List of wonders in Civ3

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Wonders benefit an entire empire. Civilization III added Small Wonders, which can be built once by every civilization. Small Wonders have, for the most part, a sociological requirement to construct them, as well as a technological requirement. Battlefield Medicine, for example, requires that five of the player's cities have Hospitals before building.

Many new technologies allow the player to build a new wonder. Some wonders can be made obsolete by certain technologies, but these technologies must be researched by the civilization that owns them - other civilizations cannot make wonders obsolete.

In each different age there are different wonders available. Below is a list of those wonders sorted by age (Ancient Times, Middle Ages, Industrial Ages, and Modern Times).

When a player captures a city with a Small Wonder, it is destroyed. If it has a Great Wonder, it doesn't get destroyed unless the player razes the city.

Great Wonders

Wonder	Era	Req.	Cost	Effects	Obsolete with
Copernicus' Observatory	Middle Ages	Astronomy	400	+4 Doubles the science output of a city. Can become a tourist attraction. Trigger Golden Age for Expansionist civilizations.	None
Cure for Cancer	Modern Times	Genetics	1000	+3 +1 for every city. Trigger Golden Age for Scientific and Agricultural civilizations.	None
Hoover Dam	Industrial Ages	Electronics	800	+2 Puts a Hydro Plant in every city on the same continent. Can become a tourist attraction. Trigger Golden Age for Agricultural and Industrious civilizations.	None
JS Bach's Cathedral	Middle Ages	Music Theory	600	+6 +2 for all cities on the same continent. Can become a tourist attraction. Trigger Golden Age for Religious civilizations.	None
Knights Templar	Middle Ages	Chivalry	300	+2 Produces a Crusader every 5 turns. Trigger Golden Age for Militaristic and Religious civilizations.	Steam Power
Leonardo's Workshop	Middle Ages	Invention	600	+2 Allows obsolete military units to be upgraded at half price. Can become a tourist attraction. Trigger Golden Age for Militaristic civilizations.	None
Longevity	Modern Times	Genetics	1000	+3 Makes all cities to get a population increase of two instead of one when the Food Storage box is full. Trigger Golden Age for Scientific civilizations.	None
Magellan's Voyage	Middle Ages	Navigation	400	+3 Increases the movement rate of all naval unit by one. Trigger Golden Age for Expansionist, Commercial and Seafaring civilizations.	None
Newton's University	Middle Ages	Theory of Gravity	400	+6 Doubles the science output of a city. Can become a tourist attraction. Trigger Golden Age for Scientific civilizations.	None
SETI program	Modern Times	Computers	1000	+3 Doubles the science output of a city. Trigger Golden Age for Expansionist civilizations.	None
Shakespeare's Theater	Middle Ages	Free Artistry	400	+8 Gives +8 for the city it's built in. Acts as a Hospital, allowing city to grow beyond 12 population. Can become a tourist attraction.	None
Sistine Chapel	Middle Ages	Theology	600	+6 Doubles the effect of all Cathedrals in your cities. Can become a tourist attraction. Trigger Golden Age for Religious civilizations.	None
Smith's Trading Company	Middle Ages	Economics	600	+3 Makes maintenance costs for all economic buildings in your cities free. Trigger Golden Age for Commercial and Seafaring civilizations.	None
Sun Tzu's Art of War	Middle Ages	Feudalism	600	+2 Puts Barracks in every city on the same continent. Trigger Golden Age for Militaristic civilizations.	None
The Great Library	Ancient Times	Literature	400	+6 Grants any Advance that is already discovered by two other known civilizations for free. Can become a tourist attraction. Trigger Golden Age for Scientific civilizations.	Education
The Great Lighthouse	Ancient Times	Map Making	300	+2 Allows Galleys to move safely in and out of sea squares, and it increases all naval unit movement rates by one. Can become a tourist attraction. Trigger Golden Age for Commercial, Expansionist and Seafaring civilizations.	Magnetism
The Great Wall	Ancient Times	Construction	300	+2 Doubles the effect of Walls in cities that have them. Doubles unit combat values versus Barbarians. Can become a tourist attraction. Trigger Golden Age for Militaristic and Industrious civilizations.	Metallurgy
The Hanging Gardens	Ancient Times	Monarchy	300	+4 Grants +3 for the city it's built in and +1 for all other cities. Can become a tourist attraction. Trigger Golden Age for Agricultural and Industrious civilizations.	Steam Power
The Internet	Modern Times	Miniaturization	1000	+4 Puts a Research Lab in every city in the same continent, including those without a University or Library. Trigger Golden Age for all civilizations.	None
The Manhattan Project	Modern Times	Fission	800 Uranium	+2 Allows the construction of nuclear weapons by all civilizations. Trigger Golden Age for Militaristic and Industrious civilizations.	None
The Mausoleum of Mausollos	Ancient Times	Philosophy	200	+2 Makes three unhappy citizens content in its city. Can become a tourist attraction. Trigger Golden Age for Scientific and Seafaring civilizations.	None
The Oracle	Ancient Times	Mysticism	300	+4 Doubles the effect of Temples. Can become a tourist attraction. Trigger Golden Age for Religious civilizations.	Theology
The Pyramids	Ancient Times	Masonry	400	+4 Puts a Granary in every city on the same continent. Can become a tourist attraction. Trigger Golden Age for Agricultural, Religious and Industrious civilizations.	None
The Statue of Zeus	Ancient Times	Mathematics	200 Ivory	+4 Produces an Ancient Cavalry every 5 turns. Can become a tourist attraction. Trigger Golden Age for Militaristic and Religious civilizations.	Metallurgy
The Temple of Artemis	Ancient Times	Polytheism	500	+4 Puts a Temple in every city on the same continent. Can become a tourist attraction. Trigger Golden Age for Religious civilizations.	Education
The United Nations	Modern Times	Fission	1000	+4 Initiates the possibility of a Diplomatic Victory. Can become a tourist attraction. Trigger Golden Age for Commercial civilizations.	None
Theory of Evolution	Industrial Ages	Scientific Method	600	+3 Grants two Advances for free as soon as its completed. Trigger Golden Age for Scientific civilizations.	None
Universal Suffrage	Industrial Ages	Industrialization	800	+4 Reduces War weariness in all cities. Trigger Golden Age for Agricultural (Militaristic in vanilla and Play the World) civilizations.	None

Small Wonders

Main article: Small Wonder (Civ3)

See also

• List of wonders in other games

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