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 "It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves."
– Sir Edmund Hillary
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Mount Everest is a three-tile impassable natural wonder in Civilization VI. Mount Everest appears as a Mountain, and may be found on Desert, Grassland, Plains, and Tundra tiles (often surrounded by regular Mountains). Each wonder tile provides +1 Faith Faith and +2 Appeal to adjacent tiles.

A religious unit that moves adjacent to Mount Everest receives the Altitude Training ability, which allows it to traverse Hills without Movement Movement penalties.

In Civilization VI: Rise and Fall, discovering Mount Everest grants +1 Era Score, or +3 Score if the player is the first to do so.

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Natural Wonder Mount Everest bonuses (Civ6)

An illustration of Mount Everest's bonuses

Each Mount Everest tile provides +1 Faith Faith to adjacent non-wonder tiles (see diagram). However, as with all impassable wonders, the individual wonder tiles of Mount Everest offer no benefits, and cannot be developed or improved. Mount Everest is usually most effective when it is near the outskirts of a city (or even slightly beyond its borders), since the wonder tiles themselves are functionally dead space (especially given Mount Everest's tendency to spawn in a cluster of other non-workable Mountains), and their yields aren't that impressive after you found your Pantheon, either. If a city is strategically placed in this fashion, it receives the adjacency benefits of the wonder and you can easily move your religious units to Mount Everest to receive the special Promotion Promotion without sacrificing valuable space.

Mount Everest's tiles count as Mountains, so Holy Sites next to them receive doubled benefits! A Holy Site next to two Mount Everest tiles receives at least 6 Faith Faith starting adjacency (4 Faith Faith from 2 tiles of natural wonder, 2 Faith Faith from those tiles being Mountains). If you're playing as Australia, that Holy Site will receive an additional 3 Faith Faith for being on a tile with high Appeal. Considering the formation of Mount Everest, you can settle 3 cities and build 3 Holy Sites this way, and maybe pick the Work Ethic belief to get those cities off to a good start!

Note that the wonder tiles can be incorporated into National Parks - if a player wishes to found a Park, then it may be more efficient to place the city closer to the wonder.

Civilopedia entry[]

Mount Everest - called in Tibetan "holy mother," or Qomolangma, is the world’s tallest mountain, standing 8848 meters (29029 feet) above sea level, and part of the Himalaya range. It is one of the “hidden valleys of refuge” designated by the 9th Century Buddhist savant Padmasambhava, and killer of over 250 would-be conquerors since 1922. In 1802 AD, the British launched the Great Trigonometric Survey of India using giant theodolites to determine the highest peaks in the world. A half-century later, in 1858, the Surveyor General of India, Andrew Waugh, announced conclusively that Peak XV (that is, Everest) was the highest. And adventurers have been trying to climb it ever since... “Because it’s there.”

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Civilization VI Wonders [edit]
Wonders AlhambraAmundsen-Scott Research Station R&F-OnlyAngkor Wat1Apadana1Big BenBiosphère1Bolshoi TheatreBroadwayCasa de Contratación R&F-OnlyChichen ItzaColosseumColossusCristo RedentorEiffel TowerEstádio do MaracanãEtemenanki1Forbidden CityGolden Gate Bridge GS-OnlyGreat Bath GS-OnlyGreat LibraryGreat LighthouseGreat ZimbabweHagia SophiaHanging GardensHermitageHuey TeocalliJebel Barkal1Kilwa Kisiwani R&F-OnlyKotoku-in R&F-OnlyMachu Picchu GS-OnlyMahabodhi TempleMausoleum at Halicarnassus1Meenakshi Temple GS-OnlyMont St. MichelOracleOrszágház GS-OnlyOxford UniversityPanama Canal GS-OnlyPetraPotala PalacePyramidsRuhr ValleyStatue of Liberty R&F-OnlyStatue of Zeus1St. Basil's Cathedral R&F-OnlyStonehengeSydney Opera HouseTaj Mahal R&F-OnlyTemple of Artemis R&F-OnlyTerracotta ArmyTorre de Belém1University of Sankore GS-OnlyVenetian Arsenal
Natural wonders Bermuda Triangle1Chocolate Hills GS-OnlyCliffs of DoverCrater LakeDead SeaDelicate Arch R&F-OnlyEye of the Sahara R&F-OnlyEyjafjallajökull1Fountain of Youth1Galápagos IslandsGiant's Causeway1Gobustan GS-OnlyGreat Barrier ReefHạ Long Bay1Ik-Kil GS-OnlyKakadu2Lake Retba R&F-OnlyLysefjord1Mato Tipila GS-OnlyMatterhorn R&F-OnlyMount EverestMount KilimanjaroMount Roraima R&F-OnlyMount Vesuvius GS-OnlyPaïtiti1Pamukkale GS-OnlyPantanalPinnacles2PiopiotahiSahara el Beyda GS-OnlyTorres del PaineTsingy de BemarahaUbsunur Hollow R&F-OnlyUluru1Vinland2YosemiteZhangye Danxia R&F-Only
1 Requires DLC2 Specific scenarios only

R&F-Only Added in the Rise and Fall expansion pack.
GS-Only Added in the Gathering Storm expansion pack.

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