Arctic Gas

Gas
Usage	Strategic Resource
Produced by	Gas Mine
Production cost of 1t/min	1500
Trade
Passive buying	9640
Passive selling	3856
Expeditions
Extra rations	No
Expedition skill	Crafting +20
Bonus morale	+20

Gas is a Strategic Resource. By default, it can be produced only in The Arctic.

Usage

Strategic Resource

Gas is a Strategic Resource, and is used for supporting or enhancing the productivity of other buildings.

Airships

Gas is needed to produce Airships.

Expeditions

Gas can be used during expeditions, it grants 20 bonus points to crafting skill and 20 bonus morale per 50 tons.

Trade

Gas can be passively sold for 3856 or purchased for 9640 per ton. No neutral trader buys or sells Gas for a special price.

Production

Gas is produced in a Gas Mine. Gas is involved in the following production chains:

Tourist Season DLC

Food & Drink Venues

Gas is used at Food & Drink Venues in the following recipes:

Age of Exploration
The Iron Tower Recipe

Affects All Old World Residences except Scholar Residences:
• Max Residents: +10%
• Bonus Residents +1: Residences gain bonus residents from:
• • • • • • • •
• Consumption reduction: -15% • -15% • -15%

-2820 -80 -500 -200 250

44100 96 50

• 
  The Iron Tower: Age of Exploration
  1 @ 100%

  • 
    Gas Mine
    1 @ 450%
  • 
    Potato Farm
    1 @ 50%
  • 
    Red Pepper Farm
    2 @ 100%
  • 
    Cattle Farm (Old World)
    2 @ 100%

The High Life DLC

Shopping Arcades

Gas is used at Shopping Arcades in the following patents:

Refrigerators
Department Store Patent

Affects All Old World Residences except Scholar Residences:
• Happiness: +4
• Income: +22%
• Consumption reduction: -20% • -10%

-7000 -300 -960 -40 -1250 -10

244400 496 500 409 320 140

• 
  Department Store: Refrigerators
  4 @ 200%

  • 
    Furnace
    2 @ 100%

    • 
      Iron Mine
      1 @ 100%
    • 
      Coal Mine
      1 @ 100%
  • 
    Caoutchouc Plantation
    4 @ 100%
  • 
    Gas Mine
    5 @ 360%

Items

The following items may mention Gas, or share a name with an item that does.

Trade Union items

Smoke Detector Rare DLC Required The Passage
Old Nate tested the sensors by setting fire to his sleeve.
Equipped in Trade Union Affects All Heavy Industries Aluminium Smelter Bomb Factory Brass Smeltery Cab Assembly Line Care Package Factory Charcoal Kiln Furnace Heavy Weapons Factory Industrial Oil Press Motor Assembly Line Motor Assembly Plant Oil Refinery Pamphlet Printer Scooter Factory Sea Mine Factory Steelworks Water Drop Factory Weapon Factory	Effects Chance of Fire: -50% Explosion Chance: -50%	Expedition Bonus Crafting: +25 Crafting Cost 5 Gas 25 Lost Expedition Scrap 10 Saltpetre
Source: crafting at Old Nate's workshop in the Arctic

The Bizarro-Balloono-Magn8 Legendary DLC Required The Passage
Metals are sucked into the stratosphere, clinging to it, until finally it comes crashing back down to earth.
Equipped in Trade Union Affects All Mountain Mines when activated Bauxite Mine Coal Mine Copper Mine Gold Mine Helium Extractor Iron Mine Mineral Mine Zinc Mine	When activated Extra Goods Occasionally produces extra Iron every cycle	Expedition Bonus Navigation: +35 Crafting Cost 10 Gas 50 Lost Expedition Scrap 10 Sails 5 Zinc
Source: crafting at Old Nate's workshop in the Arctic

Cola Mola Wola Machine Legendary DLC Required The Passage
Produces a whirligig of soda and vegetable extract, which may become a popular alternative to coffee someday.
Equipped in Trade Union Affects when activated Advanced Rum Distillery Champagne Cellar Rum Distillery	When activated Productivity: +25% Extra Goods Occasionally produces extra Coffee every 10th cycle	Expedition Bonus Diplomacy: +15 Crafting Cost 10 Gas 50 Lost Expedition Scrap 20 Coffee 20 Sugar
Source: crafting at Old Nate's workshop in the Arctic

Town Hall items

RefridgerN8r Rare DLC Required The Passage
Nate was vexed to find the yak milk butter in his larder had turned a rancid orange, and knew something must be done.
Equipped in Town Hall Affects Residences	Effects Bonus Happiness: +2 Residents gain bonus happiness from Bread, Fish, Beer, Canned Food, Schnapps, Sausages, Champagne, Rum, Chocolate, Coffee, Fried Plantains, Tortillas. Bonus Income: +2 Residents gain bonus income from Bread, Fish, Beer, Canned Food, Schnapps, Sausages, Champagne, Rum, Chocolate, Coffee, Fried Plantains, Tortillas.	Expedition Bonus Crafting: +25 Crafting Cost 5 Gas 10 Lost Expedition Scrap
Source: crafting at Old Nate's workshop in the Arctic

Craft Beer To Takeaway Epic DLC Required The Passage
No time for the pub? Take a selection of sophisticated ales back to work with you in an artisanal carry-box.
Equipped in Town Hall Affects Worker Residence Artisan Residence Obrero Residence	Effects Reduced Needs: 30% Residents consume 30% less Beer Bonus Income: +5 Residents gain bonus income from Beer.	Expedition Bonus Medicine: +15 Crafting Cost 5 Gas 25 Lost Expedition Scrap 10 Beer
Source: crafting at Old Nate's workshop in the Arctic

Hilarious Helium Party Balloon Pump Legendary DLC Required The Passage
There are new ways to have fun now we have a better understanding of the noble gases.
Equipped in Town Hall Affects Residences	Effects Happiness: +10 Income per house: +10% Workforce: +20%	Expedition Bonus Medicine: +25 Crafting Cost 20 Gas 50 Lost Expedition Scrap 5 Sugar 10 Caoutchouc
Source: crafting at Old Nate's workshop in the Arctic

Arctic Lodge items

Gritty Gas Extractor Legendary DLC Required The Passage
A mule so assiduous in its quest for gas, it is willing to pause only for copper and zinc.
Equipped in Arctic Lodge Affects when activated Gas Mine	When activated Productivity: +40% Extra Goods Occasionally produces extra Zinc every 2nd cycle Occasionally produces extra Copper every 2nd cycle	Expedition Bonus Crafting: +25 Crafting Cost 20 Gas 50 Lost Expedition Scrap 10 Steel 5 Caoutchouc
Source: crafting at Old Nate's workshop in the Arctic

History and Trivia

Hydrogen is the simplest element in the universe, consisting of a single proton orbited by a single electron. It is the most common element in the universe, due to its simplicity and being a key component in stars and solar fusion, but usually appears on Earth in a gaseous form. This gas has a number of important properties for industrial use, including being lighter than air -- meaning it will rise above the regular atmosphere in the same way ice rises through water -- and being extremely, intensely flammable. Hydrogen also produces water when burned, as its gaseous form, H2, combines with oxygen in the atmosphere to form water, H2O -- this is the source of its name, hydro + gen, water creator.

Hydrogen is difficult to come by on Earth in its pure form due to these properties; it most commonly appears by processing hydrocarbons with steam, especially "natural gas", which is found fairly commonly in nature. The Gas in Anno 1800 represents "natural gas" most closely as a fuel, though its role in airships is a feature only pure hydrogen gas could cause.

Hydrogen is one of two gases which was commonly used for creating lighter-than-air aircraft, the other being helium. These included balloons, airships, blimps, and zeppelins, though some of these terms are used interchangably today. Despite being uncommon, hydrogen is still much more common than helium and has stronger lifting properties, making it an attractive choice; however, this is offset by its extreme explosiveness. Multiple airships were destroyed by their hydrogen lifting gas igniting and exploding, which led to it falling sharply out of favor, and hydrogen as a lifting gas is almost never seen today.

Interestingly, while the hydrogen lifting gas of the German zeppelin Hindenburg is usually stated as the reason for its destruction, modern science tends to disagree and place the blame elsewhere (though once the fire had started, the hydrogen probably didn't help matters much).