Explore the benefits and strategies for interacting with 8 unique native tribes and their leaders in Civilization VI. Learn about their traits and how to leverage them for your empire's growth.
Natives will tax you up to 99% and may refuse military aid if angered. Keep an eye on the Royal Expeditionary Force, as your king will eventually need to match those numbers.
There are 8 native tribes, each with a unique leader and two beneficial traits. These traits offer advantages like increased conversion rates, gold bonuses, cheaper land purchases, and free unit promotions.
Native Leaders and Tribes
Agueybana (Arawaks)
- Impressionable: +100% Conversion Rate from Missions; Free Promotion - Grenadier 1 (Mounted, Melee, Gunpowder Units)
- Gracious: +100% Gold at first European contact with Native Villages; Free Promotion - Ranger 1 (Mounted, Melee, Gunpowder Units)
Agueybana offers a higher conversion rate from missions and provides more gold on first contact with his villages.
Cunhambebe (Tupi)
- Prosperous: Yields +100% Treasure when villages are captured; Free Promotion - Minuteman I (Mounted, Melee, Gunpowder Units)
- Indulgent: -50% Cost of Native Land Purchasing; Free Promotion - Formation (Mounted, Melee, Gunpowder Units)
Cunhambebe allows for cheaper land purchases and doubles treasure yields when villages are captured, making him ideal for a peaceful start followed by a swift conquest.
Huayna Capac (Incan Empire)
- Prosperous: Yields +100% Treasure when villages are captured; Free Promotion - Minuteman I (Mounted, Melee, Gunpowder Units)
- Mentor: -50% time spent Living Among Natives to Learn a New Skill; Free Promotion - Mountaineer I (Mounted, Melee, Gunpowder Units)
Huayna Capac speeds up learning new skills among natives and offers double gold from captured villages. He is valuable for both learning and plundering.
Logan (Mingo)
- Indulgent: -50% Cost of Native Land Purchasing; Free Promotion - Formation (Mounted, Melee, Gunpowder Units)
- Mentor: -50% time spent Living Among Natives to Learn a New Skill; Free Promotion - Mountaineer I (Mounted, Melee, Gunpowder Units)
Logan provides cheap land and valuable skills through living among his people, making him a good ally for peaceful expansion.
Mangas Coloradas (Apache)
- Impressionable: +100% Conversion Rate from Missions; Free Promotion - Grenadier 1 (Mounted, Melee, Gunpowder Units)
- Indulgent: -50% Cost of Native Land Purchasing; Free Promotion - Formation (Mounted, Melee, Gunpowder Units)
Mangas Coloradas offers cheaper land and a high conversion rate for colonial soldiers, useful for both expansion and troop generation.
Montezuma (Aztec)
- Prosperous: Yields +100% Treasure when villages are captured; Free Promotion - Minuteman I (Mounted, Melee, Gunpowder Units)
- Gracious: +100% Gold at first European contact with Native Villages; Free Promotion - Ranger 1 (Mounted, Melee, Gunpowder Units)
Montezuma is ideal for a deceptive strategy: gain gifts from his village, then betray him for double gold. He offers significant treasure and gold bonuses.
Oconostota (Overhill Cherokee)
- Impressionable: +100% Conversion Rate from Missions; Free Promotion - Grenadier 1 (Mounted, Melee, Gunpowder Units)
- Gracious: +100% Gold at first European contact with Native Villages; Free Promotion - Ranger 1 (Mounted, Melee, Gunpowder Units)
Oconostota offers the same benefits as Agueybana: high conversion rates and gold bonuses on first contact.
Sitting Bull (Hukapapa Sioux)
- Impressionable: +100% Conversion Rate from Missions; Free Promotion - Grenadier 1 (Mounted, Melee, Gunpowder Units)
- Mentor: -50% time spent Living Among Natives to Learn a New Skill; Free Promotion - Mountaineer I (Mounted, Melee, Gunpowder Units)
Sitting Bull provides a high conversion rate for missions and speeds up the process of learning new skills among natives.
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