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Ultima ratio regum.
- Motto on French cannon cast by Louis XIV

Military Military Research is one of four technology disciplines available at the Library. It increases the Population Limit Population Limit and unlocks new units and military technologies.

Benefits[]

Like all Library research, Military Military research has a total of 7 levels to research. Each level researched...

  • ...increases the Population Limit by +25, up to a maximum of 200.
  • ...unlocks all military units of the same Age.
  • ...reduces production cost for units of previous Ages by 5% per level ahead.
  • ...reduces upgrade cost for units of previous Ages by 10% per level ahead.

Researching Military Military technology also unlocks all military structures (except Docks) as well as Forts technologies.

Note that research cost also depends on the current level[note 1] of Science Science research as well as any cost modifiers from nation powers and rare resources.

Military Technology Cost Required for
1 Gabbagabnbahey
The Art of War
120 Food Barracks
Tower
Stable
2 Mercs
Mercenaries
100 Food
100 Metal
Siege Factory
Fort
Keep
Castle
Airbase
Missile Silo
3 Standingarmy
Standing Army
200 Metal
160 Knowledge
Fortification
Tactics
4 Thinredline
Conscription
250 Metal
360 Knowledge
Stockade
Fortress
Bombardment
Operations
5 Levee en Masse
Levee en Masse
400 Metal
650 Knowledge
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6 Natinarms
Nation-in-Arms
500 Metal
1300 Knowledge
Bunker
Redoubt
Strategic Reserves
Strategy
7 Selserv
Selective Service
1200 Metal
1800 Knowledge
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Rare resources[]

Nation powers[]

  • The Aztec Power of Sacrifice and the Roman Power of Caesar: Start with Military Military 1 (The Art of War) already researched (unless playing a Nomad or City Center Only game).
  • The Bantu Power of Migration: Receive +50 to their Population Limit Population Limit per Military Military research. They also do not require Military Military research to unlock new units. However, unit and upgrade costs are increased by 10% per age behind in Military Military research.
  • The Greek Power of Philosophy: Receive a general 10% discount on all Library research cost (except for Knowledge Knowledge) and research technologies 100% faster.
  • The Turk Power of Siege: Military Military research are 33% cheaper.

Trivia[]

  • As mentioned in the trivia section of the Library page, researches have alternate titles depending on the starting and ending ages. For Military Military Research, they can be seen here.

Notes[]

  1. As mentioned in the Notes section of the Science Research page, the actual effect on the cost of all researches is more complex than the in-game tooltip indicates. You can see more details here and in the description of the AGE parameter in Techrules.xml.
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