====== Goods ======
[{{ :screenshots:goods_overview.jpg?300|The '**Consumer Goods**' overview in Trading Post showing empty storages for all **goods**.}}]

In** **//Anno 117: Pax Romana//, **Goods** are defined as tangible resources that you can move and store across your empire. They may be held in island [[Buildings:Warehouses|warehouses]] or transported in a [[Units: Ships|ship's]] cargo hold, with quantities tracked in tons. Each **good** is obtained through a dedicated [[Buildings:Production Buildings|production building]], often requiring simpler materials as inputs to manufacture into more advanced products. Many **goods** can also be sourced outside of traditional production, such as through trade, quests, or item-based effects. **Goods** play a central role in every //Anno's// gameplay and serve multiple functions, including constructing [[Buildings|buildings]], fulfilling [[Population Needs|population needs]], supplying other production chains, crafting [[Units:Military Units|military units]] or [[Units: Ships|ships]], fueling trade with NPCs or third parties, and supporting quest fulfillment.

===== Basics =====

Each island has a defined maximum storage capacity that limits how many tons of any given **good** can be held at once. As long as at least one ton of a **good** is stored on an island, it is universally accessible to all other [[Buildings:Warehouses|warehouses]] and [[Buildings:Residences|residences]] on that island.

[[Buildings:Production Buildings|Production facilities]] maintain their own local storage buffers for the **goods** they use and produce. Required materials must be physically delivered to these buildings - either by carts dispatched from the facility itself or by direct deliveries from other producers. When **goods** are manufactured, they must be carted to a [[Buildings:Warehouses|warehouse]] before being added to the island’s shared storage.

[[Buildings:Residences|Residential buildings]] draw consumption products directly from the island-wide storage rather than through physical transport, and consumption occurs continuously based on the combined demand of all active households. Certain non-residential and non-production buildings like shipyards and military buildings also draw product costs for their units directly from the island-wide storage.

**Goods** can be moved between islands via [[Units: Ships|ships]], with transfers occurring through loading or unloading at a Trading Post (also known as Kontor) or a Trading Pier. Transport can be handled manually or automated through trade routes. [[Units: Ships|Ships]] carry cargo inside of their discrete cargo slots, each capable of holding up to 50 tons of a single **good** by default.

===== Obtaining Goods =====

**Goods** can enter a player's economy through a variety of methods. While every **good** can be produced through its corresponding production chain, many **goods** may also be obtained through alternative sources. **Goods** can be acquired using one of the following methods:
  * Production
  * Trade
  * Quests
  * Contracts

===== Using Goods =====
**Goods** can be used by the player in of the following methods:
  * Fulfilling your residence's needs
  * Input for production buildings
  * Construction of buildings and ships, repairing ruins.
  * Trade
  * Completing Quests and Contracts
  * Amphitheatre events

===== Good Categories =====
**Goods** are divided into several categories, either by production method or by intended usage:
  * Consumer Goods
  * Construction Materials
  * Raw Materials
  * Agricultural Goods
  * Intermediate Goods

=== Consumer Goods ===
Consumer Goods are used by your residents to fulfill their needs.

=== Construction Materials ===
Construction Materials are used to construct new buildings or repair them from their ruin state. They are also used to construct ships and to train military units.

=== Raw Materials ===
Raw Materials serve as input for your production buildings and are generally produced from natural resources of your island, i.e. Coasts, Trees, Meadows, Marsh, River Slots or Mine Slots.

=== Agricultural Goods ===
Agricultural Goods mainly serve as input for your production buildings and are generally produced from Farms or Livestock Farms.,

=== Intermediate Goods ===
Intermediate Goods are products that have been made from raw materials or agricultural goods by production buildings 'in the middle of a production chain'. These products are then sent to other production buildings to be processed further to make more complex end products, such as Consumer Goods or Building Materials.