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Research · Dominion

The Ravenries

A bird in every tower and a maester under each — raises march speed.

Entity ID
the_ravenries
Branch
Dominion
Stat buffed
march_speed — March 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
55 seconds
Study time at maximum level
6m 58s
Prerequisites
Scouting Networks at level 5, Post Riders at level 5

Cost, time and bonus at every level

The Ravenries runs to level 6, adding +1.2% to march_speed 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 Ravenries: what each level costs and what it grants.
LevelTotal march speedPowerStudy 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 Ravenries belongs to the Dominion branch — the statecraft line — roads, ravens, coin and the reach of your writ. It stays locked until Scouting Networks reaches level 5 and Post Riders 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: Agriculture to level 5 → Logistics to level 5 → Statecraft to level 8 → Roadworks to level 5 → Cartography to level 5 → Scouting Networks to level 5 → The Ravenries. That is 6 studies standing between a fresh Academy and this one.

What The Ravenries costs before its own first level: the prerequisite chain, at the levels it demands.
PrerequisiteLevel requiredEach resourceStudy time
Agriculture532,82026m 23s
Logistics532,82030m 47s
Statecraft8103,1402h 27m
Roadworks532,8206m 36s
Cartography532,8207m 42s
Scouting Networks532,8207m 42s
Total before you may begin267,2403h 46m

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 Great Council · Crown Charters · The Long Memory

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