Summary
- Settling on luxury resources in Civilization 6 is crucial for cities to improve quickly, especially when acquiring multiple copies of the same resource for industry improvement.
- Different luxury resources provide unique bonuses and modifiers to improve certain aspects of a city, such as population growth, science yield, production towards military units, and more.
- With the right luxury resources, players can gain advantages in various victory types, such as increased faith yield for a Religious Victory, faster production towards military units for a Domination Victory, and quicker growth and population for a Cultural Victory.
With the addition of the Monopolies and Corporations game mode, luxury resources in Civilization 6 have become more powerful than ever. Settling on luxury resources is crucial for cities to improve more quickly, especially when acquiring several copies of the same luxury resource to enable Industry improvement.
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Moreover, these Industries have their own shares of unique bonuses and modifiers to improve certain aspects of a city. Some might improve population growth, while others dramatically improve the Science yield of the industry's host city. With these modifiers, it is now always crucial to look for multiple copies of the same luxury resource.
8 Amber, Dyes, Incense, Pearls
Boost Chances Of Gaining Religious Victory
- +25% Faith yield in the host city.
Religious Victory is one of the many victory types that are available for players in Civilization 6, although it can be downright tricky to accomplish due to its requirements. Players who wish to do so will need to acquire as much faith as possible to amass numerous missionaries and apostles to swiftly convert other civilizations to their Religion in one swoop.
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By having either Amber, Dyes, Incense, or Pearls Industries in one of their cities, a player can quickly gain a large amount of Faith with ease. When coupled with a fully built Holy Site with all of its religious buildings and World Wonders generating faith yield, a city can generate up to 100+ faith per turn.
7 Citrus, Cotton, Ivory, Tobacco, Whales
Churn Out Military Units With Increased Speed
- +30% Production towards military units in the host city.
In high-level multiplayer games and difficulties such as Immortal and Deity games, speed becomes one of the most important resources for a player to have. Any turn will need to be efficient to gain an edge over other civilizations. Therefore, any speed boost towards production is always beneficial.
Such bonuses to production become more crucial when it comes to the construction of military units. By having a city dedicated to military unit production with a fully upgraded encampment and this Industry, a civilization can expect its military strength to shoot up the rankings within a few turns.
6 Furs, Olives
Quickly Builds Up Cities And Expands Borders
- +30% Production towards civilian units in the host city.
As one of the staple games of 4X - short for eXploring, eXpanding, eXploiting, and eXterminating - it has always been beneficial to focus on the expanding part of Civilization 6 as well. Such expansion will require the help of civilian units which may require some turns in order to be built.
With the help of the Furs and Olives Industry, a city will be able to produce civilian units in a much quicker fashion, helping the civilization expand and build up a city in the process. Workers will be able to improve tiles in cities that may need them, and Settlers are always necessary to expand and acquire resources for a civilization.
5 Diamonds, Jade, Silver, Truffles
Swiftly Rake In A Huge Amount Of Gold
- +25% Gold yield in the host city.
In every Civilization 6 save, focusing on gold yield can result in an advantageous position for a player, as they will be able to afford numerous things to improve their civilization, such as buildings, units, and even a Great Person to achieve great yield bonuses in their cities.
With Industries of Diamonds, Jade, Silver, or Truffles, a city will have a +25% gold yield modifier, making it extremely rich in terms of gold production. Coupled with trade routes and a fully upgraded Commercial Hub, a city will be able to produce a huge amount of gold per turn, making it extremely powerful.
4 Gypsum, Marble
An Easier Time In Building City Infrastructures
- +30% Production towards buildings in the host city.
Buildings in a city are always crucial to have in order to unlock the best potential in terms of production yield. A city with multiple districts that are fully upgraded with buildings is capable of single-handedly sustaining a Civilization 6 campaign to a victory, such as getting a Cultural Victory with a fully built Theatre Square.
With the help of the Gypsum or Marble Industry, a city will be able to build those infrastructures in no time due to its bonuses. This also applies to City Center buildings such as Monuments, Granaries, and Walls as well.
3 Coffee, Silk, Spices, Wine
Acquire Quicker Civics For An Easier Victory
- +20% Culture yield in the host city.
Winning a Civilization 6 game will require players to focus on multiple aspects, such as Science, and Civics progression as well. Unlocking the necessary civics is important as it will grant the player access to different policy cards, buildings, units, and government types. It is also one of the most crucial components of a Cultural Victory.
With an Industry of Coffee, Silk, Spices, or Silk, players will be able to combine the bonuses with a fully built Theater Square to gain huge Culture yield at every turn of the game.
2 Mercury, Tea, Turtles
Boost Science Yield For Technological Advancement
- +15% Science yield in the host city.
Getting a technological edge over other civilizations is crucial both to surviving in the game and gaining a victory in the process; specifically in getting a Science Victory, which involves late-game technologies such as Rocketry and Robotics. Therefore, it is always crucial for a city to have at least a Campus district built to focus on technological advances.
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With the addition of the Mercury, Tea, or Turtle Industry as well, a city will be capable of producing a huge amount of Science per turn. Moreover, the technological advances will also enable the player to pivot into other victory types as well, such as Domination Victory, if necessary.
1 Cocoa, Honey, Salt, Sugar
Quickly Grow A City Into A Metropolis
- +20% Population growth, and +3 Housing in the host city.
Having numerous cities is always beneficial for a civilization, but it is always tricky to have all of these cities grow into metropolises with a 20+ population, capable of producing a huge amount of yield per turn. A number of restrictions such as food and housing can prevent a city from even cracking 10+ population.
However, with the help of a Cocoa, Honey, Salt, or Sugar Industry, a city will be able to grow into a 20+ population without too much difficulty. In return, this population will unlock the number of available districts to be built and worked on all available tiles inside the city's borders.
Sid Meier's Civilization 6
- Released
- October 21, 2016
