Metallurgy (Civ5)

Metallurgy
Technology of the Renaissance Era
Introduced in Civilization V
Cost	1150
Technologies
Required	Gunpowder
Leads To	Rifling Military Science
Enables
Units	Lancer  Sipahi  Hakkapeliitta  Winged Hussar
Buildings	Arsenal  Red Fort
Cost	1096
Technologies
Required	Gunpowder
Leads To	Rifling Military Science
Enables
Units	Lancer  Sipahi  Hakkapeliitta
Buildings	Arsenal  Kremlin
Cost	900
Technologies
Required	Gunpowder
Leads To	Rifling
Enables
Units	Lancer

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 "There never was a good knife made of bad steel."
– Benjamin Franklin

Game Info

Metallurgy, the next step in the development of metal working, delivers a new level of sophistication to Renaissance weaponry and prepares its entrance into the Modern age. It also unlocks a variety of new units.

Lancers are a harder-hitting version of Knights. They have several more points of Combat Strength and receive a bonus against mounted units. However, they have a penalty during defense, making them brittle if they aren't defended.

Sipahi are unique Ottoman Lancers that are even faster than regular Lancers. They can pillage in enemy territory without breaking stride, making them the single best sabotage unit in the game.

Hakkapeliitta are unique Swedish Lancers that can interact with Great Generals and have a 15% combat bonus.

Winged Hussars are unique Polish Lancers that can have extra strength, and two promotions (Formation I and Shock I). It can force defending enemy troops to withdraw.

Civilopedia entry

Metallurgy is the science of metals and metallic alloys. In Civilization V the "metallurgy" technology covers the advancements in this field since the 19th century AD. In the 19th and 20th centuries, great strides have been made in all facets of metallurgy, from extraction, to the creation of new alloys, to the production of cheap, high-quality metals.

Metal remains at the heart of modern civilization. Much of the world is built of steel, and what isn't is made of aluminum or titanium. Our communications networks are made of metal, and so are our vehicles, weapons, satellites and spacecraft. Without modern metallurgy 90% of the Earth's population would starve within a year.

Trivia

Despite being a Renaissance technology, between Gunpowder and Rifling, this technology's icon shows an armored knight wearing a helmet of the 12th-13th century, protections outdated for centuries, if not the idea of armor itself.