Road Upgrade Guides in Anno 117 Pax Romana

Roads are one of the most important things to build on Anno 117: Pax Romana. It is required to transport goods and connect buildings, and congested routes can even delay some production processes. For that it is important to upgrade the roads in Anno 117: Pax Romana to speed up the activities in your city.

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How to increase city status in Anno 117 Pax Romana

City status in Anno 117: Pax Romana can unlock new features for the player's city, but most importantly affect the city's attributes.

How to upgrade roads in Anno 117 Pax Romana

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To upgrade roads in Anno 117: Pax Romanathe first thing the players need to do is to carry out the right research. The earliest upgrade is Asphalted roadswhich can be researched after you collect at least 50 Concrete in your inventory. This discovery lies in Economic Tree.

Paved roads increase the speed of goods transport and extend the range of buildings.

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The next road upgrade is Marble roads. To unlock it, you need to store at least 5 marbles. Like paved roads, it increases the speed of goods transport and extends the range of buildings, but it also gives a small amount of Prestige. This discovery is available from Civic Tree.

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After unlocking the research and obtaining the necessary materials, players can build over the old roads to upgrade them.

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The material will be refunded if you replace the road, so don't worry about removing asphalt roads for marble roads in the future.

How to make concrete for paved roads

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To make concrete, players must first unlock the Eques population level Anno 117: Pax Romana. Then build a limestone quarry in one of the rock openings.

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Then collect Sand on the coast.

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Finally, build the concrete mixer to mix the materials to produce concrete.

The best setting for this is a lime quarry, two sand refineries and three concrete mixers. Both the limestone quarry and the sand refinery require the plebeian workforce, but the concrete mixer requires Eques to operate it.

How to make marble for marble paths

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Keep increasing your Eques population, and soon you will have access to Marbles. Find an island with marble fertility and then build a marble quarry there.

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Then craft a Marble Mason to process the uncut marble into marble. As with concrete, the mine requires plebeians, while the masonry must be handled by Eques.


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Released

November 13, 2025

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Teen/Alcohol Reference, Language, Mild Violence, In-Game Purchases, User Interact


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