No-Nonsense Newbie Tips & Tricks Guide (Updated for Crusades)

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Administrators are the key to the early game in Galactic Civilizations 3. You need them to build Colony ships, Survey ship and Constructors. Administrators are limited so you must acquire more. The first , most effective way to get Administrators is to train your Citizens that you get every 10 turns. Your first 3-to-5 Citizens should probably be Administrators. The second most effective way to get Administrators is to Research down the trees of Diplomacy and Espionage. Those take more time. So in the early game make use of your Citizens. At the beginning of the game spread out and colonize every planet you can find. This should be goal #1. Real Estate, like the real world, is finite. Once the map is fully colonized, that is when things will get tense, as factions go to war with each other to gain more planets and resources. Once all the planets are claimed, the only way to get more real estate is to flip a neighboring planet or take it over in a hostile manner (war), or through an Ideology bonus. Use some of your initial money to rush-buy colonizers when you find new planets. To effectively colonize as many planets as possible you will need to use your Survey vessle to find habitable planets and not worry about surveying anomalies. Another really good option to help with Colonization is to hire a Mercenary from the Mercenary DLC . I don't normally advocate DLC content in my guides, but in the case of the Mercenary DLC I cannot understate the power and value of the Sensor ships that the Mercenaries can provode. For money (and sometimes a couple resources, like Thulium) you can hire Mercenary ships that have HUGE sensor ranges, like 11 or 13 in size. This helps you clear the Fog of War much faster, helping you to find habitable planets. Some Mercenary ships will require resources, which means you'll need to first lay down a Constructyor (Erector) vessle and create a starbase to mine the proper resources. But again, it's worth it considering the sensor power of the Mercenary ships. The monetary investment early in the game is well worth it. As soon as you colonize a planet (or take it over in a hostile fashion), go to the Govern Planet screen and immediately either (a) turn off the option to Auto-Upgrade the planet's buildings or (b) turn on the option to only auto-upgrade once the planet is full. Otherwise your planet may waste valuable turns upgrading to expensive next-gen factories when you really need to be adding new structures instead (this is especially important in the early game). You won't know this is happening because the planet does it automatically. So turn this off and manage your planets yourself. Every turn counts. In general, micro-manage everything yourself. Don't let the AI do it. You'll do a better job. If you're playing the Terrans (or another faction that has a small world next to your starting homeworld) don't colonize Mars right away. Instead, look for a bigger planet nearby. If another faction colonizes Mars, it will flip to your side because Earth's influence will be so high. Never worry about Mars. You'll get it eventually. Save your colonizers for bigger planets. It's crucial to spread out in the early game. When colonizing planets, pay attention to any planetary bonuses that it provides (like +Research or +Wealth). Try to focus your buildings to support that bonus. If the planet is a Ghost World (+ to Research), load it up with Research buildings and Cities to grow the population. Crusades: Use Citizens on these specialized/focused planets. Send Scientists to Research planets and Entertainers to Wealth planets. Rename planets after colonizing to make life easier on yourself in other screens, like Shipyard Sponsors. I use three suffixes that I append to planet names to make them more identifiable. (M) for planets that are focused on Manufacturing, (R) for planets focused on Research, and (W) for planets focused on Wealth. Use Influence Starbases to Colonize Hazardous Planets Periodically you will encounter a planet that cannot be colonized in the early part of the game. These planets will require a special kind of Terraforming research (Atmospheric Cleansing) in order to colonize. That technology will take time to research. I suggest dropping an Influence Space Station right next to these planets. As time goes by your space station will create a huge amnount of influence (with the proper modules installed of course). When an AI faction finally researches the proper Terraforming technology, they will come to colonize the planet. But because your Influence will be so high from your Space Station, the planet will FLIP to your faction. Thus, you gain another planet without ever having to research the tech or send a Colony ship. Note: Ideology has been changed a bit since Intrigue and some recent patches. It is now much more expensive to attempt to purchase Ideology rewards across all three Ideology types (Benevolent, Malevolent, Pragmatic). It is best to focus on ONE Ideology type for your faction and reap the benefits. If you do want to try and get points for all three Ideologies, I suggest you FIRST unlock the starting Ideologies that allow you access to the buildings (*). Whatever you choose (Benevolent, Pragmatic, Malevolent), your first choices should always be the selection that gets you access to the buildings (Missionary Center, Prepardness Center, Intimidation Center). These buildings allow you to gain Ideology points over time. Otherwise, you only get those points when you colonize a planet or there is a galactic event; and colonizing planets will eventually end, so you will stop earning points that way. You want to be continually earning points in Ideology because some of the Ideology abilities are VERY POWERFUL. (*) My preference on any map of Medium size or larger is to always take Pragmatic => Builder first and get the three free constructor ships. This gives you three constructors for early resources capture, and with Crusades & Intrigue DLC, resources are king. You need to get them. Ideology Focus: Pragmatic => Builder => Coordinated . This reduces shipyard decay by 50%. This ability is crucial (on large maps) for expanding your empire, as you want to build new shipyards farther out from your core planets, closer to your front-lines so you can more quickly assemble and attack your enemies. To do this, you need to be able to assign your biggest manufacturing planets as sponsors to the new shipyards. But that production will be decayed, unless you unlock this Ideology. In addition, if you are using any faction (or custom faction) with the the Engineers Ability, this benefit STACKS. Engineers reduces shipyard decay by an additional 50% and stacks with Coordinated , for a total of 100% reduction, so any planet can sponsor any shipyard without experiencing decay. With 100% reduction to Shipyard Decay, you can move your main war-making Shipyard to wherever you need it most. If you are going to aim for Malevolent or Benevolent Ideology, and you are the sort of player who has a difficult time dealing with hostile factions, I STRONGLY suggest investing a few points in Pragmatic to earn the Pragmatic => Negotiator => Neutral option as it will buy you 50 turns without war. Once you have enough points to take this just HOLD ON TO THE POINTS and wait to play this at the best moment (usually around turn 80-100). Pay attention to the hostile factions in your Diplomacy screen. You can hover over things like Open Borders Treaty to see exactly what the numeric value of your relationship is. When a faction gets toi -10, they are ready to go to war with you. When a faction is about to go to war with you, that is when you spend the points on the Neutral option, as it buys you 50 turns where no one can delcare war on you. Ideology Focus: Malevolent => Motivation. This is the best line of Ideologies in the game. This line provides considerable bonuses to production. Benevolent => Englightenment and Benevolen