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.
  • Each Wonder and the Empire cannot claim a new Cultural Wonder until it has finished building the previous one.

• The Wonder can be placed anywhere on owned Territories, and it is possible to assign one or multiple Cities to its construction.
  • Like other Shared Projects, Wonder constructions can be bought out by Population.
  • 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.

Cultural Wonder building costs (affected by game speed):

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Era	Wonder Cost
Ancient	1400
Classical	2800
Medieval	5600
Early Modern	11200
Industrial	22400
Contemporary	44800

Cultural Wonder claim costs (currently not affected by game speed):

Wonders Claimed	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Claim Cost	250	450	1050	2050	3450	5250	7450	10050	13050	16450	20250	24450	29050	34050	39450	45250	51450

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 100 Fame to the Empire that built it upon completion.
  • In addition, the Wonder would exploit tiles around it.
  • 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 destroyed forever.

List of Wonders

Ancient Era

Pyramid of GizaAncient Era

Hanging Gardens of BabylonAncient Era

StonehengeAncient Era

Temple of ArtemisAncient Era

Classical Era

Church of Our Lady Mary of ZionClassical 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

Forbidden CityMedieval Era

Great Mosque of DjennéMedieval Era

DLC

Great ZimbabweMedieval Era

DLC

Notre DameMedieval Era

DLC

Tōdai-JiMedieval Era

Early Modern Era

Machu PicchuEarly Modern Era

Saint Basil's CathedralEarly Modern Era

Taj MahalEarly Modern Era

Topkapi PalaceEarly Modern Era

Industrial Era

Statue of LibertyIndustrial Era

Big BenIndustrial Era

Eiffel TowerIndustrial Era

Contemporary Era

Empire State BuildingContemporary Era

Maracanã StadiumContemporary Era

DLC

Sydney Opera HouseContemporary Era

Christ the RedeemerContemporary Era

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.