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Great Engineer

Great Engineers are one of the types of Icon unitcommand activate great person Great People in Civilization VI. They are primarily about buildings, production, and especially Wonders. Many Engineers will assist in progressing construction of a Wonder much more quickly than otherwise possible, sometimes triggering a secondary effect as well. Other Engineers use charges to produce buildings in districts, sometimes above the current tech level.

List of Great Engineers

Name Era Charges Activated Effect
Ada Lovelace Industrial Era 1 Triggers the Civicboosted Eureka moment for the Computers Technology. Lets this City build one more District than the Population limit allows.
Alvar Aalto Modern Era 1 This city provides +1 Appeal to any tiles it owns
Bi Sheng Medieval Era 1 Lets this city build one more district that the population limit allows. Triggers the Eureka moment for the Printing technology
Charles Correa Information Era 1 This city provides +2 Appeal to any tiles it owns
Filippo Brunelleschi Renaissance Era 1 Grants 472.5 Icon main production Production towards wonder construction.
Gustave Eiffel Industrial Era 2 Grants 1440 Icon main production Production towards wonder construction.
Isidore of Miletus Medieval Era Grants 215 Icon main production Production towards wonder construction.
James of St. George Medieval Era 2 Instantly builds Ancient Walls and Medieval Walls in the city, and provides enough Icon main gold Gold per turn to pay their maintenance.
James Watt Industrial Era 1 Instantly builds a Factory and Workshop in this district. Factories produce +2 Production.
Jane Drew Atomic Era 1 +3 Icon Amenities Amenity for this city. +4 Icon housing Housing for this city.
John Roebling Atomic Era 2 +1 Icon Amenities Amenity for this city. +2 Icon housing Housing for this city.
Joseph Paxton Information Era 1 This district's regional buildings provide +1 Amenity. This district's regional buildings reach 3 tiles farther.
Leonardo da Vinci Renaissance Era 1 Triggers 1 Modern Tech Eureka moment and Workshops produce +1 Culture.
Mimar Sinan Renaissance Era 2 +1 Icon Amenities Amenity for this city. +1 Icon housing Housing for this city.
Nikola Tesla Modern Era 1 This district's regional buildings provide +2 Production. This district's regional buildings reach 3 tiles farther.
Robert Goddard Modern Era 1 Triggers the Eureka moment for the Rocketry technology. +20% Production towards Space Race projects.
Sergei Korolev Atomic Era Grants 4,500 Production towards Space Race project construction.
Wernher von Braun Information Era 1 +100% Production towards Space Race projects.


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