Ultimate Civilization 7 Buildings Table Guide (Unlock, Cost, and Functions)

By Dillan | February 11th, 2025 | Categories: Others

CIV 7 retains or adopted many features from previous games, but they did get some enormous adjustments for this entry. Buildings are changing to accommodate the significant rework in Civ 7’s gameplay. If you don’t want to get caught off guard, this guide will help you understand how each building works in Civilization 7.

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All Civilization VII Building Type

Civ 7 features seven building types, each providing various bonuses to your civilization. You’ll need to know which types you need within your cities and how to group them up to maximize their effectiveness.

Culture Buildings
- Function: Provides various bonuses
- Best Placement: +1 from placing adjacent to mountains, Wonders, and Natural Wonders
- Best Quarter: Same Quarter as Happiness Buildings
Food Building
- Function: Generate food and help with Growth Rate and Happiness
- Best Placement: +1 from placing adjacent to Coast, Navigable Rivers, and Wonders
- Best Quarter: Same Quarter as Gold Buildings
Gold Buildings
- Function: Builds economy and helps with Resource slots. Bridges allow crossing rivers
- Best Placement: +1 from placing adjacent to Coast, Navigable Rivers, and Wonders
- Best Quarter: Same Quarter as Food Buildings
Happiness Buildings
- Function: Triggers Celebrations and helps avoid Unrest
- Best Placement: +1 from placing adjacent to mountains, Wonders, and Natural Wonders
- Best Quarter: Same Quarter as Cultural Buildings
Military and Production Buildings
- Function: Provide various bonuses
- Best Placement: +1 from placing adjacent to Resources and Wonders
- Best Quarter: Same Quarter as Science Buildings
Science Buildings
- Function: Provide various bonuses
- Best Placement: +1 from placing adjacent to Resources and Wonders
- Best Quarter: Same Quarter as Military and Productions Buildings
Warehouse Buildings
- Function: +1 of the corresponding yield to improvements in the settlement and provides permanent bonuses that stack
- Best Placement: None
- Best Quarter: None

All Civilization 7 Buildings Guide

Culture Buildings

Buildings	Age	Production Cost	Maintenance Cost	Unlocks With	Base Yield	Extra
Monument	Antiquity	90 Production	2 Happiness and 2 Gold	3 Tech Tree Depth on Masonry	2	+1 Influence
Amphitheatre	Antiquity	195 Production	2 Happiness and 2 Gold	5 Tech Tree Depth on Engineering	4	10% Production to Wonders and keeps yield with the Golden Age Amphitheatre legacy path
Kiln	Exploration	200 Production	3 Happiness and 3 Gold	2 Tech Tree Depth on Guilds	4	10% Production to Wonders
Pavillion	Exploration	250 Production	3 Happiness and 3 Gold	4 Tech Tree Depth on Architecture	5	–
Museum	Modern	550 Production	4 Happiness and 4 Gold	1 Civic Tree Depth on Natural History	5	3 Artifact Slots
Opera House	Modern	600 Production	4 Happiness and 4 Gold	2 Tech Tree Depth on Urbanization	6	+3 Influence

Food Building

Buildings	Age	Production Cost	Maintenance Cost	Unlocks With	Base Yield	Extra
Garden	Antiquity	90 Production	2 Gold	3 Tech Tree Depth on Irrigation	3	+1 Influence
Bath	Antiquity	130 Production	2 Happiness and 2 Gold	4 Tech Tree Depth on Currency	4	10% Growth Rate when built on River
Wharf	Exploration	175 Production	3 Happiness and 3 Gold	1 Tech Tree Depth on Cartography	4	15% Growth Rate
Inn	Exploration	200 Production	3 Gold	2 Tech Tree Depth on Feudalism	3	+2 Happiness
Hospital	Exploration	250 Production	3 Happiness and 3 Gold	5 Tech Tree Depth on Uban Planning	5	2 Resource Slots
Mass Production	Modern	600 Production	4 Happiness and 4 Gold	3 Tech Tree Depth on Mass Production	5	10% Growth Rate
Tenement	Modern	650 Production	4 Happiness and 4 Gold	3 Tech Tree Depth on Radio	6	+1 for Adjacency

Gold Buildings

Buildings	Age	Production Cost	Maintenance Cost	Unlocks With	Base Yield	Extra
Market	Antiquity	90 Production	2 Happiness	4 Tech Tree Depth on Currency	5	1 Resource Slot
Lighthouse	Antiquity	130 Production	3 Happiness	5 Tech Tree Depth on Navigation	5	2 Resource Slots
Ancient Bridge	Antiquity	100 Production	2 Happiness	5 Tech Tree Depth on Engineering II	5	Allows River Crossing without Embarking
Bazaar	Exploration	175 Production	3 Happiness	Age Start	3	1 Resource Slot
Guildhall	Exploration	200 Production	3 Happiness	5 Tech Tree Depth on Guilds	4	+2 Influence
Bank	Exploration	250 Production	3 Happiness	5 Tech Tree Depth on Urban Planning	5	–
Medieval Bridge	Exploration	200 Production	3 Happiness	2 Tech Tree Depth on Feudalism II	4	Allows River Crossing without Embarking
Port	Modern	550 Production	4 Happiness	1 Tech Tree Depth on Steam Engine	5	1 Resource Slot
Stock Exchange	Modern	650 Production	4 Happiness	2 Tech Tree Depth on Electricity	6	–
Rail Station	Modern	650 Production	4 Happiness	2 Tech Tree Depth on Industrialization	8	10% Production to Land Buildings
Modern Bridge	Modern	550 Production	4 Happiness	2 Tech Tree Depth on Urbanization II	6	Allows River Crossing without Embarking

Happiness Buildings

Buildings	Age	Production Cost	Maintenance Cost	Unlocks With	Base Yield	Extra
Altar	Antiquity	90 Production	2 Gold	2 Civic Tree Depth on Mysticism	–	Receive/Allow bonus based on Pantheon following
Villa	Antiquity	120 Production	2 Gold	4 Tech Tree Depth on The Wheel	3	+2 Influence
Arena	Antiquity	195 Production	2 Gold	5 Tech Tree Depth on Military Training	6	–
Temple	Exploration	200 Production	3 Gold	1 Civic Tree Depth on Piety	4	1 Relic Slot and allows recruitment of Missionaries
Menagerie	Exploration	250 Production	3 Gold	4 Tech Tree Depth on Exploration	5	+1 Happiness on Camps and Pastures
City Park	Modern	500 Production	4 Gold	Age Start	4	+1 Happiness on Vegetations
Department Store	Modern	600 Production	4 Gold	2 Tech Tree Depth on Urbanization	5	1 Resource Slot
Radio Station	Modern	700 Production	4 Gold	3 Tech Tree Depth on Radio	6	+4 Influence

Military and Production Buildings

Buildings	Age	Production Cost	Maintenance Cost	Unlocks With	Base Yield	Extra
Barracks	Antiquity	90 Production	2 Happiness and 2 Gold	4 Tech Tree Depth on Bronze Working	2	10% Production to Land Units (Military Building)
Engineering	Antiquity	130 Production	2 Happiness and 2 Gold	5 Tech Tree Depth on Engineering	3	–
Armorer	Exploration	200 Production	3 Happiness and 3 Gold	3 Tech Tree Depth on Metallurgy	4	10% Production to Land Units (Military Building)
Shipyard	Exploration	200 Production	3 Happiness and 3 Gold	3 Tech Tree Depth on Shipbuilding	5	10% Production to Naval Units (Military Building)
Dungeon	Exploration	200 Production	3 Happiness and 3 Gold	2 Tech Tree Depth on Castles	5	+2 Influence (Production Building)
Military Academy	Modern	550 Production	4 Happiness and 4 Gold	1 Tech Tree Depth on Military Science	5	Free level to new Commanders (Military Buildings)
Aerodrome	Modern	700 Production	4 Happiness and 4 Gold	3 Tech Tree Depth on Flight	8	Allows training of Air Units but Occupies Full tile (Military Building)
Factory	Modern	600 Production	4 Happiness and 4 Gold	3 Tech Tree Depth on Mass Production	6	1 Resource Slot and can slot one type of factory resource (Production Building)

Science Buildings

Buildings	Age	Production Cost	Maintenance Cost	Unlocks With	Base Yield	Extra
Library	Antiquity	90 Production	2 Happiness and 2 Gold	3 Tech Tree Depth on Writing	2	2 Codex Slots
Academy	Antiquity	195 Production	2 Happiness and 2 Gold	6 Tech Tree Depth on Mathematics	4	3 Codex Slots and keeps yield in Exploration with the Golden Age Academy legacy path
Observatory	Exploration	200 Production	3 Happiness and 3 Gold	1 Tech Tree Depth on Astronomy	4	–
University	Exploration	200 Production	3 Happiness and 3 Gold	3 Tech Tree Depth on Education	5	Keeps yield in Exploration with Golden Age University legacy path
Schoolhouse	Modern	550 Production	4 Happiness and 4 Gold	1 Tech Tree Depth on Academics	5	–
Laboratory	Modern	650 Production	4 Happiness and 4 Gold	2 Tech Tree Depth on Electricity	6	–

Warehouse Buildings

Buildings	Age	Production Cost	Maintenance Cost	Unlocks With	Base Yield	Add Yields to
Granary	Antiquity	55 Production	–	1 Tech Tree Depth on Agriculture	1 Food	1 Food (Farms, Pastures, and Plantations)
Fishing Quay	Antiquity	55 Production	–	2 Tech Tree Depth on Sailing	1 Food	1 Food (Fishing Boats)
Saw Pit	Antiquity	55 Production	–	2 Tech Tree Depth on Animal Husbandry	1 Production	1 Production (Camps and Woodcutters)
Brickyard	Antiquity	55 Production	–	2 Tech Tree Depth on Pottery	1 Production	1 Production (Mines, Quarries, and Clay Pits)
Stonecutter	Exploration	175 Production	–	Age Start	3 Production	1 Production (Mines and Quarries)
Gristmill	Exploration	175 Production	–	1 Tech Tree Depth on Machinery	3 Food	1 Food (Farms, Pastures, and Plantations)
Sawmill	Exploration	175 Production	–	1 Tech Tree Depth on Machinery	3 Production	1 Production (Camps and Woodcutters)
Grocer	Modern	500 Production	–	Age Start	4 Food	1 Food (Farms, Pastures, Plantations, Camps, Fishing Boats, and uncultivated ruralties)
Ironworks	Modern	500 Production	–	1 Tech Tree Depth on Steam Engine	4 Production	1 Production (Mines, Quarries, Clay Pits, and Woodcutters)