Civ : Unique Abilities

Special abilities are a new feature added into Civilization 5 that give certain civilizations bonuses. Special abilities have replaced traits from Civilization 4 (most likely to make civilizations more unique instead of two civilizations having the similar bonuses).

America - Manifest Destiny

• Land Military Units gain +1 Sight.
• Gold costs of Tiles reduced by 50%.

Arabia - Trade Caravans

• Trade Routes yield a bonus +1 Gold.
• Oil Tiles provide double quantities

Austria - Diplomatic Marriage

• Can spend Gold to annex or puppet an allied City-State.

Aztec - Sacrificial Captives

• Killing enemy units provides a one-time Culture bonus equal to the Strength of the killed unit (Cites excluded).

Babylon - Ingenuity

• Birth rate of Great Scientists increased by 50%.
• A Great Scientist appears at your Capital after you research Writing.

Byzantium - Patriarchate of Constantinople

• Choose one more Belief than normal when you found a Religion

Carthage - Phoenician Heritage

• All coastal Cities get a free Harbor.
• Units may cross mountains after the first Great General is earned, taking 50 HP damage if they end a turn on a mountain.

Celts - Druidic Lore

• +1 Faith per city with an adjacent unimproved Forest.
• Bonus increases to +2 Faith in Cities with 3 more more adjacent unimproved Forest tiles.

China - Art of War

• Birth rate of Great Generals increased by 50%.
• Great General combat bonus increased to +35%, instead of +20%.

Denmark - Viking Fury

• Embarked Units gain +1 Move (preserved when disembarking)
• Disembarkation does not incur a Movement penalty
• Melee Units pay no Movement cost to Pillage Improvements

Ethiopia - Spirit of Adwa

• Units receive a 20% combat bonus against larger Civilizations (based upon city count).

Egypt - Monument Builders

• Cities gain a +20% Production bonus while constructing a Wonder (also applies to National Wonders, but not Projects)

England - Sun Never Sets

• Naval and Embarked Units gain +2 Move
• One additional Spy

France - Ancient Regime

• Cities yield a bonus +2 Culture; goes Obsolete after you finish researching Steam Power

Germany - Furor Teutonicus

• Land Unit Maintenance costs reduced by 25%
• Defeating Barbarians within an Encampment has a 50% chance of converting the unit to your side and providing a reward of 25 Gold

Greece - Hellenic League

• Diplomatic relations with City-States degrade 50% slower and are recovered 50% faster

Inca - Great Andean Road

• Units ignore Terrain costs of Hills Tiles (but not Forest/Hill or Jungle/Hill tiles)
• Roads and Railroads built on Hills have no Maintenance costs
• Roads and Railroads not built on Hills have half the normal Maintenance cost

India - Population Growth

• Unhappiness from Population is halved; Unhappiness from Cities is doubled

Iroquois - The Great Warpath

• Friendly Forest and Jungle Tiles provide a Movement bonus equal to that of a Road
• After the Wheel, Friendly Forest and Jungle Tiles serve as if they had a Road built on them when determining Trade Routes

Japan - Bushido

• Units fight at full Strength even while injured

Korea - Scholars of the Jade Hall

• Specialists yield a bonus +2 Science
• Great Person Improvements yield a bonus +2 Science
• A tech boost is awarded whenever a Science Building or Science National Wonder is completed at the Capital (equal to Research Agreement tech boost, Scientific World Wonders do not count)

Maya - The Long Count

• After researching Theology, receive a bonus great person at the end of every Maya calendar cycle (394 years)

Mongolia - Mongol Terror

• Military Units gain a +30% combat bonus VS City-States and their Units
• Mounted Units gain +1 Movement

Netherlands - Dutch East India Company

• Retains 50% of the happiness benefits from a luxury resource if your last copy of it is traded away.

Ottoman Empire - Barbary Corsairs

• Naval Unit maintenance costs are reduced by 67%
• Moving adjacent to a Barbarian Naval Unit has a 50% chance of converting it to your side and providing a reward of 25 Gold*
• Gods & Kings: Naval unit maintenace costs are reduced by 67%. All ships start with the "Prize Ships" promotion, allowing them to capture any enemy ship they defeat.

Persia - Achaemenid Legacy

• Golden Ages last 50% longer
• During a Golden Age, all Units gain +1 Move and a +10% combat bonus while attacking (movement bonus is also granted to civilian units)

Polynesia - Wayfinding

• Units can immediately Embark over Coasts and Oceans*
• Embarked Units gain +1 Sight
• Moais you control grant a +10% combat bonus to nearby Units (multiple Moais don't stack)

Rome - The Glory of Rome

• Cities gain a +25% Production bonus while constructing a Building that has already been built at your Capital

Russia - Siberian Riches

• Strategic Resource Tiles yield a bonus +1 Production
• Horse, Iron and Uranium Tiles provide double quantities

Siam - Father Governs Children

• Food, Faith, and Culture from City-States are increased by 50%

Songhai - River Warlord

• Gold from pillaging Cities and clearing Barbarian Encampments is tripled
• All land units get the Amphibious and War Canoes promotions

Spain - Seven Cities of Gold

• Discovering a Natural Wonder provides a reward of 100 Gold, or 500 Gold if you are first to discover it
• Happiness from discovering Natural Wonders is doubled
• Tile yields from Natural Wonders are doubled

Sweden - Nobel Prize

• Gain 90 Influence with a Great Person gift to a City-State
• When declaring friendship, Sweden and their friend gets a +10% boost to Great Person generation