Reincarnation and Time Travel

== Overview ==
The objective of each run is to earn either Favour (Reincarnation) or Prestige (Time Travel) which can be used after reincarnation to purchase permanent passive bonuses.
== Reincarnation ==
Reincarnation requires the Theology technology, available in the Medieval Era.
=== Favors ===
Initially you will be earning Favour, also referred to as Ankhs. The quantity is related to the total amount of Faith that you generate, with the colour matching the symbol of your chosen Deity.
*Coatlicue = Green
*Horus = Yellow
*Odin = Blue
*Shiva = Red
*Dionysus = Purple
*Batara Kala = Silver
Additionally, all Deities generate a small amount of neutral (Black) Favour, to the value of 25% of the coloured Favour. Note that if you lose your last city before choosing a deity, all Favour earned will be neutral (Black).
Favour provides no bonus directly but must be invested into powers. Each colour of Favour can be used in three powers, except for neutral (black) which encompasses five powers.
*Black - Clairvoyance, Stone Skin, Sequencer, Orphic Mysteries, Bliss
*Green - Feathered Serpent, Gateway to Eternity, Bliss
*Yellow - Eye of Horus, Gateway to Eternity, Bliss
*Blue - Valhalla, Haste, Bliss
*Red - Third Eye, Ouroboros, Bliss
*Purple - Orphic Mysteries, Ouroboros, Bliss
*Silver - Sequencer, Haste, Bliss
The amount of Favour required to buy each level of a given power starts at 1, then doubles for each level purchased.
*The recommendation for new players is that they target 93 coloured Favour on their first runs. This will purchase 5 levels in each of the powers requiring that colour of Favour.
*Some upgrades need multiple types of Favour
== Time Travel ==
Time Travel is an alternative to Reincarnation. This requires you to reach the Industrial Era and achieve an Orientation of 1+. Instead of Faith, Progress - also called Gears - are generated, and converts to Prestige - more commonly referred to as Lightbulbs. Sources of Progress are:
*Constructing Progress in the construction menu
*Researching Future Techs
*Sending Archaeologists to claim Relics
**Relics gain a +50% production bonus if stored in a city with a Museum
**Relics are very slow, and generally will not contribute much once you have completed multiple Time Travels.
Prestige does have an intrinsic value in itself with each point increasing Food and Industrial production rates by 1%. These are more expensive than powers, but mostly more worthwhile.
*As such it is recommended that you spend about 10% of your Prestige on purchasing upgrades and keep the remainder to boost runs
**However, large quantities of unspent Prestige is known to cause excessive lag when loading games that have been left running offline
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