Civ 6 Wonder Placement Guide
53 wondersEvery requirement on this page is read straight from the game's data files — the same versioned snapshot the adjacency calculator uses. No special restriction is listed when the game imposes none.
- Alhambra· Must be built on: Desert (Hills), Grassland (Hills), Plains (Hills), Snow (Hills), Tundra (Hills)· Must be adjacent to: EncampmentCost 710
- Amundsen-Scott Research Station· Must be built on: Snow, Snow (Hills)· Must be adjacent to: Campus (with Research Lab)Cost 1620
- Angkor Wat· Must be adjacent to: AqueductCost 710
- Apadana· Must be adjacent to your capitalCost 400
- Big Ben· Must be adjacent to a river· Must be adjacent to: Commercial Hub (with Bank)Cost 1450
- Biosphère· Must be adjacent to a river· Must be adjacent to: NeighborhoodCost 1740
- Bolshoi Theatre· Must be built on: Desert, Grassland, Plains, Snow, Tundra· Must be adjacent to: Theater SquareCost 1240
- Broadway· Must be built on: Desert, Grassland, Plains, Snow, Tundra· Must be adjacent to: Theater SquareCost 1620
- Casa de Contratación· Must be adjacent to: Government PlazaCost 920
- Chichen Itza· Must be built on: RainforestCost 710
- Colosseum· Must be built on: Desert, Grassland, Plains, Snow, Tundra· Must be adjacent to: Entertainment Complex (with Arena)Cost 400
- Colossus· Must be built on a Coast tile (not a lake)· Must be built on water adjacent to land· Must be adjacent to: HarborCost 400
- Cristo Redentor· Must be built on: Desert (Hills), Grassland (Hills), Plains (Hills), Snow (Hills), Tundra (Hills)Cost 1620
- Eiffel Tower· Must be built on: Desert, Grassland, Plains, Snow, Tundra· Must be adjacent to: City CenterCost 1620
- Estádio do Maracanã· Must be built on: Desert, Grassland, Plains, Snow, Tundra· Must be adjacent to: Entertainment Complex (with Stadium)Cost 1740
- Etemenanki· Must be built on: Marsh, Floodplains, Grassland Floodplains, Plains FloodplainsCost 220
- Forbidden City· Must be built on: Desert, Grassland, Plains, Snow, Tundra· Must be adjacent to: City CenterCost 920
- Golden Gate Bridge· Must be built on a Coast tile (not a lake)· Must be built on water adjacent to land· The bridge has to cross the tile in a straight line: the land tiles at its two ends must sit directly opposite each other, and each of the remaining two sides needs at least one water tile.Cost 1620
- Great Bath· Must be built on: Floodplains, Grassland Floodplains, Plains FloodplainsCost 180
- Great Library· Must be built on: Desert, Grassland, Plains, Snow, Tundra· Must be adjacent to: Campus (with Library)Cost 400
- Great Lighthouse· Must be built on a Coast tile (not a lake)· Must be built on water adjacent to land· Must be adjacent to: Harbor (with Lighthouse)Cost 290
- Great Zimbabwe· Must be adjacent to: Commercial Hub (with Market)· Must be adjacent to the Cattle resourceCost 920
- Hagia Sophia· Must be built on: Desert, Grassland, Plains, Snow, Tundra· Must be adjacent to: Holy Site· Requires a founded religionCost 710
- Hanging Gardens· Must be adjacent to a riverCost 180
- Hermitage· Must be adjacent to a riverCost 1450
- Huey Teocalli· Must be built on a lake tile· Must be built on water adjacent to landCost 710
- Jebel Barkal· Must be built on: Desert (Hills)Cost 400
- Kilwa Kisiwani· Must be built on: Desert, Grassland, Plains, Snow, Tundra· Must be built on land adjacent to the coastCost 710
- Kotoku-in· Must be adjacent to: Holy Site (with Temple)Cost 710
- Machu Picchu· Must be built on: Desert (Mountain), Grassland (Mountain), Plains (Mountain), Snow (Mountain), Tundra (Mountain)· The mountain must not be a volcano.Cost 400
- Mahabodhi Temple· Must be built on: Woods· Must be adjacent to: Holy Site (with Temple)· Requires a founded religionCost 400
- Mausoleum at Halicarnassus· Must be adjacent to: HarborCost 400
- Meenakshi Temple· Must be adjacent to: Holy Site· Requires a founded religionCost 710
- Mont St. Michel· Must be built on: Floodplains, Grassland Floodplains, Plains Floodplains, MarshCost 710
- Oracle· Must be built on: Desert (Hills), Grassland (Hills), Plains (Hills), Snow (Hills), Tundra (Hills)Cost 290
- Országház· Must be adjacent to a riverCost 920
- Oxford University· Must be built on: Grassland, Plains· Must be adjacent to: Campus (with University)Cost 1240
- Panama Canal· Needs flat land. Two neighbours directly opposite each other must line up: one must be a spot where a Canal district can legally connect, and the other a city, a water tile, or another tile that could hold a connecting Canal.Cost 920
- Petra· Must be built on: Desert, FloodplainsCost 400
- Potala Palace· Must be built on: Desert (Hills), Grassland (Hills), Plains (Hills), Snow (Hills), Tundra (Hills)· Must be adjacent to a mountainCost 1060
- Pyramids· Must be built on: Desert, FloodplainsCost 220
- Ruhr Valley· Must be adjacent to a river· Must be adjacent to: Industrial Zone (with Factory)Cost 1240
- St. Basil's Cathedral· Must be adjacent to: City CenterCost 920
- Statue of Liberty· Must be built on a Coast tile (not a lake)· Must be built on water adjacent to land· Must be adjacent to: HarborCost 1240
- Statue of Zeus· Must be built on: Desert, Grassland, Plains, Snow, Tundra· Must be adjacent to: Encampment (with Barracks)Cost 400
- Stonehenge· Must be built on: Desert, Grassland, Plains, Snow, Tundra· Must be adjacent to the Stone resourceCost 180
- Sydney Opera House· Must be built on a Coast tile (not a lake)· Must be built on water adjacent to land· Must be adjacent to: HarborCost 1850
- Taj Mahal· Must be adjacent to a riverCost 920
- Temple of Artemis· Must be adjacent to a CampCost 180
- Terracotta Army· Must be built on: Grassland, Plains· Must be adjacent to: Encampment (with Barracks or Stable)Cost 400
- Torre de Belém· Must be built on a Coast tile (not a lake)· Must be built on water adjacent to land· Must be adjacent to: HarborCost 920
- University of Sankore· Must be built on: Desert, Desert (Hills)· Must be adjacent to: Campus (with University)Cost 710
- Venetian Arsenal· Must be built on a Coast tile (not a lake)· Must be built on water adjacent to land· Must be adjacent to: Industrial ZoneCost 920