Blessings

The Blessings menu.

Exclusive to the Shifters expansion, Blessings are like technologies that are unlocked by spending Pearls. Blessings provide new construction projects for cities and new items for units with unique and powerful effects, often focusing on providing bonuses during Winter or dealing Retaliation Damage.

Mechanics

The Altar of Auriga must be constructed before Blessings can be unlocked. New Blessings become available to unlock at the start of the first, second, and third winters. Unlocking a Blessing requires a number of Pearls depending on which winter the blessing becomes available; Blessings from the first winter cost 10, those from the second cost 15, and those from the third winter 20. Most constructions and items unlocked by Blessings also cost Pearls to build.

The Endless Legend Community Patch reduces the cost of Pearl Smithing and Pearl Crafting from 15 to 5.

First Winter

Garth of the Allayi (Blessing) Faction: Allayi Obtained: Faction Trait Type: Expansion Focus: District		This garth, or sacred garden, is a center of work, study, and devotion, as well as a focal point for the power of the Pearls and the magics of Auriga.
Unlocks for Construction: Garth of the Allayi Faction: Allayi Obtained: Faction Trait Type: Expansion Focus: District Costs: 150 10 This garth, or sacred garden, is a center of work, study, and devotion, as well as a focal point for the power of the Pearls and the magics of Auriga Effects: -5 on city tile +2 on city tile +2 on city tile +2 on city tile +2 on city tile +2 on city tile +4 per extra level on city tile +4 per extra level on city tile +4 per extra level on city tile +20 fortification per extra level on city +15 per extra level on city tile Can be used as resource extractor Available every from city population

Tower of Truth (Blessing) Faction: All except Mykara Obtained: 1st Winter Type: Expansion Focus: Vision		This tower acts as a defensive shield for your city, striking those who would come and do ill to your empire.
Unlocks for Construction: Tower of Truth Faction: All except Mykara Obtained: 1st Winter Type: Expansion Focus: Vision Costs: 150 10 (5 with ELCP) This tower acts as a defensive shield for your city, striking those who would come and do ill to your empire. Effects: +2 Vision on Defensive Tower +10 Fortification on Defensive Tower +0.3 Retaliation Damage per Fortification on Defensive Tower Damage is spread across all units of unfriendly army at the start of the turn To be built on Watchtower Foundations revealed at Era II

Mykaran Tower of Truth (Blessing) Faction: Mykara Obtained: 1st Winter Type: Expansion Focus: Vision		This tower acts as a defensive shield for the Mykara, striking those who would come and do ill to their empire.
Unlocks for Construction: Mykaran Tower of Truth Faction: Mykara Obtained: 1st Winter Type: Expansion Focus: Vision Costs: 8 (6) 10 (5) This tower acts as a defensive shield for the Mykara, striking those who would come and do ill to their empire. Effects: +15% Health Regen on Fungal Bloom +2 Vision on Fungal Bloom +60 Retaliation Damage on Expansion +Tile Output on Main City ELCP: +2 Tiles exploited

Pearl Hoarding Faction: All Obtained: 1st Winter Type: Stockpile Focus: Food		The magical properties of Pearls can be used to preserve and empower all manner of basic resources.
Unlocks for Construction: Pearls of Plenty Faction: All except Broken Lords Obtained: 1st Winter Type: Stockplie Focus: Food Costs: 100 8 Using the magic within the Pearls to maintain the viability of harvests and hunts, Food can be stockpiled cheaply and quickly. Effects: Creates Stockpiles Not instant and needs to be activated in the Empire screen Will not be effective if a Settler unit is under construction +100 on City Pearls of Production Faction: All Obtained: 1st Winter Type: Stockplie Focus: Industry Costs: 100 8 By harnessing the powerful magics within the Pearls, materials and manufacturing can be powerfully augmented. Effects: Creates Stockpiles Not instant and needs to be activated in the Empire screen +100 on City Pearls of Wisdom Faction: All except The Forgotten Obtained: 1st Winter Type: Stockplie Focus: Science Costs: 100 8 The resonating Pearls can even be used to capture thoughts and images. Using them this way turns them into veritable lodes of science and wisdom. Effects: Creates Stockpiles Not instant and needs to be activated in the Empire screen +100 on Empire

Nyctalopian Lenses (Blessing) Faction: All Obtained: 1st Winter Type: City Improvement Focus: Vision		A simple modification to windows in public buildings (simple if you master Pearls and Dust magics, that is) allows those within to see movement at night as well as they can in daytime.
Unlocks for Construction: Nyctalopian Lenses Faction: All Obtained: 1st Winter Type: City Improvement Focus: Vision Costs: 200 10 A simple modification to windows in public buildings (simple if you master Pearls and Dust magics, that is) allows those within to see movement at night as well as they can in daytime. Effects: Provides immunity to Winter vision penalty on City and Regional Buildings +10% on City

Second Winter

Pearl Smithing Faction: All Obtained: 2nd Winter Type: Item Focus: Armor		Once the nature of Pearls are better understood, they can even be used - sparingly - in the smithy to apply marvelous effects to common metals.
Effects: Unlocks Armors made of Pearls

Pearl Crafting Faction: All Obtained: 2nd Winter Type: Item Focus: Accessory		Pearls are powerful, but also strange, fragile, and easily marred. To craft with them requires a high level of skill and great humility.
Effects: Unlocks Accessories made of Pearls

Ice Works (Blessing) Faction: All Obtained: 2nd Winter Type: City Improvement Focus: Industry		Far from being wastelands, frozen lakes and rivers provide fish, furs, ice, and other useful products during winter.
Unlocks for Construction: Ice Works Faction: All Obtained: 2nd Winter Type: City Improvement Focus: Industry Costs: 300 10 Far from being wastelands, frozen lakes and rivers provide fish, furs, ice, and other useful products during winter. Effects: Need an exploited River, Lake or Sea Tile to be built +10 on terrain with River during Winter +10 on terrain with Sea or Lake during Winter season with ice shelf

Chapel of Auriga (Blessing) Faction: All Obtained: 2nd Winter Type: City Improvement Focus: Minor Village		A humble yet striking chapel, decorated with images of Auriga, becomes a place of reverence and draws lesser peoples to live and work in your city.
Unlocks for Construction: Chapel of Auriga Faction: All Obtained: 2nd Winter Type: City Improvement Focus: Minor Village Costs: 400 10 A humble yet striking chapel, decorated with images of Auriga, becomes a place of reverence and draws lesser peoples to live and work in your city. Effects: +1 on City per Pacified Village Does not apply to destroyed or converted Villages

Shapeshifters Faction: Allayi Obtained: 2nd Winter Type: Army Action Focus: Shifting		While the different forms of the faction are generally tied to the seasons of Auriga, enough of the power from the Pearls can force this change at any time.
Effects Can spend Pearls to change form for the current turn

Blessings of the Mother Faction: Allayi Obtained: Faction Quest Type: Empire Focus: Pearls		Blessed by one's closeness with and devotion to Auriga, the need for Pearls for great magics is reduced.
Effects -20% Blessing Pearl cost on Empire

Third Winter

Tower of Fidelity (Blessing) Faction: All except Mykara Obtained: 3rd Winter Type: Expansion Focus: Vision		Only the faithful and the true-hearted escape the wrath of this tower; those who come to destroy will be struck by its anger.
Unlocks for Construction: Tower of Fidelity Faction: All except Mykara Obtained: 3rd Winter Type: Expansion Focus: Vision Costs: 200 20 (10 with ELCP) Only the faithful and the true-hearted escape the wrath of this tower; those who come to destroy will be struck by its anger. Effects: +3 Vision on Defensive Tower +20 Fortification on Defensive Tower +0.5 Retaliation Damage per Fortification on Defensive Tower Damage is spread across all units of unfriendly army at the start of the turn To be built on Watchtower Foundations revealed at Era II

Mykaran Tower of Fidelity (Blessing) Faction: Mykara Obtained: 3rd Winter Type: Expansion Focus: Vision		Only the faithful and the true-hearted escape the wrath of this tower; those who come to destroy will be struck by its anger.
Unlocks for Construction: Mykaran Tower of Fidelity Faction: Mykara Obtained: 3rd Winter Type: Expansion Focus: Vision Costs: 10 (8) 10 (5) Only the faithful and the true-hearted escape the wrath of this tower; those who come to destroy will be struck by its anger. Effects: +20% Health Regen on Fungal Bloom +20% Ally Health Regen on Fungal Bloom +3 Vision on Fungal Bloom +60 Retaliation Damage on Expansion +Tile Output on Main City +1 Exploitation Area

Ward of Auriga (Blessing) Faction: All Obtained: 3rd Winter Type: City Improvement Focus: Military		Any enemy troops daring to enter your city are struck by the holy wrath of Auriga; she does not wish to have her believers defiled!
Unlocks for Construction: Ward of Auriga Faction: All Obtained: 3rd Winter Type: City Improvement Focus: Military Costs: 600 30 Any enemy troops daring to enter your city are struck by the holy wrath of Auriga; she does not wish to have her believers defiled! Effects: +0.5 Retaliation Damage per Fortification on City Damage is spread across all units of unfriendly army at the start of the turn

Strategic Intensifier (Blessing) Faction: All Obtained: 3rd Winter Type: Expansion Focus: District		Tapping the great veins of power and magic in the Dust-filled crust of Auriga, these buildings improved by Pearls increase the quantities of riches that can be harvested from the planet.
Unlocks for Construction: Strategic Intensifier Faction: All Obtained: 3rd Winter Type: Expansion Focus: District Costs: 400 10 Tapping the great veins of power and magic in the Dust-filled crust of Auriga, these buildings improved by Pearls increase the quantities of riches that can be harvested from the planet. Effects: x2 Resource on Resource Extractor +10 per level on City Tile +10 on terrain with Strategic Resource Limited to one copy in your City To be built on Strategic Resource Deposit

Luxury Intensifier (Blessing) Faction: All Obtained: 3rd Winter Type: Expansion Focus: District		Luxuries of Auriga, those elements of both magic and wondrous beauty, can be made to yield more of their power when their exploitations are augmented by Auriga's Pearls.
Unlocks for Construction: Luxury Intensifier Faction: All Obtained: 3rd Winter Type: Expansion Focus: District Costs: 400 10 Luxuries of Auriga, those elements of both magic and wondrous beauty, can be made to yield more of their power when their exploitations are augmented by Auriga's Pearls. Effects: x2 Resource on Resource Extractor +10 per level on City Tile +10 on terrain with Luxury Resource Limited to one copy in your City To be built on Luxury Resource Deposit

Abbey of Anomalies (Blessing) Faction: All Obtained: 3rd Winter Type: Expansion Focus: District		It is a place rich in the powers of Dust and Auriga's Pearls, and sanctified by prayer. Diligent study and work at the Abbey enhance the ability to draw riches from Anomalies in the city.
Unlocks for Construction: Abbey of Anomalies Faction: All Obtained: 3rd Winter Type: Expansion Focus: District Costs: 400 10 It is a place rich in the powers of Dust and Auriga's Pearls, and sanctified by prayer. Diligent study and work at the Abbey enhance the ability to draw riches from Anomalies in the city. Effects: x2 on City Tile x2 on City Tile x2 on City Tile x2 on City Tile x2 on City Tile x2 on City Tile +5 per level on City Tile +3 on terrain with Anomaly Limited to one copy in your City To be built on Anomaly

Winter Borough (Blessing) Faction: All Obtained: 3rd Winter Type: Expansion Focus: District		Those who save in summer, profit in winter. Wise words, and in this case put to the test by preparing buildings, supplies, streets, and citizens for the worst of times.
Unlocks for Construction: Winter Borough Faction: All Obtained: 3rd Winter Type: Expansion Focus: District Costs: 600 20 Those who save in summer, profit in winter. Wise words, and in this case put to the test by preparing buildings, supplies, streets, and citizens for the worst of times. Effects: +2 per level on City Tiles during Winter +2 per level on City Tiles during Winter +1 per level on City Tiles during Winter Limited to one copy in your City To be built during Winter