Civilization V Improvements like Lumber Mills and Mines, plus Ancient Era Buildings such as Barracks, Libraries, and Monuments.
Improvements:
Lumber Mill
- Built On: Forest
- Required Tech: Engineering
- Tile Bonus: +1 Production
- Improves: None
Mine
- Built On: Deserts, Grassland, Hills, Jungle, Plains, Snow, Tundra
- Required Tech: Mining
- Tile Bonus: +1 Production
- Improves: Aluminium, Coal, Gems, Gold, Iron, Silver, Uranium
Moai / POLYNESIA ONLY
- Built on: Coast
- Required Tech: Construction
- Tile Bonus: +1 Culture, +1 Gold after discovering Flight
- Improves: None
Offshore Platform
- Built On: Ocean
- Required Tech: Refrigeration
- Tile Bonus: None
- Improves: Oil
Oil Well
- Built On: Desert, Jungle, Marsh, Snow, Tundra
- Required Tech: Biology
- Tile Bonus: None
- Improves: Oil
Pasture
- Built On: Grasslands, Plains, Tundra
- Required Tech: Animal Husbandry
- Tile Bonus: None
- Improves: Cattle, Horses, Sheep
Plantation
- Built On: Desert, Flood Plains, Forest, Grasslands, Jungle, Marsh, Plains
- Required Tech: Calendar
- Tile Bonus: None
- Improves: Bananas, Cotton, Dyes, Incense, Silk, Spices, Sugar, Wine
Quarry
- Built On: Deserts, Grasslands, Hills, Plains, Tundra
- Required Tech: Masonry
- Tile Bonus: None
- Improves: Marble
Terrace Farm / INCA ONLY
- Built on: Hills
- Required Tech: Construction
- Tile Bonus: +1 Food, +1 Food if tile is surrounded by mountains (STACK)
- Improves: None
Trading Post
- Built On: Desert, Grasslands, Plains, Tundra
- Required Tech: Trapping
- Tile Bonus: +2 Gold
- Improves: None
Great People Improvements:
Academy
- Great Person: Scientist
- Built On: Desert, Grasslands, Plains, Snow, Tundra
- Tile Bonus: +5 Science
Citadel
- Great Person: General
- Built On: Desert, Grasslands, Plains, Snow, Tundra
- Tile Bonus: Defensive Bonus, Damage nearby enemy units
Customs House
- Great Person: Merchant
- Built On: Desert, Grasslands, Plains, Snow, Tundra
- Tile Bonus: +4 Gold
Landmark
- Great Person: Artist
- Built On: Desert, Grasslands, Plains, Snow, Tundra
- Tile Bonus: +5 Culture
Manufactory
- Great Person: Engineer
- Built On: Desert, Grasslands, Plains, Snow, Tundra
- Tile Bonus: +3 Production
Buildings:
Ancient Era Buildings:
Barracks
- Cost: 70 Hammers
- Maintenance: 1 Gold
- Specialists: None
- Benefits: +15XP to Land Units produced in the City
- Terrain Requirement: None
- Technology Requirement: Bronze Working
- Required Buildings: None
- Conquest Probability: 0%
- Flavor: Military Training
Floating Gardens
- Cost: 70 Hammers
- Maintenance: 1 Gold
- Specialists: None
- Replaces: Watermill for Aztecs
- Benefits: +15% Food, +2 Food from each worked Lake tile (inland coast tile), +1 Production
- Terrain Requirement: Built next to lake or river
- Technology Requirement: The Wheel
- Required Buildings: None
- Conquest Probability: 66%
- Flavor: Growth, Science, Production, Naval Growth
Granary
- Cost: 70 Hammers
- Maintenance: 1 Gold
- Specialists: None
- Benefits: +2 Food, +1 Food for each tile of Wheat, +1 Food for each tile of Bananas, +1 Food for each tile of Deer
- Terrain Requirement: None
- Technology Requirement: Pottery
- Required Buildings: None
- Conquest Probability: 66%
- Flavor: Growth, Science, Production
Krepost
- Cost: 70 Hammers
- Maintenance: 1 Gold
- Specialists: None
- Replaces: Barracks for Russia
- Benefits: -25% Culture Cost for new Tiles, -25% Gold Purchase Cost for new Tiles, +15XP to Land Units produced in the City
- Terrain Requirement: None
- Technology Requirement: Bronze Working
- Required Buildings: None
- Conquest Probability: 0%
- Flavor: Military Training, Expansion
Library
- Cost: 70 Hammers
- Maintenance: 1 Gold
- Specialists: None
- Benefits: +1 Science for every 2 Citizens
- Terrain Requirement: None
- Technology Requirement: Writing
- Required Buildings: None
- Conquest Probability: 66%
- Flavor: Science, Spaceship
Monument
- Cost: 40 Hammers
- Maintenance: 1 Gold
- Specialists: None
- Benefits: +2 Culture
- Terrain Requirement: None
- Technology Requirement: No
- Conquest Probability: 66%
- Flavor: Culture, Expansion
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