Portuguese play as a naval and gunpowder civilization with 4 civilization bonuses, led by the Organ Gun and Caravel. Foragers generate wood in addition to food.
Open the Portuguese in the Civ Codex →Cheap armyEarly economy
Focus
Naval and Gunpowder
Introduced
The African Kingdoms (2015)
Win rate
49.1%
Pick rate
2.25%
Civilization bonuses
- Foragers generate wood in addition to food
- All units cost -20% gold
- Can build Feitoria in Imperial Age
- Ships +10/15/20% HP in Feudal/Castle/Imperial Age
Unique technologies
- Circumnavigation (Sets the entire map to explored; Ships train +33% faster)
- Arquebus (Gunpowder Units fire more accurately at moving targets)
Unique units
Team bonus
Technologies research +25% faster
How strong are the Portuguese on the ranked ladder?
On the current balance patch (162286), the Portuguese hold a 49.1% win rate in 1v1 Random Map across all ratings, ranking #31 of 50 civilizations. They appear in 2.25% of matches (46,224 games sampled). Ladder statistics via aoestats.io.