Research

Research is, well, research. This is your go-to place for all upgrades and new technologies.

• A primitive axe will show those trees who's boss.
• Price
  • Base: 50 Research and 50 Wood
• Unlocked by: Gymnasium
• Unlocks: Lumbermill, Lumberfox, Crafting, Cave Painting and Better Beds

• Venture deeper underground.
• Price
  • Base: 150 Research, 100 Stone and 50 Wood
• Unlocked by: Gymnasium
• Unlocks: Miner, Cave Painting and Better Beds

• Bring the animals closer to home.
• Price
  • Base: 250 Meat and 400 Research
• Unlocked by: Gymnasium
• Unlocks: Ranch, Farmer, Cave Painting, Better Beds and Leather Rack

• First you mine, then you… never mind.
• Price
  • Base: 500 Research and 300 Wood
• Unlocked by: Woodfelling
• Unlocks: Ranch, Crafter, Storage, Ore Processing, Plank Crafter, Brick Crafter, Craftmanship and Statue

• Now where to put all of this?
• Price
  • Base: 800 Research, 300 Stone and 400 Wood
  • Modifiers: Woodworking
• Unlocked by: Crafting
• Unlocks: Warehouse, Wood Crate, Stone Crate, Ore Crate, Leather Rack, Sap Barrel and Intelligence

• Metal extraction 101.
• Price
  • Base: 250 Ore and 1k Research
• Unlocked by: Crafting
• Unlocks: University, Crusher, Warehouse, Crystals, Basic Tools, Copper, Reinforced Crates, Efficient Crushers, Bunk Beds, Beam Crafter, Iron Crate and Spell of Industry

• A primitive way of storing information. Foxes use blood to scribble on the walls.
• Price
  • Base: 400 Meat and 1k Research
• Modifiers
  • Research generation: +50%
  • Research storage: +50%
• Unlocked by: Woodfelling, Mining and Farming
• Unlocks: Writing

• We've found strange crystals from our ore stockpile.
• Price
  • Base: 1k Research
• Modifiers
  • Enables Crusher Crystal generation
• Unlocked by: Ore Processing
• Unlocks: Magic and Glass Processing

• These tools might be basic but are still heaps better than what you already have.
• Price
  • Base: 150 Iron, 100 Leather, 1.75k Research, 100 Sap, 500 Stone and 700 Wood
• Modifiers
  • Fox generation: +35%
• Unlocked by: Ore Processing
• Unlocks: Garage, Crafting Station and Better Tools

• Bigger beds allow for more foxes overall.
• Price
  • Base: 250 Leather, 2k Research and 1k Wood
• Modifiers
  • Cottage capacity: +1
• Unlocked by: Woodfelling, Mining and Farming
• Unlocks: Bunk Beds

• The pinnacle of silent communication.
• Price
  • Base: 500 Leather and 2.5k Research
• Modifiers
  • Research generation: +35%
  • Research storage: +60%
• Unlocked by: Cave Painting
• Unlocks: University, Observatory, Religion and Blueprints

• Praise The Divine!
• Price
  • Base: 3k Research
• Unlocked by: Writing
• Unlocks: Cleric, Sacrification and Statue

• A special table meant for crafting.
• Price
  • Base: 500 Planks and 3k Research
• Modifiers
  • Crafter fox capacity: +1
  • Crafting generation: +20%
• Unlocked by: Basic Tools
• Unlocks: Home Expansion

• It's orange-ish and extremely conductive, whatever that means.
• Price
  • Base: 3.5k Research
• Modifiers
  • Enables Crusher Copper generation
• Unlocked by: Ore Processing
• Unlocks: Electricity and Copper Crate

• Bigger boxes for the foxes.
• Price
  • Base: 100 Beams, 1k Planks and 4k Research
• Modifiers
  • Storage: +75%
• Unlocked by: Ore Processing
• Unlocks: Alloy Crates

• A moderately more comfortable tool set.
• Price
  • Base: 750 Iron, 500 Leather, 1.5k Planks, 4.5k Research and 500 Sap
• Modifiers
  • Fox generation: +55%
• Unlocked by: Basic Tools
• Unlocks: Alloy Tools

• Supernatural phenomena.
• Price
  • Base: 250 Crystals and 5k Research
• Unlocked by: Crystals
• Unlocks: Mage, Mysticism, Spell of Time, Spell of Hunger and Spell of Industry

• Much more bang for your buck!
• Price
  • Base: 3k Ore and 5k Research
• Modifiers
  • Crusher metal generation: +250%
  • Crusher Wood consumption: -50%
• Unlocked by: Ore Processing

• I am not your dad!
• Price
  • Base: 500 Copper and 6.5k Research
• Unlocked by: Copper
• Unlocks: Windmill, Mech Crafter, Stirling Engine, Alloying and Wire Crafter

• Retrofit a stirling engine into Crushers that turns extra heat into power.
• Price
  • Base: 1k Copper, 5k Ore and 7.5k Research
• Modifiers
  • Enables Crusher Electricity generation
• Unlocked by: Electricity

• Designing buildings in advance helps to reduce cost.
• Price
  • Base: 2.222k Leather and 8.888k Research
• Modifiers
  • Building price: -40%
• Unlocked by: Writing

• Mixing up the metals.
• Price
  • Base: 1k Copper, 1.5k Iron and 10k Research
• Unlocked by: Electricity
• Unlocks: Alloy Furnace, Alloy Tools, Alloy Crates, Glass Processing, Drilling, Home Expansion, Gear Crafter and Alloy Crate

• An exquisite set of tools for high level work.
• Price
  • Base: 1k Alloy, 1k Beams, 2.5k Leather, 11k Research and 2.5k Sap
• Modifiers
  • Fox generation: +75%
• Unlocked by: Better Tools and Alloying
• Unlocks: Specialized Tools

• Vertical expansion, who would've thought?
• Price
  • Base: 250 Beams, 1k Leather, 10k Research and 5k Wood
• Modifiers
  • Cottage capacity: +1
• Unlocked by: Ore Processing and Better Beds
• Unlocks: Home Expansion

• Extremely durable crates for even more storage.
• Price
  • Base: 1k Alloy and 11k Research
• Modifiers
  • Storage: +50%
• Unlocked by: Reinforced Crates and Alloying

• Studying the crystal structure reveals a way to turn stone transparent with heat.
• Price
  • Base: 1k Crystals and 11.5k Research
• Unlocked by: Crystals and Alloying
• Unlocks: Glass Foundry, Optics and Glass Crate

• Certain shapes of glass fracture light in interesting ways.
• Price
  • Base: 250 Glass and 12.5k Research
• Unlocked by: Glass Processing
• Unlocks: Observatory

• A crystalline metal with interesting electrical properties.
• Price
  • Base: 7.5k Ore and 14k Research
• Modifiers
  • Enables Glass Foundry and Ore Annihilator Silicon generation
• Unlocked by: Computing
• Unlocks: Computers and Silicon Crate

• Ore production seems like a bottleneck.
• Price
  • Base: 500 Alloy and 15k Research
• Unlocked by: Alloying
• Unlocks: Quarry and Ore Annihilator

• Machines that perform math. It's all in there.
• Price
  • Base: 17.5k Research and 500 Silicon
• Unlocked by: Silicon
• Unlocks: Computer Lab, Research Hacks, Chip Crafter, Research Server and Supervisor

• Specialized crafting tools that help foxes to gather secondary resources.
• Price
  • Base: 2k Alloy, 25k Beams, 5k Leather, 19k Research and 5k Sap
• Modifiers
  • Lumberfox Sap generation: +75%
  • Farmer Leather generation: +150%
• Unlocked by: Alloy Tools

• If we use this hashing algorithm we can optimize the heck out of this!
• Price
  • Base: 1k Chips and 20k Research
• Modifiers
  • Research Server Electricity consumption: -33.33%
• Unlocked by: Computers

• A whole new room, or maybe even two!
• Price
  • Base: 2.5k Alloy, 10k Beams, 15k Bricks, 20k Planks and 22.22k Research
• Modifiers
  • Cottage capacity: +2
  • Crafter fox capacity: +1
• Unlocked by: Crafting Station, Alloying and Bunk Beds