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 iron Requires a worked source of iron nearby

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Game Info:

Bonus building. Requires an improved source of Iron iron nearby.

• +1 Production Production for each Iron iron resource worked by the city
• +15% Production Production when building land units in this city

Strategy:

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

Historical Info:

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.