The resources in Humankind represent the way in which you can reinforce the units of your empire, in addition to being able to obtain different bonuses and specific improvements for your citiesAlthough if you want to know more about these, we advise you to read the guide on how to build a city from scratch.
First of all, you should know that it is necessary learn some necessary technologies to harvest certain strategic resources, as some require some specific trees to construct certain buildings. However, here we bring you a guide on the base resources and their order of priority.
The different resources
Within Humankind, different types of resources will be produced that will be important to take into account, since each of them will provide you with specific benefits. These are food, industry, science, influence, and money.
The food
Food will be the best option to make grow your population, although you should know that the more population you have, the more workers you will have working in your districts. Everything is a sum and goes on, since the creation of military units also costs population and everything will depend on having more food, which becomes a very important resource.
The science
At the beginning we explained that to achieve certain resources it will be necessary to learn new technologies, since science will be what allows them to be investigated. These technologies also pwill allow certain improvements to build, as well as other game mechanics that make the game a little more complicated.
The industry
Industry is a resource that allows you to build districts, units, and some improvements that will serve you long-term. Basically the importance of being an essential resource, since thanks to the industry you will be able to produce more resources and in a more efficient way.
The influence
With influence you can create other new cities, outposts to advance and join these outposts to the cities, because remember that the cities are initially built on the basis of outposts. It is difficult to measure influence, but with some improvements you will begin to understand more about this resource.
The money
Money allows production to be accelerated so that build things immediately, we explain it to you in the guide of what to build to create a great civilization. However, with the money you can also buy strategic and luxury resources from your neighbors, which will further strengthen your empire.
The priority order of resources
The main objective in Humankind is winning, OK, but it’s true that city building is what will lead to a much more secure victory. When you build a city, you will make different districts and, apart from obtaining different benefits with these, also improve resource performance. The point is that the population helps to obtain even more results, but what is the most effective strategy? We explain the priority order of the resources.
1º The influence
The most priority resource is influence, especially since you start the game, since thanks to influence you can expand your borders more easily and at the same time build new cities. However, it is difficult to get a lot of influence because there are few improvements and districts that produce it, so you will have to invest in other resources without forgetting it.
2nd The Industry
Industry is also a very important resource, since it will be the one that allows you to build districts, which in turn they will give you a lot of benefits and workers that will help you obtain more resources. Everything is a chain.
3rd Food
Obviously food are important so that your units do their job well, so do not neglect this resource at all. Cities have to be densely populated and that will mean that you need a lot of food, in addition to placing workers in your city, it will also boost the production of resources. The important thing is to have a good nutritional balance, which means that cities increase population and consequently increase resources.
4th Science
This resource is important, but not as much as the previous ones, although it is the tool to build your cities as you see fit. New technologies will help you to discover new improvements, other districts and different bonuses for your civilization. However, not everything is unlocked immediately, but you will need a population that works as a scientist to increase your research capabilities, and what does that mean? More food and more districts, so also more industry and influence. Everything is related.
5th Money
Lastly, the least important thing is money. Yes, as strange as it sounds the money has very limited use and at first you have no need to use it. Instant production is too expensive and unit maintenance is very cheap at first, so why have money? However, having money if it will allow you buy strategic resources and luxury or even trade with neighbors.