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Research · Dominion

Census Rolls

A realm that knows its own strength governs it better — raises production further.

Entity ID
census_rolls
Branch
Dominion
Stat buffed
production_rate — Production rate
Bonus per level
+1.2%
Maximum level
8
Bonus at maximum level
+9.6%
Power per level
82
Power at maximum level
656
Base study time
35 seconds
Study time at maximum level
14m 2s
Prerequisites
Court Administration at level 5

Cost, time and bonus at every level

Census Rolls runs to level 8, adding +1.2% to production_rate and 82 power each time. Studying it out costs the four soft resources — the same amount of each — and takes 14m 2s for the final level alone. Gems are only ever the optional instant finish; the study itself is bought with what your fields already make.

Census Rolls: what each level costs and what it grants.
LevelTotal production ratePowerStudy timeEach resourceGems to finish instantly
1+1.2%822m 14s12,0003
2+2.4%1642m 54s15,6003
3+3.6%2463m 47s20,2804
4+4.8%3284m 55s26,3645
5+6%4106m 23s34,2737
8+9.6%65614m 2s75,29815

Taken from nothing to level 8 that is 53m 21s of raw study and 286,292 of each of food, wood, stone and iron — 1,145,168 resources in total.

Where it sits in the tree

Census Rolls belongs to the Dominion branch — the statecraft line — roads, ravens, coin and the reach of your writ. It stays locked until Court Administration reaches level 5. Studying it opens 1 further tech.

Techs gated behind Census Rolls.
TechBranchRequires this tech at level
The Great CouncilDominion5

The road here: Agriculture to level 5 → Logistics to level 5 → Statecraft to level 5 → Taxation to level 5 → Court Administration to level 5 → Census Rolls. That is 5 studies standing between a fresh Academy and this one.

What Census Rolls costs before its own first level: the prerequisite chain, at the levels it demands.
PrerequisiteLevel requiredEach resourceStudy time
Agriculture5108,5171h 9m
Logistics5108,5171h 20m
Statecraft5108,5171h 44m
Taxation5108,51717m 20s
Court Administration5108,51720m 13s
Total before you may begin542,5854h 51m

What it eventually opens: 2 studies sit downstream of Census Rolls, counting every remove.

Everything gated behind Census Rolls, directly or at a remove.
StudySteps outBuffsAt its capStudy time at cap
The Great Council1production_rate+7.2%13m 3s
The Long Memory2production_rate+6%10m 57s

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 · Cartography · Post Riders · Scouting Networks · Toll Roads · 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.

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