Knowledge

Knowledge
Details
Learning, understanding and skill
Require:	8 Libraries
Storage:	Library, Alfear, University
Source:	buildings, Scientist, Expedition, Trade mission
Usage:	technologies, Scientist, Scientific papers, bonuses, Legacy
Category:	Resources, Capped resources

The learning, understanding and skill of your empire

Knowledge is used for research and bonuses.

• Your available Knowledge, storage capacity, production rate and any bonuses to production, displays after you get some.

Access

Knowledge appears, after you build 8 libraries.

Construction required:
Construct	Requirement
Library	build 8 on Buildings

• You can get Knowledge, from:
  • some buildings, on Buildings;
  • Scientists, on Jobs;
  • Expeditions, with Military;
  • a Trade mission, at the Dock; and
  • an University, on Facilities;

Storage

Your maximum available Knowledge is limited by storage capacity.

• Storage for Knowledge is provided, by:
  • a Library, on Buildings;
  • Titles granted to Alfear, on Leaders; and
  • an University, on Facilities.

Storage provided:
Item	Amount
Library	100
Alfear	100 per Title
University	200
(v.0.9.3 beta: Concrete mixer gives 200)

• Other factors increment storage.

Production

• You can generate Knowledge, with:
  • a Library, Scientific outpost and Laboratory, on Buildings;
  • a Scientist, on Jobs; and
  • an University, on Facilities.

Bonuses to production

• Other factors increment Knowledge production.

Uses

• Knowledge is used, to:
  • recruit, on Jobs; and
  • access and research technologies, gain bonuses, gain Legacy and publish Scientific papers, on Technologies.

Use of knowledge:
Use	Item	Amount
hire	Scientist	100
access	technologies	varies
research	various technologies	varies
publish	Scientific papers	2 500
various bonuses	Science, Economy and Military	depends on invest
1 Legacy	Science, Economy and Military	1 000

Other

• There is 30% chance to steal Knowledge, after you research Intelligence, when you defeat enemies in a fight.

• There is a 30% chance to get Knowledge, from a Trade mission, by learning about other cultures.

• Knowledge, invested in technology branches, provides bonuses:
  • Science increments Craft efficiency.
  • Economy increments Global production.
  • Military increments the Attack and Hp of your army.

• Knowledge, invested in technology branches, gains Legacy.
  Every 1 000 Knowledge invested, gains 1 Legacy, before any bonuses, if you explore a new continent.

Legacy provided:
Branch	Knowledge invested	Legacy
Economy	1 000	1
Science	1 000	1
Military	1 000	1

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