Civilization VI

Sid Meier's Civilization VI
Developer(s)	Firaxis Games
Publisher(s)	2K Games
Distributor(s)	Take-Two Interactive
Producer(s)	Dennis Shirk
Designer(s)	Ed Beach
Artist(s)	Brian Busatti
Composer(s)	Geoff Knorr
Series	Civilization
Platforms	Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux, iOS, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4
Release date(s)	Windows WW: October 21, 2016 OS X WW: October 24, 2016 Linux WW: February 9, 2017 iOS WW: December 21, 2017 Nintendo Switch WW: November 16, 2018 Xbox One WW: November 22, 2019 Playstation 4 WW: November 22, 2019
Genre(s)	Turn-based strategy
Modes	Single player, multiplayer
Ratings	ESRB: E10+

Sid Meier's Civilization VI (called Civilization VI or Civ6 for short) is a turn-based strategy game in the Civilization franchise that was released in 2016. The lead producer of the game is Dennis Shirk, and the lead designer is Ed Beach.

The game's first expansion pack, Rise and Fall, was released on February 8, 2018. Its second expansion pack, Gathering Storm, was released on February 14, 2019.

New Features

• New game engine with support for a day/night cycle and camera rotation.
• Cities now span multiple tiles, called "districts." Wonders are similarly constructed on tiles rather than within the city itself.
• City growth is kept in check by a Housing metric, which is increased by certain buildings, fresh water, and tile improvements. Happiness is once again per-city, and improved through Amenities.
• Workers have been replaced with Builders that complete their jobs instantly but have only a limited number of uses.
• Civics are researched in a Civic tree parallel to the traditional scientific tech tree. Progress through this tree is made through Culture, instead of Science.
• Research has been changed with a Eureka mechanic that accelerates research time. If you haven't seen any sea, it'll be more difficult to research Sailing, for example. On the other hand, a coastal city would give you a boost for researching naval technologies. Civics research is likewise boosted through Inspirations.
• Governments are back. Governments can be further customized by mixing and matching various policy cards that the Civic tree unlocks.
• Diplomacy evolves through times. The designers remarked that Teddy Roosevelt put it very well when he said: "As civilization grows, warfare becomes less and less the normal condition of foreign relations."
• Espionage and gossip are now the primary means of learning intel on rival civilizations' activities.
• The Great Works system makes a return from Brave New World, with improvements.
• Religion is back, more complex than ever. You can build religious-oriented buildings in your Holy Sites. Inquisition can have a more important role in the game. A unit called an Apostle has been added.
• The Diplomatic Victory condition has been replaced with a new Religious Victory condition.
• Support units, such as Battering Rams or Anti-Air Guns, can be stacked with other types of units.
• Civilian units can be assigned with military escorts.
• Two land units can be merged in the Renaissance Era to form a "corps" that is 40% stronger. Later, a third unit can be added to form an "army" in the Modern Era. Naval units can likewise be merged into "fleets" and "armadas."
• Roads are built automatically along trade routes.
• Ships can be built not only in the City Center, but also in the Harbor district. This way, an inland city that is sufficiently close to the sea may also build ships!
• Great People now have unique bonuses, similar to the Founding Fathers in Colonization.
• AI players now follow Agendas; each civilization leader has a historical agenda that dictates playstyle, along with a randomized hidden agenda that can be learned through espionage.
• Barbarians are more organized, sending out scouts to plan raids on cities.
• City-States return, with each city-state having a unique bonus for their Suzerain.
• Leaders now have their own unique bonuses, along with the bonuses that their Civilization provides.

Civilizations & Leaders

Main article: Civilizations (Civ6)

There are eighteen civilizations included in the base game at launch. In addition, the Aztec civilization was available exclusively to pre-order customers for the first ninety days after launch. After this ninety day period, the Aztec civilization was made available to all players as free downloadable content. The Nintendo Switch version contains all vanilla civilizations, as well as the Aztec civilization and all civilizations from the initial four DLC packs.

Each civilization has three unique components: a unit, a piece of infrastructure (be it a building, a district or a tile improvement) and an ability. Furthermore, each leader has a distinct ability of their own, as well as a unique agenda which shapes the leader's playstyle and diplomatic personality when controlled by the AI. Abilities can be multi-faceted, and some leader abilities include a further unique unit, giving the civilization a total of two.

Civilization	Leader(s)	Civilization Ability	Unique Unit	Unique Infrastructure
American	Teddy Roosevelt	Founding Fathers Government legacy bonuses accumulate in half the usual number of turns. All Diplomatic policy slots in the current government are converted to Wildcard slots. All Diplomatic policy slots in the current government are converted to Wildcard slots. +1 Diplomatic Favor per turn for each Wildcard slot in the current government.	P-51 Mustang	Film Studio
	Teddy Roosevelt (Bull Moose)
	Teddy Roosevelt (Rough Rider)
	Abraham Lincoln
Arabian	Saladin (Vizier)	The Last Prophet Automatically receives the final Great Prophet when the next-to-last one is claimed (unless one has already been earned through other means). +1 Science per foreign city following Arabia's Religion.	Mamluk	Madrasa
	Saladin (Sultan)
Australian	John Curtin	Land Down Under +3 Housing in coastal cities. Building a Pasture triggers a Culture Bomb, claiming surrounding tiles. Campus, Commercial Hub, Holy Site, and Theater Square districts gain +1 to their yields in tiles with Charming Appeal, and +3 in tiles with Breathtaking Appeal.	Digger	Outback Station
Aztec	Montezuma	Legend of the Five Suns Can spend Builder charges to complete 20% of a district's Production cost.	Eagle Warrior	Tlachtli
Babylonian	Hammurabi	Enuma Anu Enlil Eurekas instantly unlock their respective technologies. -50% Science per turn.	Sabum Kibittum	Palgum
Brazilian	Pedro II	Amazon Rainforest tiles provide a +1 adjacency bonus for Campus, Commercial Hub, Holy Site, and Theater Square districts. Owned Rainforests provide +1 Appeal to adjacent tiles, instead of the usual -1.	Minas Geraes	Street Carnival
				Copacabana
Byzantine	Basil II	Taxis +3 Combat and Religious Strength for all units for each Holy City converted to Byzantium's Religion (including Byzantium's own Holy City). Byzantium's Religion is spread to nearby cities when a unit from an enemy civilization or city-state is defeated. +1 Great Prophet point from Holy Sites.	Dromon	Hippodrome
	Theodora
Canadian	Wilfrid Laurier	Four Faces of Peace Cannot declare Surprise Wars or war on city-states. Surprise Wars cannot be declared on Canada. For every 100 Tourism earned, gain 1 Diplomatic Favor. +100% Diplomatic Favor gained from successfully completing Emergencies or Scored Competitions.	Mountie	Ice Hockey Rink
Chinese	Qin Shi Huang (Mandate of Heaven)	Dynastic Cycle Eurekas and Inspirations provide an extra 10% of the Science and Culture cost for researching technologies and civics. Completing a Wonder grants a Eureka and Inspiration from that Wonder's era.	Crouching Tiger	Great Wall
	Qin Shi Huang (Unifier)
	Kublai Khan (Chinese)
	Yongle
	Wu Zetian
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.	Okihtcitaw	Mekewap
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. Rivers provide a +2 adjacency bonus for Campus, Theater Square, and Industrial Zone districts. Building a Harbor triggers a Culture Bomb, claiming surrounding tiles. +50% Production towards the Dam district and Flood Barrier building.	De Zeven Provinciën	Polder
Egyptian	Cleopatra (Egyptian)	Iteru +15% Production towards districts and wonders built next to a River. Floodplains do not prevent placement of districts and wonders. +15% Production towards districts and wonders built next to a River. Districts, improvements and units are immune to damage from floods.	Maryannu Chariot Archer	Sphinx
	Cleopatra (Ptolemaic)
	Ramses II
English	Victoria (Age of Empire)	Vanilla and : British Museum Each Archaeological Museum can hold six Artifacts instead of three and can build two Archaeologists instead of one. Archaeological Museums are automatically themed when they have six Artifacts. : Workshop of the World Iron and Coal Mines accumulate +2 resources per turn. +100% Production towards Military Engineers. Military Engineers receive +2 charges. Buildings that provide additional yields when powered receive +4 of their respective yields. +20% Production towards Industrial Zone buildings. Harbor buildings grant +10 Strategic Resource stockpiles.	Sea Dog	Royal Navy Dockyard
	Victoria (Age of Steam)
	Eleanor of Aquitaine (English)
	Elizabeth I
Ethiopian	Menelik II	Aksumite Legacy Improved resource tiles receive +1 Faith for each copy of the resource the city owns. International Trade Routes grant +0.5 Faith for each resource in the origin city. Can purchase Archaeologists and Archaeological Museums with Faith.	Oromo Cavalry	Rock-Hewn Church
French	Catherine de Medici (Black Queen)	Grand Tour +20% Production towards Medieval, Renaissance and Industrial Era Wonders. Double Tourism from Wonders of any Era.	Garde Impériale	Château
	Catherine de Medici (Magnificence)
	Eleanor of Aquitaine (French)
Gallic	Ambiorix	Hallstatt Culture Mines gain +1 Culture, provide a +0.5 adjacency bonus for all districts and trigger a Culture Bomb when built, claiming surrounding unowned tiles. Specialty districts do not receive an adjacency bonus from other districts and cannot be built next to the City Center.	Gaesatae	Oppidum
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.	Khevsur	Tsikhe
German	Frederick Barbarossa	Free Imperial Cities Each city can build one more specialty District than the Population limit would normally allow.	U-Boat	Hansa
	Ludwig II
Gran Colombian	Simón Bolívar	Ejército Patriota +1 Movement for all units. Promoting a unit does not end that unit's turn.	Llanero	Hacienda
Greek	Pericles	Plato's Republic Gains an additional Wildcard policy slot in all Governments.	Hoplite	Acropolis
	Gorgo
Hungarian	Matthias Corvinus	Pearl of the Danube +50% Production for districts and buildings built across a river from a City Center.	Huszár	Thermal Bath
Incan	Pachacuti	Mit'a Citizens may work Mountain tiles. Mountain tiles provide +2 Production, and +1 Food for each adjacent Terrace Farm. Mountain tiles provide an additional +1 Production when Inca reaches the Industrial Era.	Warak'aq	Terrace Farm
Indian	Gandhi	Dharma Indian cities receive the Follower Beliefs of all religions with at least one follower in them, not just the majority religion. Indian cities receive the Follower Beliefs of all religions with at least one follower in them, not just the majority religion, and gain +1 Amenity for each religion with at least one follower in them. +2 Spread Religion charges for Missionaries. +100% Religious pressure from Indian Trade Routes.	Varu	Stepwell
	Chandragupta
Indonesian	Gitarja	Great Nusantara Coast and Lake tiles provide a +0.5 adjacency bonus for Holy Site, Campus, Industrial Zone, and Theater Square districts. Entertainment Complexes built adjacent to a Coast or Lake tile provide +1 Amenity.	Jong	Kampung
Japanese	Hojo Tokimune	Meiji Restoration Districts receive a +1 adjacency bonus for each adjacent district, instead of +0.5.	Samurai	Electronics Factory
	Tokugawa
Khmer	Jayavarman VII	Grand Barays Cities with an Aqueduct receive +1 Amenity, and +1 Faith for every Population. Farms receive +2 Food when adjacent to an Aqueduct, and +1 Faith when adjacent to a Holy Site.	Domrey	Prasat
Kongolese	Mvemba a Nzinga	Nkisi Relics, Artifacts and Sculptures grant +2 Food, +2 Production, +1 Faith, and +4 Gold. The Palace has four extra slots for Great Works. +50% Great Artist, Great Musician, and Great Merchant points gained from all sources.	Ngao Mbeba	Mbanza
	Nzinga Mbande
Korean	Seondeok	Three Kingdoms Farms receive +1 Food and Mines receive +1 Science for each adjacent Seowon.	Hwacha	Seowon
	Sejong
Macedonian	Alexander	Hellenistic Fusion Conquering a city grants a free Eureka for each Encampment and Campus district in the conquered city and a free Inspiration for each Holy Site and Theater Square district.	Hypaspist	Basilikoi Paides
Malian	Mansa Musa	Songs of the Jeli City Centers receive +1 Faith and +1 Food for every adjacent Desert and Desert Hills tile. Mines receive -1 Production and +4 Gold. May purchase Commercial Hub buildings with Faith. -30% Production towards buildings and units.	Mandekalu Cavalry	Suguba
	Sundiata Keita
Māori	Kupe	Mana Starts with Sailing and Shipbuilding unlocked and the ability to enter Ocean tiles. +5 Combat Strength and +2 Movement for embarked units. Unimproved Woods and Rainforests grant +1 Production, increasing to +2 Production with Mercantilism and +3 Production with Conservation. +1 Food from Fishing Boats. Building a Fishing Boat triggers a Culture Bomb, claiming surrounding tiles. Resources cannot be harvested. Great Writers cannot be earned.	Toa	Marae
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.	Malón Raider	Chemamull
Mayan	Lady Six Sky	Mayab Cities do not receive additional Housing from being adjacent to fresh water or coast. Cities gain +1 Amenity for each Luxury Resource adjacent to the City Center. Farms grant +1 Housing, +1 Production if adjacent to an Observatory, and +1 Gold.	Hul'che	Observatory
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.	Keshig	Ordu
	Kublai Khan (Mongolian)
Norwegian	Harald Hardrada (Konge)	Knarr Norwegian units gain the ability to enter Ocean tiles with Shipbuilding, instead of Cartography, and pay no additional Movement costs to embark or disembark. Naval melee units can heal in neutral territory.	Berserker	Stave Church
	Harald Hardrada (Varangian)
Nubian	Amanitore	Ta-Seti +30% Production toward Ranged units. Ranged units gain +50% combat experience. +1 Production for Mines over strategic resources, and +2 Gold for Mines over bonus and luxury resources.	Pítati Archer	Nubian Pyramid
Ottoman	Suleiman (Kanuni)	Great Turkish Bombard +30% Production toward Siege units. Siege units gain +5 Combat Strength when attacking defensible districts. Conquering a city doesn't cause that city to lose Population. +1 Amenity and +4 Loyalty per turn for cities not founded by the Ottomans.	Barbary Corsair	Grand Bazaar
	Suleiman (Muhteşem)
Persian	Cyrus	Satrapies Gains +1 Trade Route capacity with Political Philosophy. Domestic Trade Routes provide +2 Gold and +1 Culture. Roads built inside Persian territory are one level more advanced than usual.	Immortal	Pairidaeza
	Nader Shah
Phoenician	Dido	Mediterranean Colonies Starts with the Eureka for Writing. Coastal cities founded by Phoenicia and in the same continent as their Capital always have full Loyalty. Settlers receive +2 Movement and Sight while embarked, and pay no Movement costs to embark or disembark.	Bireme	Cothon
Polish	Jadwiga	Golden Liberty Building an Encampment or Fort triggers a Culture Bomb, claiming surrounding tiles. One Military policy slot in all governments is converted into a Wildcard policy slot.	Winged Hussar	Sukiennice
Portuguese	João III	Casa da Índia International Trade Routes can only be sent to cities on the coast or with a Harbor, but gain a +50% increase to all yields. Traders have +50% range over water, and can embark as soon as they are unlocked.	Nau	Navigation School
Roman	Trajan	All Roads Lead to Rome Founded or conquered cities start with a Trading Post and, if within Trade Route range of the Capital, a road to it. Trade Routes generate +1 additional Gold from Roman Trading Posts they pass through.	Legion	Bath
	Julius Caesar
Russian	Peter	Mother Russia Founded cities start with five additional tiles. Tundra tiles provide +1 Faith and +1 Production, in addition to their usual yields. Founded cities start with five additional tiles. Tundra tiles provide +1 Faith and +1 Production, in addition to their usual yields. Units are immune to damage from Blizzards. +100% damage from Blizzards inside Russian territory to civilizations at war with Russia.	Cossack	Lavra
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.	Highlander	Golf Course
Scythian	Tomyris	People of the Steppe Building a light cavalry unit or Saka Horse Archer grants a free second copy of that unit.	Saka Horse Archer	Kurgan
Spanish	Philip II	Treasure Fleet May form Fleets and Armadas with Mercantilism, instead of Nationalism and Mobilization. Trade Routes receive 3 Gold, 2 Faith and 1 Production. Trade Routes between cities on different continents gain triple these yields. Cities not on your original Capital's continent receive 25% extra Production towards Districts and a Builder when founded.	Conquistador	Mission
Sumerian	Gilgamesh	Epic Quest Capturing a Barbarian Outpost also grants a Tribal Village reward. Levying city-state units costs 50% less Gold.	War-Cart	Ziggurat
Swedish	Kristina	Nobel Prize Gains 50 Diplomatic Favor whenever a Great Person is earned. +1 Great Engineer points from Factories and +1 Great Scientist points from Universities. Sweden's presence in the game adds three unique World Congress competitions in the Industrial Era.	Carolean	Open-Air Museum
Vietnamese	Bà Triệu	Nine Dragon River Delta Land specialty Districts can only be built on Woods, Rainforest or Marsh tiles. Buildings on these features receive additional yields: +1 Culture in Woods, +1 Science in Rainforest, and +1 Production in Marsh. Can plant Woods with Medieval Faires, instead of Conservation.	Voi Chiến	Thành
Zulu	Shaka	Isibongo Capturing a city will upgrade the capturing unit, as long as the necessary civics are unlocked: from a normal unit into a Corps or Fleet, and from a Corps or Fleet into an Army or Armada. Cities with a garrisoned unit gain +3 Loyalty per turn, increasing to +5 Loyalty if the garrisoned unit is a Corps or Army.	Impi	Ikanda

Added in the Rise and Fall expansion pack.
Added in the Gathering Storm expansion pack.

Districts

Main article: District (Civ6)

Cities take up multiple tiles, in that one district may be placed on one tile. Assuming that a city has several districts, this city now sprawls over several tiles.

Districts themselves act as containers for buildings of the same type. For example, the Campus district may contain buildings such as a Library, University, and Research Lab.

There are approximately 12 types of districts in the game, with two or three of them available from the beginning of the game. The rest can be unlocked via technological or civic research.  

The following lists all district types. Unique buildings and districts are in italics.

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A District is an essential part of a city in Civilization VI that manifests the city's development and specialization over time. Districts are a brand new feature in Civilization VI.

Districts and World Wonders around a city

What is a district?

A district is a distinct part of a city which is found on terrain outside the city center (i.e., the city's main tile), and which focuses on developing some gameplay aspect in this city. Think of it as a visual manifestation of the implied parts of a city in other Civilization games: a military part, a scientific part, a cultural part, etc. Civilization VI separates these parts from the City Center, giving them autonomy and making them at the same time more powerful and more vulnerable to enemy attacks. The main city tile, where a city is originally found, still remains the focus of city life and power, but only hosts several essential buildings, such as the Granary and city walls. It is nevertheless still the most important part of a city, which an attacker needs to conquer in order to take the whole city. This part is now known as the City Center.

Once built, districts will confer stat yields, bonuses and unlock new possibilities for their parent city. City Buildings which were before implicitly related to different gameplay aspects, are now explicitly allocated to the respective city district, are unlocked only after building that district, and will physically reside there, Your Library and University, for example, will appear in your Campus district (the Science-oriented part of the city), not in the main city. Similarly, once you've built an Encampment district, your military units will start appearing there, instead of in the City center (reinforcing the notion that troops are now trained in the special facilities there). Once you've built a Harbor district, you will be able to build ships there, even though your city center is away from the shore.

Types of Districts

Most districts are "specialty districts"; that is, they fulfill a specific gameplay role, not technically related to the city's basic functioning. They are subject to population constraints, meaning that the current Population of the city will determine the maximum number of specialty districts which it may construct. Specialty districts confer a number of other bonuses to their city (for example, additional Combat Strength) and determine its eligibility for many policies' bonuses. Most specialty districts also have a project attached to them: these projects are undertaken from the city production queue, and upon completion award a set amount of yields and Great Person points (depending on the district), and may be done as many times as desired.

There are also the Neighborhood, Spaceport, and "engineering districts" (i.e., the Aqueduct, Dam, and Canal), which are exceptional - despite being built outside of the City Center, they are considered an integral part of the city systems and may be built in any city where the necessary prerequisites are met, regardless of Population and how many other districts it has. Also, in Gathering Storm, the construction of engineering districts can be rushed by Military Engineers.

Different districts are unlocked over time via technical or civic development. Check individual articles for specifics.

Building a district

Districts are built via the normal production process of the city - just look in the Production list.

Basic requirements

In order to build any district, you must first unlock it by making the necessary technological or civic advancements. Most districts are unlocked within the first three eras of the game, but the Spaceport is only unlocked in the Atomic Era, so you should plan accordingly.

Since districts are built outside the City Center, you will need a suitable plot of land within city borders. Each District will occupy an entire plot, which you won't be able to use for anything else! In the early stages of developing a city there will be very few choices for district placement (since by necessity these are limited due to the limited number of tiles the city controls); but if the city has good Culture output its borders will grow quickly, adding more choices.

Finally, for specialty districts you will need to increase the city's Population first. New cities won't have enough citizens to populate and work more than a single district; over time, this situation will change, and you will be able to build a new district in the city. Each 3 additional Citizens beyond the first allow the city to support one additional district (i.e., two districts with 4 Population, three districts with 7 Population, and so on).

Note that a city may have only one of each specialty district. Non-specialty districts may be built multiple times in a city, with the exception of the Aqueduct (although you may only build multiple Dams if there are multiple rivers with Floodplains in the city). Also, once a district is under construction, you won't be able to move it to another tile. These two facts mean that you should really think very carefully before placing your districts, so as to maximize your future gains and prevent conflicts of interest (e.g., with wonders).

Suitable locations

After you unlock a district and have enough Population to build it, just select it from the menu and an interface will appear in order to select a location. Valid locations will be highlighted in green. Each city can only build districts on tiles which are included in its own territory. You cannot place districts in other cities' territory, even if these other cities belong to you and the tile in question is up to three tiles away from the City Center!

Districts can only be built on "clean" land. You cannot place a district on a Floodplains tile (except in Gathering Storm, in which you can construct districts on all types of Floodplains), on a tile with a Strategic or Luxury Resource, a tile containing an Antiquity Site or a Shipwreck (you may use these tiles later, after you excavate its Artifact), or a tile containing another district or wonder. The tile may contain a Bonus Resource or a removable feature (Woods, Rainforest or Marsh), but you won't be able to place a district there unless you've researched the technology needed to harvest/remove it. Moreover, placing a district on a tile with a resource/feature will remove it without granting you the yield bonus for removing/harvesting it, so you should either reconsider the placement or clear the tile first.

Note that hidden strategic resources do not block placement of districts! It is thus often the case that later, after you develop technologies which reveal them, resources will be revealed on tiles which already contain a district (or a wonder). In this case you will be granted access to that resource, even though you don't have the appropriate improvement on it, and even though you haven't discovered the appropriate technology to access it (which is the case with Oil when found in the sea - its access technology is more advanced than the one revealing it).

The Harbor and Water Park districts may only be placed on a Coast tile adjacent to land; the Aerodrome and Spaceport districts may only be placed on flat land (no Hills!), and the Encampment and Preserve districts cannot be placed next to the City Center. Also, the Aqueduct district must be placed adjacent to both the City Center and to a tile with River, Lake, Oasis, or Mountain. The idea here is that you can decide for strategic purposes to found a City close (but not adjacent) to these features, and later connect the city to them by an Aqueduct to get the Fresh Water Housing bonus. In Gathering Storm, Dam districts may only be placed on a Floodplains tile of the same river the city is built on, and Canal districts may be placed so as to connect bodies of water either with other bodies of water or with a City Center. Also, districts cannot be placed adjacent to the City Center of another city, regardless of the type of district or the ownership status of that other city. With that being said, settling a new city adjacent to a district is still allowed.

Finally, note that the native yields of the target tile will be removed, and replaced later with yields associated with the district itself (adjacency bonus yields, as well as Specialist yields). In Gathering Storm bonus yields from Disasters which happen to fall on tiles with districts will have no actual effect - that is, they will be wasted. So, take care where you place your districts! Theoretically, the best locations for districts are tiles with little or no native yield, such as Desert or Tundra. But of course, you should pay attention to the adjacency bonuses (current and potential) first and foremost.

The perfect location for a district will depend on many additional factors. When you choose to build a district, a special lens will appear, showing the city and its surroundings. Possible locations for the new district will be highlighted, along with some special info:

• Little icons, combined with colored arrows show possible adjacency bonuses from nearby tiles, also indicating their exact source. These depend wildly on the type of district you're attempting to place; one common icon, a 5-pointed star, signifies "Bonus from Districts". Pay attention to these, as they may show you how you can expand adjacency bonuses in the future.
• A red exclamation mark means that an existing feature, resource and/or improvement will be removed if you place a District there. This feature may include terrain features such as Woods, resources, or an improvement.
• A yield icon and a number (+1, +2 and more) means that if you place a district in this tile, it will benefit from bonus yields. Mouse over to see exactly what affects these bonuses.

Production cost

Cost formula

The Production cost of a district is progressive, starting from a "base price" in the beginning of the game. Each technology or civic you research increases the price by the following formula:

Cost = [1 + 9 * (max percentage of technology or civics researched)] * (base_cost)

In simpler language, the price is determined by the percentage of the total techs or civics you've researched, whichever is greater. The more techs or civics you have researched, the more expensive district construction is.

The only exception to this formula is the Spaceport, whose base cost is 1800 Production but will not scale. The base price for most districts is 54 Production, with the exception of the Aqueduct (whose base cost is 36 Production), the Government Plaza and the Diplomatic Quarter (whose base cost is 30 Production), and the Dam and Canal in Gathering Storm, both of which have a base cost of 81 Production. The base cost of a unique district is half of the original district it replaces, so most of them will have a base cost of 27 Production, except for the Roman Bath, which has a base cost of 18 Production.

As a result of price scaling, districts become increasingly difficult to construct as the game progresses. For old, big cities this usually isn't much of a problem (since their Production potential also increases gradually), but for newly established cities in the Modern Era and beyond it becomes a great hindrance. So, it is highly important to place your districts the moment your city population and the relevant tech allows, or you risk wasting construction time unnecessarily. This means you need to plan in advance where and in what order you want to build your districts in each city. Usually, there is a generic ordering based on the phase of the game and the victory type you are pursuing.

District discount mechanics

Districts apart from the Aqueduct, Canal, Dam, Spaceport, Neighborhood, and Preserve can be discounted 40%, with the exception of the Government Plaza and the Diplomatic Quarter, which have a discount of 25%.

Succinctly, this mechanic can be described as follows:

• If the number of specialty districts completed is greater than or equal to the number researched,
• Then if the number of existing copies of a district is less than the ratio of specialty districts placed to specialty districts researched,
• Then the 40% discount applies.

In more detail, for a cost discount to apply you have to satisfy two conditions:

1. Necessary condition: You have to complete as many specialty districts as you have researched.

Let's call the number of specialty districts you have researched (or unlocked) A, and the number of specialty districts you have finished B₁, then B₁ has to be greater than or equal to A.

For example: You have unlocked the ability to build the Government Plaza, the Holy Site and the Campus (A = 3), and you have built 2 Campuses (B₁ = 2). In this case, you have not satisfied the necessary condition for the discount, and thus it will not apply for any specialty district you are about to build until you finish the third specialty district. Remember, B₁ only counts finished specialty districts, so just putting down a base without completing it will not count.

This is the necessary condition, meaning it has to be in place for the other (second) condition to be considered, but it will not guarantee an occurrence.

2. Sufficient condition: You will only get the discount on a certain type of district if the number of copies of that district in your empire is lower than the number of constructed districts versus unlocked districts ratio.

Don't worry if that sounds complicated at first. Let's still call the number of districts you have researched (or unlocked) A, the number of districts you have constructed (not completed, but constructed, meaning just putting down a district without finishing does count in this case) B₂ , and the number of copies any particular district in question C. In order to know if a particular type of districts receives the discount or not, just compare the number of copies of that district, C, to the B₂/A ratio, if the number of copies is lower than the ratio, then the answer is yes, the discount will apply.

For example: You have unlocked the Campus, Government Plaza, Holy Site and Commercial Hub (A = 4). You have constructed 2 Holy Sites, 2 Campuses and the Government Plaza (B₂ = 5). (Just a quick reminder of our previous condition: if among these 5 constructed districts, fewer than 4 are completed, the necessary condition is not satisfied, and thus the sufficient condition will not be considered.) The B₂/A ratio is 1.25. The current number of Commercial Hubs you have is C = 0, which is smaller than 1.25; therefore, when you build a Commercial Hub in any city, you will receive a 40% discount. After putting down the first Commercial Hub ("constructing"), the value of Commercial Hub will rise to 1, which is still smaller than 1.5 (now A = 4, but B₂ = 6) meaning you can concurrently put down another Commercial Hub in another city (without having to wait for the first one to finish), and still get the discount. You will not get the discount when putting down the third Commercial Hub, however, as 2 is larger than 1.75 (A = 4, B₂ = 7).

This is the sufficient condition, meaning it has to be satisfied in order to guarantee the desired occurrence.

Combining these two conditions using these terms, where:

• A = Number of specialty districts researched (unlocked)
• B₁ = Number of specialty districts completed
• B₂ = Number of specialty districts placed (at least started)
• C = Copies of a particular district

If B₁ ≥ A, Then if C < B₂/A , the discount applies.

Please note that in both conditions, the mathematical values of A, B₁ , and B₂ will only be updated when a technology or a civic is completed. Also, once you place a district, the cost of that district is locked in whether or not you complete that district right away, meaning the cost will not scale up with the technology and civic progression, and will not change in your favor or against you if you later satisfy or no longer uphold the discount conditions.

District and building construction can be accelerated via industrial city-states. The Capital receives a +1 Production bonus from every such city-state where you have at least 1 Envoy. All other cities which have an Industrial Zone will receive a +2 Production bonus from every such city-state where you have 3 Envoys, and another +2 Production if you have 6 Envoys.

Each district you construct will come with a Road improvement underneath, starting with the City Center.

Purchasing and speeding up districts

Districts, unlike buildings, generally cannot be purchased with Gold. A few mechanics exist that allow such purchases.

• Reyna with the Contractor title allows districts to be purchased with Gold.
• Moksha with the Divine Architect title allows districts to be purchased with Faith.

Assigning these Governors to newly founded or captured cities can greatly speed up a city's development.

• Builders can harvest resources and remove features (e.g., Woods) for an immediate Production boost.
• Aztec Builders can use their build charges to pay 20% of district's Production cost.
• Military Engineers can spend a charge to complete 20% of an engineering type of district (Aqueduct, Bath, Canal, Dam).

District mechanics

Each district in the game is focused on a particular gameplay aspect, most of which are also associated with a particular yield. For example, the Campus is focused on Science, and the Theater Square on Culture. If you manage to activate their adjacency bonuses (either at district completion, or later after placing other game objects nearby), these districts will start producing the stat corresponding to their gameplay aspect ( Science from the Campus, Culture from the Theater Square, etc.) even before you construct any buildings in them. These yields may be enhanced further through policy cards. For more information, see below. Furthermore, most districts will immediately start contributing Great Person points towards a specific Great Person aligned with the district's domain; for example, the Campus will contribute towards a Great Scientist.

As mentioned above, most districts unlock specific buildings associated with them. In fact, even the main city is now considered a separate district: the Monument, Granary and all other buildings available to a city right from the start are actually available only because they are associated with the only district this city has for now, the City Center. So, when you build additional districts later, all buildings associated with them will also unlock.

It is also important to note that, unlike most tiles, ownership of a district cannot be swapped between cities, even if that district is within range of those other cities. Only the city that builds a district will enjoy any "ownership" benefits from it for the duration of the game, although some districts radiate indirect benefits to other nearby cities.

Also note that, once placed, a district cannot be removed in any way barring Razing the city!

Buildings

Buildings add more functionality to districts, enhancing their usefulness considerably and fulfilling their potential. This usually means more of the yield the district is focused on, but it may also mean contributing certain types of Great Person points, additional Housing, and also additional Citizen slots where you can assign Specialists. This is particularly important for very large cities, as they won't have enough terrain slots to put their Citizens to work. Some buildings also provide Great Work slots to house special items and artifacts produced by your civilization.

The buildings in most districts are organized in three tiers. Tier 1 is typically unlocked by the tech or civic which also unlocks the district itself (so you will be able to construct it right away); tiers 2 and 3 unlock much later with game progression. Tier 3 buildings are the most advanced, and besides a slew of bonuses usually add a Power requirement to the city (in Gathering Storm only, of course). After the June 2019 Update the Tier 3 building of specialty districts will also enhance Specialist yields for the entire district.

District adjacency bonuses

Main article: Adjacency bonus (Civ6) § District adjacency bonuses

Most specialty districts may gain additional bonuses from surrounding features: terrain (such as Mountains or Rainforests), wonders, tile improvements, or even other districts. For example, a Campus (the research district) will get a bonus for each adjacent Mountain and Rainforest tile, because they are useful to scientists; while a Holy Site (the religious district) will get bonuses from adjacent natural wonders and Woods, which help inspire people. These adjacency bonuses may also extend to certain buildings within the district (particularly unique buildings). You should study the individual requirements of each district and plan its placement accordingly.

Production-oriented districts

Certain districts are focused on producing specific types of units: the Encampment is focused on land unit production, the Harbor on naval unit production, and the Aerodrome on air unit production. After building these districts in a city, all relevant units will be built there in the future, not in the City Center. What's more, in certain circumstances these districts are required for you to be able to produce units:

• Air units may only be produced in a city with an Aerodrome district.
• In vanilla Civilization VI and Rise and Fall:
  • Naval units which require certain strategic resources, of which you only have 1 count, may only be produced in a city with a Harbor (even if the city itself is on the coast). This restriction is lifted if you have 2 counts of the resource.
  • Land units which require certain strategic resources, of which you only have 1 count, may only be produced in a city with an Encampment. This restriction is lifted if you have 2 counts of the resource.

There are several more situations where production of a certain unit requires a district:

• Religious units may only be produced in a city with a Holy Site, and certain buildings in it (Shrine for the Missionary, Temple for the other units).
• Military Engineers may only be produced in a city with an Encampment district that contains an Armory.
• An Archaeologist may only be produced in a city with a Theater Square with an Archaeological Museum. In addition, only 1 Archaeologist may exist per city at the same time.

Buildings in production-oriented districts may confer a bonus to experience (that is, the rate at which the units earn experience) for some or all units of the particular domain produced in this city. For example, buildings in a Harbor will confer an experience bonus to all ships built in the city, while an Encampment confers a bonus to all land units (although there's a further distinction based on whether you constructed a Barracks or Stable in the district).

The final buildings of the Encampment and Harbor districts - the Military Academy and the Seaport, respectively - permit training of combined units (Corps, Armada, etc.). They also boost the Production speed of these combined units, so as to be cheaper and faster to build them than individual units.

Area-effect bonuses

Finally, the effects of certain district-specific buildings extend not only to their own city, but also to all other cities whose City Center is up to 6 tiles away from the relevant District. This is the case with the Factory, the Zoo and some other buildings. To make best use of this ability, try to make cities close to other cities' Industrial or Entertainment centers - they will greatly benefit their neighbors!

In Gathering Storm Power Plants also produce Power for all cities within 6 tiles.

Note that bonuses from the same type of buildings in different districts do not stack. Thus, if you have two Factories within 6 tiles of two different City Centers, both these cities will get only a +3 Production bonus, not +6.

Unique districts

Some civilizations possess unique districts that replace generic ones. For example, the Greek Acropolis replaces the Theater Square. As a rule, unique districts have half the Production cost of standard ones, and usually follow the rules of the district they replace in regard to Population requirements to build. For example, the German Hansa replaces the Industrial Zone specialty district and does have a Population requirement. However, the Roman Bath replaces the Aqueduct and does not have a Population requirement since Aqueducts do not have a Population requirement. The only exception to this rule is the Vietnamese Thành, which does not have a Population requirement despite the Encampment having one.

Unique districts often have more powerful - or outright different - adjacency bonuses than the standard districts they replace. Read their descriptions carefully before deciding where to place them.

When a city with a unique district changes hands, this district will be replaced by its generic equivalent unless the new owner has a unique district of the same type, in which case it will be removed instead. An Acropolis, for example, will be replaced by a Theater Square if another civilization captures a Greek city, whereas a Thành will be removed instead of being replaced by an Ikanda if the Zulus capture a Vietnamese city.

From Rise and Fall onward, the first copy of a unique district grants +4 Era Score; however, there is a difference between two "types" of unique district:

• The unique version of districts that have adjacency bonuses (Seowon, Lavra, Acropolis, Hansa, Cothon, Royal Navy Dockyard, Suguba, Observatory, Oppidum) will only grant Era Score for building it. You will not get extra Era Score for high starting adjacency bonus (e.g., Korea cannot unlock the Splendid Campus historic moment even though their Seowon can start with +4 Science).
• The unique versions of districts that don't have adjacency bonuses (Ikanda, Thành, Street Carnival, Copacabana, Hippodrome) will grant Era Score when built and will still grant more Era Score when you build all three tiers of building in them.
• The Mbanza is an exception. It only grants Era Score when built but will not unlock the First Neighborhood Historic Moment.

List of districts

Main article: List of districts in Civ6

Strategy

The new district mechanic is a real game changer for the Civilization series, on several levels:

• It forces you to consider how to use the land around your City Center. Of course, this is only a part of the new decentralization drive introduced in Civilization VI, but it is arguably the much more important part than the wonder construction. Districts are essential to city development; wonders are not. And in any case, districts will compete directly with tile improvement placement, as permanent standard improvements of the land.
• It blocks the buildings you have available for construction. Most of these are now tied to a specific district, and if you don't construct it in the city, you won't have access to the buildings in question.
• Since most districts are specialty districts (i.e., limited by Population), you are forced to plan the order of the districts you want constructed in each city ahead of time.

Of all these factors, the first one is maybe the most immediately problematic: each District needs to occupy a tile within the city's limits (that city, not a nearby city). This creates the immediate question of whether you have a suitable tile at all within current city limits! Although most districts aren't limited as regards their disposition, there are still rules to follow (e.g., can't place a district on a Resource tile or a tile with a non-removable feature). And then there is the secondary consideration of adjacency bonuses - most districts will have some ideal locations around the city, and others not that good. Many times bonuses for different kinds of districts will overlap, forcing you to think which one you need the most at the moment. In short, you'll find that on many occasions you will be forced to buy suitable tiles if you want to maximize your future district's effectiveness; on other occasions you will be forced to make sacrifices. In all cases planning ahead will help you immensely here - settle cities and then immediately plan which districts you want to build and where. Don't hesitate to remove Bonus Resources (Harvesting them, of course) to make space for districts. You will be rewarded well.

Planning is also the key to the second and third problematic points: the fact is you are only able to build districts (at least specialty ones) as your current Population allows. This means in practice that you will need to think ahead about which districts and buildings you need right now, and which you can delay and build later. Here is where technological and civic progress comes into focus: although most districts get unlocked in the first three eras, there are some pretty important ones that don't come online until much later in the game. And it is often the case that, when they do unlock, you will not have enough Population to build and make use of them right away!

As most things in this game, district building depends on your overall strategy: what aspect of the game is the most important for you in general, and what your empire's deficiencies are right now. Also, tech/civic development somewhat limits what types of districts you can construct in the early stages of the game, so let's discuss this:

The first districts you can unlock are the Holy Site (potentially unlocked with the first tech you research), Campus, and Encampment (potentially unlocked with the second tech). Around 70% of the time you'll want to build the Holy Site first, so as to attempt to Found a Religion - this is an asset which can help immensely with most victory conditions in the game. But if you decide you're not that keen on Religion (and the competition is usually too stiff, especially on higher difficulty levels), you should go with a Campus as your first district - the potential benefits are much quicker tech progression (which also unlocks more advanced military tech, helping even militaristic players) and an early Great Scientist. Only the die-hard, early-conquest players should go straight for an Encampment, which will yield an early Great General and help them conquer a neighboring empire within the first 100 turns.

The Government Plaza is a special case: it also unlocks early, but it's not related to specific strategies, and rather to general development of your empire. It has several benefits:

• It yields Governor Titles for each building constructed in it, including the district itself (so, 4 in total).
• Its buildings provide great bonuses, each different one tailored to specific game strategies.
• It provides a standard adjacency bonus to other nearby districts, in addition to the Minor one.
• It provides +8 Loyalty to its city.

Plus, its Production cost is roughly half that of other districts, which makes it easy to construct even in newly-established cities! However, you can only have a single Government Plaza in your empire, so you have to carefully consider where and when construct it. You could choose to build it ASAP, which most probably will mean having it in your Capital. This will give you early access to the extra Governor Titles, which could be priceless. However, you will forego the Loyalty boost effect, which will be useless in the Capital. Or, you could wait a bit and build it in a fringe city. where the Loyalty boost will matter, but you may have troubles constructing the Buildings of the district (which, unlike the district itself, are very expensive, and can't be bought with Gold) - this will have the unwanted side effect of delaying access to their awesome bonuses. But whatever you do, try to build it in such a way as to be able to build other districts around it, in order to use the standard adjacency bonus. The ideal location would be somewhere between a River and a Mountain, in a flat area - this way you can construct a Commercial Hub, a Campus, and possibly an Industrial Zone nearby, all with their respective bonuses activated and enhanced by the Plaza.

In the Classical Era the rest of the main districts will be unlocked (save one): the Theater Square, Commercial Hub, Harbor, as well as the less important Entertainment Complex. Of these the most important, maybe the second most important overall after the Campus and Holy Site, is the Commercial Hub - besides an easily-activated Gold adjacency bonus, it allows an additional Trade Route, which is sorely needed by everyone, and starts your progress towards Great Merchants - one of the universally useful Great People in the game. However, seafaring civs will want a Harbor instead of a Commercial Hub - its benefits are even greater, especially for cities along the coast. And of course, the Theater Square will boost civic development for everyone. It is, however, especially important for players who pursue a Cultural Victory - both for the Great Person points it provides (one for each culturally-oriented Great Person), and for the Great Work slots. They might consider building it as their second district, if they can progress fast enough.

At this early stage of the game, the Entertainment Complex can be important in two cases: for aggressive conquerors which have problems with Amenities, and for cities with Loyalty problems. Later, Entertainment Complexes could turn into nice boosters for 'special' city stats, such as Tourism, also cities with Rainforests can use the Zoo to get Science yields there. But there is one more use for these districts: a Loyalty flip! Build them in border cities with good Population, then use their Bread and Circuses project to apply Loyalty pressure to your neighbors, and maybe eventually flip them to your civ!

The last of the "main" districts, the Industrial Zone, unlocks in the early Medieval Era. Its Production bonuses benefit all strategies, so constructing it is a no-brainer. However, try to plan strategically and build an Industrial Zone within 6 tiles of multiple cities, so that you can use it to generate Power for them.

At this stage of the game you will be constructing multiple districts in each city. Here comes the next challenge: the Population constraints, which will force you to evaluate which districts you need the most, both in any given city, and in your empire as a whole. Multiple Campuses will speed up your technological progress; multiple Commercial Hubs will give you lots of Gold to spend as you will; multiple Theater Squares will speed up your civic development. Of course, players with a Religion will want multiple Holy Sites to fuel its expansion; although good Faith generation has other uses as well, and Tier 3 Holy Site buildings have nice additional bonuses. And seafaring civs will want a Harbor in all their coastal cities; militaristic players, however, do not necessarily need multiple Encampments. An Encampment has two main purposes: to improve the quality of produced units (by boosting their XP gain rate), and to produce Great General points. While for the second point more is indeed better, it is clear that not every single city in your empire will be a unit-producing center - you could just as well designate several key cities as such and build Encampments there. You should still produce enough Great General points to earn them regularly, if not all the time. Now, an Encampment may also serve a defensive purpose, but this is valid for all civilizations, not just militaristic ones. Consider importantly located cities across your empire, and build Encampments there for additional defense.

As you start having multiple copies of each Specialty district type your Great Person points generation will take off, along with all your other stats. But keep in mind that the late game district - the Aerodrome, which allows training and maintaining airplanes - is also a specialty district, depending on Population limits. It unlocks much later in the game (Modern Era), while being just as important as earlier districts! Don't allow a situation when you've built so many districts in each of your cities that you are unable to build these, and have to wait for many turns so that Population increases.

Aerodromes are important primarily for offensive players seeking a Domination Victory - it is very difficult to attain one without a good air force in the late game. Of course, airplanes for defensive purposes are also important, especially if your neighbors are aggressive and are ahead of you in the science field. However, it is possible to use ground- or sea-based anti-air to defend; they won't serve for offense, though. In short, plan ahead of time to have at least two cities capable of constructing an Aerodrome as soon as you unlock it with Flight. They should be in strategic locations near the borders of your empire, so that their airplanes could be useful.

The Water Park also unlocks late in the game, but since it is virtually a copy of the Entertainment Complex meant for coastal cities, we won't discuss it much. Suffice it to say that it is a good choice to build instead of an Entertainment Complex for empires which have water tiles and not that many land tiles.

Now, the Spaceport could be the most important district in the entire game or the least important one, depending on whether or not you are pursuing a Science Victory. In the first case, you should take care to be able to build it as soon as you research Rocketry, and not just a single one at that! The Spaceport is the most Production-intensive district in the game (it costs as much as most wonders), and you need one for all Science Victory-related projects. Now, despite the fact that most of these projects are prerequisites for the more advanced ones (e.g., Launch Moon Landing requires Launch Earth Satellite) and you can technically complete them all with a single Spaceport, enemy Spies can attack your Spaceports directly, disabling them and halting your progress. Having multiple Spaceports will help with that.

Civilopedia entry

In Civilization VI, buildings are no longer trapped in your City Center, but may sprawl across your territory as part of districts. The map is more important than ever as you are faced with important strategic placement decisions. The Campus and Holy Site each receive special boosts from placement near Mountain tiles, but the Campus also benefits from a nearby Rainforest tile.

A city must expand its Population before it can construct multiple districts:

• 1 Population for 1 District
• 4 Population for 2 Districts
• 7 Population for 3 Districts
• Each additional District requires +3 Population

The Aqueduct, Neighborhoods, and Spaceports ignore this Population requirement. Districts which require a certain number of Population are specialty districts.

When a city is ready to construct something, the Choose Production button will appear. If a district can be constructed, it will appear on this menu. Click on the district to order the city to begin construction, opening the district placement lens. Here, you will be given an overview of the different yield outcomes available on the tiles surrounding your City Center, and you can better make a decision about where to place your district. This lens will also show you which tiles are unavailable, as some districts have very specific placement requirements (for example, the Encampment cannot be built adjacent to a City Center). Furthermore, all districts must be built within 3 tiles of a City Center.

Districts may be placed on top of features such as Woods or Rainforest if you have the technology to remove those features, but for a longer construction time. No District can be built on a floodplain, unless you're playing as Egypt.

Related achievements

District 12 Build every district type in one city and the Colosseum In the book series The Hunger Games, contestants from 12 districts compete in a televised fight to the death in a custom-made arena.

Meiji Restoration Playing as Japan, have a district with 6 adjacent unpillaged districts. The Meiji Restoration was when Japan embarked on industrialization after being visited by Europeans with superior technology.

Wonders

Main article: Wonder (Civ6)

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Wonders are mega-buildings that are unique in the world and provide potent bonuses to a civilization. All wonders are inspired by, and named after, famous real-world buildings or landmarks that have stood the test of time and changed the world forever. Wonders require time, energy, and effort to complete, but once constructed, they provide your civilization with many benefits.

Civilization VI adds a feature known as "wonder movies," which allows you to watch a wonder being constructed from scratch in less than 30 seconds (somewhat similar to the wonder movies from Civilization IV). This replaces the announcement screen you see in Civilization V when you complete a wonder.

Building a wonder

Building a wonder is an important achievement for a civilization. Each specific wonder may exist only once in the whole world, so their construction is, in fact, a race between civilizations. Players should plan their progression well if they want to be able to build the wonders they covet! Note that, unlike in Civilization V, the "consolation prize" for failing to complete a wonder before another player is not Gold, but 50% of the Production invested in it (which is arguably much more useful, since it allows the players who didn't complete the wonder to catch up on lost construction opportunities).

In relation to previous games, Civilization VI adds a revolutionary new feature: wonders are now constructed not inside a city (that is, in the City Center), but on a separate tile near a city (like a Planetary Wonder in Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth). This is part of the overall de-centralization drive of the game, which seeks to spread various city features to the surrounding land, so wonders will now have to compete for space with both Districts and tile improvements. What's more, there are now a slew of specific requirements for almost all wonders, which can encompass terrain type, adjacency, or other game elements. Finally, many wonders are now unlocked via the new civics tree, instead of the normal tech tree.

Wonders can only be built on valid land tiles (or Coast tiles, in some cases) that don't contain a district, a luxury resource, or a strategic resource. You'll only be able to build a wonder on a Marsh if you have Irrigation or on a Rainforest if you have Bronze Working (because these are the techs which enable you to remove such features from the terrain). Also, any other existing improvements and bonus resources will be removed from the tile, so it is advisable to build them on flat land or Hills tiles with no resources or features (like Woods). Flat Desert tiles with no resources are perfect for constructing wonders since they don't provide any yield normally anyway. Note that, since you cannot "work" a wonder (that is, you cannot assign Citizens to its tile), you will be unable to use the yields of its tile anymore; however, the tile will continue providing adjacency bonuses. This is important for wonders which are constructed on terrain features without removing them (such as Chichen Itza or the Mahabodhi Temple).

Since wonders are placed on tiles owned by cities, a city cannot begin constructing a wonder unless it owns all of the requisite improvements (such as a Camp for the Temple of Artemis), Districts, and buildings (or their unique replacements). If a wonder must be adjacent to a specific type of terrain or resource (such as Stone for Stonehenge or Cattle for Great Zimbabwe), those in neutral territory or territory owned by another city will satisfy this condition. Once a city has broken ground for a wonder (i.e., moved it to the front of its production queue), none of that player's other cities can attempt to build that same wonder - the city that broke ground for the wonder first is the only one that can work on it until that player (or one of their opponents) completes the wonder.

Wonder construction can be accelerated via industrial city-states. The Capital gains a +2 Production bonus from every such city-state where you have at least 1 Envoy. All other cities which have an Industrial Zone (including the Capital, if it has one) will gain +2 Production from every such city-state where you have 3 Envoys, and another +2 Production if you have 6 Envoys. Note that in Rise and Fall, these additional bonuses are tied to the presence of a Workshop and a Factory (respectively) and with the Ethiopia Pack, they are also tied to the Diplomatic Quarter and its buildings.

With these new mechanics it becomes much more difficult to construct wonders because, depending on their specific starting location and available nearby terrain (as well as their general development), players have access to far fewer wonders than before. However, this can also work to the players' advantage: each wonder is less likely to be snatched up by whoever managed to research the tech that unlocks it first, allowing you to have a chance to construct it even if you aren't leading in Science or Culture. One can also expect to see much more strategy-specific wonder construction, where each particular civ will construct only wonders which suit its overall strategy and/or terrain availability.

Breaking ground for a land-based wonder also builds a road in (but not to) that tile, and unlike most natural wonder tiles your units can move across them. Even if you fail to complete the wonder, the road still stays; however, without roads on adjacent tiles, the road left by the incomplete wonder will be drawn as a circle. The borders of a city that completes a wonder will immediately expand by two tiles, provided there are tiles within range for the city to claim.

If a city is razed after completing a wonder, the wonder is lost forever and cannot be rebuilt elsewhere. Any wonders caught in the blast radius of a nuclear weapon will be pillaged and cease to function until repaired.

All wonders have the base Tourism yield of 2, which increases by 1 every time you enter a new era through technology or civic research (irrespective of the current World Era), so early wonders always have higher Tourism potential than later wonders. For example, the Great Bath, an Ancient Era wonder, will start generating 2 Tourism per turn when built; however, after you research the first technology or civic of the Classical Era, it will generate 3 Tourism per turn instead, increasing to 4 Tourism per turn when a Medieval technology or civic is researched, and so on. If you successfully build a wonder from a past era, this has no effect on its Tourism yield, so if the Great Bath is built when you have already researched a Classical Era technology or civic, it still generates 3 Tourism per turn like normal.

List of wonders in Civ6

Main article: List of wonders in Civ6

Videos

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See also

• Wonder in other games

Natural Wonders

Main article: Natural wonder (Civ6)

Natural Wonder (Civ6)/List of Natural Wonders

City-States

Main article: City-state (Civ6)

There are six types of city-states in the game. To influence city-states, civilizations can send Envoy Envoys, and receive larger bonuses (based on city-state type) for higher numbers of Envoy Envoys. The civilization with the most influence over any single city-state becomes the Suzerain, as long as that civilization has three or more Envoy Envoys present. If two or more civilizations are tied for influence (same number of Envoy Envoys), there is no Suzerain. The Suzerain receives a bonus unique to the city-state in question. Suzerains may pay Gold to take control of their city-state's military units for 30 turns.

Envoys

Main article: Envoy (Civ6)

Envoy Envoys are representatives of your civilization that can be sent to city-states that you've met. By default, one Envoy Envoy is earned for every 100 influence points that you accumulate. The bonuses you earn from a city-state depend on how many Envoy Envoys you have sent to the city-state. One bonus is earned for having 1 Envoy Envoy, the next bonus is at 3 Envoy Envoys, and the final bonus is at 6 Envoy Envoys. Declaring war directly on a city-state removes all Envoy Envoys you had there. Otherwise, Envoy Envoys stay on the city-state permanently.

City-states that you have met can periodically generate a quest, such as sending a Trade Route Trade Route. Completing a quest automatically grants you 1 additional Envoy Envoy in that city-state.

Civics

Main article: Civics (Civ6)

Social policies have been removed and replaced with civics, which are unlocked with culture via a research-style civics tree. Civics grant bonuses, unlock buildings and wonders, give you Policy Cards, and open up government types. In single-player games, the discovery of each civic (and tech) is accompanied by a famous quotation from history that is voiced by Sean Bean.

Policy Cards

Main article: Policy Cards (Civ6)

Policy Cards, once unlocked via the civics tree, are placed in your Policy Card deck. From there they may be selected to customize your government. The government's card configuration can be changed at any time for a gold cost, or for free whenever a new civic is unlocked.

These cards come in four types:

• Military
• Economic
• Diplomatic
• Wild

Governments

Main article: Government (Civ6)

All civilizations begin with the Chiefdom government upon researching Code of Laws; further government types are unlocked via the civics tree. Anarchy is not present when changing government types unless reverting to a government which has been previously chosen.

Each government has a unique bonus, an additional legacy bonus earned by keeping the government type for an extended and unbroken period, and a different configuration of Policy Card slots.

Government	Required Civic	Policy Cards	Details
Ancient (2 slots)
Chiefdom	Code of Laws
Classical (4 slots)
Autocracy	Political Philosophy		Effects: Capital receives +1 boost to all yields. 10% Bonus to wonder Production. +1 to all yields for each government building and Palace in a city. +10% Production toward Wonders.
			Legacy Bonus: Additional +1% Bonus to wonder Production every 20 turns.
Classical Republic	Political Philosophy		Effects: All cities with a district receive +1 Amenity. 15% Bonus to Great People point generation. All cities with a district receive +1 Housing and +1 Amenity. +15% Great Person points.
			Legacy Bonus: Additional +1% Bonus to Great People point generation every 15 turns.
Oligarchy	Political Philosophy		Effects: All land melee units gain +4 Combat Strength. 20% Bonus experience for units. All land melee, anti-cavalry, and naval melee class units gain +4 Combat Strength. +20% Unit Experience.
			Legacy Bonus: Additional +1% Bonus experience for units every 5 turns.
Medieval/Renaissance (6 slots)
Merchant Republic	Exploration		Effects: +2 Trade Routes. 15% Discount on Gold purchases. +10% Gold in all cities with an established Governor. +15% Production toward Districts.
			Legacy Bonus: Additional +1% Discount on Gold purchases every 15 turns.
Monarchy	Divine Right		Effects: +2 Housing in any city with medieval walls. 20% Bonus influence points. +1 Housing per level of Walls. +50% Influence Points. +1 Housing per level of Walls. +2 Diplomatic Favor for every Renaissance Walls. +50% Influence Points.
			Legacy Bonus: Additional +1% Bonus influence points every 10 turns.
Theocracy	Reformed Church		Effects: Can buy land combat units with Faith. All units gain +5 Religious Strength in theological combat. 15% Discount on Faith purchases. +5 Religious Strength in Theological Combat. +0.5 Faith per Citizen in cities with Governors. 15% Discount on Purchases with Faith.
			Legacy Bonus: Additional +1% Discount on Faith purchases every 15 turns.
Modern (8 slots)
Communism	Class Struggle		Effects: Land units gain +4 Defense Strength. Industrial Zone districts can defend. 10% bonus on all Production. +0.6 Production per Citizen in cities with Governors. +15% Production. +0.6 Production per Citizen in cities with Governors. +10% Science.
			Legacy Bonus: Additional +1% bonus on all Production every 20 turns.
Democracy	Suffrage		Effects: Patronage of Great People costs 50% less Gold. 30% bonus yields from district projects. +1 Production, +1 Housing per District. 25% Discount on Purchases with Gold. Your Trade Routes to an Ally's city provide +4 Food and +4 Production for both cities. Alliance Points with all allies increase by an additional .25 per turn. 15% Discount on Purchases with Gold.
			Legacy Bonus: Additional +1% bonus yields from district projects every 10 turns.
Fascism	Totalitarianism		Effects: All combat units gain +4 Combat Strength. 20% bonus on unit Production. All units gain +5 Combat Strength. War Weariness reduced by 15%. +50% Production toward Units.
			Legacy Bonus: Additional +1% bonus on unit Production every 10 turns.
Information (10 slots)
Digital Democracy	Distributed Sovereignty		Effects: +2 Amenities in all cities, and +2 Culture per Specialty District. -3 Combat Strength for all units.
Synthetic Technocracy	Optimization Imperative		Effects: +3 Power in all cities, and +30% Production towards all city projects. -10% Tourism.
Corporate Libertarianism	Venture Politics		Effects: Commercial Hubs and Encampments provide cities with +10% Production, and accumulating resources with improvements provide +1 per turn. -10% Science.

Additional slots

Certain wonders and abilities award additional, free policy slots. These can be filled with cards of the appropriate type, regardless of a civilization's current government.

Military Frederick Barbarossa's Holy Roman Emperor ability The Alhambra Economic Big Ben Industrial-era Great Merchant Adam Smith

Diplomatic Potala Palace Wild Greece's Plato's Republic ability The Forbidden City

Pantheons

Main article: Pantheons (Civ6)

Icon	Name	Description
	City Patron Goddess	+25% Production toward districts in cities without a specialty district.
	Dance of the Aurora	Holy Site districts get +1 Faith from adjacent Tundra tiles.
	Desert Folklore	Holy Site districts get +1 Faith from adjacent Desert tiles.
	Divine Spark	+1 Great Person Points from Holy Sites (Prophet), Campuses (Scientist), and Theater Squares (Writer). +1 Great Person Points from Holy Sites (Prophet), Campuses with a Library (Scientist), and Theater Squares with an Amphitheater (Writer).
	Earth Goddess	+1 Faith from tiles with Charming or Breathtaking Appeal. +1 Faith from tiles with Breathtaking Appeal.
	Fertility Rites	City growth rate is 10% higher. When chosen, receive a Builder in your capital. City growth rate is 10% higher.
	Fire Goddess	+2 Faith from Geothermal Fissures and Volcanic Soil.
	God of Craftsmen	+1 Production from Mines over improved Strategic resources. +1 Production and +1 Faith from improved Strategic resources.
	God of Healing	Increases units' healing by 30 in Holy Site districts, or any adjacent tiles.
	God of the Forge	+25% Production toward Ancient and Classical military units.
	God of the Open Sky	+1 Culture from Pastures.
	God of the Sea	+1 Production from Fishing Boats.
	God of War	Bonus Faith equal to 50% of the strength of each combat unit killed within 8 tiles of a Holy Site district.
	Goddess of Festivals	+1 Food from Wine, Incense, Cocoa, Tobacco, Coffee, and Tea Plantations. +1 Food from Wine, Incense, Cocoa, Tobacco, Olives, Coffee, and Tea Plantations. +1 Culture from Plantations.
	Goddess of the Harvest	Harvesting a resource or removing a feature receives Faith equal to the other yield's quantity.
	Goddess of the Hunt	+1 Food from Camps. +1 Food and +1 Production from Camps.
	Initiation Rites	+50 Faith for each Barbarian Outpost cleared. +50 Faith for each Barbarian Outpost cleared. The unit that cleared the Barbarian Outpost heals +100 HP.
	Lady of the Reeds and Marshes	+1 Production from Marsh, Oasis, and Desert Floodplains. +2 Production from Marsh, Oasis, and Desert Floodplains.
	Monument to the Gods	+15% Production to Ancient and Classical era Wonders.
	Oral Tradition	+1 Culture from Bananas, Citrus, Cotton, Dyes, Silk, Spices, and Sugar Plantations.
	Religious Idols	+2 Faith from Mines over Luxury and Bonus resources.
	River Goddess	+1 Amenity to cities if they have a Holy Site district adjacent to a River. +2 Amenities and +2 Housing to cities if they have a Holy Site district adjacent to a River.
	Religious Settlements	Border expansion rate is 15% faster. When chosen, receive a Settler in your capital. Border expansion rate is 15% faster.
	Sacred Path	Holy Site districts get +1 Faith from adjacent Rainforest tiles.
	Stone Circles	+2 Faith from Quarries.

Added in the Rise and Fall expansion pack.
Added in the Gathering Storm expansion pack.

Victory Conditions

Main article: Victory (Civ6)

There are five victory conditions in Civ6, corresponding to many of the major aspects of the game. You can win by focusing on scientific advancement and ultimately establishing a base on Mars. Cultural victory returns from its debut in Civ5 and looks similar to the incarnation in Brave New World; it triggers when you attract more visiting tourists than any country has domestic tourists. Religious victory replaces the diplomatic victory from Civ5 and requires that you become the predominant religion (followed by > 50% of cities) in every civilization in the game. Score and Domination victories return as well.

Screenshots

Videos

CIVILIZATION VI Official Announcement Trailer

Civilization 6 Developer Rewind Theater - IGN First

Lead Designer Ed Beach and Lead Producer Dennis Shirk dissect the trailer, second by second

CIVILIZATION VI - First Look The Development Team-0

CIVILIZATION VI - First Look The Art of Civilization VI - International Version (With Subtitles)

Civilization VI (Six!) - Pre-Release Gameplay Footage! - Part 1 of 2

Pre-Release Gameplay Footage by quill18!

Civilization VI – Announce Trailer - PS4 and Xbox One

PS4 and Xbox One announcement trailer

External links

• Civilization VI - E3 Walkthrough (Developer comentary)
• Sid Meier's Civilization VI on Steam
• Civilization VI Analyst: Overview
• 2016-05-25 IGN — Civilization 6's New Game-Changer Features
• 2016-05-25 GameSpot — Civilization 6: How Much Has Changed Since Civ 5?
• 2016-05-25 PC Gamer — New looks and classic gameplay: 60 turns of Civilization 6
• 2016-05-11 PC Gamer — Civilization 6: everything you need to know
• 2016-05-11 Polygon — Civilization 6 is coming in October, with big changes
• 2016-05-11 Rock, Paper, Shotgun — Civilization VI Releases October: Here’s Every Detail
• 2016-05-11 IGN — Three ways Sid Meir's Civilization 6 radically reinvents itself: City-building, science, and diplomacy
• 2016-05-11 Time — 6 Reasons Civilization 6 Sounds Totally Different From Past Games

Civilization Series
Game	Expansion packs
Civilization	None
Civ II	Conflicts in Civilization Fantastic Worlds Test of Time
Civ III	Play the World Conquests
Civ IV	Warlords Beyond the Sword Colonization (Total conversion)
Civ V	Gods & Kings Brave New World
Beyond Earth	Rising Tide
Civ VI	Rise and Fall Gathering Storm New Frontier Pass
Official Spinoffs	Sid Meier's Colonization Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri Alien Crossfire Civilization Revolution CivWorld Civilization Revolution 2 Sid Meier's Starships Civilization: Eras & Allies
Other Games	Pirates! Railroad Tycoon XCOM (IP) Freeciv Imperialism C-evo Civilization: Call to Power Call to Power II FreeCol Pirates!: Live the Life CivCity: Rome Railroads! NewCol Unciv Humankind
Comparisons	Comparison between Civilization games Civilizations Glossary of Civilization terms