Wood is one of the earliest and most important resources in Anno 117: Pax Romana. From your first Woodcutter hut to your expanding neighborhoods and production chains, everything starts with Timber. But it doesn’t take long before new governors notice a problem: the trees around their Woodcutters start thinning out, production drops, and efficiency tanks.
This guide takes you through every available method for restoring or planting new trees, with a few tips thrown in on how to maintain the health of your forest.
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How Tree Regrowth Works
Facilities such as the woodcutter and charcoal burner rely on surrounding forest tiles to continue efficiently producing goods. If, perchance, a little too many trees were cut down or one expanded just a mite too ambitiously, never fear. Forest tiles in Anno 117 will regenerate over time.
Ways Lost Trees Can Be Regained
- Remove a building that was placed on a forest tile
- Trees will start growing back right after the building is gone.
- Move the building to a different location
- This liberates the original area of forest, as the trees can return.
- Use research to enable automatic replanting – details below.
You don’t need perfect coverage for good output. About 90 percent efficiency is still workable in most settlements.
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Understanding Forestry Building Areas
When you place a building relying on trees, you’ll see its AoE. Any forest in that circle counts toward its productivity.
To avoid accidentally building over your forest:
- Put roads around the AoE as a border
- This helps keep construction away from important tree zones.
- Remember to double-check before placing new structures; forests are easy to overwrite.
And if you do happen to lose something, well-just remove the building and the forest will grow back.
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Research that enables tree planting
Multiple enhancements within the Research system allow forestry buildings to plant trees by themselves. Those are the most important:
| Research | Effect |
| Regeneration of Woodlands | Woodcutters can plant trees. |
| Replanting | Charcoal Burners can plant trees. |
| Untapped Soil | Resin Tappers can plant trees. |
The upgrades will, after being unlocked, have buildings slowly cover nearby open land with fresh forest.
A Useful Trick: Plant, Then Replace
After trees have been planted by one building, you can:
- Demolish the building
- Replace it with another forestry building, which benefits from the new forest tiles.
For example, after researching Untapped Soil you can place a Resin Tapper on grassland. It will fill the area with new trees, which remain even if you remove the Tapper. Then you can drop a Woodcutter or Charcoal Burner there to take advantage of the freshly grown forest.
