Civilization 7: How To Upgrade Towns Into Cities

Across all three ages in Civilization VII, you'll find yourself constantly acquiring new settlements in one way or another. Maybe you just won a war against another leader and took over their districts or one of your settlers discovered a location on their own. In any case, as you stack up more settlements in your empire, you'll eventually want to make most, if not all of them, cities.

Settlements start as towns, which can only be expanded up to a certain point and carry a specialization with them if you choose. Cities, on the other hand, are generally larger and act as more of a focal point in the grand scheme of your empire. Below, we'll show you how to upgrade towns into cities and the pros and cons of doing so in Civilization VII.

How to turn towns into cities in Civilization 7

Fortunately, the process of converting a town into a city is quite simple. The process can begin once you have founded or acquired a new settlement from another leader. Even if the settlement you took over from another leader was an existing city in their empire, it reverts back to a town once you take control.

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