List of civics in Civ6

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The following is a list of civics in Civilization VI and its expansions, sorted by era.

Civic	Inspiration	Policy cards	Units, Infrastructure & Governments	Other unlocks	Leads to
Ancient Era
Code of Laws		Survey Discipline God King Urban Planning			Craftsmanship Foreign Trade
Craftsmanship	Improve 3 Tiles.	Ilkum Agoge	Chemamull Sphinx		Military Tradition State Workforce
Foreign Trade	Discover a second Continent.	Caravansaries Maritime Industries	Qhapaq Ñan Trader	+1 Trade Route capacity. Diplomatic agreements Joint War and Join Ongoing War	Early Empire Mysticism
Military Tradition	Clear a Barbarian Encampment.	Maneuver Strategos		Grants Flanking and Support combat bonuses to all combat units.	Military Training
State Workforce	Build any district.	Corvée Conscription	Government Plaza	+1 Governor title.	Political Philosophy Games and Recreation
Early Empire	Grow your civilization to at least 6 Population.	Colonization Land Surveyors Limitanei	Pairidaeza	Closes the borders and allows granting of Open Borders. Casus Belli: War of Retribution +1 Governor title.	Political Philosophy Drama and Poetry
Mysticism	Found a Pantheon.	Inspiration Revelation	Oracle	+1 Envoy	Theology
Classical Era
Games and Recreation	Research the Construction technology.	Insulae	Colosseum Entertainment Complex Street Carnival Hippodrome Arena Tlachtli		Military Training Defensive Tactics
Political Philosophy	Meet 3 City-States	Charismatic Leader Diplomatic League	Apadana Autocracy Classical Republic Oligarchy		Recorded History Defensive Tactics
Drama and Poetry	Build a Wonder.	Literary Tradition	Theater Square Acropolis Amphitheater Marae		Recorded History Theology
Military Training	Build an Encampment.	Raid Veterancy Equestrian Orders	Statue of Zeus	+1 Envoy	Mercenaries
Defensive Tactics	Be the target of a Declaration of War.	Bastions Limes	Mausoleum at Halicarnassus	+1 Governor title.	Civil Service Naval Tradition Feudalism
Recorded History	Build 2 Campus Districts.	Natural Philosophy Praetorium	Great Library	+1 Governor title.	Civil Service
Theology	Found a Religion.	Scripture	Mahabodhi Temple Temple Prasat Stave Church Madrasa	+1 Envoy	Divine Right
Medieval Era
Naval Tradition	Kill a unit with a Quadrireme.	Naval Infrastructure Navigation		+1 Envoy
Feudalism	Build 6 Farms.	Feudal Contract Serfdom Obsolete: Agoge Ilkum	Samurai	Farm: +1 Food per 2 adjacent farms	Mercenaries Medieval Faires Guilds
Civil Service	Grow a city to 10 Population.	Retainers Meritocracy Civil Prestige	Meenakshi Temple	Allows Alliances.	Divine Right Guilds
Mercenaries	Have 8 land combat units in your military.	Professional Army Sack Trade Confederation	Jong	+1 Envoy	Exploration
Medieval Faires	Maintain 4 Trade Routes.	Aesthetics Medina Quarter Merchant Confederation Obsolete: Insulae	Angkor Wat Barbary Corsair	+1 Governor title.	Humanism Exploration
Guilds	Build 2 Markets.	Craftsmen Town Charters Traveling Merchants	Chichen Itza Mbanza Outback Station Polder	+1 Governor title.	Humanism Diplomatic Service Reformed Church
Divine Right	Build 2 Temples.	Chivalry Gothic Architecture Obsolete: Maneuver Corvée	Mont St. Michel Kotoku-in Monarchy Tagma		Reformed Church
Renaissance Era
Exploration	Build 2 Caravels.	Native Conquest Colonial Offices Obsolete: Survey Discipline Urban Planning	Mission Merchant Republic
Humanism	Earn a Great Artist.	Frescoes Invention Obsolete: Revelation	Taj Mahal Archaeological Museum Art Museum Chateau		Mercantilism The Enlightenment
Diplomatic Service	Have an alliance with another civilization.	Machiavellianism Wisselbanken	Spy	Resident Embassies Casus Belli: Holy War, Liberation, Reconquest, Protectorate	The Enlightenment
Reformed Church	Have 6 cities following your Religion.	Wars of Religion Religious Orders Simultaneum	St. Basil's Cathedral Golf Course Theocracy
Mercantilism	Earn a Great Merchant.	Logistics Triangular Trade Obsolete: Caravansaries	Winged Hussar Privateer Sea Dog	Camp: +1 Food, +1 Production	Colonialism Civil Engineering
The Enlightenment	Build 3 Great People.	Free Market Liberalism Rationalism		Religious Tourism effects halved	Nationalism Opera and Ballet
Industrial Era
Colonialism	Research the Astronomy technology.	Colonial Taxes Raj Obsolete: Maritime Industries	Ice Hockey Rink	+2 Envoys	Natural History
Civil Engineering	Build 7 different specialty Districts.	Public Works Skyscrapers Obsolete: Bastions Limes Corvée Serfdom Gothic Architecture		Can build Farms on Grassland Hills (also Plains and Tundra Hills for Canada). +1 Governor title.	Urbanization
Nationalism	Declare war using a Casus Belli.	Grande Armée National Identity Obsolete: Feudal Contract	Minas Geraes Open-Air Museum +1 Spy	Allows Corps and Fleets. Casus Belli: Colonial War +1 Governor title.	Urbanization Scorched Earth
Opera and Ballet	Build an Art Museum.	Grand Opera Symphonies	Bolshoi Theatre	+2 Envoys
Natural History	Build an Archaeological Museum.		Archaeologist Hermitage Zoo Thermal Bath Water Park Copacabana	Reveals Antiquity Sites. +2 Envoys	Conservation
Urbanization	Grow a city to 15 Population.	Military Research Public Transport	Neighborhood		Conservation Mass Media Mobilization
Scorched Earth	Build 2 Field Cannons.	Total War Expropriation Military Organization Obsolete: Raid Sack Colonization Land Surveyors Strategos		+2 Envoys
Modern Era
Conservation	Have a Neighborhood district with a Breathtaking Appeal.	Resource Management	Naturalist Mountie	Builder may plant Woods. Old (not planted) woods gain +1 Appeal. +3 Envoys	Cultural Heritage
Mass Media	Research Radio.	Propaganda Obsolete: Retainers	Broadway Cristo Redentor	+1 Governor title.	Ideology Capitalism
Mobilization	Have 3 Corps in your military.	Levée en Masse Obsolete: Conscription		Defensive Pacts Allows Armies and Armadas. Casus Belli: War of Territorial Expansion +1 Governor title.	Ideology
Capitalism	Build 3 Stock Exchanges. Build 2 Stock Exchanges.	Market Economy Laissez-Faire Obsolete: Trade Confederation Traveling Merchants	Shopping Mall	+3 Envoys
Ideology		Police State	+1 Spy	Casus Belli: War of Territorial Expansion	Nuclear Program Cold War Professional Sports Suffrage Totalitarianism Class Struggle
Nuclear Program	Build a Research Lab.	Nuclear Espionage Nobel Prize Obsolete: Inspiration		+3 Envoys
Suffrage	Build 4 Sewers.	Their Finest Hour Economic Union New Deal Arsenal of Democracy Obsolete: Liberalism Medina Quarter Naval Infrastructure Town Charters Wisselbanken	Democracy
Totalitarianism	Build 3 Military Academies.	Lightning Warfare Martial Law Third Alternative Gunboat Diplomacy Obsolete: Chivalry Maneuver Charismatic Leader	Fascism
Class Struggle	Build 3 Factories.	Defense of the Motherland Patriotic War Collectivization Five-Year Plan Obsolete: Craftsmen Natural Philosophy	Communism
Atomic Era
Cultural Heritage	Have a Themed Museum.	Heritage Tourism	Sydney Opera House	Reveals Shipwrecks. +3 Envoys	: Environmentalism
Cold War	Research Nuclear Fission.	International Waters Second Strike Capability Containment Cryptography Obsolete: Maritime Industries Press Gangs	Amundsen-Scott Research Station +1 Spy Rock Band		Rapid Deployment Space Race
Professional Sports	Build 4 Entertainment Complex Districts. Build 2 Entertainment Complex Districts.	Sports Media Obsolete: Aesthetics Grand Opera	Estádio do Maracanã Stadium Aquatics Center Ski Resort		Social Media
Rapid Deployment	Build an Aerodrome or Airstrip on a foreign continent.	Military First After Action Reports Obsolete: Grande Armée	Amundsen-Scott Research Station	Allows transport of land units using Airports.	Globalization : Environmentalism
Space Race	Build a Spaceport district.	Integrated Space Cell Satellite Broadcasts Obsolete: Military Research			Globalization Social Media
Information Era
Environmentalism	Build 2 Solar Farms.			+25% Tourism across your empire.	Near Future Governance Venture Politics Distributed Sovereignty Optimization Imperative
Globalization	Build 3 Airports. Build 2 Airports.	Strategic Air Force International Space Agency Ecommerce Obsolete: Their Finest Hour Triangular Trade		Plantation: +1 Gold +1 Governor title.	Without : Future Civic With : Near Future Governance Venture Politics Distributed Sovereignty Optimization Imperative
Social Media	Research Telecommunications.	Online Communities Collective Activism Communications Office Obsolete: Praetorium		+1 Governor title.	Without : Future Civic With : Venture Politics Distributed Sovereignty Optimization Imperative
Near Future Governance	Adopt a Government with 8 inherent policy slots			+3 Envoys +1 Governor title.	Future Era Civics. The progression of these last Civics is randomized every playthrough.
Venture Politics	Build a Uranium Mine.		Corporate Libertarianism		Future Era Civics. The progression of these last Civics is randomized every playthrough.
Distributed Sovereignty	Own a Rock Band.		Digital Democracy		Future Era Civics. The progression of these last Civics is randomized every playthrough.
Optimization Imperative	Research Robotics.		Synthetic Technocracy		Future Era Civics. The progression of these last Civics is randomized every playthrough.
(vanilla Civilization VI, ) Future Civic	None.			Score Victory points. +1 Governor title.	This civic can be researched indefinitely. It provides the effects every time it is finished.
Future Era
The progression structure of these last civics is randomized every playthrough. Future Civic is always the last civic.
Information Warfare		Integrated Attack Logistics Rabblerousing			Other Future Era Civics.
Global Warming Mitigation				Carbon Recapture +3 Envoys +1 Diplomatic Victory point.	Other Future Era Civics.
Cultural Hegemony		Hallyu Non-State Actors			Other Future Era Civics.
Smart Power Doctrine		Diplomatic Capital Global Coalition			Other Future Era Civics.
Exodus Imperative		Aerospace Contractors Space Tourism			Other Future Era Civics.
Future Civic			Score Victory points. +1 Governor title. +50 Diplomatic Favor		This civic can be researched indefinitely. It provides the effects every time it is finished.

Added in the Rise and Fall expansion pack.
Added in the Gathering Storm expansion pack.