400 100

Refined extraction techniques. +10% harvester yield per level.

Research time

10m

Tier

1

Requires: Refinery

640 160

Refined extraction techniques. +10% harvester yield per level.

Research time

15m

Tier

1

Requires: Refinery

1,025 255

Refined extraction techniques. +10% harvester yield per level.

Research time

22m 30s

Tier

2

Requires: Refinery

1,640 410

Refined extraction techniques. +10% harvester yield per level.

Research time

33m 45s

Tier

2

Requires: Refinery

2,620 655

Refined extraction techniques. +10% harvester yield per level.

Research time

50m 38s

Tier

3

Requires: Refinery

1,250 750

Stronger officers maintain control over larger garrisons and more complex operations. Each level raises the number of units a base can keep under command and unlocks advanced Command research.

Research time

5h

Tier

1

10,000 7,500

Stronger officers maintain control over larger garrisons and more complex operations. Each level raises the number of units a base can keep under command and unlocks advanced Command research.

Research time

12h

Tier

1

35,000 25,000

Stronger officers maintain control over larger garrisons and more complex operations. Each level raises the number of units a base can keep under command and unlocks advanced Command research.

Research time

1d

Tier

2

72,000 48,000

Stronger officers maintain control over larger garrisons and more complex operations. Each level raises the number of units a base can keep under command and unlocks advanced Command research.

Research time

2d

Tier

3

125,000 84,000

Stronger officers maintain control over larger garrisons and more complex operations. Each level raises the number of units a base can keep under command and unlocks advanced Command research.

Research time

2d

Tier

4

300 75

Denser storage of raw Titanite. +20% storage capacity per level.

Research time

10m

Tier

1

Requires: Silo

480 120

Denser storage of raw Titanite. +20% storage capacity per level.

Research time

15m

Tier

1

Requires: Silo

770 190

Denser storage of raw Titanite. +20% storage capacity per level.

Research time

22m 30s

Tier

1

Requires: Silo

1,230 305

Denser storage of raw Titanite. +20% storage capacity per level.

Research time

33m 45s

Tier

1

Requires: Silo

1,965 490

Denser storage of raw Titanite. +20% storage capacity per level.

Research time

50m 38s

Tier

1

Requires: Silo

1,200 200

Streamlined unloading docks. +1 harvester slot per refinery per level.

Research time

5h

Tier

1

Requires: 3 × Refinery

22,000 7,500

Streamlined unloading docks. +1 harvester slot per refinery per level.

Research time

1d

Tier

2

Requires: 3 × Refinery

500 125

Deeper Imperial Bank vaults. +25% safe capacity per level.

Research time

15m

Tier

1

Requires: 2 × Silo

800 200

Deeper Imperial Bank vaults. +25% safe capacity per level.

Research time

22m 30s

Tier

2

Requires: 2 × Silo

1,280 320

Deeper Imperial Bank vaults. +25% safe capacity per level.

Research time

33m 45s

Tier

1

Requires: 2 × Silo

2,050 510

Deeper Imperial Bank vaults. +25% safe capacity per level.

Research time

50m 38s

Tier

4

Requires: 2 × Depot, 2 × Silo

3,275 820

Deeper Imperial Bank vaults. +25% safe capacity per level.

Research time

1h 15m

Tier

1

Requires: 2 × Silo

350 90

Long-range detection. +2 minutes attack warning per level.

Research time

10m

Tier

1

Requires: 2 × Observatory

560 145

Long-range detection. +2 minutes attack warning per level.

Research time

15m

Tier

1

Requires: 2 × Observatory

895 230

Long-range detection. +2 minutes attack warning per level.

Research time

22m 30s

Tier

1

Requires: 2 × Observatory

1,435 370

Long-range detection. +2 minutes attack warning per level.

Research time

33m 45s

Tier

1

Requires: 2 × Observatory

2,295 590

Long-range detection. +2 minutes attack warning per level.

Research time

50m 38s

Tier

1

Requires: 2 × Observatory

350 90

Refined optics for the Observatory line. Each level extends your live viewing radius — +2 tiles per level, capped at 24.

Research time

10m

Tier

1

Requires: 2 × Observatory

560 145

Refined optics for the Observatory line. Each level extends your live viewing radius — +2 tiles per level, capped at 24.

Research time

15m

Tier

1

Requires: 2 × Observatory

895 230

Refined optics for the Observatory line. Each level extends your live viewing radius — +2 tiles per level, capped at 24.

Research time

22m 30s

Tier

3

Requires: 2 × Observatory

1,435 370

Refined optics for the Observatory line. Each level extends your live viewing radius — +2 tiles per level, capped at 24.

Research time

33m 45s

Tier

1

Requires: 2 × Observatory

2,295 590

Refined optics for the Observatory line. Each level extends your live viewing radius — +2 tiles per level, capped at 24.

Research time

50m 38s

Tier

1

Requires: 2 × Observatory

350 90

Counter-espionage network. Each level improves your odds of detecting an enemy spy — the top level unmasks the attacker on a detected spy or a killed scout.

Research time

10m

Tier

1

Requires: 2 × Observatory

560 145

Counter-espionage network. Each level improves your odds of detecting an enemy spy — the top level unmasks the attacker on a detected spy or a killed scout.

Research time

15m

Tier

1

Requires: 2 × Observatory

895 230

Counter-espionage network. Each level improves your odds of detecting an enemy spy — the top level unmasks the attacker on a detected spy or a killed scout.

Research time

22m 30s

Tier

1

Requires: 2 × Observatory

1,435 370

Counter-espionage network. Each level improves your odds of detecting an enemy spy — the top level unmasks the attacker on a detected spy or a killed scout.

Research time

33m 45s

Tier

1

Requires: 2 × Observatory

2,295 590

Counter-espionage network. Each level improves your odds of detecting an enemy spy — the top level unmasks the attacker on a detected spy or a killed scout.

Research time

50m 38s

Tier

1

Requires: 2 × Observatory

700 175

Barracks annexes that house allied garrisons. Each level lets your base quarter more allied units stationed for its defense.

Research time

20m

Tier

1

Requires: 2 × Barracks

1,120 280

Barracks annexes that house allied garrisons. Each level lets your base quarter more allied units stationed for its defense.

Research time

30m

Tier

1

Requires: 2 × Barracks

1,790 450

Barracks annexes that house allied garrisons. Each level lets your base quarter more allied units stationed for its defense.

Research time

45m

Tier

2

Requires: 2 × Barracks

2,865 715

Barracks annexes that house allied garrisons. Each level lets your base quarter more allied units stationed for its defense.

Research time

1h 7m

Tier

1

Requires: 2 × Barracks

4,590 1,145

Barracks annexes that house allied garrisons. Each level lets your base quarter more allied units stationed for its defense.

Research time

1h 41m

Tier

1

Requires: 2 × Barracks

7,500 1,875

Colonial charter to found new bases beyond your first. Level 1 also authorizes MCV construction (2× Repair Platform); each level raises your base cap by one.

Research time

12h

Tier

2

Requires: Repair Platform

30,000 7,500

Colonial charter to found new bases beyond your first. Level 1 also authorizes MCV construction (2× Repair Platform); each level raises your base cap by one.

Research time

1d

Tier

3

Requires: Repair Platform

120,000 30,000

Colonial charter to found new bases beyond your first. Level 1 also authorizes MCV construction (2× Repair Platform); each level raises your base cap by one.

Research time

2d

Tier

4

Requires: Repair Platform

1,050 265

Pre-positioned fuel dumps and standing march orders. Every level moves your armies 5% faster, on top of your House and your commander.

Research time

20m

Tier

1

1,680 420

Pre-positioned fuel dumps and standing march orders. Every level moves your armies 5% faster, on top of your House and your commander.

Research time

30m

Tier

1

2,690 675

Pre-positioned fuel dumps and standing march orders. Every level moves your armies 5% faster, on top of your House and your commander.

Research time

45m

Tier

2

1,050 265

Staff officers who can hold a bigger formation together. Each level raises the number of units you may send out in a single army.

Research time

5h 6m

Tier

1

1,680 420

Staff officers who can hold a bigger formation together. Each level raises the number of units you may send out in a single army.

Research time

30m

Tier

1

2,690 675

Staff officers who can hold a bigger formation together. Each level raises the number of units you may send out in a single army.

Research time

45m

Tier

2

1,050 265

Relay stations that keep more forces in contact at once. Each level lets you have more forces on the move at the same time — armies, scouts and spies alike.

Research time

5h

Tier

1

1,680 420

Relay stations that keep more forces in contact at once. Each level lets you have more forces on the move at the same time — armies, scouts and spies alike.

Research time

12h

Tier

1

2,690 675

Relay stations that keep more forces in contact at once. Each level lets you have more forces on the move at the same time — armies, scouts and spies alike.

Research time

45m

Tier

3

1,050 265

Shared command protocols with your allies. Each level lets one more allied commander station units at your bases — Allied Quarters still decides how many units in total.

Research time

5h

Tier

1

1,680 420

Shared command protocols with your allies. Each level lets one more allied commander station units at your bases — Allied Quarters still decides how many units in total.

Research time

12h

Tier

1

2,690 675

Shared command protocols with your allies. Each level lets one more allied commander station units at your bases — Allied Quarters still decides how many units in total.

Research time

1d

Tier

3

4,300 1,075

Shared command protocols with your allies. Each level lets one more allied commander station units at your bases — Allied Quarters still decides how many units in total.

Research time

1h 7m

Tier

3

6,880 1,725

Shared command protocols with your allies. Each level lets one more allied commander station units at your bases — Allied Quarters still decides how many units in total.

Research time

1h 41m

Tier

4

1,200 300

A lab that runs itself as well as its experiments. Every level speeds your research by 5%. The first lets you rearrange the queue while it waits; from the third you may park a project — its progress held exactly where it stood — and put the bench to work on something else; and the fifth opens a second bench, so two projects run side by side.

Research time

20m

Tier

1

Requires: 3 × Observatory

1,920 480

A lab that runs itself as well as its experiments. Every level speeds your research by 5%. The first lets you rearrange the queue while it waits; from the third you may park a project — its progress held exactly where it stood — and put the bench to work on something else; and the fifth opens a second bench, so two projects run side by side.

Research time

30m

Tier

1

Requires: 3 × Observatory

3,070 770

A lab that runs itself as well as its experiments. Every level speeds your research by 5%. The first lets you rearrange the queue while it waits; from the third you may park a project — its progress held exactly where it stood — and put the bench to work on something else; and the fifth opens a second bench, so two projects run side by side.

Research time

5m

Tier

1

Requires: 3 × Observatory

4,915 1,230

A lab that runs itself as well as its experiments. Every level speeds your research by 5%. The first lets you rearrange the queue while it waits; from the third you may park a project — its progress held exactly where it stood — and put the bench to work on something else; and the fifth opens a second bench, so two projects run side by side.

Research time

1h 7m

Tier

1

Requires: 3 × Observatory

7,865 1,965

A lab that runs itself as well as its experiments. Every level speeds your research by 5%. The first lets you rearrange the queue while it waits; from the third you may park a project — its progress held exactly where it stood — and put the bench to work on something else; and the fifth opens a second bench, so two projects run side by side.

Research time

1h 41m

Tier

1

Requires: 3 × Observatory