Every part of a civ, one step at a time

Step 1 · Identity

Name it, dress it, give it a voice

Name your civ and its tagline, then pick its look by clicking straight on the preview scene.

• Architecture, castle and wonder
• Monk appearance and starting scout
• Spoken language, with a sample you can play before choosing

Steps 2–3 · Bonuses

Civ bonuses and a team bonus

Browse and filter the full bonus catalog by category and click a card to take it. Many bonuses can be scaled - make the Byzantine discount bigger, or a cavalry bonus smaller.

• Bonuses from every civilization, including the Chronicles civs where they work with ordinary units
• Custom bonuses: pick a target - a unit group, one unit, a villager job, a building, an age or a tech - and stack effects like "+20% HP, +2 pierce armor"
• Save custom cards to your library and share them as files

Step 4 · Tech tree

The tech tree you already know

Click any unit, building or technology to switch it on or off - the same layout as the in-game tech tree, courtesy of Siege Engineers.

• Add regional units like Elephant Archers, Battle Elephants or Camels
• Take as many units as you like: when two share a button, choose which one moves to the building's second page

Steps 5–8 · Unique unit, techs & heroes

Your castle, your rules

Choose a unique unit from the game or a custom base unit, see its live stats, and override its name, cost or stats.

• Castle and Imperial unique techs from the full roster, or composed from bonus effects
• Optional heroes, one at a time, retrainable when they fall
• Second unique units and Chronicles units are available as unlock cards

Step 9 · Review

Check it, save it, build it

A full summary of the civ before you save it as a .civbuilder.json file. Combine as many civs as you like into a single mod, and the builder warns you before building if anything needs your attention.

Already have civs from KrakenMeister's builder? Convert KM Civ imports them so you can keep editing.