Guide to Resources
A handy guide to all the resources in the game, whether they’re renewable or not, and what produces and consumes them – including upgrades and work modes!
Intro
Most buildings at Tropico 6 possess a minumum of one upgrade or alternative work mode, and it is hard to memorize them all. With a few of them, it gets somewhat hard to ascertain whether a source is renewable or not, too — so I made a useful guide you can confirm with when you need a resource and can’t remember what your choices to receive it are!
Bear in mind, this guide makes no mention of eras or research — some resources start out non-renewable, but eventually become replaceable as you advance.
By resource
Following is a list of all of the resources in the game with the buildings that produce them, the buildings that consume them, and whether they’re renewable.
Be aware that this just takes industrial buildings into consideration — eg. Food is also absorbed by your citizens, breeding buildings occasionally ask that you provide a certain amount of a resource to overcome a drawback, etc.. These aren’t listed here.
| Name | Produced by | Consumed by | Renewable? |
| Aluminium | Mine (Aluminium), Automated Mine (Aluminium), Waste Treatment Facility (with Scrapheap Scrounging upgrade) | Shipyard (with Welding Plant upgrade) | No* |
| Apparel | Fashion Company | Yes | |
| Banana | Plantation (Banana), Hydroponic Plantation (Banana) | Juicery | Yes |
| Boats | Shipyard | Yes | |
| Canned Goods | Cannery | Yes | |
| Cars | Car Company | No | |
| Cheese | Creamery | Yes | |
| Chocolate | Chocolate Factory | Yes | |
| Cigars | Cigar Factory | Yes | |
| Cloth | Textile Mill | Fashion Company | Yes |
| Coal | Mine (Coal), Automated Mine (Coal) | Steel Mill | No |
| Cocoa | Plantation (Cocoa), Hydroponic Plantation (Cocoa) | Chocolate Factory (in Sweet Chocolate work mode), Chocolate Factory (in Dark Chocolate work mode) | Yes |
| Coconuts | Coconut Harvester | Juicery (with Nut Cracker upgrade) | Yes |
| Coffee | Plantation (Coffee), Hydroponic Plantation (Coffee) | Cannery (with Flash Freezer upgrade) | Yes |
| Corn | Plantation (Corn), Hydroponic Plantation (Corn) | Factory Ranch (Cattle), Factory Ranch (Sheep), Factory Ranch (Goat), Factory Ranch (Pig), Factory Ranch (Llama), Plastics Plant (with Bio-Polymer Fabrication Facility upgrade) | Yes |
| Cotton | Plantation (Cotton), Hydroponic Plantation (Cotton) | Textile Mill | Yes |
| Electronics | Electronics Factory | No | |
| Fish | Fishermen’s Wharf, Fish Farm (Fish) | Factory Ranch (Crocodile), Cannery | Yes |
| Furniture | Furniture Factory | Yes | |
| Gold | Mine (Gold), Automated Mine (Gold) | Jewelry Workshop, Electronics Factory | No |
| Hides | Ranch (Cattle), Factory Ranch (Cattle) | Tannery | Yes |
| Iron | Mine (Iron), Automated Mine (Iron) | Steel Mill | No |
| Jewelry | Jewelry Workshop | No | |
| Juice | Juicery | Yes | |
| Leather | Ranch (Crocodile), Factory Ranch (Crocodile), Tannery | Fashion Company | Yes |
| Logs | Logging Camp | Lumber Mill | Yes |
| Meat | Ranch (Cattle), Ranch (Pig), Factory Ranch (Cattle), Factory Ranch (Pig) | Cannery (with High Pressure Canner upgrade) | Yes |
| Milk | Ranch (Sheep), Ranch (Goat), Factory Ranch (Sheep), Factory Ranch (Goat) | Creamery | Yes |
| Nickel | Mine (Nickel), Automated Mine (Nickel), Waste Treatment Facility (with Scrapheap Scrounging upgrade) | Weapons Factory | No* |
| Oil | Oil Well, Oil Rig | Plastics Plant, Pharmaceutical Company | No |
| Pharmaceuticals | Pharmaceutical Company | Yes | |
| Pineapple | Plantation (Pineapple), Hydroponic Plantation (Pineapple) | Cannery, Juicery | Yes |
| Planks | Lumber Mill | Shipyard, Furniture Factory | Yes |
| Plastics | Plastics Plant | Furniture Factory (with Casting Molds upgrade), Electronics Factory | Yes |
| Rubber | Plantation (Rubber), Hydroponic Plantation (Rubber), Waste Treatment Facility (with Scrapheap Scrounging upgrade) | Car Company | Yes |
| Rum | Rum Distillery | Yes | |
| Shellfish | Fishermen’s Wharf (with Fishing Dredge upgrade), Fish Farm (Shellfish) | Yes | |
| Steel | Steel Mill | Shipyard (with Welding Plant upgrade), Weapons Factory, Car Company | No |
| Sugar | Plantation (Sugar), Hydroponic Plantation (Sugar) | Rum Distillery, Chocolate Factory (in Sweet Chocolate work mode), Pharmaceutical Company (in Powerful Placebos work mode) | Yes |
| Tobacco | Plantation (Tobacco), Hydroponic Plantation (Tobacco) | Cigar Factory | Yes |
| Uranium | Mine (Uranium), Automated Mine (Uranium), Waste Treatment Facility (with Scrapheap Scrounging upgrade) | No* | |
| Weapons | Weapons Factory | No | |
| Wool | Ranch (Sheep), Ranch (Llama), Factory Ranch (Sheep), Factory Ranch (Llama) | Textile Mill | Yes |
*Only renewable in trace amounts through Scrapheap Scrounging.
By building
Food & Resources
| Name | Produces | Consumes |
| Coconut Harvester | Coconuts | |
| Logging Camp | Logs | |
| Fishermen’s Wharf | Fish | |
| – with Fishing Dredge upgrade | Fish, Shellfish | |
| Plantation | ||
| – Banana | Banana | |
| – Cocoa | Cocoa | |
| – Coffee | Coffee | |
| – Corn | Corn | |
| – Cotton | Cotton | |
| – Pineapple | Pineapple | |
| – Rubber | Rubber | |
| – Sugar | Sugar | |
| – Tobacco | Tobacco | |
| Ranch | ||
| – Cattle | Meat, Hides | |
| – Crocodile | Leather | |
| – Goat | Milk | |
| – Llama | Wool | |
| – Pig | Meat | |
| – Sheep | Wool, Milk | |
| Mine | ||
| – Aluminium | Aluminium | |
| – Coal | Coal | |
| – Gold | Gold | |
| – Iron | Iron | |
| – Nickel | Nickel | |
| – Uranium | Uranium | |
| Oil Well / Rig | Oil | |
| Fish Farm | ||
| – Fish | Fish | |
| – Shellfish | Shellfish | |
| Hydroponic Plantation | ||
| – Banana | Banana | |
| – Cocoa | Cocoa | |
| – Coffee | Coffee | |
| – Corn | Corn | |
| – Cotton | Cotton | |
| – Pineapple | Pineapple | |
| – Rubber | Rubber | |
| – Sugar | Sugar | |
| – Tobacco | Tobacco | |
| Factory Ranch | ||
| – Cattle | Meat, Hides | Corn |
| – Crocodile | Leather | Fish |
| – Goat | Milk | Corn |
| – Llama | Wool | Corn |
| – Pig | Meat | Corn |
| – Sheep | Wool, Milk | Corn |
| Automated Mine | ||
| – Aluminium | Aluminium | |
| – Coal | Coal | |
| – Gold | Gold | |
| – Iron | Iron | |
| – Nickel | Nickel | |
| – Uranium | Uranium |
Industry
| Name | Produces | Consumes |
| Lumber Mill | Planks | Logs |
| Rum Distillery | Rum | Sugar |
| Tannery | Leather | Hides |
| Cannery | Canned Goods | Pineapple / Fish |
| – with Flash Freezer upgrade | Canned Goods | Pineapple / Fish / Coffee |
| – with High Pressure Canner upgrade | Canned Goods | Pineapple / Fish / Meat |
| – with Flash Freezer and High Pressure Canner upgrades | Canned Goods | Pineapple / Fish / Coffee / Meat |
| Creamery | Cheese | Milk |
| Cigar Factory | Cigars | Tobacco |
| Shipyard | Boats | Planks |
| – with Welding Plant upgrade | Boats | Planks / Steel / Aluminium |
| Steel Mill | Steel | Coal, Iron |
| Textile Mill | Cloth | Wool |
| Weapons Factory | Weapons | Steel, Nickel |
| Chocolate Factory | ||
| – in Dark Chocolate work mode | Chocolate | Cocoa |
| – in Sweet Chocolate work mode | Chocolate | Cocoa, Sugar |
| Furniture Factory | Furniture | Planks |
| – with Casting Molds upgrade | Furniture | Planks / Plastics |
| Jewelry Workshop | Jewelry | Gold |
| Plastics Plant | Plastics | Oil |
| – with Bio-Polymer Fabrication Facility upgrade | Plastics | Corn |
| Car Company | Cars | Steel, Rubber |
| Electronics Factory | Electronics | Plastics, Gold |
| Fashion Company | Apparel | Leather / Cloth |
| – in Haute Couture work mode | Apparel | Leather, Cloth |
| Pharmaceutical Company | Pharmaceuticals | Oil |
| – in Powerful Placebos work mode | Pharmaceuticals | Sugar |
| Juicery | Juice | Banana / Pineapple |
| – with Nut Cracker upgrade | Juice | Banana / Pineapple / Coconuts |
| Waste Treatment Facility | ||
| – with Scrapheap Scrounging upgrade | Aluminium, Rubber, Uranium, Nickel |
