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Amplitude is giving away new content for its turn-based 4X strategy game Humankind for free at the moment: You can claim the Para Bellum Wonder Pack, which contains six world wonders, on Steam for free until May 10, 2023. The base game’s price is reduced by a hefty amount as well, being off 80% at the moment.

Para Bellum, which is named after an adage found in Roman writer Vegetius’ work on warfare, focuses on world wonders with a military usage. “Let him who desires peace prepare for war,” wrote Vegetius – a sentiment which, sadly, has a lot of relevance in today’s geopolitical climate.

You can prepare your people in Humankind for war with these six wonders:

  • Stables of Pi Ramesses (Era 1)
    • +1 Horse Deposit.
    • +1 Land movement speed.
    • -25% cost for Cavalry and Land Vehicle.
    • -25% upkeep for Cavalry and Land Vehicle.
    • +2 Combat Strength on Cavalry and Land Vehicle.
  • Colosseum (Era 2)
    • -50% stability penalty on empire during all out war.
    • +5% money on empire per declared war.
    • +5% money on empire per received war.
    • +4 stability per adjacent district.
    • On war, narrative event:
      • Choice 1) Generate the most recent 2 Militia units on city with Colosseum.
      • Choice 2) give +10 War Support against the opponent.
  • Citadel of Alamut (Era 3)
    • +10 Faith per adjacent mountain.
    • +10 stealth max for all stealth units.
    • -25% cost for stealth units.
    • +4 Combat Strength on ambush.
    • +1 Detection on empire.
    • Apply "Marked" status on all revealed stealth armies on empire at the beginning of the turn.
    • "Marked": Similar to "lost at sea"; If the unit begin their next turn in the territory of the Citadel's owner, they are destroyed.
  • Hôtel des Invalides (Era 4)
    • Units can regenerate outside their own territories for half their regeneration.
    • +1 Combat Strength on units with veterancy lvl 1 or above.
    • Disband unit: gain 100 money per unit the disbanded unit had destroyed.
    • Disband units outside their own territories still give the pop back to capital.
  • Kaiserliche Werft (Era 5)
    • Coastal water only.
    • Works as harbor.
    • +20 industry per harbor in your empire.
    • Naval Spawn point.
    • -25% industry cost on naval units on empire.
    • Allow repair action with money inside the empire at half the price for naval units.
  • The Pentagon (Era 6)
    • +20 Fortification for all districts on empire.
    • -25% cost on units with bombardment action.
    • Allow bombardment action 1 more time for all units (naval/land/aerial) with the bombardment ability.

Alongside this Wonder Pack, Amplitude has released the Vauban Update for Humankind, which finally added Steam Workshop support, some quality of life improvements to diplomacy and war, and adjustments to how Cultural Wonders should ideally be placed, making it more advantageous to incorporate them into cities.

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This article first appeared on Video Games on SI and was syndicated with permission.

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