Tropico 6

Tropico 6

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Industry Profits
By Marquez von Hinten
Overview of the industrial buildings and their profits based on workdays.
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Introduction
This guide tries to give an overview for all producing buildings in Tropico 6 and their corresponding production and consumption values. For each day a building is visited by a worker it produces and consumes the following goods.

For better understanding some notes:
  • All production and consumption numbers are for 100 effectiveness.
  • Tradeprices for Goods are unmodified at 100%.
  • Profits are calculated by: [Production of good X] * [Tradeprice of good X] - [Consumption of good Y] * [Tradeprice of good Y]
  • HS stands for High School education required.
Industry
Building
Workers
Consumption
Production
Profit per Workday
Lumber Mill
4
Normal Mode
4 Logs
10 Planks
$15
Hasty Debarking
6.8 Logs
13 Planks
$17.1
Rum Distillery
4
Normal Mode
6.8 Sugar
3.5 Rum
$15.2
Dunder Still
5.1 Sugar
3.5 Rum
$19.45
Tannery
5
Normal Mode
3.65 Hides
1.825 Leather
$7.1175
Chrome Tanning
2.725 Hides
1.825 Leather
$7.81125
Cannery
8
Pineapple
2.85 Pineapple
2.5 Canned Goods
$7.44
Fish
1.875 Fish
2.5 Canned Goods
$7.125
Meat
1.7 Meat
2.5 Canned Goods
$8.09
Coffee
1.15 Coffee
2.52 Canned Goods
$7.726
Creamery
4
Dextrorotatory Lactic Acid
2.25 Milk
3.75 Cheese
$13.425
Laevorotatory Acid
2.3 Milk
3.8 Cheese
$13.56
Cigar Factory
5 HS
Normal Mode
6.3 Tobacco
2.5 Cigars
$15.205
Climate Control
5.1 Tobacco
2.5 Cigars
$17.785
Shipyard
5 HS
Planks
7.75 Planks
1 Boat
$15.725
Steel
3 Steel
1 Boat
$16.4
Aluminium
6 Aluminium
1 Boat
$16.4
Steel Mill
8 HS
1.25 Iron and 1.25 Coal
2.5 Steel
$6.875
Textile Mill
10
Cotton
3.2 Cotton
2 Cloth
$6.08
Wool
1.8 Wool
2 Cloth
$6.17
Unified Weaving Feeder
0.8 Cotton and 0.45 Wool
2.65 Cloth
11.76
Industry part 2
Building
Workers
Consumption
Production
Profit per Workday
Weapon Factory
8 HS
2.5 Steel and 1.5 Nickel
2 Weapons
$10.7
Chocolate Factory
5
Sweet Chocolate
2 Cocoa and 2.7 Sugar
3 Chocolate
$8.85
Dark Chocolate
4 Cocoa
3 Chocolate
$8.4
Furniture Factory
5
Planks
7.8 Planks
2 Furniture
$8.42
Plastics
6.5 Plastics
2 Furniture
$7.9
Jewelry Workshop
4 HS
1.5 Gold
1.525 Jewelry
$11.6625
Plastic Plant
5
Standard Fabrication
0.8 Oil
6.5 Plastics
$10.98
2.7 Corn
6.5 Plastics
$11.5
High Speed Fabrication
1.6 Oil
11.5 Plastics
$18.06
5.45 Corn
11.4 Plastics
$18.74
Vehicle Factory
10 HS
2 Steel and 2.3 Rubber
1 Car
$10.24
Electronics Factory
8 HS
4.1 Plastics and 0.375 Gold
2.75 Electronics
$12.915
Fashion Company
4
Leather
4 Leather
3 Apparel
$18
Cloth
4.4 Cloth
3 Apparel
$16.72
Leather and Cloth
2 Cloth and 2 Leather
3 Apparel
$18.4
Pharmaceutical Company
6 HS
Genuine Generics
1.3 Oil
2.5 Pharmaceuticals
$17.63
Powerful Placebos
2.5 Sugar
2.5 Pharmaceuticals
$21
Juicery
5
Banana
9.1 Banana
5 Juice
$11.53
Pineapple
9.1 Pineapple
5 Juice
$12.44
Coconut
7.5 Coconut
5 Juice
$14.625
Banana-Pineapple
4.55 Banana and 4.55 Pineapple
5 Juice
$11.985
Banana-Coconut
4.55 Banana and 3.75 Coconut
5 Juice
$13.0775
Coconut-Pineapple
3.75 Coconut and 4.55 Pineapple
5 Juice
$13.5325
Plantages
Crop
Workers
Production
Profit per Workday
Corn
8
2 Corn
$4
Banana
8
2.5 Banana
$4.25
Pineapple
8
2.5 Pineapple
$4
Sugar
8
1.5 Sugar
$3.75
Cocoa
8
1 Cocoa
$3.6
Tobacco
8
1.8 Tobacco
$3.87
Coffee
8
1 Coffee
$3.8
Cotton
8
3.5 Cotton
$4.725
Rubber
8
1.2 Rubber
$3.84
Hydroponic Plantations
Crop
Workers
Production
Profit per Workday
Corn
4 HS
4.5 Corn
$9
Banana
4 HS
5.65 Banana
$9.605
Pineapple
4 HS
5.65 Pineapple
$9.04
Sugar
4 HS
3.4 Sugar
$8.5
Cocoa
4 HS
2.25 Cocoa
$8.1
Tobacco
4 HS
4 Tobacco
$8.6
Coffee
4 HS
2.25 Coffee
$8.55
Cotton
4 HS
7.9 Cotton
$10.665
Rubber
4 HS
2.8 Rubber
$8.96
Ranches
Lifestock
Workers
Production
Profit per Workday
Cattle
4
1.5 Meat and 2 Hides
$4.95
Sheep
4
1.5 Wool and 0.5 Milk
$4.625
Crocodile
4
0.8 Leather
$4.32
Pig
4
2 Meat
$4.6
Llama
4
2 Wool
$4.7
Goat
4
2 Milk
$4.4
Factory Ranches
Lifestock
Workers
Consumption
Production
Profit per Workday
Cattle
4
3 Corn
6 Meat and 8 Hides
$13.8
Sheep
4
3 Corn
6 Wool and 2 Milk
$12.5
Crocodile
4
3.3 Fish
4 Leather
$13.02
Pig
4
4 Corn
9 Meat
$12.7
Llama
4
3 Corn
8 Wool
$12.8
Goat
4
2 Corn
8 Milk
$13.6
Mines
Mineral
Workers
Production
Profit per Workday
Coal
5
2 Coal
$4.8
Iron
5
2 Iron
$5
Gold
5
0.6 Gold
$5.4
Uranium
5
0.4 Uranium
$4.8
Aluminium
5
2 Aluminium
$5.2
Nickel
5
1.2 Nickel
$5.04
Automated Mines
Mineral
Workers
Production
Profit per Workday
Coal
3
6.7 Coal
$16.08
Iron
3
6.7 Iron
$16.75
Gold
3
2 Gold
$18
Uranium
3
1.35 Uranium
$16.2
Aluminium
3
6.7 Aluminium
$17.42
Nickel
3
4 Nickel
$16.8
Miscellaneous
Building
Workers
Production
Profit per Workday
Fish Farm
4 HS
Fish
3.85 Fish
$10.01
Shellfish
3.85 Shellfish
$10.78
Oil Well
4 HS
1 Oil
$7.4
Oil Rig
6 HS
1.25 Oil
$9.25
34 Comments
Justansell 20 Dec, 2024 @ 4:20pm 
This is a great guide! Any plans to update it?
Grumbleng 19 Mar, 2024 @ 7:32pm 
I just checked and the planks-to-boats ratio is 3 planks now, meaning they're at least somewhat profitable. The initial idea when you could easily tell the production ratios just from looking at storage was very neat and they fucked it up. It waw stupid to patch boats when their profit wasn't anything overpowered compared to rum and cigars.
Marquez von Hinten  [author] 19 Mar, 2024 @ 12:11pm 
All numbers are for version 1.0. The game got a lot of updates since then, so stuff can be out of date.
Grumbleng 19 Mar, 2024 @ 4:32am 
The calculation on distillery seems more reasonable since you convert 17000$ worth of inputs into 32000$ worth of outputs and that's even before the upgrade that brings down inputs to 12750$. Two above average colonial teamster loads and the upgrade already pays for itself.
Grumbleng 19 Mar, 2024 @ 4:24am 
According to the table, you produce 1 boat from 3 steel. Wouldn't you be loosing money on shipyard since inputs cost 15,6$, more expensive than 1 boat 11,5$? 1000 boats is 11500, but 3000 steel is 15600, 6000 aluminum is also 15600, 7.75 planks is 16275. At least here your math is correct and planks are "less profitable" than the other 2.
hippofant 11 Nov, 2023 @ 11:57pm 
Agriculture Tower , default work mode
2.7 Corn, $9.72
2.5 Sugar, $11.25
1.2 Cocoa, $4.32
3 Banana, $5.1
3.8 Pineapple, $6.08

Synthetic Food Lab
3.33 Corn makes 2.67 Cheese, $6.4 profit
3 Corn makes 5.67 Meat, $7.03 profit
3 Corn makes 5.85 Milk, $6.87 profit
3 Corn makes 1.5 Coconuts, -$3.53 profit
hippofant 11 Nov, 2023 @ 11:57pm 
Balloon Factory
2 Rubber produces 3 Balloons, $4.1 profit
6 Fish produces 3 Balloons, -$5.1 profit
1 Oil produces 3 Balloons, $3.1 profit

Batteries Factory
2.5 Nickel + 2.5 Aluminium produces 4.5 Batteries, $5.05 profit

Drone Factory
1 Batteries + 2 Aluminium produces 5 Logistic Drones, $29.9 profit
0.9 Batteries + 0.7 Electronics produces 3 Surveillance Drones, $31.33 profit
0.9 Batteries + 5 Cloth produces 4 Passenger Drones, $11.59 profit
All combined, $71.35 profit

Mask Factory
3 Cotton makes 2 Masks, $6.15 profit
1.8 Wool makes 2 Masks, $5.97 profit
2 Oil makes 2 Masks, -$11.26 profit
2.9 Plastics makes 2 Masks, $2.66 profit
0.5 Cloth makes 2 Masks, $7.6 profit
hippofant 11 Nov, 2023 @ 11:56pm 
Data from the DLCs. I let buildings work for 10 days, then did some math. Did some rounding and had to guess what I was rounding to, so I am likely off by 0.1 here or there.

Toy Factory
6 Logs produces 10 Toys, $32 profit
7 Cotton produces 10 Toys, $32.45
2.2 Rubber produces 10 Toys, $30.04 profit
1.33 Rubber + 0.2 Electronics produces 10 Toys, $16.77 profit

Smart Furniture Factory
(Hip 'n' Comfy) 4 Furniture + 1 Electronics produces 4 Smart Furniture, $12.6 profit
(More Hip) 2.67 Furniture + 1.33 Electronics produces 4 Smart Furniture, $26.20 profit
(More Comfy) 5.33 Furniture + .66 Electronics produces 4 Smart Furniture, -$0.67 profit

Fireworks Factory
4 Coconut + 4 Logs produces 2 Fireworks, $1.4 profit
3 Coconut + 4 Corn produces 2 Fireworks, $1.05 profit
9 Coal + 2.6 Corn produces 2 Fireworks, -$10.24 profit
4 Coal + 2.5 Logs produces 2 Fireworks, $2 profit
Michael 7 Aug, 2023 @ 1:51pm 
Great work! Thank you for this :steamthumbsup:
Marquez von Hinten  [author] 15 Jul, 2023 @ 11:48am 
@清波水鉴 sure, go ahead.