Relics from your Reliquary Belief
When it comes to obtaining relics in Civilization 7, the most important factor is the Reliquary Belief that you choose once you establish your religion. We discuss more details in our religion/pantheon guide so, for this article, we’ll just focus on the ideal Reliquary Beliefs for your campaign run.
- The best Reliquary Belief, by far, is Icons. That’s because it provides +2 relics whenever you convert any city-state for the first time. In fact, if you’re unable to get Icons in your game, you might as well pick a different Legacy Path because this option makes the whole endeavor a breeze.
- Still, if you want to continue with your run even without the Icons belief, you could go with:
- Evangelism: +1 relic for first-time conversion of another civ’s settlement in distant lands; cannot be a city-state.
- Reliquaries: +1 relic for first-time conversion of another civ’s settlement with a Temple or Altar.
- Lay Followers: +1 relic for first-time conversion of another civ’s settlement with 10 rural population.
- Ecclesiasticism: +1 relic for first-time conversion of another civ’s settlement with 10 urban population.
As you can see, everything else is situational, and Icons really is the only top-tier choice. In any case, regardless of your chosen Reliquary Belief, you still need to convert settlements.
