The Holi event has been live for a week, and the second chapter has just arrived, alongside some tips on how to complete these challenges.

 

The second chapter, called Festival of Colours, includes the following challenges: 

  • Seven Colours: Earn at least one Era Star in each category during the same Era. 
  • Everybody Get Together: Use the Agrarian affinity 30 times in the same game. 
  • Houses of the Holi: As the Leader of the Hindu religion, have 10 Holy Sites in your Empire.

 

With a little over two weeks left, how can you easily complete all these challenges, or any you have left from the first chapter? Well, we have some tips for you: 


__ Chapter 1 __

Shrewd General: Set up a game with many AI players, two or three of which should be aggressive (e.g. Agamemnon, Beowulf) while the others should be peaceful (e.g. Tjilbruke, Midas, Makeda). You should also have about two to three times as many players as continents (don’t forget that the New World settings means one continent will be empty) to give the aggressive AIs a chance to vassalize their peaceful neighbors. Then you can declare war on them after they choose an expansionist culture. 


Smite the Wicked: “Hero” badges are earned for declaring war against an empire with the “traitor” badge, so remember to include a Traitorous AI (e.g. Gilgamesh) in your game. Don’t forget, your war declaration must be justified, and you must not already be at war with somebody else! You only need to earn the third level of the badge as Mughals, and if you need more time, you can also transcend. 


Famous: If you have trouble reaching the total Fame, consider playing on faster speeds to play an extra match or two. 


__ Chapter 2 __

Everybody Get Together: Even if you use the Agrarian Affinity every chance you get, you will probably still need to play as Agrarian for multiple eras. 


Seven Colours: Remember that you don’t have to immediately advance eras if you are close to earning the stars you still need. Otherwise, the Contemporary Era is a great time to earn at least one star in every category. 


Houses of the Holi: Cultural Wonders that count as Holy Sites count for this challenge, but you may still not be able to reach 10 Holy Sites just through construction. 

 

Have fun with the challenges!