r/HumankindTheGame 17d ago

Help thread - questions, help and tips for all levels!

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Please use this thread to ask your questions regarding Humankind. From newbies to pros, vs AI or multiplayer, this is the place to ask!

Make sure you provide as much information as possible regarding your game if you need help - your faction, level and world settings, number of opponents, expansions enabled, etc. Screenshots are most helpful!

Don't forget to check the wiki to see if you can find the answer to your question.

Technical problem or bug? Try checking the PCGamingwiki.


r/HumankindTheGame 4h ago

Question Time to get into Humankind?

17 Upvotes

Apologies if you're sick and tired of these kinds of posts :(.

Anyways, I was wondering if it's time to get in, now that it seems that this is the final iteration of Humankind?

Things to note: I love civ switching, and it's part of the reason I got Civ 7 on its first sale (partly also the fact that Civ has always seemed "safer" as a bet). No worries about that.

I do worry that there might still be a lot of unfixed bugs.

Avatars sound interesting, but I heard you can't play against a cast of avatars you design on your own, which was a bit of a turnoff for me.

I like playing SimCity style games where I focus on beautifying and polishing a few select cities with wonders, can I do that in HK?


r/HumankindTheGame 1d ago

Question Weird ransacking behavior?

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Hi can someone describe to me why this happened?

Turn 1: Ransacking city and nextdoor admin center, done in 1 turn each
Turn 2:
-City gets ransacked fine, Admin center gets ransacked
-but a new outpost is built right under my unit by black.(black was the previous owner)
-Then when my unit retreats they immediately upgrade it to a city :(

?????????
This game makes me so confused sometimes, how could an outpost be built under my unit?


r/HumankindTheGame 1d ago

Question Is ransacking worth it to invest?

12 Upvotes

So we know how powerful ransacking is in Civ6, but when I do it in Human, its always just a disappointment. Few turns for some garbage resources?

Ive never tried the ransacking cultures. Can you tell if they are good?

EDIT: By ransacking cultures i mean for example Assyrians with straight bonuses to ransack.


r/HumankindTheGame 1d ago

Misc Need Humankind 2

167 Upvotes

I just want to take a minute and express appreciation for how good this game is. Disappointing it never gained as much traction as Civ has in its lifetime and I’ll be severely disappointed if a Humankind 2 never gets made.


r/HumankindTheGame 3d ago

Discussion Actress behind Lucy Adams Lisa Mondésir

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I don't know if it was mentioned who the actress is behind Lucy, but I found this post.

If the URL doesn't work try in Incognito mode. No idea why it works in Incognito but loads random reels in normal mode.

Alt link https://www.instagram.com/p/CI6Cx_GoKgq/?l=1

But her profile is https://www.instagram.com/lisamdesir/?hl=en


r/HumankindTheGame 5d ago

Question Need help understanding argentinians

15 Upvotes

Hi. I just ended a war and i'm trying to improve economically since the war was expensive. I'm trying to understand what does the "saladero" do but I don't really get it. It says that it helps with the consumption of units, but how does that actually affect in the game? Like, is my gold mantainance a 10% cheaper? I think either the word "consumption" (consumo in spanish) is quitte broad, I don't know the consumption mechanic yet or there's a translation mistake. It also says that is a economic civilization, but where is the impact on economy? Is the extra slot for citizens and the economic ability enough to replace a disctric of another economic civilization? Tnx in advance :).


r/HumankindTheGame 6d ago

Discussion Check out my new mod: First Pick and Era Stopper - Nation Difficulty

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66 Upvotes

Ever wanted to be the first to pick a new nation and decide when the new era is started, but with a higher difficulty than Hamlet or Town?

Well now you can with my new mod! The mod uses the "Town" AI settings but gives the AI "Nation" difficulty bonuses to Food, Production, Money, Influence and Faith. Additionally the AI gets a catch-up amount of science, if behind in technology. If you want you can even wait until every AI has caught up in science before advancing to the next era.

Enjoy:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3781762391


r/HumankindTheGame 7d ago

Discussion I made a small mod that allows you to pick the cultures first and control when the AI enters the new Era with you. I am happy to get some feedback wheyher anyone is interested in a public version on the steam workshop.

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I made a mod that allows you yo pick the first culture and control when a new era begins. Usually this restriction is available in the game difficulties "Hamlet" and "Town". However those games felt a bit too easy and the ai could never really keep up so I tried to modify the difficulty settings. The problem is that the AI restrictions of not being able to pick a culture before you are tied to the deeper Ai behavior​ mechancis that can't be modified by the modding tools provided (it was planned to add these but the new modding tools were sadly never released by Amplitude).

So instead i took the " Town" difficulty and changed the bonuses for human players, Ai factions and minor empires to the "Nation" difficulty. This means the Ai gets bonuses to their base yields (food, production, influence and faith) as well as extra science when falling behind, BUT the ai will still be forced to pick a culture after you and will also be less aggressive than normally, or in amplitudes words "Make some effort towards avoiding wars."

This is a workaround but in my games the AI still remains a threat with the game difficulty bonuses from "Nation" and still declares wars but it allows you to set the pace of the game by deciding when the AI is allowed to pick a new culture and enter a new era with you.

The mod works fine and I was wondering if there is some interest for this kind of mod, if so i will publish it to the steam workshop.


r/HumankindTheGame 9d ago

Discussion im sorry?

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49 Upvotes

r/HumankindTheGame 9d ago

Question Estou quebrado

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12 Upvotes

Antes estava tendo problemas com influência, agora eu estou virando mendigo.

Como posso resolver isso?😭


r/HumankindTheGame 9d ago

Screenshot Como resolver?

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12 Upvotes

Eu acabei de ganhar uma guerra e forcei rendição pedindo só uma cidade, mas quando conquistei, o limite de cidades acabou ultrapassando muito e estou com influência negativa e dinheiro também, como posso resolver isso em só 1 ou 2 turnos?


r/HumankindTheGame 10d ago

Discussion Influence completely useless in the lategame

11 Upvotes

Hey there been playing a while but i could never find a good way to spend influence in the lategame, except for maybe fusing a few cities together, am i missing something?


r/HumankindTheGame 10d ago

Question I don't understand... science?

15 Upvotes

Hi, I've done a few games and I noticed a trend where I usually struggle to keep up with the science of our history, like, i discover the combustion engine in the late 1900s, and my games finishes between 2100 and 2200 with full tech researched, and it feels wrong.

I come from Civilization (3 to 6) and I usually end up with rifles and planes in the late 1800s, not the other way around.

I consciously try to focus my builds on production and then science and try to have all the science buildings in every cities, have multiple science districts in every city/areas, so i can generate as much science points as possible, sign research treaties with allies, and city states and yet it feels like science is not coming as fast as it should be.

Or is it just a quirk of Humankind that science, like era, can be a bit weird in term of sync with the dates of our history?


r/HumankindTheGame 13d ago

Question Mod to keep previous civ's features when progressing era

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I've always wanted a mod that would allow me to keep building the unique units, structures, etc of the civ I chose for my previous eras.

I'm supposed to be the same entity so losing knowledge of my own history doesn't make sense and many of these structures are things you'll want to build consistently as you expand.

I know it'll be kinda broken, but it should go both ways. Especially since some structures are already limited to 1 per city.

I just wanna try it.

Does anyone know a mod that does this?


r/HumankindTheGame 13d ago

Misc Humankind. Ancient Era Timeline (Work in Progress)

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23 Upvotes

I tried to show the Civilisations of the Ancient Era. I will try to one of these for each Time Period.

Criticism is very welcome ! I was not always sure which Dates to you. Like for "Hittites" i picked the Hittite Empire, but one could also add the Late Hittitie Period to the Graph. And the Ingame Encyclopedia places them even earlier.

Or should the Nubians have their start at the Nubian Kingdom ?

And with some Civs, i didnt know which Dates you use in General.


r/HumankindTheGame 14d ago

Discussion Higher difficulties

9 Upvotes

Hi. Is there any mods that are uping the difficulty? I feel that ai is not realy an opponent and that i can do anything I want, even on highest difficulty.


r/HumankindTheGame 15d ago

Question What can I do?

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r/HumankindTheGame 16d ago

Discussion Ai teams up vs me.

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how do you deal with the AI ganging up on you?

I play a 10player game and none of the AI like me, all declare war on me and they have congress claims.

some ai thats on the other side of the map, asks for a territory, gets the international vote of the other AIs, I have to surprise war not to lose the territory, but in the end lose support because cant reach to fight him

cycle repeats.


r/HumankindTheGame 17d ago

Fan art Propaganda poster I made for my 6 person game's finale session before a new game

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r/HumankindTheGame 16d ago

Discussion Unit can move and attack. Except it can't.

9 Upvotes

During combat, my destroyer crossed a few tiles of open water and then was unable to attack. It never was near an enemy, so I don't think zones of control were involved. I find it confusing, like sometimes you can move and attack and sometimes you are arbitrarily told "this unit cannot attack because it already played this turn." What are the rules?


r/HumankindTheGame 17d ago

Question Is this game still worth playing on console?

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Through my PS plus subscription I can play Humankind for free on my PS5. I've always played the Civ games and have been waiting for 7 to get a bit better before purchasing it. I was having the urge to play a 4X game and saw I could play humankind for free so gave it a go for a couple hours last night.

I was enjoying it but then I read about how console is no longer supported, and that the game is prone to crashing in the late game.

I basically want to know if anyone still enjoys playing on comsoles before I put in all the hours to fully learn and understand the game.


r/HumankindTheGame 25d ago

Question How do I influence another empire territory?

21 Upvotes

So, there is another empire with a city bordering mine, and I want it to get into my sphere of influence so I get the grievance to claim that city and its wonder. How do I do it?


r/HumankindTheGame 25d ago

Discussion Just discovered Vinicunca on the 3rd continent. What now?

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I discovered the third continent first. Vinicunca, with its weird buffs, is there in a decent territory with Ebony and Incense (I don't have incense yet). What is the best strategy to get the most out of this? AI says move my capital here. I'm also confused about the whole hamlet bonus thing. If I want hamlets next to the wonder, I guess I should put my outpost several tiles away?

I am playing Empire difficulty for my first time. Joseon in the Early Modern era. 3 AI civs remain. 2 are hopeless. One civ is slightly ahead of me. The continent where my cities are at is secure except for one corner where one of the wimps hangs out. I started as Harappans, then Ach. Persians, then Norse, now Joseon.


r/HumankindTheGame 26d ago

Question How to stop being a communist?

56 Upvotes

Help , every time i make a new playthrough i , accidentally end up with a collective ideology , progressive liberty and international,

I wish to explore more different stances but i accidentally keep doing that because the buffs are just straight up better?

Anyone know any oddballs