Resources

There are two types of resources a Nation must always keep track of: city resources and national resources. A third type of resources and the natural resources present on the map, which while less important should be a priority for conquest to gain their benefits.

City resources

The three city resources

City resources are specific to each City. Growth and Culture are resources every city should seek to maximize while Discontent is something every city should minimize.

Resource	Uses	Primary sources
Growth	Growing Citizens Producing Civilian Units	Farmer specialists Fisher specialists Farm improvements on certain Natural Resources Nets improvements on certain Natural Resources
Culture	Positive Events Triggering Increasing the City's Culture Level	Shrine improvements Odeon improvements Certain Specialists Spreading a Religion to a City Certain Laws
Discontent	Reduces City Science Increases City Maintenance Reduces the Opinion of the City's Family	Happiness amount

National resources

National resources are refined from natural resources and used directly by a Nation. Some national resources can be bought and sold for Money, with the price slowly increasing or decreasing based on demand. The option will appear by hovering over the resource.

• Regular click buys 1 resource
• SHIFT+click buys 10 resources
• CTRL+click buys 100 resources
• Holding ALT while pressing on an object the Nation doesn't have the resources to produce will automatically buy sufficient resources for it as long as there is sufficient Money.

Resource	Uses	Primary sources	Can be bought and sold
Food	Feeding the population Producing settlers	Farmer specialists Fisher specialists Rancher specialists Farm improvements Nets improvements	Yes
Iron	Producing military units Upkeep of certain military units	Mine improvements	Yes
Money	Buyng resources	Selling other resources Hamlet improvements Village improvements Town improvements Markets Treasury projects Discipline attribute	Yes
Orders	Unit actions Assigning governors Sending councilors of missions Unused orders are automatically sold at the end of the turn	Legitimacy Garrison improvements	Yes
Stone	Producing improvements Producing projects	Quarry improvements	Yes
Wood	Producing improvements Producing some military units Upkeep of certain military units	Cut Trees action Cut Scrub action Lumbermill improvements	Yes
Civics	Producing specialists Producing projects Enacting Laws Establishing Theologies Constructing Wonders Hurry Production Missions	Stonecutter specialists Forum projects Charisma attribute	No
Science	Researching new technologies	Archive projects Wisdom attribute Specialists	No
Training	Producing military units Buying Orders Moving units beyond their Movement stat Assigning generals Promotions	Miner specialists Barracks improvements Ranges improvements Courage attribute	No
Luxuries	Sending them to Cities Diplomacy	Specialists working on Improvements built upon Natural Resources	No

Natural resources

Natural resources appear on certain hexes on the map and can be refined into national resources. They can also be desired by certain Families. Natural resources can be exploited in three ways:

• Having the natural resource within the Nation's borders provides a small amount of national resources each year
• Constructing a certain improvement on the natural resource provides a large amount of national resources each year
• Certain units may harvest from the natural resource every couple of years, providing a large amount of national resources

Resource	Yearly resources (no Improvement)	Yearly resources (Improvement)	Luxury Resource	Improvement
Barley	1 Food	5 Food 2 Growth	No	Farm
Camels	5 Money	0.5 Orders	No	Camp
Cattle	1 Food	10 Food 2 Growth	No	Pasture
Citrus	1 Food	10 Food 2 Growth	No	Grove
Crabs	1 Food	10 Food 2 Growth	No	Nets
Dyes	1 Culture	2 Culture 20 Money	Yes	Nets
Elephants	5 Money	0.5 Orders	No	Camp
Fish	1 Food	10 Food 2 Growth	No	Nets
Fur	1 Culture	2 Culture 20 Money	Yes	Camp
Game	1 Food	10 Food 2 Growth	No	Camp
Gems	1 Culture	2 Culture 20 Money Unlocks Bullion	Yes	Mine
Goats	1 Food	10 Food 2 Growth	No	Pasture
Gold	5 Money	40 Money Unlocks Bullion	No	Mine
Honey	1 Culture	2 Culture 5 Food	Yes	Grove
Horses	5 Money	0.5 Orders	No	Pasture
Incense	1 Culture	2 Culture 20 Money	Yes	Grove
Lavender	1 Culture	2 Culture 20 Money	Yes	Grove
Marble	1 Stone	5 Stone 2 Civics	No	Quarry
Olives	1 Culture	2 Culture 5 Food	Yes	Grove
Ore	1 Iron	5 Iron 2 Training	No	Mine
Pearls	1 Culture	2 Culture 20 Money Unlocks Bullion	Yes	Nets
Pig	1 Food	10 Food 2 Growth	No	Pasture
Sale	1 Culture	2 Culture 20 Money	Yes	Mine
Sheep	1 Food	10 Food 2 Growth	No	Pasture
Silver	5 Money	40 Money Unlocks Bullion	No	Mine
Sorghum	1 Food	5 Food 2 Growth	No	Farm
Wheat	1 Food	5 Food 2 Growth	No	Farm
Wine	1 Culture	2 Culture 5 Food	Yes	Grove