Uranium

Resource Overview

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Uranium
Rare Resource
Available in
Gather rate (per 30 sec)	+20 Knowledge +20 Oil
Bonus	Nuclear missiles are 10% faster and 5% cheaper to build

Uranium is one of the 31 rare resources. It only becomes visible once a nation has entered the Industrial Age; until then it appears as a rocky patch, as with Oil. It appears as a cluster of green-yellow glowing crystals.

Like all rare resources on land, Uranium can be gathered by sending a Merchant from the Market to the resource location. Uranium provides the following benefits:

• +20 Knowledge gather rate
• +20 gather rate
• Nuclear Missiles are 10% faster and 5% cheaper to build.
  • This cost reduction affects only base costs and base upgrade costs, not ramping costs or ramping upgrade costs.
  • Because Aluminum has triple the cost reduction and applies to not only nuclear missiles but all other types of air units as well, Uranium's effect appears quite weak in comparison.

The gather rate of rare resources can be increased in various ways, as described in the main article; Oil production from rare resources is actually affected by Refineries.

Trivia

• The Uranium resource resembles Tiberium from the Command and Conquer series.