Great People return inCivilization 7, albeit with a fresh twist. Rather than earning them when you gain enough points of their particular caliber, you’re able to “create” them yourself if you have a civilization which offers them as a unique unit. To be more precise, you create that type of unique unit; the actual Great Person you’ll receive is randomly selected from within its unit’s list.
It’s pretty easy once you get the hang of it… but you might want to know what you’re getting intobeforeyou begin cranking them out. After all, spawning Great People costs valuable time. Here’s what each of them does; you decide whether they’re worth it!
Perhaps more than any other Civilization 7 guide in our coverage,this article is a work in progress. We have to experience each Great Person for ourselves before we can tell you what they are, of course, and that means exhausting each civ’s ten-plus options! Pardon our dust in the meantime.
Activate on the Palace to immediately trigger aCelebration.
Miguel Hidalgo
Activate in a Town’s District to grant afree Infantry Unit on every Land District
in that Town. (Must be completed on Urban.)
Pancho Villa
Activate on anArmy Commander.When a unit within that Commander’s radius
defeats an enemy unit, gaingoldequal to 25 percent of its Combat Strength.
Activate on anArmy Commander.AllSoldaderasunits within the Command Radius
gain +3 Combat Strength.
Jose Maria Morelos
Activate on anArmy Commander. Heals all units in its Command Radius.
Activate on aZocaloto gaina Policy Slot.
Emiliano Zapata
Activate on aCity Centerto gain+1 Cultureto all Farms in the Settlement.
Effect
Ferdinand Magellan
Activate inDistant Landson aFleet Commander. The unit receives+2 Movementand+2 Line of Sight.
Francisco Pizarro
Activate inDistant Landson anArmy Commander. The unit receives+2 Infantry Unitsand+1 Cavalry Unit. (Must have three empty slots in order for them to spawn.)
Christopher Columbus
Activate inDistant Landson aWater Tile. Reveals themap, with the exception of the interior portions of Distant Lands.
Hernando de Soto
Activate onDistant Landson any tile owned by anIndependent Power. The Independent Power converts to aCity-Statewith you as its Suzerain.
Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
Activate inDistant Landson or adjacent to aNatural Wonder. Gain200 Goldfor each Natural Wonder tile here or adjacent. (Gold amount is altered based on game speed.)
Hernan Cortes
Activate inDistant Landson anArmy Commander.The unit receives +3Infantry Units. (Must have three empty slots in order for them to spawn.)
Francisco de Orellana
Activate inDistant Landson aNavigable River. Receive50 Goldfor every tile on this river. (Gold amount is altered based on game speed.)
Activate inDistant Landson any eligible settlement location. Creates anew Town.
Miguel Lopez de Legapzi
Activate inDistant Landson anArmy Commander.The unit receives +2Ranged Unitsand +1Infantry Unit.(Must have three empty slots in order for them to spawn.)
Activate on theCapitalto trigger aCelebration.
Laozi
Activate on aConstructiblewith an open Great Work slot to gain theTao Te Ching.
Ban Zhao
Activate on aConstructiblewith a Great Work slot to gain theBook of Han.
Activate on thePalaceto grant allLand Units+3 Combat Strength in Districts.
Paul Barras
Activate on thePalaceto increase all Support Effects fromDiplomatic Actionsby 10 percent.
Maximilien Robespierre
Activate on thePalaceto unlock a newTradition, Reign of Terror.+3 Culturein Quarters, but-25 percent Growth Ratein Cities.
Activate on thePalaceto trigger aCelebration.
Camille Desmoulins
Activate on anyCity’s Districtto add+1 Happinessto all Quarters in that City.
Louis Antoine de Saint-Just
Activate on anArmy Commander. Changes the unit’s name to Archangel of Terror. Units within its Command Radius gain+4 Combat Strength.
