Research

Research and progression

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Unlock equipment, industry, transport, dimensions, and greater civilization capacity.

This wiki documents Civilizations 1.0.1. Numbers are bundled defaults; in-game menus and previews show your server’s current values.

On this page: Starting and completing research · Technology enforcement · Choose a research direction · Worked example: Civic Planning · Displayed civilization age

Starting and completing research

Open /civ tech, /civ techtree, or /civ research tree. Hover technologies for costs, prerequisites, capabilities, and progress. A leader/advisor can select an eligible project or use its key:

/civ research start civic_planning
/civ research status
/civ research cancel 1

Starting research requires completed prerequisites, enough Knowledge and civic stockpile materials, and a free queue. Both kinds of cost are spent when research starts. Research uses elapsed real time and persists through logout/restarts; completion is processed by the server's research checks, every 30 seconds by default.

There is one queue initially. Imperial Administration adds a second queue. Scholarship reduces subsequent research durations by 10%. Base durations are listed in the technology catalog; inspect your actual project for its completion time.

Cancellation is available during the first 5 minutes by default and refunds all recorded costs. After that grace period, normal cancellation is denied. If more than one queue is active, specify the queue number.

Technology enforcement

Mode	Behavior
STRICT (default)	Gate mapped crafting/production and mapped use/equipment actions
CRAFT_ONLY	Gate mapped crafting/production; ordinary item-use enforcement is relaxed, but dimension commands still check expedition technology
DISABLED	Disable capability enforcement; research/civilization systems remain available

In strict mode, receiving locked equipment from another player does not unlock its use. Unaffiliated players have no civilization research. Technology is action-specific: for example, some recipes require two branches together. Powered rails require Mechanical Transport and Redstone Engineering; spectral arrows require Fletching and Nether Expedition; tipped arrows require Fletching and Advanced Alchemy.

Plain water bottles can be drunk without Alchemy, including for hydration plugins. Other drinkable potions and water bottles with custom potion effects still require Alchemy; splash and lingering potions still require Advanced Alchemy.

Nether and End trips also require a crafted Nether Ember or End Sigil, consumed only on successful travel. Expedition research unlocks access; it does not supply the offering. See ritual recipes and travel rules.

Choose a research direction

Use your community’s immediate needs to choose a branch. These are planning examples; each project also needs its listed Knowledge, materials, prerequisites, and queue time.

Goal	Research path
Boats and fishing	Seafaring
Iron equipment, shields, and buckets	Copperworking → Ironworking
More early territory	Civic Planning
Hoppers, pistons, and basic rails	Copperworking → Ironworking → Engineering
Nether travel	Copperworking → Ironworking, plus Scholarship → Nether Expedition
Enchanting and End travel	Engineering + Scholarship → Diamondworking → Enchanting → End Expedition
Elytra use	End Expedition + Engineering → Aeronautics

Check all prerequisites in the complete technology catalog, which includes exact civic costs and command keys. A route names projects to unlock; it does not supply the equipment or materials for you.

Worked example: Civic Planning

A leader or advisor needs 13 Knowledge, 8 Heavy Cobblestone, 4 Bound Timber, and 2 Research Folios in the civilization’s balances. Civic Planning has no technology prerequisite.

1. Use /civ workorders to see which supplies will earn the missing Knowledge.
2. Craft and deposit enough civic items for those orders and the project. Completed orders consume their own supplies.
3. Check /civ stockpile, then open /civ tech or use /civ research start civic_planning.
4. Use /civ research status to see the actual completion time. Its default base duration is four hours.
5. After completion is processed, the civilization gains eight claim-capacity slots. Claiming each new chunk still costs resources.

Displayed civilization age

Displayed age	Completed milestones
Settlement	Starting age
Iron Age	Ironworking and Civic Planning
High Age	Diamondworking and any two of Enchanting, Alchemy, Administration III, Advanced Alchemy
Imperial Age	Imperial Administration

Completing a technology from a later catalog group does not by itself satisfy every displayed-age milestone. Use /civ info to see the civilization's current age and progress.

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Continue reading: Complete technology catalog · Work orders and Knowledge · Travel and dimensions