Sid Meier's Civilization V/Wonders

Wonders are similar to buildings in that they must be built in cities and provide useful bonuses. However, most wonders have high Production costs but provide greater bonuses, in addition to having some form of limit to their construction.

Wonders can be split into three categories: World Wonders, National Wonders and Projects.

World Wonders

World Wonders provide the greatest output and usually an additional effect as well as increase the Great Person Points of a particular Great Person in the city it was built. There can be only one World Wonder of each type in the game. If one civilization were to complete a World Wonder, the progress of all remaining civilizations to completing that wonder is lost, and the wasted Production is converted to Gold as compensation. Conquering a city with a World Wonder will grant you the effects of that wonder.

Angkor Wat

• Cost: 300 Production (400 in G&K)
• +1 Culture
• Culture and Gold cost of acquiring new tiles reduced by 25% in every city
• GPP: +1 Great Engineer
• Required Technology: Theology (Education in G&K)

Big Ben

• Cost: 625 Production (750 in G&K)
• +1 Culture, +4 Gold
• Cost of Gold purchasing in all cities reduced by 15%
• GPP: +2 Great Merchant
• Required Technology: Economics (Industrialization in G&K)

Brandenburg Gate

• Cost: 750 Production
• +3 Culture
• A Great General appears near the city where the wonder is built, +15 XP for units trained in this city
• GPP: +2 Great Scientist
• Required Technology: Military Science

Chichen Itza

• Cost: 300 Production
• +1 Culture, +4 Happiness
• Length of Golden Ages increased by 50%
• GPP: +1 Great Engineer
• Required Technology: Civil Service

Cristo Redentor

• Cost: 1250 Production
• +4 Culture (+5 in G&K)
• Culture cost of future Social Policies reduced by 10%
• GPP: +2 Great Artist
• Required Technology: Telegraph (Plastics in G&K)

Eiffel Tower

• Cost: 1250 Production (1060 in G&K)
• +5 Happiness, +1 Culture
• +1 Happiness for every two adopted Social Policies
• GPP: +2 Great Merchant
• Required Technology: Radio

Himeji Castle

• Cost: 400 Production (500 in G&K)
• +3 Culture
• +15% Combat Strength to units fighting in friendly territory, provides a free Castle in the city in which it was built
• GPP: +2 Great Engineer
• Required Technology: Chivalry (Gunpowder in G&K)

Machu Picchu

• Cost: 300 Production
• +1 Culture (+2 Faith and +5 Gold in G&K)
• +25% Gold from Trade Routes. The city it is built in must be within 2 tiles of a Mountain within your territory
• GPP: +1 Great Merchant
• Required Technology: Currency (Guilds in G&K)

Notre Dame

• Cost: 400 Production
• +3 Culture (+4 Faith in G&K), +10 Happiness
• GPP: +1 Great Merchant
• Required Technology: Education (Physics in G&K)

Pentagon

• Cost: 1250 Production
• +3 Culture
• Gold cost of upgrading units reduced by 33%
• GPP: +2 Great Merchant
• Required Technology: Radar (Combined Arms in G&K)

Sistine Chapel

• Cost: 500 Production
• +1 Culture
• +25% Culture in all cities
• GPP: +2 Great Artist
• Required Technology: Acoustics

Statue of Liberty

• Cost: 1060 Production
• +1 Culture
• +1 Production from Specialists in all cities
• GPP: +2 Great Engineer
• Required Technology: Replaceable Parts

Stonehenge

• Cost: 185 Production
• +6 Culture (+5 Faith in G&K)
• GPP: +1 Great Engineer
• Required Technology: Calendar

Sydney Opera House

• Cost: 1250 Production
• +4 Culture (No straight Culture bonus in G&K)
• 1 free Social Policy and +50% Culture in the city it was built in. Must be constructed in a coastal city.
• GPP: +2 Great Artist
• Required Technology: Mass Media (Ecology in G&K)

Taj Mahal

• Cost: 500 Production
• +1 Culture, +4 Happiness
• Triggers a Golden Age
• GPP: +2 Great Artist
• Required Technology: Printing Press (Architecture in G&K)

The Colossus

• Cost: 185 Production
• +1 Culture, +5 Gold
• +1 Gold from water tiles worked by the city, must be constructed in a coastal city.
• GPP: +1 Great Merchant
• Required Technology: Bronze Working (Iron Working in G&K)

The Forbidden Palace

• Cost: 500 Production
• +1 Culture
• -10% Unhappiness from citizens in non-occupied cities
• GPP: +1 Great Artist
• Required Technology: Banking

The Great Library

• Cost: 185 Production
• +1 Culture (additional +3 Science in G&K)
• 1 free Technology. Provides a free Library in the city it was built.
• GPP: +1 Great Scientist
• Required Technology: Writing

The Great Lighthouse

• Cost: 185 Production
• +1 Culture
• All military naval units receive +1 movement and +1 sight. Provides a free Lighthouse in the city it was built. Must be built in a coastal city.
• GPP: +1 Great Merchant
• Required Technology: Sailing (Optics in G&K)

The Great Wall

• Cost: 250 Production
• +3 Culture
• Enemy land units expend an extra movement point per tile inside your territory. Provides free Walls in the city it was built. Becomes obsolete upon researching Dynamite.
• GPP: +1 Great Engineer
• Required Technology: Construction (Engineering in G&K)

The Hagia Sophia

• Cost: 300 Production
• +1 Culture (+3 Faith in G&K)
• +25% Great Person Generation in the city it is built. A free Great Person of your choice appears near the Capital. (In G&K, the wonder grants a free Great Prophet and provides a free Temple in the city in which it was built.)
• GPP: +1 Great Artist
• Required Technology: Theology

The Hanging Gardens

• Cost: 250 Production
• +1 Culture, +10 Food (+6 Food in G&K)
• Provides a free Garden in the city in which it was built
• GPP: +1 Great Artist
• Required Technology: Mathematics

The Kremlin

• Cost: 500 Production (625 in G&K)
• +3 Culture, +12 Defensive Combat Strength
• Defensive buildings in all cities are 25% more effective
• GPP: +1 Great Scientist
• Required Technology: Acoustics (Metallurgy in G&K)

The Louvre

• Cost: 750 Production
• +4 Culture
• 2 Great Artists appear near the city where the wonder is built
• GPP: +2 Great Artist
• Required Technology: Archeology

The Oracle

• Cost: 250 Production
• +3 Culture
• 1 free Social Policy
• GPP: +1 Great Scientist
• Required Technology: Philosophy

The Porcelain Tower

• Cost: 400 Production (625 in G&K)
• +1 Culture
• A Great Scientist appears in the city where the wonder is built. 50% more Science from Research Agreements.
• GPP: +2 Great Scientist
• Required Technology: Education (Architecture in G&K)

The Pyramids

• Cost: 185 Production
• +1 Culture
• +25% Improvement construction speed, two Workers appear near the city where the wonder is built.
• GPP: +1 Great Engineer
• Required Technology: Masonry

United Nations

• Cost: 1500 Production
• +1 Culture
• Triggers voting for Diplomatic Victory. The builder receives a bonus vote for themselves in addition to their regular vote.
• GPP: +2 Great Merchant
• Required Technology: Globalization

Mausoleum of Halicarnassus (WOTAW DLC)

• Cost: 185 Production
• +1 Culture
• Gain 100 Gold each time a Great Person is expended. Each Marble or Stone resource worked by the city provides +2 Gold.
• GPP: +1 Great Merchant
• Required Technology: Masonry

Statue of Zeus (WOTAW DLC)

• Cost: 185 Production
• +1 Culture
• +15% Combat Strength when attacking cities
• Required Technology: Bronze Working

Temple of Artemis (WOTAW DLC)

• Cost: 185 Production
• +1 Culture
• +10 Growth in all cities, +15% Production when constructing ranged units
• GPP: +1 Great Engineer
• Required Technology: Archery

Alhambra (G&K)

• Cost: 400 Production
• +1 Culture
• All newly-trained non-air units receive the Drill I promotion. Provides a free Castle in the city where it was built. Boosts Culture output of the city it was built in by 50%.
• GPP: +1 Great Artist
• Required Technology: Chivalry

CN Tower (G&K)

• Cost: 1250 Production
• Provides a free Broadcast Tower in all cities, +1 citizen in each city and +1 Happiness per city.
• GPP: +1 Great Merchant
• Required Technology: Telecommunications

Great Firewall (G&K)

• Cost: 1250 Production
• 99.9% reduction of the effectiveness of enemy spies in the city where it was built. All other cities in the civilization get a 25% reduction in enemy spy effectiveness.
• Required Technology: Computers

Great Mosque of Djenne (G&K)

• Cost: 300 Production
• +1 Culture, +3 Faith
• All Missionaries created in the city where the wonder is built can spread religion three times. Provides a free Mosque in the city where the wonder is built.
• GPP: +1 Great Engineer
• Required Technology: Theology

Hubble Space Telescope (G&K)

• Cost: 1250 Production
• 2 Great Scientists appear near the city where the wonder is built. Provides a free Spaceship Factory in the city where it was built. +25% Production when building Spaceship Parts.
• GPP: +1 Great Scientist
• Required Technology: Satellites

Leaning Tower of Pisa (G&K)

• Cost: 500 Production
• +1 Culture
• +25% Great Person generation in all cities. A free Great Person of your choice appears near the Capital
• GPP: +1 Great Artist
• Required Technology: Printing Press

Neuschwanstein (G&K)

• Cost: 1060 Production
• +2 Happiness, +4 Culture, +6 Gold
• +1 Happiness, +2 Culture and +3 Gold from every Castle. Provides a free Castle in the city where it was built.
• GPP: +1 Great Merchant
• Required Technology: Railroad

Petra G&K)

• Cost: 250 Production
• +1 Culture
• City must be built next to a Desert. +1 Food, +1 Production and +1 Gold from Desert tiles worked by the city except on Flood Plains. +6 Culture upon researching Archeology. Provides a free Amphitheater in the city where it was built.
• GPP: +1 Great Engineer
• Required Technology: Currency

Terracotta Army (G&K)

• Cost: 250 Production
• +6 Culture
• GPP: +1 Great Artist
• Required Technology: Construction

National Wonders

National Wonders provide more generic bonuses like a straight output boost of a particular currency such as Gold or Culture. There can only be one of each type of National Wonder within a civilization, and usually requires a certain building to be constructed in all cities in your empire, making them unattractive to sprawling civilizations. Each National Wonder has the same initial cost, though the cost will go up the more cities there are in your empire.

Projects

Projects are similar to National Wonders in that each civilization can only build it once, though instead of granting a bonus, projects open up new options that are usually important to victory.

Apollo Program

• Cost: 750 Production
• Signals the start of the space race, letting you build spaceship parts. Necessary for a Scientific Victory.
• Required Technology: Rocketry

The Manhattan Project

• Cost: 750 Production
• Lets you build Atomic Bombs and Nuclear Missiles.
• Required Technology: Atomic Theory

Utopia Project

• Cost: 1500 Production
• Triggers a Cultural Victory.
• Requires 5 completed Social Policy branches