Resource gathering operation

Resource gathering operations, commonly abbreviated as RGOs, represent industry of extracting the raw goods of a location by one of five methods: mines, farms, gathering operations, forestry, or hunting grounds.

RGO size

Each level of an RGO employs 1000  laborers,  slaves, or a mix of the two. Each level of an RGO also increases the maximum laborers possible in a location by 1000.

Constructing a new RGO level costs a base of 50 gold and 0.1 of either  lumber or  tools and takes a base time of 180 days.

Method	Gold cost	Resource cost
Farms	50	0.1
Forestry	50	0.1
Gathering operations	50	0.1
Hunting grounds	50	0.1
Mines	50	0.1

The time is modified by the following:

Source	Effect
Mountains topography	+100%
Hills topography	+25%
Plateau topography	+25%
Wetlands topography	+25%
Desert vegetation	+50%
Jungle vegetation	+50%
Forest vegetation	+33%

Each location starts with a maximum RGO level of 2, which is increased by the following:

Source	Effect
Scaled 1K population	+0.25
Scaled development	+0.1
Rural location	+100%
Farmland vegetation	+10%
Scaled land societal value	+0.05%
Scaled local laborer literacy	+0.1%

Each level of an RGO outputs 1 of its good, scaled by employment and modified by the following:

Source	Effect
Raised levies	−20%
Scaled devastation	−0.5%
Scaled serfdom societal value	+0.1%
Scaled traditional economy societal value	+0.2%

In addition to the various modifiers above, RGO values are modified by many advances, privileges, laws, and temporary modifiers

Max RGO Size Calculation

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RGO Profit per Level Calculation

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List of unique RGO locations

Location	Region	Goods	Modifier
Ccantumarcani	Andes	Silver	+250% Local Silver Output
Llacsapallanca	Andes	Mercury	+250% Mercury Output
Al-Mukhā	Arabia	Coffee	+50% Local Coffee Output
Ta'izz	Arabia	Coffee	+50% Local Coffee Output
Zain	Aridoamerica	Silver	+150% Local Silver Output
Srebrenica	Balkans	Silver	+30% Local Silver Output
Tolmin	Balkans	Mercury	+200% Mercury Output
Balga	Baltic	Amber	+50% Local Amber Output
Elbląg	Baltic	Amber	+50% Local Amber Output
Königsberg	Baltic	Amber	+50% Local Amber Output
Wipetikil	Canada	Fish	+200% Local Fish Output
Ciguayo	Caribbean	Amber	+50% Local Amber Output
Kremnica	Carpathia	Gold	+30% Local Gold Output
Turda	Carpathia	Salt	+50% Local Salt Output
Kondapalli	Deccan	Gems	+200% Local Gems Output
Al-Mina	Egypt	Rice	+30% Local Rice Output
Atfih	Egypt	Fiber crops	+30% Local Fiber Crops Output
Bilbeis	Egypt	Cotton	+30% Local Cotton Output
Cairo	Egypt	Wheat	+30% Local Wheat Output
Dakahla	Egypt	Rice	+30% Local Rice Output
Damanhur	Egypt	Wheat	+30% Local Wheat Output
Faqus	Egypt	Fiber crops	+30% Local Fiber Crops Output
Fuwa	Egypt	Sugar	+30% Local Sugar Output
Giza	Egypt	Sugar	+30% Local Sugar Output
Kafr Saqr	Egypt	Legumes	+30% Local Legumes Output
Kharibta	Egypt	Fruit	+30% Local Fruit Output
Mahalla	Egypt	Cotton	+30% Local Cotton Output
Mansoura	Egypt	Sugar	+30% Local Sugar Output
Menouf	Egypt	Rice	+30% Local Rice Output
Samanoud	Egypt	Wheat	+30% Local Wheat Output
Tarrana	Egypt	Fruit	+30% Local Fruit Output
Ushmum-Tannah	Egypt	Fruit	+30% Local Fruit Output
Kouroussa	Guinea	Gold	+30% Local Gold Output
Nounkonkan	Guinea	Gold	+30% Local Gold Output
Almadén	Iberia	Mercury	+300% Mercury Output
Amassing	Indonesia	Cloves	+500% Cloves Output
Ternate	Indonesia	Cloves	+500% Cloves Output
Tidore	Indonesia	Cloves	+500% Cloves Output
Mazara del Vallo	Italy	Saltpeter	+50% Local Saltpeter Output
Piazza	Italy	Saltpeter	+50% Local Saltpeter Output
Bagrām	Khorasan	Silver	+30% Local Silver Output
Nīshāpūr	Khorasan	Gems	+50% Local Gems Output
Mo o ti	Mesoamerica	Silver	+100% Local Silver Output
Goslar	Northern Germany	Silver	+30% Local Silver Output
Siguiri	Sahel	Gold	+30% Local Gold Output
Taghaza	Sahel	Salt	+100% Local Salt Output
Taoudenni	Sahel	Salt	+100% Local Salt Output
Falun	Scandinavia	Copper	+400% Local Copper Output
Malmo	Scandinavia	Fish	+500% Local Fish Output
Xincheng	South China	Mercury	+200% Mercury Output
Kutná Hora	Southern Germany	Silver	+30% Local Silver Output
Sikar	Western India	Copper	+100% Local Copper Output

List of RGO goods

See also: Goods#Raw_goods

References

Mechanics