Civ 6 Relic Cultural Victory

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This is a cheat sheet on how to maximize Relic Tourism.

Relic Basics

Earning Relics

Apostles

• An Apostle with the Martyr promotion earns a Relic when they die in Theological Combat.
• Getting the Martyr promotion is tricky but can be managed:

  • Having Governor Moksha with the Patron Saint promotion gives each Apostle two chances to get Martyr.
  • Being suzerain of the Yerevan city-state lets you choose your promotions.
  • Owning the Mont St. Michel wonder adds Martyr to all Apostles.

Cultists

• In Secret Societies mode, each Cultist automatically produces a Relic when expended or killed.
• Only available via the Voidsingers in the Industrial Era.

Kandy

• Being Suzerain of Kandy grants a Relic each time you discover a natural wonder.

Heroes (and Heroic Relics)

• In Heroes & Legends mode, each Hero can produce two total Heroic Relics.

  • The first is granted automatically when they die.
  • The second is buried on or near the spot where they died (so drop a map tack when that happens). It requires an Archaeologist to unearth it later.

• Heroic Relics cannot be stored in normal Relic slots; see below.

Storing Relics

• The Palace (in your nation's capital) can hold one Relic (or any Great Work).
• Each Temple can hold one Relic.
• The Natural History Museum (Government Plaza tier 3 building) can hold 4 Relics (or any Great Works).
• Some Wonders can hold relics: Apadana (2), Mont St. Michel (2), St. Basil's Cathedral (3).
• Great Merchant Giovanni de Medici can allow a Bank (Commercial Hub building) to hold 2 Relics.
• In Secret Societies mode, the Voidsinger's "Old God Obelisk" (Monument) can hold one Relic (or any Great Work).
• In Heroes & Legends mode, each Monument holds 2 Heroic Relics (not regular Relics).
• Many buildings and wonders have Relic slots; see below.

Suzerain/Relic Synergies

• Anshan gives +1 Science per Relic.
• Kandy gives +50% Faith per Relic, and grants a Relic each time you discover a new natural wonder.

Capital

It's worth taking a minute to set up map tacks for all of this. You can build this setup in a different city, but if so you lose access to slots in your Palace and the Apadana wonder.

Districts

• Holy Site: Needs a Temple as soon as possible, for the one Relic slot.
• Government Plaza: Once you build the Natural History Museum, adds four slots for Relics.

  • Buildings: [Player's Choice], Grand Master's Chapel, and Natural History Museum. (Sweden will build the Queen's Bibliotheque instead of the GMC, of course.)
  • Governments: Autocracy (you need Wonders!), Theocracy (for the discount), Democracy, and Digital Democracy.
• Commercial Hub: The goal here is to acquire Renaissance-era Great Merchant Giovanni de Medici, who builds a Market and Bank that can hold two Relics. It may still be worth building a Market for the Trade Route, but if other cities have those, just build the district.

  • Also grab Modern-era Sarah Breedlove later on to increase tourism.
• Theater Square: Not directly crucial, but Great Works also generate Tourism and you'd be foolish not to take advantage of all these Wonders. Plan its location carefully.

Wonders

• Apadana: Adjacent to the City Center of your Capital.

  • Classical civic Political Philosophy (meet 3 City-States).
  • Two slots for Relics (or any Great Work) — and if you build this first, plenty of bonus Envoys later.
• Mont St. Michel: On a Floodplain or Marsh.

  • Medieval civic Divine Right (build 2 Temples).
  • Two slots for Relics — and all of your Apostles gain Martyr.
• St. Basil's Cathedral: Adjacent to a City Center.

  • Renaissance civic Reformed Church (6 cities following your religion).
  • Three slots for Relics — and +100% Religious Tourism.
• Optional! Kotoku-In: Next to a Holy Site with a Temple.

  • Medieval civic Divine Right (with Mont St. Michel)
  • Gives a massive Faith boost to this city. No direct Relic/Tourism bonus.

In addition to the above, this Wonder is crucial but can go in any city:

• Cristo Redentor: On a Hill.

  • Modern civic Mass Media (Radio tech).
  • Maintains full Religious Tourism effects into later eras.

Other Useful Wonders: Great Bath (Pottery), Mahabodhi Temple (Theology)

Key Civics

• Political Philosophy Apadana wonder and Autocracy government. (Classical; meet 3 City-States)
• Theology: Temple building and Scripture policy. (Classical; found a religion)
• Divine Right: Mont St. Michel wonder, Kotoku-In wonder, and Gothic Architecture policy. (Medieval; 2 Temples)
• Reformed Church: Theocracy government, St. Basil's Cathedral wonder, and Simultaneum policy. (Renaissance; 6 cities following your religion)
• Mass Media: Cristo Redentor wonder. (Modern; Radio tech)
• Suffrage: Democracy government. (Modern; 4 Sewers)
• Social Media: Online Communities policy. (Information; Telecommunications tech)
• Distributed Sovereignty: Digital Democracy government. (Information; 1 Rock Band)

Religious Beliefs

• Pantheon: Divine Spark is a good default for securing an early religion, and will help with other Great Works later.

  • Plan B: Religious Settlements if available. Otherwise, Monument to the Gods is limited but useful for Apadana and maybe Stonehenge for an early religion.
• Follower: Reliquaries.

  • Plan B: None. Try Jesuit Education or Choral Music and go for a normal Cultural Victory.

• Enhancer: Holy Order (for cheap Apostles).

  • Plan B: Monastic Isolation. If that's taken, Defender of the Faith for defense.

Evangelizing further may not be necessary, but these are good options:

• Worship: Cathedral (early slot for Religious Artwork) or Meeting House (production for Wonders).
• Founder: Lay Ministry, World Church, or Sacred Places.

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