List of religions in Civ6

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The following is a list of religions in Civilization VI and its expansions.

Default religions[]

There are twelve default religions in the game. Some leaders are followers of these religions: when controlled by the AI, they will always found the religion they follow if it is available.

Religion	Followers
Buddhism	Hojo Tokimune, Jayavarman VII, Kublai Khan, Seondeok, Tokugawa, Wu Zetian
Catholicism	Catherine de Medici, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Frederick Barbarossa, Jadwiga, João III, Ludwig II, Matthias Corvinus, Mvemba a Nzinga, Pedro II, Philip II, Robert the Bruce, Simón Bolívar, Wilfrid Laurier
Confucianism	Sejong, Yongle
Hinduism	Chandragupta, Gandhi, Gitarja
Islam	Mansa Musa, Nader Shah, Saladin, Suleiman, Sundiata Keita
Judaism	Dido
Eastern Orthodoxy	Basil II, Harald Hardrada (Varangian), Menelik II, Peter, Tamar, Theodora
Protestantism	Abraham Lincoln, Elizabeth I, Harald Hardrada (Konge), Kristina, Teddy Roosevelt, Victoria, Wilhelmina
Shinto	-
Sikhism	-
Taoism	Qin Shi Huang
Zoroastrianism	Cyrus

Scenario-specific religions[]

Path to Nirvana[]

Main article: Path to Nirvana (Civ6)

Religion	Civilization
Taoism	China
Shaivism	Chola
Islam	Ghaznavid
Hindu Dharma	Indonesia
Theravada Buddhism	Khmer
Mahayana Buddhism	Pala
Vajrayana Buddhism	Tufan

Custom religions[]

In addition to the above, there are twelve default icons for "custom religions" for which a player will be asked to type in a name. AI-controlled leaders will never found a custom religion; if they have no preferred religion or theirs is already taken, they will randomly choose from one of the default religions.

Custom Religion Icons

All icons of the religions of the game appear as constellations, with little stars along their outlines. Images on this wiki have been photoshopped for ease of viewing. Six of these icons represent the Western Zodiac signs Cancer, Taurus, Leo, Pisces, Scorpio, and Aquarius.

See also[]

List of religions in other games

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