Resources (LoU)

In Lord of Ultima, players must accumulate resources in order to create and maintain new buildings and army units.

Purified Resources
Using Research, a high-level Moonglow Tower may purify resources. Each can then be used to improve your units, buildings, and abilities (such as trading). The number of purified resources you create determines your title in the game. Titles also determine your level, how many Barons and cities you can retain, and how much Mana you have.

Although it does not need to be purified, gold is also used in research.

Ministers
Players can hire ministers by purchasing their contracts in the store. Each minister performs functions that ordinarily the player would need to do manually. One of the benefits is that the player does not need to be logged in for these actions to be performed on their behalf.

Artifacts
Players can purchase Artifacts in the store. Additionally, some Artifacts can be acquired by finishing quests, inviting friends, or by defeating boss monsters and dungeons.

Artifacts scale by level, so that new players can use only Copper varieties, while veteran players can use more powerful versions. Using artifacts requires an expenditure of Mana.

Trivia

 * Prior to the introduction of Research in the "Ascension" expansion, Moonglow Towers could create Moonstones, which were used like purified resources to recruit barons and determine player rank and level. Moonstones were re-added with the 3/13/2012 patch, along with Moongates.
 * Prior to 1/18/2012, players would purchase Diamonds for real-world currency, which could then be used to acquire Artifacts and other benefits from the store. Lord of Ultima now uses Play4Free Funds, which is the same currency used by Battlefield Play4Free and Battlefield Heroes.
 * Orbs and Hourglasses were introduced along with Moongates in the 3/13/2012 patch.
 * Anchors and Wheels were introduced in the 4/24/2012 patch.