What are ways to gain Era Score in a hurry?

[Trigan Emperor]

You find your Civilization is about to enter a Dark Age and you're just one Era Score away from avoiding it.

What are ways to quickly gain Era Score?

One is to expend Gold or Faith to instantly recruit a Great Person.

 

[bengalryan9]

A lot of times I ignore the naval game altogether which carries the advantage of being able to pop out a boat whenever I need a point. Your first plane gets you a point, too.

 

[shaky]

Levying City State troops is usually my fall back option for last second era points.

 

[Naeshar]

You find your Civilization is about to enter a Dark Age and you're just one Era Score away from avoiding it.

This is a situation I usually aim for but am prevented by some random era score point out of nowhere, like meeting a new civ or getting a GP.
I have a question - why is there no way to reduce your era score? Like acting as a tyrant, razing cities, betraying Gilgabros...

 

[MrRadar]

You find your Civilization is about to enter a Dark Age and you're just one Era Score away from avoiding it.

Depending on the situation, if your loyalty is not shaky anywhere or is manageable, you may want to avoid getting that era score and just embrace the Dark Age. It has some nice policy cards. And if not, then you're very likely to get enough era score so that your next age is Heroic with three dedications, and not just one, as in trivial Golden
Dark Age is not so bad in Civ VI as it may sound.

So it can be much more annoying when you lack that 1 point to Golden or Heroic ages.

For era score sources you can browse this: https://civilization.fandom.com/wiki/Historic_Moments_(Civ6)

Also, don't forget your current dedication effects.

 

[Pure24]

I have a question - why is there no way to reduce your era score? Like acting as a tyrant, razing cities, betraying Gilgabros...

I think it's because Era Score isn't about diplomacy. It is about what your Civ ACHIEVES. So even doing bad things may be an achievement - which is why capturing a Capital actually earns you Era Score. As does completely wiping a Civ off the map and taking out a rival's Holy City.

Also, I wonder how that would be interpreted, as in to 'lose' Era Score. Would we be undoing our previous achievements? I guess it is possible, but you'd need accompanying mechanics to deal with that

 

[enKage]

I like enforcing dark ages, especially classical and renaissance. but sometimes game leaves me with no choice :]

The best thing to gain era score in rush is to rush current bonus (fe. sell everything for cash and buy libraries). Later i just keep some envoys unused (I tend to have at least 4 stored). I believe it is 2 erascore from enforcing peace on city states when at war as an ally, just by canceling other civs suzerein status. You can do it with Amani too, but it takes 5 turns


EDIT
oh oh I found that:

Your use of Envoys has convinced this city-state's levied army to stand down.

Because AI is terrible at rebuilding units, they always levy so it basically always works

You can also declare on someone and then use envoys to make peace with city states allied to your enemy

After conservation, my main emergency erascore is national parks spam

 

[steveg700]

You find your Civilization is about to enter a Dark Age and you're just one Era Score away from avoiding it.

What are ways to quickly gain Era Score?

One is to expend Gold or Faith to instantly recruit a Great Person.

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Amari is great at helping secure early era score by granting a succession of single-turn suzerainties. Very abusable (because the AI doesn't bother to do it).

As others have said, if you can withstand the loyalty hit (that is to say, you aren't expanding aggressively into other civs' territory), a civ is often better off taking the dark age over a normal age.

This is a situation I usually aim for but am prevented by some random era score point out of nowhere, like meeting a new civ or getting a GP.
I have a question - why is there no way to reduce your era score? Like acting as a tyrant, razing cities, betraying Gilgabros...

If you get away with being tyrannical, why would you lose score for it? Caesar's place in history books seems secure.

As a game mechanism, era score is a means of rewarding accomplishments (with golden ages) as well as helping the laggards catch up (with dedications and heroic ages).

Many of the things players do in Civ simply don't matter in any other respect, "Multiple Paths to Victory" being the sham that it is. Why the hell is someone who isn't pursuing a cultural victory running an archaeologist around the map, for instance? And wonders, by and large, do nothing of great import. They don't even contribute a significant dent to a player's tourism. Rock bands can generate far more tourism, and indeed weaponize your own wonders against you.

 

[Bangau]

There's a mod called 'Era Tracker' It shows you a report option for all the era score achievement that can still be made. I use it often, just a smart checklist, doesn't alter gameplay. Very useful.

 

[iammaxhailme]

Declare war on someone who is suzerain with a CS, and then send envoys to that CS to steal it

 

[Lily_Lancer]

Dark age is the best age, honesty speaking, I never try to avoid it, if I have a chance to get into a dark age without sacrificing my development, I'll always do it.

 

[jesperben]

- Settle on tundra or other special terrain or settle near a vulcan.
- Form an army, flotilla etc. for the first time.
- Sail around the world (takes a little more time )
- Build a unit with a new technology

 

[Victoria]

When I see I am likely to miss a golden age I will consider the quick points I often have saved like
Building/buying a horse or sword etc (first resource usage)
Killing a unit with a GA/GG
Taking suzerain off someone else (+2)
Levy troops
Settle on bad ground or on new continent.
Push for a tech or civic in a new era.
+3 adjacency his a new district
If you can use GG/GA to get first fleet/corps

 

[CPWimmer]

I have a question - why is there no way to reduce your era score?

Because, contrary to popular belief(?), Firaxis doesn't actually want you to game the system.

 

[cvb]

want you to game the system.

So I have to ask: has actually anyone at least once tried to play it passively? Purposely without looking at the current era score from time to time ... just perhaps by surprise: ok, now a xxx age, hey who had thought that?

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[CPWimmer]

So I have to ask: has actually anyone at least once tried to play it passively? Purposely without looking at the current era score from time to time ... just perhaps by surprise: ok, now a xxx age, hey who had thought that?

Well "passively" and "purposely" are kind of at odds, but I have certainly played many Civ 6 games without obsessing about Era points. In many of my games I am not focused on if I will make a GA or not. And I have never tried to force a Dark Age a single time.

But I am also guilty of being a slave to the system sometimes as well.
If the "Era is ending" warning pops up, I may go hunt down some obvious Era Point opportunities. Or, if I am already locked into getting a GA, I may attempt to delay something that I know would give me points I don't need (but again, never to force a DA).

And yes, I realize this attitude is far from "optimal" - that's just how I play the game

 

[kaspergm]

Because, contrary to popular belief(?), Firaxis doesn't actually want you to game the system.

Well, maybe if they hadn't actually made dark ages beneficial for you, you wouldn't want to ...

 

[Naeshar]

So I have to ask: has actually anyone at least once tried to play it passively? Purposely without looking at the current era score from time to time ... just perhaps by surprise: ok, now a xxx age, hey who had thought that?

Pretty much every time. Oh, golden age again ... fifth time in a row now...

 

[ShakaKhan]

Pretty sure every time an archeologist digs you get an era score point, so three points per archeologist. While this isn't a quick way to get a point, it can be helpful if you have a little more time and need to cover quite a bit of ground.

 

[Trigan Emperor]

Thanks for the suggestions.