Time to spread your wings | The gameplay Civilization: Beyond Earth Guide

Last update: 11 May 2016

Between turns 10-40 there are more nations to appear on the planet - you will be able to see their capitals immediately. After you develop Computer sciences and build the national wonder - the Intelligence Agency you can dispatch your agents to the enemy cities, who will be able to perform espionage actions, such as technology and energy theft or incite rebellions. However, this requires time and Intrigue points, symbolized by violet rhombs, under the city's name. Each successful action provides you with more Intrigue, which expands your possibilities, such as setting the animals of the planet on that city, or detonating a bomb.

Sometimes, espionage is the only way to complete a mission - for example, when it is required for a mission, whose completing is required by the storyline.

With several cities, you need to ensure proper protection and making the land fit your needs. Build Farms and Energy generators and try to put to use resources, such as Oil or Titanium, because they are the components for orbital units. At the same time, it is a good idea to build roads or Magnetic Rail which provide you with high bonuses to energy and production in cities connected with the capital city. Apart from that, try to develop the Alien Biology which allows you to remove Miasma from the map, because trading units cannot cross the fields with Miasma. Unless you play with Harmony Affinity, at which point the Miasma becomes your ally, later into the game.

If possible, set support units on the orbit. A good example here is the Solar Collector, which provides with an energy point, everybody within reach. However, remember that the space above is limited. Each new satellite needs to be deployed with consideration.

At this point, you should already have some affinity points. You do not need to decide on one of them - each one provides interesting bonuses and you will be playing in accordance with a combination of various affinities, because some are very powerful.

With a affinity point you can upgrade your military. they will not be more expensive to produce, but this changes their looks and alters some of their features. After you upgrade them, you can choose one of two options. You can upgrade them only in the direction determined by your affinity but, if you have many points in various affinities, you can choose from among several options.

After you have ensured yourself with a stable development, it is time to pick the only right way and focus on it. Affinity points are very important - they allow you to unlock unique victory options.

As long as your technological development is fast and stable, you can search for the technology that provides enough affinity points. Thanks to this, you will quickly progress in the direction that you want, which allows you to win.

You can also attempt the Contact victory - i.e. to contact an alien civilization. You then need to discover an alien signal, by building an appropriate structure and by finding a fragment of an alien message, either in the ruins or thanks to the satellites.

The last recognized victory is Domination. All in all, it is you who is the best here and you rule the most important faction, don't you. Bring your opponents to their knees and defeat them with your military advancement and you will rule the entire planet. With a slight influence from the aliens, that is.

An additional way to win is the score victory, when the game ends after the predetermined number of turns. Usually, you do not achieve it, but it may happen that none of the players achieves victory in any of the ways and the game calculates the score. Therefore, it is a good idea to have a dozen-or-so Wonders built, which boost your overall score.