Resources are special commodities found in limited quantities on the map. When a resource is "worked" via a tile improvement, it provides a bonus for your colony. Bonuses vary from increased tile yield (production, food, etc.), a strategic resource for military, or by providing Amenities for your civilization.
Basic Resources
Strategic Resources
Resource
Enables
Tile Yield
Improvement Modifier
Notes
Horses
Cavalry units
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Iron
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Luxury Resources
Luxury resources are commodities highly prized by citizens, and thus grant Amenities. Most must be claimed by an empire's city borders, while some are exclusively obtained via suzerainty with certain city-states.
Added in the Rise and Fall expansion pack.
Added in the Gathering Storm expansion pack.
