Civilization III: Civilizations

Civilization Intelligence Agency (C.I.A.)

Click a leader portrait below to access the detailed intelligence report for that particular civilization.

Conquests (C3C) Civilizations:

Play the World (PTW) Civilizations:

 

Original Civilizations:

Civilization III: Units

Civilization III has 65 Units. While many of these are the same as they were in Civilization II, each of the game's sixteen civilizations now has a special unit that fits in a particular era. When one of your special unit wins a combat against another Civ, a Golden Age will be triggered and will last 20 turns, during which time your cities enjoy increased production and trade. Golden Ages occur only once per game.

1. Special Units (16)
2. Ground Units (27)
   • Foot Units (11)
   • Mounted/Vehicle Units (7)
   • Artillery Units (4)
   • Non-Combat Units (5)
3. Air Units (9)
4. Naval Units (13)
5. Play the World Expansion Pack Units
6. Conquests Expansion Units

Legend:

A/D/M: Attack/Defend/Move
B/R/F: Bombard/Range/Firing Rate

Special Units (16):

Unit Graphic	Unit Name	Nationality	Replaces	Cost	A/D/M (B/R/F)	Requirements
	Legionary	Roman	Swordsman	30	3/3/1	Iron
	Hoplite	Greek	Spearman	20	1/3/1	-
	Panzer	German	Tank	100	16/8/3	Oil, Rubber
	Rider	Chinese	Knight	70	4/3/3	Horses, Iron
	Samurai	Japanese	Knight	70	4/4/2	Iron
	War Elephant	Indian	Knight	70	4/3/2	-
	Jaguar Warrior	Aztec	Warrior	10	1/1/2	-
	Mounted Warrior	Iroquois	Horseman	30	3/1/2	Horses
	War Chariot	Egyptian	Chariot	20	2/1/2	Horses
	Bowman	Babylonian	Archer	20	2/2/1	-
	Cossack	Russian	Cavalry	80	6/4/3	Horses, Saltpeter
	F15	American	Jet Fighter	100	8/4 (4/6/2)	Oil, Aluminum
	Musketeer	French	Musket Man	60	3/4/1	Saltpeter
	Immortal	Persian	Swordsman	30	4/2/1	Iron
	Impi	Zulu	Spearman	20	1/2/2	-
	Man-o-War	English	Frigate	60	3/2/4 (3/1/2)	Iron, Saltpeter

Ground Units: Foot (11)

Unit Graphic	Unit Name	Cost	A/D/M	Requirements
	Warrior	10	1/1/1	-
	Spearman	20	1/2/1	-
	Pikeman	30	1/3/1	Iron
	Archer	20	2/1/1	-
	Longbowman	40	4/1/1/	-
	Swordsman	30	3/2/1	Iron
	Musket Man	60	2/4/1	Saltpeter
	Rifleman	80	4/6/1	-
	Infantry	90	6/10/1	Rubber
	Paratrooper	100	6/8/1	Oil, Rubber
	Marines	100	8/6/1	Rubber

Ground Units: Mounted or Vehicle (7)

Unit Graphic	Unit Name	Cost	A/D/M	Requirements
	Mech Infantry	110	12/18/2	Oil, Rubber
	Chariot	20	1/1/2	Horses
	Horseman	30	2/1/2	Horses
	Knight	70	4/3/2	Horses, Iron
	Cavalry	80	6/3/3	Horses, Saltpeter
	Tank	100	16/8/2	Oil, Rubber
	Modern Armor	120	24/16/3	Oil, Aluminum, Rubber

Ground Units: Artillery (4)

All artillery units have 1 movement point.

Unit Graphic	Unit Name	Cost	B/R/F	Requirements
	Catapult	20	4/1/1	-
	Cannon	40	8/1/2	Iron, Saltpeter
	Artillery	80	12/2/2	-
	Radar Artillery	120	16/2/2	Aluminum

Ground Units: Non-Combat (5):

Unit Graphic	Unit Name	Cost	A/D/M	Population Cost
	Settler	30	0/0/1	2
	Worker	10	0/0/1	1
	Scout	10	0/0/2	-
	Explorer	20	0/0/2	-
	Great Leader	-	0/0/3	-

Air Units (9) :

Unit Graphic	Unit Name	Cost	A/D	B/R/F	Carries	Requirements
	Fighter	80	4/2	2/4/1	-	Oil
	Jet Fighter	100	8/4	2/6/1	-	Oil, Aluminum
	Stealth Fighter	120	0/0	4/6/2	-	Oil, Aluminum
	Bomber	100	0/2	8/6/3	-	Oil
	Stealth Bomber	240	0/0	8/8/3	-	Oil, Aluminum
	Helicopter *	80	0/2	-	1	Oil, Rubber
	Cruise Missile	60	0/0	16/2/3	-	Aluminum
	Tactical Nuke	300	0/0	-	-	Aluminum, Uranium
	ICBM	600	0/0	-	-	Aluminum, Uranium

* Helicopter's range is 4.

Naval Units (13) :

Unit Graphic	Unit Name	Cost	A/D/M	B/R/F	Carries	Requirements
	Galley	30	1/1/3	-	2	-
	Caravel	40	1/2/3	-	3	-
	Galleon	60	1/2/4	-	4	-
	Transport	100	1/4/5	-	8	Oil
	Privateer	60	2/1/3	-	-	Iron, Saltpeter
	Frigate	60	2/2/4	2/1/2	-	Iron, Saltpeter
	Ironclad	80	4/4/4	4/1/2	-	Coal, Iron
	Submarine	100	8/4/3	-	-	Oil
	Nuclear Sub.	120	6/4/3	-	1	Uranium
	Destroyer	120	12/8/5	6/1/2	-	Oil
	AEGIS Cruiser	160	12/10/5	4/2/2	-	Aluminum, Uranium
	Battleship	200	18/12/5	8/2/2	-	Oil
	Carrier	180	1/8/4	-	4	Oil

Related Links:

• Play the World Expansion Pack Units
• Conquests Expansion Units
• Info about unit related game concepts are available in the Civilization III Info Center.
• If you want to see concept arts of units, please go to the Civ3 Game Arts section.

Civilization III: Resources

Civilization III introduces two new new resource types, luxury resources and strategic resources, in addition to the bonus resources in Civilization II. Luxury resources are goods that improve the happiness of your cities.Strategic resources are needed to make certain military units (iron, for example, is needed to make the Swordsman or Roman Legion units). Bonus resources are resources like gold that simply produce extra food, commerce, or shields.Resources can be depleted, although it doesn't happen often. You can trade any excess resource with other Civs.

There are 25 different resources in Civ3:

1. Strategic Resources(8)
2. Luxury Resources (8)
3. Bonus Resources (6)

Strategic Resources (8):

Legend:
F/S/C: Food/Shield/Commerce

Graphic	Name	F/S/C	Advance	Needed For
	Aluminum	0/2/0	Rocketry	Modern Armor, Radar Artillery, Cruise Missile, Aegis Cruiser, Jet Fighter, F-15, Stealth Fighter, Stealth Bomber, Tactical Nuke, ICBM
	Coal	0/2/1	Steam Power	Ironclad
	Horses	0/0/1	The Wheel	Chariot, War Chariot, Horseman, Mounted Warrior, Knight, Rider, Cavalry, Cossack
	Iron	0/1/0	Iron Working	Pikeman, Swordsman, Legionary, Immortal, Knight, Samurai, Rider, Cannon, Privateer, Frigate, Man-O-War, Ironclad
	Oil	0/1/2	Refining	Paratrooper, Mech Infantry, all tanks, Transport, Carrier, Submarine, Destroyer, Battleship, and all air units
	Rubber	0/0/2	Replaceable Parts	Infantry, Paratrooper, Marines, Mech Infantry, all tanks, Helicopter
	Uranium	0/2/3	Fission	Nuclear Sub, Aegis Cruiser, Tactical Nuke, ICBM
	Saltpeter	0/0/1	Gunpowder	Musketman, Musketeer, Cavalry, Cossack, Cannon, Privateer, Frigate, Man-O-War

Luxury Resources (8):

Graphic	Name	Food	Shield	Commerce
	Dyes	0	0	+1
	Furs	0	+1	+1
	Gems	0	0	+4
	Incense	0	0	+1
	Ivory	0	0	+2
	Silks	0	0	+3
	Spices	0	0	+2
	Wine	+1	0	+1

Bonus Resources (6):

Graphic	Name	Food	Shield	Commerce
	Gold	0	0	+4
	Wheat	+2	0	0
	Fish	+2	0	+1
	Cattle	+2	+1	0
	Whales	+1	+1	+2
	Game	+1	0	0

Related Links:

• Detailed info about resource related game concepts are available in the Civilization III Info Center.

Civilization III: City Improvements

Graphic	City Improvement	Requires	Effect
	Airport Cost: 160 Culture: 0 Upkeep: 2	Flight	Produces veteran air units, trading hub
	Aqueduct Cost: 100 Culture: 0 Upkeep: 1	Construction	Allows population growth past size 6, for cities with no access to fresh water
	Bank Cost: 160 Culture: 0 Upkeep: 1	Banking	50% increase to the city's tax revenue
	Barracks Cost: 40 Culture: 0 Upkeep: 1	--	Produces veteran ground units, allows ground unit upgrade, and heals ground units in 1 turn
	Cathedral Cost: 160 Culture: 3 Upkeep: 2	Monotheism	Requires temple, makes 3 unhappy citizens content
	City Walls Cost: 20 Culture: 0 Upkeep: 0	Masonry	Provides a land bombardment defense of 8, and +50% to defensive bonus against land attacks, not needed past size 6
	Coal Plant Cost: 160 Culture: 0 Upkeep: 3	Industrialization, Coal	Increases factory output by 50%, causes pollution
	Coastal Fortress Cost: 40 Culture: 0 Upkeep: 0	Metallurgy, Iron, Saltpeter	Provides a naval bombardment defense of 8, +50% against naval attacks, and automatically bombards passing enemy ships
	Colosseum Cost: 120 Culture: 2 Upkeep: 2	Construction	Makes 2 unhappy citizens content
	Courthouse Cost: 80 Culture: 0 Upkeep: 1	Code of Laws	Reduces corruption, reduces effect of propaganda against the city
	Factory Cost: 240 Culture: 0 Upkeep: 3	Industrialization, Iron	50% increase to production, causes pollution
	Granary Cost: 60 Culture: 0 upkeep: 1	Pottery	Halves food storage required for population growth
	Harbor Cost: 80 Culture: 0 Upkeep: 1	Map Making	+1 food from coast, sea and ocean squares, produces veteran sea units, trading hub, and upgrades sea units
	Hospital Cost: 160 Culture: 0 Upkeep: 2	Sanitation	Allows population growth past size 12
	Hydro Plant Cost: 240 Culture: 0 Upkeep: 3	Electronics	Increases factory output by 50%, requires a river, makes no pollution
	Library Cost: 80 Culture: 3 Upkeep: 1	Literature	50% increase to the city's science output
	Manufacturing Plant Cost: 320 Culture: 0 Upkeep: 3	Robotics	50% increase to production, causes pollution
	Marketplace Cost: 100 Culture: 0 Upkeep: 1	Currency	50% increase to tax revenue, increases effect of luxury resources
	Mass Transit Cost: 200 Culture: 0 Upkeep: 2	Ecology, Rubber	Reduces pollution from population
	Nuclear Plant Cost: 240 Culture: 0 Upkeep: 3	Nuclear Power, Uranium	Increases factory output by 100%, produces no pollution, requires fresh water, chance of meltdown
	Offshore Platform Cost: 240 Culture: 0 Upkeep: 3	Miniaturization	+1 shield from coast, sea and ocean squares
	Palace Cost: 100 Culture: 1 Upkeep: 0	Masonry	Acts as center of your empire, eliminates corruption/waste in the capital and reduces it in nearby cities
	Police Station Cost: 160 Culture: 0 Upkeep: 2	Communism	Reduces war weariness, reduces corruption
	Recycling Plant Cost: 200 Culture: 0 Upkeep: 2	Recycling	Reduces pollution caused by city improvements
	Research Lab Cost: 200 Culture: 2 Upkeep:2	Computers	50% increase to science output
	SAM Missile Battery Cost: 80 Culture: 0 Upkeep: 2	Rocketry, Aluminum	Defends against air bombardment
	Solar Plant Cost: 320 Culture: 0 Upkeep: 3	Ecology	Increases factory output by 50%, makes no pollution
	Temple Cost: 60 Culture: 2 Upkeep: 1	Ceremonial Burial	Makes 1 unhappy citizen content
	University Cost: 200 Culture: 4 Upkeep: 2	Education	50% increase to science output

Related Links:

• Info about city management are available in the Civilization III Info Center.

Civilization III: Wonders of the World

Wonders of the World are as important as ever. Civ3 has most of the Wonders in Civ2, plus several new ones. Some old wonders function in new ways. There is a brand new set of Wonders called "Small Wonders". While Great Wonders can be constructed only once in the world, Small Wonders can be built by every civilization. Another difference is that Great Wonders can be made obsolete by new technologies, Small Wonders cannot.

An interesting feature is Great Wonders are associated with one or more of the Civilization strengths. If the attributes of the Wonders you've completed match your Civ's strengths, you will trigger a Golden Age.

There are 24 Great Wonders and 10 Small Wonders.

Great Wonders (24):

Graphic	Great Wonder	Attributes	Benefits
	Great Wall Cost: 200 Culture: 2 Requires: Construction Expires: Metallurgy	Militaristic & Industrious	Doubles effects of city walls and attack strength vs. barbarians.
	SETI Program Cost: 1000 Culture: 3 Requires: Computers Expires: Never	Expansionist	Doubles science output of city
	Lighthouse Cost: 400 Culture: 2 Requires: Map Making Expires: Magnetism	Expansionist & Commercial	+1 ship movement. Galleys can travel safely at sea.
	Colossus Cost: 200 Culture: 3 Requires: Bronze Woking Expire: Flight	Expansionist & Religious	+1 commerce in any square already producing commerce in that city.
	Great Library Cost: 400 Culture: 6 Requires: Literature Expire: Education	Scientific	Civilization receives any civilization advance already discovered by 2 other known civs for free.
	Hanging Gardens Cost: 300 Culture: 4 Requires: Monarchy Expire: Steam Power	Industrious	Makes 3 unhappy citizens content in its city and one unhappy citizen content in your other cities.
	Oracle Cost: 300 Culture: 4 Requires: Mysticism Expire: Theology	Religious	Doubles the effect of all temples.
	Pyramid Cost: 400 Culture: 4 Requires: Masonry Expire: Never	Industrious & Religious	Acts as a granary in all your cities on the same continent.
	United Nations Cost: 1000 Culture: 4 Requires: Fission Expire: Never	Commercial	Enables diplomatic victory.
	Hoover Dam Cost: 800 Culture: 3 Requires: Electronics Expires: Never	Industrious	Acts as a Hydro Plant in all your cities on that continent.
	Sistine Chapel Cost: 600 Culture: 6 Requires: Theology Expire: Never	Religious	Doubles the effect of Cathedrals.
	Leonardo's Workshop Cost: 600 Culture: 2 Requires: Invention Expire: Never	Militaristic	Halves the upgrade cost of units.
	Theory of Evolution Cost: 600 Culture: 3 Requires: Scientific Method Expire: Never	Scientific	Gives 2 free techs.Known as Darwin's Voyage in Civ2.
	Art of War Cost: 600 Culture: 2 Requires: Feudalism Expire: Never	Militaristic	Provides benefits of a Barracks in all your cities on that continent.
	Copernicus' Observatory Cost: 400 Culture: 4 Requires: Astronomy Expire: Never	Expansionist	Doubles science output in that city.
	Magellan's Voyage Cost: 400 Culture: 3 Requires: Navigation Expire: Never	Expansionist & Commercial	Movement of all naval units is increased by 1.
	Shakespeare's Theatre Cost: 400 Culture: 6 Requires: Free Artistry Expire: Never	-	Makes 8 unhappy citizens in that city content.
	Smith's Trading Co. Cost: 600 Culture: 3 Requires: Economics Expire: Never	Commercial	Free maintenance for Marketplaces, Banks, Harbors, and Airports.
	Longevity Cost: 1000 Culture: 3 Requires: Genetics Expire: Never	Scientific	Population increases by 2 instead of 1 when the food box is filled.
	Manhattan Project Cost: 800 Culture: 2 Requires: Fission Expire: Never	Militaristic & Industrious	Allows construction of nuclear weapons by all civilizations.
	Bach's Cathedral Cost: 600 Culture: 5 Requires: Music Theory Expire: Never	Religious	Decreases the number of unhappy people by 2 in each city on the same continent.
	Cure for Cancer Cost: 1000 Culture: 4 Requires: Genetics Expire: Never	Scientific	Makes one unhappy citizen content in all your cities.
	Universal Suffrage Cost: 800 Culture: 4 Requires: Industrialization Expire: Never	Militaristic	Reduces war weariness in all your cities.
	Newton's University Cost: 400 Culture: 6 Requires: Theory of Gravity Expire: Metallurgy	Scientific	Doubles science output of city

Next Page: Small Wonders >>

Related Links:

• A Guide to Great Wonders and How to Use Them by TheDarkPhantom

• Detailed info about Wonders of the World related game concepts are available in the Civilization III Info Center.

Civilization III: Governments

Governments: Civilization 3 Complete V1.22
Click here for the discussion thread.

What you should know:
Town: 1-6 population
City: 7-12 population (requires fresh water or an aquaduct)
Metro: 12+ population (requires a hospital or the Shakespeare's Theatre wonder)

Hurry Method: you can either buy units or buildings (rate is 4 gold for a shield). Or you 'whip' people; 1 citizen for 20 shields.
Corruption: how much commerce and production is wasted.
War Weariness: When at war, your citizens can grow tired of the war and become unhappy. Or not.
Draft Rate: the number of citizens you can draft per turn.
Military Police Limit: Max number of units in a city that makes 1 unhappy citizen content.
Unit Support: number of units that cost you no money. All units 'over the cap' cost you 1gpt.
Under Republic they cost 2gpt, under Feudalism they cost 3gpt.
4 towns and 3 cities under Monarchy have 4x2 + 3x4 = 20 unit support. That means that every unit over the cap of 20 cost you 1gpt.


Anarchy
Anarchy happens when switching from one Gov to another - called revolution. It basically means you have no government at all. It also happens when WW reaches 100% when under Democracy.
It lasts from 2 to 8 turns, dependent on the size of your civilization / map size. You don't want to be here.

Worker Efficiency: 50%
Hurry Method: None
Corruption: Catastrophic
War Weariness: none
Draft Rate: 0
Military Police Limit: 0
Unit Support Town/City/Metro: 0/0/0
Notes: No city production, no research, Despo Penalty (see Despotism)


Despotism
A.k.a.: Despo
'Base' government, this is the government where you start with. Good for starting Civs with little income, happiness problems (lack of luxuries) or without the income to support a large military.

Worker Efficiency: 100%
Hurry Method: Forced labor
Corruption: Rampant
War Weariness: none
Draft Rate: 2
Military Police Limit: 2
Unit Support Town/City/Metro: 4/4/4
Notes: Any square which produces more than 2 food, commerce, or shields produces 1 less. (aka 'Despo Penalty')


Feudalism
Good for civs with small towns (under pop 6). You might actually want small towns because of the unit support - you can do that by whipping your citizens to hurry up production.
Also for countries that are behind at the start of a game and want to expand through war.

Worker Efficiency: 100%
Hurry Method: Forced Labor
Corruption: Problematic
War Weariness: Low
Draft Rate: 2
Military Police Limit: 3
Unit Support Town/City/Metro: 5/2/1
Notes: Units over the cap cost 3 gpt


Monarchy
The lack of war weariness (WW) can be more valuable than the commerce bonus in Republic and Democracy, if you plan to be at war for a long time.
The presence of military police can compensate a lack of luxuries and makes a good combination for small kingdoms at war and have an army a Republic can't support.

Worker Efficiency: 100%
Hurry Method: Pay citizens
Corruption: Problematic
War Weariness: none
Draft Rate: 2
Military Police Limit: 3
Unit Support Town/City/Metro: 2/4/8


Fascism
For reichs that are expanding through war, are under developed and won't see peace any time soon...

Worker Efficiency: 200%
Hurry Method: Forced Labor
Corruption: Nuisance
War Weariness: None
Draft Rate: 2
Military Police Limit: 4
Unit Support Town/City/Metro: 4/7/10
Notes: Pop declines when you change over.
Culture is not produced until you have a popular majority.
Higher chance of espionage mission success


Communism
A.k.a.: Commie
Late game gov for large civs (3 city cores) that have corruption problems in far away potentially big cities.
Good for extended wars because there's no WW and good unit support. Also, you can whip foreign people in newly conquered cities to prevent revolts. Able to build the Secret Police HQ.

Worker Efficiency: 100%
Hurry Method: Forced Labor
Corruption: Communal
War Weariness: None
Draft Rate: 2
Military Police Limit: 4
Unit Support Town/City/Metro: 6/6/6
Notes: Higher chance of espionage mission success


Republic
A.k.a.: Repo
For republics big enough to support their military; fighting short succesful wars. Long wars will cost you to keep your population happy.
Most popular government because of the commerce bonus, the low WW and because there's less corruption than under Monarchy and Despotism.

Worker Efficiency: 100%
Hurry Method: Pay citizens
Corruption: Nuisance
War Weariness: Low
Draft Rate: 1
Military Police Limit: 0
Unit Support Town/City/Metro: 1/3/4
Notes: Military over the cap cost 2 gpt.
Adds 1 commerce to any tile already producing at least 1 = the commerce bonus.


Democracy
A.k.a.: Demo
For peaceful builders, not planning to be at war anytime soon. Requires good diplomatic skills to stay out of war.

Worker Efficiency: 150%
Hurry Method: Pay citizens
Corruption: Minimal
War Weariness: High
Draft Rate: 1
Military Police Limit: 0
Unit Support Town/City/Metro: 0/0/0
Notes: Cities immune from propaganda.
Adds 1 commerce to any tile already producing at least 1 = the commerce bonus.