There’s a logic to humanity’s development here. The technologies are (mostly) the same, but seeing this cause-and-effect removes one more layer of abstraction and creates a narrative from Science. Building a farm on Wheat then boosted my research in Irrigation, and on it goes.Another example: Building an Iron Mine brings you closer to-surprise!- Iron Working.Ĭivilization has always been a game about the progression of humanity from nomadic tribes through to the modern era, but never has the idea been so tightly encapsulated as in Civ VI.

For instance, early research on Pottery allowed me to harvest my previously-undeveloped Wheat resource. Earn a Great Scientist and your civilization will take a step towards Education.Ĭhaining technologies together is a particular joy. Improve two sea resources and you’ll come closer to Celestial Navigation. Kill an enemy with slings and you’ll soon find yourself using bows instead. Looking at the tech tree, it seems that every development on both the Tech Tree and the new Civics Tree (“researched” with Culture-more later) has a method by which you could boost your progression.

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