Colossus (Civ6)

Colossus
World wonder of the Classical Era
Introduced in Civilization VI
Unlocked by	Shipbuilding
Production cost	400
Removed if game started after	Renaissance Era
Effects
+3 Gold +1 Great Admiral point per turn +1 Trade Route capacity Grants a Trader unit.

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 "At Rhodes was set up a Colossus of seventy cubits high, representing the Sun … the artist expended as much bronze on it as seemed likely to create a dearth in the mines."
– Philo of Byzantium

The Colossus is a Classical Era Wonder in Civilization VI. It must be built on Coast adjacent to land and a Harbor. It cannot be built on a Lake.

• Effects:
  • +3 Gold
  • +1 Great Admiral point per turn
  • +1 Trade Route capacity
  • Grants a Trader unit.

Strategy

Despite being almost exactly the same as its counterpart in Civilization V, the Colossus is not as strong and coveted in Civilization VI due to changes in the economic landscape between the two iterations. With the maximum number of Trade Routes your empire can support being dependent on how many cities you have (rather than your technological progress, as it is in Civilization V and its expansions), the Colossus doesn't give you an edge over your opponents that's impossible to get elsewhere. Unless you spawn on a small island or near other players who block your early expansion, you can usually just train another Settler to found a new city, which will eventually provide your empire more than just a Trade Route and a few Gold per turn. Outside of these situations, the Colossus is at best an average wonder that shouldn't be too high on your priority list.

Civilopedia entry

Built from the smelted-down brass and iron of abandoned arms and equipment of a failed invasion, the Colossus of Rhodes was a 98-foot depiction of the Titan Helios erected to celebrate the victory. Construction under the direction of Chares of Lindos began in 292 BC, and by 280 was completed, to the amazement of all. Although the details are a bit hazy – the ancient histories being what they are – the towering statue overlooked the Mandraki harbor entrance set upon a 49-foot high marble pedestal. But it only stood for 56 years before being toppled by an earthquake. Ptolemy III of Egypt offered to pay for its reconstruction, but the Rhodians refused because the Delphi Oracle informed them that the gods were offended by it. Though the gods may have been offended, for nearly 900 years the rusting ruins of the statue were a tourist “must-see.” In 653 AD the forces of the Muslim caliph Muawiyah I overran Rhodes, and the new owners promptly sold it for scrap to Jewish merchants, who used – it is said – 900 camels to haul the mass away. From scrap to scrap.

Trivia

• The Colossus appears in the Civilization VI intro cinematic with the narrator lighting its torch.

Gallery

Colossus from the Civilization VI launch trailer

Colossus completed

Colossus, as seen in-game

See also

• Colossus in other games