Medieval Era (Civ6)

The Medieval Era is the third era in Civilization VI. It is preceded by the Classical Era and followed by the Renaissance Era.

Intro[]

You have built great cities of stone and seen early empires rise and fall. Soon you will stand under the towering pinnacles of castles alongside your gallant knights. That is where the story of your people will be written. Just as the young apprentice learns to carry a sword, so shall you grow to understand your place in this world.

Game Info[]

This is the era when things start getting serious: you've established your empire, you've found your religion (or not), but the land is getting scarce. Since everyone has been expanding in the first two eras, your landmass should be more or less taken already and divided between the different civilizations on it. If anyone wants to expand further at this point, it will have to be through war! Alternatively, you can rush Cartography and start exploring and settling on nearby islands or continents...if your civilization isn't landlocked, that is.

The end of the Era brings about the first Tier 2 government: Monarchy, with a setup which offers both military and diplomatic might. Use it as stepping stone to start expanding your empire, and if you're not a particularly aggressive player, you can always change it later.

Religiously-oriented players should start earnestly spreading their religion in this era. It is, of course, too early to progress towards a Culture or Science Victory, but players aiming at those should prepare their groundwork and build multiple Theater Squares or Campuses.

Medieval Era start[]

When starting a game in the Medieval Era, players receive two Settlers, one Scout, one Archer, 20 Faith, 210 Gold, and 3 Envoys.
Capital has 4 Population. All cities founded after the Capital have 2 Population.
Founded cities have 2 additional tiles.
Each city has a Monument.
Players receive a Builder in each city founded by one of their starting Settlers (and a Trader and a Spearman in the first one).
Players start with all Tier 1 governments unlocked (and 4 Governor Titles in the expansions).
Boosted Civics: Naval Tradition, Feudalism.
Boosted Technologies: Military Tactics, Apprenticeship, Education.
The game starts at Turn 136/500 (500 AD) on Standard speed.
Etemenanki, Great Bath, Hanging Gardens, Oracle, Pyramids, Stonehenge and Temple of Artemis are removed from game.

Technologies[]

Technology	Science cost	Eureka	Infrastructure and units	Other unlocks	Leads to
Military Tactics	300	Kill a unit with a Spearman	Huey Teocalli Pikeman Berserker Khevsur Impi		Mass Production
Buttress	300	Build a Classical Era or later Wonder	Dam Hagia Sophia ()		Cartography Mass Production
Apprenticeship	300	Build 3 Mines	Industrial Zone Hansa Workshop Man-At-Arms	+1 Production on Mines	Education Gunpowder Stirrups
Machinery	300	Own 3 Archers	Lumber Mill (Vanilla and ) Kilwa Kisiwani Crossbowman Crouching Tiger Voi Chiến Skirmisher Warak'aq		Printing
Stirrups	390	Have the Feudalism civic	Knight Mamluk Keshig Mandekalu Cavalry	+1 Food on Pastures	Banking Gunpowder
Education	390	Earn a Great Scientist.	University Hagia Sophia (Vanilla and ) University of Sankore		Mass Production Banking Astronomy
Military Engineering	390	Build an Aqueduct.	Armory Military Engineer Trebuchet Domrey	Reveals Niter	Gunpowder
Castles	390	Have a government with 6 policy slots (Vanilla and ) Adopt a government with 6 inherent policy slots ()	Medieval Walls Alhambra Courser Black Army Oromo Cavalry		Siege Tactics

Civics[]

Civic	Culture cost	Inspiration	Policy cards	Units, infrastructure, & governments	Other unlocks	Leads to
Naval Tradition	200 220	Kill a unit with a Quadrireme.	Naval Infrastructure Navigation		+1 Envoy
Feudalism	275 300	Build 6 Farms.	Feudal Contract Serfdom	Samurai	Farms gain +1 Food per 2 adjacent farms +1 Faith to Stepwells. +1 Food on Plantations.	Mercenaries Medieval Faires Guilds
Civil Service	275 300	Grow a city to 10 Population.	Retainers (Vanilla only) Meritocracy Civil Prestige	Meenakshi Temple	Allows Alliances. +1 Production and +1 Housing to Mekewaps.	Divine Right Guilds
Mercenaries	290 340	Have 8 land combat units in your military.	Professional Army (Vanilla only) Sack Trade Confederation	Jong	+1 Envoy	Exploration
Medieval Faires	385 420	Maintain 4 Trade Routes.	Aesthetics Medina Quarter Merchant Confederation	Angkor Wat Barbary Corsair	+1 Governor title.	Humanism Exploration
Guilds	385 420	Build 2 Markets.	Craftsmen Town Charters Traveling Merchants	Chichen Itza Mbanza Outback Station Polder	+1 Governor title.	Humanism Diplomatic Service Reformed Church
Divine Right	290 340	Build 2 Temples.	Chivalry Gothic Architecture	Mont St. Michel Kotoku-in Monarchy Tagma		Reformed Church

Tile Improvements[]

Lumber Mill
Château
Outback Station
Polder

Units[]

Recon
- Skirmisher
  - Warak'aq
Melee
- Man-At-Arms
  - Khevsur
  - Berserker
  - Samurai
Ranged
- Crossbowman
  - Voi Chiến
- Crouching Tiger
Siege
- Trebuchet
  - Domrey
Anti-Cavalry
- Pikeman
  - Impi
Light Cavalry
- Courser
  - Black Army
  - Oromo Cavalry
Heavy Cavalry
- Knight
  - Mamluk
  - Mandekalu Cavalry
  - Tagma
Ranged Cavalry
- Keshig
Naval Ranged
- Jong
Naval Raider
- Barbary Corsair
Support
- Military Engineer

Districts and Buildings[]

Industrial Zone/ Hansa/ Oppidum
- Workshop
Campus/ Seowon / Observatory
- University
  - Navigation School
Encampment/ Ikanda / Thành
- Armory
City Center
- Medieval Walls
Government Plaza
- Foreign Ministry^*
- Grand Master's Chapel^*
- Intelligence Agency^*
- Queen's Bibliotheque*
Mbanza
Dam

^* May not be available until the following era, depending on which Tier 2 government players choose.

Wonders[]

Hagia Sophia
Alhambra
Chichen Itza
Huey Teocalli
Mont St. Michel
Kotoku-in
Kilwa Kisiwani
University of Sankore
Meenakshi Temple

Governments[]

Monarchy

Great People[]

Great Admirals: Leif Erikson, Rajendra Chola, Zheng He, Himerios¹
Great Engineers: Bi Sheng, Isidore of Miletus, James of St. George, Imhotep¹
Great Generals: Æthelflæd, El Cid, Timur
Great Merchants: Marco Polo, Piero de' Bardi, Irene of Athens, Ibn Fadlan¹
Great Prophets: Bodhidharma, Adi Shankara, Songtsan Gampo, O no Yasumaro, Irenaeus
Great Scientists: Abu al-Qasim al-Zahrawi, Hildegard of Bingen, Omar Khayyam
Great Writers: Geoffrey Chaucer, Li Bai, Murasaki Shikibu, Rumi¹

¹ Requires DLC

Added in the Rise and Fall expansion pack.

Added in the Gathering Storm expansion pack.

Related achievements[]

Out of the Dark Ages

Win a regular game with a Medieval Era start.

Another name for the medieval era, or at least its earlier stage, was 'the Dark Ages', as it referred to the destruction of the organization of the Western Roman Empire.