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 UnitsEdit

• Archaeologist
• Settler
• Work boat
• Worker

Religious UnitsEdit

• Inquisitor
• Missionary

Trade UnitsEdit

• Caravan
• Cargo ship

Great PeopleEdit

• 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 PartsEdit

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

Ancient EraEdit

Ranged UnitsEdit

• 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 UnitsEdit

• 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 UnitsEdit

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

Naval Ranged UnitsEdit

• Dromon (Byzantium only)

Classical EraEdit

Ranged UnitsEdit

• Composite bowman

Siege WeaponsEdit

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

Melee UnitsEdit

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

Mounted UnitsEdit

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

Medieval EraEdit

Ranged UnitsEdit

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

Siege WeaponsEdit

• Trebuchet
  • Hwach'a (Korea only)

Melee UnitsEdit

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

Mounted UnitsEdit

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

Naval Ranged UnitsEdit

• Galleass
  • Great galleass (Venice only)

Renaissance EraEdit

Siege WeaponsEdit

• Cannon

Gunpowder UnitsEdit

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

Mounted UnitsEdit

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

Naval Melee UnitsEdit

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

Naval Ranged UnitsEdit

• Frigate
  • Ship of the line (England only)

Industrial EraEdit

Ranged UnitsEdit

• Gatling gun

Siege WeaponsEdit

• Artillery

Gunpowder UnitsEdit

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

Mounted UnitsEdit

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

Naval Melee UnitsEdit

• Ironclad

Modern EraEdit

Ranged unitsEdit

• Machine gun

Gunpowder UnitsEdit

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

Naval Melee UnitsEdit

• Destroyer

Naval Ranged UnitsEdit

• Battleship
• Carrier
• Submarine

Armored UnitsEdit

• Landship

Bomber UnitsEdit

• Great war bomber

Fighter UnitsEdit

• Triplane

Atomic EraEdit

Ranged UnitsEdit

• Bazooka

Siege WeaponsEdit

• Rocket artillery

Gunpowder UnitsEdit

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

Armored UnitsEdit

• Tank
  • Panzer (Germany only)

Bomber UnitsEdit

• Bomber
  • B17 (America only)

Fighter UnitsEdit

• Fighter
  • Zero (Japan only)

Helicopter UnitsEdit

• Helicopter gunship

Bomb UnitsEdit

• Atomic bomb

Information EraEdit

Gunpowder UnitsEdit

• Mechanized infantry
• XCOM Squad

Naval Ranged UnitsEdit

• Missile cruiser
• Nuclear submarine

Armored UnitsEdit

• Modern armor
• Giant death robot

Bomber UnitsEdit

• Stealth bomber

Fighter UnitsEdit

• Jet fighter

Bomb UnitsEdit

• Guided missile
• Nuclear missile

Valid only in the Gods & Kings expansion pack.

Valid only in the Brave New World expansion pack.

External linksEdit

• List of unit upgrade paths

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