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Coasts and Rivers Yield Gold Again
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Coasts and Rivers Yield Gold Again

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Immersion and Balance Mods
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Coasts and Rivers yield 1 gold again, which the BNW expansion removed. I always liked how this represented small scale local trade. Yes you can make lots of gold later on with the trade system, etc, but they didn't add a replacement for gold generation in early game. It is of note that this only adds a small amount of gold later on, the AI gets it too, and there is plenty to spend it on, so in my opinion it doesn't upset the balance. If you think it does, that's fine; this mod isn't for you :).

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For direct download if Steam is acting up or you are a Mac user:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3597242/Coasts%20and%20Rivers%20Yield%20Gold%20Again.rar
Just use a program like WinRar to unzip the file into a folder and then place the folder in your Civ 5 Mods folder alongside your other mods and it should appear in your mod list in game.

Note: If you feel this gives you too much gold in the mid and late game, my mod Better City Defenses gives you something to spend it on in addition to what it does :).
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morrkung 18 Feb, 2022 @ 1:07pm 
This is a very useful mod for a lot of map types that sometimes make it impossible to discover trading partners for the first 200 or so turns of a game (basically larger island maps), unless you're playing as Polynesia. It should also be noted that the AI definitely benefits from this as well, and now AI players rarely go into the negative, which overall makes gameplay better and a little more challenging. Thumbs up. The hate for it is totally unwarranted, as it's a mod, and can be enabled or disabled at will.
kodakohl 17 Sep, 2021 @ 8:01pm 
Hi, I know that not many people probably play this game anymore, but this mod isn't appearing in my mod file and the external link doesn't work for me. If there is an alternate download please let me know!!!
WolfCrossing 27 Feb, 2021 @ 8:18pm 
Love this mod, but a description in an earlier comment is true. Definitely turns the drought into a flood, but if you hate hate HATE the early game inability to build anything, this definitely helps.
Combine it with "trading posts grow into towns" mod and your rivers will turn into gold powerhouses that you'll struggle with building farms instead of trading posts. Hah.
Flashu 11 Aug, 2017 @ 6:59am 
vv Just build a harbour
Venaala 18 Jun, 2017 @ 4:57am 
I've been looking for a mod that makes rivers work as roads etween your cities, like they did in civ IV. Any idea wgere to find one, or perhaps you could make one? :P
hrafninn 21 Jan, 2017 @ 12:12am 
I find this mod immensely useful because the other civs gets more gold and therefore is more challenging. Works perfectly with CBP and other mods.
TofuSojo  [author] 8 May, 2016 @ 5:37pm 
@Animalbge Only reason I can think of why it would be on your mod list twice is if you have two different versions or maybe copies of the same version (if it even lets you do that). And no mods can be used in multiplayer normally.
Animalbge 26 Apr, 2016 @ 3:33pm 
Can you one tell me why when using the mod manger loader that it comes up twice and I am not able to use it in a mult player game?
TofuSojo  [author] 21 Dec, 2015 @ 3:50am 
@wailwulf I don't know how to do that or if it even can be done with a simple mod. I balance it by using other mods that adds buildings to the game, increasing maintenance costs.
Wailwulf 13 Dec, 2015 @ 4:55pm 
I like the mod, just feel it does a little too much. Basically it seems to turm the drought into a flood. Would tweak it so gold only appears in every fourth coast and river tile