Building City on Resource

[ritterpa]

If I build a city on top of a resource, do have access to that resource?

 

[Stuporstar]

Nope. I was curious about this myself once, so I founded a city on top of a chunk of stone and I couldn't do anything with it. That sucks huh.

 

[Robsteak]

Actually, you do have access to it. I remember once, I had no access to horses in or near my main territory, but there was one on the other side of the continent that no one else had taken. I then took a galley with a settler over to it, built the town right on the horses (that were on the shoreline), and my horses were then connected to my network by sea.

 

[Wlauzon]

You do, but can't do anything with it until you learn the tech to use it. Then you will get the "discovery" message.

 

[ritterpa]

You do, but can't do anything with it until you learn the tech to use it. Then you will get the "discovery" message.

Cool. Does it modify the town square's output?

 

[Meglomania]

No modifiers on the town square from what ive noticed as you can't build the improvement that gives the bonuses.

 

[weevil]

As far as I understand the town square allways produce 2 food, 1 hammer and 1 commerce?

Founding a city on a resource should give you access to it. In my last game I had a city on top of a oil resource and i got access to it just fine.

 

[EricJames]

If it's a strategic resource you will recieve benefit from it. Otherwise if it provides happiness/healthiness/bonus resources for the tile, you won't recieve those benefits.

 

[MosquitoE]

I believe the way the game handles special resources is as Wlauzon said. You dont have access to the resource until you've discovered the necessary tech. Cows for example need pasture tech before you get a health bonus. All even then you wont get the +2 food or whatever it is. For this reason I tend to build cities where they have access to resources but not directly on top of them. This allows you to improve those squares later and get some nice bonuses over regular terrain.

 

[Cyberian]

I noticed that you will always get a bonus when settling on a ressource. exactly the one listed in the Civilopedia (the one for the ressource not the improvement). +1 Food Production or Commerce depending on the ressource. So on wheat your main city square makes 3 Food.

 

[Gufnork]

You sometimes get a bonus for settling on a bonus resource, but not always. It's rarely worth it however, try and avoid it. Building a city on hills+plains gives you an extra production though, which is worth remembering.