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🙏 Theologies

8 theologies3 tiers6 world religions

Theologies are a shared pool of 8 picks across all World Religions. To establish a theology you must adopt the religion as your State Religion and spend a Disciple on the founding mission. The effect then applies globally to every nation following that religion, and the slot is locked — no other player can pick it.

Available to Zoroastrianism Judaism Christianity Manichaeism Hinduism hybrid Buddhism

Hinduism is a hybrid: the pagan religion of the Empires of the Indus nations (Maurya, Yuezhi, Tamil). It never spreads to other players, but it builds the full worship chain and always adopts theologies.

Theology Cost Spread Every city Worship building Tech Law opinion
Tier 1
Legalism 200 Civics +5%
-10% Maintenance
Monastery: 2 Civics
+20 Centralization
Mythology 200 Civics +5%
2 Culture/Shrine
Monastery: 4 Culture
+20 Polytheism
Veneration 200 Civics +10%
-5% Rebel Chance
Monastery: 20 Money
+20 Iconography
Tier 2
Dualism 400 Civics +5%
1 Science/Religion
Temple: 1 Happiness
Rhetoric
+20 Tolerance
Gnosticism 400 Civics +5%
2 Civics/Archive
Temple: 1 Science/Urban Specialist
Drama
+20 Monotheism
Revelation 400 Civics +20%
Temple: 0.5 Orders
Labor_Force
+20 Orthodoxy
Tier 3
Enlightenment 600 Civics +5%
3 Happiness/Monk
Forestry
+20 Pilgrimage
Redemption 600 Civics +5%
+50% Harbor
+50% Hamlet
Cathedral: Can hurry Projects & Specialists with Training
Metaphysics
+20 Freedom

Tier 1 · 200 Civics

Legalism

Every city of the religion
  • -10% Maintenance
In cities with a Monastery
  • 2 Civics
Centralization +20 Spread +5%

Mythology

Every city of the religion
  • 2 Culture/Shrine
In cities with a Monastery
  • 4 Culture
Polytheism +20 Spread +5%

Veneration

Every city of the religion
  • -5% Rebel Chance
In cities with a Monastery
  • 20 Money
Iconography +20 Spread +10%

Tier 2 · 400 Civics

Dualism

Rhetoric
Every city of the religion
  • 1 Science/Religion
In cities with a Temple
  • 1 Happiness
Tolerance +20 Spread +5%

Gnosticism

Drama
Every city of the religion
  • 2 Civics/Archive
In cities with a Temple
  • 1 Science/Urban Specialist
Monotheism +20 Spread +5%

Revelation

Labor_Force

No direct city effect.

In cities with a Temple
  • 0.5 Orders
Orthodoxy +20 Spread +20%

Tier 3 · 600 Civics

Enlightenment

Forestry
Every city of the religion
  • 3 Happiness/Monk
Pilgrimage +20 Spread +5%

Redemption

Metaphysics
Every city of the religion
  • +50% Harbor
  • +50% Hamlet
In cities with a Cathedral
  • Can hurry Projects & Specialists with Training
Freedom +20 Spread +5%