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1404 Best Map Numbers | Anno

Seed (yes, “leet”) is for players who want to dominate quickly. The starting northern island is small but incredibly rich: iron, herbs, stone, and hemp all in one place. You can skip the early trading phase entirely.

Have a favorite map number not listed? Drop it in the comments below — I’m always looking for new seeds to test.

If you only remember one number, remember . This is widely considered the most balanced and forgiving map in the game. anno 1404 best map numbers

After hundreds of hours and countless restarts, the community has cracked the code. The map generation in Anno 1404 is deterministic based on a (1 to 9999). Enter the right number, and you get paradise. Enter the wrong one, and you get a rocky, disjointed mess.

If you’ve played Anno 1404 for more than a few hours, you know the drill: you start a new continuous game, hit “random map,” and pray. You pray for a large southern island with date palms. You pray for a northern island with both iron and herbs. You pray that the AI doesn’t spawn right on top of your trade routes. Seed (yes, “leet”) is for players who want

Some players don’t want to fight. They want to build a cathedral, a sultan’s mosque, and a sprawling city with beautiful harbors. Seed is for you.

Seed is the most forgiving map for players who hate micromanaging trade routes. Almost every resource you need exists on your starting islands or their immediate neighbors. Have a favorite map number not listed

Seed is famous in the community for one reason: your starting northern island is awful . It has no iron, no herbs, and barely any stone. You are forced to trade or conquer immediately.

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