Caoutchouc

**Caoutchouc** is a Plant Product. By default, it can be produced only in the New World.

## Usage

### Plant Product

 **Caoutchouc** is a Plant product, and is used for the production of other goods.See the Production Chains section for more information.

### Expeditions

Caoutchouc can be used during expeditions, it grants 30 bonus points to Crafting skill and 60 bonus morale per 50 tons.

### Trade

Caoutchouc can be passively sold for 20 or purchased for 50 per ton. It can be actively bought from Old Nate for 50 coins. No neutral trader sells Caoutchouc for a special price.

## Production

Caoutchouc is produced in a  Caoutchouc Plantation. All regular production chains involving Caoutchouc are listed below.

### Penny farthings

**Penny Farthings**

 -1600 -200 -150 -40 -10

 83200 56 35 12 10 10

* Bicycle Factory
**1** @ 200%
for **4** /min

	+ Furnace
	**2** @ 100%

		- Iron Mine
		**1** @ 100%
		- Coal Mine★
		**1** @ 100%
	+ Caoutchouc Plantation
	**4** @ 100%

★ The  Coal Mine may be replaced with two  Charcoal Kilns

for   +10 +30 -10 -400 -4 +5

**Supplies:**

• 160  Engineers Residences (up to 6400  Engineers)

• **or** 80  Investors Residences (up to 4000  Investors)

### Steam carriages

**Steam Carriages**

 -23410 -5 -500 -2950 -40 -100

 995500 280 470 360 320 320

* Cab Assembly Line
**2** @ 200%
for **4** /min

	+ Motor Assembly Line
	**3** @ 200%

		- Furnace
		**2** @ 100%

			* Iron Mine
			**1** @ 100%
			* Coal Mine★
			**1** @ 100%
		- Brass Smeltery
		**4** @ 100%

			* Copper Mine
			**2** @ 100%
			* Zinc Mine
			**2** @ 100%
	+ Coachmakers
	**8** @ 100%

		- Lumberjack's Hut
		**1** @ 100%
		- Caoutchouc Plantation
		**4** @ 100%

★ The  Coal Mine may be replaced with two  Charcoal Kilns

for   +10 +30 -10 -400 -4 +5

**Supplies:**

  • 600 Investor Residences (up to 30000  Investors)

### The High Life DLC

#### Chewing Gum

**Chewing Gum**

 -915 -65 -175 -10

 71550 68 55

* Chemical Plant: Chewing Gum
**1** @ 100%
for **2** /min

	+ Caoutchouc Plantation
	**2** @ 100%
	+ Sugar Refinery
	**1** @ 100%

		- Sugar Cane Plantation
		**1** @ 100%
	+ Orchard: Cinnamon
	**1** @ 100%

#### Shopping Arcades

Caoutchouc is also used at Shopping Arcades in the following patents:

**Refrigerators**
*Department Store Patent*

Affects All Old World Residences except Scholar Residences:
• Happiness: +4
• Income: +22%
• Consumption reduction: -20% •  -10%

 -7000 -300 -960 -40 -1250 -10

 244400 496 500 409 320 140

* Department Store: Refrigerators
**4** @ 200%

	+ Furnace
	**2** @ 100%

		- Iron Mine
		**1** @ 100%
		- Coal Mine
		**1** @ 100%
	+ Caoutchouc Plantation
	**4** @ 100%
	+ Gas Mine
	**5** @ 360%

## Alternatives

Caoutchouc can be also used in the following production chains when particular items are equipped in a  Trade Union.

### Penny Farthings (Dario the Mechanical Engineer)

**Penny Farthings**
*Dario the Mechanical Engineer*

 -1350 -50 -150 -40

 81600 44 20 12 10 10

* Bicycle Factory
**1** @ 200%
for **4** /min
and **0.5** /min
and **0.5** /min

	+ Iron Mine
	**1** @ 100%
	+ Caoutchouc Plantation
	**4** @ 100%

 **Penny Farthings supply:**

  • 160 Engineer Residences (up to 6400  Engineers)

  • **or** 80 Investor Residences (up to 4000  Investors)

 **Pocket Watches supply:**

  • 63,75 Engineer Residences (up to 2550  Engineers)

  • **or** 31,875 Investor Residences (up to 1593,75  Investors)

 **Gramophones supply:**

  • 95 Investor Residences (up to 4750  Investors)

  • **or** 95,2 Scholar Residences (up to 11428  Scholars)

### Steam Carriages (Susannah the Steam Engineer)

**Steam Carriages**
*Susannah the Steam Engineer*

 -18660 -5 -50 -2800 -40 -20

 829600 148 305 240 220 220

* Cab Assembly Line
**2** @ 200%
for **4** /min
and **1** /min

	+ Filament Factory
	**4** @ 100%

		- Coal Mine★
		**1** @ 100%
	+ Coachmakers
	**8** @ 100%

		- Lumberjack's Hut
		**1** @ 100%
		- Caoutchouc Plantation
		**4** @ 100%

★ The  Coal Mine may be replaced with two  Charcoal Kilns

for   +10 +30 -10 -400 -4 +5

 **Steam Carriages supply:**

  • 600 Investor Residences (up to 30000  Investors)

 **Light Bulbs supply:**

  • 80 Engineer Residences (up to 3200  Engineers)

  • **or** 40 Investor Residences (up to 2000  Investors)

## Items

The following items may mention Caoutchouc, or share a name with an item that does.

## Trivia

Caoutchouc is better known as *india rubber,* *natural rubber*, or most prominently *latex*, and was the first form of rubber discovered and used on an industrial scale (to serious notoriety, in some cases). It features a large number of properties that make it highly useful to industrialization; in its raw state it serves as an excellent sealant, insulator, and adhesive, though it becomes most useful when submitted to *vulcanization*. Vulcanized rubber is much closer to modern rubber (which is usually artificially made from petroleum byproducts), and can be used for everything from boot soles to balloons, electrical fittings to diving helmets, and -- as in Anno 1800 -- vehicle tires and other industrial fittings.