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Game Info[]

Luxury resource added in Civilization V: Gods & Kings.

Strategy[]

Salt Salt is quite a unique resource: it is food-oriented, thus giving a bonus of 1 Food Food and 1 Gold Gold instead of the usual 2 Gold Gold, but it is accessed with a Mine. What's more, the Mine's bonus is 1 Food Food and 1 Production Production (increased by +1 with Chemistry) instead of the usual 1 Production Production. This means the combined yield of a Salt Salt resource on a Plains tile is 3 Food Food, 3 Production Production, and 1 Gold Gold - a combination quite unusual for a luxury resource.

Salt Salt is often found in inhospitable terrain such as Deserts and Tundra, making it quite valuable for civilizations such as Russia or Arabia. Use it to supply Food Food to a nearby city, as well as trade it as a luxury.

Salt Salt also gains 1 Faith Faith with the Earth Mother belief.

Civilopedia entry[]

One of the necessities of human life, salt, is found throughout the world in both natural and man-made environments. Used for thousands of years as a means of preserving meat, salt was crucial in efforts to store food prior to the invention of artificial refrigeration. A common method of producing and harvesting salt for consumption is through the use of evaporation. By creating large ponds or pools of saltwater, over time the natural evaporation process will remove the water and leave behind the salt residue for collection.

See also[]

Civilization V Resources [edit]
Bonus BananasBison BNW-onlyCattleDeerFishSheepStoneWheat
Strategic AluminumCoalHorsesIronOilUranium
Luxury Citrus GodsKings5 clearCloves BNW-onlyCocoa BNW-onlyCopper GodsKings5 clearCottonCrab GodsKings5 clearDyesFursGemsGoldIncenseIvoryJewelry GodsKings5 clearMarbleNutmeg BNW-onlyPearlsPepper BNW-onlyPorcelain GodsKings5 clearSalt GodsKings5 clearSilkSilverSpicesSugarTruffles GodsKings5 clearWhalesWine

GodsKings5 clear Added in the Gods & Kings expansion pack.
BNW-only Added in the Brave New World expansion pack.

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