Promotions (Civ5)

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A Promotion is an extra ability military units can get after they earn enough Experience. Bellow is a list of all Promotions in the game.

• Promotion requirements

Note that many promotions apply only to certain classes of units - for example Melee, Land, Naval, etc. Also, several key promotions have multiple stages, marked as I, II or III - each subsequent stage of these can only be acquired after you earn the previous stage.

The highest-level promotions require all stages of another lower-level promotion. Note that they are usually available across classes (that is, both for Melee and Ranged units, for example), but they also require different promotions for the different classes.

Promotion		Type	Effect	Required Promotions
	Accuracy I	Ranged	+20% Ranged Combat Strength against Units in OPEN Terrain (NO Hills, Forest, or Jungle)	–
	Accuracy II	Ranged	+20% Ranged Combat Strength against Units in OPEN Terrain (NO Hills, Forest, or Jungle)	Accuracy I
	Accuracy III	Ranged	+25% Ranged Combat Strength against Units in OPEN Terrain (NO Hills, Forest, or Jungle)	Accuracy II
	Air Repair	Healing	Unit will heal every turn, even if it performs an action	Interception II, Dogfighting II, Siege II, Bombardment II
	Air Ambush I	Air	+33% Combat Strength VS Armor units	Interception I, Dogfighting I, Siege I, Bombardment I
	Air Ambush II	Air	+33% Combat Strength VS Armor units	Air Ambush I
Air Targetting I	Air Targetting I	Air	+33% Combat Strength VS Naval units	Interception I, Dogfighting I, Siege I, Bombardment I
Air Targetting II	Air Targetting II	Air	+33% Combat Strength VS Naval units	Air Targetting I
	Ambush I	Melee, Air	+25% Combat Strength vs Armor Units	Shock II and Drill II (Melee), Interception I, Dogfighting I, Siege I, Bombardment I (Air)
	Ambush II	Melee, Air	+25% Combat Strength vs Armor Units	Ambush I (Melee), Ambush I (Air)
	Amphibious	Naval	Eliminates combat penalty for attacking from the sea or over a river	Shock I, Drill I
	Barrage I	Ranged	+20% Ranged Combat Strength against Units in ROUGH terrain. (Hills, Forest, or Jungle)	–
	Barrage II	Ranged	+20% Ranged Combat Strength against Units in ROUGH terrain. (Hills, Forest, or Jungle)	Barrage I
	Barrage III	Ranged	+25% Ranged Combat Strength against Units in ROUGH terrain. (Hills, Forest, or Jungle)	Barrage II
	Blitz	Melee	Unit may Attack Multiple Times per turn	Shock III, Drill III
	Bombardment I	Naval, Air	+20% Combat Strength against Land Units	–
	Bombardment II	Naval, Air	+20% Combat Strength against Land Units	Bombardment I
	Bombardment III	Naval, Air	+20% Combat Strength against Land Units	Bombardment II
	Boarding Party I	Naval	+15% Combat Strength in melee attacks against Naval Units	–
	Boarding Party II	Naval	+15% Combat Strength in melee attacks against Naval Units	Boarding Party I
	Boarding Party III	Naval	+15% Combat Strength in melee attacks against Naval Units	Boarding Party II
	Charge	Melee	+25% Combat Strength VS Wounded Units	Shock II, Drill II
	Coastal Raider I	Naval	+20% Combat Strength when attacking Cities. Steal gold equal to 33% of the damage inflicted on a city	–
	Coastal Raider II	Naval	+20% Combat Strength when attacking Cities. Steal gold equal to 33% of the damage inflicted on a city	Coastal Raider I
	Coastal Raider III	Naval	+20% Combat Strength when attacking Cities. Steal gold equal to 34% of the damage inflicted on a city	Coastal Raider II
	Cover I	Melee, Ranged	+25% Defense against all Ranged Attacks	Shock I, Drill I (Melee), Accuracy I, Barrage I (Ranged)
	Cover II	Melee, Ranged	+25% Defense against all Ranged Attacks	Cover I (Melee), Cover I (Ranged)
	Discipline	Social Policy	+15% Combat Strength when adjacent to a friendly Unit	–
	Dogfighting I	Air	+25% Combat Strength when performing an Air Sweep	–
	Dogfighting II	Air	+25% Combat Strength when performing an Air Sweep	Dogfighting I
	Dogfighting III	Air	+25% Combat Strength when performing an Air Sweep	Dogfighting II
	Drill I	Melee	+20% Combat Strength when fighting in ROUGH terrain. (Hills, Forest, or Jungle)	–
	Drill II	Melee	+20% Combat Strength when fighting in ROUGH terrain. (Hills, Forest, or Jungle)	Drill I
	Drill III	Melee	+25% Combat Strength when fighting in ROUGH terrain. (Hills, Forest, or Jungle)	Drill II
	Embarkation	Shared	Can embark onto Water Tiles	–
	Embarkation with Defense	Shared	Can embark onto Water Tiles. Embarked units defend at double strength	–
	Embarkation with Ocean Movement	Shared	Can embark onto Water Tiles. Embarked units can enter Ocean and have +1 Sight	–
	Evasion	Air	Reduces damage taken from interception by 50%	Siege II, Bombardment II
	Exploration	Social Policy	+1 Movement and +1 Sight for combat vessels	–
	Formation I	Melee, Ranged	+25% Combat Strength vs Mounted Units	Shock II, Drill II (Melee), Accuracy II, Barrage II (Ranged)
	Formation II	Melee, Ranged	+25% Combat Strength vs Mounted Units	Formation I (Melee), Formation I (Ranged)
	Great Lighthouse	Wonder	+1 Movement and +1 Sight	–
	Heal Instantly	Healing	Heal this Unit completely. Doing so will consume this opportunity to choose a Promotion	–
	Himeji Castle	Wonder	+25% Combat Strength in friendly territory	–
	Indirect Fire	Shared	Ranged attacks may be performed over obstacles	Targeting II, Bombardment II, Barrage III, Accuracy III
	Interception I	Air	+25% Combat Strength when intercepting enemy aircraft	–
	Interception II	Air	+25% Combat Strength when intercepting enemy aircraft	Interception I
	Interception III	Air	+25% Combat Strength when intercepting enemy aircraft	Interception II
	Logistics	Ranged, Air	1 additional attack per turn	Accuracy III (Ranged), Barrage III (Ranged), Targeting III (Ranged), Bombardment III (Ranged), Siege III (Air), Bombardment III (Air), Ambush II (Air), Mobility II (Air)
	March	Healing	Unit will heal every turn, even if it performs an action	Drill III, Shock III (Melee), Barrage II, Accuracy II (Ranged)
	Medic	Healing	This unit and all others in adjacent tiles heal 1 additional HP per turn	Shock I, Drill I (Melee), Scouting II, Survivalism II
	Mobile Admiral	Great Admiral	+2 Movement	–
	Mobile General	Great General	+3 Movement	–
	Mobility	Melee, Ranged	+1 Movement	Shock III, Drill III (Melee), Targeting I, Bombardment I (Ranged)
	Mobility I	Air	+1 Movement	–
	Mobility II	Air	+1 Movement	Mobility I
	Morale	Shared	+15% Combat Strength	–
	Patriotic War	Ideology	+15% attack bonus in friendly territory	–
	Range	Ranged	+1 Range	Barrage III, Accuracy III, Bombardment II, Targeting II
	Range	Air	+2 operational range	Interception I, Dogfighting I, Siege I, Bombardment I
	Repair	Healing	Unit will heal every turn, even if it performs an action	Shock III, Drill III
	Scouting I	Scouting	+1 Visibility Range	–
	Scouting II	Scouting	+1 Visibility Range	Scouting I
	Scouting III	Scouting	+1 Visibility Range	Scouting II
	Sentry	Scouting	+1 Visibility Range	Shock I, Drill I, Targeting I, Bombardment I
	Shock I	Melee	+20% Combat Strength when fighting in OPEN Terrain. (NO Hills, Forest, or Jungle)	–
	Shock II	Melee	+20% Combat Strength when fighting in OPEN Terrain. (NO Hills, Forest, or Jungle)	Shock I
	Shock III	Melee	+25% Combat Strength when fighting in OPEN Terrain. (NO Hills, Forest, or Jungle)	Shock II
	Siege	Melee, Ranged	+25% Combat Strength VS Cities	Shock II, Drill II (Melee), Accuracy I, Barrage I (Ranged)
	Siege I	Air	+25% Combat Strength VS Cities	–
	Siege II	Air	+25% Combat Strength VS Cities	Siege I
	Siege III	Air	+25% Combat Strength VS Cities	Siege II
	Sortie	Air	1 extra Interception may be made per turn	Interception II, Dogfighting II
	Statue of Zeus	Wonder	+15% Combat Strength when attacking cities	–
	Supply	Naval	May heal damage Outside of Friendly Territory. 2 HP healed per turn	Targeting II, Bombardment II
	Survivalism I	Healing	+1 HP healed per turn outside of friendly territory	–
	Survivalism II	Healing	+50% Defense	Survivalism I
	Survivalism III	Healing	+50% Defense. Unit will Heal Every Turn, even if it performs an action.	Survivalism II
	Targeting I	Naval, Air	+20% Combat Strength against Naval Units	Interception I, Targeting I, Bombardment I, Siege I (Air)
	Targeting II	Naval, Air	+20% Combat Strength against Naval Units	Targeting I (Air), Targeting I (Naval)
	Targeting III	Naval	+20% Combat Strength against Naval Units	Targetting II (Naval)
	Volley	Ranged	+25% Combat Strength VS Fortified Units	Barrage I, Accuracy I
	Woodsman	Melee	Double movement rate through Forest and Jungle	Shock III, Drill III

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