Aqueduct (Civ6)

Aqueduct
District of the Classical Era
Introduced in Civilization VI
Unlocked by	Engineering
Plunder	Gold
Cost
Production	36
Production	36
Unique variants
District	Bath
District	Bath
Unique to	Roman
Unique to	Roman
Notes
Must be built adjacent to City Center and a source of fresh water.

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The Aqueduct is a District in Civilization VI which provides early water infrastructure. It requires Engineering, and must be placed adjacent to the City Center and either a Mountain, Oasis, Lake, or River (which must be on an edge of the tile that is not directly between the City Center and the Aqueduct).

• Effects:
  • Provides Housing based on whether or not the city has fresh water.
    • +4 Housing for landlocked cities without fresh water.
    • +3 Housing for coastal cities without fresh water.
    • +2 Housing for cities with fresh water.
  • +2 Housing with Water Works.
  • Prevents Food loss during droughts.
  • +1 Amenity if adjacent to a Geothermal Fissure.
  • Military Engineers can spend a charge to complete 20% (rounding down) of an Aqueduct's Production cost.
  • Does not depend on Population.
• Restrictions:
  • Limit of one per city.
  • Cannot be built from a natural wonder.

Strategy

The Aqueduct is not a specialty district, meaning that you can construct it in any city which has the right conditions without subtracting from your maximum district count, as Population dictates.

The in-game description of how much Housing is gained is misleading: it doesn't add 6 Housing, but instead sets the Housing from water to 6 if the city doesn't have fresh water. Originally, cities with no water have 2 Housing from water, cities with coastal water have 3 Housing, and cities with fresh water get 5 Housing. So, in effect, the Aqueduct gives 4, 3, or 2 Housing for a total of 6, 6, or 7, respectively.

While Aqueducts may at first seem to be a mediocre district that's only useful if there are only Mountains and no sources of fresh water around, they become far more valuable if you take into account the major adjacency bonus they give to Industrial Zones. They immediately provide 2 extra Production, another 2 Production on top of that once you construct a Coal Power Plant, followed by yet another 4 Production with the Craftsmen or Five-Year Plan policy cards that double the adjacency bonus. Instead of thinking of Aqueducts as something to build only for your cities without fresh water, you should instead consider them a district that gives your city 2 Housing and a possible 8 Production, which are pretty decent yields. If the Aqueduct can be placed next to a Geothermal Fissure, you'll net 1 Amenity as well.

The Khmer civilization's Aqueducts provide them with an additional 1 Faith for every Population and 1 Amenity, and also increase the Food output of adjacent Farms by 2. Incan Terrace Farms receive 2 Production from each adjacent Aqueduct. Finally, as Mayan cities never naturally receive bonus Housing from water, Aqueducts in their cities always provide the maximum of 4 Housing.

Civilopedia entry

The remains of aqueducts – man-made watercourses – have been found scattered about ancient settlements around the world ... Egypt, India, Persia, Greece, Azteca, and especially across the once-Roman lands. Over 415 kilometers (about 258 miles) of aqueducts brought fresh water to the metropolis of Rome for drinking and bathing. These Roman aqueducts were marvels of engineering (considering the times) and often roofed, so also serving as bridges where they crossed ravines and waterways. Although there were some health issues involved in the design of aqueducts (notably the sometime use of lead to line them), in general a supply of relatively-clean water was a boon to any town hoping to grow into a city.

Gallery

Aqueduct in game

Related achievements

An Engineer's Dream Have a Canal, Dam, Aqueduct, Railroad, Golden Gate Bridge, and Mountain Tunnel in a city. All of the above are related to the discipline of civil engineering, with the Military Engineer being able to contribute to all except the Golden Gate Bridge.

Po-tay-toes! As Pachacuti, construct a Terrace Farm that is adjacent to 2 Aqueducts and 4 Mountains A reference to Samwise Gamgee's enunciation of 'potatoes' from the 2002 Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers film. The Inca were the first civilization in the world to cultivate potatoes.

See also

• Aqueduct in other games