Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution Walkthrough

Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution
Complete Walkthrough
By "Taslion"
Copyright 2008 Ryan Whites
- Version History -
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Version .00 - Started 6/23/08
Popped in the game and started playing.
Version 1.0 - 6/29/08
Essentially complete. Strategies and FAQs section will expand with greater
playtime and questions from
others.
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If you want to jump to a certain section you can use the tags in the [ ]'s with
the Control+f function.
Personally I find the guide is useful by just looking for the specific
technology or unit word with the
find function, however, many terms are repeated so its up to you.
1. Foreword
2. 360 Controls [360CO]
3. Governments [GOV01]
4. Great People [GRE01]
5. Civilizations [CIV01]
6. Resources [RES01]
7. Technology [TEC01]
8. Terrain [TER01]
9. Units [UNI01]
10. Wonders [WON01]
11. Buildings [BUI01]
12. Artifacts [ART01]
13. Strategy [STR01]
14. FAQs [FAQ01]
15. Miscellaneous [MIS01]
::::::::Foreword::::::::
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The only civilization I've played extensively before this one is Civ II. It is
to be expected that I won't
really be able to relate to the other games in this series in this FAQ.
Beyond that, I do enjoy civilization. I've played Civ II for countless hours
back when it was newer. I
hope that others can get that Civilization "feel" that the PC games offer, even
in this console port.
I would also like to mention that much of the information found in this guide
is available in the
"Civilopedia" menu in Civilization: Revolution. Though perhaps not as easy to
look at as in this guide
(control+f is a savior) and a bit more laggy than simple text, if you have no
computer nearby you it is a
worthy resource for almost all of your questions.
::::::::360 Controls::::::::[360CO]
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Most of the controls are pointed out to you in game, so really no one should
have any troubles trying to
figure out what does what. At least, I hope.
Left Stick - Moves your map cursor and controls the menu cursor.
Right Stick - On the map it moves the cursor. If you move both the left and
right stick on the map you
will move the cursor at a much quicker speed.
D-Pad - Used to pick out a unit in a stack of units.
Left Button - Opens up the city screen for a city.
Right Button - Opens up the diplomacy panel.
Left Trigger - Zooms out the map
Right Trigger - Tells you how much gold/culture you are creating and how much
you have. Also shows what
you are researching and how much science you are producing.
X - Generally used to make units defend. Also used to rush production in a city
screen.
Y - Generally used to create an army out of three stacked units. Also used to
switch production in a city
screen between gold and science.
A - Generally used to activate a unit on the map. Also used to choose options
in a menu screen.
B - The cancel button.
Start - Opens up a pause menu with general options and the option to save or
load a game.
Back - Opens up a command menu allowing you to see a report on city status,
change your government,
research a different technology, or browse the civilopedia. You can also see
who is currently winning the
game.
::::::::Governments::::::::[GOV01]
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As in other civilizations, governments give different bonuses to the player.
Choosing a particular
government can be important to fully complementing your current objectives or
play-style. Most governments
require a particular technology be researched before access is given.
Communism - Large bonus to your production at the cost of temples and
cathedrals providing zero culture to
their respective cities. Required Tech: Communism
Democracy - Increased trade output at the cost of no longer being able to start
wars. You can still defend
yourself. Required Tech: Democracy
Despotism - Use of nuclear weapons does not effect culture level. Required
Tech: None
Fundamentalism - All ground units recieve a +1 bonus to attack at the cost of
libraries and universities
providing zero science production. Required Tech: Religion
Monarchy - Doubles the amount of culture produced by palaces. Required Tech:
Monarchy
Republic - Ability to build settlers at the cost of only one city population,
rather than two. Required
Tech: Code of Laws
::::::::Great People::::::::[GRE01]
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Great People are units that are obtained by the accumulation of culture. By
utiliziting temples,
cathedrals, wonders or palaces you can gain culture points and eventually
obtain a great person. The more
great people you have, the more culture points they start to cost. Each great
person is also connected to
a certain technology, and by researching that technology you greatly increase
the chance that you will
receive the corresponding great person.
There are only six different "types" of Great People. Even as you find new
Great People, they will always
fall under one of these types. The only differences between Great People of the
same type is that they
require different technologies to obtain.
Type 1: Great Humanitiarians. They can be instantly used to increase the
population of all cities you own
by one, or settled in a city to increase its growth rate by 50%.
Type 2: Great Artist/Thinker. They can be used to instantly convert a enemy
city to your side or settled
in a city to increase that city's culture production by 50%.
Type 3: Great Explorers/Industrialists. They can be used to give a gold bonus
or settled into a city to
increase its gold production.
Type 4: Great Scientist. They can be used to instantly complete whatever
technology you are researching or
they can be settled in a city to boost that city's sceience production by a
large amount.
Type 5: Great Builder. They can by used to instantly complete production of
anything being built in a
nearby city, even if its a wonder. They can be settled in a city to decrease
the time needed to produce
new buildings in that city. One of the best types, in my opinion, because
instantly building wonders
instantly saves a lot of time, gives great bonuses, and can lead to a victory
(if you build enough of
them).
Type 6: Great Leader. They can instantly make all of your units veterns or they
can be settled into a city
to make all new units produced in that city veterans. They essentially act as a
barracks if settled in a
city, so don't bother settling them in a city where you've already built a
barracks.
Aesop - Great Artist/Thinker. Tech Required: Writing
Agamemnon - Great Leader. Tech Required: Iron Working
Roald Amundsen - Great Explorer/Industrialist. Tech Required: Combustion
Archimedes - Great Scientist. Tech Required: Engineering
Aristotle - Great Artist/Thinker. Tech Required: University
Charles Babbage - Great Artist/Thinker. Tech Required: Networking
J.S. Bach - Great Artist/Thinker. Tech Required: Religion
Thomas Becket - Great Humanitarian. Tech Required: Feudalism
Alexander G. Bell - Great Scientist. Tech Required: The Corporation
Cheops - Great Builder. Tech Required: Masonry
Christopher Columbus - Great Explorer/Industrialist. Tech Required: Banking
Confucius - Great Scientist. Tech Required: Literacy
Marie Curie - Great Scientist. Tech Required: Metallurgy
Vasco da Gama - Great Explorer/Industrialist. Tech Required: Navigation
Leonardo da Vinci - Great Builder. Tech Required: Invention
David - Great Leader. Tech Required: Monarchy
Fyodor Dostoevsky - Great Artist/Thinker. Tech Required: Industrialization
Frederick Douglass - Great Humanitarian. Tech Required: Railroad
Thomas Edison - Great Scientist. Tech Required: Electricity
Albert Einstein - Great Scientist. Tech Required: Atomic Theory
Enrico Fermi - Great Scientist. Tech Required: Nuclear Power
Henry Ford - Great Builder. Tech Required: The Automobile
Gilgamesh - Great Builder. Tech Required: Horseback Riding
Johannes Gutenberg - Great Humanitarian. Tech Required: Printing Press
W.R. Hearst - Great Explorer/Industrialist. Tech Required: Mass Media
Homer - Great Artist/Thinker. Tech Required: Alphabet
Imhotep - Great Builder. Tech Required: Ceremonial Burial
Lao Tzu - Great Humanitarian. Tech Required: Irrigation
Otto Lilienthal - Great Scientist. Tech Required: Flight
Guglielmo Marconi - Great Scientist. Tech Required: Electronics
Karl Marx - Great Artist/Thinker. Tech Required: Communism
Nebuchadnezzar - Great Builder. Tech Required: Construction
Florence Nightingale - Great Humanitarian. Tech Required: Gunpowder
Plato - Great Artist/Thinker. Tech Required: Pottery
Marco Polo - Great Explorer/Industrialist. Tech Required: Currency
Pythagoras - Great Scientist. Tech Required: Mathematics
Sargon - Great Explorer/Industrialist. Tech Required: Bronze Working
Albert Schweitzer - Great Humanitarian. Tech Required: Globalization
Solomon - Great Scientist. Tech Required: Code of Laws
Sophocles - Great Artist/Thinker. Tech Required: Democracy
George Stephenson - Great Builder. Tech Required: Steel
Leopold Stokowski - Great Artist/Thinker. Tech Required: Superconductor
Tippu Sultan - Great Explorer/Industrialist. Tech Required: Space Flight
James Watt - Great Builder. Tech Required: Steam Power
Eli Whitney - Great Humanitarian. Tech Required: Mass Production
Wilbur Wright - Great Explorer/Industrialist. Tech Required: Advanced Flight
::::::::Civilizations::::::::[CIV01]
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Choosing what civilization you start with can greatly influence how you should
approach a victory. Some
civilizations are simply better at accomplishing certain victories than others.
In the end, its up to you,
but I always suggest considering how you want to win a game and picking your
civilization based on that. I
talk a bit more about civilizations in the "Strategy" section.
-Greeks-
Ancient: Democracy Tech
Medieval: Higher chance to get Great People
Industrial: Library cost cut in half.
Modern: +1 food from sea regions
They also start with a courthouse.
-Germans-
Ancient: New Units are veterans
Medieval: +1 Production from forests
Industrial: Barracks cost cut in half.
Modern: 2% Interest on your gold reserve.
They start with automatic upgrades for elite units.
-Russians-
Ancient: +1 Food from plains
Medieval: New defensive units receive loyalty
Industrial: Riflemen cost cut in half
Modern: Spy cost cut in half
They being the game with a larger visible map.
-Egyptians-
Ancient: +1 Food and trade from desert regions
Medieval: Irrigation Tech rewarded
Industrial: Riflemen get +1 movement
Modern: Caravans give +50% more gold.
They start out with an ancient wonder.
-English-
Ancient: +1 Longbow Archer Defense
Medieval: +1 Naval Combat bonus
Industrial: +1 Production from Hills
Modern: Naval support doubled
They start out with the Monarchy tech.
-Indians-
Ancient: Cities are not affected by anarchy
Medieval: Religion tech rewarded
Industrial: Settlers cost cut in half
Modern: Courthouse cost cut in half
They start out with access to all resources.
-Mongols-
Ancient: Barbarian villagers will join you
Medieval: +1 Calvary Speed
Industrial: +2 Production from mountains
Modern: Knowledge of communism
They begin the game with +50% trade from captured cities.
-Spanish-
Ancient: Exploration cash is doubled
Medieval: +1 Naval combat
Industrial: +50% Gold production
Modern: +1 Production from hills
They begin the game with the Navigation technology.
-Romans-
Ancient: Roads cost cut in half
Medieval: Wonders cost cut in half
Industrial: Greater chance of getting Great People
Modern: New cities get +1 population
Romans begin the game as a Republic and get the Code of Laws tech.
-Americans-
Ancient: 2% interest on gold reserves
Medieval: Rushing units costs half as much
Industrial: +1 food from plains
Modern: Factories triple production
Americans start out with a great person.
-Chinese-
Ancient: New cities have +1 popultion
Medieval: Literacy tech rewarded
Industrial: Libraries cost half as much
Modern: Cities are not affected by anarchy
The Chinese begin the game with the Writing technology.
-Aztecs-
Ancient: Units heal after combat victory
Medieval: Temples produce 3 science
Industrial: Roads cost half as much
Modern: +50% gold production
The Aztecs start out with a larger gold reserve.
-French-
Ancient: Pottery technology is rewarded
Medieval: Road cost is halved
Industrial: +2 Cannon attack
Modern: +1 Rifleman movement
The French start out with a Cathedral.
-Arabs-
Ancient: +50% Caravan gold
Medieval: Mathematics tech is rewarded
Industrial: +1 Horseman/Knight attack
Modern: 2% interest on gold reserves
The Arabs start out with the Religion technology.
-Zulu-
Ancient: +1 Warrior movement
Medieval: Rapid city growth
Industrial: +50% Gold production
Modern: Rifleman cost is cut in half.
The Zulu start out with the "overrun" combat advantage.
-Japanese-
Ancient: +1 food from sea regions
Medieval: +1 samurai knight attack
Industrial: Cities are not affected by anarchy
Modern: New defensive units receive loyalty
The Japanese begin the game with the Ceremonial Burial technology.
::::::::Resources::::::::[RES01]
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Sometimes you'll come across a piece of land that has a special resource on it.
These resources generally
provide great bonuses to cities that can utilize them, however, you usually
need to have a specific
technology in order to take advantage of these resources. Also, resources only
provide a bonus that is
equal to your current era plus one. So if you're in the ancient era the
resource bonus of any resource
cannot exceed 2.
Aluminum - +4 Production. Tech Required: Mass Production
Cattle - +3 Food. Tech Required: Code of Laqs
Coal - +3 Production. Tech Required: Steam Power
Dye - +3 Trade. Tech Required: Monarchy
Fish - +2 Food. Tech Required: Bronze Working
Game - +3 Food. Tech Required: Feudalism
Gems - +2 Gold. Tech Required: None
Gold - +3 Gold. Tech Required: Currency
Incense - +2 Culture. Tech Required: Ceremonial Burial
Iron - +2 Production. Tech Required: Iron Working
Marble - +2 Production. Tech Required: Masonry
Oak - +3 Resources. Tech Required: Construction
Oil - +4 Production. Tech Required: Combustion
Oxen - +2 Production. Tech Required: Horseback Riding
Rubber - +4 Production. Tech Required: Automobile
Silk - +3 Culture. Tech Required: Literacy
Spices - +2 Trade. Tech Required: None
Sulfur - +3 Production. Tech Required: Gunpowder
Uranium - +4 Production. Tech Required: Nuclear Power
Whale - +4 Food. Tech Required: Navigation
Wheat - +2 Food. Tech Required: Irrigation
Wine - +2 Trade. Tech Required: Pottery
::::::::Technology::::::::[TEC01]
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Technology, in large part, drives the game forward. What technologies you learn
greatly affect how your
civilization will thrive. You can, for example, sacrifice military tech for
production and gold related
techs and reap the benefits (and disadvantages) of having a economy-heavy
civilization.
Knowing what technologies are best for your specific goal for victory can
greatly help you win.
Advanced Flight - First to research gains a free bomber unit.
Units/Buildings unlocked: Bomber
Related Great Person: Wright
Tech Required: Flight, Industrialization
Alphabet -
Units/Buildings unlocked: Library, Oracle of Delphi,
Related Great Person: Homer
Tech Required: None
Atomic Theory - First to research gains a bonus to science production.
Units/Buildings unlocked: ICBM, Manhattan Project,
Related Great Person: Einstein
Tech Required: University, Invention, Electricity
Automobile - First to research gains a free Artillery unit.
Units/Buildings unlocked: Artillery
Related Great Person: Ford
Tech Required: Combustion, Steel
Banking - First to research gets a gold bonus.
Units/Buildings unlocked: Bank
Related Great Person: Columbus
Tech Required: Currency, Code of Laws, Literacy
Bronze Working - First to research is rewarded a Archer unit in one of their
cities.
Units/Buildings unlocked: Archer, Barracks, Colossus of Rhodes
Related Great Person: Sargon
Tech Required: None
Ceremonial Burial - Incense resource unlocked.
Units/Buildings unlocked: Temple, Great Pyramid
Related Great Person: Imhotep
Tech Required: Pottery
Code of Laws - First to research is awarded a Trading Post in one of their
cities. Unlocks Republic
government. Cattle resource unlocked.
Units/Buildings unlocked: Trading Post
Related Great Person: Solomon
Tech Required: Writing, Alphabet
Combustion - First to research is awarded a Tank unit. Oil Resource is
unlocked.
Units/Buildings unlocked: Tank
Related Great Person: Amundsen
Tech Required: Steam Power, Gunpowder, Metallurgy
Communism - First to research can built factories at a reduced price. Communism
government unlocked.
Units/Buildings unlocked: None
Related Great Person: Marx
Tech Required: Industrialization, University
Construction - First to research gains a workshop building in one of their
cities.
Units/Buildings unlocked: Workshop
Related Great Person: Nebuchadnezzar
Tech Required: Masonry, Iron Working
The Corporation - First to research gains a bonus to gold production in all
cities.
Units/Buildings unlocked: Military-Industrial Complex
Related Great Person: Bell
Tech Required: Banking, Industrialization
Currency - First to research gains a marketplace building in one of their
cities and a caravan unit. Gold
resource unlocked.
Units/Buildings unlocked: Caravan, Market, Trade Fair of Troyes
Related Great Person: Polo
Tech Required: Bronze Working, Code of Laws
Democracy - First to research gains a free pikeman unit. Democracy government
is unlocked.
Units/Buildings unlocked: Pikeman, Magna Carta
Related Great Person: Sophocles
Tech Required: Literacy, Code of Laws
Electicity - First to research gains a free submarine unit.
Units/Buildings unlocked: Submarine
Related Great Person: Edison
Tech Required: Metallurgy, Engineering, Steam Power
Electronics - First to research gains a bonus to trade production in all
cities.
Units/Buildings unlocked: None
Related Great Person: Marconi
Tech Required: Electricity, The Corporation
Engineering - First to research gains a bonus to production in all cities
Units/Buildings unlocked: Aqueduct
Related Great Person: Archimedes
Tech Required: Construction, Mathematics
Feudalism - First to research gains a free Knight unit. Game resource unlocked.
Units/Buildings unlocked: Knight
Related Great Person: Becket
Tech Required: Horseback Riding, Monarchy
Flight - First to research gains a free flight unit.
Units/Buildings unlocked: Fighter
Related Great Person: Lilienthal
Tech Required: Combustion, Metallurgy, Invention
Future Technology - First research gives you one extra production from every
resource square. Second gives
you one extra food from every food square. Third gives a extra trade yield from
trade resources.
Researching more will repeat this.
Units/Buildings unlocked: None
Related Great Person: None
Tech Required: Super Conductor, Globalization, Advanced Flight
Globalization - First to research gains a gold bonus.
Units/Buildings unlocked: None
Related Great Person: Schweitzer
Tech Required: Mass Media, Networking
Gunpowder - First to research gains a rifleman unit. Sulfer resource unlocked.
Units/Buildings unlocked: Rifleman
Related Great Person: Nightingale
Tech Required: Invention, Feudalism
Horseback Riding - First to research receives a free horseman unit. Oxen
resource unlocked.
Units/Buildings unlocked: Horseman
Related Great Person: Gilgamesh
Tech Required: None
Industrialization - First to research gains a bonus to gold production.
Units/Buildings unlocked: Factory
Related Great Person: Dostoevsky
Tech Required: Steam Power, Banking
Invention - First to research gains a free Great Person.
Units/Buildings unlocked: Leonardo's Workshop
Related Great Person: da Vinci
Tech Required: Literacy, Engineering
Iron Working - First to research gains a free legion unit. Iron resource
unlocked.
Units/Buildings unlocked: Legion
Related Great Person: Agamemnon
Tech Required: Bronze Working
Irrigation - First to research gains a free population in all cities. Wheat
resource unlocked.
Units/Buildings unlocked: None
Related Great Person: Lao Tzu
Tech Required: Pottery, Masonry
Literacy - First to research gains a bonus to science production in all cities.
Silk resource unlocked.
Units/Buildings unlocked: Courthouse, Shakespeare's Theatre
Related Great Person: Confucius
Tech Required: Alphabet, Writing
Masonry - First to research receives a Wall in one of their cities. Marble
Resource unlocked.
Units/Buildings unlocked: Walls, Great Wall
Related Great Person: Cheops
Tech Required: Pottery
Mass Media - First to research receives a free population in all cities.
Units/Buildings unlocked: Hollywood
Related Great Person: Hearst
Tech Required: Printing Press, The Corporation
Mass Production - First to research receives a Modern Infantry unit. Aluminum
Resource unlocked.
Units/Buildings unlocked: Modern Infantry
Related Great Person: Whitney
Tech Required: Railroad, Industrialization
Mathematics - First to research recceives a free Catapult unit.
Units/Buildings unlocked: Catapult
Related Great Person: Pythagoras
Tech Required: Writing, Masonry
Metallurgy - First to research receives a free Cannon unit.
Units/Buildings unlocked: Cannon
Related Great Person: Curie
Tech Required: Engineering, Iron Working, University
Monarchy - First to research gains a free Great Person. Monarchy Government
unlocked. Dye resource
unlocked.
Units/Buildings unlocked: Himeji Samurai Castle
Related Great Person: David
Tech Required: Code of Laws, Writing, Ceremonial Burial
Navigation - First to research gains a free Galleon. Whale resource unlocked.
Units/Buildings unlocked: Galleon, Harbor, East India Company
Related Great Person: da Gama
Tech Required: Writing, Mathematics
Networking - First to research can build universities at a reduced cost.
Units/Buildings unlocked: Internet
Related Great Person: Babbage
Tech Required: Electronics, The Corporation
Nuclear Power - First to research Nuclear Power will receive a major production
bonus in all cities.
Uranium resource unlocked.
Units/Buildings unlocked: None
Related Great Person: Fermi
Tech Required: Atomic Theory, Mass Production
Pottery - Wine resource unlocked.
Units/Buildings unlocked: Granary, Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Related Great Person: Plato
Tech Required: None
Printing Press - First to research receives a bonus to culture production in
all cities.
Units/Buildings unlocked: None
Related Great Person: Gutenburg
Tech Required: University, Religion
Railroad - First to research receives a production bonus in all cities.
Units/Buildings unlocked: Iron Mine
Related Great Person: Douglass
Tech Required: Steam Power
Religion - First to research gains a bonus to culture production in all cities.
Fundamentalism government
unlocked.
Units/Buildings unlocked: Cathedral
Related Great Person: Bach
Tech Required: Ceremonial Burial, Monarchy
Space Flight - First to research has the entire map revealed.
Units/Buildings unlocked: Apollo Program, Spaceship Fuel, Spaceship Habitation,
Spaceship Life Support,
Spaceship Propulsion.
Related Great Person: Tippu Sultan
Tech Required: Advanced Flight, Electronics, Nuclear Power
Steam Power - First to research gains a free Cruiser unit. Coal resource
unlocked.
Units/Buildings unlocked: Cruiser
Related Great Person: Watt
Tech Required: Iron Working, Invention, Engineering
Steel - First to research will receive a free Battleship unit.
Units/Buildings unlocked: Battleship
Related Great Person: Stephenson
Tech Required: Metallurgy, Steam Power
Superconductor - First to research receives a free SDI in one of their cities.
Units/Buildings unlocked: SDI
Related Great Person: Stokowski
Tech Required: Mass Production, Space Flight
University - First to research receives a bonus to science production in all
cities.
Units/Buildings unlocked: University, Oxford University
Related Great Person: Aristotle
Tech Required: Literacy, Mathematics, Democracy
Writing - First to research receives a spy in one of their cities.
Units/Buildings unlocked: Spy, Great Library of Alexandria
Related Great Person: Aesop
Tech Required: Alphabet
::::::::Terrain::::::::[TER01]
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All of a world map is surrounded by terrain, so its important to understand
which terrain is capable of
what. Some cities will simply be better at different things depending on what
they are surrounded by. Its
up to you to take advantage of these differences.
Desert - Provides a single trade, but this can be increased with the
construction of a Trading post.
Forst - Prodides two production. Units that are defending on a forest region
gain a defense bonus.
Grassland - Provides two food.
Hills - Provides a one production, which can be increased with a Workshop.
Units that defend or attack
from a hill gain a combat bonus.
Icecap - A completely inaccessible region of land that provides no resources.
Mountain - Provides one production, but can be improved by building a Iron
Mines. Only passable by
fighters and bombers.
Plains - Provides one food, unless you have a Granary, in which case they
provide three food.
Sea - Provides two trade. If you have a Harbor they can provide food or extra
trade if you have the East
India Company wonder.
::::::::Units::::::::[UNI01]
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Generally there are defensive, offensive, and balanced units. There will be
these same type of units no
matter what level of technology you reach, or if you are building sea or air
units. I talk a bit more
about unit use in the "Strategy" section.
All water units, save the submarine, can carry an unlimited amount of units on
board.
Archer -
Cost: 10
Attack: 1
Defense: 2
Movement: 1
Tech Required: Bronze Working
Artillery -
Cost: 50
Attack: 16
Defense: 2
Movement: 2
Tech Required: The Automobile
Battleship -
Cost: 80
Attack: 12
Defense: 18
Movement: 4
Tech Required: Steel
Bomber - Fighters need to return to a city once every four turns or else they
will be destroyed.
Cost: 60
Attack: 18
Defense: 3
Movement: 6
Tech Required: Advanced Flight
Cannon -
Cost: 30
Attack: 6
Defense: 2
Movement: 1
Tech Required: Metallurgy
Caravan -
Cost: 30
Attack: 0
Defense: 0
Movement: 3
Tech Required: Currency
Catapult -
Cost: 20
Attack: 4
Defense: 1
Movement: 1
Tech Required: Mathematics
Cruiser -
Cost: 40
Attack: 6
Defense: 6
Movement: 5
Tech Required: Steam Power
Fighter - Fighters will be destroyed if they don't return to a city once every
two turns
Cost: 30
Attack: 6
Defense: 4
Movement: 8
Tech Required: Flight
Galleon - Unlike the Galley, they can cross the open seas.
Cost: 30
Attack: 2
Defense: 2
Movement: 3
Tech Required: Navigation
Galley - The first boat you get access to. Can only float off of coasts.
Cost: 30
Attack: 1
Defense: 1
Movement: 2
Tech Required: None
Horsemen -
Cost: 20
Attack: 2
Defense: 1
Movement: 2
Tech Required: Horseback Riding
ICBM - Only allowed one after completing the Manhattan Project wonder.
Instantly destroys targeted Cities
and units. Any cities or units within eight spaces will have their population
or numbers cut in half.
Using the ICBM reduces your culture by a full levl, unless you are currently
under the Despotism
government.
Movement: 40
Knight -
Cost: 25
Attack: 4
Defense: 2
Movement: 2
Tech Required: Feudalism
Legion -
Cost: 10
Attack: 2
Defense: 1
Movement: 1
Tech Required: Iron Working
Militia - Automatically appear on any Galley or Galleon you build or will
appear when an undefended city
is attacked by a barbarian.
Attack: 0
Defense: 1
Movement: 1
Tech Required: None
Modern Infantry -
Cost: 30
Attack: 4
Defense: 8
Movement: 1
Tech Required: Mass Production
Pikeman -
Cost: 15
Attack: 1
Defense: 3
Movement: 1
Tech Required: Democracy
Rifleman -
Cost: 20
Attack: 3
Defense: 5
Movement: 1
Tech Required: Gunpowder
Settler - Costs 2 population levels from the city its built in unless the
current government is a
Republic. They can construct cities.
Cost: 20
Attack: 0
Defense: 0
Movement: 2
Tech Required: None
Spy - A very versatile and useful unit. Can be used to destroy enemy defenses
or buildings, as well as
stealing great people or money. They can move through enemy territories without
declaring war. Only spies
can defend against spies, so settle them in a city to protect yourself.
Cost: 25
Attack: 0
Defense: 0
Movement: 2
Tech Required: Writing
Submarine -
Cost: 25
Attack: 12
Defense: 2
Movement: 2
Tech Required: Electricity
Tank -
Cost: 50
Attack: 10
Defense: 6
Movement: 3
Tech Required: Combustion
Warrior - You start out with this unit.
Cost: 10
Attack: 1
Defense: 1
Movement: 1
Tech Required: None
--Unit Upgrades--
Usually after winning a battle with another unit your winning unit will be
given an upgrade. These
upgrades will vary and you will usually be given a choice between two or three.
Blitz - Units with Blitz gain a bonus move after attacking
Engineer - Units with Engineer receive a 100% combat bonus when defending in a
city.
Guerilla - Gives units a 50% combat bonus when attacking in their home country.
Infiltration - Gives a 50% combat bonus to units that are attacking enemy
cities.
Leadership - Units with leadership get a 100% combat bonus when stacked (on the
same space) with units of
their own nationality.
Loyalty - Gives units a 50% defensive bonus when in their home territory.
March - Units with March receive a bonus movement point.
Medic - Allows units to heal themselves anywhere.
Scout - Allows units to see enemy units in a city before attacking. Also
increases distance that they can
see.
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Wonders are pretty important for game progression. While you may decide to
never make one, many times
certain wonders are great. For example, an island based civilization will
thrive with a East India
Company. Or if you're plagued by war at the onset of the match you can build a
great wall to give you
peace... for a time. Its good to remember that many wonders are nullified by
certain technologies.
Apollo Program - Gives access to all technologies not yet researched.
Cost: 750
Tech Required: Space Flight
Obsoleted By: Nothing
Colossus of Rhodes - Doubles all trade production for the city it is built in.
Cost: 100
Tech Required: Bronze Working
Obsoleted By: Invention
East India Company - Increases trade produces by every sea square in all cities
by +1.
Cost: 200
Tech Required: Navigation
Obsoleted By: Flight
Great Library of Alexandria - Instantly grants you technologies that at least
two other civilizations
currently have.
Cost: 150
Tech Required: Writing
Obsoleted By: University
Great Pyramid - Gives access to all forms of government.
Cost: 150
Tech Required: Ceremonial Burial
Obsoleted By: Monarchy
Great Wall - Immediately forces all foes to make peace with you upon
completion.
Cost: 150
Tech Required: Masonry
Obsoleted By: Engineering
Hanging Gardens of Babylon - Instantly increases the population of the city in
which it is built by 50%.
Cost: 100
Tech Required: Pottery
Obsoleted By: Nothing
Himeji Samurai Castle - All military units owned by the builder get +1 to their
attack strength.
Cost: 150
Tech Required: Monarchy
Obsoleted By: Communism
Hollywood - Greatly increases the chances of making a city come under your
control. Also, walls will no
longer prevent cities from coming under your control.
Cost: 600
Tech Required: Mass Media
Obsoleted By: Nothing
Internet - The builder of the internet has gold production in all cities
doubled.
Cost: 750
Tech Required: Networking
Obsoleted By: Nothing
Leonardo's Workshop - Upon completeion it will upgrade all antiquated units to
their newer equivilents, so
long as you have the appropriate upgrades.
Cost: 200
Tech Required: Invention
Obsoleted By: Nothing
Magna Carta - Boosts culture production. All courthouses owned by the builder
will now produce culture.
Cost: 150
Tech Required: Democracy
Obsoleted By: Nothing
Manhattan Project - The builder will receive the ICBM unit. Only one ICBM can
be had in a game.
Cost: 750
Tech Required: Atomic Theory
Obsoleted By: Nothing
Military-Industrial Complex - Reduces the cost of all units for the builder.
Cost: 500
Tech Required: The Corporation
Obsoleted By: Nothing
Oracle of Delphi - Allows units to see if they are going to lose before
initiating an attack and allows
the builder to call of the attack if they want.
Cost: 125
Tech Required: Alphabet
Obsoleted By: Religion
Oxford University - Gives an advanced technology upon completion.
Cost: 150
Tech Required: University
Obsoleted By: Nothing
Shakespeare's Theatre - Doubles culture production in the city its built it.
Cost: 150
Tech Required: Literacy
Obsoleted By: Mass Media
Stonehenge - Increases temple effectiveness by 50%.
Cost: 50
Tech Required: None
Obsoleted By: Literacy
Trade Fair of Troyes - Doubles the gold production of the city its built in.
Cost: 250
Tech Required: Currency
Obsoleted By: Globalization
United Nations - If you build this you win the game. You must have 20 wonders,
great people, or flipped
cities to build the United Nations
Cost: 500
Tech Required: None
Obsoleted By: Nothing
World Bank - If you build this you win the game. Only buildable after having
accumulated 20,000 gold.
Cost: 500
Tech Required: None
Obsoleted By: Nothing
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Buildings greatly effect your civilization. Depending on what you build you can
become a scientific,
cultural, or economic powerhouse. Once again, its up to preference and what you
know you need at the time.
Aqueduct - Increases city growth by ~50%
Cost: 120
Tech Required: Engineering
Building Required:
Bank - Replaces a city's Market. Increases the effect of focusing a city's
trade on gold production by
400%.
Cost: 120
Tech Required: Banking
Building Required: Market
Barracks - Turns all new units created in the same city into veterans.
Cost: 40
Tech Required: Bronze Working
Building Required: None
Cathedral - Provides two points of culture for every citizen in the city.
Replaces a Temple.
Cost: 160
Tech Required: Religion
Building Required: Temple
Courthouse - Increases the number of regions your citizens can work on. With
the Magna Carta it also
produces culture.
Cost: 80
Tech Required: Literacy
Building Required: None
Factory - Doubles the production in a city.
Cost: 200
Tech Required: Industrialization
Building Required: None
Granary - Increases the amount of food provided by Plains regions by two.
Cannot be built without a nearby
plains region.
Cost: 40
Tech Required: Pottery
Building Required: None
Harbor - With a Harbor, sea squares will provide +1 food. Cannot be built
without a nearby sea region.
Iron Mine - Increases production from mountains by 500%. Cannot be built
without a nearby mountain region.
Cost: 80
Tech Required: Railroad
Building Required: None
Library - Doubles the effect of focusing your city trade on science production.
Upgrades to a university.
Cost: 40
Tech Required: Alphabet
Building Required: None
Market - Doubles the effect of focusing your city trade on gold production.
Upgrades to a bank.
Cost: 60
Tech Required: Currency
Building Required: None
Palace - Automatically appears in your first city. Taking control of enemy
Palaces is a way to acheive a
domination victory.
Cost: 200
SDI - Halts any incoming ICBMs aimed at your city.
Cost: 200
Tech Required: Superconductor
Building Required: None
Spaceship Fuel - One of the four pieces needed to build a spaceship to acheive
a technology victory.
Cost: 80
Tech Required: Space Flight
Building Required: None
Spaceship Habitation -
Cost: 400
Tech Required: Space Flight
Building Required: None
Spaceship Life Support -
Cost: 120
Tech Required: Space Flight
Building Required: None
Spaceship Propulsion -
Cost: 200
Tech Required: Space Flight
Building Required: None
Temple - Provides one point of culture for every citizen in the city. Temples
upgrade to Cathedrals.
Cost: 40
Tech Required: Ceremonial Burial
Building Required: None
Trading Post - Increases the amount of trade produced from desert squares.
Cost: 60
Tech Required: Code of Laws
Building Required: None
University - Quadruples the effect of focusing city trade on science
production. Replaces the Library.
Cost: 160
Tech Required: University
Building Required: Library
Walls - Gives units defending in a city with the Wall a defense boost. Also,
the city with a Wall cannot
be flipped to enemy control, unless they have the Hollywood Wonder.
Cost: 100
Tech Required: Masonry
Building Required: None
Workshop - Increases the resources produced from a hill regions.
Cost: 60
Tech Required: Construction
Building Required: None
::::::::Artifacts::::::::[ART01]
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Usually there are a couple of artifacts spread out through the map in a game.
It can pay to have some
early units run around the map searching. I personally like to make a boat
right at the start and scour
the coasts for any visible artifacts.
Angkor Wat - Upon discovery it will create a wonder in one of your cities.
Ark of the Covenant - Upon discovery it will create temples in all of your
cities that do not have one,
and for those that do it will upgrade them to cathedrals.
Knights Templar - Upon discovery it will give a immensely powerful unit.
Lost City of Atlantis - Upon discovery it will complete research on several new
technologies for the
finder.
School of Confucius - Upon discovery it grants the finder serveral Great
People.
Seven Cities of Gold - Upon discovery it grants a hefty gold bonus.
::::::::Strategy::::::::[STR01]
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Since Civilization is really a game where there is no set path to victory, its
best to come up with some
strategies to win before you start playing. While sometimes you'll have to
shift gears mid-game, usually
its better to go in knowing how you want to approach your match. At the same
time, there are certain
concepts that you will want to stick to no matter which way you intend to win a
match of civilization.
To begin, you'll need to pick out a civilization. My personal favorite is the
Aztecs. Units healing after
victories is probably the strongest bonus out of any civilization and will
benefit you greatly early in a
match where attacking and defending is much easier. Beyond that, they get
science production from temples
in the medieval age and in the modern age they get 50% more gold production.
On the other hand, other civilizations can really help you out with other
goals. The Romans get 1/2 cost
wonders by the Medieval age and more great people by the industrial age making
them useful for a cultural
victor