Niter (Civ6)

Niter
Strategic resource
Introduced in Civilization VI
Revealed by	Military Engineering
Resource value	+1 +1
Frequency	10
Primary Improvement
Improvement	Mine
Available with	Mining
Mine value	+1 Production +1 Production (Req. Apprenticeship) +1 Production (Req. Industrialization) +2 Niter per turn
Required for
Units	Musketman  Line Infantry  Bombard
Units	Musketman  Bombard  Frigate  Conquistador  De Zeven Provinciën  Line Infantry  Garde Impériale  Janissary  Redcoat
Found on
Terrain	Plains Floodplains  Grassland Floodplains  Desert  Plains  Grassland  Tundra

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Niter is a Medieval Era Strategic Resource in Civilization VI. It is revealed with Military Engineering.

Niter is found on a variety of terrain, always on flatland.

• +1 Food
• +1 Production

Strategy

Niter is a mid-game resource that is often found in rather cumbersome locations (such as Tundra regions), but it is essential for furthering military progress in the game. It is a requirement for producing the major siege and melee units of its era, and since its influence can reach even into the Modern Era, it can be considered highly valuable for warfare.

Niter, being such a useful ingredient in gunpowder production and fertilizers, additionally offers the same bonuses to Production and Food that Horses do, so it is generally recommended to take advantage of its appearance.

This resource has become even more valuable in Gathering Storm, with a number of previously resource-independent unique units such as the Redcoat now requiring Niter.

Civilopedia entry

Better known as saltpeter, niter is the mineral form of potassium nitrate. Although known for millennia, it didn’t become important until the Chinese figured out it could be combined with sulfur to make gunpowder in the mid-1st century AD. And gunpowder is really good for making fireworks and blowing things up. Niter is also useful as a fertilizer and food preservative, but few people remember that.