Teching

Teching is the term used for researching Technological Advancements in order to gain any number of bonuses that affect your Dominion. Teching is often used for Converting strategies although can it also be utilized well by Explorers, and occasionally by Attackers. By building Schools, your Dominion will produce Research Points which can be traded in for a new tech once you have enough points. Teching is a slow strategy that enables your Dominion to have increased efficiency later in the round. It is very difficult to keep up with the top players if you decide to tech but by the end of the round, you should be able to grow more effectively than other Dominions around you that have not teched.

Each day's Daily Bonus provides 350 research points.

A Dominion's accumulated Techs can be viewed by casting Vision on someone.

Race Selection

Any race can be used to Tech although it is generally more efficient Races that will benefit most from Teching. Some recommended races are:

• Gnome
• Human
• Troll
• Icekin - highly recommended to Tech

Building Selection

Teching requires the construction of Schools. Schools produce research points based on their total percentage of land:

Schools produce (1 - (Schools / Total Land)) research points per hour (minimum of 0.5).

The Techs

Advancement	Bonus	Prerequisites (only 1 required)
Granaries	+2.5% food production	none
Planar Emissaries	+5% mana production	Granaries Green Thumb Banker's Friend
Green Thumb	+5% lumber production	Planar Emissaries Aquaponics
Aquaponics	+7.5% food production -4 hours enemy Burning duration	Green Thumb Midas's Bargain Miser's Grasp
Midas's Bargain	+2% platinum production	Aquaponics Industrial Machinery Sleeper Agents
Industrial Machinery	+5% lumber production +5% ore production	Midas's Bargain Siege Weaponry
Siege Weaponry	+20% wonder damage +50% Raid attack damage	Industrial Machinery Sneaky Spies Explorer's Instinct
Sneaky Spies	+10% resources gained from theft -15% spy losses on failed operations	Siege Weaponry Arcane Bloodlines Wizard Nexus
Arcane Bloodlines	-20% wizard cost	Sneaky Spies Frugal Foragers
Frugal Foragers	-2.5% food consumption	Arcane Bloodlines Reforestation Explorer's Intuition
Reforestation	-10% construction lumber cost	none
Surplus Management	-10% food decay -10% lumber rot -10% mana drain	Granaries Miner's Spirit Banker's Friend
Banker's Friend	+15% exchange rates	Planar Emissaries Surplus Management Ancient Mines Prefabrication
Prefabrication	-10% construction platinum cost	Banker's Friend Miser's Grasp
Miser's Grasp	+10% defensive spy power -25% resources lost to theft	Aquaponics Prefabrication
Sleeper Agents	+1% maximum population -7.5% spy losses on failed operations	Midas's Bargain Master of Efficiency
Explorer's Instinct	-5% construction platinum cost -2.5% exploring platinum cost	Siege Weaponry Master of Efficiency
Wizard Nexus	+1 wizard strength recovery per hour	Sneaky Spies Preservationist Pastoral Planner
Preservationist	-15% food decay -15% lumber rot -15% mana drain	Wizard Nexus Explorer's Intuition
Explorer's Intuition	-2.5% exploring platinum cost -1 draftee per acre explore cost	Frugal Foragers Preservationist Architect's Touch Deep Pockets
Architect's Touch	-2.5% construction platinum cost	Reforestation Explorer's Intuition Mana Pools
Miner's Spirit	+5% ore production	Surplus Management Shipwright's Ingenuity
Ancient Mines	+2.5% gem production	Banker's Friend Trick of the Light
Urg Smash Technique	+100% refund when destroying buildings +7.5% lumber production	Dark Pact
Dark Pact	+10% mana production +5% wizard power	Urg Smash Technique Miser's Grasp
Master of Efficiency	-1.75% military training cost	Sleeper Agents Explorer's Instinct
Pastoral Planner	+1.5% maximum population	Wizard Nexus Menace
Explorer's Guile	-7.5% exploring platinum cost -2 draftees per acre explore cost	Architect's Flourish
Deep Pockets	+15% resources gained from theft	Explorer's Intuition Night Watch
Mana Pools	-10% spell cost	Architect's Touch Shadow Academy
Shipwright's Ingenuity	+12.5% Boat production	Miner's Spirit Trick of the Light Weather Manipulation
Trick of the Light	Fool's Gold protects ore, lumber, and mana	Ancient Mines Shipwright's Ingenuity Opulence
Opulence	+2.5% gem production +7.5% ore production	Trick of the Light Midas's Fountain
Midas's Fountain	+4% platinum production	Opulence
Menace	+2 mana production per Tower +1.5 mana production per Tower per war relation	Pastoral Planner
Architect's Flourish	-10% construction platinum cost	Explorer's Guile Night Watch
Night Watch	-25% enemy Assassinate Draftees damage -25% enemy Assassinate Wizards damage -25% enemy Disband Spies damage	Deep Pockets Shadow Academy
Shadow Academy	-20% Archmage cost -20% Assassin cost	Mana Pools Night Watch Ross' Benevolence
Weather Manipulation	-12.5% enemy Lightning Bolt damage +2.5% food production	Shipwright's Ingenuity Lumberjack's Devotion Urban Planner
Lumberjack's Devotion	-20% construction lumber cost -20% lumber rot	Weather Manipulation Master of Resources
Master of Resources	-1.75% military training cost	Lumberjack's Devotion Jeweller's Delight
Avatar of Ares	+2.5% offensive power +7.5% wizard power	Surveyor's Sense
Master of Discipline	-1.75% military training cost	Dark Artistry Visionary Expansionist
Dark Artistry	+1 spy strength recovery per hour +1 wizard strength recovery per hour	Master of Discipline Ross' Benevolence
Ross' Benevolence	-1% Royal Guard platinum tax	Shadow Academy Dark Artistry Survivalist Mentality
Urban Planner	+1.5% maximum population	Weather Manipulation Reinforced Bulwarks
Jeweller's Delight	+2.5% gem production -5% self spell cost	Master of Resources Reinforced Bulwarks
WaveHack's Expertise	+3 Boat capacity -5% construction platinum cost -10% construction lumber cost	Spy Network Field Surgery
Surveyor's Sense	-12.5% rezoning platinum cost	Avatar of Ares Ares' Favor
Visionary Expansionist	+1% maximum population +15% population growth	Master of Discipline Rations
Survivalist Mentality	-5% casualties +7.5% prestige gains	Ross' Benevolence Rations
Reinforced Bulwarks	+30% Harbor investment bonus +30% Spires investment bonus	Urban Planner Jeweller's Delight Tributary System
Spy Network	+1 spy strength recovery per hour	WaveHack's Expertise Tributary System Battle Commanders
Field Surgery	-7.5% casualties +0.75% maximum population	WaveHack's Expertise
Ares' Favor	+2.5% offensive power	Surveyor's Sense Bunk Beds Public Baths
Rations	+2 population from barren land -2.5% food consumption	Visionary Expansionist Survivalist Mentality Public Baths
Tributary System	+60% food production from prestige	Reinforced Bulwarks Spy Network Centralized Intelligence
Battle Commanders	-7.5% casualties	Spy Network Carpenter's Knowhow
Bunk Beds	+2 Barracks housing	Ares' Favor Carpenter's Knowhow
Public Baths	+30% population growth	Ares' Favor Rations Ancestral Knowledge
Centralized Intelligence	-20% spy cost	Tributary System Military Culture
Carpenter's Knowhow	-5% construction platinum cost	Battle Commanders Bunk Beds Military Culture Surveyor's Insight
Ancestral Knowledge	-25% racial spell cost	Public Baths Surveyor's Insight
Military Culture	+7.5% prestige gains	Centralized Intelligence Carpenter's Knowhow Battle Tactics
Surveyor's Insight	-7.5% rezoning platinum cost	Carpenter's Knowhow Ancestral Knowledge Battle Tactics
Battle Tactics	-5% casualties	none

The full tech tree looks like this:

File:Tech Tree Visualised.gif

General Information

Teching is a slow strategy, aimed to generate benefit later compared to equivalent non-teching strategies. A common use is to aim for a lot of mid to late-game efficiency when percentage-based bonuses have their greatest effects, e.g. +5 % platinum produced often peaks around conversion for a Converter, while -7.5 % platinum exploration cost amounts to a significant amount of extra platinum late in the round for explorers. For this reason, teching can be very useful for players who do not have much time to invest into the game early in the round, but wish to compete later on. New or inexperienced players may also benefit from teching. Also note that for multiple techs with the same bonus it is additive when it stacks i.e.: picking the tech Midas's Bargain gives you a +2.5% platinum production, whereas Midas's Fountain gives a bonus of +5% platinum production. Therefore when you unlock both of these then your total bonus is 2.5% + 5% = 7.5%.

Pros

• Great efficiency can be enjoyed late round
• Allows less experienced players to compete effectively late round

Cons

• Slow; Techers make very little impact throughout the round, often coming up from below for Attacking or Converting strategies.
• Planning required; having a broad idea of how many / which techs you desire and when to stop building schools or destroy them is very helpful.

Recommendations

• Great for Converters and slower styles.
• Inexperienced players

Formulas

Tech Cost

In order to unlock a tech other than one of the three entry points, at least one of its connecting techs in the tree must already be acquired.

The base cost of each advancement is 2.5x highest land achieved and increases by 50 after each unlock (min 3750).

Invasion RPs

The number of research points (RP) gained during a successful invasion is based on the relative size of the target and any wonder or racial bonuses.

Research Points Gained

Target Range	RP
range < 60%	0
60% <= range < 75%	375 OR 2.5x Land Conquered (whichever is higher)
range >= 75%	750 OR 5x Land Conquered (whichever is higher)

Wonder and racial bonuses will be added together before multiplying the research points gained to obtain the final value.

Research points will arrive when the slowest unit sent on the invasion returns.