Research

Research is the main key in advancing your civilization. To start researching all you need to do is construct an Academy and assign citizens to study there. There are five lines of research you can study:  Seafaring ,  Economy ,  Science ,  Military  and  Mythology . Each research takes a certain amount of research points to be completed. You can also read a detailed description of each technology by clicking on the above links.

After building your Academy and assign your citizens to become scientists, you will accumulate research points over time (one research point per hour per scientist, assuming you do not have Corruption in the city). Certain achievements in Science help increase the potential amount of research points per scientist. When you have enough points to complete a research, your research adviser will turn yellow. Click on the adviser and you should be able to apply the points you have generated to a un-researched item, gaining its ability. The Research Adviser can inform you of how many research points you currently have accumulated, and the amount per hour you are generating. The more scientists you have working, the faster you generate points, and apply the points to new researches.

Research points

A research point or   is a unit of measure used in the Academies to determine when you can learn a research.

1 scientist produces 1  per hour, without any other researches to change this ratio.

Researches that affect research points per hour

There are some researches in the  Science  research line, which increase the amount of   produced per hour:

• Paper increases the number of   produced per hour by 2%. This means each scientist will produce 1.02  per hour.
• Ink increases the number of   produced per hour by an additional 4%.
  • This is cumulative with Paper, meaning that each scientist will now produce 1.06  per hour.
• Mechanical Pen increases the number of   produced per hour by an additional 8%.
  • This is cumulative with Paper and Ink, meaning that each scientist will now produce 1.14  per hour.
• Finally, when you reach the Scientific Future's, you gain another 2% or 0.02  per scientist per hour, for each level researched.

Premium items that affect research points per hour

Potion of Wisdom is an Ikariam Plus item that will increase ALL of your Academy's research production in all of your towns by 20% for various lengths of time for a cost of various amounts of , while it lasts.

Governments that affect research points per hour

• Democracy will gain you an additional 1  per hour, for every cultural good you have, this is how many Museum spots have been filled.
  • While under Xenocracy you will gain an additional 0.5  per hour, for every cultural good you have, this is how many Museum spots have been filled.
• Technocracy will gain you an additional 5%, or 0.05 , per scientists per hour.
  • While under Xenocracy you will gain an additional 2.5%, or 0.025 , per scientists per hour.
• Theocracy will make you lose 5%, or −0.05 , per scientists per hour.
  • While under Xenocracy you will lose 2.5%, or −0.025 , per scientists per hour.

Research Costs

To help decide which researches are quicker to research, here are the researches and their costs next to each other.

These charts do not take into account any prerequisite research, that may be needed before certain researches can be learned.

• Normal Researches
• Futures Research
• Futures (Possible) Research

Normal (Non Future's) Research

Researches and Costs
	Seafaring	Economy	Science	Military	Mythology
8	Carpentry			Dry-Dock		8
12	Deck Weapons	Conservation				12
18	Piracy					18
24	Ship Maintenance (1st) Draft (2nd)	Pulley	Well Construction / Well Digging	Maps		24
30			Paper			30
56		Wealth			Seat of the Gods	56
220		Wine Culture				220
336	Expansion			Professional Army	Lord of the Forest	336
420			Espionage			420
844					Party Time!	844
990		Improved Resource Gathering				990
1,032	Foreign Cultures			Siege		1,032
1,428			Polytheism			1,428
2,236	Pitch	Geometry		Code of Honor / Code of Honour	A Lucky Coincidence	2,236
2,652			Ink			2,652
2,836			Government Formation			2,836
3,264	Market			Ballistics		3,264
3,672		Architecture			Riches From the Depths	3,672
4,320			Invention			4,320
7,020	Greek Fire			Law of the Lever		7,020
7,200		Holiday / Relaxation Holiday			The Goddess's Splendour	7,200
8,242		Law / Legislation				8,242
8,694			Cultural Exchange			8,694
9,936	Counterweight					9,936
10,764		Culinary Specialities / Culinary Specialties			Forged in Lava	10,764
11,592				Governor		11,592
14,952			Anatomy			14,952
17,064	Diplomacy					17,064
19,908		Helping Hands		Pyrotechnics		19,908
21,360			Optics (1st) Experiments (2nd)			21,360
25,632	Sea Charts / Sea Maps	Spirit Level		Logistics		25,632
31,968			Mechanical Pen			31,968
38,400	Paddle Wheel Engine			Gunpowder		38,400
46,848			Bird's Flight			46,848
48,000		Wine Cellars / Wine Press House (1st) Depot / Waste Dump (2nd)				48,000
53,000	Caulking					53,000
56,000		Soldier Exchange				56,000
93,240	Mortar Attachment					93,240
98,000			Archiving			98,000
106,560		Bureaucracy		Robotics		106,560
120,000	Massive Ram					120,000
144,720			Letter Chute			144,720
202,074			State Religion			202,074
209,040				Cannon Casting / Canon Casting		209,040
209,880			Pressure Chamber			209,880
241,200		Utopia				241,200
444,000			The Archimedean Principle / The Archimedic Principle			444,000
475,000	Offshore Base					475,000
532,800	Seafaring Future(s)	Economic Future(s)		Militaristic Future(s)		532,800
610,560			Scientific Future(s)			610,560
	Seafaring	Economy	Science	Military	Mythology
Researches and Costs

Future's Research

Researches and Costs
	Seafaring	Economy	Science	Military	Mythology
532,800	Seafaring Future (1)	Economic Future (1)		Militaristic Future (1)		532,800
610,560			Scientific Future (1)			610,560
1,065,600	Seafaring Future (2)	Economic Future (2)		Militaristic Future (2)		1,065,600
1,221,120			Scientific Future (2)			1,221,120
1,598,400	Seafaring Future (3)	Economic Future (3)		Militaristic Future (3)		1,598,400
1,831,680			Scientific Future (3)			1,831,680
2,131,200	Seafaring Future (4)	Economic Future (4)		Militaristic Future (4)		2,131,200
2,442,240			Scientific Future (4)			2,442,240
2,664,000	Seafaring Future (5)	Economic Future (5)		Militaristic Future (5)		2,664,000
3,052,800			Scientific Future (5)			3,052,800
3,196,800	Seafaring Future (6)	Economic Future (6)		Militaristic Future (6)		3,196,800
3,663,360			Scientific Future (6)			3,663,360
3,729,600	Seafaring Future (7)	Economic Future (7)		Militaristic Future (7)		3,729,600
4,262,400	Seafaring Future (8)	Economic Future (8)		Militaristic Future (8)		4,262,400
4,273,920			Scientific Future (7)			4,273,920
4,795,200	Seafaring Future (9)	Economic Future (9)		Militaristic Future (9)		4,795,200
4,884,480			Scientific Future (8)			4,884,480
5,328,000	Seafaring Future (10)	Economic Future (10)		Militaristic Future (10)		5,328,000
5,495,040			Scientific Future (9)			5,495,040
5,860,800	Seafaring Future (11)	Economic Future (11)		Militaristic Future (11)		5,860,800
6,105,600			Scientific Future (10)			6,105,600
6,393,600	Seafaring Future (12)	Economic Future (12)		Militaristic Future (12)		6,393,600
6,716,160			Scientific Future (11)			6,716,160
6,926,400	Seafaring Future (13)	Economic Future (13)		Militaristic Future (13)		6,926,400
7,326,720			Scientific Future (12)			7,326,720
7,459,200	Seafaring Future (14)	Economic Future (14)		Militaristic Future (14)		7,459,200
7,937,280			Scientific Future (13)			7,937,280
7,992,000	Seafaring Future (15)	Economic Future (15)		Militaristic Future (15)		7,992,000
8,524,800	Seafaring Future (16)	Economic Future (16)		Militaristic Future (16)		8,524,800
8,547,840			Scientific Future (14)			8,547,840
9,057,600	Seafaring Future (17)	Economic Future (17)		Militaristic Future (17)		9,057,600
9,158,400			Scientific Future (15)			9,158,400
9,590,400	Seafaring Future (18)	Economic Future (18)		Militaristic Future (18)		9,590,400
9,768,960			Scientific Future (16)			9,768,960
10,123,200	Seafaring Future (19)	Economic Future (19)		Militaristic Future (19)		10,123,200
10,379,520			Scientific Future (17)			10,379,520
10,656,000	Seafaring Future (20)	Economic Future (20)		Militaristic Future (20)		10,656,000
10,990,080			Scientific Future (18)			10,990,080
11,188,800	Seafaring Future (21)	Economic Future (21)		Militaristic Future (21)		11,188,800
11,600,640			Scientific Future (19)			11,600,640
11,721,600	Seafaring Future (22)	Economic Future (22)		Militaristic Future (22)		11,721,600
12,211,200			Scientific Future (20)			12,211,200
12,254,400	Seafaring Future (23)	Economic Future (23)		Militaristic Future (23)		12,254,400
12,787,200	Seafaring Future (20)	Economic Future (24)		Militaristic Future (24)		12,787,200
12,821,760			Scientific Future (21)			12,821,760
13,320,000	Seafaring Future (25)	Economic Future (25)		Militaristic Future (25)		13,320,000
13,432,320			Scientific Future (22)			13,432,320
14,042,880			Scientific Future (23)			14,042,880
14,653,440			Scientific Future (24)			14,653,440
15,264,000			Scientific Future (25)			15,264,000
	Seafaring	Economy	Science	Military	Mythology
Researches and Costs

Future's (Possible) Research

Researches and Costs
	Seafaring	Economy	Science	Military	Mythology
13,852,800	Seafaring Future (26)	Economic Future (26)		Militaristic Future (26)		13,852,800
14,385,600	Seafaring Future (27)	Economic Future (27)		Militaristic Future (27)		14,385,600
14,918,400	Seafaring Future (28)	Economic Future (28)		Militaristic Future (28)		14,918,400
15,451,200	Seafaring Future (29)	Economic Future (29)		Militaristic Future (29)		15,451,200
15,874,560			Scientific Future (26)			15,874,560
15,984,000	Seafaring Future (30)	Economic Future (30)		Militaristic Future (30)		15,984,000
16,485,120			Scientific Future (27)			16,485,120
16,516,800	Seafaring Future (31)	Economic Future (31)		Militaristic Future (31)		16,516,800
17,049,600	Seafaring Future (32)	Economic Future (32)		Militaristic Future (32)		17,049,600
17,095,680			Scientific Future (28)			17,095,680
17,582,400	Seafaring Future (33)	Economic Future (33)		Militaristic Future (33)		17,582,400
17,706,240			Scientific Future (29)			17,706,240
18,115,200	Seafaring Future (34)	Economic Future (34)		Militaristic Future (34)		18,115,200
18,316,800			Scientific Future (30)			18,316,800
18,648,000	Seafaring Future (35)	Economic Future (35)		Militaristic Future (35)		18,648,000
18,927,360			Scientific Future (31)			18,927,360
19,180,800	Seafaring Future (36)	Economic Future (36)		Militaristic Future (36)		19,180,800
19,537,920			Scientific Future (32)			19,537,920
19,713,600	Seafaring Future (37)	Economic Future (37)		Militaristic Future (37)		19,713,600
20,148,480			Scientific Future (33)			20,148,480
19,713,600	Seafaring Future (38)	Economic Future (38)		Militaristic Future (38)		19,713,600
20,759,040			Scientific Future (34)			20,759,040
20,779,200	Seafaring Future (39)	Economic Future (39)		Militaristic Future (39)		20,779,200
21,312,000	Seafaring Future (40)	Economic Future (40)		Militaristic Future (40)		21,312,000
21,369,600			Scientific Future (35)			21,369,600
21,844,800	Seafaring Future (41)	Economic Future (41)		Militaristic Future (41)		21,844,800
21,980,160			Scientific Future (36)			21,980,160
22,377,600	Seafaring Future (42)	Economic Future (42)		Militaristic Future (42)		22,377,600
22,590,720			Scientific Future (37)			22,590,720
22,910,400	Seafaring Future (43)	Economic Future (43)		Militaristic Future (43)		22,910,400
23,201,280			Scientific Future (38)			23,201,280
23,811,840			Scientific Future (39)			23,811,840
24,422,400			Scientific Future (40)			24,422,400
25,032,960			Scientific Future (41)			25,032,960
25,643,520			Scientific Future (42)			25,643,520
26,254,080			Scientific Future (43)			26,254,080
	Seafaring	Economy	Science	Military	Mythology
Researches and Costs