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The Standing Army
Levies replaced by soldiers who do nothing else — raises training speed.
- Entity ID
standing_army- Branch
- Military
- Stat buffed
train_speed— Train speed- 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
- 58 seconds
- Study time at maximum level
- 13m 46s
- Prerequisites
- Battle Drums at level 5, Quartermastery at level 5
Cost, time and bonus at every level
The Standing Army runs to level 6, adding +1.2% to train_speed and 104 power each time. Studying it out costs the four soft resources — the same amount of each — and takes 13m 46s for the final level alone. Gems are only ever the optional instant finish; the study itself is bought with what your fields already make.
| Level | Total train speed | Power | Study time | Each resource | Gems to finish instantly |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | +1.2% | 104 | 3m 42s | 12,000 | 4 |
| 2 | +2.4% | 208 | 4m 49s | 15,600 | 5 |
| 3 | +3.6% | 312 | 6m 16s | 20,280 | 7 |
| 4 | +4.8% | 416 | 8m 8s | 26,364 | 9 |
| 5 | +6% | 520 | 10m 35s | 34,273 | 11 |
| 6 | +7.2% | 624 | 13m 46s | 44,555 | 14 |
Taken from nothing to level 6 that is 47m 16s of raw study and 153,072 of each of food, wood, stone and iron — 612,288 resources in total.
Where it sits in the tree
The Standing Army belongs to the Military branch — the offence line — what your swords, horses and bows hit for. It stays locked until Battle Drums reaches level 5 and Quartermastery reaches level 5. Nothing further in the tree depends on it, so it is a leaf: worth taking for its own bonus, never as a stepping stone.
The road here: Weaponry to level 3 → Armor to level 5 → Drilling to level 8 → Muster Rolls to level 8 → Battle Drums to level 5 → The Standing Army. That is 5 studies standing between a fresh Academy and this one.
| Prerequisite | Level required | Each resource | Study time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weaponry | 3 | 47,880 | 40m 47s |
| Armor | 5 | 108,517 | 1h 32m |
| Drilling | 8 | 286,292 | 3h 48m |
| Muster Rolls | 8 | 286,292 | 45m 44s |
| Battle Drums | 5 | 108,517 | 20m 13s |
| Total before you may begin | — | 837,498 | 7h 7m |
Related
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 · Baggage Trains · Supply Columns · Pattern Welding · The Unbroken Line
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.