Forge (Civ5)

Forge
Introduced in Civilization V
Building of the Medieval Era
Cost
Production	120
Maintenance	1
Required
Technology	Metal Casting
Effects
+15% Production of land units +1 Production from every worked source of Iron Requires a worked source of Iron nearby

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Game Info

Bonus building. Can only be constructed in cities with at least one improved Iron resource nearby.

• +15% Production when building land units in this city.
• +1 Production for each source of Iron worked by this city.

Strategy

The Forge is a great bonus building, not only increasing Production on the Iron resources nearby, but also boosting land unit production in the city. Use that to turn the city into a major army training hub!

Civilopedia entry

A forge is a building containing a furnace capable of generating the temperatures necessary to melt and shape iron into anything from horseshoes to nails to arrowheads. This requires a significant amount of heat, and the blacksmith might have an apprentice. A type of assistant his job was to pump bellows to blow fresh air on the flames to keep them hot. A blacksmith might "work" the iron by getting it red-hot and then beating it into shape on an anvil with various hammers. Or the blacksmith might pour molten metal into forms of clay or sand or metal, removing the forms once the iron had cooled enough to hold its shape.

See also

• Forge in other games