Quests (CivBE)

Civilization: Beyond Earth

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An example of the Quest Log with a long, multipart quest open and some others closed.

A "new" feature in Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth is the Quest-system. The 5 main overarching quests of the game are the 5 victory quests. More quests appear throughout the game as your civilization explores and adapts to their new world.

Note:

1. Not all quests are listed here.
2. Be aware the values below for rewards containing yields or affinity points (i.e. earning "X" Energy or "Y"  Purity) are subjective to both game difficulty and game speed.

Victory Quests

• The Promised Land
• Transcendence
• Contact
• Domination
• Emancipation

Exploration Quests

Denoted by a yellow looking glass icon.

Name	Triggers	Objectives	Rewards
Gifts From Home	Claim a Resource Pod	Find 3 Resource Pods	+20 Science
Found An Outpost	Reach Turn 5	Research Pioneering Build 1 Colonist Unit Found 1 Outpost	1 Soldier Unit if new outpost is built on land (Note: Placed next to the Outpost) 1 Patrol Boat if new outpost is built on the water
Worm Killing	Spotting your first Siege Worm	Kill 1 Siege Worm	+45 Science +40 Culture +95 Energy

Culper Lodge Quests

Denoted by a red triangle with a circle and a dot inside. This long quest chain involves a secret society called Culper Lodge and revolves around performing spying operations.

Name	Triggers	Objectives	Rewards
For Your Eyes Only		Research Computing Build 1 Spy Agency Building	"None, so far..."
Special Delivery	Complete "For Your Eyes Only"	Perform "Establish Network" covert operation in CITYNAME Perform "Dossier Delivered" covert operation in CITYNAME	+1 Covert Agent
Operative Extraction	Complete "For Your Eyes Only"	Perform "Steal Science" covert operation in CITYNAME Perform "Extract Operative" covert operation in CITYNAME	+1 Covert Agent
//Redacted//	Complete "Special Delivery"	Perform a Covert Operation of 4 Intrigue or higher	+1 Covert Agent, Culper Lodge National Wonder that makes any present and future Covert Agents automatically Special Agents

Diplomacy Quests

Denoted by a purple handshake icon.

Name	Triggers	Objectives	Rewards
Station Charter	Random, Repeatable	Choice	One of two different stations will be created in the world, you choose which. It says "near your territory" but can happen on another continent
Hostile Takeover	Random, Repeatable	Destroy Target Station	50% Yield from trade with Contracting Station for 20 turns
Growth Potential	Random, Repeatable (?) A nearby organization, STATION, has developed practices that synergize with ours.	Create a Trade Route with STATION	+20% Yield from trade with another (Bug?) STATION for 20 Turns

Affinity Quests

Denoted by an icon containing all 3 affinity icons in a circle. Early ones branch, to let you choose an affinity type. At some point the game decides that you are dedicated to a specific affinity, and you will no longer receive branching affinity quests, instead you will only receive affinity specific quests for that one affinity for the rest of the game or "universal" quests rewarded with corresponding affinity points. That is, if the game determines your faction is  Purity affinity, you will only get  Purity points for quests from now until the rest of that game.

Branching affinity quests

These quests branch over multiple choices in such a way as to make you choose between the 3 affinity types.

Name	Triggers	Objectives	Harmony Reward	Purity Reward	Supremacy Reward
Cultural Burden		Build an Expedition at The Signal's Source Quest Decision: Don't risk contamination, leave the probe behind - Continues to  Harmony. Final task is to remove wreckage from the Xenomass lake. or Recover the probe, the Xenomass doesn't matter - Continues to  Purity or  Supremacy to which the next task is to Drain the Xenomass lake at the crash site Second Quest Decision: Save Records (Continues to  Purity or Recovery Technology Continues to  Supremacy	+10 Affinity toward  Harmony appears at site of probe crash.	+10 Affinity toward  Purity +50 Culture +125 Energy	+10 Affinity toward  Supremacy +10% Worker Speed
Dogmatic Engineering	Complete a trade route with a station	Declare Hostility towards STATIONNAME (don't need to win, yet) Dogmatic Engineering: Quest Decision ( Harmony or Continue Quest) Destroy STATIONNAME Dogmatic Engineering: Quest Decision ( Purity or  Supremacy)	+11 Affinity toward , 40 Science, get 2 soldier units	+12 Affinity toward  Purity +1 Population in CITYNAME +70 Science	+14 Affinity toward  Supremacy +1 Population in CITYNAME +35 Science
Familiar Exotics		Familiar Exotics: Quest Decision: A. Contain Outbreak ( Harmony) : Build 1 Xeno Sanctuary in CITYNAME B. Ignore (Continues to  Purity,  Supremacy) Gives 35 Culture & Eventually Second Familiar Exotics Quest ? : Build 1 Vivarium in CITYNAME : Build 1 Petrochemical Plant in CITYNAME	2 choices after building the sanctuary: 1. Eradicate Species: +14 Affinity toward  Harmony (Gemini) + 200 Culture 2. License: +14 Affinity toward  Harmony (Gemini) +65 Food in CITYNAME +1 Population in CITYNAME +65 Production in CITYNAME	+14 Affinity toward Purity +105 Culture +65 Science	+ 22 Affinity toward Supremacy +1 Population in CITYNAME
Occupational Hazard	?	Quest Decision: Eradicate: ( Purity - Destroy 2 nests) or Domesticate Wildlife: (Continues to  Harmony or  Supremacy - Build 1 (sometimes it asks for 2) Alien Preserve Building)	+14 Affinity toward +195 Energy (one time)	+15 Affinity toward  Purity +60 Food in the Capital (one time)	+16 Affinity toward  Supremacy +60 Production in all Cities (one time)
Solid State Citizen	A spacecraft plummeted through the atmosphere and crashed not far away	Build an Expedition at the Crash Site Asylum or Settlement: Quest Decision ( Supremacy and  Purity or  Harmony) / Found 1 Outpost Destroy Station / Augmentation or Humanity: Quest Decision ( Supremacy or Purity) Build 1 Autoplant Building Build 1 Gene Garden	+16 Affinity toward  Harmony +50 Culture +125 Energy	+24 Affinity toward Purity +250 Energy	+14 Affinity toward  Supremacy (Gemini) +60 Production in Capital
The Beating Heart Society		(1) Apprehend the Scientist: (Continues to  Purity or  Supremacy) - Build 1 Recycler Building. Second Quest Decision - Apprehend the engineer: (Continues to  Purity) - Final task is to Build 3 Soldier Units or Free the engineer (Continues to  Supremacy) - Build 1 Soldier/Patrol Boat Unit in Capital; final task is to destroy a specific Station (2) Free the Scientist: (Continues to  Harmony) - Build 1 Soldier/Patrol Boat Unit; next task is to Build 1 Dome Improvement; final task is to destroy a specific Station	+15 Affinity Toward  Harmony and Units take 5 HP less damage from Miasma	+18 Affinity toward  Purity and Old Earth Relics speed up Military Unit Production by 5%	+15 Affinity Toward  Supremacy and Unit heals 5 HP more when fortified
The Subset Curse	[unknown]	Build 1 Laboratory building. Quest Decision: A) Accept the rare genes (Continues to  Harmony or  Supremacy) Build Pharmalab Accelerate adoption: (Continues to  Harmony) Build Biofactory Hone to elite: (Continues to  Supremacy) Build Spy Agency B) Reject the rare genes (Continues to  Purity) Find 2 Resource Pods Next, build 1 Gene Garden building	+27 Affinity Toward  Harmony (Vostock/Marathon) and +10% Respect from Diplomacy partners	+9 Affinity (on Suyoz difficulty) toward  Purity and +1 Science from Clinics	+8 Affinity (on Gemini) toward or  Supremacy and +10% Covert Operation Speed
Vanishers		First Quest Decision: Deter Vanishers: (Continues to  Purity or  Supremacy) - Build 1 Clinic Building then build 1 Ultrasonic Fence Building or Bait Vanishers: (Continues to  Harmony) - Build 1 Clinic Building then build 1 Vivarium building. Second Quest Decision: Study Vanishers in Captivity: (Continues to  Purity - Build 1 Alien Preserve building) or Exterminate every last one: (Continues to  Supremacy - Kill 2 List of Aliens Units) or Enlist the help of professionals: (Continues to  Harmony) - Build 1 Ranger Unit	+16 Affinity Toward  Harmony and +10% Defense against melee attacks for Rangers	+19 Affinity Toward  Purity and +20% Strength and Ranged Strength when attacking or defending against Aliens	+17 Affinity Toward  Supremacy and +1 maximum veterancy for military units
Stepan Vs. The New World		Decision 1A: Accept Stowaways (Continues to  Supremacy): • Build a Repair Depot AND THEN • Build a Worker 1B: Reject Stowaways (Continues to  Harmony, Continues to  Purity): • Build a Clinic Building Decision 2A: Enlist Castaways (Continue to  Harmony): • Build an Explorer 2B: Exhile Castaways from Colony (Continues to  Purity): • Create Trade Route with new station STATIONNAME	+17 Points towards +10% Worker Speed	+17 Points towards +75 Culture +185 Energy (In doing so, creates a new Station to trade with)	+17 Points towards • Explorer immunity from Miasma
An Elemental Fate	After destroying an alien nest, a cave is found.	Build an Expedition at the location of the cave Quest Decision: A) Send Rescue Team into Doorway (Continues to  Harmony) Send a Military Unit into the Xenomass Doorway B) Send Robotic Probe into Doorway (Continues to  Supremacy) ? C) Mine Cave for Floatstone (Continues to  Purity) ?	+13  Harmony affinity, Chosen units receive XP [exact amount unknown; between 29-38 XP (enough to level them twice from level one and reach 38 XP total)] Receive a copy of the unit.	+27 Purity Affinity and "Floatstone has been strewn across the region" (creates a small [3] floatstone deposit near the cave) Sometimes no deposit will appear.	If continued to  Supremacy, reward is 18 Affinity points to  Supremacy, and worldwide Firaxite deposits are revealed.

Universal Affinity Quests

Name	Triggers	Objectives	Reward
Written In Stone	Random	Build an Expedition at Ancient Tomb Build a Laboratory Send Military Unit into Uncovered Tomb	+17 Dominant Affinity +160 Science
Beauty In The Eye Of The Orbiter	Launch an orbital unit + random	Launch two satellites to investigate geoglyphs	+245 Culture or +490 Energy or mix
Beauty In The Eye Of The Orbiter: Chapter 2	Complete part 1, wait some time	Build Expedition at proposed ruin site	+20 Dominant Affinity +160/+125 Science (?/Gemini)
Startographer	No Continental Surveyor + random	Launch 1 Deep Space Telescope Build an Observatory in 3 Cities	+27 Dominant Affinity Continent outlines revealed

 Harmony Affinity Quests

Name	Triggers	Objectives	Harmony Reward
The Sounds of Harvest	Harmony Affinity at Turn 100	Build 2 Farms within borders of Headquarters Build a Clinic building in Headquarters	+27 Affinity toward Harmony +75 Culture +45 Science
The Silent Symphony	Completed The Sounds Of Harvest	Build Institute building in Headquarters Build Roads connecting 2 other cities to Headquarters	+27 Affinity toward Harmony +325 Energy
Radio Silence	Completed The Silent Symphony	Build a new city for the Receivers: Found 1 City Build Vivarium in New City	+27 Affinity toward Harmony +1 Population in New City +95 Culture
		Expose all citizens to Rikler Root: Build 2 Xeno Sanctuaries Launch 1 of any Orbital Unit	+27 Affinity toward Harmony +10 Production in all Cities +90 Culture
The Genius of Olivia Ross		Build an Ultrasonic Fence in chosen City Build a Laboratory in chosen City	+27 Affinity toward Harmony +1 repel range from Ultrasonic Fences
Sightings of Olivia Ross	Completed The Genius of Olivia Ross	Create 1 trade route to chosen Station Build an Expedition at last sighting of Olivia Ross	+27 Affinity toward Harmony Ross Weed Artifact
Recovering Olivia Ross	Completed Sightings of Olivia Ross	Launch 1 of any Orbital Unit Build an Expedition at the concentrated Ross Weed site	+27 Affinity toward Harmony +2 Food from Farms

Purity Affinity Quests

Name	Triggers	Objectives	Purity Reward
Return to Sender	Earned  Purity affinity within the first 100 turns.	Build 2 Old Earth Relic Buildings and Launch 1 of any Orbital Unit	+19 Affinity toward  Purity +100 Culture +15 Production in all Cities
Home Sick: Quest Decision	Earned  Purity affinity within the first 100 turns.	Allow Return to Earth or Deny Return to Earth	Allow: +25 Affinity toward  Purity and +175 Culture Deny: +25 Affinity toward  Purity and +1 Population in Capital
No One Thing		Build a Quarry and Build a Laboratory	27 Affinity toward  Purity and +2 Culture from Quarries
Nostalgia Trip	Deny Return to Earth during Home Sick.	Assign a Covert Agent to Capital. and Destroy a specific (new) Station.	+24 Affinity toward  Purity and +220 Culture
Know Thyself	?	Build 15 Old Earth Relic Buildings.	+27 Affinity toward  Purity+135 Culture +330 Energy

Supremacy Affinity Quests

Name	Triggers	Objectives	Supremacy Reward
A Wealth of Limbs		Create 1 Trade Route to a specific Station and then Build 1 Laboratory Building	+24 Affinity toward  Supremacy +10 Production in all cities +60 Science+1 Butuiller Co. Family Drone Artifact
The Lonely Revolution	Completed A Wealth of Limbs	Build a Neurolab Building. and then Build 2 Manufactury improvements.	Personal Meditation Helmet Artifact +24 Affinity toward  Supremacy +530 Energy
Pay Day	Completed The Lonely Revolution	Build 1 Soldier unit in Capital. A) Limit drone Usage. or B) Offer free drones. Either choice, build 2 Academy improvements.	A) +27 Affinity toward  Supremacy +270 Culture B) +27 Affinity toward  Supremacy +675 Energy
As With Man	Have high  Supremacy & ?	Found new city for robots Create 1 Trade Route from CITY	+19/+23 Affinity toward  Supremacy +223/+110 Culture 0/+270 Energy (2nd Gemini)
Steel Synapse		Build 3 CEL Cradle Buildings	+24/+30 Affinity toward  Supremacy +185/+210 Science
Point Of No Return Null		Build a Neurolab Building in CITYNAME Can name a city for which it is impossible to build a Neurolab (requires Firaxite with city territory). In that case you are required to add Firaxite by using orbital fabricator-unit. A) Move the City: Build a Colonist unit in CITYNAME. or B) Launch a Satellite: Launch any Orbital unit within range of CITYNAME.	A) +20 Affinity toward  Supremacy +2340 Energy B) +20 Affinity toward  Supremacy +155 Production in CITYNAME
Sky Mine	A massive asteroid is on a collision course with this planet	QD Deflect Asteroid:  Supremacy, +1 Food from Work Barges Launch 1 of any Orbital Unit	~+17/+18 Affinity toward  Supremacy (Gemini, same save twice) +1 Food from Work Barges
		QD Allow Impact: Energy, Continues to  Supremacy	+245 Energy (Gemini)

Building Choice Quests

Every single non wonder Building and some Tile Improvements in CivBE comes with its own choice quest. In those quests you select one of two bonuses for it to give. You cannot end your turn until you have chosen one. These are denoted by a green city icon. Only one of those can trigger every turn, and it triggers automatically a few turns after you build the building/improvement in question. The rewards are usually given per each copy of a building built, and apply locally. A few provide global one time bonuses instead and will be noted as such.

Quest Name	Trigger Building / Improvement	Choice 1	Choice 2
How We Remember	Old Earth Relic	Free Maintenance	+1 Culture
The Vital Frontier	Vivarium	+1 Science	+1 Food
Blood Bank	Clinic	+15 City Hit Points	+1 Health
Times Of Plenty	Trade Depot	+1 Production	+1 Energy
Better Living Through Chemistry	Pharmalab	+1 Science +1 Health	+2 Health
Safe Behind Walls	Ultrasonic Fence	+1 Repel Range	Trade Convoys will not be attacked by Alien units
What Goes Around	Recycler	+10% Worker speed (Global)	+1 Food
Spymaster And Commander	Command Center	+15 City Strength	+1 Covert Agent (Global)
When The Levees Broke	Water Refinery	Free Maintenance	+1 Food
The Scientific Method	Laboratory	Explorer Units gain 1 additional Expedition Module (Global)	+1 Science
The Creative Spark	Thorium Reactor	+2 Energy	+1 Production
Organic Growth	Cytonursery	+5% Production for Military Units	+1 Production
Engineering The Future	Repair Facility	+1 Orbital Coverage	+5% Production for Military Units
The Observable Universe	Observatory	+2 City Strength	+2 Naval Unit Movement (Global)
Zoology	Alien Preserve	All Units +5 healing (Global)	+1 Science, +1 Energy
Obstacles Of The Past	Cloning Plant	10% Food carried over after city growth	+1 Health
Fueling The Fire	Petrochemical Plant	+2 Production from Petroleum	+2 Culture from Petroleum
Escape Velocity	Launch Complex	+1 Orbital Coverage	+10% Production for Orbital Units
Always On	Defense Perimeter	+10 City Hit Points	Free Maintenance
Too Much Gun	Rocket Battery	+5 City Strength	+1 City Orbital Strike range
A Tangled Web	Network	Free Maintenance	+1 Culture
Hearts And Minds	Feedsite Hub	+1 Covert Agent (Global)	+10% Worker speed (Global)
Garden Of Eden	Gene Garden	+3 Energy, Free Maintenance	+1 Health
Fueling The Future	Xenofuel Plant	+1000 Energy (one time)	+3 Energy from Xenomass, +2 Production from Xenomass
Homegrown	Xenonursery	+450 Science (one time)	+5 Xenomass (Global)
Automatic Gratification	Autoplant	+1 Production	+1 Energy, Free Maintenance
Reconstituted Regulation	Biofactory	+1 Food	+1 Culture
Tastes Like Cardboard	Mass Digester	+1 Production	+1 Food
The Think Tank	Neurolab	+1 Health	+10% Production for Military Units
A World Of Pure Imagination	Holosuite	+2 Culture	Free Virtue (one time)
By Our Powers Combined	CEL Cradle	10% Food carried over after city growth	+1 Covert Agent (Global)
Big Brother	Surveillance Web	Covert Agents need fewer successful operations to advance in rank (Global)	+10 City Hit Points
Quality Or Quantity	Alloy Foundry	+2 Production from Titanium	+4 Titanium (Global)
We Can Rebuild Them	Bionics Lab	+1 Science	+1 Culture
The More You Know	Institute	+5% Science	Free Technology (one time)
A Biological Imperative	Biofuel Plant	+1 Energy	+1 Production
Nature's Potential	Gaian Well	+2 Energy	+1 Production
Miasma For The Soul	Growlab	+450 Energy (one time)	1 Free Population in each of your cities (one time)
Unnatural Selection	Gene Smelter	+2 Science	+1 Health
No Reservations	Xeno Sanctuary	+2 Culture	+2 Food
Productive Progress	LEV Plant	+2 Production	+2 Energy, Free Maintenance
Second Sight	Optical Surgery	+1 Visibility range for Military Units (Global)	+2 Science
All The Small Things	Microbial Mine	+1 Energy per  Harmony Affinity level (Global)	+1 Science per  Harmony Affinity level (Global)
The Heart Of A Nation	Organ Printer	+10% City Health	All Units +10 healing (Global)
Food For Thought	Civil Crèche	+5% Food	+10% Worker speed (Global)
Secret Ingredients	Soma Distillery	+10% City Health	+5% Culture
The Time Capsule	Terra Vault	+5% Culture	+5% Science
The Meaning Of Life	Progenitor Garden	+10% City Health	+5% Science
The Ghost In The Machine	Node Bank	+10% City Hit Points	+10% City Strength
The Power Within	Borehole	+5% Production	+5% Energy, Free Maintenance
All That We Can Be	Augmentery	+10% City Health	+5% Food, Energy, Production, Culture, Science
Strength In Numbers	Molecular Forge	+10% Production	+10% Science
Forged In Fire	Bioglass Furnace	+2 Production from Firaxite	+4 Firaxite (Global)
The Stars Our Destination	Neoplanetarium	+2 Orbital Coverage	+10% Production for Orbital Units To be verified: WikiA & CivBE.text +10%, CivBE.db 0% curious: 25% (prior) + 40% (building) + 10% (?) = 50% ... seems it's a cap
Of Mites And Men	Nanopasture	+10% Food	+10% Energy
Filling The Void	Field Reactor	+5% Energy	+2 Orbital Coverage +1 Culture To be verified: WikiA Culture, CivBE.text & CivBE.db Orbital Coverage
The Highest Heights	Skycrane	+2 Production from Floatstone	+4 Floatstone (Global) Bug note: The in game text suggests its per building, falsely
We Have The Power	Mantle	+1 Science per  Purity Affinity level (Global)	+1 Energy per  Purity Affinity level (Global)
We Have The Technology	Hypercore	+1 Science per  Supremacy Affinity level (Global)	+1 Culture per  Supremacy Affinity level (Global)
In Our Wake	Thermohaline Rudder	-10% Production Cost to move cities	+1 Science
Over or Under	Drydock	+1 Production	+10% Production for Naval Units
Keeping the Lights on	Tidal Turbine	+2 Energy	+1 Health
Something Fishy	Torpedo Battery	+10% City Strike damage	+5 City Strength
What Lies Beneath	Sonar Net	+5 City Strength	+1 Science
To Hull and Back	Mosaic Hull	+5% Culture	+20 City Hit Points

Marvel Quests (Rising Tide)

Main article: Marvels (CivBE)

Introduced in the Rising Tide expansion pack.