Great People return in Civilization 7, albeit with a fresh twist. Rather than earning them when you gain enough points of their particular caliber, you can “create” them yourself if you have a civilization which offers them as a unique unit. To be more precise, you create that type of unique unit; the actual Great Person you’ll receive is randomly selected from within its unit’s list.
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Perhaps more than any other Civilization 7 guide in our coverage, this article is a work in progress. We have to experience each Great Person for ourselves before we can tell you what they are, of course, and that means exhausting each civ’s ten-plus options! Pardon our dust in the meantime.
All Great People In Civilization 7
Mexico (Revolucionarios)
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Name |
Effect |
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Amelio Robles Avila |
Activate on a Zocalo to grant two free Soldaderas with +3 Combat Strength. |
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Vicente Guerrero |
Activate on the Palace to immediately trigger a Celebration. |
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Miguel Hidalgo |
Activate in a Town’s District to grant a free Infantry Unit on every Land District in that Town. (Must be completed on Urban.) |
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Pancho Villa |
Activate on an Army Commander. When a unit within that Commander’s radius defeats an enemy unit, gain gold equal to 25 percent of its Combat Strength. |
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Petra Herrera |
Activate on an Army Commander. All Soldaderas units within the Command Radius gain +3 Combat Strength. |
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Jose Maria Morelos |
Activate on an Army Commander. Heals all units in its Command Radius. |
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Benito Juarez |
Activate on a Zocalo to gain a Policy Slot. |
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Emiliano Zapata |
Activate on a City Center to gain +1 Culture to all Farms in the Settlement. |
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Angela Jimenez |
Activate on an Army Commander to gain +10 Culture for every Promotion it has. |
Spain
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Name |
Effect |
|---|---|
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Ferdinand Magellan |
Activate in Distant Lands on a Fleet Commander. The unit receives +2 Movement and +2 Line of Sight. |
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Francisco Pizarro |
Activate in Distant Lands on an Army Commander. The unit receives +2 Infantry Units and +1 Cavalry Unit. (Must have three empty slots in order for them to spawn.) |
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Christopher Columbus |
Activate in Distant Lands on a Water Tile. Reveals the map, with the exception of the interior portions of Distant Lands. |
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Hernando de Soto |
Activate on Distant Lands on any tile owned by an Independent Power. The Independent Power converts to a City-State with you as its Suzerain. |
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Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca |
Activate in Distant Lands on or adjacent to a Natural Wonder. Gain 200 Gold for each Natural Wonder tile here or adjacent. (Gold amount is altered based on game speed.) |
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Hernan Cortes |
Activate in Distant Lands on an Army Commander. The unit receives +3 Infantry Units. (Must have three empty slots in order for them to spawn.) |
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Francisco de Orellana |
Activate in Distant Lands on a Navigable River. Receive 50 Gold for every tile on this river. (Gold amount is altered based on game speed.) |
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Juan Ponce de Leon |
Activate in Distant Lands on any Water Tile. Treasure Fleets gain +1 Movement. |
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Ines Suarez |
Activate in Distant Lands on any eligible settlement location. Creates a new Town. |
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Miguel Lopez de Legapzi |
Activate in Distant Lands on an Army Commander. The unit receives +2 Ranged Units and +1 Infantry Unit. (Must have three empty slots in order for them to spawn.) |
Han China
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Name |
Effect |
|---|---|
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Zhang Heng |
Activate on an Academy to gain +4 Science for it. |
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Huo Qubing |
Activate on an Army Commander. The unit gains one free Promotion. |
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Shang Yang |
Activate on the Palace to gain +3 Influence for it. |
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Mozi |
Activate on the Capital to gain +1 Population. |
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Mencius |
Activate on a Science Building to gain a free Technology. |
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Shen Buhai |
Activate on the Capital to trigger a Celebration. |
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Laozi |
Activate on a Constructible with an open Great Work slot to gain the Tao Te Ching. |
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Ban Zhao |
Activate on a Constructible with a Great Work slot to gain the Book of Han. |
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Xun Kuang |
Activate in a City to gain +1 Science to all Codices within that City. |
French Empire
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Name |
Effect |
|---|---|
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Jean-Paul Marat |
Activate on the Palace to add +1 Culture on Quarters. |
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Olympe de Gouges |
Activate on the Palace to gain +1 Science on Quarters. |
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Jacque Pierre Brissot |
Activate on the Palace to grant all Combat Units +2 Combat Strength. |
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Jacque Nicolas Billaud-Varenne |
Activate on the Palace to grant all Land Units +3 Combat Strength in Districts. |
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Paul Barras |
Activate on the Palace to increase all Support Effects from Diplomatic Actions by 10 percent. |
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Maximilien Robespierre |
Activate on the Palace to unlock a new Tradition, Reign of Terror. +3 Culture in Quarters, but -25 percent Growth Rate in Cities. |
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Georges Danton |
Activate on the Palace to trigger a Celebration. |
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Camille Desmoulins |
Activate on any City’s District to add +1 Happiness to all Quarters in that City. |
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Louis Antoine de Saint-Just |
Activate on an Army Commander. Changes the unit’s name to Archangel of Terror. Units within its Command Radius gain +4 Combat Strength. |
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Etta Palm d’Aelders |
Activate on the Palace or a City Hall to add +10 Happiness to the Building. |
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