diff --git a/core/src/com/unciv/logic/automation/unit/CityLocationTileRanker.kt b/core/src/com/unciv/logic/automation/unit/CityLocationTileRanker.kt
index e353be3927..9f95a9ee83 100644
--- a/core/src/com/unciv/logic/automation/unit/CityLocationTileRanker.kt
+++ b/core/src/com/unciv/logic/automation/unit/CityLocationTileRanker.kt
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import com.unciv.logic.map.mapunit.MapUnit
 import com.unciv.logic.map.tile.Tile
 import com.unciv.models.ruleset.tile.ResourceType
 import com.unciv.models.ruleset.unique.LocalUniqueCache
+import com.unciv.models.ruleset.unique.StateForConditionals
 import com.unciv.models.ruleset.unique.UniqueType
 
 object CityLocationTileRanker {
@@ -31,7 +32,10 @@ object CityLocationTileRanker {
         val nearbyCities = unit.civ.gameInfo.getCities()
             .filter { it.getCenterTile().aerialDistanceTo(unit.getTile()) <= 7 + range }
 
+        val uniques = unit.getMatchingUniques(UniqueType.FoundCity)
         val possibleCityLocations = unit.getTile().getTilesInDistance(range)
+            // Filter out tiles that we can't actually found on
+            .filter { tile -> uniques.any { it.conditionalsApply(StateForConditionals(unit = unit, tile = tile)) } }
             .filter { canSettleTile(it, unit.civ, nearbyCities) && (unit.getTile() == it || unit.movement.canMoveTo(it)) }
         val uniqueCache = LocalUniqueCache()
         val bestTilesToFoundCity = BestTilesToFoundCity()