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Research · Defense

Stonework

Every course laid to hold under the ram — raises troop defense further.

Entity ID
stonework
Branch
Defense
Stat buffed
defense — Defense
Bonus per level
+1.2%
Maximum level
12
Bonus at maximum level
+14.4%
Power per level
72
Power at maximum level
864
Base study time
30 seconds
Study time at maximum level
43m 15s
Prerequisites
Fortification at level 5

Cost, time and bonus at every level

Stonework runs to level 12, adding +1.2% to defense and 72 power each time. Studying it out costs the four soft resources — the same amount of each — and takes 43m 15s for the final level alone. Gems are only ever the optional instant finish; the study itself is bought with what your fields already make.

Stonework: what each level costs and what it grants.
LevelTotal defensePowerStudy timeEach resourceGems to finish
1+1.2%7230s3,00050
2+2.4%14445s4,20070
3+3.6%2161m 8s5,88098
4+4.8%2881m 41s8,220137
5+6%3602m 32s11,520192
10+12%72019m 13s61,9801,033
12+14.4%86443m 15s121,5002,025

Taken from nothing to level 12 that is 2h 8m of raw study and 417,660 of each of food, wood, stone and iron — 1,670,640 resources in total. Levels above 10 additionally consume an advanced forging material, one more unit per level past the threshold, so the last 2 levels also need the forge working.

Where it sits in the tree

Stonework belongs to the Defense branch — the walls line — what an attacker has to get through before they reach your granary. It stays locked until Fortification reaches level 5. Studying it opens 2 further techs.

Techs gated behind Stonework.
TechBranchRequires this tech at level
Moat WorksDefense8
BattlementsDefense5

The road here: Weaponry to level 3 → Armor to level 8 → Fortification to level 5 → Stonework. That is 3 studies standing between a fresh Academy and this one.

What Stonework costs before its own first level: the prerequisite chain, at the levels it demands.
PrerequisiteLevel requiredEach resourceStudy time
Weaponry313,08012m 40s
Armor8103,1402h 11m
Fortification532,82035m 10s
Total before you may begin149,0402h 59m

What it eventually opens: 5 studies sit downstream of Stonework, counting every remove.

Everything gated behind Stonework, directly or at a remove.
StudySteps outBuffsAt its capStudy time at cap
Battlements1defense+12%22m 26s
Moat Works1defense+12%22m 26s
Portcullis2defense+12%22m 26s
Curtain Walls3defense+9.6%9m 58s
Gatehouses4defense+9.6%11m 23s

Guide: Research & the Academy · Research Priorities. Studied at the Maester's Academy. Index: all 66 studies · the whole database.

Rest of the Defense branch: Fortification · Siege Craft · Palisades · Watchtowers · Moat Works · Battlements · Portcullis · Curtain Walls · Barbicans · Gatehouses · Counter-Siege · Murder Holes · Arrow Slits · Siege Engineering

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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