How to get 40+ yield on a district?

[stealth_nsk]

Exploration science legacy path requires having districts with 40+ yields and I'm struggling a bit here. What options are there? In theory I understand what you need to have two buildings of the same type with adjacency bonuses and apply some multipliers on top, but what those could be in practice?

 

[Sagax]

Finished my Exploration age last night and semi-accidentally stumbled upon science legacy completion, while waiting for treasure fleets

1. You don’t need to stack buildings of the same type, just look for combinations that give you the best adjacencies. You need good foundational adjacency, because:

2. Specialists. They give +2 science/culture by default, but they also multiply the adjacency bonuses, thus propelling the yields. You can only place one specialist per district at first, but the limit is increased by 1 with Education and Urban Planning.

3. There are also various techs, civics, policies, and masteries that further increase building or adjacency yields.

4. My personal observations:
- Don't invest specialists in city centers, they don’t count. It’s stated in the description, but I promise you’ll forget amidst all the new info pouring in your face.
- Stack any ageless antiquity buildings or buildings without adjacency potential in their own quarter, and don’t invest specialists into them.
- To anyone who still doesn’t think that UI is bad in this game, I invite you to go for the Exploration science legacy path and make a conscious effort to plan your tiles, as opposed to “big number, plop here I guess”.


Also, Ursa’s video:

 

[wesplaysciv]

Specialists in city centers don’t count meaning don’t count for adjacency boosts?

 

[ggmoyang]

Specialists in city centers don’t count meaning don’t count for adjacency boosts?

City center tiles don't count for Exploration age science legacy path.

 

[Sagax]

Specialists in city centers don’t count meaning don’t count for adjacency boosts?

No, they function as normal, but they don’t count for the legacy path - the goal is 40+ yields on tiles that are NOT city centers.

 

[Leyrann]

Basically, what Sagax said. It's not actually that hard to get these tiles, I found myself getting them by accident with just two specialists (on tiles that had two decent-adjacency buildings). Keep in mind that the base yield of buildings is also included in the tile yield.

And if you find yourself struggling, build Machu Pikchu. Those adjacency bonuses also count. It's absolutely trivial to get above 40 yields from an urban tile next to it, frankly I wouldn't be surprised if 70 is realistic for the end of the Exploration Era.

 

[KingLouisIV]

To anyone who still doesn’t think that UI is bad in this game, I invite you to go for the Exploration science legacy path and make a conscious effort to plan your tiles, as opposed to “big number, plop here I guess”.​

Yeahhhh. I really struggled with this in my first-time playthrough. Got some hexes to 39 (per the counter) but I couldn’t even figure out which ones they were to make a concerted effort to get them over the top.

Don't invest specialists in city centers, they don’t count. It’s stated in the description, but I promise you’ll forget amidst all the new info pouring in your face.​

Can confirm

 

[Fat Bastard]

It's easier to achieve playing as Confucius. I got 3 science legacy points first time as him.

 

[Riconatic]

I had three cities in last game and best was 27. I was not planning very carefully for this, but I had money to build/purchase everything. Wonders I did not do.

Edit: Point being I need this help too.

 

[Yzman]

I got this by just adding specialists to high yield tiles but I absolutely agree, i had no idea where they were or how it was calculated. UI sucks.

 

[StargazingDog]

It isn't difficult to get 40 yields. I did it easily with high yield tiles and three specialists per tile. It isn't hidden. You can literally just add up the numbers shown on the tile.

- To anyone who still doesn’t think that UI is bad in this game, I invite you to go for the Exploration science legacy path and make a conscious effort to plan your tiles, as opposed to “big number, plop here I guess”.

Thank the lord. I don't want to have to "plan my tiles".

 

[Sagax]

Thank the lord. I don't want to have to "plan my tiles".

It's not that I want this to be planning heavy, but rather that the entire process could've been much smoother and quicker for everyone:

1. "You can literally just add up" is a poor excuse for not having a total yield number in the tooltip when you hover over a tile.
2. No immediate indicators of what buildings in your quarter are ageless. I had to keep a screenshot with a list of ageless buildings from the civ unlock page, because that's the only way you can quickly reference it.
3. No graphical indication of what contributes to the adjacency when you are choosing a tile to plop a district (civ 6 had it).
4. No warnings if you are putting the district over an ageless unique improvement. It's less of an issue with something like Great Walls, but good luck quickly identifying where your Mississippi Potkops are.

 

[Seek]

It isn't difficult to get 40 yields. I did it easily with high yield tiles and three specialists per tile. It isn't hidden. You can literally just add up the numbers shown on the tile.


Thank the lord. I don't want to have to "plan my tiles".

Planning tiles sounds like a lot more fun than adding up tiny yield icons.

 

[vorlon_mi]

I missed the Exploration science legacy points, because I didn't use specialists (as above). It actually showed me some Scientific Dark Age points.. but I restrained myself.

Planning your tiles is especially important if you're playing America or another Modern civ with a unique quarter. It's SOOO easy to mess up, if you plop an Ironworks in the wrong place, due to a big number, and make it impossible to build your unique quarter in THAT city. I've built it in other cities.

 

[Big J Money]

Also, in case anyone is confused like I was at first, it doesn't mean 40 science yield! It just means 40 total resources yield on the tile. This can even include influence and (I think) happiness.

 

[teakbois2112]

I've started trying to space out my wonders so they aren't adjacent but rather a hex apart. Wonders are essentially adjacency wildcards
Additionally, I try to avoid spreading out ageless buildings (and I dont just auto build these) and stack those on the other side of where I try to build my wonders

 

[Tanel]

It's essentially a combination of good buildings, adjacencies and stacking specialists. Then add policies that increase adjacencies, building yields or boost specialist yields.

 

[aelf]

Also, in case anyone is confused like I was at first, it doesn't mean 40 science yield! It just means 40 total resources yield on the tile. This can even include influence and (I think) happiness.

Happiness doesn't seem to count. I have one tile that has +22 happiness for a total of over 40 yield but it didn't move the Scientific legacy path.

EDIT: I just saw on Reddit that people are saying it only counts in the capital, which would be a bug.

 

[CliffCo]

Do these 4 tiles have to be in the same city or spread across multiple cities? I believe the earlier task where you have to have 4 specialists, those have to be in the same city, so I’m not sure.

 

[Sagax]

Do these 4 tiles have to be in the same city or spread across multiple cities? I believe the earlier task where you have to have 4 specialists, those have to be in the same city, so I’m not sure.

Anywhere in your empire, distributed in any way.

Also, tasks are just guidelines and not really required.