Metal Casting (Civ7)

Metal Casting
Technology of the Exploration Age
Introduced in Civilization VII
Cost	1200
Technologies
Required	Metallurgy   Shipbuilding
Required	Metallurgy   Shipbuilding
Leads to	Gunpowder
Leads to	Gunpowder
Unlocks
Units	Lancer Pikeman
Mastery notes
+3 Combat Strength for Cavalry units. +1 Production on Production buildings.

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 "The bellows worked incessantly for three days and three nights, and the bronze melted down and became as water."
– Michael Kritoboulos

Metal Casting is an Exploration Age technology in Civilization VII.

Strategy

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Civilopedia entry

The process of casting metal isn’t new to the early modern period; it took off in the later part of the second millennium BCE. The process involves pouring molten metal into molds to form complex shapes that are difficult to achieve via the old process of hammering, heating, and bending. While forged metal is generally stronger than cast metal, casting is easy to mass produce, which has become increasingly important as populations expand.

Shang, Zhou, and Qin Dynasties – the earliest Chinese dynasties – cast metal, and the Colossus of Rhodes was even cast of bronze. The boom in cathedral construction in medieval Europe relied heavily upon cast metal pieces, leading to an increase in experimentation. In 1313, this took a dark turn with the casting of the first iron cannon (by, ironically, a monk).

See also

• Metal Casting in other games