costs

-200 balance

Energy consumption

-250

Ecobalance output

300

Hitpoints

4000

Size

1 river slot

Influence radius

N/A

Unlock

1400 Eco executives

Notes

Comes in handy when you have an unused river slot.
Building one of these improves your ecobalance greatly.
Limited to a few islands: you need a river on your island and besides that, an unused river slot.
Upgrades for lower energy consumption and lower maintenance costs can be researched in your Academy.

[/tr][/table]

Guardian 1.0

Name

Guardian 1.0

Faction

Eco

Building costs

25000 credits
500 licences
75 ton tools
50 ton carbon
25 ton microchips
2 Generators*, which require:
- 4000 credits
- 40 ton building modules
- 30 ton tools
5 filtration plants*, which require:
- 10000 credits
- 100 ton building modules
- 75 ton tools

Maintenance costs

-500 balance

Energy consumption

-250

Ecobalance output

500

Hitpoints

3000

Size

6 x 6 tiles

Influence radius

46 tiles

Unlock

Complete "The Formers" mission during "The Eden project" World Event.

Notes

(*)Both the Generators and the Filtration plants can be researched in a Laboratory.
The Guardian 1.0 and the Keeper 1.0 share the same stats: differences between them are just cosmetic and the way they can be unlocked.
After you have unlocked the Guardian 1.0, you can research/unlock the blueprints in your academy.
Only a few of these can be placed on any island, due to huge influence radius.
Upgrades for lower energy consumption and a smaller influence radius can be researched in your Academy.

[/tr][/table]

Waste compactor

Name

Waste compactor

Faction

Tycoon

Building costs

800 credits
4 ton building modules
5 ton tools
12 ton concrete

Maintenance costs

-40 balance

Energy consumption

-5

Ecobalance output

50*

Hitpoints

1000

Size

3 x 6 tiles

Influence radius

12 tiles

Unlock

360 Tycoon employees

Notes

(*)Ecobalance output depends on the number of inhabitants living within the influence radius.
Just like all other Tycoon ecobalance buildings, the Waste compactor can't raise the ecobalance above 0.
Upgrades for lower energy consumption and a higher ecobalance output can be researched in your Academy.

[/tr][/table]

Deacidfication station

Name

Deacidfication station

Faction

Tycoon

Building costs

2000 credits
15 ton building modules
20 ton tools
15 ton concrete
10 ton steel

Maintenance costs

-80 balance

Energy consumption

-60

Ecobalance output

Hitpoints

1000

Size

3 x 4 tiles

Influence radius

30 tiles

Unlock

1 Tycoon engineer

Notes

Great building to reduce your negative ecobalance significantelly.
Just like all other Tycoon ecobalance buildings, the Deacidfication station can't raise the ecobalance above 0.
Upgrades for lower energy consumption and a smaller influence radius can be researched in your Academy.

[/tr][/table]

CO2 reservoir

Name

CO2 reservoir

Faction

Tycoon

Building costs

5000 credits
30 ton building modules
20 ton tools
25 ton concrete
25 ton steel

Maintenance costs

-160 balance

Energy consumption

-110

Ecobalance output

200

Hitpoints

1000

Size

1 mine site

Influence radius

N/A

Unlock

600 Tycoon executives

Notes

Comes in handy when you have an unused mining site.
Only a few of these can be placed on any island, due to limited mining sites on each island.
Just like all other Tycoon ecobalance buildings, the Deacidfication station can't raise the ecobalance above 0.
Upgrades for lower energy consumption and lower maintenance costs can be researched in your Academy.

[/tr][/table]

Keeper 1.0

Name

Keeper 1.0

Faction

Tech

Building costs

25000 credits
500 licences
75 ton tools
50 ton carbon
25 ton microchips
2 Generators*, which require:
- 4000 credits
- 40 ton building modules
- 30 ton tools
5 filtration plants*, which require:
- 10000 credits
- 100 ton building modules
- 75 ton tools

Maintenance costs

-500 balance

Energy consumption

-250

Ecobalance output

500

Hitpoints

3000

Size

6 x 6 tiles

Influence radius

46 tiles

Unlock

Steam store DLC

Notes

(*)Both the Generators and the Filtration plants can be researched in a Laboratory.
The Keeper 1.0 and the Guardian 1.0 share the same stats: differences between them are just cosmetic and the way they can be unlocked.
After purchasing the DLC, you can research/unlock the blueprints in your academy.
Only a few of these can be placed on any island, due to huge influence radius.
Upgrades for lower energy consumption and a smaller influence radius can be researched in your Academy.

[/tr][/table]

Comparison table

Values in this table provide an easy reference point for comparison between different ecobalance buildings.

Faction

Name

Ecobalance
output

Maintenance
costs

Energy
usage

Maintenance
/ Ecobalance

Power
/ Ecobalance

Eco

Weather control station

-20

-2

1.333 / unit

-0.133 / unit

Eco

Monitoring station

-40

-25

1.000 / unit

-0.625 / unit

Eco

Ozone maker station

100

-120

-60

1.200 / unit

-0.600 / unit

Eco

River sewage treatment plant

300

-200

-250

0.667 / unit

-0.883 / unit

Eco

Guardian 1.0

500

-500

-250

1.000 / unit

-0.500 / unit

Tycoon

Waste compactor

50*

-40

-5

0.800 / unit

-0.100 / unit

Tycoon

Deacidfication station

-80

-60

0.889 / unit

-0.667 / unit

Tycoon

CO2 reservoir

200

-160

-110

0.600 / unit

-0.550 / unit

Tech

Keeper 1.0

500

-500

-250

1.000 / unit

-0.500 / unit

(*)Ecobalance output depends on the number of inhabitants within the influence area.

External influences

Sometimes, an island can be discovered with an 'External influence': this is a building or remainings which have either a positive or negative influence on the island's ecobalance. The following External influences can be found:

Positive influences:

Old weather control station: +150 ecobalance
Automated sewage plant: +150 ecobalance
Eden former: +250 ecobalance

Negative influences:

Abandoned factory: -100 ecobalance
Missile parts: -175 ecobalance
Damaged nuclear reactor: -200 ecobalance

Always try to avoid islands with negative external influences: it will be a lot harder to grow crops or habitate people there. To solve the problem of a negative external influence, you should research a Clearance device: this one will remove the external influence. The Clearance devide can be researched in an academy (requires the Deep Ocean DLC).

Other useful guides