Resource

Resources are special commodities found in limited quantities on the map. In Civilization VI, when a resource is worked (or there's production), it provides bonuses to an empire. To work a resource, players need to use a builder to either construct a specific tile improvement (on land) or build a Fishing Boats (on water), or they can settle a City on top of the resource. Bonuses range from an increased yield (production, food, etc.) to gaining access to a number of strategic and luxury resources such as Iron, Uranium, and Gold, some of which are necessary for producing specific units and buildings. Resources also provide more happiness to Citizens.

Bonus resources[]

Bonus resources provide local yield boosts of food, production, or gold when improved.

Bonus resources may be harvested, which permanently removes the resource in return for 25 times their yield (on Normal speed).

Founding a city on a bonus resource does not grant any additional resource yield beyond the resource yield already shown on the tile. This means a city does not act like an improvement on a bonus resource.^[1]

The Bonus Resources in Civilization VI
Resource	Resource Yields	Improved by	Notes
Bananas	+1 Food	Plantation	-
Cattle	+1 Food	Pasture	-
Copper	+2 Gold	Mine	-
Crabs	+2 Gold	Fishing Boats	-
Deer	+1 Production	Camp	-
Fish	+1 Food	Fishing Boats	-
Rice	+1 Food	Farm	+1 with Water Mill
Sheep	+1 Food	Pasture	-
Stone	+1 Production	Quarry	-
Wheat	+1 Food	Farm	+1 with Water Mill

Strategic resources[]

These resources are required to build certain units. Most are invisible until revealed by a particular technology.

Building the appropriate improvement on a strategic resource gives access to 1 copy of that resource. With 2 copies of a strategic resource any City may build any number of units requiring that strategic resource. A City with the appropriate district (Encampment, Harbor, or Aerodrome) or a civilization with the Resource Management policy (unlocked by Conservation) only requires 1 copy.

Unique units never require strategic resources.

Founding a city on a strategic resource provides the strategic resource but not the resource yields.

The Strategic Resources in Civilization VI
Resource	Resource Yields	Revealed by	Improved by	Required for
Aluminum	+1 Science	Advanced Flight	Mine	Jet Bomber Jet Fighter
Coal	+2 Production	Steam Power	Mine	Ironclad Battleship
Horses	+1 Food +1 Production	no tech required (Animal Husbandry with early Gathering Storm livestreams)	Pasture	Horseman Cavalry
Iron	+1 Science	Bronze Working	Mine	Swordsman Knight
Niter	+1 Food +1 Production	Gunpowder	Mine	Musketman Bombard
Oil	+3 Production	Combustion	Oil Well (on land) Offshore Oil Rig (on water, requires Plastics)	Tank Aircraft Carrier
Uranium	+2 Production	Nuclear Fission	Mine	Modern Armor Nuclear Submarine

Luxury resources[]

These resources provide Amenities to cities. A city can only benefit from a single luxury resource once. By default each unique luxury resource provides 4 Amenities (i.e. +1 Amenities to each of up to 4 cities), however, a few provide 6. Having more than one copy of a luxury resource provides no additional direct benefit, but they may be traded away to other civilizations.

Founding a city on a luxury resource provides the luxury resource as well as the resource yields.

The Luxury Resources in Civilization VI
Resource	Resource Yields	Improved/Accessed By
Amber	+1 Culture	Mine
Cinnamon	(off-map)	Accessible only though the Suzerain bonus of the City-State of Zanzibar. 6 Amenities (1 per city).
Citrus	+2 Food	Plantation
Cloves	(off-map)	Accessible only though the Suzerain bonus of the City-State of Zanzibar. 6 Amenities (1 per city).
Cocoa	+3 Gold	Plantation
Coffee	+1 Culture	Plantation
Cosmetics	(off-map)	Accessible only through Great Merchant Helena Rubinstein (Atomic Era).
Cotton	+3 Gold	Plantation
Diamonds	+3 Gold	Mine
Dyes	+1 Faith	Plantation
Furs	+1 Food +1 Gold	Camp
Gypsum	+1 Production +1 Gold	Mine
Incense	+1 Faith	Plantation
Ivory	+1 Production +1 Gold	Camp
Jade	+1 Culture	Mine
Jeans	(off-map)	Accessible only through Great Merchant Levi Strauss (Atomic Era).
Marble	+1 Culture	Quarry
Mercury	+1 Science	Mine
Pearls	+1 Faith	Fishing Boats
Perfume	(off-map)	Accessible only through Great Merchant Estee Lauder (Information Era). 6 Amenities (1 per city).
Salt	+1 Food +1 Gold	Mine
Silk	+1 Culture	Plantation
Silver	+3 Gold	Mine
Spices	+2 Food	Plantation
Sugar	+2 Food	Plantation
Tea	+1 Science	Plantation
Tobacco	+1 Faith	Plantation
Toys	(off-map)	Accessible only through Great Merchant John Spilsbury (Industrial Era).
Truffles	+3 Gold	Camp
Whales	+1 Food +1 Gold	Fishing Boats
Wine	+1 Food +1 Gold	Plantation

Artifact resources[]

Artifacts can be unearthed by Archaeologists after building an Archaeological Museum. They function as Great Works and are stored in the Archaeological Museum of the City where the Archaeologist was built.

The Terracotta Army Wonder allows Archaeologists to enter foreign lands without Open Borders.