There was an iron patch in the place of the army base before and there were two mines on top of the patch. I can't say for sure whether miners work faster if you place the mines next to the resource or right atop of it, but I am certain that it is not true that miners cannot get resources that are right below the mine building.Ĭheck this screenshot below. They will build across the street to get to good land if they have to, but I usually place my road down a stretch of spread out farms for maximum effectiveness.Īlthough the Tropico Wiki says it otherwise (and does not give any proof for their claim), I've always placed my mines directly on top of the resources (both salt and mineral mines) in Tropico 4 and all the mines eventually depleted all of their reserves. crop placement or mine placement vs extraction rate, but the most productive mines for me have been right on top of the overlay area and the most productive farms were surrounded completely by green overlay areas with the road 3-5 squares away. There are posts about Tropico 4 that say pretty much the same thing about farms, although they are on other non-official sites.įWIW: My observations through my own playthrough in Tropico 4 supports the above statements. Since there isn't much about the mechanics of the game that has changed between the Tropico 3 and 4, it's unlikely that Tropico 4 is any different. Mines need to be placed on top of the deposit for peak efficiency.
Ideally, you place your farm on a spot with horrible yield but that has high yield around it to maximize use of farming land. Farms should be placed such that the area surrounding the building has the highest yield potential.According to experiments and documents referred to in this Tropico 3 thread on the official forums: