How do I build landmarks?

[dorn]

This has been driving me nuts. I'm sure when someone explains it I'm going to smack my forehead. Try as I might though I can not see landmarks anywhere on the tech tree. What's it take to be able to build them?

 

[anandus]

You need to have a great artist, I think, and then you can build the landmark tile improvement.

 

[Dusk]

You can't build landmarks, they're specific tiles you have to explore somewhere on the map.

 

[Strumpet]

You can't build landmarks, they're specific tiles you have to explore somewhere on the map.

Those are Natural Wonders. The first response was correct.

Great Artists can build Landmarks on a tile in your empire.

 

[Dusk]

Ah right, I got the names mixed up.

 

[richypc]

This has been driving me nuts. I'm sure when someone explains it I'm going to smack my forehead. Try as I might though I can not see landmarks anywhere on the tech tree. What's it take to be able to build them?

I went culture heavy with France, and I had 3 artists build 3 landmarks in desert tiles, since near a very good productive city and the effect it nonminal. Desert tiles had no improvements since if was pretty early game. Mind you I went culture heavy and had modifiers with social policies and wonders to improve culture and the overall effect is crap.

The great artist effect is underpowered. There was no need to culture bomb any where since I only had 3 cities and space was plenty. So I went ahead and did the landmark thing. Give me a great engineer or scientist anyday, hell even merchant.

I did a culture bomb on another civ yesterday and the leader screen popped up and he got mad, but I had the edge on him army wise so he did nothing.

 

[bigeeze]

I agree Great Artists suck. Great scientists are awesome. Haven't had an engineer yet. I'll have to try a game and just focus an hammers and engineers.