Fame is the key resource in Humankind, after the game ends, the Empire with the greatest fame wins the game. Every great accomplishment, moral choice, or battle won will build fame and leave a lasting impact on the world. Achieving era stars is the most reliable provider of fame, but it can also be won by building cultural wonders, unlocking deeds, and carrying out specific events. Keep in mind that earning fame from era stars is reliable, but the fame rewards from them are decaying each turn.
Fame as Wining Condition
See also: End Game Condition
A game of Humankind is determined by Fame: when the game ends, whoever has the most Fame wins the game.
Note that Fame is the Winning Condition instead of the End Game Condition; for example, the first player who triggers the game's ending may not has the most Fame.
Sources of Fame
Era Stars
Main Article: Era Star
Era Stars are the main source of Fame in the game. There are earned by completing generated objectives for your culture, and have 7 categories: that correspond to the seven culture affinities: Aesthete, Agrarian, Builder, Expansionist, Merchant, Militarist, and Scientist.
There are 3Era Stars to unlock per category in an Era, and the Era Star that matches your culture affinity will yield you twice the amount of Fame.
Wonders
Main Article: Cultural Wonder
Every Wonder will provide 100Fame to the Empire that built it upon completion.
Events
Main Article: Event
Certain choices of certain events will give the player a small, one time income of Fame.
Competitive Deeds
A list of deeds for which each Empire will compete. If two Empire shares the same map view through diplomacy, the discoverable deeds can be earned for both of them, because technically they both discovered it, at the same time.
| Name | Description | Fame reward |
|---|---|---|
| Smorgasbord | Get access to every strategic and luxury resource. | 150 |
| Wonderful World | Explore this world to discover its Wonders. | 50 |
Wonderful natural wonder name
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Be the first to discover natural wonder name
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50 |
| Bring the Heat | Own a nuclear weapon. | 50 |
| Pressing Matters | Discover Movable Typeface. | 50 |
| Verba Volant, Scripta Manent | Discover Writing. | 50 |
| Fundamental Truths | Discover Research Institute. | 100 |
| Terra Incognita | Set foot on an uninhabited continent. | 150 |
| Eighty Days | Circumnavigate the World. | 150 |
| No Stone Unturned | Discover 100% of the World. | 150 |
| Built to Last | Build a Wonder. | 50 |
| Puppet Master | Become liege over a vassal Empire. | 50 |
| Continental Rise | Conquer each continent (1 reward per continent). | 150 |
| Coast to Coast | Conquer continent name
|
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| A Cultured Land | Spread your cultural influence through an entire continent. | 150 |
| Ptolemy | Map each continent (1 reward per continent). | 150 |
| Imago Mundi | Map continent: continent name
|
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| Sacred Ground | Build a Holy Site. | 100 |
| Trainspotter | Build a railway line between two cities. | 100 |
| Nuclear Weapons Test Pioneer | Complete Nuclear Weapons Test. | 50 |
| Planetary Observation Satellite Launch Pioneer | Complete Planetary Observation Satellite Launch. | 50 |
| Lunar Landing Project Pioneer | Complete Lunar Landing Project. | 50 |
| Symposium Pioneer | Symposium Project. | 50 |