Scholar's Academy

The Scholar's Academy runs long, account-wide courses that sit on top of your Research Lab bonuses. Courses take days to weeks and there are only five levels of each — these are decisions you make a handful of times per account.

Courses

Course	Bonus per level	Levels
🏰 Siege Engineering	+1.5% attack power on every march.	5
🗺️ Cartography	-1.5% march time on every mission.	5
⚗️ Alchemy	+2pp job success chance and +8% job rewards.	5
🛡️ Heraldry	+10% racketeering reputation gain and +5% ransom demands.	5

Requirements & Study Time

Each course level needs a minimum Academy building level: L1→Academy 1 · L2→Academy 4 · L3→Academy 7 · L4→Academy 10 · L5→Academy 13.
Costs are paid in Wood, Stone, Iron, Food and Gold, and multiply by about 2.6× per level.
Study time starts at 2 days for level 1 and reaches roughly 47 days for level 5.
A higher Academy level shaves time off every course.
Only one course studies at a time; progress cannot be lost to raids.

Choosing a Course

Siege Engineering — raiders and fortress attackers; attack power applies to every march.
Cartography — stacks with Logistics research for very short march times.
Alchemy — the strongest pick if Outlaw Jobs are your main income.
Heraldry — faster job-tier unlocks plus fatter ransoms on captured champions.

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