Desert is a base terrain in Civilization VI. It is found in many parts of the world, sometimes as great expanses, sometimes as single tiles.
- Base yields:
- None
- +1 Faith adjacency bonus for Holy Sites with Desert Folklore pantheon
- May cause the formation of dust storms, which will bring destruction but also may fertilize affected tiles, giving them Food and/or Production base yield.
Strategy[]
Without any Oases or Floodplains, Desert tiles are not suited for settlement (except for Australia and Nubia, which can build their unique tile improvements there; and Mali, which gains a great number of bonuses to Desert tiles). For any city within or near a desert, the bare Desert tiles should be reserved for districts or wonders unless a resource is found there. Thankfully, there are a few resources - such as Salt, Incense, and the all-important Aluminum (without which there are no modern airplanes) - that are found mostly or only in deserts.
The Petra wonder can make deserts far more useful: it increases the base yield of Desert tiles to be comparable to Grassland Hills or Rainforest Plains, and extends the bonus to Oases (but not Floodplains). An Oasis in range of Petra will have the outstanding yield of 5 Food, 1 Production, and 3 Gold!
Deserts can also turn into great Faith boosters for civilizations which adopt the Desert Folklore pantheon. Build a Holy Site in the middle of a desert for a whopping adjacency bonus of +5 or more!
Maui spawns Bananas on Desert tiles if no luxury resources can be spawned.
Desert names[]
Gathering Storm introduced a new mechanic in which Deserts can have different names based on the first civilization that finds them. Below is the list of the names and civilization of origin.
Desert | Civilization | Notes |
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Accona Desert | Rome | |
Al-Dahnā Desert | Arabia | |
Al-Nafūd | Arabia | |
Arabian Desert | Arabia | |
Atacama Desert | Mapuche, Inca | |
Barreiro da Faneca | Portugal | |
Bayuda Desert | Nubia | |
Błędowska Desert | Poland | The desert lies mainly on the Silesian Highlands in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship. The Błędów Desert is Central Europe's largest accumulation of loose sand in an area away from any sea. |
Chihuahuan Desert | America | |
Colorado Plateau Desert | America | |
Danakil Desert | Ethiopia | |
Dasht-e Margo | ||
Đồi Cát Mũi Né | Vietnam | |
El Djouf | Mali | |
Gibson Desert | Australia | |
Gobi Desert | Mongolia, China | |
Great Basin Desert | America | |
Great Sand Sea | Egypt | |
Great Sandy Desert | Australia | |
Great Victoria Desert | Australia | |
Hamad Desert | Babylon, Ottomans, Phoenicia | |
Kalahari Desert | ||
Karakum Desert | Scythia | |
Karapınar Desert | Byzantium, Ottomans | |
Dasht-e Kavir | Persia | |
Kyzylkum Desert | Scythia | |
La Guajira Desert | Gran Colombia | |
Lemnos Desert | Greece | |
Libyan Desert | Egypt | |
Dasht-e Lut | Persia | |
Maniototo | Māori | |
Médanos de Coro | Gran Colombia | |
Mojave Desert | America | |
Namib Desert | ||
Nubian Desert | Nubia | |
Ogaden Desert | Ethiopia | |
Patagonian Desert | Mapuche | |
Qattara Depression | Egypt | |
Qoz Abu Dulu | Nubia | |
Rangipo Desert | Māori | Not a true desert with regards to rainfall, but frequent strong winds, loose, poor soil and harsh winters mean that only tussock grasses can grow there. |
Registan Desert | ||
Rub' al Khali | Arabia | |
Sahara Desert | Mali | |
Sechura Desert | Inca | |
Simpson Desert | Australia | |
Sinai Desert | Egypt | |
Sonoran Desert | America | |
Tabernas Desert | Spain | |
Taklamakan Desert | China | |
Tanami Desert | Australia | |
Tanezrouft Basin | Mali | |
Tatacoa Desert | Gran Colombia | |
Tengger Sand Sea | Indonesia | |
Thal Desert | ||
Thar Desert | India |
Civilopedia entry[]
In general, deserts are remarkably useless, except to those creatures and man who have learned to live there. The true deserts of the world – the Sahara, Gobi, Mojave, Great Victoria, and such – have been swallowing men and civilizations since history began.
Gallery[]
See also[]
- Desert in other games
Civilization VI Terrains [edit] | |
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Base | Coast • Desert • Desert (Hills) • Grassland • Grassland (Hills) • Hills • Lake • Mountains • Nile River3 • Ocean • Plains • Plains (Hills) • Snow • Snow (Hills) • Tundra • Tundra (Hills) |
Features | Cataract3 • Cliffs • Floodplains • Desert Floodplains • Grassland Floodplains • Plains Floodplains • Geothermal Fissure • Ice • Impact Zone1 2 • Marsh • Oasis • Rainforest • Burning Rainforest1 • Burnt Rainforest1 • Reef • River • Volcanic Soil • Volcano • Woods • Burning Woods1 • Burnt Woods1 |
Other | Barbarian Outpost • Meteor Site1 • Tribal Village |
See also | Improvement • Natural Wonder • Resource |
1 Requires DLC • 2 Apocalypse mode only • 3 Specific Scenarios only
Added in the Rise and Fall expansion pack.
Added in the Gathering Storm expansion pack.
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