One of the features that makes Civilization 7 stand out is how customizable each Leader can be. Gamers can pick whichever Civilization they'd like for their Leader and even equip unique perks called Mementos. Each Memento grants the Leader who chose it an ability that can provide a significant advantage in-game if used right.

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Civilization 7: How to Get Napoleon for Free

Players can follow this guide to ensure they get access to two Napoleon personas in Civilization 7.

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This guide will show players how Mementos work in Civilization 7, including how to unlock their slots and gain access to all 97 Mementos. While it may sound confusing at first, players will surely get the hang of it as soon as they gain access to their first Memento slot.

How to Unlock and Use Mementos in Civilization 7

As players will notice when picking a Leader before starting a Civ 7 game, each Leader has two Mementos slots. To use Mementos in Civilization 7, gamers must first unlock these slots so they can place a Memento that matches the strategy they want to go for.

Players will unlock the first Memento when they reach Level 2 on the Foundation Path. The second slot becomes available once they reach Level 5. To increase their Foundation Path Level, players must complete the Foundation Challenges. In total, there are 265 Foundation Challenges, and XP will be granted according to each challenge's difficulty level.

The Foundation Path and each Leader have their own set of challenges and rewards. Gamers must level up Leaders and the Foundation Path in order to unlock and get access to unique Mementos as well as other fun rewards, such as customization options for their Civilization 7 profile banner.

Full Civilization 7 Mementos List

Once gamers have unlocked a Memento slot as well as some Mementos, they can apply it to the Leader before starting a game, granting them useful perks, which will make it easier to reach victory. Here are all the Mementos that players can unlock in Civilization 7 and a description of what they will do in-game:

Memento

Perk

How to Unlock

Inscribed Sling Bullet
  • +1 Military Attribute Point

  • Reach Level 2 on the Foundation Path

Complaint to Ea-nasir
  • +1 Economic Attribute Point

  • Reach Level 2 on the Foundation Path

Treaty of Kadesh
  • +1 Diplomatic Attribute Point

  • Reach Level 3 on the Foundation Path

Groma
  • +1 Expansionist Attribute Point

  • Reach Level 3 on the Foundation Path

Shakokidogu
  • +1 Cultural Attribute Point

  • Reach Level 4 on the Foundation Path

Antikythera Mechanism
  • +1 Scientific Attribute Point

  • Reach Level 4 on the Foundation Path

Sword of Brennus
  • +400 Gold for every Settlement returned in a Peace Deal

  • Reach Level 5 on the Foundation Path

Lydian Lion
  • +200 Gold per Age at the start of an Age

  • Reach Level 6 on the Foundation Path

Imago Mundi
  • +3 Sight instead of +1 for Scout's Search & Lookout Abilities

  • Reach Level 7 on the Foundation Path

Corpus Juris Civilis
  • Start with one extra Social Policy Slot

  • Reach Level 8 on the Foundation Path

The Travels of Marco Polo
  • +50 Gold for every 100 tiles explored by your Units

  • Reach Level 9 on the Foundation Path

Equestrian Figure
  • +50 percent Reduction in Commander Recovery Time

  • Reach Level 14 on the Foundation Path

Pochteca Backpack
  • 5 Range for all Trade Routes

  • Reach Level 19 on the Foundation Path

Colada & Tizona
  • +2 Combat Strength for Units adjacent to 2 or more enemy Units

  • Reach Level 24 on the Foundation Path

Shisa Necklace
  • Gain 100 Influence when you become Suzerain of a City-State

  • Reach Level 29 on the Foundation Path

Agincourt Arrowhead
  • +1 Movement for Ranged Units

  • Reach Level 34 on the Foundation Path

Garuda Statue
  • +1 Population to your smallest Settlement every time you start a Celebration

  • Reach Level 39 on the Foundation Path

The Art of War
  • +10 percent Commander XP
  • +50 percent Commander XP when your Commander is within the Command Radius of a higher level Commander

  • Reach Level 44 on the Foundation Path

Royal Game of Ur
  • 10 percent Science when outpaced in Tech by at least half of the other Leaders
  • 10 percent Culture when outpaced in Civics by at least half of the other Leaders

  • Reach Level 49 on the Foundation Path

Takoba
  • +1 Combat Strength for all Units in Plains and Desert

  • Reach Level 2 with Amina

Kwalkwali
  • +1 Gold per Age for each Resource assigned to Cities

  • Reach Level 5 with Amina

Rawani
  • +3 Combat Strength to a Unit's next attack after they destroy an enemy Unit

  • Reach Level 9 with Amina

Chakra
  • +1 Food in the Capital for every 5 excess Happiness

  • Reach Level 2 with Ashoka, World Renouncer

Gold & Sapphire Flowers
  • Gain 100 Food in the Capital when you spend an Attribute Point on the Expansionist Attribute Tree

  • Reach Level 5 with Ashoka, World Renouncer

Diamond Throne
  • During a Celebration, +1 Happiness per Quarter per Age

  • Reach Level 9 with Ashoka, World Renouncer

Chanda-Mahasena
  • +5 Combat Strength against Fortified Districts for all Units during a Celebration

  • Reach Level 2 with Ashoka, World Conqueror

Silk Uttariya
  • +2 Production per Age in Cities with positive Happiness

  • Reach Level 5 with Ashoka, World Conqueror

Lion Capital
  • Commanders receive +50 percent XP during a Celebration

  • Reach Level 9 with Ashoka, World Conqueror

Corona Civica
  • +1 Settlement Limit per Age but increases the cost of Convert to City by 50 percent

  • Reach Level 2 with Augustus

Breastplate
  • +2 Food per Age in Towns

  • Reach Level 5 with Augustus

Clipeus Virtutis
  • +1 Production in the Capital for every Town

  • Reach Level 9 with Augustus

Bifocals
  • Gain 50 Influence after researching a Tech or Civic Mastery

  • Reach Level 2 with Benjamin Franklin

Kite & Key
  • 10 percent Science towards researching Tech Masteries

  • Reach Level 5 with Benjamin Franklin

Glass Armonica
  • 10 percent Science and Happiness for you and your ally when in an Alliance

  • Reach Level 9 with Benjamin Franklin

Eagle Banner
  • Cities gain 5 percent bonus Science Efficiency per Great Work they contain (maxes out at 25 percent)

  • Reach Level 2 with Catherine the Great

Potemkin's Sword-Knot
  • +1 Movement for Commanders

  • Reach Level 5 with Catherine the Great

Great Imperial Crown
  • Cities gain +5 percent Science per Great Work on display (maxes out at 25 percent)

  • Reach Level 9 with Catherine the Great

Joyeuse
  • +2 Happiness per Age for every Cavalry Unit

  • Reach Level 2 with Charlemagne

Globus Cruciger
  • +50 Influence when you spend an Attribute Point on the Diplomatic Attribute Tree

  • Reach Level 5 with Charlemagne

Tencendur
  • +1 Movement for Cavalry Units

  • Reach Level 9 with Charlemagne

Brush & Scroll
  • +5 percent Growth Rate in Cities for every Specialist in that City (maxes out at 25 percent)

  • Reach Level 2 with Confucius

Altar Set
  • +1 Culture and Gold from Specialists

  • Reach Level 5 with Confucius

The Analects
  • +1 Science per Specialist

  • Reach Level 9 with Confucius

Walking Stick
  • +1 Science per Age on Military Buildings

  • Reach Level 2 with Friedrich, Oblique

Order of the Black Eagle Badge
  • Gain 50 Production when you spend an Attribute Point on the Militaristic Attribute Tree

  • Reach Level 5 with Friedrich, Oblique

Krone von Friedrich I
  • +2 Combat Strength for All Units when using Coordinated Attack or Focus Fire

  • Reach Level 9 with Friedrich, Oblique

Flute
  • +1 Culture per Age on Military Buildings

  • Reach Level 2 with Friedrich, Baroque

Voltaire's Edits
  • Gain 50 Culture when you spend an Attribute Point on the Culture Attribute Tree

  • Reach Level 5 with Friedrich, Baroque

Anti-Machiavel
  • +2 free War Support on all wars declared against you

  • Reach Level 9 with Friedrich, Baroque

Lantern
  • A Migrant appears in the Capital whenever you complete an Espionage Action without being detected

  • Reach Level 2 with Harriet Tubman

Satchel
  • If a Settler is defeated, it respawns in your Capital after 3 turns (Standard Speed)

  • Reach Level 5 with Harriet Tubman

Sidearm
  • +3 Combat Strength to your Units below 50 percent health

  • Reach Level 9 with Harriet Tubman

Royal Mace
  • +1 Gold per Age for each imported Resource

  • Reach Level 2 with Hatshepsut

False Beard
  • +2 Culture on Wonders

  • Reach Level 5 with Hatshepsut

Uraeus
  • +10 percent Culture if you have the most Wonders
  • +10 percent Production towards constructing Wonders if you don't

  • Reach Level 9 with Hatshepsut

Golden Seal Stone
  • +1 Influence per Age on Science Buildings

  • Reach Level 2 with Himiko, Queen of Wa

Dotaku
  • Gain 50 Science when you spend an Attribute Point on the Scientific Attribute Tree

  • Reach Level 5 with Himiko, Queen of Wa

Yasakani no Magatama
  • +2 Science per Age for every Technology Mastery completed

  • Reach Level 9 with Himiko, Queen of Wa

Yata no Kagami
  • +20 Culture per Age at the start of every Celebration

  • Reach Level 2 with Himiko, High Shaman

Sakaki Branch
  • +25 percent Production towards constructing Happiness Buildings

  • Reach Level 5 with Himiko, High Shaman

Kusanagi no Tsurugi
  • +3 Culture and -1 Science per Age on Happiness Buildings

  • Reach Level 9 with Himiko, High Shaman

Traveller's Sandals
  • Gain 10 of the corresponding yield whenever you spend an Attribute Point

  • Reach Level 2 with Ibn Battuta

Merchant's Saddle
  • +1 Movement and Sight for Scouts, Merchants, and Settlers

  • Reach Level 5 with Ibn Battuta

The Rihla
  • +1 Culture, Gold, Happiness, and Science per turn per Age for each Attribute Tree in which you have points

  • Reach Level 9 with Ibn Battuta

Queen's Jewelry
  • +2 Gold on Natural Wonders

  • Reach Level 2 with Isabella

Ballestilla
  • +1 Sight for Naval Units

  • Reach Level 5 with Isabella

Padrón Real
  • +100 percent yields on Natural Wonders, if you are working the most Natural Wonder tiles
  • +2 Combat Strength for Naval Units if you are not

  • Reach Level 9 with Isabella

Forget-me-not
  • Gain 10 Happiness per Age for completing Narrative Events

  • Reach Level 2 with José Rizal

Ophthalmoscope
  • +25 percent Celebration duration

  • Reach Level 5 with José Rizal

Noli Me Tángere
  • +10 percent to Science, Culture, and Gold for each Legacy Path completed in this Age

  • Reach Level 9 with José Rizal

Letter to Adrienne
  • +2 Happiness per Age for each Social Policy slotted in your Government

  • Reach Level 2 with Lafayette

Hermione Model
  • +1 Movement to all Naval Units

  • Reach Level 5 with Lafayette

Tricolor Cockade
  • +2 Culture and Happiness per Age in the Capital for every Tradition, but not Policy, slotted into your Government

  • Reach Level 9 with Lafayette

Discorsi Sopra Livio
  • Costs opponents 50 percent more Influence to reject your Diplomatic Actions

  • Reach Level 2 with Machiavelli

Dell'Arte della Guerra
  • +5 Gold per Sanction you have active per Age

  • Reach Level 5 with Machiavelli

Il Principe
  • Declaring a Formal War decreases relationship with all untargeted Civilizations by 25

  • Reach Level 9 with Machiavelli

Portrait of Josephine
  • +2 Gold per Age for every Leader you are Unfriendly or Hostile with

  • Reach Level 2 with Napoleon, Emperor

Green Colonel's Jacket
  • +1 Gold per Age per Trade Route doubled if you have the highest number of Trade Routes

  • Reach Level 5 with Napoleon, Emperor

Crown of Napoleon
  • Gain 100 Gold per Age when a Formal War is declared against you

  • Reach Level 9 with Napoleon, Emperor

Artilleryman's Gloves
  • +1 Culture per Age for every Army Commander Level

  • Reach Level 2 with Napoleon, Revolutionary

Bicorne Hat
  • +1 Movement for Infantry Units

  • Reach Level 5 with Napoleon, Revolutionary

Legion d'honneur Grand Eagle and Cross
  • Units in a Command Radius heal +10 HP after defeating an enemy Unit

  • Reach Level 9 with Napoleon, Revolutionary

Topayauri
  • +1 Food per Age in Districts adjacent to Mountains

  • Reach Level 2 with Pachacuti

All-T'oqapu Tunic
  • +3 Sight for Scouts adjacent to Mountains

  • Reach Level 5 with Pachacuti

Mascapaycha
  • +1 Gold and Food from Specialists in tiles adjacent to Mountains

  • Reach Level 9 with Pachacuti

Poteskwate
  • +1 Food per Age in Settlements for each City-State you are Suzerain of

  • Reach Level 2 with Tecumseh

Warclub
  • +1 Combat Strength for all Units for every City-State you are Suzerain of

  • Reach Level 5 with Tecumseh

Wampum Belt
  • +1 Production per Age in Settlements for each City-State you are Suzerain of

  • Reach Level 9 with Tecumseh

Kiem
  • +1 Science for every Commander Level

  • Reach Level 2 with Trung Tac

Ankus
  • +1 free War Support on all wars

  • Reach Level 5 with Trung Tac

Dong Son Drum
  • Declaring war against another Civilization grants a Celebration

  • Reach Level 9 with Trung Tac

Scythian Battle-Axe
  • +1 Gold per Age for every Commander XP earned

  • Reach Level 2 with Xerxes, King of Kings

Lotus Blossom
  • +4 percent of your Gold income as additional Science and Culture

  • Reach Level 5 with Xerxes, King of Kings

Golden Sceptre
  • +3 Gold per Age for each other Civilization's Settlement you have conquered

  • Reach Level 9 with Xerxes, King of Kings

Incense Censer
  • +2 Culture per Age for every active Trade Route

  • Reach Level 2 with Xerxes, the Achaemenid

Gold Fluted Phiale
  • +1 Trade Route Limit with all other Leaders

  • Reach Level 5 with Xerxes, the Achaemenid

Chalcedony Seal
  • +3 Culture and Gold for Unique Buildings and Improvements if you have three or more Unique Buildings or Improvements

  • Reach Level 9 with Xerxes, the Achaemenid

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Developer(s)
Firaxis Games
Publisher(s)
2K
Multiplayer
Online Multiplayer
Cross-Platform Play
Yes - all platforms, restrictions apply
Cross Save
Yes, via 2K account
Franchise
Sid Meier's Civilization
Number of Players
1-8 players
Steam Deck Compatibility
Verified
PC Release Date
February 11, 2025
Xbox Series X|S Release Date
February 11, 2025
PS5 Release Date
February 11, 2025
Nintendo Switch Release Date
February 11, 2025
Genre(s)
Grand Strategy, Turn-Based Strategy, 4X
X|S Optimized
Yes
Local Co-Op Support
No
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