Great Barrier Reef tip

[CultureManiac]

On a standard size pangaea map, there are five natural wonders. Occasionally, when you locate the first one, it will say there are five more to find. This is a clue that the Great Barrier Reef (which occupies 2 hexes) is one of the wonders.

Because this wonder is off the coast, it is not always found and grabbed up as early as other wonders usually are (in my experience), and sometimes you can still get it in midgame - I'm about to grab it as Spain on Turn 146, standard Deity.

I now move exploring oceans up in the priority list when I know the GBR is out there.

 

[Socrates99]

Nice, I never noticed that. That's some handy info to have especially when playing Spain since for them the GBR means 200 or 1000gp and 4 happiness.

 

[triheptyl]

Wow, good tip! I always figured the GBR took up 2 natural wonder slots.

 

[anandus]

Excellent tip! I never noticed that.

 

[mposyncckh]

I love finding the great barrier reef with Spain and picking the one with nature belief because it gives 16 faith

 

[ense7en]

duly noted

 

[BrotherInJah]

I gived another try for Spain, and started Terra standard size. Why terra? Go to astronomy be first to New Worlds NWs. Old word got two NW (GBR included so on new world there will be only three waiting for me? Terra maps are alway bigger so could be more NWs on it?

BTW i will have to go one more time, couse it ended in massive wars in Old World, with some help i took two other civ and i grew to big. How to deal with further unhappiness if i decide to grab those NW waiting form me.

 

[JanghanHong]

I gived another try for Spain, and started Terra standard size. Why terra? Go to astronomy be first to New Worlds NWs. Old word got two NW (GBR included so on new world there will be only three waiting for me? Terra maps are alway bigger so could be more NWs on it?

BTW i will have to go one more time, couse it ended in massive wars in Old World, with some help i took two other civ and i grew to big. How to deal with further unhappiness if i decide to grab those NW waiting form me.

I have a sad news, Terra maps are slightly bugged, Standard Terra are large sizes but they don't get more NW.


Try Perfect World 3 and "All civilization start in the same continent" setting, found 4 cities, tradition, grow super tall and wait until Astronomy.

 

[BrotherInJah]

Perfect World 3 look great on screens, have to try it.

Back to my game, NW generated on map was metioned earlier GBR, Gibraltar (taken by cs:/), grand mesa, uluru and old fiathful.

Question: What;s up with Gibraltar? It's seems to by an island, but when map generate a land hex next to Gibraltar no unit can enter that hex. Second time got this. Anyone..?

 

[ense7en]

Perfect World 3 look great on screens, have to try it.

Back to my game, NW generated on map was metioned earlier GBR, Gibraltar (taken by cs:/), grand mesa, uluru and old fiathful.

Question: What;s up with Gibraltar? It's seems to by an island, but when map generate a land hex next to Gibraltar no unit can enter that hex. Second time got this. Anyone..?

Yeah IIRC it's a two tile natural wonders (perhaps unintentionally)?