Civilization III introduces two new new resource types, luxury resources and strategic resources, in addition to the bonus resources in Civilization II.
Luxury resources are goods that improve the happiness of your cities.
Strategic resources are needed to make certain military units (iron, for example, is needed to make the Swordsman or Roman Legion units).
Bonus resources are resources like gold that simply produce extra food, commerce, or shields.Resources can be depleted, although it doesn't happen often. You can trade any excess resource with other Civs.
There are
25 different resources in Civ3:
- Strategic Resources(8)
- Luxury Resources (8)
- Bonus Resources (6)
Strategic Resources (8):
Legend:
F/S/C: Food/Shield/Commerce
