How to increase Production in Civilization 7

Production in Civilization 7 is a yield you’ll get from your settlements. Production doesn’t have an effect on your civilization as a whole, it just determines how fast each settlement, well, produces stuff. Our Civilization 7 guide will tell you how to increase your Production yield and some of the things that will buff it. Table of Contents How Production works in Civilization 7 Production is a yield that each settlement produces like Food or Happiness. Each settlement (individually) has an amount of Production it produces each turn determined by things like tile yields, buildings, and adjacency bonuses. [Image: https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/Civ-7-Production-2.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] When you choose to produce a building or a unit, the production cost of that unit is divided by the amount of Production the settlement produces per turn, and the result is how many turns it takes to create the building or unit. For example, a fishing quay costs 55 Production to build. If the settlement building it has a Production yield of 5, the fishing quay will take 11 turns to create — 55 divided by 5. If the settlement has a Production yield of 10, that number drops to 6 turns (you round up). Since towns don’t produce things in the same way as cities, a town’s Production yield is converted into (global) Gold for your civilization. How to increase Production in Civilization 7 Production and Food are the most important yields for your settlements early in their growth. Especially since building the stuff to grow and improve your town requires Production. Like Happiness, increasing your Production starts with the tiles you choose to expand into, but you can also increase your Production due to the government you choose, the buildings you build, and the Tech, Civics, and Policies you select. Here are the ways to increase Production in Civilization 7. Production tile yields [Image: https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/Civ-7-Production-4.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] Growing into tiles that have a natural Production yield is the easiest way to increase your Production. These are usually tiles that provide things like woodcutters or mines. Production Government choices [Image: https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/Civ-7-Production-3.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] Choosing your government (which you’ll do around turn 11 of the Antiquity Age, after you research the default Chiefdom Civic) tweaks some aspects of Production. Any of the choices — Classical Republic, Despotism, or Oligarchy — temporarily increase Production in specific circumstances. * Classical Republic, for example, gives you a boost to Production only when you’re building a Wonder for the next 15 turns. * Despotism gives you extra Production toward training infantry for 15 turns. * Oligarchy boosts your Production toward buildings for 15 turns. Your choice of government lasts for the entire age, but you can pick a different one during age transitions. Mostly, though, it just determines the kinds of celebrations you can choose. Production Buildings [Image: https://platform.polygon.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/Civ-7-Production-1.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] As you research your way through the Civic and Tech trees, you’ll start to unlock buildings that increase Production — Production Buildings. These are buildings like Brickyards, Saw Pits, and Barracks that have their own Production yields. Like all buildings, each of these Production Buildings have their own adjacency bonuses, so pay attention when you place them. Production Tech and Civics Many nodes in the Tech and Civic trees increase Production to some extent. A lot of them, though, are only for specific tiles. For example, in the Antiquity Age: * Pottery Tech gives a +1 to clay pit tiles * Animal Husbandry gives a +1 to camp and woodcutter tiles * Masonry gives a +1 to mine and quarry tiles * Masonry Mastery gives a +1 to all Production Buildings * Bronze Working Mastery gives a +2 Production to all military buildings Researching Civics, at least in the Antiquity Age, doesn’t do anything to your Production yield directly. The Civics nodes to unlock a lot of Production Buildings, though. They also unlock Policies that you can slot after each celebration. Production Policies In Antiquity, you can unlock Production Policies like: * Tool Making (from Chiefdom) that increases Production on the Palace by +1 * Drills (from Tactics) that increase Production toward training infantry and ranged units by 30% * Drama and Poetry (from Citizenship) gives a 50% increase to Production when building Cultural Buildings * Literature (from Literacy) increases Production toward Science Buildings by 50% Remember that each age has its own Tech and Civic trees, and unique Policies, so you’ll have to watch for new opportunities as you progress through your game. For more Civilization 7 guides, here’s a list of all yields, plus guides on how to increase Food and Happiness.