Aquatica
Can you raise a location past a depth with resources without using those resources?
The rulebook's FAQ and Raise Location section say this, and posters agree.
- Aquatica rulebook · Rulebook · Raising Locations
- Aquatica rulebook · Rulebook · 4. Raise Location
- Born-of-Ashes · Community · 2020-11-05
- Robrob · Community · 2023-07-17
Not on purpose. You cannot give up a depth's resources just to slide the location up, and a blank depth can only be passed with a raise. A raise effect from a card, Manta or another location does cover resource depths, and the resources on the depths it skips are forfeited.