Civilization VII can be a relaxing experience or it can be absolutely brutal.
So how do you customize the difficulty?
The guide below explains how to change your difficulty level and everything about customizing your game.
However, there’s also a massive caveat with the difficulty level.
Once we beat one run, we could start a new game and access all the difficulty options.
It’s unclear if this is a bug or an intended feature.
After that point, you might make a new game and choose your difficulty options.
These include map bang out, game length, age length, and more.
If you want a massive campaign that drags on for 30 hours, choose Marathon.
However, most players will likely feel comfortable with Standard or Epic.
Continents takes out the islands while Archipelago makes it so your continents are broken up by islands.
Fractal makes the continents more connected and offers less water between them.
Map Size
Finally, your map size determines the overall scale of the map you get to explore.
Naturally, tiny and small sizes make for quicker games, as there’s less to traverse and do.
So, it’s usually recommended for players to stick to the standard map size.
Advanced Options
Advanced Options further customizes your game.
Disasters and crises offer the chance to make things easier or harder on yourself.
If you want a harder experience, turn crises on and pump disasters up to catastrophic level.
you’ve got the option to also change the “Player options” within the Advanced Options menu.
This allows you to set the world leaders you’ll meet during a game and what civilizations they control.
This makes them more prone to war, which is generally what difficulty levels are based on.
There’s so much to learn and discover when you’re exploring the massive world of Civ 7.
Be sure to use ourCivilization 7 guides hubto find all of our guides on the game in one spot.
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