Dates

Production

Building	Province	Cycle	t/min	Inputs	Upkeep	Workforce
Date FarmDawn of the Delta	Aegyptus	1 min	1	None	6	4 Threshers

Residents who need it

Resident	t/min per residence	Residences per building
Equites Latium	0.0112	89
Patricians Latium	0.0094	106
Threshers Aegyptus	0.0179	56
Potters Aegyptus	0.0138	73
Scribes Aegyptus	0.0138	73
Chanters Aegyptus	0.0112	89
Gymnasiarchs Aegyptus	0.0112	89

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 Dates but needs it; ship it from Aegyptus with a trade route.

Guides that cover Dates

• 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.
• 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.
• Happiness, fire safety and health: needs that raise or lower themSection: Needs that raise the attributes. Which Anno 117 needs and services raise Happiness, Health and Fire Safety, which lower them, and how City Status penalties grow with a city's size after Update 3.0.

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)).