How to get Red Lotus

1. Get "Finest Sacrifice"

2. Build Stonehenge and/or the Pyramids and perform Ceremonies

3. Use Penitent to get more

4. Use the windmill skill to double the red lotus after each ceremony

How to get White Lotus
You cant store White Lotus, you have to use them after your game
1. You need

2. Pick the Perks before you settle

3. complete the quests, atm you can only get up to 3 White Lotus per game
- ascend
- have 6 tile improvements "Devoted Ground" BEFORE you reach the ancient era and dont remove them till ascend
- Owning ONLY 16 tiles till you ascend

You cant store White Lotus, you have to use them after your game

How to get Black Lotus
- let your people die
- over time with idols or the starter perk "Ruthless"

You cant store Black Lotus, you have to use them after your game

But to keep your Black Lotus after the game you need
1. "Through Sin and Virtue"

2. You need the new Idols, you get them like heroes

3. You infuse your normal Heroes with the Idols

4. Charge your infused Heroes in game through crises

5. DONT USE THEM if they are fully charged

6. You can infuse up to 6 Heroes at the same time each charged Hero can capture 2 Black Lotus 6x2= 12 Black Lotus per game (if you only get 1 per idol, you need to lvl them)

7. you have to gather up to 12 Black Lotus in game through dead people and/or use the perk "Ruthless" and "Golden Calf" idol to gain passive Black Lotus

In short, if you want the maximum Black Lotus (12) you have to gather them in game AND you need overcome crises to fully charge you 6 Heroes.

You can gather more than 12 Black Lotus but you can only get 12 as reward after the game.

You cant store Black Lotus, you have to use them after your game