Cultural Wonder

Cultural Wonders are Districts that are unique in the world and provide Fame and potent bonuses to an Empire. Wonders are inspired by and named after, famous real-world buildings or landmarks. Cultural Wonders are built through Shared Projects by City cooperation.

Not to be confused with Natural Wonders.

Building a wonder

Cultural Wonders are unlocked after reaching the Ancient Era, and need to be claimed before the Empire unlocks the ability to build it.

• To claim a Wonder, one needs an increasing amount of Influence. The cost follows the equation $250 + 200 * ClaimedWonders^2$.
• Once a Wonder is claimed, it will not be available to any other Empire.
• The Empire cannot claim a new Cultural Wonder until it has finished building the previous one.
• The claim for a wonder can be renounced (but no influence is refunded).

Cultural Wonder claim costs (not affected by Game Speed)

Wonders Claimed	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	...
Claim Cost	250	450	1,050	2,050	3,450	5,250	7,450	10,050	13,050	16,450	20,250

Cultural Wonder production costs (on normal game speed)

Era	Cost
Ancient	1,400
Classical	2,800
Medieval	5,600
Early Modern	11,200
Industrial	22,400
Contemporary	44,800

The Wonder can be placed anywhere on owned Territories (with some exceptions), and it is possible to assign multiple Cities to its construction.

• Like other Shared Projects, Wonder constructions can be bought out by Population (very inefficient).
• Religious wonders get a -30%Industry cost from Religious Rites civic.
• The Pyramid of Giza wonder will provide a -25%Industry cost to other Wonders (as they are considered Districts)
• The Lumberjack avatar strength gives the AI -25%Industry cost when building Cultural Wonders.

Characteristics of a Wonder

• Once a Wonder is built, it will provide yields to the City (which controls the Territory where the Wonder is built) and the Empire with benefits.
  • Every Wonder has two default bonuses: A certain amount of Stability to the City that owns it, and 100Fame to the Empire that built it upon completion.
  • Most Wonders fully exploit the FIMS in adjacent tiles. Notable exceptions are those that receive district adjacency bonuses, which either exploit only their own tile, or only exploit a specific type of yield.
  • The tile that the Wonder is on cannot be overwritten by any other building or District.
  • Certain Wonders also act as a Holy Site for effects and bonuses.

• If an enemy Empire captures the Territory where the Wonder is placed, the new Territory owner gets all of the benefits from the Wonder, except the Fame bonus.

• Wonders can be ransacked (by any Units) or bombed (by Artillery and bombers), and will be lost forever.

List of Wonders

Ancient Era

Pyramid of GizaAncient Era

Hanging Gardens of BabylonAncient Era

Stables of Pi-RamessesAncient Era

DLC

StonehengeAncient Era

Temple of ArtemisAncient Era

Classical Era

Church of Our Lady Mary of ZionClassical Era

DLC

ColosseumClassical Era

DLC

Colossus of RhodesClassical Era

Lighthouse of AlexandriaClassical Era

Mausoleum at HalicarnassusClassical Era

Pyramid of the SunClassical Era

DLC

Statue of ZeusClassical Era

Medieval Era

Angkor WatMedieval Era

Citadel of AlamutMedieval Era

DLC

Forbidden CityMedieval Era

Great Mosque of DjennéMedieval Era

DLC

Great ZimbabweMedieval Era

DLC

Notre DameMedieval Era

DLC

Tōdai-JiMedieval Era

Early Modern Era

Brussels Town HallEarly Modern Era

DLC

Hôtel des InvalidesEarly Modern Era

DLC

Machu PicchuEarly Modern Era

Saint Basil's CathedralEarly Modern Era

Santa Maria del FioreEarly Modern Era

Taj MahalEarly Modern Era

Topkapi PalaceEarly Modern Era

Palace of VersaillesEarly Modern Era

DLC

Industrial Era

Kaiserliche WerftIndustrial Era

DLC

Statue of LibertyIndustrial Era

Big BenIndustrial Era

Eiffel TowerIndustrial Era

The Royal Palace of Pape'eteIndustrial Era

DLC

Contemporary Era

Congress of Humankind HeadquartersContemporary Era

DLC

Empire State BuildingContemporary Era

Maracanã StadiumContemporary Era

DLC

Sydney Opera HouseContemporary Era

The PentagonContemporary Era

DLC

Christ the RedeemerContemporary Era

Mauna Kea ObservatoryContemporary Era

DLC

Related achievements

	Wonder-Full Build every Cultural Wonder over several games.
	Culture Vulture Obtain 3 Cultural Wonders through conquest.
	Don't Know Much About History Destroy a Cultural Wonder.
	Seven Wonders of My World Construct seven Cultural Wonders in a single game.