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![]() | Apollo Program | 600 0 |
Space Flight None |
The entire map becomes permanently visible to the player who owns it -- the player always has up-to-date knowledge of all terrain and cities (but not units) despite fog-of-war. It allows all players to start building spaceship parts (assuming they have researched the necessary technologies). Completion of the Apollo Program also allows nuclear-armed powers to declare war without provocation, regardless of the existence of the United Nations, and AI players will no longer be friendly towards the owner of the United Nations or the Eiffel Tower. Requires knowledge of the technology Space Flight. * Makes it possible to target the city building it with the action 'Help build Wonder'. |
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![]() | A.Smith's Trading Co. | 400 0 |
Economics Stock Exchange None |
In every city with a Stock Exchange, city improvements which would normally have an upkeep of 1 become free of upkeep. (Communist governments inherently give this benefit, so there is no bonus under Communism.) Upon completion of this wonder, tax collector specialists' gold output increases to 3 permanently for every nation. Requires knowledge of the technology Economics. Requires Stock Exchange in the city. * Makes it possible to target the city building it with the action 'Help build Wonder'. |
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![]() | Colossus | 200 0 |
Bronze Working Automobile |
Each tile around the city where this wonder is built that is already generating some trade produces one extra trade resource. Requires knowledge of the technology Bronze Working. * The discovery of Automobile will make Colossus obsolete. * Makes it possible to target the city building it with the action 'Help build Wonder'. |
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![]() | Copernicus' Observatory | 300 0 |
Astronomy Computers |
Each tile worked by the city where this wonder is built produces one extra research point. Requires knowledge of the technology Astronomy. * The discovery of Computers will make Copernicus' Observatory obsolete. * Makes it possible to target the city building it with the action 'Help build Wonder'. |
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![]() | Cure For Cancer | 600 0 |
Genetic Engineering None |
This stunning technological achievement makes one content citizen happy in each of your cities (2 extra luxury per city). It further reduces your risk of plague (by 10% of the base chance); with knowledge of Medicine, any of your cities with an Aqueduct and a Sewer System will be entirely free of plague. Requires knowledge of the technology Genetic Engineering. * Makes it possible to target the city building it with the action 'Help build Wonder'. |
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![]() | Darwin's Voyage | 300 0 |
Steam Engine None |
Charles Darwin's voyage sparked the discovery of the evolution of the species, which inspired greater confidence in science. All your cities generate 1 extra science bulb. Upon completion of this wonder, scientist specialists' research output increases to 3 permanently for every nation. Requires knowledge of the technology Steam Engine. * Makes it possible to target the city building it with the action 'Help build Wonder'. |
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![]() | Eiffel Tower | 300 0 |
Railroad None |
AI nations are more inclined to be friendly and forgiving toward the owner of this wonder (until the Apollo Program is completed). It also reduces the pollution caused by the population; it counteracts the pollution associated with a single building in each of your cities. Requires knowledge of the technology Railroad. * Makes it possible to target the city building it with the action 'Help build Wonder'. |
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![]() | Great Library | 300 0 |
Literacy Library None |
Gives an immediate technology advance to the player that builds it, and thereafter 4 extra research points every turn to its city. Completion of this wonder permanently doubles the effect of Libraries for every player. Requires knowledge of the technology Literacy. Requires Library in the city. * Makes it possible to target the city building it with the action 'Help build Wonder'. |
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![]() | Great Wall | 300 0 |
Construction Machine Tools |
Increases the defense of all your cities by adding a +50% bonus to its units' intrinsic defense strength against land units (this is cumulative with any City Walls), and preventing the loss of population which occurs when a defending unit is defeated by a land unit. Requires knowledge of the technology Construction. * The discovery of Machine Tools will make Great Wall obsolete. * Makes it possible to target the city building it with the action 'Help build Wonder'. |
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![]() | Hanging Gardens | 200 0 |
Pottery Electricity |
Makes one unhappy citizen content in every city of the player that owns it (not including citizens unhappy about aggression). This wonder also makes two content citizens happy in the city where it is located (4 extra luxury points). Requires knowledge of the technology Pottery. * The discovery of Electricity will make Hanging Gardens obsolete. * Makes it possible to target the city building it with the action 'Help build Wonder'. |
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![]() | Hoover Dam | 600 0 |
Electronics River Factory None |
Acts as a Hydro Plant in the city where it is built, and reduces pollution from shield production by a further 25% in all cities with Hydro Plants, making them equivalent to Solar Plants. Requires knowledge of the technology Electronics. Requires River on the tile or an adjacent tile. Requires Factory in the city. * Makes it possible to target the city building it with the action 'Help build Wonder'. |
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![]() | Isaac Newton's College | 400 0 |
Theory of Gravity University None |
Gives an immediate technology advance to the player that builds it, and thereafter 6 extra research points every turn to its city. Completion of this wonder permanently doubles the effect of Universities for every player. Requires knowledge of the technology Theory of Gravity. Requires University in the city. * Makes it possible to target the city building it with the action 'Help build Wonder'. |
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![]() | J.S. Bach's Cathedral | 400 0 |
Theology None |
Makes one content citizen happy in every city of the player that owns it (2 extra luxury points per city). Requires knowledge of the technology Theology. * Makes it possible to target the city building it with the action 'Help build Wonder'. |
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![]() | King Richard's Crusade | 300 0 |
Chivalry Communism |
Reduces the unhappiness caused by aggressively deployed military units owned by the city by 1 -- in other words, it neutralizes the unhappiness caused by a single military unit (except under Democracy, where a single unit makes two citizens unhappy). Under governments where unit upkeep is paid in gold, it gives two free gold per city towards upkeep every turn. Requires knowledge of the technology Chivalry. * The discovery of Communism will make King Richard's Crusade obsolete. * Makes it possible to target the city building it with the action 'Help build Wonder'. |
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![]() | Leonardo's Workshop | 400 0 |
Invention Combustion |
Upgrades one obsolete unit per game turn. Requires knowledge of the technology Invention. * The discovery of Combustion will make Leonardo's Workshop obsolete. * Makes it possible to target the city building it with the action 'Help build Wonder'. |
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![]() | Lighthouse | 200 0 |
Map Making "Sea" terrain Engineering |
Gives all your sea units 1 additional movement point (except Triremes while moving on rivers). Makes all your new sea units veterans (for all your cities). Requires knowledge of the technology Map Making. Requires terrain with the "Sea" flag on the tile or an adjacent tile. * The discovery of Engineering will make Lighthouse obsolete. * Makes it possible to target the city building it with the action 'Help build Wonder'. |
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![]() | Magellan's Expedition | 400 0 |
Magnetism "Sea" terrain Nuclear Power |
Gives all your sea units 1 additional movement point. The chance of a sea unit getting the next veteran level after a battle increases by half. Requires knowledge of the technology Magnetism. Requires terrain with the "Sea" flag on the tile or an adjacent tile. * The discovery of Nuclear Power will make Magellan's Expedition obsolete. * Makes it possible to target the city building it with the action 'Help build Wonder'. |
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![]() | Manhattan Project | 600 0 |
Nuclear Fission None |
Requires knowledge of the technology Nuclear Fission. * Allows all players with knowledge of Nuclear Fission to build Nuclear units. * Makes it possible to target the city building it with the action 'Help build Wonder'. |
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![]() | Marco Polo's Embassy | 200 0 |
Trade Democracy |
The player who owns it gets an embassy with all players. TIP: if you're behind in research, this can help you catch up, by reducing the cost of technologies that other players already know. Requires knowledge of the technology Trade. * The discovery of Democracy will make Marco Polo's Embassy obsolete. * Makes it possible to target the city building it with the action 'Help build Wonder'. |
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![]() | Michelangelo's Chapel | 400 0 |
Monotheism Cathedral None |
Doubles the base effect of Cathedrals. This makes 3 additional unhappy citizens content in each city with a Cathedral; however, it does not affect citizens made unhappy by aggression. Requires knowledge of the technology Monotheism. Requires Cathedral in the city. * Makes it possible to target the city building it with the action 'Help build Wonder'. |
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![]() | Mausoleum of Mausolos | 200 0 |
Ceremonial Burial Sanitation |
With this wonder, City Walls and Courthouses each make one unhappy citizen content in their city, unless that citizen is unhappy about aggression. Also, none of the owner's cities can be incited to revolt. Requires knowledge of the technology Ceremonial Burial. * The discovery of Sanitation will make Mausoleum of Mausolos obsolete. * Makes it possible to target the city building it with the action 'Help build Wonder'. * Makes it impossible to do the action 'Incite a Revolt' to any city with its owner. * Makes it impossible to do the action 'Incite a Revolt and Escape' to any city with its owner. |
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![]() | Statue of Zeus | 200 0 |
Polytheism Conscription |
Reduces by 1 the unhappiness caused by one aggressively deployed military unit per city -- in other words, in each city it neutralizes the unhappiness caused by a single military unit (except under Democracy, where it just halves the unhappiness from that unit). Each city also avoids one shield of upkeep for units. Requires knowledge of the technology Polytheism. * The discovery of Conscription will make Statue of Zeus obsolete. * Makes it possible to target the city building it with the action 'Help build Wonder'. |
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![]() | Temple of Artemis | 200 0 |
Mysticism Temple Theology |
Makes 2 additional unhappy citizens content in every city with a Temple. Does not affect citizens made unhappy by aggression. Requires knowledge of the technology Mysticism. Requires Temple in the city. * The discovery of Theology will make Temple of Artemis obsolete. * Makes it possible to target the city building it with the action 'Help build Wonder'. |
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![]() | Pyramids | 200 0 |
Masonry Railroad |
Each tile around the city where this wonder is built that is already generating some shield output produces one extra shield resource. Under Despotism or Tribal governments, the Pyramids cancel the penalty to worked tiles with output greater than 2 (for all kinds of output), as if all your cities were always celebrating. Requires knowledge of the technology Masonry. * The discovery of Railroad will make Pyramids obsolete. * Makes it possible to target the city building it with the action 'Help build Wonder'. |
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![]() | Internet | 600 0 |
Computers Research Lab None |
Gives an immediate technology advance to the player that builds it, and thereafter all cities on the map are continuously visible to its owner despite fog-of-war. Completion of this wonder permanently doubles the effect of Research Labs for every player. Requires knowledge of the technology Computers. Requires Research Lab in the city. * Makes it possible to target the city building it with the action 'Help build Wonder'. |
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![]() | Shakespeare's Theater | 300 0 |
Sanitation None |
Gives 1 additional luxury to every city, and 6 luxuries to the city where it is located. Upon completion of this wonder, entertainer specialists' luxury output increases to 3 permanently for every nation. Requires knowledge of the technology Sanitation. * Makes it possible to target the city building it with the action 'Help build Wonder'. |
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![]() | Statue of Liberty | 400 0 |
Democracy None |
Allows you to choose any government, including those that have not yet been researched by your civilization, and without the transition period of Anarchy. It also allows unprovoked declaration of war regardless of any senate instituted by a Democracy or Federation government or by the United Nations. Requires knowledge of the technology Democracy. * Makes it possible to target the city building it with the action 'Help build Wonder'. |
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![]() | Sun Tzu's War Academy | 300 0 |
Feudalism Mobile Warfare |
All your new military land units start with an additional veteran level (this is cumulative with any Barracks building in a city; with both, units are created as Hardened). Requires knowledge of the technology Feudalism. * The discovery of Mobile Warfare will make Sun Tzu's War Academy obsolete. * Makes it possible to target the city building it with the action 'Help build Wonder'. |
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![]() | United Nations | 600 0 |
Communism None |
Creates a world senate that prevents unprovoked declaration of war by any nuclear-capable nation (that is, any nation with knowledge of Nuclear Fission, once the Manhattan Project has been built). AI players are more inclined to be friendly and forgiving toward the owner of this wonder. These effects last until the Apollo Program is completed. Also, if any player's city is in disorder for more than two turns in a row, that player's government falls (even for governments other than Republic and Democracy). Requires knowledge of the technology Communism. * Makes it possible to target the city building it with the action 'Help build Wonder'. |
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![]() | Women's Suffrage | 600 0 |
Conscription None |
Neutralizes the unhappiness caused by one aggressively deployed military unit per city. Under Democracy, it additionally halves the unhappiness caused by military units (reducing it to the same level as a Republic). Requires knowledge of the technology Conscription. * Makes it possible to target the city building it with the action 'Help build Wonder'. |
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