How much food for irrigated desert in conquests?

[Sir Clive]

As far as I remember in PTW , desert produced 0 food and irrigated desert produced 1 food.

Civilopedia indicates that this has not changed in conquests

However it seems in conquests that I am getting 2 food ?

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Can anyone explain please ?

Thanks

 

[Chauliodus]

Are you playing an agricultural traited civ?

 

[Sir Clive]

Yes I am - I am playing as Iroquois.

I guess that is what makes the difference - better go back and read about agricultural traits more carefully.

Thanks Chauliodus !

 

[CIVPhilzilla]

Then you can eventually get 3 food from desert:

0 (base) + 2 (Agricultural) + 1 (Railroad) = 3 food making desert a very hospitle land.

 

[Archer 007]

Agricultural Civs get plus two food? Now thats an overpowering trait!

 

[Strider]

Originally posted by archer_007
Agricultural Civs get plus two food? Now thats an overpowering trait!

Agricultural civs get +1 food on desert squares and +1 on all city squares. That's the limit of there abilities, but still very useful.

 

[Catt]

Ag civs get +1 food on irrigated deserts. Plain desert = 0 food; irrigated desert = 2 food. Also, the city center tile produces +1 food and the despot tile penalty doesn't apply if the city is next to fresh water (lake or river), so even in despotism a city next to a river will produce 3 food from the city tile. Finally, aqueducts are half-priced for Ag civs.

 

[Grille]

beware of pun!

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Plain desert
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...and rr'ed desert tiles give 3 fpt, so agricultural civs treat (irrigated) desert tiles like a plain tile ('plain' in terms of terrain type).

So mining or irrigating a (rr'ed) desert tile offers the option to get rid off odd food surplus for agricultural civs and avoid the grow/starve problem in the late game.

 

[Selous]

do they also get the bonus +1 food in floodplains?

 

[Strider]

Originally posted by Selous
do they also get the bonus +1 food in floodplains?

No, just desert.

 

[Turner]

+1 on all terrain would have been way overpowering. . .I'm just glad it's done on desert only. Kinda makes sense. . . I mean, you wouldn't go all out on already fertile land. . .but you would on an arid terrain.

 

[Pfeffersack]

@ selous

No, but because floodplains are near rivers it seems if they do-because the despotism penalty doesn't come in.

Agricultural provides cheaper recycling centers and solar plants, too.

 

[meltone1]

Agricultural also gets aqueduct and hospital cheaper, right? I know it gets aqueduct for sure..

 

[Pfeffersack]

Aqueducts yes, don't no sure about aqueducts, but from my experience rather not.