Know Your Enemy (Civ6)

is the eleventh challenge of the month in Civilization VI, running from September 11 to October 16, 2024.
== Intro ==
Fight to survive the decades-long Mongol invasion of China in this new challenge. As Wu Zetian, Empress of China, you must join forces with Qin Shi Huang and Yongle to fend off the encroaching armies of Genghis Khan. It's crucial that you utilize the Great Wall tile improvement to defend your borders against multiple attack waves, biding your time to exploit Wu Zetian's mastery of espionage as you use spycraft to sabotage Mongol settlements from the inside.
== Game parameters ==
* Difficulty: Prince / Emperor
* Victory: Score
* Speed: Standard
* Player Leader: 
* Map Type: Custom
* Map Size: Small
* RuleSet: Gathering Storm
* Start Era: Medieval
* Resources: Sparse
* World Age: Old
* Start Position: Standard
* Temperature: Standard
* Rainfall: Standard
* Sea Level: Low
== Strategy ==
You start this challenge with a populous , a Government Plaza, two Pike and Shots, a Musketman, a Scout, a Builder, a Spy, some Governor Titles, and bits of Mongolian territory visible on the map. You're on a team with Qin Shi Huang (who's located to your southeast) and Yongle (who's located to your west), but you'll be doing the heavy lifting here. There are no city-states on the map, so any policy cards that relate to s or enhance city-state bonuses are useless here, and the only way to achieve victory is for you (or your team) to have the highest score by Turn 305.
On Prince difficulty, your best strategy is an overwhelming offense. Appoint Victor and Magnus as Governors, get them the Embrasure and Provision titles, and assign Magnus to your - Victor will be assigned to the cities you capture from Genghis Khan. Send your Spy to any Mongolian city with a Commercial Hub and have them perform a Siphon Funds mission to earn yourself some extra , which will help offset your negative cash flow in the beginning. Slot Survey and send your Scout west to discover the Fountain of Youth and earn a , then send your Musketman and Pike and Shots after it and have them enter the Fountain of Youth's tile to receive the Water of Life ability. Afterward, have your Scout continue exploring and send the rest of your military units north toward Aksu, skirting east around the Mountains near it to approach its less defensible side. While they're on their way, have your Builder harvest the to the northeast of your ; a Campus built on that tile will have a +4 adjacency bonus and provide you with a place to build the Great Library so you can get a leg up on . You should also build the Ancestral Hall, train at least two Settlers and some Archers to escort them, and settle on the south bank of the River and adjacent to the Rainforest near the Fountain of Youth so you'll have a source of once you discover Military Engineering. Your other Settler should found a city at the periphery of the mountain range south of Aksu, near which there's a source of that will allow you to train Knights and Cuirassiers.
Once your Musketman and Pike and Shots have reached the eastern borders of Aksu, declare war on Genghis Khan and send them to attack the city. You should be able to take it before it builds Walls, and can then advance west and capture Ürümqi and Iryai. Build Walls in each city you capture to protect it from Barbarians, who spawn in great numbers at random points during this challenge. Mongolian cities will likely have built defenses by the time you reach Hami, in which case you should train some Trebuchets or Bombards to punch through them. Focus on developing your 's districts and training Settlers there to found cities in resource-rich areas, training units in cities near the front line to reinforce your army, and building and developing Commercial Hubs in other cities to increase your limit and strengthen your economy, and you should be able to win this challenge handily.
== Gallery ==
File:Know Your Enemy challenge 2 (Civ6).png|Know Your Enemy alternative promotional image
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File:Know Your Enemy starting (Civ6).png|Starting of Know Your Enemy
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File:Know Your Enemy (Emperor) Badge (Civ6).png|Know Your Enemy (Emperor) Badge
== External links ==
* https://civilization.2k.com/news/monthly-challenges/
* https://web.archive.org/web/20241003034619/https://civilization.2k.com/news/monthly-challenges/
Category:Challenges (Civ6)