The Research Institute is a place where scholars and engineers work hand-in-hand to make miracles come true!
Research Institute is a Monument which allows to conduct research to gain powerful abilities or create items. It also increases island's attractiveness by +150 
as long as the building has access to electricity. It requires 
Land of Lions DLC, it can be built only in the Old World (and Cape Trelawney) and requires 
electricity, only one institute can be built per profile. Like other monuments it is built over several stages, with each stage taking time to complete and requiring specific resources and workforce during every construction phase.
Construction[]
The construction of the Research Institute is divided into three stages. The first stage requires placing the foundation, which is unlocked either after completing a specific quest in the main storyline in Enbesa or after reaching 300 
Elders and 1 
Engineers (if the main storyline was declined). The next two stages are built over time and require large amounts of construction materials and workforce. Materials need to be delivered to the construction site so the institute has to be connected to a warehouse or trading post.
When there is not enough free workforce available, the construction can still be continued but at a slower pace, requiring more time to complete the current phase. Workforce can be mobilised to focus on the monument construction, thus shifting the lack of workforce to other buildings that utilise the same workforce type, resulting in lower productivity of those buildings.
Phase 1/3: Foundations (preparation)[]
Research Institute: Foundations
- Unlock condition: enough progress in The Rise of Emperor Ketema questline or 300
Elders and 1 Engineers (if the main questline was declined) - 120000 coins
- 100 timber
- 150 bricks
- 125 steel beams
- 75 windows
- 75 reinforced concrete
Phase 2/3: Foundations (construction)[]
Research Institute: Foundations
- 150 bricks
- 120 cement
- 500 worker workforce
- 30:00 Minutes
Phase 3/3: Superstructure[]
Research Institute: Superstructure
- 150 steel beams
- 120 windows
- 120 reinforced concrete
- 1000 engineer workforce
- 30:00 Minutes
Research[]
For more information, see: Research.
Research is the main purpose of the Research Institute, nothing can be researched without it. It allows to develop items and obtain powerful abilities such as relocating clay or oil deposits, upgrading piers, constructing more scholar residences etc. Conducting research involves spending research points which are generated mainly by the scholar residences and fulfilling their needs. The research points are also limited by the amount of the scholar population. Engineers are also required as they provide workforce for the institute, the more engineer workforce is assigned to the institute, the faster the research can be completed.
Competitors[]
Competitors, such as Dr. Hugo Mercier and Admiral Vicente Silva, can build the Research Institute on their main islands but like with other gameplay mechanics they do not seem to actually use it.
