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Irrigation:
Sid Meier’s Civilization VII

Irrigation:

Learn how to spread irrigation across continents in Sid Meier’s Civilization VII, including terrain types and settler turn times.

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Learn how to spread irrigation across continents in Sid Meier’s Civilization VII, including terrain types and settler turn times.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Use a settler unit to irrigate adjacent tiles.
  2. 2
    When a settler is in jungles, swamps, or forests, directing it to ground or grass will be considered irrigating, indicated by an 'I' command.
  3. 3
    This process allows you to spread your irrigation through the inside of the continent.
Tips
  • Irrigating adjacent to existing irrigated spots is key to spreading your network inland.
  • The terrain type influences how long a settler takes to irrigate a spot and become available again.

Irrigation Times:

  • 5 turns for any flat spot.
  • 10 turns for hills.

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