Expedition (CivBE)

Civilization: Beyond Earth

Image seen when player completes an expedition

In Civilization: Beyond Earth, Explorer units are able to setup what is called an Expedition, which allows it to access something on a tile. After ten turns, the expedition is completed and used up.

In Rising Tide, explorers can conduct expeditions on the sites can be found in the ocean. Expeditions also have a chance to discover an Artifact in addition to its rewards.

Sites and rewards

	Site	Reward
	Alien Skeleton	66% chance of giving you an alien unit, 33% chance of giving affinity progress
	Crashed Satellite	66% chance to give Production bonus, 33% chance to give Science bonus
	Derelict Settlement	50% chance to give Culture, 50% chance to give a free population
	Kraken Nest	Chance of getting an aquatic alien unit, Chance of giving affinity progress
	Progenitor Device	50% chance of giving affinity progress, 50% chance to give free affinity level
	Progenitor Ruin	50% chance to give free affinity level, 50% chance to give Science towards a far away tech, sometimes have a fragment of The Signal, necessary for a Contact Victory.
	Sunken Spacecraft	33% chance to give Production bonus, 66% chance to give Science towards a far away tech
	Sunken Vehicle	66% chance to give Production bonus, 33% chance to give Culture
	Wrecked Colony Lander	66% chance to give a free population, 33% chance to give Culture

Bonuses affecting Expeditions

• At Level 1  Supremacy, Explorer Units can build one extra Expedition.
• At Level 1  Purity Explorer Units are twice as strong when attacked by Aliens.
• Building a Laboratory and making the appropriate Quest decision can provide you with an additional expedition for Explorers.
• The tier 2 Prosperity Virtue Pathfinder allows explorer units to build three additional expeditions.
• The tier 1 Knowledge Virtue Field Research allows you to earn 50 Science from completed expeditions.
• The Drone Sphere speeds up Expedition time by 50%.
• The artifact reward Ground-Penetrating LIDAR speeds up Expedition time by 100%.

User interface

It is easier to spot Expedition Sites if you activate the icons for them. To do that, click on the little eye-symbol at the top left corner of the minimap, then select "Expedition Sites":

Images

Introduced in the Rising Tide expansion pack.