Narrative Event

This article is about events that occur during the gameplay. For the event that contains challenges, see Community Event.

Narrative Events will occur during the gameplay, based on the player's actions. It is up to the player to choose how to respond to these historical challenges. It would be better to carefully review the proposed choices and make the best possible decision for you and your people.

Each event has one to three possible choices, and the player has to pick one to finish the event. Each option can affect the Ideology of your Empire, offer positive or negative statuses for your Cities and Units, provide a chance to unlock or change certain civic or technology, and sometimes a follow-up event can occur and lead to a long-term consequence of your choice.

List of Events

• Neolithic Era
• Ancient Era
• Classical Era
• Medieval Era
• Early Modern Era
• Industrial Era
• Contemporary Era

Name	Follow-up Event	Introduced in
A Hunter's Blessings
A Salve for the Bloodied	A Salve for the Bloodied II
A Salve for the Bloodied II
A Splash of Color		Cultures of Latin America
A Totem for the Tribe		Cultures of Latin America
A World Aflame
An Outstretched Hand		Together We Rule
Demise of the Great Beasts
In Another World		Cultures of Latin America
Legion of the Dead
Lost Souls I	Lost Souls II
Lost Souls II
Mortuary, Anyone?
Of Currents and Crossings		Cultures of Oceania
Seed of an Idea
Stone's Edge
The Empty Vessel
The Fungal Hoarder
The Majestic Lands
The Stories in the Stars		Cultures of Latin America
Violent Pursuits
Wild Companions

Name	Follow-up Event	Introduced in
A Blank Slate		Together We Rule
A Carcass of Riches
A Game of Prophecy
A Hollow Victory
A Melody for Every Occasion	A Melody for Every Occasion II
A Melody for Every Occasion II
A Moonlit Sea		Cultures of Oceania
Animal Magic
Awakened Fury		Cultures of Africa
Division by Zero
Family Matters		Cultures of Latin America
Fool's Gamble	Fool's Gamble II
Fool's Gamble II
Heroes' Homecoming		Cultures of Africa
Keepers of the Creed
Land of the Dead
Mystics of the Thriving Crop
Of Dogs and Wolves	Of Dogs and Wolves II
Of Dogs and Wolves II
Of Herds and Heirlooms		Cultures of Latin America
Sins of the Father
Strange Meats
Swamp Fever	Swamp Fever II	Cultures of Africa
Tales of Earth
Terror of the Bovines
The Darkest Depths	The Darkest Depths II
The Darkest Depths II
The Descendant of Kings?	The Descendant of Kings? II
The Descendant of Kings? II
The First Calendar
The Flooded Lands	The Flooded Lands II
The Flooded Lands II
The Last of Their Line
The Pecking of Poultry
The Propaganda Machine
The Walking Wounded (A)

Name	Follow-up Event	Introduced in
A Blank Slate		Together We Rule
A Doctrine of Non-Violence	A Doctrine of Non-Violence II
A Doctrine of Non-Violence II
A Hollow Victory
A Living Art	A Living Art II	Cultures of Oceania
A Man of Ambition	A Man of Ambition II
A Man of Ambition II
A Map of the Heavens
A Moonlit Sea		Cultures of Oceania
A Secret Service		Cultures of Oceania
A Steed For A Colossus	A Steed For A Colossus II
A Steed For A Colossus II
A Toxic Institution
A Weave of Iron and Blood	A Weave of Iron and Blood II
A Weave of Iron and Blood II
Animal Magic
Awakened Fury		Cultures of Africa
Blood and Games		Para Bellum Wonders
Fool's Gamble	Fool's Gamble II
Fool's Gamble II
Gladiators, Ready!
Grim Foundations
Heroes' Homecoming		Cultures of Africa
Keepers of the Creed II
Myths and Monsters	Myths and Monsters II
Myths and Monsters II
Of Herds and Heirlooms		Cultures of Latin America
Of Neighbors and Nuisances		Together We Rule
Stand and Deliver!		Cultures of Oceania
Swamp Fever	Swamp Fever II	Cultures of Africa
Tainted Waters	Tainted Waters II	Cultures of Africa
Tainted Waters II		Cultures of Africa
Tales of Earth
The Darkest Depths II
The Descendant of Kings?	The Descendant of Kings? II
The Descendant of Kings? II
The First Calendar
The Flooded Lands	The Flooded Lands II
The Flooded Lands II
The Hidden Lives of Cacti	The Hidden Lives of Cacti II	Cultures of Latin America
The Hidden Lives of Cacti II		Cultures of Latin America
The Language of Bureaucracy
The Last of Their Line
The Morning After		Together We Rule
The Only Game in Town
The Priests of Nature
The Sands of Time
The Shape of Seas		Cultures of Oceania
The Vanishing Act		Cultures of Oceania
The Walking Wounded (A)
Vishnu vs Shiva

Name	Follow-up Event	Introduced in
A Blossoming of Beliefs
A Doctrine of Non-Violence	A Doctrine of Non-Violence II
A Doctrine of Non-Violence II
A Map of the Heavens
A Merchant From Afar	A Merchant From Afar II
A Merchant From Afar II
A Risky Business		Together We Rule
A Secret Service		Cultures of Oceania
A Watery Grave	A Watery Grave II
A Watery Grave II
A Weave of Iron and Blood	A Weave of Iron and Blood II
A Weave of Iron and Blood II
Accursed Words
Awakened Fury		Cultures of Africa
Bickering Lords
Blood and Games		Para Bellum Wonders
Child Savior	Child Savior II	Together We Rule
Disappearing Acts
Dragons of the Battlefield
Fever Pitch	Fever Pitch II	Cultures of Latin America
Fever Pitch II		Cultures of Latin America
Fighters' Fate		Together We Rule
From Distant Shores	From Distant Shores II	Cultures of Latin America
From Distant Shores II	From Distant Shores III	Cultures of Latin America
From Distant Shores III		Cultures of Latin America
Highway Robbery	Highway Robbery II
Highway Robbery II
Holy War
Last Rites		Cultures of Latin America
Masters and Students
Mixed Banners		Cultures of Africa
Of Neighbors and Nuisances		Together We Rule
Penance-Seekers	Penance-Seekers II, Penance-Seekers III	Together We Rule
Penance-Seekers II		Together We Rule
Penance-Seekers III		Together We Rule
Pox on the Wind	Pox on the Wind II
Pox on the Wind II
Raiders of the Far Seas
Sacred Instruments		Cultures of Oceania
Stand and Deliver!		Cultures of Oceania
Swamp Fever	Swamp Fever II	Cultures of Africa
Tainted Waters	Tainted Waters II	Cultures of Africa
Tainted Waters II		Cultures of Africa
Terror of the Bovines
The Battle For the Mind
The Defiant Canvas	The Defiant Canvas II
The Defiant Canvas II
The Empty Hills
The First Priest of Medicine
The Forest in the Sky		Notre-Dame Pack
The Human Cost	The Human Cost II
The Human Cost II
The Morning After		Together We Rule
The Persecuted Flame
The Sands of Time
The Shape of Seas		Cultures of Oceania
The Unicorn's Horn	The Unicorn's Horn II	Cultures of Africa
The Vanishing Act		Cultures of Oceania
Ties that Bind		Cultures of Oceania
Vishnu vs Shiva
What's for Dinner?		Cultures of Oceania

Name	Follow-up Event	Introduced in
A Blossoming of Beliefs
A Floral Frenzy	A Floral Frenzy II	Cultures of Latin America
A Floral Frenzy II	A Floral Frenzy III	Cultures of Latin America
A Floral Frenzy III		Cultures of Latin America
A Fork in the Road		Cultures of Oceania
A Legion of Players
A Merchant From Afar	A Merchant From Afar II
A Merchant From Afar II
A Risky Business		Together We Rule
A Secret Service		Cultures of Oceania
A Watery Grave	A Watery Grave II
A Watery Grave II
A Weave of Iron and Blood	A Weave of Iron and Blood II
A Weave of Iron and Blood II
A Whisper of Witches	A Whisper of Witches II
All Hands on Deck		Cultures of Oceania
An Aristocratic Pillaging
An Expedition for the State	An Expedition for the State II
Based on a True Story I	Based on a True Story II
Bickering Lords
Blood and Games		Para Bellum Wonders
Child Savior	Child Savior II	Together We Rule
Down with the Ship		Cultures of Oceania
From Distant Shores	From Distant Shores II	Cultures of Latin America
From Distant Shores II	From Distant Shores III	Cultures of Latin America
From Distant Shores III		Cultures of Latin America
Hardtack and Weevils	Hardtack and Weevils II
Headbanging History
Highway Robbery	Highway Robbery II
Highway Robbery II
I Come Bearing Steam
In the Land of the Blind	In the Land of the Blind II
In the Land of the Blind II
Last Rites		Cultures of Latin America
Masters and Students
Mixed Banners		Cultures of Africa
Native Sun
Of Neighbors and Nuisances		Together We Rule
Penance-Seekers	Penance-Seekers II, Penance-Seekers III	Together We Rule
Penance-Seekers II		Together We Rule
Penance-Seekers III		Together We Rule
Pestilent Pastures	Pestilent Pastures II	Cultures of Africa
Pestilent Pastures II	Pestilent Pastures III	Cultures of Africa
Pestilent Pastures III		Cultures of Africa
Poison Apples?	Poison Apples? II
Poison Apples? II
Sacred Instruments		Cultures of Oceania
Stand and Deliver!		Cultures of Oceania
Swamp Fever	Swamp Fever II	Cultures of Africa
Tainted Waters	Tainted Waters II	Cultures of Africa
Tainted Waters II		Cultures of Africa
The Battle For the Mind
The Comet Is Coming
The Covert Apprentice		Together We Rule
The Defiant Canvas	The Defiant Canvas II
The Defiant Canvas II
The Faded Lady		Notre-Dame Pack
The Forest in the Sky		Notre-Dame Pack
The Galileo Affair
The Greatest		Cultures of Africa
The Heresy of Science
The Human Cost	The Human Cost II
The Human Cost II
The Lost Cities of Gold	The Lost Cities of Gold II	Cultures of Latin America
The Lost Cities of Gold II	The Lost Cities of Gold III	Cultures of Latin America
The Morning After		Together We Rule
The Persecuted Flame
The Sands of Time
The Spider's Web		Together We Rule
The Unicorn's Horn	The Unicorn's Horn II	Cultures of Africa
The Vanishing Act		Cultures of Oceania
Thieves of the Seas
Ties that Bind		Cultures of Oceania
What's for Dinner?		Cultures of Oceania

Name	Follow-up Event	Introduced in
A Common Curriculum	A Common Curriculum II
A Common Curriculum II
A Knotty Discovery	A Knotty Discovery II	Cultures of Latin America
A Knotty Discovery II	A Knotty Discovery III	Cultures of Latin America
A Mournful Song	A Mournful Song II
A Mournful Song II
A Risky Business		Together We Rule
A Secret Service		Cultures of Oceania
A Watery Grave II
A World of Difference	A World of Difference II
A World of Difference II
All Hands on Deck		Cultures of Oceania
Angel Wings	Angel Wings II
Angel Wings II
Blood and Games		Para Bellum Wonders
Breaking News		Together We Rule
Bright Lights, Big City
Dark Designs
Down with the Ship		Cultures of Oceania
Encyclopedic Knowledge
Fifteen Hundred Watery Graves	Fifteen Hundred Watery Graves II
Fifteen Hundred Watery Graves II
Great Apes In The Fog		Cultures of Africa
I Come Bearing Steam
In the Land of the Blind	In the Land of the Blind II
In the Land of the Blind II
Inconvenient Truths	Inconvenient Truths II
Inconvenient Truths II	Inconvenient Truths III
Inconvenient Truths III
Last Rites		Cultures of Latin America
Livity		Cultures of Africa
Maritime Measures	Maritime Measures II
Maritime Measures II
Mixed Banners		Cultures of Africa
Moving Pictures	Moving Pictures II
Moving Pictures II
Nightstalker	Nightstalker II
Nightstalker II
Overseas Interests
Pestilent Pastures	Pestilent Pastures II	Cultures of Africa
Pestilent Pastures II	Pestilent Pastures III	Cultures of Africa
Pestilent Pastures III		Cultures of Africa
Poisoned Whispers?
Representative Government	Representative Government II
Representative Government II
Revenge of the Pharaohs	Revenge of the Pharaohs II	Cultures of Africa
Revenge of the Pharaohs II	Revenge of the Pharaohs III	Cultures of Africa
Revenge of the Pharaohs III		Cultures of Africa
Sacred Instruments		Cultures of Oceania
Stand and Deliver!		Cultures of Oceania
The Age of Alienation
The Combine
The Comet Is Coming
The Corrosive Nectar
The Covert Apprentice		Together We Rule
The Cradle of Humankind	The Cradle of Humankind II	Cultures of Africa
The Cradle of Humankind II		Cultures of Africa
The Faded Lady		Notre-Dame Pack
The Fate of Veterans
The Forest in the Sky		Notre-Dame Pack
The Forgemaster's Sin		Notre-Dame Pack
The Greatest		Cultures of Africa
The Heresy of Science
The Human Carnival
The Mysterious Captain		Cultures of Oceania
The Spider's Web		Together We Rule
The Vanishing Act		Cultures of Oceania
The Walking Wounded (B)
Ties that Bind		Cultures of Oceania
Twenty-Four Seven
Voices of the Lost
Young Offenders		Cultures of Africa

Name	Follow-up Event	Introduced in
A City For Everyone?
A Fitting Restage I	A Fitting Restage II	Cultures of Latin America
A Fitting Restage II	A Fitting Restage III	Cultures of Latin America
A Fitting Restage III	A Fitting Restage IV	Cultures of Latin America
A Fitting Restage IV		Cultures of Latin America
A Fitting Stage	A Fitting Restage I	Cultures of Latin America
A Knotty Discovery III		Cultures of Latin America
A Mournful Song	A Mournful Song II
A Mournful Song II
A Secret Service		Cultures of Oceania
A Thousand Years Hence	A Thousand Years Hence II
A Thousand Years Hence II
A Vile & Ancient Tradition	A Vile & Ancient Tradition II	Cultures of Africa
A Vile & Ancient Tradition II		Cultures of Africa
All Hands on Deck		Cultures of Oceania
Angel Wings	Angel Wings II
Angel Wings II
Based on a True Story II	Based on a True Story III
Based on a True Story III
Black Winds	Black Winds II
Black Winds II
Blood and Games		Para Bellum Wonders
Breaking News		Together We Rule
Child Soldiers		Cultures of Africa
Culinary Trends		Cultures of Latin America
Devil Music
Fever Season	Fever Season II
Fever Season II
Fifteen Hundred Watery Graves II
Great Apes In The Fog		Cultures of Africa
In Case of Emergency		Together We Rule
In the Crossfire		Together We Rule
In the Land of the Blind II
Inconvenient Truths	Inconvenient Truths II
Inconvenient Truths II	Inconvenient Truths III
Inconvenient Truths III
It Can't Be Helped	It Can't Be Helped II
It Can't Be Helped II
Last Rites		Cultures of Latin America
Livity		Cultures of Africa
Mass Communication
Pestilent Pastures	Pestilent Pastures II	Cultures of Africa
Pestilent Pastures II	Pestilent Pastures III	Cultures of Africa
Pestilent Pastures III		Cultures of Africa
Poisoned Whispers?
Representative Government	Representative Government II
Representative Government II
Revenge of the Pharaohs	Revenge of the Pharaohs II	Cultures of Africa
Revenge of the Pharaohs II	Revenge of the Pharaohs III	Cultures of Africa
Revenge of the Pharaohs III		Cultures of Africa
The Comet Is Coming
The Corrosive Nectar
The Covert Apprentice		Together We Rule
The Cradle of Humankind	The Cradle of Humankind II	Cultures of Africa
The Cradle of Humankind II		Cultures of Africa
The Faded Lady		Notre-Dame Pack
The Fate of Veterans
The Forest in the Sky		Notre-Dame Pack
The Greatest		Cultures of Africa
The Lost Cities of Gold III		Cultures of Latin America
The Mysterious Captain		Cultures of Oceania
The Red Planet (A)
The Red Planet (B)
The Spider's Web		Together We Rule
The Thin Blue Line
The Walking Wounded (B)
The Wild Frontier
Ties that Bind		Cultures of Oceania
To The Moon	To The Moon II
To The Moon II
Twenty-Four Seven
Unchained Reaction	Unchained Reaction II
Unchained Reaction II
Video Nasties
Wanting To Believe	Wanting To Believe II	Cultures of Africa
Wanting To Believe II	Wanting To Believe III	Cultures of Africa
Wanting To Believe III		Cultures of Africa
We Become Death
Young Offenders		Cultures of Africa