Cheese
Cheese comes from the Dairy: 0.5 t per minute (1 t every 2 min). A balanced Albion chain is 2 Dairy and 1 Auroch Farm. One Dairy supplies 87 Equites residences.
Production
| Building | Province | Cycle | t/min | Inputs | Upkeep | Workforce |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dairy | Albion | 2 min | 0.5 | Aurochs | 10 | 4 Smiths |
| Dairy | Aegyptus | 2 min | 0.5 | Sanga Cattle | 10 | 4 Scribes |
Balanced chain
Whole-building ratio at 100% productivity, from cycle times. Fuel buildings are listed separately: one Charcoal Burner makes 2 t of Coal per minute, enough for four buildings that burn fuel.
Residents who need it
| Resident | t/min per residence | Residences per building |
|---|---|---|
 Equites Latium | 0.0057 | 87 |
 Patricians Latium | 0.0048 | 104 |
 Smiths Albion | 0.0063 | 79 |
 Aldermen Albion | 0.0052 | 95 |
 Scribes Aegyptus | 0.0068 | 74 |
 Gymnasiarchs Aegyptus | 0.0055 | 90 |
Base consumption rate (×1). At Very High (×1.75) one building supplies 57% as many residences.
Provinces that import it
Latium has no building for Cheese but needs it; ship it from Albion or Aegyptus with a trade route.
Guides that cover Cheese
Needs by tier: what every resident needs to upgradeSection: Latium. Every Anno 117 tier's new goods and services in Latium, Albion and Aegyptus, the category thresholds that unlock an upgrade, and the goods a province must import.
How to make money: income per tier, upkeep and tradeSection: Income by tier. Anno 117 income comes from residences: a fully supplied Patrician residence carries 66 Income from base-game needs, a Libertus 6. Which needs pay most, what upkeep costs and what to sell.
Dawn of the Delta: Aegyptus zones, floods, irrigation and pathsSection: Tiers and paths. Aegyptus in Anno 117: Farmland, Floodplains and the Arid Zone, the flood and harvest seasons, canals and the Granary, Threshers' two paths and the new goods for Latium and Albion.
Albion: Celtic or Roman path for your WadersSection: The two paths compared. Waders in Albion upgrade to Mercators and Nobles (Roman) or Smiths and Aldermen (Celtic). What each path needs, what Albion must import, and why tier 3 on one path unlocks the other.
Sources
- Game data: anno-mods Anno 117 Calculator params.js, release 4.0 (5 Nov 2026): cycle times, inputs, upkeep, workforce and consumption (Update 3.0 with Dawn of the Delta (5 November 2026)).