Neolithic

Neolithic
Habitat	Ancient
Type	Civilization
Generator Stats
Base Cost	Ideas 690
Base Production	Ideas 0.25/sec
Requires	Human Speech Burial
Chronology
Previous	Stone Age
Next	Bronze Age

Neolithic is the 2nd Civilization and the 2nd Ancient Civilization generator obtained in the Primary Simulation, which can generate Ideas Ideas. The Neolithic was important for inventions such as writing, marking the end of the prehistoric period. During this time people domesticated animals and plants and began to live in permanent structures.

Design

The icon for the Neolithic features a one pile of wheat, growing from a pile of dirt, which makes sense when a Human farmed one since the Neolithic update. (If you go to the Civilizations Garden)

Description

"In the time before the invention of metallurgy, humans move from hunting and gathering to farming, and the first villages begin to form."

Upgrades

Neolithic has 28 upgrades, increasing the generator efficiency with a total x4.44458e29 multiplier.

Icon	Name	Description	Cost	Efficiency	Requires
	Weaving	Interlacing fibers and threads makes them stronger. This early method of artificial textile production enables humans to create cloth and other fabrics such as lace and knits.	Ideas 460	20%	Neolithic Clothing
	Farming	Humans begin to cultivate plants. No need to wander around gathering berries when we can grow the crops ourselves. We are no longer forced to be nomadic; for the first time we can settle down.	Ideas 552	20%	Neolithic
	Settlement	Along with the first crops, the roots of civilization are planted when permanent homes are built on fertile land near rivers and springs. With a surplus of food, they grow into villages of hundreds and then towns of thousands of people.	Ideas 600	20%	Neolithic
	Pottery	We've mastered the use of clay, which is easier to shape and mold than wood or stone. Far subtler creations are soon to emerge, both practical and artistic.	Ideas 690	40%	Kiln
	Irrigation	Moving water to crops boosts yields and expands arable land. Along rivers, canals, dams, and pipes replace simple ditches that direct floodwaters to crops. On mountainsides, water is channeled onto carved out terraces ringed by stone walls.	Ideas 800	20%	Farming
	Lever	With leverage, humans can move, cut, or haul any object more easily. A simple bar and fulcrum (pivot point) that boosts the force applied gives rise to specialized farm implements: shovels, hoes, rakes, sickles, crowbars, and pliers.	Ideas 850	20%	Pottery
	Wheel	For such a simple design, the wheel makes many improvements possible, most notably for travel. The world has been transformed, and we can't imagine life without it.	Ideas 960	25%	Pottery
	Mining	There are many valuable rocks and minerals buried beneath the earth. By digging them up on a massive scale, humans gain access to a wealth of materials for building and crafting.	Ideas 1,040	20%	Lever
	Smelting	Smelting extracts pure metal from the mineral mishmash of mined ore. Roasting (heating without melting) turns metal into an oxide, and then carbon removes the oxygen. Copper, an early smelted metal, replaces stone in tools and weapons.	Ideas 1,100	20%	Kiln
	Livestock	Why hunt what you can raise for the slaughter? Why do the hard work when you can train an animal to do it for you? Why explore alone when you can bring along a furry friend?	Ideas 1,380	20%	Farming
	City	What began as small farming communities have grown beyond simple villages. Populous and urbanized, the first cities have formed.	Ideas 1,500	30%	Farming Settlement
	Metallurgy	The first tools were made from stone. Now we work with metals, which are stronger and more durable than anything we’ve used before.	Ideas 1,912	20%	Mining Smelting
	Writing	Having mastered writing, our ideas and impressions are no longer ephemeral. Now they are permanent—sometimes literally etched in stone.	Ideas 1,980	20%	City
	Arithmetic	We master basic sums: adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing. Arithmetic allows for better accounting of goods and crops, especially the distribution of food in growing cities. It becomes an essential skill in our day-to-day lives.	Ideas 4,600	25%	Bronze Age
	Fertilizer	Our crops need nutrition to thrive, and fertilized soil ensures higher yields. A common source of fertilizer is animal dung.	Ideas 5,552	20%	Livestock
	Plumbing	To support a growing population, settlements build hand-drawn water wells, brick latrines, and crude flush toilets. They lay drainage pipes made of copper or nested clay segments to manage wastewater and floodwater.	Ideas 5,600	30%	Irrigation City Bronze Age
	Çatalhöyük	Perhaps 8,000 people live in this "First City" at its peak, a honeycomb of two-room, mudbrick homes. The modest dwellings of this egalitarian society are so tightly packed that rooftops serve as streets, with holes and ladders for entrances.	Ideas 10,000	9,000%	Neolithic Metabits 100 Çatalhöyük glitch
	Alcohol	Fermented fruit and grain beverages provide a sterile alternative to poor or contaminated water sources. Starting with wine and beer, alcohol will become a seminal feature of civilization, but its intoxicating effects lead to bad behaviors.	Ideas 25,520	20%	Fertilizer
	Cotton	In south Asia, parts of Africa, the Middle East, and South America, wild cotton is cultivated for its fluffy fibres. Strands are spun into yarn, which is woven or knit into cloth. Cotton will become the world's biggest textile crop.	Ideas 4.2e6	250%	Weaving Farming 50 Neolithic
	Mudbrick	One of the earliest human-manufactured building materials, this mix of mud, sand, water, and loam enables us to build permanent living structures for the first time.	Ideas 5e8	250%	Settlement Göbekli Tepe
	Silk	Made in China—and only China for a millennium—silk is the product of silkworms. These moth pupae wrap their bodies in a single-thread cocoon that, when unraveled, stretches a mile. Every pound of yarn requires threads from 2,500 cocoons.	Ideas 5e9	300%	Weaving Farming 100 Neolithic
	Fired Brick	Extreme heat turns malleable clay into hardened pottery. A special oven, or kiln, provides the heat that lets clay hold its shape.	Ideas 1.75e10	500%	Kiln City Mudbrick
	Selective Breeding	As humans learn to breed animals with specific beneficial traits, our conscious manipulation of genetics leads to further domestication.	Ideas 1.78e10	100%	Livestock 50 Neolithic
	Engineering	Building machines and massive structures like pyramids and cities requires the ability to apply science and math precisely to solve problems. Early engineers like Hero of Alexander and Imenhotep of Egypt draw up schematics that will survive millennia.	Ideas 2e10	500%	Lever Wheel
	Gears	An early mechanical advancement, gears combine interlocking wheels of different sizes to change the speed and direction of a force. Machines and tools become more effective than ever before.	Ideas 3.2e10	600%	Engineering
	Cat Domestication	Small wildcats (Felis silvestris lybica) thrive on the grain-eating mice and kitchen scraps of villages in the Fertile Crescent of the Middle East. Tamer cats get along better with humans and soon dominate, but they retain some wild instincts.	Ideas 3e13	2e7%	Livestock Feliform Augmentations Console 50 Cat Domestication Artifact in Augmentations Console
	Sphinx	With the head of a pharaoh and body of a long-pawed lion, the Great Sphinx guards the pyramid of Khufu's son, Khafre. Carved from a single limestone rock, the world's largest monolith statue faces east to greet the rising sun.	Ideas 1e28	1.5e10%	Sculpture Engineering Darwinium 80 Sphinx Artifact in Augmentations Console
	Pyramids	The Pyramids of Giza are tombs for three generations of Egyptian pharaohs, the biggest built for Khufu out of 2.3 million stones. Gleaming white with a polished stone face when new, they align with the Temple of Ra, the Sun God.	Ideas 1.2e30	2e10%	Mining Engineering Augmentations Console 150 Pyramids Artifact in Augmentations Console

Achievements

Icon	Name	Description	Requires
	Man's Best Friend	The first animal to be domesticated by humans was likely the dog, bred from tamed wolves. These domesticated wolves became important hunting partners, and aided in protecting humans from wild predators.	25 Neolithic
	Counting Sheep	The first animals to be bred specifically for food production were probably an early ancestor of goats or sheep. These animals provided both milk and meat, thus making their domestication integral to ending our reliance on hunting and gathering.	50 Neolithic
	New Age Thinking	Once, the Stone Age was thought of as a single period of time, but over the years historians have refined the era, separating it into three ages: Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic.	100 Neolithic
	An Axe to Grind	The stone axe was one of the most important new tools of the Neolithic age, allowing for the clearing of forests for human construction.	150 Neolithic
	Temple of Doom	The world's oldest free-standing structure is the neolithic temple of Ggantija in Gozo, Malta.	250 Neolithic

Trivia

• Even though the Neolithic isn't the same generator as the Stone Age in the game, the Neolithic age is technically considered the third part and the end of the Stone Age.