Resources

Basic Resources
Settler - people to work in most of the production buildings, as well as fight in the army (note settlers are independant of the storage capacity of normal resources, and is effected by residences/nobles/castles you control).

Pinewood log - harvested by pinewood cutters, used by pinewood sawmills to make pinewood planks, coking plants to make coal, and bowmakers to make bows (short type). Pine trees are the darker colored trees scattered around the island.

Stone - harvested by stone masons, used to build most Basic and Intermediate buildings. Stone can be converted into marble in the provision house (resources tab).

Pinewood plank  - produced by pinewood sawmills, used to build most Basic and Intermediate buildings. Also used when moving buildings. Pinewood planks can be converted to hardwood planks in the provision house (resources tab).

Fish - used in the provision house to make buffs and musk deer fragrance (meat deposit refill).

Easter egg - resource used in the Easter event.

Map fragment - found by explorers in adventure searches, used to redeem adventures in the Merchant (Adventures tab).

Pumpkin - resource used in the Halloween event.

Present - resource used in the Christmas event.

Soccer ball - resource used in football (American soccer) championship event.

Guild coin - players in a guild of 10 or more members can do guild quests to earn guild coins. These are used to redeem items in the Guild Market section of the Merchant.

Intermediate Resources
Coal - produced by coking plants/recycling manufactories or extracted from coal mines, coal is used by smelters to produce bars, and weaponsmiths to produce swords.

Copper ore - used by copper smelters to produce bronze bars, extracted with copper mines.

Bronze bar - used by bronze weaponsmiths to produce bronze swords.

Tool - produced by toolmakers using bronze bars, used for most building construction, needed to upgrade mines and wells. Tools can also be made by converting pinewood planks and stone in the Resources section of the provision house.

Water - obtained from wells and watermills, used by breweries (brew), bakeries (bread) and stables (horses). Also used to make musk deer fragrance (meat deposit refill).

Wheat - used by mills (flour for bread), breweries (brew), and stables (horses).

Brew - used to train troops in the barracks.

Flour - produced by mills, used by bakeries to produce bread.

Bread - used to make buffs (Solid Sandwiches and Aunt Irma's Gift Baskets), fish food (fish deposit refill) and to obtain settlers in the provision house.

Bronze sword - used to train recruits in the barracks.

Bow - used to train bowmen in the barracks.

Advanced Resources
Hardwood log - used by hardwood sawmills to make hardwood planks, and by longbowmakers to make longbows. Hardwood trees are the lighter color trees scattered around the island.

Hardwood plank - used to build most of the Advanced buildings, in building upgrades (upgrade to level 2 of Basic/Intermediate buildings). Also deducted when moving Advanced buildings or some level 3 buildings.

Iron ore - used by iron smelters (iron bars), harvested from iron mines.

Iron bar - used by steel smelters (steel), iron weaponsmiths (iron swords), and wheelmakers (wheels for cannons).

Steel - used to make steel swords and damascene swords,.

Gold ore - used by gold smelter (gold bars), harvested from gold mines.

Gold bar - used by coinage to produce gold coins.

Gold coin - commonly used as a currency by players in the trade office. Used to hire specialists at the tavern and upgrade buildings (upgrade to level 4 of Basic/Intermediate buildings, upgrade to level 2 of Advanced/Expert buildings). Gold coins are also required to build a guild house and expand its membership slots. Also see the Currency section of the FAQ on how to obtain gold coins.

Marble - like hardwood planks, used to build most of the Advanced buildings, used in building upgrades (upgrade to level 2 of Basic/Intermediate buildings).

Meat - harvested by hunters and used by butchers to make sausage.

Sausage - used to make Aunt Irma's Gift Basket buff in the provision house, and required to send explorer on adventure searches.

Horse - used to train cavalry in the barracks.

Iron sword - used to train militia in the barracks.

Steel sword - used to train soldiers in the barracks.

Longbow - used to train longbowmen in the barracks.

Expert Resources
Exotic wood log - found by explorer on longer treasure searches and awarded in adventure loot, used to by exotic sawmills (produce exotic wood planks), crossbowsmiths (crossbows), and by wheelmakers (wheels for cannons).

Exotic wood plank - used to build most of the Expert buildings and upgrading buildings (upgrade to level 5 of most buildings). Also used by carpenters to make carriages.

Titanium ore - obtained from adventure loot, used by titanium smelters (titanium).

Titanium - used by crossbowsmiths (crossbows) and damascene weaponsmiths (damascene swords).

Saltpeter - obtained from adventure loot, used by powderhuts (gunpowder).

Gunpowder - used by cannon forge (cannons).

Granite - found by explorer on longer treasure searches and awarded in adventure loot, used to build most of the Expert buildings and upgrading buildings (upgrade to level 5 of most buildings).

Wheel - used by carpenter (carriages).

Carriage - used by cannon forge (cannons).

Damascene sword - used to train elite soldiers in the barracks.

Crossbow - used to train crossbowmen in the barracks.

Cannon - used to train cannoneers in the barracks.