Sid Meier’s Civilization 7 Update 1.000.018 Patch Notes (version 1.16)

Sid Meier’s Civilization 7 update 1.000.018 (v1.3.2) is available to download on PS5, PS4(1.16), and PC (Steam). According to the official Civilization 7 patch notes, the latest Civilization VII patch 1.3.2 refines Naval Coastal Raiding, introduces Appeal levels, improves AI Diplomacy, updates economic terminology, adjusts multiple civ abilities, and adds new UI, controller, audio, and narrative improvements. Additionally, the Civilization 7 patch 1.000.018 also includes bug fixes, balance tweaks, and clarity updates enhance gameplay consistency and late-game performance.

Civilization 7 update 1.16 Patch Notes – February 4, 2026

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Summary of Most Important Changes

Coastal Raid redesigned to function like Pillage, including yield updates and compatibility with Pillage-boosting abilities.
Appeal system reworked into tiered Happiness levels with a new Appeal Lens.
Major AI Diplomacy behavior tuning across leaders and civs.
Mughal and Dai Viet kits significantly rebalanced.
Numerous UI, performance, and controller improvements.

Coastal Raid Rework

Naval Raiding Adjustments

Coastal Raid now mirrors Pillage behavior.
Naval Units raid their tile or adjacent tiles but no longer Pillage directly.
Coastal Raid activates discoveries at range and captures Districts.
Yields now match tile Pillage Yields; no default Gold/Health.
Benefits from Pillage Yield modifiers; land-only modifiers specify Land Units.

Iceland Updates

Drottkvaett: Naval Units grant Culture equal to 50% of Pillage Yields and Healing.
Vikingr: Grants Science equal to 25% of Pillage Yields and Healing; retains 3 Sight.

Clarifications

Wonders, Social Policies, Promotions, and Civ Abilities now specify Naval vs Land effects.

Appeal System Update

Appeal Lens & Happiness Redesign

Added new Appeal Lens.
Appeal now tiered: Average, Charming, Breathtaking.
Average tiles: no Happiness.
Charming tiles: +1 Happiness when improved.
Breathtaking tiles: +2 Happiness when improved.
Happiness no longer scales by Age.
Abilities referencing tile Happiness updated to reference Appeal.

AI Improvements

Diplomacy Behaviors

Diplomatic leaders use Military Sabotage more effectively.
Militaristic leaders use Open the Gates during War and invest more in War Support.
All leaders befriend Independents slightly more often.
Bias adjustments for numerous named leaders.
City-State-focused leaders better Suzerain/Incorporate City-States.
Persona leaders differentiated across variants.
Civ-wide bias updates for listed civs.

Diplomacy

Pirate Haven’s +1 Gold correctly removed when a Trade Route is lost due to War.

Economy Updates

Terminology & Consistency

“Rural District” renamed to “Rural.”
Qajar and Sayyida al Hurra abilities now apply only to Urban Districts.
Diplomatic project Culture properly granted with Ekklesia Mastery.
Wonders add Production Adjacency for Modern Factories.
Riches of the Duat bonus limited to desert cities.
Freyfaxahamar bonus applies only to same-Religion Settlements.
Anjuvannam receives Coastal Adjacency properly with Shusei Kokubo.
Ageless Fortified Districts retain Health and Wall Defense across Ages.

Military Adjustments

Communism now spawns Land Ranged Units correctly.
Pirate Naval Units cannot be attacked through Fortified districts by neutral units.
Naval Units can capture Fortified tiles once all Buildings are pillaged.
Donjon no longer grants extra Chevalier on reconquest.
Storylet bug causing disappearing Army Commanders fixed.

Misc Gameplay Fixes

Improved Naval transition VFX.
Fixed Shawnee Hoceepkileni model issue.

Leaders & Civs

New Leader

Gilgamesh added.

Mughal Updates

Unique Ability

Paradise of Nations: +100% Gold Yields; -25% all other Yields.

Unique Improvement

Stepwell: +2 Food; +2 Food from adjacent Farms; flat land only; no adjacency to another Stepwell.

Traditions

Mayūrāsana: +10% Gold to purchases.
Jins-i Kamil: +1 Food on Farms next to Plantations and vice versa.
Qilachas: +2 Gold on Quarters with Walls.

Civic Tree

Zabt Tier 1: Stepwell unlock; +1 Gold on Farms in Towns; Jins-i Kamil retained.
Gardens of Paradise Tier 1: Wonders purchasable with Gold at 150% cost; Mayūrāsana retained.

Dai Viet Updates

Unique Ability

Hịch Tướng Sĩ: 25 Culture per Urban Population when creating Fortification Constructibles.

Unique Settler

Quận Vương: 25 Culture per Tropical tile within 3 tiles on settling.

French Empire Updates

Cultural Attribute replaces Militaristic.
Grand Armee strength now scales with slotted Traditions.
Final Civic gains an additional Tradition Slot.

UI Improvements

Civilopedia

New entries: Skirmish, Poison, Trade Range.
Walls description clarifies they cannot be built on Rural tiles.
Attributes entry includes Wildcard Attributes.

Controller-Specific Improvements

Multi-touch zoom/rotate on Steam Deck.
Social Policy editing highlight fixes.
Cursor navigation to card lists improved.
Peace Deal Proposal no longer overlaps menus.
Controller stability fixes across menus.
Locked nodes highlight properly in Leader Attribute Menu.
Player Unlocks appear correctly after Age advancement.
Missing tutorial button prompts restored.

General UI & Performance

“Turns until next Celebration” added under Government icon.
Hostile City-State Unit flags get red outlines.
Civic Tree ordering corrected.
World’s Fair quote displays properly.
Leader portrait returns player to last Diplomacy tab.
Destroyed Districts show correct Health Bars on reload.
Promotion menu no longer retains unavailable selections.
Rewards Menu no longer appears without unlocks.
Improved late-game performance and multiplayer stability.

Text Updates

Added directional help for Diplomacy tabs pre-Government selection and before meeting first Independent Power.
Submarine descriptions mention combat role.
Light Naval Units correctly show Melee Strength.
Pantheon Menu restored for early Antiquity.
Updated Shwedagon Zedi Daw to reference Appeal.
Updated Xerxes Achaemenid loading text.
General text improvements.

Tooltip Improvements

Added tooltips to Diplomacy panel tabs.
Unit icons no longer overlap Trade Route tooltips.

Narrative

Fixed improper triggers in Narrative Events.

Audio

Added UI notification for religious conversions.
Added Narrator VO for World’s Fair.
Havana Harbor music now plays on Wonder completion.
Various UI audio fixes.

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