When you advance in the game of Humankind and you change eras and cultures, you will realize that each of them has different emblematic buildings, and some they are particularly strong. The iconic buildings are unique architecture that represents the culture for which it was built, such as the Egyptian pyramids with the Egyptians or the japanese laboratory with Japanese culture.
Some iconic buildings of Humankind are better options than others and even become the most powerful of each era, as they help you gain greater fame and win the game. In the strategy guide to raze in Humankind, we tell you the affinity of each culture so that you know which way you want to take your game and, if you want to know the most important landmark buildings, we leave you the following guide.
Build the best iconic buildings
These buildings do not require no technology, since they are unlocked as you choose that culture. However, you will only be able to build them once in a city, in fact, once you adopt a new culture in the next era, you will not be able to build the building from the previous era.
Channel network
When you go from the Neolithic Era to Ancient Era, you can choose to the harapanos, a culture that is defined as agrarian and whose emblematic building is the network of canals. This building can help increase population with its high food yield, as it provides +3 for each neighborhood of adjacent farmers and an additional farmer space for the city. More food is more population and that will lead to more army units.
Cothon
Within each city you can make a series of constructions, we told you about it in the guide of what to build in Humankind to create a great civilization, and you also have a limited amount of land to place districts, but the Cothon can be built in the sea. This emblematic district corresponds to Carthaginian culture in the Classic Era, and provides you with a stronger district fortification. However, the true potential of this building is in the form of ports, as the seaside towns will have a bonus in the industry for each adjacent water token.
Baray
The iconic Baray building comes from the Khmer culture in the Middle Ages and provides a lot of performance, since it offers +5 food for its construction, +1 industry for each population and +2 industry for each adjacent river token. If you have many cities built along the rivers, this building will take great advantage of it.
VOC warehouse
Inspired by the dutch culture In the Modern Age, this warehouse gives a lot of wealth to the culture that builds it: +2 money for each merchant and another merchant position in the city, in addition to bonus +20 gold through adjacent ports. While you cannot build multiple ports in the same city, iconic port buildings such as the Cothon function as such, so choosing the Dutch is a very good option if you previously built it.
Theater
The theater comes from the Italian culture of the Industrial Revolution, and brings a great additional influence for each common neighborhood built next to it, in addition to gaining more influence in common neighborhoods. The influence remember that it is very important for the construction of more cities, we will tell you about it in the guide on how to increase the capacity limit of cities in Humankind. The theater will give a bonus of +1 influence For every merchant or researcher in town, so if you’ve focused on science or commerce, this building is the one.
Public schools
Finally, in the Contemporary Age, the turks they can create public schools in their territories. This iconic building advances research by providing +1 science per population and additional space for researchers. If you focused on a business part, it may not be all powerful, but it does provide you + 300% more science for each research quarter. It is possible to combine this building with others such as the Seowon of the Joseon culture of the Modern Age.