Meteor Shower (Civ6)

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A Meteor Shower is a natural disaster in Civilization VI, introduced in the Maya & Gran Colombia Pack. It is the only disaster that exclusively affects neutral territory.

• Effects:
  • Pummels neutral territory, leaving behind a Meteor Site.
  • A Meteor Site does not grant any extra yields, but provides a free heavy cavalry unit to the civilization that activates it. This unit requires no resources to create or maintain.

Mechanics

The Meteor Sites that Meteor Showers produce are treated as Tribal Villages by the game. They can be activated the same way (either by moving a unit onto their tile or expanding a city's borders to claim it) and provide all of the associated bonuses (such as awarding recon units +5 XP and giving players a chance to discover the Voidsingers).

The heavy cavalry unit received will be the strongest heavy cavalry unit players are capable of training. Players will still receive a Heavy Chariot even if they have not researched Wheel.

Havoc caused by Meteor Showers is minimal. Even if the meteor falls on a unit, that unit takes no damage. However, if the meteor falls on a tile improvement (Forts, Airstrips, Missile Silos, etc.), the improvement will be removed.

Bugs

Meteor Showers will never land on Tundra or Tundra Hills tiles. The reason why these terrain types are excluded is unknown.

In-game disaster descriptions

Type	Description
Meteor Shower	Debris rains down from the sky. Go collect the remains to earn a powerful unit.

Gallery

Meteor Shower

Meteor Site