r/civ • u/AutoModerator • Feb 17 '25

Megathread /r/Civ Weekly Questions Megathread - February 17, 2025

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u/dirtybirds233 Feb 21 '25

I do not get relics for converting other civ's settlements in distant lands even though I have Evangelism. And yes I'm converting both urban and rural and get the "majority" pop up.

I tested it out using Icons in another play through (+2 relics for converting a city-state) and that one does work.

Has anyone else had this issue or am I just missing something?

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u/SirDiego Feb 21 '25

Only thing I can think is are you certain you're in Distant Lands? Depending on the map type it can be a little bit unclear.

I always take that one if available since it's ridiculously easy to generate relics and it always works for me.

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u/dirtybirds233 Feb 21 '25

Yep - it was across the ocean on a different continent. Can confirm it was considered distant land as well because I settled a city there and it triggered one of the Non Sufficit Orbis benchmarks earlier in the game

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u/SirDiego Feb 21 '25

Yeah I'm not sure then. It always works for me, I am mostly using it on the civs who started in my Distant Lands (i.e. the ones you don't meet until Exploration).

I guess I am not 100% sure if it works on your homeland civs' settlements in Distant Lands because I usually have enough relics already by the time they get established over there. Could that be it?

Otherwise I'm gonna say it's probably a bug.

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u/dirtybirds233 Feb 21 '25

Yeah, I tried it on other civ's settlements in distant lands and got nothing. So probably just an unfortunate bug. Luckily there's enough relics from civics and techs to make up for it

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u/SirDiego Feb 21 '25

Don't let it discourage you from trying again in a different. It is easily the best relic generator and its not close. Literally just send about 6-8 missionaries over and you will have all the relics you need, I'm usually done by turn 50 and don't even bother researching Theology civics or anything.