List of resources in Civ6

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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 yield	Harvest with	Notes
Bananas	+1 Food	Plantation	20 Food	Irrigation	Found on Rainforest tiles.
Cattle	+1 Food	Pasture	20 Food	Animal Husbandry	Found on flat, featureless Grassland tiles.
Copper	+2 Gold	Mine	40 Gold	Mining	Found on featureless Hills tiles.
Crabs	+2 Gold	Fishing Boats	40 Gold	Celestial Navigation	Found on water tiles.
Deer	+1 Production	Camp	20 Production	Animal Husbandry	Found on Woods and Tundra tiles.
Fish	+1 Food	Fishing Boats	20 Food	Celestial Navigation	Found on water tiles.
Maize	+2 Gold	Farm	40 Gold	Pottery	Found on flat Grassland and Plains (and their respective Floodplains) tiles.
Rice	+1 Food	Farm	20 Food	Pottery	Found on flat, featureless Grassland, Grassland Floodplains, and Marsh tiles.
Sheep	+1 Food	Pasture	20 Food	Animal Husbandry	Found on featureless Hills (except Snow Hills) tiles.
Stone	+1 Production	Quarry	20 Production	Masonry	Found on featureless Grassland tiles.
Wheat	+1 Food	Farm	20 Food	Pottery	Found on flat, featureless Plains, Plains Floodplains, and Desert Floodplains tiles.

Luxury

Luxury Resource	Base Yield Modifier	Improvement	Notes
Amber	+1 Culture	Mine Fishing Boats	Found on both land (Woods or Rainforest) and water tiles.
Cinnamon			Obtained via Suzerainty with Zanzibar. Provides for 6 cities.
Citrus	+2 Food	Plantation	Found on flat, featureless Grassland and Plains tiles.
Cloves			Obtained via Suzerainty with Zanzibar. Provides for 6 cities.
Cocoa	+3 Gold	Plantation	Found on Rainforest tiles.
Coffee	+1 Culture	Plantation	Found on flat, featureless Grassland and Rainforest tiles.
Cosmetics			Obtained from the Great Merchant Helena Rubinstein. Creates 2 copies, and provides for 4 cities.
Cotton	+3 Gold	Plantation	Found on flat, featureless Grassland, Plains, and Floodplains tiles.
Dyes	+1 Faith	Plantation	Found on Woods and Rainforest tiles.
Diamonds	+3 Gold	Mine	Found on featureless Hills (except Snow Hills) and Rainforest tiles.
Furs	+1 Food +1 Gold	Camp	Found on Woods and Tundra tiles.
Gypsum	+1 Production +1 Gold	Quarry	Found on featureless Plains, Plains Hills, Desert Hills, and Tundra Hills tiles.
Honey	+2 Food	Camp	Found on flat, featureless Grassland and Plains tiles.
Incense	+1 Faith	Plantation	Found on flat, featureless Plains and Desert tiles.
Ivory	+1 Production +1 Gold	Camp	Found on Plains, Plains Hills, Desert, Woods, and Rainforest tiles.
Jade	+1 Culture	Mine	Found on flat, featureless Grassland, Plains, and Tundra tiles.
Jeans			Obtained from the Great Merchant Levi Strauss. Creates 2 copies, and provides for 4 cities.
Marble	+1 Culture	Quarry	Found on featureless Grassland, Grassland Hills, and Plains Hills tiles.
Mercury	+1 Science	Mine	Found on flat, featureless Plains tiles.
Olives	+1 Production +1 Gold	Plantation	Found on flat, featureless Grassland tiles.
Pearls	+1 Faith	Fishing Boats	Found on water tiles.
Perfume			Obtained via the Great Merchant Estée Lauder. Creates 2 copies, and provides for 6 cities.
Salt	+1 Food +1 Gold	Mine	Found on flat, featureless Plains, Desert, and Tundra tiles.
Silk	+1 Culture	Plantation	Found on Woods tiles.
Silver	+3 Gold	Mine	Found on featureless Desert, Desert Hills, Tundra, and Tundra Hills tiles.
Spices	+2 Food	Plantation	Found on Woods and Rainforest tiles.
Sugar	+2 Food	Plantation	Found on Floodplains and Marsh tiles.
Tea	+1 Science	Plantation	Found on featureless Grassland and Grassland Hills tiles.
Tobacco	+1 Faith	Plantation	Found on flat, featureless Grassland, Plains, Woods, and Rainforest tiles.
Toys			Obtained via the Great Merchant John Spilsbury. Creates 1 copy, and provides for 4 cities.
Truffles	+3 Gold	Camp	Found on marshes, Woods, and Rainforest.
Turtles	+1 Science	Fishing Boats	Found on Reef tiles.
Whales	+1 Production +1 Gold	Fishing Boats	Found on Coast tiles.
Wine	+1 Gold +1 Food	Plantation	Found on flat, featureless Grassland, Plains, and Woods tiles.

Strategic

Resource	Enables	Base Yield Modifier	Improvement	Notes
Horses	Pre-: Horseman, Cavalry : Horseman, Hetairoi, Courser, Black Army, Oromo Cavalry, Keshig, Cavalry, Cossack, Huszár, Llanero	+1 Production +1 Food	Pasture	Tech not required to see. ( Revealed by Animal Husbandry.) Found on flat, featureless Grassland and Plains tiles.
Iron	Pre-: Swordsman, Man-At-Arms, Knight : Swordsman, Hypaspist, Immortal, Ngao Mbeba, Legion, Knight, Mamluk, Mandekalu Cavalry, Tagma, Man-at-Arms, Berserker, Khevsur, Samurai, Cuirassier, Winged Hussar	+1 Science	Mine	Revealed by Bronze Working. Found on featureless Hills tiles.
Niter	Pre-: Musketman, Line Infantry, Bombard : Musketman, Bombard, Frigate, Conquistador, De Zeven Provinciën, Line Infantry, Garde Impériale, Janissary, Redcoat	+1 Production +1 Food	Mine	Revealed by Military Engineering. Found on flat land tiles (including Floodplains).
Coal	Pre-: Ironclad, Battleship : Ironclad, Battleship, Minas Geraes	+2 Production	Mine	Revealed by Industrialization. Found on Hills tiles.
Oil	Pre-: Tank, Aircraft Carrier : Infantry, Artillery, Modern Armor, Rocket Artillery, Submarine, Destroyer, Missile Cruiser, Biplane, Tank, Mechanized Infantry, U-Boat	+3 Production	Oil Well Offshore Oil Rig	Revealed by Steel ( Refining). Found on both land (flat, featureless Desert, Tundra, Snow, Marsh, and Floodplains) and water tiles.
Aluminum	Pre-: Bomber, Fighter, Jet Bomber, Jet Fighter : Bomber, Fighter, Jet Bomber, Jet Fighter, Helicopter, P-51 Mustang	+1 Science	Mine	Revealed by Radio. Found on Plains, Rainforest, and Desert tiles.
Uranium	Pre-: Nuclear Devices, Nuclear Submarines, Modern Armor : Nuclear Devices, Giant Death Robot	+2 Production	Mine	Revealed by Combined Arms. Found on most land tiles.

Artifacts

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

Mode-specific resources

Secret Societies

Resource	Secret Society	Base Yield Modifier	Notes
Ley Line	Hermetic Order	N/A	Gives major adjacency to all Districts (except Seowon). Grants bonus yields whenever a Great Person is earned.

Scenario-specific resources

Gifts of the Nile

Resource	Base Yield Modifier	Improvement	Notes
Gold Ore	+3 Gold	Mine	Luxury resource. Found on Plains, Plains Hills, Desert, and Desert Hills tiles.

Outback Tycoon

Resource	Base Yield Modifier	Improvement	Notes
Gold Ore	+4 Gold	Mine	Luxury resource. Found on Plains, Plains Hills, Desert, and Desert Hills tiles.

Added in the Rise and Fall expansion pack.

Added in the Gathering Storm expansion pack.