Research opens at R3. Every abdication earns research points (more crowns and more
reincarnations earn more). Owned nodes last until you reincarnate, but only equipped nodes work.
Slots
- Each branch starts with 2 slots, +1 for each slot node owned in it, +1 at R5 and R8.
- The cap is 5 slots (8 after Ascension I). Equips reset on abdication.
- R16 (Scholar's Tenure): discover 5 hidden nodes in a branch for +1 slot there.
- From Ascension II, slots are replaced by a shared point budget.
About a third of the nodes are hidden: they show "???" and a riddle until discovered, and stay discovered forever.
Commerce
| Row |
Node |
Points |
Effect
|
| 1 |
Ledgers |
1 |
Buildings cost 5% less.
|
| 2 |
Harvests |
2 |
Farms and Lumber Camps x3.
|
| 2 |
Caravans |
2 |
Offline earnings x1.25.
|
| 3 |
Guilds |
4 |
Mines and Taverns x3.
|
| 3 |
Road Tolls |
4 |
Buildings cost 8% less.
|
| 4 |
Royal Bank |
8 |
Offline earnings x1.5. +1 Commerce slot.
|
| 5 |
Alchemy |
14 |
Alchemist Labs and Wizard Towers x3.
|
Hidden nodes (shown as ??? until discovered):
| Row |
Riddle
|
| 5 |
The mint strikes its first die for a ruler whose faction purse has grown heavy within one reign.
|
| 6 |
Harbours in the sky are raised only where griffins already crowd the cliffs.
|
| 6 |
The tithe-collectors ride out only once the skyline has become a forest of cathedral spires.
|
| 7 |
An empire is declared over a realm where not one bare field is left.
|
| 8 |
A merchant charter is sealed in a realm whose granaries outnumber the stars on a clear night.
|
| 8 |
The deep hoard is mapped only by a ruler whose mines riddle the mountain like a honeycomb.
|
Arcana
| Row |
Node |
Points |
Effect
|
| 1 |
Focus |
1 |
+20 max mana.
|
| 2 |
Mana Wells |
2 |
+0.1 mana per second.
|
| 2 |
Runes |
2 |
Spells last 20% longer.
|
| 3 |
Sigils |
4 |
Spells are 25% stronger.
|
| 4 |
Ley Lines |
8 |
+0.25 mana per second. +1 Arcana slot.
|
| 5 |
Grimoires |
14 |
Spells are 50% stronger.
|
| 6 |
Aether |
25 |
Production x2.
|
Hidden nodes (shown as ??? until discovered):
| Row |
Riddle
|
| 3 |
The reservoir fills for a mage who casts without pause through a single reign.
|
| 5 |
The great hourglass turns for one who lets a single reign run from dawn until dusk.
|
| 6 |
The archmage's tower opens to one who has spent a whole day and night in shadow, all told.
|
| 7 |
Ascendancy is granted to one who has walked a full day beneath the light, all told.
|
| 8 |
Stars fall for the mage who spends one reign casting as though mana were rain.
|
| 8 |
The wellspring rises beneath a city of towers where wizards outnumber the peasants.
|
Kingship
| Row |
Node |
Points |
Effect
|
| 1 |
Heralds |
1 |
Taps x2.
|
| 2 |
Court |
2 |
Crowns gained +10%.
|
| 2 |
Squires |
2 |
Taps also earn 1% of gold/sec.
|
| 3 |
Regalia |
4 |
Each crown gives +0.05% more production.
|
| 4 |
Throne |
8 |
Crowns gained +20%. +1 Kingship slot.
|
| 5 |
Dynasty |
14 |
Each crown gives +0.1% more production.
|
| 6 |
Warlord |
25 |
Taps x5.
|
Hidden nodes (shown as ??? until discovered):
| Row |
Riddle
|
| 3 |
The iron gauntlet fits only a hand hardened by endless knocking within one reign.
|
| 5 |
A champion is chosen from a retinue large enough to fill the castle yard.
|
| 6 |
The coronation rites are learned by a ruler who has cast the crown down again and again in one life.
|
| 7 |
The High King's name is written only once the chronicles overflow with your deeds.
|
| 8 |
Legends are sung of a king whose citadels ring the realm like a crown of stone.
|
| 8 |
A regent is anointed only where a great many gates to heaven stand open at once.
|
Forbidden
Opens at R37.
| Row |
Node |
Points |
Effect
|
| 2 |
Mirror Oath |
40 |
Also gain the opposite deed's building bonus at 25%. (from Ascension II)
|
| 2 |
Reliquary |
40 |
+1 artifact set slot. (from Ascension II)
|
| 3 |
Echo Chamber |
50 |
Spell echo chance x2. (from Ascension II)
|
| 3 |
Bloodright |
50 |
Your bloodline counts double. (from Ascension II)
|
| 4 |
Twofold Path |
60 |
Choose-one upgrade groups (not the deed or oath) allow a second pick, at x100 its cost. (from Ascension II)
|
Hidden nodes (shown as ??? until discovered):
| Row |
Riddle
|
| 1 |
The whisper speaks only to a ruler who lets one reign outlast half a turning of the world.
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