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Research · Dominion

The Great Council

The realm's lords convened to settle what war would otherwise — raises production.

Entity ID
great_council
Branch
Dominion
Stat buffed
production_rate — Production rate
Bonus per level
+1.2%
Maximum level
6
Bonus at maximum level
+7.2%
Power per level
104
Power at maximum level
624
Base study time
55 seconds
Study time at maximum level
6m 58s
Prerequisites
Census Rolls at level 5, Court Administration at level 8

Cost, time and bonus at every level

The Great Council runs to level 6, adding +1.2% to production_rate and 104 power each time. Studying it out costs the four soft resources — the same amount of each — and takes 6m 58s for the final level alone. Gems are only ever the optional instant finish; the study itself is bought with what your fields already make.

The Great Council: what each level costs and what it grants.
LevelTotal production ratePowerStudy timeEach resourceGems to finish
1+1.2%10455s3,00050
2+2.4%2081m 23s4,20070
3+3.6%3122m 4s5,88098
4+4.8%4163m 6s8,220137
5+6%5204m 38s11,520192
6+7.2%6246m 58s16,140269

Taken from nothing to level 6 that is 19m 4s of raw study and 48,960 of each of food, wood, stone and iron — 195,840 resources in total.

Where it sits in the tree

The Great Council belongs to the Dominion branch — the statecraft line — roads, ravens, coin and the reach of your writ. It stays locked until Census Rolls reaches level 5 and Court Administration reaches level 8. Studying it opens 1 further tech.

Techs gated behind The Great Council.
TechBranchRequires this tech at level
The Long MemoryDominion3

The road here: Agriculture to level 5 → Logistics to level 5 → Statecraft to level 5 → Taxation to level 5 → Court Administration to level 5 → Census Rolls to level 5 → The Great Council. That is 6 studies standing between a fresh Academy and this one.

What The Great Council costs before its own first level: the prerequisite chain, at the levels it demands.
PrerequisiteLevel requiredEach resourceStudy time
Agriculture532,82026m 23s
Logistics532,82030m 47s
Statecraft532,82039m 34s
Taxation532,8206m 36s
Court Administration532,8207m 42s
Census Rolls532,8207m 42s
Total before you may begin196,9201h 58m

What it eventually opens: 1 study sits downstream of The Great Council, counting every remove.

Everything gated behind The Great Council, directly or at a remove.
StudySteps outBuffsAt its capStudy time at cap
The Long Memory1production_rate+6%5m 4s

Guide: Research & the Academy · Research Priorities. Studied at the Maester's Academy. Index: all 79 studies · the whole database.

Rest of the Dominion branch: Statecraft · Diplomacy · Heraldry · Taxation · Court Administration · Trade Charters · Banking · Royal Writs · Roadworks · Cartography · Post Riders · Scouting Networks · Toll Roads · Census Rolls · The Ravenries · Crown Charters · The Long Memory

Every figure above is generated from the shipped game code — the same constants and formulas the running game uses — and regenerated whenever the balance changes. Nothing on this page is hand-typed.

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