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Jump to navigationJump to searchThis is a summary table of all resources in the game. Anything you can pick up is a resource.
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Resources Summary
| Resource | Weight | Bulk | Brief Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | |||
| Abdju Fish | 1 | 1 | A type of Fish. |
| Acorn's Cap Mushroom | 1 | 1 | A type of Mushroom. |
| Aluminum | 1 | 1 | A metal created by smelting Aluminum Ore in Furnaces. |
| Aluminum Ore | 1 | 1 | An Ore found by Mining. |
| Antimony | 1 | 1 | A metal created by smelting Antimony Ore in Furnaces. |
| Antimony Ore | 1 | 1 | An Ore found by Mining. |
| Anvil Bed | 1 | 1 | Used to make an Anvil. |
| Ash | 1 | 1 | Produced in a Firepit. |
| B | |||
| Ball Peen Hammer | 1 | 1 | A tool used in Blacksmithing. |
| Barley | 0 | 1 | (Category) A grain. |
| Barley (raw) | 0 | 1 | Uncooked or malted Barley. |
| Barrel Tap | 1 | 1 | Used to seal a Wine Barrel after Grapes have been added. |
| Basic Fishing Pole | 1 | 1 | Used for Fishing in rivers and lakes. |
| Baskets | 1 | 1 | Woven from 200 Dried Papyrus on a student's loom or Hand Loom. |
| Beer | 100 | 1 | (Category) An alcoholic beverage in a Small Barrel. |
| Beer Kettle Kit | 1 | 1 | The result of picking up a Beer Kettle. |
| Beeswax | 1 | 1 | Produced by bees in an Apiary. |
| Boards | 1 | 1 | Made from wood on a wood plane or carpentry shop (with a carpentry blade installed). |
| Bricks | 1 | 1 | Made from a 3:2:1 ratio of mud, straw and sand on a Flimsy Brick Rack, Sturdy Brick Rack or in a Brick Machine. |
| C | |||
| Cabbage | 1 | 1 | A type of vegetable. |
| Cabbage Juice | 1 | 1 | Made from cabbage crushed using a kitchen. |
| Cabbage Seeds | 1 | 1 | Used to grow cabbage. |
| Cactus Sap | 1 | 1 | Collected from a previously injured Royal Cactus. |
| Camel Meat | 1 | 1 | Produced by slaughtering camels. |
| Camel Milk | 1 | 1 | Produced by female camels when given a taste of honey shortly after giving birth. |
| Camels Mane Mushroom | 1 | 1 | A type of Mushroom, plucked fresh from the Earth. |
| Candle | 1 | 1 | Made from Beeswax in a Kitchen with an Iron Cookpot. |
| Canvas | 1 | 1 | Woven from 60 twine on a Loom. |
| Carp Fish | 1 | 1 | A type of Fish. |
| Carpentry Blade | 1 | 1 | (Complex) Made using Metal on an Anvil. |
| Carrot Juice | 1 | 1 | Made from grating carrots using a kitchen. |
| Carrot Seeds | 1 | 1 | Used to grow carrots. |
| Carrots | 1 | 1 | A type of vegetable. |
| Catfish | 1 | 1 | A type of Fish. |
| Charcoal | 1 | 1 | Made by burning wood in a firepit, Charcoal Hearth or Charcoal Oven. Used as a fuel in many buildings in Egypt. |
| Chromis Fish | 1 | 1 | A type of Fish. |
| Clay | 1 | 1 | Gathered by standing on clay and clicking the clay action icon (a shovel digging into red ground) while having filled water in jugs in your inventory. |
| Clay Mortars | 1 | 1 | Made by firing a wet clay mortar in a Kiln. Used to build a Kitchen and a Chemistry Laboratory. |
| Coconut Meat | 1 | 1 | Made by splitting coconuts in a kitchen. |
| Coconut Water | 1 | 1 | Made by splitting coconuts in a kitchen. |
| Coconuts | 1 | 3 | Gathered from coconut trees. |
| Copper | 1 | 1 | A Metal created by smelting Copper Ore in Furnaces. |
| Copper Ore | 1 | 1 | An Ore found by Mining. |
| Copper Sheeting | 1 | 1 | Made from Copper in Forges equipped with Pinch Rollers. |
| Copper Straps | 1 | 1 | Made from Copper in Forges equipped with Pinch Rollers. |
| Copper Wire | 1 | 1 | Made from Copper in Forges equipped with an Extrusion Plate. |
| Crucibles | 1 | 1 | Cut from a Medium Stones on a Mason's Bench. |
| Crudely Carved Handle | 1 | 1 | Carved from 1 Wood. |
| Cut Stone | 1 | 1 | Cut from a Cuttable Stone on a rock saw. |
| Cuttable Stone | 1 | 1 | Produced by digging. Used to make a pulley or cut stone on a rock saw |
| D | |||
| Dirt | 1 | 1 | Dug from a patch of soil using a shovel. |
| Dowsing Rod | 1 | 1 | Used to dowse for nearby ore. |
| Dried Flax | 1 | 1 | Made by drying Rotten Flax on a Drying Rack or Flax Hammock. |
| Dried Papyrus | 1 | 1 | Made by drying Papyrus on a Drying Rack or Flax Hammock. |
| Dung | 1 | 1 | A byproduct of raising sheep and camels. Placed in a tub to make saltpeter or used to build a thistle garden. |
| E | |||
| Earth Light Mushroom | 1 | 1 | A type of Mushroom, plucked fresh from the Earth. |
| Extrusion Plate | 1 | 1 | Made in a Masters Forge, it allows a forge to be upgraded. Takes 40 copper and 30 minutes to cool down. |
| F | |||
| Firebricks | 1 | 1 | Made by firing wet firebricks in a Kiln. |
| Fish | 1 | 1 | (category) Caught by fishing. |
| Flax | 1 | 1 | Made from Flax Seeds. Can be rotted in water, using the Skills menu, for drying and processing into thread, canvas, linen and rope. |
| Flax Seeds | 1 | 1 | Used to grow Flax. Can be crushed into oil in a kitchen. |
| Flint | 1 | 1 | Occasionally found while collecting Clay. |
| Flint Chisel | 1 | 1 | Made from 4 flint via your Skills > Assembly menu. Needed to collect Limestone. |
| Flint Hammer | 1 | 1 | Made from 3 flint, 1 rope and 1 wood via your Skills > Assembly menu. Needed to collect Limestone. |
| Flystone | 1 | 1 | Made by cutting medium stones in a rock saw. |
| G | |||
| Garlic | 1 | 1 | A type of vegetable. Used in cooking; can also be grilled in a Firepit. |
| Garlic Seeds | 1 | 1 | Used to grow garlic. |
| Grass | 1 | 1 | Dried into straw by dropping on the ground or in a drying rack or flax hammock. Harvested from a greenhouse or by clicking the 'grass action icon' while on grass. |
| Grilled Cabbage | 1 | 1 | A stat-enhancing food, created from cabbage in a Firepit. (+2 speed) |
| Grilled Carrots | 1 | 1 | A stat-enhancing food, created from carrots in a Firepit. (+2 perception) |
| Grilled Fish | 1 | 1 | A stat-enhancing food, created from fish in a Firepit. (+1 endurance) |
| Grilled Garlic | 1 | 1 | A stat-enhancing food, created from garlic in a Firepit. (+2 focus) |
| Grilled Onions | 1 | 1 | A stat-enhancing food, created from onions in a Firepit. (+2 endurance) |
| H | |||
| Heart of Ash Mushroom | 1 | 1 | A type of Mushroom, plucked fresh from the Earth. |
| Honey | 1 | 1 | Collected from apiaries. |
| I | |||
| Iron | 1 | 1 | A Metal created by smelting Iron Ore in Furnaces |
| Iron Bar | 1 | 1 | An Iron Bar is created in a Forge from 2 Iron. It takes 15 minutes to cool |
| Iron Ore | 1 | 1 | A type of common Ore found while Mining |
| J | |||
| Jugs | 1 | 1 | Made by firing wet clay jugs in a Kiln. Required to carry Water and Sulphurous Water. |
| Iron Knife Blade | 1 | 1 | Made from 2 iron in a forge. It takes 10 minutes to cool. |
| L | |||
| Leather | 1 | 1 | Produced by slaughtering sheep or camels. Used to repair mines, as tuition fees for Schools and to construct a multitude of buildings. |
| Leeks | 1 | 1 | A type of vegetable. |
| Leek Seeds | 1 | 1 | Used to grow Leeks. |
| Lime | 1 | 1 | Made from limestone in a firepit or crematory. |
| Limestone | 1 | 1 | Gathered using a hammer and chisel at a limestone patch. |
| Linen | 1 | 1 | Woven from 400 Thread on a Loom. |
| Lint | 1 | 1 | A flax product. Spun in a small distaff to produce thread. |
| M | |||
| Medium Stones | 10 | 1 | Found when digging for cuttable stone. |
| Mud | 1 | 1 | Found near water. Used to make bricks. |
| Mutton | 1 | 1 | Made by slaughtering a sheep. |
| O | |||
| Oil | 1 | 1 | Made by slaughtering sheep or camels, or by crushing flax seed in a kitchen. |
| Onions | 1 | 1 | A type of vegetable. |
| Onion Seeds | 1 | 1 | Required to grow Onions. |
| Oxyrynchus Fish | 1 | 1 | A type of fish. |
| P | |||
| Palm Frond | 1 | 1 | Occasionally can be pulled down from various types of palm trees. |
| Papyrus | 1 | 1 | Cultivated along the Nile. Can be dried for extra seeds. |
| Papyrus Seeds (hf) | 1 | 1 | Planted on the Nile to grow papyrus. |
| Perch Fish | 1 | 1 | A type of Fish. |
| Phagrus Fish | 1 | 1 | A type of Fish. |
| Pulley | 1 | 1 | Created by cutting a cuttable stone on a Rock Saw. |
| Pinch Roller | ? | ? | Created in a master forge, takes 30 Iron and 15 minutes to make. |
| R | |||
| Red Sand | 1 | 1 | Smelted into quicksilver. See the Atlas for locations. |
| Rope | 1 | 1 | 1 Rope is spun from 5 Twine in a Small Distaff. |
| Rotten Flax | 1 | 1 | Made from rotting Flax in water. |
| S | |||
| Sail | 1 | 1 | A cloth product, used to make Ferry Boats. |
| Saltpeter | 1 | 1 | Made by rotting dung in a tub. |
| Sand | 1 | 1 | It's a desert, dude. |
| Scythe | 1 | 1 | Used with the rhythmic strength skill and a basket to gather more grass. |
| Serpent Fish | 1 | 1 | A type of Fish. |
| Sharpened Stick | 1 | 1 | Made from whittling Wood with a Knife. |
| Sheep | 300 | 1 | Found in the wild and bred in a Sheep Pen. |
| Silt | 1 | 1 | Found on the ground, usually near water, bridges, and clay patches. |
| Slate | 1 | 1 | Found while running near water. Gathered by clicking the slate icon when it pops up. |
| Slate Shovel | 1 | 1 | Made from 1 Stone Blade and 2 boards in a Carpentry Shop. |
| Soda | 1 | 1 | Occasionally found while collecting limestone. |
| Stone Blade | 1 | 1 | A blade made out of slate. |
| Straw | 1 | 1 | Dried grass. A basic resource. |
| Sulfur | 1 | 1 | Made from sulphurous water in a tub or kettle. |
| Sulphurous Water | 2 | 1 | Found in bright orange-rimmed ponds around Egypt. Check the atlas for locations. |
| T | |||
| Tadpoles | 0 | 0 | Found when collecting Water. |
| Tar | 20 | 1 | Collected from Tar Pits. |
| Thorns | 0 | 1 | Found on thorn-bearing bushes. |
| Thread | 0 | 1 | Woven to produce Linen. |
| Tilapia Fish | 1 | 1 | A type of Fish. |
| Tinder | 1 | 1 | Made by shredding Wood with a Knife. |
| Tow | 1 | 1 | Used to make Twine. |
| Twine | 1 | 1 | Spun from Tow in a small distaff. Used to make Rope and Canvas. |
| W | |||
| Water in Jugs | 2 | 1 | Made by filling Jugs with the blue water icon while standing near a water source. |
| Wet Clay Jugs | 1 | 1 | Made from clay on a pottery wheel. |
| Wet Clay Mortar | 1 | 1 | Molded by hand from 4 pieces of clay. |
| Wet Firebricks | 1 | 1 | Made from a 5:1 ratio of silt and sand on a Brick Rack or in a Brick Machine. Baked into firebricks in a Kiln. |
| White Sand | 10 | 1 | Used to make Jewel Glass in a Glazier's Bench. |
| Wood | 1 | 1 | Wood can be harvested from most trees. |
Resource Page Guidelines
When creating a new resource page, please observe the format used in existing pages. For details on the template to use and how to denote requirements so autogenerated lists on other pages pick it up, please see Template:ItemInfo.
In future, the list above will be autogenerated; in the meantime, please observe the conventions used.
Resource Notes by Region
Tips on finding Resources in each region.
- Resource/ADN
- Resource/Cat's Claw Ridge
- Resource/Falcon Bay
- Resource/Heaven's Gate
- Resource/Khmun
- Resource/Meroe
- Resource/Nomad's Paradise
- Resource/Pyramid Lake
- Resource/Queen's Retreat
- Resource/Saqqarah
- Resource/Shabbat Ab
- Resource/Sinai
- Resource/Stillwater
Resource Descriptions Index
List of Resources. Just add [[Category:Resources]] to the bottom of any page to add it to the category.
