Scholar

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Scholar
Civilian
Base cost	30 Wealth
Ramping cost	2 Wealth
Build time	5 seconds (75 frames)
Hit points	50
Line of sight	2 tiles
Movement speed	24 (1.9 tiles/seconds)
Attack strength	3
Attack range	Melee
Population points
Built at	University
Hotkey (University)	V
Special abilities	To Arms!

The Scholar is a civilian unit responsible for gathering Knowledge at a University.

Universities grant some Knowledge by themselves as a completion bonus, and generate some more while still standing, as with most gathering buildings. However, a University has to be fitted with Scholars to generate any significant amount of this resource, making them absolutely vital for research and age advancement, specially in the late stages of the game.

Scholars are "bought" at the University for Wealth, where they begin actively collecting it from the moment of their creation. Each Scholar in the University adds +5 to the Knowledge gather rate. This rate can be increased through the University upgrades.

Nation powers

• The Greeks Power of Philosophy: Can gather Knowledge from the the beginning of the game, thus Universities, along with Scholars, can be built from the the Ancient Age.

Trivia

• Due to a bug, the Scholar's icon for the Gunpowder Age and the Enlightenment Age may never show up in some cases, such as playing a scenario.
• Before reaching the Industrial Age there is no separate model for male/female Scholar units. Also, Korean pre-Industrial Scholars have a unique look, compared to other nations that use the Asian unit style.

Gallery

All styles, Classical Age

All styles, Gunpowder Age

All styles, Industrial Age