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NATURAL WONDERS

Shock and Awe

Some of nature's marvels are so magnificent, so arresting, so unusual that they can have profound effects on those who witness their majesty. Empires that possess Natural Wonders within their borders will enjoy happier populations, greater influence, and increased wealth. Just be sure to savor their intrinsic beauty from time to time too!

Natural wonders
DLC
DLC
Cultures of Oceania Pack
Aitutaki Lagoon
Aitutaki Lagoon
Aitutaki Lagoon A coral reef surrounds the sparkling beaches and astonishingly blue waters of Aitutaki.
Snake
Effects 3
Effects

+10 Stability on City or Outpost

+15 Food on Harbor

+10 Influence

Snake
DLC
DLC
Cultures of Latin America Pack
Atacama Desert
Atacama Desert
Atacama Desert An arid expanse, the presence of fog oases help prevent the Atacama from being entirely lifeless.
Snake
Effects 3
Effects

+10 Stability on City or Outpost

+5 Science on Research Quarter

+1 Influence on Research Quarter

Snake
DLC
DLC
Cultures of Oceania Pack
Bungle Bungle Range
Bungle Bungle Range
Bungle Bungle Range These strikingly striped, beehive-shaped rock formations may have been the site of an ancient meteor landing.
Snake
Effects 3
Effects

+10 Stability on City or Outpost

+3 Science on Commons Quarter

+5 Food on Commons Quarter

Snake
DLC
DLC
Together We Rule
Chocolate Hills
Chocolate Hills
Chocolate Hills Though many legends surround the formation of these extraordinary hills, the only chocolate here is their rich brown color during the dry season.
Snake
Effects 4
Effects

+10 Stability on City or Outpost

+5 Industry on City or Outpost

Sharing Discoveries: +3 Science on your Embassy for each Empire you have encountered.

+3 Science on their Embassy.

Snake
Danakil Desert
Danakil Desert
Danakil Desert Intense heat, sulfur springs, and smoking mountains greet the traveler who crosses this unforgiving landscape.
Snake
Effects 4
Effects

+10 Stability on City or Outpost

+5 Science on Main Plaza

+5 Industry on Main Plaza

+3 Money per Salt on Empire

Snake
DLC
DLC
Together We Rule
Eldgjá
Eldgjá
Eldgjá A testament to the awesome power of nature, this “fire gorge” carved from volcanic activity is now home to a stunning waterfall.
Snake
Effects 3
Effects

+10 Stability on City or Outpost

+5 Food on City or Outpost

+2 Food on Tile producing Food

Snake
Great Barrier Reef
Great Barrier Reef
Great Barrier Reef Guided by the constellations, ancient peoples have navigated these colorful, fecund waters for generations beyond count.
Snake
Effects 4
Effects

+10 Stability on City or Outpost

+5 Money on City or Outpost

+5 Influence

+10 Food on Harbor

Snake
Great Blue Hole
Great Blue Hole
Great Blue Hole All manner of sea creatures stalk the hole's uncharted depths, from sharks to gobies to angelfish.
Snake
Effects 3
Effects

+10 Stability on City or Outpost

+2 Science per Researchers on City or Outpost

+5 Science on City or Outpost

Snake
Gunung Mulu
Gunung Mulu
Gunung Mulu The caves beneath the striking pinnacled mountainside is said to be home to endless bats, bottomless shafts, and lost souls.
Snake
Effects 4
Effects

+10 Stability on City or Outpost

+5 Industry on Main Plaza

+5 Science on Main Plaza

+5 Food on Main Plaza

Snake
Hạ Long Bay
Hạ Long Bay
Hạ Long Bay Meaning 'descending dragon' bay, these islets are said to have long ago protected mainlanders from invaders of the seas.
Snake
Effects 4
Effects

+10 Stability on City or Outpost

+1 Combat Strength on Naval Unit

+2 Vision Range on District

+2 Vision Height on District

Snake
Kawah Ijen
Kawah Ijen
Kawah Ijen Folklore abounds regarding the violent eruptions and blue fire, but it is the disfiguring rocks at Kawah Ijen's heart that most frighten.
Snake
Effects 4
Effects

+10 Stability on City or Outpost

+5 Influence

+2 Industry per Workers on City or Outpost

+1 Money per Workers on City or Outpost

Snake
Lake Baikal
Lake Baikal
Lake Baikal Legend has it the lake's waters came after a people's prayers were answered following a great firestarting earthquake.
Snake
Effects 4
Effects

+10 Stability on City or Outpost

+10 Faith on Main Plaza

+2 Food per State Religion Follower on Territories following your State Religion

+1 Food per State Religion Follower on Territories following a Foreign Religion

Snake
Lake Hillier
Lake Hillier
Lake Hillier A sight more likely found in the unreality of dreamtime than in waking hours, the lake is a place of spiritual rejuvenation.
Snake
Effects 5
Effects

+10 Stability on City or Outpost

+5 Money on City or Outpost

+5 Food on City or Outpost

+5 Influence

+10 Faith on Main Plaza

Snake
DLC
DLC
Cultures of Africa Pack
Lake Natron
Lake Natron
Lake Natron This wide salt lake attracts countless flamingo flocks—even though its harsh waters are deadly to most life.
Snake
Effects 3
Effects

+10 Stability on City or Outpost

+5 Science on City or Outpost

+2 Food per Farmers on City or Outpost

Snake
DLC
DLC
Cultures of Latin America Pack
Lençois Maranhenses
Lençois Maranhenses
Lençois Maranhenses During the rainy season, the dune valleys become freshwater lagoons supporting myriad life—including the wolf fish.
Snake
Effects 3
Effects

+10 Stability on City or Outpost

+5 Money per number of attached Territories on City or Outpost

+5 Influence

Snake
DLC
DLC
Together We Rule
Monument Valley
Monument Valley
Monument Valley Its striking rock formations tinted with a dramatic red hue, this desert landscape has been a sacred place for untold centuries.
Snake
Effects 4
Effects

+10 Stability on City or Outpost

+5 Influence

+5 Industry on City or Outpost

+1% Money per on Empire

Snake
Mount Everest
Mount Everest
Mount Everest Believed blessed with spiritual energy, one should show deep reverence in this sacred landscape.
Snake
Effects 4
Effects

+10 Stability on City or Outpost

+10 Industry on Main Plaza

+5 Influence on Main Plaza

+10 Faith on Main Plaza

Snake
DLC
DLC
Cultures of Africa Pack
Mount Kilimanjaro
Mount Kilimanjaro
Mount Kilimanjaro The majestic - and, fortunately, dormant - volcano is a peak beyond compare, inspiring awe in all who behold it.
Snake
Effects 3
Effects

+10 Stability on City or Outpost

+5 Influence

+5 Food on Farmers Quarter

Snake
Mount Roraima
Mount Roraima
Mount Roraima With sheer cliffs and a plateau often hidden by low-hanging clouds, the peak inspires awe to those in its foothills.
Snake
Effects 3
Effects

+10 Stability on City or Outpost

+5 Influence

+3 Industry per Workers on City or Outpost

Snake
Mount Vesuvius
Mount Vesuvius
Mount Vesuvius A smouldering presence dominating the skyline, inspiring awe and fear in equal measure.
Snake
Effects 3
Effects

+10 Stability on City or Outpost

+10 Faith on Main Plaza

+1 Influence per Territories under the Religion's influence

Snake
DLC
DLC
Together We Rule
Pamukkale
Pamukkale
Pamukkale The clear, inviting waters on these terraced pools are naturally occuring, calcium carbonate-rich hot springs.
Snake
Effects 3
Effects

+10 Stability on City or Outpost

+5 Influence

+5 Money on Market Quarter

Snake
Perito Moreno Glacier
Perito Moreno Glacier
Perito Moreno Glacier The creeping glacier is a sobering reminder that the span of a human life is but a blink of an eye in the story of the world.
Snake
Effects 4
Effects

+10 Stability on City or Outpost

+5 Influence

+10 Money on City or Outpost

+5 Science on City or Outpost

Snake
DLC
DLC
Cultures of Latin America Pack
Salar de Uyuni
Salar de Uyuni
Salar de Uyuni A bewitching landscape of brilliant white salt-flats, the Salar de Uyuni is transformed into a gigantic mirror after rains.
Snake
Effects 3
Effects

+10 Stability on City or Outpost

+3 Food per Farmers on City or Outpost

+2 Money per Farmers on City or Outpost

Snake
DLC
DLC
Cultures of Latin America Pack
Salto Ángel
Salto Ángel
Salto Ángel Waterfall of the deepest place, the Salto Ángel's heights can sometimes be wreathed in clouds, invisible from its base.
Snake
Effects 3
Effects

+10 Stability on City or Outpost

+3 Influence on Commons Quarter

+10 Faith on Main Plaza

Snake
DLC
DLC
Cultures of Oceania Pack
Uluṟu 
Uluṟu 
Uluṟu  Lit to a fiery red at sunrise and sunset, this sandstone formation is a site of great spiritual power.
Snake
Effects 3
Effects

+10 Stability on City or Outpost

+2 Faith on Commons Quarter

+10 Faith on Main Plaza

Snake
DLC
DLC
Cultures of Africa Pack
Victoria Falls
Victoria Falls
Victoria Falls This breathtakingly beautiful, two kilometer wide waterfall is also known as "The Smoke That Thunders", such is its tempestuous effect upon the waters below.
Snake
Effects 4
Effects

+10 Stability on City or Outpost

+5 Food on City or Outpost

+5 Money on City or Outpost

-10% Population consumption on City or Outpost

Snake
Vinicunca
Vinicunca
Vinicunca A site of daily worship and offerings, the sweeping mountain range is a testament to greater forces.
Snake
Effects 5
Effects

+10 Stability on City or Outpost

+10 Food on Hamlet

+10 Money on Hamlet

+10 Industry on Hamlet

+10 Science on Hamlet

Snake
DLC
DLC
Cultures of Oceania Pack
Whakaari Volcano
Whakaari Volcano
Whakaari Volcano Its potent gasses and boiling waters signal the activity churning beneath the surface of this volcano.
Snake
Effects 3
Effects

+10 Stability on City or Outpost

+5 Science on Research Quarter

+5 Science on Coastal Water

Snake
Yellowstone
Yellowstone
Yellowstone Legends say the caldera with its hot springs and bubbling geysers will one day roar again with almighty rage.
Snake
Effects 3
Effects

+10 Stability on City or Outpost

+10 Money on City or Outpost

+2 Science per Researchers on City or Outpost

Snake
DLC
DLC
Cultures of Africa Pack
Zuma Rock
Zuma Rock
Zuma Rock A natural monolith whose sweeping contours seem to form a human face—and which some claim is the gateway to the afterlife.
Snake
Effects 4
Effects

+10 Stability on City or Outpost

+5 Fortification on City or Outpost

+5 Health Regeneration on Unit

+10 Faith on Main Plaza

Snake
Name
Effects
Aitutaki Lagoon
DLC
Cultures of Oceania Pack
Aitutaki Lagoon
  • +10 Stability on City or Outpost
  • +15 Food on Harbor
  • +10 Influence
Atacama Desert
DLC
Cultures of Latin America Pack
Atacama Desert
  • +10 Stability on City or Outpost
  • +5 Science on Research Quarter
  • +1 Influence on Research Quarter
Bungle Bungle Range
DLC
Cultures of Oceania Pack
Bungle Bungle Range
  • +10 Stability on City or Outpost
  • +3 Science on Commons Quarter
  • +5 Food on Commons Quarter
Chocolate Hills
DLC
Together We Rule
Chocolate Hills
  • +10 Stability on City or Outpost
  • +5 Industry on City or Outpost
  • Sharing Discoveries: +3 Science on your Embassy for each Empire you have encountered.
  • +3 Science on their Embassy.
Danakil Desert Danakil Desert
  • +10 Stability on City or Outpost
  • +5 Science on Main Plaza
  • +5 Industry on Main Plaza
  • +3 Money per Salt on Empire
Eldgjá
DLC
Together We Rule
Eldgjá
  • +10 Stability on City or Outpost
  • +5 Food on City or Outpost
  • +2 Food on Tile producing Food
Great Barrier Reef Great Barrier Reef
  • +10 Stability on City or Outpost
  • +5 Money on City or Outpost
  • +5 Influence
  • +10 Food on Harbor
Great Blue Hole Great Blue Hole
  • +10 Stability on City or Outpost
  • +2 Science per Researchers on City or Outpost
  • +5 Science on City or Outpost
Gunung Mulu Gunung Mulu
  • +10 Stability on City or Outpost
  • +5 Industry on Main Plaza
  • +5 Science on Main Plaza
  • +5 Food on Main Plaza
Hạ Long Bay Hạ Long Bay
  • +10 Stability on City or Outpost
  • +1 Combat Strength on Naval Unit
  • +2 Vision Range on District
  • +2 Vision Height on District
Kawah Ijen Kawah Ijen
  • +10 Stability on City or Outpost
  • +5 Influence
  • +2 Industry per Workers on City or Outpost
  • +1 Money per Workers on City or Outpost
Lake Baikal Lake Baikal
  • +10 Stability on City or Outpost
  • +10 Faith on Main Plaza
  • +2 Food per State Religion Follower on Territories following your State Religion
  • +1 Food per State Religion Follower on Territories following a Foreign Religion
Lake Hillier Lake Hillier
  • +10 Stability on City or Outpost
  • +5 Money on City or Outpost
  • +5 Food on City or Outpost
  • +5 Influence
  • +10 Faith on Main Plaza
Lake Natron
DLC
Cultures of Africa Pack
Lake Natron
  • +10 Stability on City or Outpost
  • +5 Science on City or Outpost
  • +2 Food per Farmers on City or Outpost
Lençois Maranhenses
DLC
Cultures of Latin America Pack
Lençois Maranhenses
  • +10 Stability on City or Outpost
  • +5 Money per number of attached Territories on City or Outpost
  • +5 Influence
Monument Valley
DLC
Together We Rule
Monument Valley
  • +10 Stability on City or Outpost
  • +5 Influence
  • +5 Industry on City or Outpost
  • +1% Money per on Empire
Mount Everest Mount Everest
  • +10 Stability on City or Outpost
  • +10 Industry on Main Plaza
  • +5 Influence on Main Plaza
  • +10 Faith on Main Plaza
Mount Kilimanjaro
DLC
Cultures of Africa Pack
Mount Kilimanjaro
  • +10 Stability on City or Outpost
  • +5 Influence
  • +5 Food on Farmers Quarter
Mount Roraima Mount Roraima
  • +10 Stability on City or Outpost
  • +5 Influence
  • +3 Industry per Workers on City or Outpost
Mount Vesuvius Mount Vesuvius
  • +10 Stability on City or Outpost
  • +10 Faith on Main Plaza
  • +1 Influence per Territories under the Religion's influence
Pamukkale
DLC
Together We Rule
Pamukkale
  • +10 Stability on City or Outpost
  • +5 Influence
  • +5 Money on Market Quarter
Perito Moreno Glacier Perito Moreno Glacier
  • +10 Stability on City or Outpost
  • +5 Influence
  • +10 Money on City or Outpost
  • +5 Science on City or Outpost
Salar de Uyuni
DLC
Cultures of Latin America Pack
Salar de Uyuni
  • +10 Stability on City or Outpost
  • +3 Food per Farmers on City or Outpost
  • +2 Money per Farmers on City or Outpost
Salto Ángel
DLC
Cultures of Latin America Pack
Salto Ángel
  • +10 Stability on City or Outpost
  • +3 Influence on Commons Quarter
  • +10 Faith on Main Plaza
Uluṟu 
DLC
Cultures of Oceania Pack
Uluṟu 
  • +10 Stability on City or Outpost
  • +2 Faith on Commons Quarter
  • +10 Faith on Main Plaza
Victoria Falls
DLC
Cultures of Africa Pack
Victoria Falls
  • +10 Stability on City or Outpost
  • +5 Food on City or Outpost
  • +5 Money on City or Outpost
  • -10% Population consumption on City or Outpost
Vinicunca Vinicunca
  • +10 Stability on City or Outpost
  • +10 Food on Hamlet
  • +10 Money on Hamlet
  • +10 Industry on Hamlet
  • +10 Science on Hamlet
Whakaari Volcano
DLC
Cultures of Oceania Pack
Whakaari Volcano
  • +10 Stability on City or Outpost
  • +5 Science on Research Quarter
  • +5 Science on Coastal Water
Yellowstone Yellowstone
  • +10 Stability on City or Outpost
  • +10 Money on City or Outpost
  • +2 Science per Researchers on City or Outpost
Zuma Rock
DLC
Cultures of Africa Pack
Zuma Rock
  • +10 Stability on City or Outpost
  • +5 Fortification on City or Outpost
  • +5 Health Regeneration on Unit
  • +10 Faith on Main Plaza

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