Terrain

Every tile combines a terrain, a height, and (sometimes) vegetation. Movement costs add across the three.

Terrain	Move	Properties	Default Height	Resources	Improvements
Water Terrain	1 MP	Water No vegetation No roads	Coast	Dyes Pearls Fish Crabs	—
Urban Terrain	1 MP	Urban City site No vegetation Roads free	Flat	—	Quarry (adj. Peaks)
Lush Terrain	1 MP	City site Roads allowed	Flat	Marble Ore Horses Cattle Pigs Barley Game Citrus Honey Ebony Spices Silk	Fort Farm Mine Quarry Granary Estates
Temperate Terrain	1 MP	City site Roads allowed	Flat	Marble Ore Salt Gems Gold Silver Horses Sheep Wheat Elephants Game Fur Citrus Lavender Olives Wine Ebony	Fort Farm Mine Quarry Granary Estates
Arid Terrain	1 MP	City site Roads allowed	Flat	Marble Ore Salt Gems Gold Silver Goats Sorghum Camels Game Fur Incense Olives Jade	Fort Farm Mine Quarry Granary Estates
Sand Terrain	2 MP	No vegetation No roads +1 turn to build improvements	Flat	—	Quarry (adj. Peaks)
Tundra Terrain	1 MP	Roads allowed +1 turn to build improvements	Flat	—	Quarry (adj. Peaks)
Marsh Terrain	2 MP	Fresh water source No vegetation No roads +1 turn to build improvements Units take 1 damage/turn	Flat	—	—

Vegetation

Cut yields go to the stockpile when a Worker removes the vegetation; build-over yields are credited when an improvement clears the tile.

Vegetation	Move	Cut Yield	Build-Over Yield	Combat	Lifecycle	Resources	Improvements	Notes
Jungle Empires of the Indus	+2 MP	30	60	-75% Ranged attacks vs this tile	Cut → Jungle (Cut) Spreads as Scrub	—	—	Removal requires unlock Remove cost: 1 Order
Jungle (Cut) Empires of the Indus	—	30	30	—	Grows into Jungle	—	—	Remove cost: 1 Order
Trees Vegetation	+1 MP	20	40	-50% Ranged attacks vs this tile	Cut → Trees (Cut) Spreads as Scrub	Pigs Game Fur Ebony	Lumbermill	Remove cost: 1 Order
Trees (Cut) Vegetation	—	20	20	—	Grows into Trees	—	—	Remove cost: 1 Order
Scrub Vegetation	+1 MP	10	20	-25% Ranged attacks vs this tile	Cut → Scrub (Cut) Grows into Trees	Sheep Pigs Goats Sorghum Camels Elephants Olives	—	Remove cost: 1 Order
Scrub (Cut) Vegetation	—	10	10	—	Grows into Scrub	—	—	Remove cost: 1 Order

Height

Road and urban costs are paid in stockpile when building on the tile. Move is the extra cost added to the terrain's base.

Height	Move	Bonuses	Properties	Road Cost	Urban Cost	Valid Terrains	Resources	Improvements
Ocean Height	—	—	No vegetation	—	—	Water	—	—
Coast Height	—	—	No vegetation	—	—	Water	Dyes Pearls Fish Crabs	Harbor (adj. Land)
Lake Height	—	—	Fresh water source No vegetation	—	—	Water	—	—
Flat Height	—	+1 sight	—	10	20	Urban Lush Temperate Arid Sand Tundra Marsh	Marble Salt Horses Cattle Sheep Pigs Goats Wheat Barley Sorghum Camels Elephants Game Fur Citrus Honey Incense Lavender Jade Ebony Spices Silk	—
Hill Height	+1 MP	+1 attack range +2 sight +1 turn to build improvements	Elevated City site	20	40	Urban Lush Temperate Arid Sand Tundra	Ore Gems Gold Silver Goats Fur Citrus Honey Incense Olives Wine Jade Ebony	Mine Windmill
Mountain Height	—	+2 attack range +3 sight	Impassable Blocks ranged attacks Elevated Supports aqueduct No vegetation	—	—	Lush Temperate Arid Sand Tundra	—	—
Volcano Height	—	+2 attack range +3 sight	Impassable Blocks ranged attacks Elevated Supports aqueduct No vegetation	—	—	Lush Temperate Arid Sand Tundra	—	—

Terrain groups

Improvements, wonders and events state where they are allowed as one of these named groups, not as a single terrain. So a Farm asks for Fertile Land, which means any Arid, Temperate or Lush tile. A tile is in the group when it matches every column the group fills in, and a blank column is not checked at all. Where a requirement lists several groups, matching any one of them is enough.

Group	Terrain	Height	Vegetation	Also Requires	Used By
Flat Terrain group	any terrain	Flat	any vegetation	—	—
Lake Terrain group	any terrain	Lake	any vegetation	—	—
Hill Terrain group	any terrain	Hill	any vegetation	—	Rural MineWindmill Wonders The AcropolisThe ChittorgarhThe Jebel BarkalThe MausoleumThe NecropolisThe Oracle Ruled out for Watermill
Sand Terrain group	Sand	any height	any vegetation	—	—
Arid Terrain group	Arid	any height	any vegetation	—	—
Bare Arid Terrain group	Arid	any height	no vegetation	—	—
Temperate Terrain group	Temperate	any height	any vegetation	—	—
Bare Temperate Terrain group	Temperate	any height	no vegetation	—	—
Bare Terrain group	any terrain	any height	no vegetation	—	—
Lush Terrain group	Lush	any height	any vegetation	—	—
Lush with Trees Terrain group	Lush	any height	Trees	—	—
Water Terrain group	Water	any height	any vegetation	—	Ruled out for Farm
Marsh Terrain group	Marsh	any height	any vegetation	—	—
Wet Terrain group	Water Marsh	any height	any vegetation	—	Ruled out for 16 improvements
Tundra Terrain group	Tundra	any height	any vegetation	—	—
Salt Water Terrain group	any terrain	Coast Ocean	any vegetation	—	—
Shallow Water Terrain group	any terrain	Lake Coast	any vegetation	—	—
Land or Coastal Water Terrain group	any terrain	Flat Hill Mountain Volcano Coast	any vegetation	—	—
Non Mountainous Land Terrain group	any terrain	Flat Hill	any vegetation	—	—
Non Mountainous Terrain group	any terrain	Flat Hill Coast Ocean	any vegetation	—	—
Land Terrain group	Marsh Tundra Sand Arid Temperate Lush Urban	any height	any vegetation	—	—
Coastal Land Terrain group	Marsh Tundra Sand Arid Temperate Lush Urban	any height	any vegetation	Next to Salt Water	—
Coastal Water Terrain group	any terrain	Coast	any vegetation	Next to Land	Rural Harbor Wonders The ColossusThe CothonThe Lighthouse
Coast Terrain group	any terrain	Coast	any vegetation	—	—
Ocean Terrain group	any terrain	Ocean	any vegetation	—	—
Mountain Terrain group	any terrain	Mountain	any vegetation	—	—
Volcano Terrain group	any terrain	Volcano	any vegetation	—	—
Peaks Terrain group	any terrain	Volcano Mountain	any vegetation	—	—
Adjacent to Peaks Terrain group	Tundra Sand Arid Temperate Lush Urban	any height	any vegetation	Next to Peaks	Rural Quarry Urban Shrine of EreshkigalShrine of HadesShrine of OeshoShrine of Osiris Wonders Al KhaznehThe Jerwan AqueductThe Monumental BuddhasThe Yazilikaya
Dry Terrain group	Arid Sand	any height	any vegetation	—	Wonders The HeliopolisThe Pyramids
Non Rural Terrain group	Water Urban	any height	any vegetation	—	—
Infertile Terrain group	Water Urban Sand	any height	any vegetation	—	—
Jungle Terrain group	any terrain	any height	Jungle	—	—
Jungle (Cut) Terrain group	any terrain	any height	Jungle (Cut)	—	—
Trees Terrain group	any terrain	any height	Trees	—	Rural Lumbermill
Trees (Cut) Terrain group	any terrain	any height	Trees (Cut)	—	—
Scrub Terrain group	any terrain	any height	Scrub	—	—
Scrub (Cut) Terrain group	any terrain	any height	Scrub (Cut)	—	—
Trees and Uncut Scrub Terrain group	any terrain	any height	Jungle Jungle (Cut)Trees Trees (Cut)Scrub	—	—
Habitable Land Terrain group	Urban Arid Temperate Lush	any height	any vegetation	—	Urban 99 urban improvements Wonders The Mahavihara
Habitable Land or Desert Terrain group	Urban Sand Arid Temperate Lush	any height	any vegetation	—	Urban Kushite Pyramids
Habitable Land with access to Fresh Water Terrain group	Urban Arid Temperate Lush	any height	any vegetation	Fresh water access	Urban Cold BathsHeated BathsWarm Baths
Fertile Land Terrain group	Arid Temperate Lush	any height	any vegetation	—	Rural EstatesFarmFortGranaryMineQuarry
Urban Terrain group	Urban	any height	any vegetation	—	—
Open Terrain group	Arid Temperate Lush Sand Tundra	Flat	no vegetation	—	—

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Terrain

Vegetation

Height

Terrain groups