Research

Research; almost every online conquest game has it, and, true to the genre, Kings & Warlords has it too.

What is Research?
In Kings & Warlords, research is quite simple. You take gold earned from cottages and attacks, and you apply it to your research to make your kingdom more efficient.

How to Research
To research, simply click the research tab that can be seen on the realm and kingdom screens (the one with the icon that looks like a wagon wheel on the top left of the screen).

- The symbols that show a sword are military advancements and improve your troops' training efficiency, maintenance costs, and the amount of resources gained from tiles controlled on the realm map.

- The symbols that show a hammer and gold coins are economics and improve your build times, build costs, and resources gained/stored within your kingdom.

- The symbols that show troops improve the stats of the troop shown, as well as unlocking new units.

- The symbols that show books can only be unlocked when the appropriate acadamy level has been reached.

You must follow the given path to advance yor research. All prior paths connecting a research study to previous studies must be clear in order to advance. Aside from hiring assassains, the only use for coins is to research. It is always a good idea to be researching something so that the advanced units may be unlocked as early as possible.