Woodworking []
Land Clearance[]
Trees hewn. Lands despoiled. Culture effaced. All in the name of "progress"...
- Increases output of timber from Logging Camps in a settlement with a Sawmill by Level 1
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Circular Saw[]
Even the mightiest of tree trunks are little more than humble planks at its touch.
- Increases output of timber from Logging Camps in a settlement with a Sawmill by Level 2.
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Agronomics []
Mechanised Farming[]
The fecklessness of farmhands and the fickleness of the seasons are no match for the staid uniformity of a machine.
- Increases output of food from Farms in a settlement with a Granary (+50%).
- Fishing Busses gather Food faster (+50%).
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Commodity Agriculture[]
And those who husbanded the Golden grain,
And those who flung it to the winds like Rain,
Alike to no such aureate Earth are turn'd
As, buried once, Men want dug up again. — Omar Khayyam, Rubaiyat
- Increases output of food from Farms in a settlement with a Granary (+100%).
- Fishing Busses gather Food faster (+100%).
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Metallurgy []
Steam Pump[]
A crude but effective device for mine drainage and ventilation.
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Bessemer Process[]
A revolutionary technique to free prized steel from humdrum pig iron.
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All Ironclad-type units require this upgrade. |
- Note:
- In Time of War: 1800, access to Engineering and Steelworks are blocked.
- Costs in for this tech line are replaced with for The Age of Conquest.
Religion[]
Missionaries[]
Spread the news of the joys and comforts of religion and civilisation to those who have yet to hear of them!
- National Borders increased by +4 strength.
- City Combat Range +2.
- City Hitpoints increased by 50%.
- Increases happiness derived from creating Missionaries for Catholics
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Civic Religion[]
"One nation, one people, one congregation!"
- National Borders increased by +5 strength.
- City Combat Range +3.
- City Hitpoints increased by 100%.Automatically upgrades your Sanctuaries to your civ's designated religious site, ie Cathedral for Protestants; Temples for Hindhus and Buddhists, reducing religious unrest.
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Existentialism[]
"I dread, therefore I am."
- National Borders increased by +9 strength.
- City Combat Range +4.
- City Hitpoints increased by 150%.
- For Westerners: stops all effects of religion on happiness for Protestants and Orthodoxy.
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Special []
These technologies are researchable only from Civic Wonders, and are extremely powerful. Should you be able to research all five, you will get a happiness boost of 100.
Physiocracy[]"A city cannot thrive without fields and the fruits thereof pouring into its walls." — Alexander the Great
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Porcelain Industry[]"Porcelain of Xing is akin to silver, / and that of Yue akin to jade." —The Book of Tea
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Great Exhibition[]"I set no value on objects strange or ingenious, and have no use for your country's manufactures." — Emperor Qianlong, letter to George III of England
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Manifest Destiny[]"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp! ... Give me your tired, your poor, / Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free." — Emma Lazarus, 19th century American poet, The New Colossus
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Epic Engineering[]"[Man] duplicates himself not only, as in consciousness, intellectually, but also in reality, and therefore he sees himself in a world that he has created." — Karl Marx, Estranged Labour
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Knowledge[]
See University.
Construction[]
See here.
Medicine[]
See here
Logistics[]
See here.
Attrition[]
See here.
Tax[]
See here.
Fortification[]
See here.
Strategy[]
See here.
Politics[]
See here.