Hill (Civ5)

A Hill is a type of terrain feature in Civilization V.
== Game Info ==
Terrain feature found everywhere.
* Base yield: 2 (unless on Snow)
== Strategy ==
Hills are mainly useful for building Mines, which allow you to explore their vast potential. However, if they are adjacent to fresh water, you can also build a Farm and combine and potential - consider this if there are many Hills close to a city and you're short of arable land. The Incan civilization can construct their special Terrace Farms on Hills, which are more effective than normal Farms for , especially if there are Mountains nearby.
Hills are also natural defense centers - anything on a Hill receives a bonus. You can also build a Fort to increase the defensive bonus and create a stronghold in the region.
Hills are excellent places to settle due to early bonuses. A city gets Combat Strength and free , plus the lack of on an unimproved Hill is ignored and automatically changed to 2 after settling for free. A city founded on a Hill won't be able to build a Windmill, but that building doesn't become available until the Renaissance Era and early is usually better.
== Civilopedia entry ==
== See also ==
* Hill in other games
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