List of Resources

Resources are special commodities found in limited quantities on the map. When a resource is "worked" it provides a bonus for your empire; this is accomplished either through constructing an improvement with a Worker (on land) or expending a Work Boat (for sea tiles).

There are three types of resources:

• Strategic resources may be expended to construct buildings or train military units
• Bonus resources cannot be traded, but instead provide additional yields to their tiles
• Luxury resources yield Happiness, and may be demanded by cities to begin a We Love the King Day

Some luxury resources are acquired by befriending Mercantile City-States instead of being improved on the map.

Resources in Vanilla Civilization V

Strategic Resources

Icon	Resource	Uses	Yields	Improved By
	Horses	All mounted units	+1 Production	Pasture (+1 Production)
	Iron	Swordsmen, Longswordsmen, Galleasses, Frigates	+1 Production	Mine
	Coal	Ironclads, Factories	+1 Production	Mine (+1 Production)
	Oil	Battleships, Carriers, Planes	+1 Production	Well, Offshore Platform (both +3 Production)
	Aluminum	Spaceship parts, Hydro Plants, most Information Era units	+1 Production	Mine (+1 Production)
	Uranium	Atomic Bombs, Nuclear Plants, Nuclear Missiles, Giant Death Robots	+1 Production	Mine (+1 Production)

Bonus Resources

Icon	Resource	Yields	Improved By
	Wheat	+1 Food	Farm
	Bananas	+1 Food	Plantation (+2 Food, -1 Production)
	Cattle	+1 Food	Pasture (+1 Production)
	Sheep	+1 Food	Pasture (+1 Food)
	Deer	+1 Food	Camp (+1 Production)
	Bison	+1 Food	Camp (+1 Production)
	Stone	+1 Production	Quarry (+1 Production)
	Fish	+1 Food	Fishing Boats (+1 Food)

Luxury Resources

Icon	Resource	Yields	Improved By
	Cotton Resource	+2 Gold	Plantation (+1 Gold)
	Spices	+2 Gold	Plantation (+1 Gold)
	Sugar	+2 Gold	Plantation (+1 Gold)
	Furs	+2 Gold	Camp (+1 Gold)
	Ivory	+2 Gold	Camp (+1 Gold)
	Silk	+2 Gold	Plantation (+1 Gold)
	Dyes	+2 Gold	Plantation (+1 Gold)
	Incense	+2 Gold	Plantation (+1 Gold)
	Wine	+2 Gold	Plantation (+1 Gold)
	Copper	+2 Gold	Mine
	Gold	+2 Gold	Mine
	Silver	+2 Gold	Mine
	Marble	+2 Gold	Quarry (+1 Gold)
	Pearls	+2 Gold	Fishing Boats (+1 Food)
	Truffles	+2 Gold	Camp (+1 Gold)
	Crab	+1 Gold, +1 Food	Fishing Boats (+1 Food)
	Salt	+1 Gold, +1 Food	Mine (+1 Food)
	Whales	+1 Gold, +1 Food	Fishing Boats (+1 Food)
	Citrus	+1 Gold, +1 Food	Plantation (+1 Gold)
	Cocoa	+1 Gold, +1 Food	Plantation (+1 Gold)
	Gems	+3 Gold	Mine

City-State Luxuries

Icon	Resource	Yields
	Jewelry	+2 Gold
	Porcelain	+2 Gold

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Bonus Resources

Icon	Resource	Yields
	Cedar
	Ginger
	Lotus
	Oak
	Rubber
	Sulphur

Luxury Resources

Icon	Resource	Yields
	Feathers
	Opium
	Saffron
	Vanilla

City-State Luxuries

Icon	Resource	Yields
	Manuscripts

Barathor's More Luxuries

Luxury Resources

Icon	Resource	Yields
	Coffee	+2 Gold
	Tea	+2 Gold
	Tobacco	+2 Gold
	Olives	+1  Gold, +1  Food
	Perfume	+2 Gold
	Amber	+2 Gold
	Jade	+2 Gold
	Lapis Lazuli	+2 Gold
	Coral	+2 Gold

City-State Luxuries

Icon	Resource	Yields
	Glass	+2 Gold

Sukritact's More Mercantile

Icon	Resource	Yields

Civilization-Specific Resources

Icon	Resource	Civilization	Acquisition
	Beavers	The Huron (Kondiaronk)	From constructing Unique Improvement (Kanúhses) in a City celebrating a 'We Love the King Day'.
	Cachaça	New Holland (Johan Maurits)	Unique Building (Engenho)
	Cannabis	The Amazons (Penthesilea)	Unique Building (Smoke hemp tent)
	Carpets	The Safavids (Abbas I)	Unique Building (Karkhane)
	Cloves	Indonesia (Gajah Mada)	Settling cities on other landmasses
	Coca Leaf	The Aymara (Tupac Katari)	Unique Improvement built on Hills unlocked via 'Adopt the Akullicu' decision.
	Copras	Abemama (Tembinok')	Unique Building (Copra Smallholding)
	Diyogi	The Navajo (Manuelito)	'Promote Diyogi weaving' Decision or 3rd unique component Diyogi At'looh.
	Drugs	Rook Island Pirates (Vaas)	From working Unique Improvement (Drug Farm)
	Holly	The Karankawa (Joseph María)	Spawned by defeating units
	Lapis Lazuli	Oxus (Frâda)	Crafted by the Lapis Camel-Cart unique unit
	Limestone	Egypt (Djoser)	Discovered on owned flatland by the Vizier unique unit
	Luxury Car	America (Woodrow Wilson)	Unique Building (Auto Plant)
	Maple	Vermont (Ethan Allen)	Settling cities near Forests
	Nutmeg	Indonesia (Gajah Mada)	Settling cities on other landmasses
	Obsidian	Teotihuacan (Spearthrower Owl)	Unique Building (Obsidian Workshop)
	Orca	The Chinook (Comcomly)	Roaming Ocean resource within Chinook borders
	Oysters	The Karankawa (Joseph María)	Spawned by defeating units
	Pepper	Indonesia (Gajah Mada)	Settling cities on other landmasses
	Praline	Belgium (Albert I)	Unique Building (Chocolaterie)
	Raffia	Kongo (Nzinga)	Unique Building (Raffia Mill)
	Rum	The Buccaneers (Henry Morgan)	Rum Distilleries built on Sugar resources
	Saffron	The Afsharids (Nader Shah)	Small chance of receiving upon conquering a City.
	Salmon	The Chinook (Comcomly)	Roaming Ocean resource within Chinook borders
	Seals	The Inuit (Ekeuhnick)	Converted from Fish sources adjacent to Snow / Ice / Tundra
	Shellfish	Carthage (Dido) (When Hannibal's Carthage is installed)	1 source spawns with every founded coastal city
	Soma	Oxus (Frâda)	Unique Building (Soma Boiler) constructed in a city on a river
	Strega Liqueur	The Samnites (Comius Castronius)	3rd unique component Enoteca.
	Syrup	Vermont (Ethan Allen)	Unique Building (Tap House); 1 copy provided per 2 improved sources of Maple near city.
	Tin	Cornwall (Michael An Gof)	Unique Building (Stannary)
	Tributes	The Xiongnu (Modu Chanyu)	'Demand Tribute from X' Decision
	Tyrian Dye	Phoenicia (Hiram I)	Establishing Commercial Outposts in City-State territory
	Venetian Glass	Venice (Enrico Dandolo) (When Charles V's Holy Roman Empire is installed)	Spawned upon the creation of a Customs House
	Wild Bison	The Sioux (Sitting Bull)	Settling Plains tiles; Bison are converted to Wild Bison in Sioux territory.