Resources



The game has 4 resources:



- Gold : This mainly pays for units and heroes.



- Food : Food is mainly paid for your armies (som races does not utilize food, like undead. They use mana instead). The food is global so you theoretically grow the food for your entire realm in one city. Individual food production does not affect population growth unless you go negative (globally) in which case your cities will stop growing and might even start to decline while unrest increase. Surplus in food will convert to gold instead. Please note that more food does not make your cities grow faster!



- Mana : Used to cast your spells and for upkeep of magical and undead units.



- Research : The more you have of this resource, the faster your research will progress.



Going negative in any resource will give you income penalties in the other resource types as well. Mousing over a unit or building, either built or in the construction menu, should clearly state if it increase or cost a certain resource in upkeep.