Cotton is a Plant Product. By default, it can be produced only in the New World.
Usage[]
Plant Product[]
Cotton is a Plant product, and is used for the production of other goods. See the Production Chains section for more information.
Expeditions[]
Cotton can be used during expeditions, it grants 10 bonus points to Medicine skill and 20 bonus morale per 50 tons.
Trade[]
Cotton can be passively sold for 4
or purchased for 10 per ton. No neutral trader buys or sells Cotton for a special price..
Production[]
Cotton is produced in a Cotton Plantation. Cotton is involved in the following regular production chains:
Sails[]
Sails
Fur Coats[]
Fur Coats
-620
-20
-200
30
8940
36
10
8
5
Supplies:
• 75 
Artisans Residences (up to 2250 Artisans)
• or 37,5 
Engineers Residences (up to 1500 Engineers)
• or 2 
Hotels (up to 1000 
Tourists)
Bowler Hats[]
Bowler Hats
-85 -50
-20
15000 30 4
Supplies:
• 75 
Obreros Residences (up to 1500 Obreros)
• or 41,7 
Scholars Residences (up to 5000 Scholars)
Land of Lions DLC[]
Tailored Suits[]
Lanterns[]
Lanterns
-1020
-25 -100 -20
-30
-180
60400 24 15 8
70
50
Supplies:
• 111,1 
Elders Residences (up to 2222 Elders)
Tourist Season DLC[]
Souvenirs[]
Souvenirs
-1080 -25 -100
-100 -55
-10
62950 44 45 24 15
15
Supplies:
• 1 Hotels (up to 500 Tourists)
The High Life DLC[]
Celluloid[]
Celluloid
-3430 -155 -500 -40
273200 176 200
Billiard Tables[]
Billiard Tables
-5960 -70 -2600 -195 -500 -40
420300 334 384 120 100 40
Toys[]
Toys
-9510 -70 -50 -2600 -200 -240 -750 -80
672400 438 524 152 130 70
Shopping Arcades[]
Cotton is also used at Shopping Arcades in the following patents:
Vacuum Cleaners
Department Store Patent
Affects All Old World Residences except Scholar Residences:
• Happiness: +5 
• Income: +16%
• Consumption reduction:
-25% • 
-15%
-5370 -20 -300 -960 -155 -500 -50
395800 436 700 240 320 140
Briefcases
Department Store Patent
Affects All Old World Residences:
• Happiness: +5
• Income: +12%
• Consumption reduction:
-20% • 
-10%
-7070 -200 -960 -155 -500 -80 -80
484200 480 800 336 400 220 16
Vanity Screens
Furniture Store Patent
Affects All Old World Residences except Scholar Residences:
• Happiness: +5
• Income: +15%
• Consumption reduction:
-20% • 
-25%
-5390 -140 -50 -960 -200 -105 -250 -40
377300 420 660 272 350 170
Alternatives[]
Cotton can be also used in the following production chains when particular items are equipped in a 
Trade Union.
Bowler Hats (Milliner)[]
 MillinerRare | ||
|---|---|---|
| For all he has achieved, you have to take your hat off to him. | ||
 Equipped in Trade UnionAffects  Bombín Weaver |
Effects Replaced Input Instead of  Felt, the building processes  Alpaca Wool.Substitute Workforce Instead of its usual workforce, the building employs Jornalero Workforce. |
Expedition Bonus Crafting: +25 Diplomacy: +15 |
Bowler Hats
Milliner
-75 -60
12500 27 2
Supplies:
• 75 Obreros Residences (up to 1500 Obreros)
• or 41,7 Scholars Residences (up to 5000 Scholars)
Trade Union Items[]
The following items may mention Cotton, or share a name with an item that does.
 Miss Rodriguez, the ConservationistEpic | ||
|---|---|---|
| Miss Rodriguez knows deforestation will become a heated topic in the near future. | ||
| Equipped in Trade Union Affects  Charcoal Kiln Lumberjack's Hut Wanza Woodcutter |
Effects Productivity: +40% Extra Goods Occasionally produces extra  Cotton every 4th cycle |
Expedition Bonus Crafting: +40 Hunting: +20 |
 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 |
