Natural Resources

This is the beginning of an ongoing list of raw resources found in Medieval European countries. Some of these are rare and only found in specific locations, and some are very common. These are not the products associated with countries and commerce, but the raw materials they are made with.

Animal Byproduct

Ambergris

Beeswax

Elephant Ivory

Fish Oil

Freshwater Pearls

Honey

Hooves

Horn

Horse Hair

Kirmies (dye insect)

Lac Products (Laquer, etc.)

Leather

Seal Skins

Tallow

Tortoise Shell

Walrus Ivory

Whale Oil

Whalebone

Wool—Down, Long, Fine

Aquaculture

Fisheries

Fishing Freshwater

Fishing Saltwater

Lobster

Oyster Farming

Birds Of Prey

Eagle

Gosshawk

Gyr Falcons

Peregrines

Sparrowhawk

Dye Plant

Woad

Yarrow

Flowers

Hops

Lavender

Poppy

Roses

Tulips

Fuel

Charcoal

Olive Oil

Peat

Tallow

Whale Oil

Fur

Beaver

Budge

Ermine

Fitch

Fox

Foynes

Genette

Gris

Hare

Lettuce

Marten

Miniver

Mink

Sable

Squirrel

Vair

Gems

Agate

Amber

Amethyst

Aquamarine (Imported only)

Bloodstone

Carnelian

Citrine

Coral

Diamond

Ebonite

Emerald

Garnet

Hematite

Jade

Jasper

Jet

Lapis Lazuli (Imported only)

Moonstone

Obsidian

Onyx

Opal

Peridot

Quartz

Rose Quartz

Rubies

Sapphires (Imported only)

Topaz

Tourmaline

Turquoise

Grain

Barley

Buckwheat

Millet

Oats

Rice

Rye

Flax

Wheat

Fibrous Plants

Cotten

Flax

Hemp/Chanvre

Jute

Nettle

Medicinal Plant

Blackvale Mistletoe

Cannabis/Hashish/Smokeweed

Eofwin Holly

Lotus

Poppies

Metal

Antimony

Copper

Gold

Iron

Lead

Mercury

Silver

Tin

Zinc

Mineral

Alabaster

Alum (Import only)

Asphalt

Bitumen

Chalcedony

Chalk

Cinnabar—Mercury ore

Clay—Ironstone, Blue,

Diatomaceous Earth

Ebonite

Flint

Fuller’s Earth

Granite

Gypsum

Limestone

Marble

Ochre

Salt/Halite

Sandstone

Sarson

Silica

Slate

Miscellaneous

Glacial Ice

Grapes

Herbs

Olives

Pitch Tar

Resin

Sea Salt

Slaves

Spices

Wildlife

Wood

Copiced Forestry

Specialty Wood

Timber