Leader trait (Civ4)

For Personality traits in Civilization: Beyond Earth, see Personality traits (Rising Tide).

In Civilization IV a leader trait is a special ability or rule modification that applies to any civilization led by a leader with that trait. Leader traits are often called just traits. Traits give advantages to the leaders based on their playstyles.

List of leader traits

The leader traits are:

Trait	Properties	Production bonus of +100% for
Aggressive	Free Combat I promotion of melee and gunpowder units.	Barracks and Drydock
Creative	+2 per city.	Library, Theatre and Colosseum
Expansive	+2 per city and, in BtS, 25 percent faster production of Worker.	Granary and Harbor
Financial	+1 on tiles with 2 already	Bank (removed as of ~3.13?)
Industrious	Wonder production bonus of +50%	Forge
Organized	Civic upkeep reduced 50 percent	Lighthouse, Factory and Courthouse
Philosophical	Great person point bonus of +100%	University
Spiritual	There is no anarchy when changing civics	Temple

In Warlords and Beyond the Sword:

Trait	Properties	Production bonus of +100% for
Charismatic	+1 per city -25% experience needed for unit promotions +1 from Monument and Broadcast Tower	-
Imperialistic	Great General emergence rate increased 100 percent Settler production bonus of +50%
Protective	Archery and Gunpowder Units receive free Drill I and City Garrison I	Walls and Castle

Table of leaders and their traits

Each leader has two leader traits. These are shown in the following table.

Table of Leader traits as for Beyond the Sword expansion

Aggressive	Kublai Khan (Mongolia)	Shaka (Zulu)	Ragnar (Vikings)	Stalin (Russia)	Hammurabi (Babylon)	Alexander (Greece)	Montezuma (Aztecs)	Genghis Khan (Mongolia)	Tokugawa (Japan)	Boudica (Celts)
	Creative	Suryavarman II (Khmer)	Willem van Oranje (Dutch)	Louis XIV (France)	Zara Yaqob (Ethiopia)	Pericles (Greece)	Hatshepsut (Egypt)	Catherine (Russia)	Gilgamesh (Sumeria)	none
		Expansive	Pacal II (Maya)	Bismarck (Germany)	Mehmed II (Ottomans)	Peter (Russia)	Isabella (Spain)	Joao II (Portugal)	Mao Zedong (China)	Washington (America)
			Financial	Huayna Capac (Inca)	Darius I (Persia)	Elizabeth (England)	Mansa Musa (Mali)	Victoria (England)	Wang Kon (Korea)	Hannibal (Carthage)
				Industrious	Roosevelt (America)	none	Ramesses II (Egypt)	Augustus Caesar (Rome)	Qin Shi Huang (China)	De Gaulle (France)
					Organized	Frederick (Germany)	Asoka (India)	Julius Caesar (Rome)	none	Napoleon (France)
				none		Philosophical	Gandhi (India)	Suleiman (Ottomans)	Sitting Bull (Native Americans)	Lincoln (America)
							Spiritual	Justinian I (Byzantium)	Saladin (Arabia)	Brennus (Celts)
								Imperialistic	Charlemagne (Holy Roman Empire)	Cyrus (Persia)
					none				Protective	Churchill (England)
	none									Charismatic

Table of Leader traits in Vanilla:

Aggressive	Kublai Khan (Mongolia)	Genghis Khan (Mongolia)	Huayna Capac (Inca)	Napoleon (France)	Tokugawa (Japan)	Alexander (Greece)	Montezuma (Aztecs)
	Creative	Cyrus (Persia)	Catherine (Russia)	Louis XIV (France)	Frederick (Germany)		Hatshepsut (Egypt)
		Expansive	Victoria (England)	Bismarck (Germany)	Julius Caesar (Rome)	Peter (Russia)	Isabella (Spain)
			Financial	Qin Shi Huang (China)	Washington (America)	Elizabeth (England)	Mansa Musa (Mali)
				Industrious	Roosevelt (America)		Gandhi (India)
					Organized	Mao Zedong (China)	Asoka (India)
						Philosophical	Saladin (Arabia)
							Spiritual