A Guide to Playing Victoria of England in Civilization 6

Queen Victoria was one of the longest-serving monarchs in British history, during the 20th century. Her reign was a golden Victoria Era during which the British Empire reached the peak of its expansion. Queen Victoria of England is also a leader you can play as in Civilization 6. Thus, you can revive the glories of the British Empire by playing Queen Victoria of England in Civilization 6.

The English Civilization’s Unique Ability

British Museum is a unique civ ability for Queen Victoria and other English leaders available in the Civilization 6 expansion packs. This ability enables you to build double-sized Archaeological Museums that can house six rather than three artifacts. Plus, these unique English Archaeological Museums have automatic theming.

The Victoria Pax Britannica Leader Bonus

Pax Britannica is Queen Victoria’s unique leader bonus that gives you a free military unit for every Royal Navy Dockyard built outside of your home continent. With the Military Science technology researched, this bonus gives you Redcoat units for Dockyards built. Thus, this bonus enables you to expand your military by building Royal Dockyards beyond the continent on which you founded your capital.

England’s Unique Infrastructure and Units

The Royal Navy Dockyard is a unique infrastructure for Queen Victoria of England in Civilization 6. This is a unique district with half the production cost of the standard Harbor it replaces. The Royal Navy Dockyard also has a +2 gold yield bonus when built on a foreign continent.

Redcoat is Vitoria’s unique military unit.  This is a unit with a standard 70 melee attack and +2 movement. However, fighting units on continents that do not include your capital increase Redcoat’s combat strength attack by +10.

The English civilization also has a unique Sea Dog naval unit. This replacement for the Privateer military unit has a melee attack of 40. Sea Dog’s ranged strength of 55 is five higher than the ship it replaces. Another good thing about the Sea Dog is that you can capture defeated enemy naval units with it.

Strategy and Tips for Winning With Victoria

Culture or Domination are the best victory conditions to go for when playing as Queen Victoria of England in Civilization 6. Victoria is quite a good leader in securing cultural victories thanks to the British Museum, with which you can establish bigger archeological collections faster than other civilizations. The Pax Britannica leader bonus is ideal for faster military expansion when playing for a Domination victory. Redcoat is also among the more potent unique units in the game for fighting wars during its era.

To secure a cultural victory when playing Queen Victoria of England in Civilization 6, archeology should be at the heart of your strategy. Building three British Museums alone will enable you to establish expansive archeological collections with 18 artifacts. Your museums will be automatically themed when filled with six artifacts, irrespective of what they include, which will further boost their tourism value. Then, select the Heritage Tourism policy card, unlocked with the Cultural Heritage civic, that will give your artifacts and great works a substantial 100% tourism boost.

I also recommend establishing more cities on the coasts so you can make the most of England’s Royal Dockyard infrastructure. You can build Royal Dockyards quicker than other infrastructure when playing as England, and each one will give your economy a +2 gold boost. However, the additional trade routes you’ll get from building this dockyard can boost your economy much more. Build more dockyards to establish lucrative trade routes. Then, save your gold for purchasing Archeologist units and great person patronage.

Selecting the Democracy government will also help you attract more great people when playing for a cultural victory with England in Civilization 6. Democracy reduces patronage gold costs by 50%. That’s a significant cost reduction for attracting great people to exploit to your advantage with a strong English economy.

If you prefer to win games via military conquest, try to find additional continents earlier in the game on which to establish cities. Founding more cities on continents that don’t include your capital is a handy way to expand your military faster when playing as Queen Victoria. The Pax Britannia bonus will give you free military units for the cities you establish outside of your home continent.

Redcoat is also a strong, unique unit to make the most of when going for the Domination victory condition. Recruit more Redcoats and then deploy them to fight wars on foreign continents that don’t include your capital city. Then, you can crush enemies with Redcoat’s +10 combat bonus, which increases the unit’s attack to 80.

Note that your Redcoats and all other unit types will have a +1 movement bonus when built at Royal Dockyards. Thus, building more Royal Dockyards and units in their cities will increase the overall mobility of your army. The Royal Dockyards’ gold bonuses also help with unit maintenance costs when playing for the Domination victory condition.

So, you can crush your enemies or make your tourist industry the envy of the world when playing Queen Victoria of England in Civilization 6. I prefer the cultural route because that can be a quicker and easier victory condition to play for with England’s amazing British Museums. However, Victoria is also well-equipped for military domination.