The Cymanti are a breakout group of Polytopians who moved to the swampy forests and learned to live with the Ciru Bug, which attaches to their faces and merges with their brains. Led by their Shaman, the Cymanti train gigantic bugs, use their enemies to fertilize their fungi farms, and utilize crippling poisons to vanquish all who would threaten their marshy home!
-Tribe description
Cymanti is the most recently added tribe in Polytopia. It is a special tribe, and it starts with a modified Farmingtechnology.
Cymanti is the most unique tribe to date, having eight unique units, which have six unique skills, and four unique buildings. Cymanti can also spread Algae across water and poison enemy units.
Cymanti is one of the strongest tribes due to its great military and economic strength.
As a special tribe, Cymanti has modified technologies that unlock unique units, buildings, and abilities.
For a list of Cymanti's unique units, see Units. For a list of Cymanti's unique unit skills, see Unit Skills. For a list of Cymanti's unique buildings, see Buildings.
Cymanti has +mountain and spores in place of crops. Spores have a forced spawn, meaning Cymanti is guaranteed at least two spores in their starting city.
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Lore[]
Polytopia - Lost in the woods
The 2021 Cymanti Tribe Week animation
2021 Tribe Week: No one could have expected what happened on that fateful day as a band of Polytopians ventured into the Cymantini Forest, forever to be changed by their encounter with the Ciru Bug. Normally parasites, the Ciru Bugs now live in mutualism with their new hosts, lending their enhanced senses for food and protection.
The general strategy is to buy fungi so you get level 2 city on T1. You can still make a second unit like T0 tribe on T1 (warrior). Get riding/archery for fast expansion, depending on terrain, and later on, Shock tactics and Centipedes are your powerhouse, while your support are Exidas and Shamans.
You can also get a Clathrus going in mid-to-late game, as you can’t spam expensive units and upgrades without them, unless you have a ton of high level cities.
To explore overseas, research archery. The unit that the tech provides, the Phychi, is able to fly over water, and it’s cheaper to do than researching Oceanology and training Raychi. As well as this, Raychi can’t move onto land, so it cannot capture inland villages.
Design[]
The Cymanti are based on insects (larva-like creatures, hives). Their terrain resembles old-growth or redwood forests (reddish soil, tall coniferous trees, moss).
Appearance[]
Fruit: Aphea Nectar (droplets of nectar)
Animal: Lytheti (yellow caterpillar)
Field: Dark green moss-covered fields with reddish-brown soil
Before their release, images of various Cymanti gameplay aspects (such as Fungi, Algae, or Hexapods) were teased on social media (and became somewhat of a meme), as well as in a video that revealed their release date.
Cymanti is the first and only tribe to have an animated video instead of a static poster accompanying their Tribe Celebration lore.
