List of units in Civ5

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Here is the full list of units in Civ5, as of the Brave New World expansion.

The Gods & Kings expansion added 27 new units, including the Composite Bowman, Galleass, and Landship. The Brave New World expansion added 20 new units, including the new Barbarian unique unit Hand-Axe.

Note that many units are unique to certain civilizations; that is, they replace a certain generic unit and will only be available when you play with a certain civilization. They are marked as such, and appear under the heading of the generic unit they replace. Their general armament and thus their technological requirements are the same as that unit, but their resource requirements may differ - that is, some unique units can be produced without access to the strategic resources that their generic counterparts require.

Civilian Units

•  Archaeologist
•  Settler
•  Work boat
•  Worker

Religious Units

•  Inquisitor
•  Missionary

Trade Units

•  Caravan
•  Cargo ship

Great People

•  Great artist
•  Great engineer
•  Great general
  •  Khan (Mongolia only)
•  Great merchant
  •  Merchant of Venice (Venice only)
•  Great scientist
•  Great admiral
•  Great prophet
•  Great musician
•  Great writer

Spaceship Parts

•  SS Booster
•  SS Cockpit
•  SS Engine
•  SS Stasis Chamber

Ancient Era

Ranged Units

•  Archer
  •  Atlatlist (Maya only)
  •  Bowman (Babylon only)
  •  Slinger (Inca only)
•  Chariot archer
  •  Hand-Axe (Barbarians only)
  •  Horse archer (Huns only)
  •  War chariot (Egypt only)
  •  War elephant (India only)

Melee Units

•  Warrior
  •  Brute (Barbarians only)
  •  Jaguar (Aztecs only)
  •  Maori warrior (Polynesia only)
•  Scout
  •  Pathfinder (Shoshone only)
•  Spearman
  •  Battering ram (Huns only)
  •  Hoplite (Greece only)
  •  Immortal (Persia only)
  •  Pictish warrior (Celts only)

Naval Melee Units

•  Galley (Barbarians only)
•  Trireme
  •  Quinquereme (Carthage only)

Naval Ranged Units

•  Dromon (Byzantium only)

Classical Era

Ranged Units

•  Composite bowman

Siege Weapons

•  Catapult
  •  Ballista (Rome only)
  •  Siege tower (Assyria only)

Melee Units

•  Swordsman
  •  Kris Swordsman (Indonesia only)
  •  Legion (Rome only)
  •  Mohawk warrior (Iroquois only)

Mounted Units

•  Horseman
  •  African forest elephant (Carthage only)
  •  Cataphract (Byzantium only)
  •  Companion cavalry (Greece only)

Medieval Era

Ranged Units

•  Crossbowman
  •  Chu-ko-nu (China only)
  •  Longbowman (England only)

Siege Weapons

•  Trebuchet
  •  Hwach'a (Korea only)

Melee Units

•  Longswordsman
  •  Berserker (Denmark only)
  •  Samurai (Japan only)
•  Pikeman
  •  Impi (Zulus only)
  •  Landsknecht (Germany only in Vanilla and ; not a unique unit in )

Mounted Units

•  Knight
  •  Camel archer (Arabia only)
  •  Conquistador (Spain only)
  •  Keshik (Mongolia only)
  •  Mandekalu cavalry (Songhai only)
  •  Naresuan's elephant (Siam only)

Naval Ranged Units

•  Galleass
  •  Great galleass (Venice only)

Renaissance Era

Siege Weapons

•  Cannon

Gunpowder Units

•  Musketman
  •  Janissary (Ottomans only)
  •  Minuteman (America only)
  •  Musketeer (France only)
  •  Tercio (Spain only)

Mounted Units

•  Lancer
  •  Hakkapeliitta (Sweden only)
  •  Sipahi (Ottomans only)
  •  Winged hussar (Poland only)

Naval Melee Units

•  Caravel
  •  Nau (Portugal only)
  •  Turtle ship (Korea only)
•  Privateer
  •  Sea beggar (Netherlands only)

Naval Ranged Units

•  Frigate
  •  Ship of the line (England only)

Industrial Era

Ranged Units

•  Gatling gun

Siege Weapons

•  Artillery

Gunpowder Units

•  Rifleman
  •  Carolean (Sweden only)
  •  Mehal sefari (Ethiopia only)
  •  Norwegian ski infantry (Denmark only)

Mounted Units

•  Cavalry
  •  Berber cavalry (Morocco only)
  •  Comanche riders (Shoshone only)
  •  Cossack (Russia only)
  •  Hussar (Austria only)

Naval Melee Units

•  Ironclad

Modern Era

Ranged units

•  Machine gun

Gunpowder Units

•  Anti-aircraft gun
•  Great war infantry
  •  Foreign legion (France only in Vanilla and ; not a unique unit in )
•  Infantry
  •  Pracinha (Brazil only)

Naval Melee Units

•  Destroyer

Naval Ranged Units

•  Battleship
•  Carrier
•  Submarine

Armored Units

•  Landship

Bomber Units

•  Great war bomber

Fighter Units

•  Triplane

Atomic Era

Ranged Units

•  Bazooka

Siege Weapons

•  Rocket artillery

Gunpowder Units

•  Anti-tank gun
•  Marine
•  Mobile SAM
•  Paratrooper

Armored Units

•  Tank
  •  Panzer (Germany only)

Bomber Units

•  Bomber
  •  B17 (America only)

Fighter Units

•  Fighter
  •  Zero (Japan only)

Helicopter Units

•  Helicopter gunship

Bomb Units

•  Atomic bomb

Information Era

Gunpowder Units

•  Mechanized infantry
•  XCOM Squad

Naval Ranged Units

•  Missile cruiser
•  Nuclear submarine

Armored Units

•  Modern armor
•  Giant death robot

Bomber Units

•  Stealth bomber

Fighter Units

•  Jet fighter

Bomb Units

•  Guided missile
•  Nuclear missile

Valid only in the Gods & Kings expansion pack.

Valid only in the Brave New World expansion pack.

External links

• List of unit upgrade paths