Relic

Overview

Relics are a special type of building and the central element of the second post-release major update. They allow players to benefit from special abilities or bonuses but need to be forged first by assigning Smiths to a Forge.

• A relic cost 100, 50 and 10 and takes 8 months to be forged with two regular smiths. Once built it needs to be placed in an area like a regular building.
• It is not possible to build more than one relic per game. Only Horse clan can build a second one by the lore Ancestral Influence.

• Allies cannot build the same relic. It is not possible to use another player's relic, even if you colonize a zone containing a relic that your clan could build.

• While some relics are common and can be built by any clan, others can only be built by one specific clan.
• A relic cannot be removed or destroyed once built. The same goes to a relic in an area that has been colonized.

Common relics

In their October 2019 AMA, the developer team announced that more common relics may appear in the future.

	Mjölnir : Summons a thunderstorm on a zone, damaging all units and buildings during one month.
	Svalinn : +50% defense for units in this zone. Can be moved into another zone within your territory. Protects the zone against some negative effects that target it.
	Gefjun's Jar : You can summon new villagers for Food depending on your population. They will arrive at your Town Hall by boat. Required happiness for your population is reduced.
	Bragaful : You gain a Kröwns bonus depending on your Commercial Influence. Your Lighthouse has a fourth great trade route.
	Jörmunr : You gain a Lore bonus depending on the number of zones in your territory. You can colonize zones with Lore.

Clan specific relics

	Hlidskjalf : Gives your Warchief the Annexation ability. Whenever your Warchief decolonizes a zone, you colonize it for free.
	Eldhrumnir : +20% Feast bonus, -50% Feast cost. Your units regenerate health during a Feast. You can build an additional Sheepfold.
	Horn of Managarm : Summons up to 3 White Wolves under your control for 50 Food each, with the cost being reduced by half if you build it in a Wolf Den tile. You can summon them every 2 months. 3 is the total maximum number; if you summon 3 wolves and lose 2 of them, next time the Horn of Managarm is off cooldown you will be able to summon only 2 wolves.
	Naglfar : Allows you to send two Son of Hrymr to raid coastal tiles.
	Scabbard of Gram : Your Warchief wields the sword Gram. Enemies hit by Gram are frozen, along with the area around them. Gives +10% attack, +10% defense to Shield Maiden.
	Mask of Gullinbursti : Produce +6 Food. You can pay 150 Lore to summon one Giant Boar. It is controllable as long as it is not in combat.
	Gungnir : All military units get 10% dodge chance. Unlocks the Stealth ability for all your military units.
	Skull of Hrungnir : Allows you to summon an Undead Giant.
	Dainsleif & Tyrfing : Gives your warchiefs, Eitria and Brok +20% , +20% , +20% , +20% mining and +20% forge speed.
	Edda of Vör : Allows your Norns to earn Fame, at a rate of 1.2 Fame per month. Grants 1000 Wyrd once built.
	Aegir : Torfin can use Provocation : All enemy units and towers target Torfin during a short period and his defense is increased by 100% for 6 seconds.
	Glepnir : Allows you to place a trap in a non-enemy zone. Activate on demand to reveal spikes that damage and slow enemies for as long as they are in the zone. Lasts 30 seconds.
	Yggdrasil's root : The zone where Yggdrasil's Root is built becomes “Eldritch". Every 4 months, another zone becomes eldritch. Units in Eldritch zones benefit from periodical production bonuses. Enemy units in an eldritch zone have a chance to pick a fight with their own kin for 5s.
	Flame of Muspelheim : You can summon Garm's Incarnation at a Shaman Camp.