Ruhr Valley (Civ6)

Ruhr Valley
World wonder of the Industrial Era
Introduced in Civilization VI
Unlocked by	Industrialization
Production cost	1240
Removed if game started after	Atomic Era
Effects
+20% Production in this city. +1 Production for each Mine and Quarry in this city.

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 "The industrial heart of Germany practically stopped beating. Hardly anyone worked; hardly anything ran. The population of the Ruhr area … had to be supported by the rest of the country."
– Adam Fergusson

The Ruhr Valley is an Industrial Era Wonder in Civilization VI. It must be built along a River adjacent to an Industrial Zone with a Factory.

• Effects:
  • +20% Production in this city.
  • +1 Production for each Mine and Quarry in this city.

Strategy

The Ruhr Valley is a powerful wonder in the right hands. Massively boosting Production, it greatly facilitates the Science Victory, and can be extremely useful for the Domination Victory. The main selling point of the Ruhr Valley is its 20% Production boost to its host city; try to build it in your most productive city to maximize its impact. Additionally, be on the lookout for hilly regions or regions with lots of resources that can be improved with Quarries. Although generally more minor than the 20% modifier, having tons of Mines and Quarries can add lots of Production to the city as well. Try to reserve any Hills in the city that builds the Ruhr Valley for these improvements instead of building Districts or other wonders on them.

The Ruhr Valley placement looks easy on paper, but in practice you will have many Aqueducts, Dams, Commercial Hubs, and other Districts adjacent to Rivers around your Industrial Zones to boost its productivity. Make sure to plan tiles where you can put Ruhr Valley in advance. Additionally, Factories are quite expensive: it might be good to place the Ruhr Valley next to an Industrial Zone which can reach the maximum number of cities with its Factory and Power Plant.

Civilopedia entry

Since the 1700s, the Ruhrpott (Ruhr Valley) has been dug up – the coal and iron mines there are some of the most productive in the world. Initially the ore was easily accessible by strip mining; after that was exhausted, the German miners dug deeper. By 1850, some 300 mines were in operation in and around the Ruhrpott. And, since it was troublesome to ship all this elsewhere, collieries, blast furnaces, rolling mills and the high chimneys of the Industrial Revolution shaped the skyline. Nor was coal and steel the only things pouring out of the Ruhr; by 1820 hundreds of water-powered mills were producing textiles, lumber and iron bars. Urban centers filled with wage slaves sprawled across the land … until today Bochum, Dortmund, Duisburg and Essen form one interconnected metropolis. With the recent decline of the coal and iron industries, the Ruhrpott has undergone a cultural transformation, and such edifices as the Zeche Zollverein coal mine complex and the Gasometer Oberhausen have been reborn as historical landmarks, even listed by UNESCO as World Heritage Sites!

Trivia

• The Ruhr Valley's in-game model and icon depict the Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex.

Gallery

Ruhr Valley completed

Ruhr Valley in its wonder movie