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 either construct a specific tile improvement with a builder (on land) or expending a Fishing Boats (on water), or settle a City on top of the resource. Bonuses vary from increased yield (production, food, etc.) to a number of units of Iron, Uranium, Gold or some other strategic or luxury resources necessary for producing specific units and buildings, usually as well as for providing more happiness to Citizens.

Bonus resources

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

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

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	-
Sheep	+1 Food	Pasture	-
Stone	+1 Production	Quarry	-
Wheat	+1 Food	Farm	-

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.

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)	Pasture	Horseman Cavalry
Iron	+1 Production +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.

The Luxury Resources in Civilization VI
Resource	Resource Yields	Improved/Accessed By
Cinnamon	(not on map)	Accessible only though trade with the City-State of Zanzibar. 6 Amenities (1 per city).
Citrus	+2 Food	Plantation
Cloves	(not on map)	Accessible only though trade with the City-State of Zanzibar. 6 Amenities (1 per city).
Cocoa	+3 Gold	Plantation
Coffee	+1 Culture	Plantation
Cosmetics	(not on 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	(not on map)	Accessible only through Great Merchant Levi Strauss (Atomic Era).
Marble	+1 Culture	Quarry
Mercury	+1 Science	Mine
Pearls	+1 Faith	Fishing Boats
Perfume	(not on 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	(not on 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