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	~~Tier 6 is mixed: the building unlocked by '''Crop Rotations''' can be constructed at Town, while the buildings unlocked by the other three tier-6 researches require City.~~

	~~== Research tree ==~~

	~~The tree branches from two tier-1 entry points, '''Town Defenses''' (the military / defensive line) and '''Apprenticeship''' (the economic / labour line), and fans out from there.~~

	=== Tier 1 ===		=== Tier 1 ===

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= Research =

'''Research''' is the progression system that unlocks new [[Buildings|buildings]] and repeatable global bonuses. Research is performed globally for your [[Kingdom|kingdom]] and costs [[Resources#Science|Science]], so a completed research applies across all of your villages. Researches are organised into '''tiers''' (1 through 8), and almost every research has a '''prerequisite''' that must be completed first.

== Overview ==

Each research has four defining properties:

* '''Tier''': the research tier, from 1 to 8. Higher tiers cost more Science.
* '''Building village tier''': the minimum [[Village#Village_tiers|village tier]] required to '''construct the unlocked building'''. The research itself is global and is not gated by village tier. Tier 8 researches unlock no building, so this property does not apply.
* '''Requirement''': the prerequisite research. A research becomes available only once its prerequisite has been completed.
* '''Unlock''': what completion grants. Tiers 1 to 7 unlock a specific [[Buildings|building]]; tier 8 researches grant repeatable global bonuses instead.

The Science cost of a research is '''not fixed'''. It is computed dynamically from the research's tier, the player's level, and the server's elapsed time, so the cost a player sees in-game will differ from server to server and over the lifetime of a single server.

== Research tree ==

[[File:Research_tree.png|thumb|center|upright=2.5|alt=Research dependency tree across 8 tiers|Research dependency tree. Purple nodes have downstream dependencies; teal nodes are terminal (unlock a building but nothing else requires them); amber nodes are tier 8 global bonuses.]]

The tree branches from two tier-1 entry points, '''Town Defenses''' (the military / defensive line) and '''Apprenticeship''' (the economic / labour line), and fans out from there.

Tiers 1 through 7 each unlock buildings that cannot be constructed by any other means. Tier 8 does not unlock buildings; it contains repeatable global projects intended for the late game.

{| class="wikitable"
! Tier !! Building village tier !! Theme
|-
| 1 || Village || Starter buildings (defence, crafting)
|-
| 2 || Village || Cavalry and organised labour
|-
| 3 || Town || Military, religious and administrative institutions
|-
| 4 || Town || Mechanised industry
|-
| 5 || Town || Advanced production
|-
| 6 || Town / City || Agriculture, deep industry, professional army
|-
| 7 || City || Sustainability and scholarship
|-
| 8 || N/A (no building unlocked) || Repeatable endgame bonuses
|}

Tier 6 is mixed: the building unlocked by '''Crop Rotations''' can be constructed at Town, while the buildings unlocked by the other three tier-6 researches require City.

== Research tree ==

The tree branches from two tier-1 entry points, '''Town Defenses''' (the military / defensive line) and '''Apprenticeship''' (the economic / labour line), and fans out from there.

=== Tier 1 ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Research !! Requires !! Unlocks
|-
| Town Defenses || - || [[Walls]]
|-
| Apprenticeship || - || [[Workshop]]
|}

=== Tier 2 ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Research !! Requires !! Unlocks
|-
| Riding Training || Town Defenses || [[Stables]]
|-
| Organised Labour || Apprenticeship || [[Workers Guild]]
|}

=== Tier 3 ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Research !! Requires !! Unlocks
|-
| Smithing || Riding Training || [[Armory]]
|-
| Divine Inspiration || Riding Training || [[Temple]]
|-
| Bureaucracy || Organised Labour || [[Shift Office]]
|-
| Celestial Charting || Organised Labour || [[Observatory]]
|}

=== Tier 4 ===

All three tier-4 researches depend on '''Smithing'''.

{| class="wikitable"
! Research !! Requires !! Unlocks
|-
| Mechanical Saw || Smithing || [[Sawmill]]
|-
| Water-powered Mining || Smithing || [[Rolling Mill]]
|-
| Stirrups || Smithing || [[Saddlemaker]]
|}

=== Tier 5 ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Research !! Requires !! Unlocks
|-
| Precision Mining || Mechanical Saw || [[Mining Guild]]
|-
| Literary Craft || Water-powered Mining || [[Bookbinder]]
|-
| Craftsmanship || Stirrups || [[Siege Academy]]
|}

=== Tier 6 ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Research !! Requires !! Unlocks !! Building village tier
|-
| Professional Soldiers || Literary Craft || [[Military Academy]] || City
|-
| Crop Rotations || Craftsmanship || [[Seedvault]] || Town
|-
| Deep Excavation || Craftsmanship || [[Draining Engines]] || City
|-
| Blast Furnace || Craftsmanship || [[Blast Furnace (building)|Blast Furnace]] || City
|}

=== Tier 7 ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Research !! Requires !! Unlocks
|-
| Forestry || Crop Rotations || [[Sustainability Office]]
|-
| Theological Scholarship || Crop Rotations || [[Monastery]]
|-
| Pedal-driven Loom || Deep Excavation || [[Wool Factory]]
|-
| Food Preservation || Blast Furnace || [[Preservary]]
|}

=== Tier 8: repeatable global research ===

Tier 8 researches do '''not''' unlock buildings. They grant '''global, repeatable bonuses''', and each one can be completed multiple times, with the cost scaling on subsequent completions.

{| class="wikitable"
! Research !! Requires !! Effect
|-
| Aether Survey || Forestry || Grants '''1,000 [[Aether]]''' per completion.
|-
| Cultural Grants || Theological Scholarship || Grants a global production bonus of ''[amount to be confirmed]'' per completion.
|-
| Engineering Studies || Pedal-driven Loom || Grants a global production bonus of ''[amount to be confirmed]'' per completion.
|}

== See also ==

* [[Resources#Science|Science]]
* [[Village]]
* [[Buildings]]
* [[Aether]]

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