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 "O ye who tread the Narrow Way, by Tophet-flare to Judgment Day, be gentle when ‘the heathen’ pray, to Buddha at Kamakura!"
– Rudyard Kipling
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Kotoku-in is a Medieval Era wonder in Civilization VI: Rise and Fall. It must be built adjacent to a Holy Site with a Temple.

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Kotoku-in is, along with Broadway, Oxford University, and Ruhr Valley, one of four wonders in Civilization VI and its expansions that grant their parent city a 20% bonus to one type of yield along with a secondary bonus. Oxford University and Ruhr Valley are excellent wonders and Broadway somewhat less so, but Kotoku-in is absolutely underwhelming and almost never worth building.

The main bonus of Kotoku-in is 20% extra Faith Faith for the parent city, which is underwhelming if you really break it down. Compared to Science Science, Culture Culture and Production Production, sources of Faith Faith are a lot rarer. Outside of unique bonuses, cities are likely to be dependent on Holy Sites and their buildings to generate Faith Faith, and not much else. In the Medieval Era, no one except Ethiopia is guaranteed to have a city that can generate 50+ Faith Faith per turn, which is necessary to get 10 extra Faith Faith per turn out of this wonder. Also, considering the escalating cost of a lot of Faith Faith purchases while Faith Faith from Holy Sites and their buildings barely scale outside of certain policy cards, the Faith Faith from this wonder will never be meaningful enough to make up for it.

Kotoku-in's secondary bonus is four free Warrior Monks, which are underpowered by the time you get them. You may be better off using them for non-combat purposes, such as garrisoning cities to get extra Amenities Amenities from the Retainers policy or maintaining visibility over an area to prevent Barbarians from spawning there.

The bottom line is that most civilizations shouldn't waste 710 Production Production on building Kotoku-in without a compelling reason. Its only usable bonus is the extra Faith Faith, so the city to build this must have good Faith Faith generation with scaling potential. Ethiopia has the easiest time satisfying this condition: once they've built Kotoku-in, they can turn its parent city into a trading hub and focus on expanding its borders to claim and improve nearby resources and increase their Trade Route Trade Routes' Faith Faith yield. Moreover, their Faith Faith translates to extra Science Science and Culture Culture, making it a 3-in-1 bonus. Certain civilizations with the proper pantheons - like Russia with Dance of the Aurora, Mali with Desert Folklore, or Brazil with Sacred Path - can generate a large amount of Faith Faith very early, but since they almost exclusively rely on terrain and well-placed, well-developed Holy Sites, their Faith Faith generation per city won't scale and this wonder's impact will be short-lived.

Civilopedia entry[]

Serene, enduring, and somewhat mysterious, the Buddha statue known as the Daibutsu sits outside of Kamakura’s Kōtoku-in. Towering over the Buddhist temple’s visitors, the Daibutsu patiently greets both faithful and tourist alike. An unknown artist cast the Great Buddha of Kamakura out of bronze, which has since oxidized into a muted green color through natural weathering.

However, the Kōtoku-in’s artist clearly built it to last. It survived an earthquake and two typhoons, one of which destroyed the building that used to surround it. The statue remains unfazed by nature’s attempts to unseat its 750-year meditation.

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Civilization VI Wonders [edit]
Wonders AlhambraAmundsen-Scott Research Station R&F-OnlyAngkor Wat1Apadana1Big BenBiosphère1Bolshoi TheatreBroadwayCasa de Contratación R&F-OnlyChichen ItzaColosseumColossusCristo RedentorEiffel TowerEstádio do MaracanãEtemenanki1Forbidden CityGolden Gate Bridge GS-OnlyGreat Bath GS-OnlyGreat LibraryGreat LighthouseGreat ZimbabweHagia SophiaHanging GardensHermitageHuey TeocalliJebel Barkal1Kilwa Kisiwani R&F-OnlyKotoku-in R&F-OnlyMachu Picchu GS-OnlyMahabodhi TempleMausoleum at Halicarnassus1Meenakshi Temple GS-OnlyMont St. MichelOracleOrszágház GS-OnlyOxford UniversityPanama Canal GS-OnlyPetraPotala PalacePyramidsRuhr ValleyStatue of Liberty R&F-OnlyStatue of Zeus1St. Basil's Cathedral R&F-OnlyStonehengeSydney Opera HouseTaj Mahal R&F-OnlyTemple of Artemis R&F-OnlyTerracotta ArmyTorre de Belém1University of Sankore GS-OnlyVenetian Arsenal
Natural wonders Bermuda Triangle1Chocolate Hills GS-OnlyCliffs of DoverCrater LakeDead SeaDelicate Arch R&F-OnlyEye of the Sahara R&F-OnlyEyjafjallajökull1Fountain of Youth1Galápagos IslandsGiant's Causeway1Gobustan GS-OnlyGreat Barrier ReefHạ Long Bay1Ik-Kil GS-OnlyKakadu2Lake Retba R&F-OnlyLysefjord1Mato Tipila GS-OnlyMatterhorn R&F-OnlyMount EverestMount KilimanjaroMount Roraima R&F-OnlyMount Vesuvius GS-OnlyPaïtiti1Pamukkale GS-OnlyPantanalPinnacles2PiopiotahiSahara el Beyda GS-OnlyTorres del PaineTsingy de BemarahaUbsunur Hollow R&F-OnlyUluru1Vinland2YosemiteZhangye Danxia R&F-Only
1 Requires DLC2 Specific scenarios only

R&F-Only Added in the Rise and Fall expansion pack.
GS-Only Added in the Gathering Storm expansion pack.

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