Civilization 5 Gods and Kings Walkthrough

June 25, 2012 4:43PM PDT

By Kurtis Seid, Game Guides Editor

Gandhi still loves nukes! Our Civilization 5 Gods and Kings Walkthrough gives you tips for the expansion's new systems, changes to combat, and strategies for brand new leaders.

New Units and Buildings

Gods and Heroes contains new units and buildings to help you wage war, protect your boarders and help improve your nation.

Ancient

Name	Type	Traits and Abilities	Requirements and Costs
Stele	Building	2 Culture, 2 Faith	40 Production, 1 Gold Maintenance, Ethiopia
Atatlist	Combat Archery	5 Combat, 7 Ranged Combat, 2 Range, 2 Movement, May Not Melee	36 Production or 70 Faith, Construction Tech, The Maya
Pictish Warrior	Combat Melee	11 Combat, 2 Movement, Foreign Lands Bonus, No Movement Cost to Pillage	56 Production or 110 Faith, Bronze Working Tech, The Celts
Battering Ram	Combat Melee	10 Combat, 2 Movement, Bonus vs Cities (300), No Defensive Terrain Bonus, Limited Visibility, Cover I, City Attack Only	75 Production or 150 Faith, Bronze Working Tech, The Huns
Shrine	Building	1 Faith	40 Production, 1 Gold Maintenance, Pottery Tech
Pyramid	Building	2 Faith, 2 Science	40 Production, 1 Gold Maintenance, Pottery Tech, The Mayas
Dromon	Combat Naval	8 Combat, 10 Ranged Combat, 2 Range, 4 Movement, Cannot Enter Deep Ocean, May Not Melee Attack, Bonus vs Naval	56 Production, Sailing Tech, Byzantium
Quinquereme	Combat Naval	13 Combat, 4 Movement, Cannot Enter Deep Ocean	45 Production, Sailing Tech, Carthage

Classical

Name	Type	Traits and Abilities	Requirements and Costs
Composite Bowman	Combat Archery	7 Combat, 11 Ranged Combat, 2 Range, 2 Movement, May Not Melee Attack	75 Production or 150 Faith, Construction Tech
Terracotta Army	Wonder	6 Culture, 1 Great Artist Point	250 Production, Construction Tech
Petra	Wonder	1 Culture, 1 Great Engineer Point; +1 Food, +1 Production, and +1 Gold from Desert worked by the city. +6 Culture from Archaeology, Free Amphitheater	250 Production, Currency Tech, City Must be build on or next to Desert
Amphitheater	Building	3 Culture, Artist Specialist	100 Production, 2 Gold Maintenance, Drama and Poetry Tech, Monument
Cataphrcat	Mounted Combat	15 Combat, 3 Movement, Can Move After Attacking, Penalty Attacking Cities (25)	75 Production or 150 Faith, Horse, Horseback Riding, Byzantium
African Forest Elephant	Mounted Combat	14 Combat, 3 Movement, No Defense Terrain Bonus, Can Move After Attacking, Penalty Attacking Cities (33), Feared Elephant, Great Generals II	100 Production or 200 Faith, Horseback Riding, Carthage

Civilization 5 Gods and Kings Walkthrough

Medieval

Name	Type	Traits and Abilities	Requirements and Costs
Alhambra	Wonder	1 Culture, 1 Great Artist Point, Units gain Drill I, Free Castle, +20% Culture Output	400 Production, Chivalry
Galleass	Naval Ranged Combat	16 Combat, 17 Ranged Combat, 2 Range, 3 Movement, Cannot Enter Deep Ocean, May Not Melee Attack	100 Production, Compass Tech
Polder	Improvement	3 Food	Built on Marsh or Flood Plains, Guilds Tech, The Netherlands
Great Mosque of Djenne	Wonder	1 Culture, 3 Faith, 1 Great Engineer Point, All Missionaries born here spread religion three times	300 Production, Theology Tech

Renaissance

Name	Type	Traits and Abilities	Requirements and Costs
Ceilidh Hall	Building	3 Happiness, 4 Culture, Artist Specialist	200 Production, 2 Gold Maintenance, Acoustics Tech, Amphitheater, The Celts
Constabulary	Building	Reduces Spy stealing by 25%	160 Production, 1 Gold Maintenance, Banking Tech
Coffee House	Building	+5% Production, +2 Production, +25% Great People generation, Engineer	250 Production, 2 Gold Maintenance, Economics Tech, Austria
Hakkapeliitta	Mounted Combat	25 Combat, 4 Movement, Transfer Movement to General, Great General Combat Bonus, No Defense Terrain Bonus, Can Move After Attacking, Penalty Attacking Cities (33), Formation I	185 Production or 370 Faith, Horse, Metallurgy Tech, Sweden
Privateer	Naval Combat	25 Combat, 5 Movement, Coastal Raider 1, Prize Ships	150 Production, Navigation Tech
Sea Beggar	Naval Combat	25 Combat, 5 Movement, Coastal Raider II, Prize Ships, Supply	150 Production, Navigation Tech, The Netherlands
Leaning Tower of Pisa	Wonder	1 Culture, 1 Great Artist Point, +25% generation of Great People in all cities, Free Great Person of your choice near the Capital	500 Production, Printing Press Tech

Industrial

Name	Type	Traits and Abilities	Requirements and Costs
Police Station	Building	Reduces Spy stealing by 25%	300 Production 1 Gold Maintenance, Electricity Tech, Constabulary
Gatling Gun	Archery Combat	36 Combat, 36 Ranged Combat, 1 Range, 2 Movement, May Not Melee Attack	225 Production, Industrialization Tech
Mehal Sefari	Gunpowder Combat	34 Combat, 2 Movement, Drill I, Near Capital Bonus	200 Production, Rifling Tech, Ethiopia
Carolean	Gunpowder Combat	34 Combat, 2 Movement, March	225 Production, Rifling Tech, Sweden

Modern

Name	Type	Traits and Abilities	Requirements and Costs
Machine Gun	Archery Combat	60 Combat, 60 Ranged Combat, 1 Range, 2 Movement, May Not Melee Attack	350 Production, Ballistics Tech
Landship	Armored Combat	60 Combat, 4 Movement, No Defensive Terrain Bonuses, Can Move After Attacking	350 Production, Oil, Combustion Tech
Triplane	Fighter Combat	35 Ranged Combat, 5 Range, Interception (50), Air Sweep, Air Recon, Bonus vs Bombers (150)	325 Production, Oil, Flight Tech
Great War Bomber	Bomber Combat	50 Ranged Combat, 6 Range	325 Production, Oil, Flight Tech
National Intelligence Agency	Wonder	Provides 1 spy and levels up all existing spies, Reduces Spy stealing by 15%	575 Production, Radio Tech, Police Station in all cities
Neuschwanstein	Wonder	2 Happiness, 4 Culture, 6 Gold, 1 Great Merchant Point, +3 Gold, +2 Culture, and +1 Happiness from every Castle	1060 Production, Railroad Tech, Must be built within 2 tiles of a mountain
Great War Infantry	Gunpowder Combat	50 Combat, 2 Movement	320 Production, Replaceable Parts Tech

Atomic

Name	Type	Traits and Abilities	Requirements and Costs
Great Firewall	Wonder	99.9% reduction of Spy stealing in the city, 25% Spy stealing in all cities	1250 Production, Computers Tech
Recycling Center	Building	2 Aluminum	500 Production, Ecology Tech, Maximum 5 per empire
Marine	Gunpowder Combat	65 Combat, 2 Movement, Amphibious, Extra Sight While Embarked, Embarkation with Defense	400 Production, Penicillin Tech

Information

Name	Type	Traits and Abilities	Requirements and Costs
Hubble Space Telescope	Wonder	1 Great Scientist Points, 2 Free Great Scientists, Free Spaceship Factory, +25% Production when building Spaceship Parts	1250 Production, Satellites Tech
Bomb Shelter	Building	Reduces Population loss from nuclear attack by 75%	300 Production, 1 Gold Maintenance, Telecommunications Tech
CN Tower	Wonder	1 Great Merchant Points, Free Broadcast Tower in call cities, +1 population in all cities, +1 Happiness per city	1250 Production, Telecommunications Tech

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By Kurtis Seid, Game Guides Editor

Kurtis Seid is a sadomasochist for games. He’s clocked over 200 days in a Final Fantasy entry but isn’t sure if he’s actually a fan of the series. His ideal game would somehow involve the harshest elements of King’s Quest, Team Fortress, River City Ransom, Ogre Battle, and Dark Souls.

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StefanTatar

Follow https://twitter.com/CheatMasters and you can find cheats that you want and there are new updates all the time

QingJao86

Why Jessie, is stack of doom really that much fun?

jessie82

meh i think ill stick to civ4

Nodashi

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@jessie82 I would agree untill this expansion was released. Now Civ V is better in any possible way, really.

ZzMurdererzZ

Kurtis thanks for this guide, now I really want to pick this up.

jonasf

Kurtis, great guide. Nicely done. Good to see there are editors that put some work into making a good guide.

One thing I found was missing was the ability to use faith to buy other great people, like great scientist, great engineer etc by following a certain policy. I think they kick in when you enter the industrial era, so faith is of great use also later in the game.