Soap
Soap comes from the Soap Maker: 1 t per minute. A balanced Latium chain is 2 Soap Maker, 4 Lavender Grower, 2 Renderer and 1 Pig Farm. One Soap Maker supplies 70 Plebeians residences.
Production
| Building | Province | Cycle | t/min | Inputs | Upkeep | Workforce |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soap Maker | Latium | 1 min | 1 | Lavender + Lard | 12 | 3 Plebeians |
| Soap MakerDawn of the Delta | Aegyptus | 1 min | 1 | Lavender + Lard | 12 | 3 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.
Coal: 0.25 Charcoal Burner for this chain.
Residents who need it
| Resident | t/min per residence | Residences per building |
|---|---|---|
 Plebeians Latium | 0.0143 | 70 |
 Equites Latium | 0.0115 | 87 |
 Patricians Latium | 0.0097 | 104 |
 Mercators Albion | 0.0143 | 70 |
 Nobles Albion | 0.0115 | 87 |
 Scribes Aegyptus | 0.0143 | 70 |
 Gymnasiarchs Aegyptus | 0.0115 | 87 |
Base consumption rate (×1). At Very High (×1.75) one building supplies 57% as many residences.
Provinces that import it
Albion has no building for Soap but needs it; ship it from Latium or Aegyptus with a trade route.
Guides that cover Soap
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: Trade. 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.
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)).