IntroductionEdit

Natural resources are raw supplies taken from the land from specific deposits. Each island has a finite number of resource types and a finite number of resource deposits for each type. These can be viewed easily by left-clicking on the top-middle city name display that appears when your view is over an island. Then you can click on each resource icon to view each location on your island.

Common resourcesEdit

These natural resources are found on both northern and southern islands.

	Stone deposit: Harvested by stone quarries to produce stone, which is used by countless occidental buildings (every citizen, patrician, and noblemen building except hemp plantations and weaver's huts), and the oriental Bath house building.
	Iron deposit: Harvested by iron ore mines to produce raw iron ore, which is used by iron smelters to make iron, which is chiefly used by toolmaker's workshops to make tools and weapon smithies to make weapons. Iron is also used by barrel cooperages to produce barrels and cannon foundries to produce cannons.
	Coal deposit: Harvested by coal mines to produce coal, which is used chiefly by iron smelters to produce iron, although also used by salt works to produce salt, copper smelters to produce brass, and gold smelters to produce gold.
	Fish: Harvested by fisherman's huts to produce fish, a food need for every occidental civilization class. There aren't specific fish deposits like the prior Anno games had. Therefore, fish can be harvested on all island coasts, including both Northern and Southern.
	Tree: Harvested by lumberjack's huts to produce wood, charcoal burner's huts to produce charcoal and forest glassworks' to produce potash. There is no specific deposit for Trees; they can be planted anywhere, on both southern and northern islands. Trees are automatically planted when the above production buildings are built. Therefore, you only rarely need to manually plant Trees through the build menu.

Northern resourcesEdit

In addition to the universal resources of stone, iron, and coal, the northern islands may also contain the following.

	Bear's cave: Harvested by trapper's lodges to produce furs, which are used by furrier's workshops to create fur coats, a clothing need for noblemen.
	Brine deposit: Harvested by salt mines to produce brine, which is used by salt works to produce salt, which is used by three occidental buildings (tannery, butcher's shop, and furrier's workshop) to provide goods-based needs for patricians and noblemen.

Southern resourcesEdit

In addition to the universal resources of stone, iron, and coal, the southern islands may also contain the following.

	Quartz deposit: Harvested by quartz quarries to produce quartz, which is used by mosaic workshops to produce mosaic and glass smelters to produce glass. Quartz is also used by optician's workshops to produce glasses, a property need for noblemen.
	Copper deposit: Harvested by copper mines to produce copper ore, which is used by copper smelters to produce brass, which is used by two occidental buildings. First, the optician's workshop uses brass to produce glasses, a end-game property need and noblemen. Second, the redsmith's workshop uses brass to produce candlesticks, a end-game property need for patricians and noblemen.
	Gold deposit: Harvested by gold mines to produce gold ore, which is used by gold smelters to produce gold, which is used by silk weaving mills to produce brocade robes, an end-game property need for noblemen.
	Reef: Harvested by pearl fisher's huts to produce pearls, which are used by pearl workshops to produce pearl necklaces, a property need for envoys. Note that reefs are only present on some southern islands and each reef location can support as many pearl fisher's huts as can fit in their area of influence.