Modern Era (Civ6)

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.
Founded cities have 5 additional tiles.
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 ().
All Districts cost only 1 Production to build.
The game starts at Turn 316/500 (1890 AD) on Standard speed.
Alhambra, Angkor Wat, Apadana, Casa de Contratación, Chichen Itza, Colosseum, Colossus, Etemenanki, Forbidden City, Great Bath, Great Library, Great Lighthouse, Great Zimbabwe, Hagia Sophia, Hanging Gardens, Huey Teocalli, Jebel Barkal, Kilwa Kisiwani, Kotoku-in, Machu Picchu, Mahabodhi Temple, Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, Meenakshi Temple, Mont St. Michel, Oracle, Petra, Potala Palace, Pyramids, St. Basil's Cathedral, Statue of Zeus, Stonehenge, Temple of Artemis, Terracotta Army, Torre de Belém, University of Sankore and Venetian Arsenal are removed from game.

Technologies[]

Technology	Science cost	Eureka	Infrastructure	Other unlocks	Leads to
Flight	1140 1250	Build an Industrial era or later wonder	Airstrip Aerodrome Hangar Biplane Observation Balloon	Bonus Tourism to all improvements that provide Culture, and also to Colossal Heads, Kampung, Kurgan and Rock-Hewn Church	Radio
Replaceable Parts	1140 1250	Own 3 Line Infantries	Food Market Infantry Digger	+1 Food on Farms for each adjacent farm +1 Production on Pastures	Advanced Ballistics Chemistry
Steel	1140 1250	Build a Coal Mine and an Ironclad	Eiffel Tower (Vanilla and ) Oil Well Battleship (Vanilla and ) Artillery	+1 Production on Lumber Mill Unlocks Urban Defenses Reveals Oil (Vanilla and )	Advanced Ballistics Combustion Combined Arms
Refining	1250	Build 1 Coal Power Plant	Oil Well Battleship	Reveals Oil ()	Combustion
Electricity	1250 1370	Own 3 ( 2) Privateers	Seaport Power Plant (Vanilla and ) Oil Power Plant Hydroelectric Dam Submarine U-Boat	Convert to Oil Power	Computers
Radio	1250 1370	Build a National Park	Seaside Resort Broadcast Center Film Studio	Reveals Aluminum	Computers Advanced Flight Rocketry
Chemistry	1250 1370	Complete a Research Agreement Have a level two Alliance.	Research Lab Mountain Tunnel AT Crew		Rocketry
Combustion	1250 1370	Extract an Artifact	Oil Well (Vanilla and ) Golden Gate Bridge Tank Supply Convoy		Combined Arms Plastics

Civics[]

Civic	Culture cost	Inspiration	Policy cards	Units, infrastructure, & governments	Other unlocks	Leads to
Conservation	1255 1540	Have a Neighborhood district with a Breathtaking Appeal.	Resource Management	Naturalist Mountie	Builder may plant Woods. Old (not planted) woods gain +1 Appeal. +3 Envoys	Cultural Heritage
Mass Media	1410 1540	Research Radio.	Propaganda	Broadway Cristo Redentor	+1 Governor title.	Ideology Capitalism
Mobilization	1410 1540	Have 3 Corps in your military.	Levée en Masse		Defensive Pacts Allows Armies and Armadas. Casus Belli: War of Territorial Expansion +1 Governor title.	Ideology
Capitalism	1560 1580	Build 3 ( 2) Stock Exchanges.	Market Economy Laissez-Faire	Shopping Mall	+3 Envoys
Ideology	660 1640	None	(Vanilla/) Police State Economic Union Five-Year Plan Gunboat Diplomacy Lightning Warfare	+1 Spy	Casus Belli: War of Territorial Expansion	Nuclear Program Cold War Professional Sports Suffrage Totalitarianism Class Struggle
Nuclear Program	1715	Build a Research Lab.	Nuclear Espionage Nobel Prize (Science Foundations)		+3 Envoys
Suffrage	1715 1640	Build 4 Sewers.	( ) Their Finest Hour (Vanilla/) Economic Union New Deal (Vanilla/) Arsenal of Democracy	Democracy
Totalitarianism	1715 1640	Build 3 Military Academies.	(Vanilla/) Lightning Warfare Martial Law Third Alternative (Vanilla/) Gunboat Diplomacy	Fascism
Class Struggle	1715 1640	Build 3 Factories.	( ) Defense of the Motherland (Vanilla/) Patriotic War Collectivization (Vanilla/) Five-Year Plan	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
Neighborhood/ Mbanza
- Shopping Mall
- Food Market
Dam
- Hydroelectric Dam
Preserve^[1]
- Sanctuary^[1]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Requires the Vietnam & Kublai Khan Pack.

Wonders[]

Broadway
Cristo Redentor
Eiffel Tower
Golden Gate Bridge

Governments[]

Communism
Democracy
Fascism

Projects[]

Convert to Oil Power

Great People[]

¹ Requires DLC

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.