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Metal
Core construction resource produced by Mines buildings.
Core construction resource produced by Mines buildings. It is one of the three core resources used to grow a port, build ships, and keep trade moving.
Mines is the dedicated production building for metal. Warehouse upgrades increase how much your port can safely store before new incoming resources hit the cap.
Type: Core
ResourcesResourceMetal
How to use it
Section titled “How to use it”- Supporting upgrades and ships that need metal.
- Correcting a metal shortage before it blocks port growth.
- Metal is one of the core resources behind building upgrades, ship construction, and trade planning.
Strengths and watchouts
Section titled “Strengths and watchouts”Useful notes
Section titled “Useful notes”- Upgrade Mines when metal becomes your main bottleneck.
- Keep Warehouse capacity ahead of your production so gathered resources are not wasted.
- Trade and combat can move resources faster than production alone, but they need the right ships and timing.
Watchouts
Section titled “Watchouts”- Storage limits can waste incoming resources if Warehouse capacity is too low.
Pairs well with
Section titled “Pairs well with”- Mines
- Warehouse
- Trade Ships
Values
Section titled “Values”Where it comes from
Section titled “Where it comes from”- Mines
- Voyages
- Trade routes
- Market offers
- Combat loot
- Ship construction
- Building upgrades
- Market offers