Forbidden City

Building Overview

Game Strategies

History

In the Extended Edition, this unit/building is affected by a damage bug. Missing +100% damage vs Naval Units.

Forbidden City
Wonder
Base cost	300 Food 300 Timber
Ramping cost	90 Food 90 Timber
Build time	333 seconds (5000 frames)
Hit points	3000
Armor	5
Attack strength	11
Attack range	10 tiles
Maximum garrison	20
Maximum garrison power	4
Line of sight	16 tiles
Plunder amount	350 Timber
Wonder Points	2
Gather rate (per 30 sec)	50 Food 50 Timber
Prerequisites	Medieval Age Classical Age (Egyptians only)

The Forbidden City is one of the three Wonders of the Medieval Age and one of the three new Wonders added in the Thrones and Patriots expansion.

Effects

• Wonder of the World: 2 wonder point(s).
• Counts as a bonus Major City in your nation (it does not count against the City Limit). Can be built wherever a City can and its build location is not revealed to the enemy until it is completed.
  • In the "Cities" option for the Data Display in the game's UI, the Forbidden City counts as a Large City instead of a Major City - presumably a minor bug.
• Gathers +50 Food and Timber (per 30 seconds) instead of the usual +10/+10 (given by normal cities).
• (Undocumented/hidden) Gather rate of Citizens and Scholars working at structures tied to the economic radius of the Forbidden City (e.g. at Farms) is increased by 25%.
  • This bonus doesn't apply to e.g. Citizens working at Oil Wells since those aren't tied to a City's economic radius, nor does it apply to the structures themselves such as Universities.
  • Caravans with the Forbidden City as part of their trade route also gather 25% more Wealth (but this does not affect the bonus for initially setting up the trade route).
• Capital timers and sudden death elimination do not affect you.
• Does not count against a city's Wonder limit - is instead treated like a normal City and allows for a Wonder to be built in its own radius.

Conquer the World

When the Forbidden City is held in your empire but not present in the current battle:

• Doubles your own capital timer and halves enemy capital timers.

Trivia

• The Forbidden City is one of the four wonders that produces units and can create a Rally Point; the others are the Terra Cotta Army, the Red Fort, and the Kremlin.
• For some reason, computer players never build this wonder regardless of the difficulty level played at.
• This Wonder is affected by a bug.

Technical Information

Missing Wonder Alerts Show / Hide

There are no big alert messages with the Wonder's icon showing whenever a player starts or completes building this Wonder.

This bug affects several Wonders in the game.
You can find the detailed information about this bug and the way to fix it in the dedicated guide on this Wiki.