Relics

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This article has been verified for the current PC version (3.7) of the game.

Relics are very powerful artifacts and trophies that an empire can collect if they defeat a crisis or own the required DLC. Every Relic has a passive effect as well as a powerful Triumph effect that requires resources. All Relics have a Triumph cooldown during which no other relic can be activated. Most relics have a cooldown of 10 years, but some have a shorter one.

If an empire invades and captures the capital of another empire while using a casus belli other than Claim the Galatron there is a 10% chance to steal one of the owned Relics. The chance is increased to 15% if the empire has the  Barbaric Despoilers civic and 50% when using the Despoliation casus belli.

Relics give large amounts of score, which can tip the balance in games with victory enabled. The Relics Collected score for empires in the victory tab can be used to deduce which empire has relics.

Relic list

	Relic	Passive effect	Triumph effect	Triumph cost	Triumph cooldown	Source	Score	DLC
	Crystal of Odryskia	+15% Monthly Rare Crystals	60 months worth of Energy Credits A scientist gains the Maniacal trait	3000	3600 days	Debris Belt Archaeology Site excavation	3000
	Extradimensional Warlock	+30% Sublight Speed +30% Ship Weapons Range	+100% Jump Drive Range for 10 years −50% Jump Drive Cooldown for 10 years +75% Quantum Catapult Accuracy for 10 years +75% Quantum Catapult Range for 10 years	3000	3600 days	Destroying the last Extradimensional Invaders portal	5000
	Isolated Contingency Core	+100% Mechanical Pop Assembly Speed Can build 2 of every multi-stage megastructure	+300% Megastructure Build Speed for 10 years	3000	3600 days	Destroying the Contingency secret lair	5000
	Prethoryn Brood-Queen	+50% Society Research Speed	+5% Prethoryn Weapon Attack Speed Controllable Prethoryn fleet (36 Warriors and 54 Swarmlings)	10000	3600 days	Capturing the Prethoryn Queen	5000
	Ether Drake Trophy	+10% Monthly Unity	+10% Happiness for 10 years +10 Stability for 10 years	3000	3600 days	Defeating the Ether Drake	1000
	Khan's Throne	−20% Claim influence cost Grants access to the Satrapy subject type	+20% Ship weapons damage for 10 years +25% Militarist Ethic Attraction for 10 years	3000	3600 days	Defeating the Great Khan's fleet a second time	3000
	Maw of the Toxic Entity	+15% Strike craft damage	Consecrate Habitat decision if knights of the toxic god origin 1000 Exotic Gases if not knights of the toxic god origin	3000	3600 days	Defeating the Toxic God	3000
	Cybrex War Forge	Can recruit Cybrex Warform armies at the capital	+1000 Alloys Effect and cost increase after each use (caps after 20 uses)	3000 2000	900 days	Finishing the Cybrex precursor chain	5000
	Javorian Pox Sample	+20 Leader lifespan  Javorian Pox orbital bombardment stance Double chance to discover Biology technologies	+50% Biology Research Speed for 10 years	3000	3600 days	Finishing the Irassian Concordat precursor chain	5000
	Vultaum Reality Perforator	−10% Pop Amenities Usage	Random combat modifier: +40% Armor Hit Points for 2-5 years +40% Shield Hit Points for 2-5 years +40% Ship Hull Points for 2-5 years +40% Ship Weapons Damage for 2-5 years All the above for 1 year	3000	3600 days	Finishing the Vultaum Star Assembly precursor chain	5000
	Yuht Cryo Core	+1 Extra pops when establishing colony +20% Energy Weapon Attack Speed	−20% Ship Upkeep for 10 years	3000	3600 days	Finishing the Yuht Empire precursor chain	5000
	Psionic Archive	−50% Breach into the Shroud Cooldown Enables the Zro Additives edict Better Shroud odds	Choose one: Ruler levels up +20% Ship weapons damage for 5 years +5 Planet Stability, −10% Edict Upkeep, and +25% Government Ethic Attraction for 5 years	3000	3600 days	Finishing the Zroni precursor chain	1000
	The Last Baol	+10% Pop Growth Speed +10% Society Research if machine empire	Nu-Baol Life-Seeding decision	3000	3600 days	Finishing the Baol precursor chain	1000
	Blade of the Huntress	+25% Army Morale +10% Diplomatic Weight +2 Planet Sensor Range	+25% Sublight Speed for 10 years	3000	3600 days	Fossilized Remains Archaeology Site excavation	200
	Head of Zarqlan	+150 opinion with Holy Guardians Allows the settling of Holy Worlds	+75% Spiritualist Ethics Attraction for 10 years 3 Fallen Empire Escorts on first use 6 Fallen Empire Escorts on second use 9 Fallen Empire Escorts on third use 12 Fallen Empire Escorts on fourth use 15 Fallen Empire Escorts on fifth+ use 1-5 Battlecruisers if the Holy Guardians exist	3000	3600 days	Ancient Tomb Archaeology Site excavation	200
	Miniature Galaxy	+5% Research Speed	+50% Research progress in a random technology	3000	3600 days	Abandoned Ecumenopolis Archaeology Site excavation	2000
	The Defragmentor	−10% Building and District Energy Upkeep −10% Job Energy Upkeep −10% Robot Upkeep −10% Pop Housing Usage if machine empire	+20% Monthly Energy Credits for 10 years +10% Engineering Research Speed for 10 years	3000	3600 days	Planetary Machinery Archaeology Site excavation Develop A Cure For The Ferrophage Special Project	1000
	The Omnicodex	+1 Gene Modification Points +25 Opinion with biological empires if machine	3 Pops from a new random species They will have the Hive-Minded trait if main species has it	3000	3600 days	Ruined World Archaeology Site excavation	500
	Scales of the Worm	+10% Physics Research Speed	+20% Research Speed for 10 years −5 Stability for 10 years	3000	3600 days	Defeating the Worm	1000
	The Rubricator	+15% Archaeotech Weapon Damage +20 Society Research	500 Minor Artifacts	3000	3600 days	Defeating Shard	1000
	The Surveyor	+1 Sensor Range	A celestial body within borders gains a random deposit: 5/7/9 Energy 5/7/9 Minerals 5/7/9 Engineering Research 5/7/9 Physics Research 5/7/9 Society Research 5/7/9 Trade Value (Unless Gestalt Consciousness) 1-3 Alloys 1-3 Exotic Gases 1-3 Rare Crystals 1-3 Volatile Motes 50% chance to repeat this process in 360-1080 days. 20% chance to repeat this process again in 1080-1800 days.	500	1800 days	Defeating the Home Base Ore Grinder	200
	The Galatron	+3 Influence +100% Diplomatic weight	Random resources: 8000 Energy 8000 Minerals 8000 Food 5000 Alloys 5000 Consumer Goods 500 Exotic Gases 500 Rare Crystals 500 Volatile Motes 30 Minor Artifacts if  Ancient Relics is installed	3000	3600 days	Reliquary reward (0.5% chance) Can be captured with the Take Galatron Wargoal	20000

Minor Artifacts

 Minor Artifacts represent small artifacts left behind by ancient civilizations. Unlike all other resources, they are not gained passively at the end of each month but instead are gain in batches from events, special projects, or mainly, archaeological sites. Minor Artifacts are used in artifact actions and decisions. If the  MegaCorp DLC is enabled, they can also be used to upgrade a Mega Art Installation past its final stage.

Action	Effect	Cost	Requirements	Cooldown (days)
Sell to Private Collectors	500 Energy	50	Gestalt Consciousness	180
Celebrate Diversity	100-500 Unity  +50% Xenophile Ethic attraction for 10 years	100	Xenophobe  Gestalt Consciousness	3600
Proclaim Religious Revelation	100-500 Unity  +50% Spiritualist Ethic attraction for 10 years	100	Spiritualist	3600
Proclaim Superiority	40-100 Influence  +50% Xenophobe Ethic attraction for 10 years	100	Xenophobe	3600
Reverse-Engineer Arcane Technology	Random reward:  500-1000000 Research Research of a random type (58.8%)  +10% Research speed for 5 years (29.4%) Random technology research option at 20% progress (5.9%) Ability to build a single random Fallen Empire housing or resource building (5.9%)	500	Arcane Deciphering technology	720
Discover precursor insight	Precursor Insight special project on a random surveyed planet	500	Investigated a precursor anomaly	3600
Secrets of the Baol	Delve into the Secrets of the Baol Special Project	750	Surveyed Grunur	One use only
Secrets of the Cybrex	Delve into the Secrets of the Cybrex Special Project	750	Surveyed the Cybrex Ring World	One use only
Secrets of the Irassians	Delve into the Secrets of the Irassians Special Project	750	Surveyed Irassia	One use only
Secrets of the Vultaum	Delve into the Secrets of the Vultaum Special Project	750	Surveyed Vultaumar Prime	One use only
Secrets of the Yuht	Delve into the Secrets of the Yuht Special Project	750	Surveyed Yuthaan Majoris	One use only
Secrets of the Zroni	Delve into the Secrets of the Zroni Special Project	750	Surveyed Zron Prime	One use only
Secrets of the First League	Delve into the Secrets of the First League Special Project	750	Cleared a Ruined Arcology Blocker on Fen Habbanis III	One use only
Discover L-Gate Insight	+1 L-Gate Insight	1000	Encountered an L-Gate and L-Cluster has not been opened	3600

Applications

Researching the  Arcane Deciphering technology also grants access to two Artifact Actions to find military or peaceful applications. Both actions cost 150  Minor Artifacts, have a cooldown of 900 days and allow the choosing of an empire modifier that lasts for 5 years depending on the empire Authority.

Artifact Action	Modifier	Effects
Military Applications	Harmonic Isolation	+10% Shield damage
	Weak Point Analysis	+10% Armor damage
	Combat Drugs	+5% Army damage  +5% Army morale +10% Army Morale Damage  +20% Army collateral damage
	Modified Safety Thresholds	+5% Army damage +5% Army Morale Damage  +10% Army collateral damage
Peaceful Applications	Ancient Fad	+5% Happiness
	Efficient Manufacturing	−5% Pop consumer goods upkeep
	Battery Miniaturization	−5% Pop amenities usage
	Efficient Maintenance	−5% Pop amenities usage
	Management Insights	+10% Leader experience gain  +10% Trust growth −10% Leader Upkeep
	Pheromone Enhancement	+10% Leader experience gain −10% Leader Upkeep
	Algorithm Refinement	+10% Leader experience gain −10% Leader Upkeep

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