Map

Vegetation

Certain areas on the map may have vegetation on them. Vegetation increases movement cost by 1. It can be cut down by Worker units to produce Wood but if this is done too often the vegetation will not grow back.

Terrain

Terrain primarily 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 Turn Cannot have Road	Few
Sand	+1 Movement Cost +1 Build Improvement Turn Cannot have Road	Few
Temperate		Yes
Tundra		No
Urban	Spreads Borders Extends Trade Network Siege Units gain +50% Attack when attacking units on this tile Infantry Units gain +25% Defense 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

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