Resources

==Food==
Food is a primary resource and is used in the production of citizens, military units, and technology upgrades.
Food is only gathered by building farms and having citizens harvest the resources or building fishing boats from the dock and sending them out to sea to harvest fish. Some rare resources also add to food production when they have a merchant harvesting the resource. A city adds a slow trickle of food to the coffers every in-game minutes. A Granary also enhances the production of Food by means of certain technologies.
When a farm is built, players are grated a small bonus of 25 food, in addition to what they harvest. A cap is placed on farms, and as such, only five farms may be built per city. Some civilizations have national powers that grant them bonuses to their food production.
Food is used throughout the entire game to produce units, research technology, and build structures. Upon achieving Mechanisation, food is less common in building units as players tend to focus more on oil and metal to build airplanes and tanks.
==Metal==
Metal is a primary resource and is used in the production of mainly buildings and units (particularly siege artillery and late-game sea-based units). It is also used in the creation of buildings and is needed for technology upgrades. but is also used to research various upgrades and technologies. Metal is only gathered by building mines and having citizens harvest the resources. Some rare resources also add to metal production when they have a merchant harvesting the resource.
When a mine is built, players are grated a small bonus of 25 metal, in addition to what they harvest. A mine may only be placed on an unoccupied mountain or cliff and the size of the mountain and cliff determines the amount of workers the camp can hold. Some civilizations have national powers that grant them bonuses to their metal production.
Obtaining metal is considerably difficult as there are limited numbers of mountains in a map. Furthermore, there can only be one or two mines occupying a mountain. While it may seem that metal is abundant for a time, building up an army will greatly increase the demand for that resource.
In the market, metal is a highly valuable resource as it sells for (and costs) a lot of wealth.
Constructing Wonders such as the Angkor Wat can expand your accumulation of metal.
==See Also==
* Basic resources
* Mine
* Smelter