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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 Culture (Civ4) per city. Library, Theatre and Colosseum
Expansive +2 Health (Civ4) per city and, in BtS, 25 percent faster production of Worker. Granary and Harbor
Financial +1 Coin (Civ4) on tiles with 2 Coin (Civ4) 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, Cristo Redentor
In Warlords and Beyond the Sword:
Trait Properties Production bonus of +100% for
Charismatic -
Imperialistic
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)
Kublai Khan (Civ4) Mongolian Creative Suryavarman II (Khmer) Willem van Oranje (Dutch) Louis XIV (France) Zara Yaqob (Ethiopia) Pericles (Greece) Hatshepsut (Egypt) Catherine (Russia) Gilgamesh (Sumeria) none
Shaka (Civ4) Zulu Suryavarman II (Civ4) Khmer Expansive Pacal II (Maya) Bismarck (Germany) Mehmed II (Ottomans) Peter (Russia) Isabella (Spain) Joao II (Portugal) Mao Zedong (China) Washington (America)
Ragnar (Civ4) Viking Willem van Oranje (Civ4) Dutch Pacal II (Civ4) Mayan Financial Huayna Capac (Inca) Darius I (Persia) Elizabeth (England) Mansa Musa (Mali) Victoria (England) Wang Kon (Korea) Hannibal (Carthage)
Stalin (Civ4) Russian Louis XIV (Civ4) French Bismarck (Civ4) German Huayna Capac (Civ4) Incan Industrious Roosevelt (America) none Ramesses II (Egypt) Augustus Caesar (Rome) Qin Shi Huang (China) De Gaulle (France)
Hammurabi (Civ4) Babylonian Zara Yaqob (Civ4) Ethiopian Mehmed II (Civ4) Ottoman Darius I (Civ4) Persian Roosevelt (Civ4) American Organized Frederick (Germany) Asoka (India) Julius Caesar (Rome) none Napoleon (France)
Alexander (Civ4) Greece Pericles (Civ4) Greece Peter (Civ4) Russian Elizabeth (Civ4) English none Frederick (Civ4) German Philosophical Gandhi (India) Suleiman (Ottomans) Sitting Bull (Native Americans) Lincoln (America)
Montezuma (Civ4) Aztec Hatshepsut (Civ4) Egyptian Isabella (Civ4) Spanish Mansa Musa (Civ4) Malinese Ramesses (Civ4) Egyptian Asoka (Civ4) Indian Gandhi (Civ4) Indian Spiritual Justinian I (Byzantium) Saladin (Arabia) Brennus (Celts)
Genghis Khan (Civ4) Mongolian Catherine (Civ4) Russian Joao II (Civ4) Portuguese Victoria (Civ4) English Augustus Caesar (Civ4) Roman Julius Caesar (Civ4) Roman Suleiman (Civ4) Ottoman Justinian I (Civ4) Byzantine Imperialistic Charlemagne (Holy Roman Empire) Cyrus (Persia)
Tokugawa (Civ4) Japanese Gilgamesh (Civ4) Sumerian Mao Zedong (Civ4) Chinese Wang Kon (Civ4) Korean Qin Shi Huang (Civ4) Chinese none Sitting Bull (Civ4) Native American Saladin (Civ4) Arabian Charlemagne (Civ4) Holy Roman Protective Churchill (England)
Boudica (Civ4) Celtic none Washington (Civ4) American Hannibal (Civ4) Carthaginian De Gaulle (Civ4) French Napoleon (Civ4) French Lincoln (Civ4) American Brennus (Civ4) Celtic Cyrus (Civ4) Persian Churchill (Civ4) English 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)
Kublai Khan (Civ4) Mongolian Creative Cyrus (Persia) Catherine (Russia) Louis XIV (France) Frederick (Germany) Hatshepsut (Egypt)
Genghis Khan (Civ4) Mongolian Cyrus (Civ4) Persian Expansive Victoria (England) Bismarck (Germany) Julius Caesar (Rome) Peter (Russia) Isabella (Spain)
Huayna Capac (Civ4) Incan Catherine (Civ4) Russian Victoria (Civ4) English Financial Qin Shi Huang (China) Washington (America) Elizabeth (England) Mansa Musa (Mali)
Napoleon (Civ4) French Louis XIV (Civ4) French Bismarck (Civ4) German Qin Shi Huang (Civ4) Chinese Industrious Roosevelt (America) Gandhi (India)
Tokugawa (Civ4) Japanese Frederick (Civ4) German Julius Caesar (Civ4) Roman Washington (Civ4) American Roosevelt (Civ4) American Organized Mao Zedong (China) Asoka (India)
Alexander (Civ4) Greece Peter (Civ4) Russian Elizabeth (Civ4) English Mao Zedong (Civ4) Chinese Philosophical Saladin (Arabia)
Montezuma (Civ4) Aztec Hatshepsut (Civ4) Egyptian Isabella (Civ4) Spanish Mansa Musa (Civ4) Malinese Gandhi (Civ4) Indian Asoka (Civ4) Indian Saladin (Civ4) Arabian Spiritual

See also[]

Civilization IV [edit]
WarlordsBeyond the SwordColonization
† Total conversion remake of the game Sid Meier's Colonization using Civilization IV engine
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