Map

Vegetation

Certain areas on the map may have vegetation on them. Vegetation increases movement cost by 1. It can be cut down and will take a couple of years to grow back. During this time vegetation can be cut down completely, which will prevent it from ever growing again. There are two types of vegetation:

• Trees provide +50% Defense from ranged attacks and 20 Wood when cut.
• Scrub provide +25% Defense from ranged attacks and 10 Wood when cut.

Terrain

The terrain of each hex determines where units can move and where improvements can be constructed. It can also grant various bonuses or penalties to units and improvements.

Terrain	Effects	Supports improvements
Arid	Quarry improvements produce +20% Stone Farm improvements produce -40% Food	Yes
Lush	Farm improvements produce +40% Food	Yes
Marsh	Farm improvements produce +20% Food Farm improvements produce +2 Wood -1 HP Per Turn +1 Movement Cost +1 Build Improvement Year Cannot have Road	Few
Sand	+1 Movement Cost +1 Build Improvement Year Cannot have Road	Few
Temperate		Yes
Tundra		No
Urban	Spreads Borders Extends Trade Network Siege Units gain +50% Attack Strength when attacking units on this tile Infantry Units gain +25% Defense Strength when being attacked on this tile	Urban improvements only
Water	Only Ships and Caravan units may move on this tile Land units can traverse this tile if it is within the Zone-Of-Control of a ship that uses the Anchor action	No

Height

The height of each hex determines if units can move through and how difficult it is. It can also grant combat bonuses to units or yield bonuses to adjacent improvements.

Terrain	Effects	Passable
Coast	Cities can construct Harbor improvements	Yes
Flat	If there is no vegetation or improvement, mounted units gain +25% Attack Strength	Yes
Hill	Mine improvements produce +60% Iron +1 Range +1 Movement Cost +1 Build Improvements Year	Yes
Mountain	Quarry adjacent improvements produce +40% Stone Shrine of Ereshkigal / Hades / Osiris adjacent improvements produce +50% Culture	No
Volcano	Quarry adjacent improvements produce +40% Stone Farm adjacent improvements produce +40% Food Shrine of Ereshkigal / Hades / Osiris adjacent improvements produce +100% Culture	No

Map resources

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

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