8 Tips for Winning a Civilization 6 Culture Victory

Culture is one of the more peaceful victory conditions for winning Civilization 6 games. To obtain a Civ 6 Culture Victory, you must attract more visiting tourists to your civilization than the highest number of domestic tourists an alternative country has during a game. The cultural victory condition is all about tourism, which you can generate by establishing Theater Square, world wonders, and other attractions throughout your civilization. Here are some tips for winning a Civilization 6 Culture Victory.

Play as Pericles, Greece

Pericles, of Greece, is the best leader in Civilization 6 for securing cultural victories. This is mainly because of the unique Greek Acropolis infrastructure, which is somewhat superior to standard Theater Districts. Players can build Acropolis districts 50% faster because of its lower production cost. The Acropolis also has better cultural adjacency bonuses than the Theater District.

Plus, you can further increase your cultural output with Pericles’ Surrounded by Glory leader bonus. This leader’s bonus increases culture output by 5% for each city-state you establish Suzerainty. Thus, the Surrounded by Glory leader bonus and Acropolis districts can considerably increase your cultural output, enabling you to unlock important civics for boosting tourism much faster when playing with Pericles.

Select a God of Open Sky or Divine Spark Pantheon Belief

Amassing 25 faith points during the early game will enable you to select a pantheon belief. God of Open Sky and Divine Spark are two of the best pantheon beliefs to select for cultural victories. Selecting God of the Open Sky will give each of your improved pasture tiles a +1 cultural boost. God of the Open Sky also enables your pastures to generate tourism and attract visitors with the Flight tech unlocked later in the game.

Divine Spark is also a good pantheon belief for cultural victories because it gives each of your Theater Districts a +1 great person point bonus. For example, several Theater Districts will amass seven more great person points than usual with Divine Spark selected. Then, you can claim more great authors to boost tourism.

Build Wonders With Great Person Points Bonuses

You should always build the wonders of the world when playing for a cultural victory in Civilization 6 because they generate tourism and attract visitors in the later game. However, try to build the wonders that also generate more great people points for musicians, authors, and artists when you can. This will enable you to claim more cultural great persons for establishing great works that enhance tourism. These are some of the best wonders to build for great person point bonuses:

• Broadway: +3 great author and + 3 great musician points
• Sydney Opera: +5 great musician points
• Hermitage: +3 great artist points
• Bolshoi Theater: +2 great authors and + 2 great musicians points

Select the Best Governments for Culture

Classical Republic and Democracy are two of the best governments to select when playing for a Civilization 6 Culture Victory. Select the Classical Republic in the earlier game to get yourself a 15% great person point bonus. Then, you’ll amass more points for claiming culturally great persons quickly.

Democracy is the best overall government to select for securing a cultural victory in the late game because of its significant 50% Patronage gold reduction cost for great persons. This effect makes it 50% cheaper to purchase great authors, musicians, and artists with gold. Democracy’s legacy bonus also increases yields from district projects by 30%, which is great for amassing more culture with the Theater Square Festival projects.

Unlock and Select the Heritage Tourism Card ASAP

Heritage Tourism is the trump card for securing cultural victories in Civilization 6. That policy card generates 100% more tourism from your museum artifacts and great works when selected. This effectively means your artifacts and great works will attract twice as many visitors with that policy selected. So, make sure you unlock the Cultural Heritage civic to select its Heritage Tourism policy ASAP.

Build More Archaeology Museums

You can choose between building archaeology and art museums in your Theater Districts. It’s better to build more archaeology museums than art galleries because you can recruit archaeologists quicker. Archaeologists are more like standard units for which great person points aren’t required. Getting archaeologists faster enables you to amass larger artifact collections more quickly than art.

Establish a La Venta Suzerain for Colossal Head

The La Venta Colossal Head Suzerain bonus is a good one to have for players seeking a Civilization 6 Culture Victory. When you’re the Suzerain of La Venta, you can add Colossal Head tile improvements to most terrain. These are very useful for cultural victories because each one generates +1 culture and generates tourism with Humanism and Flight unlocked. For example, adding 20 Colossal Heads to your civilization’s tiles can attract up to 20 more visitors.

Unlock Computers ASAP During the Late Game

The Computers technology boosts tourism generated in your civilization by a whopping 100% (reduced to 25% in the Gathering Storm DLC). That’s a massive doubling for your tourism generated, which makes Computers an essential late-game technology to unlock for securing a Civilization 6 Culture Victory. When you reach the Modern-era part of the tech tree, focus on researching the technologies required to unlock Computers ASAP. Then, you can reap the benefit of a 100% tourism increase for your civilization before anybody else.

The Civilization 6 Culture Victory condition is the most fun to play for, in my opinion. The tips discussed above will help your Civ 6 tourist industry boom. Good luck, and enjoy the cultural extravaganza in Civilization 6.