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Piety is a social policy tree in Civilization V. It is available at the start of the Classical Era and cannot be active at the same time as Rationalism in vanilla and Gods & Kings.
In Brave New World it is available from the Ancient Era and can be active simultaneously with Rationalism.
Game Info[]
Piety increases the 
Culture (Vanilla and 
) and 
Faith ( and 
) of empires.
Adopting Piety reduces the time to build:
Unlocks building the Great Mosque of Djenne ( only).
Adopting all Policies in the Piety tree:
- will reduce the
Culture cost of future Policies by 10% (Vanilla) - will provide a 20% discount on all purchases of religious units and buildings with Faith and Holy Sites provide +3 Gold and +3 Culture ()
- causes a Great Prophet to appear and Holy Sites provide +3 Culture ().
| Policy | Effect | Requirement |
|---|---|---|
 Organized Religion
|
+1  Happiness from Monuments, Temples, and Monasteries (Vanilla).+1 Faith from Shrines and Temples ( and ).
|
Adopting Piety |
 Mandate of Heaven
|
50% of excess Happiness added each turn to the amount of Culture that may be spent on Social Policies (Vanilla and ). 20% discount on all purchases of religious units and buildings with |
Adopting Piety |
 Reformation
|
Culture increased by 33% in all cities which have built a World Wonder and the empire immediately enters a  Golden Age (Vanilla and )If you founded a religion, gain a bonus Reformation belief ( ).
|
Organized Religion (Vanilla and ) Religious Tolerance ( )
|
 Theocracy
|
Temples increase a cities  Gold output by 10% (25% in ).Holy Sites provide +3 Gold ( only).
|
Organized Religion |
 Free Religion(Vanilla only) |
Gives 1 free Social Policy and +1 Culture from Monuments, Temples, and Monasteries.
|
Reformation & Mandate of Heaven |
| Religious Tolerance ( and only)
|
Reduces the Culture cost of future Policies by 10% (). Cities with a majority religion also get the Pantheon belief bonus of the second most popular religion ( ).
|
Reformation & Mandate of Heaven () Organized Religion ( )
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Strategy[]
Civilopedia entry[]
Piety means the devotion to a specific religion or spiritual belief system. A "pious" person is generally considered to be (literally) "holier than thou," closely following his or her religion's practices and accepting most or all of its tenets without question.
Related achievements[]
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Lux Perpetua Luceat Eis
Fully Explore the Piety Policy Track.
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See also[]
- Piety in other games