Comet Strike (Civ6)

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A Comet Strike is a type of natural disaster in Civilization VI, unique to the Apocalypse game mode. When the climate change reaches Phase VII, the world will enter the Apocalypse phase, and Comet Strikes will happen once every turn until the end of the game. It is the most devastating type of disaster, brings no benefits and urges players to hurry up towards victory as the world rapidly approaches doomsday.

• Effects:
  • Destroys everything it strikes, including terrain, terrain features, District, units, Wonders or entire cities.
  • Leaves behind impassable Impact Zones.

A Comet Strike can raze an entire city if the City Center gets struck directly, even if it is a city-state or an original Capital. In that case, control over that razed Capital will not be counted as a requirement for Domination Victory, as it will be achieved once a player gains control of every other remaining original Capital in the game. Great People and Giant Death Robots can also be killed outright by a Comet Strike.

A Comet Strike can also wipe out every terrain type and any features on it, including Mountains and natural wonders. Tiles that get hit by the comet are turned into Impact Zones, which are impassable and cannot be improved in any way. In the event that only part of a multiple-tile natural wonder gets hit by a comet, all tiles of that natural wonder will be wiped out. However, only the tiles that suffer a direct hit from the comet are turned into Impact Zones; the rest revert to the base terrain on which the natural wonder spawned, and can be improved as normal. National Parks function similarly to natural wonders when hit, as the whole park will be removed, but only the tiles that are directly hit turn into Impact Zones - other park tiles will revert to their original state.

The Impact Zone of one Comet Strike is always either horizontal four-tile diamond-shaped or only one tile.

After a Comet Strike, the visuals for the game map turn dark red with ashes falling on the screen.

In-game disaster descriptions

Type	Description
Comet Strike	Asteroids pummel the planet.

Gallery

Comet Strike

Impact zone

Related achievements

The end of the world as we know it Be the last person standing after comets begin falling. A reference to the song 'It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)' by R.E.M.