What happened to the archaologists?

[Queen Reena]

So, after my first achaeologist I built a long time ago (I'm like ultra late game atm), I haven't been able to build anymore. So there's a bunch of relics out there I can't get because I can't make archaeologists...

[Panda]

If you don't have any more space for relics, you can't build archeologists.

[Queen Reena]

Originally posted by Panda:

If you don't have any more space for relics, you can't build archeologists.

I have PLENTY of relic places, I mean a ton of them but I can't build archaelogists to get relics.

[Spire]

You can only produce an archaeologist in the specific city that actually has the empty artifact slots. Maybe thats what your missing?

edit: I also said 'relic' instead of 'artifact' by mistake. Fixed, so as not to be confused with religious relics.

[Panda]

I misspoke, I actually meant artifacts. But anyway, an archeological museum can support 1 archeologist. Do you still have that first archeologist? If you have many archeological museums in different cities, those cities should also be able to build archeologists.

[Queen Reena]

Originally posted by Panda:

I misspoke, I actually meant artifacts. But anyway, an archeological museum can support 1 archeologist. Do you still have that first archeologist? If you have many archeological museums in different cities, those cities should also be able to build archeologists.

Most of my cities have the archelogical museums built (I am going for culture victory with Greece) but none have the option to build one. I've checked many of them.

[gmsh1964]

I thought I imagined this, but I also cannot figure out why you can only build just one.

[DrUltraLux]

Happened to me as well. It seems it sometimes bugs out and you only ever get the one.

[gmsh1964]

I always get the first one. It grabs a couple of relics than I cannot get another one.

[Bouncer]

You sure it's archaeological museums you build? Not accidentally the art ones?

I know, grasping at straws. I just want to believe at least one element in this game is not bugged or messed up

[Dray Prescot]

Once an archeologist has filled up the 3 slots for artifacts in the museum/city where he was built he is used up. The only difference on archeologists (that I know of) is England who can build a 2nd archeologist per museum and those museums can hold 6 instead of 3 artifacts, but I think they will still be used up when that museum has filled its 6 slots (I have not gotten that far yet in my current game).

If you want to build more archeologists, you have to build them in another city with a museum, that has not already built one (or filled up its 3 slots before the archeologist was killed, I would expect). Possibly, if you could transfer artifacts from one museum to another museum, you might be able to keep an archelogist alive longer, but I do not know if such transfers are possible. Although I think it is possible to trade (diplomacy) or steal (with spies) artifacts and other objects between players.

Possibly Great Persons might help, and other civilizations might have better writers/artists/musicians and/or their places to keep their outputs. Religions might help with religious objects (or relics) or other Great Works that related to a religion.

[Panda]

You can move artifacts between your cities. I'm not sure if moving them while having an active archeologist from a city will extend the charges to completely refill the museum but I have successfully moved artifacts so I can train more archeologists on my production city.

[Queen Reena]

Originally posted by Bouncer:

You sure it's archaeological museums you build? Not accidentally the art ones?

I know, grasping at straws. I just want to believe at least one element in this game is not bugged or messed up

Nope. I built every single thing available for my theater districts.

[Martin]

Originally posted by Panda:

If you don't have any more space for relics, you can't build archeologists.

Yeh I didn't realise this, the archi lasts only as long as you have slots. So build 3-4 museums first and 1 will literally fill them all up. Which if you're england is alot of relics.

[Queen Reena]

Originally posted by Dray Prescot:

Once an archeologist has filled up the 3 slots for artifacts in the museum/city where he was built he is used up. The only difference on archeologists (that I know of) is England who can build a 2nd archeologist per museum and those museums can hold 6 instead of 3 artifacts, but I think they will still be used up when that museum has filled its 6 slots (I have not gotten that far yet in my current game).

If you want to build more archeologists, you have to build them in another city with a museum, that has not already built one (or filled up its 3 slots before the archeologist was killed, I would expect). Possibly, if you could transfer artifacts from one museum to another museum, you might be able to keep an archelogist alive longer, but I do not know if such transfers are possible. Although I think it is possible to trade (diplomacy) or steal (with spies) artifacts and other objects between players.

Possibly Great Persons might help, and other civilizations might have better writers/artists/musicians and/or their places to keep their outputs. Religions might help with religious objects (or relics) or other Great Works that related to a religion.

I had a museam in all of my cities and only ever got 1 archaelogist (the very first one). I checked all my cities and didn't have the option to build them in any of them. Save is gone now so I can't do any double checking, but by the end of the game I did have all theater districts for every city in my empire, all of them having every building available.

[Martin]

Originally posted by Anrui:

Originally posted by Bouncer:

You sure it's archaeological museums you build? Not accidentally the art ones?

I know, grasping at straws. I just want to believe at least one element in this game is not bugged or messed up

Nope. I built every single thing available for my theater districts.

You can't you can either build an art or a relic museum, if you clicked the wrong one you can't make archi.