Terrain Types
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
Terrain Heights
Tile Type | Movement Cost | Attack/Defense Bonus | Vision Bonus | Effect on Improvements |
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Hill | 1 | 1 | 1 Build Year
Mine: 60% Iron Laurion Mine: 50% Iron | |
Flat | 0.33 | Vs. Mounted (if Clear): -25% Defense (Melee Combat) | ||
Mountain | ||||
Lake | ||||
Coast | ||||
Ocean | ||||
Volcano |
Note: movement will be always a minimum cost of 1 order.
Terrain Features
Tile Feature | Defending vs Ranged |
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Clear | |
Scrub | +25% |
Trees | +25% |
Terrain Properties
Tile Property | Impact |
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Arid |
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Lush |
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Sand |
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Temperate | |
Tundra |
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Urban |
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Water |
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Names
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.
Rivers
- The Tiber
- Tigris River
- Euphrates River
- Amu Darya
- Hallacmon River
- Maritsa River
- The Nile
- White Nile
Mountains
- Caucasus Mountains
- Simien Mountains
Lakes
Tharthar Lake