Branches — Civilization Beyond Earth eGuide

Might

Might Synergy Bonuses

Requirement	Reward
5 virtues	+5% Strength and Ranged Strength for all Units
10 virtues	+5% Strength and Ranged Strength for all Units
15 virtues	Choose 1 Free Affinity Level

Might is all about survival and conquest. The bonuses you get assist with fighting aliens and earning experience early on but quickly progress into bonuses that help you take territory and work directly against your enemies.

This is the least diplomatic of the Virtue branches. Its bonuses to combat and spying make it unlikely for a player to keep friends for too long. If you're going down this route, be ready, willing, and able to make enemies. Fight hard, seize cities, and be ready for multiple rivals to band together against you. As long as you prepare for that, it won't be as severe a threat. And if you don't lose against those odds, it's only a matter of time before you take over the world!

You can certainly win a Domination victory without taking any virtues in Might, but this branch can definitely help you on your way. The ability to have your military win unit-for-unit against most enemies is a massive boon.

Tier I

Virtue Name	Bonus Unlocked
Adaptive Tactics	+50% Experience from combat
Liberation Army	After conquering an enemy Outpost, automatically found an Outpost of your own in its place
Military-Industrial Complex	+15% Production toward Military Units
Public Security	+0.25 Health for every Military Unit under your command
Survivalism	+25% Strength and Ranged Strength against alien life forms

Tier II

Virtue Name	Bonus Unlocked
Adaptive Sciences	+20% Affinity earned from researching technologies
Army Engineering Corps	+1 Energy and Production from every Strategic Resource
Martial Meditations	Choose 1 Free Affinity Level
Scavenging	Earn 100% of an alien lifeform's strength as Science after killing it and 40 Science from destroying alien nests
Special Service	+40% Intrigue from Covert Operations

Tier III

Virtue Name	Bonus Unlocked
Brutal Efficiency	+50% quantity from sources of Strategic Resources
Channeled Wrath	+10% Strength and Ranged Strength for all Units
Democratized Quartering	-50% maintenance for Units
Integrated Arms	+10% Production toward a Unit for each Upgrade it has
Joint Operations	+3 Orbital Coverage provided by Stations you trade with

Prosperity

Prosperity Synergy Bonuses

Requirement	Reward
5 Virtues	+10% Growth in every City
10 Virtues	+1 Health for every City
15 Virtues	+50% Orbital Coverage radius from Cities

Prosperity is the key to fast growth and massive empires. The bonuses to colony Health are higher here than anywhere else in the virtue system. This leads to unrivaled size and territory for a growing nation. This is not necessary if you are planning on slow or cautious expansion. However, it is necessary if you want to have controlled and sustained growth through peaceful or military means.

Pair Prosperity with Might for aggressive expansion, or pair it with either of the other branches for a more peaceful route. This is ideal if you have a large section of land that isn't contested, so you can settle that territory and develop it without having to carve through anyone else.

Tier I

Virtue Name	Bonus Unlocked
Colony Initiative	Gain a free Colonist Unit
Frugality	+10% Food retained after a City grows
Helping Hands	+15% build speed for Tile Improvements
Homesteading	+30% speed toward Outpost growth
Workforce Initiative	Gain a free Worker Unit

Tier II

Virtue Name	Bonus Unlocked
Gift Economy	+3 Energy from your land- and sea-based Trade Routes to foreign Cities
Mind Over Matter	+7 Health
Pathfinders	Explorer Units can build 3 additional Expeditions
Pioneer Spirit	-25% Culture needed for border expansion
Settler Clans	+2 Population for newly founded Cities

Tier III

Virtue Name	Bonus Unlocked
Ecoscaping	+1 Food, Production, and Culture from every Terrascape
Eudaimonia	25% less negative Health
Hands Never Idle	+2 Energy from any Population acting as a Specialist
Joy from Variety	+1 Health for each type of Basic Resource that is improved
Nature's Bounty	+1 Production from every Basic Resource

Knowledge

Knowledge Synergy Bonuses

Requirement	Reward
5 Virtues	+10% Culture in every City
10 Virtues	+10% Science in every City
15 Virtues	Choose 1 Free Technology

Knowledge is where you go to raise Culture and Science to the max. This branch, when paired with Prosperity, allows for large colonies to advance very rapidly because the Culture and Science costs of having extra cities are reduced dramatically.

Knowledge and Industry are amazing for infrastructure in small nations. Knowledge and Might are good together for conquerors who plan on using large advanced military forces to do their work. They won't have as much money or infrastructure, but they can expand through conquest and let other colonies do half of the work for them!

Tier I

Virtue Name	Bonus Unlocked
Creative Class	Earn extra Culture equal to 30% of net positive Health
Field Research	Earn 20 Science from finishing Expeditions
Foresight	+10% Science when Healthy
Laboratory Apprenticeship	Each City tile generates +0.25 Science for every Population
Social Mores	Each City tile generates +0.25 Culture for every Population

Tier II

Virtue Name	Bonus Unlocked
Applied Aesthetics	Earn extra Energy equal to 30% of the Culture you generate
Cohesive Values	-10% Culture needed for new Virtues
Community Medicine	+1 Health for every 6 Population in a City
Memeweb	-40% Culture penalty from the number of Cities for new Virtues
Networked Datalinks	-40% Science penalty from the number of Cities for new technologies

Tier III

Virtue Name	Bonus Unlocked
Information Warfare	Recruit 1 new Covert Agent
Learning Centers	+2 Science from every Academy Improvement
Metaresearch Methods	Leaf technologies cost 10% less Science
Monomyth	+7 Culture for every Great Wonder
Technoartisans	Earn extra Science equal to 15% of the Culture you generate

Industry

Industry Synergy Bonuses

Requirement	Reward
5 Virtues	+10% Energy in every City
10 Virtues	+10% Production in every City
15 Virtues	Earn 1% of stockpiled Energy amount every turn, up to 100 Energy

Industry is where you get your energy and production power. Buildings come up quickly, and you have enough free "cash" to buy whatever you need whenever there is a shortfall. You can whip up a fast military when combined with Might, expand and have amazing cities with Prosperity, or stay smaller but powerful with Knowledge.

If you don't have much land, Industry can be a wonderful way to salvage your game. It's easier to get your buildings going, and that leaves more free time for warfare, trade routes, or whatever else you want to get done.

If you're hoping for a Contact victory, this is an amazing branch to master. The increased Production, wonder bonuses, and strong economy all work in sync with the objectives for Contact.

Tier I

Virtue Name	Bonus Unlocked
Central Planning	+5 Energy in the Capital
Commoditization	+1 Energy from every Basic Resource
Labor Logistics	+10% Production toward Buildings
Scalable Infrastructure	+15% Production toward Wonders
Standardized Architecture	+25% Production toward Buildings which have already been built in the Capital

Tier II

Virtue Name	Bonus Unlocked
Alternative Markets	Trade Routes with Stations grant +6 Energy per Station tier
Entrepreneurial Spaceflight	+25% Production toward Orbital Units
Interdependence Network	+25% more yields from your Trade Routes to your own Cities
Investment	Earn 1% of stockpiled Energy amount every turn, up to 100 Energy
Profiteering	+0.5 Health for every Trade Unit under your command

Tier III

Virtue Name	Bonus Unlocked
Civic Duty	Each City tile generates +0.5 Production for every Population
Liquidity	-20% Energy cost to purchase Units
Magnasanti	Each City generates +0.2 Health for every Building
Social Investment	+2 Production from every Manufactory Improvement
Superior Engineering	Orbital Units stay in orbit 50% longer before de-orbiting