Caoutchouc is a Plant Product. By default, it can be produced only in the New World.
Usage[]
Plant Product[]
Caoutchouc is a Plant product, and is used for the production of other goods.See the Production Chains section for more information.
Expeditions[]
Caoutchouc can be used during expeditions, it grants 30 bonus points to Crafting skill and 60 bonus morale per 50 tons.
Trade[]
Caoutchouc can be passively sold for 20
or purchased for 50 per ton. It can be actively bought from Old Nate for 50 coins. No neutral trader sells Caoutchouc for a special price.
Production[]
Caoutchouc is produced in a Caoutchouc Plantation. All regular production chains involving Caoutchouc are listed below.
Penny farthings[]
Penny Farthings
-1600
-200
-150
-40
-10
83200
56
35
12
10
10
★ The 
Coal Mine may be replaced with two 
Charcoal Kilns
for +10 +30 -10 -400 -4 +5
Supplies:
• 160 
Engineers Residences (up to 6400 Engineers)
• or 80 
Investors Residences (up to 4000 Investors)
Steam carriages[]
Steam Carriages
-23410
-5 -500 -2950 -40 -100
995500 280 470 360 320 320
★ The Coal Mine may be replaced with two Charcoal Kilns
for +10 +30 -10 -400 -4 +5
Supplies:
• 600 Investor Residences (up to 30000 Investors)
The High Life DLC[]
Chewing Gum[]
Chewing Gum
-915 -65
-175 -10
71550 68 55
Shopping Arcades[]
Caoutchouc is also 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
New World Rising DLC[]
Fans[]
Fans
-38450 -150 -1760 -5520
-900 -390
1824420 1293 1350 192 138 138
Supplies:
• 3846.15 
Artistas Residences (up to 153846 Artistas)
Scooter[]
Scooter
-17340 -50 -490 -1720 -1250 -60
860980 539 582 94 70 70
160
Supplies:
• 2300 Artistas Residences (up to 92000 Artistas)
Alternatives[]
Caoutchouc can be also used in the following production chains when particular items are equipped in a 
Trade Union.
Penny Farthings (Dario the Mechanical Engineer)[]
 Dario the Mechanical EngineerEpic | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dario is an octopus, with eight different tools in his eight different hands. | ||
 Equipped in Trade UnionAffects  Bicycle Factory Sewing Machine Factory |
Effects Extra Goods Occasionally produces extra  Pocket Watches every 8th cycleOccasionally produces extra  Gramophones every 8th cycleReplaced Input Instead of  Steel, the building processes  Iron. |
Expedition Bonus Crafting: +45 |
Penny Farthings
Dario the Mechanical Engineer
-1350 -50 -150 -40
81600 44 20 12 10 10
Penny Farthings supply:
• 160 Engineer Residences (up to 6400 Engineers)
• or 80 Investor Residences (up to 4000 Investors)
Pocket Watches supply:
• 63,75 Engineer Residences (up to 2550 Engineers)
• or 31,875 Investor Residences (up to 1593,75 Investors)
Gramophones supply:
• 95 Investor Residences (up to 4750 Investors)
• or 95,2 Scholar Residences (up to 11428 
Scholars)
Steam Carriages (Susannah the Steam Engineer)[]
 Susannah the Steam EngineerEpic | ||
|---|---|---|
| Susannah's success can be condensed down to her hybridised steam cylinders. | ||
| Equipped in Trade Union Affects  Cab Assembly Line |
Effects Extra Goods Occasionally produces extra  Light Bulbs every 4th cycleReplaced Input Instead of  Steam Motors, the building processes  Filaments. |
Expedition Bonus Crafting: +45 |
Steam Carriages
Susannah the Steam Engineer
-18660 -5 -50 -2800 -40 -20
829600 148 305 240 220 220
★ The Coal Mine may be replaced with two Charcoal Kilns
for +10 +30 -10 -400 -4 +5
Steam Carriages supply:
• 600 Investor Residences (up to 30000 Investors)
Light Bulbs supply:
• 80 Engineer Residences (up to 3200 Engineers)
• or 40 Investor Residences (up to 2000 Investors)
Items[]
The following items may mention Caoutchouc, or share a name with an item that does.
 Park RangerRare | ||
|---|---|---|
| Don't let him catch you holding a match in the forest. | ||
| Equipped in Trade Union Affects  Charcoal Kiln |
Effects Productivity: +30% Extra Goods Occasionally produces extra  Caoutchouc every 5th cycle |
Expedition Bonus Hunting: +30 Navigation: +10 |
 Mrs. Brown the CultivatorEpic | ||
|---|---|---|
| Mrs. Brown always wears a broad-brimmed hat, and is therefore not as sun-kissed as her crops. | ||
| Equipped in Trade Union Affects  Corn Farm Hacienda Corn Farm Hacienda Sugar Cane Farm Orchid Farm Sugar Cane Plantation Tobacco Plantation |
Effects Productivity: +20% Extra Goods Occasionally produces extra  Cocoa every 11th cycleOccasionally produces extra Caoutchouc every 12th cycleOccasionally produces extra  Cotton every 13th cycle |
Expedition Bonus Crafting: +40 |
Trivia[]
Caoutchouc is better known as india rubber, natural rubber, or most prominently latex, and was the first form of rubber discovered and used on an industrial scale (to serious notoriety, in some cases). It features a large number of properties that make it highly useful to industrialization; in its raw state it serves as an excellent sealant, insulator, and adhesive, though it becomes most useful when submitted to vulcanization. Vulcanized rubber is much closer to modern rubber (which is usually artificially made from petroleum byproducts), and can be used for everything from boot soles to balloons, electrical fittings to diving helmets, and -- as in Anno 1800 -- vehicle tires and other industrial fittings.
