Skip to content
Cause destruction:
Sid Meier’s Civilization VII

Cause destruction:

Learn how to cause destruction in Sid Meier’s Civilization VII to acquire cities for cheap, especially by targeting the enemy palace.

By ···10 min read·Multi-source verified
1 reading this guide  

Learn how to cause destruction in Sid Meier’s Civilization VII to acquire cities for cheap, especially by targeting the enemy palace.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    If you find you cannot buy an enemy city with diplomats, you have the option of causing buildings within the city to be destroyed.
  2. 2
    If the building destroyed is the enemy palace, you will not only be able to buy the city, but you will acquire it for approximately 30% of the normal price.
  3. 3
    Destroying the enemy palace also causes all other cities owned by that civilization to become completely corrupted, allowing you to buy them at cheap prices if you have enough diplomats already present.
  4. 4
    If the destroyed building was the city walls, your chariots can then complete the job, taking over the city much more easily.
Tips
  • Having enough diplomats on hand is crucial for taking advantage of the cheap city prices after destroying an enemy palace.
  • Consider destroying city walls to make direct military assaults with units like chariots more manageable.

100% Human-Written. AI Fact-Checked. Community Verified. Learn how AntMag verifies content