Atomic Era (Civ6)

The Atomic Era is the seventh era in Civilization VI. It is preceded by the Modern Era and followed by the Information Era.

Intro

New frontiers of discovery expand our understanding, from the tiny atom to the majesty of outer space. Mysteries long tolerated are closer than ever to revealing their deepest secrets, beyond what we can easily see. You will choose how to use this knowledge, and push back the greatest darkness we have yet faced.

Game Info

The Atomic Era takes its name from the invention of the most terrible weapon known to man - the atomic bomb. But more broadly, it also brings about the power of the atom as means of Power - the cleanest and most powerful source. It is up to you to choose how you will use that power - to produce clean energy for your cities in peace, or to destroy the enemy in war.

Another thing the Atomic Era brings is the real conquest of the skies - with improved aircraft now separated into two different classes, air warfare really becomes a very serious endeavor. And improved Support units both on land and in the air, combined with the next level of air transport technology, speed up combat even more.

As if that weren't enough, man now reaches even higher - to space. The Rocketry technology unlocks the path towards the last type of victory: the Science Victory. Civilizations pursuing it will have to ensure Spaceports are constructed and guarded from the enemy, while also boosted with enough Production to complete the most complex Projects in the game: the Space Race projects.

Meanwhile, the pursuers of Cultural victory also get some more trump cards up their sleeves, with Ski Resorts to attract even more tourists, while Rock Bands tour foreign lands to spread your cultural fame. The Tier 3 buildings unlocked in the Entertainment-oriented Districts also help to that goal.

Atomic Era start

• When starting a game in the Atomic Era, players receive three Settlers, three Rangers, three Field Cannons, 1600 Faith (), 550 Gold, 16 Envoys and 10 Diplomatic Victory points ().
• Capital has 10 Population. All cities founded after the Capital have 6 Population.
• Founded cities have 6 additional tiles.
• Each city has a Monument, a Granary, Ancient Walls, Medieval Walls, Renaissance Walls, Shrine and Temple in Holy Site, Library and University in Campus, Arena in Entertainment Complex, Lighthouse and Shipyard in Harbor, Market and Bank in Commercial Hub, Amphitheater in Theater Square,Workshop in Industrial Zone, Consulate and Chancery in Diplomatic Quarter and Grove in Preserve.
• Players receive an Infantry (an AT Crew in Gathering Storm) and a Builder in each city founded by one of their starting Settlers (and a Trader in the first two).
• Boosted Technologies: Combined Arms, Plastics, Computers.
• All Districts cost only 1 Production to build.
• The game starts at Turn 366/500 (1945 AD) on Standard speed.
• Alhambra, Angkor Wat, Apadana, Big Ben, Bolshoi Theatre, Casa de Contratación, Chichen Itza, Colosseum, Colossus, Etemenanki, Forbidden City, Great Bath, Great Library, Great Lighthouse, Great Zimbabwe, Hagia Sophia, Hanging Gardens, Hermitage, Huey Teocalli, Jebel Barkal, Kilwa Kisiwani, Kotoku-in, Machu Picchu, Mahabodhi Temple, Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, Meenakshi Temple, Mont St. Michel, Oracle, Országház, Oxford University, Panama Canal, Petra, Potala Palace, Pyramids, Ruhr Valley, St. Basil's Cathedral, Statue of Zeus, Stonehenge, Temple of Artemis, Terracotta Army, Torre de Belém, University of Sankore and Venetian Arsenal are removed from game.

Technologies

Technology	Science cost	Eureka	Infrastructure	Other unlocks	Leads to
Advanced Flight	1410 1480	Build 3 ( 2) Biplanes	Airport Fighter Bomber P-51 Mustang		Satellites
Rocketry	1410 1480	Boost through Great Scientist or Spy	Missile Silo Spaceport,	Launch Earth Satellite +1 Production on Quarries	Satellites Guidance Systems
Advanced Ballistics	1410 1480	Build 2 Power Plants Build 1 Oil Power Plant ()	Machine Gun Anti-Air Gun		Nuclear Fission Guidance Systems
Combined Arms	1410 1480	Build an Airstrip (Vanilla and ) Have 3 Armies or Armadas ()	Destroyer Aircraft Carrier	Reveals Uranium	Nuclear Fission
Plastics	1410 1480	Build an Oil Well	Offshore Oil Rig Spec Ops	+1 Food on Fishing Boats	Synthetic Materials
Computers	1580 1660	Have a government with 8 policy slots (Vanilla and ) Adopt a government with 8 inherent policy slots ()	Flood Barrier Drone	+1 Spy +100% ( +25%) Tourism	Telecommunications Robotics
Nuclear Fission	1580 1660	Boost through Great Scientist or Spy	Nuclear Power Plant	Manhattan Project Build Nuclear Device	Lasers
Synthetic Materials	1580 1660	Build 2 Aerodromes	Geothermal Plant Biosphère Helicopter	+1 ( +2) Gold on Camps	Composites Stealth Technology

Civics

Civic	Culture cost	Inspiration	Policy cards	Units, infrastructure, & governments	Other unlocks	Leads to
Cultural Heritage	1955	Have a Themed Museum.	Heritage Tourism	Sydney Opera House	Reveals Shipwrecks. +3 Envoys +2 Science to Missions.	Environmentalism
Cold War	2185	Research Nuclear Fission.	International Waters Second Strike Capability Containment Cryptography	Amundsen-Scott Research Station () +1 Spy Rock Band		Rapid Deployment Space Race
Professional Sports	2185	Build 4 ( 2) Entertainment Complex Districts.	Sports Media	Estádio do Maracanã Stadium Aquatics Center Ski Resort	1 Food to Stepwells. +2 Food and +2 Production to the Ice Hockey Rink improvement.	Social Media
Rapid Deployment	2415	Build an Aerodrome or Airstrip on a foreign continent.	Military First After Action Reports	Amundsen-Scott Research Station ()	Allows transport of land units using Airports.	Globalization Environmentalism
Space Race	2415	Build a Spaceport district.	Integrated Space Cell Satellite Broadcasts			Globalization Social Media

Tile Improvements

Missile Silo
Offshore Oil Rig
Geothermal Plant
Ski Resort

Units

• Fighter
  • Fighter
    • P-51 Mustang
• Bomber
  • Bomber
• Support
  • Anti-Air Gun
  • Supply Convoy
  • Drone
• Ranged
  • Machine Gun
• Recon
  • Spec Ops
• Naval Carrier
  • Aircraft Carrier
• Naval Melee
  • Destroyer
• Light Cavalry
  • Helicopter
• Civilian
  • Rock Band

Districts and Buildings

• Spaceport
• Aerodrome
  • Airport
• Entertainment Complex/ Street Carnival/ Hippodrome
  • Stadium
• Water Park/ Copacabana
  • Aquatics Center
• Industrial Zone/ Hansa/ Oppidum
  • Nuclear Power Plant
• City Center
  • Flood Barrier

Wonders

Amundsen-Scott Research Station
Biosphère
Estádio do Maracanã
Sydney Opera House

Projects

Launch Earth Satellite
Manhattan Project
Build Nuclear Device
Convert to Nuclear Power
Recommission Nuclear Reactor

Great People

• Great Admirals: Chester Nimitz, Grace Hopper, Sergei Gorshkov
• Great Artists: Vincent van Gogh, Edmonia Lewis, Marie-Anne Collot, Claude Monet
• Great Engineers: John Roebling, Jane Drew, Sergei Korolev
• Great Generals: Dwight Eisenhower, Georgy Zhukov, Douglas MacArthur, Sudirman
• Great Merchants: Helena Rubinstein, Melitta Bentz, Levi Strauss
• Great Musicians: Antonin Dvorak, Clara Schumann, Juventino Rosas, Lili'uokalani
• Great Scientists: Janaki Ammal, Mary Leakey, Erwin Schrödinger, Margaret Mead¹
• Great Writers: H.G. Wells, Rabindranath Tagore

¹ Requires DLC

Added in the Rise and Fall expansion pack.

Added in the Gathering Storm expansion pack.

Related achievements

Splitting the Atom Win a regular game with an Atomic Era start. Splitting the atom was first discovered in 1917, the start of the atomic age.

See also

• Atomic Era in other games