Civilization VII has acquired a number of updates since its launch earlier this yr and, together with Replace 1.3.0, Firaxis Video games has now launched the Tides of Energy Assortment.
That is “Declare without spending a dime” on Change and Change 2 eShop till January 5, 2026 and is “yours to maintain completely without charge.” After this date, you can be prompted to buy it.
Here is a fast rundown of what you possibly can anticipate, together with an official graphic, and under are full particulars on the DLC (by way of the sport’s web site patch notes):
“Tides of Energy Replace: This will now be claimed in full on Steam, PlayStation, Xbox, and Change… Beginning at present, add the Edward Train, Republic of Pirates, and Tonga content material packs to your recreation, after which obtain the Sayyida al Hooray, Ottomans, and Iceland content material packs in-game once they launch in December 2025. Should you efficiently declare this content material earlier than January 5, 2026 at 6:59 am PT, you can maintain it; In any other case, it will likely be out there for particular person buy beginning January 5, 2026.”
Civilization VII: Tides of Energy Assortment (November 4, 2025)
Leaders
(Tides of Energy DLC**) Added a brand new chief, Edward Train.
Edward Train, higher often known as Blackbeard, was an English pirate whose title unleashed the concern of the captains of the Caribbean. In 1716, he joined the crew of Benjamin Hornigold, chief of the Flying Gang, and shortly obtained ships of his personal. Along with his spectacular top, his lengthy beard (generally adorned with burning wicks) and his fame for violence, he stalked the transport routes of the Caribbean and the nightmares of sailors. He survived the Flying Gang and moved his operation to the Outer Banks of present-day North Carolina, the place a pirate hunter, Robert Maynard, finally caught up with him.
- Attributes: Militaristic, Financial
- Distinctive Talent: Blackbeard: All naval items acquire the pirate capability, permitting them to cross borders of different civilizations, plunder commerce routes of non-allied civilizations, and assault naval items of non-allied civilizations with out declaring battle. Defeating any naval unit with your individual naval items offers gold equal to a sure share of their fight power and captures that unit. Elevated gold upkeep prices for all naval items.
- Agenda – Queen Anne’s Revenge: Will increase relationship by a small quantity with leaders who construct naval items. Lower the connection by a small quantity with leaders who neglect the development of naval items.
Civilizations
(Tides of Energy DLC**) Added a brand new Age of Exploration civilization, Republic of Pirates.
The place there’s wealth, there’s greed. The scramble for the riches of the New World within the early 18th century introduced English, Spanish, French and Dutch fleets, however the prospect of fast riches additionally introduced pirates. They have been hardly ever organized, however in 1706, a gang, the Flying Gang, took over the island of New Windfall within the Bahamas and established a short-lived republic for all who sought their fortune… and arrived with few scruples.
- Attributes: Financial, Militaristic
- Distinctive capability: flying gang: Increased returns from looting and coastal assaults with naval items. Settler items can’t be skilled or bought, however you possibly can seize settlers from different civilizations. Naval items, treasure convoys, and buccaneer items can enter different civilizations’ borders with out being at battle or having open borders.
- Single civil unit – Buccaneer: Single commander unit. You acquire a set variety of prices to make use of the ‘Strike Celebration’ motion each set variety of Promotions.
- Motion – Assault Group: Factors to an adjoining treasure useful resource. This Settlement immediately generates a Treasure Convoy below your management equal to the quantity of Treasure Sources; this doesn’t reset till one other Treasure Convoy is obtainable.
- Distinctive army unit: sloop: Single Naval Unit (replaces the Corsair). It could possibly cross the borders of different civilizations, plunder commerce routes between non-allied civilizations, and assault items of non-allied civilizations with out going to battle. It could possibly transfer after attacking and has a set quantity of motion.
- Related Surprise – Port of Havana: Golden Base. This Settlement generates Treasure Convoys price a set variety of Treasure Fleet factors within the Exploration Period (the impact scales primarily based on recreation velocity). Better financial attribute. It have to be constructed on distant lands on coastal tiles adjoining to non-lake tiles.
(Tides of Energy DLC**) Added a brand new civilization from the Age of Antiquity, Tonga.
Into the infinite blue, searching for new lands on scattered islands, the Polynesians sailed and settled on the island of Tonga virtually three thousand years in the past. Nevertheless, round 1000 CE got here one other enlargement, the Tu’i Tonga Empire, a wrestle for dominance, tribute, and allegiance over the Pacific. The kings of Tonga maintained this method of hierarchical lordship over the islands till they too have been divided.
- Attributes: Expansionist, Diplomat
- Distinctive Talent: Southern Lords: Better affect on city halls and the palace if they’re adjoining to coastal squares. Metropolis-states can’t be included.
- Single civil unit – Tehina: Distinctive Explorer Unit. You may enter the Ocean tiles (with out taking harm) and embark firstly of the Age. You can not land in Distant Lands, however you should use Coastal Raid on adjoining Discoveries.
- Distinctive army unit – Kalia: Better fight pressure towards districts.
wonders
(Tides of Energy DLC**) 4 new wonders added:
- Nice Lighthouse – Antiquity
- Gold background. Grants a free service provider when constructed. +15 water commerce route vary in all settlements. +1 View to all Naval Models. Have to be constructed on a Coast tile adjoining to Land.
- Nan Madol – Exploration
- Supplies +3 Tradition, +3 Manufacturing and +3 Happiness within the Palace and City Corridor on the Islands (a landmass with a most of 15 areas). It have to be constructed on an island metropolis on the coast adjoining to the land.
- Nice Blue Gap – Pure Surprise
- +2 Science and +4 Happiness. Adjoining marine rural squares obtain +2 Tradition. Positioned on the Coast adjoining to six coast tokens.
- Mapu’a Vaea Blowers – Pure Surprise
- +2 Manufacturing and +4 Happiness. +2 Tradition to all coastal land areas on this Settlement. Impassable.
- Situated on the coast adjoining to the cliffs.
Firaxis has additionally included some platform-specific updates tied to Change and Change 2 in Replace 1.3.0. This contains the next:
Change/Change 2
- HDR choices now seem when undocking Change.
- Fastened a reported problem the place the final character entered with the digital keyboard appeared incorrectly.
You may study extra about Replace 1.3.0 and what else it contains within the replace notes within the Civilization official web site.
