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Basic Seafaring


Unlocks the ability for Units to embark and use vessels to cross the water, and for Flying and Floating units to travel over water.

Requirement:40XP IconCost:100Influence Icon

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Excavation


Unlocks the ability for Units to Excavate Earthen terrain in the Underground.

Requirement:60XP IconCost:125Influence Icon

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Expanded Governance


Increase the City Cap by +1cityTier Icon.

Requirement:100XP IconCost:200Influence IconIncrease:300Influence IconCooldown:0Cooldown IconIncrease:0Cooldown Icon

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Road Building


Unit can build roads on the World Map. Most terrain costs 6-8 movementGeneral Icon Move Points while roads cost 5.
Road Building can be enabled in the Army panel. Roads are built on hexes along which the Army moves and cost 3 gold Icon Gold per hex.

Requirement:100XP IconCost:125Influence Icon

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Diplomatic Focus


Requirement:120XP IconCost:150Influence Icon

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Rite of the Last Stand


Each city in your Empire loses -1 population Icon Population, but immediately summons 3 Tier I Units.

Requirement:120XP IconCost:175Influence IconIncrease:50Influence IconCooldown:120Cooldown IconIncrease:50Cooldown Icon

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Advanced Sensing


Your Units and Cities gain +2 Vision Range and +3 Sensing Range.

Requirement:160XP IconCost:150Influence Icon

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Forced March


Unlocks the ability for your Armies to use Forced March.

Requirement:200XP IconCost:175Influence Icon

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Siege Specialization


Gain +1 Siege Project slot.

Requirement:300XP IconCost:175Influence Icon

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Advanced Logistics


Roads cost 3 movementGeneral Icon Move Points instead of 5.
Units gain Fast Embark and while embarked they gain Very Fast Movement on the World Map.

Requirement:400XP IconCost:175Influence Icon

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Teleporter Infrastructure


Cities can now build teleporter Icon Teleporters.
Outposts can build teleporters in a province they annex through a Work Camp.

Requirement:500XP IconCost:200Influence Icon

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Cosmic Affinity


Gain +5 Affinity Points per turn Icon Turn in every branch where you have at least 3 Affinity.

Requirement:600XP IconCost:250Influence Icon

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Focused Affinity


Gain +50 Affinity Points per turn Icon Turn in the branch of your highest Affinity.

Requirement:600XP IconCost:250Influence Icon