How to gather resources? | Resources Heroes VII Guide

During most of the time, the players will ask themselves the question - "Where can I get the resources to build another building or recruit new units?". In this chapter all the ways of gathering additional resources will be listed. There are seven resources in Might & Magic: Heroes VII: two basic ones, four special ones and gold. Wood and ore are considered basic resources. Special resources are Dragonblood crystals, Starsilver, Dragonsteel and Shadowsteel.

Almost always when building objects that generate resources, you will have to choose: more basic resources or less special ones?

Most of all, you must remember that part of the resources is generated by your cities. Especially the gold, which you can obtain even few thousands a day if you develop your settlement enough. Most of the factions also have a possibility to construct a special building which can add one of the basic resources or one of the special ones. It is wise to check the list of all available buildings found further in this guide and make decision whether you should take interest in such building.

Mines are almost always protected. Before fighting, check enemy strength to avoid losing army, or even your hero, unnecessarily.

In the first phase of the game you will gather most resources from single piles scattered through the whole map. The most basic resources aren't usually guarded in any way. However, sometimes you might find protected places where in one location you can find even few dozens of different resources. In that case, you should consider whether fighting the opponent will be profitable, maybe it will be better to wait one or two turns, improve the army and attack the enemy after that, gathering the resources with smaller losses.

The most reliable way of gathering resources is claiming a mine or other building that generates a specific resource. It is added to your warehouse automatically each day, without the need of taking any actions. It is worth remembering that by claiming a building you assign it to your city, making it impossible to any enemy hero to claim it for himself. Because of that, you should claim as many buildings as possible in the shortest time possible. It especially applies to ore mines and lumber mills.

The stronger the enemy, the more valuable chests and resources he guards.

There are also other, less popular ways of gathering resources. First one is plundering enemy buildings. It uses all movement points of a character and usually adds 3-4 pieces of a resource. Plundering can be repeated every three days. However, in order to claim a mine permanently, you must conquer the nearby quarter of enemy - usually it will be a city.

Small amounts of resources are also obtained after battling very strong enemies, mostly in ruins, caves etc. You shouldn't consider it as a way for gathering resources, only as a bonus for won battle.