List of civilization abilities in Civ7

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The following is a list of civilization abilities in Civilization VII and its expansions.

Civilization abilities

Antiquity Age

Ability	Civilization	Effects
Demokratia	Greek	+3 Influence per turn on the Palace.
Dhamma Lipi	Mauryan	You can choose a second Pantheon after unlocking Mysticism.
Gifts of Osiris	Egyptian	+1 Production on Navigable Rivers.
Goose Societies	Mississippian	All Buildings receive a +1 Food adjacency for Resources.
Hamarana Council	Achaemenid Persian	Infantry Units receive +3 Combat Strength when attacking.
Kingdom of Natural Wealth	Aksumite	+3 Gold on Coastal Settlements.
Ksekam Chamnon	Khmer	Districts on Rivers do not remove the natural yield of the tile.
Lords of the South	Tongan	+1 Influence on City Halls and the Palace if adjacent to Coastal tiles. Cannot incorporate City-States.
Maripgan	Silla	+1 Culture on Resources.
Nine Provinces	Han	The Capital and new Towns gain an additional Population with their first growth event.
Phoenician Heritage	Carthaginian	Can only have one City (the Capital). Towns cannot use "Convert to City". When you create a Merchant or Colonist Unit, gain a copy of that Unit.
Skies of Itzamna	Maya	+0.5 Science for the Palace for each adjacent Vegetated tile.
Treasures of Nineveh	Assyrian	Gain a Technology upon capturing a Settlement for the first time. Codices are not awarded from Technologies. Can generate Codices from Conquest after completing the Tupšarrūtu Civic.
Twelve Tables	Roman	+1 Culture on Districts in the Capital and City Centers in Towns.

Exploration Age

Ability	Civilization	Effects
Apus	Incan	Mountain tiles can be worked. +2 Food and +1 Production on Mountains.
Bokh	Mongolian	When you capture an opposing Settlement, gain the strongest Cavalry Unit you can currently train, but receive -50% Production towards Settlers. Gain a Victory Point toward the Non Sufficit Orbis Victory for controlled Settlements in the distant lands and conquered Settlements in the Homelands.
Flying Gang	Pirate	+100% Yields from Pillaging and Coastal Raiding with Naval Units. Settlers cannot be trained or purchased, but you can capture other civilizations' Settlers. Naval Units, Treasure Convoys, and the Buccaneer can move into other civilizations' borders without being at War or having Open Borders.
Great Canon of Yongle	Ming	+50% Science in the Capital, but -15 Science per turn for each Social Policy (not Tradition) slotted.
Hich Tuong Si	Vietnamese	+5 Culture for each Urban Population of the Settlement when you construct a Fortification Building (on Standard speed).
Kringla Heimsins	Icelandic	Gain Culture when you discover a Natural Wonder in Distant Lands (on Standard Speed). Missionaries cost 100% more. Gain a Relic every time you study a Civic Mastery after completing the Landnámabók Civic.
Krum's Dynasty	Bulgarian	Receive Production in all Cities when pillaging Buildings and Improvements equal to 50% of the yield or HP gained. All Military Units receive -3 Combat Strength against Districts with Medieval Walls.
Medina	Abbasid	Receive 50 Gold for each Rural Population of the City when you create a Specialist. Effect scales with Game Speed.
Moananuiākea	Hawaiian	Gain 25 Culture each time a Settlement expands to a Marine tile. +1 Happiness on Marine tiles. Can work Ocean tiles which grant +1 Food and +2 Gold.
Negara	Majapahit	All Cities except the Capital have an increased Specialist Limit. After the Exploration Age, the Specialist Limit increase goes away, and the Specialists become inactive until you increase the Specialist Limit.
Nepekifaki	Shawnee	Settlements built adjacent to Navigable Rivers gain +2 Food on River terrain, but Cities not built adjacent to a Navigable River receive -10% Food.
Normannitas	Norman	Land Units receive +1 Movement when Embarked and land units gain adjacent to Coast receive +5 Combat Strength.
Samayam	Chola	Gain an additional Trade Route from Improve Trade Relations Treaty. +3 Gold and +1 Influence on Trade Routes.
Siglo de Oro	Spanish	+2 Food, Gold, and Production in Settlements following your Religion or adjacent to Coast (+4 if both), doubled in distant lands.
Tarikh al-Sudan	Songhai	+2 Resource Capacity in Cities on Navigable Rivers. +1 Production in Cities on Navigable Rivers per Resource assigned to them. Your Trade Ships cannot be plundered on Navigable Rivers.

Modern Age

Ability	Civilization	Effects
Blood and Iron	Prussian	Units receive +1 Combat Strength for every Unfriendly or worse relationship with other civilizations.
Devlet-i ʿAlīye-i ʿOsmānīye	Ottoman	When any Leader excavates Artifact in the Ottomans' territory, they generate an additional Artifact. +3 Combat Strength for Infantry Units and Siege Units when attacking.
Frontier Expansion	American	Gain 100 Gold every time you improve a Resource.
Goisshin	Meiji Japanese	When you overbuild a Building, receive Science equal to 50% of the new Building's Production cost.
Itsaraphab	Siamese	Grants a Diplomatic Action, Itsaraphab, to immediately convert an Independent Power to a City-State with you as the suzerain at a higher Influence cost than Befriending Indpendents.
Kang Qian Shengshi	Qing	+4 Gold, +3 Culture, and +2 Influence from Imported Resources, but -1 Science from Imported Resources.
Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité	French Imperial	You can select the Celebration effects of any Government in the Modern Age.
Paradise of Nations	Mughal	+75% Gold from all sources. -25% to all other yields.
Prosveshchenie	Russian	+1 Culture on Districts in Cities. +1 Science on Districts in Cities on Tundra tiles.
Kayānī Crown	Qajar	+50% Influence towards Supporting Diplomatic Actions.
Revolución	Mexican	Start with a unique Government type, Revolución. This Government has one Celebration effect, granting 30% Culture for 10 turns. Cannot enter any other Government type.
River Raids	Bugandan	Receive additional Culture when pillaging Buildings or Improvements equal to the yield or healing gained. Land Units gain the Amphibious keyword, granting no Combat penalties when attacking from embarkation. Costs no Movement to embark and disembark.
Roof of the World	Nepalese	All Warehouse Buildings apply to Mountain tiles, but they cost +1 Gold and Happiness maintenance.
Workshop of the World	British	+25% Gold towards purchasing and +25% Production towards constructing Buildings. +50% cost to Convert Towns into Cities.

See also

• List of civilization abilities in other games

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