Research

Explanation

Research unlocks upgrades and improves most elements of the game.

Scholars

The first step in research is to get a Scholar that can do it for you. From there you can acquire more scholars to do more research at the same time. Your research basement can have up to 5 Scholars. The first one is free and the others can be purchased with gems, each more expensive than the previous one.

Scholar	Price
1	Free
2	50
3	500
4	1,000
5	1,500

Each Scholar can do research, which take different amounts of time to perform depending on the category and rank of the subject. Even when you are offline, your scholars will do their duty, so do not worry about being offline. You can also speed up their research with diamonds. The cost to instantly finish the research is probably based on several different factors so it is very difficult to calculate the ratio. The last 5 minutes of any research is free.

Kinds of Research

There are 4 different categories of research: 

• Commander: The main research section. You will find everything related to your commander, coins, embers, mana and shops. 
• Class: There are separate ranks, attributes and abilities that can be researched for each hero class.
• Alchemy: Enables you to convert embers to coins and vice-versa.
• Artifact: Unlock mines with Treasure Maps, get resources with Resource Cache, and with Ancestral Knowledge books, you can get runes or diamonds. Here, you will find special items that need to be researched in order to move the storyline forward.

Commander Research

Leadership

Rank	Price	Duration	Requirement	Description
1	10	5 min	None	Learn how to train your commander to level 20 Gain an additional squad slot Unlock PvP Arena
2	750	1 hour	Leadership rank 1	Learn how to train your commander to level 30 Unlock class specific research Unlock Banish Ritual research
3	2,500	1 day	Leadership rank 2	Learn how to train your commander to level 40 Gain third squad slot Unlock Evolution Ritual research
4	5,000	2 days	Leadership rank 3	Learn how to train your commander to level 50 Unlock Fortify Ritual research
5	25,000	3 days	Leadership rank 4	Learn how to train your commander to level 60 Unlock your commander's second ability Unlock additional Trading research
6	50,000	4 days	Leadership rank 5	Learn how to train your commander to level 70 Improve your commander's second ability Unlock additional Trading research
7	250,000	5 days	Leadership rank 6	Learn how to train your commander to level 80 Gain fourth squad slot Unlock additional Trading research
8	600,000	6 days	Leadership rank 7	Learn how to train your commander to level 90 Master your commander's second ability Unlock additional Trading research
9	1,250,000	8 days	Leadership rank 8	Learn how to train your commander to level 100 Gain fifth squad slot Unlock your commander's third ability Unlock additional Trading research
10	3,000,000	10 days	Leadership rank 9	Learn how to train your commander to level 110

Ritual

Rank	Price	Duration	Requirement	Description
1	500	15 min	Leadership rank 2	Unlock the Banish Ritual
2	5,000	1 day	Leadership rank 3	Unlock the Evolution Ritual
3	25,000	3 days 9 hours	Leadership rank 4	Unlock the Fortify Ritual

Coin Vault

Rank	Price	Duration	Requirement	Description
1	50	7 min	Leadership rank 1	Increase coin capacity to 3,000
2	500	15 min	Leadership rank 2	Increase coin capacity to 7,000
3	3,500	1 hr 30 min		Increase coin capacity to 20,000
4	6,000	4 hours		Increase coin capacity to 50,000
5	12,000	8 hours	Leadership rank 5	Increase coin capacity to 100,000
6	24,000	16 hours		Increase coin capacity to 250,000
7	50,000	24 hours		Increase coin capacity to 600,000
8	120,000	2 days	Leadership rank 6	Increase coin capacity to 1,250,000
9	200,000	4 days	Leadership rank 8	Increase coin capacity to 2,500,000
10	600,000	6 days	Leadership rank 9	Increase coin capacity to 5,000,000

Coin Scavenger

Rank	Price	Duration	Requirement	Description
1	50	7 min	Leadership rank 1	Gain 10% more coins from exploring dungeons
2	200	30 min	Leadership rank 2	Gain 20% more coins from exploring dungeons
3	1,500	4 h		Gain 30% more coins from exploring dungeons
4	3,000	12 h	Leadership rank 4	Gain 40% more coins from exploring dungeons
5	6,000	1 day	Leadership rank 5	Gain 50% more coins from exploring dungeons
6	12,000	2 days		Gain 60% more coins from exploring dungeons
7	20,000	3 days	Leadership rank 6	Gain 70% more coins from exploring dungeons
8	100,000	5 days	Leadership rank 7	Gain 80% more coins from exploring dungeons
9	500,000	7 days	Leadership rank 8	Gain 90% more coins from exploring dungeons
10	1,000,000	10 days	Leadership rank 9	Gain 100% more coins from exploring dungeons

Ember Vault

Rank	Price	Duration	Requirement	Description
1	500	7 min	Leadership rank 1	Increase ember capacity to 1,500
2	1,000	30 min		Increase ember capacity to 3,000
3	1,500	4 hours	Leadership rank 2	Increase ember capacity to 7,000
4	3,000	16 hours		Increase ember capacity to 15,000
5	6,000	1 day	Leadership rank 4	Increase ember capacity to 30,000
6	12,000	2 days		Increase ember capacity to 50,000
7	24,000	4 days	Leadership rank 5	Increase ember capacity to 100,000
8	48,000	6 days	Leadership rank 6	Increase ember capacity to 200,000
9	96,000	8 days	Leadership rank 8	Increase ember capacity to 500,000
10	200,000	10 days	Leadership rank 9	Increase ember capacity to 1,000,000

Ember Baron

Rank	Price	Duration	Requirement	Description
1	10	7 min	Leadership rank 1	Ember Baron becomes available Produce 5 embers/minute Can hold up to 300 embers
2	1,000	15 min	Leadership rank 2	Produce 10 embers/minute Can hold up to 500 embers
3	2,000	1 hour		Produce 15 embers/minute Can hold up to 1,700 embers
4	3,000	12 hours		Produce 20 embers/minute Can hold up to 2,300 embers
5	10,000	1 day	Leadership rank 5	Produce 25 embers/minute Can hold up to 3,900 embers
6	25,000	2 days		Produce 35 embers/minute Can hold up to 7,900 embers
7	100,000	3 days	Leadership rank 6	Produce 45 embers/minute Can hold up to 14,900 embers
8	400,000	5 days		Produce 65 embers/minute Cab hold up to 24,900 embers
9	900,000	7 days	Leadership rank 7	Produce 90 embers/minute Can hold up to 44,900 embers
10	2,500,000	10 days		Produce 115 embers/minute Can hold up to 59,900 embers

Essence Cap

Rank	Price	Duration	Requirement	Description
1	500	7 minutes		Increase essence capacity to 30,000
2
3
4
5				Increase essence capacity to 700,000
6	25,000	16 hours		Increase essence capacity to 1,100,000
7				Increase essence capacity to 1,600,000
8	150,000	2 days		Increase essence capacity to 2,200,000
9	250,000	4 days	Leadership 9	Increase essence capacity to 3,000,000
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Energy Cap

Rank	Price	Duration	Requirement	Description
1	500	30 min	Leadership 1	Increase energy capacity to 17
2	1,000	3 hours	Leadership 2	Increase energy capacity to 19
3	1,500	8 hours	Leadership 3	Increase energy capacity to 21
4	3,000	16 hours	Leadership 4	Increase energy capacity to 23
5	10,000	24 hours	Leadership 5	Increase energy capacity to 25
6	25,000	2 days	Leadership 6	Increase energy capacity to 27
7	100,000	4 days	Leadership 8	Increase energy capacity to 29
8	400,000	6 days		Increase energy capacity to 31
9	900,000	8 days	Leadership 10	Increase energy capacity to 33
10	2,500,000	10 days		Increase energy capacity to 35

Mana Cap

Rank	Price	Duration	Requirement	Description
1	50,000	24 hours	Leadership rank 5	Increase size of mana pool to 14
2	150,000	2 days		Increase size of mana pool to 18
3	300,000	4 days	Leadership rank 8	Increase size of mana pool to 22
4	900,000	6 days		Increase size of mana pool to 26
5	2,000,000	8 days		Increase size of mana pool to 30

Energy Rate

Rank	Price	Duration	Requirement	Description
1	500	4 hours	Leadership rank 4	Reduce energy recharge time by 10 seconds
2	1,000	8 hours		Reduce energy recharge time by 20 seconds
3	2,500	16 hours		Reduce energy recharge time by 30 seconds
4	5,000	1 day	Leadership rank 5	Reduce energy recharge time by 40 seconds
5	10,000	2 days	Leadership rank 7	Reduce energy recharge time by 50 seconds
6	25,000	4 days		Reduce energy recharge time by 60 seconds
7	50,000	6 days		Reduce energy recharge time by 70 seconds
8	100,000	8 days		Reduce energy recharge time by 85 seconds
9	250,000	9 days	Leadership rank 10	Reduce energy recharge time by 100 seconds
10	500,000	10 days		Reduce energy recharge time by 120 seconds

Trading

Rank	Price	Duration	Requirement	Description
1	2,500	2 hours	Leadership rank 3	Unlock Minor Healing Potion in the shop
2	5,000	4 hours	Leadership rank 4	Unlock Minor Resurrection Scroll in the shop
3	10,000	2 days	Leadership rank 5	Unlock Lesser Healing Potion in the shop
4	20,000	2 days, 16 hours	Leadership rank 6	Unlock Major Healing Potion in the shop
5	40,000	6 days, 16 hours	Leadership rank 7	Unlock Greater Healing Potion in the shop
6	80,000	8 days		Unlock Major Resurrection Scroll in the shop
7	160,000	9 days	Leadership rank 9	Unlock Grand Healing Potion in the shop

Class Research

Rank

Level	Cost	Duration	Requirement	Description
1	500	15 min	Leadership rank 1	Train up to level 20
2	1,000	60 min	Leadership rank 2	Train up to level 30
3	2,500	4 hours	Leadership rank 2	Train up to level 40
4	5,000	8 hours	Leadership rank 4	Train up to level 50
5	10,000	12 hours		Train up to level 60
6	25,000	24 hours	Leadership rank 6	Train up to level 70
7	50,000	2 days		Train up to level 80
8	100,000	3 days	Leadership rank 8	Train up to level 90
9	150,000	4 days		Train up to level 100

Attribute

Level	Cost	Duration	Requirement	Description
1	500	15 min	Leadership Rank 5	Improve attributes by 1%
2	1,000	60 min		Improve attributes by 1%
3	2,500	4 hours		Improve attributes by 1%
4	5,000	8 hours		Improve attributes by 1%
5	10,000	12 hours	Leadership Rank 7	Improve attributes by 1%
6	25,000	24 hours		Improve attributes by 1%
7	50,000	2 days		Improve attributes by 1%
8	100,000	3 days	Leadership Rank 9	Improve attributes by 1%
9	150,000	4 days		Improve attributes by 1%

Ability

Level	Cost	Duration	Requirement	Description
1	500	15 min	Leadership Rank 2	Learn how to train the base ability
2	1,000	60 min		Learn how to improve the base ability
3	2,500	4 hours		Learn how to master the base ability
4	5,000	8 hours	Leadership Rank 4	Learn how to unlock the second ability
5	10,000	12 hours		Learn how to train the second ability
6	25,000	24 hours	Leadership Rank 6	Learn how to improve the second ability
7	50,000	2 days	Leadership Rank 7	Learn how to master the second ability
8	100,000	3 days	Leadership Rank 8	Learn how to unlock the third ability
9	150,000	4 days		Learn how to improve the third ability
10	250,000	5 days	Leadership Rank 10	Learn how to master the third ability

Alchemy Research

Subject	Cost	Duration	Description
Silver Transmute	50 Copper Traps	15 min	Produces 5 Silver Traps
Gold Transmute	50 Silver Traps	30 min	Produces 5 Gold Traps
Rapid Coin Gain	25,000	15 mins	Produces 15,000 Coins
Middle Coin Gain	100,000	8 hours	Produces 70,000 Coins
Slow Coin Gain	250,000	12 hours	Produces 200,000 Coins
Rapid Ember Gain	25,000	15 mins	Produces 15,000 Embers
Middle Ember Gain	100,000	8 hours	Produces 70,000 Embers
Slow Ember Gain	250,000	12 hours	Produces 200,000 Embers

Note: Coin / Ember Gain cost and result numbers appear to change with level. More info is needed.

Artifact Research

Treasure Map

• Unlock gold mines which generate a certain amount of gold/minute.
• Source: Storyline Missions

Strongbox

• Obtain diamonds, runes, healing potions or resurrection scrolls.
• Source: Treasure Chests

Ancestral Knowledge

• Obtain silver runes, premium runes or diamonds. Longer research times than strongboxes, but more rare rewards.
• There is a visual difference between the Ancestral Knowledge books that hint at the quality and quantity of the prize. Current books progress in the following order: Red > Orange > Yellow > Green > Light Blue > Dark Blue. The book on the right is orange rather than red.
• Source: Blue/Gold Treasure Chests

Naema's Journal

• Unlocks the mission What Naema Fears.
• Source: Blue/Gold Treasure Chest during the mission Facing Naema.

Strange Artifact / Archon Fragment

• Unlocks the mission Grim Tidings, sending the player on a journey to recover the remaining 2 Archon artifacts. Encounter 3 new legendary heroes in the process.
• Source: the mission What Naema Fears.