Mechanics

Tech points: costs and sources of red, green and blue

The whole tree costs 11,157 red, 5,129 green and 4,132 blue, and each colour has its own sources.

New items are crafted once the relevant technology is unlocked, and technologies are paid for with tech points. Red points stand for hand-crafting and working with materials, green points for knowledge of nature, and blue points for spiritual knowledge of the immaterial world. The first blue points come from the Study Table in the Church basement.

11,157
Red points for the whole tree: 5,129
Green points for the whole tree: 4,132
Blue points for the whole tree: 373
Items to study

Studying covers the whole tree's green and blue

Studying every item once pays 4,885 red, 6,280 green and 5,195 blue - more green and blue than the whole tree costs, and less than half of its red. The rest of the red comes from gathering and crafting, and from Elder's meal, Heavenly salmon, Red Techbook II, Fisherman's pie and Red Techbook when used.

The tree

What each branch costs

Total tech point cost of every technology in each branch.

Total tech point cost of every technology in each branch.
Branch	Technologies	Red	Green	Blue
Building	52	4,470	257	670
Metallurgy	45	3,680	330	340
Farming	34	5	2,575	360
Theology	28	930	795	1,120
Anatomy and Alchemy	47	2,072	1,172	1,642
All 5 branches	206	11,157	5,129	4,132

The Cooking tab is not researched: its 20 entries cost no tech points. Each is granted by an event: 6 by quests, 5 by harvests, 4 by catches, 2 by repairs, 2 by crafts and 1 by using an item.

Tech tree

All technologies

Sources

Four sources of points

Studying an item at the Study Table uses up the item and the Science it needs, and pays red, green and blue points. Each item pays once. Science comes from decomposing items that contain it, such as Paper and Science Kits.

Where: Study Table
Energy: 6 to 32 per study (2 to 14 with Researcher)
Science per study: 1 to 50 per item
Runes: Studying also uncovers the alchemy runes of the items that carry them

Study Table

Researcher

Every tree, stone and bush cleared pays points the moment it breaks, and so do digging graves and harvesting garden beds.

Tech points paid for clearing each kind of object.

Tech points paid for clearing each kind of object.
Action	Red	Green
Breaking stones and ore	1 to 3	0
Picking berry and flower bushes	0	1
Clearing bushes	0	1
Chopping trees	0 to 2	1 to 3
Uprooting stumps	0 to 1	1
Harvesting garden beds	0	2 to 12
Digging and burying graves	2	0

Study Table

Every item that can be studied (373)

Each item with the points it pays and the Science it costs.

373 entries

Name	Red	Green	Blue	Total	Science
NecronomiconBlue	0	0	300	300	50
Master ArmorMixed	150	0	40	190	15
Master SwordMixed	150	0	40	190	15
GoldfishMixed	50	50	50	150	3
Berserker Potion IIIMixed	80	0	50	130	15
Zombie Motivator Potion IIIMixed	0	80	50	130	15
Damage Potion IIIMixed	0	100	20	120	15
Healing Potion IIIMixed	100	0	20	120	15
Heavy BowMixed	0	100	20	120	10
Knight's SpearMixed	0	100	20	120	10
Steel ArmorMixed	100	0	20	120	10
Steel AxeMixed	100	0	20	120	10
Steel HammerMixed	100	0	20	120	10
Steel PickaxeMixed	100	0	20	120	10
Steel ShovelMixed	100	0	20	120	10
Steel SwordMixed	100	0	20	120	10
Steel toolsMixed	0	100	20	120	10
Grapes (gold)Mixed	0	60	50	110	10
Injection for Corpses (gold)Mixed	0	100	10	110	15
Injection for Zombies (gold)Mixed	100	0	10	110	15
Philosopher StoneMixed	50	30	25	105	20
Reanimation LiquidMixed	30	50	25	105	20
Celestial SalmonMixed	20	40	40	100	10
CheeseMixed	0	50	50	100	3
Elder CatfishMixed	30	40	30	100	10
Farming Fertilizer IIIMixed	0	75	25	100	10
Kraken JrMixed	50	20	30	100	10
Master RodGreen	0	100	0	100	10
Mythic CarpMixed	20	50	30	100	10
Steel Zombie CollarMixed	0	30	70	100	20
Engineering DetailsMixed	70	0	25	95	10
Steel ScrewsMixed	60	0	25	85	10
BeeswaxMixed	30	40	10	80	3
Fried golden carpMixed	0	50	30	80	20
Golden nuggetMixed	50	10	20	80	3
Heavenly salmonMixed	0	40	40	80	20
PumpkinMixed	0	50	30	80	3
Red MushroomMixed	0	30	50	80	2
Berserker Potion IIMixed	40	0	35	75	10
Farming Fertilizer IIMixed	0	60	15	75	4
Grapes (silver)Mixed	0	40	35	75	7
Newspaper (gold)Blue	0	0	75	75	20
Third Eye SaltMixed	30	30	15	75	10
Zombie Motivator Potion IIMixed	0	40	35	75	10
Advanced DetailMixed	50	0	20	70	5
Elder's mealMixed	0	40	30	70	20
FabricMixed	20	50	0	70	5
Iron AxeMixed	60	0	10	70	5
Iron HammerMixed	60	0	10	70	5
Iron PickaxeMixed	60	0	10	70	5

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Tech point questions

Where do blue points come from?

The first come from the Study Table in the Church basement; studying every item once pays 5,195. Crafts pay blue too: the most per craft are Marble Cross II (+15), Marble Fence II (+15), Marble Cross I (+10) and Marble Fence I (+10). Used as items, Elder's meal (+30), Kraken steak (+50), Blue Techbook II (+50), Fisherman's pie (+10) and Blue Techbook (+25) grant blue.

Can an item be studied twice?

No. Each item pays once. Items that come in bronze, silver and gold quality count as separate entries, one study each.

What is Science?

Science is what the Study Table spends to study an item. Clean Paper gives 1, Science Kit I gives 30 and Science Kit II gives 60 when decomposed at the table.

What pays red points?

Studying every item once pays 4,885. Gathering pays per object: breaking stones and ore 1 to 3; chopping trees 0 to 2; uprooting stumps 0 to 1; digging and burying graves 2. Crafts pay red too, and Elder's meal (+30), Heavenly salmon (+50), Red Techbook II (+50), Fisherman's pie (+10) and Red Techbook (+25) grant red when used.

Mechanics

Tech points: costs and sources of red, green and blue

What each branch costs

Four sources of points

Most red per craft

Most green per craft

Most blue per craft

Every item that can be studied (373)

Tech point questions

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