Overview[]
FIDS stands for the 4 basic Resources in Endless Space:
- Food
- population growth
- Industry
- ship and improvement production
- Science
- researching technology
Each of these four resources is produced by 
units on planets, and each plays a vital role in the development of an empire. For example, technologies enable access to colonization and expansion technologies that enable long-term expansion, while industry allows the production of improvements that increase FIDS production.
Production[]
- Main article: Planet
Most FIDS 
are produced on planets. The amount produced by a planet is at a rate proportional to the Population on them. Some System Improvements also produce flat independent of planets and population. Trade and Heroes also do this.
The rate of production per depends on many factors, including:
- Planet Types.
- The Exploitation on the Planet.
- Strategic and Luxury Resources.
- The Anomaly on the Planet, if any.
- Improvements on the System.
- The System's Approval.
- Empire-wide bonuses.
See Modifiers for a description of how FIDS are calculated.
Consumption[]
- is consumed by a System's . Excess causes the to increase.
- is used to produce Improvements and Ships.
- is used to pay Upkeep on Ships, Heroes, and Improvements; and it can be used to buyout ships and improvements by completing them immediately.
- is used to research Technology.
Conversion[]
Short-term[]
- Excess can be converted to with the Adaptive Industrial Systems Improvement.
- can be converted directly into 1/4 as much or using the - and - conversions, respectively.
- can be used to buyout constructions immediately--effectively an instant boost to .
- Changing the Tax Rate trades off with the other 3 basic Resources via .
Long-term[]
- More means more , which means more .
- can be used to build Improvements that increase production.
- can research Technologies to increase production directly or indirectly.
| Resources | |
|---|---|
| Basic Resources (FIDS) | Food  - Industry  - Dust  - Science 
|
| Strategic Resources | Hyperium  - Titanium-70  - Anti-Matter  - Hexaferrum  - Orichalcix  - Siderite  - Adamantian  - Quadrinix 
|
| Luxury Resources |
Vegetables: Redsang |
