Path to Nirvana (Civ6)

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Path to Nirvana is a scenario in Civilization VI that was released with the Khmer and Indonesia Civilization & Scenario Pack.

Intro

May the blessings of Heaven descend upon you, o ruler! Many religions are practiced in these lands, and many creeds promise salvation. Will you spread your word into the hearts of the people? Or will these souls be swayed by other creeds?

Gameplay

In this scenario, you control one of seven different East Asian civilizations, each of which begins play with one or more civics discovered and its own religion with a fixed set of beliefs. Science, Gold, Tourism, and diplomacy are disabled, cultural borders are fixed, Traders do not build roads, and features cannot be removed. The Commercial Hub and Harbor districts and their buildings provide Culture and Production instead of their usual yields, and the Mosque, Pagoda, Stupa, and Wat are all unlocked by Printing (though a civ still needs the appropriate belief to build or purchase them).

Religious units play a pivotal role in this scenario: they all start with a Promotion, and each class has its own promotion table. They can also be trained at a Production cost equal to their base Faith purchasing cost.

Every city-state in this scenario except Kashgar provides a Suzerain bonus determined by its type, and the bonuses for becoming the Suzerain of multiple city-states of the same type are not cumulative. In addition, civs can convert city-states to their religion by sending them Envoys, each of which adds 300 Religious pressure.

At the end of 50 turns, you and all the other players receive Victory Points (VP) at the rate of 1 per point of Faith you are generating each turn, 1 per Citizen following your religion, and 20 per foreign city following your religion. The player with the most VP wins.

Civilizations

• China
  • Civic(s): Early Empire
  • Religion: Taoism (River Goddess, Feed the World, Pagoda, Monastic Isolation)
• Chola
  • Civic(s): Celestial Navigation
  • Religion: Shaivism (Sacred Path, Linga, Stewardship, Yoga)
• Ghaznavid
  • Civic(s): Celestial Navigation, Currency, Early Empire
  • Religion: Islam (Desert Folklore, Religious Community, Mosque, Pilgrimage)
• Indonesia
  • Civic(s): Celestial Navigation
  • Religion: Hindu Dharma (God of the Sea, Great Nusantara, Kampung, Itinerant Preachers)
• Khmer
  • Civic(s): Early Empire, Engineering, Mysticism
  • Religion: Theravada Buddhism (Stone Circles, Dāna, Wat, World Church)
• Pala
  • Civic(s): Mysticism
  • Religion: Mahayana Buddhism (Earth Goddess, Work Ethic, Mahayana Stupa, Holy Order)
• Tufan
  • Civic(s): Mysticism
  • Religion: Vajrayana Buddhism (God of the Open Sky, Zen Meditation, Vajrayana Stupa, Missionary Zeal)

Special Features

City-States

Type	City-State	Suzerain Bonus
	Dali	Provides +1 Amenities in cities with a Commercial Hub district.
	Delhi	Your Trade Routes to any city-state provide +2 Faith for every specialty district in the origin city.
	Gaochang	Provides +1 Amenities in cities with a Commercial Hub district.
	Goa	Your districts on or next to Coast tiles provide +2 Faith.
	Heian	Your districts on or next to Coast tiles provide +2 Faith.
	Kaesong	Your Trade Routes to any city-state provide +2 Faith for every specialty district in the origin city.
	Kashgar	Your Trade Routes to foreign cities earn +1 Faith for each Luxury resource at the destination.
	Khotan	Provides +1 Amenities in cities with a Commercial Hub district.
	Kucha	Your Trading Posts in foreign cities provide +1 Culture to your Trade Routes passing through or going to the city.
	Lamphun	Your Bonus resources behave like Luxury resources, providing 1 Amenity per type.
	Lamuri	Your Trade Routes to any city-state provide +2 Faith for every specialty district in the origin city.
	Malabang	Your Trade Routes to any city-state provide +2 Faith for every specialty district in the origin city.
	Pagan	Your Trade Routes to any city-state provide +2 Faith for every specialty district in the origin city.
	Palembang	Provides +1 Amenities in cities with a Commercial Hub district.
	Samarkand	Provides +1 Amenities in cities with a Commercial Hub district.
	Somnath	Your Trade Routes to any city-state provide +2 Faith for every specialty district in the origin city.
	Temasek	Your Bonus resources behave like Luxury resources, providing 1 Amenity per type.
	Thăng Long	Your districts on or next to Coast tiles provide +2 Faith.
	Tondo	Your districts on or next to Coast tiles provide +2 Faith.
	Turpan	Your Trade Routes to any city-state provide +2 Faith for every specialty district in the origin city.
	Ujjain	Your Bonus resources behave like Luxury resources, providing 1 Amenity per type.
	Vijaya	Your Trade Routes to any city-state provide +2 Faith for every specialty district in the origin city.
	Xingqing	Your Bonus resources behave like Luxury resources, providing 1 Amenity per type.
	Zhongjing	Your Trading Posts in foreign cities provide +1 Culture to your Trade Routes passing through or going to the city.

Units

• Guru
• Missionary
• Monk
• Priest

Promotions

• Alchemist
• Guide
• Interpreter
• Master
• Practitioner
• Propagator
• Sage
• Sangha
• Teacher
• Traveler
• Walk on Water

Civics

Path to Nirvana Civics Tree. Click to zoom.

• Astronomy
• Banking
• Celestial Navigation
• Compass
• Construction
• Currency
• Engineering
• Machinery
• Papermaking
• Printing

Governments

• Thalassocracy

Policy Cards

• Charity
• Devotion
• Festivals
• Junk
• Noble Path
• Quechang

Religions

• Hindu Dharma
• Mahayana Buddhism
• Shaivism
• Theravada Buddhism
• Vajrayana Buddhism

Beliefs

• Dāna
• Great Nusantara
• Kampung
• Linga
• Mahayana Stupa
• Vajrayana Stupa
• Yoga

Related achievements

Do You Have A Moment To Talk About Salvation? Convert 3 opposing Holy Cities in the Path to Nirvana scenario. A reference to the common Christian preacher line, 'Do you have a moment to talk about our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ?'. Often associated with Jehovah's Witnesses.

Many Signs and Wonders Build all 3 Wonders in the Path to Nirvana scenario. A pun on wonders as in the in-game buildings and a phrase found throughout the Bible.

What is Matter? Nevermind. Win the Path to Nirvana scenario on Deity. The second half of the George Berkeley quote (see 'What is Mind? No Matter' achievement).

What is Mind? No Matter. Win the Path to Nirvana scenario on any difficulty. The first half of a well-known George Berkeley quote in regards to the 'mind-body' duality problem.