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''Dawn of Embers'' has '''six resources''': [[#Wood|Wood]], [[#Stone|Stone]], [[#Gold|Gold]], [[#Food|Food]], [[#Leather|Leather]] and [[#Fibre|Fibre]]. Four are gathered directly. Leather and Fibre are '''byproducts''': they come in automatically alongside certain kinds of Food.

Gathered resources are not added to your stockpile when they are cut or picked. A [[Villager]] carries a load back to a building that accepts it, and the load counts only when it is dropped off there. See [[Gathering]] for how this works.

In a skirmish every player starts with '''1,000 of each resource'''.<ref>This is the value set in the game code today. The code marks it as a value to tune, so it may change.</ref>

== Summary ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Resource !! Gathered from !! Dropped off at !! Main uses
|-
| '''Wood''' || Trees || [[Woodcutters Camp]], [[Town Hall]] || Almost every building, ships, siege engines, [[Trade Cart]]s, reseeding [[Farm Plot]]s
|-
| '''Stone''' || Stone deposits || [[Mining Camp]], [[Town Hall]] || Stone walls and gates, towers, the [[Town Hall]], the [[Stronghold]]
|-
| '''Gold''' || Gold deposits; panning at a [[Sifting Station]] || [[Mining Camp]], [[Sifting Station]], [[Town Hall]] || Military units, advanced buildings; the currency of the [[Market]]
|-
| '''Food''' || Berry bushes, [[Farm Plot]]s, hunted animals, fish || Berries and farms: [[Farmers Camp]], [[Gatherers Camp]], [[Town Hall]]. Game: [[Hunters Camp]], [[Town Hall]]. Fish: [[Fishing Docks]] || Villagers and most military units
|-
| '''Leather''' || Byproduct of hunted animals || Banked with the Food load || Archers (Shortbowman, Longbowman, Crossbowman, Cavalry Archer)
|-
| '''Fibre''' || Byproduct of berry bushes and [[Farm Plot]]s || Banked with the Food load || Mages (Fire, Water, Earth, Lightning)
|}

== Wood ==
Wood comes from '''trees'''. A villager ordered onto a standing tree first chops it while it stands, then fells it and keeps working the fallen trunk. A tree holds '''500 wood'''. A felled tree that is used up disappears.

Wood is dropped off at a [[Woodcutters Camp]] or the [[Town Hall]].

'''Uses:''' Wood pays for nearly every building, all ships, all siege engines, the [[Trade Cart]], the Spearman, and the reseeding of empty [[Farm Plot]]s (80 Wood each time).

== Stone ==
Stone comes from '''stone deposits''' placed around the map. Stone is dropped off at a [[Mining Camp]] or the [[Town Hall]].

'''Uses:''' the [[Town Hall]] (100), [[Walls - Stone|stone walls]] and [[Gate - Stone|stone gates]], the [[Archers Keep]] and [[Cannon Tower]] (125 each), the [[Wizards Training Grounds]] (50), the [[Stronghold]] (600), the Trebuchet (50) and the Warden (80).

== Gold ==
Gold comes from '''gold deposits'''. It can also be '''panned''' from the water beside a [[Sifting Station]]: panning never runs out, but it is much slower than mining a deposit (see [[Gathering#Panning for gold|Panning for gold]]).

Gold is dropped off at a [[Mining Camp]], a [[Sifting Station]] or the [[Town Hall]].

'''Uses:''' most military units, the [[Siege Workshop]], [[Military Docks]], [[Trading Hub]], [[Cannon Tower]], [[Wizards Training Grounds]] and [[Stronghold]]. Gold is also the currency of the [[Market]]: every other resource is bought and sold for Gold.

== Food ==
Food has four sources. All of them fill the same Food stockpile.
* '''Berry bushes''' ("Berries" in the game). Dropped off at a [[Farmers Camp]], [[Gatherers Camp]] or [[Town Hall]]. Each unit of Food also yields '''0.5 Fibre'''.
* '''[[Farm Plot]]s''', built beside a [[Farmers Camp]]. A field holds 400 Food and is reseeded for Wood when it is empty. Each unit of Food also yields '''0.2 Fibre'''.
* '''Hunted animals''' ("Game"). A villager must kill the animal first; the carcass is then gathered. Dropped off at a [[Hunters Camp]] or the [[Town Hall]]. Animals also yield '''Leather'''.
* '''Fish''', caught by fishing ships and delivered to the [[Fishing Docks]]. See [[Naval]].

'''Uses:''' villagers (50 each) and most infantry, cavalry and mages. No building costs Food.

== Leather ==
Leather is a '''byproduct of hunting'''. There is no Leather deposit and no separate Leather job: when a villager gathers a carcass, Leather is collected along with the Food and banked when the load is dropped off. How much Leather an animal gives depends on the species (see [[Gathering#Hunting|Hunting]]).

'''Uses:''' archers: Shortbowman (20), Longbowman (30), Crossbowman (25) and Cavalry Archer (20).

== Fibre ==
Fibre is a '''byproduct of gathering Food that grows''': berry bushes and farm fields. There is '''no Fibre node, no Fibre gathering job and no Fibre tool'''. Every load of berries or farm Food brings Fibre home with it automatically.
{| class="wikitable"
! Source !! Fibre per unit of Food !! Fibre in a full load of 100 Food
|-
| Berry bush || 0.5 || 50
|-
| Farm field || 0.2 || 20
|-
| Hunted animal || none || none
|-
| Fish || none || none
|}
Fibre is counted as a fraction while the villager carries the load, and the total is rounded to a whole number when the load is dropped off. A load that is lost or abandoned loses its Fibre too.

'''Uses:''' every mage costs 40 Fibre (Fire Mage, Water Mage, Earth Mage, Lightning Mage).

== Trading resources ==
Wood, Stone, Food, Leather and Fibre can be bought and sold for Gold at the [[Market]]. Prices depend on the map's biome.

== See also ==
* [[Gathering]]
* [[Market]]
* [[Buildings]]
* [[Population and housing]]

== Notes ==
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[[Category:Economy]]
[[Category:Resources]]

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