Gold is a resources available in the Empire Earth series that can be harvested by Citizens from a Gold Mine. Players can place a Settlement, Town Center, or Capitol near the gold mine and have up to 6 citizens mine from it.
Gold is used to pay for military units, military upgrades and to research technologies.
In Empires: Dawn of the Modern World, gold is also used to advance through the ages. In Empire Builder mode, gold mines have an infinite amount of gold. However, in Action mode, gold is quick to run out. Thus, gold remains very important throughout the game.