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How to remove Hydroelectric Dam (Civ6) sound from the game?

VI - Other

This is my pet peeve — although I'm surprised that more people don't find this terribly annoying (I've only seen about a couple of complaints).

The Hydroelectric Dam (building for the Dam) makes a terrible buzzing sound that cuts through the music, cuts through the ambience and for some reason doesn't respect locality. Other ambient sounds only play when you zoom into the tile, but the buzzing plays even when you scroll away a bit.

Perhaps, this is a bug in my version of the game? I would love to hear if you're experiencing the same or not.

It got so annoying that I don't ever build this building. But AI still does - and if it's close (or I capture their city), it's buzzing in my headphones again.

How do I remove it?

I've tried following some guides on editing the sound packs, but I just couldn't find it in there. There are thousands of unlabeled sounds, and I didn't find in the 'Ambience'.

Is there any other way? Did anyone try doing this?

At this point, if I can't find a solution, I'll just mod it out of the game entirely. But it would be so much better to just mute the sound.

Any help appreciated.

Posted Dec 7, 2025, 11:57 PM UTC

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