Getting artifacts do not work

[gegyman]

I don't understand the culture path in the third age. I have built some explorers that stand on the symbols with the vase. I have researched the necessary alignment in the culture tree to recover these artifacts. Nevertheless, I can now only excavate a few of these artifacts with the vase symbol. There are also no other explorers on the field.
The text in the tooltip says: The ruins of this continent from all ages have already been explored.
Why doesn't that work?

[eduardocecconi]

You need to have build a Museum to be able to research the ruins. Some artifacts will show right after you explore one vase symbol, the others will demand you to research the Hegemony civ, so them they'll show.

This is till now my safe path to victory, last run I collected 17 artifacts. When you reach 15 you can build the World's Fair and secure the victory.

[lefty1117]

Publicado originalmente por eduardocecconi:

You need to have build a Museum to be able to research the ruins. Some artifacts will show right after you explore one vase symbol, the others will demand you to research the Hegemony civ, so them they'll show.

This is till now my safe path to victory, last run I collected 17 artifacts. When you reach 15 you can build the World's Fair and secure the victory.

Nice, I did an economic victory last night with Confucious

[eduardocecconi]

Publicado originalmente por lefty1117:

Publicado originalmente por eduardocecconi:

You need to have build a Museum to be able to research the ruins. Some artifacts will show right after you explore one vase symbol, the others will demand you to research the Hegemony civ, so them they'll show.

This is till now my safe path to victory, last run I collected 17 artifacts. When you reach 15 you can build the World's Fair and secure the victory.

Nice, I did an economic victory last night with Confucious

Cool, I've got an Economic victory with Ashoka, a Military with Xerxes and two Cultural, with Charlemagne and Harriet Tubman.

[gegyman]

Publicado originalmente por eduardocecconi:

You need to have build a Museum to be able to research the ruins. Some artifacts will show right after you explore one vase symbol, the others will demand you to research the Hegemony civ, so them they'll show.

This is till now my safe path to victory, last run I collected 17 artifacts. When you reach 15 you can build the World's Fair and secure the victory.

I have 3 museums and researched hegemony. Some vase symbols tell me the following:
The ruins of this ancient continent can be explored by visiting a museum or university. (Or something like this) Does this mean that I have to build a museum on this continent? I think I need to watch a tutorial video on this, because I don't quite understand it.

**Update**
Ooooohhh thanks to Ursas video i got it;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNVG-qMIuzE

The vase symbol are museums and universes. The exporer first needs to visit this places. Can be your building or the building from another player. It would be nice if there is a better explantation somewhere in the game. The culture leader text is not enough to unterstand in my opinion.

I guess i have to load now an old savegame. :D

[SirJoel888]

I have studied at a univety and unlocked the shovel icon. I move my explore to the icon, but I cannot move onto the shovel space. My cursor tuns red when I try and move onto the shovel space. Any idea? There are multiple explorers on the same continent all having this issue. But explorers on a different continent can move onto the shovel spaces just fine...

[wcbarney]

Is it possible to get more than one artifact at a single site? I notice the AI stacks 6-10 explorers on artifact sites all the time. A couple of times I sent 2-3 of my explorers to the same site by accident, but found that each one of them was allowed to dig at that site. Does that mean they get 2-3 artifacts from that single site?

[kasnavada]

Publicado originalmente por wcbarney:

Is it possible to get more than one artifact at a single site? I notice the AI stacks 6-10 explorers on artifact sites all the time. A couple of times I sent 2-3 of my explorers to the same site by accident, but found that each one of them was allowed to dig at that site. Does that mean they get 2-3 artifacts from that single site?

Yes and no.

Multiple explorer don't give more than one artifact, but if the AI is extracting something, you can extract it too.

[wcbarney]

Publicado originalmente por kasnavada:

Publicado originalmente por wcbarney:

Is it possible to get more than one artifact at a single site? I notice the AI stacks 6-10 explorers on artifact sites all the time. A couple of times I sent 2-3 of my explorers to the same site by accident, but found that each one of them was allowed to dig at that site. Does that mean they get 2-3 artifacts from that single site?

Yes and no.

Multiple explorer don't give more than one artifact, but if the AI is extracting something, you can extract it too.

That's nice!

[kasnavada]

I'm not sure it's intended to be honest, but, hey, currently it works.

[Rhapsody]

Publicado originalmente por kasnavada:

Publicado originalmente por wcbarney:

Is it possible to get more than one artifact at a single site? I notice the AI stacks 6-10 explorers on artifact sites all the time. A couple of times I sent 2-3 of my explorers to the same site by accident, but found that each one of them was allowed to dig at that site. Does that mean they get 2-3 artifacts from that single site?

Yes and no.

Multiple explorer don't give more than one artifact, but if the AI is extracting something, you can extract it too.

It also applies to artifacts that are being extracted by the player. As far as I see, so long as the site exists, anyone can use it unless they are at war.

[iheartdaikaiju]

Publicado originalmente por kasnavada:

Publicado originalmente por wcbarney:

Is it possible to get more than one artifact at a single site? I notice the AI stacks 6-10 explorers on artifact sites all the time. A couple of times I sent 2-3 of my explorers to the same site by accident, but found that each one of them was allowed to dig at that site. Does that mean they get 2-3 artifacts from that single site?

Yes and no.

Multiple explorer don't give more than one artifact, but if the AI is extracting something, you can extract it too.

I haven't experienced this at least at higher difficulties, if my explorer is on a shovel site with AI present my option to explore is greyed out.

One really cheap trick I've found is to beeline Hegemony, memorize the antiquity sites, and move your explorers there. The couple you get from overbuilding and suzerainship help a little. But this is something I at least have only figured out how to do reliably on lower difficulties since the first research event unlocks all sites for all players

[wcbarney]

Publicado originalmente por Rhapsody:

Publicado originalmente por kasnavada:

Multiple explorer don't give more than one artifact, but if the AI is extracting something, you can extract it too.

It also applies to artifacts that are being extracted by the player. As far as I see, so long as the site exists, anyone can use it unless they are at war.

In my experience, being at war makes no difference. The explorers can't be attacked and they can go anywhere on the map. Almost all my experience as been at the "Sovereign" and "Immortal" levels.

[iheartdaikaiju]

Publicado originalmente por iheartdaikaiju:

I haven't experienced this at least at higher difficulties, if my explorer is on a shovel site with AI present my option to explore is greyed out.

Ignore this, I cannot reproduce this.

[sgtzim]

I collected all artifacts, but world's fair is not coming up as a build option. What am I missing now?

[Rhapsody]

Publicado originalmente por sgtzim:

I collected all artifacts, but world's fair is not coming up as a build option. What am I missing now?

It's similar to a wonder, so if you started progress in one city, it can only be finished there, maybe?