A question about resources...

**Danny-Dynamita** · December 04, 2013, 03:08 PM

Do they have any use? I know some that have passive effects on nearby cities, like grain helping to increase population, but if there are no merchants what are the other resources for?

Thanks in advance.

**Jmonstra** · December 04, 2013, 03:09 PM

Honestly I think they just give you passive income bonuses if you have constructed the relevant buildings. I.E. If you have gold as a resource then mines will help you exploit this better. Wheat as a resource will give a production bonus to your farms, etc.

**Danny-Dynamita** · December 04, 2013, 03:25 PM

At least for now I found resources are used for trade (I know that's a Vanilla mechanic, has passed a lot of time since the last time I played Medieval), and some might act as bonuses for some buildings as you said. Another thing that I find strange is the settlement upgrade system, I can't find any way to upgrade my settlements to bigger levels. It's the upgrading restricted?

**Jmonstra** · December 04, 2013, 03:33 PM

Depends. What submods are you using? MOS and Leo's Unofficial Patch both restrict settlement growth for certain factions.

**Danny-Dynamita** · December 04, 2013, 03:40 PM

Just TATW 3.2, no submods.

**Jmonstra** · December 04, 2013, 04:56 PM

I have zero experience with 3.2 vanilla. It could be that certain factions don't have access to certain upgrades though. Who are you playing as?

**Ngugi** · December 04, 2013, 05:25 PM

They increase trade, so even if there's no merchants they improve income

**GhosT-86** · December 05, 2013, 01:44 AM

Originally Posted by Danny-Dynamita

At least for now I found resources are used for trade (I know that's a Vanilla mechanic, has passed a lot of time since the last time I played Medieval), and some might act as bonuses for some buildings as you said. Another thing that I find strange is the settlement upgrade system, I can't find any way to upgrade my settlements to bigger levels. It's the upgrading restricted?

I think you can't upgrade Large city to Huge city and Fortress to Citadel, Huge city and Citadel can only be settlements that have this status in the beginning