Wonder (Civ6)

A Wonder is a mega-building that is unique in the world and provides potent bonuses to a civilization. All Wonders are inspired by, and named after, famous real-world buildings or landmarks that have stood the test of time and changed the world forever. Wonders require time, energy, and effort to complete, but once constructed, they provide your civilization with many benefits.

Civilization VI adds a new feature that allows you to watch a wonder being constructed on the map in less than a minute.

Building a Wonder

Building a World Wonder is an important achievement for a civilization. Each specific Wonder may exist only once in the whole world, so their construction is in fact a race between civilizations. Each player should plan their progression well if they want to be able to build the Wonder they covet! Note that, unlike in Civilization V, there is no "consolation prize" (i.e. Gold refund) if another player beats you to constructing a Wonder - you simply lose, the Wonder model is removed from the tile, and life goes on.

In relation to previous games, Civilization VI adds a revolutionary new feature: Wonders are now constructed not inside a city (that is, on the city tile), but on a separate tile near a city (like a Planetary Wonder in Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth). What's more, there are now a slew of specific requirements for almost all Wonders, which can encompass terrain type, adjacency, or other game elements. Finally, many Wonders are now unlocked via the new Civics tree, instead of the normal tech tree.

Wonders can only be built on valid land tiles (or Coastal tiles in some cases) that don't contain a district. You'll only be able to build a wonder on a Marsh if you have Irrigation or on a Rainforest if you have Bronze Working (because these are the techs which enable you to remove such features from the terrain). Also, any other existing improvements and resources will be removed from the tile, so it as advised you build them on flat land or hill tiles with no resources or features (like forests). Flat desert tiles with no resources are perfect for constructing wonders since they don't provide any yield normally anyway. Note that, since you cannot "work" a Wonder, you will be unable to use the yields of its tile anymore; however, the tile will continue providing Adjacency bonuses. This is important for Wonders which are constructed on terrain features without removing them (such as Chichen Itza).

With these new mechanics it becomes much more difficult to construct Wonders because, depending on their specific starting location and available nearby terrain (as well as their general development), players will have access to far fewer Wonders than before. We can expect to see much more strategy-specific Wonder construction, where each particular civilization will construct only Wonders which suit its overall strategy and/or terrain availability (except in the early game, when it is still easy to grab Wonders due to their less restrictive demands on things like tile placement).

Starting the process of building a land-based Wonder also builds a road in (but not to) that tile, and unlike natural wonder tiles your units can move across them.

List of Wonders

Unless a Wonder's description stipulates otherwise, its effects apply only to the civilization that builds it.

Wonder	Req.	Prod.	Bonus	Placement
Alhambra	Castles	710	+2 Amenities Amenities +1 Great General Great General point per turn +1 Military policy slot Provides the same defensive bonuses as the Fort improvement	Must be built on Hills adjacent to an Encampment district
Big Ben	Economics	1760	+6 Gold +3 Great Merchant Great Merchant points per turn +1 Economic policy slot Doubles current treasury	Must be built next to a River adjacent to a Commercial Hub district with a Bank
Bolshoi Theatre	Opera and Ballet	1450	+2 Great Writer Great Writer points per turn. +2 Great Musician Great Musician points per turn. +1 Great Work of Writing slot. +1 Great Work of Music slot. Awards 2 randomly-chosen free civics when completed.	Must be built on flat land adjacent to a Theater Square district.
Broadway	Mass Media	2100	+3 Great Writer Great Writer points per turn. +3 Great Musician Great Musician points per turn. +1 Great Work of Writing slot. +2 Great Work of Music slot. Gain a free random Atomic Era civic boost	On flat land next to a Theater Square district
Chichen Itza	Guilds	710	+2 Culture and +1 Production to all Rainforest tiles for this city	Must be built on Rainforest
Colosseum	Games and Recreation	400	+1 Culture +1 Amenities Amenity +1 Amenities Amenity and +1 Culture for all cities within 6 tiles.	Must be built on flat land adjacent to an Entertainment Complex district.
Colossus	Shipbuilding	400	+3 Gold +1 Great Merchant Great Merchant points per turn Grants a Trader unit.	Must be built on coast and adjacent to a Harbor district.
Cristo Redentor	Mass Media	2100	+4 Culture Tourism output from Relics and Holy Cities is not diminished by other civilizations who have researched The Enlightenment civic. Doubles Tourism output of Seaside Resorts across your civilization.	Must be built on Hills.
Eiffel Tower	Steel	2100	All tiles in your civilization gain +2 Appeal	Must be built on flat land adjacent to City Center.
Estádio do Maracanã	Professional Sports	2835	+6 Culture in each city of your civilization +2 Amenities Amenities in each city of your civilization
Forbidden City	Printing	920	+5 Culture Gain a permanent Wild Card policy slot	On flat land adjacent to City Center
Great Library	Recorded History	400	+2 Science +1 Great Scientist point per turn 2 Great Works of Writing slots Receives boost to all Ancient and Classical era technologies.	Must be built on flat land adjacent to a Campus with a Library
Great Lighthouse	Celestial Navigation	290	+3 Gold +1 Great Admiral Great Admiral point per turn * +1 Movement Movement for all naval units.	Must be built on the coast and adjacent to a Harbor district with a Lighthouse
Great Pyramids	Masonry	220	+2 Culture Grants a free Builder. All Builders can build one extra improvement.	Must be built on desert (including floodplains) without hills.
Great Zimbabwe	Banking	920	+5 Gold +2 Great Merchant Great Merchant points per turn. +1 Trade Route Trade Route capacity. Your Trade Route Trade Routes from this city get +2 Gold for every Bonus resource in this city's territory.	Must be built adjacent to a Commercial Hub district with a Market and adjacent to Cattle.
Hagia Sophia	Education	710	+4 Faith +2 Great Prophet Great Prophet points per turn Missionaries and Apostles can spread religion 1 extra time.	Must be built on flat land adjacent to a Holy Site district, and player must have founded a religion.
Hanging Gardens	Irrigation	180	Increases Growth by 15% in all cities.	Must be built next to a river.
Hermitage	Natural History	1760	+3 Great Artist Great Artist points per turn +4 Great Works of Art slots	Must be built next to a river.
Huey Teocalli	Military Tactics	710	+1 Amenities Amenity from Entertainment for each adjacent lake tile. +1 Food and +1 Production for each Lake tile in your empire	Must be built on a Lake tile adjacent to land.
Mahabodhi Temple	Theology	400	+4 Faith Grant 2 Apostles.	Must be built on woods adjacent to a Holy Site district with a Temple, and player must have founded a religion.
Mont St. Michel	Divine Right	710	+2 Faith +2 Relic slots All Apostles you create gain the Martyr ability in addition to a second ability you choose normally.	Must be built on Floodplains or Marsh
Oracle	Mysticism	290	+1 Culture +1 Faith Patronage of Great People cost 25% less Faith. Districts in this city provide +2 Great Person points of their type	Must be built on hills.
Oxford University	Scientific Theory	1450	+3 Great Scientist points per turn, +2 Great Works of Writing slots +20% Science in city, and awards 2 randomly chosen free technologies when completed.	Must be built on flat^[1] Grasslands or Plains adjacent to a Campus district with a University.
Petra	Mathematics	400	+2 Food, +2 Gold, and +1 Production on all Desert tiles for this city (non-Floodplains)	Must be built on desert or floodplains without hills.
Potala Palace	Astronomy	1170	+2 Culture +3 Faith +1 Diplomatic Policy slot	Must be built on a hill adjacent to a Mountain
Ruhr Valley	Industrialization	1450	+30% Production in this city, and +1 Production for each Mine and Quarry in this city.	Must be built along a River adjacent to an Industrial Zone district with a Factory
Stonehenge	Astrology	180	+2 Faith Grants a free Great Prophet. Great Prophets may found a religion on Stonehenge instead of a Holy Site.	Must be adjacent to Stone and on flat land.
Sydney Opera House	Cultural Heritage	3300	+8 Culture +5 Great Musician Great Musician points per turn +3 Great Works of Music slots	Must be built on coast adjacent to a Harbor. Cannot be built on a lake.
Terracotta Army	Construction	400	+2 Great General Great General points per turn All current land units gain a promotion level. All Archaeologists from the owner may enter foreign lands without Open Borders	Must be built on Grassland or Plains adjacent to an Encampment district with a Barracks or Stable.
Venetian Arsenal	Mass Production	920	+2 Great Engineer Great Engineer Points per turn Receive a second naval unit each time you train a naval unit.^[2]	Must be built on the coast^[3] and adjacent to an Industrial Zone district.

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↑ Note that "flat" is not specified in-game.
↑ This bonus applies to any city.
↑ Note that in-game it lists the requirement as "adjacent to the coast", but this is not correct.

Civilization VI [edit]
Rise and Fall • Gathering Storm • New Frontier Pass • Leader Pass
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Added in the Rise and Fall expansion pack. Added in the Gathering Storm expansion pack.

Wonder (Civ6)

Building a Wonder

List of Wonders

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