Cities

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A lightly developed city

Cities are the centers of population, production and power. When founded or captured, a city is assigned to a Family.

City sites

City sites are the only locations where Settlers can found new Cities. A city site can be claimed by a Nation as long as a unit is located on it.

Barbarians

Barbarians occupy City-States like other Tribes, but they are in a permanent state of War with all Nations. They have a number of special units: Marauders, Skirmishers, Elite Marauders and Elite Skirmishers.

Culture level

Each city has a culture level, which is increased each time the Culture bar fills. Culture level provides increasing bonuses to the city but also increasing costs per population.

Culture Level Projects Tier Hamlet Limit Victory Points Governor XP/Year Can Hurry Production Population Upkeep Improvements
Weak I 1 +1 +4 No YIELD FOOD.png 1 Food
Developing II 2 +2 +6 Yes YIELD FOOD.png 2 Food
YIELD IRON.png 1 Iron
Strong III 3 +3 +8 Yes YIELD FOOD.png 3 Food
YIELD IRON.png 1 Iron
YIELD STONE.png 1 Stone
Legendary IV 4 +4 +10 Yes YIELD FOOD.png 4 Food
YIELD IRON.png 1 Iron
YIELD STONE.png 1 Stone
YIELD WOOD.png 1 Wood

Improvements

Improvements can be used to grand various bonuses to a City. There are two types of improvements: rural and urban. If a Worker is selected the game will suggest the tile where each improvement is most effective.

Improvements without a Specialist will increase the City's YIELD MAINTENANCE.png Maintenance.

Rural improvements

Rural improvements can only be constructed on non-urban tiles. They require either certain terrain or a certain natural resource present on the tile.

Improvement Yearly output Specialist Cost Required terrain or natural resource Required technology
IMPROVEMENT FARM.png Farm YIELD FOOD.png +5 Food SPECIALIST FARMER.png Farmer YIELD WOOD.png 20 Wood
YIELD ORDERS.png 1 Orders for 3 years 		TERRAIN ARID.png Arid, TERRAIN LUSH.png Lush, TERRAIN TEMPERATE.png Temperate, TERRAIN MARSH.png Marsh (requires Centralization law)
RESOURCE BARLEY.png Barley, RESOURCE SORGHUM.png Sorghum, RESOURCE WHEAT.png Wheat 		None
IMPROVEMENT MINE.png Mine YIELD IRON.png +5 Iron SPECIALIST MINER.png Miner YIELD WOOD.png 20 Wood
YIELD ORDERS.png 1 Orders for 3 years 		TERRAIN ARID.png Arid, TERRAIN LUSH.png Lush, TERRAIN TEMPERATE.png Temperate, Hill
RESOURCE GEM.png Gems, RESOURCE GOLD.png Gold, RESOURCE IRON.png Ore, RESOURCE SALT.png Salt, RESOURCE SILVER.png Silver 		None
IMPROVEMENT NETS.png Nets Various SPECIALIST FISHER.png Fisher YIELD WOOD.png 20 Wood
YIELD ORDERS.png 1 Orders for 3 years 		RESOURCE CRAB.png Crabs, RESOURCE DYE.png Dyes, RESOURCE FISH.png Fish, RESOURCE PEARL.png Pearls None
IMPROVEMENT FORT.png Fort Icon Defense.png +50% Defense if Friendly/Neutral Territory
+2 Unit Vision
Can Heal in Neutral Territory
Destroyed when Pillaged 		YIELD STONE.png 40 Stone
YIELD ORDERS.png 1 Orders 		TERRAIN ARID.png Arid, TERRAIN LUSH.png Lush, TERRAIN TEMPERATE.png Temperate TECH STONECUTTING.png Stonecutting
IMPROVEMENT QUARRY.png Quarry YIELD STONE.png +5 Stone SPECIALIST STONECUTTER.png Stonecutter YIELD IRON.png 20 Iron
YIELD ORDERS.png 1 Orders for 3 years 		TERRAIN ARID.png Arid, TERRAIN LUSH.png Lush, TERRAIN TEMPERATE.png Temperate, Adjacent Mountain, Adjacent Volcano
RESOURCE STONE.png Marble 		TECH STONECUTTING.png Stonecutting
IMPROVEMENT GRANARY.png Granary YIELD GROWTH.png +2 Growth
YIELD WOOD.png -1 Wood
IMPROVEMENT FARM.png +60% Adjacent Farm Yield 		YIELD WOOD.png 40 Wood
YIELD ORDERS.png 1 Orders for 4 years 		TERRAIN ARID.png Arid, TERRAIN LUSH.png Lush, TERRAIN TEMPERATE.png Temperate TECH ADMINISTRATION.png Administration
IMPROVEMENT CAMP.png Camp +20% Adjacent Lumbermill Yield SPECIALIST TRAPPER.png Trapper YIELD WOOD.png 20 Wood
YIELD ORDERS.png 1 Orders for 3 years 		RESOURCE CAMEL.png Camels, RESOURCE ELEPHANT.png Elephants, RESOURCE FUR.png Fur, RESOURCE GAME.png Game TECH TRAPPING.png Trapping
IMPROVEMENT PASTURE.png Pasture IMPROVEMENT FARM.png +40% Adjacent Farms Yield SPECIALIST RANCHER.png Rancher YIELD WOOD.png 20 Wood
YIELD ORDERS.png 1 Orders for 3 years 		RESOURCE CATTLE.png Cattle, RESOURCE GOAT.png Goats, RESOURCE HORSE.png Horses, RESOURCE PIG.png Pigs, RESOURCE SHEEP.png Sheep TECH HUSBANDRY.png Husbandry
IMPROVEMENT LUMBERMILL.png Lumbermill YIELD WOOD.png +5 Wood SPECIALIST WOODCUTTER.png Woodcutter YIELD IRON.png 20 Iron
YIELD ORDERS.png 1 Orders for 3 years 		Trees TECH FORESTRY.png Forestry
IMPROVEMENT GROVE.png Grove Various SPECIALIST GARDENER.png Gardener YIELD WOOD.png 20 Wood
YIELD ORDERS.png 1 Orders for 3 years 		RESOURCE CITRUS.png Citrus, RESOURCE HONEY.png Honey, RESOURCE INCENSE.png Incense, RESOURCE LAVENDER.png Lavender, RESOURCE OLIVE.png Olives, RESOURCE WINE.png Wine TECH LAND CONSOLIDATION.png Land Consolidation

Urban improvements

Urban improvements can be constructed only in the following:

  • An urban tile.
  • A tile adjacent to two urban tiles. The tile will become urban once the improvement is completed.
  • A tile adjacent to one urban tile and one water tile. The tile will become urban once the improvement is completed.
Improvement Yearly output Cost Terrain if not urban Required technology
IMPROVEMENT ODEON.png Odeon YIELD CULTURE.png +3 Culture
YIELD STONE.png -2 Stone
Enables Poets 		YIELD STONE.png 40 Stone
YIELD ORDERS.png 1 Orders for 4 years 		TERRAIN ARID.png Arid, TERRAIN LUSH.png Lush, TERRAIN TEMPERATE.png Temperate TECH DRAMA.png Drama
IMPROVEMENT BARRACKS.png Barracks +10 XP per year for Idle Melee Units
+20% Adjacent Garrison Effects
YIELD TRAINING.png +20% Training
YIELD IRON.png -2 Iron
Enables Officers 		YIELD STONE.png 40 Stone
YIELD ORDERS.png 1 Orders for 4 years 		TERRAIN ARID.png Arid, TERRAIN LUSH.png Lush, TERRAIN TEMPERATE.png Temperate TECH MILITARY DRILL.png Military Drill
IMPROVEMENT RANGE.png Range +10 XP per year for Idle Ranged Units
+20% Adjacent Garrison Effects
YIELD TRAINING.png +20% Training
YIELD WOOD.png -2 Wood
Enables Officers 		YIELD WOOD.png 40 Wood
YIELD ORDERS.png 1 Orders for 4 years 		TERRAIN ARID.png Arid, TERRAIN LUSH.png Lush, TERRAIN TEMPERATE.png Temperate TECH COMPOSITE BOW.png Composite Bow

Barracks and Ranges are limited to 2 per City.

Hamlets

Hamlets may be built anywhere. In 20 turns it will grow into a Village, and in another 20 turns it will grow into a Town. Only one Hamlet may be built for each Culture Level of a City.

Shrines

Shrines may be built anywhere and gain various bonuses depending on their location and the Nation's Religion. They may not be built next to each other.

Specialists

Specialists are unlocked by certain Improvements that can be trained to boost the yield of the Improvement. All Specialists also produce a small amount of Science. A Specialist's production cost increases with each one built in a city.

Rural specialists

Rural specialists produce YIELD SCIENCE.png 1 Science. They can also provide Luxuries if the Improvement is built on a natural resource that can produce it.

Specialist Improvement Yearly effect Cost
SPECIALIST FARMER.png Farmer IMPROVEMENT FARM.png Farm IMPROVEMENT FARM.png 150% Improvement Production
YIELD GROWTH.png 1 Growth 		YIELD CIVICS.png 40 Civics
SPECIALIST MINER.png Miner IMPROVEMENT MINE.png Mine IMPROVEMENT MINE.png 150% Improvement Production
YIELD TRAINING.png 1 Training 		YIELD CIVICS.png 40 Civics
SPECIALIST STONECUTTER.png Stonecutter IMPROVEMENT QUARRY.png Quarry IMPROVEMENT QUARRY.png 150% Improvement Production
YIELD CIVICS.png 1 Civics 		YIELD CIVICS.png 40 Civics
SPECIALIST WOODCUTTER.png Woodcutter IMPROVEMENT LUMBERMILL.png Lumbermill IMPROVEMENT LUMBERMILL.png 150% Improvement Production
YIELD SCIENCE.png 1 Science 		YIELD CIVICS.png 40 Civics
SPECIALIST FISHER.png Fisher IMPROVEMENT NETS.png Nets IMPROVEMENT NETS.png 200% Improvement Production YIELD CIVICS.png 60 Civics
YIELD FOOD.png 20 Food
SPECIALIST GARDENER.png Gardener IMPROVEMENT GROVE.png Grove IMPROVEMENT GROVE.png 200% Improvement Production YIELD CIVICS.png 60 Civics
YIELD FOOD.png 20 Food
SPECIALIST RANCHER.png Rancher IMPROVEMENT PASTURE.png Pasture IMPROVEMENT PASTURE.png 200% Improvement Production YIELD CIVICS.png 60 Civics
YIELD FOOD.png 20 Food
SPECIALIST TRAPPER.png Trapper IMPROVEMENT CAMP.png Camp IMPROVEMENT CAMP.png 200% Improvement Production YIELD CIVICS.png 60 Civics
YIELD FOOD.png 20 Food

Urban specialists

Urban specialists can be upgraded, improving their bonuses. Upgrading a specialist does not require Citizens.

  • Training an Apprentice specialist costs 40 YIELD FOOD.png Food and 40 YIELD CIVICS.png Civics and produces a bonus of YIELD SCIENCE.png 2 Science each year.
  • Upgrading to Master specialist costs 60 YIELD FOOD.png Food and 60 YIELD CIVICS.png Civics and produces a bonus of YIELD SCIENCE.png 3 Science each year.
  • Upgrading to Elder specialist costs 80 YIELD FOOD.png Food and 80 YIELD CIVICS.png Civics and produces a bonus of YIELD SCIENCE.png 4 Science each year.
Specialist Improvement Apprentice yearly effect Master yearly effect Elder yearly effect
SPECIALIST ACOLYTE.png Acolyte Shrine 1 Religion Opinion
YIELD CULTURE.png 2 Culture 		2 Religion Opinion
YIELD CULTURE.png 3 Culture
YIELD ORDERS.png 0.5 Orders 		3 Religion Opinion
YIELD CULTURE.png 4 Culture
YIELD ORDERS.png 1 Orders
SPECIALIST MONK.png Monk Monastery 1 Religion Opinion
YIELD CULTURE.png 4 Culture 		2 Religion Opinion
YIELD CULTURE.png 6 Culture
YIELD CIVICS.png 1 Civics per Culture Level 		3 Religion Opinion
YIELD CULTURE.png 8 Culture
YIELD CIVICS.png 2 Civics per Culture Level
SPECIALIST PRIEST.png Priest Temple 1 Religion Opinion
YIELD HAPPINESS.png 1 Happiness 		2 Religion Opinion
YIELD HAPPINESS.png 1.5 Happiness
YIELD TRAINING.png 0.5 Training per Citizen 		3 Religion Opinion
YIELD HAPPINESS.png 2 Happiness
YIELD TRAINING.png 1 Training per Citizen
SPECIALIST OFFICER.png Officer IMPROVEMENT BARRACKS.png Barracks
IMPROVEMENT RANGE.png Range 		YIELD TRAINING.png 2 Training YIELD TRAINING.png 3 Training
20 XP for New Units 		YIELD TRAINING.png 4 Training
50 XP for New Units
SPECIALIST POET.png Poet IMPROVEMENT ODEON.png Odeon YIELD CULTURE.png 3 Culture YIELD CULTURE.png 4 Culture
YIELD CIVICS.png 0.5 Civics per Citizen 		YIELD CULTURE.png 5 Culture
YIELD CIVICS.png 1 Civics per Citizen

Projects

Projects are internal City enhancements that on completion grant an instant bonus and a permanent bonus. Each Project can only be constructed in Cities with the same tier of Culture Level.

Project Tier I Tier II Tier III Tier IV Requirements
Production On Completion Cost Production On Completion Cost Production On Completion Cost Production On Completion Cost
PROJECT COUNCIL 1.png Council YIELD CIVICS.png +40% (one turn)
YIELD MONEY.png +40% (one turn)
YIELD TRAINING.png +40% (one turn)		 1 Turn YIELD CIVICS.png +60% (one turn)
YIELD MONEY.png +60% (one turn)
YIELD TRAINING.png +60% (one turn)		 1 Turn YIELD CIVICS.png +80% (one turn)
YIELD MONEY.png +80% (one turn)
YIELD TRAINING.png +80% (one turn)		 1 Turn YIELD CIVICS.png +100% (one turn)
YIELD MONEY.png +100% (one turn)
YIELD TRAINING.png +100% (one turn)		 1 Turn
PROJECT FESTIVAL 1.png Festival YIELD CULTURE.png 1 per year YIELD GROWTH.png 20
YIELD HAPPINESS.png 20		 YIELD CIVICS.png 40 YIELD CULTURE.png 1 per year YIELD GROWTH.png 40
YIELD HAPPINESS.png 40		 YIELD CIVICS.png 60 YIELD CULTURE.png 1 per year YIELD GROWTH.png 60
YIELD HAPPINESS.png 60		 YIELD CIVICS.png 80 YIELD CULTURE.png 1 per year YIELD GROWTH.png 80
YIELD HAPPINESS.png 80		 YIELD CIVICS.png 100
PROJECT TREASURY 1.png Treasury YIELD MONEY.png 10 per year YIELD MONEY.png 100 YIELD CIVICS.png 40
YIELD STONE.png 20 		YIELD MONEY.png 20 per year YIELD MONEY.png 200 YIELD CIVICS.png 60
YIELD STONE.png 40 		YIELD MONEY.png 30 per year YIELD MONEY.png 300 YIELD CIVICS.png 80
YIELD STONE.png 60 		YIELD MONEY.png 40 per year
YIELD HAPPINESS.png 1 per year		 YIELD MONEY.png 400 YIELD CIVICS.png 100
YIELD STONE.png 80 		TECH ADMINISTRATION.png Administration technology
PROJECT FORUM 1.png Forum YIELD CIVICS.png 1 per year YIELD CIVICS.png 20 YIELD CIVICS.png 40
YIELD STONE.png 20 		YIELD CIVICS.png 2 per year YIELD CIVICS.png 40 YIELD CIVICS.png 60
YIELD STONE.png 40 		YIELD CIVICS.png 3 per year YIELD CIVICS.png 60 YIELD CIVICS.png 80
YIELD STONE.png 60 		YIELD CIVICS.png 4 per year
YIELD HAPPINESS.png 1 per year		 YIELD CIVICS.png 80 YIELD CIVICS.png 100
YIELD STONE.png 80 		TECH RHETORIC.png Rhetoric technology
PROJECT ARCHIVE 1.png Archive YIELD SCIENCE.png 1 per year YIELD SCIENCE.png 10 YIELD CIVICS.png 40
YIELD STONE.png 20 		YIELD SCIENCE.png 2 per year YIELD SCIENCE.png 20 YIELD CIVICS.png 60
YIELD STONE.png 40 		YIELD SCIENCE.png 3 per year YIELD SCIENCE.png 30 YIELD CIVICS.png 80
YIELD STONE.png 60 		YIELD SCIENCE.png 4 per year
YIELD HAPPINESS.png 1 per year		 YIELD SCIENCE.png 40 YIELD CIVICS.png 100
YIELD STONE.png 80 		TECH METAPHYSICS.png Metaphysics technology
PROJECT OLYMPICS 1.png Olympiad YIELD TRAINING.png 1 per year YIELD TRAINING.png 50 YIELD CIVICS.png 40 YIELD TRAINING.png 1 per year YIELD TRAINING.png 100 YIELD CIVICS.png 60 YIELD TRAINING.png 1 per year YIELD TRAINING.png 150 YIELD CIVICS.png 80 YIELD TRAINING.png 1 per year YIELD TRAINING.png 200 YIELD CIVICS.png 100 Greece nation
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