⚠Stub — needs alliance input

"Research" shows up as a scoring category in Strongest Governor, Kingdom vs Kingdom (KvK), and Sanctuary Battles, but nothing in the vault explains the tech tree itself yet. Fill in the real structure below once it's confirmed in-game.

What it probably is

A tech-tree system, likely run through an "Academy" building, where you spend resources and time to unlock permanent stat boosts and construction/troop bonuses — separate from Hero Gear, Governor Gear, and Governor Charms. Research Speedups most likely follow the same rule as Construction/Training Speedups: hold them for a matching event window instead of spending them the moment you get them (see Gem Spending Priority).

Why it's worth writing up properly

Several major events explicitly reward research progress on specific days, but right now this vault can only tell a member "save your research speedups for the matching day" without explaining what's actually worth researching first, or how the tree is structured.

To fill in

  • Research tree priority order (what to unlock first)
  • Which branches matter most for F2P vs. spenders
  • How Research Speedups compare in value to Construction/Training speedups