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| - Rare resources are found in their respective resource buildings and on Patria as nightmare drops.
- Rare resources appear as bright blue spots on the minimap after being discovered by a friendly unit. If a Merchant unit or a Market is selected, resource locations, which are currently not exploited by the nation, appear as blinking spots on the minimap. The Spanish start with a revealed map also showing the locations of all rare resouces currently available. Most rare resource are visible from the beginning (File:AncientAgeIcon Small.png Ancient Age). However, a few of them are only revealed to a nation when it enters a certain age, e.g., Sulphur becomes visible when entering File:Gunpowder age small.jpg Gunpowder Age, while Coal and Aluminum become visible in File:Industrial age small.jpg Industrial Age. As long as they are not visible to a nation, they appear as a patch of rocks (like with oil), preventing nations from overbuilding them. The benefits of a resource are given, once a Merchant is fully deployed at the resource location (deploying takes around 10 seconds, a small orange bar above the health bar shows the progress). If the Merchant starts to pack itself again, the benefits are lost immediately. Connected resources appear in an icon list on the left side of the game screen. Resources in enemy territory may be exploited as well, but since Merchants are subject to attrition damage, they need to be protected by a nearby Supply Wagon or else will be quickly destroyed. To gather File:Metal.jpg Metal and File:Knowledge.jpg Knowledge bonuses from rare resources, a nation must first enter File:Classical age small.jpg Classical Age. The Greeks may gather Knowledge from the beginning, making the early exploitation of resources like Relics, Papyrus and Obsidian more useful.
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