Tribes

In The Battle of Polytopia, players choose one of fourteen tribes to lead. Four tribes (Bardur, Xin-Xi, Imperius, and Oumaji) are included in the game free of charge, and ten additional tribes (Kickoo, Hoodrick, Luxidoor, Vengir, Zebasi, Ai-Mo, Aquarion, Quetzali, Yădakk and ∑∫ỹriȱŋ) are available as in-app purchases.

The choice of a tribe has important consequences. Each tribe begins the game with a different technology unlocked by default, with the exception of the Luxidoor and Aquarion. Each tribe also has a mix of terrain and resources that they are likely to be surrounded with at the beginning of a new game which also depends on the selected tribe. See Research for more information.

In the Atlantis update, a section with 'special' tribes was added. They are non-human and have a modified tech tree. Two exist of now. The first is the Aquarion, who have a modified Chivalry branch, with two new special units; the Amphibian to replace their Rider, and the Tridention to replace their Knight. The second is the ∑∫ỹriȱŋ, who can see Ruins through clouds, have a modified Mathematics branch, turn Whales and game into Units and has a unique building, the Sanctuary.

Each tribe's terrain, resources, units, cities, and monuments are unique in appearance. These are cosmetic only and do not affect gameplay.

Each tribe has its own ambient soundtrack which plays in tiles and mountains of their "native" lands. For instance, a rattlesnake can be heard in the Oumaji terrains (amongst other things), in the Imperius terrain Flying buzzing insects and someone striking iron can be heard and in Bardur terrain howling wind and wolves are heard. These too are cosmetic and not affect actual gameplay.

Available Tribes

Human Tribes

These tribes have no modifications (the only exception is Luxidoor), other than their starting tech. Also tribes have different Terrain generation.

Tribe Image	Name	Starting Tech	Cost		Release Date (App Store)	Color
			US$	CAD$
	Xin-Xi	Climbing	Free	Free	Feb 4th, 2016	Red
	Imperius	Organization	Free	Free	Feb 4th, 2016	Blue
	Bardur	Hunting	Free	Free	Feb 4th, 2016	Black
	Oumaji	Riding	Free	Free	Feb 4th, 2016	Yellow
	Kickoo	Fishing	0.99 US$	1.39 CAD$	Feb 4th, 2016	Lime Green
	Hoodrick	Archery	0.99 US$	1.39 CAD$	March 23rd, 2016	Brown
	Luxidoor	None, starts with a level 3 city and a city wall	2.99 US$	3.99 CAD$	March 23rd, 2016	Purple
File:Large 8.png	Vengir	Smithery	0.99 US$	1.39 CAD$	June 23rd, 2016	White
File:Large 9.png	Zebasi	Farming	0.99 US$	1.39 CAD$	August 4th, 2016	Orange
File:Large 10.png	Ai-Mo	Meditation	0.99 US$	1.39 CAD$	December 1st, 2016	Teal
File:Large 12.png	Quetzali	Shields	0.99 US$	1.39 CAD$	October 19th, 2017	Dark Green
	Yădakk	Roads	0.99 US$	1.39 CAD$	December 25th, 2018	Crimson

Special Tribes

These tribes have special tribe-specific modifications to their tech tree and units.

Tribe Image	Name	Starting Tech	Cost (US$)	Cost (CAD$)	Release Date (App Store)	Color
File:Large 11.png	Aquarion	None, modified tech tree	1.99 USD$	2.79 CAD$	June 8th, 2017	Salmon
File:Large 13.png	∑∫ỹriȱŋ	Forest Magic, modified tech tree	1.99 USD$	2.77 CAD$	May 24th, 2018	Hot Pink

See also

• AI Relationships