Civilization V Primer
New to the Civilization series or looking to bolster your empire? Our Civilization V Primer will provide you with policies to lead your people, technology throughout the eras, and strategies to finish all five victory types.
New to the Civilization series or looking to bolster your empire? Our Civilization V Primer will provide you with policies to lead your people, technology throughout the eras, and strategies to finish all five victory types.
- Shaping a Nation: Find the country, leader, polices and technologies that will forge your ideal nation
- City Production: Lists for every building, wonder, and unit in the game
- World Affairs: How to manage your empire and work with other world powers
- Tips for Victory: Strategies to overwhelm through war, culture, science and diplomacy
Shaping a Nation: Leaders and Countries
There are 18 different nations to play as and compete against in Civilization 5. Each has unique special abilities and units that will help guide you towards a certain victory goal. Each nation has one or more eras where they particularly excel. These time periods are the best opportunity to flourish or outright complete the game.
Washington - America
Unique Unit: B17 (Modern Bomber) 60 Range Combat, 10 Range, Penalty vs Naval, Evasion, Siege I
Unique Unit: Minuteman (Renaissance Musketman) 16 Combat, All Tiles Cost 1 Move
Manifest Destiny: All land military have +1 sight. 25% discount when purchasing tiles.
Suggested Victory: Domination, Points
Harun al-Rashid - Arabia
Unique Unit: Camel Archer (Medieval Knight) 10 Combat, 15 Ranged Combat, 2 Range, No Defensive Bonuses, Can Move After Attacking, May not Melee
Unique Building: Bazaar (Medieval Market) +25% Gold, +1 Extra Luxury, Merchant Specialists
Trade Caravans: +1 Gold from each Trade Route and Oil Resources provide double quantity.
Suggested Victory: Diplomatic, Points
Montezuma - Aztec
Unique Unit: Jaguar (Ancient Warrior) 6 Combat, Combat Bonus in Jungle, Heal 2 Damage after a kill
Unique Building: Floating Gardens (Ancient Watermill) +2 Food, +15% Food
Sacrificial Captives: Gains Culture for the empire from each enemy unit killed.
Suggested Victory: Domination, Diplomatic, Culture, Points
Wu Zetian - China
Unique Unit: Chu-Ko-Nu (Medieval Crossbowman) 6 Combat, 10 Ranged Combat, 2 Range, May Not Melee, May Attack Twice
Unique Building: Paper Maker (Ancient Library) +1 Science for every 2 Citizens, Scientist Specialists, +4 Gold
Art of War: Effectiveness and spawn rate of Great Generals increased.
Suggested Victory: Domination, Diplomatic, Science
Ramesses II - Egypt
Unique Unit: War Chariot (Ancient War Chariot) 3 Combat, 6 Ranged Combat, 2 Range, Rough Terrain Penalty, No Defensive Bonuses, May Not Melee
Unique Building: Burial Tomb (Classical Temple) +2 Happiness, +2 Culture, Enemy Civ gains double Gold when capturing the city
Monument Builders: +20% Production towards Wonder construction.
Suggested Victory: Diplomatic, Points
Elizabeth - England
Unique Unit: Longbowman (Medieval Crossbowman) 6 Combat, 10 Ranged Combat, 2 Range, May Not Melee, Range
Unique Unit: Ship of the Line (Renaissance Frigate) 30 Combat, 17 Ranged Combat, 2 Range, May Not Melee, Extra Sight
Sun Never Sets: +2 Movement for all naval units.
Suggested Victory: Domination, Diplomatic
Napoleon - France
Unique Unit: Foreign Legion (Industrial Infantry) 36 Combat, Foreign Lands Bonus
Unique Unit: Musketeer (Renaissance Musketman) 20 Combat
Ancient Regime: +2 Culture per turn from Cities before discovering Steam Power
Suggested Victory: Domination, Culture
Bismarck - Germany
Unique Unit: Landsknecht (Medieval Pikeman) 10 Combat, Bonus vs Mounted
Unique Unit: Panzer (Industrial Tank) 60 Combat, Penalty vs Cities, No Defensive Bonuses, Limited Visibility, Can Move After Attacking
Furor Teutonicus: Upon defeating a Barbarian unit inside an encampment, there is a 50% chance you earn 25 Gold and they join your side.
Suggested Victory: Domination, Points
Alexander - Greece
Unique Unit: Companion Cavalry (Classical Horseman)
Unique Unit: Hoplite (Ancient Spearman)
Hellenic League: City-State Influence degrades at half and recovers at twice the normal rate.
Original Capital: Athens
Suggested Victory: Domination, Culture, Points
Gandhi - India
Unique Unit: War Elephant (Ancient Chariot Archer) 14 Combat, No Defensive bonuses, Can Move After Attacking, Great Generals I
Unique Building: Mughal Fort (Medieval Castle) +2 Culture, +9 Defense, adds Gold with Flight Tech
Population Growth: Unhappiness from number of Cities doubled, Unhappiness from number of Citizens halved.
Suggested Victory: Diplomatic, Culture, Points
Hiawatha - Iroquois
Unique Unit: Mohawk Warrior (Classical Swordsman) 11 Combat, Combat Bonus in Forest and Jungle
Unique Building: Longhouse (Medieval Workshop) +1 Production from worked Forest, Engineer Specialists
The Great Warpath: Units move through Forest and Jungle in friendly territory as if it is Road. These tiles can be used to establish trade routes.
Suggested Victory: Diplomatic, Science, Points
Oda Nobunaga - Japan
Unique Unit: Samurai (Medieval Longswordsman) 18 Combat, Shock I, Great Generals II
Unique Unit: Zero (Industrial Fighter) 50 Ranged Combat, 8 Range, Interception, Bonus vs Fighters, Air Sweep, Weak Ranged Attack, Air Recon, bonus vs Helicopters
Bushido: Units fight as though they were at full strength even when damaged.
Suggested Victory: Domination, Diplomatic
Suleiman - Ottomans
Unique Unit: Janissary (Renaissance Musketman) 16 Combat, Heal if Destroy an Enemy, Combat Bonus when Attacking
Unique Unit: Sipahi (Renaissance Lancer) 22 Combat, Penalty on Defense, No Defensive bonuses, Can Move After Attack, No Movement Cost to Pillage, Extra Sight
Barbary Corsairs: 50% chance of converting a Barbarian unit to your side and earning 25 Gold.
Suggested Victory: Domination, Diplomatic, Points
Darius I - Persia
Unique Unit: Immortal (Ancient Spearman) 8 Combat, Bonus vs Mounted, Heals at Double Rate
Unique Building: Satrap's Court (Renaissance Bank) +2 Happiness, +25% Gold, Merchant Specialists
Achaemenid Legacy: Golden Ages last 50% Longer. During Golden Age, units receive +1 Movement and +10% Combat Strength bonus.
Suggested Victory: Diplomatic, Science, Points
Augustus Caesar - Rome
Unique Unit: Ballista (Classical Catapult) 4 Combat, 18 Ranged Combat, 2 Range, May not Melee, Bonus vs Cities, No Defensive bonuses, Must Set Up, Limited Visibility
Unique Unit: Legion (Classical Swordsman) 13 Combat. Builds Roads and Forts
The Glory of Rome: 25% Production towards any buildings that already exist in the Capital
Suggested Victory: Domination, Diplomatic, Science, Points
Catherine - Russia
Unique Unit: Cossack (Renaissance Cavalry) 25 Combat, Penalty vs Mounted, No Defensive Bonuses, Can Move After Attacking
Unique Building: Krepost (Ancient Barracks) +15 EXP. -50% Culture cost for new Tiles
Siberian Riches: Strategic Resources provide +1 Production and Horse, Iron, and Uranium Resources provide double quantity.
Suggested Victory: Domination, Diplomatic, Points
Ramkhamhaeng - Siam
Unique Unit: Naresuan's Elephant (Medieval Knight) 22 Combat, No Defensive Bonuses, Bonus vs Mounted, Can Move After Attacking
Unique Building: Wat (Medieval University) +3 Culture, +50% Science, Scientist Specialists
Father Governs Children: Food and Culture from friendly City States increased by 50%
Suggested Victory: Diplomatic, Culture
Askia - Songhai
Unique Unit: Mandekalu (Medieval Knight) 18 Combat, No Defensive Bonuses, Can Move After Attacking, Bonus vs Cities
Unique Unit: Mud Pyramid Mosque (Classical Temple) +5 Culture
River Warlord: Receive triple Gold from Barbarian encampments and pillaging Cities. Embarked units can defend themselves.
Suggested Victory: Domination, Diplomatic, Culture
Shaping a Nation: Polices
Social Polices are the means for which you govern your citizens. They offer various bonuses that will help shape your empire and synergize with a specific victory type. You gain new polices by boosting Culture. The most common way of gaining Culture is by building specific buildings within your cities that will add more Culture after every turn. Some nations, such as Songhai and India have unique buildings to help them build culture. Other nations, such as Aztec and France, rely on their special powers. You can also gain culture by allying with City-States, which both Greece and Siam specialize in. If you manage to complete five full policies, you'll have a chance to complete the game via a Culture Victory.
You can switch between exclusive polices, such as Rationalism and Piety, but this will throw your empire into Anarchy: a short penalty where your empire will not be able to produce or function. You will also not be refunded any of your Culture points, effectively making changing polices a huge drawback.
Tradition
Policy Name | Requirements | Bonus |
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Tradition | N/A | +1 Food in the Capital |
Aristocracy | Tradition | +33% Production for Wonders |
Oligarchy | Tradition | +33% combat strength in empire's borders |
Legalism | Tradition | -33% Unhappiness in the Capital |
Landed Elite | Aristocracy, Oligarchy | +33% Food growth in the Capital |
Monarchy | Oligarchy | -50% Gold cost for land |
Liberty
Policy Name | Requirements | Bonus |
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Liberty | No Autocracy | +50% Settler training speed |
Collective Rule | Liberty | +50% Food for second citizen in new cities |
Citizenship | Liberty | +25% Worker construction rate |
Republic | Collective Rule | +1 Production in all cities |
Representation | Citizenship | +1 Culture in all cities |
Meritocracy | Citizenship | +1 Happiness per city connected to the Capital |
Honor
Policy Name | Requirements | Bonus |
---|---|---|
Honor | N/A | +25% combat bonus vs Barbarians, notifications about new Barbarian Encampments |
Warrior Code | Honor | Great Generals appear outside the Capital |
Discipline | Honor | +15% combat bonus when another military unit is in an adjacent title |
Military Tradition | Warrior Code | Gain double EXP from combat |
Military Caste | Discipline | Each city with a garrison reduces Unhappiness by 1 |
Professional Army | Military Caste | -50% Gold needed for upgrading units |
Commerce
Policy Name | Requirements | Bonus |
---|---|---|
Commerce | One or more Costal Cities | +25% Gold output in the Capital |
Naval Tradition | Commerce | +1 move and Sight for military boats |
Trade Unions | Commerce | -20% maintenance for roads and railroads |
Merchant Navy | Naval Tradition | +3 Production in all Costal cities |
Mercantilism | Trade Unions | -25% Gold cost for City items |
Protectionism | Mercantilism | +1 for every Luxury |
Piety
Policy Name | Requirements | Bonus |
---|---|---|
Piety | Classical Era, No Rationalism | +2 Happiness |
Organized Religion | Piety | -25% Happiness to start a Golden Age |
Mandate of Heaven | Piety | 50% excess Happiness added to spendable Culture |
Theocracy | Organized Religion | -20% Unhappiness in un-occupied cities |
Reformation | Organized Religion | Free 6-turn Golden Age |
Free Religion | Mandate of Heaven, Reformation | 2 Free Policies |
Patronage
Policy Name | Requirements | Bonus |
---|---|---|
Patronage | Medieval Era | -25% City-State influence degradation speed |
Philanthropy | Patronage | +25% more influence from City-State gifts |
Aesthetics | Patronage | +20 non-degrading influence with all City-States |
Scholasticism | Philanthropy | +33% Science bonus from allied City-States |
Cultural Diplomacy | Scholasticism | +100% more resources and +50% more Happiness from City-States |
Educated Elite | Aesthetics, Scholasticism | Allied City-States will gift Great People |
Rationalism
Policy Name | Requirements | Bonus |
---|---|---|
Rationalism | Renaissance Era, No Piety | Free 5-turn Golden Age |
Secularism | Rationalism | +2 Science from every Specialist |
Humanism | Rationalism | +1 Happiness from all Universities |
Free Thought | Secularism | +2 Science from each Trading Post |
Soveereignty | Humanism | +15% Science when the empire is Happy |
Scientific Revolution | Free Thought | 2 Free Technologies |
Freedom
Policy Name | Requirements | Bonus |
---|---|---|
Freedom | Renaissance Era, No Autocracy | -50% Happiness from Specialists |
Constitution | Freedom | +100% Culture in cities with a Wonder |
Universal Suffrage | Freedom | +33% combat bonus for Cities |
Civil Society | Freedom | -50% Food cost for Specialists |
Free Speech | Constitution | -25% Cost of Policies |
Democracy | Civil Society | +50% rate of Great People born |
Autocracy
Policy Name | Requirements | Bonus |
---|---|---|
Autocracy | Industrial Era, No Liberty or Freedom | -33% Unit Gold maintenance |
Populism | Autocracy | +25% combat bonus for damaged Units |
Militarism | Autocracy | -33% Unit Gold cost |
Fascism | Populism and Militarism | +100% quantity of Strategic Resources produced |
Police State | Populism and Militarism | -50% Unhappiness in Occupied Cities |
Total War | Fascism, Police State | +33% combat bonus for 20 turns |
Order
Policy Name | Requirements | Bonus |
---|---|---|
Order | Industrial Era | +22% building Production |
Unified Front | Order | +33% City-State influence degradation for other players |
Socialism | Order | -10% Building Gold maintenance cost |
Nationalism | Order | +25% combat bonus when fighting in friendly territory |
Planned Economy | Socialism | -50% Unhappiness from cities |
Communism | Planned Economy | +5 Production per city |
Shaping a Nation: Technology
As your empire gains more science points, they can research technology that unlock new buildings and units. As you make your way across the tech tree, you'll advance to new eras and powers.
Ancient
Tech Name | Science Cost | Leads to Tech | Unlocks |
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Agriculture | 14 | Pottery, Animal Husbandry, Archery, Mining | Farm |
Pottery | 25 | Sailing, Calendar, Writing | Granary |
Animal Husbandry | 25 | Trapping, The Wheel | Reveals Horses, Pasture |
Archery | 25 | Mathematics | Archer |
Mining | 25 | Masonry, Bronze Working | Mine, Chop Forest |
Sailing | 40 | Optics | Work Boat, Trireme, The Great Lighthouse, Fishing Boat |
Calendar | 51 | Theology | Stonehenge, Plantation |
Writing | 40 | Philosophy | Library, National College, The Great Library, Open Borders |
Trapping | 40 | Civil Service | Trading Post, Camp |
The Wheel | 40 | Horseback Riding, Mathematics | Chariot Archer, Water Mill, Road |
Masonry | 40 | Construction | Walls, The Pyramids, Quarry, Clear Marsh |
Bronze Working | 40 | Iron Working | Spearman, Barracks, The Colossus, Remove Jungle |
Classical
Tech Name | Science Cost | Leads to Tech | Unlocks |
---|---|---|---|
Optics | 58 | Compass | Lighthouse, Embark |
Philosophy | 73 | Theology, Civil Service | Temple, National Epic, The Oracle, Research Agreements |
Horseback Riding | 73 | Chivalry | Horseman, Stable, Circus |
Mathematics | 73 | Currency, Engineering | Catapult, Courthouse, The Hanging Gardens |
Construction | 73 | Engineering | Colosseum, The Great Wall, Bridges over Rivers |
Iron Working | 110 | Metal Casting | Swordsman, Armory, Heroic Epic, Reveals Iron |
Medieval
Tech Name | Science Cost | Leads to Tech | Unlocks |
---|---|---|---|
Theology | 184 | Education | Monastery, Garden, Angkor Wat, The Hagia Sophia |
Civil Service | 294 | Chivalry | Pikeman, Chichen Itza, Increased Food from Farms with Fresh Water |
Currency | 184 | Chivalry | Mint, Market, Machu, Pichu |
engineering | 184 | Machinery, Physics | Lumber Mill, Fort |
Metal Casting | 184 | Physics, Steel | Forge, Workshop |
Compass | 250 | Astronomy | Harbor |
Education | 324 | Astronomy, Acoustics, Banking | University, Oxford University, Notre Dame, The Porcelain Tower Production to Research |
Chivalry | 324 | Banking | Knight, Castle, Himeji Castle, Defense Pact |
Machinery | 324 | Printing Press | Crossbowman, Faster movement on Road |
Physics | 324 | Printing Press, Gunpowder | Trebuchet |
Steel | 324 | Gunpowder | Longswordsman |
Renaissance
Tech Name | Science Cost | Leads to Tech | Unlocks |
---|---|---|---|
Astronomy | 479 | Navigation | Caravel, Observatory, Faster Embark Movement, Embarked units cross oceans. |
Acoustics | 479 | Scientific Theory | Opera House, Sistine Chapel, The Kremlin |
Banking | 479 | Economics | Bank, The forbidden Palace |
Printing Press | 479 | Economics | Theatre, Taj Mahal |
Gunpowder | 510 | Chemistry, Metallurgy | Musketman |
Navigation | 663 | Archaeology, Scientific Theory | Frigate, Seaport |
Economics | 663 | Military Science | Windmill, Big Ben |
Chemistry | 663 | Military Science, Fertilizer | Cannon, Ironworks |
Metallurgy | 663 | Rifling | Lancer |
Archaeology | 958 | Biology | Museum, Hermitage, The Louvre |
Scientific Theory | 958 | Biology, Steam Power | Public School, Reveals Coal |
Military Science | 958 | Steam Power | Cavalry, Military Academy, Brandenburg Gate |
Fertilizer | 958 | Dynamite | Food from Farms increased with no water |
Rifling | 1049 | Dynamite | Rifleman |
Industrial
Tech Name | Science Cost | Leads to Tech | Unlocks |
---|---|---|---|
Biology | 1596 | Electricity | Hospital, Reveals Oil, Build Well |
Steam Power | 1596 | Electricity, Replaceable Parts, Railroad | Ironclad, Factory, Lumber Mill yield improved, faster embark movement |
Electricity | 1805 | Refrigeration, Telegraph, Radio | Bank, The forbidden Palace |
Replaceable Parts | 1805 | Flight, Combustion | Destroyer, Stock Exchange, Reveals Aluminum |
Railroad | 1805 | Combustion | Anti-Tank Gun, Infantry, Statue of Liberty |
Dynamite | 1805 | Combustion | Artillery |
Refrigeration | 2090 | Plastics, Penicillin | Submarine, Offshore Platform |
Telegraph | 2090 | Electronics | Battleship, Military Base, Cristo Redentor |
Radio | 2090 | Mass Media, Radar | Anti-Aircraft Gun, Broadcast Tower, Eiffel Tower |
Flight | 2090 | Radar | Carrier, Fighter |
Combustion | 2090 | Atomic Theory, Lasers | Tank |
Modern
Tech Name | Science Cost | Leads to Tech | Unlocks |
---|---|---|---|
Plastics | 2470 | Ecology | Hydro Plant, Research Lab |
Penicillin | 2470 | Ecology | Medical Lab |
Electronics | 2470 | Computers | Mechanized Infantry |
Mass Media | 2470 | Computers | Stadium |
Radar | 2470 | Rocketry, Lasers | Bomber, Paratrooper, Pentagon |
Atomic Theory | 2470 | Nuclear Fusion | Reveals Uranium, The Manhattan Project |
Ecology | 2850 | Globalization | Solar Plant |
Computers | 2850 | Robotics | Nuclear Submarine, Mobile Sam |
Rocketry | 2850 | Satellites | Helicopter, Gunship, Rocket Artillery, Apollo Program |
Lasers | 2850 | Stealth, Advanced Ballistics | Jet Fighter, Modern Armor |
Nuclear Fusion | 2850 | Advanced Ballistics | Atomic Bomb, Nuclear Plant |
Globalization | 3182 | Particle Physics | United Nations, Sydney Opera House |
Robotics | 3182 | Particle Physics | SS Booster, Missile Cruiser, Spaceship Factory |
Satellites | 3182 | Particle Physics, Nuclear Fusion | SS Cockpit, Guided Missile |
Stealth | 3182 | Nuclear Fusion | Stealth Bomber |
Advanced Ballistics | 3182 | Nuclear Fusion | Nuclear Missile |
Future
Tech Name | Science Cost | Leads to Tech | Unlocks |
---|---|---|---|
Particle Physics | 3182 | Nanotechnology | SS Engine |
Nuclear Fusion | 3420 | Future Tech | SS Stasis Chamber |
Nanotechnology | 3135 | Future Tech | Giant Death Robot |
Future Tech | 3800 | N/A | Points |
City Production: Buildings and Wonders
Buildings can improve your city and countryside, providing boosts to your output and even give units extra EXP. If you aren't using citizen focuses, buildings are a great means of boosting Production, Gold, Food, Culture and Science. Be careful when creating buildings: they cost a hefty amount of Production to first make and cost Gold every turn to maintain. Once you posses a budget, building a powerful city can greatly support your empire.
Wonders offer huge improvements and add directly to your score. However, only a single World Wonder can exist in the world. You'll need to be quick and build these World Wonders before an enemy empire can. National Wonders can be constructed in multiple countries, but only in a single city per nation.
Ancient
Building Name | Building Type | Traits and Abilities | Requirements and Costs |
---|---|---|---|
Farm | Improvement | +1 Food, Improves Wheat | Agriculture; Grassland, Plains or Desert |
Pasture | Improvement | Improves Horses, Cattle and, Sheep | Animal Husbandry |
Krepost | City | +15 EXP. -50% Culture cost for new Tiles | 29 Production, 1 Gold Maintenance, Bronze Working, Russia |
Barracks | City | +15 EXP | 29 Production, 1 Gold Maintenance, Bronze Working |
The Colossus | Wonder | +1 Culture, +1 Great Merchant Points | 55 Production, Bronze Working |
Plantation | Improvement | Improves Bananas, Dye, Silk, Spices, Sugar, Cotton, Wine, and Incense | Calendar |
Stonehenge | Wonder | +8 culture, +1 Great Engineer Points | Calendar |
Quarry | Improvement | Improves Marble | Masonry |
Walls | City | +5 Defense | 36 Production, 1 Gold Maintenance, Masonry |
The Pyramids | Wonder | +1 Culture, +1 Great engineer Points | 64 Production, Masonry |
Mine | Improvement | +1 Production; Improves Iron, Coal, Aluminum, Uranium, Gems, Gold, and Silver | Mining, Hill |
Granary | City | +2 Food | 36 Production, 1 Gold Maintenance, Pottery |
Fishing Boats | Improvement | Improves Fish, Whales and Pearls | Sailing |
The Great Lighthouse | Wonder | +1 Culture, +1 Great Merchant Points | 47 Production, Sailing |
Floating Gardens | City | +2 Food, +15% Food/td> | 44 Production, 1 Gold Maintenance, The Wheel, Built near River, Aztec |
Water Mill | City | +2 Food | 44 Production, 2 Gold Maintenance, The Wheel, Built near River |
Trading Post | Improvement | +2 Gold | Trapping; Grassland, Plains, Desert, or Tundra |
Camp | Improvement | Improves Ivory, Fur and Deer | Trapping |
Paper Maker | City | +1 Science for every 2 Citizens, Scientist Specialists, +4 Gold | 29 Production, 1 Gold Maintenance, Writing, China |
Library | City | +1 Science for every 2 Citizens, Scientist Specialists | 29 Production, 1 Gold Maintenance, Writing |
National College | Wonder | +1 Culture, +50% Science | 66 Production, Library in all Cities |
The Great Library | Wonder | 1 Culture, +1 Great Scientist Points | 55 Production, Writing |
Monument | City | +2 Culture | 22 Production, 1 gold Maintenance |
Classical
Building Name | Building Type | Traits and Abilities | Requirements and Costs |
---|---|---|---|
Colosseum | City | +4 Happiness | 55 Production, 3 Gold Maintenance, Construction |
The Great Wall | Wonder | +1 Culture, +1 Great Engineer Points | 128 Production, Construction |
Stable | City | +25% Production when building Mounted Units | 36 Production, 1 Gold Maintenance, Horseback Riding |
Circus | City | +3 Happiness | 55 Production, 3 Gold Maintenance, Horseback Riding |
Armory | City | +15 EXP | 47 Production, 3 Gold Maintenance, Must have a Barracks, Iron Working |
Heroic Epic | Wonder | +15% Combat Bonus, +1 Culture | 51 Production, Must have a Barracks in all Cities, Iron Working |
Courthouse | City | Removes extra Unhappiness from Annexed cities | 73 Production, 5 Gold Maintenance, Mathematics |
The Hanging Gardens | Wonder | +3 Happiness, +1 Culture, +1 Great Artist Points | 73 Production, Mathematics |
Lighthouse | City | +1 Food from Water Tiles | 29 Production, 1 Gold Maintenance, Optics |
Mud Pyramid Mosque | City | +5 Culture | 44 Production, Philosophy, Songhai |
Burial Tomb | City | +2 Happiness, +2 Culture, Enemy Civ gains double Gold when capturing the city | 44 Production, Philosophy, Egypt |
Temple | City | +3 Culture | 44 Production, 2 Gold Maintenance, Philosophy |
National Epic | Wonder | +25% Great People generation, +1 Culture | 66 Production, Must have a Monument in all Cities, Philosophy |
The Oracle | Wonder | Free Social Policy, +1 Culture, +1 Great Scientist Point | 55 Production, Philosophy |
Medieval
Building Name | Building Type | Traits and Abilities | Requirements and Costs |
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Mughal Fort | City | +2 Culture, +9 Defense, adds Gold with Flight Tech | 180 Production, 3 Gold Maintenance, Walls, Chivalry, India |
Castle | City | +7.5 Defense | 200 Production, 3 Gold Maintenance, Chivalry |
Himeji Castle | Wonder | +4 Culture, +2 Great Engineer Points, +25 combat bonus inside friendly territory | 600 Production, Chivalry |
Chichen Itza | Wonder | +1 Culture, +1 Great Engineer Points, Golden Age +50% length | 450 Production, Civil Service |
Harbor | City | Forms Trade Route with the Capital, +25% Production building Naval Units | Compass |
Bazaar | City | +25% Gold, +1 Extra Luxury, Merchant Specialists | 120 Production, Currency, Arabia |
Mint | City | +3 Gold from Gold and Silver Mined | 120 Production, Currency |
Market | City | +25% Gold, Merchant Specialists | 120 Production, Currency |
Machu Pichu | Wonder | +1 Culture, +1 Great Merchant Points | 550 Production, Currency |
Wat | City | +3 Culture, +50% Science, Scientist Specialists | 200 Production, 2 Gold Maintenance, Education, Siam |
University | City | +50% Science, Scientist Specialists | 200 Production, 3 Gold Maintenance, Education |
Oxford University | Wonder | +1 Culture, Free Tech | 370 Production, Universities in all cities, Education |
Notre Dame | Wonder | +5 Happiness, +1 Culture, +1 Great Merchant Points | 500 Production, Education |
The Porcelain Tower | Wonder | +1 Culture, +2 Great Scientist Points, Great Scientist may Spawn here | 400 Production, Education |
Longhouse | City | +1 Production from worked Forest, Engineer Specialists | 80 Production, 2 Gold Maintenance, Metal Casting, Iroquois |
Forge | City | +15% Production for Land Units | 150 Production, 2 Gold Maintenance, Iron, Metal Casting |
Workshop | City | +20% Production for Buildings, Engineer Specialists | 100 Production, 2 Gold Maintenance, Metal Casting, |
Monastery | City | +3 Culture, +2 Culture from Incense and Wine | 120 Production, 2 Gold Maintenance, Theology |
Garden | City | 25% Great People Generation, Artist Specialist | 120 Production, 2 Gold Maintenance, Theology |
Ankor Wat | Wonder | +1 Culture, +1 Great Engineer Points, -75% Culture cost for new Tiles | 300 Production, Theology |
The Hagia Sophia | Wonder | +1 Culture, +1 Great Artist Points, +33% Great People generation | 300 Production, Theology |
Renaissance
Building Name | Building Type | Traits and Abilities | Requirements and Costs |
---|---|---|---|
Opera House | City | Acoustics | |
Sistine Chapel | Wonder | +1 Culture, +2 Great Artist Points, +33% Culture | 650 Production, Acoustics |
The Kremlin | Wonder | +4 Culture, +1 Great Scientist Points, +50% Defense from Buildings | 650 Production, Acoustics |
Museum | City | +5 Culture | 220 Production, 3 Gold Maintenance, Temple, Archaeology |
Hermitage | Wonder | Culture output doubled in this City | 420 Production, Must have Museum in all Cities, Archaeology |
The Louvre | Wonder | +1 Culture, +2 Great Artist Points, 2 free Great Artists | 700 Production, Archaeology |
Observatory | City | +50% Science | 180 Production, 2 Gold Maintenance, near a Mountain, Astronomy |
Satrap's Court | City | +2 Happiness, +25% Gold, Merchant Specialists | 220 Production, Market, Banking, Persia |
Bank | City | +25% Gold, Merchant Specialists | 220 Production, Market, Banking |
The Forbidden Palace | Wonder | +1 Culture, +1 Great Artist Points, -50% Unhappiness from number of Cities | 600 Production, Banking |
Iron Works | Wonder | +1 Culture, +20% Culture | 390 Production, Workshops in all Cities, Chemistry |
Windmill | City | +15% Production, Engineer Specialists | 180 Production, 2 Gold Maintenance, Economics |
Big Ben | Wonder | +1 Culture, +2 Great Merchant Points, -25% Gold cost | 700 Production, Economics |
Military Academy | City | +15 EXP | 350 Production, 3 Gold Maintenance, Military Science |
Brandenburg Gate | Wonder | +1 Culture, +2 Great Scientist Points, free Great General | 550 Production, Military Science |
Seaport | City | +2 Production from Sea Resources | 140 Production, 2 Gold Maintenance, Navigation |
Theatre | City | +4 Happiness | 300 Production, 5 Gold Maintenance, Colosseum, Printing Press |
Taj Mahal | Wonder | +1 Culture, +2 Great Artist Points, free Golden Age | 600 Production, Printing Press |
Public School | City | +50% Science, Scientist Specialists | 350 Production, 3 Gold Maintenance, University, Scientific Theory |
Industrial
Building Name | Building Type | Traits and Abilities | Requirements and Costs |
---|---|---|---|
Hospital | City | 50% Food is carried over after new Citizen is born | 400 Production, 2 Gold Maintenance, Biology |
Well | Improvement | Improves Oil | Biology |
Stock Exchange | City | +33% Gold, Merchant Specialists | 650 Production, Bank, Electricity |
Broadcast Tower | City | Doubles Culture per turn | 600 Production, 3 Gold Maintenance, Radio |
Eiffel Tower | Wonder | +8 Happiness, +1 Culture, +2 Great Merchant Points | 1000 Production, Radio |
Arsenal | City | +20% Production for Land Units | 350 Production, 3 Gold Maintenance, Military Academy, Railroad |
Offshore Platform | Improvement | Improves Oil | Refrigeration |
Statue of Liberty | Wonder | +1 Culture, +3 Great Engineer Points | 1200 Production, Replaceable Parts |
Factory | City | +50% Production, Engineer Specialists | 300 Production, 3 Gold Maintenance, Coal, Steam Power |
Military Base | City | +12 Defense | 450 Production, 4 Gold Maintenance, Castle, Telegraph |
Cristo Redentor | Wonder | +1 culture, +2 Great Artist Points, -33% Policy cost | 1200 Production, Telegraph |
Modern
Building Name | Building Type | Traits and Abilities | Requirements and Costs |
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Solar Plant | City | +25% Production | 600 Production, 3 Gold Maintenance, build near Desert, Ecology |
United Nations | Wonder | +1 Culture, +2 Great Merchant Points, Needed to start Diplomatic Victory, +1 extra vote | 1000 Production, Globalization |
Sydney Opera House | Wonder | +1 Culture, +2 Great Artist Points, 1 free Policy | 1000 Production, Globalization |
Stadium | City | +4 Happiness | 450 Production, 6 Gold Maintenance, Theatre, Mass Media |
Nuclear Plant | City | +25% Production | 600 Production, 3 Gold Maintenance, Uranium, Nuclear Fission |
Medical Plant | City | +25% Food is carried over after a new Citizen is born | 500 Production, 3 Gold Maintenance, Penicillin |
Hydro Plant | City | +1 Production in every tile next to a River | 600 Production, 3 Gold Maintenance, Aluminum, Plastics |
Research Lab | City | +100% Science, Scientist Specialists | 600 Production, 3 Gold Maintenance, Public School, Plastics |
Pentagon | Wonder | +1 Culture, +2 Great Merchant Points, -50% Gold cost for upgrades | 1200 Production, Radar |
Spaceship Factory | City | +50% Production for Spaceship parts | 460 Production, 3 Gold Maintenance, Aluminum, Factory, Robotics |
Apollo Program | Program | Needed for Science Victory | 1200 Production, Rocketry |
City Production: Combat and Support Units
Every era will gain new units that will build your army and help support building your empire. As time goes on, you'll have units on land, sea and air. Most all land units can enter and cross water once learning the Embark skill, though many are defenseless during this.
There are two major types of units: military and support. Support units tend to work and defend the land, improving your output. However, they can be easily captured or destroyed. Military units can move onto the same tile as support units, giving them protection by fighting off would-be attackers.
There is also a third, less common unit, the Great Person. Great People are born over time based on the buildings within your empire. Great People take the lower support spot, but can use special abilities, such as taking borders or providing free Golden Ages. When they use most of their powers, they are expended and cannot be used again.
As you move to new eras, you'll find a need to replace and upgrade your old units, which will make them ready to face the challenges ahead.
Ancient
Unit Name | Unit Type | Traits and Abilities | Movement | Requirements and Costs |
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Archer | Combat Archery | 4 Combat, 6 Ranged Combat, 2 Range, May not Melee | 2 | 23 Production, Archery Tech |
Chariot Archer | Combat Mounted | 2 Combat, 6 Ranged Combat, 2 Range, Rough Terrain Penalty, No Defensive Bonuses, May Not Melee | 4 | 20 Production, Horse, The Wheel |
Great Artist | Great Person | Culture Bomb, Starts Golden Age | 2 | Great Artist Points |
Great Engineer | Great Person | Speeds up Production, Starts Golden Age | 2 | Great Engineer Points |
Great General | Great Person | +25% Combat Bonus to allies, Creates Citadel, Starts Golden Age | 2 | Great General Points |
Great Merchant | Great Person | Creates Custom House, Starts Golden Age | 2 | Great Merchant Points |
Great Scientist | Great Person | Free Technology, Starts Golden Age | 2 | Great Scientist Points |
Hoplite | Combat Melee | 9 Combat, Bonus vs Mounted | 2 | 20 Production, Bronze Working, Greece |
Immortal | Combat Melee | 8 Combat, Bonus vs Mounted, Heals at Double Rate | 2 | 20 Production, Bronze Working,, Persia |
Jaguar | Combat Melee | 6 Combat, Combat Bonus in Jungle, Heal 2 Damage after a kill | 2 | 13 Production, Aztec |
Scout | Recon | 4 Combat, Ignores Terrain Cost | 2 | 8 Production |
Settler | Support | Founds new Cities | 2 | 109 Production |
Spearman | Combat Melee | 7 Combat, Bonus vs Mounted | 2 | 16 Production, Bronze Working |
Trireme | Combat Naval | 6 Combat, 4 Ranged Combat, 2 Range, Cannot Enter Deep Ocean, May not Melee | 4 | 20 Production, Sailing |
War Chariot | Combat Mounted | 3 Combat, 6 Ranged Combat, 2 Range, Rough Terrain Penalty, No Defensive Bonuses, May Not Melee | 5 | 20 Production, The Wheel, Egypt |
War Elephant | Combat Mounted | 6 Combat, 8 Ranged Combat, 2 Range, No Defensive Bonuses, May Not Melee | 3 | 20 Production, The Wheel, India |
Warrior | Combat Melee | 6 Combat | 2 | 13 Production |
Work Boat | Naval Support | Gathers Fish, Astronomy Needed | 4 | 10 Production, Sailing |
Worker | Land Support | Improves Food, Production, or Gold outside cities. Builds Roads and Railroads | 2 | 23 Production |
Classical
Unit Name | Unit Type | Traits and Abilities | Movement | Requirements and Costs |
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Ballista | Combat Siege | 4 Combat, 18 Ranged Combat, 2 Range, May not Melee, Bonus vs Cities, No Defensive bonuses, Must Set Up, Limited Visibility | 2 | 33 Production, Iron, Mathematics, Rome |
Catapult | Combat Siege | 4 Combat, 14 Ranged Combat, 2 Range, May not Melee, Bonus vs Cities, No Defensive bonuses, Must Set Up, Limited Visibility | 2 | 33 Production, Iron, Mathematics |
Companion Cavalry | Combat Mounted | 14 Combat, No Defensive bonuses, Can Move After Attacking, Great Generals I | 5 | 26 Production, Horse, Horseback Riding, Greece |
Horseman | Combat Mounted | 12 Combat, No Defensive bonuses, Can Move After Attacking | 4 | 26 Production, Horse, Horseback Riding |
Legion | Combat Melee | 13 Combat. Builds Roads and Forts | 2 | 30 Production, Iron, Iron Working, Rome |
Mohawk Warrior | Combat Melee | 11 Combat, Combat Bonus in Forest and Jungle | 2 | 26 Production, Iron, Iron Working, Iroquois |
Swordsman | Combat Melee | 11 Combat | 2 | 26 Production, Iron, Iron Working |
Medieval
Unit Name | Unit Type | Traits and Abilities | Movement | Requirements and Costs |
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Camel Archer | Combat Mounted | 10 Combat, 15 Ranged Combat, 2 Range, No Defensive Bonuses, Can Move After Attacking, May not Melee | 3 | 50 Production, Horse, Chivalry, Arabia |
Chu-Ko-Nu | Combat Archery | 6 Combat, 10 Ranged Combat, 2 Range, May Not Melee, May Attack Twice | 2 | 40 Production, Machinery, China |
Crossbowman | Combat Archery | 6 Combat, 10 Ranged Combat, 2 Range, May Not Melee | 2 | 40 Production, Machinery |
Knight | Combat Mounted | 18 Combat, No Defensive Bonuses, Can Move After Attacking | 3 | 50 Production, Horse, Chivalry |
Landsknecht | Combat Melee | 10 Combat, Bonus vs Mounted | 2 | 16 Production, Civil Service, Germany |
Longbowman | Combat Archery | 6 Combat, 10 Ranged Combat, 2 Range, May Not Melee, Range | 2 | 40 Production, Machinery, England |
Longswordsman | Combat Melee | 18 Combat | 2 | 50 Production, Iron, Steel |
Mandekalu Cavalry | Combat Mounted | 18 Combat, No Defensive Bonuses, Can Move After Attacking, Bonus vs Cities | 3 | 50 Production, Horse, Chivalry, Songhai |
Nareusan's Elephant | Combat Mounted | 22 Combat, No Defensive Bonuses, Bonus vs Mounted, Can Move After Attacking | 2 | 50 Production, Chivalry |
Pikeman | Combat Melee | 10 Combat, Bonus vs Mounted | 2 | 33 Production, Civil Service |
Samurai | Combat Melee | 18 Combat, Shock I, Great Generals II | 2 | 50 Production, Iron, Steel, Japan |
Trebuchet | Combat Siege | 6 Combat, 20 Ranged Combat, 2 Range, May not Melee, Bonus vs Cities, No Defensive bonuses, Must Set Up, Limited Visibility | 2 | 56 Production, iron, Physics |
Renaissance
Unit Name | Unit Type | Traits and Abilities | Movement | Requirements and Costs |
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Cannon | Combat Siege | 10 Combat, 26 Ranged Combat, 2 Range, May not Melee, Bonus vs Cities, No Defensive bonuses, Must Set Up, Limited Visibility | 2 | 83 Production, Chemistry |
Caravel | Combat Naval | 15 Combat, 7 Ranged Combat, 2 Range, Extra Sight, May Not Melee | 6 | 33 Production, Astronomy |
Cavalry | Combat Mounted | 25 Combat, Penalty vs Mounted, No Defensive Bonuses, Can Move After Attacking, Damaged Enemy Bonus | 3 | 87 Production, Horse, Military Science |
Cossack | Combat Mounted | 25 Combat, Penalty vs Mounted, No Defensive Bonuses, Can Move After Attacking | 3 | 87 Production, Horse, Military Science, Russia |
Frigate | Combat Naval | 30 Combat, 15 Ranged Combat, 2 Range, May Not Melee | 5 | 53 Production, Iron, Navigation |
Janissary | Combat Gunpowder | 16 Combat, Heal if Destroy an Enemy, Combat Bonus when Attacking | 2 | 40 Production, Gunpowder, Ottomans |
Lancer | Combat Mounted | 22 Combat, Penalty on Defense, No Defensive bonuses, Can Move After Attack | 4 | 73 Production, Horse, Metallurgy |
Minuteman | Combat Gunpowder | 16 Combat, All Tiles Cost 1 Move | 2 | 40 Production, Gunpowder, America |
Musketeer | Combat Gunpowder | 20 Combat | 2 | 40 Production, Gunpowder, France |
Musketman | Combat Gunpowder | 16 Combat | 2 | 40 Production, Gunpowder |
Rifleman | Combat Gunpowder | 25 Combat | 2 | 40 Production, Rifling |
Ship on the Line | Combat Naval | 30 Combat, 17 Ranged Combat, 2 Range, May Not Melee, Extra Sight | 5 | 53 Production, Iron, Navigation, England |
Sipahi | Combat Mounted | 22 Combat, Penalty on Defense, No Defensive bonuses, Can Move After Attack, No Movement Cost to Pillage, Extra Sight | 5 | 73 Production, Horse, Metallurgy, Ottomans |
Industrial
Unit Name | Unit Type | Traits and Abilities | Movement | Requirements and Costs |
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Anti-Aircraft Gun | Combat Gunpowder | 32 Combat, 2 Range, Interception, Bonus vs Aircraft, Bonus vs Helicopters | 2 | 100 Production, Radio |
Anti-Aircraft Gun | Combat Gunpowder | 32 Combat, Bonus vs Tanks | 2 | 100 Production, Replaceable Parts |
Artillery | Combat Siege | 16 Combat, 32 Ranged Combat, 3 Range, Indirect Fire, May Not Melee Attack, Bonus vs Cities, No Defensive Bonuses, Must Set Up, Limited Visibility | 2 | 140 Production, Dynamite |
Battleship | Combat Naval | 60 Combat, 32 Ranged Combat, 3 Range, Indirect Fire, May Not Melee | 4 | 167 Production, Oil, Telegraph |
Carrier | Combat Naval | 30 Combat, Can Carry 3 Cargo, May Not Melee Attack | 5 | 174 Production, Oil, Flight |
Destroyer | Combat Naval | 35 Combat, 22 Ranged Combat, 2 Range, Indirect Fire, Can See Submarines, Extra Sight, Interception, Bonus vs Submarines, May Not Melee | 8 | 127 Production, Electricity |
Fighter | Combat Fighter | 50 Ranged Combat, 8 Range, Interception, Air Sweep, Weak Ranged Attack, Air Recon, bonus vs Helicopters | 0 | 140 Production, Oil, Flight |
Foreign Legion | Combat Gunpowder | 36 Combat, Foreign Lands Bonus | 2 | 100 Production, Replaceable Parts, France |
Infantry | Combat Gunpowder | 36 Combat | 2 | 100 Production, Replaceable Parts |
Ironclad | Combat Naval | 35 Combat, 18 Ranged Combat, 2 Range, Cannot Enter Deep Ocean, May Not Melee | 4 | 73 Production, Coal |
Panzer | Combat Armored | 60 Combat, Penalty vs Cities, No Defensive Bonuses, Limited Visibility, Can Move After Attacking | 5 | 150 Production, Oil, Combustion, Germany |
Submarine | Combat Naval | 35 Combat, 18 Ranged Combat, 2 Range, Is Invisible, Can See Submarines, May Enter Ice Tiles May Not Melee | 5 | 127 Production, Refrigeration |
Tank | Combat Armored | 50 Combat, Penalty vs Cities, No Defensive Bonuses, Limited Visibility, Can Move After Attacking | 4 | 150 Production, Oil, Combustion |
Zero | Combat Fighter | 50 Ranged Combat, 8 Range, Interception, Bonus vs Fighters, Air Sweep, Weak Ranged Attack, Air Recon, bonus vs Helicopters | 0 | 140 Production, Oil, Flight, Japan |
Modern
Unit Name | Unit Type | Traits and Abilities | Movement | Requirements and Costs |
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Atomic Bomb | Missile | 10 Range, Evasion | 0 | 284 Production, Uranium, Nuclear Fission |
B17 | Combat Bomber | 60 Range Combat, 10 Range, Penalty vs Naval, Evasion, Siege I | 0 | 174 Production, Oil, Radar, America |
Bomber | Combat Bomber | 60 Range Combat, 10 Range, Penalty vs Naval | 0 | 174 Production, Oil, Radar |
Guided Missile | Missile | 70 Ranged Combat, 8 Range, Evasion | 0 | 67 Production, Satellites |
Helicopter Gunship | Combat Helicopter | 50 Combat, Ignores Terrain Cost, Hovering Unit, Bonus vs Tanks, No Defensive Bonuses, Unable to Capture Cities | 6 | 150 Production, Aluminum, Rocketry |
Jet Fighter | Combat fighter | 70 Range Combat, 10 Range, Interception, Air Sweep, Weak Ranged Attack, Air Recon, Bonus vs Helicopters | 0 | 201 Production, Aluminum, Lasers |
Mechanized Infantry | Combat Gunpowder | 50 Combat | 4 | 147 Production, Electronics |
Missile Cruiser | Combat Naval | 60 Combat, 25 Ranged Combat, 3 Range, Indirect Fire, Can Carry 3 Cargo, Interception, May Not Melee Attack | 7 | 174 Production, Aluminum, Robotics |
Mobile SAM | Combat Gunpowder | 40 Combat, 2 Range, Interception, Bonus vs Aircraft, Bonus vs Helicopters | 4 | 150 Production, Aluminum, Computers |
Modern Armor | Combat Armored | 80 Combat, Penalty Attacking Cities, No Defensive Bonuses, Limited Visibility, Can Move After Attacking | 4 | 234 Production, Aluminum, Lasers |
Nuclear Missile | Missile | 8 Range, Evasion | 0 | 402 Production, Uranium, Advanced Ballistics |
Nuclear Submarine | Combat Naval | 30 Combat, 70 Ranged Combat, 3 Range, Is invisible, Can See Submarines, Can Carry 2 Cargo, Bonus vs Submarines, May Enter Ice Tiles, May Not Melee | 6 | 167 Production, Aluminum, Computers |
Paratrooper | Combat Gunpowder | 40 Combat, May Paradrop | 2 | 117 Production, Radar |
Rocket Artillery | Combat Siege | 18 combat, 46 Ranged Combat, 3 Range, Indirect fire, May Not Melee, Bonus vs Cities, No Defensive Bonuses, Limited Visibility | 3 | 201 Production, Aluminum, Rocketry |
SS Booster | Space Ship Part | Needed for Science Victory | 2 | 234 Production, Robotics |
SS Cockpit | Space Ship Part | Needed for Science Victory | 2 | 335 Production, Satellites |
Stealth Bomber | Combat Bomber | 80 Ranged Damage, 20 Range, Penalty vs Naval, Evasion, Air Recon | 0 | 268 Production, Aluminum, Stealth |
Future
Unit Name | Unit Type | Traits and Abilities | Movement | Requirements and Costs |
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Giant Death Robot | Combat Armored | 150 Combat, Penalty Attacking Cities, No Defensive Bonuses, Can Move After Attacking | 3 | 335 Production, Uranium, Nuclear Fusion |
SS Engine | Space Ship Part | Needed for Science Victory | 2 | 335 Production, Particle Physics |
SS Stasis Chamber | Space Ship Part | Needed for Science Victory | 2 | 335 Production, Nanotechnology |
World Affairs: Managing Cities and Borders
The Countryside
A city will initially be surrounded by six tiles on each side. These tiles will yield bonuses to not only the city, but the empire as a whole. The main basic yields are production, gold, and food, each of which is necessary for your civilization to survive. You can order a worker to improve the land, which will boost the current yield, or add a new type--such as adding a trading post to a location that does not produce gold. There are also other types of resources, including bonus resources, strategic resources, and luxury resources. Bonus resources simply grant extra yield by building a particular building on them, such as placing a pasture on a sheep tile. Strategy resources, such as horses, oil, or iron are required to build specific buildings and units. finally, luxury resources boost happiness and are a good commodity to trade with other nations. You'll want to establish your cities close to as many yields and resources and nab them before other nations.
Roads and Rails can also be added to tiles. These will not only allow your units to travel faster, but will link trading routes between your capital and the other land based cities in your nation. This can be a great means of gaining more yield and even boosting happiness. However, roads can take a considerable amount of gold to maintain, so be sure you have the budget before constructing them. The Iroquois have the advantage of not needing roads on jungle and forest titles.
Inside the City and Growth
If you empire isn't growing just by the countryside tiles, you can also make improvements within your city itself. First you can assign your citizens to concentrate and specialize on producing a particular yield, such as gold, science or culture. While this will focus their attention on one particular result, it can cripple their balance. Keeping them on the default focus is typically your safest solution. Alternatively, you can use your production queue to construct buildings.
You should only resort to producing building when there is no need to produce units, or there is a dire need to gain a certain resource. Keep in mind that many buildings cost quite alot of gold to maintain, so you'll need to have either an ample stash of money, or aim for low cost buildings. The Medieval Market and Renaissance Bank are good first means to increase a city's gold flow. As your population increases and your happiness decreases you'll want to construct attractions to appease your citizens, such as the Classical Colosseum or Modern Stadium. Finally, one of the key stats you'll want to boost in your city is Culture, say with a Classical Temple.
As your city gains more culture points, it will periodically increase its border size, giving you free land a extra resources. You can also increase your land by purchasing them with gold. Foreign nations typically won't complain if your borders expand naturally, but will often have lower relations if you outright buy land around their own territory. In general, you'll want to expand your territory in a direction that won't encroach on others, which still gaining valuable tiles.
World Affairs: International Relations
Upon meeting a competing nation's unit or locate one of their cities, you'll be able to conduct relations with them. Base on your civilization's current stands and proximity to their own borders, the other empires may greet you with open arms or mocking threats.
There are four basic options you can have with another world leader: Discuss, trade, demand, and declare war.
Discuss
There are several pacts or proclamation you can make with a nation. If you happen to have good relations with them, the Pact of Cooperation is a good means to keep on their good side. However, if you happen to do something far beyond their polices, the friendly nation may break off their agreement. The Pact of Secrecy is similar, but is aimed to undermine a third party nation, typically a mutual enemy. If they happen to have a very bad relationship with a third nation, you can typically succeed in convincing them to go to war. They aren't necessarily your ally during the ensuing combat, but can help distract your target. Finally, telling them to not settle cities is a hostile warning that may sour relations, or send fear into them if your nation is strong enough.
Trade and Demand
Trade is a great means of gaining more resources, gold or setting up feuds. You can make several different offers, such as gold, resources, open borders or even whole cities. There are also a few unique trade options that can give interesting results. The Research agreement will expand both parties' gold in order to award both of them a random tech. This can be helpful if you have large amounts of excess gold lying around. The most common use however, is to gain extra strategic resources by lending out spare gold or luxuries.
You can also bribe others into making peace or declare war on other nations. This strategy will allow you indirectly damage your foes while keeping your own forces intact. Additionally, any bad relations will be directed towards the other parties and won't be traced back to you. This is an excellent means of gaining subvert Domination wins.
Demand is similar to trade, but you give them nothing in return. This will typically only work if you recently beat the pants off of them during a war.
Declare War and Negotiate Peace
Outright declaring war will allow you to start a war without actually having invading their land yet. This can give you time to prepare and asses the climate of war better before putting your frontline at risk. It will also seem less blood thirsty in the eyes of third party nations.
If you are currently at war, you can also negotiate peace. The victor will always have leverage in the peace negotiations, often requiring the loser to give up cities and major resources to keep from being crushed. Note, that any wars started will last a minimum of ten turns, and peace cannot arrive until at least that deadline. Alternatively, some nations may not want to negotiate, resulting in one of the two fighters eventually being eliminated.
Special Requests
Other nations can also come to you with requests you may not be able to make to them. Often they will ask you to stop your campaigns towards either their lands or those of city-states. You can either keep relations by agree to their request, or can harm your standing by either rebuffing them, or outright lying. Also, if they ever ask to go to war with a third party, you can opt to delay for 10 turns. Typically agreeing or politely declining will keep your relations in good standing, while being rude or dishonest will break down communication.
World Affairs: City States
City-States are small, single city, nations that are not out to win the game. They will typically never expand or act aggressively to the major empires. There are three types of City-States: Military, Cultured, and Maritime, which will grant free units, culture, or food, respectively. Some nations, such as Greece and Siam, are acute at befriending and enhancing city-states. Being on good relations with city-states is key means of gaining a Diplomatic Victory, and can be useful for Domination and Culture victories. Otherwise, you can simply ignore their presence if you are going for another victory type.
City State Requests
City States will often issue requests to help build relations. They can include killing barbarian encampments, forming trade routes to your capital, attacking major nation units, or destroying other city-states. The first two means are the safest, as they will typically not have adverse effects on your world relations. The other two, however, can be quite a political pain. Obviously, attacking another empire will force you into a war, though it can be useful if they are already viewed as a tyrant. Destroying a city-state will outright remove them from the game, adding their city to your own. First off, this can greatly lower your happiness if you can't quickly establish a courthouse. Second, if any other major power was allied or protecting that city state, your relations will go south, possibly ending agreements prematurely or starting wars.
Gifts and Bribes
You can also grant influence by giving the city-state military units or gold. This can be a safe, fast way of building influence without damaging relations or destroying nations.
Tips for Victory: Points Victory
If the game happens to last until the year 2050 and no other victory type has been awarded, the Points Victory will come into play. Your amount of final points have a few factors, including world wonders, future techs, and amount of cities.
Amass World Wonders
World Wonders are unique buildings that are limited not to just one city, but one for the entire world. It can take many turns and a lot of production to create world wonders, but the rewards can greatly enhance your nation's abilities, while at the same time hampering your neighbors. Egypt is a great nation for making Wonders quickly with their 20% boost, as is the Aristocracy Policy, which gives another 33%. Keep in mind however, that if another nation beats you to the punch, you'll never be able to make that particular wonder. Worse yet, if they complete a wonder you were working on, you'll have wasted those turns producing an unfinished result. It's best to make as many wonders near the start of the game, aiming for ones that can be done in a short amount of turns, and not have to worry about them in later stages.
National Wonders are also an excellent means of boosting points if your empire has a unified goal. For instance, a military based society can build the Heroic Epic after placing barracks in all of their cities. However, more balanced civilizations might not gain this option quickly.
Technology and Science
Science is a key means of wracking in points. The Rationalism Policy is dedicated to increasing your science level, while the Scholasticism Policy from the Patronage tree will give science from your allied city-states. Key buildings you'll want in a science based civilization include the ancient library, medieval university, renaissance public school, and modern research lab. China can directly increase its science level along with extra gold bonuses, while Rome can emulate faster science based building by forming them in the capital.
Boost your Population
There are a few means to gain a good population: either concentrate on a few very powerful cities, or expand to many, average population cities. Your capital will typically be in the best shape, as it will always be your first settlement. Your number one objective is to gain as much food as possible. Gaining territory that naturally produces large amount of food is good, but added buildings and improvements are even better. The Farm is the typical means of enhancing a the countryside; within your city itself should have a granary and water mill, if possible. If you happened to pick the Civil Society policy from the Freedom tree, you can easily focus your citizens on food production.
And there is of course the alternate method of gaining cities: war. You can quickly boost your population by forming a strong army and take over city-states or enemy locations. Be sure to build a courthouse right away, as the extra amount of unhappiness on your empire can be devastating.
Tips for Victory: Domination Victory
Though the name may imply building for all out war, the requirements for a Domination Victory is to be the last empire still holding on to it original capital. While war is very direct, you can also gain a domination victory through trade and discussion with other nations.
The Price of War
Before starting to build a powerful army, you'll first need finances and defenses to form a steady production. In the countryside, you'll want to concentrate on building a mix of trading posts to increase gold, and lumber yard for production. Be sure to also connect roads from your cities to the frontlines. In your city itself, you'll want to build banks, markets and stock exchanges to increase wealth. Barracks and military academies will improve your army's default EXP, allowing them to acquire bonuses right after production. If you need further boosts, consider the Autocracy and Honor polices to further ready your nation. Order and Commerce can also lead to other advantages.
Diplomacy and Trade
Don't go straight into battle without first working out some world relations. Other nations can support you in your war effort as allies, or even provide extra resources. If you are unable to acquire strategic resources in your own lands, you can trade with your neighbors for items such as iron and oil.
Another ability of trading, is to bribe third parties into going into war with your enemies, keeping your country safe while an enemy takes blows. Typically, the nation you're bribing should already have bad relations with the defender. The attacker will also typically request a large amount of rewards, including gold, resources and open borders. This can be very much worth the high costs if it means troubling an enemy.
Battle and Victory
After gaining stable production and enough science to start building an army, it's time to set up some units. You'll want frontline melee attackers--the warrior is an early example--along with ranged attackers and siege weapons. An army in the Medieval era may consist of say some crossbowmen, trebuchets, knights and pikemen. You'll want to upgrade and diversify your army as you enter new eras. In the industrial era, planes aboard carriers can provide long distances strikes against far off targets.
Some nations are excellent for fighting. America has a vision bonus, allowing them to spot an enemy ahead of time. Japan is hand downs the strongest in a straight forward fight, due to their Bushdio ability, granting them now damage penalty from being weakened. Both England and Songhai has great boosts for holding the seas, either by producing fast ships or allowing embarked units the ability to fight.
Remember however, that you can only seize cities with a ground based unit. You should first weaken a city's defenses with boats and planes, and then move your infantry in for a steal. Annexing the city and building a courthouse, or even razing them, will be more helpful than turning them into a puppet. You only need take enough cities to make it to the enemy capital and take it from their grasp.
Stealth and Accidental Victory
As mentioned above, you don't have to take every city to form a Domination Victory. You can quickly come in a strike against a capital and take it without ever having attacked another party of a competing nation. Additionally, if several other nations are aiming for a domination, they may make the mistake of leaving you alone and wind up losing their own capitals, leaving you the winner by default. This is a rare occurrence among perceptive nations, but always a possibility.
Tips for Victory: Diplomacy Victory
The Diplomacy victory is among the hardest to gain. You (or another major power) must make their way to the end of the modern era and build the United Nations. After every ten turns a vote will be held to decide the true leader. However, acquiring votes from other nations and city-states can be taxing.
Your Friends, the City-States
While City-States can largely be ignored for other victories, keeping good relations with them is key to gaining their vote. They will only vote for you as head of the United Nations if you currently have allied status. Your best bet is to complete their requests, hopefully in a way that doesn't jeopardize your relations with other nations. If you have excess money, try giving them gifts of gold. Finally, the City-State has to survive, so defend them and make proclamations to protect them against invaders. A destroyed nation is a vote you will not gain.
Finally, invest in the Patronage policy to boost your relations with all City-States.
Liberation
Probably the hardest part of the Diplomacy Victory is getting other major powers to vote for you. They will always see themselves the most fit to lead the United Nations, and will only pick you if something drastic happens: Liberation.
In order to liberate a major power, they must first be completely wiped out by a third nation. You must then in turn attack this third nation until reaching the eliminated nation's capital. When you take over this city, you have a new fourth option of liberating them, re-instating them back into power. This is the only means of gaining their vote.
With enough votes from other empires and city-states will give you the final victory.
Tips for Victory: Science Victory
To gain a science victory you need to advance to the future era, start the Apollo Program and build four parts of the Spaceship. Rationalism is the main policy you'll want to invest in order to increase your Science output.
Building your Spaceship
You'll want to create from 1-3 neighboring cities that can quickly produce the spaceship parts. Two can be made in the modern era, while the others require future techs. Robotics, satellites, nanotechnology, and particle physics are what you'll need to form the parts, along with rocketry to start up the Apollo Program.
Get a head start and build the booster and cockpit in the modern era, for when the future era comes you'll want to make the engine and stasis chamber quickly.
Making parts in your capital will save you time as they can be added to the spaceship with the risk of coming to harm. Form railroads between the cities producing the additional parts, so they can arrive in the capital without danger.
If an enemy unit--even the lowest of fighters--moves onto your spaceship piece, it will automatically be destroyed, making it a great loss due to the amount of turns it takes to complete the parts.
Tips for Victory: Culture Victory
You can also gain a Culture Victory by completing five policy trees. You may want to start in an early or mid era to help amass culture, epically if you're playing as France or Aztec, who have special powers to gain culture. The Piety and Freedom trees are great for gaining extra culture points.
Culture from within
First off, you'll want to construct buildings that provide lots of culture bonuses. The classical temple, renaissance museum and industrial broadcast tower are all great building for boosting your empire's culture. If you need to, assign citizens focus on building culture. This can be risky, though, as it can stunt every other resources, potentially putting you at future risk. Only stick to a single focus for a few turns before reverting back to the default.
Culture from beyond
Another means to gain culture is to ally with a cultured city-state. While military and maritime city-states yield units and food, the cultured city-states provide a large boost to your culture output. Siam has a great bonus to working along with city states to gain bonus culture.
Utopia Project
When you finally have completed five policy trees, you will be able to start the Utopia Project. This requires a lot of production, so be sure to build it in a city that can make it quickly. If other nations get word that you are starting this project, it may encourage them to strike against you.
Shaping a Nation: Leaders and Countries
There are 18 different nations to play as and compete against in Civilization 5. Each has unique special abilities and units that will help guide you towards a certain victory goal. Each nation has one or more eras where they particularly excel. These time periods are the best opportunity to flourish or outright complete the game.
Washington - America
Unique Unit: B17 (Modern Bomber) 60 Range Combat, 10 Range, Penalty vs Naval, Evasion, Siege I
Unique Unit: Minuteman (Renaissance Musketman) 16 Combat, All Tiles Cost 1 Move
Manifest Destiny: All land military have +1 sight. 25% discount when purchasing tiles.
Suggested Victory: Domination, Points
Harun al-Rashid - Arabia
Unique Unit: Camel Archer (Medieval Knight) 10 Combat, 15 Ranged Combat, 2 Range, No Defensive Bonuses, Can Move After Attacking, May not Melee
Unique Building: Bazaar (Medieval Market) +25% Gold, +1 Extra Luxury, Merchant Specialists
Trade Caravans: +1 Gold from each Trade Route and Oil Resources provide double quantity.
Suggested Victory: Diplomatic, Points
Montezuma - Aztec
Unique Unit: Jaguar (Ancient Warrior) 6 Combat, Combat Bonus in Jungle, Heal 2 Damage after a kill
Unique Building: Floating Gardens (Ancient Watermill) +2 Food, +15% Food
Sacrificial Captives: Gains Culture for the empire from each enemy unit killed.
Suggested Victory: Domination, Diplomatic, Culture, Points
Wu Zetian - China
Unique Unit: Chu-Ko-Nu (Medieval Crossbowman) 6 Combat, 10 Ranged Combat, 2 Range, May Not Melee, May Attack Twice
Unique Building: Paper Maker (Ancient Library) +1 Science for every 2 Citizens, Scientist Specialists, +4 Gold
Art of War: Effectiveness and spawn rate of Great Generals increased.
Suggested Victory: Domination, Diplomatic, Science
Ramesses II - Egypt
Unique Unit: War Chariot (Ancient War Chariot) 3 Combat, 6 Ranged Combat, 2 Range, Rough Terrain Penalty, No Defensive Bonuses, May Not Melee
Unique Building: Burial Tomb (Classical Temple) +2 Happiness, +2 Culture, Enemy Civ gains double Gold when capturing the city
Monument Builders: +20% Production towards Wonder construction.
Suggested Victory: Diplomatic, Points
Elizabeth - England
Unique Unit: Longbowman (Medieval Crossbowman) 6 Combat, 10 Ranged Combat, 2 Range, May Not Melee, Range
Unique Unit: Ship of the Line (Renaissance Frigate) 30 Combat, 17 Ranged Combat, 2 Range, May Not Melee, Extra Sight
Sun Never Sets: +2 Movement for all naval units.
Suggested Victory: Domination, Diplomatic
Napoleon - France
Unique Unit: Foreign Legion (Industrial Infantry) 36 Combat, Foreign Lands Bonus
Unique Unit: Musketeer (Renaissance Musketman) 20 Combat
Ancient Regime: +2 Culture per turn from Cities before discovering Steam Power
Suggested Victory: Domination, Culture
Bismarck - Germany
Unique Unit: Landsknecht (Medieval Pikeman) 10 Combat, Bonus vs Mounted
Unique Unit: Panzer (Industrial Tank) 60 Combat, Penalty vs Cities, No Defensive Bonuses, Limited Visibility, Can Move After Attacking
Furor Teutonicus: Upon defeating a Barbarian unit inside an encampment, there is a 50% chance you earn 25 Gold and they join your side.
Suggested Victory: Domination, Points
Alexander - Greece
Unique Unit: Companion Cavalry (Classical Horseman)
Unique Unit: Hoplite (Ancient Spearman)
Hellenic League: City-State Influence degrades at half and recovers at twice the normal rate.
Original Capital: Athens
Suggested Victory: Domination, Culture, Points
Gandhi - India
Unique Unit: War Elephant (Ancient Chariot Archer) 14 Combat, No Defensive bonuses, Can Move After Attacking, Great Generals I
Unique Building: Mughal Fort (Medieval Castle) +2 Culture, +9 Defense, adds Gold with Flight Tech
Population Growth: Unhappiness from number of Cities doubled, Unhappiness from number of Citizens halved.
Suggested Victory: Diplomatic, Culture, Points
Hiawatha - Iroquois
Unique Unit: Mohawk Warrior (Classical Swordsman) 11 Combat, Combat Bonus in Forest and Jungle
Unique Building: Longhouse (Medieval Workshop) +1 Production from worked Forest, Engineer Specialists
The Great Warpath: Units move through Forest and Jungle in friendly territory as if it is Road. These tiles can be used to establish trade routes.
Suggested Victory: Diplomatic, Science, Points
Oda Nobunaga - Japan
Unique Unit: Samurai (Medieval Longswordsman) 18 Combat, Shock I, Great Generals II
Unique Unit: Zero (Industrial Fighter) 50 Ranged Combat, 8 Range, Interception, Bonus vs Fighters, Air Sweep, Weak Ranged Attack, Air Recon, bonus vs Helicopters
Bushido: Units fight as though they were at full strength even when damaged.
Suggested Victory: Domination, Diplomatic
Suleiman - Ottomans
Unique Unit: Janissary (Renaissance Musketman) 16 Combat, Heal if Destroy an Enemy, Combat Bonus when Attacking
Unique Unit: Sipahi (Renaissance Lancer) 22 Combat, Penalty on Defense, No Defensive bonuses, Can Move After Attack, No Movement Cost to Pillage, Extra Sight
Barbary Corsairs: 50% chance of converting a Barbarian unit to your side and earning 25 Gold.
Suggested Victory: Domination, Diplomatic, Points
Darius I - Persia
Unique Unit: Immortal (Ancient Spearman) 8 Combat, Bonus vs Mounted, Heals at Double Rate
Unique Building: Satrap's Court (Renaissance Bank) +2 Happiness, +25% Gold, Merchant Specialists
Achaemenid Legacy: Golden Ages last 50% Longer. During Golden Age, units receive +1 Movement and +10% Combat Strength bonus.
Suggested Victory: Diplomatic, Science, Points
Augustus Caesar - Rome
Unique Unit: Ballista (Classical Catapult) 4 Combat, 18 Ranged Combat, 2 Range, May not Melee, Bonus vs Cities, No Defensive bonuses, Must Set Up, Limited Visibility
Unique Unit: Legion (Classical Swordsman) 13 Combat. Builds Roads and Forts
The Glory of Rome: 25% Production towards any buildings that already exist in the Capital
Suggested Victory: Domination, Diplomatic, Science, Points
Catherine - Russia
Unique Unit: Cossack (Renaissance Cavalry) 25 Combat, Penalty vs Mounted, No Defensive Bonuses, Can Move After Attacking
Unique Building: Krepost (Ancient Barracks) +15 EXP. -50% Culture cost for new Tiles
Siberian Riches: Strategic Resources provide +1 Production and Horse, Iron, and Uranium Resources provide double quantity.
Suggested Victory: Domination, Diplomatic, Points
Ramkhamhaeng - Siam
Unique Unit: Naresuan's Elephant (Medieval Knight) 22 Combat, No Defensive Bonuses, Bonus vs Mounted, Can Move After Attacking
Unique Building: Wat (Medieval University) +3 Culture, +50% Science, Scientist Specialists
Father Governs Children: Food and Culture from friendly City States increased by 50%
Suggested Victory: Diplomatic, Culture
Askia - Songhai
Unique Unit: Mandekalu (Medieval Knight) 18 Combat, No Defensive Bonuses, Can Move After Attacking, Bonus vs Cities
Unique Unit: Mud Pyramid Mosque (Classical Temple) +5 Culture
River Warlord: Receive triple Gold from Barbarian encampments and pillaging Cities. Embarked units can defend themselves.
Suggested Victory: Domination, Diplomatic, Culture
Shaping a Nation: Polices
Social Polices are the means for which you govern your citizens. They offer various bonuses that will help shape your empire and synergize with a specific victory type. You gain new polices by boosting Culture. The most common way of gaining Culture is by building specific buildings within your cities that will add more Culture after every turn. Some nations, such as Songhai and India have unique buildings to help them build culture. Other nations, such as Aztec and France, rely on their special powers. You can also gain culture by allying with City-States, which both Greece and Siam specialize in. If you manage to complete five full policies, you'll have a chance to complete the game via a Culture Victory.
You can switch between exclusive polices, such as Rationalism and Piety, but this will throw your empire into Anarchy: a short penalty where your empire will not be able to produce or function. You will also not be refunded any of your Culture points, effectively making changing polices a huge drawback.
Tradition
Policy Name | Requirements | Bonus |
---|---|---|
Tradition | N/A | +1 Food in the Capital |
Aristocracy | Tradition | +33% Production for Wonders |
Oligarchy | Tradition | +33% combat strength in empire's borders |
Legalism | Tradition | -33% Unhappiness in the Capital |
Landed Elite | Aristocracy, Oligarchy | +33% Food growth in the Capital |
Monarchy | Oligarchy | -50% Gold cost for land |
Liberty
Policy Name | Requirements | Bonus |
---|---|---|
Liberty | No Autocracy | +50% Settler training speed |
Collective Rule | Liberty | +50% Food for second citizen in new cities |
Citizenship | Liberty | +25% Worker construction rate |
Republic | Collective Rule | +1 Production in all cities |
Representation | Citizenship | +1 Culture in all cities |
Meritocracy | Citizenship | +1 Happiness per city connected to the Capital |
Honor
Policy Name | Requirements | Bonus |
---|---|---|
Honor | N/A | +25% combat bonus vs Barbarians, notifications about new Barbarian Encampments |
Warrior Code | Honor | Great Generals appear outside the Capital |
Discipline | Honor | +15% combat bonus when another military unit is in an adjacent title |
Military Tradition | Warrior Code | Gain double EXP from combat |
Military Caste | Discipline | Each city with a garrison reduces Unhappiness by 1 |
Professional Army | Military Caste | -50% Gold needed for upgrading units |
Commerce
Policy Name | Requirements | Bonus |
---|---|---|
Commerce | One or more Costal Cities | +25% Gold output in the Capital |
Naval Tradition | Commerce | +1 move and Sight for military boats |
Trade Unions | Commerce | -20% maintenance for roads and railroads |
Merchant Navy | Naval Tradition | +3 Production in all Costal cities |
Mercantilism | Trade Unions | -25% Gold cost for City items |
Protectionism | Mercantilism | +1 for every Luxury |
Piety
Policy Name | Requirements | Bonus |
---|---|---|
Piety | Classical Era, No Rationalism | +2 Happiness |
Organized Religion | Piety | -25% Happiness to start a Golden Age |
Mandate of Heaven | Piety | 50% excess Happiness added to spendable Culture |
Theocracy | Organized Religion | -20% Unhappiness in un-occupied cities |
Reformation | Organized Religion | Free 6-turn Golden Age |
Free Religion | Mandate of Heaven, Reformation | 2 Free Policies |
Patronage
Policy Name | Requirements | Bonus |
---|---|---|
Patronage | Medieval Era | -25% City-State influence degradation speed |
Philanthropy | Patronage | +25% more influence from City-State gifts |
Aesthetics | Patronage | +20 non-degrading influence with all City-States |
Scholasticism | Philanthropy | +33% Science bonus from allied City-States |
Cultural Diplomacy | Scholasticism | +100% more resources and +50% more Happiness from City-States |
Educated Elite | Aesthetics, Scholasticism | Allied City-States will gift Great People |
Rationalism
Policy Name | Requirements | Bonus |
---|---|---|
Rationalism | Renaissance Era, No Piety | Free 5-turn Golden Age |
Secularism | Rationalism | +2 Science from every Specialist |
Humanism | Rationalism | +1 Happiness from all Universities |
Free Thought | Secularism | +2 Science from each Trading Post |
Soveereignty | Humanism | +15% Science when the empire is Happy |
Scientific Revolution | Free Thought | 2 Free Technologies |
Freedom
Policy Name | Requirements | Bonus |
---|---|---|
Freedom | Renaissance Era, No Autocracy | -50% Happiness from Specialists |
Constitution | Freedom | +100% Culture in cities with a Wonder |
Universal Suffrage | Freedom | +33% combat bonus for Cities |
Civil Society | Freedom | -50% Food cost for Specialists |
Free Speech | Constitution | -25% Cost of Policies |
Democracy | Civil Society | +50% rate of Great People born |
Autocracy
Policy Name | Requirements | Bonus |
---|---|---|
Autocracy | Industrial Era, No Liberty or Freedom | -33% Unit Gold maintenance |
Populism | Autocracy | +25% combat bonus for damaged Units |
Militarism | Autocracy | -33% Unit Gold cost |
Fascism | Populism, Militarism | +100% quantity of Strategic Resources produced |
Police State | Populism, Militarism | -50% Unhappiness in Occupied Cities |
Total War | Fascism, Police State | +33% combat bonus for 20 turns |
Order
Policy Name | Requirements | Bonus |
---|---|---|
Order | Industrial Era | +22% building Production |
Unified Front | Order | +33% City-State influence degradation for other players |
Socialism | Order | -10% Building Gold maintenance cost |
Nationalism | Order | +25% combat bonus when fighting in friendly territory |
Planned Economy | Socialism | -50% Unhappiness from cities |
Communism | Planned Economy | +5 Production per city |
Shaping a Nation: Technology
As your empire gains more science points, they can research technology that unlock new buildings and units. As you make your way across the tech tree, you'll advance to new eras and powers.
Ancient
Tech Name | Science Cost | Leads to Tech | Unlocks |
---|---|---|---|
Agriculture | 14 | Pottery, Animal Husbandry, Archery, Mining | Farm |
Pottery | 25 | Sailing, Calendar, Writing | Granary |
Animal Husbandry | 25 | Trapping, The Wheel | Reveals Horses, Pasture |
Archery | 25 | Mathematics | Archer |
Mining | 25 | Masonry, Bronze Working | Mine, Chop Forest |
Sailing | 40 | Optics | Work Boat, Trireme, The Great Lighthouse, Fishing Boat |
Calendar | 51 | Theology | Stonehenge, Plantation |
Writing | 40 | Philosophy | Library, National College, The Great Library, Open Borders |
Trapping | 40 | Civil Service | Trading Post, Camp |
The Wheel | 40 | Horseback Riding, Mathematics | Chariot Archer, Water Mill, Road |
Masonry | 40 | Construction | Walls, The Pyramids, Quarry, Clear Marsh |
Bronze Working | 40 | Iron Working | Spearman, Barracks, The Colossus, Remove Jungle |
Classical
Tech Name | Science Cost | Leads to Tech | Unlocks |
---|---|---|---|
Optics | 58 | Compass | Lighthouse, Embark |
Philosophy | 73 | Theology, Civil Service | Temple, National Epic, The Oracle, Research Agreements |
Horseback Riding | 73 | Chivalry | Horseman, Stable, Circus |
Mathematics | 73 | Currency, Engineering | Catapult, Courthouse, The Hanging Gardens |
Construction | 73 | Engineering | Colosseum, The Great Wall, Bridges over Rivers |
Iron Working | 110 | Metal Casting | Swordsman, Armory, Heroic Epic, Reveals Iron |
Medieval
Tech Name | Science Cost | Leads to Tech | Unlocks |
---|---|---|---|
Theology | 184 | Education | Monastery, Garden, Angkor Wat, The Hagia Sophia |
Civil Service | 294 | Chivalry | Pikeman, Chichen Itza, Increased Food from Farms with Fresh Water |
Currency | 184 | Chivalry | Mint, Market, Machu, Pichu |
engineering | 184 | Machinery, Physics | Lumber Mill, Fort |
Metal Casting | 184 | Physics, Steel | Forge, Workshop |
Compass | 250 | Astronomy | Harbor |
Education | 324 | Astronomy, Acoustics, Banking | University, Oxford University, Notre Dame, The Porcelain Tower Production to Research |
Chivalry | 324 | Banking | Knight, Castle, Himeji Castle, Defense Pact |
Machinery | 324 | Printing Press | Crossbowman, Faster movement on Road |
Physics | 324 | Printing Press, Gunpowder | Trebuchet |
Steel | 324 | Gunpowder | Longswordsman |
Renaissance
Tech Name | Science Cost | Leads to Tech | Unlocks |
---|---|---|---|
Astronomy | 479 | Navigation | Caravel, Observatory, Faster Embark Movement, Embarked units cross oceans. |
Acoustics | 479 | Scientific Theory | Opera House, Sistine Chapel, The Kremlin |
Banking | 479 | Economics | Bank, The forbidden Palace |
Printing Press | 479 | Economics | Theatre, Taj Mahal |
Gunpowder | 510 | Chemistry, Metallurgy | Musketman |
Navigation | 663 | Archaeology, Scientific Theory | Frigate, Seaport |
Economics | 663 | Military Science | Windmill, Big Ben |
Chemistry | 663 | Military Science, Fertilizer | Cannon, Ironworks |
Metallurgy | 663 | Rifling | Lancer |
Archaeology | 958 | Biology | Museum, Hermitage, The Louvre |
Scientific Theory | 958 | Biology, Steam Power | Public School, Reveals Coal |
Military Science | 958 | Steam Power | Cavalry, Military Academy, Brandenburg Gate |
Fertilizer | 958 | Dynamite | Food from Farms increased with no water |
Rifling | 1049 | Dynamite | Rifleman |
Industrial
Tech Name | Science Cost | Leads to Tech | Unlocks |
---|---|---|---|
Biology | 1596 | Electricity | Hospital, Reveals Oil, Build Well |
Steam Power | 1596 | Electricity, Replaceable Parts, Railroad | Ironclad, Factory, Lumber Mill yield improved, faster embark movement |
Electricity | 1805 | Refrigeration, Telegraph, Radio | Bank, The forbidden Palace |
Replaceable Parts | 1805 | Flight, Combustion | Destroyer, Stock Exchange, Reveals Aluminum |
Railroad | 1805 | Combustion | Anti-Tank Gun, Infantry, Statue of Liberty |
Dynamite | 1805 | Combustion | Artillery |
Refrigeration | 2090 | Plastics, Penicillin | Submarine, Offshore Platform |
Telegraph | 2090 | Electronics | Battleship, Military Base, Cristo Redentor |
Radio | 2090 | Mass Media, Radar | Anti-Aircraft Gun, Broadcast Tower, Eiffel Tower |
Flight | 2090 | Radar | Carrier, Fighter |
Combustion | 2090 | Atomic Theory, Lasers | Tank |
Modern
Tech Name | Science Cost | Leads to Tech | Unlocks |
---|---|---|---|
Plastics | 2470 | Ecology | Hydro Plant, Research Lab |
Penicillin | 2470 | Ecology | Medical Lab |
Electronics | 2470 | Computers | Mechanized Infantry |
Mass Media | 2470 | Computers | Stadium |
Radar | 2470 | Rocketry, Lasers | Bomber, Paratrooper, Pentagon |
Atomic Theory | 2470 | Nuclear Fusion | Reveals Uranium, The Manhattan Project |
Ecology | 2850 | Globalization | Solar Plant |
Computers | 2850 | Robotics | Nuclear Submarine, Mobile Sam |
Rocketry | 2850 | Satellites | Helicopter Gunship, Rocket Artillery, Apollo Program |
Lasers | 2850 | Stealth, Advanced Ballistics | Jet Fighter, Modern Armor |
Nuclear Fusion | 2850 | Advanced Ballistics | Atomic Bomb, Nuclear Plant |
Globalization | 3182 | Particle Physics | United Nations, Sydney Opera House |
Robotics | 3182 | Particle Physics | SS Booster, Missile Cruiser, Spaceship Factory |
Satellites | 3182 | Particle Physics, Nuclear Fusion | SS Cockpit, Guided Missile |
Stealth | 3182 | Nuclear Fusion | Stealth Bomber |
Advanced Ballistics | 3182 | Nuclear Fusion | Nuclear Missile |
Future
Tech Name | Science Cost | Leads to Tech | Unlocks |
---|---|---|---|
Particle Physics | 3182 | Nanotechnology | SS Engine |
Nuclear Fusion | 3420 | Future Tech | SS Stasis Chamber |
Nanotechnology | 3135 | Future Tech | Giant Death Robot |
Future Tech | 3800 | N/A | Points |
City Production: Buildings and Wonders
Buildings can improve your city and countryside, providing boosts to your output and even give units extra EXP. If you aren't using citizen focuses, buildings are a great means of boosting Production, Gold, Food, Culture and Science. Be careful when creating buildings: they cost a hefty amount of Production to first make and cost Gold every turn to maintain. Once you posses a budget, building a powerful city can greatly support your empire.
Wonders offer huge improvements and add directly to your score. However, only a single World Wonder can exist in the world. You'll need to be quick and build these World Wonders before an enemy empire can. National Wonders can be constructed in multiple countries, but only in a single city per nation.
Ancient
Building Name | Building Type | Traits and Abilities | Requirements and Costs |
---|---|---|---|
Farm | Improvement | +1 Food, Improves Wheat | Agriculture; Grassland, Plains or Desert |
Pasture | Improvement | Improves Horses, Cattle and, Sheep | Animal Husbandry |
Krepost | City | +15 EXP. -50% Culture cost for new Tiles | 29 Production, 1 Gold Maintenance, Bronze Working, Russia |
Barracks | City | +15 EXP | 29 Production, 1 Gold Maintenance, Bronze Working |
The Colossus | Wonder | +1 Culture, +1 Great Merchant Points | 55 Production, Bronze Working |
Plantation | Improvement | Improves Bananas, Dye, Silk, Spices, Sugar, Cotton, Wine, and Incense | Calendar |
Stonehenge | Wonder | +8 culture, +1 Great Engineer Points | Calendar |
Quarry | Improvement | Improves Marble | Masonry |
Walls | City | +5 Defense | 36 Production, 1 Gold Maintenance, Masonry |
The Pyramids | Wonder | +1 Culture, +1 Great engineer Points | 64 Production, Masonry |
Mine | Improvement | +1 Production; Improves Iron, Coal, Aluminum, Uranium, Gems, Gold, and Silver | Mining, Hill |
Granary | City | +2 Food | 36 Production, 1 Gold Maintenance, Pottery |
Fishing Boats | Improvement | Improves Fish, Whales and Pearls | Sailing |
The Great Lighthouse | Wonder | +1 Culture, +1 Great Merchant Points | 47 Production, Sailing |
Floating Gardens | City | +2 Food, +15% Food | 44 Production, 1 Gold Maintenance, The Wheel, Built near River, Aztec |
Water Mill | City | +2 Food | 44 Production, 2 Gold Maintenance, The Wheel, Built near River |
Trading Post | Improvement | +2 Gold | Trapping; Grassland, Plains, Desert, or Tundra |
Camp | Improvement | Improves Ivory, Fur and Deer | Trapping |
Paper Maker | City | +1 Science for every 2 Citizens, Scientist Specialists, +4 Gold | 29 Production, 1 Gold Maintenance, Writing, China |
Library | City | +1 Science for every 2 Citizens, Scientist Specialists | 29 Production, 1 Gold Maintenance, Writing |
National College | Wonder | +1 Culture, +50% Science | 66 Production, Library in all Cities |
The Great Library | Wonder | 1 Culture, +1 Great Scientist Points | 55 Production, Writing |
Monument | City | +2 Culture | 22 Production, 1 gold Maintenance |
Classical
Building Name | Building Type | Traits and Abilities | Requirements and Costs |
---|---|---|---|
Colosseum | City | +4 Happiness | 55 Production, 3 Gold Maintenance, Construction |
The Great Wall | Wonder | +1 Culture, +1 Great Engineer Points | 128 Production, Construction |
Stable | City | +25% Production when building Mounted Units | 36 Production, 1 Gold Maintenance, Horseback Riding |
Circus | City | +3 Happiness | 55 Production, 3 Gold Maintenance, Horseback Riding |
Armory | City | +15 EXP | 47 Production, 3 Gold Maintenance, Must have a Barracks, Iron Working |
Heroic Epic | Wonder | +15% Combat Bonus, +1 Culture | 51 Production, Must have a Barracks in all Cities, Iron Working |
Courthouse | City | Removes extra Unhappiness from Annexed cities | 73 Production, 5 Gold Maintenance, Mathematics |
The Hanging Gardens | Wonder | +3 Happiness, +1 Culture, +1 Great Artist Points | 73 Production, Mathematics |
Lighthouse | City | +1 Food from Water Tiles | 29 Production, 1 Gold Maintenance, Optics |
Mud Pyramid Mosque | City | +5 Culture | 44 Production, Philosophy, Songhai |
Burial Tomb | City | +2 Happiness, +2 Culture, Enemy Civ gains double Gold when capturing the city | 44 Production, Philosophy, Egypt |
Temple | City | +3 Culture | 44 Production, 2 Gold Maintenance, Philosophy |
National Epic | Wonder | +25% Great People generation, +1 Culture | 66 Production, Must have a Monument in all Cities, Philosophy |
The Oracle | Wonder | Free Social Policy, +1 Culture, +1 Great Scientist Point | 55 Production, Philosophy |
Medieval
Building Name | Building Type | Traits and Abilities | Requirements and Costs |
---|---|---|---|
Mughal Fort | City | +2 Culture, +9 Defense, adds Gold with Flight Tech | 180 Production, 3 Gold Maintenance, Walls, Chivalry, India |
Castle | City | +7.5 Defense | 200 Production, 3 Gold Maintenance, Chivalry |
Himeji Castle | Wonder | +4 Culture, +2 Great Engineer Points, +25 combat bonus inside friendly territory | 600 Production, Chivalry |
Chichen Itza | Wonder | +1 Culture, +1 Great Engineer Points, Golden Age +50% length | 450 Production, Civil Service |
Harbor | City | Forms Trade Route with the Capital, +25% Production building Naval Units | Compass |
Bazaar | City | +25% Gold, +1 Extra Luxury, Merchant Specialists | 120 Production, Currency, Arabia |
Mint | City | +3 Gold from Gold and Silver Mined | 120 Production, Currency |
Market | City | +25% Gold, Merchant Specialists | 120 Production, Currency |
Machu Pichu | Wonder | +1 Culture, +1 Great Merchant Points | 550 Production, Currency |
Wat | City | +3 Culture, +50% Science, Scientist Specialists | 200 Production, 2 Gold Maintenance, Education, Siam |
University | City | +50% Science, Scientist Specialists | 200 Production, 3 Gold Maintenance, Education |
Oxford University | Wonder | +1 Culture, Free Tech | 370 Production, Universities in all cities, Education |
Notre Dame | Wonder | +5 Happiness, +1 Culture, +1 Great Merchant Points | 500 Production, Education |
The Porcelain Tower | Wonder | +1 Culture, +2 Great Scientist Points, Great Scientist may Spawn here | 400 Production, Education |
Longhouse | City | +1 Production from worked Forest, Engineer Specialists | 80 Production, 2 Gold Maintenance, Metal Casting, Iroquois |
Forge | City | +15% Production for Land Units | 150 Production, 2 Gold Maintenance, Iron, Metal Casting |
Workshop | City | +20% Production for Buildings, Engineer Specialists | 100 Production, 2 Gold Maintenance, Metal Casting, |
Monastery | City | +3 Culture, +2 Culture from Incense and Wine | 120 Production, 2 Gold Maintenance, Theology |
Garden | City | 25% Great People Generation, Artist Specialist | 120 Production, 2 Gold Maintenance, Theology |
Ankor Wat | Wonder | +1 Culture, +1 Great Engineer Points, -75% Culture cost for new Tiles | 300 Production, Theology |
The Hagia Sophia | Wonder | +1 Culture, +1 Great Artist Points, +33% Great People generation | 300 Production, Theology |
Renaissance
Building Name | Building Type | Traits and Abilities | Requirements and Costs |
---|---|---|---|
Opera House | City | Acoustics | |
Sistine Chapel | Wonder | +1 Culture, +2 Great Artist Points, +33% Culture | 650 Production, Acoustics |
The Kremlin | Wonder | +4 Culture, +1 Great Scientist Points, +50% Defense from Buildings | 650 Production, Acoustics |
Museum | City | +5 Culture | 220 Production, 3 Gold Maintenance, Temple, Archaeology |
Hermitage | Wonder | Culture output doubled in this City | 420 Production, Must have Museum in all Cities, Archaeology |
The Louvre | Wonder | +1 Culture, +2 Great Artist Points, 2 free Great Artists | 700 Production, Archaeology |
Observatory | City | +50% Science | 180 Production, 2 Gold Maintenance, near a Mountain, Astronomy |
Satrap's Court | City | +2 Happiness, +25% Gold, Merchant Specialists | 220 Production, Market, Banking, Persia |
Bank | City | +25% Gold, Merchant Specialists | 220 Production, Market, Banking |
The Forbidden Palace | Wonder | +1 Culture, +1 Great Artist Points, -50% Unhappiness from number of Cities | 600 Production, Banking |
Iron Works | Wonder | +1 Culture, +20% Culture | 390 Production, Workshops in all Cities, Chemistry |
Windmill | City | +15% Production, Engineer Specialists | 180 Production, 2 Gold Maintenance, Economics |
Big Ben | Wonder | +1 Culture, +2 Great Merchant Points, -25% Gold cost | 700 Production, Economics |
Military Academy | City | +15 EXP | 350 Production, 3 Gold Maintenance, Military Science |
Brandenburg Gate | Wonder | +1 Culture, +2 Great Scientist Points, free Great General | 550 Production, Military Science |
Seaport | City | +2 Production from Sea Resources | 140 Production, 2 Gold Maintenance, Navigation |
Theatre | City | +4 Happiness | 300 Production, 5 Gold Maintenance, Colosseum, Printing Press |
Taj Mahal | Wonder | +1 Culture, +2 Great Artist Points, free Golden Age | 600 Production, Printing Press |
Public School | City | +50% Science, Scientist Specialists | 350 Production, 3 Gold Maintenance, University, Scientific Theory |
Industrial
Building Name | Building Type | Traits and Abilities | Requirements and Costs |
---|---|---|---|
Hospital | City | 50% Food is carried over after new Citizen is born | 400 Production, 2 Gold Maintenance, Biology |
Well | Improvement | Improves Oil | Biology |
Stock Exchange | City | +33% Gold, Merchant Specialists | 650 Production, Bank, Electricity |
Broadcast Tower | City | Doubles Culture per turn | 600 Production, 3 Gold Maintenance, Radio |
Eiffel Tower | Wonder | +8 Happiness, +1 Culture, +2 Great Merchant Points | 1000 Production, Radio |
Arsenal | City | +20% Production for Land Units | 350 Production, 3 Gold Maintenance, Military Academy, Railroad |
Offshore Platform | Improvement | Improves Oil | Refrigeration |
Statue of Liberty | Wonder | +1 Culture, +3 Great Engineer Points | 1200 Production, Replaceable Parts |
Factory | City | +50% Production, Engineer Specialists | 300 Production, 3 Gold Maintenance, Coal, Steam Power |
Military Base | City | +12 Defense | 450 Production, 4 Gold Maintenance, Castle, Telegraph |
Cristo Redentor | Wonder | +1 culture, +2 Great Artist Points, -33% Policy cost | 1200 Production, Telegraph |
Modern
Building Name | Building Type | Traits and Abilities | Requirements and Costs |
---|---|---|---|
Solar Plant | City | +25% Production | 600 Production, 3 Gold Maintenance, build near Desert, Ecology |
United Nations | Wonder | +1 Culture, +2 Great Merchant Points, Needed to start Diplomatic Victory, +1 extra vote | 1000 Production, Globalization |
Sydney Opera House | Wonder | +1 Culture, +2 Great Artist Points, 1 free Policy | 1000 Production, Globalization |
Stadium | City | +4 Happiness | 450 Production, 6 Gold Maintenance, Theatre, Mass Media |
Nuclear Plant | City | +25% Production | 600 Production, 3 Gold Maintenance, Uranium, Nuclear Fission |
Medical Plant | City | +25% Food is carried over after a new Citizen is born | 500 Production, 3 Gold Maintenance, Penicillin |
Hydro Plant | City | +1 Production in every tile next to a River | 600 Production, 3 Gold Maintenance, Aluminum, Plastics |
Research Lab | City | +100% Science, Scientist Specialists | 600 Production, 3 Gold Maintenance, Public School, Plastics |
Pentagon | Wonder | +1 Culture, +2 Great Merchant Points, -50% Gold cost for upgrades | 1200 Production, Radar |
Spaceship Factory | City | +50% Production for Spaceship parts | 460 Production, 3 Gold Maintenance, Aluminum, Factory, Robotics |
Apollo Program | Program | Needed for Science Victory | 1200 Production, Rocketry |
City Production: Combat and Support Units
Every era will gain new units that will build your army and help support building your empire. As time goes on, you'll have units on land, sea and air. Most all land units can enter and cross water once learning the Embark skill, though many are defenseless during this.
There are two major types of units: military and support. Support units tend to work and defend the land, improving your output. However, they can be easily captured or destroyed. Military units can move onto the same tile as support units, giving them protection by fighting off would-be attackers.
There is also a third, less common unit, the Great Person. Great People are born over time based on the buildings within your empire. Great People take the lower support spot, but can use special abilities, such as taking borders or providing free Golden Ages. When they use most of their powers, they are expended and cannot be used again.
As you move to new eras, you'll find a need to replace and upgrade your old units, which will make them ready to face the challenges ahead.
Ancient
Unit Name | Unit Type | Traits and Abilities | Movement | Requirements and Costs |
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Archer | Combat Archery | 4 Combat, 6 Ranged Combat, 2 Range, May not Melee | 2 | 23 Production, Archery Tech |
Chariot Archer | Combat Mounted | 2 Combat, 6 Ranged Combat, 2 Range, Rough Terrain Penalty, No Defensive Bonuses, May Not Melee | 4 | 20 Production, Horse, The Wheel |
Great Artist | Great Person | Culture Bomb, Starts Golden Age | 2 | Great Artist Points |
Great Engineer | Great Person | Speeds up Production, Starts Golden Age | 2 | Great Engineer Points |
Great General | Great Person | +25% Combat Bonus to allies, Creates Citadel, Starts Golden Age | 2 | Great General Points |
Great Merchant | Great Person | Creates Custom House, Starts Golden Age | 2 | Great Merchant Points |
Great Scientist | Great Person | Free Technology, Starts Golden Age | 2 | Great Scientist Points |
Hoplite | Combat Melee | 9 Combat, Bonus vs Mounted | 2 | 20 Production, Bronze Working, Greece |
Immortal | Combat Melee | 8 Combat, Bonus vs Mounted, Heals at Double Rate | 2 | 20 Production, Bronze Working,, Persia |
Jaguar | Combat Melee | 6 Combat, Combat Bonus in Jungle, Heal 2 Damage after a kill | 2 | 13 Production, Aztec |
Scout | Recon | 4 Combat, Ignores Terrain Cost | 2 | 8 Production |
Settler | Support | Founds new Cities | 2 | 109 Production |
Spearman | Combat Melee | 7 Combat, Bonus vs Mounted | 2 | 16 Production, Bronze Working |
Trireme | Combat Naval | 6 Combat, 4 Ranged Combat, 2 Range, Cannot Enter Deep Ocean, May not Melee | 4 | 20 Production, Sailing |
War Chariot | Combat Mounted | 3 Combat, 6 Ranged Combat, 2 Range, Rough Terrain Penalty, No Defensive Bonuses, May Not Melee | 5 | 20 Production, The Wheel, Egypt |
War Elephant | Combat Mounted | 6 Combat, 8 Ranged Combat, 2 Range, No Defensive Bonuses, May Not Melee | 3 | 20 Production, The Wheel, India |
Warrior | Combat Melee | 6 Combat | 2 | 13 Production |
Work Boat | Naval Support | Gathers Fish, Astronomy Needed | 4 | 10 Production, Sailing |
Worker | Land Support | Improves Food, Production, or Gold outside cities. Builds Roads and Railroads | 2 | 23 Production |
Classical
Unit Name | Unit Type | Traits and Abilities | Movement | Requirements and Costs |
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Ballista | Combat Siege | 4 Combat, 18 Ranged Combat, 2 Range, May not Melee, Bonus vs Cities, No Defensive bonuses, Must Set Up, Limited Visibility | 2 | 33 Production, Iron, Mathematics, Rome |
Catapult | Combat Siege | 4 Combat, 14 Ranged Combat, 2 Range, May not Melee, Bonus vs Cities, No Defensive bonuses, Must Set Up, Limited Visibility | 2 | 33 Production, Iron, Mathematics |
Companion Cavalry | Combat Mounted | 14 Combat, No Defensive bonuses, Can Move After Attacking, Great Generals I | 5 | 26 Production, Horse, Horseback Riding, Greece |
Horseman | Combat Mounted | 12 Combat, No Defensive bonuses, Can Move After Attacking | 4 | 26 Production, Horse, Horseback Riding |
Legion | Combat Melee | 13 Combat. Builds Roads and Forts | 2 | 30 Production, Iron, Iron Working, Rome |
Mohawk Warrior | Combat Melee | 11 Combat, Combat Bonus in Forest and Jungle | 2 | 26 Production, Iron, Iron Working, Iroquois |
Swordsman | Combat Melee | 11 Combat | 2 | 26 Production, Iron, Iron Working |
Medieval
Unit Name | Unit Type | Traits and Abilities | Movement | Requirements and Costs |
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Camel Archer | Combat Mounted | 10 Combat, 15 Ranged Combat, 2 Range, No Defensive Bonuses, Can Move After Attacking, May not Melee | 3 | 50 Production, Horse, Chivalry, Arabia |
Chu-Ko-Nu | Combat Archery | 6 Combat, 10 Ranged Combat, 2 Range, May Not Melee, May Attack Twice | 2 | 40 Production, Machinery, China |
Crossbowman | Combat Archery | 6 Combat, 10 Ranged Combat, 2 Range, May Not Melee | 2 | 40 Production, Machinery |
Knight | Combat Mounted | 18 Combat, No Defensive Bonuses, Can Move After Attacking | 3 | 50 Production, Horse, Chivalry |
Landsknecht | Combat Melee | 10 Combat, Bonus vs Mounted | 2 | 16 Production, Civil Service, Germany |
Longbowman | Combat Archery | 6 Combat, 10 Ranged Combat, 2 Range, May Not Melee, Range | 2 | 40 Production, Machinery, England |
Longswordsman | Combat Melee | 18 Combat | 2 | 50 Production, Iron, Steel |
Mandekalu Cavalry | Combat Mounted | 18 Combat, No Defensive Bonuses, Can Move After Attacking, Bonus vs Cities | 3 | 50 Production, Horse, Chivalry, Songhai |
Nareusan's Elephant | Combat Mounted | 22 Combat, No Defensive Bonuses, Bonus vs Mounted, Can Move After Attacking | 2 | 50 Production, Chivalry |
Pikeman | Combat Melee | 10 Combat, Bonus vs Mounted | 2 | 33 Production, Civil Service |
Samurai | Combat Melee | 18 Combat, Shock I, Great Generals II | 2 | 50 Production, Iron, Steel, Japan |
Trebuchet | Combat Siege | 6 Combat, 20 Ranged Combat, 2 Range, May not Melee, Bonus vs Cities, No Defensive bonuses, Must Set Up, Limited Visibility | 2 | 56 Production, iron, Physics |
Renaissance
Unit Name | Unit Type | Traits and Abilities | Movement | Requirements and Costs |
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Cannon | Combat Siege | 10 Combat, 26 Ranged Combat, 2 Range, May not Melee, Bonus vs Cities, No Defensive bonuses, Must Set Up, Limited Visibility | 2 | 83 Production, Chemistry |
Caravel | Combat Naval | 15 Combat, 7 Ranged Combat, 2 Range, Extra Sight, May Not Melee | 6 | 33 Production, Astronomy |
Cavalry | Combat Mounted | 25 Combat, Penalty vs Mounted, No Defensive Bonuses, Can Move After Attacking, Damaged Enemy Bonus | 3 | 87 Production, Horse, Military Science |
Cossack | Combat Mounted | 25 Combat, Penalty vs Mounted, No Defensive Bonuses, Can Move After Attacking | 3 | 87 Production, Horse, Military Science, Russia |
Frigate | Combat Naval | 30 Combat, 15 Ranged Combat, 2 Range, May Not Melee | 5 | 53 Production, Iron, Navigation |
Janissary | Combat Gunpowder | 16 Combat, Heal if Destroy an Enemy, Combat Bonus when Attacking | 2 | 40 Production, Gunpowder, Ottomans |
Lancer | Combat Mounted | 22 Combat, Penalty on Defense, No Defensive bonuses, Can Move After Attack | 4 | 73 Production, Horse, Metallurgy |
Minuteman | Combat Gunpowder | 16 Combat, All Tiles Cost 1 Move | 2 | 40 Production, Gunpowder, America |
Musketeer | Combat Gunpowder | 20 Combat | 2 | 40 Production, Gunpowder, France |
Musketman | Combat Gunpowder | 16 Combat | 2 | 40 Production, Gunpowder |
Rifleman | Combat Gunpowder | 25 Combat | 2 | 40 Production, Rifling |
Ship on the Line | Combat Naval | 30 Combat, 17 Ranged Combat, 2 Range, May Not Melee, Extra Sight | 5 | 53 Production, Iron, Navigation, England |
Sipahi | Combat Mounted | 22 Combat, Penalty on Defense, No Defensive bonuses, Can Move After Attack, No Movement Cost to Pillage, Extra Sight | 5 | 73 Production, Horse, Metallurgy, Ottomans |
Industrial
Unit Name | Unit Type | Traits and Abilities | Movement | Requirements and Costs |
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Anti-Aircraft Gun | Combat Gunpowder | 32 Combat, 2 Range, Interception, Bonus vs Aircraft, Bonus vs Helicopters | 2 | 100 Production, Radio |
Anti-Aircraft Gun | Combat Gunpowder | 32 Combat, Bonus vs Tanks | 2 | 100 Production, Replaceable Parts |
Artillery | Combat Siege | 16 Combat, 32 Ranged Combat, 3 Range, Indirect Fire, May Not Melee Attack, Bonus vs Cities, No Defensive Bonuses, Must Set Up, Limited Visibility | 2 | 140 Production, Dynamite |
Battleship | Combat Naval | 60 Combat, 32 Ranged Combat, 3 Range, Indirect Fire, May Not Melee | 4 | 167 Production, Oil, Telegraph |
Carrier | Combat Naval | 30 Combat, Can Carry 3 Cargo, May Not Melee Attack | 5 | 174 Production, Oil, Flight |
Destroyer | Combat Naval | 35 Combat, 22 Ranged Combat, 2 Range, Indirect Fire, Can See Submarines, Extra Sight, Interception, Bonus vs Submarines, May Not Melee | 8 | 127 Production, Electricity |
Fighter | Combat Fighter | 50 Ranged Combat, 8 Range, Interception, Air Sweep, Weak Ranged Attack, Air Recon, bonus vs Helicopters | 0 | 140 Production, Oil, Flight |
Foreign Legion | Combat Gunpowder | 36 Combat, Foreign Lands Bonus | 2 | 100 Production, Replaceable Parts, France |
Infantry | Combat Gunpowder | 36 Combat | 2 | 100 Production, Replaceable Parts |
Ironclad | Combat Naval | 35 Combat, 18 Ranged Combat, 2 Range, Cannot Enter Deep Ocean, May Not Melee | 4 | 73 Production, Coal |
Panzer | Combat Armored | 60 Combat, Penalty vs Cities, No Defensive Bonuses, Limited Visibility, Can Move After Attacking | 5 | 150 Production, Oil, Combustion, Germany |
Submarine | Combat Naval | 35 Combat, 18 Ranged Combat, 2 Range, Is Invisible, Can See Submarines, May Enter Ice Tiles May Not Melee | 5 | 127 Production, Refrigeration |
Tank | Combat Armored | 50 Combat, Penalty vs Cities, No Defensive Bonuses, Limited Visibility, Can Move After Attacking | 4 | 150 Production, Oil, Combustion |
Zero | Combat Fighter | 50 Ranged Combat, 8 Range, Interception, Bonus vs Fighters, Air Sweep, Weak Ranged Attack, Air Recon, bonus vs Helicopters | 0 | 140 Production, Oil, Flight, Japan |
Modern
Unit Name | Unit Type | Traits and Abilities | Movement | Requirements and Costs |
---|---|---|---|---|
Atomic Bomb | Missile | 10 Range, Evasion | 0 | 284 Production, Uranium, Nuclear Fission |
B17 | Combat Bomber | 60 Range Combat, 10 Range, Penalty vs Naval, Evasion, Siege I | 0 | 174 Production, Oil, Radar, America |
Bomber | Combat Bomber | 60 Range Combat, 10 Range, Penalty vs Naval | 0 | 174 Production, Oil, Radar |
Guided Missile | Missile | 70 Ranged Combat, 8 Range, Evasion | 0 | 67 Production, Satellites |
Helicopter Gunship | Combat Helicopter | 50 Combat, Ignores Terrain Cost, Hovering Unit, Bonus vs Tanks, No Defensive Bonuses, Unable to Capture Cities | 6 | 150 Production, Aluminum, Rocketry |
Jet Fighter | Combat fighter | 70 Range Combat, 10 Range, Interception, Air Sweep, Weak Ranged Attack, Air Recon, Bonus vs Helicopters | 0 | 201 Production, Aluminum, Lasers |
Mechanized Infantry | Combat Gunpowder | 50 Combat | 4 | 147 Production, Electronics |
Missile Cruiser | Combat Naval | 60 Combat, 25 Ranged Combat, 3 Range, Indirect Fire, Can Carry 3 Cargo, Interception, May Not Melee Attack | 7 | 174 Production, Aluminum, Robotics |
Mobile SAM | Combat Gunpowder | 40 Combat, 2 Range, Interception, Bonus vs Aircraft, Bonus vs Helicopters | 4 | 150 Production, Aluminum, Computers |
Modern Armor | Combat Armored | 80 Combat, Penalty Attacking Cities, No Defensive Bonuses, Limited Visibility, Can Move After Attacking | 4 | 234 Production, Aluminum, Lasers |
Nuclear Missile | Missile | 8 Range, Evasion | 0 | 402 Production, Uranium, Advanced Ballistics |
Nuclear Submarine | Combat Naval | 30 Combat, 70 Ranged Combat, 3 Range, Is invisible, Can See Submarines, Can Carry 2 Cargo, Bonus vs Submarines, May Enter Ice Tiles, May Not Melee | 6 | 167 Production, Aluminum, Computers |
Paratrooper | Combat Gunpowder | 40 Combat, May Paradrop | 2 | 117 Production, Radar |
Rocket Artillery | Combat Siege | 18 combat, 46 Ranged Combat, 3 Range, Indirect fire, May Not Melee, Bonus vs Cities, No Defensive Bonuses, Limited Visibility | 3 | 201 Production, Aluminum, Rocketry |
SS Booster | Space Ship Part | Needed for Science Victory | 2 | 234 Production, Robotics |
SS Cockpit | Space Ship Part | Needed for Science Victory | 2 | 335 Production, Satellites |
Stealth Bomber | Combat Bomber | 80 Ranged Damage, 20 Range, Penalty vs Naval, Evasion, Air Recon | 268 Production, Aluminum, Stealth |
Future
Unit Name | Unit Type | Traits and Abilities | Movement | Requirements and Costs |
---|---|---|---|---|
Giant Death Robot | Combat Armored | 150 Combat, Penalty Attacking Cities, No Defensive Bonuses, Can Move After Attacking | 3 | 335 Production, Uranium, Nuclear Fusion |
SS Engine | Space Ship Part | Needed for Science Victory | 2 | 335 Production, Particle Physics |
SS Stasis Chamber | Space Ship Part | Needed for Science Victory | 2 | 335 Production, Nanotechnology |
World Affairs: Managing Cities and Borders
The Countryside
A city will initially be surrounded by six tiles on each side. These tiles will yield bonuses to not only the city, but the empire as a whole. The main basic yields are production, gold, and food, each of which is necessary for your civilization to survive. You can order a worker to improve the land, which will boost the current yield, or add a new type--such as adding a trading post to a location that does not produce gold. There are also other types of resources, including bonus resources, strategic resources, and luxury resources. Bonus resources simply grant extra yield by building a particular building on them, such as placing a pasture on a sheep tile. Strategy resources, such as horses, oil, or iron are required to build specific buildings and units. finally, luxury resources boost happiness and are a good commodity to trade with other nations. You'll want to establish your cities close to as many yields and resources and nab them before other nations.
Roads and Rails can also be added to tiles. These will not only allow your units to travel faster, but will link trading routes between your capital and the other land based cities in your nation. This can be a great means of gaining more yield and even boosting happiness. However, roads can take a considerable amount of gold to maintain, so be sure you have the budget before constructing them. The Iroquois have the advantage of not needing roads on jungle and forest titles.
Inside the City and Growth
If you empire isn't growing just by the countryside tiles, you can also make improvements within your city itself. First you can assign your citizens to concentrate and specialize on producing a particular yield, such as gold, science or culture. While this will focus their attention on one particular result, it can cripple their balance. Keeping them on the default focus is typically your safest solution. Alternatively, you can use your production queue to construct buildings.
You should only resort to producing building when there is no need to produce units, or there is a dire need to gain a certain resource. Keep in mind that many buildings cost quite alot of gold to maintain, so you'll need to have either an ample stash of money, or aim for low cost buildings. The Medieval Market and Renaissance Bank are good first means to increase a city's gold flow. As your population increases and your happiness decreases you'll want to construct attractions to appease your citizens, such as the Classical Colosseum or Modern Stadium. Finally, one of the key stats you'll want to boost in your city is Culture, say with a Classical Temple.
As your city gains more culture points, it will periodically increase its border size, giving you free land a extra resources. You can also increase your land by purchasing them with gold. Foreign nations typically won't complain if your borders expand naturally, but will often have lower relations if you outright buy land around their own territory. In general, you'll want to expand your territory in a direction that won't encroach on others, which still gaining valuable tiles.
World Affairs: International Relations
Upon meeting a competing nation's unit or locate one of their cities, you'll be able to conduct relations with them. Base on your civilization's current stands and proximity to their own borders, the other empires may greet you with open arms or mocking threats.
There are four basic options you can have with another world leader: Discuss, trade, demand, and declare war.
Discuss
There are several pacts or proclamation you can make with a nation. If you happen to have good relations with them, the Pact of Cooperation is a good means to keep on their good side. However, if you happen to do something far beyond their polices, the friendly nation may break off their agreement. The Pact of Secrecy is similar, but is aimed to undermine a third party nation, typically a mutual enemy. If they happen to have a very bad relationship with a third nation, you can typically succeed in convincing them to go to war. They aren't necessarily your ally during the ensuing combat, but can help distract your target. Finally, telling them to not settle cities is a hostile warning that may sour relations, or send fear into them if your nation is strong enough.
Trade and Demand
Trade is a great means of gaining more resources, gold or setting up feuds. You can make several different offers, such as gold, resources, open borders or even whole cities. There are also a few unique trade options that can give interesting results. The Research agreement will expand both parties' gold in order to award both of them a random tech. This can be helpful if you have large amounts of excess gold lying around. The most common use however, is to gain extra strategic resources by lending out spare gold or luxuries.
You can also bribe others into making peace or declare war on other nations. This strategy will allow you indirectly damage your foes while keeping your own forces intact. Additionally, any bad relations will be directed towards the other parties and won't be traced back to you. This is an excellent means of gaining subvert Domination wins.
Demand is similar to trade, but you give them nothing in return. This will typically only work if you recently beat the pants off of them during a war.
Declare War and Negotiate Peace
Outright declaring war will allow you to start a war without actually having invading their land yet. This can give you time to prepare and asses the climate of war better before putting your frontline at risk. It will also seem less blood thirsty in the eyes of third party nations.
If you are currently at war, you can also negotiate peace. The victor will always have leverage in the peace negotiations, often requiring the loser to give up cities and major resources to keep from being crushed. Note, that any wars started will last a minimum of ten turns, and peace cannot arrive until at least that deadline. Alternatively, some nations may not want to negotiate, resulting in one of the two fighters eventually being eliminated.
Special Requests
Other nations can also come to you with requests you may not be able to make to them. Often they will ask you to stop your campaigns towards either their lands or those of city-states. You can either keep relations by agree to their request, or can harm your standing by either rebuffing them, or outright lying. Also, if they ever ask to go to war with a third party, you can opt to delay for 10 turns. Typically agreeing or politely declining will keep your relations in good standing, while being rude or dishonest will break down communication.
World Affairs: City States
City-States are small, single city, nations that are not out to win the game. They will typically never expand or act aggressively to the major empires. There are three types of City-States: Military, Cultured, and Maritime, which will grant free units, culture, or food, respectively. Some nations, such as Greece and Siam, are acute at befriending and enhancing city-states. Being on good relations with city-states is key means of gaining a Diplomatic Victory, and can be useful for Domination and Culture victories. Otherwise, you can simply ignore their presence if you are going for another victory type.
City State Requests
City States will often issue requests to help build relations. They can include killing barbarian encampments, forming trade routes to your capital, attacking major nation units, or destroying other city-states. The first two means are the safest, as they will typically not have adverse effects on your world relations. The other two, however, can be quite a political pain. Obviously, attacking another empire will force you into a war, though it can be useful if they are already viewed as a tyrant. Destroying a city-state will outright remove them from the game, adding their city to your own. First off, this can greatly lower your happiness if you can't quickly establish a courthouse. Second, if any other major power was allied or protecting that city state, your relations will go south, possibly ending agreements prematurely or starting wars.
Gifts and Bribes
You can also grant influence by giving the city-state military units or gold. This can be a safe, fast way of building influence without damaging relations or destroying nations.
Tips for Victory: Points Victory
If the game happens to last until the year 2050 and no other victory type has been awarded, the Points Victory will come into play. Your amount of final points have a few factors, including world wonders, future techs, and amount of cities.
Amass World Wonders
World Wonders are unique buildings that are limited not to just one city, but one for the entire world. It can take many turns and a lot of production to create world wonders, but the rewards can greatly enhance your nation's abilities, while at the same time hampering your neighbors. Egypt is a great nation for making Wonders quickly with their 20% boost, as is the Aristocracy Policy, which gives another 33%. Keep in mind however, that if another nation beats you to the punch, you'll never be able to make that particular wonder. Worse yet, if they complete a wonder you were working on, you'll have wasted those turns producing an unfinished result. It's best to make as many wonders near the start of the game, aiming for ones that can be done in a short amount of turns, and not have to worry about them in later stages.
National Wonders are also an excellent means of boosting points if your empire has a unified goal. For instance, a military based society can build the Heroic Epic after placing barracks in all of their cities. However, more balanced civilizations might not gain this option quickly.
Technology and Science
Science is a key means of wracking in points. The Rationalism Policy is dedicated to increasing your science level, while the Scholasticism Policy from the Patronage tree will give science from your allied city-states. Key buildings you'll want in a science based civilization include the ancient library, medieval university, renaissance public school, and modern research lab. China can directly increase its science level along with extra gold bonuses, while Rome can emulate faster science based building by forming them in the capital.
Boost your Population
There are a few means to gain a good population: either concentrate on a few very powerful cities, or expand to many, average population cities. Your capital will typically be in the best shape, as it will always be your first settlement. Your number one objective is to gain as much food as possible. Gaining territory that naturally produces large amount of food is good, but added buildings and improvements are even better. The Farm is the typical means of enhancing a the countryside; within your city itself should have a granary and water mill, if possible. If you happened to pick the Civil Society policy from the Freedom tree, you can easily focus your citizens on food production.
And there is of course the alternate method of gaining cities: war. You can quickly boost your population by forming a strong army and take over city-states or enemy locations. Be sure to build a courthouse right away, as the extra amount of unhappiness on your empire can be devastating.
Tips for Victory: Domination Victory
Though the name may imply building for all out war, the requirements for a Domination Victory is to be the last empire still holding on to it original capital. While war is very direct, you can also gain a domination victory through trade and discussion with other nations.
The Price of War
Before starting to build a powerful army, you'll first need finances and defenses to form a steady production. In the countryside, you'll want to concentrate on building a mix of trading posts to increase gold, and lumber yard for production. Be sure to also connect roads from your cities to the frontlines. In your city itself, you'll want to build banks, markets and stock exchanges to increase wealth. Barracks and military academies will improve your army's default EXP, allowing them to acquire bonuses right after production. If you need further boosts, consider the Autocracy and Honor polices to further ready your nation. Order and Commerce can also lead to other advantages.
Diplomacy and Trade
Don't go straight into battle without first working out some world relations. Other nations can support you in your war effort as allies, or even provide extra resources. If you are unable to acquire strategic resources in your own lands, you can trade with your neighbors for items such as iron and oil.
Another ability of trading, is to bribe third parties into going into war with your enemies, keeping your country safe while an enemy takes blows. Typically, the nation you're bribing should already have bad relations with the defender. The attacker will also typically request a large amount of rewards, including gold, resources and open borders. This can be very much worth the high costs if it means troubling an enemy.
Battle and Victory
After gaining stable production and enough science to start building an army, it's time to set up some units. You'll want frontline melee attackers--the warrior is an early example--along with ranged attackers and siege weapons. An army in the Medieval era may consist of say some crossbowmen, trebuchets, knights and pikemen. You'll want to upgrade and diversify your army as you enter new eras. In the industrial era, planes aboard carriers can provide long distances strikes against far off targets.
Some nations are excellent for fighting. America has a vision bonus, allowing them to spot an enemy ahead of time. Japan is hand downs the strongest in a straight forward fight, due to their Bushdio ability, granting them now damage penalty from being weakened. Both England and Songhai has great boosts for holding the seas, either by producing fast ships or allowing embarked units the ability to fight.
Remember however, that you can only seize cities with a ground based unit. You should first weaken a city's defenses with boats and planes, and then move your infantry in for a steal. Annexing the city and building a courthouse, or even razing them, will be more helpful than turning them into a puppet. You only need take enough cities to make it to the enemy capital and take it from their grasp.
Stealth and Accidental Victory
As mentioned above, you don't have to take every city to form a Domination Victory. You can quickly come in a strike against a capital and take it without ever having attacked another party of a competing nation. Additionally, if several other nations are aiming for a domination, they may make the mistake of leaving you alone and wind up losing their own capitals, leaving you the winner by default. This is a rare occurrence among perceptive nations, but always a possibility.
Tips for Victory: Diplomacy Victory
The Diplomacy victory is among the hardest to gain. You (or another major power) must make their way to the end of the modern era and build the United Nations. After every ten turns a vote will be held to decide the true leader. However, acquiring votes from other nations and city-states can be taxing.
Your Friends, the City-States
While City-States can largely be ignored for other victories, keeping good relations with them is key to gaining their vote. They will only vote for you as head of the United Nations if you currently have allied status. Your best bet is to complete their requests, hopefully in a way that doesn't jeopardize your relations with other nations. If you have excess money, try giving them gifts of gold. Finally, the City-State has to survive, so defend them and make proclamations to protect them against invaders. A destroyed nation is a vote you will not gain.
Finally, invest in the Patronage policy to boost your relations with all City-States.
Liberation
Probably the hardest part of the Diplomacy Victory is getting other major powers to vote for you. They will always see themselves the most fit to lead the United Nations, and will only pick you if something drastic happens: Liberation.
In order to liberate a major power, they must first be completely wiped out by a third nation. You must then in turn attack this third nation until reaching the eliminated nation's capital. When you take over this city, you have a new fourth option of liberating them, re-instating them back into power. This is the only means of gaining their vote.
With enough votes from other empires and city-states will give you the final victory.
Tips for Victory: Science Victory
To gain a science victory you need to advance to the future era, start the Apollo Program and build four parts of the Spaceship. Rationalism is the main policy you'll want to invest in order to increase your Science output.
Building your Spaceship
You'll want to create from 1-3 neighboring cities that can quickly produce the spaceship parts. Two can be made in the modern era, while the others require future techs. Robotics, satellites, nanotechnology, and particle physics are what you'll need to form the parts, along with rocketry to start up the Apollo Program.
Get a head start and build the booster and cockpit in the modern era, for when the future era comes you'll want to make the engine and stasis chamber quickly.
Making parts in your capital will save you time as they can be added to the spaceship with the risk of coming to harm. Form railroads between the cities producing the additional parts, so they can arrive in the capital without danger.
If an enemy unit--even the lowest of fighters--moves onto your spaceship piece, it will automatically be destroyed, making it a great loss due to the amount of turns it takes to complete the parts.
Tips for Victory: Culture Victory
You can also gain a Culture Victory by completing five policy trees. You may want to start in an early or mid era to help amass culture, epically if you're playing as France or Aztec, who have special powers to gain culture. The Piety and Freedom trees are great for gaining extra culture points.
Culture from within
First off, you'll want to construct buildings that provide lots of culture bonuses. The classical temple, renaissance museum and industrial broadcast tower are all great building for boosting your empire's culture. If you need to, assign citizens focus on building culture. This can be risky, though, as it can stunt every other resources, potentially putting you at future risk. Only stick to a single focus for a few turns before reverting back to the default.
Culture from beyond
Another means to gain culture is to ally with a cultured city-state. While military and maritime city-states yield units and food, the cultured city-states provide a large boost to your culture output. Siam has a great bonus to working along with city states to gain bonus culture.
Utopia Project
When you finally have completed five policy trees, you will be able to start the Utopia Project. This requires a lot of production, so be sure to build it in a city that can make it quickly. If other nations get word that you are starting this project, it may encourage them to strike against you.
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