Ikanda (Civ6)

Ikanda

District of the Ancient Era

Introduced in Rise and Fall

Unique to

Replaces

Zulu

Encampment

Unlocked by

Bronze Working

Plunder

Cannot be plundered.

Cost

Production

Maint.

27

1

Yields

Great Person Points

+1

Great General point per turn.

Citizen Yields (per citizen)

+2

Gold

+1 Production

Trade Yields

Domestic Destination: +1

Production

International Destination: +1 Production

Appeal

-1

Unlocks

Buildings

Barracks

Stable

Armory

Military Academy

Projects

Encampment Training

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Kraal

The Ikanda is a unique District of the Zulu civilization in Civilization VI: Rise and Fall. It replaces the Encampment.

Effects:
- Lower Production cost (27 vs. 54)
- +1 Housing
- 25% faster training of Corps and Armies
- Allows Corps and Armies to be built even without the Military Academy building
- Buildings in the Ikanda provide +2 Gold and +1 Science
- +1 Great General point per turn
- Acquires Outer Defenses and Ranged Strike along with the City Center once Walls have been built
- Blocks movement of foreign units to this tile, unless the district is pillaged
- Spawns all land military units the city produces or purchases
- Specialists provide +1 Production and +2 Gold each
- Spies operate at one level lower when targeting this city with Consulate
- Gives its parent city the ability to build land units with only 1 count of the relative Strategic Resource
Restrictions:
- Cannot be built next to the City Center.

Buildings[]

The following buildings can be constructed in an Ikanda:

Barracks (mutually exclusive with Stable)
Stable (mutually exclusive with Barracks)
Armory
Military Academy

Projects[]

Encampment Training: Earns Gold and Great General points equal to 15% of Production used.

Strategy[]

For Shaka, the name of the game is to build the world's largest and most powerful infantry force, and the Ikanda helps him immensely in achieving this goal. With it, the Zulus can train Corps and Armies as soon as they discover the requisite civics (Mercenaries and Nationalism, respectively), and without needing to build Military Academies. The ability to create Corps in the Medieval Era gives Shaka and the Zulus an early military advantage over their neighbors, which becomes even greater when they go to war and gain a new Corps each time they capture a city.

Additionally, thanks to the Ikanda being a unique district, the Zulus can construct it in half the time, meaning their first Ikanda can be completed much earlier than the full-price Encampments of other civilizations. Thanks to this, the Zulus will often be the first civilization in the game to begin earning Great General points and possibly the first to earn a Great General. Though their power spike occurs during the Medieval Era (much later than how early your Ikanda allows you to generate Great Generals), building Ikandas early still helps deprive enemy civilizations of Great Generals for defense and helps tremendously toward earning the Great Generals that buff their Impi later on.

The Ikanda also offers marginal Gold and Science bonuses for each building in it. While not exceptional, this offers a quicker rush to the Impi as well as finances to support the Zulus' military.

Bugs[]

If an Ikanda is built in a city not founded by the Zulus, its buildings won't provide Gold or Science.

Civilopedia entry[]

The ikanda (also known as a “kraal” or “umuzi”) were self-sufficient, fortified Zulu homesteads. A double palisade protected its residents—the inner wall kept livestock in and the outer wall kept interlopers out. Ikanda were ideally placed uphill for reasons both practical and strategic: rainwater flowed downhill to clean the ikanda, while opponents were forced to attack an elevated position.

Shaka’s revolutionary changes to the military capitalized on the traditional Zulu age-grade system. Young men of the same age lived, trained, and fought together in regiments, relying on the ikanda’s bounty to provide their food, arms, and armor.

Gallery[]

Related achievements[]

Ibutho

As Shaka, train a Corps of Impi using the Ikanda district.

A reference to the actual Zulu term for an impi regiment.