Specialist

A Specialist is a population of a City that has been permanently assigned to increase the yields of an Improvement by spending Civics. Cities can dedicate their Civics output to training a Specialist if there is an improvement with no specialist assigned within the city's borders and at least one Citizen in the city, or if there is an Improvement with an Apprentice or Master Specialist. Specialists still provide bonuses and penalties associated with population (e.g., +4 per population), but not those associated with Citizens (e.g., +0.1 /Turn). They are further divided into Rural and Urban Specialists. Rural Specialists provide a multiplier to the Improvement's yields as well as the tile's luxury, if any. Urban Specialists provide additional yields corresponding to the Improvement they are assigned to. All Specialists provide a small base amount of Science—1 /Turn for Rural Specialists and 2/3/4 /Turn for Urban Apprentice/Master/Elder Specialists.

In the list below, some specialists provide a bonus per citizen (/C) or per culture level of the city (/CL). CL is between 1 (Weak) and 4 (Legendary). Rural specialists are shown in green, while urban specialists are shown in yellow.

Urban specialists have three levels: Apprentice, Master and Elder. The civics cost is the base cost - this is increased by 5% per rural/apprentice specialist, 10% per master specialist and 15% per elder specialist in the city. To train a Master or Elder Specialist, the city must either have an Improvement of corresponding level or a specialist of the previous level (e.g., a Master Poet requires either an Amphitheater or an Apprentice Specialist trained on an Odeon). If the corresponding Improvement does not have multiple levels (e.g., a Shrine), then a Specialist of lower level is required.

Table of Specialists

Name	Requires	Output multiplier								Cost	Cost	Note
Farmer	Farm	150%	1				1				40
Woodcutter	Lumbermill	150%					2				40
Stonecutter	Quarry	150%			1		1				40
Miner	Mine	150%		1			1				40	Adds luxury on Salt or Gems
Rancher	Pasture	200%					1			20	60
Trapper	Camp	200%					1			20	60	Adds luxury on Fur
Gardener	Grove	200%					1			20	60	Adds luxury on Honey, Incense, Lavender, Olives or Wine
Fisher	Nets	200%					1			20	60	Adds luxury on Dyes or Pearls
A. Doctor	Cold Baths	100%	2				2			40	40
M. Doctor	Warm Baths or A. Doctor	100%	3				3 + 1/CL			60	60
E. Doctor	Heated Baths or M. Doctor	100%	4				4 + 2/CL			80	80
A. Acolyte	Shrine	100%				2	2			40	40	+1 Religion Opinion
M. Acolyte	A. Acolyte	100%				3	3	0.5		60	60	+2 Religion Opinion
E. Acolyte	M. Acolyte	100%				4	4	1		80	80	+3 Religion Opinion
A. Monk	Monastery	100%				4	2			40	40
M. Monk	A. Monk	100%			1/CL	6	3			60	60
E. Monk	M. Monk	100%			2/CL	8	4			80	80
A. Priest	Temple	100%					2			40	40	-1 Discontent, +1 Religion Opinion
M. Priest	A. Priest	100%		0.5/C			3			60	60	-1.5 Discontent, +2 Religion Opinion
E. Priest	M. Priest	100%		1/C			4			80	80	-2 Discontent, +3 Religion Opinion
A. Bishop	Cathedral	100%					2		10/CL	40	40	+1 Religion Opinion
M. Bishop	A. Bishop	100%					3	0.5	15/CL	60	60	+2 Religion Opinion
E. Bishop	M. Bishop	100%					4	1	20/CL	80	80	+3 Religion Opinion
A. Poet	Odeon	100%				3	2			40	40
M. Poet	Theater or A. Poet	100%			0.5/C	4	3			60	60
E. Poet	Ampitheater or M. Poet	100%			1/C	5	4			80	80
A. Shopkeeper	Market	100%					2		20	40	40
M. Shopkeeper	Grocer or A. Shopkeeper	100%	1/CL				3		30	60	60
E. Shopkeeper	Fair or M. Shopkeeper	100%	2/CL				4		40	80	80
A. Philosopher	Library	100%					4			40	40
M. Philosopher	Academy or A. Philosopher	100%				1/C	6			60	60
E. Philosopher	University or M. Philosopher	100%				2/C	8			80	80
A. Scribe	Courthouse	100%			2		2			40	40
M. Scribe	Ministry or A. Scribe	100%			3		3		1/C	60	60
E. Scribe	Palace or M. Scribe	100%			4		4		2/C	80	80
A. Officer	Barracks or Range	100%		2			2			40	40
M. Officer	A. Officer	100%		3			3			60	60	+20 XP for new Units
E. Officer	M. Officer	100%		4			4			80	80	+50 XP for new Units