Civilization Revolution/Units

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Units in Civilization Revolution represent a mobile troop of soldiers, most of which are capable of combat in some form. Units are essential to expanding an empire, defending existing cities, and conquering opposing armies and cities. They are typically built at cities, although they may also be gained through the discovery of friendly villages, Mysterious Artifacts or several other uncommon methods.

Unit Listing

The following is a list of all standard units available in the game. Certain civilizations may replace one of these standard units with its own Special Unit, but the statistics remain unchanged unless the civilization also has a bonus to that specific unit. To aid in the conciseness of the table, properties and abilities of the units have been abbreviated into classifications. The explanations of these classifications are located below the table.

	Attack	Defense	Move	Cost	Classifications	Required Tech	Obsolesced by*
Infantry
Warrior	1	1	1	10	Melee	None	Legion
Archer	1	2	1	10	Ranged	Bronze Working (1)	Pikemen
Legion	2	1	1	10	Melee	Iron Working (2)	Riflemen
Pikemen	1	3	1	15	Melee	Democracy (4)	Riflemen
Riflemen	3	5	1	20	Ranged	Gunpowder (6)	Modern Infantry
Modern Infantry	4	8	1	30	Ranged	Mass Production (8)	Nothing
Assault
Horsemen	2	1	2	20	Melee	Horseback Riding (1)	Knight
Knight	4	2	2	25	Melee	Feudalism (5)	Tank
Tank	10	6	3	50	Melee	Combustion (7)	Nothing
Siege
Catapult	4	1	1	20	Siege	Mathematics (3)	Cannon
Cannon	6	2	1	30	Siege	Metallurgy (6)	Artillery
Artillery	16	2	2	50	Siege	The Automobile (8)	Nothing
Naval
Galley	1	1	2	30	Transport, Scouts, Coastal	None	Galleon
Galleon	2	2	3	30	Transport, Scouts	Navigation (4)	Cruiser
Cruiser	6	6	5	40	Transport, Support	Steam Power (6)	Nothing
Battleship	12	18	4	80	Transport, Support	Steel (7)	Nothing
Submarine	12	2	2	25	<?>	Electricity (7)	Nothing
Aircraft
Fighter	6	4	8	30	Aircraft	Flight (8)	Nothing
Bomber	18	3	6	60	Aircraft	Advanced Flight (9)	Nothing
Non-combat
Settler	0	0	2	20	Non-combat, Settling	None	Nothing
Militia	0	1	1	N/A^	Non-combat	None	Nothing
Spy	0	0	8	25	Spying, Passage	Writing (2)	Nothing
Caravan	0	0	3	30	Non-combat, Trading, Passage	Currency (4)	Nothing

* Once the named unit is made available, the current unit is no longer available. This obsolescence also dictates the upgrading of units upon construction of the Leonardo's Workshop Wonder.
^ The Militia unit may only be obtained through the construction of a unit with the Scouts classification.

Melee: Will move into target square after successful combat. Attack -50% when attacking across rivers.
Ranged: Will not move into target square after successful combat. Attack -50% when attack across rivers.
Siege: Will not move into target square after successful combat. No attack penalty across rivers.
Aircraft: Must return to a friendly city once every 2 turns to refuel, otherwise the unit is destroyed.

Coastal: This naval unit may only move in Shallow Sea regions.
Support: Friendly land units fighting in adjacent squares will receive Naval Support.
Transport: This unit may transport friendly land units.
Scouts: This unit is constructed with an additional Militia unit onboard. This Militia unit possesses the 'Scout' Special Ability.

Non-combat: This unit may not be used to attack other units or cities.
Settling: May be used to create a new City or add population to an existing city. This unit may only be built if the producing city has a population of 3 or greater. The unit will be destroyed after using this ability.
Trading: May reach cities of other civilizations to produce Gold for both civilizations (the recipient City will only receive 1/3 of the Gold). The unit will be destroyed after using this ability.
Spying: May reach cities of other civilizations to conduct a Spying operation or attack a defending spy. May be garrisoned in a friendly city to defend against enemy Spies. This unit may not attack other units. Should a spying operation be conducted, the unit will be destroyed after using this ability.
Passage: This unit may move into other civilizations' territories, even during Peace.

Experience & Special Abilities

Each unit may gain Levels by being victorious in combat. One level is gained whenever the unit either:

1. Wins (another) 3 battles, or
2. Defeats an opponent of equal or greater strength

If the unit has no veterancy, then it will be upgraded to a Veteran and receive a +50% Combat Bonus.
If the unit is already a Veteran, then it will be upgraded to Elite and gain one Special Ability.
If the unit is already an Elite, then the unit will gain an additional ability.

When receiving a Special Ability, the unit will have a choice of two Special Abilities chosen at random from the pool of abilities not already possessed by the unit. Every ability will add an icon to the unit. The first ability gained by a unit will bestow upon the unit an additional title in its name. The following is a list of the available Special Abilities:

Ability Name	Effect	Title	Icon
March	+1 Movement	Indefatigable	Dark blue shoes
Blitz	Gain an extra move after an attack	Lightning	Yellow lightning bolt
Scout	Reveals next defender in an adjacent city	Ranger	Dark blue binoculars
Medic	Unit may heal in enemy territory	Immortal	Red cross
Guerrilla	+50% Attack when in home territory	<?>	Red sword
Loyalty	+50% Defense when in home territory	Guards	Light blue shield
Infiltrator	+100% Attack vs Cities	Ninja	Red castle keep
Engineer	+100% Defense in Cities	<?>	Light blue battlement square