Civilization IV: National Wonders

Civilization IV has 41 World Wonders (including the seven religious shrines) and 14 National Wonders. Like in Civ3, World Wonders may be built by only one civilization and National Wonders (also known as small wonders) may be built by every civilization. The effects of small wonders are usually more city-specific and you can build at most two small wonders per city. There is no restriction on the number of World Wonders you can build in a city. Each time you finish building a World Wonder, there is a short movie clip showing the wonder being built.

Civilization IV also introduced a new class of buildings called Projects. A few examples are the Apollo Program and The Internet. The main difference between projects and wonders is that projects cannot be rushed in any way, while wonders can be rushed (by forest chopping, gold, etc). Projects are classified into World Projects and Team Projects.

National Wonders (14):

NOTE: Most national wonders require several of a certain city improvement. For example, in order to build Globe Theatre on a standard size map, you need to have built 6 theatres. The bigger the map size, the higher the number required. All of the following numbers below assume a standard size map at normal game speed. The information is accurate as of Beyond the Sword, version 3.13.

Graphic	National Wonder	Effects
	Forbidden Palace Cost: 200 Culture: 4 Great People Points: 1 Requires: 6 courthouses and 8 cities	Reduces maintenance in nearby cities City more likely to generate Great Spy
	Globe Theatre Cost: 300 Culture: 6 Great People Points: 1 Requires: Drama and 6 theatres	No from this city. Can turn 3 citizens into artist City more likely to generate Great Artist
	HermitageCost: 300 (Double Production Speed w/ Marble) Culture: none Great People Points: 1 Requires: Nationalism	+100% culture in this city City more likely to generate Great Artist
	Heroic Epic Cost: 200 (Double Production Speed w/ Marble) Culture: 4 Great People Points: 1 Requires: Literature, Barracks, and a unit of level 4 experience	+100% military unit production in this city City more likely to generate Great Artist Can only be built on Renaissance and earlier starts
	IronworksCost: 700 Unhealthy: 2 Great People Points: 1 Requires: Steel and 6 forges	+50% hammers with Coal +50% hammers with Iron Can turn 3 citizens into Engineer City more likely to generate Great Engineer
	Moai Statues Cost: 250 (Double Production Speed w/ Stone) Culture: 2 Great People Points: 1 Requires: Sailing	+1 hammer on water tiles in this city City more likely to generate Great Prophet
	Mt. Rushmore Cost: 500 (Double Production Speed w/ Stone) Culture: 4 Great People Points: 1 Requires: Fascism	-25% War in all cities City more likely to generate Great Artist
	National Epic Cost: 250 (Double Production Speed w/ Marble) Culture: 4 Great People Points: 1 Requires: Literature and a Library	+100% Great People birth rate in this city City more likely to generate Great Artist Can only be built on Renaissance and earlier starts
	National ParkCost: 300 Culture: 3 Great People Points: 1 Requires: Biology	No unhealthiness in this city from population Removes access to coal for this city +1 free specialist for each forest preserve in this city’s tiles City more likely to generate Great Scientist
	Oxford University Cost: 400 (Double Production Speed w/ Stone) Culture: 4 Great People Points: 1 Requires: Education and 6 universities	+100% research in this city Can turn 3 citizens into Scientist City more likely to generate Great Scientist
	PalaceCost: 160 Culture: 2 Happy: +1 Requires: at least 6 cities	Makes this city the capital Reduces maintenance in nearby cities Yields 8 commerce and 4 espionage points
	Red CrossCost: 600 Culture: 2 Great People Points: 1 Requires: Medicine and 6 hospitals	Free Medic I promotion for units built in this city City more likely to generate Great Scientist
	Wall Street Cost: 600 Great People Points: 1 Requires: Corporation and 6 banks	+100% gold in this city Can turn 3 citizens into Merchant City more likely to generate Great Merchant
	West Point Cost: 800 (Double Production Speed w/ Stone) Great People Points: 1 Requires: Military Tradition and a unit of level 6 experience	New units receive +4 experience points City more likely to generate Great Spy

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