Changes: Medieval Era (Civ6)

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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! Or, you could always rush Cartography at this point 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 II government - Monarchy, with its 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).
Boosted Civics: Naval Tradition, Feudalism.
Boosted Technologies: Military Tactics, Apprenticeship, Education.
The game starts at Turn 136/500 (500 AD) on Standard speed.

Technologies[]

Technology	Prerequisites	Eureka	Unlocks
Military Tactics	Mathematics	Kill a unit with a Spearman	Pikeman, Berserker (Norway only), Khevsur (Georgia only), Impi (Zulu only), Huey Teocalli
Apprenticeship	Currency Horseback Riding	Build 3 Mines	Man-At-Arms, Industrial Zone, Hansa (Germany only), Workshop +1 Production to all Mine improvements
Stirrups	Horseback Riding	Have the Feudalism civic	Knight, Mamluk (Arabia only), Mandekalu Cavalry (Mali only), Keshig (Mongolia only)
Machinery	Iron Working Engineering	Own 3 Archers	Crossbowman, Crouching Tiger (China only), Skirmisher, Warak'aq (Inca only), Voi Chiến (Vietnam only), Lumber Mill, Kilwa Kisiwani
Education	Apprenticeship Mathematics	Earn a Great Scientist	University, Navigation School (Portugal only), University of Sankore, Hagia Sophia (Vanilla and ), Mission
Military Engineering	Construction	Build an Aqueduct	Trebuchet, Military Engineer, Domrey (Khmer only), Armory
Castles	Construction	Have a government with 6 policy slots	Courser, Black Army (Matthias Corvinus only), Medieval Walls, Alhambra Receive a free Spy as Catherine de Medici Extra Culture for the Great Wall improvement.
Buttress	Shipbuilding Mathematics	Build a Classical Era or later Wonder	Dam, Hagia Sophia

Civics[]

Civic	Prerequisites	Inspiration	Unlocks
Naval Tradition	Defensive Tactics	Kill a unit with a Quadrireme	Naval Infrastructure, Navigation 1 Envoy
Feudalism	Defensive Tactics	Build 6 Farms	Samurai (Japan only), Feudal Contract, Serfdom Farm improvements now gain +1 Food for each adjacent Farm improvement when 3 Farm improvements are adjacent to each other.
Civil Service	Defensive Tactics Recorded History	Grow a city to 10 population	Meritocracy, Retainers, Civil Prestige, Meenakshi Temple Allows Alliance.
Mercenaries	Feudalism Military Training	Have 8 land combat units in your military	Jong (Indonesia only), Professional Army, Sack, Retinues, Trade Confederation
Medieval Faires	Feudalism	Maintain 4 Trade Routes	Barbary Corsair (Ottoman only), Angkor Wat, Aesthetics, Medina Quarter, Merchant Confederation.
Guilds	Feudalism, Civil Service	Build 2 Markets	Chichen Itza, Mbanza, Outback Station (Australia only), Polder (Netherlands only)
Divine Right	Civil Service Theology	Build 2 Temples	Mont St. Michel, Kotoku-in, Chivalry, Tagma (Basil II only), Gothic Architecture, Monarchy

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

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.