Civilization VI: Rise and Fall

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

New contentEdit

Key features for Sid Meier's Civilization VI: Rise and Fall include:^[1]

Great AgesEdit

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.

LoyaltyEdit

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.

GovernorsEdit

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

^* Unique to Suleiman, an Ottoman leader.

Enhanced AlliancesEdit

Main article: Diplomacy (Civ6)#Alliance

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

EmergenciesEdit

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.

TimelineEdit

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 CivsEdit

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

Icon	Civilization	Leader(s)	Civilization Ability	Leader Ability	Unique Unit	Unique Infrastructure
	Cree	Poundmaker	Nihitaw +1 Trade Route capacity and a free Trader with the Pottery technology. Unclaimed tiles within 3 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 Poundmaker +1 Food in the sending city per Camp or Pasture in the receiving city. Trade Routes grant Poundmaker +1 Gold in the receiving city per Camp or Pasture in the receiving city.	Okihtcitaw	Mekewap
	Dutch	Wilhelmina	Grote Rivieren Major adjacency bonus for Campus, Theater Squares, and Industrial Zones if next to a river. Culture Bomb adjacent tiles when completing a Harbor.	Radio Oranje Your Trade Routes to your own cities provide +1 Loyalty per turn for the starting city. Trade Routes to or from foreign cities provide +1 Culture to you.	De Zeven Provinciën	Polder
	Georgian	Tamar	Strength in Unity Dedications chosen at the beginning of a Golden Age or Heroic Age also grant their respective Normal Age bonuses towards improving Era Score, in addition to their regular bonuses. +50% Production towards walls.	Glory of the World, Kingdom and Faith +100% Faith for 10 turns after declaring a Protectorate War. Each Envoy you send to a city-state of your majority Religion counts as two Envoys. (Must have a majority Religion.)	Khevsur	Tsikhe
	Indian	Chandragupta	Dharma Receive Follower Belief bonuses in a city from each religion that has at least 1 follower.	Arthashastra Can declare a War of Territorial Expansion after gaining the Military Training Civic. +2 Movement and +5 Combat Strength for the first 10 turns after declaring a War of Territorial Expansion.	Varu	Stepwell
	Korean	Seondeok	Three Kingdoms Mines receive +1 Science if there is an adjacent Seowon district. Farms receive bonus Food if there is an adjacent Seowon district.	Hwarang Cities with an established Governor receive +3% Science and +3% Culture for each promotion that Governor has.	Hwacha	Seowon
	Mapuche	Lautaro	Toqui All units trained in cities with an established Governor gain 25% more experience in combat. +10 Combat Strength bonus against civilizations that are in a Golden Age.	Swift Hawk If a Mapuche unit defeats an enemy unit within the borders of the enemy city, that city loses 5 Loyalty.	Malón Raider	Chemamull
	Mongolian	Genghis Khan	Örtöö Starting a Trade Route immediately creates a Trading Post in the destination city. Receive an extra level of Diplomatic Visibility for possessing a Trading Post in any city of a civilization. All Mongolian units gain +3 Combat Strength for each level of Diplomatic Visibility on their opponent.	Mongol Horde All cavalry class units gain +3 Combat Strength and a chance to capture defeated enemy cavalry class units.	Keshig	Ordu
	Scottish	Robert the Bruce	Scottish Enlightenment Happy cities receive an additional +5% Science and +5% Production. Happy cities generate +1 Great Scientist point per Campus and +1 Great Engineer point per Industrial Zone. Ecstatic cities double all these amounts.	Bannockburn Can declare a War of Liberation after gaining the Defensive Tactics Civic, instead of the Diplomatic Service Civic. +100% Production and +2 Movement for the first 10 turns after declaring a War of Liberation.	Highlander	Golf Course
	Zulu	Shaka	Isibongo Cities with a garrisoned unit get +3 Loyalty per turn, or +5 if it is a Corps or Army. Conquering a city with a unit will upgrade it into a Corps or Army, if the proper Civics are unlocked.	Amabutho May form Corps (Mercenaries Civic) and Armies (Nationalism Civic) earlier. An additional +5 Base Combat Strength to both Corps and Armies.	Impi	Ikanda

New Global ContentEdit

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. Strong in combat against other melee 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.
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. 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.	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 SystemsEdit

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.

TriviaEdit

• 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:^[2]

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.

GalleryEdit

VideosEdit

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

ReferencesEdit

1. ↑ List is a modified version of the original press relase of the game located here
2. ↑ https://civilization.com/news/entries/announcing-civilization-vi-rise-and-fall

External linksEdit

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