Civilizations – Era Bonuses

Civilization At Start Ancient Medieval Medieval Modern American Begin game with Great Person 2% interest on treasury Rush units 1/2 price +1 food from Plains Factories triple production Arab Knowledge of Religion tech +50% Gold from Caravans Knowledge of Mathematics +1 Horseman/ Knight attack 2% interest on treasury Aztec 25 Gold Units heal automatically after winning combat Temples produce 3 science Build roads 1/2 price +50% Gold production Chinese Knowledge of Writing +1 population for new cities Knowledge of Literacy Build Libraries 1/2 price No Anarchy Egyptian Begin with Ancient Wonder +1 food from Desert regions Knowledge of Irrigation +1 Rifleman movement +50% Gold from Caravans English Knowledge of Monarchy +1 Longbowman defense strength +1 Naval combat +1 production from Hills Naval support doubled French Begin with Cathedral Knowledge of Pottery Build roads 1/2 price +2 Cannon attack +1 Rifleman movement German Autmatic upgrades for elite units Warriors begin as veterans +1 production from Forests Build Barracks 1/2 price 2% interest on treasury Greek Begin with Courthouse Knowledge of Democracy Additional Great People Build Libraries 1/2 price +1 food from Sea regions Indian Access to all resources No Anarchy Knowledge of Religion Build Settlers 1/2 price Build Courthouse 1/2 price Japanese Knowledge of Ceremonial Burial +1 food from Sea regions +1 Samurai Knight attack No Anarchy New def. units receive Loyalty promotion Mongol +50% trade from captured cities Barbarians convert to Settlers +1 Cavalry speed +2 production from Mountains Knowledge of Communism Roman Begin with Knowedge of Code of Laws and Republic Build roads 1/2 price Build Wonders 1/2 price Additional Great People +1 population for new cities Russian Large section of map visible +1 food from Plains New def. units receive Loyalty promotion Build Rifleman 1/2 price Build Spies 1/2 price Spanish Knowledge of Navigation Exploration rewards doubled +1 Naval combat +50% Gold production +1 production from Hills Zulu Overrun combat benefit +1 Warrior movement Rapid city growth +50% Gold production Build Rifleman 1/2 price

Terrain

Terrain Output Special Desert 1 Trade — Forest 2 Production 50% defensive bonus Grassland 2 Food — Hills 1 Production 50% bonus to attack and defense Icecap — Impassable Mountain 1 Production Impassable Plains 1 Food — Sea 2 Trade Deep sea impassable to Galleys

Resources

Resource Tech Required Bonus Aluminum Mass Production +4 production Cattle Code of Laws +3 food Coal Steam Power +3 production Dye Monarchy +3 trade Fish Bronze Working +2 food Game Feudalism +3 food Gems None +2 gold Gold Currency +3 gold Incense Ceremonial Burial +2 culture Iron Iron Working +2 production Marble Masonry +2 production Oak Construction +3 production Oil ade Combustion +4 production Oxen Horseback Riding +2 production Rubber The Automobile +4 production Silk Literacy +3 culture Spice None +2 trade Sulfur Gunpowder +3 production Uranium Nuclear Power +4 production Whale Navigation +4 food Wheat Irrigation +2 food Wine Pottery +2 trade

Buildings

Building Type Cost Tech Requirement Effect Aqueduct 120 Engineering Speed city growth 25% Bank 120 Banking Replaces Market. City Gold output x4 (when city Trade focused onGold) Barracks 40 Bronze Working New units begin as Veterans Cathedral 160 Religion Replaces Temple. Provides 2 pts culture per population Courthouse 80 Literacy Allows city to work tiles 1 space from city Factory 200 Industrialization Doubles city production output Granary 40 Pottery +2 food output from Plains Harbor 100 Navigation Sea tiles produce 1 food Iron Mine 80 Railroad 5x production from Mountains Library 40 Alphabet Doubles science output of city (when trade is focused on science) Market 60 Currency Doubles gold output of city (when trade is focused on gold) Palace 200 — Palaces automatically appear in civ’s first city. Provides 50% bonus to defending units. Provides cultural bonus. Part of Domination victory. SDI 200 Superconductor Defends city from nuclear attack Spaceship Fuel 80 Space Flight Part of a Technological victory Spaceship Life Support 120 Space Flight Part of a Technological victory Spaceship Propulsion 200 Space Flight Part of a Technological victory Spaceship Habitation 400 Space Flight Part of a Technological victory Temple 40 Ceremonial Burial Provides 1 pt culture per population Trading Post 60 Code of Laws +2 trade from Desert spaces University 160 Universitys Replaces Library. Quadruples science output of city (when trade is focused on science) Walls 80 Masonry Prevents city from culture-flipping; 100% defensive bonus to units in city Workshop 60 Construction +2 production from Hill space

Wonders

Wonder Cost Tech Requirement Expires Effect Apollo Program 750 Space Flight — Learn ALL technologies in game Colossus of Rhodes 100 Bronze Working Invention x2 all trade income in city East India Company 200 Navigation Flight +1 trade from all sea squares (for all cities in civ) Great Library of Alexandria 150 Writing University Learn technologies known by 2 or more other civs. Great Pyramid 150 Ceremonial Burial Monarchy Gain access to all forms of government Great Wall of China 150 Masonry Engineering All civs must offer peace when they communicate with you. Hanging Gardens of Babylon 100 Pottery — Increase population of constructing city by 50% Himeji Samurai Castle 150 Monarchy Communism +1 to all units’ attack strength Hollywood 600 Mass Media — Walls no longer defend against culture flipping Internet 750 Networking — x2 gold production in all cities Leonardo’s Workshop 200 Invention — Immediately upgrade all antiquated units (within owner’s tech limits) Magna Carta 150 Democracy — Courthouses produce culture Manhattan Project 750 Atomic Theory — Provides user with nuclear missile (only one in game) Military-Industrial Complex 500 The Corporation conomic victory — Reduces cost of all military units e Oracle of Delphi 125 Alphabet Religion Tells owner the outcome of any upcoming attacks (owner may then choose to not make the attack) Oxford University 150 University — Learn one advanced technology Shakespeare’s Theatre 150 Literacy Mass Media Doubles cultural output of city where constructed Stonehenge 50 — Literacy Increases cultural output of temples by 50% Trade Fair of Troyes 250 Currency Globalization Doubles gold output of home city United Nations 500 — — Builder wins cultural victory World Bank 600 — — Builder wins

Technologies

Technology Science Cost Prerequsite Techs Allows First Discovery Bonus Additional Effects Advanced Flight 2150 Flight, Industrialization Bombers — — Alphabet 20 — Library, Oracle of Delphi — — Atomic Theory 1270 University, Invention, Electricity Manhattan Project +2 Science bonus in all cities — Automobile 1780 Combustion, Steel Artillery Free Artillery Access to Rubber; obsoletes Cannon Banking 190 Currency, Code of Laws, Literacy Bank 100 Gold — Bronze Working 20 — Archer, Barracks, Colossus of Rhodes Free Archer — Ceremonial Burial 30 Pottery Temple, Great Pyramid — Access to Incense Code of Laws 60 Writing, Alphabet Trading Post Free Trading Post in a city Access to Cattle Combustion 1050 Steam Power, Gunpowder, Metallurgy Tank Free Tank Obsoletes Knight Communism 770 Industrialization, University — — Allows Communism government; obsoletes Samurai Castle Construction 60 Masonry, Iron Working Workshop Free Workshop in a city Access to Oak Corporation 720 Banking, Industrialization Military- Industrial Complex +5 Gold in all cities — Currency 80 Bronze Working, Code of Laws Caravan, Marketplace, Trade Fair of Troyes Free Caravan; free Marketplace in a city Access to Gold Democracy 120 Literacy, Code of Laws Pikeman, Magna Carta Free Pikeman Allows Democracy government;obsoletes Archer Electricity 850 Metallurgy, Engineering, Steam Power Submarine Free Submarine — Electronics 1570 Electricity, Corporation — +2 Trade bonus to all cities — Engineering 130 Construction, Mathematics Aqueduct +1 Production bonus in all cities Obsoletes Great Wall Feudalism 140 Horseback Riding, Monarchy Knight Free Knight Access to Game, obsoletes Legion and Horseman Flight 1620 Combustion, Metallurgy, Invention Fighter Free Fighter East India Company Future Tech 12280 Superconductor, Globalization, Advanced Flight Wheat — — Increase production, food and/or trade each time it is researched Globalization 3400 Mass Media, Networking — 500 Gold Obsoletes Trade Fair of Troyes Gunpowder 330 Invention, Feudalism Rifleman, Free Rifleman Access to Sulfur; obsoletes Pikeman Horseback Riding 20 — Horseman Free Horseman Access to Oxen Industrialization 530 Steam Power, Banking Factory +5 Gold in all cities — Invention 190 Literacy, Engineering Leonardo’s Workshop Great Person — Iron Working 30 Bronze Working Legion Free Legion Obsoletes Warrior Irrigation 50 Pottery, Masonry — +1 population growth in all cities Access Wheat Literacy 60 Alphabet, Writing Courthouse, Shakespeare’ Theatre +1 Science bonus in all cities Access to Silk Masonry 30 Pottery Walls, The Great Wall Free Wall around one city Access to Marble Mass Media 880 Printing Press, Corporation Hollywood +1 population growth in all cities Obsoletes Shakespeare’s Theatre Mass Production 880 Railroad, Industrialization Modern Infantry Free Modern Infantry unit Access to Aluminum; obsoletes Riflemen Mathematics 70 Writing, Masonry Catapult Free Catapult — Metallurgy 390 Engineering, Iron Working, University Cannon Free Cannon Obsoletes Catapult Monarchy 120 Code of Laws, Writing, Ceremonial Burial Himeji Samurai Castle Great Person Obsoletes Great Pyramid Navigation 110 Writing, Mathematics Galleon, Harbor, East India Company Free Galleon Access to Whales, obsoletes Galley Networking 2290 Electronics, Corporation Internet 50% reduction in cost of Universities — Nuclear Power 2150 Atomic Theory, Mass Production — +2 Productiion bonus in all cities Access to Uranium Pottery 20 — Granary, Hanging Gardens of Babylon — Access to Wine Printing Press 390 University, Religion — +1 Culture bonus in all cities — Railroad 350 Steam Power Iron Mine +2 Production bonus in all cities — Religion 150 Ceremonial Burial, Monarchy Cathedral +1 Culture bonus in all cities Obsoletes Oracle Space Flight 5860 Advanced Flight, Electronics, Nuclear Power Spaceship Parts, Apollo Program Entire world is revealed — Steam Power 340 Iron Working, Invention, Engineering Cruiser Free Cruiser Access to Coal Steel 730 Metallurgy, Steam Power Battleship Free Battleship — Superconductor 6740 Mass Production, Flight SDI Free SDI building — University 240 Literacy, Mathematics, Democracy University, Oxford University +1 Science in all cities Obsoletes Great Library Writing 30 Alphabet Spy, Great Library of Alexandria Free Spy —

Units

Unit Tech Required Cost Attack Defense Move Special Effects Archer Bronze Working 10 1 2 1 Ranged unit Artillery Automobile 40 12 2 2 Seige unit Battleship Steel 100 18 12 4 Provides naval support (str. 9); transports land units Bomber Adv. Flight 60 18 3 6 Must refuel after 4 turns; can’t attack air units Cannon Metallurgy 30 6 2 1 Siege unit Caravan Currency 30 0 0 2 Earn gold by moving to foreign cities Catapult Mathematics 20 4 1 1 Siege unit Cruiser Steam Power 40 6 6 5 Provides naval support (str. 3); transports land units Fighter Flight 30 6 4 8 Must refuel after 2 turns; can attack air units as well as other units Galleon Navigation 30 2 2 3 Provides naval support (str. 1); transports land units Galley None 30 1 1 2 No naval support; transports land units Great General None n/a — — 2 Attaches to unit after successful combat; provides 50% combat bonus Horseman Horseback Riding 20 2 1 2 — ICBM None n/a n/a n/a 40 See the ICBM section Knight Feudalism 25 4 2 2 — Legion Iron Working 10 2 1 1 — Militia None n/a 0 1 1 Militia appear in undefended cities when menaced by barbarians; they also come with all ships Modern Infantry Mass Production 30 4 8 1 — Pikeman Democracy 15 1 3 1 — Rifleman Gunpowder 20 3 5 1 — Settlers None 20 0 0 2 Can construct new cities Spy Writing 25 0 0 2 Can conduct espionage missions in foreign cities Submarine Electricity 25 8 1 2 No naval support; can’t transport Tank Combustion 50 16 6 3 — Warrior None 10 1 1 1 —

Promotions

Promotion Units Effect Veteran All 50% bonus to attack and defense strength; first promotion for all units March All +1 movement rate Medic All Can heal in enemy territory Scout All Can see enemy units inside cities Blitz Offense* Extra move after attack Guerilla Offense 100% bonus to attack strength when unit is in home territory Infiltration Offense 100% bonus when attacking enemy city Engineer Defense** 100% bonus to defense strength when defending city Leadership Defense 100% bonus to attack and defense strength when stacked with other units Loyalty Defense 50% bonus to defense strength when unit is in home territory

*Offensive Units: Units with attack strength equal to or higher than their defense strength. **Defensive Units: Units with defense strength higher than their attack strength.

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