diff --git a/core/src/com/unciv/logic/map/TileMap.kt b/core/src/com/unciv/logic/map/TileMap.kt
index 6eab928a52..b3cf587a4e 100644
--- a/core/src/com/unciv/logic/map/TileMap.kt
+++ b/core/src/com/unciv/logic/map/TileMap.kt
@@ -71,11 +71,13 @@ class TileMap {
             else return tileInfo.isLand
         }
 
-        var viableTilesToPlaceUnitIn = getTilesInDistance(position, 1).filter { isTileMovePotential(it) }
+        val viableTilesToPlaceUnitInAtDistance1 = getTilesInDistance(position, 1).filter { isTileMovePotential(it) }
         // This is so that units don't skip over non-potential tiles to go elsewhere -
         // e.g. a city 2 tiles away from a lake could spawn water units in the lake...Or spawn beyond a mountain range...
-        viableTilesToPlaceUnitIn = viableTilesToPlaceUnitIn.union(getTilesAtDistance(position, 2))
-                .filter { isTileMovePotential(it) && it.neighbors.any { n->n in viableTilesToPlaceUnitIn } }
+        val viableTilesToPlaceUnitInAtDistance2 = getTilesAtDistance(position, 2)
+                .filter { isTileMovePotential(it) && it.neighbors.any { n->n in viableTilesToPlaceUnitInAtDistance1 } }
+
+        val viableTilesToPlaceUnitIn = viableTilesToPlaceUnitInAtDistance1.union(viableTilesToPlaceUnitInAtDistance2)
 
         unit.assignOwner(civInfo,false)  // both the civ name and actual civ need to be in here in order to calculate the canMoveTo...Darn
         val unitToPlaceTile = viableTilesToPlaceUnitIn.firstOrNull { unit.movement.canMoveTo(it) }