Tropico 6 is a bit complicated game, especially for those who haven’t tried the previous installments in the series.
Most of you may be familiar with the goal of the game that is to build more and more structures expanding your city but a secondary goal is to feed resources to certain structures like Industries.
Tropico 6 Resources Locations
Each building has a specific “Resource Requirement” that must be fulfilled in order to keep the citizens satisfied. It’s, however, difficult to determine where to get these resources from or where to invest them at.
This Resources Guide for Tropico 6 lists all the resources available in the game and all the details regarding where to get them and where to use them.
| 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 (only renewable in trace amounts through Scrapheap Scrounging) |
| Apparel | Fashion Company | N/A | Yes |
| Banana | Plantation (Banana), Hydroponic Plantation (Banana) | Juicery | Yes |
| Boats | Shipyard | N/A | Yes |
| Canned Goods | Cannery | N/A | Yes |
| Cars | Car Company | N/A | No |
| Cheese | Creamery | N/A | Yes |
| Chocolate | Chocolate Factory | N/A | Yes |
| Cigars | Cigar Factory | N/A | 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 | N/A | No |
| Fish | Fishermen’s Wharf, Fish Farm (Fish) | Factory Ranch (Crocodile), Cannery | Yes |
| Furniture | Furniture Factory | N/A | 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 | N/A | No |
| Juice | Juicery | N/A | 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 (only renewable in trace amounts through Scrapheap Scrounging) |
| Oil | Oil Well, Oil Rig | Plastics Plant, Pharmaceutical Company | No |
| Pharmaceuticals | Pharmaceutical Company | N/A | Yes (made from sugar, in Powerful Placebos work mode) |
| 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 (with Bio-Polymer Fabrication Facility upgrade) |
| Rubber | Plantation (Rubber), Hydroponic Plantation (Rubber), Waste Treatment Facility (with Scrapheap Scrounging upgrade) | Car Company | Yes |
| Rum | Rum Distillery | N/A | Yes |
| Shellfish | Fishermen’s Wharf (with Fishing Dredge upgrade), Fish Farm (Shellfish) | N/A | 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) | N/A | No |
| Weapons | Weapons Factory | N/A | No |
| Wool | Ranch (Sheep), Ranch (Llama), Factory Ranch (Sheep), Factory Ranch (Llama) | Textile Mill | Yes |
