APEX AGE: EXPLORATION
With their double-hulled canoes and crab-clawed sails, Polynesian settlers reached across the vastness of the Pacific. Hawai'i, settled around 1000 CE, was at first a series of rival kingdoms until the advent of Kamehameha in 1795. But just a short while later, European and American missionaries, settlers, and planters invaded Hawai'i until the kingdom fell to a coup.
Unique Ability
Moananuiākea:
Antiquity Age: Can work Ocean Terrain. Increased Culture on all Marine Terrain.
Exploration Age (Apex) & Modern Age: Can work Ocean Terrain. Increased Happiness and Culture on all Marine Terrain.
Attributes
- Cultural
- Expansionist
Traditions:
- Ahupua’a
- Tier 1, Exploration Age (Apex): Increased Food on Culture Buildings.
- Tier 2, Modern Age: Further increased Food.
- Hōkūleʻa
- Tier 1, Antiquity Age (Affirmation): Increased Culture on Districts and Unique Improvements adjacent to Coast tiles.
- Tier 2, Modern Age (Affirmation): Further increased Culture. Increased Culture on Volcanoes.
- Ho’okupu
- Tier 1, Antiquity Age: Increased Food on Marine Terrain. Improvements, Buildings, and Districts do not get pillaged by Floods, Volcanic Eruptions, or Hurricanes.
- Tier 2, Exploration Age (Apex): Further increased Food.
- Kapa
- Tier 1, Exploration Age (Apex): Increased Production toward constructing Culture Buildings.
Unique Infrastructure
Lo'i Kalo: Unique Improvement. Increased Food and Production. Increased Culture from adjacent Fishing Boats. Can only be placed in the Grassland and Tropical Biomes.
Unique Civilian Unit
Kahuna: Unique Missionary Unit. Requires a Temple. Has a Heal action that doesn't remove this Unit after being used. Receive a set amount of Gold when you convert a Settlement.
Unique Military Unit
Leiomano: Unique Heavy Infantry Unit. Increased Combat Strength against Infantry and Cavalry Units. Increased Combat Strength when defending against Naval Units.
Associated Wonder
Hale o Keawe: Increased Culture. Increased Culture on Water Buildings. Has a set number of Relic slots. Must be placed on Coast tiles and adjacent to land, but not adjacent to Tundra. Hawai'i receives increased Production toward constructing this Wonder.
Starting Biases
- Marine
- Coast
Gameplay Tip
The Moananuiākea Unique Ability and Ho’okupu Tradition provide amazing yields for expanding into Coast and Ocean. Ho'okupu will also help protect you from natural disasters!
