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Tech Guide
by Norn_Guy
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Introduction*
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This a technology guide for Civilazation IV for the PC. You may copy/paste and
print this for YOUR OWN, PERSONAL, USE but only GameFAQs is the only site
allowed to use it. If you would like to put it on your site, don't ask, because
I'll just say no. I will probably answer your e-mail within two weeks, but if
not please try again. If you see something wrong, don't freak out about it,
just ask me to fix it and I will look at it. In your e-mail please say
Civilization IV or at least Civ IV or I will have no clue who you are or what
you want. If you ask me a question please make sure it is not already answered
somewhere in the guide. This guide is copyright (C) 2007 Preston Massingham.
My e-mail is metroidhunter56 (AT) gmail (DOT) com, but please, don't send me
spam. I don't like it, and I doubt anyone else does either.
In this guide you will find all the technologies you can get, what they do, how
to get them, and what they unlock. This is my first guide, so bear with me
here. To quickly find something in this guide press Ctrl+f and type in what
you want to find, such as Literature, Refrigeration, Space Age etc.. Thanks
for looking at my guide and I hope I hope it helps! (After all, that's why I
wrote it!) This is a note to myself. Just ignore it.
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Table of Contents*
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[I] Introduction*
[II] Table of Contents*
[III] Version History*
[IV] The Tech Tree (description)*
[V] The Tech Tree*
-Early Techs
*part 1-E
*part 2-E
-Intermediate Techs
*part 1-I
*part 2-I
-Space Age Techs
*part 1-SA
*part 2-SA
[VI] Space Race Needs*
[VI] Frequently Asked Questions*
[VII] Credits*
[IX] Legal Section*
[X] Farewells*
[III]
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Version History*
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Version 0.25 - Friday, Dec 15, 2006 - Got Intro and Tech Tree done.
Will do FAQs soon.
Version 0.50 - Friday, January 12, 2007 - FAQs done. I am now waiting for
questions. The credits section is also done. Got the ending in.
Version 0.70 - Sunday, January 14, 2007 - Generally fixed things.
Version 0.75 - Tuesday, February 20, 2007 - Added Space Race Needs, fixed
things. Added Legal Section.
Version 0.80 - Friday, February 23, 2007 - added a FAQ, fixed intro.
Version 0.83 - Wednesday, September 19, 2007 - fixed grammatical errors,
changed e-mail.
Version 1.00 - Thursday, November 8, 2007 - fixed legal section up, fixed
spelling/grammar mistakes.
Version 1.02 - Monday, December 22, 2008 - fixed stuff
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The Tech Tree (description)*
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The Tech Tree is basically a large group of technologies. In this guide I will
divide the Tech Tree into three parts; the Early Techs, such as The Wheel,
Hunting etc., the Intermediate Techs, such as Banking, Rifling etc., and the
Space Age Techs, in other words, the more futuristic techs, such as Rocketry,
Fusion etc.. In the guide the Tech Tree isn't exactly a "tree" but it will
have to do.
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The Tech Tree*
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-Early Techs
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*Part 1-E
Mining
cost: 50
enables: Mine
unlocks: Bronze Working, Masonry
Mysticism
cost: 50
enables: Obelisk, Stonehenge
unlocks: Masonry, Polytheism, Meditation
Fishing
cost: 40
enables: Work Boat
unlocks: Sailing, Pottery
The Wheel
cost: 60
enables: Chariot, Road
unlocks: Pottery
Agriculture
cost: 60
enables: Farm
unlocks: Pottery, Animal Husbandry
Hunting
cost: 40
enables: Scout, Spearman, Camp
unlocks: Animal Husbandry, Archery
Bronze Working
cost: 120
enables: Axeman, Copper
unlocks: Iron Working, Metal Casting
Masonry
cost: 80
enables: Walls, The Pyramids, The Great Lighthouse, Quarry
unlocks: construction, Monotheism
Polytheism
cost: 100
enables: Parthenon, Hinduism
unlocks: Monotheism, Priesthood
Meditation
cost: 80
enables: Monastery, Buddhism
unlocks: Priesthood, Philosophy
Sailing
cost: 100
enables: Galley, Lighthouse
unlocks: Compass, Calender
Pottery
cost: 80
enables: Granary, Cottage
unlocks: Metal Casting, Writing
Animal Husbandry
cost: 100
enables: Pasture
unlocks: Writing, Horseback Riding
Archery
cost: 80
enables: Archer
unlocks: none
Monotheism
cost: 120
enables: Judaism
unlocks: Theology, Monarchy
Priesthood
cost: 60
enables: Oracle, Temple
unlocks: Monarchy, Code of Laws
Writing
cost: 120
enables: Library
unlocks: Theology, Literature, Alphabet, Mathematics
Horseback Riding
cost: 250
enables: Horse Archer
unlocks: none
*Part 2-E
Iron Working
cost: 200
enables: Swordsman, Iron
unlocks: Steel, Compass
Metal Casting
cost: 450
enables: Forge, The Colossus, Workshop
unlocks: Machinery
Monarchy
cost: 300
enables: Winery
unlocks: Divine Right, Feudalism
Literature
cost: 200
enables: Heroic Epic, National Epic, Great Library
unlocks: Music
Alphabet
cost: 300
enables: Beaker Symbol
unlocks: Literature, Drama
Drama
cost: 300
enables: Theatre, Blobe Theatre
unlocks: Philosophy, Music
Mathematics
cost: 250
enables: Aqueduct, Hanging Gardens, Fort
unlocks: Construction, Currency, Calender
Compass
cost: 400
enables: Explorer, Harbor
unlocks: optics
Construction
cost: 350
enables: War Elephant, Catapult, Colosseum
unlocks: Engineering
Code of Laws
cost: 350
enables: Courthouse, Chichen Itza, Confucianism
unlocks: Civil Service, Philosophy
Currency
cost: 400
enables: Market, Gold Symbol
unlocks: Code of Laws, Banking
Calender
cost: 350
enables: Obsoletes Obelisk, Obseletes Stonehenge, Plantation
unlocks: Astronomy
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-Intermediate Techs
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*Part 1-I
Machinery
cost: 700
enables: Crossbowman, Windmill, Watermill
unlocks: Optics, Printing Press, Engineering, Guilds
Theology
cost: 500
enables: The Sistine Chapel, Christianity
unlocks: Divine Right, Paper
Civil Service
cost: 800
enables: Maceman
unlocks: Paper, Nationalism
Feudalism
cost: 700
enables: Longbowman
unlocks: Civil Service, Guilds
Philosophy
cost: 800
enables: Angkor Wat, Taoism
unlocks: Liberalism, Nationalism
Music
cost: 600
enables: Cathedral, Notre Dame, Culture Symbol
unlocks: Military Tradition
Optics
cost: 600
enables: Caravel, Whaling Boats
unlocks: Medicine, Astronomy
Engineering
cost: 900
enables: Pikeman, Castle, Hagia Sophia
unlocks: Chemistry
Divine Right
cost: 1000
enables: Versailles, Spiral Minaret, Islam
unlocks: Nationalism
Paper
cost:600
enables: none
unlocks: Printing Press, Education
Guilds
cost: 900
enables: Knight, Grocer
unlocks: gunpowder, Banking
Banking
cost: 700
enables: Bank
unlocks: replaceable parts, economics
*part 2-I
Printing Press
cost: 1200
enables: none
unlocks: Scientific Method, Replaceable Parts, Democracy
Gunpowder
cost: 1000
enables: Musketman
unlocks: Chemistry, Rifling
Education
cost: 1400
enables: University, Oxford University
unlocks: Liberalism, Economics
Liberalism
cost: 1200
enables: none
unlocks: Communism
Nationalism
cost: 1600
enables: Hermitage, The Taj Mahal
unlocks: Military Tradition, Fascism
Military Tradition
cost: 1800
enables: Cavalry, West Point
unlocks: none
Astronomy
cost: 1600
enables: Galleon, Observatory, Obsoletes Colossus
unlocks: scientific method, Physics
Democracy
cost: 2200
enables: Statue of Liberty
unlocks: none
Constitution
cost: 2000
enables: Jail
unlocks: Democracy, Corporation
Economics
cost: 1000
enables: none
unlocks: Corporation
Chemistry
cost: 2000
enables: Grenadier, Frigate, Obsoletes Parthenon
unlocks: Steel, Biology, Steam Power
Rifling
cost: 1400
enables: Rifleman, Obsoletes Chichen Itza
unlocks: Artillery, Rocketry
Replaceable Parts
cost: 1600
enables: Lumbermill
unlocks: Rifling, Steam Power
Corporation
cost: 1400
enables: Wall Street, Obsoletes The Great Lighthouse
unlocks: Assembly line
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-Space Age Techs
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*part 1-SA
Steel
cost: 2400
enables: Cannon, Ironclad, Drydock, Ironworks
unlocks: Artillery, Railroad
Scientific Method
cost: 1800
enables: Obsoletes Monastery, Obsoletes The Great Lighthouse, Oil
unlocks: Biology, Physics, Communism
Communism
cost: 2000
enables: Spy, Scotland Yard, Kremlin
unlocks: none
Steam Power
cost: 1800
enables: Obsoletes Hagia Sophia, coal
unlocks: Railroad
Assembly Line
cost: 2600
enables: Infantry, Factory, Coal Plant, Pentagon
unlocks: Fascism, industrialism
Fascism
cost: 1800
enables: Mount Rushmore
unlocks: none
Medicine
cost: 2600
enables: Hospital, Red Cross
unlocks: none
Biology
cost: 2200
enables: none
unlocks: Ecology, Refrigeration
Physics
cost: 2400
enables: Uranium
unlocks: Electricity, Artillery, Flight
Artillery
cost: 2000
enables: Artillery
unlocks: Rocketry
Railroad
cost: 2200
enables: Machine Gun, Railroad
unlocks: Combustion
Combustion
cost: 2400
enables: Transport, Destroyer, Obsoletes Whale, Well
unlocks: Flight, Plastics
Fission
cost: 3500
enables: Nuclear Plant, The Manhattan Project
unlocks: fusion, Ecology
Electricity
cost: 2800
enables: Bunker, Bomb Shelters, Broadway
unlocks: Fission, Refrigeration, Industrialism
*Part 2-SA
Refrigeration
cost: 2800
enables: Supermarket
unlocks: Genetics
Mass Media
cost: 2800
enables: Broadcast Tower, Hollywood, The United Nations
unlocks: none
Radio
cost: 3000
enables: Submarine, Bomber, Eiffel Tower, Rock N Roll
unlocks: Mass Media, Computers, Satellites
Rocketry
cost: 4500
enables: SAM Infantry, Gunship, ICBM, Apollo Program, SS Casing
unlocks: Satellites
Flight
cost: 3000
enables: Carrier, Fighter, Airport
unlocks: Rocketry
Plastics
cost: 4000
enables: Hydro Plant, The Three Gorges Dam, Offshore Platform,
Obsoletes Fur
unlocks: Ecology, Fiber Optics, Composites, Robotics
Ecology
cost: 3500
enables: Recycling Center, SS Life Support
unlocks: none
Genetics
cost: 5500
enables: SS Stasis Chamber
unlocks: none
Computers
cost: 4500
enables: Laboratory, Obsoletes Angkor Wat,
Obsoletes The Spiral Minaret
unlocks: Fiber Optics, Robotics
Satellites
cost: 3500
enables: SDI, SS Thrusters
unlocks: Fiber Optics, Composites
Composites
cost: 5000
enables: Modern Armor, Jet Fighter, Stealth Bomber
unlocks: Future Technology
Fusion
cost:6000
enables: SS Engine
unlocks: none
Fiber Optics
cost: 5500
enables: The Internet, SS Cockpit, Obsoletes The Kremlin
unlocks: Fusion, Future Technology
Future Technology
cost: 6000
enables: none
unlocks: none
Robotics
cost: 5000
enables: Mechanized Infantry, The Space Elevator, SS Docking Bay
unlocks: none
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Space Race Needs*
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I only put the Space Race here because that is the one that
needs the most techs.
For winning the Space Race: (Not necesserily technologies.)
You ABSOLUTLY NEED these technologies to win the Space Race...
1) Ecology. Reason: SS Life Support
2) Sattellites. Reason: SS Thrusters
3) Rocketry. Reason: SS Casing
4) Robotics. Reason: SS Thrusters
5) Genetics. Reason: SS Stasis Chamber
6) Fiber Optics. Reason: SS Cockpit
7) Fusion. Reason: SS Engine
8) Apollo Program. Reason: allows ability to create spaceship
..and these are just helpful along the way.
1) Writing. Reason: Library
2) Metal Casting. Reason: The Colossus
3) Education. Reason: University, Oxford University
4) Assembly Line. Reason: Factory
5) Robotics. Reason: The Space Elevator
6) The Manhattan Project. Reason: x2 production speed with Uranium
[VII]
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Frequently Asked Questions*
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Q. Can I put your guide in my website/magazine/book?
A. NO. As I said before, DO NOT ASK. For details, go to
http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/help/entry.html?cat=29
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Credits*
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- Sid Meier, for making another great game!
- You, for looking at this guide.
- Me, for taking the time to write this guide.
- GameFAQs and CJayC for keeping a great site!
- So far no one has helped or contributed to this guide. YOU
could be the first to help and would be recognized as a great person!
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Legal Section*
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Oooh! My favorite part of a guide! The most exciting section of the whole
thing!
1) This may be not be reproduced under any circumstances except for personal,
private use. It may not be placed on any web site or otherwise distributed
publicly without advance written permission. Use of this guide on any other
website or as a part of any public display is strictly prohibited, and a
violation of copyright.
2) This guide is 100% copyright (C) 2007 Preston Massingham, and you CANNOT
claim it as your own work.
3) You CAN copy/paste this FOR YOUR OWN PERSONAL USE.
4) For people who do not know: the actual FACTS, i.e. Physics enables
Uranium, is NOT copyrighted, my creative way of EXPRESSING these facts is
copyrighted.
5) If YOU see this guide anywhere except
http://www.gamefaqs.com/, tell
me immediately! Together, we can stop plagiarism (of this guide)! If you see
this guide on Gamespot, that's alright, because it is an affiliate of GameFAQs,
as they are both owned by CNET Networks.
6) Last but certainly not least, all trademarks and copyrights contained in
this document are owned by their respective trademark and copyright holders.
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Farewells*
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I have no clue to what guide I am going to write next, so, farewell and see ya
later!
