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. 42 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	42	Long Stairs	26	Mushroom Cultivation	42	Charcoal Furnace	42	Small Warehouse	tbd	Raft Dock	tbd
Plank Blockhouse	68	Slide	26	Smokery	tbd	Flax Spinner	68	Organized Heating	tbd
Plank Rowhouse	68	Covered Bridge	26	Netter	tbd	Ore Furnace	tbd
Medical Triage	68	Signpost	26			Coppersmith	tbd
		Windsock	26
		Wind Chimes	26
Research Tier 1 (cost: Planks & Copper Bars)
Stone Abode	tbd	Stone Path	tbd	Wheat Cultivation	tbd	Sifting Tower	tbd	Water Pumping	tbd
Stone Blockhouse	tbd	Stone Stairs	tbd	Mill	tbd	Carpenter	tbd	Ocean Outlet Pipe	tbd
Stone Rowhouse	tbd	Elevators	tbd	Bakery	tbd	Fabrics	tbd	Conveyor Belts	tbd
Showers	tbd	Claws Visage	tbd	Soup Kitchen	tbd	Tailor	tbd	Medium Warehouse	tbd
Luxuries Supplier	tbd	Decorative Fountain	tbd	Table Salt	tbd	Bronze Smelting	tbd	Heating Stove	tbd
Bedding	tbd	Anchored Platform	tbd	Cannery	tbd	Fire Tongs	tbd
Chemist	tbd			Mushroom Stew	tbd	Bronze Nails	tbd
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