How to Make a Religion in "Civilizations 4"
Released in 2005, "Civilization 4" is the best-selling game in the "Civilization" franchise. One of the new features introduced in "Civilization 4" is the ability to research and spread religion as a method of cultural influence, adding another layer of strategy. All of the religions confer the same benefits and have the same drawbacks, less for game balance than for cultural sensitivity.
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Research one of the technologies that founds a religion. The first civilization that discovers a technology founds the associated religion. The technologies are: Meditation (Buddhism); Theology (Christianity); Code of Laws (Confucianism); Polytheism (Hinduism); Divine Right (Islam); Monotheism (Judaism); and Philosophy (Taoism).
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Build religion-producing buildings. Each religion has three different buildings, increasing in size and influence. The culture that founds a religion has exclusive access to a special religious wonder that can only be built in the holy city of that religion.
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Send missionary units to your own border cities and enemy cities in order to convert them to your official religion. This affects diplomacy and culture scores, especially when paired with civics such as Theocracy and State Religion.
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