The tutorial walks the player through purchasing scholars to perform research. Up to 5 scholars can be acquired to perform research at the same time, with costs shown below. Scholars continue researching while the player is offline and the game sends a notification when research is complete. Research can be completed instantly by spending diamonds. The last 5 minutes of any research is free.
Research Treasure Maps to unlock gold mines, Strongboxes and Ancestral Knowledge volumes to unlock resources, and special items to progress the storyline forward.
