Starting a new game (Civ6)

While starting a new game in Civilization VI, you can choose from a number of options, including an Advanced Setup.

If you select "Play Now" to begin immediately, it will begin a game on Small Continents map, Prince difficulty, with a randomly chosen leader and at Standard speed.

Basic Settings

• Choose Civilization
  • Lets you choose which specific Leader to play as or have it randomly selected. The default option is "Random Leader."

• Choose Difficulty level
  1. Settler
  2. Chieftain
  3. Warlord
  4. Prince (default)
  5. King
  6. Emperor
  7. Immortal
  8. Deity

• Choose Game speed
  • Online (double speed)
  • Quick (33% faster)
  • Standard (normal speed)
  • Epic (50% slower)
  • Marathon (200% slower)

• Choose Map type
  • Continents - two or more large landmasses
  • Fractal - unpredictable map with variable landmasses
  • Inland Sea - map with a small ocean in center and lots of land (no wrap-around)
  • Island Plates - many small to medium size islands
  • Pangaea - one massive landmass surrounded by bays, islands, and a single large ocean
  • Shuffle - What secrets will this map reveal?
  • Six-sided Snowflake - A balanced map for six players in the shape of a snowflake
  • Four-leaf Clover - A balanced map for four players in the shape of a four-leaf clover

• Choose Map size
  • Duel (2 players)
  • Tiny (4 players)
  • Small (6 players)
  • Standard (8 players)
  • Large (10 players)
  • Huge (12 players)

Advanced Setup

Advanced Setup lets you add additional AI players beyond the default amount, as well as access more comprehensive customization options:

• World Age - determines ratio of highland to flatland

• New (more hills and mountains)
• Standard (normal)
• Old (more flatland)
• Random

• Temperature - affects terrain distribution

• Hot (increased Desert, decreased Tundra/Snow)
• Standard (average terrain)
• Cold (increased Tundra/Snow, decreased Desert)
• Random

• Rainfall - governs the amount of forest and wetlands

• Arid (less woods, rainforests and marshland)
• Standard (average)
• Wet (more woods, rainforests and marshland)
• Random

• Sea Level - ratio of water to land tiles (not available for Inland Sea)

• Low (extra landmass)
• Standard (default)
• High (extra sea tiles)
• Random

• Resources

• Sparse
• Standard
• Abundant
• Random

• Start Position

• Balanced (roughly equalized)
• Standard (variable quality)
• Legendary (great starting positions for all)

• Victory Conditions - check boxes to enable or disable any of the five victory conditions

• Culture
• Domination
• Religious
• Science
• Score