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Research · Military

Baggage Trains

Wagons enough for the whole host, not just the vanguard — raises march size.

Entity ID
baggage_trains
Branch
Military
Stat buffed
march_size — March size
Bonus per level
+1.2%
Maximum level
10
Bonus at maximum level
+12%
Power per level
78
Power at maximum level
780
Base study time
35 seconds
Study time at maximum level
7m 29s
Prerequisites
Quartermastery at level 5

Cost, time and bonus at every level

Baggage Trains runs to level 10, adding +1.2% to march_size and 78 power each time. Studying it out costs the four soft resources — the same amount of each — and takes 7m 29s for the final level alone. Gems are only ever the optional instant finish; the study itself is bought with what your fields already make.

Baggage Trains: what each level costs and what it grants.
LevelTotal march sizePowerStudy timeEach resourceGems to finish instantly
1+1.2%7812s3,0001
2+2.4%15618s4,2001
3+3.6%23426s5,8801
4+4.8%31239s8,2201
5+6%39059s11,5201
10+12%7807m 29s61,9808

Taken from nothing to level 10 that is 22m 3s of raw study and 209,400 of each of food, wood, stone and iron — 837,600 resources in total.

Where it sits in the tree

Baggage Trains belongs to the Military branch — the offence line — what your swords, horses and bows hit for. It stays locked until Quartermastery reaches level 5. Studying it opens 1 further tech.

Techs gated behind Baggage Trains.
TechBranchRequires this tech at level
Supply ColumnsMilitary5

The road here: Weaponry to level 3 → Armor to level 5 → Drilling to level 8 → Muster Rolls to level 5 → Quartermastery to level 5 → Baggage Trains. That is 5 studies standing between a fresh Academy and this one.

What Baggage Trains costs before its own first level: the prerequisite chain, at the levels it demands.
PrerequisiteLevel requiredEach resourceStudy time
Weaponry313,0804m 13s
Armor532,82011m 43s
Drilling8103,14041m 3s
Muster Rolls532,8202m 12s
Quartermastery532,8202m 12s
Total before you may begin214,6801h 1m

What it eventually opens: 1 study sits downstream of Baggage Trains, counting every remove.

Everything gated behind Baggage Trains, directly or at a remove.
StudySteps outBuffsAt its capStudy time at cap
Supply Columns1march_size+9.6%3m 19s

Guide: Research & the Academy · Research Priorities. Studied at the Maester's Academy. Index: all 81 studies · the whole database.

Rest of the Military branch: Weaponry · Armor · Drilling · Swordsmanship · Archery · Marksmanship · Spearwork · Blacksmithing · Forged Steel · Shieldwork · Infantry Discipline · Tempering · Ironclad Mail · Horsemanship · Cavalry Tactics · Warhorses · Muster Rolls · Quartermastery · Battle Drums · Supply Columns · Pattern Welding · The Unbroken Line · The Standing Army

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