Civilization 7 - How To Get Artifacts Using Your Explorers
The Modern Age in Sid Meier's Civilization 7 is characterized by rapid industrialization, as nations aim for technological advancements and new ways to wage war. Still, people yearn to discover more about our shared human history, a means of looking into a time that's long since passed. Here's our guide on how to get artifacts in Civilization 7.
How to get more artifacts in Civilization 7 - Explorers and artifacts guide
The Civilization 7 artifacts system is tied to the Geographic Society, the Cultural Legacy mechanic during the Modern Age. Similar to the Exploration Age where you acquired holy relics, this process involves sending out units to gather items. The difference is that you need to train Explorers this time, as they're the only ones that can excavate ruins.
Cultural Legacy: Geographic Society mechanics
If you plan on finishing the game via the Cultural Legacy path in the Modern Age, you need to be aware of the required steps below:
- Step 1:
- Study the Natural History civic.
- Train an Explorer.
- Step 2:
- Have a University or Museum.
- Bring your Explorer to the University or Museum in your lands, then start the Research Artifacts action.
- Step 3: Locate, excavate, and display one artifact.
- Step 4:
- Study the Hegemony civic.
- Display a total of five artifacts.
- Optional: Use the Research Artifact action on a University or Museum that's on different continents.
- Step 5: Display a total of 10 artifacts.
- Step 6: Display a total of 15 artifacts.
How to recruit Explorers and reveal artifact dig sites
As mentioned above, you need to study the Natural History civic if you want to get more artifacts in Civilization 7. Once the civic is unlocked, you should be able to recruit/buy Explorers in your lands.
But, that's not all: You still need a University (built during the Exploration Age) or a Museum (built during the Modern Age) in your empire. Once you have an Explorer, send the unit to these buildings and select the Research Artifacts action. This will automatically reveal excavation sites with artifacts from the Exploration Age.
Note 1: Later, you also need to study the Hegemony civic. This reveals additional dig sites that contain artifacts from the Antiquity Age.
Note 2: The dig sites revealed by Universities and Museums are continent-specific. That means you must have either of these buildings so that the Explorer can unveil artifact locations in those regions.
How to track and excavate artifact locations
Trying to look for Civilization 7 artifacts might be tough, but there's a nifty way to alleviate the issue. Simply click on the Lens Toggles button on the minimap in the lower-left corner of your screen. You should see three lens options: None, Settler, and Continent.
Choose the Continent lens to differentiate between regions. This also marks the artifact dig sites clearly. Next, just move your Explorer unit to that location and select the Excavate Artifact command. The process takes a few turns but you should receive a special item once your unit is finished.
Lastly, we recommend training half a dozen Explorers to speed things up. They have unlimited charges, so just have them roam around until you've gathered all the artifacts you need.
How to display artifacts
Of course, just excavating artifacts isn't enough. You still need to display them in your lands. Here are the buildings with available slots for artifacts:
- Palace
- Museum
- Wonder: Hermitage
- Wonder: Palacio de Bellas Artes
That does it for our guide on how to get artifacts in Civilization 7. If you're not keen on having your Indiana Jones wannabes looking for things that belong in a museum, then you might want to duke it out with other leads instead. If you prefer to be more aggressive during the Modern Age, then you can check our Military Legacy: Ideology guide.
Explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate your way to victory with the help of our Sid Meier's Civilization 7 guides hub.
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