Wood

Wood
Details
A basic bulk material
Storage:	buildings, Chest, Elisia
Source:	Lumbermill, Woodcutter, Market trade, Trade mission, Trains, Expeditions
Usage:	buildings, workers, crafting, research, trade
Category:	Resources, Capped resources

Wood is a basic bulk material

Wood has many uses including construction, crafting, research and trade

• Your available Wood, storage capacity, production rate and any bonuses to production, always displays in the game.

Access

Wood is available from the start of your game.

You start the game with 10 Wood.

• You can get Wood
  • from Lumbermills, on Buildings;
  • from Woodcutters, on Jobs;
  • at Market;
  • on Expeditions, with Military; and
  • at the Dock, from a Trade mission or if you salvage ships.

Storage

Your maximum available Wood is limited by storage capacity.

• At the start, your storage capacity for Wood is 50 units of Wood.

• Storage for Wood is provided, by:
  • some buildings on Buildings;
  • Chests; and
  • Titles.

Storage provided:
Item	Amount
Warehouse	200
Barn	500
Towncenter	1 500
Bunker	4 000
Chest	50
Elisia	500 per Title

• Other factors increment storage.

Production

• Lumbermills on Buildings and Woodcutters on Jobs, produce Wood.

Wood produced:
Producer	Rate
Lumbermill	0.2 per second
Woodcutter	1 per second

Bonuses to production

• Other factors increment Wood production.

Bonuses also affect the quantity of resources brought in by a Cargo train.

Uses

• Wood can be used to:
  • construct and maintain production, on Buildings;
  • recruit, on Jobs;
  • research, on Technologies;
  • craft items, on Crafting; and
  • construct some ships and trade, at the Dock.

Use of wood:
Use	Item	Amount
craft	Pickaxe	20
craft	Spear	50
craft	Block	100
craft	Structure	1 000
craft	Musket	500
research	Pickaxe	100
research	Basic weapons	200
research	Iron foundry	1 000
research	Storage management	500
research	Charcoal	4 000
research	Centralisation	5 000
research	Wrapping	20 000
research	Shipyard	25 000
research	Fireship	40 000
research	Galleon	80 000
research	Careening	80 000
research	Woodwork	90 000
research	Windward	200 000
hire	Farmer	50
construct	Galley	20 000
construct	Caravel	100 000
construct	Lumbermill	3 × 1.1n
construct	Mine	2 × 1.1n
construct	Warehouse	20 × 1.6n
construct	Pasture	10 × 1.35n
construct	House	20 × 1.8n
construct	Library	300 × 1.9n
construct	Banner	100 × 1.7n
construct	Market	500 × 1.6n
construct	Shipyard	20 000 × 1.4n
construct	Train station	100 000 × 1.2n
consume	Kiln	2 per second
consume	Shipyard	40 per second
consume	Blockyard	4 per second
consume	Carpentry	5 per second
export	Trade mission	varies
where 'n' is the number of the item

Other

• You can buy, at Market:
  • 600 Wood for 1 Coin, before any bonuses; or
  • the maximum amount, your available Coin or storage capacity permits.

The amount you get, with bonuses, for 1 Coin is displayed.

Wood on Market

Bonuses to market ratios, increment the amount per Coin.

• A Cargo train can haul 25 Wood per second, before any bonuses.

• There is 50% chance to find Wood, on Expeditions, if no enemies appear.

• You can import Wood, with a Trade mission, from the Dock.

Trades for wood:
Send	ratio	Receive
Chemicals	1 : 1 800	Wood
Copper	1 : 80	Wood
Iron	1 : 120	Wood
Mineral	5 : 4	Wood
Sand	2 : 17	Wood
Steel	1 : 1 200	Wood

• A variable amount of Wood is returned when you salvage some ships, at the Dock.

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