Research Lab

Research Lab
Research
Basic Building
Construction Material
Planks		21	Cut stone		5
Employees
Educated Whiskers		Requires two educated Whiskers.			2
Foot Print
Generates Research to unlock new technologies for your Whiskers.				3x2x3
Structure Health
3 HP (see Defenses)

The Research Lab is required to research any of the technologies available in the game that are not otherwise unlocked from the start or by receiving a blueprint from The Claws.

Operation

Each Research Lab has 2 slots for Educated Whiskers to occupy. There is no Guild affiliation for the building.

Resource Consumption

The Research Lab will consume Resources in accordance with the tier level for whatever you are trying to currently research. Research Tier 0 requires Planks. Each tier of research thereafter will require a new resource plus all prior resources required for earlier tiers.

Each Research Tier must also be unlocked before the blueprints in that category become available. You will need to unlock at least the next metal refinement to be able to progress further. The current progression is Planks, Copper Bars, Bronze Bars, and Iron Bars. While Steel Bars can be unlocked, it is currently not needed for research.

Tier Level	Resources	Unlock Cost
Research Tier 0	Planks	Available immediately
Research Tier 1	Planks, Copper Bars	178
Research Tier 2	Planks, Copper Bars, Bronze Bars	tbd
Research Tier 3	Planks, Copper Bars, Bronze Bars, Iron Bars	tbd

The Whiskers working in the Research Lab will periodically fetch the necessary resources. Once the Research Lab is fully stocked, the Whiskers will slowly and simultaneously consume all needed resources. If you're missing even one resource, research will stop. For example, your researchers won't continue to consume Planks while waiting on Copper Bars.

Coordination

Only one blueprint can be researched at a time. Multiple Research Labs will coordinate research on the same blueprint, decreasing the overall time to completion. However, the increased research speed is not linear. Each Research Lab working will also introduce a coordination penalty which will reduce research speed, but overall research speed will still be increased.

The resource cost for a blueprint remains the same (e.g. 21 Planks for a Plank Abode blueprint) regardless of how many Research Labs are working. However, the resources will be consumed at a faster rate because multiple Research Labs will be fetching resources and consuming them.

Research Table

Housing & Services	Cost	Mobility & Beauty	Cost	Food	Cost	Production	Cost	Utilities & Logistics	Cost	Naval	Cost
Research Tier 0 (cost: Planks)
Plank Abode	21	Long Stairs	13	Mushroom Cultivation	21	Charcoal Furnace	21	Small Warehouse	34	Raft Dock	34
Plank Blockhouse	34	Slide	13	Smokery	34	Flax Spinner	34	Organized Heating	55
Plank Rowhouse	34	Covered Bridge	13	Netter	55	Ore Furnace	55
Medical Triage	34	Signpost	13			Coppersmith	55
		Windsock	13
		Wind Chimes	13
Research Tier 1 (cost: Planks & Copper Bars)
Stone Abode	21	Stone Path	34	Wheat Cultivation	21	Sifting Tower	34	Water Pumping	55
Stone Blockhouse	34	Stone Stairs	34	Mill	21	Carpenter	tbd	Ocean Outlet Pipe	34
Stone Rowhouse	34	Elevators	55	Bakery	21	Fabrics	34	Conveyor Belts	89
Showers	34	Claws Visage	21	Soup Kitchen	55	Tailor	55	Medium Warehouse	55
Luxuries Supplier	55	Decorative Fountain	21	Table Salt	tbd	Bronze Smelting	89	Heating Stove	89
Bedding	tbd	Anchored Platform	21	Cannery	55	Fire Tongs	55
Chemist	tbd			Mushroom Stew	89	Bronze Nails	55
Research Tier 2 (cost: Planks, Copper Bars & Bronze Bars
Furniture	tbd	Passenger Rail	tbd	Potash Fertilizer	tbd	Cotton Gin	tbd	Steam Power	tbd
Bathhouse	tbd	Whisker Launcher	tbd	Tea Cultivation	tbd	Oil Press	tbd	Advanced Belts	tbd
Apothecary	tbd	Stone Archway	tbd	Tea Roaster	tbd	Blast Furnace	tbd	Ocean Dump	tbd
Dining Hall	tbd			Fish Skewers	tbd	Blacksmith	tbd	Large Warehouse	tbd
				Jam Pastries	tbd	Gold Smelting	tbd	Fluid Controls	tbd
								Steam Radiator	tbd
Research Tier 3 (cost: Planks, Copper Bars, Bronze Bars & Iron Bars)
Soap	tbd	Rail Booster	tbd	Spice Cultivation	tbd	Steel Smelting	tbd	Giant Warehouse	tbd
Civic Office	tbd			Spice Grinder	tbd	Precision Scales	tbd	Steam Engine	tbd
				Fine Kitchen	tbd	Steel Plates	tbd
				Fine Tea	tbd	Machinist	tbd