How to efficiently in a 4-player game.

Buon gioco — e se vuoi, ti preparo una scaletta di partita per 4 giocatori con ruoli suggeriti e obiettivi giorno per giorno.

Drag and drop player avatars to group them into the same company (for Co-op) or separate companies (for Versus).

Before launching a match, you must decide how your group wants to interact:

If you want to gather your friends in one room for a game day, follow these steps to start your session:

If you want to play Anno 1800 with someone in the same house, the steps are simple. Just remember to connect on Ubisoft Connect and use the overlay for your invites. It might take a couple of tries to get it right, but once you're in, the experience is incredibly rewarding. Gather your friends, decide on your roles, and start building the industrial empire of your dreams.

The golden rule is: . Even a single cosmetic difference can cause the game to desync and become unplayable. If you are planning a modded multiplayer session, have all players create a standardized mod profile and confirm its integrity before starting. Otherwise, it's best to disable all mods before attempting to play online.

Choose "Multiplayer" from the main menu.

Ensure everyone has the same DLC enabled, or the game will default to the lowest common denominator of content owned by all players. Multiplayer in Anno 1800 | Ubisoft Help

Fire up your PCs, mute your Discord (talk to each other face-to-face!), and may the best industrialist win.

This setup eliminates the need for traffic to route through external matchmaking servers during the session—reducing latency and avoiding internet hiccups—but the authentication still requires an online handshake at launch.

From the main menu, select Multiplayer and choose "Host New Game".

In most city-builders, you are a solitary god-king. Anno 1800 changes this through its unique , where up to four players control the same faction simultaneously. This creates a "division of labour" that mirrors the very era the game depicts: