Modern Era (Civ6)

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The Modern Era is the sixth era in Civilization VI. It is preceded by the Industrial Era and followed by the Atomic Era.

Intro

In the beginning, legends of flying men soared. And today, you are on the brink of transforming those legends into a reality. With flight and new forms of communication you can create a small and intimate world. But at what cost? Our competing ideas of how to govern and how to live threaten to bring conflict on a global scale. You must choose your own path through this rising din of ideological oratory.

Game Info

The Modern Era brings an entire new domain into the battle strategies: the sky! This, along with the continued improvement of gunpowder-based weapons and the development of Urban Defenses, shifts warfare from city-based to area-based. Every commander now has to be aware of long-range weapons which can hit their armies from afar and not even give them the chance to retaliate.

But much more importantly, the Modern Era brings Ideology, and the Tier 3 forms of Government based on it! And these new forms, besides strong advancement for your civilization, bring with them ideological war - the desire to start battle not for rational things like resources or land, but for lofty ideals and dubious systems of value. Just another convenient cause to use your new weapons. Of course, many new Social Policies also appear to go along with these Ideologies and boost greatly various aspects of your empire.

But there are also many developments which have nothing to do with warfare: the final development of city infrastructure, with more and more Tier 3 buildings requiring the new Power resource. More modern, less polluting Power Plants and the first type of Renewable Energy sources will power up this development and launch your empire into the modern times. Mass media will entertain your people while working, and Seaside resorts and National Parks will give them places to rest from work and connect with nature. And also to bring many more Tourists to any civilization aspiring towards a Cultural victory!

Modern Era start

• When starting a game in the Modern Era, players receive three Settlers, three Rangers, two Field Cannons, 800 Faith (), 485 Gold, 13 Envoys and 6 Diplomatic Victory points ().
• Capital has 10 Population. All cities founded after the Capital have 4 Population.
• Each city has a Monument, a Granary, Ancient Walls, Medieval Walls, Shrine and Temple in Holy Site, Library and University in Campus, Arena in Entertainment Complex, Lighthouse in Harbor, Market in Commercial Hub, Amphitheater in Theater Square, Workshop in Industrial Zone, Consulate in Diplomatic Quarter and Grove in Preserve.
• Players receive a Pikeman (a Pike and Shot in Rise and Fall) and a Builder in each city founded by one of their starting Settlers (and a Trader in the first two).
• Boosted Civics: Mobilization.
• Boosted Technologies: Flight, Replaceable Parts, Steel, Refining ().
• The game starts at Turn 316/500 (1890 AD) on Standard speed.

Technologies

Technology	Prerequisites	Eureka	Unlocks
Chemistry	Sanitation	Complete a Research Agreement.	Research Lab, AT Crew
Combustion	Steel, Rifling	Extract an Artifact.	Tank, Oil Well +1 Movement for Embarked Units
Electricity	Steam Power	Own 3 Privateers. Own 2 Privateers.	Power Plant, Seaport, Submarine, U-Boat
Flight	Industrialization, Scientific Theory	Build an Industrial era or later Wonder.	Hangar, Aerodrome, Airstrip, Biplane, Observation Balloon Bonus Tourism equal to Culture output of each improvement.
Radio	Steam Power, Flight	Build a National Park.	Broadcast Center, Film Studio, Seaside Resort Reveals Aluminum resource.
Refining	Rifling	Build 1 Coal Power Plant.	Battleship, Oil Well Reveals Oil resource.
Replaceable Parts	Economics	Own 3 Line Infantries.	Digger, Infantry Upgrades Farm improvements to Mechanized Agriculture. +1 Food adjacency bonus for every Farm improvement they are adjacent to.
Steel	Rifling	Build 2 Banks	Artillery, Battleship, Eiffel Tower

Civics

Civic	Prerequisites	Inspiration	Unlocks
Conservation	Natural History Urbanization	Have a Neighborhood district with a Breathtaking Appeal.	Sanctuary, Naturalist, Mountie (Canada only) Resource Management +3 Envoys Allows the building of National Parks and the purchase of a Naturalist with Faith. Allows Builder to plant Woods. Woods in your territory that have never been removed gain +1 Appeal.
Mass Media	Urbanization	Research Radio	Broadway, Cristo Redentor Propaganda Grants 1 Governor title.
Mobilization	Urbanization	Have 3 Corps in your military.	Levée en Masse Allows formation of Defensive Pacts. Allows forming 3 identical units into an Army or Armada. Unlocks the War of Territorial Expansion Casus Belli. Grants 1 Governor title.
Capitalism	Mass Media	Build 3 Stock Exchanges. Build 2 Stock Exchanges.	Laissez-Faire, Market Economy Awards 3 Envoys.
Ideology	Mass Media Mobilization	None	Five-Year Plan, Gunboat Diplomacy, Lightning Warfare, Economic Union Unlocks the Ideological War Casus Belli. Grants the ability to construct an additional Spy.
Nuclear Program	Ideology	Build a Research Lab.	Nobel Prize, Nuclear Espionage +3 Envoys
Suffrage	Ideology	Build 4 Sewers.	Arsenal of Democracy, Economic Union, New Deal, Their Finest Hour Enables the government Democracy.
Totalitarianism	Ideology	Build 3 Military Academies.	Gunboat Diplomacy, Lightning Warfare, Martial Law, Third Alternative Enables the government Fascism.
Class Struggle	Ideology	Build 3 Factories.	Collectivization, Defense of the Motherland, Five-Year Plan, Patriotic War Enables the government Communism.

Tile Improvements

Airstrip
Seaside Resort
Oil Well
Mountain Tunnel

Units

• Support
  • Observation Balloon
• Fighter
  • Biplane
• Melee
  • Infantry
    • Digger
• Siege
  • Artillery
• Naval Ranged
  • Battleship
• Naval Raider
  • Submarine
    • U-Boat
• Anti-Cavalry
  • AT Crew
• Heavy Cavalry
  • Tank

• Light Cavalry
  • Mountie

• Civilian
  • Naturalist

Districts and Buildings

• Aerodrome
  • Hangar
• Harbor/ Royal Navy Dockyard/ Cothon
  • Seaport
• Industrial Zone/ Hansa/ Oppidum
  • Power Plant
  • Oil Power Plant
• Theater Square/ Acropolis
  • Broadcast Center
    • Film Studio
• Campus/ Seowon/ Observatory
  • Research Lab
• Government Plaza
  • War Department
  • Royal Society
  • National History Museum
• Neighborhood/ Mbanza
  • Shopping Mall
  • Food Market
• Dam
  • Hydroelectric Dam
• Preserve
  • Sanctuary

Wonders

Broadway
Cristo Redentor
Eiffel Tower
Golden Gate Bridge

Projects

Convert to Oil Power

Added in the Rise and Fall expansion pack.

Added in the Gathering Storm expansion pack.

Related achievements

Modern Major General Win a regular game with a Modern Era start. Refers to the 'Major-General's Song' from the comic opera The Pirates of Penzance.