Annexing a city-state?

[Starfrost]

I've brought a city down to 0 hp why cant I annex it? :(

[Red Comet]

What do you mean "annex it"? Move a military unit into the city and conquer it the same way you would conquer any enemy city. Only one faction can annex city-states and that requires them to be allies, not enemies.

[DynamicMorale]

Well I had the same problem but then it just turned out i needed a melee attacker, like marines, landship, spearman, warrior, etc. To attack and then actually MOVE into the city. Hopefully this helps.

[Starfrost]

Thanks ill give it a try with the land units

[Tenny80]

I did the same thing, what Danny said should fix it for ya. I wasted about 5 turns doing that haha.

[nottylerharris]

Yup. You cant take a city with ranged attack :D

[Warwick🐺]

You people are so dumb :/ obviously you'll need melee units to take over a city. So many people ask this question.

[Tiny Hands]

Originally posted by CoolColorOfBlack:

You people are so dumb :/ obviously you'll need melee units to take over a city. So many people ask this question.

the question was already answered. seeing that, you decided to point out that if only we were more like you, the world would be so great. bravo.

[Sixx_String]

Originally posted by CoolColorOfBlack:

You people are so dumb :/ obviously you'll need melee units to take over a city. So many people ask this question.

I bet you feel better about yourself don't you?

[The Rock God]

Originally posted by The Game Manual:

Note that a ranged attack cannot drop a city below 1 HP: the city must be captured by a melee unit.

Originally posted by The In Game Civilopedia:

Note that a ranged attack cannot drop a city below 1 HP: the city must be captured by a melee unit.

[Mpoumpis]

Did you try using a ground melee unit to capture it?

[soffen]

Only ground units can annex a city ;)

[The Rock God]

Originally posted by ^9J^4O^9F^4U^9J:

Only ground units can annex a city ;)

Someone needs to tell all those naval melee units about this. Do I need to return the cities I've captured with destroyers?

[Staryn]

If you don't have Gods and Kings, it is true that only ground units can capture cities. Gods and Kings users can use ships.

[The Rock God]

Originally posted by ragan651:

If you don't have Gods and Kings, it is true that only ground units can capture cities. Gods and Kings users can use ships.

Even then, the actual rule is 'melee units'.