BBG 6.3 Leader Description

America Abraham Lincoln

Founding Fathers

All Diplomatic policy slots in the current government are converted to Wildcard slots.
+1 Diplomatic Favor per turn for every Wildcard slot in their government.
• Bias: T4 Grassland and Plains Mountain.

Emancipation Proclamation

+100% Production to Industrial Zone and Aqueduct districts. Industrial Zones give +2 Amenities and +3 Loyalty per turn. Plantations give -2 Loyalty per turn.

Receive a free Melee unit after completing an Industrial Zone and their buildings. The free unit does not require resources when created or to maintain and receives +5 Combat Strength.

Film Studio

A building unique to America. +30% Tourism pressure from this city towards other civilizations who reached the Modern era.

P-51 Mustang

American unique Atomic era air unit that replaces the Fighter. Gains +5 Combat Strength against fighter aircraft, has +2 flight range, and gains +50% experience.

America Teddy Roosevelt (Bull Moose)

Founding Fathers

Antiquities and Parks

After Code of Laws, breathtaking tiles receive:
• +1 Science when adjacent to either a Natural Wonder or a Mountain, doubled with Astronomy.
• +1 Culture when adjacent to either a Natural Wonder or Woods, doubled with Enlightenment.
Woods can be planted with Medieval Faires. All tiles in a city with a National Park receive +1 Appeal.

Film Studio

A building unique to America. +30% Tourism pressure from this city towards other civilizations who reached the Modern era.

P-51 Mustang

American unique Atomic era air unit that replaces the Fighter. Gains +5 Combat Strength against fighter aircraft, has +2 flight range, and gains +50% experience.

America Teddy Roosevelt (Rough Rider)

Founding Fathers

Roosevelt Corollary

Units receive +1 Combat Strength per player era reached by technologies or civics (from Classical Era up to Modern Era, capped at +5). Envoys sent to City-states you have a Trade Route to count as two Envoys. Gain the Rough Rider unique unit with Ballistics technology.

Film Studio

A building unique to America. +30% Tourism pressure from this city towards other civilizations who reached the Modern era.

P-51 Mustang

American unique Atomic era air unit that replaces the Fighter. Gains +5 Combat Strength against fighter aircraft, has +2 flight range, and gains +50% experience.

Rough Rider

American unique Industrial era unit that replaces Cuirassier when Teddy Roosevelt (Rough Rider) is their leader. Combat victories on their Capital's continent provide Culture equal to 25% of the Combat Strength of the defeated unit (on Online speed). +5 Combat Strength when fighting on Hills. Lower maintenance cost.

Arabia Saladin (Vizier)

The Last Prophet

+1 Great Prophet point per turn after researching Astrology. The last available Great Prophet will automatically go to Arabia, if they have not already recruited one.

+1 Science for each foreign city following Arabia's Religion. Campuses receive +1 Science for each adjacent Holy Site and Holy Sites receive +1 Faith for each adjacent Campus.
• Bias: None.

Righteousness of the Faith

The worship building for their Religion can be purchased by any player for just one-tenth of the usual Faith cost. It adds 10% to the Science, Culture, and Faith to the city's output, increasing to 20% with Reformed Church.

Madrasa

A building unique to Arabia. Bonus Faith equal to the adjacency bonus of the Campus district.

Mamluk

Arabian unique Medieval era unit that replaces the Knight. Heals at the end of every turn, even after moving or attacking.

Arabia Saladin (Sultan)

The Last Prophet

The Victorious

+100% Flanking and Support Bonus to all Combat and Religious Units.
All Units cost 1 Gold less maintenance per turn.

Madrasa

A building unique to Arabia. Bonus Faith equal to the adjacency bonus of the Campus district.

Mamluk

Arabian unique Medieval era unit that replaces the Knight. Heals at the end of every turn, even after moving or attacking.

Australia John Curtin

Land Down Under

+3 Housing in coastal cities. +1 Production on Pastures at Political Philosophy. Pastures trigger a Culture Bomb.

Campuses, Theater Squares, Commercial Hubs, and Holy Sites receive +1 Adjacency in tiles with Charming Appeal, +3 in Breathtaking.
• Bias:T1 Coast, T4 Horse, Cattle, Sheep, -T2 Floodplains, -T4 Rainforest. Special "I am Salty", may spawn coastal without freshwater.

Citadel of Civilization

+50% Production for 10 turns after liberating a city.

Outback Station

Australian unique builder improvement unlocked at Guilds. Can only be built in Desert, Grassland and Plains tiles.

+1 Food and +1 Production.
+1 Food for each adjacent Pasture.
+1 Food for every adjacent Outback Stations with Rapid Deployment.
+1 Production for every 2 adjacent Outback Stations with Industrialization.
+1 Appeal to adjacent tiles.

Digger

Australian unique Modern era unit that replaces Infantry. +10 Combat Strength when fighting on Coastal tiles. +5 Combat Strength when fighting on Neutral or Foreign Territory.

Aztec Montezuma

Legend of the Five Suns

Spend a Builder charge to complete 30% of the original district cost.
+50% Production towards land melee units.
• Bias: None.

Gifts for the Tlatoani

Luxury resources in his territory provide an Amenity to 2 extra cities.
Military units receive +1 Combat Strength when attacking for each different Luxury resource improved in Aztec lands and retained by the Aztec.

Tlachtli

A building unique to the Aztecs. Provides +1 Amenity and +1 Culture to each City Center within 6 tiles. This bonus applies once to a city, and multiple copies of this building within 6 tiles of a City Center do not provide additional bonuses.
+1 Great General Point per turn and +3 Tourism.

Eagle Warrior

Aztec unique Ancient era unit that replaces the Warrior. Has a chance to capture other civilization's military units by turning them into Builders.

Babylon Hammurabi

Enuma Anu Enlil

Receive a free Eureka after constructing each Library.
• Bias: T3 Rivers.

Ninu Ilu Sirum

When each specialty district type except the Government Plaza is constructed for the first time, receive the lowest Production cost building that can currently be constructed in that district.

Palgum

A building unique to Babylon.

+2 Production.
+1 Food to improved Freshwater tiles, except Farms.
+1 Production to all farms in the city.

Sabum Kibittum

Babylonian unique Ancient era melee unit. +17 Combat Strength against Heavy and Light Cavalry promotion class units. This unit has 3 Movement and sight.

Brazil Pedro II

Amazon

Rainforest tiles provide +1 adjacency bonus for Campuses, Theater Squares, Commercial Hubs, and Holy Sites, and grant +1 Appeal to adjacent tiles, instead of the usual -1.
Unimproved Rainforest tiles gain +1 Production at Construction.
• Bias: T2 Rainforest.

Magnanimous

After recruiting or patronizing a Great Person, 20% of its Great Person point cost is refunded.

Street Carnival

A district unique to Brazil that doesn't cost a district population slot and is not a specialty district. Replaces the Entertainment Complex district, and provides +2 Amenities. Cannot be built in a city with a Copacabana.

Unlocks the Carnival project, which grants an additional +1 Amenity when underway and a earns Great Engineer, Great Merchant, Great Writer, Great Artist, Great Musician points upon completion.

Copacabana

A district unique to Brazil that doesn't cost a district population slot and is not a specialty district. Replaces the Water Park district, and provides +2 Amenities. Cannot be built in a city with a Street Carnival. Cannot be built on Reef.

Unlocks the Carnival project, which grants an additional +1 Amenity when underway and a earns Great Engineer, Great Merchant, Great Writer, Great Artist, Great Musician points upon completion.

Minas Geraes

Brazilian unique Industrial era unit that replaces the Battleship and is unlocked by Nationalism. +10 Ranged and Melee Combat Strength with Refining.

Byzantium Basil II

Taxis

Units receive +2 Combat Strength or Religious Strength for each Holy City converted to Byzantium's Religion (including Byzantium's Holy City). +1 Great Prophet point from cities with a Holy Site district.

When defeating a unit, spreads Byzantium's Religion pressure (based on melee Combat Strength of the defeated unit) within 5 tiles.
• Bias: None.

Porphyrogénnētos

Heavy and Light Cavalry units do full damage against cities following the same religion as Byzantium. Gain the Tagma unique unit when the Divine Right civic is discovered.

Hippodrome

A district unique to Byzantium. Replaces the Entertainment Complex district, provides +3 Amenities, and is cheaper to build. When the Hippodrome and buildings in this district are constructed, receive a Heavy Cavalry unit. Units granted from this district do not have a strategic resource maintenance cost. Cannot be built in a city with a Water Park.

Dromon

Byzantine unique Classical era unit that replaces the Quadrireme and has additional range. +5 Combat Strength against land and naval units.

Tagma

Basil II's unique Medieval era unit that replaces the Knight. Land units within 1 tile of the Tagma receive +2 Combat Strength or Religious Strength.

Byzantium Theodora

Taxis

Metanoia

After researching Political Philosophy, Holy Sites provide +1 Culture for each adjacent district. Farms provide a +1 Faith adjacency to Hippodromes and Holy Sites.

Hippodrome

Dromon

Byzantine unique Classical era unit that replaces the Quadrireme and has additional range. +5 Combat Strength against land and naval units.

Canada Wilfrid Laurier

Four Faces of Peace

Cannot declare war on City-States or surprise wars. Surprise wars cannot be declared on Canada.

For every 100 Tourism per turn earn 1 Diplomatic Favor per turn. Receive +100% Diplomatic Favor from successfully completing an Emergency or Scored Competition.
• Bias: T1 Tundra.

The Last Best West

City Centers in Tundra receive +1 Food.

Farms can be constructed in Tundra. After Civil Engineering is unlocked, Farms can be built on Tundra Hills. Improvements in Tundra and Snow receive the following bonuses: Mines and Lumber Mills +2 Production, Farms and Camps +2 Food. Receive double the normal accumulation rate for Strategic Resources improved in tundra and snow. -50% of the normal cost to purchase Snow and Tundra tiles.

Ice Hockey Rink

Canadian unique Builder improvement unlocked with Diplomatic Service. Can be built on Tundra, Tundra Hills, Snow, and Snow Hills. One per city.

+1 Culture for each adjacent Tundra, Tundra Hills, Snow, and Snow Hills tile.
+1 Amenity and +2 Appeal to adjacent tiles.
+2 Food and Production with Professional Sports.
+4 Culture if adjacent to a Stadium building.

Provides Tourism from Culture once Flight is unlocked.

Mountie

Canadian unique Modern era unit. Has Sight of 4. Can create 2 National Parks. +5 Combat Strength when fighting within 4 tiles of a National Park. Additional +5 Combat Strength when fighting within 4 tiles of an Owned National Park.

China Kublai Khan (China)

Dynastic Cycle

Eurekas and Inspirations provide 45% of civics and technologies instead of 40%.
• Bias: None.

Gerege

One extra Economic policy slot in any government.
+1 Science and +1 Culture per international trade route and an additional +1 Science and +1 Culture for each 20 tiles traveled.

Receive a random Eureka and Inspiration when establishing a Trading Post in another Civilization's city for the first time.

Great Wall

Chinese unique builder improvement unlocked with Masonry. Must be built in a line along the borders of your empire. Can only be pillaged (never destroyed) by natural disasters.

+1 Production.
+1 Gold for each adjacent Great Wall.
+1 Culture for each adjacent Great Wall with Castles.
+1 Culture with Military Science.

Provides Tourism after researching Flight.
An occupying unit receives +1 Sight and +4 Defense Strength and automatically gains 2 turns of fortification.

Crouching Tiger

Chinese unique unit that replaces the Crossbowman. +7 Ranged Strength when attacking adjacent enemy units.

China Qin (Mandate of Heaven)

Dynastic Cycle

Eurekas and Inspirations provide 45% of civics and technologies instead of 40%.
• Bias: None.

The First Emperor

Builder receive an additional charge. When building Ancient and Classical Wonders you may spend Builder charge to complete 15% of the Wonder Production cost. +1 Food per wonder built in each city. Canals are unlocked with the Masonry technology.

When completing a wonder receive a random Eureka and Inspiration from the era of the wonder if available.

Great Wall

Crouching Tiger

Chinese unique unit that replaces the Crossbowman. +7 Ranged Strength when attacking adjacent enemy units.

China Qin (Unifier)

Dynastic Cycle

Eurekas and Inspirations provide 45% of civics and technologies instead of 40%.
• Bias: None.

Thirty-Six Stratagems

Melee units receive the Convert Barbarians action, which consumes the melee unit.

+50% Production towards Encampment buildings. +1 Great Writer point from Encampment districts. Barracks buildings provide 2 slots for Great Works of Writing. Great Works of Writing provide +1 Food.

When recruiting a Great General or Great Writer receive a random Eureka and Inspiration.

Great Wall

Crouching Tiger

Chinese unique unit that replaces the Crossbowman. +7 Ranged Strength when attacking adjacent enemy units.

China Wu Zetian

Dynastic Cycle

Eurekas and Inspirations provide 45% of civics and technologies instead of 40%.
• Bias: None.

Manual of Entrapment

Receive a free spy (and extra spy capacity) after discovering Defensive Tactics. Can purchase Spies with Faith. All offensive Spies operate at 1 level higher. Whenever an offensive spy mission is successful, you also gain 100% of the Science, Culture, and Faith that the targeted city earned that turn.

Traders and Spies receive +2 Sight. Recon units receive +1 Sight with Machinery. Land units within 3 tiles of a Recon unit receive +3 Combat Strength.

When completing a Government Plaza building or Diplomatic Quarter building receive a random Eureka and Inspiration.

Great Wall

Crouching Tiger

Chinese unique unit that replaces the Crossbowman. +7 Ranged Strength when attacking adjacent enemy units.

China Yongle

Dynastic Cycle

Eurekas and Inspirations provide 45% of civics and technologies instead of 40%.
• Bias: None.

Lijia

Cities with 10 or more Population receive +0.7 Science, +0.5 Culture, and +1 Gold per turn for each Population in the city.

All cities receive unique city projects where that converts 70% of their Production into Food or Faith, or 150% if it is Gold.

When each city reaches 13 population for the first time receive a random Eureka; at 18 Population receive a random Inspiration.

Great Wall

Crouching Tiger

Chinese unique unit that replaces the Crossbowman. +7 Ranged Strength when attacking adjacent enemy units.

Cree Poundmaker

Nîhithaw

+1 Trade Route capacity with the Pottery technology.
Unclaimed tiles within 3 tiles of a Cree city come under Cree control when a Trader first moves into them.
• Bias: T4 Deer, Cattle, Horses, Sheep.

Favorable Terms

All Alliance types provide Shared Visibility.
Your outgoing Trade Routes grant +1 Food to Poundmaker per Camp or Pasture at the destination. Trade Routes sent to your cities grant +1 Gold to Poundmaker per Camp or Pasture at the destination.

Mekewap

Cree unique builder improvement unlocked with Pottery. Must be placed adjacent to a Bonus or Luxury resource. Cannot be built adjacent to another Mekewap.

+1 Production and +1 Housing.
+1 Production and +1 Housing with Civil Service.
+1 Food for every 2 adjacent Bonus Resources, increasing to +1 Food for every adjacent Bonus Resource with Conservation.
+1 Gold if adjacent to a Luxury resource.
+2 Gold for every adjacent Luxury resource with Cartography.

Okihtcitaw

Cree unique Ancient era unit that replaces the Scout. Starts with a free promotion. +5 Combat Strength when fighting units with a higher base Combat Strength.

Egypt Cleopatra (Egyptian)

Iteru

+15% Production towards districts and wonders if placed next to a River. Does not receive damage from Floods.
• Bias: T2 Floodplains, T5 Rivers

Mediterranean's Bride

Your Trade Routes to other civilizations provide +4 Gold for Egypt. Other civilizations' Trade Routes to Egypt provide +1 Food for them and +2 Gold for Egypt. Trading with Allies earns twice as many bonus Alliance Points.

+15% production toward Commercial Hubs and Theater Squares when the city is settled on a river.

Sphinx

Egyptian unique builder improvement unlocked with Craftsmanship. Cannot be built next to another Sphinx. Cannot be built on Snow tiles.

+1 Culture and +2 Faith.
+1 Culture if built on Floodplains.
+1 Culture with Diplomatic Service.
+1 Faith and +1 Culture if built next to a wonder.
+1 Food and +1 Production if built on Desert (not Floodplains) or Desert Hills.
+2 Appeal to adjacent tiles.

Provides Tourism after researching Flight.

Maryannu Chariot Archer

Egyptian unique Ancient era ranged cavalry unit. 4 Movement when starting in open terrain.

Egypt Cleopatra (Ptolemaic)

Iteru

+15% Production towards districts and wonders if placed next to a River. Does not receive damage from Floods.
• Bias: T2 Floodplains, T5 Rivers

Arrival of Hapi

Military units receive +5 Combat Strength on floodplains. Military units can cross rivers without penalty starting in the classical era.

+15% production bonus for Campuses and Encampments when the city is settled on a river. Campus and Encampments receive major Science adjacency from rivers.

Sphinx

Maryannu Chariot Archer

Egyptian unique Ancient era ranged cavalry unit. 4 Movement when starting in open terrain.

Egypt Ramses II

Iteru

+15% Production towards districts and wonders if placed next to a River. Does not receive damage from Floods.
• Bias: T2 Floodplains, T5 Rivers

Abu Simbel

Gain Culture equal to 10% of the construction cost when finishing Buildings, doubled for cities with a wonder and 25% Culture when completing Wonders. Holy Sites are granted +1 Production if built adjacent to a River.

+15% production bonus for Holy Sites and Industrial Zones when the city is settled on a river.

Sphinx

Maryannu Chariot Archer

Egyptian unique Ancient era ranged cavalry unit. 4 Movement when starting in open terrain.

England Eleanor of Aquitaine (England)

Workshop of the World

Iron and Coal Mines accumulate 2 more resources per turn. Harbor buildings increase Strategic Resource Stockpiles by +10 (on Standard speed). +100% Production towards Military Engineers. Military Engineers receive +2 charges. Buildings that provide additional yields when Powered receive +4 of that yield.
• Bias: T1 Coast, T5 Iron and Coal.

Court of Love

+100% Production to Theater Square Buildings. +20% Production toward Ancient and Classical wonders (French Eleanor only).

Great Works receive additional yields based on the districts built in this city (+1 for Writings and Relics, +2 for Art and Artifacts, +4 for Music):
Science for Campus.
Culture for Theater Square.
Gold for Harbor or Commercial Hub.
Faith for Holy Site.
Production for Industrial Zone.
Food for Neighborhood.
(Can't receive bonus yields on great works from Anshan)

Great Works in Eleanor's cities each cause -1 Loyalty per turn in foreign cities within 9 tiles. A city that leaves another civilization due to a loss of Loyalty and is currently receiving the most Loyalty per turn from Eleanor's civilization skips the Free City step to join this civilization.

Royal Navy Dockyard

A district unique to England for naval activity in your city. Replaces the Harbor district. Also removes the Movement penalty for embarking and disembarking to and from this tile. Must be built on Coast or Lake Terrain adjacent to land.

+1 Movement for all naval units built in Dockyard
+2 Gold as adjacency and +4 Loyalty per turn when built on a foreign continent. Cannot be built on Reef.

Sea Dog

English unique Renaissance era naval unit that replaces the Privateer. Has a chance to capture defeated enemy ships. Can only be seen by other Naval Raiders unless adjacent to it. Reveals Naval Raiders within sight range.

England Elizabeth I

Workshop of the World

Drake's Legacy

+1 Trade Route capacity with Shipbuilding technology, Exploration civic and Mercantilism civic. Trade Routes to City-states provide +3 Gold for every specialty district in the origin city.

All Naval Raider units gain +1 Movement and +1 Sight. Naval Raiders can attack and promote in the same turn. +100% Gold from Plundering Trade Routes with Naval Units.

Royal Navy Dockyard

Sea Dog

England Victoria (Age of Empire)

Workshop of the World

Pax Britannica

Cities settled 10 or more tiles from your capital receive a free melee unit. Constructing Royal Navy Dockyard grants you the strongest naval unit you can build. Naval melee units may escort civilian units at their higher movement speed. Gain the Redcoat unique unit when the Military Science technology is researched.
Lighthouse grants +1 Great Admiral point per turn.

Royal Navy Dockyard

Redcoat

English unique Industrial era unit when Victoria is their leader that replaces the Line Infantry. +5 Combat Strength when fighting on a continent other than that of your capital's. No disembark cost.

Sea Dog

England Victoria (Age of Steam)

Workshop of the World

Age of Steam

+10% Production in Cities for each Factory and Power Plant in that city. Industrial Zones receive standard adjacency from Royal Navy Dockyards. +20% Production towards Industrial Zone buildings.
Lighthouse grants +1 Great Engineer point per turn.

Royal Navy Dockyard

Sea Dog

Ethiopia Menelik II

Aksumite Legacy

Ethiopia's International Trade Routes grant +0.5 Faith per resource at the origin. Improved Resources provide +1 Faith. Can purchase Archaeological Museums and Archaeologists with Faith.
• Bias: T3 Grassland and Plains Hills.

Council of Ministers

Receive Science and Culture equal to 10% of your Faith generation in cities founded on Hills or Resources.

Rock-Hewn Church

Ethiopian unique builder improvement unlocked with Drama and Poetry. Can only be built on Hills or Volcanic Soil not adjacent to another Rock-Hewn Church. Can only be pillaged (never destroyed) by natural disasters.

+1 Faith for every adjacent Mountain and Hills tile.
+1 Appeal to adjacent tiles.

Provides Tourism from Faith after researching Flight.

Oromo Cavalry

Ethiopian unique Medieval era unit that replaces the Courser. +1 Movement if starts in Hills and +4 Combat Strength when fighting in Hills. Has Sight of 3.

France Catherine de Medici (Black Queen)

Grand Tour

Receives a free Spy (and extra spy capacity) with the Castles technology. All spies start with a free promotion. +20% Production toward Medieval, Renaissance, and Industrial era Wonders. +50% Tourism from Wonders of any era.
• Bias: T4 Rivers.

Catherine's Flying Squadron

Has 1 level of Diplomatic Visibility greater than normal with every civilization that she's met.

Château

French unique builder improvement unlocked at Feudalism. Cannot be built adjacent to another Chateau.

+1 Food, +1 Culture, +1 Gold
+1 Housing and +1 Appeal to adjacent tiles.
+1 Culture for each adjacent wonder, increasing to +2 Culture with the Flight technology.
+1 Culture and +1 Gold for each adjacent Luxury resource.
+2 Gold if built next to River.

Provides Tourism after researching Flight.

Garde Impériale

French unique Industrial era melee unit that replaces the Line Infantry. +5 Combat Strength when fighting on your capital's continent. +10 Great General points when killing an enemy unit.

France Catherine de Medici (Magnificence)

Grand Tour

Catherine’s Magnificences

Improved resources receive +1 Culture after researching Craftsmanship. Improved resources adjacent to Theater Square districts or a Chateau receive +1 Culture. May initiate the Court Festival unique project in any city with a Theater Square district.

Château

Garde Impériale

French unique Industrial era melee unit that replaces the Line Infantry. +5 Combat Strength when fighting on your capital's continent. +10 Great General points when killing an enemy unit.

France Eleanor of Aquitaine (France)

Grand Tour

Court of Love

Château

Garde Impériale

French unique Industrial era melee unit that replaces the Line Infantry. +5 Combat Strength when fighting on your capital's continent. +10 Great General points when killing an enemy unit.

Gaul Ambiorix

Hallstatt Culture

Mines provide a minor adjacency bonus for all districts and receive +1 Culture with Bronze Working. Specialty districts do not receive a minor adjacency for being adjacent to another district and these districts cannot be built adjacent to the City Center.
• Bias: T3 Iron, T4 Quarry Resources, T5 Minable Resources.

King of the Eburones

Melee and anti-cavalry units receive +1 Combat Strength on attack for each of your adjacent land military units (does not count air or naval units).

Oppidum

A district unique to Gaul that is cheaper and available earlier than the district it replaces, the Industrial Zone. The Oppidum district is defensible with a ranged attack.

+2 Production adjacency bonus from Quarries and Strategic resources. Triggers a Culture Bomb of unowned territory when completed.

Gaesatae

Gallic unique Ancient era unit that replaces the Warrior. This unit has increased cost and receives +10 Combat Strength when fighting units with a higher base Combat Strength. +5 Combat Strength vs. district defenses.

Georgia Tamar

Strength in Unity

When making Dedications at the beginning of a Golden Age or Heroic Age, receive the Normal Age bonus towards improving Era Score in addition to the other bonus.
+50% Production towards walls.
• Bias: T4 Quarry Resources.

Glory of the World, Kingdom and Faith

Killing a unit provides Faith equal to 50% of the defeated unit's base Combat Strength (on Online speed). Each Envoy you send to a City-state of your majority Religion counts as two Envoys (must have a majority Religion). Earn +1 Faith per Envoy in a City-state.

Tsikhe

A building unique to Georgia which replaces and is stronger than Ancient Walls.

+4 Faith and +1 Culture.
+1 Tourism with Conservation.
+3 Faith and +100% Tourism when in a Golden or Heroic Age.

Khevsur

Georgian unique Medieval Era unit that replaces the Man-At-Arms. +7 Combat Strength bonus when fighting in hill terrain. No Movement penalty in hill terrain.

Germany Frederick Barbarossa

Free Imperial Cities

After unlocking Guilds, each city can build one more District than usual (exceeding the normal limit based on Population). Culture bomb adjacent tiles when completing a Commercial Hub.
• Bias: T3 Rivers.

Holy Roman Emperor

One extra Military policy slot in any government.
+7 Combat Strength when attacking city-states.

Hansa

A district unique to Germany for industrial activity. Replaces the Industrial Zone district and cheaper to build.

+ 2 Production bonus for each adjacent Commercial Hub, Aqueduct, Canal, and Dam districts. +1 Production bonus for each adjacent resource. +1 Production bonus for every two adjacent district tiles.

U-Boat

German unique Modern era naval unit that replaces the Submarine. Cheaper to produce, +1 Sight, and +10 Combat Strength when fighting on Ocean tiles. Able to reveal other stealthed units.

Germany Ludwig II

Free Imperial Cities

Swan King

Wonders (complete and incomplete) receive +1 Culture for every adjacent District as adjacency bonus. All Culture adjacencies provide Tourism with Castles.

Hansa

U-Boat

German unique Modern era naval unit that replaces the Submarine. Cheaper to produce, +1 Sight, and +10 Combat Strength when fighting on Ocean tiles. Able to reveal other stealthed units.

Gran Colombia Simón Bolívar

Ejército Patriota

+1 Movement for all military units after researching Political Philosophy. Promoting Cavalry units, Air units and Spies does not end these units' turn.
• Bias: T5 Plantation Resources.

Campaña Admirable

Earn a Comandante General when the game enters a new era. May not recruit Great Generals.

Hacienda

Colombian unique builder improvement unlocked with Medieval Faires. Can be built on Plains and Grassland flat tiles.

+1 Production, +2 Gold, and +0.5 Housing.
+1 Food for every 2 adjacent Plantations, increasing to +1 Food for every adjacent Plantation with Replaceable Parts.
+1 Production on Plantations and Haciendas for every 2 adjacent Haciendas, increasing to +1 Production for every adjacent Hacienda with Mercantilism.

Llanero

Gran Colombian Industrial era unique unit that replaces the Cavalry. Low maintenance cost. +2 Combat Strength for every adjacent Llanero. Fully heals when in range of a Comandante General that activates its retire ability.

Comandante General

A special type of Great Person only available to Simón Bolívar. Each has unique abilities, including a passive effect, and a Retire effect.

Greece Gorgo

Plato's Republic

One extra Wildcard policy slot in any government with Early Empire.
• Bias: T4 Grassland and Plains Hills.

Thermopylae

Combat victories provide Culture equal to 50% of the Combat Strength of the defeated unit (on Online speed).

+1 Combat Strength for each Military policy slot in your government.

Acropolis

A district unique to Greece that replaces the Theater Square district and is cheaper to build. Can only be built on Hills.

+1 Culture for each adjacent district.
+1 Culture for an adjacent City Center.
+2 Culture bonus for each adjacent wonder, Entertainment Complex, and Water Park.

Hoplite

Greek unique Ancient era anti-cavalry unit that replaces the Spearman. +7 Combat Strength if there is at least one adjacent Hoplite unit.

Greece Pericles

Plato's Republic

One extra Wildcard policy slot in any government with Early Empire.
• Bias: T4 Grassland and Plains Hills.

Surrounded by Glory

+5% Culture and +5% Tourism per City-state you are the Suzerain of.
Awards 1 envoy when an Amphitheater is completed.

Acropolis

Hoplite

Greek unique Ancient era anti-cavalry unit that replaces the Spearman. +7 Combat Strength if there is at least one adjacent Hoplite unit.

Hungary Matthias Corvinus

Pearl of the Danube

+50% Production to Districts and Buildings constructed directly across a river from a City Center.
• Bias: T4 Rivers, T5 Geothermal Fissures.

Raven King

Levied units gain an ability giving them +1 Movement. It cost 75% less Gold and resources to upgrade Levied units. If you Levy troops from a City-state, receive 1 Envoys with that City-state. Levied units receive +3 combat strength. Gain the Black Army unique unit when the Castles technology is researched.

Thermal Bath

A building unique to Hungary. +2 Amenities and +2 Production extends to each city center within 6 tiles. These bonuses apply once to a city, and multiple copies of this building within 6 tiles of a city center do not provide additional bonuses.

This city receives +3 Tourism and +2 additional Amenities if there is at least one Geothermal Fissure in this city's borders.

Black Army

Hungarian unique Medieval Era unit that replaces the Courser. +2 Combat Strength from each adjacent Levied unit.

Huszár

Hungarian unique Industrial era unit that replaces Cavalry. +2 Combat Strength from every City-state of which you are suzerain.

Inca Pachacuti

Mit’a

Citizens can work Mountain tiles. Mountain tiles provide +2 Production, increasing to +3 Production after you reach the Industrial Era, and +1 Food for each adjacent Terrace Farm.
• Bias: T3 Grassland and Plains Mountains. Special "Mountain Lover".

Qhapaq Ñan

Domestic Trade Routes gain +1 Food for every Mountain tile in the origin city. International Trade Routes gain +1 Gold for every Mountain tile in the origin city. -50% of the normal Gold cost to purchase Mountain tiles.

Gain the Qhapaq Ñan improvement with Foreign Trade. Recon units gain +1 build charge to build a Qhapaq Ñan.

Qhapaq Ñan

Unlocks the Builder ability to construct a Qhapaq Ñan, unique to Pachacuti.

Acts as a movement portal on a mountain range, allowing units to move into it and exit from another portal at the cost of 2 Movement. Trade Routes traveling through it can multiply the Gold they get from districts at their destination. Can only be built on an adjacent Mountain tile. Cannot be pillaged or removed.

Terrace Farm

Incan unique builder improvement available at the start of the game. Can be placed on Grassland Hills, Plains Hills, Desert Hills, or Volcanic Soil.

+1 Food +1 Housing.
+1 Food for each adjacent Mountain.
+1 Food for every 2 adjacent Terrace Farms, increasing to +1 Food for every Terrace Farm with Replaceable Parts.
+1 Production if adjacent to Fresh Water and not an Aqueduct.
+2 Production for each adjacent Aqueduct.

Warak’aq

Incan unique Medieval Era unit that replaces the Skirmisher. Stronger at ranged combat than the Skirmisher and +1 additional attack per turn.

India Chandragupta

Dharma

Receives Follower Belief bonuses in a city from each Religion that has at least 1 Follower. Cities gain +1 Amenity for every Religion with at least 1 Follower. Missionaries have +2 spreads. +100% Religious pressure from your Trade Routes.
• Bias: None.

Arthashastra

Shrines grant +1 Movement and Temples grant +1 Sight for all newly trained military units in the city.

Units receive +1 Combat Strength for each Holy Site building in the city when produced.

Stepwell

Indian unique builder improvement unlocked with Irrigation.

+1 Food, +1 Faith, and +1 Housing.
+1 Food and +1 Faith with Feudalism.
+1 Food for each adjacent Farm.
+1 Faith if adjacent to a Holy Site district.
+1 Housing with Sanitation.

Cannot be built on Hills or adjacent to another Stepwell.

Varu

Indian unique Classical era heavy cavalry unit. Has Sight of 3. Adjacent enemy units receive -5 Combat Strength.

India Gandhi

Dharma

Satyagraha

Grants an extra belief when founding a Religion. +5 Faith for each civilization (including India) they have met that has founded a Religion and is not currently at war.

Settlers and Builders produced in cities with a Holy Site receive +1 Movement. Opposing civilizations receive +50% war weariness for fighting against Gandhi.

Stepwell

Varu

Indian unique Classical era heavy cavalry unit. Has Sight of 3. Adjacent enemy units receive -5 Combat Strength.

Indonesia Gitarja

Great Nusantara

Coast and Lake tiles provide a minor adjacency bonus for Campus, Theater Square, Holy Site, and Industrial Zone districts. +1 Amenity from entertainment to each Entertainment Complex adjacent to a Coast or Lake tile.
• Bias: T1 Coast.

Exalted Goddess of the Three Worlds

Naval units can be purchased with Faith. Religious units pay no movement to embark or disembark. +2 Faith to City Centers that are adjacent to Coast or Lake tiles.

Kampung

Indonesian unique builder improvement unlocked at Shipbuilding. Must be placed on a Coast or Lake tile adjacent to a sea resource.

+1 Production and +1 Housing.
+1 Food and +1 Faith for each adjacent Fishing Boat.
+1 Production with Civil Engineering.
+1 Housing with Mass Production.

Provides Tourism from Food after researching Flight.

Jong

Indonesian unique Medieval era naval unit that replaces the Frigate. Formation units all inherit escort's Movement speed and +5 Combat Strength when in a formation.

Japan Hojo Tokimune

Meiji Restoration

All districts receive standard adjacency bonus for being adjacent to another district. Commercial Hubs do not receive bonuses from adjacent rivers.
• Bias: T1 Coast.

Divine Wind

Land units receive +3 Combat Strength in land tiles adjacent to Coast; naval units receive +3 Combat Strength in shallow water tiles. Units do not receive damage from Hurricanes. Civilizations that are at war with Japan receive +100% unit damage from Hurricanes in Japanese territory.

+100% Production to Theater Square, Holy Site, and Encampment districts.

Electronics Factory

A building unique to Japan. Provides +4 Culture to this city after researching the Electricity technology. Its Production bonus is extended to all City Centers within 6 tiles that do not already have a bonus from this building type.

Samurai

Japanese unique Medieval era melee unit that replaces the Man-At-Arms. Does not suffer combat penalties when damaged.

Japan Tokugawa

Meiji Restoration

All districts receive standard adjacency bonus for being adjacent to another district. Commercial Hubs do not receive bonuses from adjacent rivers.
• Bias: T1 Coast.

Bakuhan

International Trade Routes receive -25% Yield and Tourism, but Domestic Trade Routes provide +0.5 Culture increasing to +1 with Humanism, +0.5 Science increasing to +1 with Education, and +1 Gold for every Specialty District at the Destination. Cities within 6 tiles of Japan's capital receive 100% Loyalty and after researching Flight receive +1 Tourism for every District.

Electronics Factory

Samurai

Japanese unique Medieval era melee unit that replaces the Man-At-Arms. Does not suffer combat penalties when damaged.

Khmer Jayavarman VII

Grand Barays

Cities with an Aqueduct receive +1 Amenity. Farms provide +2 Food if adjacent to an Aqueduct and +1 Faith if adjacent to a Holy Site.
• Bias: T3 Rivers.

Monasteries of the King

Holy Sites are granted a standard adjacency in Faith from Rivers, +1 Food and +2 Housing if built adjacent to a River, and trigger a Culture Bomb when completed.

Prasat

A building unique to Khmer that replaces the Temple. Required to purchase Apostles and Inquisitors with Faith.
+6 Faith. +0.3 Culture for every population in this city.

Once Flight is researched receive +10 Tourism if the city population is 10 or higher and +20 Tourism if the city population is 20 or higher.

Domrey

Khmer unique Medieval era siege unit that replaces the Trebuchet. This unit has a higher Melee and Range Strength than the Trebuchet. It can move and shoot in the same turn and exerts zone of control.

Kongo Mvemba a Nzinga

Nkisi

Artifacts and Sculptures grant +2 Food, +2 Production, +4 Gold and +4 Faith. Palace has slots for 5 Great Works.

Receive 50% more Great Writer, Great Artist, Great Musician, and Great Merchant points. +100% Production to Archaeologists.
• Bias: T3 Rainforest, T5 Woods.

Religious Convert

May not build Holy Site districts, gain Great Prophets, or found Religions. Receives +0.2 Culture and +1 Gold per citizen in a city following any religion. Receives an Apostle (of that city's majority Religion) each time he finishes a Mbanza or Theater Square district.

Relics grant +2 Food, +2 Production, +4 Gold and +1 Faith. Receive a Relic when completing each Government Plaza building.

All land combat units ignore the Rainforest and Woods Movement penalty.

Mbanza

A district unique to Kongo that can only be constructed in Rainforest or Woods. Replaces the Neighborhood district but is available earlier and cheaper to build. Provides +5 Housing, +2 Food, and +4 Gold, regardless of Appeal.

Ngao Mbeba

Kongo unique Classical era unit that replaces the Swordsman. +10 Combat Strength when defending against ranged attacks. Can see through Woods and Rainforests.

Kongo Nzinga Mbande

Nkisi

Queen of Ndongo and Matamba

+10% Gold and 10% Culture in cities with a Mbanza (does not stack with multiples). Mbanza provides +2 adjacency to Theater Squares and Commercial Hubs. Archaeologists are 50% cheaper to purchase.

All civilian units ignore the Rainforest and Woods Movement penalty.

Mbanza

Ngao Mbeba

Kongo unique Classical era unit that replaces the Swordsman. +10 Combat Strength when defending against ranged attacks. Can see through Woods and Rainforests.

Korea Sejong

Three Kingdoms

Mines receive +1 Science for every adjacent Seowon district. Farms receive +1 Food for every adjacent Seowon district.
• Bias: T4 Grassland and Plains Hills

Hangul

When you complete your first Technology from a new Era, receive double your Science per turn as Culture. Seowons receive -1 Science for each adjacent District. Seowons and Theater Squares receive major adjacency from each other. Cities with a Seowon and a Theater Square receive +1 Culture and +2 Tourism per district. +30% Production toward builders in cities without Governors after Feudalism.

Seowon

A district unique to Korea that replaces the Campus and has unique adjacencies. Culture bombs adjacent tiles when completed. Science Specialists grant +1 Food. Must be built on hills.

+1 Science base adjacency.
+1 Science for every 2 adjacent mines.
+2 Science for each adjacent Geothermal Fissure.

Hwacha

Korean unique Renaissance Era unit that replaces the Field Cannon. High Ranged Attack Strength. Cannot move and attack in the same turn.

Korea Seondeok

Three Kingdoms

Mines receive +1 Science for every adjacent Seowon district. Farms receive +1 Food for every adjacent Seowon district.
• Bias: T4 Grassland and Plains Hills

Hwarang

+1 Amenity for cities with a Governor.
+30% yield to Seowon buildings for each Governor promotion in the city.
When you unlock Feudalism, cities you founded without a Governor receive -10% to all yields. +1 Governor Title at Feudalism.

Seowon

Hwacha

Korean unique Renaissance Era unit that replaces the Field Cannon. High Ranged Attack Strength. Cannot move and attack in the same turn.

Macedon Alexander

Hellenistic Fusion

Receive boosts upon city conquest: +20% Production in all cities for 10 turns, as well as a Eureka for each Encampment or Campus in the conquered city and an Inspiration for each Holy Site or Theater Square.

To World's End

Combat victories provide Science equal to 20% of the Combat Strength of the defeated unit (on Online speed). Cities do not incur war weariness. All military units heal completely when this player captures a city with a world wonder.

Basilikoi Paides

A building unique to Macedon. +25% combat experience for all melee, ranged land units, and Hetairoi trained in this city. Gain Science equal to 20% of the unit's Production cost when a non-civilian unit is trained in this city.

Strategic Resource Stockpiles increased +10 (on Standard speed).

May not be built in an Encampment district that already has a Stable.

Hetairoi

Macedonian unique heavy cavalry unit. Additional +5 Combat Strength when adjacent to a Great General from any era. +5 Great General points when killing an enemy unit. Starts with free Promotion.

Hypaspist

Macedonian unique melee unit that replaces the Swordsman. +10 Combat Strength when besieging districts. Receives +50% Additional Support Bonus.

Mali Mansa Musa

Songs of the Jeli

-15% Production in all cities.
Mines receive -1 Production and +4 Gold.
Cities receive +1 Food for each desert tile adjacent to your City Center.
May purchase Suguba district buildings with Faith.
• Bias: T1 Desert, T5 Minable Resources.

Sahel Merchants

+1 Trade Route capacity after Banking. Holy Sites grant major adjacency to Sugubas instead of standard adjacency. +15% Production toward Holy Sites and their buildings. Cities receive +1 Faith if your empire owns at least 2 desert tiles within 3 tiles of the city center.

Suguba

A district unique to Mali that replaces the Commercial Hub. Units, Buildings, and Districts are 10% cheaper to purchase with Gold and Faith in this City.

Standard adjacency from Holy Sites. +1 Gold bonus from a tile containing a City Center, River Edge, or an Oasis. +1 Gold bonus for every two adjacent district tiles.

Mandekalu Cavalry

Mali unique Medieval Era unit that replaces the Knight. Trader units are immune to being plundered if they are within 4 tiles of a Mandekalu Cavalry and on a land tile. Combat victories provide Gold equal to 50% of that unit's base Combat Strength (on Online speed).

Mali Sundiata Keita

Songs of the Jeli

Sogolon

Patronage of Great People costs 30% less Gold.

Theater Squares grant standard adjacency to Sugubas. Cities with a Theater Square and Suguba receive +1 Great Writer point. Markets gain 2 slots for Great Works of Writing in cities founded by Sundiata. Great Works of Writing grant +2 Culture and +4 Gold.

Suguba

Mandekalu Cavalry

Māori Kupe

Mana

Embarked units gain +2 Movement with Ship Building. Fishing Boats Culture Bomb adjacent tiles and provide +1 Food with Celestial Navigation. Resources cannot be harvested. Great Writers cannot be earned.

Unimproved Woods and Rainforest tiles gain:
+1 Production with Early Empire.
+1 Production with Mercantilism.
+2 Production with Conservation.

• Bias: T1 Coast.

Kupe's Voyage

Settlers can embark after researching the Sailing technology. The Palace grants +3 Housing.

Marae

A building unique to the Māori. +1 Culture and Faith to all of this city's tiles with a passable feature or natural wonder. After Flight is researched receive +1 Tourism to all of this city's tiles with a feature or natural wonder. Costs no maintenance. Has no Great Work slots.

Pā

Maori unique improvement built by the Toa.

Occupying units receive +1 Sight and +4 Defense Strength, and automatically gains 2 turns of fortification. A Māori unit occupying a Pā heals even if they just moved or attacked. Must be built on a Hill tile.

Toa

Māori unique Classical era melee unit. Adjacent enemy units receive -5 Combat Strength. Has 1 charge to build Pā improvement.

Mapuche Lautaro

Toqui

Cities with an Established Governor provide +5% Culture, +5% Production, and +10% experience in combat towards all units trained in this city. These numbers are tripled in cities not founded by the Mapuche. All cities within 9 tiles of a city with your Governor gain +4 Loyalty per turn towards your civilization.

Swift Hawk

+5 Combat Strength when fighting Free Cities or civilizations that are in a Golden or Heroic Age. Defeating an enemy unit within the borders of an enemy city causes that city to lose 15 Loyalty, doubled if that civilization is in a Golden or Heroic Age.

Chemamull

Mapuche unique builder improvement unlocked with Craftsmanship. Requires a minimum Appeal of Breathtaking (+4 Appeal).

+1 Production.
Culture equal to 75% of the tile's Appeal.
+1 Production with Civil Service.

Provides Tourism after researching Flight.

Malón Raider

Mapuche unique Medieval Era unit that replaces the Courser. +1 Movement. Starts with free Promotion.

Maya Lady Six Sky

Mayab

Settling adjacent to Fresh Water and Coast does not provide extra Housing. The Palace receives +1 Housing. +1 Amenity for every Luxury adjacent to the City Center. +3 Combat Strength for units within 6 tiles of your capital.

Farms provides an additional +1 Housing, +1 Production for every adjacent Observatory, and +1 Gold.

Plantations provide +1 Science for each adjacent Observatory and an additional +1 Science with Education.

• Bias: T3 Plantation Luxuries, T4 Bananas. Special "Hydrophobic".

Ix Mutal Ajaw

Non-capital cities within 6 tiles of the Capital gain +5% to all yields. Other non-capital cities receive -10% to all yields.

Observatory

A district unique to Maya that replaces the Campus and has unique adjacencies.

+1 Science for each adjacent Plantation.
+1 Science for every two adjacent Farm or district tiles.
+2 Science for each adjacent Geothermal Fissure.
+1 Housing.

Hul'che

Mayan unique Ancient Era ranged unit that replaces the Archer. Strong ranged attack. +5 Combat Strength when fighting a wounded opponent.

Mongolia Genghis Khan

Örtöö

All Mongolian units double the usual Combat Bonus for having a higher level of Diplomatic Visibility than their opponent. Starting a Trade Route immediately creates a Trading Post in the destination city.
• Bias: T4 Horses.

Mongol Horde

All cavalry class units gain +3 Combat Strength and a chance to capture defeated enemy cavalry class units.

Ordu

A building unique to Mongolia. Grants an ability that gives +1 Movement to Heavy and Light Cavalry trained in this city. +25% combat experience for all cavalry and siege class units trained in this city.
Strategic Resource Stockpiles increased +10 (on Standard Speed).

May not be built in an Encampment district that already has a Barracks.

Keshig

Mongolian unique Medieval Era Ranged Cavalry unit. Can escort moving civilian and support units at their higher Movement speed.

Mongolia Kublai Khan (Mongolia)

Örtöö

Gerege

Ordu

Keshig

Mongolian unique Medieval Era Ranged Cavalry unit. Can escort moving civilian and support units at their higher Movement speed.

Netherlands Wilhelmina

Grote Rivieren

Major adjacency bonus for Campuses, Theater Squares, and Industrial Zones if next to a river.
Culture Bomb adjacent tiles when completing a Harbor.
+50% Production toward the Dam district and Flood Barrier building.
• Bias: T2 Rivers, T3 Coast.

Radio Oranje

Your Trade Routes to your own cities provide +2 Loyalty per turn for the origin city. Trade Routes to foreign cities or from foreign cities provide +2 Culture to you and +1 Culture for the sender. +3 Combat Strength for all naval units when defending on a Polder improvement. Dutch campuses provide +1 Great Admiral point.

Polder

Dutch unique builder improvement unlocked at Feudalism. Must be placed on a Coast or Lake tile adjacent to 1 or more passable land tiles.

+1 Food, +1 Production, and +0.5 Housing.
+1 Food for every adjacent Polder, increasing to +2 Food for every adjacent Polder with Replaceable Parts.
+1 Production for every adjacent Harbor.
+1 Production for every 2 adjacent Polders, increasing to +1 Production for every adjacent Polder with Replaceable Parts.
+4 Gold with Civil Engineering.
+3 Combat Strength for Dutch naval units on Polder tiles.

De Zeven Provinciën

Netherlands unique Renaissance Era unit that replaces the Frigate. +7 Combat Strength when attacking defensible districts.

Norway Harald Hardrada (Varangian)

Knarr

Units gain the ability to enter Ocean tiles after researching the Shipbuilding technology. Naval melee units heal in neutral territory if they are on coast. Units ignore additional Movement costs from embarking and disembarking.

+50% Production toward Holy Site districts. Coast and Lake tiles provide a standard adjacency bonus to Holy Site districts. Harbors receive a major adjacency bonus from Holy Sites.
• Bias: T1 Coast, T5 Woods.

Varangian Guard

+1 Combat Strength on naval units when attacking per city-state you are suzerain of. 75% Discount on Levying units and levied units receive Science, Culture, and Faith from kills equal to 50% of the opponent's Combat Strength. +1 Movement to levied units.

+25% production to Holy Site buildings. Stave Church generates +1 Influence point. +10 Science and +10 Culture (standard speed) per population when converting a city to your religion for the first time using a religious unit.

Stave Church

A building unique to Norway that replaces the Temple. Required to purchase Apostles and Inquisitors with Faith.
+1 Production for each coastal resource tile in this city.
+1 Faith to each resource tile in this city.

Berserker

Norwegian unique Medieval era unit. +2 Movement if this unit starts in enemy territory or is embarked. +10 Combat Strength when attacking. Can be purchased with Faith.

Norway Harald Hardrada (Konge)

Knarr

Thunderbolt of the North

+25% Production to Naval Melee Units. Naval Melee units can perform coastal raids. Receive additional yields from pillaging or performing coastal raids: Science from Mines, Culture from Quarries, Pastures, Plantations, and Camps.

Stave Church

Berserker

Norwegian unique Medieval era unit. +2 Movement if this unit starts in enemy territory or is embarked. +10 Combat Strength when attacking. Can be purchased with Faith.

Viking Longship

Norwegian unique Ancient era naval unit that replaces the Galley. Can pillage enemy coastal lands and capture civilians if adjacent using its coastal raiding ability. 4 Movement while in coastal waters.

Nubia Amanitore

Ta-Seti

+30% Production toward Ranged and Naval Ranged units. All Ranged and Naval Ranged units gain +50% combat experience. Mines over strategic resources provide +1 . Mines over bonus and luxury resources provide +2 Gold.
• Bias: T2 Plains, T5 Minable Resources.

Kandake of Meroë

+20% Production towards all districts, increasing to +40% Production if there is a Nubian Pyramid in the city.

Nubian Pyramid

Nubian unique builder improvement unlocked at Craftsmanship and limited to 1 per city. Nubian Districts receive standard adjacency from Nubian Pyramids. Can be built on any flat tile or desert hill. Cannot be built next to another Nubian Pyramid.

+2 Food and +2 Faith.

Receives additional yields from adjacent districts:
+1 Food for the City Center.
+1 Science per adjacent Campus.
+1 Culture per adjacent Theater Square.
+1 Faith per adjacent Holy Site.
+1 Gold per adjacent Commercial Hub and Harbor.
+1 Production per adjacent Industrial Zone, Encampment, and Aerodrome.
+1 Culture and +2 Gold per adjacent Government Plaza and Diplomatic Quarter.

Pítati Archer

Nubian unique Ancient era unit that replaces the Archer. Stronger than the Archer with extra Movement. Upgrades to Crossbowman.

Ottomans Suleiman (Kanuni)

Great Turkish Bombard

+50% Production toward siege units. All siege units gain +3 Combat Strength.
Conquered cities do not lose population. Cities not founded by the Ottomans gain +1 Amenity and +4 Loyalty per turn.
• Bias: T3 Rivers, T5 Niter.

Grand Vizier

Exclusive unique Governor with military and diplomatic abilities. Gain the Janissary unique unit and a Governor Title when the Gunpowder technology is researched.

Grand Bazaar

A building unique to the Ottomans that replaces the Bank. Accumulate 1 extra Strategic resource for every different type of Strategic resource this city has improved. Receive +1 Amenity for every Luxury resource this city has improved. Grants a Governor Title when constructed for the first time.
+1 Trade route capacity.
+6 Gold.
+2 Gold for each trade route from this city.
+1 Gold for each trade routes to this city.
+2 Great Merchant points per turn.

Barbary Corsair

Ottoman unique Medieval era naval unit that replaces the Privateer. Can enter Ocean tiles regardless of researched Technologies. It costs no Movement to coastal raid. Can only be seen by other Naval Raiders unless adjacent to it. Reveals Naval Raiders within sight range.

Janissary

Ottoman unique Renaissance Era unit that replaces the Musketman. Starts with a free promotion. Stronger and cheaper than the Musketman. To train a Janissary a city must have a population of at least 2. If a city is founded by the Ottomans and trains a Janissary it loses a population.

Ottomans Suleiman (Muhteşem)

Great Turkish Bombard

The Magnificent

+10% Science and Culture when in a Golden Age or Heroic Age.
+2 Combat Strength when not in a Golden Age or Heroic Age, doubled against Civilizations who are also not in a Golden Age or Heroic Age.

Grand Bazaar

Barbary Corsair

Persia Cyrus

Satrapies

+1 Trade Route capacity with Political Philosophy. Receive +2 Gold for domestic Trade Routes, and an additional +2 Gold with Banking and Economics. Roads built in your territory are one level more advanced than usual.
• Bias: None.

Fall of Babylon

All units get +3 Combat Strength when attacking. +5 Loyalty per turn in occupied cities with a garrisoned unit. Declaring a Surprise War counts as a Formal War for the purposes of Grievances and warmongering.

Receive +1 Culture for domestic Trade Routes, and an additional +2 Culture with Medieval Faires and Urbanization.

Pairidaeza

Persian unique builder improvement unlocked with Early Empire. Cannot be built on Snow tiles, Tundra tiles or Floodplains. Cannot be build next to another Pairidaeza.

+1 Culture, +2 Gold, +1 Housing.
+1 Culture with Diplomatic Service.
+1 Culture for each adjacent City Center, Holy Site, Campus, and Theater Square.
+1 Gold for each adjacent City Center, Commercial Hub, Harbor, and Industrial Zone.
+1 Appeal to adjacent tiles.
Provides Tourism after researching Flight.

Immortal

Persian unique melee unit that replaces the Swordsman. Melee class unit with a ranged attack, Range 2. Strong defense strength.

Persia Nader Shah

Satrapies

Sword of Persia

+5 Combat Strength when attacking Defensible Districts and full health Units.

Receive +1 Science for domestic Trade Routes, and an additional +2 Science with Education and Scientific Theory.

Pairidaeza

Immortal

Persian unique melee unit that replaces the Swordsman. Melee class unit with a ranged attack, Range 2. Strong defense strength.

Phoenicia Dido

Mediterranean Colonies

Begin the game with the Writing technology Eureka. Coastal cities founded by Phoenicia and located on the same continent as the Phoenician Capital are 100% Loyal. Settlers gain +2 Movement and +2 sight range while embarked. Settlers ignore additional Movement costs from embarking and disembarking.
• Bias: T1 Coast.

Founder of Carthage

Can move their original Capital to any city with a Cothon they founded by completing a unique project in that city. +1 Trade Route capacity for each Government Plaza building. +50% Production toward districts in the city with the Government Plaza.

Cothon

A district unique to Phoenicia for naval activity in your city. Replaces the Harbor district and cheaper to build. Must be built on Coast or Lake Terrain adjacent to land.

+25% Production towards naval units and Settlers in this city.

Bireme

Phoenician unique Ancient Era unit that replaces the Galley. Increased Combat Strength and Movement. Trader units are immune to being plundered if they are within 4 tiles of a Bireme and on a water tile.

Poland Jadwiga

Golden Liberty

One Military policy slot in the current government is converted to a Wildcard policy slot.
Culture Bomb adjacent tiles when completing an Encampment or Fort inside friendly territory.
• Bias: None.

Lithuanian Union

Holy Sites gain standard Faith adjacency from adjacent Districts.
All Relics generate an additional +2 Faith, +2 Culture, and +4 Gold. Receive a Relic when founding and when completing a Religion.

The Religion founded by Poland becomes the majority in an adjacent city that loses a tile to a Polish Culture Bomb.

Sukiennice

A building unique to Poland. International Trade Routes from this city gain +2 Production; domestic Trade Routes gain +4 Gold. +1 Trade Route capacity, if this city does not yet have a Lighthouse building.

Winged Hussar

Polish unique Renaissance era unit that replaces the Cuirassier. Pushes defending enemy units back from their hex in any battle where they score more damage. Defenders that cannot retreat suffer additional damage.

Portugal João III

Casa da Índia

International Trade Routes must originate from a coastal city and can only travel over water or canal tiles, but receive +50% Gold with Cartography, +50% Science with Education, and +50% Culture with Medieval Faires. Trader units have +50% range over water, and can embark as soon as they are unlocked.
• Bias: T1 Coast.

Porta do Cerco

All units receive +1 Sight. +1 Trade Route capacity when entering a new era (ancient era included). Open Borders with all City-States.

Navigation School

A building unique to Portugal. +25% Production towards naval units in this city. +1 Science for every two coast or lake tiles in this city. +1 Great Admiral and +1 Great Scientist point per turn.

Feitoria

Portuguese unique improvement built by the Nau. Can only be built adjacent to Luxury or Bonus resources in territory belonging to other Civilizations or City-states that you have Open Borders with. Must be built on a Coast or Lake tile adjacent to land and not adjacent to another Feitoria. Feitorias cannot be removed.

+4 Gold and +1 Production.
Trade routes sent to this city from Portugal gain +2 Gold and +1 Production.

Nau

Portuguese unique naval melee unit that replaces the Caravel. Starts with free Promotion and is less maintenance. Has 2 charge to build Feitorias.

Rome Julius Caesar

All Roads Lead to Rome

All cities you found or conquer start with a Trading Post. If in Trade Route range of your Capital, they also start with a road to it. Your Trade Routes earn +1 Gold for passing through Trading Posts in your own cities.
• Bias: None.

Veni, Vidi, Vici

+150 Gold when you conquer a city for the first time or when you capture a Barbarian Outpost, increasing to +250 Gold after researching Metal Casting and +350 Gold after Steel (on Standard speed). When targeting Barbarians, receive +5 Combat Strength and always earn normal XP.

Receive a free melee unit each time you found a non-capital city and in your capital after researching Code of Laws. Gain an extra Wildcard Policy slot when capturing and retaining at least one city founded by a major civilization and owned by a major civilization at the time of capture (maximum 1 extra wildcard slot).

All Units receive +50% Combat Experience, increasing to +100% when entering the medieval era.

Bath

A district unique to Rome for city growth. Replaces the Aqueduct district and cheaper to build.

It provides this city with a source of fresh water from an adjacent River, Lake, Oasis, or Mountain. Cities that do not yet have existing fresh water receive up to 6 Housing. Cities that already have existing fresh water will instead get +2 Housing. If built adjacent to a Geothermal Fissure +1 Amenity. In all cases the Bath provides an additional bonus of +2 Housing and +1 Amenity. Prevents Food loss during Drought. Must be built adjacent to the City Center. Military Engineers can spend a charge to complete 20% of a Bath's production.

Legion

Roman unique Classical era melee unit that replaces the Swordsman. Has 1 charge to build a Roman Fort.

Rome Trajan

All Roads Lead to Rome

Trajan's Column

All founded cities get free Monument building after unlocking Foreign Trade.

Bath

Legion

Roman unique Classical era melee unit that replaces the Swordsman. Has 1 charge to build a Roman Fort.

Russia Peter

Mother Russia

Extra territory upon founding cities. +1 Faith for your Empire. +1 Production from Tundra tiles.
Units do not receive damage from Blizzards. Civilizations that are at war with Russia receive +100% unit damage from Blizzards in Russian territory.
• Bias: T1 Tundra.

The Grand Embassy

Receives Science or Culture from Trade Routes to civilizations that are more advanced than Russia. +1 per 3 technologies or civics ahead.

Lavra

A district unique to Russia that replaces the Holy Site district and is cheaper to build.

Your city border grows by one tile each time a Great Person is used in one of this city's districts. The Lavra provides +1 Great Writer point per turn with a Temple and +1 Great Artist point per turn with a Worship building.

Cossack

Russian unique Industrial era unit that replaces Cavalry. +5 Combat Strength when fighting in or adjacent to its home territory. Can move after attacking if Movement points remain.

Scotland Robert the Bruce

Scottish Enlightenment

Happy cities receive an additional +5% Science and +5% Production. Happy cities generate +1 Great Scientist point per Campus and +1 Great Engineer point per Industrial Zone. Ecstatic cities double all these amounts.
• Bias: None.

Bannockburn

Recon units receive +50% combat experience.

Golf Course

Scottish unique builder improvement unlocked with Games and Recreation. Cannot be placed on Desert or Desert Hills. One per City. Tiles with Golf Courses cannot be swapped.

+1 Culture, +2 Gold, +1 Amenity.
+1 Culture and +1 Gold if adjacent to a City Center.
+1 Culture and +1 Amenity if adjacent to an Entertainment Complex.
+1 Culture and +1 Gold with Enlightenment.
+1 Amenity with Guilds.
+1 Housing with Globalization.
+1 Appeal to adjacent tiles

Highlander

Scottish unique Industrial Era unit that replaces the Ranger. Strong reconnaissance unit. +5 Combat Strength bonus when fighting in Hill and Forest terrain.

Scythia Tomyris

People of the Steppe

May purchase Light, Heavy, and Ranged Cavalry units with Faith.
• Bias: T3 Horses, T4 Cattle and Sheep, T5 Grassland and Plains.

Killer of Cyrus

All units receive +3 Combat Strength when attacking wounded units, increasing to +5 Combat Strength after you enter the Medieval Era. When they eliminate a unit, they heal up to 30 hit points.

Kurgan

Scythian unique builder improvement unlocked with Animal Husbandry.

+1 Faith and +3 Gold.
+1 Faith for each adjacent Pasture, increasing to +2 Faith for each adjacent Pasture with Stirrups.
+1 Production for each adjacent Pasture.

Provides Tourism from Faith after researching Flight.

Saka Horse Archer

Scythian unique Classical Era ranged cavalry unit with 4 Movement and a Range of 2.

Spain Philip II

Treasure Fleet

May form Fleets and Armadas earlier than usual (Mercenaries and Nationalism).

Trade Routes receive +3 Gold, +2 Faith, and +1 Production. International Trade Routes between multiple continents receive double these numbers. Cities at least 8 tiles away from Capital receive +25% Production towards districts.
• Bias: T1 Coast, T3 Geothermal Fissure. Special "Continent Split".

El Escorial

Inquisitors can Remove Heresy one extra time. Inquisitors eliminate 100% of the presence of other Religions. Combat and Religious units have a bonus of +3 Combat Strength against players following other Religions. Missionaries are 25% cheaper to purchase.

Mission

Spanish unique builder improvement unlocked with Theology. Cannot be built next to another Mission.

+2 Faith.
+1 Housing if built 7 tiles or less from current Capital.
+1 Faith and +1 Production if built 8 tiles or more from current Capital.
+1 Science for every adjacent Campus and Holy Site district.
+2 Science with Enlightenment.

Conquistador

Spanish unique Renaissance era unit that replaces the Musketman. +5 Combat Strength when there is a religious unit within 1 hex. If this unit captures a city or is adjacent to a city when it is captured, the city will automatically adopt the Conquistador player's majority religion.

Sumeria Gilgamesh

The Cradle of Civilization

Farms receive +1 Food when adjacent to a River, and an additional +1 Production if adjacent to a Ziggurat with Early Empire. Does not receive damage from Floods.
• Bias: T3 Rivers, T4 Floodplains.

Adventures of Enkidu

When at war with a common foe, they and their allies share pillage rewards and combat experience gains if within 5 tiles. Their Alliances gain additional Alliance Points for being at war with a common foe.

When you capture a Barbarian Outpost, receive a Tribal Village reward in addition to the usual Gold reward. Pay half the usual cost to levy City-state units.

Ziggurat

Sumerian unique builder improvement available from the start of the game. Cannot be built on Hills or adjacent to another Ziggurat.

+2 Science and +1 Housing.
+1 Culture if built next to River.
+1 Faith after Early Empire for each adjacent district or for every 2 adjacent Farms.

War-Cart

Sumerian unique Ancient era unit. 4 Movement if this unit starts in open terrain. Can escort civilian and support units at their higher Movement speed. No penalties against anti-cavalry units. +4 Combat Strength when fighting Barbarians.

Sweden Kristina

Nobel Prize

Sweden gains 50 Diplomatic Favor (on Standard speed) when earning a Great Person. Having Sweden in the game adds three unique World Congress competitions starting in the Industrial Era.

+1 Great Engineer point from Factories and +1 Great Scientist point from Universities. +50% Production towards Libraries, Workshops, Universities, Factories and Government Plaza buildings.

After unlocking Political Philosophy, cities settled on desert, tundra, or snow receive +1 Food and +1 Production.
• Bias: Special "King of the North"

Minerva of the North

Buildings with at least three Great Work slots and wonders with at least two Great Work slots are automatically themed when they have all their slots filled. She may construct the Queen's Bibliotheque in the Government Plaza.

Queen's Bibliotheque

A building unique to Sweden. Provides 2 slots of Writing, Music, and any type of Art. This building is not mutually exclusive with other buildings in Government Plaza.
Awards +1 Governor Title.

Open-Air Museum

Swedish unique builder improvement unlocked with Diplomatic Service. Limited to one per city. Tiles with Open-Air Museums cannot be swapped.

+2 Culture and +2 Tourism for each type of terrain (Snow, Tundra, Desert, Plains or Grassland) in which at least one Swedish city is founded.
+2 Loyalty per turn in this city.

Carolean

Swedish unique Renaissance Era unit that replaces the Pike and Shot. Faster than the Pike and Shot. +3 Combat Strength per unused Movement.

Vietnam Bà Triệu

Nine Dragon River Delta

All land specialty districts can only be built on Rainforest, Woods, Marsh, or Floodplains. Receive the following yields for every building on these features: +1 Science in Rainforest, +1 Culture in Woods, and +1 Production in Marsh, and no additional yields on Floodplains.

Woods can be planted with Medieval Faires.
• Bias: T3 Rainforest, Woods, Marsh.

Drive Out The Aggressors

+2 Movement for all units beginning their turn in Rainforest, Woods, or Marsh tiles within your empire. +2 Combat Strength for units fighting in these tiles.

Thành

A district unique to Vietnam which replaces the Encampment. This district does not require population, is cheaper to build, cannot be built adjacent to the City Center, does not provide Great People points, and is not a specialty district.
Triggers a Culture Bomb that captures neutral, adjacent tiles.
+2 Culture for each adjacent district.
After Flight is researched receive Tourism equal to the Culture output.

Voi Chiến

Vietnamese unique Medieval era ranged unit that replaces the Crossbowman. Has Sight of 3 and can move after attacking. +1 Movement when beginning their turn in Rainforest, Marsh, or Woods tiles in any territory. They are also stronger when defending and more expensive.

Zulu Shaka

Isibongo

Cities with a garrisoned unit get +3 Loyalty per turn, or +5 if it is a Corps or Army. Conquering a city with a unit will upgrade it into a Corps/Fleet or Army/Armada if that unit was already a Corp/Fleet, if the proper Civics are unlocked.
• Bias: None.

Amabutho

May form Corps at the Mercenaries Civic and Armies at the Nationalism Civic. Corps and Armies both gain +2 base Combat Strength at the Mobilization Civic.

Ikanda

A district unique to Zulu which replaces the Encampment. Provides +1 Housing. Buildings in the Ikanda receive +2 Gold and +1 Culture.
Once required Civics are unlocked, allows Corps or Armies to be trained directly and their costs reduced by 25%.

Impi

Zulu unique Medieval Era unit that replaces the Pikeman. Increased Flanking bonus, low cost and low maintenance. Earns XP faster.