Research Institute

Playable now

Where you assign researchers to turn out research points.

You can do this now.

Artwork theme

Research Institute illustration, anime theme

What it is

Open it to say how many of your citizens research. They come out of the same population as your woodcutters.

Each level lets you assign 5 more of them, and each researcher turns out 1 research point an hour.

Research points belong to your whole empire, like gold. Every city with a Research Institute adds to one count.

From level 5 it costs glass as well as wood and stone, so a city without glass has to ship some in.

Resources research improves production and unlocks your island’s specialty production building. Civics, Fortification, Trade and Curation raise limits on your cities, Town Walls, Auction Houses and cards. Movements open art styles.

Later tiers also need a Research Institute of a certain level in one of your cities: tier 1 needs level 1, tier 2 needs level 3, tier 3 needs level 6 and a Capitol Building, tier 4 needs level 10.

Every technology

Technology	Branch	Tier	Research points	Glass	Mana	What it does
Luxury Production	Resources	1	3			Unlocks the Quarry, Glassworks, Coffee Grove and Mana Well on matching islands.
Efficient Forestry	Resources	1	5			Adds 5 percentage points to the production bonus. Adds to wood production.
Specialized Tools	Resources	1	10			Adds 5 percentage points to the production bonus. Adds to specialty production.
Stoneworking	Resources	2	150			Adds 10 percentage points to the production bonus. Adds to stone production.
Coffee Cultivation	Resources	2	200			Adds 10 percentage points to the production bonus. Adds to coffee production.
Glassmaking	Resources	2	300			Adds 10 percentage points to the production bonus. Adds to glass production.
Mana Extraction	Resources	2	400			Adds 10 percentage points to the production bonus. Adds to mana production.
Administration	Civics	2	300			Your empire may hold up to four cities.
Provincial Government	Civics	3	8,000	800		Your empire may hold up to six cities.
Imperial Charter	Civics	4	70,000	4,000	4,000	Only your Capitol Building limits how many cities you hold.
Urban Planning	Civics	3	8,000	800		Opens one more building plot in every city.
Ramparts	Fortification	2	200			A Town Wall of level 6 or more has Reach in battle.
Masonry	Fortification	2	350			Town Walls may be raised to level 20.
Bastions	Fortification	3	8,000	800		Town Walls may be raised to level 30.
Citadel	Fortification	4	80,000	5,000	4,000	Town Walls may be raised past level 30.
Market Stalls	Trade	2	250			One more open listing for each Auction House level.
Trade Routes	Trade	3	7,000	700		Each Auction House reaches two hexes further.
Merchant Guilds	Trade	4	50,000	3,000	3,000	One more open listing for each Auction House level.
Conservation	Curation	2	250			Repairing cards costs a quarter less mana.
Reclamation	Curation	2	200			Recycling cards pays a fifth more mana.
Archives	Curation	2	400			Your collection holds a quarter more copies.
Field Conservation	Curation	3	6,000	600		A lost Overgrown Gallery raid no longer wears your deck master.
Deck Racks	Curation	3	9,000	900		One more deck slot.
Cataloguing	Curation	3	8,000	800		Opens the keyword focus at a level 9 Art Studio.
Provenance	Curation	3	12,000	1,200		Opens the artist focus at a level 12 Art Studio.
Deep Archives	Curation	4	60,000	3,500	3,500	Your collection holds another quarter more copies.
Commissioning	Curation	4	90,000	5,000	5,000	Opens the named-card focus at a level 15 Art Studio.
Appraisal	Appraisal	2	150			Train Appraisers at the Appraiser's Office, and send them to inspect a city's buildings.
Gallery Watch	Appraisal	2	100			Train Warders at the Art Gallery to catch other players' Appraisers.
Inventory Audits	Appraisal	2	250			Appraisers can inspect a city's storehouse.
Discretion	Appraisal	2	300			A caught Appraiser of yours is less likely to be hired away.
Headhunting	Appraisal	2	300			An Appraiser your Warders catch is more likely to be hired away.
Catalogue Reading	Appraisal	3	7,000	700		Appraisers can inspect part of a city's defending deck.
Surveying	Appraisal	3	8,000	800		Appraisers can find weak points in a Town Wall before your next raid.
Sealed Credentials	Appraisal	3	6,000	600		A caught Appraiser of yours is less likely again to be hired away.
Lifetime Retainer	Appraisal	4	60,000	3,500	3,500	A caught Appraiser of yours is hardly ever hired away.
Ancient Greek Movement	Movements	3	2,500	300		Lets the empire adopt the Ancient Greek style at its Capitol Building.
Ancient Greek rank 1	Movements	3	1,500			Takes away part of the Ancient Greek drawback.
Ancient Greek rank 2	Movements	3	2,700			Takes away part of the Ancient Greek drawback.
Ancient Greek rank 3	Movements	3	4,860			Strengthens the Ancient Greek bonus.
Ancient Greek rank 4	Movements	3	8,748			Strengthens the Ancient Greek bonus.
Ancient Greek rank 5	Movements	3	15,746			Strengthens the Ancient Greek bonus.
Steampunk Movement	Movements	3	2,000	250		Lets the empire adopt the Steampunk style at its Capitol Building.
Steampunk rank 1	Movements	3	1,500			Takes away part of the Steampunk drawback.
Steampunk rank 2	Movements	3	2,700			Takes away part of the Steampunk drawback.
Steampunk rank 3	Movements	3	4,860			Strengthens the Steampunk bonus.
Steampunk rank 4	Movements	3	8,748			Strengthens the Steampunk bonus.
Steampunk rank 5	Movements	3	15,746			Strengthens the Steampunk bonus.
Cyberpunk Movement	Movements	3	3,500	400		Lets the empire adopt the Cyberpunk style at its Capitol Building.
Cyberpunk rank 1	Movements	3	1,500			Takes away part of the Cyberpunk drawback.
Cyberpunk rank 2	Movements	3	2,700			Takes away part of the Cyberpunk drawback.
Cyberpunk rank 3	Movements	3	4,860			Strengthens the Cyberpunk bonus.
Cyberpunk rank 4	Movements	3	8,748			Strengthens the Cyberpunk bonus.
Cyberpunk rank 5	Movements	3	15,746			Strengthens the Cyberpunk bonus.
Fantasy Movement	Movements	3	4,000	450		Lets the empire adopt the Fantasy style at its Capitol Building.
Fantasy rank 1	Movements	3	1,500			Takes away part of the Fantasy drawback.
Fantasy rank 2	Movements	3	2,700			Takes away part of the Fantasy drawback.
Fantasy rank 3	Movements	3	4,860			Strengthens the Fantasy bonus.
Fantasy rank 4	Movements	3	8,748			Strengthens the Fantasy bonus.
Fantasy rank 5	Movements	3	15,746			Strengthens the Fantasy bonus.
Modern-day Movement	Movements	3	5,000	500		Lets the empire adopt the Modern-day style at its Capitol Building.
Modern-day rank 1	Movements	3	1,500			Takes away part of the Modern-day drawback.
Modern-day rank 2	Movements	3	2,700			Takes away part of the Modern-day drawback.
Modern-day rank 3	Movements	3	4,860			Strengthens the Modern-day bonus.
Modern-day rank 4	Movements	3	8,748			Strengthens the Modern-day bonus.
Modern-day rank 5	Movements	3	15,746			Strengthens the Modern-day bonus.
Map Making	Adventuring	1	20			Adventurers' Hall runs show the dungeon map, and Tab opens it full size.

Adventuring

Still being decided

A branch for the Adventurers' Hall, each technology waiting on a Hall level. It is planned, not yet offered here. The full list, with prices, is under Adventuring research.

What it does today

You research a technology once you already hold its points. The button appears when you do, and pressing it finishes the research on the spot. Until then the card says how long its points take at your current rate, counting anything it requires first.

Glass and mana are taken from the city whose Institute you research in. Completed technologies apply to every city you own, including future colonies.

What it costs

Research Institute costs 250 wood and takes 8 minutes 20 seconds to build.

You need a Town Hall at level 4.

Every level after that costs about 35% more and takes about 40% longer than the one before, and stone is part of the price from level 5.

Building levels

Level	Wood	Stone	Glass	Time	Researchers
1	250	-	-	8m 20s	5
2	340	-	-	11m 40s	10
3	455	-	-	16m 20s	15
4	615	-	-	22m 50s	20
5	830	265	130	32m	25
6	1,125	405	200	44m 50s	30
7	1,525	610	305	1h 3m	35
8	2,050	900	450	1h 28m	40
9	2,750	1,325	660	2h 3m	45
10	3,725	1,950	970	2h 52m	50
11	5,025	2,825	1,400	4h 1m	55
12	6,775	4,050	2,025	5h 37m	60
13	9,150	5,850	2,925	7h 52m	65
14	12,375	8,425	4,200	11h 1m	70
15	16,700	12,025	6,000	15h 26m	75
16	22,550	17,150	8,575	21h 36m	80
17	30,425	24,350	12,175	1d 6h	85
18	41,075	34,500	17,250	1d 18h	90
19	55,450	48,800	24,400	2d 11h	95
20	74,875	68,875	34,450	3d 11h	100

Artwork Themes

Research Institute, Ancient Greek theme — Ancient Greek

Research Institute, Cyberpunk theme — Cyberpunk

Research Institute, Fantasy theme — Fantasy

Research Institute, Modern-day theme — Modern-day

Research Institute, Steampunk theme — Steampunk