Tobacco (5) - This is only available when you reach the Americas.Ī merchant can be produced at any city that has built at least the first level of trade buildings, a Grain Exchange (requires 2 turns to build, 600 florins). The resources, and their rough value ranking from 1-5, are listed below:Ĭhocolate (5) - This is only available when you reach the Americas.
The farther a resource is from your capital, the more florins you can make from trading it. The amount of florins a merchant can generate from a resource is based on three things, his Financial Rating (discussed below), the value of the trade good and the distance to your capital. Merchants are used to provide a flow of extra florins by sitting on, or 'trading', the various trade resources scattered about the map.
