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The following is a list of resources in Civilization VI and its expansions, sorted by type.

Bonus[]

Resource Base Yield Modifier Improvement Harvest with Notes
Bananas 
Bananas
+1 Food Food Plantation Irrigation Found in Rainforest.
Cattle 
Cattle
+1 Food Food Pasture Animal Husbandry Found on flat Grassland tiles without features.
Copper 
Copper
+2 Gold Gold Mine Mining Found on Hills without features.
Crabs 
Crabs
+2 Gold Gold Fishing Boats Celestial Navigation Found in water.
Deer 
Deer
+1 Production Production Camp Animal Husbandry Found in woods or on tundra tiles.
Fish 
Fish
+1 Food Food Fishing Boats Celestial Navigation Found in water.
Maize 
Maize
[1]
+2 Gold Gold Farm Pottery Found on flat Grassland and Plains (and their floodplains)
Rice 
Rice
+1 Food Food Farm Pottery Found on flat Grassland without features, Grassland Floodplains and Marshes.
Sheep 
Sheep
+1 Food Food Pasture Animal Husbandry Found on Hills (except snow hills) without features.
Stone 
Stone
+1 Production Production Quarry Masonry Found on Grassland without features.
Wheat 
Wheat
+1 Food Food Farm Pottery Found on flat Plains without features, plains floodplains and desert floodplains.

Luxury[]

Luxury Resource Base Yield Modifier Improvement Notes
Amber 
Amber
R&F-Only
+1 Culture Culture Mine
Fishing Boats
Found both on land (in Woods or Rainforest) and water.
Cinnamon 
Cinnamon
Obtained via Suzerainty with Zanzibar. Provides for 6 cities.
Citrus 
Citrus
+2 Food Food Plantation Found on flat grassland and plains without features.
Cloves 
Cloves
Obtained via Suzerainty with Zanzibar. Provides for 6 cities.
Cocoa 
Cocoa
+3 Gold Gold Plantation Found in rainforest.
Coffee 
Coffee
+1 Culture Culture Plantation Found on flat grassland without features and in rainforest.
Cosmetics 
Cosmetics
Obtained from the Great Merchant Great Merchant Helena Rubinstein. Creates 2 copies, and provides for 4 cities.
Cotton 
Cotton
+3 Gold Gold Plantation Found on flat grassland and plains without features, and on floodplains.
Dyes 
Dyes
+1 Faith Faith Plantation Found in woods and rainforest.
Diamonds 
Diamonds
+3 Gold Gold Mine Found on hills (except snow hills) without features and in rainforest.
Furs 
Furs
+1 Food Food
+1 Gold Gold
Camp Found in woods and on tundra.
Gypsum 
Gypsum
+1 Production Production
+1 Gold Gold
Quarry Found on plains, plain hills, desert hills and tundra hills without features.
Honey 
Honey
[1]
+2 Food Food Camp Found on flat grassland and plains without features.
Incense 
Incense
+1 Faith Faith Plantation Found on flat plains and desert without features.
Ivory 
Ivory
+1 Production Production
+1 Gold Gold
Camp Found on plains, plain hills, desert and in woods and rainforest.
Jade 
Jade
+1 Culture Culture Mine Found on flat grassland, plains and tundra without features.
Jeans 
Jeans
Obtained from the Great Merchant Great Merchant Levi Strauss. Creates 2 copies, and provides for 4 cities.
Marble 
Marble
+1 Culture Culture Quarry Found on grassland,grassland hills and plain hills without features.
Mercury 
Mercury
+1 Science Science Mine Found on flat plains without features.
Olives 
Olives
R&F-Only
+1 Production Production
+1 Gold Gold
Plantation Found on flat grassland without features.
Pearls 
Pearls
+1 Faith Faith Fishing Boats Found in water.
Perfume 
Perfume
Obtained via the Great Merchant Great Merchant Estée Lauder. Creates 2 copies, and provides for 6 cities.
Salt 
Salt
+1 Food Food
+1 Gold Gold
Mine Found on flat plains, desert and tundra without features.
Silk 
Silk
+1 Culture Culture Plantation Found in woods.
Silver 
Silver
+3 Gold Gold Mine Found on desert, tundra and their hills without features.
Spices 
Spices
+2 Food Food Plantation Found in woods and rainforest.
Sugar 
Sugar
+2 Food Food Plantation Found on floodplains and marshes.
Tea 
Tea
+1 Science Science Plantation Found on grassland and grassland hills without features.
Tobacco 
Tobacco
+1 Faith Faith Plantation Found on flat grassland and plains without features, and in woods and rainforest.
Toys 
Toys
Obtained via the Great Merchant Great Merchant John Spilsbury. Creates 1 copy, and provides for 4 cities.
Truffles 
Truffles
+3 Gold Gold Camp Found on marshes and in woods and rainforest.
Turtles 
Turtles
R&F-Only
+1 Science Science Fishing Boats Found on Reef.
Whales 
Whales
+1 Production Production
+1 Gold Gold
Fishing Boats Found in coast tiles.
Wine 
Wine
+1 Gold Gold
+1 Food Food
Plantation Found on flat grassland and plains without features, and in woods.

Strategic[]

Resource Enables Base Yield Modifier Improvement Notes
Horses
Horses
Pre-GS-Only: Horseman, Cavalry

GS-Only: Horseman, Hetairoi, Courser, Black Army, Oromo Cavalry, Keshig, Cavalry, Cossack, Huszár, Llanero

+1 Production Production
+1 Food Food
Pasture Tech not required to see. GS-Only Revealed by Animal Husbandry.
Found on flatland Grassland and Plains without features.
Iron
Iron
Pre-GS-Only: Swordsman, Man-At-Arms, Knight

GS-Only: Swordsman, Hypaspist, Immortal, Ngao Mbeba, Legion, Knight, Mamluk, Mandekalu Cavalry, Tagma, Man-at-Arms, Berserker, Khevsur, Samurai, Cuirassier, Winged Hussar

+1 Science Science Mine Revealed by Bronze Working.
Found on Hills without features.
Niter
Niter
Pre-GS-Only: Musketman, Line Infantry, Bombard

GS-Only: Musketman, Bombard, Frigate, Conquistador, De Zeven Provinciën, Line Infantry, Garde Impériale, Janissary, Redcoat

+1 Production Production
+1 Food Food
Mine Revealed by Military Engineering.
Found on flatland only (includes floodplains).
Coal
Coal
Pre-GS-Only: Ironclad, Battleship

GS-Only: Ironclad, Battleship, Minas Geraes

+2 Production Production Mine Revealed by Industrialization.
Found on Hills.
Oil
Oil
Pre-GS-Only: Tank, Aircraft Carrier

GS-Only: Infantry, Artillery, Modern Armor, Rocket Artillery, Submarine, Destroyer, Missile Cruiser, Biplane, Tank, Mechanized Infantry, U-Boat

+3 Production Production Oil Well
Offshore Oil Rig
Revealed by Steel (GS-Only Refining).
Found both on land (on flat desert, tundra and snow tiles without features, and on marshes and floodplains) and at sea.
Aluminum
Aluminum
Pre-GS-Only: Bomber, Fighter, Jet Bomber, Jet Fighter

GS-Only: Bomber, Fighter, Jet Bomber, Jet Fighter, Helicopter, P-51 Mustang

+1 Science Science Mine Revealed by Radio.
Found on Plains with rainforest and Desert.
Uranium
Uranium
Pre-GS-Only: Nuclear Devices, Nuclear Submarines, Modern Armor

GS-Only: Nuclear Devices, Giant Death Robot

+2 Production Production Mine Revealed by Combined Arms.
Found almost everywhere.

Artifacts[]

Resource Enables Notes
Antiquity Site 
Antiquity Site
Artifacts Revealed by Natural History. Found only on land tiles, and may be excavated by Archaeologists to produce Artifact Artifacts.
Shipwreck 
Shipwreck
Artifacts Revealed by Cultural Heritage. Found only on water tiles, and may be excavated by Archaeologists to produce Artifact Artifacts.

Mode-specific resources[]

Secret Societies[]

Resource Secret Society Base Yield Modifier Notes
Ley Line
Ley Line
Hermetic Order Hermetic Order N/A Gives major adjacency to all District Districts (except Seowon).

Grants bonus yields whenever a Great Person Great Person is earned.

Scenario-specific resources[]

Gifts of the Nile[]

Resource Base Yield Modifier Improvement Notes
Gold Ore (Gifts of the Nile)
Gold Ore
+3 Gold Gold Mine Luxury resource. Found on plains, plain hills, desert and desert hills.

Outback Tycoon[]

Resource Base Yield Modifier Improvement Notes
Gold Ore (Outback Tycoon)
Gold Ore

+4 Gold Gold Mine Luxury resource. Found on plains, plain hills, desert and desert hills.
R&F-Only Added in the Rise and Fall expansion pack.
GS-Only Added in the Gathering Storm expansion pack.
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R&F-Only Added in the Rise and Fall expansion pack.
GS-Only Added in the Gathering Storm expansion pack.
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