Beginner tips

[Krejzi Choco]

I used to play in Tropico 3,4,5 without major problems. Then I tried this game and I'm not doing so well. I know that the first 2 titles have higher difficulty. Could you share some tips with a beginner?

[Japzzi]

Very late response but here is what I do:

Always keep your stockade well filled with captives

Keep your industry and captives away from the pirate areas. Way easier to manage order/anarchy that way.

Build a second sawmill, normally my timber camps can provide more than enough wood to run 2 sawmills.

Galleon seems to sink a lot so use them for defense if you really want one.

Be sure that your rich captives arent taking up spots that your pirates could use :-D

[LambRam]

A few more if you need them...

Wealthy captives can be ransomed manually by clicking on them and then (I think this is in the upper right part of their info box) clicking on a sack. This is tedious but you can free up space and improve pirate happiness by doing do.

Forts are a must have for any large island, they help fend off enemies during invasions. Not sure about this one, but ships probably help as well.

Pirate homes are a must have for pirate happiness as they rest and stash their hoard in their homes. Pirates without homes but employed on ships can sleep/rest on said ship.

Make sure to keep money in circulation for pirates to spend. In a lot of cases, the money they spend doesn't eventually find its way back in terms of wages, only a small percentage of that amount. Go on cruises or share money using an ability (one of the scrolls) to hand that money out among a ship's crew.

Low ranked pirates in high rank establishments will not be satisfied, vice versa. However there really isn't any good way to combat or prevent pirates of incorrect rank entering certain buildings.

Use decor for order and fear or anarchy and defense (captive benefit and pirate benefit).

Use skilled cooks for captive food tents, food is prepared significantly faster.

Use skeletons from the graveyard for work. They don't need sleep or food but keep in mind that their cost goes up every time you purchase another (not sure if that's a fact).

Having "industrial areas" where factory like buildings (mines, blast furnaces, cannon foundries, gunsmiths, etc.) are placed close together creates a more efficient island.

Configure map settings, you can make the game go from easy to impossible.

Have guards at your palace as soon as captives start becoming restless and use watch towers. You CAN BE ASSASSINATED, so watch out for that. I was once killed by a frying pan, fun times. If pirates keep working at other establishments either raise wages at the palace or close other vacant job slots (shift + click to close and open).