Modern Age (Civ7)

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The Modern Age is the third and final Age in Civilization VII. It is preceded by the Exploration Age. It begins in 1750 CE.

Civilizations

	Civilization	Unique ability	Attributes & Civics	Unique Units	Unique infrastructure	Associated Wonder	Starting biases
	American	Frontier Expansion Gain 100 Gold every time you Improve a Resource.	Economic Expansionist Yankee Ingenuity Captains of Industry Wartime Manufacturing	Marine Prospector	Industrial Park Steel Mill Railyard	Statue of Liberty	Rough (15) River (5)
	British	Workshop of the World +25% Gold towards purchasing and +25% Production towards constructing Buildings. +50% cost to Convert Towns into Cities.	Economic Expansionist Pax Britannica Society of Antiquaries Chartered Companies Splendid Isolation	Revenge Antiquarian	Financial Centre Royal Exchange Manufactory	Battersea Power Station	None
	Bugandan	River Raids Receive additional Culture when pillaging Buildings or Improvements equal to the yield or healing gained. Land Units gain the Amphibious keyword, granting no Combat penalties when attacking from embarkation. Costs no Movement to embark and disembark.	Cultural Expansionist 'Nnalubaale Blutabaalo Nyanza	Abambowa Mwami	Kabaka's Lake	Muzibu Azaala Mpanga	Tropical (5) Lake (15)
	French Imperial	Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité You can select the Celebration effects of any Government in the Modern Age.	Diplomatic Militaristic Belle Époque Voie Triomphale Grande Armée Code Civil des Français	Garde Impériale Jacobin	Avenue Jardin à la Française Salon	Eiffel Tower	Wine (5)
	Meiji Japanese	Goisshin When you Overbuild a Building, receive Science equal to 50% of the new Building's Production cost.	Militaristic Scientific Bunmei Kaika Oath in Five Articles Supreme War Council Kantai Kessen	Mikasa Zero	Zaibatsu Ginkō Jukogyo	Dogo Onsen	Grassland (5) Coastal (150)
	Mexican	Revolución Start with a unique Government type, Revolución. This Government has one Celebration effect, granting a 30% Culture boost for 10 turns. Cannot enter any other Government type.	Cultural Diplomatic Planes Políticos Plan of Iguala Plan of Ayutla Plan of Tuxtepec	Soldaderas Revolucionario	Zócalo Catedral Portal de Mercaderes	Palacio de Bellas Artes	Desert (5) Plains (5)
	Mughal	Paradise of Nations +75% Gold from all sources. -25% to all other yields.	Economic Expansionist Zabt Jagir Mansabdari Gardens of Paradise	Sepoy Zamindar	Stepwell	Red Fort	Flat (15)
	Nepalese	Roof of the World All Warehouse Buildings apply to Mountain tiles, but they cost +1 Gold and Happiness maintenance.	Cultural Diplomatic Sagarmatha Jyumdo Bagha Singha Durbar Gorkhapatra	Gurkha Sherpa	Highland Power Station	Boudhanath	Mountainous (20)
	Ottoman	Devlet-i 'Aliye-i 'Osmâniye Archaeology Ruins in the Ottomans' territory generate an additional Artifact for all players. Infantry and Naval Units receive increased Combat Strength when attacking.				Sultanahmet Camii Sultanahmet Camii
	Prussian	Blood and Iron Units receive +1 Combat Strength for every Unfriendly or worse Relationship with other civilizations.	Diplomatic Militaristic Ruhr Zollverein Ems Dispatch Bewegungskrieg	Hussar Stuka	Staatseisenbahn	Brandenburg Gate	Niter (5)
	Qajar	Kayānī Crown Increased Influence toward supporting Diplomatic Actions.	Diplomatic Expansionist The Sun Throne Twelve Gates Neẓām-e J̌adīd	Gholām Sardār	Bāq Ghahve Khane Takyeh	Eram Garden	Desert (5) Plains (5)
	Qing	Kang Qian Shengshi +4 Gold, +3 Culture, and +2 Influence from Imported Resources, but -1 Science from Imported Resources.	Economic Expansionist Ten Great Campaigns Open Customs Kang Xi Tax Reformation Stabilizing Frontier	Gusa Hangshang	Huiguan Shiguan Qianzhuang	Chengde Mountain Resort	Grassland (15)
	Russian	Prosveshchenie +1 Culture and +1 Science on Districts, doubled in Tundra.	Cultural Scientific Serfdom Table of Ranks Samoderzhaviye	Cossack Katyusha Rocket Launcher	Obshchina	Hermitage	Tundra (15)   Furs (5)
	Siamese	Itsaraphab Grants a unique Diplomatic Action, Itsaraphab, to immediately convert an Independent Power to a City-State with you as the suzerain at a higher Influence cost than Befriending Independents.	Cultural Diplomatic Nine Gems Mandala Sriwilai	Chang Beun Uparat	Bang	Doi Suthep	Ivory (5)

Independent Powers

Independent Power	People	Type	Affinity	Biome	Notes
Oyo-Ile	Oyo	Expansionist	Friendly	Plains	Capital of the Oyo Empire
Stone Town	Zanzibari	Economic	Friendly	Tropical	Capital of the Sultanate of Zanzibar
Addis Ababa	Ethiopian	Scientific	Friendly	Desert	Capital of Ethiopia
Kumasi	Ashanti	Expansionist	Neutral	Plains	Capital of the Asante Empire
Marrakesh	Moroccan	Economic	Neutral	Desert	Capital of the Saadi Sultanate
Hamdullahi	Massina	Diplomatic	Hostile	Plains	Capital of the Caliphate of Hamdullahi
Abomey	Dahomey	Militaristic	Hostile	Plains	Capital of Dahomey
Antananarivo	Merina	Economic	Hostile	Grassland	Capital of the Merina Kingdom
Omdurman	Sudanese	Expansionist	Hostile	Desert	Major city in Sudan
Ezogashima	Ainu	Cultural	Neutral	Tundra	Old name for Hokkaido
Phú Xuân	Vietnamese	Scientific	Hostile	Tropical	Capital of the Nguyễn dynasty
Hanseong	Joseon	Scientific	Neutral	Grassland	Capital of Joseon
Geneva	Swiss	Diplomatic	Friendly	Tundra	Second-most populous city in Switzerland
Lisbon	Portuguese	Economic	Friendly	Plains	Capital of Portugal
Belgrade	Serbian	Diplomatic	Neutral	Grassland	Capital of Serbia
Vienna	Austrian	Cultural	Neutral	Tundra	Capital of Austria
Helsinki	Finnish	Diplomatic	Neutral	Tundra	Capital of Finland
Dublin	Irish	Diplomatic	Neutral	Grassland	Capital of Ireland
Bucharest	Wallachian	Militaristic	Hostile	Grassland	Capital of Wallachia
Munich	Bavarian	Scientific	Friendly	Tundra	Capital of the Kingdom of Bavaria; removed in Update 1.2.0
San Marino	Sammarinese	Diplomatic	Friendly	Tundra	Capital of San Marino
Monaco	Monégasque	Cultural	Friendly	Plains	Capital of Monaco
Gujranwala	Sikh	Militaristic	Hostile	Tundra	Capital of the Sikh Empire
Kathmandu	Nepali	Cultural	Neutral	Tundra	Capital of Nepal
Punakha	Bhutanese	Cultural	Neutral	Tundra	Former capital of Bhutan
Kandy	Kandyan	Scientific	Friendly	Tropical	Сapital of the Kingdom of Kandy
Tehran	Qajar	Scientific	Neutral	Desert	Сapital of Qajar Iran
Qal'ai Khumb	Darvaz	Scientific	Neutral	Desert	Сapital of Darvaz
Muscat	Omani	Economic	Friendly	Desert	Сapital of Oman
Inuit Nunangat	Inuit	Cultural	Neutral	Tundra	Homeland of the Inuit
Big Timbers	Comanche	Expansionist	Neutral	Grassland	Area in Colorado used as a native campsite
Aaní	Tlingit	Scientific	Friendly	Tundra	Homeland of the Tlingit
Moson Kahni	Shoshone	Economic	Friendly	Plains	Wintering town used by the Northern Shoshone tribe
Indeislun Nakah	Nde	Militaristic	Hostile	Desert	Homeland of the Mescalaro tribe of the Nde people
Bogotá	Colombian	Scientific	Friendly	Desert	Сapital of Colombia
Paha Sapa	Lakota	Militaristic	Hostile	Plains	Lakota name of the Black Hills mountain range
Fortín Mbororé	Guarani	Cultural	Neutral	Tropical	Village of the Guarani people
Byti	Ge	Economic	Neutral	Tropical	Kayapo name for the Xingu River
Panghsang	Wa	Militaristic	Hostile	Grassland	Сapital of Wa State
Taunggyi	Shan	Cultural	Neutral	Tundra	Сapital of Shan State
Lagawe	Ifugao	Expansionist	Hostile	Tropical	Сapital of Ifugao
Mandalay	Burmese	Scientific	Neutral	Tropical	Сapital of the Konbaung dynasty
Malé	Dhivehin	Economic	Neutral	Grassland	Сapital of the Maldives
Mwibele	Luba	Expansionist	Friendly	Tropical	Сapital of the Luba Empire
Ternate	Ternate	Diplomatic	Hostile	Tropical	Сapital of the Sultanate of Ternate
Kutaraja	Aceh	Expansionist	Hostile	Tropical	Сapital of the Aceh Sultanate
Denpasar	Balinese	Cultural	Friendly	Tropical	City in the Bali Kingdom
Herat	Afghan	Militaristic	Hostile	Plains	Сapital of the Durrani Empire
Bukhara	Bukharan	Expansionist	Neutral	Desert	Сapital of the Emirate of Bukhara
Tashkent	Kokand	Militaristic	Hostile	Desert	Сapital of the Tashkent State
Apia	Sāmoan	Diplomatic	Friendly	Tropical	Сapital of Samoa
Maungakiekie	Māori	Cultural	Friendly	Grassland	Volcanic peak culturally important for the Maori people

Civics

Modern Age unique civics

Unique Civic	Unique to	Culture cost	Unlocks	Mastery unlocks	Leads to
Yankee Ingenuity	American	2000	Steel Mill Gold Rush	+25% Gold towards purchasing Prospectors.	Wartime Manufacturing
Captains of Industry		2000	Railyard Robber Baron	+2 Production on Resources. +1 Settlement Limit.	Wartime Manufacturing
Wartime Manufacturing		3000	+3 Combat Strength for Units that are adjacent to more than 1 enemy Unit. Statue of Liberty	+25% Production towards Military Units when fighting a War in which your Support is higher than your opponent. Lend-Lease	N/A
Pax Britannica	British	2070	+3 Production to Settlements for every Factory Resource assigned to them. Royal Exchange	Manufactory Battersea Power Station	Society of Antiquaries
Society of Antiquaries		2300	+1 Movement for Civilian Units. Proceedings	N/A	Chartered Companies Splendid Isolation
Chartered Companies		2530	+1 Resource Capacity in Settlements with a Port. East India Company	N/A	N/A
Splendid Isolation		2530	+3 Combat Strength for Units when yielding negative Gold per turn at the start of the turn. +1 Settlement Limit. No Eternal Allies	N/A	N/A
'Nnalubaale	Bugandan	2000	Kabaka's Lake +2 Culture and Food on Lakes and Navigable Rivers.	+1 Movement for embarked Units. Clan Society Muzibu Azaala Mpanga	Blutabaalo
Blutabaalo		3000	+50% yields and healing from pillaging Buildings.	Pillaging grants experience to friendly Commanders when acting within their Command Radius. Ng'oma	Nyanza
Nyanza		4000	+1 Culture and Happiness on Quarters adjacent to Lakes and Navigable Rivers.	+1 Population in Settlements adjacent to Lakes. Interlacustrine
Belle Époque	French Imperial	2000	Salon Style Empire	+2 Culture on Happiness Buildings and Wonders.	Grande Armée
Voie Triomphale		2000	Jardin à la Française Cocorico	+2 Happiness on Military Buildings and Wonders. +1 Settlement Limit.	Grande Armée
Grande Armée		3000	Commanders immediately gain a promotion. New Commanders start with a promotion.	+2 Combat Strength for Units for each adjacent friendly Military Unit. Bataillon-Carré	Code Civil des Français
Code Civil des Français		4000	+2 Culture for every Social Policy slotted into the Government. Eiffel Tower	N/A	N/A
Bunmei Kaika	Meiji Japanese	2000	Jukogyo +50% Production towards constructing Production and Military Buildings. Fukoku Kyōhei Dogo Onsen	N/A	Supreme War Council
Oath in Five Articles		2000	Ginkō O-yatoi Gaikokujin +50% Production towards constructing Science Buildings.	N/A	Supreme War Council
Supreme War Council		3000	+25% Production towards training Naval and Air Units. Shusei Kokubō	N/A	Kantai Kessen
Kantai Kessen		4000	+3 Combat Strength for Units on or adjacent to Coastal tiles. Kōkūtai	N/A	N/A
Planes Políticos	Mexican	2000	Catedral Portal de Mercaderes Corridos	+1 Social Policy slot. Palacio de Bellas Artes	Plan of Iguala Plan of Ayutla Plan of Tuxtepec
Plan of Iguala		3000	Unlock an additional Celebration effect, granting 40% Production towards Military Units for 10 turns. Cry of Dolores	N/A	N/A
Plan of Ayutla		3000	Unlock an additional Celebration effect, granting 50% Influence towards initiating Diplomatic Actions for 10 turns. La Reforma	N/A	N/A
Plan of Tuxtepec		3000	Unlock an additional Celebration effect, granting 30% Science for 10 turns. Order and Progress	N/A	N/A
Zabt	Mughal	2000	Stepwell Jins-i Kamil +1 Gold on Farms.	N/A	Jagir Mansabdari
Jagir		3000	+1 Happiness on Farms. Qilachas	+1 Production on Resources. +1 Settlement Limit.	Gardens of Paradise
Mansabdari		3000	+25% Gold towards purchasing Infantry Units. Gunpowder Empire Red Fort	N/A	Gardens of Paradise
Gardens of Paradise		4000	Wonders can be purchased with Gold. Mayūrāsana	N/A	N/A
Sagarmatha	Nepalese	2070	Highland Power Station Food and Science Buildings receive adjacency from Mountains. Claimed Mountains will now receive a Highland Power Station.	Sherpas can activate on an unowned Mountain tiles within 5 tiles of one of your Settlements Palace or City Hall. A path of tiles is claimed back to the Settlement and the Mountain tile is improved immediately with a Highland Power Station.	Jyumdo Bagha Singha Durbar
Jyumdo Bagha		2300	All Districts adjacent to Mountains receive Fortifications, as a one time effect.	Units complete Fortifications in 1 turn if adjacent to a Mountain. Tundikhel	Gorkhapatra
Singha Durbar		2300	Boudhanath	+3 Influence on Culture Buildings. Maitri Sanadhi	Gorkhapatra
Gorkhapatra		2530	+2 Great Work slots on Museums. Himāl	N/A	N/A
Ruhr	Prussian	2000	All Buildings gain +1 Production adjacency from Navigable Rivers.	+1 Science on Resources Coking	Zollverein
Zollverein		2000	Allows establishing and keeping Trade Routes with Cities you are at War with. +1 Settlement Limit.	+25% Trade yield in Cities connected with the Staatseisenbahn. Mediatization	Ems Dispatch
Ems Dispatch		3000	+25% relationship change from Diplomatic Actions. Realpolitik Brandenburg Gate	N/A	Bewegungskrieg
Bewegungskrieg		4000	Cavalry Units gain the Skirmish ability, providing +50% Combat Strength from Flanking bonuses. Iron Cross	N/A	N/A
Neẓām-e J̌adīd	Qajar	3000	+1 Combat Strength for Land Units for every 2 Settlements owned below Settlement Limit. Qullarāqāsi	N/A	Twelve Gates
The Sun Throne		2000	Soleymaniyeh Palace Eram Garden Takyeh	When supporting an Endeavor, receive +200 Culture while the other leader receives +100 Gold.	Twelve Gates
Twelve Gates		2000	Waqāye'-e Ettefāqiya Ghahve Khane	+10 Food and +10 Production in the Capital for every Settlement owned below Settlement Limit.	N/A
Ten Great Campaigns	Qing	2000	+1 Combat Strength for all Units for every other civilization and City-State with which you have a Trade Route. Chuang Guandong	N/A	Open Customs Kang Xi Tax Reformation
Open Customs		3000	Qianzhuang Cohong +1 Culture for every Imported Resource. +1 Settlement Limit.	N/A	Stabilizing Frontier
Kang Xi Tax Reformation		3000	Shiguan Farmland Assessment +2 Food from Resources assigned to Cities.	N/A	Stabilizing Frontier
Stabilizing Frontier		4000	+2 Happiness from Resources assigned to Cities. Banner Army Chengde Mountain Resort	N/A	N/A
Serfdom	Russian	2000	Obshchina +1 Food on Farms in Towns.	+1 Production on Farms in Towns on Tundra. Emancipation Reform	Table of Ranks
Table of Ranks		3000	+1 Gold on Districts in Cties. Hermitage	+1 Culture on Districts in Cities on Tundra. +1 Settlement Limit. Westernization	Samoderzhaviye
Samoderzhaviye		4000	Units are immune to damage from blizzards. Enemy Units in your territory take double damage from blizzards. General Moroz	+1% total Culture for every City, or +2% if the City is on Tundra.	N/A
Nine Gems	Siamese	2000	Bang State Railway +2 Culture for every Civilization relationship above Friendly status.	+2 Influence for every Civilization relationship above Friendly status. Sakdina	Mandala
Mandala		3000	+6 Combat Strength for Chang Beun Units in or adjacent to City-States you are suzerain of. Prathetsarat	+3 Culture on the Palace for every City-State you are suzerain of. Mueang Doi Suthep	Sriwilai
Sriwilai		4000	+2 Culture for every active Diplomatic Action with another civilization.	+5 Culture and +2 Gold for every Trade Route with another civilization.	N/A

Units

Military Units

	Cavalry	Infantry	Ranged	Siege	Heavy Naval	Light Naval	Stealth Naval
Tier 1	Cuirassier	Line Infantry	Field Cannon	Mortar	Ship of the Line	Ironclad
	Cossack (Russian) Gholām (Qajar) Hussar (Prussian)	Abambowa (Bugandan) Garde Impériale (French Imperial) Gurkha (Nepalese) Gusa (Qing) Sepoy (Mughal) Soldaderas (Mexican) Partisan (City-State)	Chang Beun (Siamese)
Tier 2	Landship	Rifle Infantry	Field Gun	Howitzer	Dreadnought	Cruiser
		Marine (American)		Katyusha Rocket Launcher (Russian)	Mikasa (Meiji Japanese) Revenge (British)
Tier 3	Tank	Infantry Company	AT Gun	Assault Gun	Battleship	Destroyer	Submarine

Air Units

	Fighter Air	Ground Attack Air	Siege Air
Tier 2	Biplane	Trench Fighter	Bomber
	Zero (Meiji Japanese)	Stuka (Prussian)
Tier 3	Fighter	Dive Bomber	Heavy Bomber

Civilian Units

• Explorer
  • Antiquarian (British)
• Merchant
  • Hangshang (Qing)
• Great Banker
• Migrant
• Prospector (American)
• Scout
  • Sherpa (Nepalese)
• Settler
  • Zamindar (Mughal)
• Trade Caravan
• Trade Ship

Commanders

• Aerodrome Commander
• Aircraft Carrier
• Army Commander
  • Mwami (Bugandan)
  • Sardār (Qajar)
  • Trung Nhi (Trung Trac)
• Fleet Commander
• Squadron Commander

Great People

• Jacobin (French Imperial)
• Revolucionario (Mexican)
• Uparat (Siamese)

Buildings

All Modern Buildings have 4 Gold and 4 Happiness maintenance cost, with the following exceptions:

• Warehouse Buildings have no maintenance cost.
• Gold Buildings have no Gold maintenance cost.
• Happiness Buildings have no Happiness maintenance cost.

Building	Unlocked	Production cost	Base yields and effects	Adjacency Bonus	Type	Placement Requirements	Pillage Yields
Aerodrome	Flight	840	+9 Production. Allows training of Air Units. Spawn location for trained Air Units. Packed Fighter Air Units have +1 Intercept Range.	N/A	Military	Flat terrain. Cannot be paired with another Building.	120
Cannery	Mass Production	420	+9 Food. +10% Growth Rate.	+1 Food per Coast, Navigable River or Wonder.	Food	N/A	360
City Park	N/A	420	+9 Happiness. +1 Happiness if placed on Vegetation.	+1 Happiness per Mountain, Natural Wonder or Wonder.	Happiness	N/A	120
Defensive Fortifications	Military Science	500	Adds 100 HP to the District. +15 Combat Strength to defending Units on the tile.	N/A	Fortification	City Center or adjacent to another Fortified District.	N/A
Department Store	Urbanization	780	+12 Happiness. +1 Resource slot.	+1 Happiness per Mountain, Natural Wonder or Wonder.	Happiness	N/A	120
Factory	Mass Production	780	+12 Production. Allows one type of Factory Resource to be slotted in this Settlement. +1 Resource slot.	+1 Production per Resource.	Production Resource	Settlement connected to the Capital by Railroad. Can be purchased in Towns	120
Grocer	N/A	535	+4 Food. +1 Food on Camps, Farms, Fishing Boats, Pastures, Plantations, and uncultivated Rural tiles.	N/A	Warehouse Food	N/A	360
Ironworks	Steam Engine	535	+4 Production. +1 Production on Mines, Quarries, Woodcutters, Clay Pits and Mountains.	N/A	Warehouse Production	N/A	120
Laboratory	Electricity	780	+12 Science. +1 Science on Quarters.	+1 Science per Resource or Wonder.	Science	N/A	120
Launch Pad	Rocketry	1560	+24 Science. Unlocks the Launch Satellite project.	N/A	Science	Flat Terrain. Cannot be paired with another Building.	120
Military Academy	Military Science	420	+9 Production. Grants a free Level to Commanders trained in this City. Spawn location for trained Military Units.	+1 Production per Resource or Wonder.	Military	N/A	120
Modern Bridge	Urbanization II	500	+6 Gold. Allows Land Units to cross Navigable river without embarking. Unaffected by Floods.	N/A	Gold	Navigable River Can be purchased in Towns.	360
Museum	Natural History	420	+9 Culture. Has 3 Great Work slots.	+1 Culture per Mountain, Natural Wonder or Wonder.	Culture	N/A	120
Opera House	Urbanization	780	+12 Culture. +3 Influence.	+1 Culture per Mountain, Natural Wonder or Wonder.	Culture	N/A	120
Port	Steam Engine	420	+9 Gold. +2 Resource slots. Spawn location for trained Naval Units.	+1 Gold per Coast, Navigable River or Wonder.	Gold	Coast Can be purchased in Towns	360
Radio Station	Radio	700	+9 Influence. +9 Happiness.	+1 Happiness per Mountain, Natural Wonder or Wonder.	Happiness Diplomacy	N/A	120
Rail Station	Industrialization	840	+18 Gold. +10% Production towards training Units in Cities with a Railroad. Upgrades any Roads to Settlements that also have a Rail Station into Railroads. Allows Units to move from one Settlement with a Rail Station to another.	N/A	Gold	Cannot be paired with another Building. Can be purchased in Towns	360
Schoolhouse	Academics	420	+9 Science.	+1 Science per Resource or Wonder.	Science	N/A	120
Stock Exchange	Electricity	780	+12 Gold. +1 Gold on Quarters.	+1 Gold per Coast, Navigable River or Wonder.	Gold	N/A	360
Tenement	Radio	780	+12 Food. +1 Happiness on Quarters.	+1 Food per Coast, Navigable River or Wonder.	Food	N/A	360

Modern Age unique buildings

Building	Unique to	Unlocked	Production cost	Base yields and effects	Adjacency Bonus	Type	Placement Requirements	Pillage Yields
Railyard	American	Captains of Industry	600	+9 Production.	+1 Production per Quarter or Wonder.	Production	N/A	120
Steel Mill		Yankee Ingenuity	600	+9 Production.	+1 Gold per Resource or Wonder.	Production	N/A	120
Manufactory	British	Pax Britannica II	600	+9 Production.	+1 Production per Resource or Wonder. +1 Gold per Navigable River Tile.	Production	N/A	120
Royal Exchange		Pax Britannica	600	+9 Gold.	+1 Gold per Quarter or Wonder.	Gold	N/A	360
Jardin à la Française	French Imperial	Voie Triomphale	600	+9 Culture.	+1 Happiness per Culture Building or Wonder.	Culture	N/A	120
Salon		Belle Époque	600	+9 Happiness.	+1 Culture per Happiness Building or Wonder.	Happiness	N/A	120
Jukogyo	Meiji Japanese	Bunmei Kaika	600	+9 Production.	+1 Production per Coast or Wonder.	Production	N/A	120
Ginkō		Oath in Five Articles	600	+9 Gold.	+1 Happiness per Gold Building or Wonder.	Gold	N/A	360
Portal de Mercaderes	Mexican	Planes Políticos	600	+9 Culture.	+1 Gold per Gold Building or Wonder.	Culture	N/A	120
Catedral		Planes Políticos	600	+9 Culture.	+1 Happiness per Culture Building or Wonder.	Culture	N/A	120
Ghahve Khane	Qajar	Twelve Gates	600	+9 Food.	+1 Happiness per Gold Building or Wonder.	Food	N/A	120
Takyeh		The Sun Throne II	600	+9 Happiness.	+1 Influence per Culture Building or Wonder.	Happiness	N/A	120
Shiguan	Qing	Kang Xi Tax Reformation	600	+9 Science.	+1 Happiness per Happiness Building or Wonder.	Science	N/A	120
Qianzhuang		Open Customs	600	+9 Gold.	+1 Gold per Gold Building or Wonder.	Gold	N/A	360

Tile Improvements

Standard improvements

Improvement	Effects	Placement
Clay Pit	+1 Production from Brickyard, and Ironworks.	Wet
Expedition Base	-	Natural Wonders Mountainous
Farm	+1 Food from Granary, Gristmill, and Grocer.	Flat
Woodcutter	+1 Production from Saw Pit, Sawmill, and Ironworks.	Vegetated Tiles with Cocoa, Hardwood, Quinine, Rubber, and Spices.
Fishing Boat	+1 Food from Fishing Quay, and Grocer.	Coastal and Navigable River Tiles with Cowrie, Crabs, Fish, Pearls, and Whales.
Mine	+1 Production from Brickyard, Ironworks, Stonecutter, Guilds II, Industrialization II, and Masonry.	Rough Tiles with Coal, Gold, Iron, Niter, Silver, and Tin.
Camp	+1 Production from Saw Pit, and Sawmill. +1 Food from Grocer.	Tiles with Furs, Ivory and Truffles.
Oil Rig	-	Tiles with Oil.
Pasture	+1 Food from Granary, Gristmill, and Grocer.	Tiles with Horses, and Llamas
Plantation	+1 Food from Granary, Gristmill, and Grocer.	Tiles with Citrus, Coffee, Cotton, Rice, Silk, Sugar, Tea, Tobacco, and Wine.
Quarry	+1 Production from Brickyard, Ironworks, and Stonecutter.	Tiles with Jade, Kaolin, Limestone, and Marble.

Civilization unique improvements

Improvement	Unique to	Unlocked by	Effects	Placement
Bang	Siamese	Nine Gems	+3 Culture and +3 Happiness.	Must be built on a Navigable River.
Highland Power Station	Nepalese		+3 Production and +3 Culture.	Can only be built on Mountainous terrain by a Sherpa using its Claim Mountain special action.
Kabaka's Lake	Bugandan	'Nnalubaale	+3 Happiness. Receives Lake yield bonuses, including yields for all Buganda's abilities and the Muzibu Azaala Mpanga Wonder.	Must be built on Flat terrain. One per Settlement.
Obshchina	Russian	Serfdom	+2 Food on all Farms in this Settlement. +2 Culture if built on a Tundra tile.	Must be built on an existing Tile Improvement not adjacent to another Obshchina.
Staatseisenbahn	Prussian		+2 Gold and +2 Production on Rural tiles with a Staatseisenbahn in your territory.	Automatically built via normal Railroad rules when a Rail Station is constructed in two connected Cities.
Stepwell	Mughal	Zabt	+2 Gold. +2 Food from adjacent Farms.	Must be built on a Flat tile not adjacent to another Stepwell.

City-state unique improvements

Improvement	City-State Type	Effects	Placement
Abattoir	Expansionist	+5 Food. +1 Food and -1 Happiness on each Abattoir in this Settlement.	Eexisting Improvement with a Food yield.
Circus Fair	Diplomatic	+6 Happiness. +1 Influence when built in Cities.	Settlements with at least 15 Population.
Entrepôt	Economic	+5 Gold. +1 Gold on every Navigable River tile in this Settlement.	Navigable River tile not adjacent to another Entrepôt.
Institute	Scientific	+5 Science. +2 Science on adjacent Wet or Vegetated terrain.	Cannot be adjacent to another Institute.
Open-Air Museum	Cultural	+5 Culture. +2 Science for each adjacent Tropical tile. +2 Culture for each adjacent Tundra tile. +2 Gold for each adjacent Desert tile.	One per Settlement.
Shore Battery	Militaristic	+5 Production. +3 Ranged Strength and +1 Range to Ranged and Siege Units in this tile. +5 HP healing per turn to Military Units on this tile.	Adjacent to Coast.

Wonders

Wonder	Production	Associated with	Req.	Effects	Placement
Battersea Power Station	1000	British	Electricity II Pax Britannica II	+4 Production. When training a Naval Unit, receive an additional Naval Unit of the same type.	Adjacent to water.
Boudhanath	1000	Nepalese	Nationalism Singha Durbar	+6 Influence. Increase your relationship with all other leaders by +20.	On a Tropical tile and adjacent to a Mountain.
Brandenburg Gate	1400	Prussian	Militarism II Ems Dispatch	+6 Production. +1 Support on all Wars. +1 Settlement Limit.	Adjacent to a District.
Chengde Mountain Resort	1400	Qing	Hegemony II Stabilizing Frontier	+6 Gold. +5% Culture for every other civilization with which you have a Trade Route with.	Adjacent to a Mountain.
Dogo Onsen	1000	Meiji Japanese	Social Question Bunmei Kaika	+4 Happiness. This Settlement gains 1 Population upon entering a Celebration.	Adjacent to a Coastal tile.
Doi Suthep	1000	Siamese	Political Theory Mandala II	+4 Influence. +5 Culture and +5 Gold for every City-State you are suzerain of.	On a Rough tile.
Eiffel Tower	1200	French Imperial	Radio Code Civil des Français	+5 Culture. +3 Culture and +3 Happiness on Quarters in this Settlement.	Adjacent to a District.
Eram Garden		Qajar	Hegemony The Sun Throne	+4 Food Increased Specialist Limit in this City.	On a Desert tile.
Hermitage	1000	Russian	Modernization Table of Ranks	+4 Culture. +5 Culture in Cities that have a Great Work on display. Has 3 Great Work slots.	On a Tundra tile.
Manhattan Project	1200		Completed Ideology (Legacy Path)	Grants a Nuclear Weapon. Grants the ability to build additional Nuclear Weapons via the Produce Nuclear Weapon project. Unlocks the Operation Ivy project.
Muzibu Azaala Mpanga	1000	Bugandan	Natural History 'Nnalubaale II	+4 Food. +4 Culture and Food on Improvements and Districts on Lake tiles.	Adjacent to a Lake
Oxford University	1000		Academics	+4 Science. Grants 2 free Technologies. +1 Wildcard Attribute Point.	Adjacent to a District.
Palacio de Bellas Artes	1200	Mexican	Globalism II Planes Políticos II	+5 Culture. +3 Happiness on Great Works. Has 3 Artifact slots. Gain 1 Artifact.	Adjacent to an Urban District.
Red Fort	1000	Mughal	Military Science Mansabdari	+4 Gold and +4 Production. Acts as a Fortified District that must be conquered. +50 HP to this tile and all City Centers.	Adjacent to a District.
Statue of Liberty	1400	American	Capitalism II Wartime Manufacturing	+6 Happiness. Spawns 4 Migrants.	On a Coastal tile adjacent to land.
Sultanahmet Camii Sultanahmet Camii		Ottoman
Taj Mahal	1200		Nationalism II	+5 Gold. +50% Celebration duration. +1 Wildcard Attribute Point.	On a Plains tile.
Ubudiah Mosque	1000		Urbanization	+4 Happiness. +50% to all yields on Improvements in this Settlement.	On Wet terrain.
World's Fair	3000		Completed Geographic Society (Legacy Path)	Wins the Cultural Victory.

Governments

Government	Celebration effects
Authoritarianism	+30% Production towards training Military Units for 6 turns. +3 Combat Strength for all Units for 6 turns.
Bureaucratic Monarchy	+20% Gold for 6 turns. +30% Relationship change from Endeavors and Sanctions for 6 turns.
Elective Republic	+20% Culture for 6 turns. +20% Science for 6 turns.
Revolución	+30% Culture for 10 turns. +50% Influence towards initiating all Diplomatic Actions for 10 turns. (Req. Plan of Ayutla) +30% Science for 10 turns. (Req. Plan of Tuxtepec) +40% Production towards training Military Units for 10 turns. (Req. Plan of Iguala)

Social Policies

Social Policies

Social Policy	Required Civic	Effects
Ambassadors	Globalism	+6 Influence per turn.
Civil Engineering	Modernization	+30% Production towards overbuilding.
Cultural Imperialism	Hegemony	+6 Culture and +6 Gold for every City-State you are suzerain of.
Demagogy	Nationalism	Gain Happiness on the Palace equal to your Cultural Attribute.
Draft	Militarism II	+25% Gold towards purchasing Units and -1 Gold maintenance for Units.
Free Speech	Political Theory	+50% Food and +50% Happiness towards maintaining Specialists.
Humanism	Social Question	+2 Culture from Specialists, but +50% Specialist Happiness maintenance.
Laissez-Faire	Capitalism	+2 Gold and +1 Happiness for each imported Resource.
Land Heritage	Natural History	+2 Happiness on Mountains. +6 Culture on Natural Wonders.
Living Standards	Modernization	+25% Gold and +25% Happiness towards maintaining Buildings.
Materiel	Militarism	Units Heal +10 HP. +1 Movement for fleets and armies.
Monopolies	Capitalism II	+3 Gold in every Settlement with a Factory. +1 Resource slot.
People's Army	Nationalism II	+25% Production towards training Land Units, but +1 Gold maintenance for those Units.
Preservation Societies	Globalism II	+3 Science from displayed Great Works.
Projection of Force	Militarism II	+50% Production towards trainining Naval Units, but +1 Gold maintenance for those Units.
Social Science	Social Question	+2 Science from Specialists, but +50% Specialist Food maintenance.
Sphere of Influence	Hegemony II	Gain Culture equal to your Diplomatic Attribute for every Alliance you have.
Trenchworks	Militarism	+3 Combat Strength for fortified Units and Districts.

Ideology Policies

Democracy

Ideology Policy	Required Civic	Effects
Avant Garde	Progressivism	+2 Culture and Happiness from displayed Great Works.
Fireside Chats	Democracy	+4 Happiness from Specialists. -3 Gold in Towns.
Free Press	Liberalism	Towns get Culture equal to your Cultural Attribute. -5 Science in Cities.
New Deal	Progressivism	+30% Production towards Wonders.
Suffrage	Democracy	+3 Culture from Specialists. -3 Production in Towns.
Their Finest Hour	Progressivism	+25% Production towards Air Units. +5 Combat Strength for Air Units in your territory.
Welfare State	Liberalism	Towns get Happiness equal to your Diplomatic Attribute. -5 Production in Cities.

Fascism

Ideology Policy	Required Civic	Effects
Assembly Line	Fascism	+2 Production from Specialists. -2 Food in Towns.
Dirigisme	Fascism	+4 Gold from Specialists. -3 Happiness in Towns.
Military-Industrial Complex	Absolutism	+50% Production towards training all Military Units, but +1 Gold maintenance for all Units.
Propaganda	Radicalism	Towns gain Gold equal to your Economic Attribute. -5 Culture in Cities.
Scorched Earth	Absolutism	+3 Combat Strength for all Units when attacking. +25% yields and HP from pillaging.

Communism

Ideology Policy	Required Civic	Effects
Collectivization	Centralism	Towns gain Food equal to your Expansionist Attribute. -5 Happiness in Cities.
Defense of the Motherland	Socialism	+3 Combat Strength for all Land Units in your own territory.
Naukograd	Centralism	Towns gain Science equal to your Scientific Attribute. -5 Culture in Cities.
Police State	Socialism	+8 Happiness in Cities while at War.
Productive Forces Determinism	Communism	+3 Science from Specialists. -3 Gold in Towns.
Proletariat	Communism	+4 Food from Specialists. -3 Happiness in Towns.
Public Works	Socialism	+30% Production towards completing projects.

Traditions

Tradition	Civilization	Required Civic	Effects
Gold Rush	American	Yankee Ingenuity	+5 Gold in Settlements for every Resource assigned to them.
Robber Baron		Captains of Industry	+2 Influence in Settlements for each Resource assigned to them.
Lend-Lease		Wartime Manufacturing II	+25 Gold and +5 Influence for every Trade Route.
Proceedings	British	Society of Antiquaries	Cities with both a Great Work and a Resource slotted receive +4 Culture and Science.
East India Company		Chartered Companies	+5 Gold in Towns.
No Eternal Allies		Splendid Isolation	+10% Food and Gold in Towns, but -5% Gold in the Capital for every Alliance.
Clan Society	Bugandan	'Nnalubaale II	+3 Happiness in Settlements for each other friendly Settlement within 6 tiles.
Ng'oma		Blutabaalo II	+6 Combat Strength when Units are adjacent to a Lake.
Interlacustrine		Nyanza	All Buildings gain adjacency from Lakes.
Style Empire	French Imperial	Belle Époque	Constructing a Building grants Culture equal to 25% of its Production cost.
Cocorico		Voie Triomphale	When you defeat an enemy Unit, gain Culture equal to 25% of its Combat Strength.
Bataillon-Carré		Grande Armée II	Infantry Units gain the Swift ability, allowing them to ignore Zone of Control.
Reign of Terror		Maximilien Robespierre	+3 Culture on Quarters, but -25% Growth Rate in Cities.
Fukoku Kyōhei	Meiji Japanese	Bunmei Kaika	When you train an Air or Naval Unit, receive Science equal to 25% of its Production cost.
O-yatoi Gaikokujin		Oath in Five Articles	+1 Production and Science from Specialists.
Shusei Kokubō		Supreme War Council	Military Buildings receive a Production adjacency from Coast.
Kōkūtai		Kantai Kessen	+6 Combat Strength for Air Units attacking an enemy Units engaged by a Naval Unit.
Corridos	Mexican	Planes Políticos	+2 Happiness in Settlements for every Tradition slotted into the Government.
Order and Progress		Plan of Tuxtepec	+1 Science in Settlements for every Tradition slotted into the Government.
Cry of Dolores		Plan of Iguala	+1 Combat Strength for Land and Naval Units in friendly territory for every Tradition slotted into the Government.
La Reforma		Plan of Ayutla	+1 Culture in Settlements for every Tradition slotted into the Government.
Jins-i Kamil	Mughal	Zabt	+1 Food and Gold on Farms for each adjacent Plantation, and on Plantations for each adjacent Farm.
Qilachas		Jagir	+2 Gold on Quarters with Walls.
Gunpowder Empire		Mansabdari	+3 Combat Strength for all Units.
Mayūrāsana		Gardens of Paradise	+25% Gold towards purchasing anything.
Himāl	Nepalese	Gorkhapatra	Mountain tiles in your Capital receive +4 Culture. Mountain tiles in your other Settlements receive +2 Culture.
Tundikhel		Jyumdo Bagha II	+3 Combat Strength for all Units adjacent to a Mountain tile, doubled if the Unit is in your territory.
Maitri Sanadhi		Singha Durbar II	+50% Influence towards initiating Endeavors if you have the fewest Settlements, +20% if you don't have the fewest Settlements.
Coking	Prussian	Ruhr II	+1 Production in Cities for every Resource assigned to them.
Mediatization		Zollverein II	+10% Culture in Cities not Founded by you.
Realpolitik		Ems Dispatch	+10% Production in Cities while at War.
Iron Cross		Bewegungskrieg	+3 Combat Strength for Units within the Command Radius of a Commander with a Commendation.
Qullarāqāsi	Qajar	Neẓām-e J̌adīd	Army Commanders that are stationed on a District provide increased Happiness.
Soleymaniyeh Palace		The Sun Throne	Increased Influence for every Population in the Capital.
Waqāye'-e Ettefāqiya		Twelve Gates	Increased Science and Culture in the Capital based on the number of Settlements you have fewer than your Settlement Limit.
Chuang Guandong	Qing	Ten Great Campaigns	+25% Growth Rate in Towns with a Resource assigned to them.
Cohong		Open Customs	+50% Trade Income.
Farmland Assessment		Kang Xi Tax Reformation	+5% Production towards training Land Units.
Banner Army		Stabilizing Frontier	+3 Combat Strength against Land Units.
Emancipation Reform	Russian	Serfdom II	+15% Production and -15% growth in Cities.
Westernization		Table of Ranks II	+15% Science and -15% Culture in Cities.
General Moroz		Samoderzhaviye	+5 Combat Strength for Units in Tundra.
State Railway	Siamese	Nine Gems	+2 Influence from Gold Buildings.
Sakdina		Nine Gems II	+2 Happiness in Cities for each City-State you are suzerain of.
Prathetsarat		Mandala	+20% Influence towards initiating Diplomatic Actions with City-States.
Mueang		Mandala II	+5 Gold for each allied City-State.

Videos

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Related achievements

All Over the Map. Complete all Milestones of the Cultural Legacy Path in Modern. Refers to both the gameplay task of excavating artifacts from many locations across the map and the common phrase meaning 'widespread presence'.

Big Stick Ideology. Complete all Milestones of the Military Legacy Path in Modern. Big stick ideology was a political approach used by former American president Theodore Roosevelt.

It's Not Rocket Science...Yet. Complete all Milestones of the Scientific Legacy Path in Modern. An infamous idiom meaning that something isn't very difficult to understand or do.

Ride the Rails. Complete all Milestones of the Economic Legacy Path in Modern. A phrase describing the act of traveling by train, often without paying for a ticket.

Budding Buddhist. Win the modern age as Ashoka, World Renouncer. A reference to Ashoka being a patron of Buddhism and helping to spread it across Asia.

Can't Touch This. Win the modern age as Jose Rizal. A play on MC Hammer's single 'U Can't Touch This' that also references Rizal's most famous novel Noli Me Tángere - Latin for 'Touch Me Not'.

Eat, Inca, and be Merry. Win the modern age as Pachacuti. Play on the classic phrase 'Eat, drink, and be merry', used in several contexts in certain Bibles.

Ground Breaker/Freedom Fighter. Win the modern age as Harriet Tubman. Refers to Harriet Tubman's historical role as a groundbreaking figure in the fight against slavery ('Ground Breaker') and her efforts to liberate enslaved people ('Freedom Fighter').

Had the last Lafayette. Win the modern age as Lafayette. A play on the phrase 'had the last laugh' and Lafayette's name.

Hit Mach 10. Win the modern age as Machiavelli. Mach 10 is ten times the speed of sound.

Inquisitor Queen Win the modern age as Isabella. A reference to the Spanish Inquisition started by Isabella I and Ferdinand II in 1478, during which Muslims and Jews were expelled from Spain or forcibly converted to Christianity.

Lived up to the Name. Win the modern age as Catherine the Great. Play on Catherine's title of 'the Great'. (In real life, she was also an admirer of Peter the Great, rendering a double meaning.)

Magne Squeeze. Win the modern age as Charlemagne. A play on the phrase 'main squeeze', 1970s American slang referring to someone's romantic partner.

On the Fritz. Win the modern age as Friedrich, Oblique. A play on a phrase that means 'in a bad way or in bad condition' and the common German name 'Fritz', which is a diminutive for 'Friedrich'.

Postmaster and Commander. Win the modern age as Ben Franklin. Refers to Franklin's appointment as the first United States Postmaster General as well as the Patrick O'Brian novel (and subsequent film) Master and Commander.

Proverbial Wisdom. Win the modern age as Confucius. Confucius is responsible for an entire genre of proverbs and parody-proverbs, usually beginning with the phrase 'Confucius say...'; many such real sayings stem from the Analects.

Radiance of the Sun. Win the modern age as Himiko, Queen of Wa. A play on Empire of the Sun (and its 1987 film adaptation) by J. G. Ballard.

Roman of the Hour. Win the modern age as Augustus. A play on 'man of the hour', a phrase used to indicate someone's importance at a particular time.

Sailed the Seven Xerxes. Win the modern age as Xerxes, King of kings. A play on the phrase 'sailed the Seven Seas' and Xerxes' name.

Sisters Before Misters. Win the modern age as Trung Trac. An expression that encourages women to prioritize their female friends over their boyfriends or husbands, and a reference to Trưng Trắc and her sister Trưng Nhị being military leaders during the Chinese invasion of Vietnam.

Son of a Duck. Win the modern age as Ibn Battuta. A reference to Ibn Battuta's laqab, a patronym that literally translates to 'son of the duckling'.

Suted for Battle. Win the modern age as Hatshepsut. A play on the phrase 'suited for battle' and Hatshepsut's name.

Woman-o-war. Win the modern age as Amina. Play on the Man-O-War battleships, but also refers to the voluntary Nigerian paramilitary organization.

Shawnee Deep in Victory. Win the modern age as Tecumseh. A play on the phrase 'knee-deep in...'.

Deep Friedrich. Win the modern age as Friedrich, Baroque. A play on the term 'deep-fried'.

Xerxing Red. Win the modern age as Xerxes, the Achaemenid. A play on the phrase 'surfing red'. Red was the prominent color of the Achaemenid Empire, primarily in its arts.

Enlightened Rule. Win the modern age as Himiko, High Shaman. Play on 'enlightened' using both its common meaning as well as its literal one by way of associating with the sun.

Sorry Not Sorrow. Win the modern age as Ashoka, World Conqueror. Play on the phrase 'sorry not sorry'.

See also

• Modern Age in other games

Civilization VII Ages [edit]
Antiquity Exploration Modern