Research

An Empire can greatly strengthen all aspects of itself through Research. Most technologies can be unlocked by spending Science, but other, hidden technologies are unlocked by completing Faction or Side Quests. Each technology that is researched unlocks one or more city improvements, a military unit, a special ability, or a passive benefit for your Faction.

The Research Tree is divided into six distinct tiers or "Eras". At the beginning of a game, only Era I is available; other Eras must be unlocked by researching nine technologies from any previous Era. The only prerequisite to research a technology is that the era in which it is located has been reached. Once an Era has been reached, any technology from that Era is available for research. All Major Factions start out with two technologies already researched.

To research further technologies, you must go to the Technology Tab and select a technology to research by left clicking it. Only one technology can be researched at a time. Selecting more than one technology will queue additional technologies, in the order in which they were selected. To deselect a technology, or remove it from the queue, simply left click it again. Every turn, your faction's total Science output is applied toward the technology at the top of the queue. If your faction has a higher Science output than what remains on the selected technology, the surplus will be applied to the next technology. If research on a given technology is stopped in favor of another, the progress towards the first technology remains and the technology can be resumed at any point. Note, however, that this progress is percentage-based, so returning to a technology after researching a few others will result in it costing more to finish than it had before.

Technologies do not have a set Science cost. Instead, all technologies have a cost based on the era of the technology and the total number of technologies researched. With N being the number of technologies already researched, and A being a constant based on the technology's era, the equation for the Science cost of the next technology is:

Cost = A * (5 - N + (N + 1) ^ 2)

The value of A for each era is as follows:

Era	Value of A
I	2.32
II	2.86
III	3.4
IV	3.92
V	5
VI	45

There are a number of effects that become active upon reaching a new Era, such as units being trained at a higher level, new equipment being unlocked, and certain tiles and resources being revealed. Additionally, whenever any empire in the game reaches a new Era, all of the Legendary Deeds for that Era become available for everyone to complete, and all facilities for that Era are revealed.

Era I

This is the Age of Discovery.

General Technologies

Advanced Alloys Faction: All Obtained: Era I Category: Science and Industry Type: Item Focus: Weapon		The use of exotic resources like Titanium and Glassteel can greatly improve weapons. The metallurgy is complex, however, and special tools and forges are required.
Effects: Unlocks Tier 1 Weapons (also Armors and Accesories with ELCP) made of Titanium or Glassteel -10% (-20% with ELCP) on Titanium or Glassteel initial item costs

Advanced Armor Faction: All Obtained: Era I Category: Science and Industry Type: Item Focus: Armor		Advanced metallurgy leads to the creation of armor with Titanium or Glassteel alloys; the use of such materials is expensive but worth the cost.
Effects: With ELCP has been merged with Advanced Alloys. Unlocks tier 1 Armors made of Titanium or Glassteel Unlocks tier 1 Accessories made of Titanium or Glassteel -10% on Titanium or Glassteel initial item costs

Alchemist's Furnace Faction: All Obtained: Era I Category: Science and Industry Type: Expansion Focus: Exploitation		At the heart of the titanium and glassteel extraction method is a vast furnace used to smelt the purified resources out of their mineralized forms.
Unlocks for Construction: Titanium Extractor Faction: All except Mykara Obtained: Era I Type: Expansion Focus: Exploitation Costs: 60 At the heart of the titanium extraction method is a vast furnace used to spelt the metal out of its mineralized form. Effects: +1 on city Glassteel Extractor Faction: All except Mykara Obtained: Era I Type: Expansion Focus: Exploitation Costs: 60 After chemical preparation, using huge machines, molten glassteel is forced into delicate strands ready for industrial use. Effects: +1 on city

Aquapulvistics Faction: All Obtained: Era I Category: Economy and Population Type: City Improvement Focus: Dust		As they circulate through the sky and land, the waters of Auriga collect and carry Dust. Studies of the presence of Dust in natural water sources improve its identification and collection.
Unlocks for Construction: Dust Dredger Faction: All Obtained: Era I Type: City Improvement Focus: Dust Costs: 75 Sifting with sophisticated nets in wells, rivers and floodplains helps isolate this precious magical resource, increasing city Dust production. Effects: Need an exploited river tile to be built +2 on terrain with river during Summer Dust Filtration Faction: All Obtained: Era I Type: City Improvement Focus: Dust Costs: 75 When ice melts and rivers and seas grow warmer in the summer season, a combination of magnetics and very fine filters can be used to harvest Dust directly from the waters. Effects: Need an exploited lake or sea tile to be built +3 on terrain with sea or lake during summer

Augmented Extractor Faction: All Obtained: Side Quest Category: Economy and Population Type: Empire Focus: Resources		It is said that luck is the child of hard work. In this case, alchemists attempting to change gold into Dust have accidentally discovered a way to increase quantities and purities of extracted resources.
Effects: +1 Dye on Dye Extractor +1 Emerald on Emerald Extractor +1 Gold on Gold Extractor +1 Spice on Spice Extractor +1 Wine on Wine Extractor

Boarding Vessel (Technology) Faction: All Obtained: Era I Category: Military Type: Unit Model Focus: Interceptor		This unit is designed to carry troops that attack enemy ships.
Unlocks for Construction: Boarding Vessel Faction: All Obtained: Era I Unit Type: Interceptor Costs: 30 10 Base Attributes: Life 68 Speed 6 Attack 24 Defense 36 Initiative 26 Damage 36 Range 1 Sight 3 This unit is designed to carry troops that attack enemy ships.

Cultivation Faction: All except Broken Lords Obtained: Era I Category: Economy and Population Type: City Improvement Focus: Food		Increasing sophistication in farming has led to the study and development of plant and animal species specifically for the consumption of your citizens.
Unlocks for Construction: Seed Storage Faction: All except Broken Lords Obtained: Era I Type: City Improvement Focus: Food Costs: 75 1 per Seeds of domesticated plants are stored for sowing, making crops more reliable and increasing the amount of Food produced. Effects: +10 on city during summer +15% on city Husbandry Center Faction: All except Broken Lords Obtained: Era I Type: Unique Building Focus: Food Costs: 150 4 per From bees to bison, this center for the study of native animal species accelerates their domestication and greatly improves Food production. Effects: +5 per on city Can only be built once in your empire

Empire Mint (Technology) Faction: All Obtained: Era I Category: Economy and Population Type: City Improvement Focus: Dust		A public building dedicated to collecting Dust and minting currency increases the Dust produced
Unlocks for Construction: Empire Mint Faction: All Obtained: Era I Type: City Improvement Focus: Dust Costs: 75 A public building dedicated to collecting Dust and minting currency increases the Dust produced. Effects: +5 on city +15% on city

Language Square Faction: All except Necrophages Obtained: Era I Category: Empire and Expansion Type: Army Action Focus: Parley and Bribe		With a public square dedicated to practicing and teaching the many languages of Auriga, conversations with minor factions can now move beyond pointing and grunting.
Effects: Unlocks the army action: Parley on Empire Unlocks the army action: Bribe on Empire

Mercenary Market Faction: All Obtained: Era I Category: Military Type: Marketplace Focus: Unit		Muscles ripple, insults fly, and the stench of the unwashed is pretty bad, but that's the price for establishing a dedicated space where mercenary forces can be procured.
Effects: Unlocks the Mercenaries section of the Marketplace Unlocks the Heroes section of the Marketplace

Military Science Faction: All Obtained: Era I Category: Military Type: City Improvement Focus: Military		As science and analytical methods develop they are finally applied to warfare, making it more than just hitting the other guy harder using a bigger club.
Unlocks for Construction: Stronghold Architecture Faction: All Obtained: Era I Type: City Improvement Focus: Military Costs: 75 Basic architectural advances like moats, crenellations, sally ports, etc. greatly improve city defences. Effects: +2 (+6 with ELCP) Fortification recovery per turn on city +100 Fortification on city +1 XP per turn on army Infantry Cantina Faction: All Obtained: Era I Type: City Improvement Focus: Military Costs: 75 A watering hole only for enlisted soldiers not only cuts down on drunken brawls between uniform and city, but also promotes the exchanges of battle tactics, weapon handling, and other information, making more experienced fighters. Effects: +1 max unit slots on militia

Mill Foundry (Technology) Faction: All Obtained: Era I Category: Science and Industry Type: City Improvement Focus: Industry		Improved quality of critical parts for mills increases the amount of industry produced.
Unlocks for Construction: Mill Foundry Faction: All Obtained: Era I Type: City Improvement Focus: Industry Costs: 75 1 per Improved quality of critical parts for mills increases the amount of Industry produced. Effects: +6 on city +15% on city

Open-Pit Mine Faction: All Obtained: Era I Category: Economy and Population Type: Expansion Focus: Exploitation		A crude assembly of shacks housing the workers and tools (pickaxes, pans, barrels etc) needed to excavate and process a common resource.
Unlocks for Construction: Dye Extractor Faction: All except Mykara Obtained: Era I Type: Expansion Focus: Exploitation Costs: 60 A region building allowing the extraction of the Dye Luxury. Effects: +1 on city Emerald Extractor Faction: All except Mykara Obtained: Era I Type: Expansion Focus: Exploitation Costs: 60 A region building allowing the extraction of the Emerald Luxury. Effects: +1 on city Gold Extractor Faction: All except Mykara Obtained: Era I Type: Expansion Focus: Exploitation Costs: 60 A region building allowing the extraction of the Gold Luxury. Effects: +1 on city Spice Extractor Faction: All except Mykara Obtained: Era I Type: Expansion Focus: Exploitation Costs: 60 A region building allowing the extraction of the Spice Luxury. Effects: +1 on city Wine Extractor Faction: All except Mykara Obtained: Era I Type: Expansion Focus: Exploitation Costs: 60 A region building allowing the extraction of the Wine Luxury. Effects: +1 on city

Pillage Faction: All Obtained: Era I Category: Military Type: Army Action Focus: Pillage		Sometimes, using the enemies infrastructure against them is better than destroying it. Well-trained units are expert at siphoning Dust, resources, and other useful items from enemy sites.
Effects: Unlocks the Army Action: Pillage Unlocks the camouflage accessory on units Unlocks the detection accessory on heroes

Public Library (Technology) Faction: All except Forgotten Obtained: Era I Category: Science and Industry Type: City Improvement Focus: Science		The first step in improving science is to bring together existing knowledge. This building will help to increase the Science produced.
Unlocks for Construction: Public Library Faction: All except Forgotten Obtained: Era I Type: City Improvement Focus: Science Costs: 75 1 per The first step in improving science is to bring together existing knowledge. This building will help to increase the Science produced. Effects: +10 on city +10% on city

Search Party Faction: All Obtained: Era I Category: Empire and Expansion Type: Army Action Focus: Search		In areas where resources or artifacts may lie hidden, troops can be ordered to hunt and dig for loot.
Effects: Reduces by 10% the odds to loot nothing after a search on ruins Increases by 5% the odds to get loot or an event

Sewer System (Technology) Faction: All Obtained: Era I Category: Empire and Expansion Type: City Improvement Focus: Approval		The drop in nauseating odors and infections diseases, thanks to the new public sanitation system, instantly gives and approval bonus to your city.
Unlocks for Construction: Sewer System Faction: All Obtained: Era I Type: City Improvement Focus: Approval Costs: 75 1 per The drop on nauseating odours and infectious diseases, thanks to the new public sanitation system, instantly gives an Approval bonus to your City. Effects: +20 on city +1 on approval (happy)

Tactical Training Faction: All Obtained: Legendary Deed Category: Military Type: Empire Focus: Unit		The ability of your armies to execute both strategic visions and tactical maneuvers is without equal. Energized by your leadership, your troops shall attain even greater feats.
Effects: +15% Initiative on units

Topography Faction: All except Forgotten Obtained: Era I Category: Science and Industry Type: City Improvement Focus: Science		First strides are made in the analysis of minerals, soil, and rock formations. Maps and diagrams depicting the geology of Auriga point to valuable areas for study and exploration.
Unlocks for Construction: Geomic Labs Faction: All except Forgotten Obtained: Era I Type: City Improvement Focus: Science Costs: 75 1 per This new science, based on the study of the natural rock formations of Auriga, brings a wealth of new knowledge to the city. Effects: +2 on terrain with science Center for Minerology Faction: All except Forgotten Obtained: Era I Type: Unique Building Focus: Science Costs: 150 4 per This building, beautifully decorated with marble and crystals, encourages the alchemists of the empire to study and experiment upon the many minerals of Auriga. Effects: +5 per on city Can only be built once in your empire

Faction-Specific Technologies

Arcana of Agility Faction: Ardent Mages Obtained: Starting Technology (Research Era I with ELCP) Category: Empire and Expansion Type: City Improvement Focus: Arcana		By ingesting a unique Dust-concoction that brings on searing pains, Mages can dedicate themselves to the art of awareness, and learn how the mind can overcome the limitations of the body.
Effects: +1 Pillar of Speed on Empire +1 Incantation of Haste on Empire

Arcana of Matter Faction: Ardent Mages Obtained: Starting Technology Category: Empire and Expansion Type: City Improvement Focus: Arcana		Through crude pain experiments, Mages and Artificers blend their first insights into Dust, enabling the construction of pillars that boost science nearby, and spells that increase unit defense.
Effects: +1 Pillar of Knowledge on Empire +1 Incantation of Defense on Empire

Archaeologist Faction: Broken Lords Obtained: Faction Quest Category: Science and Industry Type: Empire Focus: Science		It is of great value to study the artifacts and history of Auriga - particularly with an eye to predicting its future.
Effects: +20% research cost reduction for Era I technologies on empire

Aura of Leadership Faction: Drakken Obtained: Faction Quest Category: Empire and Expansion Type: Empire Focus: Influence		You are a benevolent and polite neighbor, so every pacified village in your empire sings your praises. With each pacification, the status and reputation of your nation grows.
Effects: +3 per village (Non-converted) on cities

Breaching Wave Faction: Morgawr Obtained: Era I Category: Empire and Expansion Type: Empire Focus: Influence		By learning how to exploit the psionic powers of Dust, Morgawr can locally break the systems designed by their jailers to inhibit their mental powers.
Effects: +1 on citadel +1 on revealed facility

Dust Sense Faction: Forgotten Obtained: Era I Category: Military Type: Empire Focus: Pillage		By studying the subtleties of Dust as part of their training at the Warfarer's Divinity, Forgotten soldiers are able to root out more of the precious stuff when pillaging.
Effects: +100% from Pillage on empire

High Towers (Technology) Faction: Roving Clans Obtained: Faction Quest Category: Science and Industry Type: City Improvement Focus: Science		Expertise obtained from the Wild Walkers in matters of architecture and construction materials boosts Science, and the towers themselves increase Vision range.
Unlocks for Construction: High Towers Faction: Roving Clans Obtained: Faction Quest Type: City Improvement Focus: Science Costs: 400 -2 per Expertise obtained from the Wild Walkers in matters of architecture and construction materials boosts Science, and the towers themselves increase Vision range. Effects: +2 vision on city tiles +5 on city Limited to one copy in your empire Wild Walkers hero with Roads of Dust item equipped must be city governor

Protectors of Auriga Faction: Drakken Obtained: Era I Category: Empire and Expansion Type: Empire Focus: Minor Factions		By their impressive size and kindly but authoritative words, these polished Drakken emissaries can assimilate even the most fearful and distrusting villages.
Effects: +1 minor faction assimilation slot on empire

Visions of Glory Faction: Wild Walkers Obtained: Faction Quest Category: Empire and Expansion Type: Empire Focus: Influence		Though not superstitious, Wild Walkers have put some faith in signs and omens. As each new building rises in your empire, your people are energized by a hopeful future that is growing before their eyes.
Effects: +4 when a city improvement is built on Wild Walkers. +4 When a district is built on Wild Walkers. +4 when a region improvement is built on Wild Walkers.

Unit Technologies

Each faction has a unique unit that is available to unlock through research in Era I. The Necrophages' Necrodrone and the Allayi's Skyfin are unlocked by default as Starting Technology of the respective factions.
Note: Values of base attributes with ELCP are indicated in parenthesis.

Agache Shaman Faction: Wild Walkers Obtained: Era I Unit Type: Support Costs: 30

Base Attributes: Life 52 Speed 4 Attack 10 Defense 30 Initiative 30 Damage 12 Range 3 Sight 3

The Shamans of the Wild Walkers are masters of the Sharing, an ancient rite that channels the rage of beasts. They are dangerous in battle, fighting with both spells and claws.

Ryder Faction: Broken Lords Obtained: Era I Unit Type: Cavalry Costs: 60

Base Attributes: Life 108 Speed 6 Attack 28 Defense 34 Initiative 26 Damage 28 Range 1 Sight 3

Riding armored units bearing an appearance similar to themselves, the cavalry of the Broken Lords fall upon their enemies not merely with the force of their charge, but also with the lightning of their zealous faith.

Dawn Officer Faction: Vaulters Obtained: Era I Unit Type: Cavalry Costs: 80

Base Attributes: Life 116 Speed 6 Attack 18 Defense 34 Initiative 32 Damage 22 Range 1 Sight 3

Training, magic, and partially powered armor allows the Dawn Officer to leap into battle and strike from afar.

Dawn Officer (Mezari) Faction: Mezari Obtained: Era I Unit Type: Cavalry Costs: 80

Base Attributes: Life 116 Speed 6 Attack 18 Defense 34 Initiative 32 Damage 22 Range 1 Sight 3

Training, magic, and partially powered armor allows the Dawn Officer to leap into battle and strike from afar.

Necrodrone Faction: Necrophages Obtained: Era I Unit Type: Flying Costs: 120

Base Attributes: Life 124 Speed 6 Attack 36 Defense 36 Initiative 30 Damage 36 Range 1 Sight 4

Adept at striking from air, Necrodrones damage both by striking and by spitting clouds of caustic poison.

Ateshi Zealot Faction: Ardent Mages Obtained: Era I Unit Type: Ranged Costs: 60

Base Attributes: Life 60(75) Speed 4 Attack 36 Defense 18 Initiative 20 Damage 24 Range 3 Sight 3

It is said the very air in the vicinity cools as an Ateshi Zealot conjures a rain of fire to hurl onto the enemy's ranks, but this is preferable to being in the burning firing line.''

Kassai Faction: Roving Clans Obtained: Era I Unit Type: Ranged Costs: 90

Base Attributes: Life 92 Speed 7 Attack 32 Defense 30 Initiative 26 Damage 20 Range 3 Sight 3

Perhaps the most rapid military unit on Auriga, the Kassai move with exceptional speed both in and out of battle.

Wyvern Faction: Drakken Obtained: Era I Unit Type: Flying Costs: 110

Base Attributes: Life 100 Speed 6 Attack 34 Defense 26 Initiative 22 Damage 38 Range 1 Sight 4

The scout and 'eyes' of the faction, Wyverns are used to patrol the skies near Drakken cities, warning of enemies.

Fanatic Faction: Cultists Obtained: Era I Unit Type: Cavalry Costs: 80

Base Attributes: Life 124 Speed 6 Attack 20 Defense 30 Initiative 30 Damage 22 Range 1 Sight 3

Fanatics are massive due to their many robotic parts, and can use this weight to execute damaging cavalry charges.

Predatore Faction: Forgotten Obtained: Era I Unit Type: Ranged Costs: 80

Base Attributes: Life 84 Speed 4 Attack 30(39) Defense 18 Initiative 26 Damage 20 Range 3 Sight 3

Deadly from a distance with their crossbow, the Predatores strike terror into any enemy in their line of sight. Using poison and with exceptional aim, a Predatore's target is generally dead before it knows it is in the crosshairs.

Skyfin Faction: Allayi Obtained: Era I Unit Type: Support Costs: 250 20 (15 with ELCP)

Base Attributes: Life 236 Speed 8 Attack 18 Defense 46 Initiative 20 Damage 18 Range 3 Sight 3

Arguably the most revered and majestic being on Auriga, the Skyfin's presence improves friendly morale in Summer and decreases enemy morale in Winter.

Vore Faction: Morgawr Obtained: Era I Unit Type: Frigate Costs: 80

Base Attributes: Life 124 Speed 4 Attack 37 Defense 32 Initiative 8 Damage 40 Range 1 Sight 3

The Vore is a solid fighter, but its great strength lies in its toughness and its ability to automatically lift its armor and improve defenses when attacked.

Geomancer Faction: Kapaku Obtained: Era I Unit Type: Support Costs: 60

Base Attributes: Life 47 Speed 4 Attack 20 Defense 20 Initiative 32 Damage 18 Range 3 Sight 3

Spellcasters capable of long-range attacks, the geomancers real strength comes from supporting the frontline golems by harnessing the power of the land.

Gorgon Faction: Mykara Obtained: Era I Unit Type: Cavalry Costs: 80

Base Attributes: Life 100 Speed 6 Attack 20 Defense 30 Initiative 32 Damage 28 Range 1 Sight 3

Hitting hard and fast, Mykara gorgons are nimble fighters who can quickly take the battle to the enemy, but are best employed in shock attacks due to their relatively frail composition.

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Era II

This is the Age of Glory. Upon reaching this Era, the following effects come into place:

• Iron tier 2 weapons and armor become available for heroes and ground units
• Newly trained units will now be veterans (level 2) and cost more
• Watchtower foundations are revealed
• Empire plan level 2 available

General Technologies

Alchemical Alloys Faction: All Obtained: Era II Category: Science and Industry Type: Item Focus: Weapon		As part of a sophisticated metallurgical process alchemy is introduced into the forging process. Using this technique, weapons fashioned from Titanium and Glassteel can be improved.
Effects: Unlocks tier 2 weapons made of Titanium or Glassteel -10 % on Titanium or Glassteel initial item costs

Alchemical Armor Faction: All Obtained: Era II Category: Science and Industry Type: Item Focus: Armor		Copying alchemical processes used to make improved armors, Titanium and Glassteel can be forged into sheets that are both thinner and stronger than previously possible.
Effects: Unlocks tier 2 armors made of Titanium or Glassteel Unlocks tier 2 accessories made of Titanium or Glassteel -10% on Titanium or Glassteel initial item costs

Alchemy Workshop (Technology) Faction: All except Forgotten Obtained: Era II Category: Science and Industry Type: City Improvement Focus: Science		Solid buildings are constructed where the curious can mix, match, and ignite various materials. Science advances, in spite of a noticeable increase in minor burns, temporary deafness, and smoky streets.
Unlocks for Construction: Alchemy Workshop Faction: All except Forgotten Obtained: Era II Type: City Improvement Focus: Science Costs: 250 5 2 per Solid buildings are constructed where the curious can mix, match, and ignite various materials. Science advances, in spite of a noticeable increase in minor burns, temporary deafness, and smoky streets. Effects: +15 on city +20% on city

Aquacultural Science Faction: All except Broken Lords Obtained: Era II Category: Economy and Population Type: City Improvement Focus: Food		Though water was at first viewed by farmers primarily as something unpredictable and supernatural, it is now exploited scientifically to improve agricultural yields.
Unlocks for Construction: Irrigation Networks Faction: All except Broken Lords Obtained: Era II Type: City Improvement Focus: Food Costs: 250 5 2 per Modern materials and machines allow the creation of vast networks of irrigation, making arable land more productive and rendering dry land arable. Effects: Need an exploited river tile to be built +3 on terrain with river during summer Fish Farm Faction: All except Broken Lords Obtained: Era II Type: City Improvement Focus: Food Costs: 250 5 2 per Nets and cages by the shores of lakes and along reefs increase fish yields, raising Food production. Effects: Need an exploited lake or sea tile to be built +3 on terrain with sea or lake during summer

Central Market (Technology) Faction: All Obtained: Era II Category: Empire and Expansion Type: City Improvement Focus: Approval		This great national market brings in goods from across Auriga. New jobs and experiences are created as the population finds new ways to indulge itself.
Unlocks for Construction: Central Market Faction: All Obtained: Era II Type: City Improvement Focus: Approval Costs: 250 2 2 per This great national market brings in goods from across Auriga. New jobs and experiences are created as the population finds new ways to indulge itself. Effects: +25 on city +10% on approval (fervent) +10% on approval (fervent)

Citizen Armies Faction: All Obtained: Era II Category: Military Type: City Improvement Focus: Military		Rather than using mercenaries or recruiting and disbanding armies as needed, techniques are developed to democratize military training and practices.
Unlocks for Construction: Conscription Center Faction: All Obtained: Era II Type: City Improvement Focus: Military Costs: 250 2 per A formal process to find, enlist, and train raw recruits results in a noticeable improvement in troop quality. Effects: +40 XP when recruiting a unit on units Defensive Wards Faction: All Obtained: Era II Type: Unique Building Focus: Military Costs: 600 5 4 per By dividing the city into a series of wards, with the citizens of each ward responsible for the upkeep and patrolling of the walls, city defense is greatly improved. Effects: +30 Fortification per on city Can only be built once in your empire

Diplomat's Manse Faction: All except Necrophages Obtained: Era II Category: Empire and Expansion Type: Diplomacy Focus: Diplomatic Terms		In this opulent house diplomats learn the cultural intricacies of other nations, improving the prospects of beneficial relations.
Effects: Permits proposals of Peace Treaty on Empire

Exotic Alloys Faction: All Obtained: Side Quest Category: Science and Industry Type: Item Focus: Weapon		There is more to weapons than the alloys. Certain blacksmiths, gifted with arcane powers, can use Dust to forge Titanium and Glassteel into stronger, sharper blades
Effects: Unlocks tier 3 weapons made of Titanium or Glassteel -10 % on Titanium or Glassteel initial item costs

Exotic Armor Faction: All Obtained: Side Quest Category: Science and Industry Type: Item Focus: Armor		As part of a sophisticated metallurgical process Dust is introduced into the annealing process. Using this technique, armor fashioned from Titanium and Glassteel can be improved.
Effects: Unlocks tier 3 armors made of Titanium or Glassteel Unlocks tier 3 accessories made of Titanium or Glassteel -10% on Titanium or Glassteel initial item costs

Fire Ship (Technology) Faction: All Obtained: Era II Category: Military Type: Unit Model Focus: Frigate		This unit is designed to use the most dangerous of all naval weapons - fire.
Unlocks for Construction: Fire Ship Faction: All Obtained: Era II Unit Type: Frigate Costs: 60 10 Base Attributes: Life 180 Speed 4 Attack 36 Defense 28 Initiative 18 Damage 24 Range 1 Sight 3 This unit is designed to use the most dangerous of all naval weapons - fire.

Glory of Empire (Technology) Faction: All Obtained: Era II Category: Empire and Expansion Type: City Improvement Focus: Influence		This magnificent public building includes statues, libraries, and frescoes that ell of the founding and growth of your civilization. A source of awe and pride, it increases Influence Points produced by each unit of Population.
Unlocks for Construction: Glory of Empire Faction: All Obtained: Era II Type: City Improvement Focus: Influence Costs: 250 3 per This magnificent public building includes statues, libraries, and frescoes that ell of the founding and growth of your civilization. A source of awe and pride, it increases Influence Points produced by each unit of Population. Effects: +5 on city +1 per on city

Hydrology Faction: All Obtained: Era II Category: Science and Industry Type: City Improvement Focus: Industry		A number of sciences come together that help builders and merchants of the empire better exploit the streams, rivers, and lakes of the empire.
Unlocks for Construction: Canal System Faction: All Obtained: Era II Type: City Improvement Focus: Industry Costs: 250 2 per The creation of a network for rapidly transporting goods gives an immediate Industry bonus to your City. Effects: +1 on terrain with industry during summer Canal Locks Faction: All Obtained: Era II Type: Unique Building Focus: Industry Costs: 600 5 4 per Though the engineering and construction is difficult, the creation of a series of locks for shipping improves transfer of goods via the canals, even if they must go uphill. Effects: +5 per on city Can only be built once in your empire

Imperial Coinage Faction: All Obtained: Era II Category: Economy and Population Type: Marketplace Focus: Resources		By imposing a standardized coin for all commercial transactions, it is now far easier to buy and sell all sorts of commodities.
Effects: Unlocks the resources and stockpiles sections of the Marketplace

Imperial Highways Faction: All except Morgawr Obtained: Era II Category: Empire and Expansion Type: City Improvement Focus: Roads		Previously paths across private land full of ruts and mud, roads are constructed to link towns and military outposts for both commerce and defense.
Effects and Unlocks for Construction: Creates Roads (used by trade routes) on Empire Right of Way Faction: All except Morgawr Obtained: Era II Type: City Improvement Focus: Roads Costs: 250 3 per Previously paths across private land full of rust and mud, roadbeds are now being constructed for heavy use on lands purchased form their owners. Effects: Roads are automatically created between cities in adjacent regions (regardless of diplomatic status), one of which having this improvement built Improves the roads into paved roads Used by Trade Routes Grant movement bonus Watchtower Faction: All except Morgawr and Mykara Obtained: Era II Type: City Improvement Focus: Vision Costs: 250 The long-range views from the top of the Watchtower let you to see what is happening near your frontiers. Effects: +15% Health regen on Watchtower +3 Vision on Watchtower +3 Detection range on Watchtower +20 Fortification on Watchtower Watchtowers' health regen effects are applied to their adjacent tiles. Mykaran Watchtower Faction: Mykara Obtained: Era II Type: Expansion Focus: Vision Costs: 8 Under the control of the Mykara, this tower will allow the fungal collective to see far and wide. Effects: +15% Health Regen on Fungal Bloom +3 Vision on Fungal Bloom Watchtowers' Health Regen effects are applied to their adjacent Tiles +Tile Output on Main City

Management Sciences Faction: All Obtained: Era II Category: Science and Industry Type: City Improvement Focus: Industry		The idea that management and organization is something that can be improved and better exploited is new and radical. However, it leads to clear improvement in the organization of work.
Unlocks for Construction: Lumber Mill Faction: All Obtained: Era II Type: City Improvement Focus: Industry Costs: 250 5 2 per Better machines for transforming bucked and limbed logs into cants and flitches increase the amount of Industry produced on forest tiles. Effects: Need an exploited forest tile to be built +1 on terrain with forest Apprenticeship Registry Faction: All Obtained: Era II Type: City Improvement Focus: Industry Costs: 250 5 2 per By formalizing the process of apprenticeship, young workers can more rapidly learn valuable trade skills, which increases overall Industry within a city. Effects: +1 on exploitation

Meritocratic Promotion Faction: All Obtained: Era II Category: Military Type: Army Size Focus: Military		A radical idea! Perhaps officers should be promoted based on skill, not blood line. In addition, money saved on formal dinners can be spent on upgrading equipment.
Effects: +2 Army unit slots on Empire +2 Garrison unit slots on Empire -2 form military upkeep on armies +1 Extra Accessory Slot on unit

Native District Faction: All except Drakken Obtained: Era II Category: Empire and Expansion Type: Empire Focus: Minor Factions		By imperial decree, a small section of the city is vacated of its usual inhabitants and given over to and emigrant population. Discontented locals mean the transition isn't purely advantageous
Effects: +1 Minor Faction Assimilation slot on Empire

Prisoners, Slaves, and Volunteers Faction: All Obtained: Era II Category: Economy and Population Type: Empire Focus: Buyout		Flooding building sites with armies of cheap labor effectively allows construction projects to be quickly completed at no cost.
Effects: +25% Unit Buyout reduction on Cities +25% Building Buyout reduction on Cities

Public Granary (Technology) Faction: All except Broken Lords Obtained: Era II Category: Economy and Population Type: City Improvement Focus: Food		As large quantities of grains can now be stored safely for long periods of time, your city receives an immediate Food bonus.
Unlocks for Construction: Public Granary Faction: All except Broken Lords Obtained: Era II Type: City Improvement Focus: Food Costs: 250 5 2 per As large quantities of grains can now be stored safely for long periods of time, your city receives an immediate Food bonus. Effects: +15 on city +2 per on city

Shipyard Faction: All Obtained: Era II Category: Empire and Expansion Type: Empire Focus: Roads		With this building that brings together the various crafts for shipbuilding (wrights, carpenters, ropemakers, caulkers, etc) reliable ships can be made for the empire's maritime adventures.
Effects: Unlocks ships (travel on water) on Empire

Faction-Specific Technologies

Arcana of Authority Faction: Ardent Mages Obtained: Era II Category: Empire and Expansion Type: City Improvement Focus: Arcana		This branch of Dust magic is focused on bending the will of others. Through such understanding, allies may champion your causes more readily, and enemies will fight with less passion.
Effects: +1 Pillar of Influence on Empire +1 Incantation of Enervation on Empire

Cannon Fodder Faction: Necrophages Obtained: Era II Category: Military Type: Empire Focus: Upkeep		Simple beings with simple lives and a single goal can be maintained inexpensively.
Effects: -50% on military upkeep -20% on hero upkeep

Caudata Sanctuary Faction: Forgotten Obtained: Era II Category: Science and Industry Type: Empire Focus: Winter		Transported in from the distant Targadian Mountains, winter-sensitive species like the Boreal Caudata have the uncanny ability to anticipate the turning of the seasons, thus greatly improving forecasts.
Effects: -80% Margin of error for season predictability on empire -100% Infiltration cost on empire during winter -30% Infiltration action cost on hero

Deep Generator (Technology) Faction: Vaulters Obtained: Era II Category: Empire and Expansion Type: City Improvement Focus: Holy Resource		Harnessing the mighty power of the timeless fires of the deep, Vaulter backup generators provide sustainable and reliable energy that is missing on the surface. All resources are boosted.
Unlocks for Construction: Deep Generator Faction: Vaulters Obtained: Era II Type: City Improvement Focus: Holy Resource Costs: 250 20 Harnessing the mighty power of the timeless fires of the deep, Vaulter backup generators provide sustainable and reliable energy that is missing on the surface. All resources are boosted. Effects: +10% on city +10% on city +10% on city +10% on city The cost indicates that the Holy Resource has to be chosen.

Demanding Gods Faction: Necrophages Obtained: Era II Category: Empire and Expansion Type: Empire Focus: Approval		Hunger - for Food, recognition, or glory - can drive one to extreme behavior.
Effects: Gives the ability to sacrifice 1 from city population: +30 on city during a limited time Duration depends on remaining in city and can be cumulated +1 per in city just before sacrifice Cannot be used if siege on empire

Destructive Analysis Faction: Cultists Obtained: Era II Category: Science and Industry Type: Empire Focus: Science		Forever disgusted by the random waste and ruin of the Endless's civil war, the Cultists are careful to study and learn from the enemy cities that they deconstruct.
Effects: +1 Science stockpile per when a city is razed on empire

Dust Crematorium Faction: Broken Lords Obtained: Faction Quest Category: Economy and Population Type: Empire Focus: Dust		Battlefield salvage teams bring the Broken Lord dead to crematorium sites where their living essence and traces of Dust can be extracted.
Effects: +1 XP converted into on empire.

Dust Purifier Faction: Ardent Mages Obtained: Era II Category: Military Type: Empire Focus: Arcana		By refining the Dust used in spells, the potency of all Dust magic increases.
Effects: +1 arcana level for all spells on empire

Freelance Guards Faction: Roving Clans Obtained: Era II Category: Military Type: Army Action Focus: Privateers		The idea of turning troops not needed for caravan defense into flagless mercenaries is logical. After all, they are needed to protect the Clans' long-term commercial interests.
Effects: Unlocks Privateers Armies composed exclusively of mercenaries can carry a neutral flag, preventing other empires (even allies) from knowing which empire owns them Armies of privateers have an increased upkeep -20% on Heroes and Mercenaries market Buyout cost on empire. +2 Fortification Damage per turn on Mercenary.

Golem Camp (Technology) Faction: Kapaku Obtained: Era II Category: Economy and Population Type: Expansion Focus: Encampment		Populated by indefatigable golem workers, these camps enable cities to create boroughs entirely separated from their parent metropolis.
Unlocks for Construction: Golem Camp Faction: Kapaku Obtained: Era II Type: Expansion Focus: Encampment Costs: 250 5 5 Populated by indefatigable golem workers, these camps enable cities to create boroughs entirely separated from their parent metropolis. Effects: Units can be garrisoned at the camp +1 bonus population on city Limited to one copy in your city

Luxury Alchemists Faction: Allayi Obtained: Era II Category: Economy and Population Type: Empire Focus: Exploitation		Wise and experienced in the resources and resonances of Auriga, skilled sages can cause magical effects to replicate and extend their duration.
Effects: +20% when activating a Luxury Booster for each other active Luxury Booster

Main Maritime Academy (Technology) Faction: Morgawr Obtained: Faction Quest Category: Military Type: City Improvement Focus: Military		Casting far and wide for particularly talented Morgawr, this collective turns out armies that are particularly skilled and capable in executing maritime actions.
Unlocks for Construction: Main Maritime Academy Faction: Morgawr Obtained: Faction Quest Type: City Improvement Focus: Military Costs: 200 5 5 2 per Casting far and wide for particularly talented Morgawr, this collective turns out armies that are particularly skilled and capable in executing maritime actions. Effects: +80 XP when recruiting a unit on naval unit Need an exploited sea tile to be built

Oologic Nursery (Technology) Faction: Drakken Obtained: Faction Quest Category: Economy and Population Type: City Improvement Focus: Food		Gifted with strong social instincts and great knowledge of Endless technology, the Drakken build sophisticated centers for the incubation of their young.
Unlocks for Construction: Oologic Nursery Faction: Drakken Obtained: Faction Quest Type: City Improvement Focus: Food Costs: 400 10 20 2 per Gifted with strong social instincts and great knowledge of Endless technology, the Drakken build sophisticated centers for the incubation of their young. Effects: Requires an income of 20 from the city tiles +10 on city +25 XP when recruiting a unit on units

Penitent Chapel Faction: Broken Lords Obtained: Faction Quest Category: Military Type: Empire Focus: Military		In friendly - or subservient- villages, Broken Lords consecrate chapels that feed life force of the inhabitants back to troops operating in the region.
Effects: +1% Broken Lords unit regeneration per pacified village on Broken Lords.

Pilgrims of the End Faction: Allayi Obtained: Faction Quest Category: Empire and Expansion Type: Empire Focus: Influence		As the collection of Auriga's Pearls increases, so does the power and prestige of the faction.
Effects: +3 Influence per collected pearl cluster on empire

Shaman's Insight Faction: Kapaku Obtained: Faction Quest Category: Military Type: Empire Focus: Military		Geomantic investigations into the animating effects of Dust permit Kapaku shamans to create more robust Stone Sentinels.
Effects: Stone Sentinels have no military upkeep

Survival Instinct Faction: Wild Walkers Obtained: Faction Quest Category: Empire and Expansion Type: Empire Focus: Speed		Digging into the resources of their clan totem animals, Wild Walker units react with the speed of threatened beasts when enemy units are in sight.
Effects: +2 on movement when starting a turn with an enemy army in vision range on Wild Walkers

Tower of the Consecrate (Technology) Faction: Forgotten Obtained: Faction Quest Category: Science and Industry Type: City Improvement Focus: Exploitation		Though the Consecration Order is primarily concerned with the spiritual well-being of the Forgotten, as moral authority they also control and improve the distribution of key, scarce resources from this building.
Unlocks for Construction: Tower of the Consecrate Faction: Forgotten Obtained: Faction Quest Type: City Improvement Focus: Exploitation Costs: 600 2 per Though the Consecration Order is primarily concerned with the spiritual well-being of the Forgotten, as moral authority they also control and improve the distribution of key, scarce resources from this building. Effects: Requires at least 1 from pacified villages +1 resource on strategic resource extractor +1 resource on luxury resource extractor

Urkan Encampment Faction: Mykara Obtained: Era II Category: Military Type: Empire Focus: Military		A union of sturdy engineering and pheromone manipulation, this knowledge allows the carapace of the great beasts to be used as a garrison for soldiers.
Effects: Allows you to garrison units in tamed Urkans you control

Verda's Temple (Technology) Faction: Ardent Mages Obtained: Faction Quest Category: Science and Industry Type: City Improvement Focus: Science		The subtleties of Dust are numerous and easy to overlook. Only through its methodical study will its secrets be discovered. This temple, replete with terrifying contraptions, will aid that endeavor.
Effects and Unlocks for Construction: With ELCP: +1 Arcana level for all Spells on Empire Verda's Temple Faction: Ardent Mages Obtained: Faction Quest Type: City Improvement Focus: Science Costs: 400 -2 per The subtleties of Dust are numerous and easy to overlook. Only through its methodical study will its secrets be discovered. This temple, replete with terrifying contraptions, will aid that endeavor. Effects: +2 on terrain with science Limited to one copy in your empire

We Are Legion Faction: Cultists Obtained: Era II Category: Military Type: Empire Focus: Military		As the number of converted troops increases, the Cultists learn much on how to integrate, train, and fanaticize other peoples. This experience serves them well.
Effects: +40 XP when recruiting a converted unit on empire

What's Mine is Mine Faction: Forgotten Obtained: Era II Category: Military Type: Empire Focus: Security		Those who are strong in the ways of espionage must also be ready when their enemies use those skills against them. Additional training in counter-espionage is never wasted time.
Effects: +15 Security on cities +3 on infiltrated hero

Winter Shelters (Technology) Faction: Vaulters Obtained: Faction Quest Category: Economy and Population Type: City Improvement Focus: Food		By resurrecting the dormant, though not forgotten, arts of subterranean architecture and horticulture, the Vaulters can construct shelters to negate the worst effects of winter.
Unlocks for Construction: Winter Shelters Faction: Vaulters Obtained: Faction Quest Type: City Improvement Focus: Food Costs: 250 20 -1 per By resurrecting the dormant, though not forgotten, arts of subterranean architecture and horticulture, the Vaulters can construct shelters to negate the worst effects of winter. Effects: Winter food reduction immunity Winter approval reduction immunity The cost indicates that the holy resource has to be chosen.

Unit Technologies

Each faction has a unique unit that is available to unlock through research in Era II.
Note: Values of base attributes with ELCP are indicated in parenthesis.

Tenei Walker Faction: Wild Walkers Obtained: Era II Unit Type: Infantry Costs: 140

Base Attributes: Life 180 Speed 4 Attack 22 Defense 46 Initiative 18 Damage 32 Range 1 Sight 3

These incarnations of the powers of the forest followed the Wild Walkers when they emigrated from the vast woods of Auriga to the cities of the plains. A symbol of the origins of the Wild Walkers, Tenei Walkers are also powerful front-line fighters.

Dust Bishop Faction: Broken Lords Obtained: Era II Unit Type: Support Costs: 120

Base Attributes: Life 122 Speed 4 Attack 8(16) Defense 28 Initiative 6(16) Damage 30(36) Range 3 Sight 3

A holy leader within the church of the Broken Lords, they are responsible for the well-being of the troops with whom they serve. Able to summon the Blessed Curse in the midst of battle, their capability as healers is important on the battlefield.

Titan Faction: Vaulters Obtained: Era II Unit Type: Infantry Costs: 140

Base Attributes: Life 156 Speed 4 Attack 24 Defense 50 Initiative 14 Damage 30 Range 1 Sight 3

A giant construct of relics, machines, and magic, the Titan is a formidable melee warrior on offense or defense.

Titan (Mezari) Faction: Mezari Obtained: Era II Unit Type: Infantry Costs: 140

Base Attributes: Life 156 Speed 4 Attack 24 Defense 50 Initiative 14 Damage 30 Range 1 Sight 3

A giant construct of relics, machines, and magic, the Titan is a formidable melee warrior on offense or defense.

Proliferator Faction: Necrophages Obtained: Era II Unit Type: Support Costs: 120

Base Attributes: Life 52 Speed 4 Attack 10 Defense 32 Initiative 26 Damage 22 Range 3 Sight 3

The great reproduction factory of the Necrophages, a Proliferator can resurrect both friend and foe by implanting eggs which control their minds.

Eneqa Wing Faction: Ardent Mages Obtained: Era II Unit Type: Flying Costs: 250

Base Attributes: Life 132 Speed 6 Attack 38 Defense 34 Initiative 30 Damage 34 Range 1 Sight 4

It is said that the worst way to die is to burn. With wings of blazing flame sending motes of fire into the air, these airborne combatants strike fear into the bravest of foes.

Yirmak Faction: Roving Clans Obtained: Era II Unit Type: Infantry Costs: 140

Base Attributes: Life 108 Speed 5 Attack 38 Defense 34 Initiative 34 Damage 40 Range 1 Sight 3

Though the fast and powerful Yirmak is technically a cavalry unit, its fearsome claws and aggressive nature make it quite effective in melee.

Ancient Faction: Drakken Obtained: Era II Unit Type: Support Costs: 120

Base Attributes: Life 132 Speed 4 Attack 12 Defense 38 Initiative 34 Damage 28 Range 3 Sight 3

When an Ancient is found outside the halls and towers of Drakken cities, it generally means that a lot of enemies are going to die.

Nameless Guard Faction: Cultists Obtained: Era II Unit Type: Ranged Costs: 120

Base Attributes: Life 84 Speed 4 Attack 46 Defense 20 Initiative 24 Damage 32 Range 3 Sight 3

Tall and armed with excellent bows, the Nameless Guards are the eyes of the Cult and the first to strike enemies.

Myst Faction: Forgotten Obtained: Era II Unit Type: Flying Costs: 90

Base Attributes: Life 100 Speed 6 Attack 28 Defense 44 Initiative 36 Damage 16 Range 1 Sight 4

Where spying and stealth are important you will find the Mysts. Able to change from mist to solid form and back they are hard to hit and easy to be hit by.

Monk Faction: Allayi Obtained: Era II Unit Type: Flying Costs: 90

Base Attributes: Life 108 Speed 6 Attack 28 Defense 54 Initiative 22 Damage 34 Range 1 Sight 4

Powerful and hard-striking, the Monk unit's skill with its long blade results in powerful counters in Summer and powerful attacks in Winter.

Leviathan Faction: Morgawr Obtained: Era II Unit Type: Submersible Costs: 110

Base Attributes: Life 132 Speed 5 Attack 58 Defense 34 Initiative 20 Damage 50 Range 1 Sight 4

This giant creature of the deep is a dangerous foe whose powerful strikes can come at any moment; it can move stealthily then rise up to attack its target from the depths.

Golem Rider Faction: Kapaku Obtained: Era II Unit Type: Cavalry Costs: 110

Base Attributes: Life 90 Speed 6 Attack 42 Defense 30 Initiative 25 Damage 32 Range 1 Sight 3

The combination of Kapaku rider and golem mount is a formidable one, and these units can play a crucial role in the early stages of any battle.

Shambler Faction: Mykara Obtained: Era II Unit Type: Infantry Costs: 80

Base Attributes: Life 130 Speed 4 Attack 10 Defense 52 Initiative 16 Damage 22 Range 1 Sight 3

Construed from the toughest, densest mycelial fibers, Mykara shamblers are slow and heavy, entangling and locking down enemies with their incredible defenses.

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Era III

This is the Age of Enlightenment. Upon reaching this Era, the following effects come into place:

• Iron tier 3 weapons and armor become available for heroes and ground units
• Newly trained units will now be masters (level 3) and cost more
• Luxury Resources revealed: Blood Crystal , Grassilk , Moonleaf , Quicksilver , and Titan Bones
• Strategic Resources revealed: Adamantian and Palladian
• Empire plan level 3 available

General Technologies

Artillery Ship (Technology) Faction: All Obtained: Era III Category: Military Type: Unit Model Focus: Juggernaut		This unit is designed to fire explosive projectiles at enemy ships.
Unlocks for Construction: Artillery Ship Faction: All Obtained: Era III Unit Type: Juggernaut Costs: 80 10 Base Attributes: Life 244 Speed 3 Attack 28 Defense 24 Initiative 20 Damage 70 Range 4 Sight 3 This unit is designed to fire explosive projectiles at enemy ships.

Bathysphere (Technology) Faction: All Obtained: Era III Category: Empire and Expansion Type: Unit Model Focus: Submersible		This highly secretive unit can travel almost invisibly beneath the waters.
Unlocks for Construction: Bathysphere Faction: All Obtained: Era III Unit Type: Submersible Costs: 60 10 Base Attributes: Life 60 Speed 5 Attack 38 Defense 38 Initiative 22 Damage 40 Range 1 Sight 4 This highly secretive unit can travel almost invisibly beneath the waters.

Borough Government Faction: All Obtained: Era III Category: Military Type: City Improvement Focus: Military		By appointing energetic local leaders to help organize borough-level defense and health, local infrastructure improves and city defenses become more effective.
Unlocks for Construction: Imperial Kennels Faction: All Obtained: Era III Type: City Improvement Focus: Military Costs: 600 5 1 per Packs of hunting dogs trained to pick up the scent of intruders are useful for finding scouts, saboteurs, and patrols. Their mortality rate is high, but they are necessary to help defend your cities. Effects: +200 Fortification on city +2 XP per turn on army Materials Hoard Faction: All Obtained: Era III Type: City Improvement Focus: Military Costs: 600 5 1 per By pre-locating stores of mortar, bricks, lumber, and tools at various points around a city, reconstruction and recovery can be rapidly and easily organized on a local scale. Effects: +10 (+20 with ELCP) Fortification Recovery per turn on city +100 Fortification on City Medical Center Faction: All Obtained: Era III Type: City Improvement Focus: Military Costs: 600 5 2 per Pulling together the work of herbalists, barbers, and doctors, centers are built for the care of the wounded and the study of improved treatments. Effects: +10% Health Regen on city +10% Ally Health Regen on city

Bread and Circuses Faction: All except Cultists Obtained: Era III Category: Empire and Expansion Type: Empire Focus: Approval		By organizing forums where city dwellers can air the grievances, as well as various artistic events to distract the population, expansion plans can be more easily imposed on the populace.
Effects: -25% Expansion Disapproval generation on cities

Cargo Docks (Technology) Faction: All Obtained: Era III Category: Empire and Expansion Type: Expansion Focus: District		A centrally-organized port helps safeguard empire supply lines, and allows longer-term planning. Sea shanties still permitted.
Unlocks for Construction: Cargo Docks Faction: All Obtained: Era III Type: Expansion Focus: District Costs: 600 A centrally-organized port helps safeguard empire supply lines, and allows longer-term planning. Sea shanties still permitted. Effects: Limited to one copy in your city Can only be built on coastal waters or ocean with exploitation Creates ocean roads (used by trade routes) +5 on city tile +1 on city tile +1 on city tile +5 on terrain with sea or lake +10 on city +2 per extra level on city tile +2 per extra level on city tile +10 per extra level on city tile Decreases the embark/disembark cost.

Dust Alchemy Faction: All Obtained: Era III Category: Economy and Population Type: City Improvement Focus: Dust		Turning the skills of your brightest researchers to better understand Dust, they begin to unlock the secrets of this magical substance and how to collect it.
Unlocks for Construction: Dust Depository Faction: All Obtained: Era III Type: City Improvement Focus: Dust Costs: 600 5 A center where inert Dust is traded for currency increase the amount of Dust produced by each unit of Population. Effects: +4 per on city Dust Transmuter Faction: All Obtained: Era III Type: Unique Building Focus: Dust Costs: 1200 10 A marvel of magic and alchemy, this glowing edifice is magically linked to pylons throughout the city. By exciting existing Dust in the ground, baser elements can, over time, transmute into Dust. Effects: +10 on terrain with Dust Can only be built once in your empire

Dust Refinery (Technology) Faction: All Obtained: Era III Category: Economy and Population Type: City Improvement Focus: Dust		Artificers work on inert Dust, imbuing it with unusual powers and increasing the value of Dust produced.
Unlocks for Construction: Dust Refinery Faction: All Obtained: Era III Type: City Improvement Focus: Dust Costs: 600 10 Artificers work on inert Dust, imbuing it with unusual powers and increasing the value of Dust produced. Effects: +20 on city +30% on city

Fluid Biomechanics Faction: All except Forgotten Obtained: Era III Category: Science and Industry Type: City Improvement Focus: Science		As science becomes increasingly specialized, particular sub-topics gain importance. In this case, investment in better understanding of the energy of fluids leads to pragmatic results.
Unlocks for Construction: Large-Scale Aquatic Center Faction: All except Forgotten Obtained: Era III Type: City Improvement Focus: Science Costs: 600 10 4 per A dedicated facility investigating all things aquatic from lake fish to seabed flora confers an immediate Science bonus for every non-river water tile. Effects: +3 on terrain with sea or lake +2 per on city Hydromatic Laboratory Faction: All except Forgotten Obtained: Era III Type: City Improvement Focus: Science Costs: 400 10 4 per New laboratories can be built that take advantage of a river's current. These provide power for experiments as well as a wealth of information about the river itself. Effects: +3 on terrain with river

Guardian of Dust Faction: All Obtained: Era III Category: Military Type: Unit Model Focus: Support		One of the five ancient spirits that once protected Auriga, this quick and dangerous Guardian of Dust was attuned to the planet's magical currents. Though it was imprisoned by the Endless, Skoros's chains have faded and it now lives again.
Effects and Unlocks for Construction: +1 Guardian authorized on empire Skoros Faction: All Obtained: Era III Unit Type: Support Costs: 2000 20 20 Base Attributes: Life 640 Speed 4 Attack 144 Defense 75 Initiative 54 Damage 25 Range 3 Sight 3 One of the five ancient spirits that once protected Auriga, this quick and dangerous Guardian of Dust was attuned to the planet's magical currents. Though it was imprisoned by the Endless, Skoros's chains have faded and it now lives again.

Highway Outposts Faction: All Obtained: Era III Category: Empire and Expansion Type: City Improvement Focus: Trade Routes		Military offices, located within defended caravanserai, improve the speed and coordination of information and commerce on the empire's roads.
Unlocks for Construction: Caravanserai Faction: All Obtained: Era III Type: City Improvement Focus: Trade Routes Costs: 600 2 per A network of walled inns with wells, shops, fodder, and stables greatly increases the security and survivability of caravans. Effects: +1 Trade routes max on city +50% on city trade routes Lookout Towers Faction: All except Mykara Obtained: Era III Type: City Improvement Focus: Vision Costs: 350 A network of towers that are crewed day and night give both a defensive bonus to the city and an increase in vision range. Effects: +5 Vision on Watchtower +20% Health Regen on Watchtower +20% Ally Health Regen on Watchtower +5 Detection Range on Watchtower +30 Fortification on Watchtower Watchtowers' Health Regen effects are applied to their adjacent tiles Mykaran Lookout Tower Faction: Mykara Obtained: Era III Type: Expansion Focus: Vision Costs: 10 Mykaran tendrils spread from the tower's foundations, leeching resources from the surrounding lands. Effects: +20% Health Regen on Fungal Bloom +20% Ally Health Regen on Fungal Bloom +5 Vision on Fungal Bloom Watchtowers' Health Regen effects are applied to their adjacent Tiles +Tile Output on Main City

Intelligence Corps Faction: All Obtained: Legendary Deed Category: Military Type: Empire Focus: Heal		As the experience of your armies grows, wily field commanders and their staff provide information on Auriga and its terrain as well as its peoples - and their weaknesses.
Effects: +20% Health Regen on empire

Magma Hydraulics Faction: All Obtained: Era III Category: Science and Industry Type: City Improvement Focus: Science		Surface flows of lava can be a dangerous hazard, but an understanding of the magma under different conditions can transform them into a boon.
Effects and Unlocks for Construction: Unlocks the Flamewalkers leg armor on units Lava Works Faction: All Obtained: Era III Type: City Improvement Focus: Science Costs: 600 5 5 4 per Inspired by ancient watermills, Lava Works harness the natural power of lava flows, and give unique benefits. Effects: Needs an exploited lava flow tile to be built +8 on lava flow terrain +8 on lava flow terrain

Plow Factory (Technology) Faction: All except Broken Lords Obtained: Era III Category: Economy and Population Type: City Improvement Focus: Food		A revolutionary improvement, curved iron plows, increases the amount of food produced.
Unlocks for Construction: Plow Factory Faction: All except Broken Lords Obtained: Era III Type: City Improvement Focus: Food Costs: 600 10 5 4 per A revolutionary improvement, curved iron plows, increases the amount of food produced. Effects: +3 on exploitation

Public Works Faction: All Obtained: Era III Category: Empire and Expansion Type: City Improvement Focus: Influence		The ability to build giant structures, intended for use by thousands of people, requires knowledge of architecture, urban planning, engineering, and event management.
Unlocks for Construction: National Museum Faction: All Obtained: Era III Type: City Improvement Focus: Influence Costs: 600 5 5 4 per The empire holds a great store of loot (though we prefer the term "acquired objects"). This museum puts them on display, provides facilities to study them, and reminds others of the reach and power of your empire. Effects: +2 on city center +2 on district +2 per on city National Arena Faction: All Obtained: Era III Type: Unique Building Focus: Influence Costs: 1200 10 8 per This enormous center of sport, spectacle, and entertainment spreads tales of your civilization's culture and prowess far and wide. Effects: +50% on city Can only be built once in your empire

Reaping Station Faction: All Obtained: Era III Category: Economy and Population Type: Expansion Focus: Exploitation		Housing advances based on steam and heat engines, these works allow many previously unobtainable resources to be harvested.
Effects and Unlocks for Construction: +1 Resource on Luxury Resource deposit Blood Crystal Extractor Faction: All except Mykara Obtained: Era III Type: Expansion Focus: Exploitation Costs: 300 A region building allowing the extraction of the Blood Crystal Luxury. Effects: +1 on City Grassilk Extractor Faction: All except Mykara Obtained: Era III Type: Expansion Focus: Exploitation Costs: 300 A region building allowing the extraction of the Grassilk Luxury. Effects: +1 on City Moonleaf Extractor Faction: All except Mykara Obtained: Era III Type: Expansion Focus: Exploitation Costs: 300 A region building allowing the extraction of the Moonleaf Luxury. Effects: +1 on City Quicksilver Extractor Faction: All except Mykara Obtained: Era III Type: Expansion Focus: Exploitation Costs: 300 A region building allowing the extraction of the Quicksilver Luxury. Effects: +1 on City Titan Bones Extractor Faction: All except Mykara Obtained: Era III Type: Expansion Focus: Exploitation Costs: 300 A region building allowing the extraction of the Titan Bones Luxury. Effects: +1 on City

Scyther (Technology) Faction: All Obtained: Side Quest Category: Military Type: Unit Model Focus: Flying		Created by the Endless in their purge of Auriga - and of any power that might withstand them - the Scythers were designed with one goal in mind: To destroy any beings whose strenght derived from Dust. Only partially effective during the Schism and Dust Wars, the units were left in hibernation when the Endless on Auriga disappeared.
Unlocks for Construction: Scyther Faction: All Obtained: Side Quest Unit Type: Flying Costs: 250 5 5 4 4 1 1 Base Attributes: Life 180 Speed 6 Attack 36 Defense 50 Initiative 42 Damage 40 Range 1 Sight 4 Created by the Endless in their purge of Auriga - and of any power that might withstand them - the Scythers were designed with one goal in mind: To destroy any beings whose strenght derived from Dust. Only partially effective during the Schism and Dust Wars, the units were left in hibernation when the Endless on Auriga disappeared.

Smelting Station Faction: All Obtained: Era III Category: Science and Industry Type: Expansion Focus: Exploitation		Incredible temperatures are reached inside these towers, allowing Adamantian and Palladian to be freed from their captive ores,
Unlocks for Construction: Adamantian Extractor Faction: All except Mykara Obtained: Era III Type: Expansion Focus: Exploitation Costs: 300 Incredible temperatures are reached inside these towers, allowing adamantian to be freed from its captive ore. Effects: +1 on city Palladian Extractor Faction: All except Mykara Obtained: Era III Type: Expansion Focus: Exploitation Costs: 300 A miasma of thick, alkaline vapors drifts though these works, and stinging sweat pours from the workers. Such is the price of palladian extraction. Effects: +1 on city

Statistical Methods Faction: All except Forgotten Obtained: Era III Category: Science and Industry Type: City Improvement Focus: Science		Improved mathematics are necessary for much of scientific growth. By using algorithms of prediction and probability, the efficiency of scientific experimentation leaps forward.
Unlocks for Construction: Advanced Alchemy Lab Faction: All except Forgotten Obtained: Era III Type: City Improvement Focus: Science Costs: 600 10 4 per Wise (and brave) researchers study the many strange properties of different matter. Their knowledge increases the amount of Science produced by each unit of Population. Effects: +3 on city center +3 on district +3 per on city Cryometric Monitors Faction: All except Forgotten Obtained: Era III Type: City Improvement Focus: Science Costs: 1200 15 8 per Recent scientific improvements allow careful and accurate measurement of temperature fluctuations. Studying this data leads to improved ability to predict the arrival of the next Dark Season. Effects: -40% Margin of error for season predictability on empire +15 on terrain with anomaly Limited to one copy in your empire

Uncommon Alloys Faction: All Obtained: Era III Category: Science and Industry Type: Item Focus: Weapon		Few things are more important to military leaders than having better weapons. Thanks to recent breakthroughs in magic and alchemy, arms can now be forged even from Adamantian or Palladian.
Effects: Unlocks tier 1 weapons made of Adamantian or Palladian -10% on Adamantian or Palladian initial item costs.

Uncommon Armor Faction: All Obtained: Era III Category: Science and Industry Type: Item Focus: Armor		As armies clamor for ever more effective defenses, technology is developed that allows Adamantian or Palladian to be crafted into high quality armors.
Effects: Unlocks tier 1 armors made of Adamantian or Palladian Unlocks tier 1 armoraccessories made of Adamantian or Palladian -10% on Adamantian or Palladian initial item costs

Unexpected Allies Faction: All Obtained: Era III Category: Military Type: City Improvement Focus: Security		By recruiting friends and informants among the outcasts and invisibles of a city, a surprising amount of information can be gleaned on movements around a metropolis.
Unlocks for Construction: Inquisitors' Divinity Faction: All Obtained: Era III Type: City Improvement Focus: Security Costs: 600 5 6 per By founding a new Divinity expressly dedicated to unmasking the worms in the pulp of Forgotten society, the ability to find enemy spies is greatly improved. Effects: +20 security on city Bells and Whistles Faction: All Obtained: Era III Type: City Improvement Focus: Fortification Costs: 600 5 4 per Simple alarm systems added to industrial and financial structures - and rewards for those who report them - help to alerting the authorities when something nefarious is going on. Effects: +30 Fortification on Regional Building +4 Fortification Recovery on Regional Building

Unskilled Labor Faction: All Obtained: Era III Category: Science and Industry Type: Stockpile Focus: Food		Idle manpower can be used to stock conserved foods, industrial materials, and scientific equipment either for trade or for future use.
Effects and Unlocks for Construction: +500 on Food Stockpiles +500 on Industry Stockpiles +500 on Science Stockpiles Smokehouse Faction: All except Broken Lords Obtained: Era III Type: Stockpile Focus: Food Costs: 1200 This factory uses salts, smoke, and heat to save the output of your farms for future use or for trade. Effects: Creates stockpiles Not instant and needs to be activated in the empire screen Will not be effective if a settler unit is under construction +600 on city Warehouse Faction: All Obtained: Era III Type: Stockpile Focus: Industry Costs: 1200 This vast center is staffed by tireless golems who sort, stock, stack, and save all forms of materials and industrial goods. Effects: Creates stockpiles Not instant and needs to be activated in the empire screen +600 on city Royal Academy Faction: All except Forgotten Obtained: Era III Type: Stockpile Focus: Science Costs: 1200 In order to encourage and promote the development of science, idle manpower is put into building and stocking a new academy that will provide laboratories for great minds from across the kingdom. Effects: Creates stockpiles Not instant and needs to be activated in the empire screen +600 on empire

Faction-Specific Technologies

Arcana of Materializing Faction: Ardent Mages Obtained: Era III Category: Empire and Expansion Type: City Improvement Focus: Arcana		Most of the Dust that finds its way into the hands - and bodies - of the races of Auriga is but a mere drop in an ocean. Through extreme pain rituals, Ardent Mages can begint o unlock more of these vast untapped resources.
Effects: +1 Pillar of Extraction on Empire +1 Incantation of Deluge on Empire

Cold Engineering Faction: Ardent Mages Obtained: Faction Quest Category: Military Type: Empire Focus: Arcana		Being versed in the thermal properties of Dust under extreme cold conditions allows Ardent Mage pillars to become even more effective in winter.
Effects: Unlocks winter versions of the pillars

Dust Mechanics Faction: Ardent Mages Obtained: Era III Category: Economy and Population Type: Empire Focus: Arcana		Deeper insights into the storage and transferal of Dust allows increased quantities of the substance to be delivered from all towering pillars, raising the strength of their effects.
Effects: +1 arcana level for all pillars on empire

Dust-Mind Decoupling Faction: Morgawr Obtained: Faction Quest Category: Military Type: Empire Focus: Military		The ability of the Morgawr to control and influence the minds of others improves as it is practiced. They are now able to turn liberated spirits into pure Dust, linking living souls to ancient magics.
Effects: Unlocks totems accessories

Endless Recycling (Technology) Faction: Vaulters Obtained: Era III Category: Science and Industry Type: City Improvement Focus: Science		Clever engineers and nimble fingers combine to get maximum use out of any sort of artifact or scrap coming from the ruins that litter Auriga.
Unlocks for Construction: Endless Recycling Faction: Vaulters Obtained: Era III Type: City Improvement Focus: Science Costs: 400 20 -4 per Clever engineers and nimble fingers combine to get maximum use out of any sort of artifact or scrap coming from the ruins that litter Auriga. Effects: +14 on city center level 2 +14 on district level 2 The cost indicates that the holy resource has to be chosen.

Fungal Laboratory (Technology) Faction: Necrophages Obtained: Faction Quest Category: Economy and Population Type: City Improvement Focus: Food		Using technology discovered in the ancient ruins of Auriga, Necrophage workers improve the management of air, moisture, and fertilizer to greatly increase the output of their fungal 'farms'.
Unlocks for Construction: Fungal Laboratory Faction: Necrophages Obtained: Faction Quest Type: City Improvement Focus: Food Costs: 400 5 per Using technology discovered in the ancient ruins of Auriga, Necrophage workers improve the management of air, moisture, and fertilizer to greatly increase the output of their fungal 'farms'. Effects: Limited to one copy in your empire Ka-Riss hero must be city governor +5 per on city

High Seminary Faction: Forgotten Obtained: Faction Quest Category: Science and Industry Type: Empire Focus: Dust		A place dedicated to strengthening belief in the Forgotten path through devout meditation and rigorous debate, the most experienced agents leave the seminary even more dedicated to the cause.
Effects: +30% research cost reduction for Era III technologies on empire

Kernel of Plentitude (Technology) Faction: Mykara Obtained: Faction Quest Category: Military Type: City Improvement Focus: Science		An artifact of unknown providence, only the awesome power contained within this seed is certain. Once planted it will swiftly grow into a fungal tree of wonder, sustenance, and Dust.
Effects: Kernel of Plentitude Faction: Mykara Obtained: Faction Quest Type: City Improvement Focus: Science Costs: 800 20 -6 per An artifact of unknown providence, only the awesome power contained within this seed is certain. Once planted it will swiftly grow into a fungal tree of wonder, sustenance, and Dust. Effects: +10 per number of Cities on City +10 per number of Cities on City +10 per number of Cities on City Can only be built once in your Empire

Koni School of Elite Riders (Technology) Faction: Kapaku Obtained: Faction Quest Category: Military Type: Unique Building Focus: Military		Named after an infamous rider,this massive fortress houses an elite institution for training the Kapaku's most promising operatives. Soldiers trained in this brutal proving ground are infused with combat experience beyond their seeming fresh recruit status.
Unlocks for Construction: Koni School of Elite Riders Faction: Kapaku Obtained: Faction Quest Type: Unique Building Focus: Military Costs: 800 20 6 per Named after an infamous rider,this massive fortress houses an elite institution for training the Kapaku's most promising operatives. Soldiers trained in this brutal proving ground are infused with combat experience beyond their seeming fresh recruit status. Effects: +100 Fortification on city +10 (+20 with ELCP) Fortification recovery per turn on city +100 XP when recruiting a unit on units Can only be built once in your empire

Learn from Others Faction: Forgotten Obtained: Era III Category: Military Type: Empire Focus: Hero		Great heroes are not born with heroism, but learn it through the example of others. By sending the unseasoned on ranging expeditions with the most exalted, all of Forgotten society can learn.
Effects: +3 XP per turn on hero +3 XP per turn per infiltrated hero on hero

Siege Engineering Faction: Kapaku Obtained: Era III Category: Military Type: Empire Focus: Military		A master craftsman wastes no materials, and this faction is no different. After a siege, shattered walls, crumbled towers, and fallen battlements are all grist for the industrial mill.
Effects: Provides a Rubble Stockpile generated by dealing siege damage to enemy city fortifications Display a siege damage counter in the empire management screen

Shrine of Whispers (Technology) Faction: Cultists Obtained: Faction Quest Category: Science and Industry Type: City Improvement Focus: Science		Within each newly converted village a specialized shrine is constructed; it sifts prayers, thoughts, and conversations to obtain scientific information from tales and superstition.
Unlocks for Construction: Shrine of Whispers Faction: Cultists Obtained: Faction Quest Type: City Improvement Focus: Science Costs: 800 30 -4 per Within each newly converted village a specialized shrine is constructed; it sifts prayers, thoughts, and conversations to obtain scientific information from tales and superstition. Effects: +2% per converted village on cities

Strength of the Vault (Technology) Faction: Vaulters Obtained: Era III Category: Military Type: City Improvement Focus: Military		The coming together of the Vaulter clans has led to unprecedented cooperation. Bringing together all their knowledge of defensive hexes, spells, tactics, and weapons, city defenses greatly improve.
Unlocks for Construction: Strength of the Vault Faction: Vaulters Obtained: Era III Type: City Improvement Focus: Military Costs: 250 10 -1 per The coming together of the Vaulter clans has led to unprecedented cooperation. Bringing together all their knowledge of defensive hexes, spells, tactics, and weapons, city defenses greatly improve. Effects: +100 fortification on city +5 (+15 with ELCP) fortification recovery per turn on city The cost indicates that the Holy Resource has to be chosen.

Traders' Tents Faction: Roving Clans Obtained: Faction Quest Category: Economy and Population Type: Empire Focus: Trade Routes		The Roving Clans' canny knowledge of goods, merchants, and markets is aided by their specially made tents, within which every whisper and gesture is observed and recorded.
Effects: +50% on city trade routes

Tribal Council Faction: Drakken Obtained: Era III Category: Empire and Expansion Type: Empire Focus: Minor Factions		Emissaries of Minor Factions create a small council to learn each other's ways and study Drakken ways. Improved integration and understanding are the result.
Effects: +1 minor faction assimilation slot on empire

Urkan Politics Faction: Mykara Obtained: Era III Category: Empire and Expansion Type: Diplomacy Focus: Diplomatic Terms		Understanding how an Urkan might be influenced gives a great advantage in diplomatic negotiations, and especially leads to many friendly overtures from rivals.
Effects: -20% Influence cost on Diplomatic Interactions, for each controlled Urkan

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Era IV

This is the Age of Industry. Upon reaching this Era, the following effects come into place:

• Dust tier 1 weapons and armor become available for heroes and ground units
• Newly trained units will now be elites (level 4) and cost more
• Luxury Resources revealed: Dust Orchid , Dustwater , Hydromiel , Pixie Blood , and Redsang
• Strategic Resources revealed: Mithrite and Hyperium
• Empire plan level 4 available

General Technologies

Advanced Harvester Faction: All Obtained: Era IV Category: Economy and Population Type: Expansion Focus: Exploitation		Encompassing a suite of sophisticated industrial processes, the advanced harvester allows some of the most recalcitrant resources to be gathered.
Unlocks for Construction: Dust Orchid Extractor Faction: All except Mykara Obtained: Era IV Type: Expansion Focus: Exploitation Costs: 600 10 A region building allowing the extraction of the Dust Orchid Luxury. Effects: +1 on City Dustwater Extractor Faction: All except Mykara Obtained: Era IV Type: Expansion Focus: Exploitation Costs: 600 10 A region building allowing the extraction of the Dustwater Luxury. Effects: +1 on City Hydromiel Extractor Faction: All except Mykara Obtained: Era IV Type: Expansion Focus: Exploitation Costs: 600 10 A region building allowing the extraction of the Hydromiel Luxury. Effects: +1 on City Pixie Blood Extractor Faction: All except Mykara Obtained: Era IV Type: Expansion Focus: Exploitation Costs: 600 10 A region building allowing the extraction of the Pixie Blood Luxury. Effects: +1 on City Redsang Extractor Faction: All except Mykara Obtained: Era IV Type: Expansion Focus: Exploitation Costs: 600 10 A region building allowing the extraction of the Redsang Luxury. Effects: +1 on City

Anaerobic Mycrobiology Faction: All except Broken Lords Obtained: Era IV Category: Economy and Population Type: City Improvement Focus: Food		An understanding of the smallest lifeforms that writhe deep in the ground underpins opportunities to extract even more sustenance from the earth.
Effects and Unlocks for Construction: Unlocks the Tome of the Lithophage accessory on heroes Wyrm Farm Faction: All except Broken Lords Obtained: Era IV Type: City Improvement Focus: Food Costs: 1200 5 5 7 per Drawn from unknown depths, volcanic terrain attracts giant, rugged worms that can be farmed for sustenance. Effects: Needs an exploited volcanic tile to be built +15 on city +2 per on city

Borer's Guild Faction: All Obtained: Era IV Category: Science and Industry Type: City Improvement Focus: Industry		A number of interested leaders get together to standardize, professionalize, and modernize the industry of mining. From tools to processes to administration, the entire sector gets a boost.
Unlocks for Construction: Automated Production Faction: All Obtained: Era IV Type: City Improvement Focus: Industry Costs: 1200 5 15 7 per Centralized stocks of raw materials, distribution centers, and co-located factories increase Industrial output. Effects: +3 on terrain with Industry Mining Rights Faction: All Obtained: Era IV Type: City Improvement Focus: Industry Costs: 1200 10 15 7 per With landholders and private enterprises given the right to buy mining licenses at strategic resource deposit sites, Industry output per site increases. Effects: +1 Resource on strategic resource extractor

Brigade System Faction: All Obtained: Era IV Category: Military Type: Empire Focus: Military		By grouping together recruits that come from a region to defend their home territory, troops are naturally more effective as they know the land and are fighting for their families.
Effects: +20% Defense on units

Civic Instruction Faction: All Obtained: Era IV Category: Military Type: City Improvement Focus: Military		A project long in the making, children of the city learn about the city's government and defenses from a young age and grow up understanding how they can contribute in times of military threats.
Unlocks for Construction: Army Manual Faction: All Obtained: Era IV Type: Improvement Focus: Military Costs: 1200 5 7 per Although it doesn't look pretty, being printed and bound on cheap paper, the distribution of this training guide to all new recruits raises troop quality. Effects: +100 XP when recruiting a unit on units National Military College Faction: All Obtained: Era IV Type: Unique Building Focus: Military Costs: 2500 15 15 per This great center of training, storage, and accommodation is linked to the main boulevards and waterways of the city. Integrated into the city's daily life, it vastly improves troop efficiency. Effects: +100% Attack on units in city Can only be built once in your empire

Cultural Indoctrination Faction: All except Drakken Obtained: Era IV Category: Empire and Expansion Type: Empire Focus: Minor Factions		Great efforts have been made to persuade the local population to partake in one of the unusual customs of a nearby minor faction, thereby encouraging their assimilation.
Effects: +1 Minor Faction Assimilation slot on Empire

Endless Mechanisms Faction: All Obtained: Era IV Category: Empire and Expansion Type: Army Action Focus: Search		Enough ruins have been searched for the empire to learn advanced designs of hinges, gears, and mechanical joints, use of these mechanisms leads to better wagon design.
Effects: After unlocking this technology, ruins that have already been searched can be searched a second time. -50% Movement cost on roads

Guardian of Earth Faction: All Obtained: Era IV Category: Military Type: Unit Model Focus: Infantry		Gios, the Guardian of Earth and as tough and solid as the rock itself, spent millennia in chains forged by the Endless. It has awoken and freed itself, and can once more sense all that moves in or across the planet.
Effects and Unlocks for Construction: +1 Guardian authorized on empire Gios Faction: All Obtained: Era IV Unit Type: Infantry Costs: 2000 30 Base Attributes: Life 833 Speed 4 Attack 75 Defense 127 Initiative 42 Damage 64 Range 1 Sight 3 Gios, the Guardian of Earth and as tough and solid as the rock itself, spent millennia in chains forged by the Endless. It has awoken and freed itself, and can once more sense all that moves in or across the planet.

Guardian of Fire Faction: All Obtained: Era IV Category: Military Type: Unit Model Focus: Ranged		Linked to the primeval force of fire, Fotios is a fast and deadly Guardian that was held in chains by the Endless. Now alive and aware, seeking a cause, it watches across the vast landscapes of Auriga.
Effects and Unlocks for Construction: +1 Guardian authorized on empire Fotios Faction: All Obtained: Era IV Unit Type: Ranged Costs: 2000 30 Base Attributes: Life 500 Speed 4 Attack 100 Defense 18 Initiative 52 Damage 100 Range 3 Sight 3 Linked to the primeval force of fire, Fotios is a fast and deadly Guardian that was held in chains by the Endless. Now alive and aware, seeking a cause, it watches across the vast landscapes of Auriga.

Hospitality Den Faction: All except Necrophages Obtained: Era IV Category: Empire and Expansion Type: Diplomacy Focus: Diplomatic Terms		In this place, visiting dignitaries can enjoy mouth-watering delicacies served by specially-trained "hospitality experts", while exotic animals parade before their eyes. Diplomatic relations have never been so cordial.
Effects: Permits proposal of Alliance Treaty on Empire

Imperial Funding (Technology) Faction: All except Forgotten Obtained: Era IV Category: Science and Industry Type: City Improvement Focus: Science		By judiciously doling out money to private concerns or universities, the Empire can speed research in promising new sciences.
Unlocks for Construction: Imperial Funding Faction: All except Forgotten Obtained: Era IV Type: City Improvement Focus: Science Costs: 1200 25 5 7 per By judiciously doling out money to private concerns or universities, the Empire can speed research in promising new sciences. Effects: +5 on terrain with Science

Industrial Processing Faction: All Obtained: Era IV Category: Science and Industry Type: City Improvement Focus: Industry		Moving beyond scattered mills and piecemeal fabrication, raw materials and industrial facilities are linked together in sophisticated systems of extraction, transport, and production.
Unlocks for Construction: Production Line Faction: All Obtained: Era IV Type: City Improvement Focus: Industry Costs: 1200 10 10 7 per Techniques of mass production increase the amount of Industry produced by each unit of Population. Effects: +3 per on city National Craftworks Faction: All Obtained: Era IV Type: Unique Building Focus: Resources Costs: 2500 15 15 per To improve and promote luxury goods, the transformation of raw materials into finished products is now handled in this enormous center where technicians, designers, and artisans share ideas. Effects: Doubles effects of luxury resource boosters on city Can only be built once in your empire

Isolation Sciences Faction: All except Broken Lords Obtained: Era IV Category: Economy and Population Type: City Improvement Focus: Food		Study of air flow, temperature, humidity, and building materials has led to a leap in the understanding of controlled environments.
Unlocks for Construction: Refrigeration Plant Faction: All except Broken Lords Obtained: Era IV Type: City Improvement Focus: Food Costs: 1200 15 5 7 per Food can now be preserved for long periods, increasing the amount of Food produced by each unit of population. Effects: +3 per on city +25% on city Subterranean Gardens Faction: All except Broken Lords Obtained: Era IV Type: City Improvement Focus: Food Costs: 1200 5 15 7 per Flora and fauna of the planet are adapted to survive in subterranean bioshperes. This is a great advantage in times of winter, drought, or war, and increases the Food that can be produced. Effects: +10 on district during winter -100% life loss during siege on city

Mercenary Corps Faction: All except Roving Clans Obtained: Era IV Category: Military Type: Army Action Focus: Privateers		Commanders occasionally prefer hardened professionals to local recruits, believing that they gain in experience what they lose in patriotism.
Effects: Unlocks Privateers Armies composed exclusively of mercenaries can carry a neutral flag, preventing other empires (even allies) from knowing which empire owns them Armies of privateers have an increased upkeep -20% on Heroes and Mercenaries market Buyout cost on empire. +2 Fortification Damage per turn on Mercenary.

Nutrition Chemistry Faction: All except Broken Lords Obtained: Era IV Category: Economy and Population Type: City Improvement Focus: Food		Food is understood more and more as one part of a long string of chemical processes. With greater understanding of chemistry, comes greater capacity to sustain populations.
Unlocks for Construction: Fertilizer Plant Faction: All except Broken Lords Obtained: Era IV Type: Improvement Focus: Food Costs: 1200 15 10 7 per Chemical and biological fertilizers, applied in industrial quantities to the soil, greatly increase Food production. Effects: +3 on terrain with Food Hothouses Faction: All except Broken Lords Obtained: Era IV Type: Improvement Focus: Food Costs: 1200 15 10 7 per By building glass roofing over certain fields, crops can be raised in a warm, protected environment that increases agricultural yields. Effects: +3 on exploitation

Organized Labor Faction: All Obtained: Era IV Category: Science and Industry Type: Stockpile Focus: Food		Guilds are created to handle the management of surplus conserved foods, industrial materials, and scientific equipment, resulting in efficient use of excess goods.
Effects and Unlocks for Construction: +1000 on Food stockpiles +1000 on Industry stockpiles +1000 on Science stockpiles Cannery Faction: All except Broken Lords Obtained: Era IV Type: Stockpiles Focus: Food Costs: 2500 Using more advanced industrial tools and materials, food is now heated and sealed in cans and bottles, permitting a much greater saving of foodstocks. Effects: Creates stockpiles Not instant and needs to be activated in the empire screen Will not be effective if a settler unit is under construction +1600 on city Industrial Zone Faction: All Obtained: Era IV Type: Stockpiles Focus: Industry Costs: 2500 A dedicated facility contains not only space to store goods, but also generates energy through fire and Dust. It sits ready to be exploited at any moment to boost Industry output. Effects: Creates stockpiles Not instant and needs to be activated in the empire screen +1600 on city Royal University Faction: All except Forgotten Obtained: Era IV Type: Stockpiles Focus: Science Costs: 2500 Great minds, startling discoveries, and precious items from all across Auriga can be found here. Almost like magic, the proximity of all these things allows sudden bursts of scientific discovery. Effects: Creates stockpiles Not instant and needs to be activated in the empire screen +1600 on city

Rare Alloys Faction: All Obtained: Era IV Category: Science and Industry Type: Item Focus: Weapon		Mithrite and Hyperium are rare and expensive for a good reason: When the technology is mastered, they can be forged into excellent weapons.
Effects: Unlocks tier 1 weapons made of Mithrite or Hyperium -10% on Mithrite or Hyperium initial item costs

Rare Armor Faction: All Obtained: Era IV Category: Science and Industry Type: Item Focus: Armor)		The most precious and difficult resources to forge, Mithrite and Hyperium, can now be made into high quality armors.
Effects: Unlocks tier 1 armors made of Mithrite or Hyperium Unlocks tier 1 accessories made of Mithrite or Hyperium -10% on Mithrite or Hyperium initial item costs

Rare Metal Foundry Faction: All Obtained: Era IV Category: Science and Industry Type: Expansion Focus: Exploitation		Build above seams of these rare minerals, this structure houses a collection of lines, machines, and processes used to extract Mithrite and Hyperium.
Unlocks for Construction: Mithrite Extractor Faction: All except Mykara Obtained: Era IV Type: Expansion Focus: Exploitation Costs: 600 10 Built above seams of mithrite, a precious green mineral, this structure houses a collection of lines, machines, and furnaces used to produce its valuable refined form. Effects: +1 on City Hyperium Extractor Faction: All except Mykara Obtained: Era IV Type: Expansion Focus: Exploitation Costs: 600 10 The ear-splitting screech of steam and iron ring loud in the smoggy confines of the plant, but the noise is worth it to liberate the valuable Hyperium. Effects: +1 on City

Signal Corps Faction: All Obtained: Era IV Category: Military Type: Army Size Focus: Military		The creation of a modern and efficient unit dedicated to military communications greatly improves the ability of a commander to manage large armies.
Effects: +2 Army unit slot(s) on Empire +2 Garrison unit slot(s) on Empire -2 from military upkeep on armies

Faction-Specific Technologies

All Beings Are Siblings Faction: Cultists Obtained: Faction Quest Category: Military Type: Empire Focus: Military		The Cult begins to grow, recruiting new tribes to its purpose. The first few conversions bring critical lessons in how to persuade and convince uneasy recruits.
Effects: +100 XP when recruiting a unit on empire

Altar of Channeling (Technology) Faction: Broken Lords Obtained: Faction Quest Category: Economy and Population Type: City Improvement Focus: Dust		Based on designs and concepts of the Endless - and therefore incomprehensible - these structures, when built, create a chain of holy sites that sense, absorb, and renew Dust.
Unlocks for Construction Altar of Channeling Faction: Broken Lords Obtained: Faction Quest Type: City Improvement Focus: Dust Costs: 1500 Based on designs and concepts of the Endless - and therefore incomprehensible - these structures, when built, create a chain of holy sites that sense, absorb, and renew Dust. Effects: +5 per on city +5 on city

Altar of Transcendence (Technology) Faction: Ardent Mages Obtained: Faction Quest Category: Empire and Expansion Type: City Improvement Focus: Influence		When constructed, this dense slab of some of Auriga's rarest materials hums with Dust energy. Mages strong and brave enough to climb into its recessed contours will transcend or die. Either way they will experience unimaginable pain.
Unlocks for Construction: Altar of Transcendence Faction: Ardent Mages Obtained: Faction Quest Type: City Improvement Focus: Influence Costs: 1000 30 / 30 / -7 per When constructed, this dense slab of some of Auriga's rarest materials hums with Dust energy. Mages strong and brave enough to climb into its recessed contours will transcend or die. Either way they will experience unimaginable pain. Effects: +5 per on city +10 on city +30 on city Limited to one copy in your empire

Arcana of Renewal Faction: Ardent Mages Obtained: Era IV (Starting Technology with ELCP) Category: Empire and Expansion Type: City Improvement Focus: Arcana		Ardent Mages are rightly feared for their mastery of the destructive aspects of Dust magic, but it is less well known that intense study of the properties of Dust can lead to curative abilities.
Effects: +1 Pillar of Regeneration on Empire +1 Incantation of Restoration on Empire

Auriga Institute (Technology) Faction: Drakken Obtained: Faction Quest Category: Empire and Expansion Type: City Improvement Focus: Approval		This academic center brings together thinkers and researchers from across the planet. Sages of all nations come together to study the history, trends, and possible futures of Auriga.
Unlocks for Construction: Auriga Institute Faction: Drakken Obtained: Faction Quest Type: City Improvement Focus: Approval Costs: 800 5 4 per This academic center brings together thinkers and researchers from across the planet. Sages of all nations come together to study the history, trends, and possible futures of Auriga. Effects: Require an income of 20 from the city +20 on city +10 on approval (fervent)

Eye of the Endless Faction: Drakken Obtained: Faction Quest Category: Empire and Expansion Type: Empire Focus: Vision		Dust-driven and triggered by exploration of Endless ruins and artifacts, this permits a leader to gaze across Auriga and see the secrets of its many peoples.
Effects: Gives vision over all other empires on empire

Givers of Remembrance (Technology) Faction: Necrophages Obtained: Faction Quest Category: Military Type: City Improvement Focus: Military		A reduced breed of Givers of Remembrance, Lesser Givers only collect and share battlefield lessons between armies rather than all the histories of the hive.
Unlocks for Construction: Givers of Remembrance Faction: Necrophages Obtained: Faction Quest Type: City Improvement Focus: Military Costs: 1200 10 -5 per A reduced breed of Givers of Remembrance, Lesser Givers only collect and share battlefield lessons between armies rather than all the histories of the hive. Effects: +100 XP when recruiting a unit on units

Hand of the Unspoken Faction: Cultists Obtained: Faction Quest Category: Military Type: Empire Focus: Military		Certain converts to the cause become so fanatic that they leap to the Cultist's great purpose without any desire for protection or defense. Independent and fearless, they hand over their lives as instruments of the Queen's will.
Effects: +3 converted unit(s) on empire

Master Deceivers Faction: Forgotten Obtained: Faction Quest Category: Military Type: Empire Focus: Military		With the arts of infiltration near perfected, agents posted to enemy cities need little time to become extremely effective, having an almost instinctive grasp for who wields power - and who is vulnerable.
Effects: -100% on Forgotten hero upkeep

Mindless Slaughter Faction: Necrophages Obtained: Faction Quest Category: Military Type: Empire Focus: Military		It is easier to attack when one gives little thought of defense - and survival.
Effects: +30% Attack on units

Money Talks Faction: Roving Clans Obtained: Faction Quest Category: Economy and Population Type: Diplomacy Focus: Trade Routes		Masters of the manipulation of goods and currencies, Roving Clans traders can induce inflationary tendencies in other empires, reducing their trade income.
Effects: Unlocks the Inflation and Inflation Nullification diplomatic declarations. Inflation: Permits reduction of the trade routes income of others empire when in war -50% on cities -50% on cities Inflation Nullification: Permits removal of the trade routes income penalty of other empire when in war

No More Ties Faction: Morgawr Obtained: Faction Quest Category: Science and Industry Type: Empire Focus: Industry		As the Morgawr grow more powerful, their mental strength and physical enhancements allow them to cut the ties that bind them to water.
Effects: +1 on ground tiles +1 on ground tiles +2 on ground tiles +1 on ground tiles.

Painosphere Faction: Ardent Mages Obtained: Era IV Category: Military Type: Empire Focus: Arcana		Mages hardened to the everyday pain rituals that would cripple lesser mortals can increase the potency of their spells by visiting the Painosphere and experiencing true agony.
Effects: +1 arcana level for all spells on empire

Pearl Replication Faction: Allayi Obtained: Faction Quest Category: Science and Industry Type: Empire Focus: Military		Experience and strength, combined with a deep knowledge of the ways of Auriga and the magics of the Pearls, allows the faction to ignore the effects of the Dark Season.
Effects: Immunity to winter penalties

Resource Magnetron (Technology) Faction: Vaulters Obtained: Faction Quest Category: Science and Industry Type: City Improvement Focus: Holy Resource		This discovery uses alchemical principles of attraction between different nodes of identical resources. It can be used to leech any resource from the air and ground, given the right materials and enough energy.
Unlocks for Construction: Resource Magnetron Faction: Vaulters Obtained: Faction Quest Type: City Improvement Focus: Holy Resource Costs: 1200 60 -4 per This discovery uses alchemical principles of attraction between different nodes of identical resources. It can be used to leech any resource from the air and ground, given the right materials and enough energy. Effects: +10 Holy Resource on city Limited to one copy in your empire The cost indicates that the Holy Resource has to be chosen.

Secrets of the Virtuals Faction: Ardent Mages Obtained: Faction Quest Category: Empire and Expansion Type: Empire Focus: Arcana		I am transcended. I have become something more than flesh and bone. I realize now that our investigations into Dust were nothing more than child's play in the surf beside a great ocean of knowledge. Still, already I can see how to make our pillars stronger, our spells fiercer...
Effects: +2 arcana level for all Pillars on Empire +2 arcana level for all Spells on Empire (no with ELCP)

Synchronic Temple Faction: Broken Lords Obtained: Faction Quest Category: Military Type: Empire Focus: Military		All things on Auriga are linked through the presence and power of Dust. The Synchronic Temple permits the Broken Lords to tap into this essence, channeling the Dust of all things to heal wounded units after battle.
Effects: Units are instantly healed after a battle on empire

The Ogmakwan (Technology) Faction: Wild Walkers Obtained: Faction Quest Category: Empire and Expansion Type: City Improvement Focus: Approval		Strong as the structures of the Endless, with roots that reach deep into Auriga's crust and towers of impossible height, Zaltana's Ogmakwan is many things. Built from an enormous range of materials and assembled using physical principles no one else comprehends, Zaltana's great edifice will forever change the way structures are raised. It will also, with luck, help the Wild Walkers to survive the great Last Winter.
Unlocks for Construction: The Ogmakwan Faction: Wild Walkers Obtained: Faction Quest Type: City Improvement Focus: Approval Costs: 5000 -10 per Strong as the structures of the Endless, with roots that reach deep into Auriga's crust and towers of impossible height, Zaltana's Ogmakwan is many things. Built from an enormous range of materials and assembled using physical principles no one else comprehends, Zaltana's great edifice will forever change the way structures are raised. It will also, with luck, help the Wild Walkers to survive the great Last Winter. Effects: +80 approval on city Limited to one copy in your empire

Way of the Woodlands Faction: Wild Walkers Obtained: Era IV Category: Military Type: Empire Focus: Military		The forests provide supplies, camouflage, and ready defenses to those who know how to exploit them.
Effects: +25% Defense on units on Forest

Well of Dust (Technology) Faction: Roving Clans Obtained: Faction Quest Category: Economy and Population Type: City Improvement Focus: Trade Routes		Part magical and part mercantile, this partially submerged treasury accumulates Dust from whatever source is available. Ruins, ancient mechanisms, markets, caravans, and even the air all contribute something to this storehouse of wealth and magic.
Unlocks for Construction: Well of Dust Faction: Roving Clans Obtained: Faction Quest Type: City Improvement Focus: Trade Routes Costs: 1000 -2 per Part magical and part mercantile, this partially submerged treasury accumulates Dust from whatever source is available. Ruins, ancient mechanisms, markets, caravans, and even the air all contribute something to this storehouse of wealth and magic. Effects: Requires Right of Way built in the city Requires an income of 100 from the city +2 Trade Routes max on city

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Era V

This is the Age of Heroes. Upon reaching this Era, the following effects come into place:

• Dust tier 2 weapons and armor become available for heroes and ground units
• Newly trained units will now be elites (level 5) and cost more

General Technologies

Advanced Quarry (Technology) Faction: All Obtained: Era V Category: Science and Industry Type: City Improvement Focus: Industry		Better methods for mining, cutting and forging metals and minerals result in greater productivity and less waste, increasing the productivity of Strategic Resource sites.
Unlocks for Construction: Advanced Quarry Faction: All Obtained: Era V Type: City Improvement Focus: Industry Costs: 3000 10 20 10 per Better methods for mining, cutting and forging metals and minerals result in greater productivity and less waste, increasing the productivity of Strategic Resource sites. Effects: +50 on terrain with strategic resource Limited to one copy in your empire

Arts Council (Technology) Faction: All Obtained: Era V Category: Empire and Expansion Type: City Improvement Focus: Approval		The central funding of a dedicated arts committee leads to a flourishing of cultural enterprises. Sculptures, open-air performances, and jamborees throng the city, increasing the population's well-being.
Unlocks for Construction: Arts Council Faction: All Obtained: Era V Type: City Improvement Focus: Approval Costs: 2000 10 5 10 per The central funding of a dedicated arts committee leads to a flourishing of cultural enterprises. Sculptures, open-air performances, and jamborees throng the city, increasing the population's well-being. Effects: +30 on city +10% on approval (fervent) +10% on approval (fervent)

Dust-Enhanced Buildings Faction: All Obtained: Era V Category: Empire and Expansion Type: City Improvement Focus: Influence		Careful integration of Dust into the foundations and columns of a building has a great effect - everything that happens inside them seems to be better, faster, and more impressive.
Unlocks for Construction: Arena of Champions Faction: All Obtained: Era V Type: City Improvement Focus: Influence Costs: 3000 10 10 20 per Construction of a massive sporting complex in your city draws praise, spectators, and money from far across Auriga. Your empire's Influence increases noticably. Effects: +100% on city Limited to one copy in your empire The Octagon Faction: All Obtained: Era V Type: Unique Building Focus: Military Costs: 4000 20 40 per This vast structure houses - and streamlines - the operations of your growing government staff. Better flow, storage, and processing of information means better decisions and faster growth. Effects: +20 XP per turn on governor Can only be built once in your empire

Enlightened Trade Faction: All except Forgotten Obtained: Era V Category: Empire and Expansion Type: City Improvement Focus: Trade Routes		It is a time of scientific advancement; even trade routes are now exploited for the knowledge they may bring while the latest technologies are used on the road system.
Unlocks for Construction: Scientific Envoy Faction: All except Forgotten Obtained: Era V Type: City Improvement Focus: Trade Routes Costs: 2000 20 7 per Diplomats versed in science and technology travle your empire's trade routes, learning new disciplines from foreign lands. Scientific knowledge grows more rapidly. Effects: +1 Trade Routes max on city +50% on city trade routes Remotuscope Factory Faction: All except Mykara Obtained: Era V Type: Expansion Focus: Vision Costs: 450 The development of the theory of optics and increase in the precision of glasswork has led to this dazzling invention that allows a man to see a thousand paces. Hostile armies will not stay hidden so easily. Effects: +25% health regen on Watchtower +25% allly health regen on Watchtower +7 vision on watchtower +7 Detection range on watchtower +50 fortification on watchtower Watchtowers' health regen effects are applied to their adjacent tiles Mykaran Remotuscope Factory Faction: Mykara Obtained: Era V Type: Expansion Focus: Vision Costs: 12 Nothing can hide from the watchful eye of the Mykara. Effects: +25% Health Regen on Fungal Bloom +25% Ally Health Regen on Fungal Bloom +7 Vision on Fungal Bloom Watchtowers' Health Regen effects are applied to their adjacent Tiles +Tile Output on Main City +1 Exploitation Area

Exceptional Alloys Faction: All Obtained: Side Quest Category: Science and Industry Type: Item Focus: Weapon		The labor is unhealthy and backbreaking, but advances in the smelting and fusion of Adamantian and Palladian results in weapons whose edges and durability are indeed exceptional.
Unlocks for Construction: Unlocks tier 3 weapons made of Adamantian or Palladian -10% on Adamantian or Palladian initial item costs

Exceptional Armor Faction: All Obtained: Side Quest Category: Science and Industry Type: Item Focus: Armor		The labor is unhealthy and backbreaking, but advances in the smelting and fusion of Adamantian and Palladian has led to a level of perfection that is truly exceptional.
Unlocks for Construction: Unlocks tier 3 armors made of Adamantian or Palladian Unlocks tier 3 accessories made of Adamantian or Palladian -10% on Adamantian or Palladian initial item costs

Guardian of Air Faction: All Obtained: Era V Category: Military Type: Unit Model Focus: Flying		Adept at tracking the winds and scents of Auriga, Atmos is one of the ancient spirits that were imprisoned by the Endless. Now that those chains are gone, the tough and dangerous Guardian of Air is free to act as it will.
Effects and Unlocks for Construction: +1 Guardian authorized on empire Atmos Faction: All Obtained: Era V Unit Type: Flying Costs: 2000 30 Base Attributes: Life 820 Speed 6 Attack 160 Defense 140 Initiative 38 Damage 60 Range 1 Sight 3 Adept at tracking the winds and scents of Auriga, Atmos is one of the ancient spirits that were imprisoned by the Endless. Now that those chains are gone, the tough and dangerous Guardian of Air is free to act as it will.

Guardian of Water Faction: All Obtained: Era V Category: Military Type: Unit Model Focus: Cavalry		This ancient Guardian, both tough and deadly, was deemed too dangerous by the Endless. Confined for millennia but finally free, it once again listens to the echoes of the present and the past.
Effects and Unlocks for Construction: +1 Guardian authorized on empire Neros Faction: All Obtained: Era V Unit Type: Cavalry Costs: 2000 30 Base Attributes: Life 900 Speed 6 Attack 100 Defense 48 Initiative 48 Damage 100 Range 1 Sight 3 This ancient Guardian, both tough and deadly, was deemed too dangerous by the Endless. Confined for millennia but finally free, it once again listens to the echoes of the present and the past.

Imperial News Network (Technology) Faction: All Obtained: Era V Category: Empire and Expansion Type: City Improvement Focus: Approval		Rather than rely on rumor and graffiti to convey news, a national service is created to ensure the population has all the information they need to be happy.
Unlocks for Construction: Imperial News Network Faction: All Obtained: Era V Type: City Improvement Focus: Approval Costs: 2000 5 10 10 per Rather than rely on rumor and graffiti to convey news, a national service is created to ensure the population has all the information they need to be happy. Effects: +20 on city +2 per on approval (happy) +2 per on approval (happy) +2 per on approval (happy) +2 per on approval (happy) +1 per on approval (happy)

Improved Dust Alchemies Faction: All Obtained: Era V Category: Economy and Population Type: City Improvement Focus: Dust		Greater knowledge of Dust permits technicians and alchemists to reactivate it using mechanisms once used by the Endless. Dust yields increase, though even the brightest are not sure how or why.
Unlocks for Construction: Dust Revitalizer Faction: All Obtained: Era V Type: City Improvement Focus: Dust Costs: 2000 30 5 New methods and alchemies for extracting Dust are particularly useful where it has already been found, as Dust that is supposedly dormant can be infused with power. Effects: +5 on terrain with Dust Advanced Extraction Faction: All Obtained: Era V Type: City Improvement Focus: Industry Costs: 2000 40 7 per General improvements in alchemy, metallurgy, and conservation lead to far greater efficiencies in the extraction of Luxury Resources. Effects: +4 Resource on Luxury Resource Extractor

Inoculation Station (Technology) Faction: All Obtained: Era V Category: Military Type: City Improvement Focus: Military		Injections to bolster the bodies natural defenses means that recovery times for nasty injuries or diseases are greatly reduced, whether they happen on the battlefield, in the latrine, or in a house of ill repute.
Unlocks for Construction: Inoculation Station Faction: All Obtained: Era V Type: City Improvement Focus: Military Costs: 2000 15 5 5 per Injections to bolster the bodies natural defenses means that recovery times for nasty injuries or diseases are greatly reduced, whether they happen on the battlefield, in the latrine, or in a house of ill repute. Effects: +15% Health regen on city +10% ally health regen on city +120 XP when recruiting a unit on units

Marvelous Alloys Faction: All Obtained: Era V Category: Science and Industry Type: Item Focus: Weapon		What a wonderful problem to have! Should one make higher quality weapons out of Adamantian or Palladian? Both are powerful, beautiful, and deadly.
Effects: Unlocks tier 2 weapons made of Adamantian or Palladian -10% on Adamantian or Palladian initial item costs

Marvelous Armor Faction: All Obtained: Era V Category: Science and Industry Type: Item Focus: Armor		Adamantian and Palladian are notoriously difficult to work with. Patience has paid off, however, as advances in smelting improves the quality of their armors to something marvelous.
Unlocks for Construction: Unlocks tier 2 armors made of Adamantian or Palladian Unlocks tier 2 accessories made of Adamantian or Palladian -10% on Adamantian or Palladian initial item costs

Military Reserves (Technology) Faction: All Obtained: Era V Category: Military Type: City Improvement Focus: Military		Training a fraction of the local civilian population in the basic skills of combat not only means a significant boost for paint balling outfits, but also increase the empire's defensive capabilities.
Unlocks for Construction: Military Reserves Faction: All Obtained: Era V Type: City Improvement Focus: Military Costs: 2000 10 5 2 per Training a fraction of the local civilian population in the basic skills of combat not only means a significant boost for paint balling outfits, but also increase the empire's defensive capabilities. Effects: +4 (+40 with ELCP) Fortification recovery per turn on city +400 Fortification on city +1 max unit slots on militia

Modernized Administration Faction: All Obtained: Era V Category: Empire and Expansion Type: City Improvement Focus: Influence		Professionalization of management and administration radically improves governmental services. Government comes to be viewed as a tool of improvement rather than oppression.
Unlocks for Construction: Aura of Empire Faction: All Obtained: Era V Type: City Improvement Focus: Influence Costs: 2000 10 10 10 per As each district grows it gains impressive public buildings and parks. All of this increases the fame and reputation of the city and the empire, growing civic pride and generating awe in the minds of visitors. Effects: +15 on district level 2 +4 per on city Customs Ministry Faction: All Obtained: Era V Type: Unique Building Focus: Trade Routes Costs: 4000 20 40 per In a grand building that replaces run-down offices and shanties, taxes and administrative details for trade and transport are rapidly and efficiently dealt with. Trade capacity takes an enormous jump. Effects: +7 Trade routes max on city Can only be built once in your empire

Patriotic Propaganda Faction: All Obtained: Legendary Deed Category: Empire and Expansion Type: Empire Focus: Approval		The size and success of your empire has made all of Auriga envious. Your own people, basking in the light of your love (and wealth), are eager to follow you without hesitation.
Effects: -50% expansion disapproval generation on cities

Scientific Specialization Faction: All except Forgotten Obtained: Era V Category: Science and Industry Type: City Improvement Focus: Science		Improving the organization and infrastructure of aging labs and universities boosts the approach to how research is done. Surprising gains in scientific productivity result from pooled resources.
Unlocks for Construction: Living Lab Tools Faction: All except Forgotten Obtained: Era V Type: City Improvement Focus: Science Costs: 3000 25 10 20 per These animated assistants don't complain about hours, wages, or dangerous chemicals; their relentless progress increases the amount of Science generated. Effects: +100% on city Limited to one copy in your empire Climatology Guild Faction: All except Forgotten Obtained: Era V Type: City Improvement Focus: Science Costs: 3000 30 10 20 per The intensity of the Dark Season weather has driven engineers, scientists, and alchemists to pool their skills in a common center where they study the origins and effects of the Auriga winter. Effects: -40% margin of error for season predictability on empire +15 on district level 2 Limited to one copy in your empire

Security Theory Faction: All Obtained: Era V Category: Military Type: City Improvement Focus: Security		By bringing together masters in both the magical and mundane arts of espionage and assassination, in-depth studies can be done that help an empire foil even the most well-funded and devious foes.
Unlocks for Construction: Traitor's Lottery Faction: All Obtained: Era V Type: City Improvement Focus: Security Costs: 2000 10 5 8 per By inaugurating a lottery system that covertly rewards those who achieve the most denouncements of suspicious friends and kin, the chances of uncovering enemy operatives is better than ever. Effects: +30 Security on city Razor Palisades Faction: All Obtained: Era V Type: City Improvement Focus: Fortification Costs: 2000 10 5 7 per Walls and windows are not usually viewed as lethal offensive weapons. However, the use of needles, spikes, traps, and blades can turn even the most innocuous entry into a lethal gauntlet. Effects: +60 Fortification on Regional Building +4 Fortification Recovery on Regional Building

State-Approved Theatre Faction: All except Cultists Obtained: Era V Category: Empire and Expansion Type: Empire Focus: Approval		Public sentiment has never been so easy to massage through the use of skilled playwrights toeing the government line.
Effects: -25% Expansion disapproval generation on cities

Town Criers (Technology) Faction: All Obtained: Era V Category: Economy and Population Type: City Improvement Focus: Dust		Charismatic individuals are hired by the state and trained in advanced persuasive techniques, paving the way for armies of cheap labor to help accelerate the completion of large projects at reduced cost.
Unlocks for Construction: Town Criers Faction: All Obtained: Era V Type: City Improvement Focus: Dust Costs: 2000 25 10 Charismatic individuals are hired by the state and trained in advanced persuasive techniques, paving the way for armies of cheap labor to help accelerate the completion of large projects at reduced cost. Effects: +50 on city +40% on city

Volcanic Leecher (Technology) Faction: All Obtained: Era V Category: Science and Industry Type: City Improvement Focus: Resources		Powered by the violent magma beneath, this machine enhances mineral yields on volcanic terrain.
Effects and Unlocks for Construction: Unlocks the Wraeil's Pendant accessory on units Volcanic Leecher Faction: All Obtained: Era V Type: City Improvement Focus: Resources Costs: 2000 10 10 10 10 10 per Powered by the violent magma beneath, this machine enhances mineral yields on volcanic terrain. Effects: Needs an exploited volcanic tile to be built +5 Resource on strategic resource extractor

Faction-Specific Technologies

Aurigan Archive (Technology) Faction: Kapaku Obtained: Faction Quest Category: Science and Industry Type: City Improvement Focus: Science		No longer lost to the coming ice, all the Endless' ventures on Auriga will be catalogued an maintained for time immemorial. An oasis of knowledge for historians - and scientists.
Unlocks for Construction: Aurigan Archive Faction: Kapaku Obtained: Faction Quest Type: City Improvement Focus: Science Costs: 1200 15 15 8 per No longer lost to the coming ice, all the Endless' ventures on Auriga will be catalogued an maintained for time immemorial. An oasis of knowledge for historians - and scientists. Effects: +8 on terrain with ruins Limited to one copy in your empire

Commercial Espionage Faction: Forgotten Obtained: Era V Category: Empire and Expansion Type: City Improvement Focus: Trade Routes		Advanced techniques in espionage - dead drops, ciphers, tradecraft, clandestine cells - turn the caravans of Auriga into a firehose of useful information.
Unlocks for Construction: Surreptitious Research Faction: Forgotten Obtained: Era V Type: City Improvement Focus: Trade Routes Costs: 2000 20 7 per By stealthily listening in on conversations, gaining access to draft versions of contracts, and otherwise tipping the odds in their favor, Forgotten Trade Routes do miraculously well. Effects: +1 trade routes max on city +50% on city trade routes Remotuscope Factory Faction: All except Mykara Obtained: Era V Type: Expansion Focus: Vision Costs: 450 The development of the theory of optics and increase in the precision of glasswork has led to this dazzling invention that allows a man to see a thousand paces. Hostile armies will not stay hidden so easily. Effects: +25% health regen on Watchtower +25% allly health regen on Watchtower +7 vision on watchtower +7 Detection range on watchtower +50 fortification on watchtower Watchtowers' health regen effects are applied to their adjacent tiles

Growing Buildings Faction: Wild Walkers Obtained: Faction Quest Category: Science and Industry Type: Empire Focus: Industry		Many things can be made to grow faster on Auriga; in some cases this applies also to the unliving.
Effects: +25% Building production cost reduction on cities

Inner Peace Faction: Kapaku Obtained: Faction Quest Category: Empire and Expansion Type: Empire Focus: Influence		With a new sense of belonging, the Kapaku can begin to see Auriga as part of their own heritage. Once intruders, they are now Aurigans, inspired by this planet's complex history.
Effects: +15 on terrain with ruins

Iron Veins Faction: Mykara Obtained: Faction Quest Category: Empire and Expansion Type: Empire Focus: Exploitation		Across the mycelial lands, a strengthening of the subterranean tendrils and rhizomes means greater quantities of precious resources can be carried back to the heart of the Mykaran collective.
Effects: +3 FIDSI multiplier on Fungal Bloom

Sacrificial Amplifiers Faction: Ardent Mages Obtained: Era V Category: Military Type: Empire Focus: Arcana		By strapping living, breathing Mages to the sides of the massive pillars, human vessels can act as magnifying conduits, increasing the power of pillars across your empire. The screams, and the stench of cooked skin and shit is a small price to pay.
Effects: +1 arcana level for all Pillars on Empire With ELCP: +1 Arcana level for all Spells on Empire

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Era VI

This is the End Of Ages. Upon reaching this Era, the following effects come into place:

• Dust tier 3 weapons and armor become available for heroes and ground units
• Newly trained units will now be elites (level 6) and cost more

General Technologies

Arcane Alloys Faction: All Obtained: Side Quest Category: Science and Industry Type: Item Focus: Weapon		Attaining the highest standards of crafting and production, weapons made from Mithrite and Hyperium are legendary enough to be worn by kings - or used to bring about their downfall.
Effects: Unlocks tier 3 weapons made of Mithrite or Hyperium -10% on Mithrite or Hyperium item costs

Arcane Armor Faction: All Obtained: Side Quest Category: Science and Industry Type: Item Focus: Armor		Attaining the highest standards of crafting and production, armors made from Mithrite and Hyperium are truly fit for kings and emperors.
Effects: Unlocks tier 3 armors made of Mithrite or Hyperium Unlocks tier 3 accessories made of Mithrite or Hyperium -10% on Mithrite or Hyperium item costs

Difference Engine Faction: All except Forgotten Obtained: Era VI Category: Science and Industry Type: Empire Focus: Science		An enormous mechanical calculator, the product of genius and extremely precise engineering, this machine will execute mathematical computations of unimaginable complexity. Mysteries of physics, alchemy, fluids, the climate, and time shall slowly be unraveled.
Effects: +100% (+80% with ELCP) on cities Counted for the Scientific Victory

Dust-Driven Distillery Faction: All Obtained: Era VI Category: Economy and Population Type: Empire Focus: Dust		This marvel of magical engineering accretes and stores Dust. A self-perpetuating engine of wealth creation, it increases the amount of Dust generated per unit of population.
Effects: +100% on cities Counted for the Scientific Victory

Endless Alloys Faction: All Obtained: Era VI Category: Science and Industry Type: Empire Focus: Industry		So many ruins, so many secrets, so many hints... And finally enlightenment. Industrial alchemists have unlocked the mysteries of the wondrous metal alloys created by the Endless; from now on materials of unimaginable precision, strength, and lightness will be available for your empire's projects
Effects: +100% on cities Counted for the Scientific Victory

Puissant Alloys Faction: All Obtained: Side Quest Category: Science and Industry Type: Item Focus: Weapon		Materials of such hardness and rarity provide great weapons, but at great expense. Weapons forged from Mithrite and Hyperium are clearly better than the earlier versions.
Effects: Unlocks tier 2 weapons made of Mithrite or Hyperium -10% on Mithrite or Hyperium item costs

Puissant Armor Faction: All Obtained: Side Quest Category: Science and Industry Type: Item Focus: Armor		Materials of such hardness and rarity must be handled with great precision. As the skills of smiths and mages grow, Mithrite and Hyperium can now be forged into improved armors.
Effects: Unlocks tier 2 armors made of Mithrite or Hyperium Unlocks tier 2 accessories made of Mithrite or Hyperium -10% on Mithrite or Hyperium item costs

Self-Driving Plows Faction: All except Broken Lords Obtained: Era VI Category: Economy and Population Type: Empire Focus: Food		Driven by steam, sun, and Dust, these wonders can be ordered to plow a fixed area with a few mechanical settings. Attachments allowing them to seed, reap, and rake guarantee a stunning increase in productivity.
Effects: +100% on cities Counted for the Scientific Victory

Serum of Iteru Faction: All Obtained: Era VI Category: Military Type: Empire Focus: Military		From what lost ruin, from what ancient texts was this magical thing discovered? Many rise to claim the honor, but that is unimportant. What matters is that this magical serum, allowing a glimpse of Endless biotechnology, turns ordinary soldiers into extraordinary beings.
Effects: +100% Life on units (+50% with ELCP) +100% Damage on units (+50% with ELCP) Counted for the Scientific Victory

Temple of the Earth's Core (Technology) Faction: All Obtained: Faction Quest Category: Science and Industry Type: City Improvement Focus: Victory		It is a building and an energy source and a processing center; a fusion of Dust and matter that transcends any existing knowledge. By reactivating this long-dorment temple of the Concrete Endless, a faction can secure the future of their planet - and at the same time be humbled by the vast gulf of ignorance that separates them from the long-lost masters who first built this marvel.
Unlocks for Construction: Temple of the Earth's Core Faction: All Obtained: Faction Quest Type: City Improvement Focus: Victory Costs: 36000 40 40 It is a building and an energy source and a processing center; a fusion of Dust and matter that transcends any existing knowledge. By reactivating this long-dorment temple of the Concrete Endless, a faction can secure the future of their planet - and at the same time be humbled by the vast gulf of ignorance that separates them from the long-lost masters who first built this marvel. Effects: Triggers the Wonder Victory once built Limited to one copy in your empire

United Empires Council Faction: All Obtained: Era VI Category: Empire and Expansion Type: Empire Focus: Influence		This is more than a glorious auditorium where the great minds of the day can discuss and resolve important issues. It is a symbol of the power and prestige of your empire, and a beacon of hope in the dark days to come.
Effects: +100% on cities Counted for the Scientific Victory