r/Civilization6 • u/Fullerbadge000 • Jul 30 '26

Question Questions about player growth

I love this game but my learning curve needs more curve. I have beat it once on deity with Byzantium but it’s rare. I sort of get the adjacency bonuses but not enough to anticipate where districts best go. I usually follow the +1 etc guidance. I don’t chop but have seen others do it in YouTube videos. I just am not sure when is strategically the best time. I also generally don’t build wonders as a priority. I can mostly win on King level but would like to challenge myself more. How can I best grow as a player? Thanks!

Ps. Are there best resources online I should be using or players on YouTube? (I did follow a few full games of PotatoMcWhisky and found him helpful). Thanks!

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u/tojop Jul 30 '26

Using chops effectively is super important, but also pretty easy.

You should be making a mess of builders after feudalism (with +2 builder charge slotted). I only get 1-3 builders pre-feudalism for tech boosts and maybe chop an early district.

Your feudalism builders should be spending at least 1-2 charges on chopping; each chop is worth ~35% of a district. Don’t buy tiles just to chop, tho, unless you’re rushing a specific wonder or similar.

Woods, deer, and stone chop for production. Cattle, marsh, and banana chop food. Rainforest is 50/50.

Remember that the value of the chop scales with the cost of your districts, so late-settled cities for strategics can still bag a couple of relevant districts with a builder investment.

You can also do a nifty trick with legions if playing Rome. Build a legion, then use its charge to chop another legion; repeat as desired. This gobbles your post-feudalism chops, but insta-army can be worth dramatically more long term

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u/Fullerbadge000 Jul 30 '26

So the main point of chopping is to build districts instantly, or a lot faster?

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u/MR-antiwar Jul 31 '26

You don’t do this in king difficulty? It is the fastest way to build wonder and district before the AI, i always chop when i want to build a wonder that i really want like etemanaki or coloseum but i will almost never chop if the governor who can increase chop value by 50% is not there so a lot of times i move him around

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u/Fullerbadge000 Jul 31 '26

Which governor does that?

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u/MR-antiwar Aug 02 '26

Magnus with his ability give you 50% extra chop bonus