Never played silicon based before - questions

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I'm kinda confused how population works for silicon-based:

1. Bubble help for silicon says those guys digest Durantium

2. However, bubble help for cities says I do need Promethion

 

So, do I need only one or both to get more pop?

I understand I do not need to build up food via farms and can get rid of the farm tiles toplace any other improvement there (like with synthetic)? But I still need cities, just not using normal food?

 

This is Crusade 3.7 before the most recent DLC (Intrigue, Retribution), dunno if that has changed meanwhile.

 

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Reply #1 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Silicon-based races originally used Durantium, but it was changed to Promethion.  The information about Durantium was never updated.  Only Promethion is needed to build cities.  You do need cities to increase the population limit for planets, but you don't need food, just Promethion.  You should destroy arable land and use the tiles for something better.  If you take over a planet full of farms, you should also destroy those farms.

Also, if you get any event that has choices that give + or - any percentage of food, you can ignore the food part and just look at the other parts of the choice to decide which to choose.  Again, food means nothing to silicon-based races.

Reply #2 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Thanks for the swift answer :)

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Quoting GalCivius, reply 2

Thanks for the swift answer :)
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