Civilization VI: How to Build All World Wonders and What They Do

World Wonders – Civilization VI

Civilization’s World Wonders returns in Civilization VI! These are difficult to build, but yield many benefits to Civilizations that go through with construction. Let’s take a look at all of the ones you can build, and how they affect your cities.

Alhambra

• Tech/Civic Required: Castles
• Grants: Two Amenities and one Great General Point per turn
• Bonus: One Military policy slot
• Tile Requirement: Must be built on Hills adjacent to an Encampment district

Big Ben

• Tech/Civic Required: Economics
• Grants: Six Gold and three Great Merchant Points per turn
• Bonus: One Economic Policy slot and doubles the current treasury
• Tile Requirement: Must be built next to a River adjacent to a Commercial Hub district with a Bank

Bolshoi Theatre

• Tech/Civic Required: Opera and Ballet
• Grants: Two Great Writer Points per turn, two Great Musician Points per turn, one Great Work of Writing slot, one Great Work of Music slot
• Bonus: Two random, free civics once complete
• Tile Requirement: Must be built on flat land adjacent to a Theater Square district

Broadway

• Tech/Civic Required: Mass Media
• Grants:
• Bonus: Free, random Atomic Era civic boost
• Tile Requirement: On flat land next to a Theater Square district

Chichen Itza

• Tech/Civic Required: Guilds
• Grants:
• Bonus: Plus two culture and one production to all Rainforest Tiles for this city
• Tile Requirement: Must be built on a Rainforest tile

Colosseum

• Tech/Civic Required: Games and Recreation
• Grants: Plus one culture and amenity
• Bonus: Plus one culture and amenity for all cities
• Tile Requirement: Must be built on flat land adjacent to an Entertainment Complex district

Colossus

• Tech/Civic Required: Shipbuilding
• Grants:
• Bonus: Grants a Trader unit
• Tile Requirement: Must be built on coast and adjacent to a Harbor district

Cristo Redentor

• Tech/Civic Required: Mass Media
• Grants: Plus four Culture Points
• Bonus: Tourism output from Relics and Holy Cities is not diminished by other civilization who have researched The Enlightenment civic. Doubles Tourism output of Seaside Resorts across your civilization
• Tile Requirement: Must be built on Hills

Eiffel Tower

• Tech/Civic Required: Steel
• Grants:
• Bonus: All tiles in your civilization gain plus two Appeal
• Tile Requirement: Must be built on flat land, adjacent to City Center

Estadio Do Maracanã

• Tech/Civic Required: Professional Sports
• Grants:
• Bonus:
• Tile Requirement:

World Wonders – Civilization VI (Continued)

Forbidden City

• Tech/Civic Required: Printing
• Grants: Plus five Culture Points
• Bonus: Gain a permanent Wild Card policy slot
• Tile Requirement: Must be built on flat land, adjacent to City Center

Great Library

• Tech/Civic Required: Recorded History
• Grants: Plus two science, plus one Great Scientist point per turn, and two Great Works of Writing slots
• Bonus: Receives boost to all Ancient and Classical era technologies
• Tile Requirement: Must be built on flat land, adjacent to a Campus with a library

Great Lighthouse

• Tech/Civic Required: Celestial Navigation
• Grants: Plus three Gold, plus one Great Admiral Point per turn
• Bonus: Plus one Movement for all Naval Units
• Tile Requirement: Must be built on the coast and adjacent to a Harbor district with a lighthouse

Great Pyramids

• Tech/Civic Required: Masonry
• Grants: Plus two Culture Points
• Bonus: Grants a free Builder. All Builders can build one extra improvement
• Tile Requirement: Must be built on desert (including floodplains), without hills

Great Zimbabwe

• Tech/Civic Required: Banking
• Grants: Plus five Gold, plus two Great Merchant points per turn
• Bonus: Plus one Trade Route capacity. Your Trade Routes from this city get plus two Gold for every bonus resource in this city’s territory
• Tile Requirement: Must be built adjacent to a Commercial Hub district with a Market and adjacent to Cattle

Hagia Sophia

• Tech/Civic Required: Educations
• Grants: Plusfour Faith, plus two Great Prophet Points per turn
• Bonus: Missionaries and Apostles can spread religion one extra time
• Tile Requirement: Must be built on flat land adjacent to a Holy Site district, and player must have founded a religion

Hanging Gardens

• Tech/Civic Required: Irrigation
• Grants:
• Bonus: Increases Growth by 15% in all cities
• Tile Requirement: Must be built next to a river

Hermitage

• Tech/Civic Required: Natural History
• Grants: Plus three Great Artist points per turn, plus four Great Works of Art slots
• Bonus:
• Tile Requirement: Must be built next to a river

Huey Teocalli

• Tech/Civic Required: Military Tactics
• Grants:
• Bonus: Plus one Amenity from Entertainment for each adjacent lake tile, plus one Food and plus one Production for each Lake tile in your empire
• Tile Requirement: Must be built on a Lake tile adjacent to land

Mahabodhi Temple

• Tech/Civic Required: Theology
• Grants: Plus four Faith
• Bonus: Grant two Apostles
• Tile Requirement: Must be built on woods adjacent to a Holy Site district with a Temple, and player must have founded a religion

World Wonders – Civilization VI (Continued)

Mont Saint-Michel

• Tech/Civic Required: Divine Right
• Grants: Plus two Faith, plus two Relic slots
• Bonus: All Apostles you create gain the Martyr ability in addition to a second ability you choose normally
• Tile Requirement: Must be built on Floodplains or Marsh

Oracle

• Tech/Civic Required: Mysticism
• Grants: Plus one Culture, plus one Faith
• Bonus: Patronage of Great People cost 25% less Faith, and districts in this city provide plus two Great Person points of their type
• Tile Requirement: Must be built on hills

Oxford University

• Tech/Civic Required: Scientific Theory
• Grants: Plus three Great Scientist points per turn, plus two Great Works of Writing slots
• Bonus: Plus 20% Science in city, and awards two randomly chosen free technologies when completed
• Tile Requirement: Must be built on Grasslands or Plains adjacent to a Campus district with a University

Petra

• Tech/Civic Required: Mathematics
• Grants:
• Bonus: Plus two Food, plus two Gold, and plus one Production on all Desert tiles for this city
• Tile Requirement: Must be built on desert or floodplains without hills

Potala Palace

• Tech/Civic Required: Astronomy
• Grants: Plus two Culture, plus three Faith
• Bonus: Plus one Diplomatic Policy slot
• Tile Requirement: Must be built on a hill adjacent to a mountain

Ruhr Valley

• Tech/Civic Required: Industrialization
• Grants:
• Bonus: Plus 30% Production in this city, and plus one Production for each Mine and Quarry in this city
• Tile Requirement: Must be built along a River adjacent to an Industrial Zone district with a Factory

Stonehenge

• Tech/Civic Required: Astrology
• Grants: Plus two Faith
• Bonus: Grants a free Great Prophet. Great Prophets may found a religion on Stonehenge instead of a Holy Site
• Tile Requirement: Must be adjacent to Stone and on flat land

Sydney Opera House

• Tech/Civic Required: Cultural Heritage
• Grants: Plus eight Culture, plus five Great Musician Points per turn, plus three Great Works of Music slots
• Bonus:
• Tile Requirement: Must be built on coast adjacent to a Harbor. Cannot be built on a lake

Terracotta Army

• Tech/Civic Required: Construction
• Grants: Plus two Great General points per turn
• Bonus: All current land units gain a promotion level. All Archaeologists from the owner may enter foreign lands without Open Borders
• Tile Requirement: Must be built on Grassland or Plains adjacent to an Encampment district with a Barracks or Stable

Venetian Arsenal

• Tech/Civic Required: Mass Production
• Grants: Plus two Great Engineer Points per turn
• Bonus: Receive a second naval unit each time you train a naval unit.
• Tile Requirement: Must be built adjacent to the coast and adjacent to an Industrial zone district