HUMANKIND | 10 Tips and Tricks You Must Know

[@empireofitalypsstimfromano5025]

5:20 That Independent City Is Kinda Strange... It's Just Standing There... *In A Sus Way* 6:04 ඞ

[@renaissancepress247]

One big tip - when in doubt just put the outpost anywhere as it can be moved for like 30 influence as long as it is still an outpost later 👍

[@JumboPixel]

Nice, that’ll help with the land grab if you’re desperate!

[@neilm838]

Is there a set up time for the new location? Like can we shortcut setup times by picking a high production area then when its built shifting to a better food yield area without having to wait as long?

[@octopus8420]

Personality/tendencies of AI is an interesting thing to me: on one hand they add some realism and special potential, but then they also limit themselves a bit. The dream would be a system that has random AI play in a distinctive style as a base and then improve through computer learning and player mirroring to a certain extinct based on difficulty level and their playstyle.

[@imblackmagic1209]

yeah, like the go AI that beats human, that learns how to play with itself, it's a bit cumbersome to setup if you don't have access to the game's backend, which would run a lot faster without the graphical bits

[@nejcmali6246]

@@imblackmagic1209 i've never understood why games like this (where AI is incredibly important) never utilise AI machine learning. There's got to be technical limitations, or someone would've done it already, right?

[@user-fp5dw4ff3d]

@@nejcmali6246 yea it’s a pain to do for complicated games like this. There is one in the game Starcraft 2 but it took a huge investment to get it working

[@renaissancepress247]

An interesting thing - I started a game with 90% land and it had weird effects. 1st - the number of luxuries and strategic resources didn't increase and so there were many regions with no resource of any kind. Second, the number of territories to get expansionist stars was absurdly high. Third, due to the distance and lack of sea routes together trade was impossibly expensive. Fourth, killing off a rival Civ early is nearly impossible as there are so many positions for them to expand to. And do I don't recommend such a crazy high percentage of land - city cap and everything else in the game really hates being that far out of balance. I had hoped if the A.I. had plenty of land that they would be more competitive without absurd difficulty levels placed on the game. They did a bit better early on but the slog this game would be I wasn't quite up for continuing for long 😆

[@JumboPixel]

Ok that is a really interesting experiment. Hahah thanks for sharing the intel! Sounds like some pretty wonky scaling techniques!

[@reijiriho]

thank you for the guide. I've played a lot of civ games and still opted for the tutorials in humankind, but they are quite overwhelming sometimes and sometimes not providing enough info so i've been quite confused lol... didn't even realise that you can break out the "upgraded" unit

[@nashiffuadkhan9817]

6:24 you dont need the civic. You just need to have enough influence/relations with the independent people. The civic just makes it cheaper.

[@veevoir]

A quick note on first hint - AI autoexplore going straight for loot was fixed in a patch, it no longer magically knows where to go

[@enKageKagen]

Independent cities are defensless for several turns. Use one scout for a city for free. Combine it with Achaemenid Persia to get +2 city limit. Use Persian district to generate influ to attach teritorries to those new cities :) Enjoy having 40%-66% more cities than anybody else at the start of classical era. Quickly earn 7 starts to get Khmers and make those cities powerhouses.

[@tylerfreiberger9223]

Great tip. I was struggling to keep pace with the AI land grab while they seemingly dump out units. Saw this comment and posted a scout next to a soon to be created peaceful independent. Now it seems pretty easy if you don’t have to spend the influence on city creation.

[@Ender7j]

This. I take Olmec and then the Persians and I haven’t lost a multiplayer game yet. The first time I played this, I had 6 cities to my friend’s 3 and he jokingly thought I had hacked the game.

[@neilm838]

Really enjoying the game but does anyone know how ranged combat works? I have had rifle units unable to hit enemies two sections away and ship support with a range of 4 unable to attack anymore than one space inland. What am I missing?

[@JumboPixel]

It’s likely geography getting in your way - if the unit has vision over the target you should be able to attack from reasonable ranges.

[@neilm838]

@@JumboPixel do my own units impact line of sight too?

[@michaelahurt]

@@neilm838 yes they do

[@MordredOnYoutube]

@@neilm838 Yes most likely if its not terrain its your own units blocking. If its not a weapon that can shoot over at an angle like for example bows(not crossbow) and bombards shooting with an arc to their projectiles then most likely it wont be able to be fired through your own units.

[@neilm838]

All good info. Thank you all.

[@ChazBword]

I love this game. Just bought it and I'm enjoying your videos very much.

[@GeoPeter]

Thanks a lot for this video! I started playing Humankind a few days ago and I'm loving it! :)

[@matthewauner2944]

would you suggest setting up early on outpost adjacent to eachother (first city) ? .. also should it be important to make outpost in those territories with resources or should importance be put on finding a good spot of production&food ?

[@JumboPixel]

Stringing them together will be cheaper. So generally yes, make them connected. It’ll help with your social and religious influence spread too. Generally you should grab them all! Don’t worry if the outpost isn’t perfect, or has sub standard yields, you can always attach it to another one later so they share their resources.

[@Thomas-xw7fs]

Really helpful and good spoken Video! Thanks a lot! I just started with Humankind yesterday. Having played a lot of Civ, i still struggle a bit with understanding all of its mechanics so thanks a lot.

[@JumboPixel]

My pleasure! It’s a brilliant game.

[@jz9991z]

I found out that merging two separate hunting parties with enough food together during the neolithic age will immediately spawn a new hunting party.

[@JumboPixel]

Nice! Yup every 20 surplus food will create a new nomadic unit.

[@jeremiahealy3657]

This is absolutely game changing for me because I separate my troops then move like a wave with them slightly spread out from each other so knowing this I could get a couple units quicker thanks bud

[@Robbiee3344]

God please make more videos on this game, similar to this…ive played 30 hours and am still learning heaps from this video. I actually realise how much I suck after watching this, am loving this game but getting frustrated coz there’s so many questions I want to ask but since the game is so new it’s hard to find any info anywhere

[@JumboPixel]

I’m really enjoying the game, so there’s definitely more where this came from. Don’t worry though, every game is an experiment for me right now too!

[@picklemat4619]

Wow you play games fast I love the marathon games I think there is an endless one and I just started playing on that. Now it took me a few turns to get the hang of things but you giving me more tips I’m happy to start again. I am up to turn 600 or more

[@JumboPixel]

Oh that’s awesome! I’m yet to try a marathon game length, but I’m keen to now!

[@NamesZKP]

Great tips. I've really been enjoying humankind the more I've gotten into it (which isn't far due me working and running errands so much lol) but I've changed from being disappointed to actually looking forward to playing it when I can next.

[@Tommy-tw1uu]

So I had a question about aircraft. Every time I make a squadron of planes the upkeep multiplies by 100. So when I have 8 lightning Jets for an upkeep of 90 each adding up to 7200. The upkeep will end up 72,000 instead and kills my money.

[@Pizza7478]

Same with Nuke's I think. It was painful

[@dom3335]

I've been in a single battle for about 5 turns where I can't see any enemies or move my units any further. At first I thought maybe they were just hiding and I needed to find the AI, but I've literally tried moving units to every available spot. Is this a bug? Also in a few other battles during the same war I kill more units and lose less strength, but halfway through the battle the AI calls it off and it says I was defeated lol. Defeated me by losing units and running away.

[@connorcrump3825]

the second one you probably lost because they defended their flag. if you are the attacker and two turns pass without you controlling their flag, you are considered defeated even if they lost more units

[@steppahouse]

Doesn't "buyout" simulate working them to death and killing a pop unit rather than "expelling" as the narration said?

[@amanwearingsuspenders7390]

I love how the terrain works in Humankind. I hope the next civ game implements this feature as well in its next iteration.

[@JumboPixel]

Yeah it sets the bar much higher than civ. Hopefully Civ 7 will do even better!

[@paopaocarabao]

Im negative 20k influence idk how i did it. Is it really like that everytime i claim more lands through war?

[@michaelahurt]

Over your city cap maybe? There's no penalty for claiming land but going over your city cap can be pretty harsh.

[@Pizza7478]

@@michaelahurt One City over Cap is fine. More than that gets really painful really fast.

[@sf3757]

Thank you so much. Even the Auto-Explore tip gave me such an edge compared to how I usually do. I could defeat my neighbours purely with mercenaries my scouts found thanks to that

[@JumboPixel]

Brilliant!

[@ScytheNoire]

Some great tips, and a few items I didn't know. Go to know how to hire mercenaries, time to wage war with expendables. Signed up for G2G account, added some more leaders, but not showing up in my game yet. Not sure how to "download" them.

[@ChrissieBear]

"I don't have all of the world's tea!" - The British Empire

[@empireofitalypsstimfromano5025]

11:18 In My Games The Combat AI Is Much Smarter Than That. They Don't Throw Themselves Like That Often. It Happens Rarely. Also In My Experience If They Are Defending Then If You Don't Get Their Flag... Shouldn't You Just Lose The Battle?

[@Modifact]

Sometimes I see my boats stuck in the shallow waters, when I'm using auto-explore. Is it because it can't explore anymore, otherwise it will be destroyed by the high seas ( or it thinks it will be destroyed) or is it a small bugg?

[@tjhc2397]

I have the same issue. I guess it has to do with naval attrition. My navies tend to do fine once I have fully seafaring ships.

[@arcanumelite4853]

most boats cant leave coastal waters without being destroyed.. so they wont leave the coastline.... until you get further in research and gain immunity to being destroyed at sea.

[@tjhc2397]

@@arcanumelite4853 The issue I have is that my boats usually get stuck going back and forth between two tiles without going anywhere, not just staying in coastal waters.

[@arcanumelite4853]

@@tjhc2397 its because the AI is drawn to the resource sites... so what is most likely happening... is they are trying to get to a resource site out at sea... only they cant so they go back to shore over and over again.

[@mattheweppley]

Awesome tips! Keep up the cool content. :-)

[@shannonblack3513]

This is the perfect game for lockdown. Lol

[@francispham6113]

Very cool! Enjoying the game so far, absolutely destroyed my first game. Keen to play it on a higher difficulty. 100% chance of World Congress in a future expansion. Any tips on merging cities? When does it make sense to merge them?

[@JumboPixel]

Brilliant! Ah generally it’s easier to do it very quickly while your pop and infrastructure is low (cheaper that way), or much later when you have hopefully accumulated a lot of gold or influence. It’s certainly beneficial to merge them. More opportunities to build more emblematic districts above all else. But also shared production, resources, etc

[@donxnik]

I've been playing since release but holy molly, I just found out Hiring "Barbarian" unit :D and wonderous effect thanks man :D also can you make a video where if you can any possible manner explain how to increase war support? there is a case I am playing with my friend and he plays very peacefully apart from taking a lot of territories. so how Can I increase war support to declare formal war? (can't make demands cuz there are none to do so :D )

[@JumboPixel]

Yes! But just quickly so you can beat your friend, make sure you push grievances in the diplomacy screen. Make demands! Also strengthen your religion and civics so you can push extra grievances! I’ll make a video on it, probably next week :)

[@ryaeon9793]

i do 20 times restarting the game to get my starting spawn point to have luxury resource.. but i only got 1 and its bad.. is it because i am on hardest diff or just unlucky?

[@gizmo3846]

you can just buy access to luxury resources off the AI

[@cragnamorra]

You have to explore a bit at first anyway to get the Influence in order to build first outpost. Pretty likely you will have spotted a luxury resource by the time you're ready to plop your first outpost...which can easily be in a different territory from where you first spawned.

[@ryaeon9793]

@@cragnamorra yes i know that.. but did you know the ai always spawn with 3 salt on 1 region and few other region have strategic and other luxury? i even create city on natural wonder because all 10 teritory near me dont have resource. i use 100% land setting. the answer is yes if i use 30% setting, all resource is nearme

[@ioan_jivan]

They could update the description of the gardens!

[@AmericanGadfly]

I cant figure this game out. I keep coming in 2nd or 3rd on town.

[@iuric.528]

The AI just attacks you when defending because you have ranged superiority, and they know that standing still while taking arrows Will take a toll on them so they rush.

[@JumboPixel]

I assure you, it’s not just that one example. They’ll go in regardless in most cases!

[@Patrick462]

Using units to transfer population between cities feels super-yucky to me. Why? 1) It's a level of micromanagement I don't want to get involved in. 2) The industry spent to build the unit is lost. If the developers feel that there needs to be "transfer population" mechanic, they'll put one in that's easier to use and more obvious. I hope they do so as that seems like a useful tool and is somewhat historical. Maybe if you've picked a bunch of communal or authoritarian Civics you can then click a button on the city screen to transfer population to another city. What do you think?

[@JumboPixel]

Yeah I think it’s more of a side benefit than a feature. I think you’re right, if they intended for forced migration to be in the game there should be a man easier way!

[@cragnamorra]

Valid point. I wouldn't ever create a unit just to go disband it in some other city for exactly the reason you describe. That said, after the initial "land rush", a game typically reaches a point where there isn't that much exploring to do for a while, and the starter Scouts become a little superfluous. I usually absorb most of them into the small new growing cities. On the other hand, they also don't cost any upkeep. So there's also no downside to just putting them to sleep on a coastline somewhere until many turns later when tech advancement lets them cross Ocean risk-free.

[@picklemat4619]

You should say that you can just take “city states” if no population is in there for free. I have done it a few times and had it happen to me too.

[@picklemat4619]

When I autoed explore my guys just kept on going back to the same place picking up the same stuff till it was almost ready to settle

[@Pizza7478]

I've noticed that Auto Explore is OP in Neo, but After that it breaks, and they just go back and forth between two tiles, doing nothing forever. It's Maddening.

[@JWK1101]

7:45 Yeah, that population isn't being expelled.

[@XxXTMillzXxX]

I'm enjoying the game and I'm still learning how everything works but the ai always get first pick even if I do the auto explore trick

[@ThishandlefeatureISdumb]

1:48, by default I turn off new world lol.

[@Hammahlovesyou]

No Kia ora!? Well, Kia ora! 😅 🇳🇿

[@JumboPixel]

Kia ora!!!

[@octopus8420]

Kia Ora Hannah

[@deboozombie23]

I came to somewhat love the city of sûs

[@empireofitalypsstimfromano5025]

My Advice For Outposts Is: *Reject Food Return To Production*

[@Brakum]

the new world is a setting. you can have it on or off.

[@JumboPixel]

Yes you can - it’s on by default!

[@C3R3ALM4K3R]

Sadly they are nerfing the auto explore

[@pdraggy]

I LOVED the way auto-explore used to be :/ sadly they nerfed that and it's basically useless now.

[@JumboPixel]

It was once GODLY

[@ryaeon9793]

my problem is only 1.. the time for changing era is too short.. i only can drop 2 emblematic district then boom another A.I already on classical or more era (hardest diff) and then i got new era.. but emblematic district i wanted is changing..

[@guilhermesavian5445]

true I think they should've reduced the number os eras to just 5.

[@danielr3587]

Just take your time. Don't chase after ai. The best you can do is get 2 gold stars each Era. This will slow down the eras and end up with you having hire score then ai.

[@pedrovictor20011]

Then turn down the difficulty.??

[@ryaeon9793]

@@danielr3587 i honestly didn give a problem with score.. i just want to feel each era should be longer, can i edit era score so i can double or triple the number so i can feel the gameplay on endless pace. any mod?

[@ryaeon9793]

@@pedrovictor20011 what difficulty? i dont have problem with the a.i. the era score is just too small, go play yourself and see how much you can put emblematic district on ancient era, put aside a.i for a moment. nothing difficult with a.i

[@D4Gamerz]

You mentioned your game has a 75 turn limit. How do you manage to get everything done in 75 turns? I'm on turn 145 on beginner mode and only in the medieval era 😂 Great video btw im so lost when it comes to this game

[@saucelab1870]

In blitz mode everything takes less turns

[@JumboPixel]

The game speeds alter other things too - so techs are cheaper and buildings are produced faster (etc). It’s still a balancing act though! In many ways it’s actually easier on normal speeds.

[@MrTrellheim]

Wait, wait... Hanging Gardens does WHAT?!

[@mikaelhauk]

Shooting an arrow above and over a mountain might be a little much....

[@NobuAlter]

Some of these independent cities seem a bit sus

[@benjtheo414]

7:55 O.O

[@Yinless]

THATS SUSSY

[@PhilipIIofMacadamia]

There IS AI that spawns on the new world. Just indipendant people though so... subjugate the natives or subjugate the natives, make your choice lmao

[@trancecod]

watch egein

[@occamsblunderbuss]

You plagiarized Party Elite or he did the same to you.

[@RAWxxx07]

A civics guide would be great