Resources

There are 7 different resources in AoD: Villagers, Food rations, Gold, Wood, Stone, Iron, and Dark Essence. The resources can be split into two broad categories Produced and Constructed; Produced resources are all resources that are made over time and you have a stock pile of them (Gold, Wood, Stone, Iron) whereas Constructed are those Resources that are given once when a building is constructed (Villagers and Food rations). Dark essence is an exception as it is only gained from drops at Points of Interest, Obelisk bosses, Dark Crystals, and Nightmares (with certain boons).

## **Villagers**

A resource representing the population of your settlement that is required for the production of military units and construction of buildings. All buildings that produces resources (except houses) need Villagers to function, without Villagers the building will produce nothing. Additional Villagers can be gained by building or upgrading Dwellings, Lodges and, Houses.

## **Food Rations**

Required to build houses, upgrade the Keep and build mid/late game units, Food is the life blood of your town. Produced at Food Huts, Farms, Refined Farm, and Fishing Port is primarily used to support houses, and is the most space intensive resource to produces as all food production building produces food based on how many empty tiles are in there radius. Increasing your food production is an essential step in expanding the economy of your settlement.

## **Gold**

Thee primary resource of AoD, required to construct every building and to produce every unit. There are 3 main ways to increase your gold supply: constructing or upgrading Dwellings, Lodges, and Houses, upgrading your Keep, and mining Gold deposits found throughout the map with a Quarry. Additional Gold can be obtained through Fishing Ports, which will periodically spawn clickable fishtraps yielding + 200 gold, or by selling excess Resources using the Bazzar.

## **Stone**

Very Important resource which is particulary used in improving your defences and training ranged units such as Archers and Arbalests. Stone is also used to upgrade your Keep and is required for most advanced structures in the game. It is recommended you establish a supply of stone quickly so you can upgrade your Keep for extra gold production, construct storehouses, train ranged units, and upgrade your defences.

## **Iron**

Mid game resource required to construct the highest tier of buildings and recruit the strongest units. Like stone, it is recommended to set up a supply of Iron early as it is a critical resource for bolstering your offensive and defensive capabilities. Iron is also a core ingredient of the powerful late game artillery units and the Grand Ballista Tower static defence.

## **Dark Essence**

A Special resource which unlocks the final tier of the Unit Skill tree and can be used to instantly revive a fallen Hero. The resource is rare and hard to come by and there are only 3 ways of obtaining it. First, Dark Essence will spawn after a Dark Crystal is broken and the drop rate is increased if the crystal has been willingly destroyed by the player. Do note though that destroying a Dark Crystal will fast forward the next Death Night from the location of the destroyed crystal. The second way of obtaining Dark Essence is by defeating Elite Nightmares which only spawn at night and lastly, nightmares may drop dark essence as a resource via a Blessing.