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Mementos are a new introduction toCivilization 7. These are powerful meta progression unlocks that add a lot to your game, whether that be extra attribute points to spend at the start of the game, to civilization or leader-friendly bonuses that compliment certain victory conditions. Mementos are unlocked by completing theFoundation Path,which is a sort of internal, free battle-pass for Civilization 7, and for leveling up your leaders by completing challenges.
Unlocking Mementos takes alongtime, especially if you want to reachlevel 9Mementos for each leader.
How To Unlock And Use Mementos
Mementos are unlocked by completing challenges in Civilization 7. This might be something like winning the game on Immortal difficulty, but you will also receiveexperiencetowards Mementos via other challenges, like building certain wonders, playing specific leaders, and much more.
You’ll start to unlock Mementos immediately, although the first set is justattribute Mementos.These allow you to start the game with an extra attribute point in a tree of your choosing.
These attribute point Mementos are actually quite powerful, as some of the later attribute tree unlocks are fantastic.
Leader-specific Mementos are unlocked by playing with your favorite leaders. The Mementos are usually linked to that leader’s playstyle. For example, Ibn Battuta receives a great early Memento that increases Scout vision by +1, which is directly linked to his already-existing leader bonus of +1 sight for all units.
However, youcan also mix and match your Mementos with other leaders. This can lead to some fun (and broken) combinations, and we expect it’s via this Memento system that we will see some of the more bizarre Civilization 7 games in the future.
How To Use Mementos
Mementos can be slotted when you first start a game of Civilization. You can usetwo Mementosat the same time, so choose wisely.
You canchange your Mementos between Ages.This will allow you to shift focus or get extra benefits from other Mementos during the Exploration or Modern Age.
We often miss this or even just forget about this feature - it’s a pretty small button located right at the bottom of the screen!
Mementos can also be used inmultiplayerand can be selected when you’re in the lobby. It’s also possible tobanthe use of Mementos, and it’s likely this will be pretty common, because of the aforementionedbrokencombinations you can pull off with them.
