Desert is a base terrain.
- Base yields: None
- With Petra: +2
Food, +1 
Production, +2 
Gold (does not apply to Flood Plains)
- With Petra: +2
Strategy
Without any Oasis or Flood Plains, Desert tiles are not suited for settlement. For any city within or near a desert, the bare desert tiles should be reserved for districts unless a resource is found there.
The Petra wonder can make deserts far more useful: it increases the base yield of desert tiles to be comparable to Grassland Hills or Rainforest Plains, and extends the bonus to Oasis (but not flood plains).
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