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Cartography
A true map shaves leagues off every march — raises march speed further.
- Entity ID
cartography- Branch
- Dominion
- Stat buffed
march_speed— March speed- Bonus per level
- +1.2%
- Maximum level
- 10
- Bonus at maximum level
- +12%
- Power per level
- 76
- Power at maximum level
- 760
- Base study time
- 35 seconds
- Study time at maximum level
- 23m 43s
- Prerequisites
- Roadworks at level 5
Cost, time and bonus at every level
Cartography runs to level 10, adding +1.2% to march_speed and 76 power each time. Studying it out costs the four soft resources — the same amount of each — and takes 23m 43s for the final level alone. Gems are only ever the optional instant finish; the study itself is bought with what your fields already make.
| Level | Total march speed | Power | Study time | Each resource | Gems to finish instantly |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | +1.2% | 76 | 2m 14s | 12,000 | 3 |
| 2 | +2.4% | 152 | 2m 54s | 15,600 | 3 |
| 3 | +3.6% | 228 | 3m 47s | 20,280 | 4 |
| 4 | +4.8% | 304 | 4m 55s | 26,364 | 5 |
| 5 | +6% | 380 | 6m 23s | 34,273 | 7 |
| 10 | +12% | 760 | 23m 43s | 127,254 | 24 |
Taken from nothing to level 10 that is 1h 35m of raw study and 511,434 of each of food, wood, stone and iron — 2,045,736 resources in total.
Where it sits in the tree
Cartography belongs to the Dominion branch — the statecraft line — roads, ravens, coin and the reach of your writ. It stays locked until Roadworks reaches level 5. Studying it opens 1 further tech.
| Tech | Branch | Requires this tech at level |
|---|---|---|
| Scouting Networks | Dominion | 5 |
The road here: Agriculture to level 5 → Logistics to level 5 → Statecraft to level 8 → Roadworks to level 5 → Cartography. That is 4 studies standing between a fresh Academy and this one.
| Prerequisite | Level required | Each resource | Study time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agriculture | 5 | 108,517 | 1h 9m |
| Logistics | 5 | 108,517 | 1h 20m |
| Statecraft | 8 | 286,292 | 4h 34m |
| Roadworks | 5 | 108,517 | 17m 20s |
| Total before you may begin | — | 611,843 | 7h 21m |
What it eventually opens: 2 studies sit downstream of Cartography, counting every remove.
| Study | Steps out | Buffs | At its cap | Study time at cap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scouting Networks | 1 | march_speed | +9.6% | 14m 2s |
| The Ravenries | 2 | march_speed | +7.2% | 13m 3s |
Numerically twinned with Post Riders. Same cap, same rate per level, same study time, same power — the figures on those pages match these exactly. What separates them is the flavour and, more usefully, what each one gates: this one opens Scouting Networks, while Post Riders opens The Ravenries. If you only want the bonus, take whichever is cheaper to reach; if you are building toward something, take the one that gates it.
Related
Guide: Research & the Academy · Research Priorities. Studied at the Maester's Academy. Index: all 81 studies · the whole database.
Rest of the Dominion branch: Statecraft · Diplomacy · Heraldry · Taxation · Court Administration · Trade Charters · Banking · Royal Writs · Roadworks · Post Riders · Scouting Networks · Toll Roads · Census Rolls · The Great Council · The Ravenries · Crown Charters · The Long Memory
Every figure above is generated from the shipped game code — the same constants and formulas the running game uses — and regenerated whenever the balance changes. Nothing on this page is hand-typed.