Bonus Resources

There are currently 11 bonus resources in the game. Bonus Resources are additional resources you can gain for your nation that can only be obtained through +resource links. Some bonus resources are more easily attainable than others (they require fewer resource links).

List of Bonus Resources

 * Affluent Population - Increases population happiness +2. Requires Fine Jewelry, Fish, Furs, and Wine.


 * Asphalt - Decreases infrastructure upkeep cost -5%. Requires Construction, Oil, and Rubber.


 * Automobiles - Increases population happiness + 3. Requires Asphalt and Steel.


 * Beer - Increases population happiness + 2. Requires Water, Wheat, Lumber, and Aluminum.


 * Construction - Reduces infrastructure cost - 5% and raises aircraft limit +10. Requires aluminum, lumber, iron, marble, and a technology level greater than 5.


 * Fast Food - Increases population happiness + 2. Requires Cattle, Sugar, Spices, and Pigs.


 * Fine Jewelry - Increases population happiness + 1.5. Requires Gold, Silver, Gems, and Coal.


 * Microchips - Reduces technology cost -8%, increases population happiness +2. Requires Gold, Lead, Oil, and a technology level greater than 10.


 * Radiation Cleanup - Removes 1 day of nuclear anarchy. Reduces global radiation effect on an individual nation -50% in CNT. Improves a nations environment by 10% in CN standard. Requires Construction, Microchips, Steel, and a technology level greater than 15.


 * Steel - Reduces infrastructure cost -2%. Requires Coal and Iron.


 * Scholars - Increases citizen income by $3.00. Requires Lumber, Lead and a literacy rate greater than 90%.

Here is a table of the total bonuses provided by the bonus resources and their required resources (to be expanded):

* Applicable only if coal and/or oil is imported

** Not including variable improvement from rad effect reduction

Newer Table
This table takes into account bonuses of all prerequisite resources, but not prerequisite bonus resources. For example, if one were to have fine jewelry and affluent population, the woul look at the totals on the table for affluent population, and only add the +1.5 happiness granted by fine jewelry.


 * - P stands for based on purchased land, G the natural growth of land.