Civilization 5 Gods and Kings Walkthrough

Civilization Leaders

Nine new Civilizations appear in the Gods and Kings expansion. You'll want to be familiar with their powers, units and buildings to achieve victory or combat against them. In addition, some of the new gameplay changes have changed the powers of already established nations.

Maria Theresa - Austria

Unique Unit: Hussar (Cavalry) 34 Combat, No Defense Terrain Bonus, Can Move After Attacking, Penalty Attacking Cities (33), Extra Sight I, Enhanced Flank Attack Unique Building: Coffee House (Windmill) +5% Production, +2 Production, Engineer Specialists Diplomatic Marriage: Can spend gold to annex or puppet an allied City State

Suggested Victory: Domination, Culture, Points

Theodora - Byzantium

Unique Unit: Cataphract (Horseman) 15 Combat, Can Move After Attacking, Penalty Attacking Cities (25) Unique Unit: Dromon (Trireme) 10 Ranged Combat, 2 Range, Cannot Enter Deep Ocean, May Not Melee Attack, Bonus vs Naval Patriarchate of Constantinople: Choose one more Belief than normal when you found a Religion

Suggested Victory: Domination, Culture, Science, Points

Dido - Carthage

Unique Unit: African Forest Elephant (Horseman) 14 Combat, No Defense Terrain Bonus, Can Move After Attacking, Penalty Attacking Cities (33), Feared Elephant, Great Generals II Unique Unit: Quinquereme (Trireme) 13 Combat, Cannot Enter Deep Ocean Phoenician Heritage: All costal Cities get a free Harbor. Units may cross mountains after the first Great General is earned, taking 50 HP damage if they end a turn on a mountain

Suggested Victory: Domination, Science

Halie Selassie - Ethiopia

Unique Unit: Mehal Sefari (Rifleman) 34 Combat, Drill I, Near Capital Bonus Unique Building: Stele (Monument) +2 Culture, +2 Faith Spirit of Adwa: +20% combat bonus when fighting units from a Civilization with more Cities than Ethiopia

Suggested Victory: Domination, Culture

Gustavus Adolphus - Sweden

Unique Unit: Hakkapeliita (Lancer) 25 Combat, Transfer Movement to General, Great General Combat Bonus, No Defense Terrain Bonus, Can Move After Attacking, Penalty Attacking Cities (33), Formation I Unique Unit: Carolean (Rifleman) 34 Combat, March Nobel Prize: Gain 90 Influence with a Great Person gift to a City State. When declaring friendship, Sweden and their friend gain a +10% boost to Great Person Generation

Suggested Victory: Domination, Diplomacy

Boudicca - The Celts

Unique Unit: Pictish Warrior (Spearman) 11 Combat, Foreign Lands Bonus, No Movement Cost to Pillage, Earns 50% of opponents' strength as Faith for kills Unique Building: Ceilidh Hall (Opera House) 3 Happiness, 4 Culture, Artist Specialist Druidic Lore: +1 Faith per city with an adjacent unimproved Forest. Bonus Increases to +2 Faith in Cities with 3 or more adjacent unimproved Forest tiles

Suggested Victory: Domination, Diplomacy, Culture, Points

Attila - The Huns

Unique Unit: Horse Archer (Chariot Archer) 7 Combat, 10 Ranged Combat, 2 Range, No Defense Terrain Bonus, May Not Melee Attack, Accuracy I Unique Unit: Battering Ram (Spearman) 10 Combat, Bonus vs Cities (300), No Defensive Terrain Bonus, Limited Visibility, Cover I, City Attack Only Scourge of God: Raze cities at double speed. Barrow City names from other in-game Civs. Start with Animal Husbandry technology. +1 Production per Pasture

Suggested Victory: Domination

Pacal - The Maya

Unique Unit: Atlatlist (Archer) 5 Combat, 7 Ranged Combat, 2 Range, May Not Melee Attack, Lowered Production Cost (36), Prerequisite Agriculture Unique Building: Pyramid (Shrine) 2 Faith, 2 Science The Long Count: After researching Theology receive a bonus Great Person at the end of every Maya Long Count calendar cycle (394 years). Each bonus person can only be chosen once

Suggested Victory: Culture, Science, Points

William of Orange - The Netherlands

Unique Unit: Sea Beggar (Privateer) 25 Combat, Coastal Raider II, Prize Ships, Supply Unique Improvement: Polder (Medieval Era) 3 Food, Can be Built on Marsh or Flood Plains, Prerequisite Guilds Dutch East India Company: Retain 50% of the Happiness benefits from a Luxury Resource if your last copy of it is traded away

Suggested Victory: Diplomacy, Points

Changes to Current Civs

• Askia: Land Units gain War Canoe and Amphibious promotions, strengthening them while embarked
• Elizabeth: Receives 1 extra Spy
• Suleiman: All melee naval units have the Prize Ship promotion. Pay only one-third the usual cost for naval unit maintenance
• Napoleon: Foreign Legion replaces Great War Infantry instead of Infantry
• DLC Civs: Genghis Khan of Mongolia and Isabella of Spain are included for free