Improvement

The various Improvement in Civilization VI.

Improvements are built by particular units on almost any tile within your cities that is not occupied by a city center, district, mountain, natural wonder, or world wonder. The type of improvement that can be built on a tile is determined by the qualities of the tile including the terrain and resources.

Improvements

Improvement	Yield Bonus (Research Requirement)	Tile Requirement	Prerequisite	Built By	Notes
Farm	+1 Food, +0.5 Housing +1 Food per 2 adjacent Farms (Feudalism until Replaceable Parts) +1 per adjacent Farm (Replaceable Parts)	Grasslands, Plains	None	Builder	Does not remove Floodplains
Camp	+1 Gold, +0.5 Housing +1 Production (Mercantilism) +1 Gold (Synthetic Materials)	Fur, Ivory, Deer, or Truffles	Animal Husbandry	Builder	Provides a copy of the Luxury Resource
Pasture	+1 Production, +0.5 Housing +1 Food (Exploration) +1 Production (Robotics)	Cattle, Sheep, or Horses	Animal Husbandry	Builder	If built on Horses, provides a copy of that Strategic Resource
Mine	+1 Production +1 Production (Apprenticeship) +1 Production (Industrialization)	Hill terrain or mineable resource	Mining	Builder	If built on appropriate Strategic or Luxury resource, provides a copy of that resource
Quarry	+1 Production +1 Gold (Banking) +1 Production (Rocketry)	Stone, Marble, or Gypsum	Mining	Builder	If built on Gypsum or Marble, provides a copy of that Luxury Resource
Fort	Occupying unit receives +4 Defense Strength and 2 turns of fortification	Flat or Hill terrain	Siege Tactics	Military Engineer	-
Plantation	+1 Gold, +0.5 Housing +1 Food (Scientific Theory) +1 Gold (Globalization)	Specific resources	Irrigation	Builder	If built on appropriate Luxury Resource, provides a copy of that resource Only gets the bonus from Globalization once even if researched multiple times
Lumber Mill	+1 Production +1 Production (Steel) +1 Production if adjacent to a River	Woods	Machinery	Builder	Does not remove Woods
Fishing Boats	+1 Food, +0.5 Housing +1 Gold (Cartography) +1 Food (Plastics)	Coast or Ocean resource	Sailing	Builder	If built on Pearls or Whales, provides a copy of that resource
Roads	Ancient: Flat movement cost of 1 regardless of terrain. Classical: Bridges (move across rivers with no penalty) Industrial: Movement cost reduced to 0.75. Modern: Movement cost reduced to 0.5.	Passable terrain	-	Military Engineer, Trader	Road bonuses vary by era
Airstrip	Supports up to 3 air units	Flat terrain	Flight	Military Engineer	-
Seaside Resort	+2 Tourism and +1 Gold per Appeal	Coastal terrain with appeal of Breathtaking or above	Radio	Builder	-
Oil Well	+2 Production	Oil Resource on land	Combustion	Builder	Provides a copy of the Oil resource
Offshore Platform	+2 Production	Oil resource on water	Plastics	Builder	Provides a copy of the Oil resource
Missile Silo	Weapon Capacity: 1	Flat terrain	Rocketry	Military Engineer	Allows placement and launch of nuclear weapons

Unique Tile Improvements

Improvement	Yield Bonus (Research Requirement)	Tile Requirement	Prerequisite	Built By	Country	Notes
Template:Alcázar Alcázar	+2 Culture Occupying unit receives +4 Defense Strength, and automaticly gains 2 turns of fortification	-	-	Builder	Granada	City-State Suzerain bonus
Château	+2 Culture +2 Culture if adjacent to a Wonder +1 Gold if adjacent to a Luxury Resource	Adjacent to River	Humanism	Builder	France
Colossal Head	+2 Faith +1 Culture (Humanism) +1 Faith per 2 adjacent Woods or 2 adjacent Rainforest	Not Snow	-	Builder	La Venta	City-State Suzerain bonus
Great Wall	Units gain +4 Defense Strength and 2 turns of fortification +1 Gold per adjacent Great Wall (Masonry) +1 Culture per adjacent Great Wall (Castles)	-	Masonry	Builder	China
Kurgan	+1 Faith, +1 Gold +1 Faith per adjacent Pasture	Flat land	Animal Husbandry	Builder	Scythia
Mission	+2 Faith +2 Science (Cultural Heritage) +2 Faith if not on home continent +1 if adjacent to a Campus district	-	Exploration	Builder	Spain
Template:Monastery Monastery	+2 Faith +15 HP healing for friendly religious units on this tile that has not attacked this turn	-	-	Builder	Armagh	City-State Suzerain bonus
Roman Fort	Units gain +4 Defense Strength and 2 turns of fortification	-	Iron Working (for Legion)	Legion	Rome
Sphinx	+1 Culture, +1 Faith +1 Culture (Natural History) +2 Faith if adjacent to a Wonder	Not adjacent to another Sphinx	Craftsmanship	Builder	Egypt	Does not remove Floodplains
Stepwell	+1 Food, +1 Housing +1 Faith (Feudalism) +1 Housing (Sanitation) +1 Food (Professional Sports) +1 Faith if adjacent to a Holy Site district +1 Food if adjacent to a Farm	Flat land not adjacent to another Stepwell	Irrigation	Builder	India
Ziggurat	+2 Science +1 Culture (Natural History) +1 Culture if adjacent to a River	Flat land	-	Builder	Sumeria

See Also

• Terrain