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| Ironworking || None || Husbandry, Labor Force, Steel (with Military Drill) || Warrior
| Ironworking || None || Husbandry, Labor Force, Steel (with Military Drill) || Warrior
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| Stonecutting || None || || Fort, Quarry
| Stonecutting || None || Drama, Polis, Stone Boost || Fort, Quarry
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| Trapping || None || || Slinger, Camp
| Trapping || None || Military Drill || Slinger, Camp
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| Divination || None || Aristocracy || Shrine
| Divination || None || Aristocracy || Shrine
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| Administration || None || Rhetoric, Free Worker || Treasury, Granary
| Administration || None || Rhetoric, Free Worker || Treasury, Granary
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Stone Boost - +200 Stone


= Tier 2 (150 Science) =
= Tier 2 (150 Science) =
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| Husbandry || Ironworking || Spoked Wheel, Food Boost || Pasture
| Husbandry || Ironworking || Spoked Wheel, Food Boost || Pasture
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| Drama ||Stonecutting || Portcullis (with Spoked Wheel), Free Settler || Odeon, Gnosticism
| Drama || Stonecutting || Portcullis (with Spoked Wheel), Free Settler || Odeon, Gnosticism
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| Polis || Stonecutting, Trapping || ||  
| Polis || Stonecutting || Forestry || Hamlet, Ask To Declare War
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| Military Drill || Trapping  || Composite Bow, Steel (with Ironworking) || Barracks, Rally Troops
| Military Drill || Trapping  || Composite Bow, Steel (with Ironworking) || Barracks, Rally Troops
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| Aristocracy || Divination || Border Boost, Sovereignty (with Rhetoric), Monasticism || Ambassador, Centralization / Vassalage
| Aristocracy || Divination || Border Boost, Sovereignty (with Rhetoric), Monasticism || Ambassador, Centralization / Vassalage
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| Rhetoric || Administration || ||
| Rhetoric || Administration || Metaphysics, Sovereignty (with Aristocracy) || Forum I, Epics / Exploration, Dualism
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! Technology !! Prerequisites !! Leads To !! Effects
! Technology !! Prerequisites !! Leads To !! Effects
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| Navigation || Labor Force || ||  
| Navigation || Labor Force || Coinage, Cartography (with Metaphysics), Free Bireme || Bireme, Colonies / Serfdom, Can automate scouts
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| Phalanx || Labor Force || ||  
| Phalanx || Labor Force || Citizenship, Battle Line (with Steel), Free Hoplite, Orders Boost || Spearman
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| Spoked Wheel || Husbandry || ||  
| Spoked Wheel || Husbandry || Portcullis (with Drama), Stirrups (with Citizenship), Free Chariot || Chariot, Chancellor
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| Forestry || Polis || Land Consolidation, Free Court Scholar, Free Heavy Chariot, Free Light Chariot || Lumbermill, Enlightenment
| Forestry || Polis || Land Consolidation, Free Court Scholar, Free Heavy Chariot, Free Light Chariot || Lumbermill, Enlightenment
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| Steel || Military Drill, Ironworking || ||  
| Steel || Ironworking, Military Drill || Battle Line (with Phalanx), Free African Elephant, Free Hastatus, Training Boost || Axeman
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| Sovereignty || Aristocracy, Rhetoric || ||  
| Sovereignty || Aristocracy, Rhetoric || Machinery, Civics Boost || Tyranny / Constitution
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| Metaphysics || Rhetoric || Cartography (with Navigation) || Convert to State Religion, High Synod, Archive I, Redemption,  
| Metaphysics || Rhetoric || Cartography (with Navigation) || Convert to State Religion, High Synod, Archive I, Redemption,  
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Civics Boost - +800 Civics
Orders Boost - +20 Orders
Training Boost - +800 Training


= Tier 4 (400 Science) =
= Tier 4 (400 Science) =
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| Citizenship || Phalanx || Scholarship, Stirrups (with Spoked Wheel), Free Court Minister || Courthouse, Divine Rule / Legal Code
| Citizenship || Phalanx || Scholarship, Stirrups (with Spoked Wheel), Free Court Minister || Courthouse, Divine Rule / Legal Code
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| Portcullis || Drama || ||  
| Portcullis || Drama, Spoked Wheel || Architecture, Free Battering Ram, Free Maceman || Spymaster, Moat
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| Land Consolidation || Forestry || Cohorts (with Battle Line), Manor (with Composite Bow), Free Camel Archer, Free War Elephant || Camel Archer, War Elephant, Grove
| Land Consolidation || Forestry || Cohorts (with Battle Line), Manor (with Composite Bow), Free Camel Archer, Free War Elephant || Camel Archer, War Elephant, Grove
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| Scholarship || Citizenship || ||  
| Scholarship || Citizenship || Jurisprudence, Windlass (with Hydraulics), Free Court Scholar || Library, Expose Agent Network, Move Agent Network
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| Stirrups || Citizenship, Spoked Wheel || ||
| Stirrups || Citizenship, Spoked Wheel || Martial Code, Free Horse Archer, Free Horseman, Free Kushite Cavalry, Free Three Man Chariot || Horse Archer, Horseman
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| Architecture || Portcullis || Vaulting, Free Siege Tower || Bath, Philosophy / Engineering
| Architecture || Portcullis || Vaulting, Free Siege Tower || Bath, Philosophy / Engineering
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| Martial Code || Stirrups || Barding (with Battle Line) || Towers, Pilgrimage / Holy War
| Martial Code || Stirrups || Barding (with Battle Line) || Towers, Pilgrimage / Holy War
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| Vaulting || Architecture || ||  
| Vaulting || Architecture || Happiness Boost || Cathedral, Iconography / Calligraphy
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| Bodkin Arrow || Manor || Infantry Square, Free Longbowman, Free Cimmerian Archer || Longbowman
| Bodkin Arrow || Manor || Infantry Square, Free Longbowman, Free Cimmerian Archer || Longbowman
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| Windlass || Torsion || ||  
| Windlass || Torsion || Chain Drive, Free Cataphract Archer, Free Crossbowman || Crossbowman
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Happiness Boost - (All Cities) - +1 Happiness Level


= Tier 7 (1500 Science) =
= Tier 7 (1500 Science) =

Revision as of 05:45, 11 March 2023

The tech tree

Techs (short for "technologies") are empire upgrades that cost science and provide various benefits and make additional techs and some laws and events available.

Tier 1 (100 Science)

Technology Prerequisites Leads To Effects
Ironworking None Husbandry, Labor Force, Steel (with Military Drill) Warrior
Stonecutting None Drama, Polis, Stone Boost Fort, Quarry
Trapping None Military Drill Slinger, Camp
Divination None Aristocracy Shrine
Administration None Rhetoric, Free Worker Treasury, Granary

Stone Boost - +200 Stone

Tier 2 (150 Science)

Technology Prerequisites Leads To Effects
Labor Force Ironworking Navigation, Phalanx Roads, Slavery / Freedom, Revelation
Husbandry Ironworking Spoked Wheel, Food Boost Pasture
Drama Stonecutting Portcullis (with Spoked Wheel), Free Settler Odeon, Gnosticism
Polis Stonecutting Forestry Hamlet, Ask To Declare War
Military Drill Trapping Composite Bow, Steel (with Ironworking) Barracks, Rally Troops
Aristocracy Divination Border Boost, Sovereignty (with Rhetoric), Monasticism Ambassador, Centralization / Vassalage
Rhetoric Administration Metaphysics, Sovereignty (with Aristocracy) Forum I, Epics / Exploration, Dualism

Border Boost - All Cities +6 Border Tiles Food Boost - +200 Food

Tier 3 (250 Science)

Technology Prerequisites Leads To Effects
Navigation Labor Force Coinage, Cartography (with Metaphysics), Free Bireme Bireme, Colonies / Serfdom, Can automate scouts
Phalanx Labor Force Citizenship, Battle Line (with Steel), Free Hoplite, Orders Boost Spearman
Spoked Wheel Husbandry Portcullis (with Drama), Stirrups (with Citizenship), Free Chariot Chariot, Chancellor
Forestry Polis Land Consolidation, Free Court Scholar, Free Heavy Chariot, Free Light Chariot Lumbermill, Enlightenment
Steel Ironworking, Military Drill Battle Line (with Phalanx), Free African Elephant, Free Hastatus, Training Boost Axeman
Sovereignty Aristocracy, Rhetoric Machinery, Civics Boost Tyranny / Constitution
Metaphysics Rhetoric Cartography (with Navigation) Convert to State Religion, High Synod, Archive I, Redemption,

Civics Boost - +800 Civics Orders Boost - +20 Orders Training Boost - +800 Training

Tier 4 (400 Science)

Technology Prerequisites Leads To Effects
Coinage Navigation Money Boost, Lateen Sail (with Cartography) Market, Pacify City, Automate Workers
Citizenship Phalanx Scholarship, Stirrups (with Spoked Wheel), Free Court Minister Courthouse, Divine Rule / Legal Code
Portcullis Drama, Spoked Wheel Architecture, Free Battering Ram, Free Maceman Spymaster, Moat
Land Consolidation Forestry Cohorts (with Battle Line), Manor (with Composite Bow), Free Camel Archer, Free War Elephant Camel Archer, War Elephant, Grove
Composite Bow Military Drill Manor (with Land Consolidation), Free Akkadian Archer, Free Archer, Free Palton Cavalry Archer, Range
Monasticism Aristocracy Doctrine Monastery, Monotheism / Polytheism
Machinery Sovereignty Hydraulics, Free Onager Onager

Tier 5 (600 Science)

Technology Prerequisites Leads To Effects
Scholarship Citizenship Jurisprudence, Windlass (with Hydraulics), Free Court Scholar Library, Expose Agent Network, Move Agent Network
Stirrups Citizenship, Spoked Wheel Martial Code, Free Horse Archer, Free Horseman, Free Kushite Cavalry, Free Three Man Chariot Horse Archer, Horseman
Architecture Portcullis Vaulting, Free Siege Tower Bath, Philosophy / Engineering
Manor Composite Bow, Land Consolidation Bodkin Arrow, Goods Boost, Free Turreted Elephant Conscript, Professional Army / Volunteers
Battle Line Phalanx, Steel Barding (with Martial Code), Cohorts (with Land Consolidation), Free Court Soldier Maceman
Doctrine Monasticism Temple, Tolerance / Orthodoxy
Hydraulics Machinery Windlass (with Scholarship), Ballistics (with Cartography), Free Ballista Ballista, Mill
Cartography Metaphysics, Navigation Lateen Sail (with Coinage), Ballistics (with Hydraulics) Trireme, Harbor, Steal Research

Goods Boost - +400 Iron, +400 Stone, +400 Lumber

Tier 6 (1000 Science)

Technology Prerequisites Leads To Effects
Lateen Sail Cartography, Coinage Fiscal Policy (with Jurisprudence), Free Dromon Dromon, Autarky / Trade League
Jurisprudence Scholarship Fiscal Policy (with Lateen Sail), Free Court Minister Insurrection, Guilds / Elites
Martial Code Stirrups Barding (with Battle Line) Towers, Pilgrimage / Holy War
Vaulting Architecture Happiness Boost Cathedral, Iconography / Calligraphy
Bodkin Arrow Manor Infantry Square, Free Longbowman, Free Cimmerian Archer Longbowman
Windlass Torsion Chain Drive, Free Cataphract Archer, Free Crossbowman Crossbowman

Happiness Boost - (All Cities) - +1 Happiness Level

Tier 7 (1500 Science)

Technology Prerequisites Leads To Effects
Fiscal Policy Lateen Sail, Jurisprudence Economic Reform, Free Court Merchant Coin Debasement / Monetary Reform
Barding Steel, Martial Code Military Prestige (with Infantry Square and Cohorts) Cataphract
Infantry Square Bodkin Arrow Military Prestige (with Barding and Cohorts), Free Court Soldier, Free Phalangite Pikeman
Cohorts Land Consolidation, Battle Line Military Prestige (with Barding and Infantry Square), Free Legionary Swordsman
Chain Drive Windlass Industrial Progress (with Ballistics) Polybolos
Ballistics Hydraulics, Cartography Industrial Progress (with Chain Drive) Mangonel

Tier 8 (2000 Science)

Technology Prerequisites Leads To Effects
Economic Reform Fiscal Policy Court Merchant, +1 Victory Point
Military Prestige Barding, Infantry Square, Cohorts Court Soldier, +1 Victory Point
Industrial Progress Chain Drive, Ballistics Court Minister, +1 Victory Point

All Tier 8 technologies can be researched multiple times