¶ Lab
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Lab |
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| Chunk Area |
1 x 1 |
| Required Technology: |
Rationalism |
| Build Cost |
17,500 |
| Coin Upkeep Per Day |
4,500 |
| Hammer Cost |
5,750 |
| Score Points |
6,200 |
| Hit Points |
1,200 |
| Limit per Town |
5 |
¶ Overview
The Lab is a Tile Improvement that provides science for your town and generates beakers. The Lab consumes some items that are stored in the input chest or the Warehouse's input chest. In return it provides a good amount of beakers every hour at Hourly Tick. If the structure runs out of items to feed the Lab, it will start starving and might level down after some time. They also won't generate any beakers during the starvation/stagnation, so it's important to keep the the structure stocked at all times.
¶ Hourly Tick
¶ Consumption and Reward
Below is a table with information about the Hourly Rates of the Lab per Level.
If you wish, you can input Lapis Blocks as well and it will give you back the spare lapis.
| Level |
Consumption / Hour |
Base Beakers / Hour |
Hours Until Level Up | |||
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1 |
90 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 75 |
48 (2 Days) |
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2 |
135 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 100 |
96 (4 Days) |
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3 |
180 | 90 | 27 | 18 | 159 |
140 (5.8 Days) |
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4 |
225 | 135 | 37 | 27 | 200 |
192 (8 Days) |
| 5 | 270 | 180 | 49 | 36 | 250 | 288 (12 Days) |
| 6 | 270 | 180 | 49 | 36 | 325 | Maxed (Requires Oxford University) |
- Lab Rates aren't taking the beaker rate from the government into account.
¶ Special Buffs
- Trade Goodie: Management - Reduces the Town's consumption of Labs, Mines and Temples by 10%.
- Strategic Goodie: Fossil - Can be placed inside a Lab to get extra beakers. It can consume an amount that is equivalent to the era your Civilization is in. Per goodie, it will provide 35 beakers.
- Strategic Goodie: Hydrates - When placed inside a Lab it will feed a lab for 1 tick.
¶ War-Time
It's very important to keep this structure safe during War-Time since if it gets destroyed it will lose 24 XP points and it will not generate any Culture until the Lab is repaired.
¶ Upgrading
You can upgrade your Labs to a higher level. Doing this will allow you to feed your Labs to that level. This means you will get more income from it.
¶ Required Technologies
To level up to the next level, your town requires one of the following technologies; Education, Energy Study, Agency or Experimentation.
¶ Upgrade Tree
| Level | Coin Cost | Hammer Cost |
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| 1 | FREE | FREE |
| 2 | 15,000 | 3,000 |
| 3 | 20,000 | 6,000 |
| 4 | 35,000 | 7,500 |
| 5 | 50,000 | 10,000 |
| 6 | 75,000 | 15,000 |
Level 6 requires Oxford University.