Understanding Holy Relics in Civilization 7
In *Civilization 7*, obtaining holy relics is an essential endeavor tied to the Cultural Legacy milestone along the Tokshakhana pathway of the Exploration Age.
Your quest for these extraordinary artifacts requires strategic steps to secure, showcase, and maximize their potential benefits for your civilization.
Relics underscore the importance of religion during this dynamic period.
To achieve your goals, you must actively spread your faith and ensure it leads to the creation of valuable holy relics.
Here’s how to navigate this process effectively:
Steps to Secure Holy Relics
- 1.
Embrace the Piety Civic
- Start by establishing a strong religious foundation. Build a Temple and create your own religion to take the first step on this journey.
- 2.
Create and Deploy Missionaries
- Next, develop a missionary unit or utilize a special unit unique to your civilization. The goal here is to convert an enemy settlement to your religion.
- 3.
Dive into the Theology Civic
- Explore the Theology civic and select an Enhancer Belief that aligns with your strategy.
- 4.
Showcase Your Relics
- As you progress, focus on gathering and displaying relics in your cities:
- Aim to exhibit six relics.
- Then increase this to nine.
- Finally, strive to gather and showcase twelve relics.
Utilizing the Reliquary Belief for Acquiring Relics
When founding your religion, your choice of the Reliquary Belief significantly impacts your ability to gather relics.
Here are a few key options worth considering:
- Icons: This belief is highly effective, offering you an extra two relics each time you successfully convert a city-state for the first time.
- If you’re looking for alternatives, consider:
- Evangelism: Gain one relic for your first conversion of a foreign civilization’s settlement located in far-off regions (note: this excludes city-states).
- Reliquaries: This grants a relic for the initial conversion of an enemy settlement that hosts a Temple or Altar.
- Lay Followers: You receive one relic for converting a settlement of another civilization that has a rural population of at least ten for the first time.
- Ecclesiasticism: This offers a relic for converting a settlement boasting a minimum urban population of ten during your first attempt.
To effectively spread your religion and acquire relics, simply create or purchase Missionary units in any settlement that has a Temple.
Move these units to a rival civilization’s settlement or a city-state, and use the “Spread Religion” action to convert the area to your faith.
The amount of relics you gain will depend on the Reliquary Belief you’ve selected.
Additional Sources for Relics
In addition to using missionaries, there are various other ways to obtain relics in *Civilization 7*:
- Goody Huts: Occasionally, these can provide players with relics.
- Narrative Events: Your choices during specific narrative events can reward you with relics.
- Civic Options: Certain civics like Society II, Social Class II, Sovereignty II, and Imperialism II can further enhance your relic acquisition.
For your relics to contribute effectively to your Cultural Legacy, they need to be exhibited in specific buildings.
Make sure to showcase them in locations such as:
- Your Palace
- A Temple
- The House of Wisdom Wonder
- The Hale o Keawe Wonder
This wraps up your guide for acquiring holy relics in *Civilization 7*.
For those who wish to explore the Exploration Age mechanics further, additional resources such as our in-depth guide on religion and pantheon options can offer more valuable insights.
Happy gaming!
Source: GameSpot