Motte (Civ7)

Motte

Happiness and Fortification Building of the Exploration Age

Introduced in Civilization VII

Unique to

Quarter

Norman

Donjon

Unlocked by

Consuetudines et Justicie

Cost

Production

Gold

200

800

Maintenance

3

Gold, 3

Happiness

Qualities

Ageless

Yes

Buildable in all Ages

No

Purchasable in Towns

No

Yields

+4

Happiness.

Effects

Acts as a Fortified district, must be conquered to capture the Settlement.
+4

Happiness if built on a Rough tile.

Adjacency

+1

Happiness for each adjacent Wonder.

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The Motte is a unique Happiness building and Fortification of the Norman civilization in Civilization VII.

Base yields:
- +4 Happiness.
Effects:
- Acts as a Fortified district, must be conquered to capture the Settlement.
- +4 Happiness if built on a Rough tile.
Adjacency:
- +1 Happiness for each adjacent Wonder.

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Civilopedia entry[]

High ground was an advantage for castles, but sometimes it had to be manufactured. Medieval Europeans molded the earth to create mottes, hills with artificially steep sides and a flat top. Mottes could be formed by either whittling down an existing hill or by building one from the soil, leaving a defensive ditch around the base of the structure that could be filled with water (or pointed logs) to create a moat. These slopes were extremely difficult for attackers to scale and were cheap to construct, requiring no specialized knowledge. As such, they were a quick and easy way of establishing a defensive advantage, even in a flat landscape.

The keep, the central fortification of the castle complex, sat on top of the motte. Small keeps might hold a small garrison, while larger ones contained whole households, with cellars below stocked with supplies and chambers above for the noble family and their staff and guards.

Gallery[]

Civilization VII Buildings [edit]
Antiquity	Academy Altar Amphitheater Ancient Bridge Ancient Walls Arena Barracks Basilica^A Bath Blacksmith Brickyard^A City Hall^A Cothon^A ¹ Dharamshala^A Dockyard^A ¹ Fishing Quay^A Garden Granary^A Jalaw^A K'uh Nah^A Library Lighthouse Market Mastaba^A Monument Mortuary Temple^A Odeon^A Palace^A Parthenon^A Saw Pit^A Temple of Jupiter^A Vihara^A Villa
Exploration	Anjuvannam^A Armorer Bailey^A Bank Bazaar Candi Bentar^A Casa Consistorial^A Casa de Contratación^A Dungeon Gristmill^A Guildhall Hospital Inn Kiln Madrasa^A Manigramam^A Medieval Bridge Medieval Walls Menagerie Meru^A Mosque^A Motte^A Observatory Pavilion Sawmill^A Shipyard Stonecutter^A Temple University Wharf
Modern	Aerodrome Cannery Catedral^A City Park Defensive Fortifications Department Store Factory Ginkō^A Grocer^A Ironworks^A Jardin à la Française^A Jukogyo^A Laboratory Launch Pad Manufactory^A ¹ Military Academy Modern Bridge Museum Opera House Portal de Mercaderes^A Port Qianzhuang^A Radio Station Rail Station Railyard^A Royal Exchange^A ¹ Salon^A Schoolhouse Shiguan^A Steel Mill^A Stock Exchange Tenement
^A Ageless • ¹ Requires DLC