Maximizing Adjacency Bonuses & District Planning

Civilization VI · Strategy · 2025-11-04 · 8 min read

Introduction: The "One More Turn" Paralysis

Civilization VI is a game of planning. Placing a district in the wrong tile in the Ancient Era can cost you the game in the Atomic Era.

Advanced players use Map Tacks to plan cities 100 turns in advance. Casual players just guess.

The Three Planning Challenges

1. District Placement

A Campus gets +1 Science from Mountains and +0.5 from Rainforests. Planning an Industrial Zone Diamond involving Aqueducts and Dams requires visualizing 4 cities at once.

2. Wonder Rushing

You start building the Pyramids without realizing you need a Desert Flat tile, or that another Civ is already building it.

3. Policy Cards

Calculating if "+100% adjacency" or "+1 Science per population" yields more requires opening 5 different city screens.

How Otagon Plans Your Empire

District Planning: Share a screenshot of potential settle locations and Otagon identifies optimal tiles—like that spot surrounded by 3 Mountains and a Geothermal Vent for a +5 Science Campus.

Wonder Consultation: Considering Petra? Share your city view and Otagon evaluates if you have enough Desert Hills tiles to make it worthwhile.

Victory Strategy: Share your progress screen and Otagon analyzes your Tourism output, Science lead, or Military strength to suggest optimal victory path adjustments.

Germany Industrial Empire Strategy

  1. Setup: Place Hansa next to Commercial Hub for adjacency bonus
  2. Expansion: Otagon analyzes enemy units before recommending war
  3. Golden Age: Choose Monumentality with high Faith for rapid expansion

Pro Tips

  • Otagon tracks Great People race progress
  • Before settling near enemies, Otagon calculates Loyalty pressure
Stuck mid-game? Otagon is an AI gaming companion: snap a screenshot and get a spoiler-free hint in seconds. Try it free.

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