Knowledge Plans

Plans aren't treasures. They're notes someone took very seriously.

In short: Knowledge plans raise an island's resource production — and the travel speed of its fleets, if you have the matching research.

- Plans appear in your laboratory once it's built up

- They're tied to the island, not to you

- Losing a battle can let an attacker plunder some of your plans

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What are knowledge plans? #

Knowledge plans are an island-bound collection of insights. They don't boost everything, though: while your island holds a plan stockpile, its resource production rises and the researches that speed up travel (Navigation, Forced March) have a stronger effect — the latter only if you have actually researched them. The attack and defence of your troops and the base speed of your ships stay untouched.

Plans don't move between your islands. What you produce on the main island stays there. A side island with its own laboratory produces its own plans — separate accounts, separate effects.

How are plans produced? #

Once your laboratory reaches a certain level, the island slowly starts producing plans. The production rate scales with laboratory level. Your laboratory stores only as many knowledge plans as it has levels; anything beyond that is lost.

You don't trigger plan production manually. It runs in the background as soon as the conditions are met.

When are plans at risk? #

If you lose a battle on a plan-bearing island, the attacker may take a portion of your plans. The size of that portion depends on the strength ratio — a narrow win nets the attacker less than a clear one.

In a successful colonisation, the plans transfer with the island to the new owner. They aren't destroyed — they go along.

Strategy #

• Laboratory pays off twice — plan production on top of the classic research-time reduction
• Defence protects your plans — an island that looks easy to plunder becomes a plan magnet for attackers
• The stock works right away — as soon as any plans sit on the island the economy bonus is live; you don't have to research anything for it

You can view your current plan stockpile directly in your island's Research tab — there is a dedicated section for knowledge plans, and it also tells you whether your plan bonus is currently active.