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Research Technologies and Civics to increase your Settlement Cap in Civilization VII (Civ 7). Read on to learn other ways to increase Settlement Cap in this guide.
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Certain non-unique and unique Civics allow you to increase your settlement cap by 1 point. There a total of 36 civics that provide this effect when you research them.
Technology | Unlocks | Mastery |
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Garden
Garden Base Yield: +3 Food. +1 Food for each adjacent Coastal Terrain. +1 Food for each adjacent Navigable River Terrain. +1 Food for each adjacent Wonder. Antiquity Food Building. (Building)+1 Settlement Limit
Hanging Gardens
Hanging Gardens +1 Food on Farms in this Settlement. +10% Growth Rate in all Cities. +1 Expansionist Attribute Point. Ageless. Must be placed adjacent to a River. (Wonder) |
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Inn
Inn Base Yield: +3 Food. +1 Happiness. +1 Food for each adjacent Coastal Terrain. +1 for each adjacent Navigable River Terrain. +1 Food for each adjacent Wonder. Exploration and Food Happiness Building. (Building)+1 Settlement Limit
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Medieval Bridge
Medieval Bridge Base Yield: +4 Gold. Allows Land Units to move over a Navigable River without having to Embark. Cheaper to build where a Road has already formed a Ferry across the River. Exploration Gold Building. Must be placed on a Navigable River. (Building)+1 Food on Farms, Pastures, and Plantations
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Department Store
Department Store Base Yield: +5 Happiness. +1 Happiness for each adjacent Mountainous Terrain. +1 Happiness for each adjacent Natural Wonder. +1 Happiness for each adjacent Wonder. Increases the number of Resources that may be assigned to this Settlement by 1. Modern Happiness Building. (Building) Opera House
Opera House Base Yield: +5 Culture. +1 Culture for each adjacent Mountainous Terrain. +1 Culture for each adjacent Natural Wonder. +1 Culture for each adjacent Wonder. +3 Influence. Modern Culture Building. (Building)+1 Settlement Limit
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Modern Bridge
Modern Bridge Base Yield: +5 Gold. Allows Land Units to move over a Navigable River without having to Embark. Cheaper to build where a Road has already formed a Ferry across the River. Modern Gold Building. Must be placed on a Navigable River. Unaffected by Floods. (Building)+1 Production on Clay Pits and Quarries
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+1 Settlement Limit
Cannery
Cannery Base Yield: +5 Food. +1 Food for each adjacent Coastal Terrain. +1 for each adjacent Navigable River Terrain. +1 Food for each adjacent Wonder. +10% Growth Rate. Modern Food Building. (Building) Factory
Factory Base Yield: +6 Production. +1 Production for each adjacent Resource. Allows one Type of Factory Resource to be slotted in this Settlement. Increases the number of Resources that may be assigned to this Settlement by 1. Modern Resource Building. Must be in a Settlement connected to the Capital by Railroad. (Building) |
+1 Food on Food Buildings
Sabotage Shipping
Sabotage Shipping Destroy all Ports and Rail Stations in a target city. +1 Food on Fishing Boats and Pastures
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There are 4 Technologies in the Tech Tree and increase your settlement limit by 1 point after unlocking them.
Technologies and Tech Tree
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