Overview
Academy research is one of the most impactful long-term investments in Kingshot. Research provides permanent bonuses that are always active. However, maxing all research takes years of real time — so choosing the right priority order is crucial.
The Academy has three research categories: Growth (45 technologies), Economy (44 technologies), and Battle (102 technologies).
Growth Tree Priority
- Tooling Up: Increases construction speed — impacts every building upgrade
- Tool Enhancement: Increases research speed — accelerates all future research
- Command Tactics: Unlocks additional march queues — critical for multi-tasking
Combined, maxing Tooling Up and Tool Enhancement gives +27.80% to each speed. This compounds over time and dramatically accelerates your progression.
Economy Tree Priority
Focus primarily on Gathering Research. In the game's later stages, gathering from resource tiles provides significantly more resources than building output alone. Skip most resource production research unless you're a farm account.
Battle Tree Priority
- Regimental Expansion: Increases march troop capacity — more troops = more power
- Assault Techniques: Boosts offensive stats across all troop types
- Survival Techniques: Boosts defensive stats for surviving longer battles
- Lethality research for Archers and Cavalry — Lethality is the key damage multiplier
- Health research for Infantry — keeps your front line alive longer
- Special Defensive Training and Weapons Prep
Research Speed Tips
- Research speed bonuses stack: Academy level bonus + Tooling research + VIP bonus + alliance help + items
- Always request alliance help after starting research — it reduces time instantly
- Save research speedups for the Battle tree's most expensive technologies
- The total time to max the Growth tree alone is 883 days — research speed bonuses are not optional