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In Pharaoh, industry is not only necessary for the production of commodities but also plays a large role in the mining of construction materials, which are used in monuments.

There is a complex agricultural system based on the annual inundation of the Nile. Some areas of the city map next to the river are designated as flood plain areas, which are covered by water once each in-game year and where only farms and roads may be built. The extent of the flood determines how fertile the farms are when they are planted after the flood, and this determines the yield of the farm at the harvest season. Farms may also be built in fertile fields away from the river, but should be irrigated with a water lift system, channeling water from the Nile to the farms in order to make them fertile. Field farms operate year round while flood plain farms are dependent on the inundation.

In some missions, a "Hunting Lodge" may be built which sends out hunters year round to kill various game animals such as ostriches, birds, and antelopes. Other animals, such as scorpions, hippopotamuses, crocodiles, and hyenas may not be hunted but will instead hunt citizens of the city who venture too near them. Other year round sources of food are the Fishery which will send out fishing boats into the Nile to catch fish, and the Cattle Farm which raises and slaughters cattle. Fisheries need a shipwright to build their fishing boats for them, but the shipwright constructs the small boats from scrap wood, not requiring imported or stockpiled wood from a storage yard. Cattle farms need straw to feed the cattle contained within.

There are several primary industries that a city may manufacture and requirements for advancement or mission completion may have a city importing resources as well. Cities may also grow certain types of food, and often must import more food to either feed the entire population or have a city with multiple food types (required for higher level residences).

When food and industrial goods are not being used immediately, they are stored in a granary (for food) or a storage yard (for other goods). Food may also be stored in a storage yard instead of a granary if it is being imported or stockpiled. Storage yards and granaries may be ordered to hold only certain types of food/goods or empty their contents of unneeded supplies. Storage yards may also stockpile goods to build up a resource of a needed item.

Primary industry	Raw product	Secondary industry	Product	Uses
Wood Cutter	Wood	Chariot maker, shipwright	Chariots	Wood for Shipbuilding; scaffolding (for monument construction); Chariots as equipment for Recruiter building for training chariot-riders
Clay Pit	Clay	Potter, Artisan Guilds, and Brickworks require Clay to function	Pottery; Bricks	Pottery used as domestic product for housing evolution and for lamps, Artisans mix clay with paint for tomb murals, Bricks used in monument construction
Reed Gatherer	Reeds	Papyrus Maker	Papyrus	Library and School service buildings
Barley Farm	Barley	Brewery	Beer	Domestic product for housing evolution Senet House service building
Flax Farm	Flax	Weaver	Linen	Domestic product for housing evolution Mortuary service building
Chickpea Farm, Lettuce Farm, Fig Farm, Pomegranate Farm, Grain Farm, Fishing Wharf	Chickpeas, Lettuce, Figs, Pomegranates, Wheat and Straw, Fish	Cattle Ranch and Brickworks require Straw to function	Meat and Bricks	Food supplies; Bricks (for monument construction)
Henna Farm*	Henna plant	Paint Maker*	Paint	Used in the Cleopatra Valley of the King missions to paint wall murals in burial tombs
Oil*	Imported only	Lamp Maker*	Lamps	Used in conjunction with pottery to create lamps to light burial tombs
Gemstone Mine	Gemstones	Jeweler	Jewelry	Domestic product for housing evolution
Copper Mine	Copper	Weaponsmith	Weapons	Equipment for Recruiter building for training spearmen
Gold Mine	Gold	N/A	Money	Delivered directly to city treasury to supplement funds.
Granite Quarry	Granite	N/A	Granite Blocks	Monument construction - Obelisks
Limestone Quarry	Limestone	N/A	Limestone Blocks	Monument construction - Pyramids
Plain stone Quarry	Plain stone	N/A	Plain Stone Blocks	Monument construction - Pyramids
Sandstone Quarry	Sandstone	N/A	Sandstone Blocks	Monument construction - Sun Temples

* These are available only in the Cleopatra expansion and are mainly needed, along with an Artisan Guild, to paint the interior of Royal Burial Tombs.