The map on which players play in Old World is filled with geography inspired by real-world Earth and, as such, will contain many familiar features, including mountains, rivers, grasslands, volcanoes - among others. Here we list the effect of the various features.
Terrain[edit]
Terrain Heights[edit]
Tile Type
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Movement Cost
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Attack/Defense Bonus
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Vision Bonus
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Effect on Improvements
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Hill
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1
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+1
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- +1 Build Year
- Mine: +60% Iron
- Laurion Mine: +50% Iron
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Flat
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0.33
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Vs. Mounted (if Clear): -25% Defense (Melee Combat)
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Mountain
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+2
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- Quarry (Adjacent): +40% Stone
- Shrine of Ereshkigal (Adjacent): +100% Culture
- Shrine of Osiris (Adjacent): +100% Culture
- Shrine of Hades (Adjacent): +100% Culture
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Lake
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Coast
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Ocean
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Volcano
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+2
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- Farm (Adjacent): +40% Food
- Quarry (Adjacent): +40% Stone
- Shrine of Ereshkigal (Adjacent): +100% Culture
- Shrine of Osiris (Adjacent): +100% Culture
- Shrine of Hades (Adjacent): +100% Culture
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Note: movement will be always a minimum cost of 1 order.
Terrain Features[edit]
Tile Feature
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Defending vs Ranged
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Clear
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Scrub
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+25%
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Trees
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+25%
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Terrain Properties[edit]
Tile Property
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Impact
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Arid
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- Farm: -40% Food
- Quarry: +20% Stones
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Lush
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Sand
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Temperate
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Tundra
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Urban
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- can only have Urban Improvements
- spreads Borders
- supports 2 Population
- can only have Urban Improvements
- Siege +50% (seems to be a malus against defender)
- Infantry Defence +25%
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Water
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- Defending (if own Territory) +25%
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In order to give more life to these features, some of them have been given names - as was done previously also in Civilization VI - though it does not affect gameplay. Here we list all known names for these features. They seem to appear randomly.
- The Tiber
- Tigris River
- Euphrates River
- Amu Darya
- Hallacmon River
- Maritsa River
- The Nile
- White Nile
- Aufidas River
Mountains[edit]
- Caucasus Mountains
- Simien Mountains
- Paropamisadae
- Tharthar Lake
- Lake of Tunis
- Toshka Lakes
- Lake Oubeira
Forests[edit]