Resources

Aside from regular production, resources can also be bought and sold on the market. To do this, hold the mouse cursor over a resource.

• Regular click buys 1 resource
• SHIFT+click buys 10 resources
• CTRL+click buys 100 resources

City resources

City resources are specific to each City.

Culture

When a City's Culture bar fills a positive Event occurs and the city's Culture Level increases. Culture is primarily increased by building Shrines and Odeons, training certain Specialists, adopting certain Laws or spreading a Religion to a City.

National resources

National resources are refined from natural resources and used directly by a Nation.

Resource	Use	Primary sources	Can be bought
Food	Feeding the population Producing settlers	Farms Farmers Fishers Ranchers	Yes
Iron	Producing military units Upkeep of certain military units	Mines	Yes
Money	Buyng resources	Selling resources Hamlets Markets Treasuries Members of the Court with high Discipline	Yes
Orders	Unit actions Assigning governors Sending councilors of missions Unused orders are sold for Money at the end of the turn	Legitimacy Garrissons	Yes
Stone	Producing improvements	Quarries	Yes
Wood	Producing improvements Producing some military units Upkeep of certain military units	Chopping down trees Lumbermills	Yes
Civics	Producing specialists Producing projects Enacting Laws Establishing Theologies Constructing Wonders Hurry Production Missions	Stonecutters Forums Members of the Court with high Charisma	No
Science	Researching new technologies	Freedom Law Archives I project Training specialists Members of the Court with high Wisdom	No
Training	Producing military units Buying Orders Moving units beyond their Movement stat Assigning generals Promotions	Miners Barracks Ranges Members of the Court with high Courage	No

Natural resources

Natural resources appear on certain hexes on the map and are used to refine national resources. They can also be harvested by units that have the ability to do so.

Resource	Yearly resources (no improvement)	Yearly resources (mine)	Harvest
Ore	1 Iron	2 Training 5 Iron	10 Iron