Technologies

The technologies of Kainga are normally passed down from one generation to the next, but Thinkers have the unique ability to capture ideas from the past at illuminated sites of inspiration.
— Kainga Encyclopedia

Technologies form the core of a town. They are granted to a Thinker via Ideas, found around the map as Inspiration.

Discovering Technologies

Inspiration floating on Terraces. Technologies can be discovered by sending a Thinker to Inspiration, floating orbs of light that contain Ideas. A beam of light also rises into the sky, aiding in finding Inspiration. A Thinker can think at Inspiration to discover a technology associated with that Inspiration. Each Inspiration will have an icon associated with the type of technology its Idea can provide. When a player has their Thinker selected, these icons will be visible anywhere on the map. When a Thinker successfully thinks of an Idea, the player is presented with three options, randomly selected from the unlocked Technologies. If a Technology is incompatible with previous choices, it will not show up. For example, if a Shelter is chosen that can't have attachments (such as the Vrisk House), no future Ideas will have Technologies that attach to Shelters (such as a Blastpowder Distillery). Note that the "Chance to Appear" trait below is based on all Technologies unlocked and available; the percent chance for a given Technology to appear in each Challenge may be different.

Types of Technologies

File:TechGroup Shelter.png Shelter

Shelter technologies are where Braves are spawned, and the only way to increase a village's population capacity. They usually consume Food to produce one Brave, and must be occupied by at least one Brave to produce.

Clay Huts

Clay Huts
Health:	100
Builders:	2
Tech Group:	Starting
Rarity:	Common
Chance to Appear:	4.2%
Single Use:	No

A basic hut made from Clay that can help get your town growing quickly.
— Kainga Encyclopedia

Clay Huts are a basic Shelter that can be useful to kick-start a town. Because of its Eagerness property, getting a reliable food supply is less of an immediate priority. However, Clay Huts are vulnerable to almost all weather, don't provide very much population, and can't use attachments.

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File:Symbol Population +2.png	Small House: Adds 2 to the population cap.
	Eagerness: First Brave often requires no Food.
	No Attachments: This house type doesn't allow for artisan attachments.

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Thatched Huts

Thatched Huts
Health:	100
Builders:	2
Tech Group:	Starting
Rarity:	Common
Chance to Appear:	4.2%
Single Use:	No

Huts made from Reeds that allow for rapid population growth.
— Kainga Encyclopedia

Thatched Huts can be useful because they are cheap to build (assuming Reeds are in abundance) and occasionally Brave production is free. They are, however, very vulnerable to fires.

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File:Symbol Population +2.png	Small House: Adds 2 to the population cap.
	Randomly Free: Spawning Braves occasionally costs no resources.
	No Attachments: This house type doesn't allow for artisan attachments.

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Log Tents

Log Tents
Health:	100
Builders:	2
Tech Group:	Starting
Rarity:	Common
Chance to Appear:	3.2%
Single Use:	No

Tents made with logs and provide sharpened axes.
— Kainga Encyclopedia

Log Tents are the most robust of the small Shelters, boasting protection against three out of four elements. Log Tents are most useful because they provide the Sharpened Axes passive Technology, which can be very beneficial for warring villages.

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File:Symbol Population +2.png	Small House: Adds 2 to the population cap.
	Sharpened Axes: Provides the Sharpened Axes Passive technology for free.
	No Attachments: This house type doesn't allow for artisan attachments.

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Rotunda

Rotunda
Health:	200
Builders:	5
Tech Group:	Starting
Rarity:	Epic
Chance to Appear:	1%
Single Use:	No

A sphere house that can release water to fertilize dry land.
— Kainga Encyclopedia

Rotunda houses can store rainwater on their roof (once rained on) and create fertilized land around them. This is particularly helpful in Biomes with limited fertile soil, such as the Flatlands. The water can also be used to put out fires.

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File:Symbol Population +4.png	Large House: Adds 4 to the population cap.
	Reservoir: Capture rain and release it to fertilize the soil around you.
	No Attachments: This house type doesn't allow for artisan attachments.

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Haken House

Haken House
Health:	200
Builders:	4
Tech Group:	Starting
Rarity:	Legendary
Chance to Appear:	1%
Single Use:	No

A thatched house with a hook that can EITHER catch fish when placed with the back facing water, OR produce Braves as normal on land.
— Kainga Encyclopedia

Haken Houses are unique among all other Shelter Technologies in that they can produce something other than Braves; namely, Fish. When placed with their back against water, Haken Houses will not produce Braves but will instead fish for Food. Haken Houses that are producing Food this way still contribute to the population cap.

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File:Symbol Population +3.png	Medium House: Adds 3 to the population cap.
	Fishing Net: Periodically capture fish when placed near the water but no longer produces Braves.
	Fishing Knowledge: Unlocks fish type technologies.

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Lamba House

Lamba House
Health:	300
Builders:	5
Rarity:	Legendary
Chance to Appear:	1%
Single Use:	No

A strong stilted house protected from almost all the elements.
— Kainga Encyclopedia

Lamba Houses are relatively cheap to build (compared to other Shelters that can be used in the rain) and can safely be placed on ground level. Because they are raised up, Lamba Houses will continue to work in the rain without needing to place them on higher ground.

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File:Symbol Population +4.png	Large House: Adds 4 to the population cap.
	Multi-Storey: Houses can still be used while flooded.
	No Attachments: This house type doesn't allow for artisan attachments.

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Sprout House

Sprout House
Health:	200
Builders:	3
Tech Group:	Starting
Rarity:	Common
Chance to Appear:	5.3%
Single Use:	No

Small square houses that grow bamboo behind them.
— Kainga Encyclopedia

Sprout Houses are very useful on Biomes with limited Bamboo availability, since upon completion several new shoots of Bamboo grow behind them. However, this growth only occurs on fertile soil, so the utility of this feature can be limited.

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File:Symbol Population +3.png	Medium House: Adds 3 to the population cap.
	Living Walls: Grows Bamboo behind the house but only on grass.

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Rattan Home

Rattan Home
Health:	250
Builders:	4
Tech Group:	Starting
Rarity:	Common
Chance to Appear:	5.3%
Single Use:	No

Round houses with Reed roofs that equip Braves with matching hats.
— Kainga Encyclopedia

Rattan Homes are fairly basic, and are a reasonable choice if no better option is available. The Rattan Hats passive bonus is somewhat underwhelming, but the Rattan Home's full rain protection can be useful.

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File:Symbol Population +4.png	Large House: Adds 4 to the population cap.
	Rattan Hats: Provides the Rattan Hats Passive technology for free.

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Tiwa House

Tiwa House
Health:	200
Builders:	3
Tech Group:	Starting
Rarity:	Common
Chance to Appear:	5.3%
Single Use:	No

Simple square Clay houses that can be built on top of each other.
— Kainga Encyclopedia

Tiwa Houses are among the few buildings that can be built on top of, provided you have the Technology necessary to access the higher level. This can be useful on space-constrained Biomes such as Towers.

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File:Symbol Population +3.png	Medium House: Adds 3 to the population cap.
	The Sky Is The Limit: Roof space can be built on, if you can access it.

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Embedded Home

Embedded Home
Health:	250
Builders:	4
Tech Group:	Starting
Rarity:	Common
Chance to Appear:	5.3%
Single Use:	No

Round houses that allow Braves to excavate Clay from their surroundings.
— Kainga Encyclopedia

Embedded Homes are unique in that they can be placed inside the wall of a cliff face. If placed in this way, each time a Brave spawns, they carry Clay to the Hearth. This can be very useful for a Clay-based Technology run, even in Biomes where Clay is in ready supply.

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File:Symbol Population +4.png	Large House: Adds 4 to the population cap.
	Excavations: If built inside a cliff, Braves will spawn holding Clay.

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Sturdy House

Sturdy House
Health:	200
Builders:	3
Tech Group:	Starting
Rarity:	Common
Chance to Appear:	5.3%
Single Use:	No

A strong simple house that is mostly protected from the elements.
— Kainga Encyclopedia

Sturdy Houses start off with superb rain protection and have double health, making them a good choice in unstable Biomes with erratic weather patterns (or if a high Ante is anticipated).

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File:Symbol Population +3.png	Medium House: Adds 3 to the population cap.
	Sturdy Construction: All structures have double health.

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Isolated Home

Isolated Home
Health:	250
Builders:	4
Tech Group:	Starting
Rarity:	Common
Chance to Appear:	5.3%
Single Use:	No

Round Wood houses that benefit from being far from one another.
— Kainga Encyclopedia

Isolated Homes are a bit tricky to utilize to their full potential. They spawn Braves significantly faster when they are built some distance apart, indicated by a circle around their blueprint when placing. This can be difficult to pull off effectively in Biomes with tight spaces, such as Towers.

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File:Symbol Population +4.png	Large House: Adds 4 to the population cap.
	Isolated Progress: Spawn speed increased 50 percent when built far from neighbors.

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Thatched Multi-story House

Thatched Multi-story House
Health:	300
Builders:	4
Tech Group:	Group 5
Rarity:	Rare
Chance to Appear:	3.2%
Single Use:	No

Tall Reed houses that can make units combat ready.
— Kainga Encyclopedia

Thatched Multi-story Houses are very cheap, quick to build, and can be used while the surrounding lowlands are flooded. Their full protection against rainfall also makes them a good early-game Shelter.

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File:Symbol Population +4.png	Large House: Adds 4 to the population cap.
	Multi-Storey: Houses can still be used while flooded.

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Thatched Spire House

Thatched Spire House
Health:	350
Builders:	5
Tech Group:	Group 5
Rarity:	Rare
Chance to Appear:	3.2%
Single Use:	No

Multi-layered tall Reed houses that are fully protected against the rain.
— Kainga Encyclopedia

A round house providing ample population, the Thatched Spire House is most useful on Biomes with lots of rain, since they can produce Braves for free while being rained on.

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File:Symbol Population +5.png	Huge House: Adds 5 to the population cap.
	Rain Rations: When rain falls on this house its consumable requirements are ignored.

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Clay Tower House

Clay Tower House
Health:	300
Builders:	4
Tech Group:	Group 5
Rarity:	Rare
Chance to Appear:	3.2%
Single Use:	No

Extra tall Clay buildings from where combat units can observe incoming intruders.
— Kainga Encyclopedia

Clay Tower Houses are unique because they can act as both a Shelter and as a Watchtower.

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File:Symbol Population +4.png	Large House: Adds 4 to the population cap.
	Watchtowers: Combat units can be placed in the top as lookouts.

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Clay Spire House

Clay Spire House
Health:	350
Builders:	5
Tech Group:	Group 5
Rarity:	Rare
Chance to Appear:	3.2%
Single Use:	No

Tall Clay houses that can be lived in while flooded.
— Kainga Encyclopedia

Unlike all other Clay houses, Clay Spire Houses do not collapse when they flood. (They are still vulnerable to direct rainfall, however.) They have very good weather resistance, so they can safely be chosen in Biomes where rain is less likely.

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File:Symbol Population +5.png	Huge House: Adds 5 to the population cap.
	Multi-Storey: Houses can still be used while flooded.

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Sturdy Tower House

Sturdy Tower House
Health:	200
Builders:	3
Tech Group:	Group 5
Rarity:	Rare
Chance to Appear:	3.2%
Single Use:	No

Houses that are stronger when built up against one another.
— Kainga Encyclopedia

Sturdy Tower Houses are more or less a direct upgrade from Sturdy Houses. Despite the description, they still have double health even when built further apart.

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File:Symbol Population +4.png	Large House: Adds 4 to the population cap.
	Sturdy Construction: All structures have double health.

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Snow Spire House

Snow Spire House
Health:	350
Builders:	5
Tech Group:	Group 5
Rarity:	Rare
Chance to Appear:	3.2%
Single Use:	No

Round Log house that is fully protected against snowfall.
— Kainga Encyclopedia

A round house providing ample population, the Snow Spire House is most useful on Biomes with lots of snow, since they can produce Braves for free while being snowed on.

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File:Symbol Population +5.png	Huge House: Adds 5 to the population cap.
	Snow Rations: When snow falls on this house its consumable requirements are ignored.

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Thatched Longhouse

Thatched Longhouse
Health:	300
Builders:	5
Tech Group:	Group 5
Rarity:	Rare
Chance to Appear:	3.2%
Single Use:	No

A large house for many people that offers free baskets.
— Kainga Encyclopedia

Thatched Longhouses, unlike other thatched Shelter technologies, don't provide full protection from rain, but they do have protection from wind and snow. This makes them most useful in Biomes where wind and snow are more likely. Additionally, the Baskets Passive technology it provides is very powerful and can significantly improve production.

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File:Symbol Population +5.png	Huge House: Adds 5 to the population cap.
	Baskets: Provides the Baskets Passive technology for free.

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Clay Housing Compound

Clay Housing Compound
Health:	300
Builders:	5
Tech Group:	Group 5
Rarity:	Rare
Chance to Appear:	3.2%
Single Use:	No

Multiple houses combined allowing for double spawning.
— Kainga Encyclopedia

The Clay Housing Compound, while taking up much more room than most Shelter technologies, spawns two Braves instead of one for each unit of Food provided. This makes it near-essential for villages with limited Food production, or for very quickly ramping your population up.

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File:Symbol Population +5.png	Huge House: Adds 5 to the population cap.
	Cohabitation: Spawning happens 2 at a time.

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Wood Longhouse

Wood Longhouse
Health:	300
Builders:	5
Tech Group:	Group 5
Rarity:	Rare
Chance to Appear:	3.2%
Single Use:	No

Simple large house for strong, warring cultures.
— Kainga Encyclopedia

Wood Longhouses, giving superior population for a small surface area, also cause any Braves spawned from them 1.5× health, making them stronger in combat. They also have very good weather protection.

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File:Symbol Population +5.png	Huge House: Adds 5 to the population cap.
	Hardened Skin: Braves start with 50 percent more health.

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Thatched Mansion

Thatched Mansion
Health:	400
Builders:	6
Tech Group:	Group 5
Rarity:	Epic
Chance to Appear:	2.1%
Single Use:	No

Complex yet efficient, this house produces quicker than most.
— Kainga Encyclopedia

The Thatched Mansion's large size, high capacity, and increased spawn rate make it a good Shelter technology to use in almost any situation.

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File:Symbol Population +6.png	Gargantuan House: Adds 6 to the population cap.
	Security For Progress: Increase spawn speed 50 percent.

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Clay Manor

Clay Manor
Health:	400
Builders:	6
Tech Group:	Group 5
Rarity:	Epic
Chance to Appear:	2.1%
Single Use:	No

Massive Clay house that boosts attachment production speed.
— Kainga Encyclopedia

Attachments built on the Clay Manor have their production speed boosted 2×, making them ideal for a run intending to use mostly attachments instead of standalone production buildings.

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File:Symbol Population +6.png	Gargantuan House: Adds 6 to the population cap.
	Attachment Boost: All attachments produce twice as fast.

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Potala Mansion

Potala Mansion
Health:	400
Builders:	6
Tech Group:	Group 5
Rarity:	Epic
Chance to Appear:	2.1%
Single Use:	No

Massive Wood house that can be built off the edges of cliffs.
— Kainga Encyclopedia

The Potala Mansion is useful in spaces with limited building area, since the included Structure Safety passive frees up a little bit of extra space to build.

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File:Symbol Population +6.png	Gargantuan House: Adds 6 to the population cap.
	Structure Safety: Provides the Structure Safety Passive technology for free.

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Alkazar Homestead

Alkazar Homestead
Health:	300
Builders:	5
Karma Cost:	4
Tech Group:	Group 2
Rarity:	Epic
Chance to Appear:	2.1%
Single Use:	No

A large, reinforced mud house with space on top for other structures.
— Kainga Encyclopedia

The Alkazar Homestead can be built on top of, similar to the Tiwa House, but it is much larger and its top can also be used for farming in addition to just building (provided you have a way to fertilize the soil).

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File:Symbol Population +5.png	Huge House: Adds 5 to the population cap.
	Soil Roof: The center of the roof is available for building and even farming.

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Frilled House

Frilled House
Health:	200
Builders:	4
Tech Group:	Starting
Rarity:	Epic
Chance to Appear:	2.1%
Single Use:	No

A tall towering house that absorbs wind to satisfy resource requirements.
— Kainga Encyclopedia

Frilled Houses are doubly unique in that they don't always need Food to produce Braves and they can be used as elevated walkways. This combination can make it a useful choice in Biomes with limited space and resources.

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File:Symbol Population +4.png	Large House: Adds 4 to the population cap.
	Wind Rations: When wind passes through this house its consumable requirements are ignored.
	Rooftop Walkways: Walk freely between houses from a higher elevation.

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Tressed Farmhouse

Tressed Farmhouse
Health:	300
Builders:	5
Tech Group:	Starting
Rarity:	Legendary
Chance to Appear:	1%
Single Use:	No

A towering thatched house that fertilizes nearby soil.
— Kainga Encyclopedia

Tressed Farmhouses cause the soil around them to become fertile, which can be very useful in Biomes with very little or difficult-to-access fertile soil.

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File:Symbol Population +5.png	Huge House: Adds 5 to the population cap.
	Fertilizing Edges: Nearby soil becomes fertile.

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Gassho Estate House

Gassho Estate House
Health:	900
Builders:	6
Karma Cost:	3
Tech Group:	Group 1
Rarity:	Epic
Chance to Appear:	2.1%
Single Use:	No

A thick thatched house that boosts the production of nearby buildings.
— Kainga Encyclopedia

Gassho Estate Houses increase the speed of production of all buildings surrounding them—including other houses!

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File:Symbol Population +6.png	Gargantuan House: Adds 6 to the population cap.
	Production Boost: All structures and farms placed next to this house work faster.

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Vrisk House

Vrisk House
Health:	250
Builders:	4
Karma Cost:	3
Tech Group:	Group 3
Rarity:	Legendary
Chance to Appear:	2.1%
Single Use:	No

A cliffside house that takes up minimal space.
— Kainga Encyclopedia

Vrisk Houses add a lot to your population and take up very little space, making them an ideal choice in Biomes with limited buildable area. They can be placed along any buildable edge, including off the edge of Stilt Pads or Stilt Elevations, but do need a small amount of space in front.

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File:Symbol Population +5.png	Huge House: Adds 5 to the population cap.
	No Attachments: This house type doesn't allow for artisan attachments.
File:Icon Placement Cliff Edge.png	Placed on Cliff Edge: Can only be placed on a cliff's edge.

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Karamana Houseboat

Karamana Houseboat
Health:	400
Builders:	7
Karma Cost:	4
Tech Group:	Group 3
Rarity:	Legendary
Chance to Appear:	1%
Single Use:	No

A bulging boat that slowly produces its own villages without food when occupied.
— Kainga Encyclopedia

Karamana Houseboats are both a Shelter Technology and a transport Unit, being placed in the water and moving freely. They also do not require any consumable Material to produce Braves, making them ideal for a very quick start.

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File:Symbol Population +6.png	Gargantuan House: Adds 6 to the population cap.
File:Icon Placement Water.png	Placed in Water: Can only be placed on water.
	No Attachments: This house type doesn't allow for artisan attachments.
	Nomad Houses: This house does not require Food to produce.

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Gosanke Harborhouse

Gosanke Harborhouse
Health:	800
Builders:	35
Karma Cost:	7
Rarity:	Legendary
Chance to Appear:	0.5%
Single Use:	Yes

A unique single housing structure that can only be built once but consistently produces Braves and can also build canoes.
— Kainga Encyclopedia

The Gosanke Harborhouse is the only Shelter Technology that can only be built once per Challenge. It provides 30 population from the get-go, and enables you to build Canoes right away. (Note, however, that this limits your population to 30 for the entire Challenge—you can't build more than one Harborhouse.) While it doesn't require placement on the water per se, it is unable to produce Canoes if it isn't at least partially over water.

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File:Symbol Population.png	Enormous House: Adds 30 to the population cap.
	No Attachments: This house type doesn't allow for artisan attachments.
	Canoe Knowledge: Grants the technology to freely build Canoes.

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Ringhouse

Ringhouse
Health:	800
Builders:	4
Rarity:	Epic
Chance to Appear:	2.1%
Single Use:	No

A small house that can only be placed at the edge of the campfire's radius.
— Kainga Encyclopedia

Ringhouses are unique because their placement is limited to only the circle of territory claimed by the Hearth upon being built. Once a ring has been completed, no more Ringhouses can be built. However, this placement limitation can be expanded through Technologies such as the Firetower Hearth, and it is possible to build more houses at other elevations (provided you can access them).

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File:Symbol Population +3.png	Medium House: Adds 3 to the population cap.
File:Icon Placement Hearth.png	Hearth Ring: This house type can only be built around the Hearth's territory radius.

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Tulou Townhouse

Tulou Townhouse
Health:	800
Builders:	4
Karma Cost:	2
Tech Group:	Group 2
Rarity:	Epic
Chance to Appear:	2.1%
Single Use:	No

A small house that benefits from having its edges covered.
— Kainga Encyclopedia

Tulou Townhouses are built one quarter section at a time, each segment acting as an independent structure. When the circle is completed, all four segments produce 50% faster. In addition, attachments are built inside the circle and thus take up much less space than usual.

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File:Symbol Population +5.png	Huge House: Adds 5 to the population cap.
	Full Circle: This house produces faster when its edges are covered.

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Kiva Burrowed House

Kiva Burrowed House
Health:	800
Builders:	4
Karma Cost:	3
Tech Group:	Group 2
Rarity:	Epic
Chance to Appear:	2.1%
Single Use:	No

An underground house protected from almost every element and hidden at first glance.
— Kainga Encyclopedia

Kiva Burrowed Houses are built underground and are immune to all weather hazards. They provide a decent amount of population for relatively little resources.

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File:Symbol Population +3.png	Medium House: Adds 3 to the population cap.
	No Attachments: This house type doesn't allow for artisan attachments.

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File:TechGroup Food.png Food

Food technologies are essential for the growth of a village, since they provide the consumable Material needed to produce Braves.

Crop Row

Crop Row
Health:	50
Builders:	1
Tech Group:	Starting
Rarity:	Common
Chance to Appear:	9.8%
Single Use:	No

A farm row that can be placed only on fertile grass tiles. Grows fully when rained on.
— Kainga Encyclopedia

The Crop Row is one of the basic Food technologies, being cheap to build and producing a decent amount of output. However, it needs to be placed on green grass, and will need to be rebuilt if the tiles underneath it become anything other than fertile grass.

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File:Icon Placement Grass.png

Placed on Grass: Can only be placed on green grass tiles.

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Foraging Hut

Foraging Hut
Health:	300
Builders:	1
Karma Cost:	2
Tech Group:	Group 2
Rarity:	Rare
Chance to Appear:	3.9%
Single Use:	Yes

A hermit's hut who scavenges for food and random resources.
— Kainga Encyclopedia

The Foraging Hut is one of only a few structures that can produce more than one Material at a time; namely, both Food and any other random resource, including those that must be crafted or otherwise are unavailable in the Biome. This can be very useful for certain tasks that only need a small number of a given Material, such that it might be a waste to spend an entire Resources Inspiration to get access to that Material. Additionally, placing the Foraging Hut in an area dense with resources (of any kind) speeds up its production.

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Natural Boost: Production increases based on how many unharvested resources are nearby.

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File:TechGroup Resources.png Resources

Resources technologies allow you to build structures that produce Materials. Some Resources technologies can produce without any input, but many consume Materials to produce something else.

Canvas Press

Canvas Press
Health:	300
Builders:	3
Karma Cost:	3
Tech Group:	Group 1
Rarity:	Legendary
Chance to Appear:	1.6%
Single Use:	No

Produce Canvas Fabric from Reeds in abundance.
— Kainga Encyclopedia

The Canvas Press produces a lot of Paper from just one unit of Reeds, however it will stop producing if the Paper goes unused.

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	Paper Walls: Once constructed, replaces all wall resources with canvas fabric.
	Attachment: This structure attaches to a house and overrides its production.
	Canvas Fabric: Paper can be used as Fabric. Increases the chance of balloon Technologies.

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Blastpowder Distillery

Blastpowder Distillery
Health:	300
Builders:	3
Karma Cost:	3
Tech Group:	Group 2
Rarity:	Rare
Chance to Appear:	3.2%
Single Use:	No

Slowly produce potent Blastpowder from the sand below.
— Kainga Encyclopedia

The Blastpowder Distillery is one of only a few ways to reliably produce Blastpowder. As an attachment, its production speed is somewhat slow, and the Distillery can only produce one unit of Blastpowder at a time. However, it can be affected by properties and abilities that improve attachment speed.

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	Attachment: This structure attaches to a house and overrides its production.
	Blastpowder Knowledge: Increases the chance of more Blastpowder techs.

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Blastpowder Boiler

Blastpowder Boiler
Health:	200
Builders:	1
Rarity:	Rare
Chance to Appear:	3.2%
Single Use:	Yes

Boil Clay to separate its explosive components producing Blastpowder.
— Kainga Encyclopedia

The Blastpowder Boiler slowly produces Blastpowder, and can be convenient because it takes up no space (other than above the Hearth).

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File:Icon Placement Hearth.png	Hearth Attachment: Placed over your Hearth and blocks further Hearth attachments.
	Blastpowder Knowledge: Increases the chance of more Blastpowder techs.

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Paper Workshop

Paper Workshop
Health:	300
Builders:	6
Karma Cost:	6
Tech Group:	Group 3
Rarity:	Common
Chance to Appear:	3.2%
Single Use:	Yes

A large production building designed to produce paper fabric.
— Kainga Encyclopedia

The Paper Workshop slowly but reliably produces Paper, which can be used in place of Fabric.

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	Paper Walls: Once constructed, replaces all wall resources with canvas fabric.
	Canvas Fabric: Paper can be used as Fabric. Increases the chance of balloon Technologies.

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File:TechGroup Development.png Development

Development technologies are ones that can help your village as a whole, either by providing a support bonus or providing other functionality that doesn't fit into other categories. Diplomatic technologies are also in this section.

Watchtower

Watchtower
Health:	200
Builders:	4
Tech Group:	Starting
Rarity:	Common
Chance to Appear:	6.5%
Single Use:	No

A tower that allows your town to detect enemies when they get close or prepare for raids.
— Kainga Encyclopedia

Watchtowers provide both a notification and sound prompt when an enemy is preparing for a raid. This can be useful for less combat-oriented villages since it gives them time to prepare.

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Detect Raids: Get notified when other camps are mustering a raid.

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Sauna

Sauna
Health:	300
Builders:	2
Karma Cost:	2
Tech Group:	Group 2
Rarity:	Rare
Chance to Appear:	4.9%
Single Use:	No

Attached to a house and increases the max health of anyone spawned from that house.
— Kainga Encyclopedia

Saunas multiply the health of any new Brave spawned from the attached house by 1.5×, making them more effective in combat. The Sauna is one of only two technologies that still allow Braves to spawn from the attached house, instead of overriding their production.

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	Attachment: This structure attaches to a house and overrides its production.
	Hardened Skin: Braves start with 50 percent more health.

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File:TechGroup Beast.png Beast

Beast technologies are specific to captured Beasts; either built directly on the Beast or otherwise utilizing a Beast to produce Materials. Note that some Beast-related structures, such as the Egg Harvester, are listed in other categories but can appear with Beast Inspiration if the prerequisite Beast is tamed.

File:TechGroup Passive.png Passive

Passive Technologies are ones that can't be built, but can affect gameplay in other ways. They can be found either through Passive Inspiration or by opting-out of any other inspiration type and selecting a Passive instead.

Baskets

Baskets
Tech Group:	Starting
Rarity:	Common
Chance to Appear:	3.1%

Gives Braves the ability to carry resources at full speed.
— Kainga Encyclopedia

Baskets allow Braves to move at full speed, even when carrying resources. This can improve production in every situation, so it is a very good Passive technology to have. Baskets is provided for free by Charnushka and Thatched Longhouses.

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Baskets: Gives Braves the ability to carry resources at full speed.

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Rattan Hats

Rattan Hats
Tech Group:	Starting
Rarity:	Common
Chance to Appear:	3.1%

Braves get rain hats so they can still work while rained on.
— Kainga Encyclopedia

Rattan Hats allow Braves to continue to work, even while being rained on. This can be helpful in Biomes with a lot of rain, or in combination with Thinkers whose Festivals promote rainfall. Rattan Hats is provided for free with the Rattan Home.

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	Rattan Hats: Braves get rain hats so they can still work while rained on.
	Wearing Hats: You may only wear 1 hat type!

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Sharpened Axes

Sharpened Axes
Karma Cost:	3
Tech Group:	Group 1
Rarity:	Epic
Chance to Appear:	1.9%

Doubles Braves' damage and chopping speed.
— Kainga Encyclopedia

Sharpened Axes is a very useful passive Technology for warring villages, as well as those with a lot of Log-based Technologies. Braves dealing double damage very nearly makes combat trivial, though they do not have any of the specific advantages other combat-specific units do. Sharpened Axes is provided for free by Garam and Log Tents.

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Sharpened Axes: Doubles Braves' damage and chopping speed.

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Structure Safety

Structure Safety
Karma Cost:	2
Tech Group:	Group 2
Rarity:	Rare
Chance to Appear:	1.9%

Allows structures to be placed half over the edge of cliffs.
— Kainga Encyclopedia

Structure Safety is very helpful when combined with large footprint Technologies, as it allows up to half of their footprint to be built off the edge of a cliff or slope. Structure Safety is provided for free by Sumac and Potala Mansions.

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Structure Safety: Allows structures to be placed half over the edge of cliffs.

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File:TechGroup Protection.png Protection

Protection technologies are specific to keeping your village, its people, and the Materials within it safe from climate hazards (such as fire).

Movement

Movement technologies change the way your Units can traverse the Biome, as well as modifying the surfaces available to build structures on.

Overhang

Overhang
Health:	500
Builders:	1
Tech Group:	Starting
Rarity:	Common
Chance to Appear:	5.4%
Single Use:	No

Build into the cliff walls off the ground.
— Kainga Encyclopedia

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File:TechGroup Combat.png Combat

Combat technologies create combat Units capable of more effectively resolving disputes the hard way with your neighbors (or Beasts).

File:TechGroup Festival.png Festival

Festivals are some of the most important Technologies available to discover, and can only be discovered at certain fixed points. After a certain number of other Technologies is discovered, a Festival Inspiration will appear above the Hearth and your Thinker will automatically return to it (if not commanded to do otherwise). Only four Festivals are available to discover during each Challenge: three unique to each Thinker, and one Festival that will complete the Challenge.

File:TechGroup Unique.png Unique

Unique technologies will never appear in a Biome during a Challenge, but instead must be unlocked during a Challenge by discovering both Technologies necessary to develop. (This is reflected below as a 0% Chance to Appear.) Some Unique technologies have several different combinations that can unlock them (usually based on a single production Technology in combination with a different production Technology), but others have only one formula to unlock them. One of the Technologies involved in discovering a Unique technology is replaced by it (if chosen); it is possible to opt out of developing a given Unique technology if it would be difficult to build or any other reason it might be a worse option than the base Technology.

It is possible to unlock more than one Unique technology at a time; if this is the case, only one of them can be chosen.

Fertilized Crops

Fertilized Crops
Health:	50
Builders:	1
Karma Cost:	6
Tech Group:	Group 5
Rarity:	Unique
Chance to Appear:	0%
Single Use:	No

Crop costs are replaced with Blastpowder but grow almost instantly.
— Kainga Encyclopedia

Fertilized Crops shares many of its proeprties with its parent Technology, the Crop Row, with two notable exceptions. First, it is built with and consumes Blastpowder instead of Reeds; and second, its speed of growth is exponentially faster.

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File:Icon Placement Grass.png	Placed on Grass: Can only be placed on green grass tiles.
	Fertilized Crops: Crop costs are replaced with Blastpowder but grow almost instantly.

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Specific Foraging Hut

Specific Foraging Hut
Health:	300
Builders:	1
Karma Cost:	4
Tech Group:	Group 5
Rarity:	Unique
Chance to Appear:	0%
Single Use:	Yes

A hermit's hut that scavenges for food and one chosen resource.
— Kainga Encyclopedia

Unlike the Foraging Hut, the Specific Foraging Hut produces Food and any one specific resource chosen by the player. All other features and properties remain the same.

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Natural Boost: Production increases based on how many unharvested resources are nearby.

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Foraging

Foraging
Health:	n/a
Builders:	n/a
Karma Cost:	5
Tech Group:	Group 5
Rarity:	Unique
Chance to Appear:	0%
Single Use:	No

Braves spawned from houses sometimes spawn holding a random resource.
— Kainga Encyclopedia

In addition to the properties of its parent technology, Foraging causes Braves to have a small chance of spawning with a random resource as well.

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Foraging: Braves spawned from houses sometimes spawn holding a random resource.

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File:TechGroup Other.png Other

The Technologies in this category don't fall into any of the above, and don't necessarily follow the same rules as other Technologies.

Campfire Hearth

Campfire Hearth
Health:	Unknown
Builders:	8
Tech Group:	Starting
Rarity:	n/a
Single Use:	No

The center of every village, the Campfire is more than a pile of wood: it's a symbol of your entire civilization.
— Kainga Encyclopedia

The Campfire Hearth is the first structure that can be built during any given Challenge. It must be placed before anything else, and its radius makes up your initial territory claimed. It is recommended to place the Campfire Hearth in a location dense with resources.

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Claim Land: This structure enables Braves to build on land and harvest resources within its radius.

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Resource Totem

Resource Totem
Health:	Unknown
Builders:	8
Tech Group:	Starting
Rarity:	n/a
Single Use:	Yes

Claim resources around the totem for your village. However, each totem increases the world Ante!
— Kainga Encyclopedia

Resource Totems are used to claim land (and the resources on that land) within a fixed radius. This is important because the Campfire Hearth's range is limited, and Braves won't automatically use resources outside of the claimed land area.

Notably, each Resource Totem built increases the world Ante by 1, increasing the frequency and intensity of events.

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	Claim Land: This structure enables Braves to build on land and harvest resources within its radius.
	Raising the Stakes: Each Resource Totem built increases the world Ante by 1.

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