Civilization 5 Specialists and Great People
Great Engineer - Abilities & GPP Guide for Brave New World
Great Engineer Info
Great Engineers are very useful in two wais. They are easily generated as your Cities focus on Production to finish buildings and wonders, once you have Workshops an Factories in your Cities. This is their time to shine, unless you focus specifically on them early in the game. If you finish the Tradition Social Policty Tree, Great Engineers can be purchased with Faith starting in the Industrial Era for about 1k each, rising the more you purchase.
The Great Engineer's most popular ability is Hurry Production, which can quickly finish a Wonder - often in a single turn, but seemingly based on the production output of the City in question. Save your Great Engineers and pop them as soon as a desirable Wonder becomes available to ensure that yours is the Civilization to build it.
For long-term Production success, the Great Engineer can also build the Manufactory tile improvement, which raises Production of a tile by +4 (+5 with Chemistry). That's a huge boost, particularly when placed on a hill tile - your City can get a large amount of Production from one tile without sacrificing much food. Earlier in the game, and for Militaristic players, this is the surefire winner, allowing you to produce buildings and armies much faster than normal, particularly when more than one of these is installed in a City along with the Ironworks National Wonder.
| GPP | Building | Building Bonus | Tech to Unlock |
| +1 | The Pyramids | +1 Culture, +25% Tile Improvement Construction Speed, Two free Workers | Adopt Liberty, Masonry Tech |
| +1 | The Great Wall | +3 Culture, Enemies expect +1 Move in your Territory | Construction |
| +1 | Temple of Artemis | +1 Culture, +10% Growth in All Cities, +15% Production of Ranged Units | Archery |
| +1 | Stonehenge | +5 Faith | Calendar |
| +1 | Great Mosque of Djenne | +1 Culture, +3 Faith, free Mosque, All Missionaries spread Religion 3x | Theology, Adopt Piety |
| +1 | Chichen Itza | +50% longer Golden Ages, +4 Happiness, +1 Culture | Civil Service |
| +1 | Angkor Wat | +1 Culture, Culture and Gold Cost of Acquiring new Tiles -25% in All Cities | Education |
| +2 | Himeji Castle | +3 Culture, +15% Combat Strength in Friendly Territory | Gunpowder |
Social Policies and Ideologies Related to Great Engineers
- Spaceflight Pioneers
Requires Order Level 3
May finish Spaceship Parts with Great Engineers and +10 Science in Capital.
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