Research Priority Guide for All Player Types

Your combat research provides ZERO benefit when joining rallies—only leader stats matter.

Tier 1 (Maximum Priority):

Tier 2 (Secondary Focus):

Tier 3 (Delayed Investment):

1. Elevated Construction Value: Multiple build slots amplify Tooling Up returns. Rush early levels; skip late levels post-True Gold bottleneck.

2. Combat Stats Matter: Battle tech becomes worthwhile. Prioritize: Lethality > Attack, Health > Defense. Troop focus: Infantry & Archers > Cavalry.

3. Economy Rebalancing: Resource output becomes less critical—faster progression and stronger troops enable earlier gathering focus.

Rush Battle Tech: Max combat stats immediately. Pack rewards flood you with resources, making economy research less urgent initially. Add gathering later for KvK prep scoring.

Tool Enhancement Still Valuable: Thousands of research days exist—speedup completion instantly without blocking queues.

Skip Late Tooling Up: Build queue downtime emerges—diminishing construction speed value. May benefit Strongest Governor events through extra speedup accumulation.

Skip Battle Tech: Unless facing frequent tile hits, ignore combat except Regimental Expansion (gathering capacity). Minimal battle research for quest unlocks or Hall of Governors scoring.

Gathering Focus: Prioritize gathering projects—output projects only generate protected resources (non-raidable).

Growth Essentials: Command Tactics (march slots), limited Tool Enhancement, Trainer Tools. Camp Expansion gains value with infrequent logins. Ward Expansion provides attack insurance.

Specialization Principle: Research strategy must align with account purpose. Rally joiners save battle tech for events. Balanced spenders need comprehensive growth. Heavy spenders rush combat dominance. Farms optimize gathering exclusively.