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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 (e.g. the Cybrex War Forge and the Surveyor) have a shorter cooldown.

If an empire conquers the capital of another empire 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.

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
	Extradimensional Warlock	+15% Sublight Speed	+100% Jump Drive Range for 10 years	150	3600 days	Destroying the last Extradimensional Invaders portal	5000
	Isolated Contingency Core	+100% Pop Assembly Speed	+300% Megastructure Build Speed for 10 years	150	3600 days	Destroying the Contingency secret lair	5000
	Prethoryn Brood-Queen	+30 Society Research	Controllable Prethoryn fleet (6 Warriors and 16 Swarmlings)	10000	3600 days	Capturing the Prethoryn Queen	5000
	Ether Drake Trophy	+10% Monthly Unity	+10% Happiness for 10 years	150	3600 days	Defeating the Ether Drake	1000
	Khan's Throne	−20% Claim Influence Cost	+20% Ship weapons damage for 10 years +25% Militarist Ethic Attraction for 10 years	150	3600 days	Defeating the Great Khan's fleet a second time	3000
	Cybrex War Forge	+5% Monthly Alloys Can recruit Cybrex Warform armies at the capital	+5000 Alloys	150 10000	900 days	Finishing the Cybrex precursor chain	5000
	Javorian Pox Sample	+20 Leader lifespan	Javorian Pox Orbital Bombardment stance	150	3600 days	Finishing the Irassian Concordat precursor chain	5000
	Vultaum Reality Perforator	−10% Pop Amenities Usage	Random combat modifier for 12 months: +40% Armor Hit Points +40% Shield Hit Points +40% Ship Hull Points +40% Ship weapons damage	150	3600 days	Finishing the Vultaum Star Assembly precursor chain	5000
	Yuht Cryo Core	+1 Pops on new colonies	−20% Ship Upkeep for 10 years	150	3600 days	Finishing the Yuht Empire precursor chain	5000
	Psionic Archive	−50% Shroud Cooldown Better shroud odds	Choose one: 500 Ruler experience +20% Ship weapons damage for 5 years +5 Planet Stability, −10% Edict Cost, and +25% Government Ethic Attraction for 5 years	150	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	150	3600 days	Finishing the Baol precursor chain	1000
	Blade of the Huntress	+25% Army Morale +2 Planet Sensor Range	+25% Sublight Speed for 10 years	150	3600 days	Archaeology Site excavation	200
	Head of Zarqlan	+50% Spiritualist Ethics Attraction +150 opinion with Holy Guardians Holy Worlds become colonizable	3 Escorts and 1 Battlecruiser if the Holy Guardians exist 4 Escorts if the Holy Guardians don't exist	150	3600 days	Archaeology Site excavation	200
	Miniature Galaxy	+5% Research Speed	+50% Research progress in a random technology	150	3600 days	Archaeology Site excavation	2000
	The Defragmentor	−10% Robot upkeep −10% Pop housing usage if machine empire	+20% Monthly Energy Credits for 10 years +10% Engineering Research Speed for 10 years	150	3600 days	Develop A Cure For The Ferrophage Special Project	1000
	The Omnicodex	+1 Gene Modification Points	3 Pops from a new random species	150	3600 days	Archaeology Site excavation	500
	Scales of the Worm	+10% Physics Research Speed	+20% Research Speed for 10 years −5 Stability for 10 years	150	3600 days	Defeating the Worm	1000
	The Rubricator	+20 Society Research	30 Minor Artifacts	150	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) 3-5 Alloys 3-5 Exotic Gases 3-5 Rare Crystals 3-5 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	150	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 rather have to be found. Minor Artifacts are used in artifact actions and decisions. If the  MegaCorp DLC is installed 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	100-500 Energy Credits	1	Gestalt Consciousness
Celebrate Diversity	100-500 Unity +50% Xenophile Ethic attraction for 10 years	2	Xenophobe  Gestalt Consciousness
Proclaim Religious Revelation	100-500 Unity +50% Spiritualist Ethic attraction for 10 years	2	Spiritualist
Proclaim Superiority	40-100 Influence +50% Xenophobe Ethic attraction for 10 years	2	Xenophobe
Reverse-Engineer Arcane Technology	Random reward: 500-10000 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%)	5	Arcane Deciphering technology	720
Discover precursor insight	Precursor Insight special project on a random surveyed planet	25	Discovered precursor empire	3600
Secrets of the Baol	Delve into the Secrets of the Baol Special Project	50	Surveyed Grunur	One use only
Secrets of the Cybrex	Delve into the Secrets of the Cybrex Special Project	50	Surveyed the Cybrex Ring World	One use only
Secrets of the Irassians	Delve into the Secrets of the Irassians Special Project	50	Surveyed Irassia	One use only
Secrets of the Vultaum	Delve into the Secrets of the Vultaum Special Project	50	Surveyed Vultaumar Prime	One use only
Secrets of the Yuht	Delve into the Secrets of the Yuht Special Project	50	Surveyed Yuthaan Majoris	One use only
Secrets of the Zroni	Delve into the Secrets of the Zroni Special Project	50	Surveyed Zron Prime	One use only
Secrets of the First League	Delve into the Secrets of the First League Special Project	50	Cleared a Ruined Arcology Blocker on Fen Habbanis III	One use only
Discover L-Gate Insight	+1 L-Gate Insight	50	Distant Stars DLC	3600

Applications

Researching the  Arcane Deciphering technology also grants access to two Artifact Actions to find military or peaceful applications. Both actions cost 5  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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