Research Institute

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.

Luxury Production (tier 1): 3 research points. Unlocks the Quarry, Glassworks, Coffee Grove and Mana Well on matching islands.

Efficient Forestry (tier 1): 5 research points. Adds 5 percentage points to the production bonus. Adds to wood production.

Specialized Tools (tier 1): 10 research points. Adds 5 percentage points to the production bonus. Adds to specialty production.

Stoneworking (tier 2): 150 research points. Adds 10 percentage points to the production bonus. Adds to stone production.

Coffee Cultivation (tier 2): 200 research points. Adds 10 percentage points to the production bonus. Adds to coffee production.

Glassmaking (tier 2): 300 research points. Adds 10 percentage points to the production bonus. Adds to glass production.

Mana Extraction (tier 2): 400 research points. Adds 10 percentage points to the production bonus. Adds to mana production.

Administration (tier 2): 300 research points. Your empire may hold up to four cities.

Provincial Government (tier 3): 8,000 research points, 800 glass. Your empire may hold up to six cities.

Imperial Charter (tier 4): 70,000 research points, 4,000 glass, 4,000 mana. Only your Capitol Building limits how many cities you hold.

Ramparts (tier 2): 200 research points. A Town Wall of level 6 or more has Reach in battle.

Masonry (tier 2): 350 research points. Town Walls may be raised to level 20.

Bastions (tier 3): 8,000 research points, 800 glass. Town Walls may be raised to level 30.

Citadel (tier 4): 80,000 research points, 5,000 glass, 4,000 mana. Town Walls may be raised past level 30.

Market Stalls (tier 2): 250 research points. One more open listing for each Auction House level.

Trade Routes (tier 3): 7,000 research points, 700 glass. Each Auction House reaches two hexes further.

Merchant Guilds (tier 4): 50,000 research points, 3,000 glass, 3,000 mana. One more open listing for each Auction House level.

Conservation (tier 2): 250 research points. Repairing cards costs a quarter less mana.

Reclamation (tier 2): 200 research points. Recycling cards pays a fifth more mana.

Archives (tier 2): 400 research points. Your collection holds a quarter more copies.

Field Conservation (tier 3): 6,000 research points, 600 glass. A lost Overgrown Gallery raid no longer wears your deck master.

Deck Racks (tier 3): 9,000 research points, 900 glass. One more deck slot.

Cataloguing (tier 3): 8,000 research points, 800 glass. Opens the keyword focus at a level 9 Art Studio.

Provenance (tier 3): 12,000 research points, 1,200 glass. Opens the artist focus at a level 12 Art Studio.

Deep Archives (tier 4): 60,000 research points, 3,500 glass, 3,500 mana. Your collection holds another quarter more copies.

Commissioning (tier 4): 90,000 research points, 5,000 glass, 5,000 mana. Opens the named-card focus at a level 15 Art Studio.

Ancient Greek Movement (tier 3): 2,500 research points, 300 glass. Lets the empire adopt the Ancient Greek style at its Capitol Building.

Steampunk Movement (tier 3): 2,000 research points, 250 glass. Lets the empire adopt the Steampunk style at its Capitol Building.

Cyberpunk Movement (tier 3): 3,500 research points, 400 glass. Lets the empire adopt the Cyberpunk style at its Capitol Building.

Fantasy Movement (tier 3): 4,000 research points, 450 glass. Lets the empire adopt the Fantasy style at its Capitol Building.

Modern-day Movement (tier 3): 5,000 research points, 500 glass. Lets the empire adopt the Modern-day style at its Capitol Building.

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.

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.