City Improvements Civilization 1

City Improvements Civ1

Not including Wonders of the World, there are 24 City Improvements in MicroProse's TBS Game of 1991, Civilization 1.

Each City Improvement has an Initial Cost, an Upkeep Cost and (in almost all cases) an Advances prerequisite.

Don't build City Improvements "just because" they are available to be built: their upkeep will drain your cash reserves and keep your civ sitting well and truly on the poverty line for decades, centuries and millennia. Only build what needs to be built. Often, it is best to build nothing at all for extended intervals. Over-building is one of the biggest mistakes you can make in Civ1.

The best City Improvement in Civ1 is the Granary. No other building is as useful as the Granary. Next would come Library and Temple.

On Emperor difficulty level, Temples and Cathedrals are extremely important due to the "happiness" penalty.

• Aqueduct
• Bank
• Barracks
• Cathedral
• City Walls
• Colosseum
• Courthouse
• Factory
• Granary
• Hydro Plant
• Library
• Manufacturing Plant
• Marketplace
• Mass Transit
• Nuclear Plant
• Palace
• Power Plant
• Recycling Center
• SDI Defense
• Spaceship Component
• Spaceship Module
• Spaceship Structural
• Temple
• University

cf. Civ2 City Improvements --- SMAC Base Facilities.

Back to: Civ1 Guide.