Civilization VII Update 1.3.0 - November 4, 2025

[Lord Lakely]

pirate ships have a little skull and crossed bones above the unit logo

 

[stealth_nsk]

I clicked add to library on the Steam page and it ended up just opening up Civ VII for me? I exited the game then saw that Tides of Power was already in my library / downloaded.

"Add to library" adds to library, "Download" launches the game, if I understand correctly

 

[pjotroos]

• Trade Route Range is no longer ignored when Forming an Alliance with the Kolp'um Civic researched as Silla during Antiquity Age.

Am I reading this wrong, or did they brick Silla? If this civic now only works when the capitals are within trade range of each other, I think that translates to approximately never. Surprised that didn't go under balancing pass as it's a massive nerf. Having big, productive capital was one of the main perks of playing Silla.

• (★) Commanders no longer consume all movement points when deploying all Units.

That's an excellent and very needed change.

Updated Resource Generation:

• (★) Resources should be more consistent between Ages now. If a resource is not generated in an Age, it will not appear suddenly in future Ages, nor will it disappear for an Age and then come back. For example, if you didn’t see Turtles in Antiquity, they will not appear in Exploration.

That is less excellent, and should either be an option, or applied to continuity only. The patch note even mentions they liked the world changing a little. I liked it, too. Please stop sanding off the upredictability of the era change, or just replace the overbuilding mechanic with upgrade button, if the optimal build is going to be this predictable between ages.

 

[Lord Lakely]

I've got shiiiiiiiiiiiips, they're multiplyin'

1 Kalia => four Galleys.

 

[UWHabs]

Am I reading this wrong, or did they brick Silla? If this civic now only works when the capitals are within trade range of each other, I think that translates to approximately never. Surprised that didn't go under balancing pass as it's a massive nerf. Having big, productive capital was one of the main perks of playing Silla.

Given how "quickly" from the launch of Silla it was fixed, I'm guessing that it falls under the category of bug fixes, and not balance changes.

 

[pjotroos]

Given how "quickly" from the launch of Silla it was fixed, I'm guessing that it falls under the category of bug fixes, and not balance changes.

Well, they bugfixed it into the ground regardless.

 

[marius_kaparius]

Well, they bugfixed it into the ground regardless.

Trade Hub towns should get the other capital back in range?

 

[pjotroos]

Trade Hub towns should get the other capital back in range?

You need to set those up before starting the alliance, though, otherwise it's too late. Delays it if nothing else, and opts you out of other, more beneficial town specialisations.

 

[MutilationWave]

I thought Egypt was pretty good already, although I've only played them as Hatshepsut. Now they are looking great.

The water resources that apply bonuses to all warehouse buildings are going to be killer. That plus all the other water buffs will make coastal settlements much more attractive.

 

[Eagle Pursuit]

Silla has the tradition that optimizes Trading Outposts even more, but your point is valid. The free trade routes with unlimited range were powerful and unique, and Silla is going to take a lot more thoughtfulness to play since you need to be careful that an ally is in range before you agree to the alliance

 

[Evolena]

Here are the recommended choice and unlock links for Edward Teach, Republic of Pirates and Tonga:

Note that both Himiko-Tonga and Rizal-Tonga links are labelled as Geographic, but the tooltip on the unlock screen uses a "strategic" wording.

 

[queenpea]

Here are the recommended choice and unlock links for Edward Teach, Republic of Pirates and Tonga:

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Note that both Himiko-Tonga and Rizal-Tonga links are labelled as Geographic, but the tooltip on the unlock screen uses a "strategic" wording.

Why do the Pirates unlock France?

And why can't I just build a freaking château in this game?

Thank you for your quick work with the charts. They are always fun to look at.

 

[Ryansinbela]

What are the IPs that replace Tonga and Flying Gang

 

[Tuvok694]

Playing as Tonga, I just noticed that my (antiquity) naval units now heal on neutral coastal territory. Does this applay to all civs or just Tonga or "pirate ships"?
(And by the way: It's so much fun playing archipelago map and explore the whole world with those unique scouts!)

 

[SeelingCat]

What are the IPs that replace Tonga and Flying Gang

Vanuatu/Teouma and Vandals/Hippo Regius

 

[pjotroos]

Here are the recommended choice and unlock links for Edward Teach, Republic of Pirates and Tonga:

Aksum to Pirates is a wild "historic" path.

 

[Ryansinbela]

Vanuatu/Teouma and Vandals/Hippo Regius

Is Vandals in Exploration or Antiquity

 

[Ryansinbela]

Anyways what do you think will replace Ottoman

 

[Evolena]

Why do the Pirates unlock France?

The reason doesn't seem to be in the game files (I can find those for the unlocks between base game civs, and in some DLC, but not here, only the generic "Play as Republic of Pirates.").
I can only guess that there was also a bunch of French pirates/corsairs, especially from Saint-Malo.

 

[Evolena]

Aksum to Pirates is a wild "historic" path.

Civ to civ unlocks don't have a strategic/historic/geographic label. And as for French Empire, I can't find a "reason" wording.
But I guess something related to similar gameplay.

Anyways what do you think will replace Ottoman

Ottoman IP is in Exploration age, so probably nothing if these as a civ are in Modern?