Civilization V: How to Raise City Happiness

Raising Happiness

In order to produce happiness, there are number of different things you can do. Here are actions that will increase your people’s happiness levels:

• Luxury Resources – Every different kind of luxury you harvest will give your people +4 happiness.
• Buildings – Look out for different buildings that will generate positive happiness. Some examples are the circus, Colosseum, and stadium.
• Wonders – Same as with buildings, certain wonders that you build can increase happiness.
• Social Policies – Same as the last two, you should look out for social policies that benefit your cities’ happiness.
• Natural Wonders – Whenever you discover a Natural Wonder, your civilization gets +1 happiness.
• Route to Capital – Make sure all of your cities are connected by a road to the capital. This also helps with happiness.

Use all of these actions together to get the most happiness you can get and never have to worry about being overthrown by your own people.