Policies

Policies is one of the various parts of Culture in Civilization VI. Advancing throughout the Civics tree allows you to unlock new Policy Cards you can have in your "Deck" and throughout the game you gain Policy Cards which you can slot in and out of your deck for specialization purposes. The Policies you unlock throughout the game give you a new card to slot into your "Deck".

Mechanics

Policies usually cost Gold to change. However, policies may be changed for free on a turn that a Civic is completed, or a new policy slot is gained.

Some Policies make others obsolete. Often the new Policy is a strictly better version, but sometimes not---it may occasionally be useful to delay unlocking a policy in order to keep an older one.

List of policies

Policies come in four categories and you are able to change your policy cards for free each and every time you unlock a Civic, or with Gold whenever you want.

Military

Policy	Unlocked by	Era	Makes obsolete	Obsoleted by	Effect
Agoge	Craftsmanship	1. Ancient	-	Feudal Contract	+50% Production towardsfoot1 Ancient and Classical era melee and ranged units.
Bastions	Defensive Tactics	2. Classical	-	Public Works	+6 City Defense Strength. +5 City Ranged Strength.
Chivalry	Divine Right	3. Medieval	-	Lightning Warfare	+50% Production towardscavalry2 Medieval, Renaissance, and Industrial era heavy and light cavalry units.
Conscription	State Workforce	1. Ancient	-	Levée en Masse	Unit maintenance reduced by 1 Gold per turn, per unit.
Defense of the Motherland	Class Struggle	6. Modern	-	-	No war weariness from combat in your territory.
Discipline	Code of Laws	1. Ancient	-	Native Conquest	+5 Unit Combat Strength when fighting Barbarians.
Feudal Contract	Feudalism	3. Medieval	Agoge	Grande Armée	+50% Production towardsfoot2 Medieval and Renaissance era melee and ranged units.
Grande Armée	Nationalism	5. Industrial	Feudal Contract	Military First	+50% Production towardsfoot3 Industrial and Modern era melee and ranged units.
Integrated Space Cell	Space Race	7. Atomic	Military Research	-	+15% Production towards Space Race projects if a city has either a Military Academy or a Seaport.
International Waters	Cold War	6. Modern	Maritime Industries Press Gangs	-	+100% Production towardsnaval3 Modern, Atomic, and Information era naval units, excluding Carriers.
Lightning Warfare	Totalitarianism	6. Modern	Maneuver Chivalry	-	+50% Production towardscavalry3 Modern, Atomic, and Information era heavy and light cavalry units.
Levée en Masse	Mobilization	6. Modern	Conscription	-	Unit maintenance reduced by 2 Gold per turn, per unit.
Limes	Defensive Tactics	2. Classical	-	Public Works	+100% Production toward defensive buildings.
Logistics	Mercantilism	4. Renaissance	-	-	+1 Movement if starting turn in friendly territory.
Maneuver	Military Tradition	1. Ancient	-	Lightning Warfare	+50% Production towardscavalry1 Ancient and Classical era heavy and light cavalry units.
Maritime Industries	Foreign Trade	1. Ancient	-	International Waters	+100% Production towardsnaval1 Ancient and Classical era naval units.
Martial Law	Totalitarianism	6. Modern	-	-	Accumulate 25% less War Weariness than usual.
Military First	Rapid Deployment	7. Atomic	Grande Armée	-	+50% Production towardsfoot4 Atomic and Information era melee and ranged units.
Military Research	Urbanization	5. Industrial	-	Integrated Space Cell	Military Academies and Seaports generate +1 Science
Native Conquest	Exploration	4. Renaissance	Discipline	-	Combat victories over units from earlier Eras provide Gold equal to 50% of the Combat Strength of the defeated unit.
National Identity	Nationalism	5. Industrial	-	-	Units have 50% less Combat Strength reduction from being injured.
Patriotic War	Class Struggle	6. Modern	-	-	+100% Production towardssupport1 Modern, Atomic, and Information era support units.
Press Gangs	Colonialism	4. Renaissance	-	International Waters	+100% Production towardsnaval2 Renaissance and Industrial era naval units.
Professional Army	Mercenaries	3. Medieval	-	-	50% discount on unit upgrades.
Propaganda	Mass Media	6. Modern	Retainers	-	Accumulate 25% less War Weariness than usual.
Raid	Military Training	2. Classical	-	Total War	Yields from pillaging are doubled for pillaging improvements.
Retainers	Civil Service	3. Medieval	-	Propaganda	+1 Amenities for cities with a garrisoned unit.
Sack	Mercenaries	3. Medieval	-	Total War	Yields from pillaging are doubled for pillaging districts.
Strategic Air Force	Globalization	8. Information	Their Finest Hour	-	+50% Production towardsair2 Information era air units, and toward all Carriers.
Survey	Code of Laws	1. Ancient	-	Native Conquest	Double experience for Recon units.
Their Finest Hour	Suffrage	6. Modern	-	Strategic Air Force	+50% Production towardsair1 Modern and Atomic era air units.
Total War	Scorched Earth	5. Industrial	Raid Sack	-	Yields from pillaging are doubled.
Veterancy	Military Training	2. Classical	-	-	+30% Production towards Encampment districts and buildings for that district.
Wars of Religion	Reformed Church	3. Medieval	-	-	+4 Combat Strength when fighting Civilizations that follow other Religions.

Economic

Policy	Unlocked by	Era	Makes obsolete	Obsoleted by	Affects	Effect
Aesthetics	Medieval Faires	3. Medieval	-	Sports Media	Adjacency	+100% Theater Square district adjacency bonuses.
Caravansaries	Foreign Trade	1. Ancient	-	Triangular Trade	Trade Routes	+2 Gold from all Trade Routes.
Collectivization	Class Struggle	6. Modern	-	-	Trade Routes	+4 Food from domestic Trade Routes.
Colonial Offices	Exploration	4. Renaissance	Urban Planning	-		+15% faster growth in cities not on your original Capital's continent.
Colonial Taxes	Colonialism	5. Industrial	-	-		+25% Gold in cities not on your original Capital's continent.
Colonization	Early Empire	1. Ancient	-	Expropriation	Settlers	+50% Production towards Settlers.
Corvée	State Workforce	1. Ancient	-	Skyscrapers	Wonders	+15% Production towards Ancient and Classical era Wonders.
Craftsmen	Guilds	3. Medieval	-	Five-Year Plan		+100% Industrial Zone district adjacency bonuses.
Ecommerce	Globalization	8. Information	Triangular Trade	-		+5 Production and +10 Gold from international Trade Routes.
Economic Union	Suffrage	6. Modern	Naval Infrastructure Town Charters	-		+100% Commercial Hub and Harbor district adjacency bonuses.
Expropriation	Scorched Earth	5. Industrial	Colonization Land Surveyors	-		Settler cost reduced by 50%. Plot purchase cost reduced by 20%.
Five-Year Plan	Class Struggle	6. Modern	Craftsmen Natural Philosophy	-		+100% Campus and Industrial Zone district adjacency bonuses.
Free Market	The Enlightenment	4. Renaissance	-	-		+100% Gold yield from Commercial Hub district buildings.
God King	Code of Laws	1. Ancient	-	Scripture		+1 Faith and +1 Gold in the Capital.
Gothic Architecture	Divine Right	3. Medieval	-	Skyscrapers		+15% Production towards Medieval and Renaissance era Wonders.
Grand Opera	Opera and Ballet	5. Industrial	-	Sports Media		+100% Culture yield from Theater Square district buildings.
Heritage Tourism	Cultural Heritage	7. Atomic	-	-		+100% Tourism from Great Works of Art and Artifacts.
Ilkum	Craftsmanship	1. Ancient	-	Serfdom		+30% Production towards Builders.
Insulae	Games and Recreation	2. Classical	-	Medina Quarter		+1 Housing in all cities with at least 2 specialty districts.
Land Surveyors	Early Empire	1. Ancient	-	Expropriation		Reduced the cost of purchasing tiles by 20%.
Liberalism	The Enlightenment	4. Renaissance	-	New Deal		+1 Amenities in all cities with at least 2 specialty districts.
Market Economy	Capitalism	5. Industrial	Trade Confederation	-		Your international Trade Routes provide +1 Gold per Luxury and Strategic resource improved at the destination, plus +2 Culture and +2 Science.
Medina Quarter	Medieval Faires	3. Medieval	Insulae	New Deal		+2 Housing in all cities with at least 3 specialty districts.
Meritocracy	Civil Service	3. Medieval	-	-		Each city receives +1 Culture for each specialty district it constructs.
Natural Philosophy	Recorded History	2. Classical	-	Five-Year Plan		+100% Campus district adjacency bonuses.
Naval Infrastructure	Naval Tradition	3. Medieval	-	Economic Union		+100% Harbor district adjacency bonuses.
New Deal	Suffrage	6. Modern	Liberalism Medina Quarter	-		+4 Housing, +2 Amenities, -8 Gold to all cities with at least 3 specialty districts.
Online Communities	Social Media	8. Information	-	-		+50% Tourism to civilizations to which you have a Trade Route.
Public Transport	Urbanization	5. Industrial	-	-		Receive 50 Gold per Appeal of tile when replacing a Farm with a Neighborhood district.
Public Works	Civil Engineering	5. Industrial	Bastions Limes Serfdom	-		+30% Production towards Builders, and newly trained Builders gain 2 extra build actions.
Rationalism	The Enlightenment	4. Renaissance	-	-		+100% Science from Campus district buildings.
Religious Orders	Reformed Church	3. Medieval	-	-		All religious units +5 Religious Strength in Theological Combat.
Resource Management	Conservation	6. Modern	-	-		1 copy of a strategic resource allows you to produce and purchase units requiring it in any city.
Satellite Broadcasts	Space Race	7. Atomic	-	-		Triples Tourism from Great Works of Music.
Scripture	Theology	2. Classical	God King	-		+100% Holy Site district adjacency bonuses.
Serfdom	Feudalism	3. Medieval	Ilkum	Public Works		Newly trained Builders gain 2 extra build actions.
Simultaneum	Reformed Church	3. Medieval	-	-		+100% Faith yield from Holy Site district buildings.
Skyscrapers	Civil Engineering	5. Industrial	Corvée Gothic Architecture	-		+15% Production towards Industrial era and later Wonders.
Sports Media	Professional Sports	7. Atomic	Aesthetics Grand Opera	-		+100% Theater Square district adjacency bonuses, and Stadiums generate +1 Amenities.
Third Alternative	Totalitarianism	6. Modern	-	-		+4 Gold from each Research Lab, Military Academy, and Power Plant.
Town Charters	Guilds	3. Medieval	-	Economic Union		+100% Commercial Hub district adjacency bonuses.
Trade Confederation	Mercenaries	3. Medieval	-	Market Economy		+1 Culture and +1 Science from international Trade Routes.
Triangular Trade	Mercantilism	4. Renaissance	Caravansaries	Ecommerce		+4 Gold and +1 Faith from all Trade Routes.
Urban Planning	Code of Laws	1. Ancient	-	Colonial Offices		+1 Production in all cities.

Great Person

These policies may only be put in a Wildcard slot.