Pamukkale (Civ6)

Pamukkale
Introduced in Gathering Storm
Size	2 tiles
Stats
Movement cost	Impassable
Movement cost	Impassable
Appeal	+2 to adjacent tiles
Appeal	+2 to adjacent tiles
Yields
Adjacent tile bonus	+1 Amenity Additional +1 Amenity if adjacent to an Entertainment Complex
Adjacent tile bonus	+1 Amenity Additional +1 Amenity if adjacent to an Entertainment Complex
Found on
Terrain	Grassland  Plains  Desert

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 "Near the Mesogis, opposite Laodicea, is Hierapolis, where are hot springs, and the Plutonium, both of which have some singular properties. The water of the springs is so easily consolidated and becomes stone, that if it is conducted through water-courses dams are formed consisting of a single piece of stone."
– Strabo

Pamukkale is a two-tile impassable natural wonder available in Civilization VI: Gathering Storm. Cities that own at least one wonder tile receive +1 Amenity, or +2 Amenities if an Entertainment Complex is built adjacent to the wonder. Pamukkale also provides a major adjacency bonus to Campuses, Theater Squares, and Commercial Hubs and an extra standard adjacency bonus (+3 total) to Holy Sites.

Each Pamukkale tile provides fresh water and +2 Appeal to adjacent tiles.

Discovering Pamukkale grants +1 Era Score, or +3 Score if the player is the first to do so.

Strategy

Pamukkale is a decent natural wonder to settle near. Doing so makes it easier to get high adjacency bonuses for Districts - the most notable being the Theater Square, which lacks natural terrain bonuses. It combines particularly well with Australia, whose districts' yields improve if they're placed on high-Appeal tiles on top of the bonus from the wonder itself. Pamukkale is usually decent for any type of victory you're pursuing, but don't go out of your way to settle next to it if it becomes heavily contested, as the bonuses fall off quickly and aren't that important for having a strong game.

Note that Pamukkale's bonus is given to a city when it gains control of one of the wonder's two tiles. This bonus is permanent, so losing control of the wonder tile will not remove the bonus Amenity. With careful planning, up to 5 nearby cities can get the Amenity bonus by swapping control of the Pamukkale tiles. The extra Amenities from an Entertainment Complex are also permanent, but the city needs to control one of the wonder tiles upon completing the district in order to receive the bonus.

Civilopedia entry

The creation of this natural site took place slowly over millennia, each year growing ever so slightly. Calcium carbonate in the spring water thickens and ultimately crystallizes after the water reaches the surface, forming the hard travertine deposits that make up the stalactites, terraces, and “clouds” that stretch for more than a mile.

Gallery

The Pamukkale intro cinematic

Pamukkale, as seen in-game

A civilization discovers Pamukkale