Civ VI: The Ultimate Guide to Trade Routes

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  • Опубліковано 30 лип 2023
  • Trade Routes might possibly be the most important part of any game of Civilization VI. They serve a role in every victory type and the flourishing of every empire, from domestic routes that feed the people to foreign routes meant to print gold. Knowing how to use and apply them in every game will give you the tools needed to compete against those higher-level deity AIs.
    Today, I will teach you everything you need to know about trade routes in Civilization 6, from their primary functions to how they produce yields, the nuances of their diplomatic implications, and how to improve them to hit those +50 gold routes.
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  • @gabrielzinho3230
    @gabrielzinho3230 11 місяців тому +95

    I am actually impressed you managed to fit all this information in such a short video. Congrats, mate!

    • @Anolaana
      @Anolaana 29 днів тому +1

      Yep, so much to cover and yet as far as I can tell, it was done very concisely and efficiently!

  • @HardcoreQtip
    @HardcoreQtip 11 місяців тому +81

    Wow. im gonna be honest. This guide is more informative than most videos by bigger channels. Well explained and thorough. Trade routes are such an important part of the game that is often overlooked. Probably because of how complicated they are and how poorly they are explained by the vanilla game's UI.

    • @RidicAcidic
      @RidicAcidic  10 місяців тому +4

      Yeah this was definitely the most difficult video I've had to make so far, glad I got it out there

  • @kjerins
    @kjerins 2 місяці тому +5

    I never really understood trade route duration until now, and this bit about efficiency is complete news to me! Thanks for quality content!

  • @MovieRelated
    @MovieRelated Місяць тому +5

    I am a long-time but big time amateur player. You blew my mind in this vid.

  • @An1mat0rz
    @An1mat0rz 10 місяців тому +8

    Unironically some of the best informative content I've seen, really helps a lot.

  • @agkk8910
    @agkk8910 10 місяців тому +17

    The animation/editing on this video is top notch 👌🏼 great work!

  • @The.illiterate.libertarian
    @The.illiterate.libertarian 10 місяців тому +5

    Thank you so much for making these videos, this game can be a bit confusing, but you’re videos make it so easy to understand.

  • @ededman10
    @ededman10 11 місяців тому +8

    Been playing this game for a long time and never really took time to understand how trade routes worked, thanks for the explanations !
    Greetings for France

  • @uncut_cowboy
    @uncut_cowboy 7 місяців тому +4

    This video made me larger in both girth and length, thanks, Ridic Acidic!

  • @mitchell-gordon
    @mitchell-gordon 27 днів тому +2

    Combo harbor and commercial hub is a great single city. Use the governor to get double yields!

  • @themazz915
    @themazz915 4 місяці тому

    Amazing Video Mate! It really helped to understand the impact and factors on trade routes, thank you 🙌🏻

  • @robinjac4322
    @robinjac4322 8 місяців тому +2

    That was very well done. Informative, easily digestible and my adhd brain loves the visualizations of math. Great job!

  • @NCISfreak123
    @NCISfreak123 11 місяців тому +7

    Love your vids as always!! I hope Firaxis notices and offers you work to make their tutorial videos in CIV VII!!

    • @RidicAcidic
      @RidicAcidic  11 місяців тому

      That would be the dream!

  • @spacepillow
    @spacepillow 2 місяці тому

    This is a really comprehensive guide! Nice work

  • @Mrdestiny17
    @Mrdestiny17 10 місяців тому +6

    As a Mansa Musa main, im very thankful lol. I always focus settling and building as many cities I can to max trade routes😅

  • @SirMorganD
    @SirMorganD 9 місяців тому +4

    You are doing great with this videos, you are doing a favor to the Civ VI community!

  • @seron16
    @seron16 10 місяців тому +1

    10/10, awesome vid mate!! Thanks!

  • @Dave-cj6km
    @Dave-cj6km 9 місяців тому +2

    what a well produced video!

  • @jonathansiesquen8027
    @jonathansiesquen8027 3 дні тому

    This is a great surprise, useful content in here.

  • @M4gl4d
    @M4gl4d 2 дні тому

    Very useful video, thank you

  • @Anolaana
    @Anolaana 29 днів тому

    Very useful, thanks!

  • @pickleengi8123
    @pickleengi8123 11 місяців тому +1

    Great video! Need more about alliance bonuses!

    • @RidicAcidic
      @RidicAcidic  10 місяців тому

      Perhaps I did brush over it a little too fast

  • @twillis1998
    @twillis1998 11 місяців тому

    Fantastic video!

  • @d.alexandrasalazarperea529
    @d.alexandrasalazarperea529 7 місяців тому

    Your videos are awesome please keep doing them

  • @virusj216
    @virusj216 11 місяців тому

    love it. I learned a lot that I didn't know!

  • @bradsmith6966
    @bradsmith6966 2 дні тому

    Really well made video

  • @ORProductionss
    @ORProductionss 9 місяців тому +3

    Dang, my cousin certainly has made a huge comeback ever since the chess video

  • @rydenkaye9735
    @rydenkaye9735 4 місяці тому +1

    Great vid! Would be awesome to include a section where you tried to maximize yields on both internal and external trade routes to show what the end goal looks like, as well as talking over the buffs that go into it

    • @RidicAcidic
      @RidicAcidic  4 місяці тому

      That's a great idea! Wish I thought of it lol

  • @tomselksnitis5215
    @tomselksnitis5215 4 місяці тому

    Very nice video! 👌

  • @williambreeze2659
    @williambreeze2659 8 місяців тому

    Quality information!

  • @HighHoeKermit
    @HighHoeKermit 3 місяці тому

    Great job man

  • @rabighkamal535
    @rabighkamal535 11 місяців тому +1

    Awesome video!!!

  • @leshakhalin
    @leshakhalin 7 місяців тому

    Great vid!

  • @forwat_9288
    @forwat_9288 4 місяці тому +5

    is it only me or the background is a bit loud

  • @allanrasul5149
    @allanrasul5149 11 днів тому

    thanks for making the background music the same volume as your monotone voice.

  • @christopherrobinson9521
    @christopherrobinson9521 8 місяців тому

    I bloody amazing vid man keep up the great work. could you do modded spotlights?

  • @siebert1995
    @siebert1995 11 днів тому +1

    Trading empire so nice

  • @nork8654
    @nork8654 10 місяців тому +1

    Chill the music but thanks for the useful information

  • @monkeygod027
    @monkeygod027 10 місяців тому +1

    Fire vid

  • @dominicgendron3011
    @dominicgendron3011 6 місяців тому +1

    Alright! So, what should I do again ??

  • @chasefromtheplace
    @chasefromtheplace 8 місяців тому +1

    Can I get a new discord link? The one in comments is broken. You make the best civ videos on YT, I have 600 hours and I learn a bunch from your videos so quickly and have a good time. Keep up the great work!!

    • @RidicAcidic
      @RidicAcidic  8 місяців тому

      Updated the link for ya! Sorry about that, discord links expire after 30 days now unless you want to pay extra, so I have to go in and manually replace it every month. Thanks for letting me know it was time to refresh it :D

  • @janwitt5220
    @janwitt5220 Місяць тому

    Unexpected Doormonster :D

  • @yuriyi2859
    @yuriyi2859 3 місяці тому +1

    0:46 Wrong. In coastal cities build Harbor AND Commercial. Because Commercial gets adjacency bonus from Harbor.

    • @RidicAcidic
      @RidicAcidic  3 місяці тому +1

      Or instead of wasting production you could build a holysite, theater square, or campus to help you win

  • @MackNJacishopper
    @MackNJacishopper 3 дні тому

    Interesting I learned a few things and I consider myself an expert.

  • @dashyz3293
    @dashyz3293 11 місяців тому +3

    if a trader starts in the renaissance and ends in the industrial era, is the minimum turns 31 or 41?
    like if it says it takes a length of 18(therefore it finishes its round trip at 36) turns

    • @RidicAcidic
      @RidicAcidic  11 місяців тому +3

      Wow this is a good question I actually did not anticipate. But I believe the answer is it stays the same from when it was sent. I know the yield of a route can change halfway through based on policies and new alliances, but I've never seen the time bounce back up. I'd have to double check though

  • @WilliFR
    @WilliFR 9 місяців тому +1

    One question if I got a new city and I want to help that city grow with internal trade routes is better if I start the trade route from the new city to capital or from the capital to the small city? I'm new into Civilization

    • @RidicAcidic
      @RidicAcidic  9 місяців тому +1

      You would send it from the new city to your older city. The origin city is always the one that gets all the trade route yields

  • @williamlampke8083
    @williamlampke8083 6 місяців тому

    commenting for algorithm thanks for vid

  • @Userd3258
    @Userd3258 4 місяці тому

    You forgot to mention partially sea routes need to be linked between 2 coastal cities and routes can't ever go from a coastal city to an inland city without a coastal city in between. Took me forever to figure that out through trial and error.

  • @LoremIpsum905
    @LoremIpsum905 9 місяців тому

    Might be wrong here, but I thought Reyna's first ability gives a bonus to gold on incoming AND outgoing routes, as long as they're not domestic.

  • @doomlordkazzak6456
    @doomlordkazzak6456 3 місяці тому +3

    just got into civ.... what the actually f... I always picked the shortest routes. because I thought I get better yield. I thiught I only got Gold if the Trader returned

    • @RidicAcidic
      @RidicAcidic  3 місяці тому +1

      Yep, it's not well explained. Even I was confused when I first got the game years ago

  • @johnquarto
    @johnquarto 7 днів тому

    why oh why do you need background music? your content is good enough on its own, without distraction

  • @smell.fishy.reveal
    @smell.fishy.reveal Місяць тому +1

    "After all every nation live by exchanging"
    Gandhi exchanges nuke with my capital💀

  • @spacepillow
    @spacepillow Місяць тому

    So how many cities are you settling, and how many are you conquering? And do you really not build a campus or anything until later?

    • @RidicAcidic
      @RidicAcidic  Місяць тому +1

      Varies each and every game. In civ 6 you generally want to get as many cities up as possible quick or take as many as possible if you lack room to settle. I like getting gold first because it helps to either upgrade my army, or buy builders and tiles to improve the lands I'm settling. Think of it as exponential growth as opposed to the linear growth the AI experiences

  • @ApurrrkyPSVR2gamecat
    @ApurrrkyPSVR2gamecat 3 місяці тому

    So the thing i haven't figured out is how to adjust who gets what. So far I have Geneva and Brussels. Each place says I trade NOTHING and get gold and science points. I pissed them off because I am giving them nothing in return. How do I change this?

  • @Bruhtater
    @Bruhtater 9 місяців тому

    Is the envoy given by the "owls of minerva" an envoy to be freely placed, or an envoy in the city-state the trade route is sent to?

    • @RidicAcidic
      @RidicAcidic  9 місяців тому

      Envoy with the city-state the route is sent to

    • @Bruhtater
      @Bruhtater 9 місяців тому

      @@RidicAcidic thank you. Do you have a vid or a short breaking down amenities?

  • @natsurr
    @natsurr 10 місяців тому +3

    Amazing video! Just the music is a tad too loud, your voice barely audible at parts.

    • @RidicAcidic
      @RidicAcidic  10 місяців тому

      Thanks for the feedback! If you don't mind me asking what were you listening to my video through? Earbuds? Phone speaker? Computer speaker? TV speaker? I want to make sure my videos sound good on all devices

    • @natsurr
      @natsurr 10 місяців тому

      @@RidicAcidic I was using my phone's speakers.
      Great work, btw! Love the effort you put into these videos. :)

  • @cusy1054
    @cusy1054 11 місяців тому +1

    No way a Door Monster reference!!

  • @draekalloy3673
    @draekalloy3673 9 місяців тому

    I never knew that trade routes were so complex 🤔

    • @RidicAcidic
      @RidicAcidic  9 місяців тому +1

      That's what I said when I began writing the script to this video lol. I didn't expect it to be this long but it turns out there was more to them than I thought

  • @OdeezyBaby18
    @OdeezyBaby18 4 місяці тому

    8:38 😂😅... 🤔

  • @wrjtung3456
    @wrjtung3456 9 місяців тому

    1:50 based

  • @alchemyphoenix2374
    @alchemyphoenix2374 5 місяців тому +1

    Thank you for this. Out of all the mechanics in this game, trade was explained the most poorly by the game itself.

  • @Zondagskind.Gaming
    @Zondagskind.Gaming 5 місяців тому +1

    If there's only one Dutch word I could teach everyone, it's "Wisselbanken".

    • @RidicAcidic
      @RidicAcidic  5 місяців тому

      Ah, my favorite diplomatic policy

  • @8thdayadventist911
    @8thdayadventist911 6 місяців тому

    I use traders to create roads for my troops to use during war.

  • @LoremIpsum905
    @LoremIpsum905 9 місяців тому

    Efficiency points?!? Never in all my years...

  • @albersonphill9093
    @albersonphill9093 5 місяців тому

    One city state is needed: samarkand

  • @penknight8532
    @penknight8532 2 дні тому

    Yes, but you didn't solve the oldest debate in Civ VI history... Should you send your first trade route internally or externally??

    • @RidicAcidic
      @RidicAcidic  2 дні тому +1

      Depends, does the neighboring city-state have an envoy quest?

  • @flapjack-qr2le
    @flapjack-qr2le 9 місяців тому

    hmm I cant join the discord server

    • @RidicAcidic
      @RidicAcidic  9 місяців тому

      Sorry, discord removed permanent links so they all expire after 30 days. Replaced it for ya

  • @davidanderegg1232
    @davidanderegg1232 4 дні тому

    Why does everyone trash on great Zimbabwe? Its one of the best wonders in the game 😢

  • @lennox8151
    @lennox8151 9 місяців тому

    Promo>SM 🤘

  • @darrenlee2775
    @darrenlee2775 2 місяці тому +1

    Informative video but it's a struggle to watch due to the 'background' music fighting to be in the foreground. It's too loud and obnoxious, just dial the volume down a little so we can hear the instructions clearly please.

  • @LoneKnight02
    @LoneKnight02 6 місяців тому

    So what you're saying is. If you're mid game into the Renaissance and modern Era and you didn't know to make trade routes early game because everyone declared war on you, you're basically just screwed?

  • @samuelhakansson6680
    @samuelhakansson6680 2 місяці тому

    Wait what, its a GOOD IDEA to declare a surprise war because of an UNDEFENDED TRADER? Your guide was really good until this miserable piece of trash advice popped up. Looting an enemy trader gives very little gold to begin with, and you now ruined your standing with other leaders and got into a war for pretty much pocket change. Ok if you wanted to declare on that turn anyway because you actually want to attack them FOR OTHER REASONS, but NEVER do this for the trader alone. Trash advice.

  • @nihg8259
    @nihg8259 2 місяці тому

    so i am supposed to make most of my money from trade routes? i just conquer 90% of someones empire, demand money and sell the conquered weaker cities to some poor fella