Age Of Abundance is the first Challenge Of The Month released inCivilization 6.Playable until July 15, 2025, it puts players in charge of Greece as Pericles. The map is the same each time you play, so once you’re familiar with the territory you can try the challenge again for a faster time and better score.
If you want to put up the best possible numbers in the Hall Of Fame, this guide has tons of useful information including where to settle, what to build, and how to claim victory as soon as possible.
Getting Started In Age Of Abundance
Players start the Age of Abundance with two cities; their capital, Athens, on a river, and Argos on the coast to the northwest. Both have aMonument, Granary, and Ancient Wallspre-built, as will any cities that you settle. Athens has one Builder ready to work and a population of seven, while Argos has two population and a Trader.
You also start withevery Technology and Civicfrom the Ancient, Classical, and Medieval Erasto give you a head start.
Mogadishu, your neighbor to the immediate north, can bevassalized right awayto get some extra money, protect your naval trade routes, and give you animmediate Culture boostthanks to Pericles' Leader Ability. Try to fulfill their initial quest to save on Envoys, anddon’t send more than three totaluntil you can take advantage of their tier-three bonus.
Start by placing an Acropolis in both of your cities; if youzone them on the hills facing the area between the two cities, they’ll get their unique bonus for being next to the City Center, and you can fill the gap between them with other Districts or Wonders later.
You start with lots of Gold in the bank but little income - spend the starting cash to getScouts, Galleys, and Settlersinto play. The faster you settle more cities, the sooner you’ll be able to reap the benefits.
As you expand, attempt to have anAcropolis and Commercial Hubin each city, andone to two each of Campuses and Holy Sitesto keep your growth on pace. The main purpose of generating Faith is to getNaturalists; you don’t need to found a Religion to win this scenario, but it can help.
Where Should You Settle In Age Of Abundance?
Your first priority should befully settling your home continent.You don’t have to share it with any other players, and if you lock down the entire landmass, you’ll never have to. Athens and Argos will both grow large enough to the north that you canmostly focus on settling to the south, along the river and the western coast.
Once you have theExplorationCivic and can start venturing out to sea, you cansettle smaller cities on foreign continentsto generate extra Gold, Science, and Culture. The purpose of these cities is tosupport your mainlandand tolock down resources and Natural Wonders.
The most important Natural Wonder on the map isYosemite Valley, located near the southern edge of the map on the continenteast of your starting position.Claim it before anyone else does so that you cancreate a National Parkthere once you’ve researched Conservation.
How To Get Tourism In Age Of Abundance
Only a Culture Victory is allowed in this scenario, so everything you do should be angled towardgenerating as much Tourism as possible.Early on, that meansbuilding and upgrading Acropolito create and store Great Works. Build up your Gold economy at the same time so that you canhurry important projectsandpurchase Great Works and Relics from other players.
Age Of Abundance doesn’t use any DLC content. For longtime players, that means lots of options you’ve grown accustomed to won’t be available.
In particular, youcannot recruit Rock Bandsin this scenario, so all your Tourism will have to come from Great Works and Wonders.
The map is positively stacked with resources of all types -use the prevalence of Luxuries to get a high Amenity count, which you can bolster further byplacing your Entertainment Complexesto allow their Zoos and Stadiums to affect as many cities as possible.
Once your economy, growth, and production are in a good place,build two to three Art Museumsand put Archaeological Museums in any remaining cities. Most of the Great Works of Art available in this scenario arePortraits, Landscapes, and Sculptures. Trade with other civilizations to get the theming bonuses for Portraits and Landscapes, then hoard Sculptures in your third Museum and the Hermitage to keep Kongo from getting them.
Mvemba a Nzinga of the Kongo is likely to be your primary competitor for a Culture Victory on most runs, thanks to his large cities and Nkisi bonus.
How To Win Age Of Abundance
By the Atomic Era, you’ll need to shift your strategy entirely togrowth and Tourism.This is the point where you’ll start building Wonders - zone them early, thenswitch to the Skyscrapers Policy- and build as many as you may in a short time. The most important ones areCristo Redentor, Hermitage, Broadway, andthe Bolshoi Theater.Chichen Itza is also a good choice for therainforests north of your capital.
Don’t forget about Pericles' Culture bonus for each City-State vassal! The City-States on this map are all Trade and Cultural, so attempt to get Suzerainty over as many as possible.
If your Science has been lagging behind,build and expand Campuses to catch up. TheComputerstechnology, whichdoubles your total Tourism, is absolutely essential to victory here. Send Spies to steal Tech Boosts, Great Works, or money frequently.
Your endgame push will center around theHeritage TourismandOnline CommunitiesPolicies; get open borders and trade routes with everyone you can, especially opponents with a high Tourism output of their own.
This scenario has some unique Great People - be on the lookout for a Great Engineer that lets your Industrial Zone buildings grant Tourism!
It’s likely in the late game that one or more opponents will declare war on you to try and prevent your victory. Even a small navy should be enough to keep them away from your continent, so don’t worry too much if this happens.
Once your Tourism growth starts, the key is just to maintain momentum while buying up more Great Works until you reach the threshold for victory.
