List of Resources

Resources are materials that are consistently used for a variety of mechanics in Rise of Nations. Currently, there are two types of resources in the game, which are natural and manmade. Natural resources are automatically generated from numerous regions across the globe, while manmade materials can be manufactured via factories, but each factory requires its needed natural resources in order to be maintained.

Natural resources are diverse throughout each nation, as the vast majority of countries have a limited stockpile of unique resources that they continuously produce. The production of natural resources can be used to construct factories, expand the economy, engage in international trading, or recruit and reinforce certain assets in the military, such as naval vessels, tanks, aircraft, and more.

Natural Resource Chart

The chart below lists all the resources, which nations they can be found in, and what they are used for.

Resource	Found in	Used for
Aluminum	Aluminum is found in: Afghanistan, Australia, Brazil, Cambodia, Cameroon, China, Egypt, Ghana, Greece, Guinea, Guyana, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Laos, Malawi, Mali, Mongolia, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Suriname, Ukraine, and Venezuela.	Producing Aircraft Parts
Chromium	Chromium is found in: Zimbabwe, South Africa, Madagascar, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Eswatini, Pakistan, Philippines, Iran, Russia, India, Egypt, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Afghanistan, Ghana, Finland, and Albania.	Producing Aircraft Parts
Copper	Copper is found in: Chile, Australia, Russia, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, China, Japan, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Germany, Ukraine, Romania, Hungary, Serbia, Albania, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Turkey, Greece, Uganda, Sudan, Eritrea, United States, Mexico, Panama, Colombia, Brazil, Peru, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Georgia, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Canada, Iran, Oman, Poland, Greenland, Bolivia, and Argentina.	Producing Electronics
Diamond	Diamond is found in: Australia, India, Russia, Sierra Leone, Cote d'Ivoire, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Angola, Zimbabwe, Botswana, South Africa, and Lesotho.	Useful for powering Mines
Gold	Gold is found in: Cote d'Ivoire, Zimbabwe, Kazakhstan, New Zealand, Bulgaria, Sweden, Australia, Chile, Nigeria, Mali, Portugal, France, Austria, Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Guinea, Ghana, Togo, Burkina Faso, Niger, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, South Africa, Namibia, Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia, Egypt, Brazil, Chile, Peru, Guyana, Mexico, United States, Canada, New Zealand, Russia, Japan, Indonesia, India, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Slovakia, Ukraine, Finland, Italy, Greenland, and Antarctica.	Producing Electronics
Iron	Iron is found in: Russia, United States, China, Algeria, Kazakhstan, South Africa, Egypt, India, Australia, Brazil, Nigeria, Angola, Liberia, Mauritania, Canada, France, Iran, Ukraine, Tunisia, Zimbabwe, Guinea, Zambia, North Korea, Mongolia, Laos, Mexico, United Kingdom, Peru, Kyrgyzstan, Spain, Morocco, Argentina, Pakistan, Chile, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia, Cote d'Ivoire, Germany, Afghanistan, Venezuela, Libya, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Romania, Cameroon, Belarus, Cambodia, Sweden, Georgia, Niger, Slovakia, and Greenland.	Producing Steel
Oil	Oil is found in: Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Timor-Leste, Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil, Turkmenistan, Russia , Libya, India, United States of America, Mexico, Peru, Canada, China, Iran , Indonesia, Iraq, Germany, United Arab Emirates, Argentina, France, Australia, Italy, Syria, Pakistan, Oman, Turkey, Brunei, Tunisia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Egypt, Poland, Kazakhstan, Andorra, Thailand, Tajikistan, Slovakia, Austria, Taiwan, Philippines, United Kingdom, Gabon, Chad, Afghanistan, Spain, Yemen, Romania, Burma, Bolivia, Trinidad and Tobago, Norway, Papua New Guinea, Azerbaijan, Angola, Japan, Bangladesh, Chile, Mozambique, Moldova, Jordan, Guyana, Ecuador, Netherlands, Gibraltar, Israel, Cuba, Morocco, Kuwait, Qatar, Gibraltar, Czech Republic, Malaysia, Nigeria, Albania, South Sudan, Georgia, Macedonia, Suriname, Bulgaria, New Zealand, Slovenia, Serbia, Somalia, Hungary, Switzerland, Cameroon, Madagascar, Sweden, Greece, Croatia, Latvia, Senegal, Kyrgyzstan, Sudan, Lithuania, Ethiopia, Denmark, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Vietnam, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Niger, Republic of Congo, Mongolia, Nepal, Laos, Belgium, and Antarctica.	Fueling Naval, Aircraft, and Tank Units
Phosphate	Phosphate is found in: Tunisia, Kazakhstan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Brazil, Senegal, Russia, Iraq, Mexico, Uzbekistan, Finland, Ukraine, Spain, Western Sahara, Tanzania, South Africa, Namibia, Algeria, Togo, Niger, Burkina Faso, Peru, Jordan, Iran, and Turkmenistan.	Producing Fertilizer
Titanium	Titanium is found in: China, Australia, South Africa, Canada, Ukraine, Mozambique, Kenya, Senegal, Madagascar, India, Norway, Vietnam, United States, Sierra Leone, Japan, Brazil, Russia, Sri Lanka, Kazakhstan, Antarctica, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, and Turkey.	Producing Aircraft Parts & Steel
Tungsten	Tungsten is found in: Russia, Kazakhstan, China, Bolivia, South Africa, Uzbekistan, France, United Kingdom, Spain, Uganda, Sweden, Finland, Tajikistan, Mongolia, Austria, and Liechtenstein.	Producing Motor Parts
Uranium	Uranium is found in: Antarctica, Kazakhstan, China, Australia, Niger, Lesotho, United States, Canada, Russia, Ukraine, Pakistan, Iran, and Namibia.	Producing Enriched Uranium

List of Factory Resources

Resource	Requirements per cycle	Used for
Aircraft Parts	2 Aluminum, 2 Chromium, 2 Titanium	Manufacturing Aircraft and Aircraft Carriers
Fertilizer	3.5 Phosphate	Producing Consumer Goods
Steel	4 Iron, 0.2 Titanium	Producing Tanks, Capital Ships, and Motor Parts
Consumer Goods	3 Electronics, 2.5 Motor Parts, 2.5 Fertilizer	A nation's population has a certain demand for consumer goods. Once the demand is met, a nation gets 25% stability boost. The larger the population, the more consumer goods must be produced.
Motor Parts	1 Steel, 2 Tungsten	Producing tanks and Consumer Goods
Electronics	2 Gold, 2 Copper	Building Sonar Stations and producing Consumer Goods
Enriched Uranium	20 Uranium	Producing nukes

Removed Resources

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This article is talking about a feature, formable, or mechanic that has been removed from the game on 09/23/2019. This page has been preserved for historical and or informational purposes.

Old resources menu — An older screenshot of the resources menu, when Sulfur and Nickel were in the game

Lithium

Lithium is a removed material during the update tests. It could be found in Africa, Australia, Portugal, Argentina, Chile, and Bolivia, and was used to produce Electronics.

Sulfur

Sulfur was a resource found in Africa, Poland, and other random areas. Sulfur was specifically used to create Fertilizer, but was removed because of its rarity making Fertilizer so difficult to produce.

Nickel

Nickel was a resource that existed for a very short time during the update tests, and had no known uses. It was removed shortly after the tests began.