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The Founding · stage 4

The Long Study

The Citadel keeps no banners. It keeps the answers to them.

Entity ID
the_long_study
Stage
4 of 7
Runs on realm days
7 – 8 of the 14-day arc
Points bank to
Your alliance alone
Threshold for the boon
90,000 points
Your own points ceiling
1,900 across 2 objectives
Boon granted
Research speed +20%
Late scoring
50% weight, for 7 days past the arc's end

Objectives and their point rates

Each objective pays a fixed rate per unit of effort, up to its own cap — so there is no way to carry a stage on one activity alone, and no way to be locked out by lacking one. This stage's ceiling is 1,900 points.

The Long Study: what scores, how much, and how far it counts.
ObjectiveMetricPoints per unitCapUnits to cap
Studies concludedresearch_done2001,0005
Tithes to the Citadel's workalliance_aid2590036

Milestones and rewards

Three milestones sit at 40%, 70%, 100% of your personal cap for the stage, each paying out once.

The Long Study: the three milestone payouts.
MilestoneYour points neededReward
1 — 40% of cap760Research 400, Iron 5,000
2 — 70% of cap1,330Gems 60, Research 300
3 — 100% of cap1,900Gems 140, Renown 60

The shared boon

Your maesters share their notes — +20% research speed. It lands only if your alliance banks 90,000 points during the stage — which is why an alliance that recruited during the co-operative opening now compounds: every body it took in is a body scoring for it.

Guide: Getting Started · The First 24 Hours. Index: all 7 stages · the whole database.

The other stages: 1. Stone and Timber · 2. First Blood · 3. Banners Raised · 5. The Marches · 6. Ground Held · 7. The First Muster

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