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Research
In Dominions, all non-Holy spells are organized into one of seven schools of magic. Where a spell's path represents the power source, the school a spell belongs to ostensibly represents the methods used to manipulate that power. In order for their mages to cast more advanced spells and forge more powerful magic items, the player has to invest research into these schools. Each school has nine levels of research.
The order in which these schools are researched is decided through the Research Screen (which can be accessed by pressing F5 in-game) and simply left-clicking on the name of a school to queue up one level of research into that school. Any research points generated by mages set to Research in provinces with labs will be used for this purpose.
Starting research
Research boosters
Items
Inspiring Researcher
Research costs
The amount of research points that has to be invested in a school in order to reach each level is dependent on the game's settings. Most multiplayer games use the standard research difficulty setting:
Level | Research Points | Cumulative RP |
1 | 50 | 50 |
2 | 100 | 150 |
3 | 200 | 350 |
4 | 400 | 750 |
5 | 700 | 1450 |
6 | 1300 | 2750 |
7 | 2400 | 5150 |
8 | 4400 | 9550 |
9 | 8100 | 17650 |
Very easy research
Level | Research Points | Cumulative RP |
1 | 20 | 20 |
2 | 25 | 45 |
3 | 50 | 95 |
4 | 100 | 195 |
5 | 200 | 395 |
6 | 400 | 795 |
7 | 700 | 1495 |
8 | 1300 | 2795 |
9 | 2400 | 5195 |
Easy research
Level | Research Points | Cumulative RP |
1 | 25 | 25 |
2 | 50 | 75 |
3 | 100 | 175 |
4 | 200 | 375 |
5 | 400 | 775 |
6 | 700 | 1475 |
7 | 1300 | 2775 |
8 | 2400 | 5175 |
9 | 4400 | 9575 |
Difficult research
Level | Research Points | Cumulative RP |
1 | 100 | 100 |
2 | 200 | 300 |
3 | 400 | 700 |
4 | 700 | 1400 |
5 | 1300 | 2700 |
6 | 2400 | 5100 |
7 | 4400 | 9500 |
8 | 8100 | 17600 |
9 | 14900 | 32500 |
Very difficult research
1 | 200 | 200 |
2 | 400 | 600 |
3 | 700 | 1300 |
4 | 1300 | 2600 |
5 | 2400 | 5000 |
6 | 4400 | 9400 |
7 | 8100 | 17500 |
8 | 14900 | 32400 |
9 | 14900 | 47300 |