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Ironclad Mail
Plate over mail over padding — raises troop defense further still.
- Entity ID
ironclad_mail- Branch
- Military
- Stat buffed
defense— Defense- Bonus per level
- +1.2%
- Maximum level
- 10
- Bonus at maximum level
- +12%
- Power per level
- 82
- Power at maximum level
- 820
- Base study time
- 35 seconds
- Study time at maximum level
- 23m 43s
- Prerequisites
- Tempering at level 5
Cost, time and bonus at every level
Ironclad Mail runs to level 10, adding +1.2% to defense and 82 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 defense | Power | Study time | Each resource | Gems to finish instantly |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | +1.2% | 82 | 2m 14s | 12,000 | 3 |
| 2 | +2.4% | 164 | 2m 54s | 15,600 | 3 |
| 3 | +3.6% | 246 | 3m 47s | 20,280 | 4 |
| 4 | +4.8% | 328 | 4m 55s | 26,364 | 5 |
| 5 | +6% | 410 | 6m 23s | 34,273 | 7 |
| 10 | +12% | 820 | 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
Ironclad Mail belongs to the Military branch — the offence line — what your swords, horses and bows hit for. It stays locked until Tempering reaches level 5. Studying it opens 1 further tech.
| Tech | Branch | Requires this tech at level |
|---|---|---|
| The Unbroken Line | Military | 5 |
The road here: Weaponry to level 3 → Armor to level 10 → Tempering to level 5 → Ironclad Mail. That is 3 studies standing between a fresh Academy and this one.
| Prerequisite | Level required | Each resource | Study time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weaponry | 3 | 47,880 | 40m 47s |
| Armor | 10 | 511,434 | 7h 15m |
| Tempering | 5 | 108,517 | 20m 13s |
| Total before you may begin | — | 667,831 | 8h 16m |
What it eventually opens: 2 studies sit downstream of Ironclad Mail, counting every remove.
| Study | Steps out | Buffs | At its cap | Study time at cap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Unbroken Line | 1 | defense | +7.2% | 13m 3s |
| The Long Memory | 2 | production_rate | +6% | 10m 57s |
Related
Guide: Research & the Academy · Research Priorities. Studied at the Maester's Academy. Index: all 81 studies · the whole database.
Rest of the Military branch: Weaponry · Armor · Drilling · Swordsmanship · Archery · Marksmanship · Spearwork · Blacksmithing · Forged Steel · Shieldwork · Infantry Discipline · Tempering · Horsemanship · Cavalry Tactics · Warhorses · Muster Rolls · Quartermastery · Battle Drums · Baggage Trains · Supply Columns · Pattern Welding · The Unbroken Line · The Standing Army
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.