Amenities (Civ6)

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Amenities is a mechanic in Civilization VI that represents the contentment of a city's population, similar to the Happiness mechanic in Civilization V. However, unlike in Civilization V, Amenities are determined on a per-city basis, rather than globally (similar to Civilization IV).

Amenities Mechanics

Lack of Amenities has spawned hostile units

Each city in your empire enjoys a certain number of Amenities, which affect its Citizens. These can be positive (increasing the population's happiness) or negative (decreasing it); however, the presence of negative Amenities is quite rare, as shown below (a much more common situation is that your cities simply do not have enough Amenities to meet their quota). Regardless, the sum of positive and negative Amenities gives the current Amenities level of each city, which is then compared to the current level needed to keep its citizens happy.

Each individual city requires certain number of Amenities, determined by the city's Population. The first 2 Citizens of any given city do not require any Amenities. The third Citizen will require 1 Amenity, and beyond this point every additional 2 Citizens increase the number of Amenities required for the city to be content by 1. For example, a city with a Population of 5 or 6 will require 2 Amenities to be Content, while a city with a Population of 11 or 12 will require 5. The general formula to be content is $Amenities=\lceil Population/2-1\rceil$ (the end result is rounded up).

In Gathering Storm, cities no longer start with a free Amenity (except the Capital), meaning the first two Citizens still require an Amenity. Therefore, a city with a Population of 5 or 6 will require 3 Amenities to be Content, while a city with a Population of 11 or 12 will require 6. The general formula to be content is $Amenities=\lceil Population/2\rceil$(the end result is rounded up).

The balance between Amenities required and Amenities available determines the current level of satisfaction for this city, as follows (by descending order):

• Ecstatic: If a city has at least 3 more Amenities than required, all of the city's non-food yields increase by +10%, and its Population growth increases by +20%.
• Happy: If a city has 1-2 Amenities more than required, all non-food yields increase by 5%, while Population growth increases by +10%.
• Content: If a city has the exact number of Amenities it requires, there are no bonuses or penalties applied.
• Displeased: If a city has 1-2 Amenities less than required, all non-food yields by the city decrease by 5%, and its Population growth decreases by 15%.
• Unhappy: If a city has 3-4 Amenities less than required, all non-food yields decrease by 10%, whereas Population growth decreases by 30%.
• Unrest: If a city has 5-6 Amenities less than required, all non-food yields decrease by 30%. In addition, Rebel units may begin to appear in the city's territory.
• Revolt: If a city has at least 7 fewer Amenities than required, all non-food yields also decrease by a whopping 60%. Rebel units will appear much more frequently and in greater numbers than ever before.

These Amenity thresholds and effects received some minor changes in the August 2020 Update and December 2020 Update. These changes apply only to the Gathering Storm expansion.

• Ecstatic starts at 5 additional Amenities or more, all of the city's yields increase by +20%.
• Happy requires 3-4 additional Amenities, all of the city's yields increase by +10%.
• Content starts at 0 to 2 additional Amenities.
• Displeased starts at 2 to 1 Amenities less than required. All non-food yields now decrease by 10%, its Population growth decreases by 15%.
• Unhappy starts at 4 to 3 Amenities less than required. All non-food yields now decrease by 20%, its Population growth decreases by 30%.
• Unrest starts at 6 to 5 Amenities less than required, all other penalties stay the same.
• Revolt starts at 7 Amenities less than required or below. All non-food yields now decrease by 40%, all other penalties stay the same.

Positive Sources of Amenities

Luxury Resources

As in all Civilization games, Luxury Resources are one of the main sources of contentment for your people. However, the system has been reworked substantially in Civilization VI, and Luxury Resources no longer affect your entire empire. Each unique Luxury Resource now provides +1 Amenity to up to 4 cities (or 6, in some special cases). Multiple copies of any given Luxury Resource do not affect more cities, so feel free to trade away extra Luxuries for other ones your civilization does not have access to.

Luxury Resource	Amenities	Source
Amber	4	Mine or Fishing Boats
Cinnamon	6	Zanzibar (City-State)
Citrus	4	Plantation
Cloves	6	Zanzibar (City-State)
Cocoa	4	Plantation
Coffee	4	Plantation
Cosmetics	4	Helena Rubinstein (Great Merchant)
Cotton	4	Plantation
Diamonds	4	Mine
Dyes	4	Plantation
Furs	4	Camp
Gypsum	4	Quarry
Honey	4	Camp
Incense	4	Plantation
Ivory	4	Camp
Jade	4	Mine
Jeans	4	Levi Strauss (Great Merchant)
Marble	4	Quarry
Mercury	4	Mine
Olives	4	Plantation
Pearls	4	Fishing Boats
Perfume	6	Estée Lauder (Great Merchant)
Salt	4	Mine
Silk	4	Plantation
Silver	4	Mine
Spices	4	Plantation
Sugar	4	Plantation
Tea	4	Plantation
Tobacco	4	Plantation
Toys	4	John Spilsbury (Great Merchant)
Truffles	4	Camp
Turtles	4	Fishing Boats
Whales	4	Fishing Boats
Wine	4	Plantation

Added in the Rise and Fall expansion pack.

Entertainment

One of the more important sources of Amenities is Entertainment, made possible by the Entertainment Complex (and the Water Park as of Rise and Fall) and its buildings. Note that for basic buildings, the effect is merely local (i.e. will supply Amenities only to its parent city), while the more advanced buildings will spread their effect to all cities whose City Centers are located up to 6 tiles (9 tiles for Water Park buildings) from the district. The mechanics are similar to the regional effects of advanced Industrial Zone buildings, so you can use the same logic here.

The Entertainment Complex provides an initial +1 Amenity, while its buildings, the Arena, Zoo, and Stadium (and the Water Park's Ferris Wheel, Aquarium, and Aquatics Center), provide +1, +1, and +2 Amenities respectively.

Rise and Fall also introduces the Shopping Mall, which can be built in a Neighborhood and provides +1 Amenity. Note that a Shopping Mall cannot be built in a city that has a Neighborhood with a Food Market, and there is a limit of one Shopping Mall per city (even if it has multiple Neighborhoods).

Building	Unlocked with	Bonuses
Arena	Games and Recreation	+1 Amenity
Zoo	Natural History	+1  Amenity to each City Center within 6 tiles
Stadium	Professional Sports	+2  Amenities to each City Center within 6 tiles (boosted by Sports Media Policy Card) +1  Amenity to each City Center within 6 tiles (boosted by Sports Media Policy Card)  +1  Amenity to each City Center within 6 tiles (boosted by Sports Media Policy Card); +2  Amenities additionally when  Powered
Ferris Wheel	Natural History	+1  Amenity
Aquarium	Natural History	+1  Amenity to each City Center within 9 tiles
Aquatics Center	Professional Sports	+2  Amenities to each City Center within 9 tiles  +1  Amenity to each City Center within 9 tiles; +2  Amenities additionally when  Powered
Shopping Mall	Capitalism	+1  Amenity +1  Amenity; +1  Amenity additionally when  Powered

Wonders

Some Wonders also supply Amenities.

Wonder	Unlocked with	Bonuses
Alhambra	Castles	+2 Amenities
Colosseum	Games and Recreation	+3 Amenities to all cities within 6 tiles +2 Amenities to all cities within 6 tiles
Estádio do Maracanã	Professional Sports	+2 Amenities to all cities in your civilization
Golden Gate Bridge	Combustion	+3 Amenities from entertainment
Great Bath	Pottery	+1 Amenity from entertainment
Huey Teocalli	Military Tactics	+1 Amenity for each adjacent Lake tile
Temple of Artemis	Archery	+1 Amenity for each Camp, Pasture, and Plantation within 4 tiles

Added in the Rise and Fall expansion pack.

Added in the Gathering Storm expansion pack.

Civics

Another frequent source of positive Amenities are Social Policies (more precisely, the relevant Policy Cards activated in your current Government Agenda). Most of these act only for bigger cities — that is, those which have more than a certain number of Districts.

Name of policy	Effect	Notes
Retainers	+1 Amenity in cities with a garrisoned unit.
Civil Prestige	+1 Amenity and +2 Housing in cities with established Governors with 2+ promotions.
Liberalism	+1 Amenity in cities with 2+ specialty districts.	Obsolete with Suffrage.
Police State	-2 Spy operation level in your lands. -1 Amenity in all cities.	Removed in Gathering Storm.
New Deal	+2 Amenities, +4 Housing, -8 Gold in all cities with 3+ specialty districts. +2 Amenities and +4 Housing in all cities with 3+ specialty districts.	In Gathering Storm, can only be adopted with Democracy active.
Sports Media	+100% Theater Square adjacency bonuses, and Stadiums generate +1 Amenity.
Music Censorship	Other civs' Rock Bands cannot enter your territory. -1 Amenity in all cities.	Exclusive to Gathering Storm.
Robber Barons	+50% Gold in cities with a Stock Exchange. +25% Production in cities with a Factory. BUT: -2 Amenities in all cities.	Dark Age exclusive, from the Industrial Era to the Atomic Era.
Automated Workforce	+20% Production towards city projects. BUT: -1 Amenity and -5 Loyalty in all cities.	Dark Age exclusive, from the Information Era to the Future Era.

Great People

Although there isn't a specific type of Great Person dedicated to providing Happiness to your people, some specific Great People have the power to permanently increase Amenities in a city, when Retired in it:

• Mimar Sinan (vanilla only)
• Jane Drew
• John Roebling
• Joseph Paxton
• Ibn Khaldun
• John Spilsbury
• Helena Rubinstein
• Levi Strauss
• Estée Lauder

Civilization and leader abilities

There are many civilizations and leaders which provide their citizens with additional Amenities:

• Indian cities gain 1 Amenity for each religion with 1 follower in them.
• Indonesian Entertainment Complexes built next to a Coast or Lake tile gain +1 Amenity.
• Khmer Aqueducts provide +3 Faith and +1 Amenity.
• Mayan cities gain +1 Amenity for every luxury resource next to the City Center.
• Cities conquered by the Ottomans gain +1 Amenity.
• Alexander's Macedon does not lose Amenities for war weariness.
• Kupe grants the Palace +1 Amenity.
• Luxury resources improved by Montezuma provide Amenities to 2 extra cities.

Religion

There are many Religious Beliefs which provide Amenities to the cities who follow their Religion. Note that they will only act if the city is actually following the Religion at the moment.

National Parks

National Parks are a special type of late-game improvement whose secondary effect increases Amenities. When established by Naturalists, they will provide +2 Amenities to the city whose territory they are in, and +1 Amenity to the four closest cities besides this one.

Improvements

Rise and Fall and Gathering Storm have introduced improvements that generate Amenities:

Improvement	Unlocked with	Restrictions	Bonuses
Cahokia Mounds	Suzerain of Cahokia City-State		+1 Amenity from the first Cahokia Mounds in the city. +1  Amenity from the second Cahokia Mounds in the city (with Natural History)
City Park	Liang's Parks and Recreation promotion.	Cannot be build next to another City Park	+1 Amenity if adjacent to water
Golf Course	Reformed Church (while playing as Scotland)	One per city, cannot be built on desert tiles	+1 Amenity ( +2 Amenities)
Ice Hockey Rink	Colonialism (while playing as Canada)	One per city, must be built on tundra or snow (or their respective hills)	+1 Amenity
Ski Resort	Professional Sports	Must be built on mountains, and cannot be removed. Cannot be built next to another Ski Resort.	+1 Amenity

Added in the Rise and Fall expansion pack.

Added in the Gathering Storm expansion pack.

Negative Sources of Amenities

War weariness

Main article: War weariness (Civ6)

When your nation has been at war for too long, your citizens become tired of your warmongering (just like other nations' leaders). This is manifested as certain amount of negative  Amenities that will affect your cities, preferably cities that are not founded by you and ones that near the battlefront. Alexander's Macedon does not suffer from this, and civilizations fighting the peaceable Gandhi are doubly affected by this.

Bankruptcy

Whenever your treasury reaches 0, and you have a negative Gold flow, your citizens will become discontented. This is again manifested by certain amount of negative Amenities, namely, -1 per each 10 Gold negative flow you have.

Related achievements

Everything is Awesome!!! At the start of the turn have an Ecstatic city. A reference to the song of the same name from The Lego Movie.