The various Leader Agendas from each of the Civilizations depend on their Leaders. Each Leader follows an Agenda, which helps shape their behavior. Each has a fixed historical Agenda and a randomly generated Hidden Agenda, one is shown in the trading menu, the second is hidden.
List of Historical Agendas[ | ]
- Ally of Enkidu (Gilgamesh): Likes civilizations who are willing to form a long-term alliance. Dislikes anyone denouncing or attacking his friends and allies.
- Ayyubid Dynasty (Saladin): Wants to have his Worship building in many cities, and likes a civilization with it. Dislikes civilizations following other Religions, or civilizations waging war on followers of his Religion.
- Backstab Averse (Tomyris): Likes civilizations who are their declared friend. Hates civilizations who backstab and declare surprise wars.
- Big Stick (Teddy Roosevelt): Likes peaceful Civilizations that have a city on his home continent. Hates civilizations starting wars against a City-State or civilization based on his continent.
- Black Queen (Catherine de Medici): Gains as many Spies and as much diplomatic access as possible. Does not like civilizations who ignore these espionage activities.
- Bushido (Hojo Tokimune): Likes civilizations that have a strong military and Faith and Culture output. Dislikes civilizations that are strong in military but weak in Faith and Culture output.
- Counter Reformer (Philip II): Likes civilizations who follow the same Religion, and wants his cities to all follow the same Religion. Hates anyone trying to spread their Religion into his empire.
- Delian League (Pericles): Likes civilizations that aren't competing for the same city-state allegiance. Dislikes civilizations that are directly competing for city-state allegiance.
- Enthusiastic Disciple (Mvemba a Nzinga): Likes civilizations that bring Religion to the Kongo. Dislikes civilizations that have founded a Religion but not brought it to a Kongolese city.
- Iron Crown (Frederick Barbarossa): Likes Civilizations who do not associate with City-States. Does not like Suzerains of city-states, or civilizations who conquered city-states.
- Last Viking King (Harald Hardrada): Builds a large navy and likes civilizations who follow his lead. Does not like civilizations with a weak navy.
- Optimus Princeps (Trajan): Tries to include as much territory as possible in his empire. Does not like civilizations who control little territory.
- Patron of the Arts (Pedro II): Likes civilizations who are not competing for Great People, and will recruit Great People whenever possible. Dislikes losing a Great Person to another civilization.
- Peacekeeper (Gandhi): Never declares wars for which he can be branded a warmonger, and will try to befriend those who maintain the peace. Hates warmongers.
- Queen of the Nile (Cleopatra): Likes civilizations with powerful militaries, and will try to ally with them to avoid damaging military conflicts. Dislikes civilizations with weak militaries.
- Sun Never Sets (Victoria): Likes civilizations from her home continent, and wants to expand to all continents. Doesn't like civilizations on continents where England has no city.
- Tlatoani (Montezuma): Likes Civilizations who have the same Luxury resources as he does, and will try to collect every Luxury resource available. Dislikes civilizations who have a new Luxury resource he has not yet collected.
- Wall of 10,000 Li (Qin Shi Huang): Likes civilizations not competing for wonders, and builds wonders whenever possible. Dislikes losing a wonder to another civilization.
- Westernizer (Peter): Friendly to those civilizations that are ahead of him in Science and Culture. Dislikes backwards civilizations that are lacking in Science and Culture.
- With Your Shield Or On It (Gorgo): Never gives up items in a peace deal, and likes civilizations who match that approach. Dislikes civlizations who have capitulated or who have never gone to war.
List Of Hidden Agendas[ | ]
- Airpower: Tries to build up air power. Admires civilizations with greater air power. Dislikes civilizations with weaker air power.
- Barbarian Ally: Sympathizes with the barbarians. Does not like civilizations that destroy barbarian outposts.
- City-State Ally: Likes civilizations that aren't competing for the same city-state allegiance. Dislikes civilizations that are directly competing for city-state allegiance.
- City State Protector: Emphasizes protectorate wars. Admires civilizations that start protectorate wars. Dislikes civilizations that attack city states.
- Civilized: Hates barbarians. Likes civilizations that clear out barbarian outposts. Does not like civilizations that ignore barbarian outposts.
- Cultured: Tries to build up Culture, and likes civilizations that also focus on Culture.
- Darwinist: Likes to see civilizations at war, and believes in constant struggle.
- Devout: Tries to build up Faith, and likes civilizations that also focus on Faith.
- Environmentalist: Builds National Parks, doesn't clear features, plants forests. Likes civilizations that plant forests or found National Parks. Dislikes civilizations that clear features.
- Exploitative: Clears all features and improves all possible tiles. Likes civilizations with a high percentage of improved tiles. Dislikes civilizations with low percentage of improved tiles or that found National Parks.
- Explorer: Tries to explore the map, and likes civilizations that have explored less of the map than itself and dislikes civilizations that have explored more of the map than itself.
- Fun-Loving: Tries to make the citizens in each city as happy as possible. Likes civilizations that also develop in this fashion.
- Great Person Advocate: Likes civilizations who are not competing for Great People, and will recruit Great People whenever possible. Dislikes losing a Great Person to another civilization.
- Heavy Industry: Tries to build up industry, and likes civilizations that also focus on Production.
- Ideologue: Favors civilizations with the same type of government, dislikes civilizations that have different governments, and really dislikes civilizations with different governments of the same era as its own.
- Money Grubber: Tries to have the highest possible Gold per turn income. Respects other high income civilizations.
- Naturalist: Tries to find all natural wonders. Likes civilizations that keep Woods and Rainforest unchopped, and those that establish National Parks.
- Nuke Happy: Has no hesitation to use nuclear weapons. Respects other civilizations that project strength with nuclear weapons.
- Paranoid: Likes civilizations who pose no threat. Dislikes civilizations with strong militaries or ones with nearby cities.
- Populous: Tries to have the highest overall population. Respects other high population civilizations.
- Standing Army: Always tries to keep a large standing army. Respects other civilizations with large armies.
- Technophile: Tries to build up Science, and likes civilizations that also focus on Science.
- Wonder Obsessed: Likes civilizations not competing for wonders, and builds wonders whenever possible. Dislikes losing a wonder to another civilization.