Scout (Civ6)

The Scout is an Ancient Era recon unit in Civilization VI. It is available without any technological research.
In the Gathering Storm expansion, the Scout upgrades to the Skirmisher.
* Attributes:
** Has 3 .
** Costs no to maintain.
** Gains XP when activating Tribal Villages (+5 XP) and discovering natural wonders (+10 XP), besides the normal gains from combat.
== Strategy ==
Scouts (and their dogs) are used primarily for exploration in the early game, and are highly recommended as one of the first things to build because of how important your surrounding terrain is. While not helpless, they are relatively weak, so they should generally try to avoid battle. However, due to their mobility, Scouts can position themselves favorably to provide flanking/support bonuses to your other combat units. Scouts will gain experience whenever they visit a Tribal Village or discover a natural wonder.
Note that unlike the Scout in Civilization V (which started with an inherent promotion that allowed it to ignore all terrain penalties), an unpromoted Scout is less mobile in Civilization VI. Yes, it has 3 , but with the new movement rules that doesn't help it much in dense Woods/Rainforests or hilly areas. However, the very first it can acquire allows it to move faster through certain types of terrain, as long as you choose it wisely: the right may boost a Scout's mobility considerably while the wrong one may have no useful effect. Also, when crossing a River, the Scout is subject to the same movement rules as other units. Furthermore, one may be able to take advantage of the "one unit per tile" rule by using one's Scout to block an opponent's troops from approaching the player's border, or to stop the player's opponent from moving their units to an ally's territory in preparation for war.
Barbarian Scouts should be priority targets whenever possible. Should they spot a city, they'll attempt to find an outpost to report to and spawn a raiding party. Barbarian Scouts that have found a civilization will be marked with a red exclamation point (!). Pursuing them is extremely difficult due to their 3 , so use multiple units that exert a zone of control or force Scouts to hug the coast or a chokepoint in order to restrict their movement. On top of this, their mobility enables them to appear from areas you can't see to plunder s.
=== Bugs ===
Scouts are the only land units that are capable of revealing stealth units in their radius.
== Civilopedia entry ==
== Trivia ==
* While barbarian Scouts are accompanied by wolves, Scouts belonging to the playable civilizations are accompanied by German Shepherds.
* As part of an ongoing promotion with 2K Games, Firaxis has released a "Scout Cat" skin as DLC. When enabled, it replaces all of the in-game Scouts' canine companions - including the barbarians' wolves - with domestic cats.
* In the April 2021 Update, a "Pet" command was added to the Scout, which causes the unit's model to give his companion a pat on the head.https://twitter.com/CivGame/status/1385292509333528578 This has no practical gameplay function, but it is very cute. It was most likely added to elicit a mention from Can You Pet The Dog, a Twitter account dedicated to documenting dogs in video games that can or cannot be given pets. If the Scout Cat mod is enabled, the button will be disabled with the text, "One does not simply pet a cat," when hovering the cursor over it.
== Gallery ==
File:Civ6 Scout Cat Concept Art.png|Scout Cat concept art/render
File:Scout Cats Official.png|Scout Cats in game
== References ==
== See also ==
* Scout in other games
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