Civilization VI: Rise and Fall

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Sid Meier's Civilization VI: Rise and Fall
Developer(s)	Firaxis Games
Publisher(s)	2K Games
Designer(s)	Anton Strenger
Platforms	Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Nintendo Switch, PS4, Xbox One, Android
Release date(s)	Windows, OS X, and Linux WW: February 8, 2018 iOS WW: July 27, 2019 Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and Playstation 4 WW: November 22, 2019 Android WW: August 13, 2020
Genre(s)	Turn-based strategy, 4X
Modes	Single player, multiplayer

Sid Meier's Civilization VI: Rise and Fall is the first expansion pack released for Civilization VI. It was released for Windows on February 8, 2018, for iOS on July 27, 2019, and for the Nintendo Switch, PS4, and Xbox One on November 22, 2019.

New content

Key features for Sid Meier's Civilization VI: Rise and Fall include:

Great Ages

Main article: Ages (Civ6)

As your civilization ebbs and flows, and you reach milestone Historic Moments, you will experience Dark Ages or Golden Ages, each providing specific challenges or bonuses based on your actions in-game. Rise triumphantly from a Dark Age, and your next Golden Age will be even stronger – a Heroic Age.

Loyalty

Main article: Loyalty (Civ6)

Cities now have individual Loyalty to your leadership – let it fall too low, and face the consequences of low yields, revolts, and the potential to lose your city to another civilization, or its own independence. But one civilization’s loss can be your gain as you inspire Loyalty among cities throughout the map and further expand your borders.

Governors

Main article: Governor (Civ6)

Recruit, appoint, and upgrade powerful characters with unique specialization bonuses and promotion trees to customize your cities, and reinforce Loyalty.

Governor	Default Title	Level 1 Titles:	Level 2 Titles:	Level 3 Titles
Reyna The Financier	Land Acquisition	Harbormaster Foreign Exchange Forestry Management	Tax Collector	Contractor Curator Renewable Subsidizer
Victor The Castellan	Redoubt	Garrison Commander Defense Logistics	Security Expert Embrasure	Air Defense Initiative Arms Race Proponent
Amani The Diplomat	Messenger	Emissary Prestige Local Informants	Affluence Promoter Foreign Investor	Puppeteer
Magnus The Steward	Groundbreaker	Provision Surplus Logistics	Industrialist Black Marketeer	Vertical Integration
Moksha The Cardinal	Bishop	Grand Inquisitor Divine Architect	Laying On Of Hands Citadel of God	Patron Saint
Liang The Surveyor	Guildmaster	Infrastructure Aquaculture Zoning Commissioner	Zoning Commissioner Amusement Reinforced Materials Water Works	Parks and Recreation
Pingala The Educator	Librarian	Connoisseur Researcher	Grants	Arms Race Proponent Space Initiative Curator
Ibrahim The Grand Vizier (Exclusive to Suleiman)	Pasha	Head Falconer Serasker	Khass-Oda-Bashi Capou Agha	Grand Vizier

Enhanced Alliances

Main article: Diplomacy (Civ6)#Alliance

An enhanced alliances system allows players to form different types of alliances and build bonuses over time.

Emergencies

Main article: Emergency (Civ6)

When a civilization grows too powerful, other civilizations can join a pact against the threatening civilization and earn rewards, or penalties, when the Emergency ends.

Timeline

Main article: Timeline (Civ6)

Review your civilization’s history at any time with the new Timeline feature, a visual journey through the Historic Moments that you encountered on your path to victory.

New Leaders and Civs

Nine leaders and eight new civilizations are introduced. Each brings unique bonuses and gameplay, as well as a total of eight unique units, two unique buildings, four unique improvements, and two unique districts.

Rise and Fall Leaders and Civilizations

Civilization	Leader(s)	Civilization Ability	Leader Ability	Unique Unit	Unique Infrastructure
Korean	Seondeok	Three Kingdoms Farms receive +1 Food and Mines receive +1 Science for each adjacent Seowon.	Hwarang Cities with an established Governor receive +3% Culture and +3% Science for each promotion that Governor has.	Hwacha	Seowon
Dutch	Wilhelmina	Grote Rivieren Rivers provide a +2 adjacency bonus for Campus, Theater Square, and Industrial Zone districts. Building a Harbor triggers a Culture Bomb, claiming surrounding tiles.	Radio Oranje Domestic Trade Routes provide +2 Loyalty per turn for the starting city. Trade Routes sent to or received from a foreign civilization grant +2 Culture to the Netherlands.	De Zeven Provinciën	Polder
Mongolian	Genghis Khan	Örtöö Sending a Trade Route immediately creates a Trading Post in the destination city, instead of when the Trade Route is completed. Gains an extra level of Diplomatic Visibility with civilizations that have a Mongolian Trading Post. +6 Combat Strength for all units for each level of Diplomatic Visibility Mongolia has over the other civilization, instead of the usual +3 Combat Strength.	Mongol Horde Cavalry class units gain +3 Combat Strength and have a chance to capture defeated cavalry class enemy units.	Keshig	Ordu
Indian	Chandragupta	Dharma Indian cities receive the Follower Beliefs of all religions with at least one follower in them, not just the majority religion.	Arthashastra Can declare a War of Territorial Expansion with Military Training, instead of Mobilization. +2 Movement and +5 Combat Strength for all units for the next 10 turns after declaring a War of Territorial Expansion.	Varu	Stepwell
Cree	Poundmaker	Nîhithaw Gains +1 Trade Route capacity and a free Trader with Pottery. Unclaimed tiles within three tiles of a Cree city come under Cree control when a Trader first moves into them.	Favorable Terms All Alliance types provide Shared Visibility. Trade Routes grant +1 Food in the sending city and +1 Gold in the receiving city per Camp or Pasture in the receiving city.	Okihtcitaw	Mekewap
Georgian	Tamar	Strength in Unity Dedications chosen at the beginning of a Golden Age or Heroic Age also grant their Normal Age bonuses towards improving Era Score, in addition to their regular bonuses. +50% Production towards walls.	Glory of the World, Kingdom and Faith Gains Faith from combat victories equal to 50% of the Combat Strength of the defeated unit. Each Envoy sent to a city-state of Georgia's majority Religion counts as two Envoys.	Khevsur	Tsikhe
Scottish	Robert the Bruce	Scottish Enlightenment Happy cities gain +5% Science and +5% Production, and generate +1 Great Scientist point in their Campuses and +1 Great Engineer point in their Industrial Zones. Ecstatic cities double these bonuses.	Bannockburn Can declare a War of Liberation with Defensive Tactics, instead of Diplomatic Service. +100% Production and +2 Movement for all units for the next 10 turns after declaring a War of Liberation.	Highlander	Golf Course
Mapuche	Lautaro	Toqui Cities with an established Governor gain +5% Culture, +5% Production, and +10% combat experience towards all units trained in the city. These numbers are tripled in cities not founded by the Mapuche. All cities within 9 tiles of a city with your Governor gain +4 Loyalty per turn towards your civilization.	Swift Hawk +10 Combat Strength when fighting civilizations that are in a Golden or Heroic Age, or Free Cities. Defeating an enemy unit within the borders of an enemy city causes that city to lose 20 Loyalty, or 40 Loyalty if that civilization is in a Golden or Heroic Age.	Malón Raider	Chemamull
Zulu	Shaka	Isibongo Capturing a city will upgrade the conquering unit into a Corps or Army if the necessary civics are unlocked. +3 Loyalty per turn to cities with a garrisoned unit, increasing to +5 if the garrisoned unit is a Corps or Army.	Amabutho May form Corps with Mercenaries, instead of Nationalism, and Armies with Nationalism, instead of Mobilization. Corps and Armies gain an additional +5 Combat Strength.	Impi	Ikanda

New Global Content

Eight new world wonders, seven natural wonders, four new units, two new tile improvements, two new districts, fourteen new buildings, and three new resources have been added.

Rise and Fall Non-Unique Units

Unit	Type	Era	Description
Drone	Support	Atomic	Adds +1 Range and +5 Bombard Strength to adjacent bombard strength units.
Pike and Shot	Anti-Cavalry	Renaissance	Bonus vs. cavalry units.
Spec Ops	Recon	Atomic	Can paradrop without the use of aircraft. Can directly attack support units in formation with military units.
Supply Convoy	Support	Atomic	Increases the healing of stationary adjacent units. +1 Movement for adjacent units at the start of their turn.

Rise and Fall Wonders

Wonder	Era	Description
Amundsen-Scott Research Station	Modern	+5 Great Scientist points per turn +20% Science and +10% Production in all cities. If there are 5 Snow or Snow Hills tiles within 3 tiles of a city and owned by this player these yields are doubled.
Casa de Contratación	Renaissance	+3 Great Merchant points per turn Gain 3 Governor promotions All your cities on your non-home continent with a Governor gain +15% Production, +15% Faith and +15% Gold.
Kilwa Kisiwani	Medieval	+3 Envoys when built When you are the Suzerain of a City-State this city gains a +15% boost to the yield provided by that City-State. If you are the Suzerain of 2 or more City-States of that type an additional 15% boost is given to all your cities.
Kotoku-in	Medieval	+20% Faith in this city Grants 4 Warrior Monks
Statue of Liberty	Industrial	Grants 2 Settlers. All your cities within 6 tiles are 100% Loyal. +4 Diplomatic Victory Points
St. Basil's Cathedral	Renaissance	+3 Relic slots. +100% Religious Tourism from this city. +1 Food, +1 Production and +1 Culture from all Tundra tiles for this city.
Taj Mahal	Renaissance	+1 Era Score from Historic Moment earned after the wonder is complete if that Moment is usually worth 2 or more Era Score
Temple of Artemis	Ancient	+4 Food +3 Housing Each Camp, Pasture, and Plantation within 4 tiles provides +1 Amenity.

Rise and Fall Natural Wonders

Wonder	Effects	Size	Tile type
Delicate Arch	+2 Faith and +1 Gold to adjacent tiles.	1 tile, impassable
Eye of the Sahara	+1 Production ( 2 Production, 1 Science). When the game reaches Atomic Era it provides additional +1 Production and +3 Science.	3 tiles, passable
Lake Retba	+1 Production, +2 Gold and +2 Culture in the Wonder tiles. Provides fresh water, acts as a Lake. Doesn't provide fresh water, acts as a Coast.	2 tiles, passable	Lake
Matterhorn	+1 Culture to adjacent tiles; land combat units who move next to the Matterhorn ignore Hills for the rest of the game and gain +3 Combat Strength when fighting in hills.	1 tile, impassable	Mountain
Mount Roraima	+1 Faith and +1 Science to adjacent tiles	4 tile, impassable	Mountain
Ubsunur Hollow	+2 Faith, +1 Food and +1 Production on wonder tiles	4 tile, passable	Marsh
Zhangye Danxia	+2 Great General and +2 Great Merchant points if you own at least one of the tiles.	3 tiles, impassable	Mountain

Rise and Fall Resources

Resource	Base Yield Modifier	Improvement	Notes
Amber	+1 Culture	Mine, Fishing Boats	+1 Production with Mine. +1 Food with Fishing Boats.
Olives	+1 Production, +1 Gold	Plantation	+1 Gold with Plantation. +1 Food with Plantation and Goddess of Festivals.
Turtles	+1 Science	Fishing Boats	+1 Food with Fishing Boats.

Rise and Fall Districts and Buildings

District	Function	Buildings
Neighborhood (New buildings not district)	Housing	Food Market Shopping Mall
Government Plaza	Government	Ancestral Hall Audience Chamber Warlord's Throne Foreign Ministry Grand Master's Chapel Intelligence Agency National History Museum Royal Society War Department
Water Park Copacabana	Amenities	Ferris Wheel Aquarium Aquatics Center

Improved Gameplay Systems

The Government system has been enhanced with new Policies and additional improvements have been made to existing systems.

The city-state bonuses have different requirements. Previously the level 2 (+2) and three (+4) were applied to cities for merely having the relevant district. With Rise and Fall, these bonuses are only available if the relevant buildings have been constructed. Furthermore, the level three bonus is now only +2 instead of +4.

Trivia

• The statue appeared on the mountain in the promotional poster is the Discobolus of Myron, an art of the Greeks during the Classical period.
• According to the lead designer Anton Strenger:

The biggest, over-arching goal [of Rise & Fall]: dynamic empires. Civilizations will rise and fall through the course of the game (as you probably figured out from the title). Borders will ebb and flow. Cities will change their loyalties. As a secondary goal, Civilization VI: Rise and Fall includes more storytelling elements – Historic Moments – that highlight the interesting turning points in your civilizations. These events happen every time you play, making playthroughs unique, while also giving them meaning in the mechanics.

Gallery

Promotional poster for Rise and Fall

A screenshot displaying the new content in Rise and Fall

A screenshot displaying the new content in Rise and Fall

A screenshot displaying the new content in Rise and Fall

Videos

Civilization VI Rise and Fall Expansion Announcement Trailer

Civilization VI- Rise and Fall - FIRST GAMEPLAY FOOTAGE (Devs Play Korea)

Civilization VI- Rise and Fall - New Features Explained (Full Details)

Civilization VI- Rise and Fall – March 2018 Developer Update

Civilization VI- Rise and Fall – Spring 2018 Developer Update

External links

• Announcement of Sid Meier's Civilization VI: Rise & Fall
• Sid Meier's Civilization VI: Rise and Fall on Steam