Below is the most efficient production setup for production chains. See Production and consumption rates for determining how many of each chain is needed for your population size.

Contents 1 Peasants 1.1 Fish 1.2 Wood 1.3 Cider 2 Citizens 2.1 Linen garments 2.2 Stone 2.3 Iron 2.4 Tools 2.5 Ropes 3 Patricians 3.1 Bread 3.2 Weapons 3.3 Beer 3.4 Glass 3.5 Salt 3.6 Leather jerkins 3.7 Books 4 Noblemen 4.1 Meat 4.2 War machines 4.3 Fur coats 4.4 Cannons 4.5 Wine 4.6 Brass 4.7 Glasses 4.8 Candlestick 4.9 Brocade robes 5 Nomads 5.1 Dates 5.2 Milk 5.3 Spices 5.4 Carpets 5.5 Mosaic 6 Envoys 6.1 Coffee 6.2 Pearl necklaces 6.3 Perfume 6.4 Marzipan 7 Tips & Tricks 8 See also

Peasants

Fish (Available at start)
100  · 15 3   · 2
Fish	=	Fisherman's hut 1 @ 100%

Wood (Available at start)
50  · 5 0   · 2
Wood	=	Lumberjack's hut 1 @ 100%

Cider (60 Peasants)
100  · 15 5   · 1
Cider	=	Cider farm 1 @ 100%

Citizens

Linen garments (1 Citizen)
800  · 65 15   · 7
Linen garments	=	Weaver's hut 1 @ 100%	+	Hemp plantation 2 @ 100%

Stone (1 Citizen)
400  · 20 2   · 2
Stone	=	Stonemason's hut 1 @ 100%

Iron (240 Citizens)
1750  · 50 25   · 9   · 6
Iron	=	Iron smelter 1 @ 100%	+	Ore mine 1 @ 100%	+	Charcoal burner's hut 1 @ 100%

Tools (240 Citizens)
2750  · 110 41   · 19   · 10
Tools	=	Toolmaker's workshop 2 @ 100%	+	Iron smelter 1 @ 100%	+	Ore mine 1 @ 100%	+	Charcoal burner's hut 1 @ 100%

Ropes (240 Citizens)
900  · 60 17   · 7
Ropes	=	Ropeyard 1 @ 100%	+	Hemp 1 @ 100%

Patricians

Bread (1 Patrician)
1900  · 70 29   · 13   · 9
Bread	=	Bakery 1 @ 100%	+	Mill 1 @ 100%	+	Crop farm 2 @ 100%

Weapons (1 Patrician)
3250  · 80 28   · 14   · 16
Weapons	=	Weapon smithy 1 @ 100%	+	Iron smelter 1 @ 100%	+	Ore mine 1 @ 100%	+	Charcoal burner's hut 1 @ 100%

Beer (510 Patricians)
1000  · 145 18   · 8   · 10
Beer	=	Monastery brewery 1 @ 100%	+	Monastery garden 1 @ 100%	+	Crop farm 1 @ 100%

Glass (510 Patricians)
3900  · 110 36   · 20   · 32
Glass	=	Glass smelter 2 @ 100%	+	Quartz quarry 1 @ 75%	+	Forest glassworks 1 @ 100%

Salt (690 Patricians)
1950  · 55 17   · 11   · 13
Salt	=	Salt works 1 @ 100%	+	Salt mine 1 @ 100%	+	Charcoal burner's hut 1 @ 100%

Leather jerkins (690 Patricians)
4950  · 155 47   · 29   · 41
Leather jerkins	=	Tannery 2 @ 100%	+	Pig farm 4 @ 100%	+	Salt works 1 @ 100%	+	Salt mine 1 @ 100%	+	Charcoal burner's hut 1 @ 100%

Books (940 Patricians)
6800  · 240 39   · 23   · 36   · 20
Books	=	Printing house 2 @ 100%	+	Indigo farm 4 @ 100%	+	Paper mill 1 @ 100%	+	Lumberjack's hut 2 @ 100%

Noblemen

Meat (1 Nobleman)
6350  · 255 59   · 33   · 53
Meat	=	Butcher's shop 2 @ 100%	+	Cattle farm 4 @ 100%	+	Salt works 1 @ 100%	+	Salt mine 1 @ 100%	+	Charcoal burner's hut 1 @ 100%

War machines (1 Nobleman)
4900  · 190 41   · 19   · 10   · 8
War machines	=	War machines workshop 1 @ 100%	+	Ropeyard 2 @ 75%	+	Hemp plantation 2 @ 75%	+	Lumberjack's hut 2 @ 100%

Fur coats (950 Noblemen)
9450  · 415 53   · 41   · 55
Fur coats	=	Furrier's workshop 3 @ 100%	+	Trapper's lodge 3 @ 100%	+	Salt works 1 @ 99%	+	Salt mine 1 @ 99%	+	Charcoal burner's hut 1 @ 99%

Cannons (950 Noblemen)
7850  · 160 53   · 24   · 36   · and 24
Cannons	=	Cannon foundry 1 @ 100%	+	Iron smelter 1 @ 75%	+	Ore mine 1 @ 75%	+	Charcoal burner's hut 1 @ 75%	+	Lumberjack's hut 2 @ 100%

Wine (1500 Noblemen)
12250  · 370 105   · 57   · 110   · 18
Wine	=	Wine press 2 @ 100%	+	Vineyard 6 @ 100%	+	Barrel cooperage 2 @ 100%	+	Lumberjack's hut 2 @ 67%	+	Iron smelter 1 @ 100%	+	Ore mine 1 @ 100%	+	Charcoal burner's hut 1 @ 100%

Brass (2200 Noblemen)
8600  · 260 63   · 43   · 76
Brass	=	Copper smelter 3 @ 100%	+	Copper mine 3 @ 100%	+	Charcoal burner's hut 2 @ 100%

Glasses (2200 Noblemen)
18800  · 480 125   · 85   · 132
Glasses	=	Optician's workshop 4 @ 100%	+	Quartz quarry 3 @ 100%	+	Copper smelter 3 @ 100%	+	Copper mine 3 @ 100%	+	Charcoal burner's hut 2 @ 100%

Candlestick (3000 Noblemen & 2500 Patricians)
32600  · 1040 255   · 155   · 304   · 40
Candlestick	=	Redsmith's Workshop 4 @ 100%	+	Candlemaker's workshop 6 @ 100%	+	Apiary 12 @ 100%	+	Hemp plantation 6 @ 100%	+	Copper smelter 3 @ 100%	+	Copper mine 3 @ 100%	+	Charcoal burner's hut 2 @ 100%

Brocade robes (4000 Noblemen)
6950  · 200 52   · 38   · 42   · and 15
Brocade robes	=	Silk weaving mill 1 @ 100%	+	Silk plantation 2 @ 100%	+	Gold smelter 1 @ 100%	+	Gold mine 1 @ 100%	+	Charcoal burner's hut 1 @ 75%

Nomads

Dates (Available at start)
200  · 45 3   · 1
Dates	=	Date plantation 1 @ 100%

Milk (145 Nomads)
200  · 20 5   · 1
Milk	=	Goat farm 1 @ 100%

Spices (145 Nomads)
500  · 30 5   · 2
Spices	=	Spice farm 1 @ 100%

Carpets (295 Nomads)
1150  · 105 15   · 7
Carpets	=	Carpet workshop 1 @ 100%	+	Silk plantation 1 @ 100%	+	Indigo farm 1 @ 100%

Mosaic (440 Nomads)
3600  · 80 39   · 22
Mosaic	=	Mosaic workshop 1 @ 100%	+	Clay pit 2 @ 100%	+	Quartz quarry 1 @ 90%

Envoys

Coffee (1 Envoy)
2100  · 85 9   · 18   · 27
Coffee	=	Roasting house 1 @ 100%	+	Coffee plantation 2 @ 100%

Pearl necklaces (1040 Envoys)
3000  · 110 22   · 15   · 27
Pearl necklaces	=	Pearl workshop 1 @ 100%	+	Pearl fisher's hut 1 @ 100%

Perfume (2600 Envoys)
5200  · 150 42   · 24   · 60
Perfume	=	Perfumery 1 @ 100%	+	Rose nursery 3 @ 100%

Marzipan (4360 Envoys)
4900  · 240 28   · 32   · 12   · 55
Marzipan	=	Confectioner's workshop 1 @ 100%	+	Almond plantation 2 @ 100%	+	Sugar mill 1 @ 100%	+	Sugar cane plantation 2 @ 100%

Tips & Tricks

• When playing Venice, the Bailiwick's "Reeve's Book" function is absolutely essential for maintaining proper ratios. You can even create a toolbar button for the "Reeve's Book." Open this screen often and compare your building counts to the ratios on this page. Make sure all your ratios are correct.
• Often, you will have slight imbalances in your materials, sometimes due to starting up parts of the chain and sometimes due to production differences. You can capitalize on these by using the excess resources when you need to make more chains in the future. Examples:
  • If an island has built up an excess of herbs, then the next time you need more beer, make a wheat field and a brewery first... and don't build a matching herb garden until the excess is about gone.
  • Maybe you want more beer, but have extra wheat and herbs. Just make a brewery first, and lay in wheat and herbs when the excess is used up.
  • Coal and quartz can seem to pile up over time due to slight differences over long periods. No problem... when you start making glasses, send all that stockpiled quartz to it until it's used up. Then kick in a new quartz stream.
• Keep in mind - when planning production chains - the location you would like the production chain to end, considering; if the chain isn't on your main island (where your city is built), should the final product be produced on the production island itself or on your main island? There are advantages and disadvantages for both strategies, displayed in the table below, where: product = product consumed by inhabitants, resources = items needed to create product, production island = island other than island with city, main'''' island = island with city for which production chain is created.

Production Island		Main Island
Advantages	Disadvantages	Advantages	Disadvantages
No queue for resources	Product stocks up without consumption	Product available for consumption	Product creation uses (valuable) space
Upon (re)quest resources + product always available	Player may be too busy to deal with full stock up, stopping the whole production chain	Product may stock up automatically (when using trading routes)	1 or more resources need to be transported by ship
Product always present upon miscalculated shortage in city	Ships may hold too few holds for trading route	Player able to prevent full stock up due to consumption rate	Ships may hold too few holds for trading route
Ship only needs to transport product, not any resources	When ships are attacked, product may not be delivered in city	Production chain divided into 2 chains, resources always available for (re)quest on production island
		Player able to divide resources for multiple products equally on production island

See also

• Building layout strategies
• Production and consumption rates