Renaissance Era (Civ6)

The Renaissance Era is the fourth era in Civilization VI. It is preceded by the Medieval Era and followed by the Industrial Era.

Intro[]

New powers call forth, from the barrel of muskets to flowers of fire in the sky. Even the quiet words on newly printed pages hold great changes within. The world, once so vast and mysterious, has grown smaller and more familiar. Yet, there are always questions to be answered, faiths to be tested, and national identities to be formed.

Game Info[]

The Renaissance is really a groundbreaking Era! First and foremost, it opens up the world ocean for your exploration, allowing you to discover and claim for yourself new lands (if you're fast enough, that is); it also provides you with powerful Social policies to support colonies. Second, it enables the two more 'advanced' Tier 2 governments, allowing your civilization a qualitative jump in social and economical development. Religiously-oriented players will be able to adopt Theocracy to support their aggressive proselytizing, while the more general Merchant Republic is suitable for any player which prefers pure economic development. Third, it unlocks the first Spy and the myriad possibilities that Espionage offers! But there's more: many new Great Person-oriented Cards are unlocked here, along with several key Tier 2 buildings for your districts. Military engineers develop to the last ancient city defenses, while their counterparts discover brand new weapons to break them down; Gunpowder starts invading the battlefield and completely altering the way combat is conducted. With development of ocean-worthy sail-based vessels, capable of carrying much more weight (and consequently much heavier weapons), naval engagements become much more interesting. But they also start occupying the previously unreachable vast expanses of ocean! This introduces a whole new level of unpredictability, forcing commanders to be more careful when moving through the seas - enemy ships can now appear literally out of nowhere!

Culture-oriented players should start building Museums ASAP: this will bring them priceless Great Artist points, which will lead to Great Works of special importance in the Eras to come. But even they shouldn't pass up the opportunity to found new cities far from home - after all, it does matter how many Museums you have to house your Works.

Renaissance Era start[]

When starting a game in the Renaissance Era, players receive two Settlers, two Scouts (two Skirmishers in Gathering Storm), one Crossbowman, 20 Faith, 250 Gold, and 5 Envoys.
Capital has 7 Population. All cities founded after the Capital have 2 Population.
Founded cities have 3 additional tiles.
Each city has a Monument, a Granary, Ancient Walls, Shrine in Holy Site, Library in Campus and Grove in Preserve.
Players receive a Pikeman and a Builder in each city founded by one of their starting Settlers (and a Trader in the first one).
Boosted Civics: Humanism, Diplomatic Service, Mercantilism, The Enlightenment.
Boosted Technologies: Cartography, Mass Production, Banking.
The game starts at Turn 196/500 (1350 AD) on Standard speed.
Apadana, Colosseum, Colossus, Etemenanki, Great Bath, Great Library, Great Lighthouse, Hanging Gardens, Jebel Barkal, Machu Picchu, Mahabodhi Temple, Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, Oracle, Petra, Pyramids, Statue of Zeus, Stonehenge, Temple of Artemis and Terracotta Army are removed from game.

Technologies[]

Technology	Science cost	Eureka	Infrastructure and units	Other unlocks	Leads to
Cartography	540 600	Build 2 Harbors	Casa de Contratación Caravel Nau	+1 ( +2) Gold on Fishing Boats. Allows Ocean movement.	Square Rigging
Mass Production	540 600	Build a Lumber Mill	Shipyard Venetian Arsenal		Industrialization
Banking	540 600	Have the Guilds civic	Bank Grand Bazaar Great Zimbabwe	+2 Gold on Quarries (Vanilla and )	Scientific Theory
Gunpowder	540 600	Build an Armory	Musketman Conquistador Hwacha Malón Raider Janissary	+1 Production on Quarries	Metal Casting
Printing	540 600	Build 2 Universities	Forbidden City	+1 Diplomatic Visibility on all other civilizations Double Tourism on Great Works of Writing	Military Science
Square Rigging	660 730	Kill a unit with a Musketman	Frigate De Zeven Provinciën	+1 Movement for Embarked units	Industrialization
Astronomy	660 730	Build a University next to a Mountain	Potala Palace		Scientific Theory
Metal Casting	660 730	Own 2 Crossbowmen	Bombard Pike and Shot Carolean		Economics Ballistics
Siege Tactics	660 730	Own 2 Trebuchets	Renaissance Walls Fort Tsikhe		Military Science

Civics[]

Civic	Culture cost	Inspiration	Policy cards	Units, infrastructure, & governments	Other unlocks	Leads to
Exploration	400 440	Build 2 Caravels.	Press Gangs Native Conquest Colonial Offices	Merchant Republic
Humanism	540 600	Earn a Great Artist.	Frescoes Invention	Taj Mahal Archaeological Museum Art Museum Chateau	(Vanilla and only) +1 Culture to Colossal Heads	Mercantilism The Enlightenment
Diplomatic Service	540 600	Have an alliance with another civilization.	Machiavellianism Wisselbanken	Spy	Resident Embassies Casus Belli: Holy War, Liberation, Reconquest, Protectorate +1 Culture to Pairidaezas.	The Enlightenment
Reformed Church	400 440	Have 6 cities following your Religion.	Wars of Religion Religious Orders Simultaneum	St. Basil's Cathedral Golf Course Theocracy
Mercantilism	655 720	Earn a Great Merchant.	Logistics Triangular Trade	Winged Hussar Privateer Sea Dog	+1 Food and +1 Production on Camps	Colonialism Civil Engineering
The Enlightenment	655 720	Build 3 Great People.	Free Market Liberalism Rationalism		Religious Tourism effects halved	Nationalism Opera and Ballet

Tile Improvements[]

Fort
Golf Course
Hacienda

Units[]

Naval Melee
- Caravel
  - Nau
Naval Raider
- Privateer
  - Sea Dog
Light Cavalry
- Malón Raider
Anti-Cavalry
- Pike and Shot
  - Carolean
Heavy-Cavalry
- Winged Hussar
Melee
- Musketman
  - Conquistador
  - Janissary
Naval Ranged
- Frigate
  - De Zeven Provinciën
Ranged
- Bombard
- Hwacha
Civilian
- Spy

Districts and Buildings[]

Theater Square/ Acropolis
- Art Museum
- Archaeological Museum
Harbor/ Royal Navy Dockyard/ Cothon
- Shipyard
Commercial Hub/ Suguba
- Bank
  - Grand Bazaar
City Center
- Renaissance Walls
  - Tsikhe
Diplomatic Quarter
- Chancery

Wonders[]

Venetian Arsenal
Great Zimbabwe
Forbidden City
Potala Palace
Taj Mahal
St. Basil's Cathedral
Casa de Contratación
Torre de Belém

Governments[]

Merchant Republic
Theocracy

Great People[]

¹ Requires DLC

Added in the Rise and Fall expansion pack.

Added in the Gathering Storm expansion pack.

Related achievements[]

Renaissance Man

Win a regular game with a Renaissance Era start.

A Renaissance Man is someone who is skilled at multiple different skillsets.