Boosting Yields in Civilization 7: A Strategic Guide

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Improving Your Yields

In the realm of urban development in Civilization 7, managing yields is one of the key elements of gameplay. As the cities in your civilization expand across the map, you’ll have to keep an eye on various yields. These can greatly influence your gameplay outcome—separating success from failure.

So, how do yields function in Civilization 7? Whether you’re new to the franchise or a returning pro, here’s a straightforward guide to maximizing the yields from your cities.

Understanding Yields

As your civilization evolves from primitive society to advanced realms, you’ll accrue yields, which are vital resources that enhance your civilization’s stability, influencing everything from research to citizen satisfaction.

Overall, there are seven main yield types in Civilization that players should monitor closely.

Yield	Details	How To Earn Yield
Gold	This represents your civilization’s income each turn, visible in the upper left of your screen.	Tile improvements Overall production contributes to gold Specific buildings provide gold as a yield
Production	Each city generates its own production and benefits from nearby towns. Production is crucial for creating new buildings, units, and more throughout your civilization.	Tile improvements Specific buildings enhance production Upgrading nearby towns
Food	Food yield affects each individual city. Increasing food leads to population growth and expansion of city borders.	Tile improvements Specialty buildings
Science	This statistic, shown at the top left, represents the scientific progress your civilization is making, contributing to your Tech Tree advancements.	Scientific buildings like Campuses or Wonders Certain resources yield science
Culture	This statistic, also found in the upper left, shows your civilization’s cultural progress, assisting in Civic Tree research.	Cultural buildings Implementing certain social policies Some resources provide cultural yields
Happiness	Happiness is a crucial yet often overlooked resource. A positive happiness yield can enhance your civilization’s outputs, while low happiness can lead to decreased production or revolts.	Luxury buildings add happiness Social policies can improve happiness
Influence	Influence is a diplomacy-related resource used for negotiations with other civilizations. It’s helpful for trade agreements and lessening war exhaustion.	Your palace generates influence Selected policies can yield influence

Adding Yields

Screen showing your available resources in Civilization 7.

Generating each yield in Civilization 7 involves specific methods, producing varying results based on your approach and chosen leader.

Buildings that contribute to the yield.
Yield-enhancing tile improvements and resources.
Natural and man-made Wonders.

You can increase your yields across your territory by simply adding these elements to your city or town. Here are examples of how you can enhance specific yields:

Desired Yield	How To Enhance
Food	Build the Gristmill Construct the Bath
Production	Build the Sawmill Incorporate the Commune
Gold	Create a Mine Develop the Colossus Wonder

Enhancing Your Yields

The White Tower wonder being built in Civilization 7.

After constructing buildings, adopting social policies, or generating yields through various channels, there are additional techniques you can implement to further enhance your base yields.

Maximizing your yields is essential for achieving victory. Running out of turns can make long building or research times especially costly.

Improvement Method	Details
Focus on Towns	Town focuses help improve yields within towns and can also boost city production. Excess production converts into gold for other units and aspects.
Utilize Adjacency Bonuses	Some buildings and improvements gain adjacency bonuses from nearby Wonders or structures. By optimizing these adjacency bonuses, you can frequently double or triple your yield from that tile.
Employ Specialists	Specialists enhance yields in urban tiles. Each tile can house a maximum of two specialists, influenced by population growth.
Establish Unique Quarters	Quarters emerge when constructing two civilization-specific buildings on the same tile. This method of gaining yield improvements is more specialized but can be viable depending on your civilization and available buildings.
Stack Social Policies	Some social policies incrementally boost yields. Check for available policies that could enhance specific yields when unlocking new policy slots.
Overbuilding	During the ages, some buildings may lose their adjacency and yield bonuses. Overbuilding helps reclaim those bonuses on tiles you’ve previously improved each time your city population increases.

While it may be a less direct route, some social policies or effects might enhance your civilization’s happiness, culture, or science if you can acquire certain luxury resources through trade.

For instance, the Trade Winds policy yields gold and happiness for each imported resource.