Spy operation question

[mgm1227]

I've been playing a game as Portugal, I have spies in my 3 main cities and an extra one in Lisbons Commercial Center. So far I have not caught any spies but have had a large amount of Gold stolen once and each of those main cities the Govenor was neutralized. The other Civs are America, Arabia, Norway, Vietnam, Indonesia, Brazil, Ethiopia so no France to have extra Spy capability.

Why is this happening? Is there something special?

[Cryten]

are you using level 1 spies? if so they only add 10 or 20 % risk to am operation. if you train spies up and get the anti spying or higher spy level upgrades you will catch much easier. Or the governor buff and civic card to help with spying.

One odd thing you say is that you are losing gold AND getting your governor neutralised. Spys cant do 2 operations at once. Unless your getting more than one spy in the city. Best upgrade you can get is the upgrade that gives all spies 1 level when this spy is in home territory.

[PhailRaptor]

Cryten の投稿を引用：

One odd thing you say is that you are losing gold AND getting your governor neutralised. Spys cant do 2 operations at once. Unless your getting more than one spy in the city. Best upgrade you can get is the upgrade that gives all spies 1 level when this spy is in home territory.

They indicated that *ONCE* a large sum of gold was stolen, then after that their Governors keep getting neutralized.

[Noruki]

And how to get more spies? I mean, I don't even know how I got one -_-

[BlackSmokeDMax]

Another thing to consider...

Spies protect the tile they are on and any districts in adjacent tiles. If any of your spies are in the city center and the commercial zone is not adjacent, then those commercial zones are not protected.

[BlackSmokeDMax]

Okotami の投稿を引用：

And how to get more spies? I mean, I don't even know how I got one -_-

Civics tree IIRC.

[WingedKagouti]

Okotami の投稿を引用：

And how to get more spies? I mean, I don't even know how I got one -_-

Information on how you get spies:

https://civilization.fandom.com/wiki/Spy_(Civ6)

[jonnin]

you unlock them and then build them in towns like units, but they don't move normally.
some basic tips.. i am no expert..
- put a spy in your capital for defense. you need to protect your campus, the city center, and the banking district if you have them, and if doing science your rocket complex, industrial zone, or whatever your most important districts are (holy site? theater square?)
- put another in your best towns, by population usually, the top 3 is usually pretty good defense.
- protect all your towns from barbarians. the AI loves to spawn barbs with spies, you get at least 3 enemy units, and the new patch they can destroy the town in a couple of turns before you can do anything at all.
- do not sell them back to your enemy, no matter how much they offer.

[mgm1227]

thanks for the replies. Is it now possible to train them? I thought promotions only came via successful missions? I did not know that barbs spawned spies. The Gold stealing and neutralizing 3 governors were all at different times.

[pitonsnaboca]

mgm1227 の投稿を引用：

thanks for the replies. Is it now possible to train them? I thought promotions only came via successful missions? I did not know that barbs spawned spies. The Gold stealing and neutralizing 3 governors were all at different times.

"Training" as in sending them for offensive missions with high percentage of success, in order to get the promotion as fast as possible. Then, after giving them defensive promotions, taking them back home.
It has nothing to do with barbarians, it's other spies dropping the "recruit partisans" in one of yout neighbourhoods district.

[Animalman]

He mean create unrest spawns barbarian rebels in your city.

[Lemurian1972]

Animalman の投稿を引用：

He mean create unrest spawns barbarian rebels in your city.

Unrest reduces Loyalty.
Recruit Partisans creates rebels (can only be done in a city with a neighborhood).

[mgm1227]

ok I understood the "training part and I had don it with one of my spies, and the partisans.