Science

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Science is a FIDSI resource that is used to research new technologies.

Production

Terrain

Basic Terrain

Of the basic terrain types, Rocks provide the highest boost to Science, generally providing 2 on a tile, with Crystal Field tile providing 3 and the Crystal Ice, Sandstone, and Tundra Rocks providing only 1 . Among other terrain types only a few tiles have Science output; the Crystal Forest, Enchanted Forest, Red Soil, Dirt Field, Snow, and Snowy Field tiles all provide 1 . Among Volcanic terrain tiles, Badlands provide 1 and Basalt Plains and Lava Swirls both provide 2 .

Anomalies

Anomalies on a tile provide an additional bonus to its FIDSI output, and there are a number of anomalies that provide a bonus of 2, 4, or 6 on a tile.

• 2 : Azotic Exotics, Black Dust, Chromatic Land, Dragon Tree, Geysers, Laval Chimneys, Life Tree, Meteor Fields, Spiral Rock Peel.
• 4 : Botanical Garden, Crystal Flowers, Earthspine, Earth Tower, Geothermal Pit, Lava Geyser, Moss Pearls, Mutant Marsh.
• 6 : Ice Sculptures, Mychordia, Stasis Pillar, Wizard Stone.

Faction Traits

Some factions have unique interactions with Science:

• The Vaulters get +1 on terrain with Science due to their "Knack for Knowledge" trait.
• The Drakken get +2 on terrain with Ruins due to their "Endless Excavation" trait.
• The Forgotten cannot see/gather/use due to their "Science Phobic" trait; Instead, technologies can be bought out with Dust.
• The Morgawr get +2 on terrain with Sea or Lake and +1 on terrain with River due to their "Hydrophilic" trait.
• The Kapaku get +2 on terrain with Ruins and receive on successful ruins searches due to their "Endless Fascination" trait.

City Improvements

This list includes any City Improvement that increases a city's Science output, even indirectly. Some of the improvements listed have additional effects that do not affect Science production, but for simplicity those effects are not listed.

Name	Faction	Obtained			Upkeep	Effects
City Hall	All	Upon Settling			10	+4 per on City
Founder's Memorial	All	At Start	60			+2 on City Can only be built once in your Empire
Center for Minerology	All except Forgotten	Era I	150		4	+5 per on City Can only be built once in your Empire
Geomic Labs	All except Forgotten	Era I	75		1	+2 on terrain with Science
Public Library	All except Forgotten	Era I	75		1	+10 on City +10% on City
High Towers	Roving Clans	Faction Quest	400		2	+5 on City Limited to one copy in your Empire Wild Walkers hero with Roads of Dust item must be city governor
Alchemy Workshop	All except Forgotten	Era II	250	5	4	+15 on City +20% on City
Deep Generator	Vaulters	Era II	250	20		+10% on City The cost indicates that the Holy Resource has to be chosen
Verda's Temple	Ardent Mages	Faction Quest	400		2	+2 on terrain with Science Limited to one copy in your Empire
Advanced Alchemy Lab	All except Forgotten	Era III	600	10	4	+3 on City Center +3 on District +3 per on City
Cryometric Monitors	All except Forgotten	Era III	1200	15	8	+15 on terrain with Anomaly Limited to one copy in your Empire
Hydromatic Laboratory	All except Forgotten	Era III	400	10	4	+3 on terrain with River
Large-Scale Aquatic Center	All except Forgotten	Era III	600	10	4	+3 on terrain with Sea or Lake +2 per on City
Lava Works	All	Era III	600	5 5	4	Need an exploited Lava Flow tile to be built +8 on Lava Flow terrain
Endless Recycling	Vaulters	Era III	400	20	4	+14 on City Center level 2 +14 on District level 2 The cost indicates that the Holy Resource has to be chosen
Shrine of Whispers	Cultists	Faction Quest	800	30	4	+2% per converted village on City
Imperial Funding	All except Forgotten	Era IV	1200	25 5	7	+5 on terrain with Science
Arts Council	All	Era V	2000	10 5	10	+10% on Approval (Fervent)
Climatology Guild	All except Forgotten	Era V	3000	30 10	20	+15 on District level 2 Limited to one copy in your Empire
Living Lab Tools	All except Forgotten	Era V	3000	25 10	20	+100% on City Limited to one copy in your Empire
Scientific Envoy	All except Forgotten	Era V	2000	20	7	+50% on City Trade Routes
Aurigan Archive	Kapaku	Faction Quest	1200	15 15	8	+8 on terrain with Ruins Limited to one copy in your Empire
Nyctalopian Lenses	All	1st Winter	200	10		+10% on City

Expansions

Again, while many of these expansions have other effects, only those affecting Science production have been listed.

Name	Faction	Obtained			Effect
Borough Streets	All except Allayi	At Start	Varies		+1 on City Tile +2 per extra level on City Tile
Garth of the Allayi	Allayi	At Start	Varies	Varies	+2 on City Tile +4 per extra level on City Tile
Museum of Auriga	All	At Start	500	5 5	+20% on Empire Approval (Happy) Can only be built once in the world
Alchemic Institute	All	Era III	1500	25 25	+25 per level on Alchemic Institute Can only be built once in the world
Abbey of Anomalies	All	3rd Winter	400	10	x2 on City Tile Limited to one copy in your City To be built on Anomaly
Strategic Intensifier	All	3rd Winter	400	10	+10 per level on City Tile +10 on terrain with Strategic Resource Limited to one copy in your City

Trade Routes

Main article: Trade Routes

A major source, arguably the major source, of Dust and Science starting in the mid game is Trade Routes, which can be established between cities that have the Right of Way or Cargo Docks improvements.

Approval

Unlike Food and Industry where a given city's approval affects production in only that city, the overall approval of the empire affects the production of Science in all cities equally.

State	Approval	Modifier
Rebellion	0-10	-50%
Unhappy	11-39	-20%
Content	40-60	0%
Happy	61-89	+15%
Fervent	90-100	+30%

Heroes

Heroes provide a number of ways to increase the Science output of a city for which they are the governor, whether that be through capacities, skills, or accessories.

Capacities

Hero	Icon	Name	Effect
Rill Kata Nahla al-Jazar Wadeha Hakan Zarcha Attinul Breyos Master Icespear Ululani Raui Eslek Tarosh		Science Boost 1	+4 Science per hero's level on city. +1% Science per hero's level on city.
Avara Lasmak High Inquisitor Asalah Arca		Science Boost 2	+8 Science per Hero's level on City. +1% Science per Hero's level on City.
Chief Sapper Liszt Ajandek Pecs Kerre Argbadh Bose Falhala		Science Boost 3	+12 Science per Hero's level on city. +1% Science per Hero's level on city.
Nadjne Zolya		Science Efficiency 1	+2 Science per on city. +1% Science per hero's level on city.
Petrov Judit		Science Efficiency 2	+3 Science per on city. +1% Science per hero's level on city.
Commander Irjsko Lasmak		Science Efficiency 3	+4 Science per on city. +1% Science per hero's level on city.

Skills

Skill Tree	Level	Icon	Name	Effect
Common	4		Inspirational Leader	Level 1: +5% on city, +5% on city, +5% on city, +5% on city. Level 2: +5% on city, +5% on city, +5% on city, +5% on city. Level 3: +10% on city, +10% on city, +10% on city, +10% on city.
Vaulters	1		Alchemical Genius	Level 1: +2 on city center. +2 on district. Level 2: +2 on city center. +2 on district. Level 3 +2 on city center. +2 on district.
Vaulters	3		Subterranean Networker	Level 1: +4 Fortification Recovery per turn on city. Level 2: +8 Fortification Recovery per turn on city. With ELCP: +1 per unused Fortification Recovery on terrain with Strategic Resources. Level 3: +8 Fortification Recovery per turn on city. With ELCP: +1 per unused Fortification Recovery on terrain with Strategic Resources.
Vaulters	5		Mechanical Exhibitionist	Level 1: +1 per trade route. +50% on city trade routes. Level 2: +1 per trade route. +50% on city trade routes. Level 3: +2 per trade route. +100% on city trade routes.
Ardent Mages	1		Renaissance Thinker	Level 1: +8 on city. Level 2: +8 on city. Level 3: +14 on city.
Ardent Mages	2		Scientific Literacy	Level 1: +2 on terrain with anomaly. Level 2: +3 on terrain with anomaly. Level 3: +3 on terrain with anomaly.
Ardent Mages	5		Firestarter	Level 1: +15% on city. Level 2: +15% on city. Level 3: +15% on city.
Cultists	1		Impassioned Preacher	Level 1: +1 per in city. +1 per in city. +1 per in city. +1 per in city. +1 per in city. Level 2: +1 per in city. +1 per in city. +1 per in city. +1 per in city. +1 per in city. Level 3: +1 per in city. +1 per in city. +1 per in city. +1 per in city. +1 per in city.
Cultists	2		Will of Akili	Level 1: +15% on city. Level 2: +15% on city. Level 3: +15% on city.

Accessories

All listed Accessories are Tomes.

Item	Name		Effects	Obtained From
		6	+1 per on city	Advanced Armor
		12	+2 per on city	Alchemical Armor
		24	+4 per on city	Exotic Armor
	Quivering Circlet	50	+7 on city +7 on city +7 on city Can be equipped by Broken Lords heroes only	Broken Lords Faction Quest
	Pendant of Judgement	100	+20 on City Can be equipped by Broken Lords Heroes only	Broken Lords Faction Quest

Miscellaneous

Arcana

The Ardent Mages start with the Arcana of Matter technology researched, which unlocks the Pillar of Knowledge for placement. This pillar increase the Science output of tiles within range depending on the Arcana level as shown here:

Level	Effect	Range
1	+2 on tiles within the pillar's range for 10 turns	1
2	+5 on tiles within the pillar's range for 10 turns	1
3	+6 on tiles within the pillar's range for 10 turns	2
4	+9 on tiles within the pillar's range for 10 turns	2
5	+16 on tiles within the pillar's range for 10 turns	2

Upon obtaining the Cold Engineering technology by completing Chapter 5, Part 1 of the Ardent Mages faction quest, the Pillar of Knowledge will produce an additional +3 on tiles within its range during winter.

Assimilation

The Haunts provide an assimilation bonus of +5% on cities per pacified and rebuilt village, up to 30% .

Empire Plan

The Empire Plan's Science and Industry ministry increases Science production: level 1 provides a bonus +20% on Cities, and level 3 provides +2 on Districts.

Fortresses

Different parts of oceanic Fortresses provide different amounts of Science income. Between the three Citadels, Bastions provide 1 and Listening Posts provide 2 , while Manufactoriums provide no Science.

Among the other facilities that make up the parts of a Fortress extending off the Citadel, Strategic Resource facilities provide an additional +1 .

Resource Boosters

A number of Luxury resources (and Strategic resources for the Vaulters and Mezari) can be used to increase empire-wide Food production.

Resource
Moonleaf	+50%
Dust Orchid	+20%
Titanium	+20%
Hyperium	+15%

Stockpiles

Science Stockpiles can be applied to the Empire for a lump-sum quantity of Science at the end of the turn. Note that, unlike Food and Industry Stockpiles, Science Stockpiles apply to the Empire as a whole rather than specific cities.

Technology

The only technology that directly increases Science output without the need to build a city improvement is the Era VI technology Difference Engine, which increases the Science output of cities by 100%.

Urkans

Chaka has the Chymical Warfare training available. Upon unlocking this training, while Chaka is rooted in a region, cities owned by Chaka's owner and their allies will get a +50% bonus, while enemy cities will get a -25% penalty.

Cost Reduction

Aside from simply producing Science, there are also a few ways to reduce the cost of researching technology, though this often comes with a condition that the reduction only applies to technology of a certain Era.

• The Broken Lords unique technology Archaeologist reduces the cost to research Era I technologies by 20%
• The Alchemic Institute reduces the cost to research technology from past Eras by 20%.

See also

• Strategy Guide/FIDSI#Science
• Strategy Guide/Research