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Research · Military

Supply Columns

Every wagon keeps the pace of the host it feeds — raises march size further.

Entity ID
supply_columns
Branch
Military
Stat buffed
march_size — March size
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
3m 19s
Prerequisites
Baggage Trains at level 5

Cost, time and bonus at every level

Supply Columns runs to level 8, adding +1.2% to march_size and 82 power each time. Studying it out costs the four soft resources — the same amount of each — and takes 3m 19s for the final level alone. Gems are only ever the optional instant finish; the study itself is bought with what your fields already make.

Supply Columns: what each level costs and what it grants.
LevelTotal march sizePowerStudy timeEach resourceGems to finish instantly
1+1.2%8212s3,0001
2+2.4%16418s4,2001
3+3.6%24626s5,8801
4+4.8%32839s8,2201
5+6%41059s11,5201
8+9.6%6563m 19s31,6204

Taken from nothing to level 8 that is 9m 35s of raw study and 103,140 of each of food, wood, stone and iron — 412,560 resources in total.

Where it sits in the tree

Supply Columns belongs to the Military branch — the offence line — what your swords, horses and bows hit for. It stays locked until Baggage Trains reaches level 5. Nothing further in the tree depends on it, so it is a leaf: worth taking for its own bonus, never as a stepping stone.

The road here: Weaponry to level 3 → Armor to level 5 → Drilling to level 8 → Muster Rolls to level 5 → Quartermastery to level 5 → Baggage Trains to level 5 → Supply Columns. That is 6 studies standing between a fresh Academy and this one.

What Supply Columns costs before its own first level: the prerequisite chain, at the levels it demands.
PrerequisiteLevel requiredEach resourceStudy time
Weaponry313,0804m 13s
Armor532,82011m 43s
Drilling8103,14041m 3s
Muster Rolls532,8202m 12s
Quartermastery532,8202m 12s
Baggage Trains532,8202m 34s
Total before you may begin247,5001h 3m

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 · Ironclad Mail · Horsemanship · Cavalry Tactics · Warhorses · Muster Rolls · Quartermastery · Battle Drums · Baggage Trains · Pattern Welding · The Unbroken Line · The Standing Army

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