Cities

A developed city

Cities are the centers of population, production and power. When founded or captured, a City is assigned to a Family. The first City founded by a Nation is its Capital and gains a yearly bonus of +2 Culture and +2 Money. Cities can only be founded on certain locations called City Sites, which are initially controlled by Tribes.

During war a City's HP bar will be shown. Once a City's HP reaches zero a Unit can be moved on it, at which point the City enters a state of Anarchy for a few turns (1 turn per culture level it had achieved prior to its capture). If a Unit is kept on the City tile until the Anarchy ends the City will be annexed by the unit's owner. Each point of HP damage also reduces a City's yields by 2.5% until repaired. Cities regain 1 HP each year.

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 Citizen and Specialist.

Once a City reaches Developing Culture Level it will gain the ability to Hurry Production using a chosen resource, causing the item at the top of the production queue to be finished next turn. Each turn that an item is produced normally decreases the resources needed to rush it. However Hurry Production always produces Discontent unless the Monetary Reform law has been passed.

Culture Level	Projects Tier	Victory Points	Governor XP/Year	Hamlet Limit	Can Hurry Production	Citizen and Specialist Upkeep	Enabled Wonders of the World
Weak	I	+1	+4	0	No	2 Food	The Hanging Gardens The Jerwan Aqueduct (DLC) The Oracle The Pyramids The Yazilikaya (DLC) The Ziggurat
Developing	II	+2	+6	1	Yes	3 Food 1 Iron	The Apadana The Ishtar Gate The Jebel Barkal (DLC) The Lighthouse The Necropolis The Royal Library (DLC)
Strong	III	+3	+8	2	Yes	4 Food 1 Iron 1 Stone	The Acropolis Al Khazneh (DLC) The Colossus The Cothon (DLC) The Mausoleum The Musaeum
Legendary	IV	+4	+10	3	Yes	5 Food 1 Iron 1 Stone 1 Wood	The Circus Maximus The Colosseum (DLC) The Hagia Sophia The Heliopolis (DLC) The Pantheon The Via Recta Souk

Improvements

Improvements are constructed by Worker units can be used to grant various bonuses to a City. There are two types of improvements: rural and urban. If a Worker unit is selected the game will suggest the tile where each improvement is most effective, as long as said improvement can be constructed either immediately or after buying resources.

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

Improvements may be pillaged by military units. A pillaged improvement does not produce anything and will be destroyed in 10 turns unless repaired by a Worker unit. Repairing an improvement costs half of its construction cost. Damaged Worker units also take an extra turn to build improvements

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 yield	Specialist	Cost	Terrain or map resource	Required technology
Farm	+5 Food	Farmer	20 Wood 1 Orders for 3 years	Arid, Lush, Temperate, Marsh (requires Centralization law) Barley, Sorghum, Wheat	None
Mine	+5 Iron	Miner	20 Wood 1 Orders for 3 years	Arid, Lush, Temperate, Hill Gems, Gold, Ore, Salt, Silver	None
Nets	Various	Fisher	20 Wood 1 Orders for 3 years	Crabs, Dyes, Fish, Pearls	None
Fort	+50% Defense if Friendly Territory +50% Defense if Neutral Territory +2 Unit Vision Units Heal even if Neutral Territory Destroyed when Pillaged	None	40 Stone 1 Orders	Arid, Lush, Temperate	Stonecutting
Quarry	+5 Stone	Stonecutter	20 Iron 1 Orders for 3 years	Arid, Lush, Temperate, Adjacent Mountain, Adjacent Volcano Marble	Stonecutting
Granary	+2 Growth -1 Wood +60% Adjacent Farm Yield	None	40 Wood 1 Orders for 4 years	Arid, Lush, Temperate	Administration
Camp	+20% Adjacent Lumbermill Yield	Trapper	20 Wood 1 Orders for 3 years	Camels, Elephants, Fur, Game	Trapping
Pasture	+40% Adjacent Farms Yield	Rancher	20 Wood 1 Orders for 3 years	Cattle, Goats, Horses, Pigs, Sheep	Husbandry
Grove	Various	Gardener	20 Wood 1 Orders for 3 years	Citrus, Honey, Incense, Lavender, Olives, Wine	Land Consolidation
Harbor	+10 Money +2 Money per Adjacent Resource -1 Stone +40% Adjacent Nets Yield +10 XP for Idle Ship Units	None	60 Wood 1 Orders for 4 years	Coast	Cartography
Lumbermill	+5 Wood	Woodcutter	20 Iron 1 Orders for 3 years	Trees	Forestry
Watermill	+2 Science	None	40 Wood 1 Orders for 2 years	River	Hydraulics
Windmill	+2 Science	None	40 Stone 1 Orders for 2 years	Hill	Hydraulics

Urban improvements

Most urban improvements come in three tiers. A higher tier improvement requires a lower tier one to be constructed before it can be built, as well as increasing the city's Culture Level by one for each tier. Urban improvements can be constructed on Urban, Arid, Lush or Temperate tiles, and Sand tiles if the city is run by a family of Clerics, but only if one the following is true:

• 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.

Apprentices improvement			Master improvement			Elder improvement			Requiremnts
Improvement	Yearly yield	Cost	Improvement	Yearly yield	Cost	Improvement	Yearly yield	Cost
Garrison	+20% Defense if own army +0.5 Orders -2 Stone	80 1 (4 years)	Stronghold	+30% Defense if own army +0.5 Orders -3 Stone Enables tier 1 Nation Unit	100 1 (5 years)	Citadel	+40% Defense if own army +0.5 Orders -10% Maintenance -4 Stone Enables tier 2 Nation Unit	100 1 (6 years)	1 Active Law
Odeon	+3 Culture -2 Stone Enables Apprentice Poet	40 1 (4 years)	Theater	+4 Culture +1 Happiness -3 Stone Enables Master Poet	60 1 (5 years)	Amphitheater	+5 Culture +2 Happiness -4 Stone Enables Elder Poet	80 1 (6 years)	Drama
Cold Baths	+1 Happiness -2 Stone Enables Apprentice Doctor	40 1 (4 years)	Warm Baths	+2 Happiness -3 Stone Enables Master Doctor	60 1 (5 years)	Heated Baths	+3 Happiness +10% Growth -4 Stone Enables Elder Doctor	80 1 (6 years)	Architecture Developing Culture
Courthouse	+20% Civics -2 Stone Enables Apprentice Scribe	80 1 (4 years)	Ministry	+30% Civics -3 Stone Enables Master Scribe	100 1 (5 years)	Palace	+50% Civics -10% Maintenance -4 Stone Enables Elder Scribe	120 1 (6 years)	Citizenship Developing Culture
Library	+20% Science +1 Science per adj. resource -2 Stone Enables Apprentice Philosopher	80 1 (4 years)	Academy	+30% Science +1 Science per adj. resource -3 Stone Enables Master Philosopher	100 1 (5 years)	University	+50% Science +1 Science per adj. resource +10% Civics -4 Stone Enables Elder Philosopher	120 1 (6 years)	Scholarship Developing Culture
Market	+20% Money +20% Adj. Harbor Yield Enables Apprentice Shopkeeper	80 Wood 1 (4 years)	Grocer	+30% Money +20% Adj. Harbor Yield Enables Master Shopkeeper	100 Wood 1 (5 years)	Fair	+50% Money +20% Adj. Harbor Yield Enables Elder Shopkeeper	120 Wood 1 (6 years)	Coinage Developing Culture
Barracks	+10 XP yearly for Idle Melee Units +20% Adj. Garrison Yield +20% Training -2 Iron Enables Officers	40 1 (4 years)							Military Drill Max 2 per City
Range	+10 XP yearly for Idle Ranged Units +20% Adj. Garrison Yield +20% Training -2 Wood Enables Officers	40 Wood 1 (4 years)							Composite Bow Max 2 per City

Hamlets

Once the City reaches at least Developing Culture Level and the Nation has the Polis technology, Workers will be able to construct Hamlets the cost of 40 Stone and 1 Orders for 4 years. Only one Hamlet may be build per Culture Level. After 20 years a Hamlet will grow into a Village, and after another 20 years the Village it will grow into a Town. All of them improve the output of Odeon and Bath improvements. Hovering over a Hamlet or Town will show the number of years until it upgrades.

Level	Yearly yield	Yearly consumption
Hamlet	10 Money without a Trade Network 20 Money with a Trade Network	1 Food
Village	15 Money without a Trade Network 30 Money with a Trade Network	2 Food
Town	20 Money without a Trade Network 40 Money with a Trade Network +10% Defense Strength if own army	3 Food

Shrines

Shrines require the Divination technology, 40 Stone and 1 Orders for 4 years. They can be built anywhere except near another shrine. They provide resources like other improvements but their main purpose is spreading the Nation's Paganism Religion and enabling the Acolyte specialist. Each Shrine can only be built once unless the Polytheism law is passed.

Shrine	God	Yearly yield	Nations
	Atar Nuska Vulcan	+1 Training per Adjacent Lumbermill +20% Adjacent Mine Yield	Persia Assyria Rome
	Ashur Madruk Zeus	+2 Civics +1 Orders per Adjacent Wonder of the World	Assyria Babylonia Greece
	Eshmun Isis Kamrusepa	+2 Growth per Adjacent Grove +6 HP Healing for Idle Units	Carthage Egypt Hatti
	Arinnitti Tanit Vesta	+2 Culture +10 Money per Adjacent Resource	Hatti Carthage Rome
	Halki Mithra Neith	+20% Adjacent Camp Yield +1 Level for New Ranged Units	Hatti Persia Egypt
	Astarte Ishtar Venus	+2 Growth +20% Adjacent Pasture Yield	Carthage Babylonia Rome
	Hvar Khshaita Ra Shamash	+0.5 Orders +20% Adjacent Farm Yield	Persia Egypt Assyria
	Ereshkigal Hades Osiris	+2 Culture +50% Culture if Adjacent Mountain +100% Culture if Adjacent Volcano	Babylonia Greece Egypt
	Anahita Melqart Poseidon	+20 Money +20% Adjacent Nets Yield	Persia Carthage Greece
	Mars Ninurta Tarhun	+2 Training +10 XP for Idle Infantry Units	Rome Assyria Hatti
	Athena Nabu	+1 Science +1 Civics per Adjacent Odeon	Greece Babylonia

World religion improvements

World Religion improvements can only be constructed by Disciple units of the same Religion but they can be built anywhere. Despite having different appearance depending on Religion all improvements have the same yields and costs.

Improvement	Specialist	Construction reward	Yearly yield	Yearly consumption	Cost	Requirements
Christian Monastery Jewish Monastery Manichean Monastery Zoroastrian Monastery	Monk	+2 Disciple's Religion Opinion	+2 Science +60% Adjacent Grove Yield	2 Wood	60 Wood 1 Orders for 4 years	Monasticism technology
Christian Temple Jewish Temple Manichean Temple Zoroastrian Temple	Priest	+2 Disciple's Religion Opinion	+3 Culture +0.5 Orders	2 Stone	60 Stone 1 Orders for 5 years	Doctrine technology
Christian Cathedral Jewish Cathedral Manichean Cathedral Zoroastrian Cathedral	Bishop	+4 Disciple's Religion Opinion +6 Legitimacy	+40% Culture	4 Stone	100 Stone 1 Orders for 6 years	Vaulting technology Strong culture level Adjacent Temple of the same Religion Max 2 per Family
The Adur Burzen-Mihr The Cao'an The Church of the Holy Sepulchre The Temple of Solomon	None	+20 Disciple's Religion Opinion +2 Victory Points	+40% Culture Creates a Disciple every 20 years Cannot be replaced	None	200 Stone 200 Civics 1 Orders for 8 years	Developing culture level Holy City Max 1 per Nation

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

Specialist	Improvement	Yearly yield	Cost
Farmer	Farm	150% Improvement Yield 1 Growth	40 Civics
Miner	Mine	150% Improvement Yield 1 Training	40 Civics
Stonecutter	Quarry	150% Improvement Yield 1 Civics	40 Civics
Woodcutter	Lumbermill	150% Improvement Yield 1 Science	40 Civics
Fisher	Nets	200% Improvement Yield	60 Civics 20 Food
Gardener	Grove	200% Improvement Yield	60 Civics 20 Food
Rancher	Pasture	200% Improvement Yield	60 Civics 20 Food
Trapper	Camp	200% Improvement Yield	60 Civics 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 Food and 40 Civics and produces a bonus of 2 Science each year.
• Upgrading to Master specialist costs 60 Food and 60 Civics and produces a bonus of 3 Science each year.
• Upgrading to Elder specialist costs 80 Food and 80 Civics and produces a bonus of 4 Science each year.

Specialist	Improvement	Apprentice yearly yield	Master yearly yield	Elder yearly yield
Acolyte	Shrine	1 Religion Opinion 2 Culture	2 Religion Opinion 3 Culture 0.5 Orders	3 Religion Opinion 4 Culture 1 Orders
Monk	Christian Monastery Jewish Monastery Manichean Monastery Zoroastrian Monastery	1 Religion Opinion 4 Culture	2 Religion Opinion 6 Culture 1 Civics per Culture Level	3 Religion Opinion 8 Culture 2 Civics per Culture Level
Priest	Christian Temple Jewish Temple Manichean Temple Zoroastrian Temple	1 Religion Opinion 1 Happiness	2 Religion Opinion 1.5 Happiness 0.5 Training per Citizen	3 Religion Opinion 2 Happiness 1 Training per Citizen
Bishop	Christian Cathedral Jewish Cathedral Manichean Cathedral Zoroastrian Cathedral	1 Religion Opinion 10 Money per Culture Level	2 Religion Opinion 15 Money per Culture Level 0.5 Orders	3 Religion Opinion 20 Money per Culture Level 1 Orders
Officer	Barracks Range	2 Training	3 Training 20 XP for New Units	4 Training 50 XP for New Units
Poet	Odeon	3 Culture	4 Culture 0.5 Civics per Citizen	5 Culture 1 Civics per Citizen
Doctor	Cold Baths	2 Growth	3 Growth 1 Science per Culture Level	4 Growth 2 Science per Culture Level
Philosopher	Library	2 Science	3 Science 1 Culture per Citizen	4 Science 2 Culture per Citizen
Scribe	Courthouse	2 Civics	3 Civics 1 Money per Citizen	4 Civics 2 Money per Citizen
Shopkeeper	Market	20 Money	30 Money 1 Growth per Culture Level	40 Money 2 Growth per Culture Level

Wonders of the World

Wonders of the World are powerful improvements that can only be constructed once. As soon as a Nation begins constructing a Wonder of the World other Nations cannot start it unless a hostile unit enters the tile of an unfinished Wonder of the World and destroys it. Not all Wonders of the World are available each game. They are chosen randomly at the start of each game. Most Wonders of the World require the City to reach a certain Culture Level before they can be constructed. Each Wonder of the World provides 2 Victory Points and cannot be replaced by other improvements.

Wonder of the World	Yield	Cost	Min. Culture Level	Requirements
The Hanging Gardens	+4 Culture per year +20% Growth [All Cities]	100 Civics 400 Stone 200 Wood 1 Orders for 10 years	Weak	River
The Jerwan Aqueduct (DLC)	+4 Culture per year +2 Growth (On Completion) Free Farmer specialist in Farms adjacent to the Wonder	100 Civics 400 Stone 200 Iron 1 Orders for 10 years	Weak	Mountain or Volcano
The Oracle	+4 Culture per year +10 Money per year per Religion +1 Tech Hand Card Size Free Agent Network in all Holy Cities on completion	100 Civics 400 Stone 200 Food 1 Orders for 10 years	Weak	Hill
The Pyramids	+4 Culture per year +1 Orders per year per Religion -50% Start Law Cost	100 Civics 600 Stone 1 Orders for 10 years	Weak	Arid or Sand
The Yazilikaya (DLC)	+4 Culture per year State Religion Cities produce +20% more Civics.	100 Civics 600 Stone 1 Orders for 10 years	Weak	Holy City OR Adjacent Mountain
The Ziggurat	+4 Culture per year +20 Civics per year -20% Improvement Costs [All Cities]	100 Civics 600 Stone 1 Orders for 10 years	Weak	Holy City (Any Religion)
The Apadana	+6 Culture per year +20 Civics per year -50% Maintenance [All Cities]	200 Civics 900 Stone 1 Orders for 12 years	Developing	Adjacent City Center
The Ishtar Gate	+6 Culture per year +1 Growth per year per Culture Level 100 Culture in all Cities on completion	200 Civics 600 Stone 300 Iron 1 Orders for 12 years	Developing	Adjacent City Center
The Jebel Barkal (DLC)	+6 Culture per year +2 Culture per year, per Religion in the city that builds it On completion, gain 1 Random Temple [All Cities]	200 Civics 900 Stone 1 Orders for 12 years	Developing	Hill
The Lighthouse	+6 Culture per year +100% Nets Yield [All Cities] -10 Upgrade Years for Hamlet Improvements	200 Civics 600 Stone 300 Iron 1 Orders for 12 years	Developing	Adjacent City Center
The Necropolis	+2 Happiness per year per Temple	200 Civics 900 Stone 1 Orders for 12 years	Developing	Hill
The Royal Library (DLC)	+8 Culture per year +20 Civics per year (global) Connected Foreign Cities give Science	200 Civics 600 Stone 300 Wood 1 Orders for 12 years	Developing	Adjacent to City Center
Al Khazneh (DLC)	+8 Culture per year Connected Cities gain +20% Money On completion gain +3 Caravans	300 Civics 1200 Stone 1 Orders for 12 years	Developing	Adjacent to Mountain
The Acropolis	+8 Culture per year +2 Civics per year per Religion +0.5 Orders per year with Forum	300 Civics 1200 Stone 1 Orders for 14 years	Strong	Hill
The Colossus	+8 Culture per year +2 Civics per year with Road Connection +1 Level for New Units	300 Civics 400 Stone 800 Iron 1 Orders for 14 years	Strong	Coastal Water
The Cothon (DLC)	+8 Culture per year +1 Level for New Ship Units from this city +10 XP per year for all Ship units Creates a Trireme Unit every 10 years	300 Civics 600 Stone 600 Wood 1 Orders for 14 years	Strong	Coastal Water
The Mausoleum	+8 Culture per year +40% Culture [All Cities] New Units start with Guard I	300 Civics 1200 Stone 1 Orders for 14 years	Strong	Hill
The Musaeum	+8 Culture per year +50% Science New Units start with Guard I +1 Civics per year per Elder Specialist	300 Civics 800 Stone 400 Wood 1 Orders for 14 years	Strong	Adjacent City Center
The Circus Maximus	+10 Culture per year +40 Training per year +10 XP per year for Idle Mounted Units New Mounted Units start with Swift[All Cities]	400 Civics 1200 Stone 600 Food 1 Orders for 16 years	Legendary	Adjacent City Center
The Colosseum (DLC)	+10 Culture per year +1 Training per year, per Population Creates a Swordsman unit every 10 years	400 Civics 1200 Stone 600 Food 1 Orders for 16 years	Legendary	Adjacent to River
The Hagia Sophia	+10 Culture per year +40 Civics per year +2 Happiness per year [All Cities]	400 Civics 1800 Stone 1 Orders for 16 years	Legendary	Holy City (Any Religion)
The Heliopolis (DLC)	+10 Culture per year +1 Order per year, per Shrine [All Cities]	400 Civics 1800 Stone 1 Orders for 16 years	Legendary	Arid or Sand tiles
The Pantheon	+10 Culture per year +40 Training per year +2 Civics per Culture Level [State Religion Cities]	400 Civics 1800 Stone 1 Orders for 16 years	Legendary	Holy City (Any Religion)
The Via Recta Souk	+10 Culture per year +2 Growth per year +1 Happiness per City Luxury [All Cities]	400 Civics 1200 Stone 600 Food 1 Orders for 16 years	Legendary	Adjacent City Center

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
	Yearly Yield	On Completion	Cost	Yearly Yield	On Completion	Cost	Yearly Yield	On Completion	Cost	Yearly Yield	On Completion	Cost
Council		+40% (1 turn) +40% (1 turn) +40% (1 turn)	1 Year		+60% (1 turn) +60% (1 turn) +60% (1 turn)	1 Year		+80% (1 turn) +80% (1 turn) +80% (1 turn)	1 Year		+100% (1 turn) +100% (1 turn) +100% (1 turn)	1 Year
Festival	1	20 20	40	1	40 40	60	1	60 60	80	1	80 80	100
Treasury	10	100	40 20	20	200	60 40	40	300	80 60	80 1	400	100 80	Administration technology
Forum	1	20	40 20	2	40	60 40	4	60	80 60	8 1	80	100 80	Rhetoric technology
Archive	1	10	40 20	2	20	60 40	4	30	80 60	8 1	40	100 80	Metaphysics technology
Inquiry	1	40	80	1	80	120	1	120	160	1	160	200	Scholar governor
Convoy	1	100 40	40	1	200 60	60	1	300 80	80	1	400 100	100	Trade League law
Decree		3	40		6	60		9	80		12	100	Constitution law or Statesman family seat
Hunt	1	100	40	1	200	60	1	300	80	1	400	100	Hunters family seat
Olympiad	1	50	40	1	100	60	1	150	80	1	200	100	Greece nation
Camel Supply		Enables units with camels to be built in the city	20
Elephant Supply		Enables units with elephants to be built in the city	20
Horse Supply		Enables units with horses to be built in the city	20
Mint	1 Money/year per population	5	40	2 Money/year per population	10	60	3 Money/year per population	20	80	4 Money/year per population	40	100	Wrath of Gods DLC
Enrollment Post	-25% production time for Warriors		60										Requires "Third Founder" trait (ex. Marius - Rome) Wonders and Dynasties DLC
Syncretism	+0.5	+10 Hittite Paganism Option	60										Requires "Syncretism" trait (ex. Puduhepa - Hatti) Wonders and Dynasties DLC
Found Religion		Found Religion	80										Requires "Found Religion" trait (ex. Shapur - Persia Wonders and Dynasties DLC
Opulence		+1 VP 20	100 500										Requires Min Developing Culture, City Luxury and Estates Behind the Throne DLC
Repair Damage		+10% HP	1 Year										City has below 20 HP

Defenses

Cities can also construct 3 permanent projects that give defenses to the city and are visible on the world map. Each one requires the previous project to be constructed but none of them have any Culture Level requirements.

Project	Effects	Cost
Walls	+10 City HP +1 Happiness per year if there is any Family Military Unit in City Territory	40 Stone 60 Civics
Moat	+10 City HP +1 Happiness per year if there is any Family Military Unit in City Territory +25% City Defense	60 Stone 80 Civics
Towers	+10 City HP +1 Happiness per year if there is any Family Military Unit in City Territory +25% City Defense +1 Unit Range	80 Stone 100 Civics

Suppress Dissent

Suppress Dissent projects are only available for Cities that suffer from Religion Dissent and have a Governor. The project will remove the Dissent at the cost of 100 Training and 60 Discontent.