Civilization · Technologies
Gunpowder
Requires Iron Working + Invention
Black powder that produces Musketeers and obsoletes Phalanx, Militia, and the Great Wall.
In the tech tree
- Requires
Iron Working
Invention- Leads to
Metallurgy
Explosives- Enables
Musketeersunit
About technologies in Civilization
Research accumulates from trade in your cities — light bulbs in the city view — and each completed advance unlocks units, buildings, governments or wonders while opening the path to further advances. The order you research in is the single biggest strategic decision of the early game.
Strategy — Beeline matters more than breadth: decide early whether you're rushing Monarchy for growth, Literacy for the Great Library, or military techs for an early war.
