| Item | Use | Region where found | Countries monopolizing | Rarity |
| Agar Wood | Elven | Moderate | ||
| Allspice | S. Central Continent | 100% Southern Achaean Merchant Houses | Moderate | |
| Amber | Moderate to Rare | |||
| Ambergris | Moderate to Rare | |||
| Anise | Anteian Basin Highlands | 60% Southern Achaean Merchants, 25 % Northern Achaean Merchants, some others | Moderate | |
| Arjuna | Vendijan | V. Rare! | ||
| Benzoin | A resin from a tree that is used as an incense. The incense is used for its scent and medicinally, to help coughs. | Grows in the tropical forests south of S. and E. Achaea | 85% Achaean monopolies, some Galacians and others. | Moderate |
| Camphor | Elven | Moderate | ||
| Caraway | N.and S. Achaean coasts | 85% Achaean merchant houses, some others | Moderate | |
| Cardamon | Used as a spice in both sweet and savory dishes, and sometimes as an incense. | Unknown, presumably the southern jungles | 100% Imperial monopoly | Rare |
| Cedar | Northern Anteian Basin | Moderate | ||
| Celery | The seeds are used in savory dishes, the plant itself is added to many dishes and salads. | Salt marshes of Mithraea and the Marches | 50% Marcher, 40% Mithraean, some others | Common |
| Chocolate | A stimulant drunk for both medicinal and recreations purposes and used to flavor baked goods or sweetened and eaten straight. | Southern Jungles | 75% Imperial, 20% Achaean, a few others | Rare |
| Cinnamon | Used as both a cooking spice in sweet and savory dishes and as an incense. | Forests of the Southern Continent | 90% Imperial, 10% the Sultan of Kosos | Rare |
| Cloves | Used as both a cooking spice in sweet and savory dishes and as an incense. | Southern Imperial coast, Gateway Islands | 100% Imperial monopoly | Moderate |
| Coffee | A stimulant drunk for both medicinal and recreations purposes. | Hills around disputed "gap" area of S. Continent, some in far S. Marches, Gateway Islands | 65% Imperial, 30% Achaean, a few others | Moderate |
| Copal | Vendijan | |||
| Coravitium | A rare intoxicating drink called blood wine is made from the toxic berries. | Imperial Southern Continent, some now cultivated on the home Islands | 100% Imperial monopoly | Rare |
| Coriander | Used as an incense and as a spice in savory dishes, particularly in Achaea. | Grows throughout the Anteian basin | Once an Achaean monopoly, no longer | Common |
| Cumin | Both the seeds and leaves are used in savory dishes. | Now grown everywhere south of Sienova and into Northern S. Achaea | Once an Imperial monopoly, no longer | Moderate |
| Diamond | Used in Magic ritual and as jewelry | Found in the mountains of N. Mithraea, Valmara, the Mountains S. of Southern Achaea (untapped) and the ranges of Vendija. | In the west. these are thought to be a Mithraic monopoly. They are rare and often found by accident. Oddly, the Imperials seem to get them too, htough they don't often buy them from Mithraea | Rare |
| Dragon's Blood | Vendijan | V. Rare! | ||
| Frankincense | Vendijan | V. Rare! | ||
| Galangal | Vendijan | V. Rare! | ||
| Ginger | Used both medicinally as a a warming herb, and as a spice in both sweet and savory dishes. | S. Imperial coast, the Steel coast, S. Achaean wetlands | 65% Imperial, 30% Achaean, a few others | Moderate |
| Henna | Used as a red dye for cloth and skin and to create cosmetics. Also used as an incense | Grows on rocky, sunny islands and coasts of the Anteian. Difficult to harvest as small drops of the resin form on the leaves of the closely packed shrubs. | 60% Achaean monopoly and 40% Galacian and Covananter, Imperial. | Moderate |
| Labdanum | The resin is used for cosmetics, perfumes, and incense | This is a resin from a shrub that grows on the coasts and islands of N. Achaea. | 60% Achaean monopoly with Galacians, Covenanters and others. | Moderate |
| Lavender | Used in cooking and as a perfume | Mithraea and Galaica and S. to the Anteian | Sienova produces the best refined lavender oils. The plants are available fresh or dried in many local markets. | Common |
| Live Oak | Used to construct very tough ship hulls. | Swamps of the Marches and further north on the Mithraic coast | 90% Marcher monopoly, 10 % Mithraic. | Moderate |
| Mahogany | Rare | |||
| Mace/Nutmeg | Used for cooking, some medicinal uses. | The North West of the Southern Continent | 40% Imperial, 40% Achaean, some others | Moderate |
| Mastic | The resin of the plant is collected in the summer. Each tree can produce between 10-15 lb. of the resin. It is chewed for gum and tooth health, burned as an incense, and used to flavor alcohol. | Grows only on a few peninsulas and islands in the Eastern Anteian. | Monopolized 50/50 by the Megarans and Covenanters. | Moderate |
| Myrrh | Rare | |||
| Opium | Used both medicinally to control pain and recreationally. | Anteian Basin Highlands | 60% Southern Achaean Merchants, 25 % Northern Achaean Merchants, some others | Moderate |
| Paprika & Cayenne | Originally southern Achaea, but now also in Northern Achaea | Widespread, but generally the best quality is available via Achaean merchants | Common to Moderate | |
| Pachouli | Vendijan | Very Rare | ||
| Pepper | Equatorial forests (Steel coast, Western Coasts of Southern continent) | 65% Imperial, 30% Achaean, a few others | Rare | |
| Rose Blossoms | Moderate | |||
| Saffron | Crocus flowers of Antiean basin, widespread but very tedious to harvest | Many merchant houses sell it, all at high price. | Rare | |
| Sandalwood | Elven | Moderate | ||
| Sassafras | The swamps of the southern Marches | 85% Marcher controlled | Common | |
| Sea Weed | Oceans and seas throughout Praedia | Elven Near-monopoly, not because of rarity, but because they were initially the only culture that has a taste for it in general. | Common | |
| Sesame Seeds | Anteian Basin Highlands | Widely distributed | Common | |
| Tea | Southern Marches, highland wetter areas of S. Achaea, the best quality tea, however comes from either the Imperial Home Islands or the Elven Islands | Ordinary tea is common, very good tea is 50% Imperial (black) 50% Elven (greens and oolongs) | Moderate to Rare | |
| Teben (Achaean) or Veloxus (Imperial) | A plant whose seeds produce a stimulant effect between that of cocaine and coffee. They can be chewed raw or the chemical can be processed and crystalized. | Grows on the inland side of the warm semi-arid hills that separate the Imperial South Coast from Achaea, as well as in other dry, rocky areas of the Anteian basin. | 85% Achaean monopoly, 15 % Imperials and others | Moderate |
| Tobacco | Southern Marches, Northern and Southern Achaea | 70% Marcher and Kadman Merchants | Moderate | |
| Truffles | Mithraic Forests | 90% Mithraic merchant houses | Rare | |
| Turmeric | S. Imperial coast, the Steel coast, S. Achaean wetlands | 65% Imperial, 30% Achaean, a few others | Moderate | |
| Vanilla | Unknown (Vendijan forests) | 100% Imperial monopoly | V. Rare! | |
| Ivory and Bone | jewelry, small carved nick-nacks, ritual use | Common |