Polynesia

Kamehameha I, proud leader of many islands, loves celebrates nature.
Do you accept his invitation to build up a new blossoming island colony?

Polynesia is the sixth culture of the Cultural Settlements, introduced to the game on March 27, 2024. Construct Polynesian Settlement buildings and gain their resources to unlock embassy advancements. Finish the settlement by completing all quests to gain unique settlement rewards.

This page explains the workings of the quests, embassy advancements and rewards, for information about the settlement and it's buildings check the Polynesian Settlement page.

Milestone Rewards

Complete 6 quests:	Complete 9 quests:	Complete 13 quests:	Complete 18 quests:
70 of each Good of your previous age	75 of each Good of your current age	100 Forge Points	Finish Settlement

Quests

Kamehameha I

The player must finish all 18 quests presented by Kamehameha I to finish the Polynesian Settlement. The quest rewards consist of items for the player's main city, like Forge Points, Self-Aid Kits, and Goods.

Quest 1:

Kamehameha I: "Have 2 Small Hut"
Reward: 15 Forge Points

✔ Done

Quest 2:

Kamehameha I: "Have 3 Masked Totem"
Reward: Self-Aid Kit

✔ Done

Quest 3:

Kamehameha I: "Have 1 Rahui Fisher"
Reward: 1 Impediment Removal Item

✔ Done

Quest 4:

Kamehameha I: "Have 30 diplomacy OR Gather 5 Fresh Fish"
Reward: Finish Supply Production

✔ Done

Quest 5:

Kamehameha I: "Have 2 Dance Stage"
Reward: 20 of each previous era good

✔ Done

Quest 6:

Kamehameha I: "Have 1 Palm Garden"
Reward: 1 Impediment Removal Item

✔ Done

Quest 7:

Kamehameha I: "Gather 10 Coconuts"
Reward: One Up Kit

✔ Done

Quest 8:

Kamehameha I: "Have 2 Pile Dwelling"
Reward: 35 Forge Points

✔ Done

Quest 9:

Kamehameha I: "Have 2 Melodic Statue OR Have 2 Statue of Music"
Reward: 1 Impediment Removal Item

✔ Done

Quest 10:

Kamehameha I: "Have 1 Kava Farm"
Reward: Self-Aid Kit & Store Building

✔ Done

Quest 11:

Kamehameha I: "Gather 20 Kava"
Reward: 50 Forge Points

✔ Done

Quest 12:

Kamehameha I: "Have 2 Communal Cooking Area"
Reward: 1 Impediment Removal Item

✔ Done

Quest 13:

Kamehameha I: "Have 1 Catamaran Builder"
Reward: 50 of each Good of the previous age

✔ Done

Quest 14:

Kamehameha I: "Gather 20 Catamaran"
Reward: Self-Aid Kit

✔ Done

Quest 15:

Kamehameha I: "Have 1 Family Hut"
Reward: 1 Impediment Removal Item

✔ Done

Quest 16:

Kamehameha I: "Have 2 Nature Totem"
Reward: 50 Forge Points

✔ Done

Quest 17:

Kamehameha I: "Have 1 Hut of the Royal Storage"
Reward: 5 Fragments of Wishing Well & Store Building

✔ Done

Quest 18:

Kamehameha I: "Have 1000 Diplomacy OR Gather 4000 Shells" and "Gather 5 each of every cultural good"
Reward: 60 Fragments of Finish All Special Production

✔ Done

Embassy Advancements

Cultural Goods and Diplomacy

Embassy Advancements have to be unlocked in order to build new settlement buildings and to be able to unlock the next advancement. Embassy Advancements can be unlocked by paying a certain amount of cultural goods, while having the requested amount of diplomacy. Although the total amount of cultural goods and the type of goods is the same for every player, the amount of each good can be different.

The table below shows the total amount of cultural goods and the possible type of goods needed for each advancement. It can happen that one of the possible goods requires 0 amount and is not shown to the player. The total amount of cultural goods needed to unlock all advancements is 975.

Using Diamonds

When lacking cultural goods or diplomacy to unlock an advancement, the player can use diamonds. The amount of diamonds needed depends on the amount of cultural goods and diplomacy still needed to unlock the next advancement. Each 1 diplomacy costs 1 diamond, each 1 cultural good costs 5 diamonds.

Example: the first advancement costs 5 fresh fish and requires 30 diplomacy, the total diamond cost will be 5*5 + 30 = 55 diamonds. A player has 0 fresh fish in stock and 25 diplomacy in their city, missing 5 fresh fish and 5 diplomacy. This will cost 5*5 + 5 = 30 diamonds to unlock the advancement.
The amount of diamonds shown below is the maximum diamond cost for each advancement, when no goods or diplomacy would be used at all. The total cost of all advancements would then be 9,525.

Warning: before using diamonds, be aware that when finishing a settlement (or abandoning one), the settlement will be reset and all buildings, goods in stock, advancements and expansions will be lost, including those unlocked with diamonds.

Advancement	Costs to unlock	Diplomacy needed
Dance Stage	5 total ( 55)	30
Palm Garden	10 total ( 170)	120
Pile Dwelling	+ 40 total ( 395)	195
Melodic Statue	+ 70 total ( 630)	280
Statue of Music
Kava Farm	+ 95 total ( 850)	375
Communal Cooking Area	+ + 110 total ( 1,030)	480
Catamaran Builder	+ + 135 total ( 1,270)	595
Family Hut	+ + + 150 total ( 1,470)	720
Nature Totem	+ + + 170 total ( 1,705)	855
Hut of the Royal Storage	+ + + 190 total ( 1,950)	1,000

Production Bonus

Cultural goods buildings provide a production bonus. In the first settlement, with each production the player has a chance of 5% to get 4x the amount of goods produced. With each finished settlement this percentage will increase by 1% or 2%, until 13 settlements are finished, after which it stays at 25%.

Settlement	Bonus
1	5%
2	7%
3	8%
4	10%
5	11%
6	13%
7	14%
8	16%
9	18%
10	19%
11	21%
12	22%
13	24%
	25%

Settlement Rewards

Each finished Polynesian Settlement will provide a different reward for use in your main city. Collect them all to get the strongest buildings, emissaries and their respective Portraits.

Finished	Reward	Extra Reward
Nr. 1	The Hut of the Sacred Instruments - Lv. 1
Nr. 2	Emissary Nafanua	Emissaries Slot
Nr. 3	The Hut of the Sacred Instruments Upgrade
Nr. 4	The Hut of the Sacred Instruments Upgrade
Nr. 5	Emissary Hotu Matu'a
Nr. 6	The Hut of the Sacred Instruments Upgrade
Nr. 7	The Hut of the Sacred Instruments Upgrade
Nr. 8	The Hut of the Sacred Instruments Upgrade
Nr. 9	Emissary Taema	Emissaries Slot
Nr. 10	The Hut of the Sacred Instruments Upgrade
Nr. 11	The Hut of the Sacred Instruments Upgrade
Nr. 12	Emissary Hongi Hika
Nr. 13	The Hut of the Sacred Instruments Upgrade
	Ascended The Hut of the Sacred Instruments Upgrade

Time Rewards

When finishing the Polynesian Settlement within a certain time frame, the player will get an additional reward: fragments of the Great Dance Stage Selection Kit.

It takes 15 fragments to obtain the Great Dance Stage Selection Kit, which gives the player a choice between a Great Dance Stage - Lv. 1 or a Great Dance Stage Upgrade.

• 1st reward: 9 Fragments of Great Dance Stage Selection Kit
• 2nd reward: 4 Fragments of Great Dance Stage Selection Kit
• 3rd reward: 2 Fragments of Great Dance Stage Selection Kit

The player receives all three rewards when finishing within the shortest time frame (15 fragments total), the second and third reward when finishing within the second time frame (6 fragments total) and only the third reward for finishing within the last time frame (2 fragments). The player will receive no time reward when finishing after the third time frame.

After each finished settlement, the time frame for the next settlement will be shorter. After finishing 13 Polynesian Settlements, the time frame will stay the same for each new Polynesian Settlement.

Settlement	9 Fragments	4 Fragments	2 Fragments
Nr. 1	16 days	19 days	22 days
Nr. 2	14 days, 20 hours, 34 min 17 sec	17 days, 15 hours, 25 min 43 sec	20 days, 10 hours, 17 min 9 sec
Nr. 3	14 days, 6 hours, 51 min 26 sec	16 days, 23 hours, 8 min 34 sec	19 days, 15 hours, 25 min 43 sec
Nr. 4	13 days, 17 hours, 8 min 34 sec	16 days, 6 hours, 51 min 26 sec	18 days, 20 hours, 34 min 17 sec
Nr. 5	13 days, 3 hours, 25 min 43 sec	15 days, 14 hours, 34 min 17 sec	18 days, 1 hours, 42 min 51 sec
Nr. 6	12 days, 13 hours, 42 min 51 sec	14 days, 22 hours, 17 min 9 sec	17 days, 6 hours, 51 min 26 sec
Nr. 7	12 days	14 days, 6 hours	16 days, 12 hours
Nr. 8	11 days, 10 hours, 17 min 9 sec	13 days, 13 hours, 42 min 51 sec	15 days, 17 hours, 8 min 34 sec
Nr. 9	10 days, 20 hours, 34 min 17 sec	12 days, 21 hours, 25 min 43 sec	14 days, 22 hours, 17 min 9 sec
Nr. 10	10 days, 6 hours, 51 min 26 sec	12 days, 5 hours, 8 min 34 sec	14 days, 3 hours, 25 min 43 sec
Nr. 11	9 days, 17 hours, 8 min 34 sec	11 days, 12 hours, 51 min 26 sec	13 days, 8 hours, 34 min 17 sec
Nr. 12	9 days, 3 hours, 25 min 43 sec	10 days, 20 hours, 34 min 17 sec	12 days, 13 hours, 42 min 51 sec
Nr. 13	8 days, 13 hours, 42 min 51 sec	10 days, 4 hours, 17 min 9 sec	11 days, 18 hours, 51 min 26 sec
	8 days	9 days, 12 hours	11 days

Emissaries

When placed in your Town Hall, each emissary provides a unique bonus on top of your regular Town Hall production. The first emissary will become available, along with the first emissary slot, after finishing two Polynesian Settlements.

Emissary	Bonus
Nafanua	16 Forge Points
Hotu Matu'a	13 Military Units of your age
Taema	100 Goods of your previous age
Hongi Hika	70 Goods of your age

See Also

• Cultural Settlements
• Polynesian Settlement