We show you all the types of victory available in Sid Meier's Civilization VI and how to achieve them.
In this Civilization VI guide we are going to go over the main victory conditions that we have to win games. Currently and after the expansions we have 6 types of victory: domination, cultural, scientific, religious, diplomatic and scoring. In many cases, certain civilizations are easier to achieve a certain type of victory due to their abilities or passive improvements, in the end it can be situational, it depends on you.
Victory by Domination
To achieve this type of victory we have to manage to capture all the capitals in the game. All the capitals of each civilization, and maintain them.
Prioritize science, to be at the forefront of technology and military, And obviously the production of military units is vital. Try to use casus belli, either by denouncing or otherwise, so as not to accumulate too much war weariness (or complaints). This also causes our cities to need more services, keep this in mind, to exploit luxury resources and build leisure districts.
Cultural Victory
We will always be able to select the types of victories available before the game.
To achieve cultural victory, you have to get so much culture and tourism as to be dominant in foreign culturesThis means that our civilization has a total number of tourists greater than all other civilizations combined.
- To achieve more culture and tourism prioritize the Theater and Wonders districts.
- Get the points of great characters such as Great Writers, Great Artists and Great Musicians will give us more culture and tourism when placed in amphitheaters, museums, or broadcast centers respectively. Archaeologists are useful for unearthing artifacts and placing them in archaeology museums. It is also possible to create wonders that are suited to improving culture or with space for great works. Several examples of these are the Bolshoi Theater, the Great Library, or Broadway. The walls of each city provide 1 tourism for each level improved (Ancient Wall, Medieval Wall, and Renaissance Wall).
Scientific Victory
To achieve the scientific victory you have to research rocketry and complete a series of projects for the space race. Depending on the game expansion, the conditions for this victory change slightly.
- Standard Rules and Rise & Fall:
- Studying the “Rocketry” technology
- Build the Spaceport (District)
- Complete the “Earth Satellite Launch” project
- Studying “Satellite” technology
- Complete the “Moon Landing Launch” project
- Studying “Nuclear Fusion”
- Complete the “Launch Reactor to Mars” project
- Studying “Nanotechnology”
- Complete the project “Launch Hydroponics to Mars”
- Studying “Robotics”
- Complete the “Launch occupation module to Mars” project
- Rules in Gathering Storm:
- Studying the “Rocketry” technology
- Build the Spaceport (District)
- Complete the “Earth Satellite Launch” project
- Studying “Satellite” technology
- Complete the “Moon Landing Launch” project
- Studying “Nanotechnology”
- Complete the project “Start colonization of Mars”
- Studying “Smart Materials”
- Complete the “Launch Exoplanetary Expedition” project
- Optionally, you can study “Extraplanetary Mission” and complete the “Terrestrial Laser Station” and “Lagrange Laser Station” projects to speed up the process.
Religious Victory
To achieve religious victory we need that Our religion is the predominant one in all the civilizations of the gameA Religion is considered predominant if it is found in more than 50% of the cities of a civilization.
Prioritise the Holy Site and take out the Great Prophet as soon as possible, this will establish a religion. You can then boost the beliefs with Apostles, who can also spread the religion if they are adjacent to the city centre, just like missionaries. Use Inquisitors to eliminate other religions that are not your own in your own or foreign territory.
Victory by Score
Victory by score It is obtained when you reach the end of turns and no other civilization has managed to win by other methods.. The total score is calculated as follows with the standard rules:
- 5 points for each city owned.
- 5 points for each wonder you own.
- 3 points for each district owned.
- 3 points for each Great Person won.
- 2 points for each belief after founding a religion.
- 2 points for each principle investigated.
- 2 points for each technology researched.
- 1 point for each citizen in the player's empire.
Now, for Rise & Fall and Gathering Storm expansions:
- 15 points for each wonder you own.
- 10 points for founding a religion.
- 5 points for each Great Person won.
- 5 points for each city owned.
- 3 points for each principle investigated.
- 2 points for each foreign city that follows the player's religion.
- 2 points for each technology researched.
- 2 points for each district you own (4 points if it is a single district).
- 1 point for each building (including the Palace).
- 1 point for each citizen in the player's empire.
Diplomatic Victory
This type of victory is exclusive to the Gathering Storm DLC.
To achieve diplomatic victory we have to reach a certain amount of diplomatic victory points (20 points at standard speed). You can gain or lose points from this type of victory in a different way:
- Winning a resolution at the World Congress grants one diplomatic victory point.
- Building the Potala Palace grants 1 diplomatic victory point.
- Building the Mahabodhi Temple grants 2 diplomatic victory points.
- Building the Statue of Liberty grants 4 diplomatic victory points.
- Studying the “Floating Cities” technology grants 1 diplomatic victory point.
- Studying the “Climate Change Mitigation” principle grants 1 diplomatic victory point.
- In the later stages of the game there will be World Congress elections to decide the World Leaderyou can vote in favor of a civilization (adds 2 victory points), including your own. You can also vote against a civilization, which subtracts 2 victory points.
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