Bon

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Bon represents a collection of folk religions originally practiced on the Tibetan plateau. Aspects of ancestor worship and animism appear frequently, as well as nascent polytheism.

— In-game description

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The Bon religion is a polytheistic faith found in Tibet. This article documents the deities associated with the religion. All values are for +100% Omen Power.

All Bon deities can be accessed by any polytheistic nation that controls their holy site or has a specific percentage of Bon pops: 5% for Very Common deities, 10% for Common deities, 20% for Rare deities, and 40% for Very Rare deities.

Every Bon nation benefits from −10% Build Cost.

General deities[edit]

These deities are available to all Bon nations, and all polytheistic nations that have enough Bon pops or control the deity's holy site:

Deity	Category	Rarity	Passive effect	Omen effect	Apotheosis effect	Holy site
Gekhö	War	Rare	+10% Monthly Political Influence	+5% Morale of Armies	1 Freeman appears in the capital; 2 if the deity’s Finesse is at least 6; 4 if the deity’s Finesse is at least 9	—
Ati Muwer	War	Rare	+5% Starting Experience	+8% Manpower Recovery Speed	Gain 1,000 Manpower, multiplied by the deity’s Martial, and an extra 1,000 if the deity’s Martial is at least 11, if manpower is below 80% Gain 2.00 Military Experience, otherwise	—
Drablai Gyalmo	Culture	Rare	-2.5% Army Maintenance Cost	+0.04 Provincial Loyalty	Gain +2.50 Civic Advances progress multiplied by the deity’s Finesse, with a minimum of +5 and a maximum of +25	—
Traphu	Culture	Rare	+2 Diplomatic Relations	+4% Unintegrated Culture Group Happiness	Gain +2.50 Oratory Advances progress multiplied by the deity’s Charisma, with a minimum of +5 and a maximum of +25	—
Phuwer	Economy	Rare	+5% Research Points	+10% National Citizen Output	If the deity has more than 8 finesse, gain 1 Free Province Investment Otherwise, the culture with the most pops gets +8% Culture Happiness and +10% Culture Slave Output	—
Tingnam Gyalmo	Economy	Rare	-25% Create Trade Route Cost	+12% National Commerce Income	Gain 15 Wealth multiplied by the deity’s Finesse, with a minimum of 50 and an additional 75 gold if the deity has more than 10 Finesse	—
Kuchi Mangke	Fertility	Rare	+0.10% National Population Growth	+0.10 Monthly Ruler Popularity Gain	Gain 50 Food in every province, multiplied by the deity’s Charisma	—
The Elements	Fertility	Rare	+10% Global Monthly Food Modifier	+6% National Tribesman Happiness	+0.15% Local Population Growth in the capital province for five years	—