Harvest Ceremony
Harvest Ceremony is a Native American Food-gathering technology that improves rates from eligible hunts, berries, orchards and listed farm sources. Where the Hacienda system is available, it also improves Food auto-gather. It is a completed research effect, not a Community Plaza dance that needs workers assigned afterward.
Research profile
- Age
- Commerce Age
- Civilization
- Native Americans
- Research location
- Farm
- Prerequisite
- Great Feast
- Research time
- 30 seconds
- Wood cost
- 225
- Coin cost
- 125
- Effect
- Villager gather work rate for hunted animals, Berry Bush, Cherry Orchard, Mill, Farm, Rice Paddy (food), Field (food), and Hacienda (food) +15%; Hacienda auto gather food work rate for food +15%
- Next technology
- Green Corn Ceremony
Effect
The listed gathering improvement is 15% for affected sources, with a separate 15% increase to Hacienda Food auto-gather. In the recorded access, it is researched in the Commerce Age at a Farm after Great Feast; it costs 225 Wood and 125 Coin and takes 30 seconds. Eligible sources and building access vary by civilization and version.
Research condition
Commerce Age at a Farm; requires Great Feast. Cost: 225 Wood and 125 Coin. Research time: 30 seconds. Access varies by civilization.
Research decision
Research after Villagers begin gathering from eligible sources and early enough for the faster rate to repay its cost before the supply runs out. If most of the economy is using an unaffected resource, delay it. Check the civilization’s access and the sources currently supporting the army plan.
Affected sources and civilization access
Harvest Ceremony increases gathering by 15% for eligible Hunts, berries, orchards and listed farm sources; where the Hacienda system is available, its Food auto-gather also rises by 15%. This is a researched technology rather than an active ceremony requiring Villagers to remain assigned at a Community Plaza. The recorded access is the Commerce Age at a Farm after Great Feast, for 225 Wood and 125 Coin with a 30-second research time. Civilizations and versions can differ in which of these sources and buildings are supported, so use the available technology tree rather than applying the bonus to every form of Food income.
Estimate whether the upgrade will repay
The increase matters only while Villagers gather from affected sources. Research it after the economy has moved workers onto eligible Food collection and while enough of the resource remains for the faster rate to matter. If workers are mostly collecting Coin or Wood, or if a nearby hunt will soon run out, the benefit may arrive too late to repay the cost. The Hacienda auto-gather effect can continue to matter without assigned gatherers, but only for civilizations and modes with that system.