With two achievements tied to the Ark of the Vengeful Dead, it sure would be nice if the priest assigned to this relic would not be allowed to die of old age or ever get sick. Say he’s channeling the powers of the undead or something. It would just suck if on year 9 he dies of old age and you gotta start the whole 10 year cycle all over again.
Does that happen though? I would guess a new priest would take over right away so no “interruption” to services. Or is that not the case and it does reset?
I had automatic assignment turned off due to farmers being in their off season so I am monitoring this achievement carefully. I was at the end of year 108 when I activated the relic and in year 110 I discovered from the P menu that a priest was missing. Could have been for one of the shrines for all I know. I didn’t think to check until after clicking the plus button to add another priest. Then the thought came to mind that this ten year achievement might have just been restarted. If it only cares about the relic being slotted even when you don’t maintain the worker slot the whole time, then it can be exploited to not make you suffer its effect. So I have to believe they would likely reset its affect if for an instant there was one priest short even if auto assigned. It is slotted in the third slot right now so it would be the first to be turned off. The smart thing would have been to put it in the first slot, but this gives me an opportunity to test this potential nerve wrecking situation.
The reason I am sure its effect would turn off when short a priest is because when I had other relics in that slot that boost the health of everyone, you see this when filling that worker assignment again and everybody’s green health bar lights up to show they are not full and are being healed again.
Two of my priests remaining are in their 70s, which means a good chance they will die of old age soon.
The achievement has a little leeway to account for minor disruptions.
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