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

Luxury

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

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 flatland Grassland and Plains without features.
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 Hills without features.
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 flatland only (includes floodplains).
Coal	Pre-: Ironclad, Battleship : Ironclad, Battleship, Minas Geraes	+2 Production	Mine	Revealed by Industrialization. Found on Hills.
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 both on land (on flat desert, tundra and snow tiles without features, and on marshes and floodplains) and at sea.
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 with rainforest and Desert.
Uranium	Pre-: Nuclear Devices, Nuclear Submarines, Modern Armor : Nuclear Devices, Giant Death Robot	+2 Production	Mine	Revealed by Combined Arms. Found almost everywhere.

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, plain hills, desert and desert hills.

Outback Tycoon

Resource	Base Yield Modifier	Improvement	Notes
Gold Ore	+4 Gold	Mine	Luxury resource. Found on plains, plain hills, desert and desert hills.

Added in the Rise and Fall expansion pack.

Added in the Gathering Storm expansion pack.