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.

Technologies[]

Technology	Prerequisites	Eureka	Unlocks
Cartography	Shipbuilding	Build 2 Harbors	Caravel, Nau (Portugal only), Casa de Contratación +1 ( +2) Gold to Fishing Boats All naval and embarked units can navigate Ocean tiles
Mass Production	Education Shipbuilding	Build a Lumber Mill	Shipyard, Venetian Arsenal
Banking	Education Apprenticeship Stirrups	Have the Guilds civic	Bank, Grand Bazaar (Ottomans only), Great Zimbabwe +1 ( +2) Gold to Quarries
Gunpowder	Military Engineering Stirrups Apprenticeship	Build an Armory	Musketman, Conquistador (Spain only), Janissary (Suleiman only), Hwacha (Korea only), Malón Raider (Mapuche only)
Printing	Machinery	Build 2 Universities	Forbidden City Provides one more level of Diplomatic Visibility on all other civilizations. All Tourism from Great Works of Writing are doubled.
Square Rigging	Cartography	Kill a unit with a Musketman	Frigate, De Zeven Provinciën (Netherlands only) +1 Movement for embarked units.
Astronomy	Education	Build a University adjacent to a Mountain	Potala Palace
Metal Casting	Gunpowder	Own 2 Crossbowmen	Bombard, Pike and Shot, Carolean (Sweden only)
Siege Tactics	Castles	Own 2 Trebuchets	Renaissance Walls, Fort, Tsikhe (Georgia only)

Civics[]

Civic	Prerequisites	Inspiration	Unlocks
Exploration	Mercenaries Medieval Faires	Build 2 Caravels	Colonial Offices, Press Gangs +1 Food to Pastures Merchant Republic
Humanism	Medieval Faires Guilds	Earn a Great Artist	Frescoes, Invention Archaeological Museum, Art Museum, Taj Mahal, Chateau
Diplomatic Service	Guilds	Have an alliance with another civilization	Machiavellianism, Wisselbanken Resident Embassies, Spy, four new casus belli
Reformed Church	Divine Right	Have 6 cities following your Religion	Religious Orders, Simultaneum, Wars of Religion St. Basil's Cathedral, Golf Course (Scotland only) Theocracy
Mercantilism	Humanism	Earn a Great Merchant	Torre de Belém Logistics, Triangular Trade Privateer, Sea Dog (England only) +1 Food and +1 Production to Camps. Hacienda (Gran Colombia only) Winged Hussar (Poland only)
The Enlightenment	Diplomatic Service	Earn 3 Great People	Free Market, Liberalism, Rationalism Religious Tourism effects are halved versus your civilization

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

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.