The location of the research notes table where research is performed

Research is a part of Archaeology during which players can send research teams on expeditions and acquire materials, Archaeology experience, and sometimes artefacts.

The research tutorial is unlocked by reaching the assistant qualification; the tutorial is started by managing the research notes table in the Exam Centre at the Archaeology Campus. After the tutorial players are required to use chronotes to pay researchers for their work by using the research notes. In the case an expedition is terminated before completion, the chronotes that were paid to send the research team will be forfeit and no experience, artefacts, or materials will be gained to compensate for elapsed time.

General Research [ edit | edit source ]

General Research interface

After speaking with a dig site's manager, players can begin general research expeditions to the dig site. These expeditions will return after a chosen length of time, with options of 1 hour, 2 hours, 4 hours, 8 hours, 12 hours, and 24 hours before any speed modifiers. The XP rewards and chronotes costs are scaled linearly based upon the selected time. The cost of general research increases with the player's Archaeology level and each site has a modifier related to the level required to start there.[1]

It is recommended to complete special research expeditions first if any are available, as these can be done only once and provide proportionally better rewards than general research expeditions.

The Archaeology experience/hour for general research is listed below (Experience and chronotes cost scale by 5% and 10% of Kharid-et's base xp/cost, for research in the Infernal Source / Everlight and Stormguard Citadel / Warforge respectively). The Stormguard / Warforge column is left blank below level 70 since neither dig site is available before that level.

Level XP/Hour Level XP/Hour Level XP/Hour Kharid-Et Infernal Source / Everlight Stormguard Citadel / Warforge Kharid-Et Infernal Source / Everlight Stormguard Citadel / Warforge Kharid-Et Infernal Source / Everlight Stormguard Citadel / Warforge 40 200 210 - 67 850 892 - 94 2666 2800 2933 41 215 225 - 68 900 945 - 95 2750 2887 3025 42 230 241 - 69 950 997 - 96 3000 3150 3300 43 245 257 - 70 1000 1050 1100 97 3250 3412 3575 44 260 273 - 71 1050 1102 1155 98 3500 3675 3850 45 275 288 - 72 1100 1155 1210 99 3750 3937 4125 46 290 305 - 73 1150 1207 1265 100 4000 4200 4400 47 305 320 - 74 1200 1260 1320 101 4250 4462 4675 48 320 336 - 75 1250 1312 1375 102 4500 4725 4950 49 335 352 - 76 1300 1365 1430 103 4750 4987 5225 50 350 367 - 77 1350 1417 1485 104 5000 5250 5500 51 365 383 - 78 1400 1470 1540 105 5250 5512 5775 52 380 399 - 79 1450 1522 1595 106 5500 5775 6050 53 395 414 - 80 1500 1575 1650 107 5785 6074 6364 54 410 430 - 81 1583 1662 1741 108 6071 6375 6678 55 425 446 - 82 1666 1750 1833 109 6357 6675 6993 56 440 462 - 83 1750 1837 1925 110 6642 6975 7307 57 455 477 - 84 1833 1925 2016 111 6928 7275 7621 58 470 493 - 85 1916 2012 2108 112 7214 7575 7935 59 485 509 - 86 2000 2100 2200 113 7500 7875 8250 60 500 525 - 87 2083 2187 2291 114 7857 8250 8642 61 550 577 - 88 2166 2275 2383 115 8214 8625 9035 62 600 630 - 89 2250 2362 2475 116 8571 9000 9428 63 650 682 - 90 2333 2450 2566 117 8928 9375 9821 64 700 735 - 91 2416 2537 2658 118 9285 9750 10214 65 750 787 - 92 2500 2625 2750 119 9642 10125 10607 66 800 840 - 93 2583 2712 2841 120 10000 10500 11000

At level 50 Archaeology Kharid-et Dig Site general research costs 250 chronotes per hour, and Infernal Source Dig Site and Everlight Dig Site cost 262 chronotes per hour.

At level 76 Archaeology Kharid-et Dig Site general research costs 380 chronotes per hour, Infernal Source Dig Site and Everlight Dig Site cost 399 chronotes per hour, and Stormguard Citadel Dig Site and Warforge Dig Site cost 418 chronotes per hour.

In addition to Archeology experience, materials required to restore the damaged artefacts obtainable from the dig site are rewarded, and more rarely damaged artefacts from the dig site.

Special Research [ edit | edit source ]

Special Research interface

While exploring the various dig sites, players will find studies that can be researched by sending the research team. These often give experience as well as an artefact from that dig site.

Each special research expedition can only be completed once. Special research progress and information about them can found in the Archaeology journal.

All the special research expeditions have a base duration of 40 minutes, except the tutorial expedition Mysterious Monolith: Existence, which reads 30 minutes on the interface but actually completes instantly and Mysterious Monolith: Architecture, which takes 30 minutes. The player's base level must meet the requirement in order to send an expedition; temporary boosts such as cups of soil tea do not work.

Completing all the special research in one of the following sections unlocks a corresponding achievement.

Mission name Level Where to start Base cost (chronotes) Rewards Mysterious Monolith: Existence 40 Reach Assistant qualification. Free 1,000 experience

experience Ability to harness more energy from the monolith (+100 energy) Mysterious Monolith: Architecture 70 Reach Associate qualification. 175 5,000 experience

experience You can harness more energy from the Monolith (+150 energy) Mysterious Monolith: Symbology 90 Reach Professor qualification. 225 11,666 experience

experience You can harness more energy from the Monolith (+100 energy) Philosophy 99 Purchase energised meteorite shard. 245 Ability to make Mattock of Time and Space. Writings of the Walls: Kharid-et 99 Study strange writing on the east side of the maximum security area of the prison block of Kharid-et. 245 18,750 experience Writings of the Walls: Infernal Source 99 Study strange writing on the western wall in the first room of the Dungeon of Disorder. 245 18,750 experience Writings of the Walls: Everlight 99 Study strange writing at the western end of an underground marble corridor, accessed by entering the door in the Acropolis of Everlight. 245 18,750 experience Writings of the Walls: Stormguard 99 Study strange writing on the eastern wall of the building in Research & Development North-west area of Stormguard Citadel. 245 18,750 experience Writings of the Walls: Warforge 99 Study strange writing in the elevated north-western corner of Thalmund's forge in Warforge. 245 18,750 experience

Hireable researchers [ edit | edit source ]

Researchers can be hired and added (for a price) to expeditions. These researchers each offer speed and cost buffs to the expedition.

Players can only hire researchers that are a tier below their current qualification.

Requirement: Have the assistant qualification.

Requirement: Have the associate qualification.

You must first show them a fully completed totem on Anachronia from your backpack. Totems placed on Anachronia will not work. Once the Associate qualification is obtained, these researchers will ask to join the research team when talked to with a totem.

Researcher Location Speed buff Cost buff Alpheus Anachronia +2% +3% Eliza Anachronia +2% +3%

Requirement: Have the professor qualification.

Researcher Location Speed buff Cost buff Drew Just east of the screening station +4% +6% Helen Next to the screening station +4% +6% Easty Guarding the monolith +4% +6%

Requirement: Have the guildmaster qualification.

Requirement: Complete all mysteries at their dig site.

Researcher Site Minimum level Speed buff Cost buff Additional perk Dr Nabanik Kharid-et 107 +8% +12% Guarantees the discovery of an artefact (2 hours+ only) Vanescula Drakan Everlight 105 +12% +12% Significantly increases research speed Movario Infernal Source 68 +8% +12% Greatly increases the amount of materials found Gee'ka Stormguard Citadel 95 +6% +12% 10% increase to Archaeology XP Zanik Warforge 110 +8% +0% Happily works free of charge

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