Where the fighting is taking place. You will gain less war weariness when fighting battles in your own territory as opposed to fighting in neutral lands or enemy territory.
The type of war you fight. Fighting a war through a Casus Belli or a Holy War will cause you to gain weariness slower than declaring a Surprise War.
Fighting against India when their leader is Gandhi. His unique leader bonusSatyagraha causes aggressors to receive double the war weariness they would usually gain for all actions against India.
The Great AdmiralJoaquim Marques Lisboa. Retiring him will cause you to gain 25% less war weariness than you would usually gain for all actions.
The war weariness is not attributed to declaring war, but to actions performed in a war by you or the enemy. If the war drags on and the fighting is intense, the WW in your cities will severely reduce amenities, perhaps causing revolts.
These are:
Engaging another unit or city in combat. This is a basic increase to war weariness. It is applied regardless of whether you were the attacker or defender.
Losing a unit in combat. You will gain more war weariness for losing a unit in combat than simply attacking or defending. This gain is applied for losing civilian units such as a Builder or Settler as well as combat units such as a Warrior and Archer.
Firing a nuclear weapon or being the target of one will cause war weariness. Firing it will cause more than being the recipient and carries the most severe penalty in the game. Firing one on yourself, therefore being the aggressor and target, will cause you to gain weariness for being both.
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